"Brother Zhao. Let's do this, is it really okay?"

Seeing that the other party was menacing, Zhang Shangying asked in a low voice.

Because of her previous care, Zhang Shangying naturally had a lot of affection for Zhao Wenying, and felt that the other party was a gentle person, but she didn't expect to be so sharp when she met the other party for the first time?

Zhao Wenying chuckled lightly and replied, "Ha." Our trip was originally a-for-tat confrontation with them, and now we are able to kill each other's sharpness, which is naturally the best. And you think they don't understand this?" peeked at the many scholars in the distance, and the corners of his mouth inevitably curled.

Under Zhang Jian's appeasement, those scholars have also stopped, although they still pretend to be indignant on the surface, scolding everyone in the air, but their bodies are obviously relaxed, if you look closely, you can even see a little fear in their eyes.

Obviously, they are also afraid that because of their own actions, they will be kicked out of the council directly by Xiao Feng and will not be able to serve as officials.

Zhang Shangying naturally noticed this, and said in her heart: "It seems that this is really the case." I thought that these people were also full of books of sages, but I didn't expect them to be like this. The measurement of the other party in my heart inevitably lowered a few points.

Such a profit-seeking person has been seen a lot in the Parliament.

As for Su Wei and Huang Fucheng, they still stood leisurely on the side, like spectators, watching everything that happened in front of them, and they didn't have any idea of interfering.

"Good. ”

Ye Li also regained his composure, but there was a faint hostility in his words, and he continued to ask: "What about other than that, apart from that imperial power, can there be other errors in this ancestral law?"

Needless to say, the Song Dynasty has fallen, and Xiao Feng, the real creator of the Huaxia Dynasty at present, is now the prime minister, and she also has great power in her hands, and the entire Huaxia Army is also looking at her horse, so naturally she doesn't want to put an emperor on top of her head, and can point fingers at her, even if this so-called emperor is her nominal son.

If the ancestral law is like this, there is no possibility of passing it at all.

Ye Li sighed slightly in his heart, feeling that he had really not thought it through before, and almost forgot the current situation, but he was still unwilling to let the ancestral law be abandoned like this, so he continued to question.

"Oh? I didn't expect it to be like this, and you still don't give up?"

Zhao Wenying laughed, sighed at the other party's insistence, and said, "Then let's move on to the second point." Isn't your requirement too lenient as to the vetting conditions for the councillors? Only those who have read the Confucian classics and passed the corresponding examinations can serve as councillors, what kind of thing is this?"

"Is it limited to Confucianism?"

Hearing Zhao Wenying's words, Su Wei and Huang Fucheng also lost their previous leisure appearance, and the rest of the people looked at the Southern Dynasty scholars with hostility on their faces, obviously with unkindness on their faces.

The origins of the parliamentarians in Chang'an are very complicated, some are appointed as parliamentarians because of paying taxes, some are appointed as parliamentarians because of inventions, and some are appointed as parliamentarians because of military exploits, all of which are not the so-called right path in Ye Li's mouth.

According to Ye Li's so-called audit conditions, they are all substandard products, and they are naturally hostile to Ye Li.

Ye Li was slightly stunned in his heart, not knowing why the people in front of him were like this, and immediately argued forcefully: "Isn't it okay? Don't forget, according to the requirements of the lord, this councilor is shouldering the important rule of supervising hundreds of officials and listening to public opinion, and naturally only the scholar who is at the peak of morality and scholarship can serve as a person, otherwise it will only become a mess." ”

"Hmph, of course not!"

Zhao Wenying shook her head again and again, and her face did not hide her disappointment at all.

Ye Li was naturally annoyed, and asked in a low voice, "Why not?"

If it was the imperial power, maybe he didn't think it through, but this councilor's review conditions were carefully chosen by Ye Li, how could he tolerate the refusal of others.

"Good. According to what you said, only the so-called scholars in your mouth can serve as parliamentarians, but I want to ask you, how much effect does the so-called scholars in your mouth have for the country?" Zhao Wenying looked disdainful, and the words in his mouth naturally attracted the hostility of the scholars of the Song Dynasty, and they all looked at him with resentment.

But Zhao Wenying ignored it completely, and said: "It is the so-called Shinong Industry and Commerce." Needless to say, if it weren't for their hard work, how would they be able to sustain all things in the world? As for the clothes you wear and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones you use in your hands, they will also be the ships and vehicles you take when you walk, and they will also be from them. If it weren't for their efforts, what we are living now would be nothing more than a life like drinking blood. As for the merchant, he came for money, but he communicated with each other, so that people from all over the world could interact with each other and exchange goods with each other. All three of these are of great benefit to the state. However, you and other scholars, but after learning a little bit of the sages, they tried to stand above everyone, and now they want to block the path of others, which is really a sin that deserves death. ”

"Shut up!"

