Seeing that the talent of the calendar pretended to be stupid and stunned with himself, and avoided talking about his own question, the fourth prince had to give up, he couldn't tell him in front of everyone, right?

After a cup of tea, Li Yichou suddenly raised his head and looked at the pink peach in Mrs. Ye's hand, and his eyes showed a beautiful light.

Li Yichou said with a smile: "I didn't expect Master Taifu to have such a boring question, and it is a shame that I have been thinking about it for so long, it turns out that the answer is right in front of me." ”

Mrs. Ye didn't care, and asked lightly: "Have you thought about it?" You only have one last chance, if you answer wrong, the old man will do what he says, and will never let you participate in next year's imperial examination, you know that I have this ability." ”

Li Yichou said with great confidence: "That's nature, you ask me where the peaches come from? These peaches don't come from trees, they don't come from the soil, but from the plate in front of them." ”

Mrs. Ye was stunned for a moment, shook his head indifferently, and said expressionlessly: "Strategizing? You really let me have a long insight, Deng Wen, next year's imperial examination will cross Li Yichou's name! I, Ye Jingyi, can't say a thousand gold and a promise, but I can also be called a talker." ”

Although Deng Wen couldn't bear it in his heart, he didn't dare to disobey Mrs. Ye's words, so he had to nod yes.

Li Yichou frowned and said angrily: "How is it possible?! It shouldn't be wrong! Master Taifu, then please tell me where this peach came from?"

Mrs. Ye said indifferently: "This peach was bought from the market. ”

"Ah?!" An exclamation sounded, and it was Deng Wen who was standing next to Mrs. Ye who made an exclamation sound, and he asked suspiciously: "Teacher, when Li Tian asked the student this question just now, the first sentence of the student was bought at the bazaar, but he said it wrong!"

Mrs. Ye didn't speak, but turned his head to look at Li Tian, who was sitting on the arm of the chair.

Li Tiantian sighed, took the peach pit in his hand and said, "Master Deng, when I asked you where the peaches came from at the beginning of the semester, the answer in my heart was from the plate. At present, most of the officials are ambitious, and they always want to make some achievements to prove their ability, but they all ignore the most important point, and they are down-to-earth! They have not paid attention to the current affairs, and as soon as they take office, they have spent money and money to build towers and buildings, but few parents and officials care about the people's daily life and clothing. These officials are tantamount to using a jack of sticks to swell in the water, and they will not give up if they don't stir up the world!" Li Tiantian gently put the peach pit on the table and continued: "Mrs. Ye's question about Li Yichou, although it is the same as the question I raised, the implicit meaning is very different!"

Li Tiantian stared at Li Yichou's eyes and said in a deep voice: "Li Yichou, I know that you must be unconvinced in your heart, you must think about why you are right and Mrs. Ye will cancel your exam qualification! Let me tell you this, it is not so much that Mrs. Ye is taking the test for you, but that Mrs. Ye is teaching you!"

"Teach me?" asked Li Yichou suspiciously.

Li Tiancai nodded undoubtedly, "Yes, teach you! Taifu Ye is teaching you a truth, the truest truth in the world! In the rivers and lakes, whoever has a fast sword and a big fist is the king! A dead man, no matter how reasonable he is, no one will shout for him! This is especially true in the temple! Whoever has great power, who has a high rank, and whose backer is heavy, then whoever has the final say! He is Ye Taifu, one of the pillars of the Tongtian Empire today, and one person is above ten thousand people! And you are just a scholar from a humble family, with no power or power, what else do you have besides a look of the country and a belly of knowledge? Even if you have the knowledge of no one before or since, if Taifu Ye does not let you come out, you will never have the day to come out! Therefore, he is Taifu, and he is justified no matter what he says; you have no power or power, and you are unreasonable no matter what you say. This is the truest truth that Mrs. Ye taught you!"

