Chapter 9: Debate in the court

When everyone looked at it, it turned out to be Li You, the king of Yiyang.

Li Tai and Li Ke were secretly happy when they saw that Li You didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Yin Hongzhi's heart sank to the bottom of the sea all of a sudden, and he secretly complained. He said in his heart: "In the court debate, those imperial historians are all masters, and there are a lot of helpers. You're going to debate them here, isn't that looking for death?!"

Li Shimin's anger rose and shouted, "What else do you have to say? ”

Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin was about to go crazy, and helped Li You say something, he said: "Father, please listen to King Yiyang, maybe he has his own reason." ”

Li You glanced at him gratefully, and said solemnly: "Someone impeaches the son, and the son-in-law has the right to plead. ”

There is such a rule in the court, and Li Shimin has no right to stop it, he said helplessly: "Okay, you can say it." ”

As long as the court debate does not involve itself, it is equivalent to watching the excitement, and the ministers like it the most. So, they all craned their necks and waited to see the excitement. However, everyone is not optimistic about Li You and is waiting to see his jokes.

Li You said: "Who is that, what is your name?" ”

Li Yan came out and said, "Your Highness, the minister's name is Li Yan." After speaking, he looked at Li You with disdain, ready to seize the loophole in Li You's speech and give him a hard blow.

Li You said: "That Li Yan, let me ask you, you said that I used fraudulent means to deceive other palaces into exchanging meat agreements, right?" ”

"Yes, there are all the human and material evidence, I'm not afraid that you won't admit it." Li Yan said affirmatively.

Li You said unhurriedly: "Let me ask you, before the agreement was signed, how much was a pound of mutton, and how much was a pound of pork?" ”

"Although the minister does not do cheap labor such as cooking, the minister still cares about the people's livelihood, so he understands the price of mutton and pork in the market." Li Yan said proudly.

Li You smiled: "Okay, can you talk about it?" ”

"Mutton is 20 yuan a catty, and pork is 12 yuan a catty." Li Yan said.

Li You said: "Okay, tell me, who took advantage of it?" At the beginning, didn't everyone in Chang'an City say that I was a fool? ”

"This?" Li Yan was speechless for a while. However, he was a master of debate, and immediately said: "But, didn't the price of pork go up later?" ”

Li You didn't continue to dwell on this issue with him, and asked, "I'll ask you one more question." You keep saying that cooking is a, don't you? ”

Li Yan said: "Exactly, the sage cloud 'gentleman is far away from cooking'. Such an act of His Highness is, of course, a lowly servitude. ”

Li You continued to ask, "Are you sure?" ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "The minister is sure." ”

Li You asked, "Are you really sure?" ”

"Huh?" Li Yan suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he had no way out. He gritted his teeth and said, "Minister...... Are you sure! ”

Li You asked, "I'll ask you." My mother and the queen mother both cooked for my father and the emperor themselves. Excuse me, are they doing cheap labor? ”

"This ...... Minister, I don't mean that. Li Yan broke out in a cold sweat.

Li You immediately asked: "When my mother and queen mother were sick, my father and emperor also personally brought water and medicine to them. Excuse me, is this a lowly servitude? ”

Li Yan's face was pale, his legs were weak, and he had already knelt down.

Li Shimin didn't expect that his ramming son would speak so sharply, and he couldn't help but be impressed by him.

Li You was unforgiving, and then said: "You keep saying that you want to be close to the people. My father, the Emperor, also advocated being close to the people, so he personally went to the land every year to cultivate the land to show his closeness to the people.

"Historical Records: The Biography of Lisheng Lu Jialie": "The king takes the people as the sky, and the people take food as the sky." 'What is food for the people?' To eat is to eat, and to eat is to cook. When I cook for myself, I want to understand the real needs of the people, isn't that close to the people? ”

"Fifth brother, don't worry, what he means ......" Li Tai saw that Li Yan was not an opponent, so he was about to jump out to help.

Li You knew that he couldn't be given a chance to speak, it was easy to debate with one person, but it was difficult to debate with a group of people. He immediately said: "Fourth brother, I haven't finished my words yet, and it's very rude for you to interrupt me. ”

"This ......" Li Tai was choked and had to shut up.

No one thought that this Li You, who had always been stingy, would be like a divine help. So, they all cheered up.

Yin Hongji secretly applauded below.

I heard Li You say: "You just wanted to say that because of my behavior, the price of pork has skyrocketed, why is that?"

My father ate the braised pork I made, and it tasted very good. That's why the price of pork has risen. It's the same pork, but it's made in a different way, but it's become a delicacy. I can say that the previous cooking method used to spoil ingredients like pork, which was a waste.

The people regard food as the sky, food is to eat, and being able to make the people eat well is one of the greatest achievements of the emperor and the imperial court. I'm doing research in this area, which is to help the people eat well, is there anything wrong with that? ”

Yin Hongzhi couldn't help but say, "Well said! ”

Li Shimin also nodded frequently, he couldn't imagine that Li You, the kid, would quote scriptures and scriptures, and he was the truth. It's not easy.

The ministers also nodded secretly.

"Alright, that's it." Li Shimin spoke.

Next, Li Shimin began to talk about the content of the general Li Jing's recital.

As long as it doesn't involve his own affairs, Li You is not interested. With his eyes closed, he pondered how to make soda ash so that he could make a cake. There is also the Indian purple sugar, which also needs to be purified to make white sugar and rock sugar......

None of the hundreds of ministers were able to solve the problem raised by Li Shimin, so everyone became entangled in the question of whether to send troops now or wait until after the summer.

The court was noisy and "buzzing".

More than an hour passed, and there was still no result.

At this time, Li Tai saw that Li You was closing his eyes and recuperating, and remembered what happened at the beginning of today, and his heart was unhappy. So, he decided to hit Li You. He said loudly: "King Yiyang, everyone is actively contributing ideas, you are napping there, are you still studying how to eat?" ”

His voice was so loud that the hall fell silent. People's eyes are on Li You.

Li You was suddenly awakened, staring at the innocent big eyes, not knowing what was going on.

Li Shimin was annoyed enough, and when he saw Li You like this, he was immediately angry, and he said angrily: "Li You, let you participate in the government and discuss politics, but you treat it as child's play?!"

Li You said ignorantly: "What is so difficult? ”

"You ......" Li Shimin's eyes widened, and he was about to go crazy.

Yin Hongzhi hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the soldiers led by the general Li Jing are suffering from eye diseases, and the Tuyuhun people have also burned the pasture, and the general wants to wait until the summer to send troops, and everyone is discussing this issue." ”

Li You smiled: "You have been discussing this issue for so long? ”

Li Tai said: "What is this problem? Such a serious problem has a bearing on the lives of countless soldiers, on the lives of thousands of Li people, and on the safety of the community. Are you child's play? He desperately buttoned Li You's hat, one bigger than the other.

Li Shimin's face became more and more ugly.

Li You smiled: "What else should I do?" Just this little thing, stumped everyone? ”

At this time, Li You was angry. The ministers are all smart people, they are the elite group of Datang, you are a hairy child, you don't hesitate, you dare to say cool things here? It's hateful.

Li Tai said mockingly: "Fifth brother, you won't say anything to eat, right?" ”