Liang Xiao's words left Dongye Luoyue at a loss as to what to do.
According to her knowledge, this person should be a sanctimonious, cheating and slippery person.
After all, Liang Xiao was a businessman.
But during today's debate, Liang Xiao's impassioned speech made it difficult for her to reply.
Could it be that there has been a problem with my cognition all along?
Such doubts arose in Dongye Luoyue's mind, but he quickly shook his head and put the doubts behind him.
Nangong Ning has already arrived in Yanzhou and is eagerly waiting for her to confront Liang Xiao.
Moreover, she wanted to change the current situation of the Higashino family and could no longer be at odds with the family.
Liang Xiao spoke loudly with Dugu Chen and Dong Ye Luoyue. The scholars near the high platform could hear clearly and couldn't help but whisper to each other.
"Did the Governor's Mansion do the right thing..."
Liang Xiao looked at the confused Yanzhou students in the audience, feeling only sad in his heart.
He looked down upon this group of corrupt people, but if he wanted to start a new business and recruit new people, it would not be a short-term success.
The academic circle in Yanzhou is still inseparable from this group of people. This is the sad thing about Yanzhou.
Students from Yanzhou and even surrounding counties gathered here. Liang Xiao had been waiting for this day for a long, long time!
"Dongye Luoyue, I might as well tell you one more thing: after I bought the farmland from these big landowners, I still rented it to these original tenant farmers. I only charged them 30% of the rent, and they could get 70%! As for the farmland bought back by the court, In the official fields, the villagers are summoned. There are four officials and six civilians. The government only needs to collect 40%, and the rest will go to the residents!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the news spread and the whole place was in an uproar!
"Marquis Lanling lets his tenant farmers take 70% of the harvest? The government lets the villagers take 40%?"
The people around him were overjoyed.
If Liang Xiao only accepts 30% of the rent from the tenant farmers under his name... even the self-cultivated farmers will be interested in joining!
As for official land, it seems that he got 10% more than Liang Xiao, but official land does not need to pay rent, and it is endorsed by the court, which makes it more reliable than private landowners!
Dongye Luoyue's face was pale and his breathing was short.
This Liang Xiao seemed to be really different from the Liang Xiao in her impression.
but……
"Luoyue, ask him about the indiscriminate killing of Beihu cavalry!"
Duanmuyan's reminder from the audience brought Dongye Luoyue back to his senses and said sternly: "Okay! Since you keep claiming that you consider the people of Yanzhou, Yanzhou is in urgent need of stability when facing Beihu, but now the enemy is strong and we are weak, Why do you want to indiscriminately kill the Beihu cavalry and intensify the conflict between the two countries? Isn't it good to live in harmony with the Beihu in exchange for the stability of Yanzhou and even the entire Zhou Dynasty?"
"Negotiation is the best policy!" The scholars in the audience agreed.
"fart!"
Liang Xiao finally couldn't bear it anymore and gave Dongye Luoyue a blank look.
"You scold me?"
Dongye Luoyue burst into tears of grievance.
The two Higashino brothers in the audience wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Dongye Xuanji only has such a daughter, and the Dongye family does not dare to say in public that her speech does not represent the position of the Dongye family. Otherwise, Dongye Luoyue will lose face and make a fuss in public.
"Beihu poisoned the people of the Zhou Dynasty, but you were submissive to Beihu. I, Liang Xiao, wholeheartedly seek the welfare of the people, but you hit me hard, Liang Xiao!"
"Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, Beihu has repeatedly invaded the border and harassed the border residents. It is precisely because you are a bunch of weaklings who have repeatedly advocated for peace and hindered our army from deploying defenses that the disaster of moving the capital broke out."
"My father died in the battle with a hundred thousand soldiers. The old city collapsed, all lives were devastated, bones were exposed in the wild, and there were no roosters crowing for thousands of miles! You have no hatred for the country and the family, but you are servile to the Beihu people. What do you think of Yanzhou? Talented women are nothing like Nian Liemenqiang!"
"You, you..." Dongye Luoyue was already crying so much that she looked at Dugu Chen for help.
Dugu Chen said angrily: "Liang Xiao! How can you embarrass a woman!"
Liang Xiao said coldly: "When she asked me condescendingly just now and wanted to ruin my reputation, why didn't she think that she was a woman?"
Qin Baili, who was behind, frowned and said, "Dugu Chen, we should be talking about big things right now, why are you worrying about trivial matters here? Isn't this nonsense?"
Dugu Chen cast a doubtful look at Qin Baili, but the latter gave him a cold look.
"Lord Qin is right! Dugu Chen, now the eunuch is discussing great righteousness with you, why do you have to bother with trivial matters. I can't discipline you well, I just feel ashamed. My little girl shouldn't have been on stage, but she was deceived by others." Dongye Xuanji in the audience. Also voiced support.
"I am not bewitched by anyone!!"
Dongye Luoyue's hysterical scream made Dongye Xuanji almost suffer cardiac arrest!
The scholars in the audience also gradually learned about the content of the debate between the two sides on the stage, and they were talking a lot.
Some scholars have expressed doubts or even embarrassment.
If Yanzhou pursues stability, it must live in harmony with Beihu. This is the consensus they have always accepted.
Liang Xiao broke this consensus and scolded them.
Dongye Luoyue choked up and said: "All along, you have only been targeting these aristocratic families who have a grudge against you! Just like when you killed Gong Yanglei, wasn't it because of personal anger?"
Soon she met Liang Xiao's eyes, which looked like an idiot, and she felt even more aggrieved.
"Gongyang Lei's crime will not lead to death! You killed him just to vent your anger!" A large number of scholars in the audience also agreed.
Liang Xiao sneered, and his majestic voice resounded throughout the audience.
"The prince is guilty of the same crime as the people when he breaks the law, let alone Gong Yanglei? Thousands of people at the scene saw it for all to see. How did he know the law and break the law, and humiliate and threaten me, the prefect. I govern Yanzhou under the orders of my emperor, rectify the atmosphere, and I should be dealt with severely. !”
"You, on the other hand, turn a blind eye to Gong Yang Lei's crimes, but you criticize and criticize me for impartially enforcing the law. You are just the same as Gong Yang Lei and his ilk!"
"Humans say that you are all heroes, but I think that you are just insects!"
Being exposed by Liang Xiao in public, the scholars and talented women below blushed, looked at each other angrily, and all denounced him.
"How can you attack me personally!"
"You are just a descendant of a warrior, a businessman who smells like copper. What right do you have to look down on us scholars?!"
Mu Qinxue, who had been watching, ignored Liang Xiao's instructions and sneered: "He is a great poet of the Zhou Dynasty. Every poem he writes is a famous poem handed down from generation to generation. He also cares about the country and the people. In comparison, you can only The party is united and opposed, and it is servile and servile to the foreigners. In front of him, you are worthy of calling yourself a scholar!"
When Dongye Luoyue saw the enemy of her best friend speaking, her accumulated resentment completely exploded, and she screamed hysterically: "Why are we not worthy! Are you and him worthy? Why!!"
"Rebellion!!"
Dongye Xuanji's eyes were about to burst and he was about to rush onto the stage, but Liang Xiao stretched out his hand to stop him.
Facing the angry scholars and talented women in the audience, Liang Xiao responded solemnly.
"The so-called scholar has a mind for heaven and earth, a destiny for the people, a continuation of his unique knowledge for the past saints, and peace for all generations."
"You call yourself scholars, what have you accomplished?"
There were only a few words, but they were like thunder on the ground, causing everyone below to fall into silence.
