Great Spit Wei,
Taiji Palace, Town Hall.
Gu Hao revealed a look of disdain and shifted his feet to the right.
Wei Zheng asked angrily. The saliva that came out of the corner of his mouth splashed everywhere, almost splashing onto Gu Hao's face.
"What's with that look in your eyes?"
Wei Zheng was completely furious.
This person actually dared to despise him?!
Li Er, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was amused.
"Could it be that Wei Zheng has bad breath?"
Li Er secretly guessed.
He was a little far away, looking not clear, Wei Zheng was talking, but Gu Hao was disgusted, his expression was still very obvious.
"What question does Lord Wei want to ask?”
Gu Hao asked.
She was also a little depressed.
Why are you so close to me?
Wei Zheng was furious.
"Let's talk about business first. Why are you slandering me?”
Taking a deep breath, Wei Zheng decided to settle his business first. As for that look of disdain... There would be plenty of opportunities to deal with it in the future!
"Slander? Where does this come from?" Gu Hao asked.
"You still want to deny it?" Wei Zheng sneered. All the officials in the court heard you say that in my eyes, Shun, one of the five ancient emperors, is just a superficial figure.
When did I ever say that?"
"Lord Wei really didn't say anything.”
"And then?"
Wei Zheng frowned.
If this top scholar did not give him a reasonable explanation today, he would definitely not let it go easily.
"Then…" Gu Hao said lightly,"Lord Wei didn't say it himself, but he must have thought so in his heart.”
"Nonsense, how dare you insult me like this?”
Wei Zheng's expression was extremely gloomy. He glared at Gu Hao and roared angrily. His body was trembling with anger.
The ministers were also puzzled.
She didn't understand Gu Hao's thoughts.
Li Shimin frowned and said,"Minister Gu, please speak clearly. How do you know that Minister Wei despises Emperor Shun?"”
"Your Majesty, I didn't!"
Wei Zheng shouted at Li Shimin, his face full of grievance.
Li Shiming coughed and said gently,"Zhen believes in Minister Wei. Isn't this asking Minister Gu?”
This was the first time he had seen Wei Zheng reveal such a wronged expression.
This made him…secretly happy.
"It's not that he didn't, but Lord Wei himself hasn't realized it.”Gu Hao smiled faintly.
Wei Zheng's expression froze, and his anger was on the verge of exploding.
Immediately after, he heard Gu Hao's questioning voice.
"I would like to ask, in your eyes, is the current Emperor wise or is the ancient Emperor Shun wise?”
The hall fell silent.
"Hiss ~"
A slight gasp sounded.
As if it was contagious, all the ministers gasped.
"So insidious, the problem of the Conqueror"
All the ministers sensed the sinister nature of Gu Hao's question.
Li Shi Min looked at the faces of the ministers and snorted.
Although he was not arrogant enough to be compared to the Three Royals and Five Emperors, who did not want to hear good words?
The expressions of the ministers made him feel a little hurt.
Everyone's reaction was within Gu Hao's expectations, but what he didn't expect was Wei Zheng's expression of
disgust, as if he had just eaten a fly.
"Is Li Er that bad in his heart?”
Gu Hao almost burst out laughing.
After a moment of silence, Wei Zheng asked coldly,
"Is there any comparison?"
Li Shiming's face darkened.
Why can't I compete with Emperor Shun?
I am at least a proper emperor, Emperor Shun is just an emperor!
Gu Hao smiled.
"Lord Wei, do you think that His Majesty is not even qualified to carry Emperor Shun's shoes?”
Gu Hao raised his eyebrows and asked.
Wei Zheng's face twitched and he said in a muffled voice,"I never said that."
Li Shiming's face darkened as he said with a fake smile,"If you say Emperor Shun, then say Emperor Shun. If you dare to compare me with him again, drag them all out and chop them up to feed the dogs.”
"Then let's get back to the main topic," Gu Hao said."I'm sure Lord Wei knows that Emperor Shun abdicated the throne to Yu the Great in his later years.
I would like to ask Lord Wei to explain why Shun passed the throne to Yu the Great.”
Wei Zheng frowned and said sarcastically,"Don't you know what the world knows?"”
"Please speak." Gu Hao said calmly.
Wei Zheng grunted and said,"Yu the Great is meritorious in controlling the flood."
"Oh, meritorious service?" "Oh," Gu Hao said softly and then said in confusion,"That's strange. Didn't you say that Emperor Shun was a wise monarch?
Why was there a flood in the country he ruled?
That shouldn't be the case.
Dayu's contribution to the flood control was enough for Emperor Shun to pass the throne to him…
Did this mean that when Emperor Shun ruled the world, the flood was very serious?
According to Lord Wei, there was a drought in Shandong and a flood in Jiangnan…This
was similar to the situation during Emperor Shun's reign.
