Zhao Wei went to see off the guests, and it took a full two quarters of an hour to come back.

Zhao Xiu was talking with Zhang, and when he saw him, he asked suspiciously, "Brother, why have you been there for so long?" Did the prince say anything important to you? ”

Zhang was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Your brother and Shizi are also friends who have known each other since childhood, I haven't seen each other for such a long time, and your brother hasn't been able to talk well when he goes to the palace, maybe it's a good conversation today?" ”

Zhao Wei sat down on the chair with a strange look on his face.

Zhao Xiu saw something strange and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" What did Shizi really tell you? ”

Zhao Wei shook his head: "He told me that he had already greeted the Queen Mother about the Beijing Entrance Examination Township Examination, and he thought that he would have a will in a few days, so I don't have to worry." ”

Zhang was very happy: "That's great! You don't have to work in the boat, how much time can you save reading and studying! ”

Zhao Wei smiled slightly: "I originally planned to ask for a decree in a few days, but he helped me with this favor and saved me a lot of things." I have already thanked him very much. ”

Zhao Xiu asked suspiciously: "Brother won't just look like he is worried about this matter, right?" There must be something else! ”

Zhao Wei smiled faintly: "Actually, it's nothing, he also told me one thing, in the past, Lord Li Jinqing of the Hanlin Academy has finished his filial piety, and he is about to recover, and he will come to the capital soon." Shizi said, this Master Li is a master of science, so I can have time to come to the door and ask him more questions. In addition, he has written several books on academic studies, and if he can ask for them, it will be of great help to our library. ”

Zhao Xiu only thinks this name is a little familiar, Li Jinqing? Who could it be?

Zhang frowned, and said: "Li Guangdi is a person who is still good at learning, but his conduct is ......" She shook her head again and again, "There are many well-educated people in Beijing, and he is not the only one in science, so why do you have to ask him for advice?" Such a person should have been far away. ”

Zhao Xiu was suddenly excited: "His name is Li Guangdi?!" ”

Zhang looked at his granddaughter puzzled: "Yes, Li Guangdi, the word Jinqing." What's wrong with you? Do you know this person? Zhao Wei also looked at his sister curiously. If it is in the south, my sister still has contacts with the outside world from time to time, after entering Beijing, there are not many people who go out, and among the people who come and go, there are only Gao Zhen, Cao Luo and Fang Wu, how can they know that this official has returned to his hometown long before they went to Beijing? Could it be that you heard about it from Miss Fang Wu? Still is...... Gao Zhen has contact with his sister in private?!

Faced with his grandmother and brother's questions, Zhao Xiu laughed twice, a little absent-minded.

Who is Lee Kwang-chi? It's thunderous! Even if she hasn't read the history books, she has watched the TV series, and knows that it is a famous minister of the Kangxi Dynasty. She doesn't know much about reputation and conduct, but she can be in the Kangxi Dynasty for so long, and she is not a villain in her impression, so she should be quite talented. Such a person in the Great Chu Dynasty would not be buried. The first emperor was mediocre, he may only be a small Hanlin, but now he is a monarch with brains, maybe he will see Li Guangdi's strengths and use it more! If the elder brother has not yet ascended to the high position, ask him more questions to make a good impression on him. In the future, not to mention any practical benefits, it is also a good thing to be able to get the friendship of a minister.

Zhao Xiu thought about it, and then said to his brother: "I don't know this person, but the prince will never mention him for no reason." Grandmother said that he was not the only one in the science of science in Beijing, he had just returned to the court, and it was not known what kind of official position he was, so why did the prince just suggest that his brother ask him for advice? There must be a reason! ”

Zhao Wei pondered: "I also think he has a reason, but when I ask him, he refuses to say it explicitly, and just asks me to do it." You don't have to get too close to Li Jinqing, you just need to ask him for help from time to time. But the prince also said something strange......"

Zhao Xiu hurriedly asked, "What did he say?" ”

Zhao Wei paused: "He said that if he asked for teaching, he would come to Li Jinqing to ask for advice when he first returned to Beijing, and when Li Jinqing was awarded an official position, he would have to consider it carefully." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Xiu was a little confused, is there anything wrong with Li Jinqing's future official position?

Zhang's brows furrowed even tighter: "This is confused, what does the son of the world mean?" What do you do when you are told to go and get close to that person? That person's reputation was really not good, and he was quite criticized in Shilin. Brother Wei, you better not go to see him. ”

Zhao Xiu disagreed: "The prince and the prince gave our family a big gift, which shows that they are very close to us." The prince made such a suggestion to his brother, he would never harm his brother, there must be a reason for him, maybe he heard something inside? Hengzhuo, our family is going to open a library, this Master Li is a famous physicist, and there are books coming out, my brother just comes to ask for teaching and begging for books. We don't want to be good friends with him, so naturally we don't have to worry about what my brother does, and we will be blamed by Shilin. I think that this Master Li is still very affirmed in terms of knowledge, otherwise he would not be known as a master of science. ”

After listening to his sister's words, Zhao Wei suddenly thought of a possibility, so he asked Zhang: "Grandmother has heard about this Master Li?" Do you know if he was born in the imperial examination? "If you are born in the right way of the imperial examination, you may be pointed out as a scholar and preside over the township examination. If this is the case, Gao Zhen's proposal is not intended to greatly help him. If you can ask Xuezheng for advice in advance and win the praise of the other party, you can take advantage of the township test.

