Yipinxiang's business is still very prosperous, and it seems that it has not been affected by Liu Xuan.

Although they wore veils, their demeanor was obviously not ordinary people, and as soon as they entered and tasted incense, Xiao Er immediately greeted them.

Before Xiao Er could speak, Xiao Zhu handed over a piece of silver, and then said: "Our young master and young lady have heard the name of Yipinxiang, so they have come to take a look, don't bother to entertain, if necessary, we will call you." ”

Xiao Er has met a lot of people in this situation, and the fame of Yipinxiang has already spread all around the capital, and there are many people who come to admire it, so he said with a smile: "Okay, please feel free to visit the guest officer, and the small one will retire first." ”

After Xiao Er left, Li Che and Liu Xuan went up to the second floor.

When you go up to the second floor, you can see that Yipinxiang has finally been affected, originally the second floor was densely packed with poor students, but now there are only a dozen people.

The men were gathered around, as if they were debating something.

The capital is no better than other places, even if it is a poor student, it is polite, even if it is a debate, it has never met the red-eared and red quarrellers.

Their minds were all on the debate, and they obviously didn't notice Li Che and Liu Xuan's party.

Li Che and Liu Xuan chose a more secluded corner, not too close, but also happened to be able to hear their debate.

Xiao Zhuzi was about to call Xiao Er to play, but Li Che waved his hand, signaling him not to alarm others.

Liu Xuan was separated by a veil, and the place where the students from the poor family gathered had already surrounded the people in the middle, so Liu Xuan never saw Liu Cheng's appearance, and only heard a male voice say: "Your Majesty is a wise man through the ages, how can you deny Your Majesty's wisdom in response to the affairs of the harem?" Liu Cheng dared to ask everyone. What is Mingjun? ”

As soon as these words came out, the students immediately began to gossip, some said that the politics were clear, some said that Anbang expanded the territory, and some said that the people could live and work in peace and contentment.

After the students talked for a while, the male voice sounded again: "What you said is good, in Liu Cheng's opinion, Mingjun is divided into four types. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, even Liu Xuan was stunned, Mingjun can be divided into four types?

At that moment, someone asked Liu Xuan's question: "Dare to ask what four kinds of Liu Gongzi are?" ”

Liu Cheng smiled and replied, "One of them is." The founder of the country who laid the foundation for entrepreneurship and the founding of the country. The second is. The prosperous monarch who succeeds in his business and creates a prosperous world or a prosperous world. Third, inheriting the destiny of heaven in the declining era of Yuxia will fall and the society will drift away, and he will make great efforts to govern and rejuvenate the country. Fourth, although there is no creation of the country and the creation of a prosperous era, there is no Zhongxing country. But it strengthened the lord of the empire behind him. ”

As soon as he finished. Everyone nodded. Liu Xuan noticed that Li Che on the side was also almost invisible.

The corners of Liu Xuan's lips lifted lightly, and she really smiled at this cousin.

Seeing everyone nodding, Liu Cheng continued: "In Liu Cheng's opinion. Today, His Majesty is a prosperous monarch who has succeeded in his business and created a prosperous and prosperous world! ”

When he said this, he was obviously colorful, and his tone was raised high: "Your Majesty was in charge of the prime minister of the country at the age of sixteen, first reducing taxes and then promoting agriculture, purging the court to make the politics clear, and now it is expanding the territory, almost without spending a single soldier to make the Liao State unable to commit it again, dare to ask you, can such a majesty be worthy of the title of Ming Jun!" ”

Everyone was silent, but the silence was only temporary, and some people were unconvinced: "Although Brother Liu's words are true, we also think that Your Majesty is Mingjun, but that Liu Guifei misbehaves, has a bad reputation, and does not abide by women's morality, but His Majesty is the only favorite, and it is for her not to accept the harem, is this also Mingjun's trip?" ”

Hearing this, the people on the side nodded one after another.

Liu Cheng suddenly burst out laughing, and he shouted: "Ridiculous! ”

A ridiculous sound made the student who had originally spoken suddenly blush: "What's wrong with what I'm saying?" How ridiculous?! ”

Liu Cheng smiled coldly, and his voice was contemptuous: "Naturally ridiculous, since ancient times, Ming Jun has never been judged by the fullness of the harem, an emperor can be called a famous monarch of the prosperous world, and his merits and achievements are evaluated, dare to ask you, is the harem of the emperors of the past dynasties full?" But what about the harem fullness, not to mention the far, let's just say that the harem of the last emperor of the previous dynasty is also full, but can he be called a Ming Jun? ”

"Brother Liu is too quibble, I'm not saying that Your Majesty is not Mingjun, but that he favors Concubine Liu so much, it is inevitable that there will be a time when Ling Zhi will faint in the future!"