Lord Wei believed that the Great Tang was suffering from floods, so it wasn't worthy of being described as prosperous!
Then why should he be one of the Five Emperors when Emperor Shun's reign was plagued by floods?
Lord Wei, I don't think I've misunderstood, right?”
Gu Hao stopped talking.
The hall was silent.
If there was a flood under Emperor Shun's rule, was Emperor Shun not worthy of being one of the five emperors? Can't you say he's wise?
It could actually be understood in this way?!
The civil officials basically understood the reason why Emperor Shun abdicated the throne to Yu the Great.
They also knew that what Gu Hao said about the flood under Emperor Shun's rule was true.
However, he had never thought that the flood had anything to do with Emperor Shun's wisdom.
At that moment, after Gu Hao's reminder, the civil officials felt something collapsing in their hearts.
The generals did not have much respect for the ancient sages, and many of them felt that what Gu Hao said made sense.
Li Shiming, who was sitting on the dragon throne, frowned.
"Floods are natural disasters. What does a flood have to do with whether the emperor is wise or not?”
Li Shi Min thought of this.
Wei Zheng's expression kept changing.
He really wanted to say that the flood was a natural disaster, what did it have to do with Emperor Shun?!
But just now, in the argument he used to prove that the Great Tang was not prosperous, he listed 'Shandong has a drought, Jiangnan has a waterlogging.'
This was also a natural disaster!
If he used 'natural disasters are not man-made disasters' to refute Gu Hao, it would be equivalent to slapping himself in the face.
But if he didn't refute it, wouldn't it confirm the rumor that he looked down on Emperor Shun?
For a moment, Wei Zheng was caught in a dilemma.
Everyone gradually turned their attention to Gu Hao and Wei Zheng.
"Wei Zheng has met his match this time.”
Someone whispered, gloating.
Many of the ministers revealed a playful smile.
Obviously, they were all smart people. As long as they thought about it, they knew what kind of situation Wei Zheng was facing at the moment.
"Sir is really amazing.”
Li Chengqian sighed inwardly.
He often heard his father complain about Wei Zheng to his mother, saying that Wei Zheng was too impudent and did not give anyone face.
Wei Zheng, who couldn't even deal with his father, was speechless in front of his teacher.
At this moment, Li Chengqian's respect for Gu Hao could be described as the surging waters of the Yellow River.
Gu Hao, who was one of the people involved, looked relatively calm.
He didn't think much of it.
The Great Tang was indeed not as prosperous as imagined, but this did not mean that an exhibition could not be held to prove the Great Tang's might.
He could also understand why Wei Zheng was scolding him and was fully prepared for it.
However…
looking at Wei Zheng, it seemed like he was not thick-skinned enough.
If Gu Hao were to encounter such a dilemma, he would naturally skip the topic and change the topic.
Why did she have to make things difficult for him?
After a long silence, Wei Zheng's expression gradually calmed down.
He was thick-skinned…He
directly skipped Emperor Shun's topic and said in a deep voice,
"Holding such an exhibition is bound to be a waste of money and manpower. There are still countless people in the world who are starving and starving!
Yet you want to hold such an exhibition in Chang 'an to prove the prosperity of the Tang Empire. Don't you feel ashamed of what you said,' The higher you are in the court, the more you worry about the people; the farther you are in the Jianghu, the more you have a king'?”
All the ministers and Li Ju were shocked and looked at Gu Hao.
"Worrying about the country and the people…It's useless to talk about it." Gu Hao said indifferently.
Since Lord Wei said that there were countless people in the world who did not have enough to eat, he should think of a way to send food to
them.
It was not like he was in the royal court, scolding everyone he saw without a clue.”
"You…" Wei Zheng was so angry that his hands were trembling. He said angrily,"Do you think you can send clothes and food to the people just because you colluded with the Crown Prince to hold this exhibition?"
I don't have the ability to feed and warm the people of the world, but at least I didn't waste it!
What about you guys?
Do you know how much manpower and material resources would be wasted to organize this useless exhibition?”
Li Chengqian frowned.
What did he mean by hooking up?
What an unpleasant language!
Li Shi Min shook his head.
He was giving Gu Hao a slap in the face.
He also knew about the 'charity donation'.
Gu Hao smiled.
He turned around and bowed slightly to the Crown Prince, Li Chengqian, and said with a smile,""Your Highness, Lord Wei said that this exhibition will waste a lot of manpower and resources. Do you think so?”
"No." Li Chengqian shook his head and said.”
"You won't?" Wei Zheng frowned.
He suddenly had a bad feeling.
"
Wouldn't it be a waste of manpower and resources to organize such a grand exhibition?" Li Shiming asked with a smile.
Chengqian, what do you think? Tell all the beloved ministers.”
He knew that Gu Hao was asking Chengqian at this time because he wanted to give Chengqian a chance to show off his ability.
