Early in the morning, a eunuch from the palace came to Shang Jun's courtyard and urged Li Shui to go to court.
Li Shui was so sleepy that he asked, "Is it the day to go to court again? Why do I feel like there was a court meeting not long ago?"
The eunuch said: "Everyone in the court has already arrived, so Your Majesty thinks it is better to hold an additional court meeting."
Li Shui sighed: "These people are really not tired."
He slowly put on his clothes and followed the young eunuch into the palace.
On the way, Li Shui met Li Xin.
After Li Xin saw Li Shui, he said helplessly: "Brother Huai, I got up very early for you."
Li Shui yawned and said, "What does it have to do with me?"
Li Xin said: "The sudden convening of a court meeting probably has something to do with Brother Huai. Maybe Chunyu Yue has accused you again."
Li Shui pinched his temples: "Chun Yuyue, this guy, doesn't know how to be grateful. If it weren't for me, your majesty would have burned poems and books to clarify the law. I spent so much effort to help him continue Confucianism. He It’s okay to be ungrateful, but I complained over and over again.”
Li Xin looked at Li Shui with a puzzled face and thought: Could it be that Brother Huai hasn't woken up yet? What nonsense is this? Why can’t I understand a sentence?
After a while, the palace arrived.
The two of them walked into the palace and walked all the way to the Council Hall.
When the two of them entered, they found that all the court ministers had arrived. These people were silent, their eyes falling on Li Shui and Li Xin.
Li Shui coughed lightly and saluted Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui helplessly: "Huai Guzi, do you know why there is a court meeting today?"
Li Shui answered honestly: "Is it possible that Dr. Chunyu sued me again?"
Chunyu Yue sneered, as if he was too lazy to talk to Li Shui.
Ying Zheng said: "Not only Dr. Chunyu, but also the court officials here have reported you to me."
Li Shui spread his hands and said helplessly: "What did I do wrong again?"
This innocent expression made the courtier extremely angry.
One of the courtiers stood up and said loudly: "What kind of endorsements have the banished immortals been doing recently? They have chosen a few men with oily hair and pink faces to stand in front of the shop. They are like prostitutes among women, soliciting customers. It is simply immoral and unethical. Be patient."
Another courtier said: "With the help of the banishment of immortals, the women and daughters of Xianyang City flocked to Liu Ji and the others. For these few people, they spent money like water, which is simply immoral and all kinds of unbearable behavior. The eyes cannot bear to see, the ears cannot bear to hear, and the mouth cannot bear to speak.”
Another courtier said: "The act of banishing an immortal is clearly an attempt to seduce a woman from a good family. Her heart is to be feared and her heart to be punished. I suggest that your majesty kill Liu Ji and his men immediately, and issue a law to strictly prohibit this practice."
Li Shui sighed: "It turns out that this is why you, your lords, are suing me in front of His Majesty."
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui: "What? Did they accuse you wrongly?"
Li Shui coughed dryly: "I feel that these adults are not suing me for any immorality. They are clearly suing me because the female relatives at home bought barley cakes in a big way. They became angry and angry, so they came to sue me."
The courtiers all blushed, and they were really angry now.
At this time, Chunyu Yue stood up.
He said quietly: "I don't have a wife, and I don't have a daughter. But I'm here to sue you, how do you explain it?"
Li Shui was calm and asked Chunyu Yue: "Dr. Chunyu, for what reason are you suing me?"
Chunyu Yue said: "The reasons have been mentioned by the gentlemen just now. Your behavior is unethical and is clearly meant to seduce women."
"Before, you encouraged women to go out of the house and even participate in various industries, and I felt it was inappropriate. Now you let some men provoke those women. If this continues, where is the etiquette? Where is the virtue?"
"Once the rituals and music collapse, the ministers can kill the king and the sons can disobey their fathers. There will be chaos in the world and the country will not be able to survive."
Li Shui sighed: "Dr. Chunyu, he is truly sincere and cares about the country and the people."
Chunyu Yue sneered.
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui, clearly waiting for his explanation.
Li Shui bowed his hand to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I want to sue Chunyu Yue and slander all the female relatives in the world."