Zhang nodded and replied: "It is indeed from the imperial examination, he is a descendant of the twenty years of enlightenment (1670), entered the Hanlin, and is a well-known talent." I heard that he was brilliant since he was a child, and at the age of thirteen he read the group scriptures, and at the age of nineteen he wrote the "Four Books of Explanations". When it comes to learning, it is not said. It's just that there have always been some bad rumors......"

Zhao Xiu asked Zhang: "Then how is his relationship with the emperor?" When the emperor did not ascend the throne before, how did he evaluate him? ”

Zhang was stunned: "This ...... How do I know? She thought for a moment, "I don't know if I'm good at him or not." But Imakami probably won't say anything bad about him, and he still has face. In the past, when he was still a little prince who was not crowned king, he was studying in the upper study, and I heard that Li Guangdi had served as the prince's teacher for one year when he was a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, so he has the status of teacher and student today. But with Lee Kwang-di's reputation, how can he really respect him today? ”

Zhao Xiu was curious: "What did this person do to have a bad reputation?" She had the impression that Li Guangdi's betrayal of his friends was very likely to become unrecognizable because of the change of history. And don't keep your mother's filial piety or something...... Didn't he just finish his filial piety and prepare to recover? If he had stayed in the Hanlin Yuan as an official during the reign of the first emperor, his political achievements would not be comparable to that of Li Guangdi in history, and his status would not be very high—the first emperor did not look like someone who would reuse him. And during his filial piety, it was the most white-hot stage of the royal battle for succession, and even King Guangping, who was originally the crown prince, was resigned, and it was a good thing to leave the capital as the center of the power struggle through Ding Wei. Lee Guang-di shouldn't make the same mistakes in history, right?

But Zhang couldn't tell what was wrong with Li Guangdi. Since she married into the Jiannan Hou Mansion, she has been a deep house woman, occasionally going out to attend banquets, entering the palace to pay homage to nobles, but there is very little contact with the outside world in private, and the news of the outside world is not heard from the old county office, or the people mentioned it, and there are other officials and relatives when they hear it. And Hou Fu is among the nobles, and he doesn't have much contact with the circle of scholars. She had heard someone scold Li Guangdi, and she had heard of it more than once, so after a long time, she also decided that the person's character was not good, as for the specific deeds, she couldn't say clearly, and vaguely remembered that it seemed that others said that Li Guangdi was in love with power and insincere to his friends.

Zhao Xiu thought to himself, this statement is not far from the situation in history, but it is not a big deal, not to mention, there is no "filial piety" involved here, and Li Guangdi still has a very promising future. Since he used to be the emperor's teacher, judging from the emperor's respect for Shang Taifu, he would not be too bad for Li Guangdi. And Gao Zhen will deliberately mention Zhao Wei, and he will not be untargeted.

She persuaded Zhao Wei: "Brother just go to the door and ask for advice." No matter what this Master Li's reputation is, he has been an official in the Hanlin Academy for so many years, so it can be seen that there is no big problem. Besides, since the prince mentioned him, there must be a reason, and the elder brother is out of trust in the prince, so he doesn't have to worry too much, we just come to the door to ask for teaching. ”

Zhao Wei glanced at his sister deeply: "My sister has a point. "Is it really good to just trust the prince so much? Because it was mentioned by the prince, it must be a good thing? Although Zhao Wei also trusted Gao Zhen's words, he still felt a little congested about his sister's attitude.

Zhang didn't know what his grandson was thinking, but he still didn't like it. However, if Zhao Wei just went to ask for teaching and ask for a few books, it was really nothing. Lee Kwang-di's scholarship is still very good. She just reminded her grandson: "Don't forget to ask for advice on other knowledge." Zhao Wei agreed with a smile.

Zhao Wei began a life of asking for teaching and writing from learned people. He had been studying hard for a year, and he had already accumulated a lot of questions, so he took this opportunity to ask for advice.

Recently, the news of the construction of a free library in the Nanhou Mansion has been widely spread in Beijing, and the Shilin circle has known about it for a long time. When those scholars saw him come to the door, they were on the right spot, tried a few words, and found that he was real, not a false shot, and they had a good impression of this young master in their hearts. Regardless of whether the other party is from a noble background, whether he is fortunate or not, whether he is unlearned and unskilled, it is a good thing to have a heart to learn. After getting in touch, I listened to the questions he asked, and then gave a few more words, and found that he had been reading poetry since he was a child, and his foundation was very good.

In just a few days, Zhao Wei got to know a lot of students of the same age who were from a scholarly family as friends, and also met a few teachers who were willing to guide him in his homework.

A few days later, he learned a piece of news from a few new friends: Li Jinqing had taken off his clothes and had arrived in the capital.