Yuan Zhen was calm and gentle, and he fought with the Confucian scholars with his tongue. He defeated everyone with just one tongue.
Seeing Yuan Zhen remain so calm in the face of so many opponents and not falling behind, Prince Jin looked satisfied.
All of these disciples are eloquent and knowledgeable, but to my surprise, none of them are Yuan Zhen's opponents, which shows that Yuan Zhen does have something in his heart.
At this moment, a respectable old gentleman rolled up his sleeves angrily because he couldn't argue with Yuan Zhen and said: "Yuan Zhen, I want to challenge you to a duel!"
Yuan Zhen pulled back his beard and said with a smile: "Hahaha, old gentleman, if you can't talk to me, you'll have to challenge me to a duel. A gentleman talks but doesn't do anything.
Besides, with your stature, if I agree to you, won’t others say I’m bullying the weak?”
"You, you, you, if I were thirty years younger, you would be no match for me."
The old gentleman was so angry that he almost exploded.
Yuan Zhen said with a smile: "It's a pity that you are already old! The autumn face has entered the dawn mirror, the strong hair has withered and the crown is old. Fortunately, the teeth are still there, but the bone marrow is dry."
Old gentleman, when you get old, you get old, and you have to accept your fate.
You don’t want to be a counselor anymore, go home and enjoy your grandchildren!”
"You! Pfft..." When the old gentleman heard this, he was so angry that he spat out blood, "You've made me so angry!"
Upon seeing this, King Jin hurriedly walked over and comforted him: "Old sir, are you okay?
Everyone is just making theories and speaking freely, so don’t take it to heart.
Come, call the doctor quickly!"
"No!"
The old gentleman immediately wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness.
Your Majesty, I am already old and frail, and it is really difficult for me to assist you.
Now that the prince has people like Yuan Zhen, he doesn’t need me any more. I won’t stay here to be embarrassed, so I’ll leave now!”
With that said, he walked out angrily. King Jin hurriedly said: "Old sir, please stay and calm down. You are all the counselors I admire most."
Yuan Zhen was just joking with you, don’t take it seriously.”
Hearing this, the old gentleman stopped and said, "Well, for the sake of the prince, I won't argue with a young boy like him."
Seeing that the old gentleman stayed, Yuan Zhen sighed in his heart.
It's a pity that I didn't make this old boy angry.
In fact, there were many powerful counselors among them, and he wanted to drive them away so that no one would be available to the King of Jin.
That’s it, if you don’t succeed this time, try again next time.
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Two days later, Emperor Hongyuan was going to hold a horse racing competition, so he ordered all the princes, princes, and officials to come and watch the race.
The King of Jin felt that Yuan Zhen was an interesting person, so he took Yuan Zhen to the racecourse to let him know more about him.
Chu Xuanchen also took Moli and the others to the racecourse. Naturally, the other King Xian, King Rui, King Yan, etc. all came as well!
The reason why everyone attaches so much importance to this event is because it is not a simple horse race.
Soon, everyone came to the stands of the racecourse.
From a distance, we can see that there are many riders on horses on the racecourse, waiting for the race to start.
Emperor Hongyuan glanced at everyone in the stands and said: "Tianyu, each of you picks a horse, and whoever picks the horse that comes first will be rewarded heavily by me."
When everyone heard this, they all looked solemnly at the horses on the racecourse.
Most people here know the intentions of Emperor Hongyuan.
At this time, Feng Qingyang approached Chu Xuanchen and whispered: "Your Majesty, after Chang Yu, the minister of Taipusi who was in charge of the army and horses, was transferred away, the position of minister of Taipusi has been vacant.
When the emperor asked everyone to select horses, he must be looking for someone who knows and understands horses and has a unique vision to replace Sanyu's official position."