After lunch, Li Renshou went back to the mansion directly. He had been appointed as the prefect of Zhao County and would go to Zhao County in two days. In the past two days, he had nothing to do in the court and mainly dealt with trivial matters at home.

Although he was about to take office in Zhaojun, Li Renshou was really unhappy, mainly because his son Li Qingming refused to attend the welcome banquet today, which made him very angry.

In fact, his son Li Qingming has always been his pride. Among the children of major families in Hebei, only his son is the most promising. He served as the Minister of War and the Director of the King of Qi to join the army. He not only has official positions but also military positions, but was deeply trusted by the King of Qi. Even Lu Zhuo's son Lu Qingyuan was not as good as his achievements. He was the brother of the Princess Qi.

When Li Renshou returned to the mansion, his anger calmed down a little. He knew that his son was a very cautious person and would not refuse to attend the banquet for no reason. There must be some reason.

Li Renshou sat down in the study and said to the maid: "Go and find the second young master!"

Li Renshou has three sons. The eldest son Li Qinghua manages clan affairs at home and is preparing to take over the position of head of the family. The third son Li Qingping is currently studying at home. The second son is Li Qingming, who is also Li Renshou's most valued son. At present, he does not have his own official residence in Zhongzhong and temporarily lives in his father's mansion.

Soon, Li Qingming hurried to his father's study. He returned to Zhongdu just the day before yesterday. He completed the entry procedures the day before yesterday. He went to the military camp for another day yesterday. He was really tired, so he used the excuse of being unwell and turned down the welcome banquet specially prepared by his father for him.

Li Qingming walked into the room, knelt down and bowed, "Children's greetings to my father!"

Li Renshou glanced at him and said coldly: "You can't tell where you are sick!"

"Report to my father, the baby is not sick."

"Then you just deliberately didn't give me face, right?" Li Renshou's anger rose again.

Li Qingming still said calmly: "It's not that the child does not give his father a face, but that some parties will never attend. This is a matter of principle."

Li Renshou was stunned. His anger just rose in his heart immediately disappeared. He felt that his son had something in his words, so he asked, "Tell me, what kind of party you will never attend?"

"Children will never attend the party of factions that form cliques and friends. For example, the child also wants to advise his father not to attend again. This is the root cause of trouble in the future."

Li Renshou understood his son's meaning a little. He pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think the Hebei gentry has formed a clique and a friend?"

Li Qingming nodded, "It is understandable that Hebei gentry took over the party in order to protect themselves when they were in Jiangdu, but they should be disbanded after they arrived in Yidu. There should be no more sayings about the leaders of Hebei gentry, and they cannot gather regularly. This will gradually evolve into the second Guanlong noble. I know His Highness the King of Qi very well. He will never allow gentry from all over the country to form cliques and friends. My father will stay with them sooner or later something will happen."

Li Qingming's words surprised his father Li Renshou. In fact, he also vaguely felt something was wrong with the Hebei gentry. There were gentry tribes in all regions of the world, but they did not closely unite through marriage like the major families in Hebei. They prosper and prosper and decline.

"Have the King of Qi told you something?" Li Renshou asked carefully.

"The King of Qi has never told me, but there are some things that need not be said. Many people with a little political mind know how to choose. For example, although I don't know the final result of this imperial examination, I can be sure that the Hebei gentry will definitely not have the advantage and will be suppressed. I think this should be the result."

Li Renshou was stunned. He suddenly realized that Su Wei's plan was most likely Zhang Xuan's instruction, not Su Wei's own decision. This plan was obviously aimed at the Hebei gentry. With Su Wei's peacemaker's character, he would not reduce the number of Hebei scholars from 40% to less than 20%. He would never do such offends.

Li Renshou couldn't sit still anymore and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He gradually realized that although Zhang Xuan could not return in the battle in the Liaohe River, it did not mean that he did not care about the imperial examination. This was the first imperial examination and was very important. Zhang Xuan would definitely convey his will to Su Wei through letters.

After figuring this out, Li Intong was almost certain that Su Wei's plan was actually Zhang Xuan's plan. Unfortunately, neither Rou Zhuo nor Choi Huan thought of this.

In fact, he himself did not realize it? If it weren't for his son's reminder, he would still be confused and indignant for the unfair admission.

Just then, there were faint shouts from outside, and the father and son of Li were stunned. Li Renshou walked out of the study and saw the butler rushing towards him, "What happened?" Li Renshou asked.

"Master, there are thousands of scholars outside, and they walked from the Imperial Academy toward Ziwei Palace."

Li Renshou was secretly surprised, "Is it..."

He hurriedly walked outside the mansion gate. There were many servants standing on the steps at the entrance of the mansion. He was tiptoing to look at the other side of the river not far away. Li's mansion is located at the eastmost point of the new city, only a river from the old city. The willow trees on both sides of the river have not yet been shaded, and they can see the situation on the other side of the river. Thousands of scholars on the other side of the river are carrying the Master like parade and demonstration, constantly shouting slogans, which makes the crowd excited.

