It can be imagined how difficult it is to refute the emperor.
If we are in a modern society where everyone is equal, it is not difficult to refute the emperor. After all, modern ideas have already completely deconstructed the rationality and legitimacy of the "divine right of kings", and those old ideas have long been swept away.
Into the old paper pile.
If someone dares to oppress others like an emperor in modern society, they will only receive endless eye rolls and a sentence: "Who are you sending?"
But in ancient times, this was not the case at all.
The divine right of kings has natural justice, and loyalty and filial piety are regarded as the highest moral standard. A son cannot resist his father, and a minister cannot resist the monarch. The emperor is also called the "king and father", and there are few fathers who can listen patiently to their sons.
Reasonable?
It is almost impossible for the emperor to admit his mistakes, so if the emperor issues an edict of guilt, it is something that can be recorded in the history books.
In this era, all moral principles are used to protect the emperor.
Violating this rule will not only be beheaded by the emperor as a matter of course, but will also be spurned by the rules of the entire society.
If Chu Ge were to use modern thinking to crack this copy, it would not be too simple, and he would be able to scold the emperor bloody.
But that won't make you clear the level, it will only make you die ugly.
Because he plays Yang Yan, if you want to clear this dungeon, you must stand in Yang Yan's shoes and use the existing game rules in this world to win.
To be honest, Chu Ge didn't like this kind of rule, but it was understandable.
Modern people will not understand the foolish loyalty of the ancients, but as a student of the history department, Chu Ge knows one thing very well: when playing or evaluating a historical figure, one cannot go beyond the limitations of his era, and cannot use the values and ideas of future generations to harden his character.
We cannot copy our predecessors and ask them to use their thinking hundreds of years later to deal with problems.
Therefore, Chu Ge still tried his best to find a solution that he thought was the most reasonable in the context of the time.
After a moment of silence, Emperor Wei Zhao, who was wearing black robes, spoke.
"Your Majesty has already read your memorial to the great scholars in the Hanlin Academy. Each of them has already written a refutation of you.
"However, with so many people refuting you, I'm afraid you won't be convinced. So Your Majesty asked me to come, not to ask you these people's words, but to ask you to answer a few of His Majesty's questions in person.
"If you are confident, you can deal with it face to face. If you are not confident, just think about it for a couple of days and it won't hurt."
Chu Ge said calmly: "Since it is His Majesty's will, I will naturally return to my humble posts."
Even though Emperor Wei Zhao said he was very tolerant, Chu Ge had already had a confrontation with him and knew that this man had a great face and was definitely not very big-hearted.
If Emperor Wei Zhao asked a question and he couldn't answer it, he would be deemed to have been rendered speechless, causing the instance to fail.
Therefore, no matter how calmly Emperor Wei Zhao asked what kind of questions, he had to face the difficulties and must make the emperor speechless, otherwise it would not be considered a success.
Moreover, Emperor Wei Zhao made a nice statement, saying that he did not tell Yang Yan about the rebuttals of the Hanlin Academy scholars because he "does not bully the minority with the more." In fact, in the final analysis, it was because he had seen the rebuttals of those great Confucians and felt that these rebuttals were
It is simply not enough to refute Yang Yan.
Because Yang Yan's memorial itself has blocked most of the roads from the perspective of a saint. The great Confucians are always struggling to play from this perspective, so how can they possibly refute Yang Yan?
Therefore, Emperor Wei Zhao wanted to refute Yang Yan from another angle.
And this perspective is the perspective of statecraft.
Emperor Zhao of Wei was confident that he had been in power for more than 40 years and had far more experience than a small official like Yang Yan.
This kind of thinking is somewhat similar to Wang Chong's method before. He couldn't refute Yang Yan in a righteous way, so he tried to put the debate on his own home court.
The first time, Chu Ge was really speechless when he was asked and suffered a big loss.
Emperor Zhao of Wei paused for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I want to ask you, the water of the Yangtze River irrigates the fields in several provinces on both sides of the river, and the water of the Yellow River also irrigates the fields of several provinces on both sides of the river.
"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and rules over all nations. Naturally, you cannot favor water because it is clear, and you cannot favor water because it is turbid. This has been the case since ancient times.
"Whether it is the Yellow River or the Yangtze River, once it overflows, it must be controlled. So whether it is you, Wang Chong, or He Xueyi, you will use it when it should be used, and discard it when it should be used.
