After being silent for a while, seeing that there was no opening, Shi Zhougang, the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion, stood up, only to see that he first waved to Tian Qianqiu, Sang Hongyang and Du Yannian on the steps, and then to the Confucian scholars on the opposite side: "Everyone, you are all virtuous literature selected from the Sanfu region and various counties and counties, and you know the most about the sufferings of the people, how many people's sufferings are there now?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a Confucian scholar sitting in the middle row among the Confucian scholars on the left stood up with a sigh, this person was about thirty, his eyebrows were thick and black and neat, and his eyes were shining with brilliance, I saw him say loudly: "My lords, I am Maoling Tang Kai robe, eavesdropping on the way of governing people, should prevent the root of obscenity, promote the source of morality, suppress the end of profit and preach benevolence, and do not guide the pursuit of profit; In this way, education can be flourished, and today's customs can be changed. ”

Tang Kaipao paused, and saw that there was still silence all around, so he continued: "Nowadays, all parts of the country are implementing the monopoly of liquor, the official sale of salt and iron, and the law of equal loss, competing with the people for profit. ”

At this point, he still paused, looked around, and still no one spoke, but when he looked around, he saw Du Yannian, the counselor on the steps, as if signaling him to continue, so he boldly continued: "In this way, the original essence of loyalty has been destroyed, and a greedy and despicable atmosphere has been formed; Therefore, the people are less pragmatic and more enthusiastic about profit-seeking, which looks gorgeous on the outside, but is actually decaying; The pursuit of profit and prosperity will make the business capital decline, and the people will become arrogant and promiscuous when the business capital develops, and the people will be honest and simple, and the people will be rich if they are honest and simple, and the people will be hungry and cold; Therefore, it is hoped that the monopoly of liquor, the official sale of salt and iron, and the law of equal loss can be abolished, and the law of advancing the basics and retreating from the end will benefit agriculture, so that it is appropriate! ”

"Good, good...."

Yan Ran of Yan Kingdom who shouted loudly, of course, his purpose was to fan the flames, but I saw him roar, and all the Confucian scholars also applauded, and the shouts resounded throughout the hall and the entire Lu Pavilion.

This Maoling man Tang Kaipao is indeed a cannon, and as soon as he comes up, he fires the cannon, pointing directly at the center. At this time, Prime Minister Shi Zhougang was not to be outdone, stood up and smiled at Tang Kaipao: "This Tang Sheng is very eloquent, and he cuts to the topic as soon as he comes up, but have you ever thought that there is a fierce beast in the north of our country, and that is the Huns; Over the years, has China's border been harassed by the Xiongnu less; If you want to guard against him, you must mobilize the army and send soldiers to defend the border, and if you don't guard against him, you will not stop the invasion. ”

Here, Zhou Gang also left the table and walked out, standing in the center of the hall, facing these Confucian scholars, and said generously: "The first emperor took pity on the border people for a long time, and suffered from being burned and captured by the Xiongnu, so he built a barrier on the border, built a Feng tunnel, and garrisoned Tuntian to defend against the enemy; As a result, the border is insufficient, so the monopoly of liquor, the official sale of salt and iron, and the equal loss of alcohol are adopted, with the aim of increasing the country's financial resources to make up for the lack of borders; Now that you want to abolish it, it will lead to an empty treasury, a shortage of borders, and a hunger and cold for the soldiers on the frontier, so what can the country give to feed them? Are you doing this? ”

Zhou Gang was also word-for-word, loud, and all the Confucian scholars were dumbfounded, while the prime minister's subordinate officials and the subordinate officials of the imperial historian applauded loudly, of course, the cheers were not as thunderous as just now.

Liu Yi, who was sitting in the back, had already heard the two sides express their opinions, but they felt that they were both reasonable, and he really couldn't tell which was right and which was wrong, so he asked Lan Zhongweng: "Sir, whose proposition on both sides of them is right?" ”

Lan Zhongweng pondered for a while, stroked the beard on his chest, and said slowly: "It all makes sense, there are policies in each period, and listen to them to debate again, and see whose policies are suitable for the present." ”

So Liu Yi stopped talking and listened to them quietly.

At this time, an old Confucian sitting in the front on the left stood up, he was younger than Weng Zhong, but among these Confucian students he was older, about forty years, although he was not completely white, but his temples were already mottled, and it seemed that he was also a person who had gone through the wind and frost.

I saw that he also left the table and walked to the center, and after saluting the subordinate officials on the stage and on the right, he said: "Student Wan Qing, from Confucius's hometown of Lu, Confucius has been, Qiu also heard that there are people who have a country and a family, do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, do not suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety; Therefore, the prince does not need to talk about the amount of wealth, the princes do not talk about the benefits and disadvantages, and the scholars do not need to talk about the gains and losses, but only need to accumulate benevolence and righteousness to educate the people, and promote benevolence and virtue to reassure the people, so that those who are near will come to follow, and those who are far away will be happy and convinced; Therefore, those who are good at fighting do not fight, those who are good at fighting do not fight, and those who are good at fighting do not fight, the court only needs to cultivate politics, so that the enemy can retreat without a fight, and the king can be invincible if he practices benevolent government, so what else do you want to use these methods for? ”

"It's too good, it's the best choice to surrender without a fight, why do you use so much on the border?"

The words are that he was bought by Liu Dan, the king of Yan, and Chen Wan brought Yan Youwei to Jizhou in Chang'an, only to hear him shout loudly after Wan Qing just finished, the purpose is to add some atmosphere, but this is not too similar to the performance of Confucianism. Of course, his shouting was exchanged for the applause of all the Confucian scholars, so there was thunder in the hall to invite him.

It seems that the atmosphere on Confucianism's side is really good, and there is a lot of overwhelming momentum.

But the imperial historian on the right was not to be outdone, and when he saw the Confucian students, he immediately stood up when he saw the Confucian scholars in the innermost part of the front row. That person is also very young, about early twenties, although he is polite, but there is a ruthlessness in his eyes, I saw him also walked out, and said to Wan Qing Zhengse: "Wansheng, you also look too much at these external troubles, the Huns are fierce and cunning, arrogant and indulgent, repeatedly invaded our Central Plains, killed Shuofang City and other border officials, rebelled, plotted against evil, and should have sent troops to fight a long time ago; The emperor was generous, not only pity the people for not being rich enough, but also could not bear to let the soldiers fight in the wilderness, would you also carry weapons to the battlefield to kill the enemy? ”

At this point, the imperial historian paused deliberately, and at this time, the subordinate officials on the right were busy applauding loudly, while the Confucian scholars on the left lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to speak, and the imperial historian Sang Hongyang, who had been sitting on the stage, also had a gray beard at this time, nodded slightly, and Tian Qianqiu, who was sitting in the middle, was still looking down with a smile.

Seeing that it was beginning to have an effect, the imperial historian continued: "Since you don't dare to be stubborn, but you have the ambition to restore the Xiongnu in the north, why do you still want to stop the monopoly of alcohol, the official sale of salt and iron, and the method of equal loss? This does not take into account the security of the border and will undermine the country's military strategy, which is very inappropriate. ”