On the same day, Yangzhou, Yangzhou Academy.

Inside and outside the academy, Confucian robes gathered, and scholars from all over the world filled the academy to the brim.

The officials of Yangzhou Prefecture and the county soldiers maintained order outside the academy, while in the academy, Nan Sheng led three hundred tiger guards to maintain order, and Liu Han sent his five guards to Gu Wei's side to be responsible for personal guards.

Due to the large number of spectators, far more than was estimated in advance, the academy temporarily set up a debate hall, which was located in the small garden of the academy according to the elegance and fashion of the era.

Yangzhou Academy is very elegant, like a big garden, when it is in the flowering period, the courtyard is full of flowers, and the fragrance of flowers is overflowing.

The small garden is not behind the academy, but in the southwest, with a meandering stream and plum blossoms dotted among the green bamboos.

The academy did not deliberately build any platforms, and simply laid a few seats between the green bamboos, but only fifty people were allowed to enter the small garden, and Gu Wei's guards were not included.

Obviously, this could not meet the needs, so the academy came up with a way to let eighteen college students be responsible for copying, and then send them to the outside of the academy, and fifty scholars outside the academy were responsible for transcribing, and these fifty copies were sent to the inside and outside of the academy for the waiting students.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the academy with an angry gaze, this is also the rule of the academy, no matter who you are, you must get off at the gate of the academy, Gu Wei naturally will not break this rule.

"Lord-sama!"

Bai Mei, the head of Yangzhou Academy, was already waiting in front of the door, and when she saw Gu Wei getting out of the car, she came forward.

"I've seen the mountain chief, I've seen Mr. Jumu, Mr. Zhizhen, Mr. Wei, Mr. Han. Gu Wei smiled and saluted the few people in front, and then gave a salute to the white-bearded old men in the back, who were also the mountain chiefs of the major academies in Jiangnan, and they refused to be rude at all.

On this occasion, no one will have any difference in etiquette, and the mountain chiefs and celebrities have also returned the salute.

When Mr. Jumu saw Liu Han, he greeted with a smile: "I didn't expect Chang'an to say goodbye, see you today, Liu Xiaoyou is already famous all over the world, and he is also in a high position in the imperial court." ”

"I've seen Mr. Giant Tree, Mr. Childish, and all the seniors. Liu Han had no choice but to step forward to salute, and then said to Mr. Jumu with a wry smile: "The world is unpredictable, and I don't know how, I got to this step in the field, alas." ”

"It sounds like I'm reluctant," Mr. Jumu laughed, Mr. Zhizhen shook his head slightly, if he said that when he was in Chang'an, he only felt that this person had some talent, but after the third article of the imperial capital came out, his opinion of this person changed greatly.

"Many people have been looking forward to it all their lives, and Xiaoyou is humble. Mr. Jumu laughed, turned around and introduced to everyone: "This is my little friend, the imperial capital three articles, Luoyang paper is expensive, Liu Hanliu everyone." ”

Liu Han also smiled with him, and his good impression of this old man was even greater.

Only then did everyone know that this person was Liu Han, who had become famous in recent years, so they all saluted, only Wei Dian glanced at Liu Han expressionlessly, and reluctantly arched his hand.

Liu Han saw it in his eyes, but he couldn't help shaking his head in his heart, this Wei Dian seems to be not as good as his name, and he is much worse than Mr. Jumu and Mr. Zhizhen.

After greetings, everyone walked towards the small garden, and when they arrived in the garden, Gu Wei naturally sat on the left, Liu Han was responsible for his safety, so he sat on his right side, this position was very particular, first to show his identity, Gu Wei was the leader, and secondly, he also showed that he did not participate in the debate.

The rule of Dajin is to respect the left, and Gu Wei sits in the back position on the left side, he is very low-key from the door to the time he sits down, but at this time he sits behind Gu Wei's left side.

The celebrities and mountain chiefs on the opposite side sat in two rows, with the childish giant Wei Dian and Bai Mei sitting in the first row, and the rest sitting in the second row.

