Speaking of which, Wang Chang is already very "honest".
Of course, if it weren't for the need to do some planning and rescue, and if there were more important things to do, Wang Chang would also wonder whether he would jump at the celebration. After all, Wang Chang heard that Xiahou Shang's merits were somewhat moist in this great victory in Youbei.
Wang Chang found out these things, but he held it back and did not deliberately propose to disrupt the situation at the celebration. This was not because Wang Chang was timid, but because Wang Chang knew that he had more important responsibilities. Striking Xiahou Shang was a matter of gaining little and paying more, so Wang Chang did not do it.
The most important thing is that Wang Chang felt that there was something wrong with Xiahou Shang’s merits. Is it possible that someone deliberately passed it on to him?
For example, if these Shandong gentry gentry gentry stood up to fight against Cao Cao and destroyed Xiahou's might, I'm afraid that Shandong gentry would have laughed behind their backs?
But Wang Chang didn't expect that he was so "honest" and was still troubled to come to the door.
Cheng Yu said that the raw materials for the cavalry to make gunpowder were purchased, but according to the ratio given by the cavalry, the gunpowder made was still different. This seems to mean that either Wang Chang was lying, that was, the cavalry was cheating, or Cheng Yu was lying, and was cheating Wang Chang.
Did the cavalry really give a fake recipe?
At such a moment, Wang Chang couldn't help but feel a little shaken, but soon he rejected this idea.
This is impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Still the same thing, the Cavalry may give a second-level, single, or old version of the recipe, but will not give a fake recipe because it is completely unnecessary, and does not give a fake recipe seem extravagant?
Then what is left is Cheng Yu who is cheating?
Wang Chang looked at Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu was also looking at Wang Chang.
In the hall, it seemed that everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Chang.
Wang Chang inexplicably felt a strong pressure.
No, there are two more people who don't look at themselves.
One is the Emperor Liu Xie, and the other is Prime Minister Cao.
Liu Xie seemed to be staring at Cao Cao, but Cao Cao seemed to be just closing his eyes to rest.
At this moment, Wang Chang seemed to have a flash in his heart. He had some enlightenment, but he had not taken shape. He just vaguely felt that something might be wrong, and it seemed that something was hidden under the shadow of the curtain in this hall...
"Wang Envoy, how do you explain this?" Cheng Yu pressed step by step, not giving Wang Chang extra time to consider.
"Haha, hahaha..." Wang Chang suddenly burst into laughter.
At this time, Wang Chang realized that laughing is indeed beneficial, and at least it can be used to delay time.
Hearing Wang Chang's laughter, Cao Cao slowly raised his head, glanced at him, and then immediately bumped into the eyes of Emperor Liu Xie.
Cao Cao's expression was still stable, but Liu Xie's eyes were a little angry, but after the two of them touched their eyes, they turned away.
The ritual officer on duty standing in a corner of the hall frowned and was about to step forward to scold Wang Chang for being rude, but when he saw Xun Yu waved his hand, he nodded silently, took a step back, and stood solemnly.
After Cheng Yu stood up, Mao Zong seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and took a few steps back, as if he had completed some task and had successfully retreated.
Cheng Yu also did not say anything to stop Wang Chang's laughter, and seemed to be a little interested in staring at Wang Chang up and down.
"It's ridiculous..." Wang Chang shook his head, sighed, and then started to chant...
"From the north gate, I was worried and earnest. I was still poor and I didn't know how hard I was. How could I do it? What did God really do?
"The king's affairs are right for me, and the political affairs are all good for me. I go out of here, and my family and people are in contact with me. How can I be? What's the matter? What's the matter?
"The king is loyal to me, and the political affairs are all in my power. I go out of here, and the people in my family are fighting against me. How can I be! What is it? It's really what it is called!"
"I'm laughing at me... I didn't expect that one day, like the North Gate, I'll be left with all the political affairs!" Wang Chang laughed and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves. It seemed that he had encountered something extremely ridiculous, "Haha, it's so funny..."
Cheng Yu was silent.
The people in the hall also fell silent.
Those who can be in the hall are basically not fools. Even if some people who miss the net can get into the hall for a while, they often stay for a short time and then they will be swallowed by people and their belts. Therefore, those who can survive in the political arena for a long time are basically not good people.
