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 then he was selected by the Holy Emperor and given a generous salary."
"Is this possible?"
Lu Heng nodded. This was 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 corners 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 fake?"
"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 Lu Heng'an, and accused Lu Heng'an 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 guy 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 of deceiving the emperor! No matter what, we have to kill all the nine tribes, right?" Zhu Ben was just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously. He was willing to be killed and dared to pull the emperor down.
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 much he has contributed 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 age, and his skills are not even close to a shadow. However, his verbal skills are quite impressive."
These words were a direct flip of the table, not intended to be sophistical, 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 food is?"
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, 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!"
"I don't know how many navy officers and men can be saved by these two kinds of food, and it can even improve my navy 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 spicy 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, and almost clearly stated that he was on the side of 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.
Unlike 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 have to apologize to the person who bumped into you.
Is it possible that Lu Heng, as a senior official, doesn't know this truth?
After Princess Zhaoyang's words, if he didn't apologize to Li Changkong today, his reputation would be ruined.
"I am an old man who is not knowledgeable enough and cannot read Mr. Li's poems. Please forgive me."
Li Changkong chuckled twice when he heard this.
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 it really doesn't work, you can come to Wulinghou's Mansion and ask me for advice. I think I am a person who can teach without distinction, and I will not dislike the stupidity of my disciples."
After Li Changkong said these words, veins almost popped out on Lu Heng's forehead, 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 that Li Changkong's poetry was good. 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 bear it if I really worship you as my disciple?
Scholars have always taken honor and integrity very seriously.
At this time, Lu Heng was so humiliated that he still had 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 not for Lu Junda's support, he would have been so angry that he would have fallen to the ground.
After standing firm, he left even faster!
