"Brother Li, it's still early, why don't we find a place to have a few drinks?" As soon as he came out of the warm pavilion, Xie Jin immediately took the initiative to invite Li Jie.

"I can't ask for it!" Li Jie also immediately agreed, he was also very curious about Xie Jin, and of course he wanted to make friends.

So the two went out of the palace together, and then found an inconspicuous tavern, it was not yet a meal, and there were no guests in the tavern, so the two found a corner and sat down, and then asked for a few side dishes and a pot of wine to eat and chat.

Li Jie is not good at drinking, but he still accompanied Xie Jin to drink a few glasses, but Xie Jin seemed to have something on his mind, and he drank very violently, and soon became a little drunk, and immediately changed the topic and said: "Brother Li, I really envy you!" ”

"Brother Xie is serious, you are a bachelor of Hanlin at a young age, and I don't know how many scholars in the world envy you!" Li Jie also smiled when he heard this.

Xie Jin is a native of Jiangxi, Jiangxi is a province with no sense of existence in later generations, and even many Jiangxi people jokingly call themselves Akalin Province, but in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi is a place to study and take the exam, throughout the Ming Dynasty, many cabinet scholars are from Jiangxi, such as Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, etc., and even there was a famous saying at that time, called "the courtiers are half Jiangxi", half of the officials are from Jiangxi, which shows that the Jiangxi people at that time were powerful.

"Master Hanlin?" Only Jianjin muttered to himself with a bitter face, "Although Master Hanlin is noble, but in fact it is useless at all, I have been in the court for two years, except for writing articles and helping Your Majesty polish the holy decree, I have not done anything at all, but because I have offended the powerful people in the DPRK because of my straightforward heart, Your Majesty summoned me today, in fact, I was scolded for it!" ”

Li Jie was not surprised to hear Xie Jin's words, when it came to Xie Jin, the first thing many people thought of was that he presided over the compilation of the "Yongle Canon", and he was also a cabinet scholar, but in the early Ming Dynasty, the cabinet scholar was not of high grade, and he was only an adviser to the emperor, and he did not have direct control over the government.

And Xie Jin's scholarly anger is too heavy, although he has insight, but because he speaks too straight, he can't be a man, which leads to him offending many people in the court, and in the end, his death is also harmed by the villain's greedy words.

"Brother Xie, I want to ask, what are you studying for?" I saw Li Jie put down the wine glass at this time, and after a moment of silence, he asked, Everyone says that Xie Jin is a genius, but even if he is a genius, if he doesn't work hard, it will be difficult to be admitted to the Jinshi before the age of twenty.

"Of course, studying is to serve the court, to benefit the people with their own talents, the so-called self-cultivation, family, governance, and peace in the world, this is the ultimate pursuit of my generation of scholars!" Xie Jin also showed a serious expression at the end, although he and Li Jie had only met for the first time, they had a sense of familiarity at first sight, after all, he had been friends with Li Jie for a long time before.

"Brother Xie is right, you are a high school scholar at a young age, and it is the time to show your ambitions, but in my opinion, Brother Jie, you are actually not suitable to be an official!" Li Jie thought about it and finally said directly. Xie Jin is extremely smart, but most of his talents are in academics, rather than dealing with the intrigues of officialdom, so he should be more of an academic talent.

What Li Jie didn't expect was that Xie Jin didn't get angry when he heard his words, but was stunned for a moment, and then showed a silent expression, and after a long while, he sighed and said: "Brother Li, you have really seen people, and you can see my biggest shortcomings at a glance, in fact, I have been doubting myself for the past two years, obviously sometimes I have no malice, but why do I offend others?" ”

Xie Jin's last sentence can be said to exhaust the suffering of a person with "more than IQ and insufficient emotional intelligence", and even sometimes they are obviously well-intentioned, but the words they say are also very hurtful, if the other party is a gentleman, it is fine, but if they meet a villain, then they are afraid that they will be unlucky, and the most lacking thing in officialdom is precisely a gentleman.

"Brother Li, since you can see my problem, please show me the way!" In the end, Xie Jin suddenly stood up and saluted Li Jie, this time he offended people and was reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he may not have such good luck next time.

Li Jie didn't expect Xie Jin to ask him for advice, so he immediately stood up and returned the salute, and then pulled the other party to sit down again, but he didn't speak immediately, but fell into deep thought, and Xie Jin didn't dare to say anything to disturb.

In fact, when Xie Jin was just a junior high school, he was still very valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, and often took him with him, and even the holy decree was drafted by Xie Jin, and even Zhu Yuanzhang once said to Xie Jin, although they are monarchs and ministers in terms of etiquette, but emotionally they are more like father and son, so let Xie Jin know everything, and Xie Jin is also very sincere, and the next day he presented a book of 10,000 words, pointing out some shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty government, and later he presented the "Taiping Ten Strategies", which was also praised by Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Xie Jin's shortcomings are also obvious, he has offended many people in the court, such as Shen Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Yuan Tai, the imperial historian, and others, and finally even Zhu Yuanzhang feels that he has an impulsive temperament, and if he continues like this, it may cause the ministers to attack in groups.

In this case, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Xie Jin's father to the capital and asked him to take Xie Jin home, yes, it's like a child made a mistake, and then the teacher called the parents and asked the parents to take the child home to discipline him.