Li Chengqian calmed his breath slightly and said,""Everyone should know that Mr. Gu invented the method to make the crystal cup.
Our Great Tang has the ability to make crystal cups.
This time, the most important treasure on display was also the crystal cup.
The Hu merchants were desperate for the crystal cups. At the exhibition, the crystal cups would be publicly sold.
All the profits would be used for disaster relief.”
Gu Hao smiled and gave Li Chengqian an approving look.
Li Chengqian heaved a sigh of relief, his cheeks slightly flushed.
Li Shi Min nodded his head in approval of his son's performance.
"…"
The ministers discussed animatedly.
Recently, the crystal cup was indeed very popular.
Not only did the Hu merchants want it, but the ministers in the palace and other dignitaries in Chang 'an were all envious.
"You can buy crystal cups at the exhibition?”
The eyes of many ministers lit up.
He planned to get one or two.
Wei Zheng frowned.
He had also gone to the bonfire banquet that day.
He basically knew everything about the crystal cup.
"The value of the crystal cup…Could it be that I was really wrong this time?”
Wei Zheng grunted and did not know how to refute.
"Also…"
At this moment, Crown Prince Li Chengqian spoke again.
Gu Hao's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly had a bad feeling.
"In the future, 30% of the profits from the crystal cups produced in the Great Tang will be used for disaster relief." Li Chengqian said slowly.”
"Cough cough…"
"Cough cough…"
In the hall, two people started coughing violently.
Gu Hao,
Cheng Yaojin!
Du Ruhui's face twitched.
The three of them had something to do with the glass cup.
"Old Cheng, why are you coughing?”A general looked at Cheng Yaojin in confusion.
"Strange, why is Yaojin coughing with the top scholar?”A general was puzzled.
"…"
Li Chengqian blinked.
Did I say something wrong?
I only donated 30% of my money!
Li Chengqian was a little confused. He couldn't understand why Gu Hao and Cheng Yaojin had such a big reaction.
Li Shimin smiled as he sat on the dragon throne.
Originally, he was afraid that Li Chengqian would say something wrong.
At this moment, he felt extremely comfortable.
Then, he glanced at Du Ruhui, Gu Hao, and Cheng Yaojin with a faint smile.
Du Ruhui was helpless. He stepped forward and said,"30% is too much. I suggest 40% instead."”
Since the Crown Prince had taken out the money, how could he, a servant, be stingy?
Originally, he had wanted to leave some money for his descendants.
"40% doesn't seem like much.”Li Shimin said as he looked at Cheng Yaojin and Gu Hao.
Gu Hao's face twitched. He snorted and ignored her.
Cheng Yaojin glanced at Li Er, then at Gu Hao, who was standing straight.
After some thought, he looked down at his shoes.
The ministers looked at each other, feeling the unusual atmosphere in the hall.
Seeing that the two of them were ignoring him, Li Shiming's face darkened.
"Minister Gu, you were the one who created the crystal cups of the Great Tang. Tell me, is forty percent of the profits from the crystal cups enough for disaster relief?”Li Shi Min asked coldly.
"The crystal cups aren't on sale yet, so I don't know." Gu Hao braced himself and said.”
"Ha ~" Li Shimin snorted and turned to Cheng Yaojin."Yaojin, do you think 40% is enough for disaster relief?"”
"Is…is it enough?" Cheng Yaojin said dryly.
Li Shi Min narrowed his eyes and a cold light flashed.
Cheng Yaojin quickly changed his words and said,"I think it should be 50% no matter what!”
"Fifty percent?" Li Shi Min knocked on the armrest of the dragon chair, a cold smile on his face.
Cheng Yaojin's face fell.
"If 50% is not enough, then 60%!”
Cheng Yaojin was about to cry.
His Majesty…was too greedy.
"Fortunately, that prodigal Crown Prince didn't mention the wine business.”
Cheng Yaojin was glad that he still had twenty percent of the profits from the three wines that Gu Hao created.
Then, Cheng Yaojin calmed himself down and looked at Gu Hao with a smile.
As the saying goes, if I die, even if you don't die, you'll be cursed to death.
The officials gradually got a taste of it.
"The Crown Prince should have thirty percent of the crystal cup business, Du Pushe should have ten percent, Cheng Yaojin should have twenty percent, and the rest should be with Gu Hao…"
someone said softly, his eyes flashing with understanding.
Naturally, everyone's gaze fell on Gu Hao.
Li Shiming looked at Gu Hao with a faint smile and didn't say anything.
He was waiting for Gu Hao to speak.
"I think I did something wrong."
Li Chengqian lowered his head. His face was burning with shame, and his scalp was numb.
This time, he seemed to have offended Mister Gu, Du Pushe, and General Cheng at the same time.
The originally good situation fell apart in an instant!
Li Chengqian's heart was bitter and filled with regret.
He wanted to slap himself hard.
Why did he have to be so talkative!
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