To refute the emperor, the difficulty can be imagined.

If it is in a modern society where everyone is equal, it is not difficult to refute the emperor, after all, all kinds of modern ideas have already completely deconstructed the rationality and legitimacy of the "divine right of the monarch", and those old ideas have long been swept into the pile of old papers.

If someone dares to oppress people in the way of the emperor in modern society, they will only usher in endless white eyes and a sentence: "Who are you sending it?" ”

But in ancient times, that was not the case at all.

The divine right of the monarch is naturally just, loyalty and filial piety are regarded as the highest moral standards, and sons cannot rebel against their fathers, and courtiers cannot rebel against the monarch. The emperor is also known as the "monarch father", and how many fathers can patiently listen to their son's reasoning?

It is almost impossible to make the emperor admit his mistakes, so the emperor's edict of guilt can be recorded in the history books.

In this era, all moral codes were used to maintain the emperor.

Violating this rule will not only be beheaded by the emperor as a matter of course, but will also be spurned by the rules of society as a whole.

If Chu Ge is asked to use modern thinking to crack this copy, it is simply not too simple, and he can directly scold the emperor to the blood.

But that won't clear the level, and you'll only die an ugly death.

Because he plays Yang Yan, if he wants to clear this dungeon, he must stand in Yang Yan's position and use the existing game rules in this world to win.

To be honest, Chu Ge didn't like this kind of rule, but it was understandable.

Modern people will not understand the foolishness and loyalty of the ancients, but as a student of the Department of History, Chu Ge knows one thing very clearly: when playing or evaluating a historical figure, he cannot go beyond the limitations of his times, he cannot use the values and ideas of later generations to rigidly set his predecessors, and he cannot ask his predecessors to use the thinking of hundreds of years later to deal with problems.

Therefore, Chu Ge still tried his best to find a solution that he thought was the most reasonable in the context of the time.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Wei Zhao, dressed in black robes, spoke.

"Your Majesty has already shown it to those great Confucians in the Hanlin Academy. Each of them has already written a rebuttal to you.

"However, so many people refute you alone, and you will not be convinced. Therefore, Your Majesty asked me to come, not to ask you what these people said, but to ask you to answer a few of His Majesty's questions yourself.

"If you are confident, you can play it right in person. If you don't have self-confidence, it's okay to think about it for two days. ”

Chu Ge said calmly: "Since it is His Majesty's will, the humble duties that should be returned will naturally be returned." ”

Don't look at Emperor Wei Zhao's words are very tolerant, but Chu Ge has already fought against him, and he knows that this person has an excellent face, and his heart and eyes are definitely not very big.

If Emperor Wei Zhao asked a question and he couldn't come back, he would be directly considered to be speechless, resulting in the failure of the copy.

Therefore, no matter how calmly Emperor Wei Zhao asked what kind of questions, he had to rise to the challenge, and he had to refute the emperor speechless, otherwise it would not be considered a success.

Moreover, Emperor Wei Zhao said it nicely, saying that it was because of "not bullying more and less" that he did not say to Yang Yan those rebuttals of the great Confucians of the Hanlin Academy, in fact, in the final analysis, it was because he had seen the rebuttals of those great Confucians, and felt that these rebuttals were not enough to refute Yang Yan at all.

Because Yang Yan's recital itself has blocked most of the roads from the perspective of a saint, the Confucians have always been screwing their strength in this angle, how can they refute Yang Yan?

Therefore, Emperor Wei Zhao wanted to refute Yang Yan from another angle.

And this angle is the perspective of statecraft.

Emperor Wei Zhao was confident that he had been in power for more than 40 years and had far more experience than a petty official like Yang Yan.

This line of thinking is somewhat similar to Wang Chong's previous method, which is that Yang Yan cannot be refuted in the general righteousness, so he tries to put the debate on his home field.

The first time, Chu Ge was really speechless when asked, and suffered a big loss.

Emperor Wei Zhao paused for a moment and said, "Your Majesty asks you, the water of the Yangtze River irrigates the fields of several provinces on both sides of the river, and the water of the Yellow River also irrigates the fields of several provinces on both sides.

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and rules over all nations, so naturally you can't use it because the water is clear, nor can you use it because of the turbidity of the water, which has been the case since ancient times.

"Whether it's the Yellow River or the Yangtze River, once it floods, it has to be treated. So whether it's you, Wang Chong, or He Xueyi, use what should be used, and waste what should be wasted.