Chunyu Yue was so angry that he was almost speechless. He pointed at Li Shui and said in a hoarse voice: "In the Council Hall, in front of His Majesty, you wantonly slandered me again. In front of everyone, you blatantly lied. You must make it clear to me today when did I slander all the women in the world? . I don’t understand what I’m saying. I died together with you, blood splattered on the spot.”
Li Shui: "..."
It seemed that the old man was really angry.
He laughed dryly and said to Chun Yuyue: "Master Meng is the best at eloquence. He is powerful and eloquent. He is calm and unhurried, which is fascinating. Since the doctor is a descendant of Confucianism, why is he so anxious in arguing?"
Chunyu Yue took a deep breath: "That's because Master Meng has never met a shameless person like you. Otherwise, Master Meng would not only be eloquent, but he might also have fists."
Li Shuigan laughed and said, "Since you want to make it clear to me, then I'll make it clear to you."
"I dare to ask you, why General Li Xin didn't come to sue me?"
Everyone was stunned, and they all thought: Isn't this nonsense? You two are working together, how could you turn against each other?
The courtiers all gave this reason.
Li Shui shook his head, then turned to ask Li Xin: "Brother Li, why did you come to sue me? Aren't you afraid that Liu Ji and the others will abduct your wife?"
Li Xin rolled his eyes: "I'm not afraid. My wife is very loyal to me and will never do such a thing."
Li Shui clapped his hands: "This is the crux. You are suing me, Huaiguzi, not because I did something wrong, nor because your wife or daughter did something wrong. It's because you did something wrong." "
"You don't trust the women in your family. You always think that if they meet a handsome man, they will be kidnapped. Therefore, you are afraid. You have no confidence in your appearance, demeanor, and status."
"So you can't wait to lock the women at home and cut off all opportunities for them to contact outsiders. Only in this way can you feel safe."
"But General Li is different. General Li is confident. He knows that he is good enough. After his wife sees him, she will never look down on other men again. Therefore, Mrs. Li can't go anywhere , will not be hindered.”
All these courtiers blew their beards and stared angrily: You have no confidence, are you speaking human language?
Li Shui turned to Chunyu Yue again: "As for Dr. Chunyu, there are no female relatives in his house. But he has more people to worry about. What he worries about is all the women in the world."
"In his mind, women are all free-spirited, squeamish about the old, and unruly. Therefore, Dr. Chunyu wants all women to stay at home and not allow them to see any men. . Especially some handsome men, they must not appear in front of them. Otherwise, they will take away their minds. "
"Let me ask, if this is not slander, then what is slander?"
Chunyu Yue gritted his teeth and said, "I don't mean that."
Li Shui crossed his arms and said, "What does Dr. Chunyu mean? Why are women forbidden to appear in public? Why do you think it is embarrassing for women to buy a few cakes?"
Chunyu Yue was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "I just think that since a woman is already married, she should not talk to other men. It is too immoral. As for women who have not left the court, their minds are not strong and they are easily influenced. Bait, so it’s better to have less contact with those people.”
Li Shui said: "It turns out that this is the truth. It turns out that Dr. Chunyu is doing it for the good of women."
Chunyu Yue finally found a foothold for his theory, so he nodded firmly.
Li Shui said: "So, isn't it immoral for men to visit women's houses? Should underage men also be kept at home to avoid being deceived?"
Chunyu Yue quickly explained: "How can men and women be the same? Men..."
Li Shui interrupted him: "Look, he is slandering women again."
Chunyu Yue simply stopped talking.
The courtiers immediately whispered among themselves, trying to find some reasons to refute Li Shui.
Li Shui crossed his arms and remained motionless. Let the courtiers discuss it.
These people brainstormed and came up with ingenious reasons with great difficulty. Li Shui always pushed him back with just a few words.
Li Xin was amazed and said to Li Shui: "Brother Huai, how did you practice to this point?"
Li Shui said: "In our fairy world, there is a kind of fairy called a goblin. Every day, he does nothing but argue. In order to deal with the goblin, people in the fairy world are training their debating skills intentionally or unintentionally. As time goes by, they will naturally be able to speak. So eloquent.”