This is evolution.
Therefore, although Wang Chang said verbally that he was laughing at himself, in fact, basically everyone knew that Wang Chang was not just laughing at himself, but the rest of the people in the hall.
As for what are you laughing at?
Anyone who understands it will naturally understand it.
After a moment of silence, Cheng Yu's long beard moved slightly, "Is it because the king's envoy didn't know the reason?"
Wang Chang slowly closed his smile, "No. I really know some of the reasons for this... But if you say it, it would be a bit rude... Are you sure you want to listen?"
Wang Chang asked Cheng Yu, but his eyes were aimed at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao still lowered his head, as if all his previous actions did not exist.
At this moment, Wang Chang figured it out, and it was actually like an exam.
The examiner is Cao Cao.
The person taking the exam was Wang Chang and Emperor Liu Xie.
Cheng Yu in front of him still had Mao Zong who had retired, who was like an invigilator.
What is tested is loyalty.
Just like Zhao Gao was pointing a deer as a horse in the hall of Qin II.
When Zhao Gao arranged the farce of referring to the deer and horse, he must have known that his power was far higher than that of Qin II. Zhao Gao's joking trick once again tested the situation of standing in the court, and at the same time warned the ministers about Zhao Gao's strength and Qin II's weakness. The result of the test also made Zhao Gao feel confident about killing Qin II in the future.
So does Qin Ershi really not know it is a deer?
I know.
In the record of the Grand Historian, the second generation laughed and said, "The Prime Minister mistakenly said that the deer is a horse." Asked the left and right, they were silent, or they said horses, Ashun, Zhao Gao, or they said deer. Of course, those who said they were deer basically had no good ending, and they were all killed by Cao Cao, uh, Zhao Gao...
Qin II said it was a deer, but as a result, there were not many ministers who supported him. There were several ministers who supported him. "Gao said that deer was law in the dark, so Qin II had to pretend that divination was "Jing River is a ghost" and hid in Wangyi Palace, but he still couldn't escape. Soon Zhao Gao sent troops to rebel and killed Qin II.
Because Qin Ershi actually knew that this was a deer.
Not a horse.
The most important thing is that what Qin Ershi said at the time was, "The Prime Minister is wrong?"
So at present, does Liu Xie know that the so-called gunpowder formula is a deer or a horse?
Anyway, except for the few words that followed the process at the beginning, Liu Xie didn't say a single word.
Speaking is an attitude, and silence is also an attitude.
Therefore, while Liu Xie stared at Cao Cao, Cao Cao would also look back at Liu Xie, and then the two of them looked away.
Under such circumstances, nothing Wang Chang said is important, because the evidence is not Wang Chang himself, or even gunpowder, but deer and horse...
The emperor's deer and horse.
The deer and horse of the cavalry.
The deer and horse of all officials.
deer.
horse.
Choosing a deer is naturally wrong.
Can you choose a horse be the right one?
The emperor's final answer is not to choose.
Liu Xie did not blurt out like Qin Ershi back then, saying that this is just a deer, what do you, Old Man Cao, want to do, but carefully maintained his identity as a program administrator and allowed the bug to continue running. As long as it did not end, it would be a referee, even a referee with a certificate.
As for Mao Zong and Cheng Yu, they are the people who are providing evidence for Lao Cao's station. So regardless of the real gunpowder and fake formula, they will definitely say it is a horse. A horse that refers to a deer as a horse, how can there be no horse?
If there is no horse, wouldn’t it be a waste of time for many brothers to talk?
It seemed that he realized that Wang Chang had figured it out. Cheng Yu did not look back at Cao Cao, but just stared at Wang Chang attentively, as if he was distinguishing Wang Chang's expression, or that he could accept Cao Cao's order without turning back. He nodded slightly and said, "I'll ask the King of Kings for advice."
Wang Chang looked around for a while, and smiled in the eyes of everyone, and said, "It is not difficult to solve this matter, please take the measure."
"Measure?" Cheng Yu was stunned.
Everyone was also stunned.
Including Emperor Liu Xie and Prime Minister Cao Cao.
Emperor Liu Xie vaguely guessed something when the gunpowder incident began.