Ye Lidun was annoyed, and he no longer maintained his previous elegant appearance, but like a crazy person, he scolded Zhao Wenying sharply: "Although they are beneficial to the country, they don't understand the learning of sages, let alone the way to govern the country. It should be guided by our leaders. ”

"Haha, the way you want to govern the country is not the so-called tricks of the monarch and the virtuous ministers?"

Zhao Wenying shook his head, only feeling funny: "However, the Song Dynasty followed what you said, but it made a country ruined and the family ruined." The so-called sage learning did not serve any purpose, but made the Song Dynasty more and more ruined. If the sages you are talking about are just like that, then it is better to just throw it away, and save it from being disgusted. ”

"Shut up. ”

Ye Li was a little crazy, but he still said in his mouth: "If it weren't for the debauchery of the saints, how could they become like this? ”

"Oh, then I'll ask you. There were countless people who read sages in the Song Dynasty, but how many of them can be called sages?"

Zhao Wenying ignored the other party's insults, and continued: "However, they were forced to stay away from the court and live a life of inaction. Doesn't such a scene prove that the so-called sages are useless in the way of governing the country?"

Ye Li felt annoyed, but just opened his mouth and scolded angrily: "You shut up for me." ”

"Shut up? If you tell me to shut up, I'll shut up, then how shameless will I be?"

Zhao Wenying didn't laugh angrily, and deliberately induced the other party in his words, and said: "And I see that in your ancestral law, it is stipulated that all parliamentarians and scholars can be exempted from taxes. I have to say, your intentions are really sinister. However, have you ever thought that if the nobles and parliamentarians were exempted from taxes, it would definitely lead to a great reduction in taxes in the country, and if foreign enemies invaded, how should they deal with it?

Although there was frequent chaos in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were often treacherous appearances such as Ding Daquan and Jia Nidao.

But the root cause of this is that they have been too favored by scholars for many years, exempting them from many taxes, and even more so that most farmers are hanging under scholars to avoid the heavy taxes. In this way, it naturally led to a reduction in fiscal taxes, and in order to maintain the three redundancies, the Song Dynasty had to loot a large amount of wealth, and these taxes were naturally added to the common people, making their lives more difficult.

The reason why the uprisings of the Song Dynasty were so frequent is precisely here.

Xiao Feng felt that the times, so in the early days of the founding of the country, he promulgated regulations that no matter the scholars and the descendants of meritorious deeds, they were all treated equally and had to pay taxes.

At that time, Guannai had been plagued by war for a long time, although he lamented the harshness of his criminal law, but in view of Xiao Feng's impartiality in handling things, he did not resist much.

"What a madman, you insulted me like this?"

These words were not only limited to Ye Li, but also offended by the scholars present.

Those scholars all glared angrily, glaring at Zhao Wenying, looking like they were going to tear him apart. In the end, they are just ordinary people, even if they read the so-called book of sages, it is only because this book of sages can help them gain power, as for what will happen to the common people, they don't pay attention, at most they just pretend to be sad, and then pinch their throats and feel sad.

Zhao Wenying was even more interested, puffed up his chest and said provocatively: "What's the matter? Could it be that I made a mistake? If so, please give me some advice?"

"Shut up. ”

After a series of debates, Ye Li also turned around a little, he took a deep breath, calmed himself down, stared at Zhao Wenying with his eyes, only felt extremely tricky, and asked in a low voice: "What kind of enmity do we have with you, why do you say this about me?"

In the previous argument, Ye Li also understood that it would be too difficult for him to win the other party in terms of eloquence, so he had to change direction.

Zhao Wenying raised his eyes and looked at Ye Li, as if he was surprised that the other party got out of the predicament so quickly, and said: "It has nothing to do with you, it's just to point out the ancestral law drawn up by you." If I really act according to this ancestral law, I will definitely fall apart after a hundred years of events. All of them are today's scenes, and they will also reappear on the land of China. In this way, can you bear it?"

Since the other party's attitude is a little weak, he doesn't mind giving in and giving the other party a little time to react.

But about the ancestral law, Zhao Wenying categorically couldn't accept it, just because the stripes in it were too weird, and there was no feasibility to implement it at all.

"Okay. It's just that you may need your help in formulating the ancestral law, but at that time, you don't have to shirk and help us establish the specific regulations together, is it okay? After all, the King of Jin doesn't want us to continue arguing like this, so that we can't do anything. Ye Li sighed secretly, and knew that in this first encounter, he was completely defeated, and now he was able to persuade the other party to let him stay, which was already the best ending.

"Naturally. It's just that the ones I said earlier must be corrected, understand?" Zhao Wenying replied.

Now that the other party is soft, he is unwilling to continue to pursue it, so he naturally borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and spared the other party.

The initial contact began abruptly and ended abruptly, as if everything had returned to square one, but both sides understood that what was next was the point, and that would determine who was the victor on both sides.