It can also be seen from the above incident that Zhu Yuanzhang really regards Xie Jin as a child, and the phrase "love for father and son" should not be a lie, and it can also be seen that Xie Jin's character may really be like a child, naïve but not knowing the severity, and offending others may not be aware of it.

I saw that Li Jie was silent for a long time, and finally raised his head and said: "Brother Jie, you want to serve the court and benefit the people of the world, I admire this very much, but if you want to do these two things, you don't have to be an official!" ”

"Not an official? How does that benefit the people? Xie Jinyan was stunned when he heard this, studying to become an official, and then achieving his ideals as an official, this is almost the fixed thinking mode of all scholars.

Li Jie also knew that there was a huge ideological generation gap between himself and the people of this era, and it would not work to explain it by words alone, so he smiled mysteriously and said: "Brother Jie, tomorrow afternoon, in the hot air balloon workshop next to the Ordnance Bureau, there is a group of very interesting people there, maybe you can find the answer there!" ”

"Hot air balloon workshop? Isn't that the place to make a hot air balloon? Xie Jin was even more puzzled when he heard this, of course he knew about the hot air balloon, and even when the hot air balloon took off, he stood behind Zhu Yuanzhang and witnessed the shocking flight with his own eyes, as for the hot air balloon workshop, he had also heard of it, but he had never been there.

"Hehe, it's not just hot air balloons there, Brother Jie, you will naturally know if you go!" Li Jie smiled mysteriously again, and got up to say goodbye after speaking, after all, he had already given a hint, as for whether Xie Jin would go or not, it would depend on his own choice.

The next morning, Liu Ying came back from outside the city in a hurry, he crossed the Yangtze River before being caught up by the people sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, when he learned that he was the commander of the Iron Book Army, he also couldn't cry or laugh, and hurried back overnight.

Li Jie and Liu Yi were also waiting at Shuiximen for a long time, and when they saw Liu Ying getting off the boat, the two of them immediately greeted them, and Liu Yi even opened his mouth and complained: "Dad, you asked around before, but now it's good, ask and inquire, who would have thought that you were the commander of the Iron Book Army, and I knew that my cousin and I would have to go to Mu Sheng?" ”

However, Liu Ying ignored him, but grabbed Li Jie and asked, "How is Your Majesty, he must be very angry after he knows that I left Beijing, right?" ”

"Your Majesty was indeed a little angry yesterday, wait for me to go to see Your Majesty with my uncle, and then you have to be careful, uncle!" Li Jie replied honestly.

Knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry, Liu Ying also became nervous all of a sudden, he knew this, he didn't dare to leave Beijing without permission anyway, but he can't be blamed for this matter, if you want to blame Lao Zhu himself, it is clear that the Iron Book Army is ready for everything, but the candidate for the commander has not been announced, but as soon as he left, Lao Zhu sent someone to chase him back, which is just a trick.

"Uncle, you don't have to worry too much, Your Majesty is angry, but at most, it will be a few scolds, and it won't do anything to you." Li Jie saw Liu Ying's appearance and hurriedly said comfortingly.

"I hope so!" Liu Ying sighed again, and after speaking, he and Li Jie rushed to the palace as fast as possible.

However, just before entering the warm pavilion, Liu Ying deliberately messed up his hair a little, and his clothes were wrinkled, looking like a dusty man, and Li Jie next to him also felt a little familiar, this trick seems to have been used by Zhu Biao at the beginning, right?

After getting the report, Liu Ying and Li Jie stepped into the warm pavilion together, only to see that Zhu Biao was also here, which made Li Jie also feel relieved, his old father-in-law's character is still very good, with him, even if Lao Zhu is really angry, he can help persuade him.

"Minister Liu Ying greets Your Majesty!" After Liu Ying came in, he immediately saluted the old Zhu who was sitting, and then saluted Zhu Biao in both directions.

"Where did you go and come back?" I saw Zhu Yuanzhang ask without raising his head.

"Just after crossing the Yangtze River, the minister's luggage was moving down from the boat, and he was caught up by the people in the palace." Liu Ying replied honestly.

"I want to go back to my hometown, the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum still lacks a gate, it is your family's land, do you want to make a holy decree and let your old Liu family guard the imperial mausoleum for generations?" Lao Zhu finally raised his head at this time and stared at Liu Yingdao fiercely. When his parents died, there was no place to bury him, but Liu Ying's father gave up a piece of his own land, which allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to bury his parents.

Liu Ying was also frightened, guarding the imperial tomb is not a good errand, just like the women in the harem are beaten into the cold palace, there will be almost no day to come out.

However, Liu Ying didn't dare to argue, so he said aggrievedly: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the land of the minister's family is His Majesty's land, and the minister is also His Majesty's people. ”

"Hearts and mouths are different! Tomorrow I will go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to take up my post! Zhu Yuanzhang was not really angry, he scolded two sentences and waved his hand directly, although Liu Ying was slippery and relatively mediocre in all aspects, he was better than a loyal, which Lao Zhu was still very relieved of him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Ying was also overjoyed when she heard this, and immediately bowed and withdrew.

Li Jie also breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to say goodbye and leave, but Lao Zhu stopped him and said, "You stay, there is something I have to tell you to do!" ”