Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Long Night, Only Wine as a Companion (He Shuangmeng)
He Xueyi's remarks are actually a bit of a personal attack, the first is to directly attack Yang Yan's motive, saying that this is "seeking complete blame and winning fame", that is to say, to engage in such a big battle, just to find fault and sell fame and reputation; The second is to attack Yang Yan's qualifications, saying that he has a low official position, he doesn't understand anything, and he is not worthy of pointing this and that at all.
In fact, for He Xueyi, these two entry points are not the optimal solution.
The best situation is actually to start with Yang Yan's content to refute, which will be more solid.
But the problem is that Yang Yan's recital can be said to quote scriptures and scriptures, and in terms of content, there is no room for refutation at all.
Otherwise, there are so many people who read poetry and books in the entire Great Wei Dynasty, and He Xueyi's own level is not low, and he would have found a weakness to condemn Yang Yan to death, and he would not have come to this point.
Since the content of the song itself is impeccable, it can only find other angles.
If it were someone else, he would have been asked at this time and would have nothing to say.
And having nothing to say is also equivalent to a failure to clear the customs.
Chu Ge had been prepared for a long time, and while saying the planned lines, he did not forget his acting skills and expressions.
After all, every word and expression he said would also be seen by Gonggong Shi and transmitted to the emperor's ears.
"I, Yang Yan, am indeed a lowly official, not as high and powerful as you, Lord He. It's just that I have also read the books of the sages and understand the truth that 'if you eat the king, you will have a minister'!
"Now that Your Majesty is deaf, traitorous and corrupt, extravagant and greedy, exhausting the people's wealth, and suffering of the people's livelihood, don't you know?
"I have tens of thousands of officials in the Great Wei Dynasty, all of them are taken by Wang Chong's might, and no one dares to say it to His Majesty, if I don't say it, there will naturally be descendants in the annals of Huanghuang History, dare to ask Lord He, kill me Yang Yan today, can I still block the mouth of the people in the world in the future?
"I say it alone, Lord He and the hundred officials refute it, could it be that Lord He and the hundred officials want His Majesty to leave a name for generations to come?"
He Xueyi's blood surged: "You! ”
It's just that the word "you" came out, but there was no follow-up for a long time.
Chu Ge, that is, Yang Yan's words, were impassioned, and responded well to He Xueyi's two questions before.
The two points of "selling fame and reputation" and "lowly official position" are, in the final analysis, nothing more than questioning Yang Yan's qualifications for this performance.
And Chu Ge's words first clarified the legitimacy of his superiority with the statement "Instant Monarchy, You Have a Minister", stood firm, and then counterattacked, saying that He Xueyi wanted to refute that he wanted the emperor to leave a name for generations to come, and directly made He Xueyi speechless!
Seeing that He Xueyi was speechless, Shi Gong, who had not spoken all this time, spoke openly.
"Okay, Lord He, it's getting late, let's stop today's interrogation, and our family will go back to report to Your Majesty."
He Xueyi had nothing to say, so he had to leave first.
It's just that Gonggong Shi didn't go together, but stayed.
He looked at Yang Yan, who had been tortured to the point of being inhuman, and shook his head slightly: "Yang Yan, Yang Yan, you said that you want to find death, how simple it is, why bother to go through all the trouble and make the world uneasy."
"'Wen Death Admonishes Martial Arts' is all bullshit, and readers will only believe those words when they read it in their brains.
"You see that Master He is also a scholar, but he was as pedantic as you?
"Do you know that your voice has not only made Your Majesty furious and unsafe, but has also shaken to the foundation of my Great Wei Dynasty, if this matter is bigger, you are not the only one involved, understand?
"If it's not good, your relatives, friends, family and colleagues will be implicated!"
Chu Ge was silent for a moment: "Then according to Gonggong Shi's words, what should I do?" ”
Seeing that he was relieved, Gonggong Shi couldn't help but show joy on his face: "It's very simple, you just said that what you said on the song is crazy, and you deliberately blame Your Majesty today in order to win the truth, you yourself are guilty, Your Majesty will not treat you for offending, you can get out of this prison, and others will not be implicated by you, isn't it the best of both worlds?"
"Holy virtue, as long as you get lost and know how to return, Your Majesty will naturally not let such a pearl as you be dusted, whether it is to study and continue to follow the career in the future, you and Your Majesty are in harmony with the monarch and ministers, it is also a good story that has never been seen in the ages, isn't it beautiful?"
Chu Ge still shook his head slightly.
"Grandpa Shi, please go back too."
Gonggong Shi couldn't help sighing, with an expression of "good words are hard to persuade damn ghosts", got up and stood up, and said to the two jailers: "Take it down, and try it another day." ”
The two jailers took Chu Ge back to the cell, one on the left and one on the right.
Being firmly thrown on the rotten straw like a broken sack, it took a long time for Chu Ge to recover his strength.
He knew that the first phase of this copy had been passed without incident.
In fact, for players, this first stage is not too difficult. There are no more pitfalls except that you may not be able to answer at the beginning because you are not clear-headed, or because you answer incorrectly, you will be involved in the political turmoil.
As long as you are firm in your beliefs and refuse temptation, you will always be able to get through it safely.
But what touched Chu Ge deeply was not the difficulty of the game itself, but the real history.
He is now in the game and knows the real history and the conditions for clearing the level very well. Therefore, the words that Gonggong Shi said could not have touched him at all, and he was completely immune.
And with the blessing of the talent of iron will, the pain all over his body can also be alleviated to the greatest extent.
And none of this is true in history.
Shi Gonggong's words can be said to be both soft and hard.
Hard, he directly threatened the people around Yang Yan, saying that his relatives, friends, family and colleagues would be implicated, and it would cause turmoil in the government and the opposition, and I don't know how many people would be convicted because of this turmoil.
Soft conveys the meaning of Emperor Wei Zhao, and prescribes extremely tempting conditions.
As long as you bow your head and admit your mistakes, you will immediately have the fame that is most valued by readers, and you can also rise step by step, and since then you will have smooth sailing in your career and leave a good story.
And to hold on again, all that awaits him is a dimly lit cell and death that will come sooner or later.
Of course, Chu Ge knew the outcome of this matter, Yang Yan persevered to the end, and his name went down in history.
But the problem is that Yang Yan didn't know at that time.
Historically, there have been countless ministers or officials who spoke directly to the emperor, and nine out of ten of them died, and they died in obscurity.
In some dynasties, the officials did nitpick and criticize excessively, and scolded the emperor to gain a straight name, but there was a premise that the emperor himself was still relatively merciful, and at most a few strokes of the court staff would not really kill people.
If he is really a complete tyrant and kills people all over the world, no one will dare to do this soon.
But Emperor Wei Zhao was obviously not a broad-minded emperor, and Yang Yan was indeed only one step away from death.
In this case, Yang Yan in history was able to persist and make the only correct choice, every time he thought of this, Chu Ge felt admiration and incredible.
Back in the cell, the quest continues.
Chu Ge felt himself drowsy for a while, and his two injured legs began to ache faintly.
When I touched it, my thick legs were full of pus.
The previous few times, Chu Ge didn't do anything, just fell asleep in the cell, waiting for the next interrogation.
As a result, before the next interrogation, he died in his cell.
Chu Ge sighed silently and looked at the broken bowl in the corner of the gloomy dungeon.
I know what I'm going to do, and I've done it a few times before, but it takes a lot of courage to do it again!