Zhu Youde was very excited as he sat on the dragon throne. He never expected that Lu Shengzhi, an old man, could fight so fiercely!
A troll, definitely a troll!
When I was young, I must have been an angry young man.
Zhu Youde really thought it wrong. Lu Shengzhi was very talented in literature when he was young. He passed the imperial examination in one attempt. He was only sixteen years old at that time. He was just like an animal.
But just because the angry youth scolded him when he didn't like it, the emperor at that time was the founding emperor of Daliang, Zhu Youde's grandfather!
Just because he couldn't stand Lu Shengzhi's character, Zhu Youde's grandfather asked Lu Shengzhi to become a local official!
But this man was extremely talented and had made outstanding achievements as a local official. Three years later he returned to Beijing!
Emperor Zhu originally thought that Lu Shengzhi could change in three years, but he didn't expect that Lu Shengzhi would remain the same!
Finally he was sent away again.
When Zhu Youde's father came to power, he heard that Lu Shengzhi was a famous minister and summoned him back, but he couldn't stand it anymore.
Most of the officials in Zhu Youde's dynasty didn't know Lu Shengzhi's record that year. He was the number one troll in Daliang!
They only saw that Lu Shengzhi was famous, but they had not studied Lu Shengzhi's official career. This was a person that made both emperors uncomfortable to see.
On the other hand, Lu Shengzhi is now in his seventies, and everyone only sees his quiet, charming, and leisurely side!
There was only one eunuch in the entire court who knew who Lu Shengzhi was.
Wang Zhonghou smiled in Zhu Youde's ear and said: "Your Majesty, this is the true face of Lu Gong. Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong didn't want to see him. It's not because this man has no talent. It's because he is eloquent and ugly, but makes people feel helpless.
It's arguable, so his official career was quite bumpy."
Why didn't you tell me earlier?
Zhu Youde's face twitched, so to speak, Lu Shengzhi was usually quite polite to him.
Zhu Youde made up his mind to stop talking and let Lu Shengzhi and the ministers fight.
This old donkey is actually very useful to use!
"But merchants and craftsmen have been bitches since ancient times. There is no precedent!"
The ministers who had been criticized by Lu Shengzhi gradually came to their senses, and Cui Li spoke first. He must protect the interests of scholars.
Once the court opens this hole, the impact will be huge!
Naturally, he is not helping the emperor, but helping the wealthy family!
Wealthy families support countless businessmen. These businessmen will be able to study in the future, and their status will be improved. There will definitely be dissent.
The reason why a wealthy family can control businessmen is firstly the power of the wealthy family, and the second is the superior status of the scholars in the wealthy family.
"Merchants do not produce, and merchants have been banned since Shang Yang. Only in this way can Qin unify the world. Lu Gong, are you breaking the rules by allowing merchants to study today?"
Lu Shengzhi waved his sleeves: "Haha, Cui Li, you are already half a century old, but you still can't understand this book. How dare you become a scholar and Shang Yang bans merchants? Why haven't I seen or heard of it?
Go back and read the "Book of Shang Jun" carefully. If there is anything you don't understand, come and ask me again. I will answer it without hesitation!"
All the ministers in the dynasty looked at Lu Shengzhi with their tongues smacking in their faces.
This is too harsh to say!
Cui Li is also a minister after all. Do you think he can't study?
The Cui family is an aristocratic family with a profound family background. How could they not know how to read?
Cui Li couldn't bear this kind of insult, "Mr. Lu, do you despise our family?"
"It's not that I despise the aristocratic family, there are also talented people in the aristocratic family. I heard that Liang Zan, who returned from a trip to the Western Regions not long ago, is a talented person. Yuanchu wanted to cook Zan, but Liang Zan laughed and looked at death, which made Li Yuanchu lose his face. I, Daliang
The country’s prestige spread throughout the Western Regions”
After saying that, Lu Shengzhi nodded happily: "Liang Zan is a son of a noble family. He was born in the Liang family in Hedong. I only despise you and the others. Is there a pillar in the Cui family recently?"
Cui Li was so angry that the old man deceived others too much.
"Of course there is, I, Cui Dongliang, am countless!"
Lu Shengzhi looked at Cui Li like a dead man, slowly sneered, and shouted angrily: "Since the Cui family is a pillar, why don't you recommend him to serve as an official? Your Majesty is thirsty for talents, and even a thin horse like me will not hesitate to look at you."
, Since your Cui family has talents, why don’t you let them come out to serve the country as officials and contribute to the country? What do your Cui family want?”
After Lu Shengzhi finished speaking, he had already walked in front of Cui Li, and the officials from the aristocratic families immediately reacted!
Got cheated!
Damn, this old guy is so mean.
"The Cui family despised the royal family and rebelled!"
"Aristocratic families hide talented people and just sit back and watch as no one in the court can use them. Do you have any objections?"
"Didn't your family receive rewards and favors from the royal family? If you don't want to repay the king, you are like a human being without a king or a father!"
Lu Shengzhi called and said that Cui Li and the officials of the aristocratic family had no expression on their faces. Naturally, the six ministers would not speak for the aristocratic family. They were the emperor's people.
Seeing the explosion of Lu Shengzhi's combat power, Feng Bogong and others were very lucky. Fortunately, they did not quarrel with Lu Shengzhi.
Look, look, this is the fighting power of going through three dynasties without dying!
Zhu Youde shouted lucky in his heart. The old man was quite polite to him. He just saw that Lu Shengzhi's saliva sprayed on Cui Li's face, but Cui Li didn't dare to wipe it!
"Cui Li, I'm asking you why the Cui family doesn't recommend talented people. Do you have any different intentions?"
Cui Li was so forced that he trembled all over. He felt Zhu Youde's eyes looking over, and shouted loudly with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, the Cui family has no, absolutely no dissent. Lu Shengzhi slandered us. Your Majesty, we are loyal to Daliang."
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"Your Majesty, we can learn from the sun and the moon about our loyalty!"
As Cui Li launched his tear offensive, a large group of officials from aristocratic families knelt down one after another. When one of the officials saw that there were so many of them, he rolled his eyes.
"Your Majesty, if we from aristocratic families are not willing to serve the country, why are there so many officials from aristocratic families in this court? It can be seen that we are loyal to the court. Lu Shengzhi is talking nonsense and is blind and did not see it!"
Officials from several aristocratic families immediately realized that they had so many officials from aristocratic families, which proved their loyalty to the royal family.
"Your Majesty, please see, we are all disciples of aristocratic families!"
Zhu Youde nodded, but before he could speak, Lu Shengzhi said: "Your Majesty, my impeachment of these officials is suspected of forming a clique!"
Damn it!
The expressions of the ministers in the court changed, especially Feng Bogong and others felt chilled!
They were very suspicious that those people from the aristocratic family had offended Lu Shengzhi.
Did he throw his child into the well?
Too cruel!
It's really too cruel, cruel and poisonous!
What Lu Shengzhi means is that there are too many officials from these aristocratic families in the court and they are all from the same camp, so there is a high probability that there are cliques.
No emperor would allow party members to exist in the court. Lu Shengzhi is an old man from three dynasties and is very aware of the emperor's sensitive points!
Zhu Youde actually doesn't care much about whether he is a party member or not. The things he planned are intended to dig up the roots of the wealthy family!