Chapter 211 The Imperial Examination (3)
After receiving Tian San's report, Tang Bohu said in confusion: "He is here in Tangzhuang again, what other actions do he have?"
Standing behind Tang Bohu, Tian San said again: "This Xu Jing lives in a side room at Yuanfu Inn in Beijing. It is said that this person is a poor student, and his exam results at the Jiangnan Gongyuan were also average, and the spy from the Jinyiwei kept following him."
"But he is just an ordinary student." Tian San said in confusion, "Is it true that sir..."
"Do you think I'm too suspicious?" Tang Bohu turned his head and asked.
Tian San: "I dare not do it for a humble position."
"It's just a feeling." Tang Bohu continued: "I don't like the smell of this guy Xu Jing, I just feel a little uncomfortable. I report any actions this guy has, and the most important thing is whether he has any interaction with the officials in Beijing."
"I understand." Tian San returned.
Tian San received the order afterwards, but he was still very confused. Tang Bohu could guess what this guy had to do based on his feelings, and he could determine what a person wanted to do based on his feelings? Was it suspicious or too arbitrary. Although he felt a little frustrated in his heart, he still definitely listened to Tang Bohu.
"I'll go to the academy to have a look, too." Tang Bohu said.
Xu Jing and others stood outside the academy by the small river in Tangzhuang and did not walk in because they felt it was very impolite to just go to the academy to interrupt others' study.
Tang Bohu was also walking out of the academy and met two old acquaintances along the way.
"Lady Li Ge, Lao Ge." Tang Bohu saluted Liu Jian and Li Dongyang.
"Let's go to the academy to take a look." Li Dongyang replied.
Liu Jian also said with a smile: "There is a physics class today, and I will not miss a single class. This subject is very interesting."
"Let's go." Li Dongyang said to Tang Bohu: "You are the master, and you still want us to go ahead?"
"I'm a rude, my junior." Tang Bohu said, leading the way to the front and leading two ministers in the court to the academy. Outside Tangzhuang Academy, Tang Bohu saw another group of people, including Xu Jing.
"Those are students who come to Beijing to take the exam." Li Dongyang nodded and said.
"It's true!" Tang Bohu explained.
"You know each other?" Liu Jian said.
"There is one of them who actually knows the officials." Tang Bohu still explained.
Xu Jing also saw Tang Bohu and the other three saying to the classmates around him, "Classmates, have you seen those three people? The one who walked in front was Tang Bohu, who was a scholar from Jiangnan."
"So he is Tang Bohu." Several scholars looked at the young man in front of him and discussed.
"Brother Xu knows Tang Bohu?" asked a student.
"I will take you to gradually Tang Bohu." Xu Jing said as he walked forward to Tang Bohu.
"They came over." Li Dongyang said.
"Student Xu Jing, I have met Lord Tang." Xu Jing said seriously.
"I have met Lord Tang!" He took the student and bowed.
Tang Bohu also responded with a smile and then introduced the old man around him and said, "Hello everyone, this is the cabinet minister Li Dongyang, Grand Secretary Li, and Grand Secretary Liu Jian, Grand Secretary Liu."
Cabinet ministers and all scholars have known about the official system of the Ming Dynasty. Cabinet! They are the six ministries of the court, and are the great ministers around His Majesty and the people who help His Majesty deal with the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty. Above the six ministries, the official positions under the cabinet are said to be the highest official positions in the Ming Dynasty.
And now they saw each other, but they saw two at first sight.
Cabinet! Xu Jing opened his eyes wide and looked at the two old men behind Tang Bohu with a different look in their eyes. This change in his eyes was coincidentally captured by Tang Bohu.
"Everyone is a young scholar, but he is quite good." Li Dongyang exclaimed: "The spring exam is about to be held. You must take the exam well, and it will be up to the top of the game."
"Mr. Xie's advice." The scholars nodded and said yes.
"I have to go to the academy to attend the class, so I'll say goodbye first." Li Dongyang and Liu Jian both walked towards the academy.
"Listen to the class?" Xu Jing said in confusion: "We are already in the cabinet, and we still have to listen to the class?"
"Learning is endless, learn to live until you are old." Tang Bohu said, looking at Xu Jing, "Xu Jing, we meet again."
"What Lord Tang said," Xu Jing replied respectfully, "We're meeting again."
"Do you want to go to the academy to take a look?" Tang Bohu invited with a smile.
But as he said, Xu Jing saw several officials wearing Jinyiwei uniforms walking towards Tang Bohu from afar. Xu Jing took a step back and said, "The spring exam is about to be held. I have to go to review the books immediately, but I still won't go."
Tang Bohu agreed, nodded without saying anything.
Xu Jing left in a hurry. He now has many Jinyiwei around Tangzhuang. As a thousand Jinyiwei, it is not surprising that there are Jinyiwei around Tang Bohu, but he wonders why Tang Bohu seems to be so vigilant and hostile to him, and he seems to have no guilt from him from beginning to end.
Walking in Tangzhuang, Xu Jing was stunned at the gate of the Tang Mansion. He didn't know how long he stayed, but he saw a graceful woman flashing by the open gate of the Tang Mansion, as if she was walking inside.
Xu Jing saw clearly that it was her, she was right! It was indeed a member of the Tang Mansion.
"What are you looking at?" asked a middle-aged man if he saw Xu Jing's strange behavior.
“Dare to ask…”
"Young man, I see why you, gentle and gentle, look at our master's family like this!" Xu Jing's question was interrupted, and the middle-aged man said again: "I can tell you that you are not allowed to attack our master's family! If you want to leave, go quickly. We do not welcome strange guys like you."
Xu Jing was speechless and waved his sleeves and left with shame and anger.
The students who came with Xu Jing did not leave Tangzhuang with Xu Jing and remained in the academy. Tang Bohu looked at the students and said, "Are you classmates with Xu Jing?"
"Go back to Lord Tang." A scholar replied cautiously: "In fact, this Xu Jing is not a classmate with us. He only met when he was taking the exam together at the Jiangnan Gongyuan. It seems that this person is somewhat talented and has made friends with him for a hundred years and we have come to the capital together."
"I understand." Tang Bohu nodded.
Another student said, "Does Lord Tang know Xu Jing?"
"I'm not familiar with it." Tang Bohu continued: "Actually, Xu Jing and I were just meeting each other. Before you came, he asked to see me, and I just met him."
"I thought this Xu Jing really knew Lord Tang, so he was bragging." A student was a little hilarious.
Another student also said, "But, I used to think something was wrong with what Xu Jing said, and even said that his parents were rich businessmen. I think he was bragging too."
Chapter completed!