It suddenly became quiet above the court hall, and you could hear a needle drop.
The first time Li Xianzi was able to tell the specific location of that sentence in "The Legend of Gongyang", it was because he had already prepared it. But the second time, why could he accurately tell the story of Wenzong of Qi State?
question?
Baiguan did not think that Li Xianzi had memorized all the classics so well that he could tell which book, which page and which line any sentence came from. No one could do this, not even the great scholar Zhou, Qi
Neither can Guo Wenzong.
The officials glanced at the old man surnamed Meng and couldn't help but wonder, could it be that County Master Li had colluded with this old man?
If this is the case, there will be an explanation for His Majesty's sudden replacement of Grand Scholar Zhou with Li Xianzi.
But the question is, is the other party really that easy to bribe?
While all the officials were filled with doubts, they didn't know that Emperor Jing was not at peace either. He chose Li Yi entirely out of trust in him. In his heart, he actually didn't quite believe that he could compete with Wenzong of Qi State in terms of scriptures and meanings.
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Only Li Xuan was leaning on a pillar around the veteran, counting the birds flying in the sky in front of the hall in boredom.
No matter who it is, competing with Li Yi is not stupid.
The moment he agreed to compete with Wenzong of Qi State, the other party had already lost.
"You really surprised me." The old man surnamed Meng finally looked at Li Yi seriously.
Li Yi was thinking in his heart, when will this competition end? There seems to be no point in asking about the past. Does it have to end when one party admits defeat?
If this old man were a little thicker, wouldn't he be able to go home for dinner in the morning?
"Is it my turn to ask?" Li Yi looked at the old man and asked.
The old man surnamed Meng narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded.
"In the third year of Emperor Wu of Qi, Wei Jing, the left prime minister, remonstrated with Emperor Wu on the grounds that women were disrupting the government and demanded that the emperor be deposed. When the emperor and his ministers complained, Emperor Wu only said one sentence, and Wei Jing was convinced and never mentioned it again.
Regarding this matter." Li Yi looked at the old man surnamed Wei and asked: "How did Emperor Wu respond to Wei Jing, the left prime minister?"
The third prince of Qi State was startled when he heard this, and then his expression changed slightly.
Among the officials, many people immediately changed their expressions. What happened to Mr. Li? He actually asked Wenzong of Qi about the affairs of Qi. Isn't this an obvious question?
"That's nonsense!" The old man surnamed Meng frowned and said, "In the third year of Emperor Wu's reign, not long after the founding of the Qi State, how could Empress Wenjing be so virtuous and virtuous as to disrupt the government?"
"Ahem, Mr. Meng, Mr. Li did not lie with his words. This is indeed the case." The third prince of Qi coughed slightly and said.
The old man surnamed Meng frowned even more, "Why is this matter never recorded in history books, and which scripture does it come from?"
"This matter is a secret of the royal family. All the books involved have been destroyed. It is normal for Master Meng not to know." The third prince of Qi shook his head and said: "Master Meng, there is no need to ask any more. Let's continue."
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In the Li Zheng Hall, the envoys of Qi State and the officials of Jing State finally witnessed the most extraordinary scripture debate they had ever seen in their lives.
According to the regular process of debate on classics and meanings, most of the time one party asks questions and the other party answers, and then the party asking the question seizes the loopholes of the other party to attack. The scene is fierce and spittle flies. In the end, one party will always be left speechless by the question and take the initiative.
Give up...
However, the situation today is completely different.
Li Xianzi never asked the great Wen Zong to explain the meaning of the scriptures, nor did he ask any weird questions like he did at the beginning, but the questions he asked were even more tricky. Even Wen Zong could not answer where the questions he asked came from.
What about explaining the meaning?
Even several senior scholars in the Hongwen Hall suspected that Li Xianzi had fabricated it. But when the eunuch pulled out the original text from the Hongwen Hall, everyone could only look at each other and looked at him like a monster.
He could even remember such a partial scripture meaning. No matter how knowledgeable Da Wenzong was, he would not be able to remember all the scripture meanings for thousands of years. At this time, he could only hold this breath in his heart.
The questions he asked became more and more sharp, and the great scholars in the court frowned.
However, the results also surprised everyone.
No matter how the old man surnamed Meng asked, Li Xianzi could always give a perfect answer, so perfect that he could not find any loopholes to attack. The whole debate process was in order. The old man surnamed Meng asked, Li Xianzi answered, Li Xianzi
Zi asked, but the old man surnamed Meng could not answer. After several cycles of this, the old man surnamed Meng could no longer remain calm on his face.
The expressions on the faces of several Qi envoys were as if they had seen a ghost. The scene they saw today had a great impact on them. The old man was suppressed by the young man from the beginning to the end. How could he still do it?
What doesn't he know?
On the other hand, the ministers of Jingguo looked relaxed. If they had known that Mr. Li was so powerful, why would they have worried for so long? Looking at Qi Guowenzong, it was only a matter of time before he gave up.
The third prince of Qi State showed a look of astonishment. He looked at the old man who was once again deep in thought because of Li Yi's question. He walked to his side and whispered: "Mr. Meng..."
"I lost." After a long time, the old man surnamed Meng raised his head and whispered.
There was no resentment or unwillingness in his tone. He had indeed tried his best. However, the young man across from him had already reached an astonishing level of familiarity with the meaning of the scriptures. Even though he had studied this art for decades, he could still understand it.
Far inferior to him.
He even had a feeling that he was not facing a person, but Jingguo's Hongwen Hall...
"I didn't expect that Jingguo would have such a young and talented man, so I am willing to give in." At this point, the old man surnamed Meng did not continue to debate the scriptures. The other party's answer made him unable to argue, so how could he continue?
"Concession, concession..." Li Yi cupped his hands and said.
I thought the Confucian classics debate was so high-end and grand, but I didn't expect it to be opened in such a way. It was completely an open-book exam, or an open-book exam where all the questions could be easily answered in the book...
But what Li Yi didn't know was that today's so-called debate on the classics was not only beyond his expectation, but also beyond everyone's expectations. It was the first of its kind to debate the classics. When the great Confucians talked about it in the future,
, and can’t help but sigh, maybe the person who caused the chaos in Confucian classics today is that County Master Li...
The task assigned by the old prince had been successfully completed. When Li Yi was about to retreat, the old man surnamed Meng suddenly asked: "What did Emperor Wu say to Wei Jing?"
"Mr. really want to know?" Li Yi looked at him with a strange expression.
Not only the old man surnamed Meng wanted to know, but even Emperor Jing and the officials were aroused by Li Yi's words and looked at him one after another.
"I am all ears." The old man surnamed Meng nodded.
"My mother, if you tell me one more thing, I will chop off your dog's head!" Li Yi said with a smile.
The third prince of Qi opened his lips slightly. After a moment, he shook his head and could only show a wry smile.
