Chapter 62: Laughing to death
Cen Wenben said, "Your Majesty, for the sake of fairness, I have a proposal. The saint said that the master is the master. If His Highness of the King of Qi loses, he will continue to be the master of Quan Wanji. If His Highness of Quan loses, he will be the master of His Highness of the King of Qi."
"Okay, okay, okay." All the ministers felt satisfied and applauded.
This sounds fair, but it is a bit humiliating Quan Wanji. This is too contempt for others. Li Shimin felt it was a bit inappropriate, so he looked at Quan Wanji and asked, "What do you think Quan Aiqing?"
Quan Wanji smiled contemptuously in his heart: "Just as Li You, who is comparing with me for knowledge, ten of them are not enough to be tied together." He said with a sigh: "Your Majesty, Lord Zeng is right. Those who are good at being a teacher. If your skills are not as good as others, you should be willing to take His Highness the King of Qi as your teacher."
Li You, Yin Hongzhi, Cheng Yaojin and others were reluctant to hear that. This guy was so thick-skinned that he lost and would still have to stay in the Qi Palace and not leave. That would not work.
Yin Hongzhi came out and said, "Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. After all, Quan Wanji was once the master of His Highness the King of Shu. Even if he lost, it would not be convenient to take His Highness the King of Qi as his teacher. This matter is unfair to His Highness the King of Shu."
When everyone heard this, they felt reasonable. They thought to themselves: "Yes, Li Ke calls Quan Wanji master. If Quan Wanji calls Li You master, then what does Li Ke call Li You? Isn't this a mess?"
Li Shimin was also unsure of his mind.
Li Ke trusted Quan Wanji very much and knew Li You very well. He would rather believe that the sun came out from the west than that Li You could win Quan Wanji.
He said, "It's okay. If King Qi really beat Master Quan, it means he is really talented and the minister is willing to take him as his teacher."
Whether Li You wins or Quan Wanji wins, there is always one of them that is embarrassing. Naturally, Li Tai is willing to see such a result. He said, "Okay, my third brother is really bold and broad-minded, which is amazing. Father and son-in-law suggest that you follow the proposal of the King of Shu."
Li Shimin was a little tired of being clamored. He didn't believe that Li You could win and said, "Okay, that's it.
For fairness, this competition will be judged by me, Xiao Qian, Kong Yingda and Li Chunfeng. The morning after the day after tomorrow, we will be held in the side hall of Tai Chi Hall. Let’s retreat.”
After leaving the Tai Chi Hall, Li Ke and Quan Wanji left arrogantly as if they had won a big victory.
Li Tai was also very excited. He stood at the entrance of the hall, waited for Li You to come out, and said, "Fifth brother, it's amazing. I didn't expect that your knowledge is so diligent that you can compete with Quan Wanji, which makes me admire you."
Li You smiled and said nothing. He bowed and walked quietly towards Chengtian Gate with Yin Hongzhi's company.
The ministers were all satisfied and they discussed in groups of three or three and broke up.
When he arrived in front of Chengtian Gate, Wei Zheng called Li You. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, no matter what, your courage is commendable, and I admire you."
If someone else said this at this time, Li You might think it was a sarcasm, but he knew that Wei Zheng sincerely encouraged him.
Li You smiled and said, "Mr. Wei, the competition is over. Let's have a cup of tea at our mansion."
Wei Zheng smiled and said, "It must." He never visited his friends to make friends with ministers, let alone to go to the prince's mansion. However, Li You knew that Wei Zheng would definitely come.
The Palace of King Qi.
Shortly after Li You returned to the palace, Concubine Yin sent someone to ask Li You to come to the palace to see her in the afternoon.
Immediately afterwards, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong arrived.
Cheng Yaojin said: "Your Highness, things are not good. The judges assigned by Your Majesty are all sour scholars. They are from the same origin as Quan Wanji and will definitely be towards him.
If he had compared the archery, horses, swords and guns, he would have the power of eight. But can the Lord be good for these sour scholars?" He and Yuchi Gong were both worried.
Li You smiled and said, "Two uncles, come and eat candy. My father did it right. What Quan Wanji is responsible for teaching me is the content of the Ming Jing and Jinshi assessment. We must win them in this regard so that they can convince them."
Yuchi Gong said worriedly: "That bull-nosed Taoist priest is said to be a master of mathematics. Are you familiar with this mathematics?"
The person he mentioned was Li Chunfeng, who was recognized as a mathematics master in the Tang Dynasty.
Li You said disdainfully: "What is the master of science? When I was in kindergarten, what I learned was enough."
The magpies who were pouring tea for them asked curiously: "Prince, what is a kindergarten?"
Li You smiled and said, "It's the place where children study."
The magpie said worriedly: "Your Majesty, although you are average in other studies, you have studied for so many years. But you can't write poetry, what should you do?"
She has served Li You for many years and is clear about his two silences.
Li You smiled and said, "It's not easy to write a poem. Listen, I'll make one for you now."
He recited: "There is a tree in the yard and a bird's nest on it. There is a little magpies chirping inside. Hahaha."
"What's this called a shit poem? It's not as good as a lilac poem, but at least they're still rhyming." Not to mention Yin Hongzhi and Xi Que were stunned, even Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong felt that Li You was going to be finished.
Seeing everyone staring at him, Li You smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's time to eat, it's time to sleep. Don't talk about these bad things, let's talk about our own affairs. I have sent someone to Yunzhou to find beet seeds, which need to be improved..."
Xiao Mansion.
Xiao Wanyu was holding a book of "The Justice Notes of the Five Classics" in her hand and was reading to her grandfather. The old man's eyes were a little blurred, and he enjoyed the atmosphere of his granddaughter's reading to him.
At this time, Xiao Dongchang came back.
"Chang'er, why are you back at noon?" The officials had lunch at the office at noon and basically didn't go home.
Xiao Dongchang smiled and said, "Yu'er is here too. I have something interesting to tell you..." He said what happened to the morning court.
After saying that, he laughed and said, "It's so funny. That scum king who is not stingy is so good at killing him. I was worried that he would stay in Chang'an and would come to pester our Yu'er. This time, he would be embarrassed in front of everyone, and he would have the idea of beating us Yu'er. Haha, hahaha."
Xiao Wanyu "..." Her face changed strangely.
Xiao Dongchang said: "Father, there is another good thing. This competition between the Slag Wang and Quan Wanji is mainly about the contents of the Ming Jing and Jinshi, as well as mathematics and strategy theory.
The strategy was chaired by Your Majesty himself, Ming Jing was chaired by Kong Yingda, and Calculation was chaired by Li Chunfeng. You were chaired by Jinshi. This shows that Your Majesty is going to activate you in advance."
Xiao Qian was excited, sat up, and said, "Okay, I'm going to let me come out. It seems that this time I'm still getting rich. Hahaha."
"Hahahaha", Xiao Dongchang laughed with his father.
Xiao Wanyu couldn't laugh, thinking about her thoughts blankly.
Chapter completed!