For Emperor Liu Xie, is it Cao Cao worthy of trust or Fei Qian worthy of trust? The answer is that neither is worthy of trust. If anyone among Cao Cao or Fei Qian can give up the authority in his hands and be willing to return the power of life and death to Liu Xie, Liu Xie will temporarily believe that person. And this trust is only temporary, because this is the nature of imperial power.
A lonely man.
If Liu Xie really had the authority of the son of destiny and inherited the inheritance of the great magician, he would immediately use the Meteor Fire Rain without any ambiguity...
Unfortunately, Liu Xie did not inherit this bloodline limit, so he kept silent. Because he knew that as long as he did this, he would still be a program administrator. He did not have the ability to keep the system running while removing bugs. This was undoubtedly revealed during the celebration, so he did not dare to move or say it.
But Liu Xie hopes that Wang Chang will say...
So he specially summoned Wang Chang at the grand court meeting and asked Wang Chang to confront him in court.
Once Fei Qian sent troops, Cao Cao naturally needed to fight in person. Then the control over the rear of Xu County and around the emperor would of course be reduced. Liu Xie could not say that he could find more opportunities and more ways to solve the bug problem.
But Liu Xie was a little disappointed because Wang Chang was like a fool, just defending the authenticity of gunpowder!
Could it be that Wang Chang couldn't see that this was a frame-up on the cavalry?
Could it be that Wang Chang doesn’t know that no matter what he said, someone will come forward to prove that what he said is fake?
Liu Xie seemed to see Wang Chang's figure.
At this moment, Wang Chang was facing almost all the enemies in the hall.
At that time, Liu Xie was also facing the enemy in the hall...
I'm going to lose.
Liu Xie sighed slightly. He said he couldn't win. In this case, it was said that he could not argue with a hundred words. If he said he would win a Mao Zong, he would stand up with Cheng Yu. It's endless. Could it be that everyone in the hall could win?
Therefore, when Wang Chang suddenly proposed the measurement, Liu Xie was stunned.
What's wrong with measurement?
Cao Cao, who was under the alchemy stairs, also changed his sitting posture and frowned.
For things like this, it seems that the accusation is serious, but in fact it may not be too heavy...
After all, in the officialdom of China, other abilities may not be sufficient, but the skill of turning big things into small things is basically all the officials of the feudal dynasty are full. If the gunpowder is really confirmed to be fake, what can I do? Go back to study, investigate, follow a procedure, arrange a process, wait a few days, or you really can't escape it. Even if that big man comes out and get beaten, isn't it all over?
So what Cao Cao intended was not that this thing could directly cause any harm to the cavalry. He just wanted to use such a means to warn the emperor and all officials. On the one hand, he said that the cavalry was not a "good product", and on the other hand, he was also observing and reviewing the situation of the team.
Of course, there are still indirect damage. Not to mention anything else, it will at least invade the reputation of the Cavalry and suppress the goods of Guanzhong merchants to a certain extent. If the Cavalry handed over all the gunpowder to prove his innocence, it would be even better...
However, Cao Cao also knew that the complete version of the gunpowder would definitely not be given, so he boldly accused the gunpowder of being a fake! The tribute dedicated to the emperor was not the best. Is this not a fake or despised the king, and what?
Therefore, Cao Cao originally thought that he had stood invincible. No matter what, the gunpowder in Guanzhong is indeed more powerful. No matter how you circumvent this, it is a fact that you can't get around it.
But Cao Cao didn't expect Wang Chang to suddenly say that the problem lies in measurement...
Cao Cao was a little stunned. He had expected that Wang Chang would deny, shirk responsibility, delay, and be ignorant of the tricks that Shandong officials were used to playing. Then Cao Cao could sit under the alchemy steps, like looking at a monkey, watching Wang Chang fall into the trap step by step and struggle step by step, from forcibly pretending to be calm to being furious. It could not only let the emperor know that the cavalry was also unreliable, but also let all officials see that the people under the cavalry were actually just like that.
These days, I am afraid that the cavalry is a disease and needs to be cured!
But Cao Cao and others did not expect this problem. Because Cao Cao and others originally thought that Wang Chang would deny, argue and pretend to be confused, but they never thought that Wang Chang was really responding to the problem with a problem-solving model...