"In your memorial, you told His Majesty to use the Yangtze River instead of the Yellow River. Why does that make sense?"
After speaking, he looked at Yang Yan, his eyes full of confidence.
Chu Ge didn't answer immediately.
It can only be said that Emperor Wei Zhao is worthy of being a famous smart emperor in history. He is indeed at the pinnacle in terms of emperor's mental skills. Although this kind of cleverness is just a little cleverness, in this face-to-face confrontation, it still brought unimaginable consequences to Chu Ge.
Huge difficulty.
Compared with Wang Chong's remarks, Emperor Wei Zhao's words are obviously more difficult to refute.
Because Wang Chong has said that his own ass is not clean. He embezzled and amassed money, allowed the royal party to be extravagant and greedy, and plundered the people's wealth. After all, he was not in line with the mainstream moral standards of this era.
But Emperor Zhao of Wei was different.
In this era, the world is the emperor's private property, all officials are the emperor's domestic slaves, and the common people are the emperor's livestock.
On many issues, the emperor has the final right of interpretation. It is absolutely impossible for Yang Yan to attack the emperor's personal ethics. It goes against the moral principles of this era.
Moreover, the emperor used both corrupt and upright officials, and selected the most suitable capable ministers to deal with them according to different situations. This in itself is indeed something difficult to criticize. If only upright officials like Yang Yan were used, not to mention Wei
Emperor Zhao, indeed no emperor in the past dynasties could do it.
Therefore, Emperor Wei Zhao's words are indeed very confusing. If you are just an ordinary scholar, you will easily be left speechless by the question.
Before this time, Chu Ge had made several attempts, but the results were not good.
We cannot completely start from the idea of loyalty to the emperor in this era, nor can we completely start from the principles of modern society. The former will fall into a dead end that Emperor Wei Zhao has prepared long ago, while the latter will jump out of the basic rules of this dungeon, both of which will lead to failure.
Chu Ge calmed down and asked: "Excuse me, sir, what does your Majesty mean by 'flooding'?
"If the water submerges the mountains, it is considered a flood. If the water submerges the farmland, is it considered a flood? If Wang Chong is so powerful that he threatens His Majesty, it is naturally considered a flood. But if Wang Chong is only cultivating party members and plundering people's wealth, he is still not loyal to Your Majesty.
Second, is it considered flooding?
"I'm afraid that in His Majesty's eyes, the flooding of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers actually threatens His Majesty's authority. If His Majesty's authority is not threatened, then even if the Yellow River floods thousands of hectares of farmland and displaces tens of millions of people, exchanging their children for food, then that is
It's not a flood, right?
"Wang Chong is so powerful that the royal party is spread all over the government and the public. They embezzle the funds for disaster relief and exploit taxes at all levels, leaving the national treasury empty and the people in poverty. However, His Majesty still does not think that they are 'overflowing' and do not think that they need to be governed.
"Does this mean that the epidemic your Majesty mentioned does not actually depend on the life and death of the people, but on whether anyone dares to offend your Majesty's authority?
"I'm afraid that your Majesty won't kill Wang Chong, but he wants to kill me. He doesn't think it's Wang Chong's 'flooding', but thinks it's me who's 'flooding'. It's probably because of this reason!"
Emperor Wei Zhao's expression changed instantly: "You! Yang Yan, you actually said such wild and rebellious words that you have no father and no king!"
Chu Ge's expression was still firm: "Sir, there is a saying that if you eat the emperor's salary, you will have the official position. There is also a saying that if you eat the emperor's salary, the emperor's father will be his father. I, Yang Yan, always regard your majesty as my father, so why not?
Father has no king?
"The people of the world are all your Majesty's subjects, and they all regard you as your father. But how has your Majesty ever regarded the people of the world as your subjects? Not only did you sit back and watch the royal party grow bigger, but you also impeached the royal party's loyal ministers and used the imperial staff to invest in them.
After being imprisoned, the great scholars of the Hanlin Academy were asked to refute a bloody remonstrance!
"Have Your Majesty ever noticed the sufferings of the people? Have you ever thought that tens of millions of people have kings but no fathers, and officials are like thieves? Have you ever heard that bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and officials are like shavers?
"Since Your Majesty only regards himself as a superior 'king' and never as a 'father' who loves and protects his people, then why do you allow officials and people to regard your majesty as a king's father?"
