Chapter 352 Resuming
Qin Chi first thought of someone targeting him.
Just at this moment, Old Li came in outside, "Young Master, someone sent you a post saying it was sent by Li''s mansion."
"Li''s Mansion?"
Qin Chi took the post and opened it and took a look, "Hey, Mr. Rong has returned to Beijing. He invited me to have a gathering in the mansion."
Mr. Rong is Li Huarong, the former chief minister of the Hanlin Academy and the cabinet. He angered Emperor Cheng of Ming because of his straightforward advice to Emperor Cheng of Ming, and was dismissed from office.
Qin Chi received guidance from Li Huarong before the imperial examination. After winning the top scorer, he also visited Li''s mansion.
Afterwards, Li Huarong went out for a trip.
The two have a teacher-student friendship.
Qin Chi asked Lao Li to prepare a courtesy and immediately set off with him on the carriage.
The person got off at the front of the Li Mansion.
The concierge seemed to have known that he would come, so he immediately let him in after he signed up. After a while, the butler led him to meet the master''s house.
No surprises.
In the study, Qin Chi met Li Huarong.
Li Huarong was sitting in front of the table and writing inscriptions. When he saw Qin Chi come in and look up.
"Students greet Mr. Rong."
Qin Chi still politely stepped forward and bowed.
Li Huarong nodded lightly, "Look for a chair to sit on."
His writing in his hand did not stop.
Qin Chi sat down near the charcoal stove. There was a pot of boiling water on the stove, and the heat was rising. You could use it to make tea at any time.
Qin Chi looked up at Li Huarong, who was busy, reached out to pick up the tea set and tea leaves placed aside, and slowly brewed tea.
After Li Huarong finished writing the last word, he put down the brush in his hand and looked up and saw Qin Chi sitting in front of the charcoal stove drinking tea with pleasure. He couldn''t help but smile silently, got up and walked over.
He lifted up his clothes and sat down.
Qin Chi handed him a bowl of warm tea with both hands, "Sir, please have tea."
"You are at ease."
Li Huarong picked up the tea bowl and warmed his hands first, "Your uncle and I were worried that you would not be able to adapt to the officialdom first. Who knew that you were doing well and were born to be a talent for this kind of job."
"Sir, I''m sorry." Qin Chi smiled modestly.
Li Huarong drank half a bowl of tea and sighed comfortably, "It would be great if he could warm up a pot of wine in this cold day."
"If you want to drink, you can get it now."
"Forget it, if I drink it or not, it''s boring."
"I''ll have no problem with a drink."
"No, I''m afraid your uncle will blame me if he finds out." Li Huarong knew that Qin Chi was not suitable for drinking.
Qin Chi chuckled, "When did you return to Beijing?"
"Two days ago, it was the one who asked me to come back." Li Huarong''s words meant that Emperor Ming Cheng suddenly summoned him back to Beijing, "There is a shortage of people in the court, so I have taken a big advantage."
The fall of Yang, Yuan and Liu''s three families implicated a large number of officials. A large number of vacancies were made available in the North Korean central government, and some of the vacancies had been filled in. With the help of Qin Chi, Lu Yanji and Lu Baizhou also found an opportunity to be transferred from the Hanlin Academy and were promoted to the primary school level. However, not everyone can handle important positions. For example, a cabinet master committed suicide, but the Ministry of Works still lacked a minister.
Li Huarong was originally a cabinet minister.
When Emperor Cheng of Ming was no longer available, an **** mentioned Li Huarong''s name. When Li Huarong comes back here, he either re-entered the cabinet and took over Yang Ge Lao''s previous work, or he is the Minister of Works.
Both positions are very important.
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to serve on the same side.
When talking about the situation in the North Korea, Li Huarong mentioned the revival. Qin Chi asked, "Where do you want to go, sir?"
Someone took over Li Huarong''s previous position. Even if he returns to the cabinet this time, he will probably take over Yang Zhengkai''s position. "I personally want to be the Minister of Works, but it is unlikely."
“It depends on what Your Majesty means.”
Qin Chi had the illusion that he was showing off.
There are not many civil servants who do not want to join the cabinet, which is the lifelong goal of most Hanlin Academy officials.
Qin Chi asked again: "Can you know Luo Sicheng of Dali Temple? I checked him and found that he was of the same age as you."
"Why did you suddenly ask him? Did he offend you?" Li Huarong asked, obviously knowing Luo Sicheng.
Qin Chi told the rumors outside.
Li Huarong looked serious when he heard this, "I''m not sure who he belongs to. He doesn''t have much interaction with me, but before the imperial examination, he attended a poetry meeting once. I saw that he highly praised the articles of the Hang Jiangnan and respected them very much."
"Then is he from Yan Jiangnan?" Qin Chi knew that he could not do it accurately.
Sure enough, Li Huarong shook his head, "There were many scholars who admired Yan Jiangnan back then, and this was not a basis for it."
Emperor Cheng of Ming Dynasty ascended the throne will naturally clear away the remnants of the Crown Prince''s faction. Qin Chi could understand this even if Li Huarong didn''t say it.
Qin Chi added tea to Li Huarong again, got up and walked to the door, opened the door and saw Qin Ba guarding outside. Then he closed the door and then walked to the window and stopped for a while.
When Li Huarong saw his actions, he understood and said, "I had left my arms before, but no one has approached the study now, except for the people you brought."
“Okay.”
Qin Chi is indeed no one eavesdropped.
Return to the charcoal stove and sit down.
He lightened his voice and told Li Huarong about the former prince, Yan Jiangnan and others.
Before coming to the capital last year, he went to Huangshan to meet Helian Pu.
Helian Pu told him that Li Huarong could trust him.
Li Huarong was shocked by the fact that the prince had not died before he died, "Are you sure? When the prince died before he died, I was also at the scene-"
The following words ended abruptly.
Qin Chi''s eyes flashed slightly when he saw this.
Li Huarong''s attitude is obviously wrong?
After a while, Li Huarong said unbelievably: "Your Majesty went to stare at the corpse for a while, and then called three waves of people to check the corpse. They all said that the deceased was the first prince. They also specially called several imperial physicians to check it out, and there was definitely no trace of disguise."
Therefore, he never suspected that the prince was not dead first.
Qin Chi just wanted to say, if even outsiders could not deceive, how could he deceive Emperor Mingcheng?
"I heard that many people will raise stand-in since childhood."
Li Huarong suddenly thought of this.
Qin Chi smiled and did not deny his words.
But the two knew that the substitute was not so easy to cultivate, let alone a full imagination. Many of them were just looking for a face and were somewhat similar. With the techniques of disguise, the imperial physician could find out these carefully.
A mystery that is uncertain for a moment.
The two of them agreed not to go into it.
Before nightfall was about to open, Qin Chi offered his farewell.
When he just returned home, Old Man Hong handed him another post, "The post handed over by the East Palace."
When Qin Chi heard it was the Eastern Palace, he was shocked.
Immediately, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind. Thinking of the rumors that spread in the dark, I suddenly understood the malice of the person behind the scenes.
Kill someone by borrowing a knife.