What He Xueyi said actually meant a bit of a personal attack. The first was a direct attack on Yang Yan's motive, saying that this was "seeking blame and gaining fame." In other words, such a big battle was just to find faults and gain fame. ; The second is to attack Yang Yan's qualifications, saying that his official position is low, he knows nothing, and he is not worthy of giving advice on this and that in the memorial.
In fact, for He Xueyi, these two entry points are not the optimal solution.
The best situation is actually to start with the refutation directly from the content of Yang Yan's memorial, which would be more solid.
But the problem is that Yang Yan's memorial can be said to be quoting scriptures and weeping blood every word. In terms of content, there is no room for refutation at all.
Otherwise, there were so many scholars who were well versed in poetry in the entire Wei Dynasty, and He Xueyi himself was not low in level. He would have found a weakness long ago and sentenced Yang Yan to death, and he would not have come to this step.
Since the content of the memorial itself is impeccable, we can only look for other angles.
If it were anyone else, they would have been stunned by the question and would have nothing to say.
And having nothing to say is also equivalent to failure to pass the level.
Chu Ge was well prepared. While speaking the planned lines, he also did not forget his acting skills and expressions.
After all, every word and expression he said would be seen by Eunuch Shi and reach the ears of the emperor.
"I, Yang Yan, do have a low-level official position, and I am not as powerful as you, Mr. He. However, I have also read the books of sages and understand the principle of 'if you eat the emperor's salary, you will have the ministerial position'!"
“Now that your Majesty is ignorant, treacherous and sycophantic, he is extravagant at the top and greedy at the bottom, draining the people’s wealth and suffering the people’s livelihood, don’t you know?
"We have tens of thousands of officials in the Wei Dynasty, all of whom are under the influence of Wang Chong, but no one dares to say anything to His Majesty. If I don't say anything, future generations will naturally say it in the history of Huanghuang. I dare to ask Mr. He, can I kill you today?" Will I, Yang Yan, be able to block the mouths of all the people in the world in the future?
"I am just saying this, but Sir He and Baiguan refuted it. Could it be that Sir He and Baiguan want to leave your majesty with an infamy that will last for eternity?"
He Xueyi's blood surged: "You!"
The word "you" came out of my mouth, but nothing came out for a long time.
The words of Chu Ge, that is, Yang Yan, were impassioned and responded well to the two questions raised by He Xueyi.
In the final analysis, the two points of "selling fame and reputation" and "low official position" are nothing more than questioning Yang Yan's qualifications to submit this memorial.
As for Chu Ge's words, he first used the saying "As soon as you eat the emperor's salary, you will have the official position" to clarify the legitimacy of his superiority, and then he counterattacked, saying that He Xueyi wanted to refute him. Let the emperor leave his infamy for eternity and leave He Xueyi speechless!
Seeing He Xueyi speechless, Mr. Shi, who had been silent until now, spoke up.
"Okay, Mr. He, it's getting late. Today's interrogation will end here. Our family has to go back to report to His Majesty."
He Xueyi had nothing to say, so he had to leave first.
But Eunuch Shi didn't go with him, but stayed.
He looked at Yang Yan who had been tortured into a human shape in front of him, and shook his head slightly: "Yang Yan, Yang Yan, tell me, it is so easy to seek death, why bother to go through all the trouble and make the world uneasy.
"'Literary dynasty admonishes military dynasty to fight to the death' is all bullshit. Scholars will only believe those words if they are blinded by reading.
"You see, Mr. He is also a scholar, but is he ever as pedantic as you?
"Do you know that your memorial not only made His Majesty furious and uneasy, but it has also shaken the very foundation of our Wei Dynasty. If this matter becomes more serious, you will not be the only one involved. ,Understand?
"If things go wrong, your relatives, friends, family and colleagues will all be implicated!"
Chu Ge was silent for a moment: "Then what should I do according to Eunuch Shi's words?"
Eunuch Shi couldn't help but look happy when he saw him relenting: "It's very simple. You just said that what was said in that memorial was all crazy. It was a deliberate attempt to blame His Majesty for the sake of gaining clarity. If you plead guilty yourself, Your Majesty will not punish you." If you are offended, you can get out of this prison, and others will not be implicated by you. Isn't it the best of both worlds?
"Holy virtue is majestic. As long as you come back from your lost ways, Your Majesty will naturally not let a pearl like you be dusted. In the future, whether you are doing academic research or continuing to pursue an official career, the harmony between you and His Majesty's monarchs will be a good story that has never been seen in the ages. Isn't it? Beautiful?"
Chu Ge still shook his head slightly.
"Eunuch Shi, please come back too."
Eunuch Shi couldn't help but sigh, and with an expression that said "good words can't persuade a damned person", he stood up and said to the two jailers: "Take him down and try again another day."
The two jailers, one on the left and the other on the right, forcibly carried Chu Ge back to the cell.
It took Chu Ge a long time to recover after being thrown onto the rotten straw like a broken sack.
He knew that the first stage of this copy had been passed safely.
In fact, for players, this first stage is not too difficult. There are no more pitfalls except that you may not be able to answer because you are not clear-headed at the beginning, or you may be trapped and involved in political turmoil because of wrong answers.
As long as you strengthen your beliefs and refuse temptation, you will always be able to get through it safely.
But what impressed Chu Ge deeply was not the difficulty of the game itself, but the real history.
He is in the game now and knows the real history and the conditions for clearing the game. Therefore, what Eunuch Shi said could not possibly have any impact on him and he was completely immune.
And with the blessing of the talent of Iron Will, the pain all over his body can be alleviated to the greatest extent.
But none of these exist in real history.
Eunuch Shi's words can be said to be both soft and hard.
He directly threatened the people around Yang Yan, saying that his relatives, friends, family and colleagues would be implicated, and it would cause turmoil in the government and the public. I don't know how many people would be convicted because of this turmoil.
Soft conveyed Emperor Wei Zhao's intention and offered extremely tempting conditions.
As long as you bow your head and admit your mistakes, you will immediately have the fame that scholars value most, and you will be promoted step by step. From then on, your official career will be smooth sailing, leaving a good story.
And if he persists again, what awaits him is only a dark cell and death that will come sooner or later.
Of course Chu Ge knew the outcome of this matter, but Yang Yan persisted until the end and left his name in history.
But the problem is, Yang Yan didn't know it at the time.
Throughout history, there have been countless ministers or officials who gave blunt advice to the emperor, but ninety-nine percent of them died, and died in obscurity.
In some dynasties, the officials were really critical and excessively harsh, and they scolded the emperor to gain a reputation. But there was a prerequisite for that, that is, the emperor himself was relatively kind. People were beaten to death.
If he was a complete tyrant and killed many people, no one would dare to do it soon.
But Emperor Wei Zhao was obviously not a broad-minded emperor, and Yang Yan was indeed only one step away from death.
Under such circumstances, the historical Yang Yan could still persevere and make the only correct choice. Every time he thought about this, Chu Ge felt admired and incredible.
Back in the cell, the copy continues.
Chu Ge felt himself dizzy, and his two injured legs began to ache.
After touching it, I found that my thick legs were covered with abscesses.
The previous few times, Chu Ge did nothing but fell asleep in the cell, waiting for the next interrogation.
As a result, he died in the cell before the next interrogation.
Chu Ge sighed silently and looked at the broken bowl in the corner of the dark dungeon.
Although I know what I want to do and have done it several times before, it still takes a lot of courage to do it again!