Li Tiantian looked at Li Yichou's unacceptable expression and continued: "If you are the son and nephew of General Zhong Zhixing, and you have the backer of General Che Cai, do you think you will be like this? If you want to be like a fish in water above the court, you can't do it with a little knowledge! Luck, backers, connections, courage, and knowledge are all indispensable, and the water in the temple is much deeper than you think!" Since you have entered Confucianism, you must have been nominated for a half-official position on the list, and I don't know whether you are an official for the benefit of the people or for the sake of gold and silver, but as long as you become an official, you must understand these things! The sages will not record these things for you in the literature, and reading books is a good thing, but reading dead books and dead books is not necessarily a good thing!"

Mrs. Ye nodded while listening to Li Tian's words, and the look of appreciation in his eyes was not concealed at all. And the Four Princes and Deng Wen both widened their eyes and opened their mouths, and they could hear it in the clouds, these ways of being officials are not the Four Princes, even Deng Wen, who has been in the officialdom for many years, has never heard of it! At this moment, Deng Wen finally knew why he was selected to be selected into the palace at a young age to become the companion of the Four Princes.

Li Yichoi was stunned, and after half a ring, he respectfully bent down to Li Tian, and said in a deep voice: "The grace of teaching the Tao is unforgettable!"

Li Tiantian smiled slightly, and accepted this worship with peace of mind. After Li Yichou straightened up, Li Tiantian hesitated and said: "Li Yichou, I'll give you another question, this time is different from the previous one, you don't have to find another way, just say what you think." ”

Li Yichou nodded, looking at Li Tiantian with those big watery eyes.

Li Tiantian glanced at the four princes and said slowly: "There is a county, and all of them are greedy from the top to the county guard and down to the fast catch! All officials only know how to fish and flesh the people, and they can't make any political achievements! The most important thing is that there is a backer behind these corrupt officials who cannot afford to offend, and even if they want to get rid of them, they can't do it! Now there is a drought in this county, and the grain grown by the people has not been harvested! The imperial court wants to distribute relief silver, but if it is too much, it will not be cheaper for these corrupt officials and corrupt officials! But if there is less money, what will the people eat and drink? There are also 130,000 people in this county, how much relief money do you think is better?"

The fourth prince's heart moved, he didn't expect Li Talent to go straight to the topic so quickly, this Li Yichou in front of him didn't know the roots, but Li Talent didn't clearly say the names of people and places, so it didn't matter.

Li Yichou hesitated for a moment, pursed his red lips and said: "You're talking about Fengjin County! The daughter of the county guard Jia Xingde is the concubine of the current eldest prince, as for the backer you said you can't provoke, it should be the eldest prince!"

The fourth prince was shocked, he didn't expect Li Yichou to guess Feng Jinjun! He just wanted to speak but was held down by Li Tiantian on the side, Li Tiantian casually shook off the fan in his hand and said indifferently: "Teach you another trick, smart people will hold what they know in their hearts, and foolish people will say what they don't know." Smart people tend to live longer than foolish people. ”

Li Yichou smiled like a flower, beautiful things, she said lightly: "But those smart people who think they are smart play smart in front of real smart people, they seem to live a shorter life." He didn't laugh because Li Yichou praised him, but he could confirm that Li Yichou was indeed a malleable talent! Over time, Li Yichou's achievements would certainly be no less than him!

But obviously he couldn't say these words in public, he smiled slightly, and said: "No matter which county, you treat him as Fengjin County or Hepu County, what I want is your answer." Don't be in a hurry to answer, it may be your life, think about it, give you time to think. ”

Li Tiantian thought that Li Yichou would be under pressure after hearing his words, and he would think for a long time before giving an answer, but he didn't expect that as soon as his words fell, Li Yichou said: "Don't have time to think, this matter is not so complicated! The key to this matter is to see whether your four princes are worthy of inheriting the unification, in other words, it depends on whether your four princes have the courage to inherit the unification!"

"Bold! Li Yichou, do you know what you're talking about! Aren't you afraid of losing your head if you go against the grain!" Deng Wen scolded.