As soon as the person who said this came out, he suddenly realized that he was wrong, and he was a little scared at the moment, looking left and right to see that everyone's faces were as usual, and the panic on his face faded a lot.

"This brother is rightly worried." Liu Cheng nodded: "Your Majesty is now a Ming Jun, do you agree with this?" ”

Everyone nodded unanimously: "Agreed." ”

Liu Cheng continued: "Your worries, Liu Cheng was also worried, but the entanglement between Your Majesty and Liu Guifei is not a day or two, even if it is this expedition to Liao, Liu Guifei also went with him, but Your Majesty has not done anything to make Zhi dizzy, on the contrary, he opened up the territory and forced the Liao State to bow down." ”

He coughed lightly: "Your Majesty is Mingjun, and his exclusive favor of Liu Guifei has nothing to do with whether he is Mingjun or not, Your Majesty is a king, but he is also a man, why can't a man pamper his beloved, but Your Majesty remembers that he is the emperor, so he has never done anything to listen to and believe because of his favor Liu Guifei." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Cheng's voice was a little leisurely: "Liu Guifei and Your Majesty have known each other for two years, and in these two years, Your Majesty is still the Majesty, but he has doted on a woman with a man's heart. ”

Everyone was silent, as Liu Cheng said, today's Majesty is a generation of Ming Jun, what they are worried about is nothing more than that Your Majesty has been bewitched and has become mediocre since then, because since ancient times, there are many people who are angry and red-faced, and there are also many people who are faint, they are just worried.

Liu Cheng glanced at the silent crowd and knew what they were thinking, he said lightly: "The so-called time to see people's hearts, the road knows horsepower. If you think that two years is not enough time to prove anything, then we will wait and see, but now Your Majesty is still a wise king, and it does not prevent us from being loyal. ”

His words finally attracted everyone's approval, and even the student who said that he was so good that Zhi Zhi nodded secretly.

At that moment, there was a humane: "What Liu Gongzi said is extremely true, as a subject, he should not be for a possibility. And retreat. Assisting Mingjun is our ambition, if Your Majesty has the appearance of a faint monarch, it will be fine, but now Your Majesty is still the original Majesty. I'm here to criticize. and even denied His Majesty because of this. Isn't it a shame to laugh at? ”

"That's right." Liu Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, so the topic is over, let's move on to the next one." ”

The topic is from willow branches. Liu Xuan looked at the students who were persuaded, and couldn't help but be a little grateful to Liu Zhiqing, he must have thought about this question, one is to defend himself and Li Che, and the other can also test Liu Cheng's popularity.

After all, Liu Cheng is his cousin, if he is easily angry, arguing with others and even scolding because others criticize him, then Liu Cheng will not be able to use it even if he is talented.

Liu Zhiqing definitely never thought that this question would be debated so quickly, and the second debate question had not yet come out, and the students were silent for a while.

Li Che coughed lightly, motioned for Xiaozhu to step forward, and then whispered a few words to him.

After hearing this, Xiao Zhuzi straightened up and coughed heavily, causing all the students to look at them.

The students scattered slightly, and Liu Xuan saw Liu Cheng's appearance, he was wearing a brocade robe with a light crown on his head, and this dress was even lower than these poor students.

It's just that those eyes are bright and bright, and no one who sees him at a glance will pay attention to his clothes, but will be attracted by those eyes.

When Liu Xuan looked at Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng also looked over quietly, and saw a man and a woman dressed in satin, although they were wearing veils on their heads, but they knew that they were nobles.

Xiao Zhuzi coughed again, and said loudly: "My son-in-law and his wife saw that your debate was very exciting, so we have a special question, and I hope you will have a debate." ”

Although Liu Xuan and Li Che wore veils, they were obviously not mortals, and when the students saw this, they immediately said: "Dare to ask the two nobles what they asked?" ”

Xiao Zhuzi smiled: "My son-in-law's question is, is it a meritocracy to enable talents, or should you look at the family first." If you don't know how to debate, you have already been convicted of the right minister's family, for example, if there are talented people in the family who have been convicted of the right minister, should they be reused? ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was silent, it seemed that this should not be a problem for them to discuss, the previous discussion of today's saint and the concubine was because this matter was already a matter of talking about the streets and alleys, and this question was issued by Liu Shaofu, which more or less represented the meaning of the Liu family and even His Majesty.

