Taigong Shi commented on Meng Yanjun, saying that he was hospitable and self-congratulatory, but he was one of the four sages of the Warring States, but Shen Zhuo did not think so much about Meng Yanjun, he said: "In my opinion, even if Meng Yanjun has 3,000 guests, he is just a generation of chickens and dogs, he is cruel by nature, short-sighted, for his own selfish interests, and even colluded with the Qin State to crusade against his mother country, let me ask the sons present, can such a sage be worthy of the unification of the country?" ”

After saying this, Shen Zhuo looked around, and the people in the audience talked □□ their heads and whispered about it, and then, Shen Zhuo looked at the man opposite, and he smiled: "A truly far-sighted and capable person needs to be able to recruit talents, and even more need to distinguish talents. ”

"Don't Shen Gongzi know that it was the two of them who saved Meng Weijun's life." The man quibbled.

Shen Zhuo sneered, and he said, "If Meng Weijun has a true wise man by his side, why should he risk his life? ”

The man then asked: "Yuan Shu was born respectfully and guarded a large area of fertile land, but his people were tyrannical and unambitious, and finally ended up vomiting blood and dying. ”

Shen Zhuo smiled, and he said: "Sir, don't forget, Yuan Shao was succeeded by Yuan Cheng's house, and his identity was changed from concubine to concubine, Chen Fan and Li Ying, who are good friends with him, who is from a poor background?" ”

The person on the other side was asked, and Shen Zhuo said again: "Liyan is not virtuous, and Lizi is noble but not long. All of you here are scholars, throughout the ages, there are countless similar tragedies, and now the list is so diligent in advocating the theory of concubines, is it possible that you want to be a sinner who brings disaster to the country and the people? ”

His eyes were sharp, his voice was heavy, and he looked at them one by one, as if to see them through, and the debaters sitting across from him fell silent together, and then the crowd looked at one of the men with a long beard.

Gu Sanniang recognized him, this person was Qi Yun, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, this person was an old Bagu, who paid the most attention to respect and humility, but this time he stood on the An faction for some reason.

"Shen Gongzi, this issue is from the Holy Lord, and besides, the Holy One is talking about standing up for the virtuous, could it be that Shen Gongzi is questioning the Holy Lord?"

Shen Zhuo smiled indifferently, he looked at Qi Lao, and said: "It is normal for people to have thoughtful places for those who are in power, and those who are ministers know that the king has done something wrong, and they do not advise them, but blindly plead and instigate, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are chaotic ministers and thieves." ”

The people sitting opposite listened to his meaningful words, and they all seemed to be choked, and no one dared to say a word for half a day.

Gu Sanniang, who was sitting in the tent, looked at Shen Zhuo from afar, he was like a river on the stage, and between his gestures, he seemed to be born with a sense of nobility, Gu Sanniang couldn't help but be in a trance, she knew that there was a difference between her and Shen Zhuo, how could such a fairy son in the wind of Yushu become her husband? She recalled that in Lixian, what Shen Zhuo did every day was nothing more than taking a few rural students to read and write, if it weren't for Dongfang Jian being imprisoned, maybe he and she would spend the rest of their lives in that remote county town, but seeing such a dazzling Shen Zhuo at this time, Gu Sanniang suddenly felt that Shenlong was born to soar between heaven and earth, if it was trapped in a bay of shallows, what would it mean?

When Gu Sanniang here was in a daze, Jiang Zhongming on the other side also fell into contemplation, although he and Shen Zhuo were father and son, the two of them had a deep prejudice, otherwise they would not have made trouble to the point of severing the relationship between father and son.

In that year, his wife Shen died, and since then Shen Zhuo has never taken the initiative to get close to him, and when he remarried the lord of Jiayuan, Shen Zhuo avoided him even more, as for the later wonderful words and relatives, it eventually became the □□ of their father and son to break up, thinking of this, Jiang Zhongming's heart hurt slightly, the two of them clearly have the same bloodline, but they ignore each other, no one is willing to take a step back, if it is not for the common interests, Jiang Zhongming guessed that Shen Zhuo would never compromise.

Jiang Zhongming raised his eyes and looked at Shen Zhuo, who was arguing with the other party, he was quick thinking, eloquent, and historical allusions were at his fingertips, even if he was one enemy and sixteen, he was also at ease, on the contrary, the sixteen people on the opposite side were sweaty and sweaty when they were forced to ask by Shen Zhuo, and they couldn't answer in their mouths, and they were already at a disadvantage.

This person is his son, even if he changes his name and surname to Xin, the blood relationship is continuous, everyone in the world knows that he is his son, at this moment, he still holds up the lintel of the Jiang family!

When the debate on the stage reached its most intense, a young scholar was forced by Shen Zhuo to retreat, and his mouth suddenly became speechless, he pointed at Shen Zhuo and said: "Your stepfamily is an unchaste widow, it is said that you were in Lixian a few years ago, and you had a close relationship with the scoundrels in the market, and frequently went in and out of the Qianzhuang casino. ”

As soon as he said this, the audience suddenly burst into discussion, all the scholars who came today are scholars, and they expect the new Guozi to be virtuous and noble, and the fraud case of the predecessor Li Ya has just passed, if another person is selected for corruption and fraud, who can guarantee that the next imperial examination can be fair and strict?