Obviously, Bai Mei, the mountain chief of Yangzhou Academy, is also going to participate in the debate, so what about the person presiding over the meeting? Liu Han looked around, and at this time, three Taoist priests walked out of the plum forest, and the beard of the leader was all white, and his face was full of red light.

When Gu Wei saw this old way, he got up and saluted respectfully: "I've seen the Purple Void Dao Chief." ”

Jumu Zhizhen and the others also got up, and everyone saluted in unison: "I've seen the Purple Void Dao Chief." ”

Liu Han remembered, this Purple Void Daoist is the head of the Zizhu Academy, this Zizhu Courtyard has a very high status in the Jiangnan Taoist Temple, and what can be compared with it is the Changsheng Sect, which is much higher than the Xiaohan Mountain that is now holding the Jiangnan Martial Arts Niu'er, and the status of the Xiaohan Mountain is only in the martial arts, and it is far worse in the Shilin, and it is not in the eyes of these famous mountain chiefs at all.

"I'm waiting for mundane things, and I'm disturbing the Taoist. Bai Mei was full of apologies, and the Purple Void Daoist smiled: "Such a grand event, it is also a good thing for the poor Dao to participate. ”

The Purple Void Daoist sat down in the middle, this coffee table was set up for him, and the two middle-aged Taoist priests sat behind him.

The tea on the coffee table has been brewed, the Purple Void Daoist picked up the teacup, and everyone also picked up the teacup, Liu Han did the same, the Purple Void Daoist saluted, and then took a sip.

Putting down the teacup, the purple void Taoist said: "The imperial court has implemented a new tax system in Yangzhou, and the government and the opposition have discussed a lot, there are opponents, and there are supporters. ”

"Wei obeyed. Gu Wei was not humble, bowed and replied, looked up at Mr. Jumu and Mr. Zhizhen and other celebrities opposite, and said straight to the point: "The Taoist dictionary says that the world is easy to change in time, and it is appropriate to change the law." For example, if a good doctor is good, the disease will change, and the medicine will also change; if the disease is unchanged and the medicine will not change, the people will live for him, and now he will be a dead man. ”

"Today, there are Hu people peeping on the outside, and there are displaced people everywhere inside, and the imperial court treasury is stretched thin and unable to support it, so the imperial court has to change the law, and if it does not change, it will not be able to remove troubles; if it does not change, it will not be able to reassure the people. ”

At the beginning of the chapter, Gu Wei expounded on the necessity and urgency of the change, citing the support of the Taoist code for the change.

Liu Han's attention is not on Gu Wei at all, today he is here to be a bodyguard, now there are thousands of scholars inside and outside Yangzhou Academy, plus other people with hearts, it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people, in case one of them takes a risk, things will be a big deal.

Nan Sheng took the tiger guards to patrol around, their patrol momentum was not big, the movements were very light, between Liu Han and Nan Sheng, there were five guards personally promoted by Liu Han, so that a triple protection network was formed, which could ensure Gu Wei's absolute safety.

Liu Han observed, on the side, there were five scholars who were working hard to write and record Gu Wei's words, these scholars obviously had a clear division of labor, who remembered the first sentence, who remembered the second sentence, in an orderly manner, not chaotic at all, Gu Wei's words just fell, the four of them put down their pens, and then the fifth person also finished recording, and immediately someone stepped forward to take away the records of the five people and send them to the back, where is another scholar transcribing Gu Wei's words into writing.

"In the past, the world was chaotic, up and down did not know, so the saints made rituals, respected and humbled by rules, so the first saints ruled by the arch, the world was bustling, so the rites were the foundation of the world, and the chaos of the rites shook the foundation of the world. Mr. Zhizhen said first, with a cautious expression: "What Lord Gu said is the difficulty of the imperial court, and I think that this is a small trouble, and the new system is suspected of disorderly etiquette, which is the foundation of shaking the world." ”

"Mr. is wrong," Gu Wei did not hesitate at all, and then retorted: "The foundation of the world is in the people, not in the court, and the people's security is solid, dare to ask Mr., today, is the people safe?"

