Lan Zhongweng counted earnestly with his fingers, muttering to himself while counting, which shows that he also attaches great importance to this debate. Liu Yi had already looked at him seriously, and hurriedly asked, "Sir, is the policy of the former emperor not good?" ”

"It's not bad, during the Wenjing and Jing dynasties, the country pursued benevolence and righteousness and ruled by inaction, and rarely intervened in industry and commerce, so the people were rich and the country was stable; When he arrived at the first emperor, he wanted to solve the stubborn disease of being bullied by the Huns, so he ordered Sang Hongyang, who was still a big farmer at that time, to successively launch the calculation of the Xiongnu, the sue of the Xuan, the salt and iron official camp, the average loss, the leveling, the currency reform, the wine and other policies, so that the country will soon be very rich, and the national strength will be strong to defeat the Xiongnu, but the people's lives are not as rich as before, and the years are not as good as they used to be, and the displaced people have not been repaid. ”

Weng talked eloquently, but he didn't want to continue to talk about "politics", so he said: "I'm sick, Peng Zu, do you want to hear it?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Yi immediately responded, and Zhang Pengzu was also happy to say:

"Of course!"

Seeing the elated appearance of the two teenagers, Lan Zhongweng also smiled and said, "Then you can go with me." ”

So the two teenagers helped the old Lan Zhongweng and slowly walked towards Lu Ge. The Lu Pavilion is just east of the Shiqu Pavilion, and the two places are about a mile apart. At this time, it was mid-spring, the sky was gray, the spring rain was falling, Liu Yi had already held Lan Zhongweng with both hands, and Zhang Pengzu was holding a paper oil umbrella next to him, and the three of them were chatting with interest while walking.

He was very talkative, and only heard him continue to speak: "During the period of the first emperor, the people were displaced and miserable during the years of war, and once they encountered a disaster, there was no harvest, and at this time they were starving all over the wilderness, and the people were struggling to make a living; Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has repeatedly issued edicts to reduce and reduce the people's taxes, but the people's lives are still very hard, I think this time the court wants to overturn and reformulate the policy, so there is this debate, you must listen carefully, hear good words to remember the heart Zheng"

Along with it, I have arrived at the Lu Pavilion. Lu Pavilion is also the national library of the Han Dynasty, its scale is much larger than Shiqu Pavilion, of course, there are many people coming and going here, not as quiet as Shiqu Pavilion.

Seeing the arrival of Shiqu Pavilion's meritorious compiler, Lu Pavilion's colleagues were very enthusiastic, and at this time, a young man hurriedly stepped forward to guide them:

"Old Man, you're here too."

Seeing his enthusiastic colleagues come forward to greet him, Lan Zhongweng said with a smile: "It turned out to be Huan Kuan, this time you are busy." ”

It turned out that it was Luge compilation Huan Kuan who came up to say hello, this person looked very young, about twenty years old, his face was as white as jade, and he was full of smiles, and he knew that he was a scholar at a glance, only to see him laughing: "There, we are young, and it is nothing to do this little work." ”

"What are you responsible for?"

"Elder Li, I'm in charge of recording what they argued."

"This must be done by you young people, old men like us, slow hands and eyes are even more difficult to see, and they will definitely not be able to do it."

"Elder Li, you are humble, you have time to come and guide us often."

In fact, Lu Pavilion usually doesn't come by many people, but it's really busy enough to receive so many people all at once.

Huan Kuan guided them into the hall, at this time the hall was divided into two sides, and there were relatively few people sitting on the left, all of them were wearing official uniforms, presumably the seats of the prime minister's and the imperial historian's subordinate officials. There are more seats on the right, and they are already full, and the costumes are all Confucian dresses, so these must be the virtuous literature of various places.

Liu Ai and Zhang Pengzu helped Lan Zhongweng slowly walked into the hall, and under the guidance of Huan Kuan, they sat down in a few empty seats behind the left. At this time, a colleague of Lu Ge also brought a desk table to Lan Zhongweng, and in this way, Liu Ai and Zhang Pengzu sat on the left and right of Lan Zhongweng.

Liu Yi had already counted, and there were only a dozen or twenty people on the left, all of them sitting there thoughtfully. On the right, there are about 60 people sitting densely, and the ages are also uneven, some old and some young, everyone is talking to each other, all of them are very active, anyway, I don't know what they are discussing, looking at this formation, the right side is much stronger than the left side.

After a while, I heard someone outside the hall shouting: "Doctor Ji has arrived!" ”

At this time, I saw a middle-aged man walk in, followed by a young man who was about the same age as Liu Yao. The man looked gentle and elegant, and the young man was also personable and talented. The middle-aged man is the doctor Du Yannian, and the young man who follows him is his second son Du Tuo.

I saw Du Yannian go straight to the position on the middle steps at the end of the hall, and the young man was led by his subordinates to Liu Yizhi and them, kneeling in front of the desk.

After a while, I heard someone shouting outside the hall: "Prime Minister Tian Cheng has arrived!" ”

At this time, everyone got up to greet them, only to see a few guards outside the hall carrying a wooden car up the steps, and on the car sat an old man with a thick body and all his beard, and that person was the current Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu. I saw him sitting on the wooden cart, pushed by his butler, and he smiled and waved to the people on the left and right as he walked, looking very amiable.

As soon as Tian Qianqiu went up to the middle steps of the hall, another voice came: "Doctor Yu Shi has arrived!" ”

The imperial historian is the famous ancient economist Sang Hong sheep, although the Sang Hong sheep at this time is over sixty, but still vibrant, full of red light. I saw that although he was thin and bony, his body was very tough, and he walked like a fly, and his snow-white hair flowed when he walked. Everyone also got up to greet him, but he was not as amiable as Tian Qianqiu, but with a serious face.

Tian Qianqiu sat in the middle, on the left was the imperial historian Sang Hongyang, and on the right was the imperial doctor Du Yannian. Tian Qianqiu saw that everyone had arrived, and the people below were quietly waiting for the start of the debate, so he said: "Colleagues, all virtuous literature, Master Du once wrote to the emperor, saying that after the country inherited the extravagant division of the emperor, the years are not great, and the displaced people have not been exhausted. The emperor accepted his words, and ordered all virtuous and virtuous writers to go to Beijing to discuss national policies, and all of them were full of scriptures and books, and had the skills of the six arts, so they could express their opinions on the current policies of the imperial court without being restrained. ”

Tian Qianqiu usually doesn't talk much, he advocates the concept of many mistakes and many mistakes, so he doesn't say much anymore, and there is silence below at this time.