This news caused another uproar in the court. Duke Lu, who had been waiting for the prince to lose power, was so angry at home that he did not dare to say a word in the morning, lest he arouse Xiao Heng's suspicion of himself.
Although the other ministers had their own ideas, Xiao Heng seemed to have already made up his mind and had no choice but to give up.
It was the first time that Xiao Changgong served as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, so he paid special attention to it and strictly controlled every link, never wanting any of his talents to be buried.
Even though he knew it would be very hard, Xiao Changgong still reviewed every exam paper personally. His teacher Shen Rui and Prime Minister Han Yunzhi were the two ministers he had always trusted. Finally, after the three of them reviewed, he selected this class. The pillars of the imperial examination.
Among these examination articles, the one they praised most was written by a young talented man named Li Yi!
They undoubtedly selected Li Yi as the number one scholar, and Xiao Heng also heard how praiseworthy this young talent's literary talent was. He specifically looked at the test paper presented by Xiao Changgong. After reading it, he couldn't help but nod indifferently. laugh.
It was only after the top three talents and other talents who passed the exam had an audience with the emperor and the prince respectively, that Xiao Heng realized that Li Yi, who had outstanding literary talent and immeasurable talent, actually came from the Li family of Zhaojun!
However, the ranking had already been announced to the world. Although Xiao Heng had some grudges in his heart, he did not want to leave any comments that would break his promise, so he could only let Li Yi serve as a remote local official for the time being.
As a result, before Xiao Heng's decision was made, Xiao Changgong had an argument with him again.
"Father, since Li Yi is the number one scholar who was finally selected by the father, son, ministers and others, naturally he cannot overdo it! Talents are rare..."
Xiao Heng responded and said lightly: "Of course I understand that this Li Yi is the pillar of the country. It is precisely because of this that I gave him this difficult-to-govern place to manage. If he manages it well, it will naturally mean that his Talent, if he can't manage it well, it means everything in his articles is just talk!"
"Why is my father so difficult for him?" Xiao Changgong shook his head, was silent for a moment, and then asked: "According to what I saw, my father is probably because he comes from the Li family in Zhao County? My father is afraid that the power of the Li family in Zhao County will regain its power. Strong, that's why after learning about Li Yi's origin, his attitude changed so much!"
Xiao Heng's expression suddenly changed, he didn't expect Xiao Changgong to expose his inner thoughts.
"My father is considering it this way, so of course he has his own intentions!"
"Really? I thought that my father was prejudiced against the Li family of Zhaojun..." Xiao Changgong couldn't help but sneered and said faintly: "Although Li Yi comes from the Li family of Zhaojun, he is also from a poor family. Erchen I have talked with him several times and found that he has no style of being a member of a famous family. He is simple in nature and will definitely be a good official in the future. I also hope that my father will put aside his prejudices!"
"Chang Gong, I have no prejudice against the Li family of Zhao County!" Xiao Heng sighed and shook his head.
Xiao Changgong did not believe his father's statement, and responded coldly: "If my father had no prejudice, he would not be so cruel to the Li family of Zhaojun, but he would be merciful to the Fan Yang Lu family... I know that the Fan Yang Lu family It is useful to my father, but my mother is no longer alive, and it is impossible for the Li family of Zhao County to become a relative, so my father does not have to worry about the exclusive power of my relatives!"
When Xiao Heng heard him mention the "exclusive power of relatives" and his differential treatment of the two noble families, his face became even more gloomy. He wanted to get angry at him several times, but in the end he suppressed his anger.