In the hall, one could hear a pin drop.
Everyone was stunned, not knowing what this young man Du He was up to.
Li Er was also stunned for a few seconds. He didn't get angry but laughed instead. He knew that Du He was determined to say what was in his heart today. Since that was the case, what was the harm in letting him say it? He said indifferently,"Since Imperial Censor Du has three books to consult, Zhen would like to hear which one you want to consult.”
"The people that Du He wants to attend today are all in the court.”
Du He bowed slightly and said the words that she had thought of in her heart, word by word, as if they were nailed to the ground,"The first person is Wei Zheng, the Imperial Censor!”
This kid really dared to participate!
All the officials looked at him with cold sweat.
"What crime is he guilty of?" asked Li Er curiously.”
"As a subject, I speak on behalf of His Majesty!”
Du He said firmly," This is a crime of great disrespect. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, he should be beaten forty times and expelled from Chang 'an!"”
Puff! A series of sneers suddenly sounded. The generals led by Cheng Yaojin looked at Wei Zheng gloatingly. Since ancient times, the civil and military had been at odds. Wei Zheng was the first to make things difficult for Du He. Du He had obviously targeted Wei Zheng because of this matter.
Wei Zheng's face was ashen as he glared at Du He. At the same time, he felt the strange gazes from his colleagues around him. He was so angry that he wanted to kill someone. He had always been the one to test people. This was the first time he had been tested. This feeling was so sullen!
"You said that he was guilty of great disrespect, but what about you?”
Li Er looked at him in amusement and raised a finger. He smiled and said,"You are a lowly official of the Imperial Censorate, yet you dare to offend your superiors.”
"Your Majesty, I'm an imperial censor!"
Du He raised his head and said proudly,"Censor, who can't you consult?"”
All the officials in the court were silent. Even Li Er was speechless. Yes, as an imperial censor, he could give advice to the emperor. Giving advice to the emperor and consulting the emperor were only the difference in form. On this basis, why couldn't he consult a superior?
"Wei Zheng, what do you have to say?"
Li Er also had a headache. This Du He was really Du Ruhui's son. His brain worked faster than ordinary people. He could only helplessly look at Wei Zheng and ask for his opinion.
"I want to know who he'll be referring to next." Wei Zheng muttered.”
Li Er was speechless.
All the officials were speechless.
Du He also looked at Wei Zheng in shock. This old fox was really something. He knew that the person he referred to in the second memorial was not an ordinary person, so he directly pointed the spearhead at him.
Wei Zheng sneered." Du He, I admit to your crime. Don't you have three books to participate in? Then tell me who the second book is!" If you don't have a copy and report it again, I will charge you with the crime of deceiving the emperor. This crime will be punished with eighty strokes of the stick and banished for three thousand miles!”
The two foxes, one big and one small, were at loggerheads. All the civil and military officials in the court watched the two of them stare at each other with sweat on their faces. They could not help but pinch their sweat. At the same time, they carefully looked at Li Er's expression. After all, this second book involved an extraordinary person.
"Du He, zhen pardons your innocence, speak.”
Li Er looked at Du He with a playful gaze. He also understood that if Du He participated in this book, Wei Zheng would also use other names to deal with him, so he directly pardoned his sins first. Moreover, he also wanted to hear what Du He would say about him.
"Du He, the second ginseng, is responsible for Your Majesty's crimes!”
Du He held the end of the jade board tightly with both hands and said in a loud voice,"His Majesty's crime should not be blocked from listening. The country is like a person, and His Majesty is the brain of the people. The officials are like the hands and feet of the people, and the censors are the eyes and ears of the people. If you block the censors 'advice, even if you cut your ears and gouge your eyes, even with the help of your hands and feet, you won't be able to see far and hear the rain and wind!”
"This analogy is wonderful!"
"Well said!"
Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji couldn't help but clap their hands and praise the civil officials. In the ranks of the generals, the bearded, round-faced man roared.
Even the Imperial Censor Wei Zheng couldn't help but look at Du He a few more times. He secretly clicked his tongue in his heart. The son recommended by State Duke Lai this time really had some ink in his stomach. He didn't look like an empty sack of grass, a good-looking but useless idiot!
"Zhen likes this ginseng very much!"
Li Er smiled. This was the advice he liked to hear the most. He said bluntly,"Back then, Wei Zheng once said that a man can straighten his clothes by using copper as a mirror. With history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall of the country; With people as a mirror, we can understand the gains and losses. I will use this as a warning.”
Wei Zheng hurriedly bowed and said that he didn't dare.
Li Er waved his hand, telling him not to be so modest. Then, he looked at the young man in front of him with admiration and continued,"Today, Du He compared me to the brain of the people, the officials of the Tang Dynasty to the hands and feet of the people, and the censors to the eyes and ears of the people. This analogy is no less than Wei Zheng's mirror analogy.”
"Your Majesty, there's a saying."
Du He raised her head and said with a serious expression," The governance of a country is like cooking a small dish. What can be cooked must belong to the people. Therefore, the country is also a person, and the people are nothing more than cultivating one's moral character, regulating one's family, governing the country, and pacifying the world. Therefore, one can cultivate one's body to regulate one's family. Those who can govern the country can be officials. Only when the country is prosperous can the world prosper. How can the world prosper depends on the brains, hands and feet of the people, and the eyes and ears of the people. As the brain of the people, Your Majesty controls his hands and feet. How can you abandon the eyes and ears?”
The hall was completely silent.
Only Du He's sonorous words resounded in everyone's ears, making the civil and military officials lower their heads and ponder.
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