Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 106 The love between me and His Highness Liao Wang is stronger than that of gold
Good guy, how do you solve this problem?
Not to mention finding a hundred pairs of mother and child horses, even if there are three pairs, it will be even more difficult to distinguish clearly.

Even people from the Yuan Dynasty who often deal with horses on the grassland, the horses they have raised since they were young are okay. If they lead a group of unfamiliar horses like this, it will be really difficult to distinguish them.

The envoys were all stunned, Li Chengxu was no exception, including Li Qi, they didn't intend to move at all.

It's not that Zhu Qi doesn't want Li Qiying, but that this question is indeed a bit difficult, and no one can answer it casually.

But Zhu Qi had read the answer in advance, so he knew how to answer it.

Seeing that all the contestants were stunned, they soon began to abstain from answering.

But some people are not convinced, saying that this question is too difficult, no one can answer it at all, otherwise, can you officials of Ming Dynasty answer it?
Those officials all looked at each other in blank dismay, of course they couldn't answer.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the horses below, with a thoughtful expression on his face, looked at Zhu Qi and asked:
"Third son, you asked such a difficult question. These envoys couldn't answer it, even the ministers of my Ming Dynasty couldn't answer it. Those envoys were inevitably a little bit critical, and so many scholars of Daming couldn't answer it. looking at..."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was obvious, that is, the question must be answered by the person who made the question. If the person who made the question can't answer it, then it is not called a question, it is called making things difficult for people.

Zhu Qi smiled and said:

"Father, don't worry, the elder brother of the crown prince already knew the answer to this question."

Zhu Qi originally wanted Prince Zhu Biao to show his wisdom, although Zhu Qi thought of the question, the answer was also given by Zhu Qi.

Unexpectedly, the prince Zhu Biao didn't mean to claim credit at all, but said directly:

"Father, this question is indeed not unsolvable. The third brother has already told me the answer to the question, but the third brother said that he has to pretend not to know about this..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he wanted to understand what Zhu Qi meant, he laughed and said:
"Since the youngest said so, boss, you should pretend that you don't know. The envoys and scholars in the audience are waiting, so go out and announce the answer."

Zhu Biao nodded to accept the order, and then walked out, first beckoning everyone to be quiet, and then talking about the answer to this question.

These days, of course, there is no microphone to amplify Zhu Biao's words, but twenty big men have been prepared in front of him. Zhu Biao said something, and these soldiers will repeat it with their loud voices.

On the school grounds, as long as you can calm down, you can hear clearly.

The answer to this question is also very simple, that is to starve the pony for a long time.

Ask Greetings to let go of these foals. The hungry foals will naturally go to their mothers to suckle. When the time comes, the pair of mother and child will be clear at a glance.

After Prince Zhu Biao uttered this answer, the scholars and officials in the audience were surprised again, and the praises were naturally continuous.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Biao sighed at Zhu Qi, and said:
"Third brother, this is what you came up with. Now their praise sounds really uncomfortable to me."

Zhu Qi chuckled and said:

"Brother, we agreed earlier that you will take the lead in this matter on the surface, and I will retreat behind the scenes. Those envoys are all looking forward to me giving them the answer. If I tell them the answer, will it be unrevealed?
What's more, elder brother, you are the crown prince and the crown prince of Ming Dynasty. It is also a good thing that you can increase your prestige in front of these scholars. "

Hearing these words, Zhu Biao smiled helplessly and shook his head again.

And Zhu Yuanzhang watched the conversation between the two brothers, and praised Zhu Qi again, saying that Zhu Qi is really a model of brotherhood and brotherhood, and he will definitely be the assistant to Zhu Biao in the future, and the right arm of the prosperous Ming Dynasty!
What he said to Zhu Qi was a burst of embarrassment. He didn't dare to be the right-hand man. His goal was to be a low-key and idle prince. If it wasn't for the fact that they kissed his sister this time, Zhu Qi would not want to care about it at all.

This time, the envoys were convinced one by one. After all, with the question, there was also the answer. This was not intentional to make things difficult for others. If they couldn't answer it, they could only say that their skills were not as good as others.