Li Xin snorted and said with emotion: "I always thought that after becoming an immortal, I would be at ease and everything would go smoothly. I didn't expect that in the immortal world, there are such strange creatures and they have to go through so many ups and downs. "
An hour later, all the courtiers were defeated.
Li Shui looked around with a proud look on his face: "Who else is there?"
No one answered.
Li Shui sighed: "There is nothing I can say."
The courtiers cried to Ying Zheng one after another: "Your Majesty, Huai Guzi is the best at reasoning with strong arguments, and he is so shameless that we can't argue with him. However, the right and wrong are clear at a glance. Let Liu Ji and others seduce women. Man, how can this happen?"
Ying Zheng nodded slightly.
Li Shui was a little helpless: Winning the co-authorship debate doesn't work at all? If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have put in the effort just now.
Seeing that Ying Zheng was about to make a decision. Li Shui suddenly took out a piece of paper from his arms and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this is the tax paid on barley cakes in the past two days."
Ying Zheng was a little helpless and felt that Li Shui's topic was too blunt. Now we are obviously discussing the matter of customs. What do you mean by tax?
The young eunuch took the piece of paper from Li Shui and presented it to Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng glanced at it perfunctorily, and suddenly his eyes widened: "This? Is this written wrong?"
Li Shui said respectfully: "It's absolutely true. In just two days, Barley Pastry has turned in 20,000 yuan. This is just a small shop. If it is promoted, vendors all over the world will have to turn over 20,000 yuan. silver."
"From now on, if there are foreign enemies, Your Majesty can calmly send troops. If there is a disaster, Your Majesty can calmly provide relief. Even those poor people who are in dire straits and are old and homeless can be exempted from taxes."
"The great rule of the world can happen in a matter of seconds. The prosperous times of Yao and Shun are not far away."
Ying Zheng nodded excitedly: "Okay, okay."
The hearts of the courtiers present were bleeding: What? The tax paid is only 20,000 yuan? How much is the daily profit? This is all our hard-earned money.
Chunyu Yue and the Confucian scholars around him almost went crazy: What? The prosperous age of Yao and Shun? Is this the prosperous age of Yao and Shun? The prosperity of Yao and Shun achieved through immorality?
Chunyu Yue pinched himself hard and grinned in pain: This is really like a nightmare.
Ying Zheng put the piece of paper away and said to Li Shui: "The behavior of Liu Ji and others is indeed bad for personal ethics. However... it is still beneficial to the people and the country."
Li Shui said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Liu Ji and others have never seduced women. Instead, they make people yearn for them with their bravery and loyalty. In Xianyang City, not only women are optimistic about Liu Ji and others. Even children , and hope to be as wise and courageous as them."
"If these four people are properly publicized, they can make the people of Great Qin more loyal and patriotic, and more dedicated to fighting. A good role model is very important."
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and finally said: "There is no need to withdraw the endorsements of Liu Ji and others. However, their words and deeds must abide by etiquette. Do not tease women wantonly, and do not give or take in private with female family members. . I will send some people to investigate openly and covertly. If Liu Ji and others behave inappropriately, don’t blame me for banning this practice."
Li Shui said: "I understand that these are all stated in the documents. I have also sent someone to look after me, and everything will be fine."
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said, "That's it, everyone, please step back."
Afterwards, Ying Zheng left.
The courtiers all left the meeting hall in despair.
As they walked, they thought hard and felt that it was time to talk to the female relatives at home.
When the ancients got married, they paid attention to being from the same family. Most of their wives were the daughters of high-ranking officials. They paid attention to treating each other with respect as guests. As long as Lao Taishan is still in court, they will not dare to go too far.
Therefore, tonight, I mainly focus on convincing people with reason. If they can't argue with Huaiguzi, can they still argue with their own wives? Even if you can't argue, as the head of the family, you still mean what you say.
As for the daughter, that's even better. After all, he is the father, so he still has authority. Just give them a restraining order and lock them in the room.
If nothing else, the family's money cannot be squandered carelessly. The barley cakes are indeed delicious, but they cannot be eaten as food. If they are bought from carloads at home, can they be eaten all?
I was a magician in the Qin Dynasty