"What is the reason why you asked Your Majesty to use the Yangtze River and abolish the Yellow River in your performance?"

After speaking, he looked at Yang Yan with confidence in his eyes.

Chu Ge didn't answer immediately.

It can only be said that Emperor Wei Zhao is worthy of being a famous smart emperor in history, and he is indeed the pinnacle in terms of imperial mental skills. Although this kind of cleverness is just a little cleverness, in this kind of face-to-face confrontation, it still brings unimaginable great difficulties to Chu Ge.

Compared with Wang Chong's remarks, Emperor Wei Zhao's words are obviously more difficult to refute.

Because Wang Chong said that his own ass is not clean. He embezzled and amassed wealth, connived at the extravagance and corruption of the royal party, and looted the people's fat and ointment, which after all, did not tolerate the mainstream moral standards of this era.

But Emperor Wei Zhao was different.

In this era, the whole world is the emperor's private property, all the officials are the emperor's domestic slaves, and the people of Li are the emperor's livestock.

On many issues, the emperor has the final right to interpret, and it is absolutely impossible for Yang Yan to attack the emperor's private morality, which violates the moral code of this era.

Moreover, the emperor used both corrupt officials and clean officials, and selected the most suitable capable ministers to deal with them according to different situations, which in itself is indeed a matter that is difficult to criticize. If only a Qing official like Yang Yan is used, not to mention Emperor Wei Zhao, there is indeed no emperor in all dynasties who can do it.

Therefore, Emperor Wei Zhao's words are indeed very confusing, if it is just an ordinary literati, it is indeed easy to be asked speechless.

Before this time, Chu Ge had made several attempts, but none of them worked well.

It cannot be completely based on the idea of loyalty to the monarch of this era, nor can it be completely based on the norms of modern society. The former will fall into a dead end that Emperor Wei Zhao has been preparing for a long time, while the latter will jump out of the basic rules of this copy, which will lead to failure.

Chu Ge calmed down and asked, "May I ask your lordship, what does Your Majesty mean by 'flooding'?"

"If the water floods the hills, is it a flood, and if the water floods the flat fields, is it a flood? If Wang Chong is powerful and threatens His Majesty, it will naturally be regarded as a flood, but if Wang Chong is just cultivating party henchmen and looting people's wealth, and is still loyal to His Majesty, is it considered a flood?

"I am afraid that in the eyes of Your Majesty, the flooding of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River is actually a threat to Your Majesty's authority. If it does not threaten His Majesty's authority, then even if the Yellow River floods thousands of hectares of fertile land, displaces millions of people, and eats their children, it is not a flood, is it?

"Wang Chong's power is overwhelming, and the royal party is all over the government and the opposition, they embezzle disaster relief food funds, and all layers of taxes are exploited, resulting in an empty treasury and a hardship for the people, but His Majesty still does not think that they are 'overflowing' and do not think that they need to be governed.

"Does this mean that the flood that Your Majesty said is not actually about the life or death of the people, but whether anyone dares to offend Your Majesty's authority?

"I'm afraid that Your Majesty won't kill Wang Chong, but will kill me, I don't think it's Wang Chong's 'flood', but think it's me 'flood', it's also because of this!"

Emperor Wei Zhao's face changed instantly: "You! Yang Yan, you actually said such a fatherless and unguarded crazy words! ”

Chu Ge's expression was still firm: "My lord, there is a saying, even if you eat Junlu, you will have a minister." There is also a saying that the king is the king, and the father is the father. I, Yang Yan, have always regarded His Majesty as a father, so why talk about having no father and no king?

"The people of the dawn of the world are not His Majesty's people, and they do not regard His Majesty as a father. But His Majesty and He have ever regarded the people of the world as people? not only sat back and watched the royal party become bigger, but also impeached the loyal ministers of the royal party with a court rod and put it into the big guys, and let the Confucians of the Hanlin Academy refute a bloody admonition together!

"Your Majesty has never felt the suffering of the people, how has you ever thought that tens of millions of people have kings but no fathers, and officials are like thieves! Have you ever heard that bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and officials are like shavings?

"Since Your Majesty only regards himself as a 'king' who is high above and has never regarded himself as a 'father' who loves and protects his people, then why should you let the officials and the people regard Your Majesty as your father?"