Chapter 87 War of words
Pretending to be a powerful person is a serious crime. This person’s joking question put Xiao Jinyu in a desperate situation.
Fenghuang, who also changed his appearance and pretended to be the guard of King Lanling, could not help but clenched his fists in worry. At this time, Gao Changgong sternly replied: "Gao knows her identity best. It is not your turn to judge whether she is impersonating or not! "
At this time, Cui Heng and Li Mi walked out of the crowd.
"If you want to know whether he is a fake, what's the difficulty? The talents of Wang Xie's children are rare in the world. We are here to argue today. If he can win over you, his talents will be obvious. Needless to say!"
Cui Heng said, looking at Xiao Jinyu who had already disguised himself as Xie Zhen with some worry.
"What if we can't win?" Yu Wenhui asked sarcastically.
"Then he will be charged with pretending to be a powerful person with a strong family background!" Chen Shuling continued.
Gao Changgong's expression darkened, and Xiao Xian's eyes also showed worry.
"The Talking Conference is a place where scholars can speak freely and show off their talents. Why is King Shiheung so aggressive?" Li Mi couldn't help but add.
Chen Shuling snorted coldly and was about to say something when Xiao Jinyu's cold words came to his ears: "Okay! So, will all the gentlemen ask me questions today?"
"So who comes first?"
She actually said yes! She asked who was coming first so calmly, so confidently, so arrogantly!
Xu Ling couldn't help but look over curiously, as if waiting for a good show.
"Then let's take Xiao Xian's defense of Han Zigao just now. When did the promiscuous jester deserve praise?"
The person who asked the question was still the scribe who asked Xiao Xian just now. Xiao Jinyu gave the scribe a cold look, knowing that he was deliberately trying to trap Xiao Xian into a situation of disloyalty and injustice. After all, Han Zigao was charged with treason. He was killed by Chen Xu, the current emperor.
"If you are respected and prominent, you may not necessarily be virtuous, and you will be met; if you are humble, you may not be stupid, and you will not be met." In the past, Wang Chong wrote "Lunheng" to tell the world that those who are in high positions are not necessarily virtuous, and those who are in low positions are not necessarily stupid. This is true. It is obvious.
Yi Zhi is the prime minister of a country, but he was once the slave of the king of Xin. Han Xin led millions of troops and was humiliated by his crotch. Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was born in a peasant family, and he is our Chen country. Your Majesty, wasn't he also born in the wilderness?
Envoy, where does your just question put His Majesty? "
The scribe was immediately horrified, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
At this time, Xiao Jinyu continued: "Heroes do not care about their origins. General Han will be loyal to Chen Guo until his death. Yi Yin once said that officials should be appointed only by talents, and left and right by their people. If virtue is good, the world will survive, if virtue is lost, the world will perish. The same is true for the emperor of our dynasty. How can a wise king who appoints virtuous people be so ignorant and judge people based on their appearance or status?"
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Xian was very happy and surprised: This even blocked His Majesty's mouth!
And sure enough, the entire mountaintop fell silent again, and no one dared to refute. Who dared to say that His Majesty was unwise?
Even Chen Xu, who was hiding in one place and listening, couldn't help but clenched his hands secretly, and cast his eyes through the gaps in the leaves at "Xie Zhen" dressed in black!
"Your Majesty, do you want to go out and call Xie Zhen to question you?" asked the chamberlain on the side.
Chen Xu waved his hand: "No, let's see first, whether she can be like Fan Zhen in the past, who can convince everyone and convince thousands of people every day?"
"Who else wants to ask me questions?"
At this time, Xiao Jinyu asked everyone loudly, and his eyes were clear and sharp, sweeping over the scribes and the young man present.
"I dare to ask Mr. Xie Shizhen, it is true that women's lust harms the country. In the past, Daji and Bao Si ruined their country, and in the previous dynasty of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Pan Concubine harmed the country. As for the so-called Zheng Shen's lewdness, are all those who ruined their country due to women's lust? "
The person who asked the question was a young man.
His question made Xiao Jinyu chuckle.
"It seems that women's lust brings harm to the country, but ultimately, isn't it because the king of that country is content with pleasure and covets beauty? As a king, if you can restrain your selfish desires, behave upright, be close to virtuous ministers, and stay far away How could you, a villain, entertain the princes with wine pools and meat forests, and play with the princes by beacon fires? How could you have Donghun Hou build a large-scale construction project to make life difficult for the people, killing wantonly and forcing the ministers to rebel?
