Inside Taiji Palace.
After clearing out a group of people, the hall appeared much more spacious.
Li Er stared at Li Zhen and asked,
"Li Zhen, what did you mean when you asked me what I wanted to hear and what I wanted to ask?”
Li Zhen raised his head. His eyes were bright and his tone was steady and powerful.
"As everyone knows, today is the examination of the Imperial Censor in the palace. Therefore, we must first explain the foundation of the position of Imperial Censor. Only then can we answer Your Majesty's question.”
"The so-called censor is responsible for supervising all officials and reporting matters. It is the office of Your Majesty's eyes and ears.”
"People have pairs of eyes and ears, so they can see and hear in all directions. If people have no eyes or ears, they can't see and hear around them.”
"And the victims must be the people!"
"When the people are in danger, the country will be in chaos, and when the country is in chaos, the monarch will not exist. Therefore, the monarch has to open up the channels of speech and listen to advice so that he will not be deceived.”
"The position of the censor is to supervise all officials. It is for Your Majesty's eyes to see the news in the city and for Your Majesty's eyes to see all things. Therefore, the censor has to be able to see through everything and listen to everything.”
"That's why I asked Your Majesty what you wanted to ask and what you wanted to hear.”
This tone was so loud!
The remaining scholars secretly clicked their tongues.
It was as if he knew everything and had seen everything, but the problem was, how old were he?!
Sixteen years old?
The Imperial Censor Wei Zheng and the Imperial Censor Du Yan were also confused by His Majesty's questions and didn't know how to respond.
You're just a sixteen-year-old young man. Can you compare to your second-in-command, Imperial Censor Zhongcheng Du Yan, or your first-in-command, Imperial Censor Wei Zheng?
Li Er frowned slightly and felt that he was exaggerating. He said with a straight face,
"Li Zhen, as the saying goes, you have to take a bite at a time. You have to take a step at a time. Do you know what will happen if you take a big step?”
Li Zhen mused for a moment. He immediately hesitated and said,"Pull your balls?"
Peng Yu was speechless.
Li Junxian was speechless.
The remaining scholars were speechless.
The corner of Li Er's eyes twitched a few times.
"Zhen is reasoning with you, and you are joking with Zhen? You're arrogant now. Do you know that there's always someone better than you? You asked me what I wanted to hear and what I wanted to ask. Alright, now I have something I want to hear and ask!”
"The position of censor is like what you said just now, supervising all officials. The first thing I want to ask is, do you know which officials you want to supervise? Do you know how many officials there are in the Great Tang?"
Li Zhen nodded and took out a small thread-bound book from his pocket. He bowed slightly and said,
"This subject has already written clearly the duties of the officials in this 'Tang Six Canons'. Your Majesty, please take a look!”
Taiji Palace.
Suddenly, there was silence.
The remaining scholars looked at Li Zhen in a daze. All of them were about to break down. You're here to take the Imperial Censor's Examination, but why do you have a book you wrote hidden in your arms?!
Peng Yu, who was once again in a daze, took the book from Li Zhen's hands with a dazed expression and placed it on the imperial table.
As he retreated, Peng Yu staggered and almost fell to the ground. At this moment, he did not care. There was only one doubt in his mind. Where did Li Zhen come from?
At this moment, Li Er lowered his head and stared at the Six Canon of Tang for a long time, deep in thought.
What was going on?
Was there a problem somewhere?
It didn't make sense! This is absolutely impossible. I asked you a question, and you took out a book for me? And it was the kind that prescribed the right medicine?!
Li Er took a deep breath, raised his hand and flipped to a page, then another page…
Official positions in the Ministry of Central Affairs, Menxia Province, Shangshu Province, Yushitai, Honglu Temple…
There were even some official positions that Li Er himself did not remember at all. Now, he could find their specific positions from them!
Records of a Hundred Officials!
F * cking Records of a Hundred Officials!
This was strange!
So he, Li Zhen, wasn't being arrogant or conceited!
He was confident!
So he was asking for humiliation?! How is that possible? I am the emperor. How can the emperor humiliate himself? But this book in front of me is not fake. It is more real than real gold!
Li Zhen glanced at Li Er, who was rubbing his cheeks in disbelief. He was secretly glad that he had raised his preparation from dozens of moves to hundreds of moves. Otherwise, he would really be questioned here today and would not be able to get off the stage.
Last night, he wrote down the Six Canon of Tang based on his memory. Of course, he only recorded the changes before the first year of Zhenguan. He thought that he might use it in the future, but he did not expect it to be used in the hall today.
However, it was still not stable enough.
He had to be more stable in the future…
After all, it was a stable batch.
Only then would he be able to survive until the end!
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