"Hmph, it's all wine and rice bags. It's all wine and rice bags. How can you, the doctors from the Imperial College, be stumped by the mere question of a general drinking his horse?" Li Zheng swept everything on the dragon case to the ground, and with his eyes
He looked at the group of ministers kneeling under the court with anger.
Upon hearing the emperor's question, these officials knelt on the ground and trembled, not daring to raise their heads to look at Li Zheng's face.
Dr. Xu Hongdao of the Imperial Academy looked at his colleagues around him, everyone was kneeling tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I have never heard of the problems raised by the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, but if I am given some days, I should be able to calculate which route will save the most time!"
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Li Zheng looked at Xu Hong who was kneeling on the ground quietly and said: "How many days will it take to solve it?"
"Three to seven days." Xu Hongdao gave a conservative time. Even so, he could not guarantee that he would definitely solve this problem.
"Seven days? A bunch of rubbish, I, the dragon, claim to be in heaven in vain. A small calculation problem actually takes seven days to solve. This is only the first problem. The next ones will take fifteen days.
A month or even half a year? Where will my face be, and where will the court’s face be?"
"I am incompetent, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Li Zheng ignored the Confucian ministers of the Imperial Academy who were kneeling on the ground and looked at Wei Yong, the left prime minister: "Wei Aiqing, you have always been resourceful. Can you solve the problem of the Jin envoy's general drinking his horse?"
Wei Yong was stunned and immediately went out with the imperial hut in his hand: "Reporting to your majesty, I have also read the nine chapters of arithmetic, and I have never heard of the arithmetic problem of the general drinking horses. I am guilty and have betrayed your majesty's holy trust! Please punish me.
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"Tong Aiqing, it is said that Dangyang Academy in the south of the Yangtze River has produced all the talented people in the world. You made great progress and entered the imperial court as the number one scholar. Do you have any explanation?"
Tong Sansi came out and shook his head slightly: "Reporting to your Majesty, I am proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, and have dabbled in many miscellaneous subjects, but I am not very proficient in arithmetic. Please forgive me."
Li Zheng's expression became worse and worse, and the two prime ministers were actually helpless. Could it be that they were really going to lose their face by the questions raised by the Jin delegation?
"My dear friends, whoever has a way to solve this problem, I am willing to grant him a promotion and a knighthood!" Li Zheng had to use inducements to get the ministers to solve the problem.
All the civil and military officials were stunned. Obviously they did not expect that the emperor would promise such a big reward. It would be okay to be promoted to one level. After all, as long as you wait for two years, you will be promoted. But being awarded a title is very exciting. Who doesn't know
The importance of a title is that it is a title that benefits future generations.
However, the richer the reward, the greater the risk. If the general cannot solve the problem of drinking horses, he will also suffer the emperor's wrath.
All the civil and military ministers of the dynasty looked around at each other, but no one dared to stand up.
"Xia Aiqing, you are a veteran of two dynasties and have the most extensive knowledge. How can you not solve the problem of a mere general drinking his horse?"
Xia Gongming, the imperial censor, was stunned. He never thought that His Majesty would ask the censor, who was supervising hundreds of officials, a question about counting.
"Reporting to your Majesty, I am incompetent and cannot solve this problem."
"Prince, where are you? Didn't you usually say that you have read through the books of the Imperial College? Can you possibly solve this problem?"
The prince's expression tightened, and he really wanted to show off in front of his father, but he really didn't understand why General Yinma wanted to take the shortest route to save time. Isn't this unhealthy? But he didn't dare to show it.
"Report to my father, I am incompetent." After saying that, he looked at the brothers around him. Normally they would like to compete with him for his father's favor, but today they were all standing motionless in the distance like wooden stakes.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Wu Guogong Wan Buhai stood up.
Li Zheng's face was filled with joy. Could it be that Wan Buhai and a martial artist could solve the problem that even the civil servants couldn't solve? However, when he thought about the problem of the general drinking his horse, Li Zheng secretly wondered if he had played into Wan Buhai's hands.
, After all, Wan Buhai is the boss among the generals, and he should know better how to move in the most time-saving way.
"Mr. Wu Guo, tell me quickly, don't you have a solution?"
Duke Wu Wan Buhai twitched his lips: "Report to your Majesty, I have no solution!"
Li Zheng frowned: "Oh? What does Wan Aiqing want to say?"
"Your Majesty, I think I can't solve the problem, so I will solve the problem. It is obviously unjust for the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to go to war without declaring it. There is also the problem of the general drinking the horse. How can any general drink it himself?
They all send personal guards. I see that the Jin envoys just want to find trouble, so why don't I lead a group of guards and send them back to their hometown in the name of wiping out the bandits in the city."
Well, as expected of a military commander, he has a fiery temper. He doesn't think about how to solve the problem, but plans to get rid of the person who caused the problem. In this way, the problem will be solved easily.
The words are correct, and the principle is also the same, but doing such a thing to the envoy seems not to solve the problem but to set off the war between the two countries.
As soon as Wan Buhai finished speaking, a group of generals became restless.
"Your Majesty, I think what Duke Wu Guo said is reasonable. What nonsense does a general drink a horse? Does any general drink a horse himself?"
"Your Majesty, what Duke Wu Guo said is right. We have to prepare to discuss the war. The general will go to drink horses. Isn't this dereliction of duty? The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin just wants to find trouble. There is no need for Duke Wu to intervene. I am willing to lead the imperial guards.
Get rid of them and make sure there is no sound."
Li Zheng's face turned dark. He didn't expect that these generals actually planned to kill these envoys. Although he also wanted to do this, what kind of bullshit general drank his horse. Isn't this because he was full? He was preparing to march and set up a formation. How could he have time to go there?
Let the horse go.
But I can only think about it. If I really agree with Wan Buhai's advice, I am afraid that the two countries will inevitably fight against each other.
Even if the two armies are fighting, they will not kill the envoys, let alone the peacetime exchange envoys.
Song Aiqing, the Minister of War, Ye Aiqing, the Minister of Punishments, and Qin Aiqing, the Minister of Rites: "Don't you have any solution?"
Song Yi looked at his colleagues around him in embarrassment and had to stand up: "Report to your Majesty, I am incompetent."
"I am incompetent."
Li Zheng stood up from the dragon chair with a gloomy expression: "Okay, great. Among the civil servants, all are Confucian scholars who have read poetry and books, and all are officials elected by top three Jinshi and two top Jinshi. You are not usually
Do you often boast that you are powerful? The question of a general drinking his horse has embarrassed you all. How can you have the face to stand in the court and share my worries? What worries do you share? I think you are all incompetent.
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All the civil and military ministers of the court were so frightened that they knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."
"How many days did the Jin envoy give him a deadline?"
Xu Hongdao said tremblingly: "Three days."
"The Imperial Doctors from the Imperial College have heard the order and you are required to solve the problem within three days, otherwise"
"His Majesty"
"Retreat from the court."
Zhou Fei, the chief internal officer, immediately shook off the dust and said, "Retreat from the court."
In the imperial study room, Li Zheng put down his brush and folded a letter: "Zhou Fei, rushed to Dangyang Academy day and night to hand the letter to the teacher."