Faced with Lu Heng's difficulties, Li Changkong did not answer directly, but asked: "It is said that Mr. Lu wrote down twelve strategies for governing the country and showed his talents during the palace examination, and was selected by the Holy Emperor and given a generous salary."
"Is this possible?"
Lu Heng nodded. This is his family history, and most of the people present knew it.
The twelve strategies for governing the country are the key to his fame among officials and are widely praised.
Li Changkong mentioned this matter just to make him look good.
Seeing him nodding, Li Changkong raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Then can Mr. Lu prove that these twelve policies for governing the country were made by Mr. Lu?"
"This..." Lu Heng was stunned on the spot, speechless for a long time.
"You are sophistry! Master Lu wrote down the twelve policies for governing the country in front of the emperor at the palace examination. How can it be false?" Lu Junda became anxious and immediately argued.
"Really? Since the twelve policies for governing the country made by Duke Lu in front of His Majesty cannot be fake, then the poems I wrote in front of Her Majesty the Princess are also fake?"
"Or are you saying that everyone is lying?"
"Then Mr. Lu has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor!"
boom!
As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.
Lu Heng asked Li Changkong to prove that his poems were written by himself, which was sophistry.
Unexpectedly, Li Changkong's sophistry skills were even better, and he directly defeated the general, and made Lu Heng'an guilty of deceiving the emperor!
"That's right, Lao Li and I won't hide it from you. These poems were copied by us!"
"Then this person from Mr. Lu is no different from us. If he can't produce any substantive evidence, then he will be treated as a faker!"
"It's a crime to deceive the emperor! What's going on, we have to kill all the nine tribes, right?" Zhu Ben was just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously. He had the mentality of being willing to be killed and daring to bring down the emperor.
Since you won't let me show my holiness in front of others, fine, then I'll kill you!
Who is afraid of whom?
Faced with this typical rogue style of play, even the well-informed Lu Heng couldn't help but be a little stunned. He could only say with a cold face: "What a eloquent person."
"Young Master Li is so eloquent, but I don't know how many contributions he has made to the court."
"Although I have lived an idiotic life for decades, I have dedicated my whole life to my work and died. I have no merit, but I still have some hard work."
"Young Master Li has never reached the top of his class, and his skills are not even close to the mark. However, his verbal skills are quite impressive."
These words just flipped the table, no more sophistry, but a personal attack.
When Li Changkong saw this, he shook his head and said, "Really? Does Mr. Lu know what instant noodles are and what canned noodles are?"
Lu Heng frowned when he heard this. Although he didn't know what these two terms were, judging from Li Changkong's cunning and sophistry, they must be of great use.
"I don't know."
"Don't know? Then let me tell you that instant noodles and canned food are foods created by us. They will not rot and can cure sea diseases!"
"We have already negotiated with the Ministry of War to mass-produce them to supply our navy!"
"These two kinds of food can save many soldiers of the navy, and can even improve my naval strength to a higher level. Are you telling me that Lao Li has never contributed to the court?" Zhu Ben jumped out again and said in his own words
Familiar territory, using pungent language to attack Lu Heng.
When Lu Heng heard this, he was surprised: "How come I don't know about this?"
"This is a secret of the imperial court. Before today, few people knew about it." Prince Liu Yu stood up and explained.
After saying this, Lu Heng and Lu Junda's faces darkened on the spot.
Liu Yu seemed to be giving a simple explanation, but in fact, he was roundaboutly saying that Lu Heng did not have enough weight, almost clearly siding with Li Changkong and Zhu Ben.
In this current situation, where can we fight?
Lu Heng had a dark face, but still had to resist. Princess Huaiqing, who was wearing a long palace dress, elegant appearance and dignified manner, slowly stood up from her seat, her red lips lightly parted: "The literary talent of Prince Wuling, I am so proud of you." We both met Zhaoyang in the Imperial College, and Li Jijiu can also testify to this."
As soon as these words came out, the noise and arguments in the audience instantly subsided.
Different from Liu Yu's unreliable image of being a carefree person, Princess Huaiqing has a good reputation even among officials and scholars.
Even better than Lu Heng.
By saying such words, she was basically standing up for Li Changkong.
Lu Heng knew in his heart that no one would criticize Li Changkong's poetry because of his own face.
So he had no choice but to grit his teeth and bow to Princess Huaiqing from a distance: "It's my servant Meng Lang who bumped into Her Royal Highness. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Huaiqing shook his head, noncommittal.
However, Princess Zhaoyang stood up and said timidly: "You clearly offended Mr. Li, but you apologized to the imperial sister. It's really strange."
Princess Zhaoyang has always given people the image of being harmless to humans and animals and not deeply involved in the world.
But now, even Princess Zhaoyang, who has little experience in the world, knows that if you bump into someone, you must apologize to the person who bumped into you.
Is it possible that Lu Heng, as a senior official, doesn't know this truth?
After what Princess Zhaoyang said, if he didn't apologize to Li Changkong today, he would probably lose his reputation.
"I am an old man who is not well educated and cannot read Mr. Li's poems. Please forgive me."
When Li Changkong heard this, he chuckled twice.
This Lu Heng is interesting. Even at this juncture, he doesn't want to admit that Shui Tiao Ge Tou is good. He just says that he can't read it.
In this case, there is no need to save face for this old fox.
"When I write poems, I always use simple words and sentences. If you can't understand them, I'm afraid you are really not very knowledgeable."
"But it doesn't matter. As the old saying goes, you can learn something new by reviewing the past. I can copy a poem and give it to you, take it home and study it day and night."
"In this way, no matter how stupid a person is, he can still gain something."
"If you really can't do it, you can come to Wulinghou's Mansion and ask me for advice. I think I'm a person who can teach without distinction and won't despise the stupidity of a disciple."
After Li Changkong said these few words, Lu Heng's forehead almost had veins popping out, and his eyes were red, like a tiger trying to choose someone to devour.
He said he couldn't read it just because he didn't want to admit the excellence of Li Changkong's poetry. But it turned out that this guy was so good that he got off his ass and actually criticized his knowledge.
That's all, but he actually said that he wanted to worship him as his teacher.
After all, I am already at an age where I know my destiny, and I am also the left minister of household affairs. Can you afford to seriously worship you as my disciple?
Scholars have always taken reputation and integrity very seriously.
Now that Lu Heng was so humiliated, how could he still have the dignity to stay here?
Immediately he stood up and said: "Your Highnesses, I am ill, so please go ahead."
After saying that, he left the table and left.
Zhu Ben looked at his back, smiled, and said loudly: "Just leaving like that? Lao Li hasn't copied the poem for you yet!"
Lu Heng, who was walking away quickly, staggered when he heard these words. If it weren't for Lu Junda's support, he would have been so angry that he would have fallen to the ground.