"If the etiquette is successful, the people will be at peace," Mr. Zhizhen replied without thinking: "Today, the number of displaced people is everywhere, precisely because of the ritual chaos. ”

"Dare to ask Mr., what is the etiquette disorder? Why, where is it?" Gu Wei turned defense into offense, and asked two questions in succession.

"Etiquette chaos, in the court and in the opposition," Mr. Zhizhen looked very solemn: "In the court, I don't know how to sympathize with the people, in the opposition, I am poor and extravagant, and I ask for too much." And its root is in Germany, since Taiding, the country is healthy, the government and the opposition are overflowing, and they don't know what the people are trapped, this is the root of the world's disease. ”

"The world is sick, what Mr. said is very true," Gu Wei reacted equally quickly, and immediately said: "Mr. Ran is governed by virtue, it is to seek fish from the wood, and it is impossible to get it, why not? The wealth of the world, its amount is limited, and it is distributed to everyone, and the more is the other less, but the people are greedy, and the non-virtue can be solved." ”

"Otherwise, human nature is good, people's hearts are greedy, hatred and ignorance, and more importantly, virtue is degenerate. ”

Liu Han laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this, feeling a little bored, this first fight, the other party seemed to have just dispatched Mr. Zhizhen, this old gentleman is like an old master, who puts the solution to the problem of the emptiness of the treasury and the homeless people on improving his virtue.

Mr. Zhizhen seems to have thought about this problem, but the proposed solution made Liu Han shake his head, virtue is this thing, it is not clear what to say, who can say it clearly.

Liu Han really wants to tell Mr. Zhizhen, you are wrong, this thing is not reliable at all.

But if you think about it, forget it, let Gu Wei perform, it's not bad to be a turtle with a shrunken head.

He glanced around again, and didn't find anything unusual, according to the news he got, Wang Ze should still be in Yangzhou, but in the small garden, he was not found.

Since getting out of the car, although he has chatted happily with Mr. Jumu and Mr. Zhizhen, the movements around him have always been under his control, and after entering this small garden, the entire small garden is under the monitoring of his divine sense.

After stepping into the ninth grade, the change of Zhenyuan's convenience was relatively small, but the change in his divine consciousness was great, more than double that of the eighth grade, and now if his divine consciousness was fully deployed, the entire Yangzhou Academy and several streets around it were under his supervision.

The first round of confrontation quickly spread outside the academy, and the scholar who got it first read it aloud, and the two middle-aged people in the costumes of the family grabbed a copy each, and then quickly ran to the nearby teahouse.

"This Gu Wei is amazing, Mr. Zhizhen seems to be defeated. ”

There were several people standing or sitting in the tea room, and it was Lu Qiao, the head of the Lu family, who spoke and handed the transcription of the answer to the old man beside him, who was wearing a plain embroidered robe, with a thin face, his hair was neatly combed, he did not wear a crown, and his hair was tied with silk at will, which was Yu Wen, the head of the Yu family.

Gu Wei naturally has knowledge in terms of knowledge, otherwise he would not have such a great reputation, back then, he ran on both sides of the Huai River, and with that mouth, he raised hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for the victims on both sides of the river. ”

The old man seemed to be very light-hearted, but his expression was very solemn, without the slightest contempt.

"What does Ming Gong mean?" Lu Qiao heard the old man's meaning, and he didn't seem to be optimistic, and he couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart.

"You haven't been in contact with him, more than ten years ago, I have traveled with him several times, this son is talented, his poetry is not that willow and cold, if it is not from the Shu clan, the fate will not be so bad, alas, it's a pity. ”

Lu Qiao shook his head: "I heard that the first emperor once commented that this person is good and hypocritical. ”

Lu Qiaoxin said, no wonder after this Gu Wei arrived in Yangzhou, your Yu family rarely moved, and it was my Lu family who charged in front.

(End of chapter)