Li Renshou had already heard the word "Hebei" in the slogan. He became more and more frightened and urgently ordered his servants to inquire about the situation.

Soon, the servants came to report, "Master, they are all scholars from Hebei. They said that the court was deliberately suppressing the scholars from Hebei and demanded that the court be fair."

Li Renshou was stunned. The matter was really a big deal. At this time, Li Qingming walked up and said in a deep voice: "The news should not be spread so quickly. It has nothing to do with the morning resolution. It should have been planned by someone a few days ago. But the timing of their appearance was too unfortunate. Lu Shangshu and Cui Shangshu may be blamed."

Li Renshou sighed and said to his son Li Qingming: "You have made sense. You are not as good as your father to see through this."

He said to himself again: "Lu Zhuo really shouldn't have told this. How could he explain to His Highness the King of Qi?"

Li Qingming smiled and said, "Actually, there is no problem now. At least before unifying the world, the King of Qi will not make any big moves against the Hebei gentry. It will only slowly weaken. Although my father attended the Hebei gentry gatherings, he just needed to grasp the principles and persuade everyone not to do excessive things, especially to be careful not to raise too many gangs. This is a taboo. Frankly speaking, I don't want to see the Hebei gentry be cleansed in the future."

Li Renshou nodded silently, he knew what to do.

Li Renshou never expected that the parade of thousands of scholars was related to the Li family of Zhaojun. One of the organizers of this parade was his nephew Li Zhaoxi, and the organizers were Lu Han, the nephew of Lu Chu. There were also two grandsons of Cui Guangping and Cui Guanglin, the prefect of Zhuo County Cui Hongsheng. The four heard the news that the collegial group was stalemate from the elders of the family. In order to fight for the rights and interests of the scholars in Hebei, the four organized three thousand scholars to march on the streets within a few days, putting pressure on the court.

These four people are passionate young people. It is no problem to be admitted to the imperial examination with their talents. However, in order to pursue fairness and justice, they resolutely organized this parade. Moreover, their organization was very effective and they walked all the way to Ziwei Palace without any extreme behavior of smashing, smashing and looting.

Three thousand scholars sat on the ground in front of the gate of Ziwei Palace and began to sit quietly and demonstrate. At this time, tens of thousands of soldiers rushed from the north gate and surrounded the three thousand scholars. At the same time, the court was also alarmed. Su Wei and Pei Ju walked out with a large group of officials, and Lu Zhuo and Cui Huan also rushed out after hearing the news.

"What are you doing?"

Lu Zhuo was furious and rushed forward and said angrily to the scholars: "This is a major place in the imperial court. Do you want to rebel? Go back to me, go back all!"

The scholars all lowered their heads and no one said anything. At this time, a guard set up a wooden platform. Two guards supported Su Wei and walked up to the wooden platform tremblingly. Su Wei whispered: "I Su Wei, I must know me. I know why you came. You think it is unfair to the scholars in Hebei and ask for an increase in the quota. I can understand your feelings, but everything can't escape the word "reason". I will talk to you about reason."

Lu Zhuo was both ashamed and anxious, and he quickly bowed and said, "Su Xiangguo, let me tell you!"

Su Wei waved his hand and whispered to the scholars: "There are indeed many scholars in Hebei, with 16,000 people, but only 900 people were admitted to the top 5,000. Have you ever thought about the reason? In fact, everyone should understand that Zhongdu is located in Wei County, Hebei counties are stable, and the water and land transportation are convenient. As long as scholars are scholars, they want to come to Zhongdu to try their luck, so there are many talents, but their talents are of varying quality. This is a fact. You require fairness and justice. So we will admit them according to our talents. Isn't it fair or unfair?"

At this time, Li Jing also walked forward and shouted loudly: "I am Li Jing, the Minister of War. I advise everyone to put the overall situation first. His Highness the King of Qi is leading his army to fight fiercely with the Goguryeo army in Liaodong, which requires stability in the rear. Not only do we do not support His Highness the King of Qi to fight against foreign races, but we are still gathering people here to protest. Have you ever thought about the impact on the soldiers in front, and have you ever thought about the responsibility on your shoulders?"

Li Jing's tone was very stern, and the scholars lowered their heads in shame. At this time, Lu Han stood up and shouted to the scholar: "Li Shangshu is right. The enemy in front is fighting. We cannot cause trouble for His Highness King Qi anymore. Right and wrong. I believe His Highness King Qi will give us an explanation, let's go back first!"

Lu Han was the leader of this scholar parade. Although he could not fully accept Su Wei's reason, Li Jing was right. The front enemies are fighting now and they cannot make trouble in the rear. Lu Han has a high prestige among the scholars. Since he proposed to go back, the scholars stood up and dispersed.

In just a moment, there were only a hundred sparse scholars watching the fun in the square, and most of them went back. At this time, Pei Ju walked up to Lu Zhuo and smiled: "The scholar who was in charge just now seems to be the nephew of the Lu family!"
Chapter completed!