It can be seen that the emperor is unkind and cruel. Cruel cruelty will drive people’s hearts to pieces, weaken the country, and lead to divine punishment!”
When the last four words came out, everyone held their breath: This young man really dares to say it!
Isn’t this teaching the king of a country how to behave like a king?
At this time, even Gao Changgong's expression changed sadly. In fact, when Xiao Jinyu spat out the first sentence of argument like pearls, the shock in his heart could be described as a storm.
He is dishonest and cruel. Doesn't this refer to the king of Qi?
"Then what should be the explanation for the collapse of Xiao Liang? Emperor Wu of Liang stopped entering the harem at the age of fifty, was not close to women, and governed the country with Buddha. He was a truly benevolent king, so how could he be brought to ruin? country?"
When Xiao Liang was mentioned, Xiao Jinyu was silent for a moment, her chest felt suffocated, and she still felt a sharp pain in her heart. Xiao Xian was also dejected.
"Benevolence also has two sides. Ruling a country with Buddha does not represent true benevolence, or whether this benevolence is used on the edge of the sword. Although Emperor Wu of Liang was devoted to Buddha, he could not even bear to wear silkworm clothes made of silk, but he mobilized The war was merciless, and a hundred thousand people were drowned in floods during the Battle of Fushan.
His kindness to Hou Jing, the enemy, and the kindness to the nobles and clans received little reward. ?
Not to mention the construction of more than 500 Buddhist temples, which are extremely poor and magnificent, with more than 100,000 monks and nuns, and rich assets. However, the Buddhist disciples sit on the land of the emperor, but do not pay taxes to the court, leaving the national treasury empty and the people Taxes have increased,
The wine and meat of Zhumen smells bad, and the roads are frozen to death. Many people cannot bear the labor and taxes and starve to death in the alleys.
Could this also be called compassion in Buddhism?
Is this also called governing the country with benevolence? "
These words were eloquent and resounding, and the whole place fell into silence.
Many people had already begun to think deeply, and Xiao Xian even looked shocked.
"So according to what Xie Zhenlang said, what is compassion?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"Those who are compassionate should put all living beings and the people first. Therefore, living one life is not compassionate, and living a hundred lives is not compassionate.
To save all sentient beings is to be compassionate! "
When he said this sentence, Xiao Xian finally understood what Xiao Jinyu had said to him before.
I see!
It turns out that this is the purpose of her coming here today to make a name for herself!
For a while, everyone fell silent again, and everyone was shocked by the sentence "To save all sentient beings is compassion."
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Xuan Dynasty was prevalent, and all the scholars talked about Lao and Zhuangzi. However, in the Southern Liang Dynasty, headed by the Buddhist emperor Xiao Yan, most of the officials and scholars believed in Buddhism, so Buddhism naturally dominated the conversation.
"Xie Zhenlang is indeed an excellent eloquent. Such a conclusion is reasonable and well-founded, but I can't argue with it!"
Finally, during a period of extremely quiet silence, someone sighed.
"That's true. I'm convinced by such talent recognition!"
At this time, everyone had spoken out one after another, and most people's faces showed their sincere submission. Only a few people, like Chen Shuling, still had dissatisfaction and hostility on their faces.
Xu Ling also twirled his beard and sighed: "The Xie family in Chen County has a successor!"
"So, this gentleman Xie Xiaolang is the leader of this elegant talk gathering?"
Cui Heng walked towards Xu Ling and asked with a smile.
"If no one dares to challenge Mr. Xie Xiaolang, then he will naturally be the winner of this elegant talk gathering!" Xu Ling asked, "Do you still have dissatisfaction?"
All the scholars bowed to Xiao Jinyu and retreated one by one.
But at this moment, Xu Shuling suddenly shouted loudly: "I will not accept it!"
With a shout, everyone stopped.
Just listen to him say: "Although he is talented in eloquence, it cannot be proved that he is a descendant of the Xie family in Chen County. I heard that the Wang family's calligraphy and Xie family's poems even praised the Xie family's poems and called them the best among all poems.
I once heard that Cao Zijian wrote a poem in seven steps, so I will give Xie Xiaolangjun seven steps to write a poem and let everyone listen to it! "
As Chen Shuling said this, he looked closely at Xiao Jinyu, as if to frustrate her energy, his eyes were full of pride.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Jinyu still calmly replied: "Okay, then please ask King Shixing to give me pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I don't need seven steps, and I can complete the poem before a leaf falls!"
(End of chapter)