Gu Sanniang sighed in her heart, this person was talking about Xiao Yezi being abducted before, Shen Zhuo borrowed usury from Qianzhuang in order to raise money to save people, and it was Pang Si who helped him at that time, but he didn't expect them to even inquire about these things.

Sun's face was full of surprise, and she asked quietly, "Sister-in-law, is what this person said true?" ”

"Phew, he's talking nonsense!" Gu Sanniang glared at the man fiercely, and said, "This matter is a long story, I can't explain it in a few words, and I'll talk to you slowly when I get home." ”

When Gu Sanniang was secretly anxious, Dongfang Zhen, who was watching the battle outside, was also a little worried, literati value virtue, and Shen Zhuo did these things for a reason, but what he was most afraid of was that the An family made something out of nothing and took the opportunity to ruin Shen Zhuo's reputation.

Shen Zhuo, who was standing on the stage, was calm and calm, he didn't look at the person who spoke, but arched his hand towards the referee Master Honghai, and said: "Master, I have a deep love for my mother, since the day I got married, I made an oath to be old, and I dare to ask her to marry her as a widower, which law of this dynasty she violated?" ”

Master Honghai shook his head and replied, "As far as I know, there is no law in this dynasty that widows are not allowed to remarry!" ”

Many of the women who watched the battle around were the ladies of various provinces, and everyone listened to Shen Zhuo's words, and suddenly became envious, if they could get their husbands to confess like this, they would have no regrets in this life, and besides, Concubine An, let go of such a beloved, but she was willing to enter the palace as a concubine, and she didn't want to think about the details behind her, if the emperor favored her again, could she still be named the queen? At best, she is just a favorite concubine, she has been in the palace for several years, and she has not even given birth to a boy and a woman, and in the end she has to use other people's sons to compete for power, which is really ironic.

The man on the scene asked again, "Then what is your explanation for borrowing usury?" ”

Shen Zhuo said to the crowd below: "Three years ago, my stepdaughter was abducted, and the lady was broken for this, and at that time she had no long things in her lower body, so she had to go to the money village to borrow a loan shark, and asked someone to find her stepdaughter. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone below shouted loudly: "Shen Zhuo is affectionate and righteous, he has made the sacrificial wine of the country's eunuch, and it is the gospel of our students." ”

Shen Zhuo glanced at the debater standing opposite him, and he said to Master Honghai: "This person is disrespectful to my lady first, confuses the public later, and the arguments he says have nothing to do with the debate, so I don't bother to debate with him, if he wants to ask another question, I won't reply half a word!" ”

The man's face was flushed with shame, his eyes glared at Shen Zhuo, he was so angry that he couldn't even speak, Master Honghai thought about it, he nodded and said to Shen Zhuo: "What you mentioned is also reasonable. ”

Master Honghai recognized Shen Zhuo's meaning, as if he had dealt a big blow to the sixteen scholars opposite, their faces were gray, and they were speechless for a long time, Shen Zhuo glanced at them and asked, "May I ask all of you here are from your family?" ”

These people looked at Shen Zhuo together, wondering what he meant, Shen Zhuo smiled and said, "In this way, the Holy Lord also agrees with the great and virtuous!" ”

A person stood up, he looked at Shen Zhuo and said: "That's because there are many virtuous people who are suffering from their backgrounds, so they will always be blocked from the temple, and the Holy Lord knows that there are countless talented people who have been buried, so he put forward this debate." ”

Shen Zhuo asked, "May I ask if there are concubines and concubines in the Zun Mansion?" ”

The man replied, "I was born in an ordinary family, and my father only married my mother, where did I come from!" ”

Shen Zhuo sneered, he looked at the sixteen bachelors, and said: "There are many concubines and concubines in the family, I am afraid that there are not a few, I will ask for advice below, if there are talented concubines, you will be replaced, dare to ask you whether to agree or not?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, all the other side was silent, Shen Zhuo seemed to have guessed their hearts, he stared at these people, and said coldly: "This is the difference between the concubines, there are virtuous concubines, and they are also concubines until they die!" ”

At this time, a person stood up, and he said to Shen Zhuo: "I am the eldest son of the family, if there is a younger brother who is beyond my ability, I am willing to let Xian be!" ”

Shen Zhuo stared at the man, he smiled, and said: "Your Excellency is broad-minded, Shen admires, let me remind you, your mansion is full of only a few hundred people, when the family chooses well, your mansion has several generations of Hengchang, and if you don't choose well, it will just collapse the building. ”

The man said unconvinced: "None of the high-ranking people from noble backgrounds in the past generations have lost the country?" ”

Shen Zhuo smiled: "That's not the fault of the superiors, it's the fault of the officials!" ”

The man was speechless, he felt in his heart that Shen Zhuo was quibbling, but he couldn't say anything to refute it.