But this question is a question of enabling talents, they are just poor students, how can they talk about the government in vain?

Everyone was silent, and Liu Cheng was also silent, but the eyes that looked at Li Che and Liu Xuan became brighter and brighter, and his hands trembled slightly, but he tried his best to restrain them.

Xiao Zhuzi didn't seem surprised to see that everyone was silent, and he said loudly: "Although this question is not from Liu Shaofu, although you can rest assured that my son-in-law will keep you safe." ”

As he spoke, he took out a token from his arms and shook it in front of everyone, and the token was engraved with a big Cao character.

Liu Xuan was also a little stunned when she saw the token, she turned her head to look at Li Che, who was calm, and was slightly surprised, when did this Cao Taishi's token reach his hand.

When everyone saw the token, their hearts were immediately relieved, this token is an official system, representing Cao Taishi, there is only this one in the world, there is this order here, they can rest assured to speak freely.

Everyone couldn't help but doubt the identities of the two nobles sitting upright.

Xiao Zhu accepted the token and said, "Everyone, please." ”

Poor students gather here, what is the picture? It's nothing more than an opportunity, an opportunity to use your talents to learn to get ahead.

At that moment, someone turned to Liu Cheng and said: "Since the noble man has an order, we will be the same as in the past, with Liu Gongzi to answer, is it okay for us to be suspicious?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Cheng's eyes drooped slightly, and he tried his best to restrain the excitement in his heart, and nodded: "Okay." ”

"In that case, let's get started." The student thought for a while and said: "I think it's impossible, I think there are so many talented people in the imperial dynasty, the clan of sinners, especially those who have committed heinous crimes like the right minister, should have punished the nine clans, if it weren't for Your Majesty's kindness, those clansmen would have already gone to Huangquan, and it is already the emperor's grace to live." ”

As soon as the student's voice fell, another person said: "This is very true, even if there are talented people among those people who are living, but I am afraid that there are so many talents in the imperial dynasty, one more, no more, no less, unless that person has the talent to reach the sky, who can't replace him?" Why do you want to use a sinner who has received the emperor's favor and survived? ”

"Exactly." Someone else spoke: "Besides, that sinner, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no resentment, if he gains power one day, even if he does not have the courage to murder the emperor, but the incorruptible minister who has been against the right minister, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be poisoned." ”

There was a sound of echo all around, Liu Cheng didn't speak, his eyes were always half-drooping, as if he was thinking and wandering into the world.

After everyone finished speaking, they couldn't help but look at Liu Cheng, and someone noticed his strangeness, and couldn't help asking, "Is this question too difficult?" Does Liu Gongzi also think that the clan of sinners should not be activated? ”

Liu Cheng's hand that had been holding tightly slowly loosened at this time, he raised his eyes and glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "This is a debate topic, it doesn't matter what Liu Cheng thinks, everyone asks questions, Liu Cheng just answers." ”

After speaking, he took a deep breath, looked at Li Che who was sitting and said, "I think it should be enabled." ”

This sentence was so firm, his gaze was so resolute, he smiled, withdrew his gaze from Li Che and said: "People are not saints and sages, who can be infallible, and saying this below is not to excuse the right minister, the right minister is guilty and should be punished, but since Your Majesty said that he will not punish the clan relatives, then those clan relatives are innocent people." ”

He raised his head, and his face showed a sense of confidence: "Why did Your Majesty promote the imperial examination?" That's because His Majesty's meritocracy, through the imperial examination to select talents, His Majesty's meritocracy is already so obvious, can't you see it? ”

Someone in the crowd wanted to argue, but Liu Cheng interrupted him first: "You all have clan relatives, you might as well think about it, are there some villains who don't know what to do and are not greedy enough among your clan relatives?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, even those who originally wanted to refute Liu Cheng were silent.

Liu Cheng looked at the silent crowd and smiled slightly: "Your silence has obviously given the answer, if the person who is not greedy happens to be prosperous, and happens to be found guilty, does it mean that you are also guilty?" Presumably, you can't wait to get rid of the relationship with him as soon as possible, so as not to let people see yourself clearly because of him. (To be continued......)