The Emperor pretended to be thinking deeply.
The most popular minister stood up again.
“Your Majesty, the people in the northern border are poor, and several counties under the northern city are so poor that people often starve to death.”
“It is a good place to train people. Let the three of them go there and make achievements.”
“In my opinion, the three people in the first class are all top talents and the first choice to go to these places.”
“Now the court needs such talents. When they are sent out for training, they can better serve Your Majesty and the court when they return to the capital in the future.”
Xi Xinheng looked at this man with a smile: “Since that place is so good, Master Hu might as well send your grandson there for training and return to the capital after making achievements in the future.”
Liang Mingcheng smiled and said: “That’s right. Although your eldest grandson is at the bottom of the second class this time, he is also a Jinshi, and he is more than enough to be a county magistrate.”
Old Master Hu was very angry when he heard what the two said.
How could his grandson, who grew up in a pampered environment, bear the bitter cold of the northern border?
And his eldest grandson was also his heir, so he was reluctant to let him go to the northern border!
But at that moment, he didn’t know how to refute it.
The Emperor wanted to sneer when he saw this man’s appearance.
But he had an idea.
“What my beloved Minister Hu said makes sense. The court is in great need of talents now.”
“In that case, let’s do as Minister Hu said and let the three top-ranked people go to the northern border for training.”
Old Master Hu just smiled.
The emperor changed the subject and said: “But such training opportunities are rare, and we can’t just give them to the top-ranked people.”
“Ministers, who just proposed that the top three should go to the northern border for training, must also send one direct descendant to go to the northern border for training together.”
He added: “The one who participated in the special examination and passed the imperial examination must be counted as one.”
“For Minister Hu’s family, let your eldest grandson go.”
Then Old Master Hu’s smile froze on his face.
He said with some embarrassment: “Your Majesty, this!”
He wanted to find an excuse to shirk his responsibility.
But before he could finish his words, the Emperor said: “If your eldest grandson is reluctant to let him go to the Northern Frontier, then the three people in the first class don’t have to go either, and they can continue to stay in the Hanlin Academy.”
Humph, wanted to use him as a scapegoat, he has to see if he agrees.
And these people might think that he was unwilling to let Xiao Hanzheng and the other two go to the Northern Frontier, so he did it on purpose.
If these people were reluctant to send their sons and grandsons to the Northern Border, then Xiao Hanzheng and the other two don’t have to go either.
Anyway, nearly half of the one-third of the people who shouted the loudest were on the list.
Those who were not on the list might have problems, or they might just be simply not used to seeing the three people in the first class doing well.
Those who followed in opposing Xiao Hanzheng and the other two going to the Northern Border might not necessarily be Prince Jin’s people.
But it can prove that the list given by Zhuo Jun was true.
Of course, it still needs to be carefully checked and confirmed.
When these people heard what the Emperor said, their faces froze.
This move was too cruel.
Judging from this, the Emperor still doesn’t want Xiao Hanzheng and the other two to go to the Northern Border, right?
Old Master Hu gritted his teeth in his heart, the Emperor was too mean.
Of course, he couldn’t bear to let his grandson go to the Northern Border.
But yesterday, there was news that this matter must be facilitated.
So he could only suppress his heartache and said with a stiff upper lip: “It is a blessing for my grandson to serve Your Majesty and the court. I agree on his behalf.”
The people of Prince Jin could only complain in their hearts at this time, and look loyal to the Emperor and patriotic on the surface: “I will also send my son/grandson to the Northern Border for training.”
Those who just followed the trend were dumbfounded.
This was a big pitfall, they just made a fuss, but ended up sending their son or grandson to the Northern Border to suffer.
But now Old Master Hu and others have agreed. If they don’t agree, they will be hated by the Emperor.
They can only grit their teeth in their hearts and say respectfully on the surface: “I will also send my son/grandson to the Northern Border for training.”
Those who didn’t make a fuss with these people just now couldn’t help but gloat at this time.
It was what they deserved because these guys were the loudest.
Only when the knife falls on oneself, will one know the pain.
The Emperor showed an unhappy look, “Then I will do as you say, my dear ministers.”
“Dismiss the court!” He said and walked away with his sleeves swung.
He looked very unhappy.
Old Master Hu and others couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, they succeeded.
They couldn’t do anything if the Emperor was unhappy, and they could only behave themselves in the court recently.
After dismissing the court, Old Master Hu and others were ridiculed by Xi Xinheng and others in both open and covert ways.
Then the Emperor called several important ministers to the imperial study to discuss how to arrange the positions of Xiao Hanzheng and others.
As soon as Xi Xinheng returned home, he met Xi Rui who was going to go out to play with his new bicycle.
“Your best friends are all going to Northern Border, and you’re still going out to play.”
Xi Rui was a little confused: “Who’s going to the Northern Border?”
Xi Xinheng replied, “Xiao Hanzheng.”
Xi Rui’s eyes widened: “What? Isn’t Xiao Hanzheng in the Hanlin Academy? Why is he going to Northern Border?”
Xi Xinheng saw that his son had grown up, so he said: “Someone plotted against him.”
“Forget it, I can’t explain it to you clearly, I’ll go find your grandfather.”
So he walked quickly towards where the old man lived.
Xi Rui was no longer in the mood to ride a bicycle, so he immediately parked the bicycle and caught up with his father.
The old man was playing with birds in the yard at this time.
Seeing his son and grandson hurriedly coming in, he asked: “What’s going on?”
Xi Xinheng didn’t beat around the bush and told the story of the court again.
After he finished speaking, he sighed: “It will be very dangerous for Xiao Hanzheng and the others to go.”
Xi Rui also hurriedly said, “Grandpa, why don’t you go to the palace to see the Emperor and see if he can take back his order and not let Xiao Hanzheng go to the Northern Border!”
“Or I’ll go to see the Empress Dowager.”
Old Master Xi was speechless: “Why should I go? I won’t go, and you can’t go either.”
Xi Rui was not convinced: “Grandpa, that’s my friend. It’s fine if you don’t help, but why don’t you allow me to help?”
Old Master Xi sighed: “Rui’er, I always thought you were pretty smart, but now it seems that you’re not smart in the right way.”
Xi Rui: “……”
Who said that about their grandson?
Old Master Xi continued to feed the birds leisurely: “Do you think that if Xiao Hanzheng and his wife are not happy, His Majesty will listen to those court officials and send him to the Northern Border?”
“Don’t forget, Shi Qingluo just presented the prescription yesterday.”
Xi Xinheng also changed his mind when he heard what his father said.
“Dad, do you mean that the Emperor actually wanted Xiao Hanzheng to go to the Northern Frontier, and today he just deliberately followed the trend?”
Old Master Xi smiled: “You are a little smarter than your son.”
Xi Xinheng: “……”
They didn’t think about it in this way before.
As expected, the old ones were still the best.
In the court today, he was afraid that only a few old foxes could see the Emperor’s mind, and everyone else was misled like him.
Xi Rui curled his lips, “I heard that the Northern Border is a bitter and cold place, what’s so good about going there.”
“I’ll ask Xiao Hanzheng, if they don’t want to go, I’ll go to the palace with Xi Rong to ask the Empress Dowager for help.”
Old Master Xi was very upset: “Asshole, you are getting more and more out of tune.”
“The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, don’t think of going to the Empress Dowager for everything.”
Old Master Xi then said to Xi Xinheng: “Isn’t the Emperor going to send a group of people to the Northern Frontier? Report your son’s name tomorrow.”
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