What's more, everyone didn't answer it.

The crowd quickly adjusted their mood and entered the second round of breakthrough.

I saw a group of soldiers coming over, and distributed a hundred pieces of pine wood to each contestant.

When everyone was wondering what the purpose of these pine logs was, they heard the eunuch on the counter shout:
"Whoever can distinguish the roots and shoots of these hundred sections of pine within half an hour will be the winner!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, distinguishing between roots and shoots?
Good guy, this is not a complete pine trunk, but a section of pine wood, the kind that is shaved clean, how can you tell the root from the tip with this thing?
Just like the first question, even a carpenter who has been working with wood all year round cannot complete this work in half an hour!

But it was hard to return, and the envoys and contestants immediately started to work hard.

But Li Qi calmly wrote a note and handed it to the internal officer next to him, and then began to stare at the pine tree in a daze.

It's just that Li Qi's actions were not in the attention of others, at least Li Chengxu, the envoy of Korea, didn't see it, and he was still racking his brains to figure out what to do.

At this time, suddenly an internal official came over quietly and handed a note to the Korean envoy.

When the Korean envoys saw the words on the note, their eyes lit up, and they hurriedly sent the note to Li Chengxu.

Li Chengxu was still worried at first, but when he saw the note, he immediately regained his energy.

The person who sent the note was none other than His Royal Highness King Liao!
What was written on the note was clearly the answer to this question!

Needless to say, Li Chengxu was so touched that his heart warmed. When he looked up, he saw His Royal Highness King Liao looking at him from the main stand, and silently gave him a thumbs up.

Although Li Chengxu didn't understand what it meant to compare thumbs, but looking at His Highness Liao Wang's eyes full of hope, Li Chengxu knew the meaning of His Highness Liao Wang's encouragement.

Sure enough, the hesitation between himself and His Highness King Liao is really unbreakable!

Li Chengxu didn't dare to neglect, he quickly copied a copy of the answer, and then handed it to the nearby internal officer.

Soon half an hour was up, and those envoys, one by one, were also blinded by the answer.

As for whether it is accurate or not, those envoys still said the same thing: Anyway, the person who asks the question may not be able to answer it!

But what made these envoys dumbfounded was that the internal official quickly announced:

"This round of competition, the envoy of Korea won!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, and they saw Li Chengxu, the envoy of Korea, standing there, he didn't move at all, and the pine tree in front of him didn't move either!

Can this win?I'm afraid there is something tricky!
But before they had time to protest, they heard the insider announce the reasons for their victory.

It turns out that the Korean envoy wrote down the identification method early on. The reason why he didn't do it was to avoid the method from being seen by others. Wouldn't the others win?

When everyone was wondering what the method was, the internal officials announced that there was another winner, Li Qi!

Li Chengxu originally thought that he was the only one who could win because of the guidance of the wise and mighty Prince Liao, but he didn't expect that this man named Li Qi could also win!
Li Chengxu didn't know Li Qi, but all the officials of Ming Dynasty knew each other, and they all looked at Li Shanchang with strange expressions.

Li Shanchang, who was sitting in the auditorium, coughed twice, concealed his embarrassment, and said "everyone understands" on his face, and didn't say much.

And that Li Qi, like Li Chengxu, never moved.

Everyone's curiosity was completely aroused, and the internal official didn't talk too much, and quickly announced the method.

It's very simple, just throw these pine logs into the water.

Everyone was surprised, so just throw it into the water?Why?Doesn't this pine log float?

Everyone was surprised that the soldiers of the Ming army over there started to move, carrying the pine logs into the large pool next to them.

This pine wood is indeed floating on the water surface, but the slightly heavy root of the pine wood sinks in the water, while the slightly light tip of the pine wood does indeed float on the water surface!
It's clear at a glance!

Zhu Yuanzhang in the main stand couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding when he saw this situation. He knew that these methods were all thought of by his youngest Zhu Qi!

The proud expression on his face is the same as that of ordinary old fathers.

(End of this chapter)