After all, if the Shandong gunpowder problem is really solved, isn’t this a “enteem”? Can Wang Chang still go back? When he arrives in Chang'an, Guanzhong, he will be imprisoned immediately? But now Wang Chang seems to be just helping you find the problem and find the truth. What does Wang Chang mean? Is Wang Chang so reckless? I really didn’t see it!
But this measure...
This time, Cheng Yu turned slightly and glanced at Cao Cao.
If Wang Chang was cheating, Cheng Yu and others had already conceived various plans, and they would definitely be able to block Wang Chang one step ahead of time. However, when Wang Chang said that he really wanted to solve this gunpowder problem, they had no choice...
Is this really playing?
In the hall, there was a rustling sound, like a group of insects hiding in the grass and whispering.
It seemed like a long time later, and there were only a few breaths. Cao Cao nodded indecisively. Cheng Yu coughed and ordered the imperial guards on duty under the palace to take measurements.
The measurements were taken soon.
This is not a rare item, but it is very rare for most people in the hall, because most people will not use these measurements...
Is a gentleman far away from the kitchen? Not only is he far away from the kitchen, but there are other things. The "gentleman" is actually quite far away. Therefore, most people know about these measurement tools in the hall, but they don't have much contact with them, because their class will not use these things in their daily life.
Wang Chang took a few steps forward, picked up the meter and took a few glances, and then smiled.
In fact, when Wang Chang said that there was something wrong with the measurement, he was not very sure, but when the soldiers in the forbidden area presented the measurement, it made him more determined...
'The disadvantages of gunpowder arise because of this!' Wang Chang said loudly, 'The measurements of Guanzhong are all unified and called them standard. Therefore, the wonderful methods of the cavalry are all measured by standards... And this kind of measurement is not a standard. It is easy to know that "a gentleman is careful in the beginning, and the difference is as small as a slight difference, and a thousand miles of mistakes." This is why. Your Majesty, I don't know if you need a gentleman to order the measurements of Guanzhong. Is it a long or short?"
In the hall, it suddenly became silent.
Guanzhong has already unified the "measurement". Now the gunpowder is inconsistent. That is because the measurement is inconsistent, so there is a deviation. If you want to achieve consistency, please change the measurement to Guanzhong measurement.
But, is this possible?
If Shandong was willing to change it, wouldn’t it have changed it long ago?
Wang Chang came all the way from Guanzhong and saw that no matter in the fields or markets, people in Shandong all boasted of themselves, and thought it was the center of the world, the fertile soil of the Central Plains, with a vast territory and abundant talents? How could he admit that Guanzhong is better and stronger? Even if he had such a feeling in his heart, he would never admit it verbally!
In this case, how many people will actively cooperate with the changes in measurement?
What's more, these senior officials of the dynasty, whether they eat, drink or cost, were served by others. How many people would care about the differences between Guanzhong and Shandong? Even if they saw it by chance, how many would they take it to heart?
What's more, Wang Chang has something in his words. Is this just a matter of measurement?
Cheng Yu was silent.
Facts are better than words. If it is eloquence, Cheng Yu and others are not afraid of it. What they are afraid of is facts, especially facts that cannot be changed.
In feudal dynasties, there have been changes in measurements throughout the dynasties, including officials and officials, and so on, but there are official ones, and the people among the people, and even thousands of years have been like this. So how can the current land of Shandong in the Han Dynasty be consistent?
Since it is definitely inconsistent, how can we refute Wang Chang?
So the hall is speechless.
Although it is said to refer to a deer as a horse, there is only one deer in the hall. When there is no horse, the horse is now being led up, and its size is different in length. How can I point it?
"Mr. Mao's Aiqing." Seeing that all officials, including Cao Cao, were speechless, Liu Xie suddenly felt something unspeakable in his heart, "What else do you have to say?"
Mao Zong knelt down on the ground with a thud, "My, I'm not saying anything..."
"As a Shaofu, you are the general leader of the world's craftsmen and supervising the projects of the prefectures and counties, but you don't know the difference in measurement?" Liu Xie said slowly, "I'm going to be dismissed from the position of Shaofu, and I'll think about it behind closed doors! What do the Prime Minister think?"
Cao Cao's beard shook, "Your Majesty's wiseness..."
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