Chapter 787 You are all moths in the eyes of this king!
With Qiu Shuye taking the lead, the remaining scholars also began to speak one after another.
"Your Majesty, the student wants to play with the fields!"
"Your Majesty, the student wants to go to school and become a master!"
"Your Majesty, the student is willing to learn digital arithmetic and work as an accountant for another college..."
Finally, the remaining two scholars with darker faces, under the gaze of Li Xuan and the other scholars, hesitated for a long time before speaking in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, students are willing to go to the pig pen and chicken pen to raise chickens, ducks, pigs and fish...!"
"……Ha ha ha ha"
After a period of silence in the school, a burst of laughter erupted.
Hearing the laughter, Qi Liji and You Qingyu's faces turned purple and black, and they wanted to stick their heads under the table!
"Why are you laughing?"
Li Xuan's expression gradually turned cold.
Seeing this, the atmosphere in the entire school became quiet again, and the scholars all looked at Li Xuan in surprise.
"I would like to know why you are laughing at them?" Li Xuan asked again.
At this time, all the scholars understood and couldn't help but look frightened.
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
"snort!"
Li Xuan sneered, "You are not worthy of my anger. I am just curious. The two of them just want to go to the pig pen and chicken pen. Are they worthy of your loud ridicule?"
A scholar bravely stood up and cautiously raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the pig pen and the chicken pen are filthy and filthy places. As Confucian students, we don't want to make progress and want to go to such places. Therefore.
, students and other people will laugh!”
Beside, all the scholars nodded slowly.
"Tsk tsk!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but look sarcastic.
"Do you think that the people who work in the pig pens and chicken pens are lowly people, not worthy of your noble status as scholars?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I never meant this!"
"Exactly, please calm down, Your Majesty, we have no such intention!"
The scholars finally remembered something, and their faces suddenly changed and they were filled with fear.
"What do you mean by that?"
Li Xuan looked sincerely at the few scholars who had just smiled the most cheerfully.
"this……"
These scholars opened their mouths and did not dare to deceive Li Xuan, but they did not dare to admit it!
"snort!"
Li Xuan snorted coldly, "I was talking about hot pot a few days ago, but did you eat pig meat? Did you eat pig brains? Did you eat pig belly?
Also, you have been in the dining hall every day these past few days, but have you eaten chicken, duck, fish, or food made with pig meat?"
"Back to your Majesty, the students and others have indeed eaten it!"
All the scholars quickly replied.
"So, don't you think those chickens, ducks, fish, and pigs are dirty and filthy?"
Li Xuan asked.
"this……"
All the scholars looked startled again.
"Why don't you say anything?"
Li Xuan didn't stop. He didn't expect that even though he was already selecting scholars who were honest and didn't have any big ambitions, he would let them experience it in Lijiazhuang for so many days.
But these scholars still have such bad habits!
"Also, since chickens, ducks, fish and hogs are also food, and crops are also food, why do you only look down on those who raise chickens and ducks, but never ridicule those farmers?"
"Is it possible that this is the prejudice you have as people who are educated, literate and enlightened?"
All the scholars could not help but lower their heads.
"Furthermore, I am very curious, why do you laugh at others?"
It's a pity that Li Xuan finally caught an opportunity to severely attack some of these scholars, so he would not let it go easily.
"At your age, apart from knowing a few words and being able to write a few words, I really don't know what else you can do."
"Your Majesty, we have read the books of the sages thoroughly, learned their knowledge, joined the court as officials, governed the world, and managed all the people in the world..."
A scholar handed over his hand in disbelief.
"Tsk!"
Li Xuan sneered again, his face full of disdain.
"What did you learn when you read the books of sages? Now and in the future, you will feel no shame."
"You should ask yourselves carefully, apart from showing the world how many books we have read and what allusions we know, what have we learned from the sages' books? What have we really learned? Even the most basic things narrated by the sages in the books.
I haven’t even learned how to behave as a human being!”
"Only reading is good, but everything else is inferior?"
"Pooh!"
"Those officials in the court entered the court after reading the books of sages, and every day they enjoyed the food and money offered to them by all the people in the world. They even used their power from time to time to greedy some more money.
Think about it carefully, what have they brought to all the people in the world?"
"Humph, in the eyes of this king, these scholars and those officials who only care about enjoyment and do not do practical work are the worms in the world!"
"Any farmer, even the most humble farmer who raises pigs and chickens and ducks in your eyes, has a role for Bill and others!"
"Aren't you convinced?"
As if he could see the inner dissatisfaction in the eyes of those scholars, Li Xuan sneered: "Food is the most important thing for the people! You tell me, if there are no farmers to grow food and no farmers to raise chickens, ducks, fish and hogs, you will eat
What?
Let you work so hard to plant crops and raise chickens, ducks, fish and hogs. Will the food you grow and the chickens, ducks, fish and hogs you raise be enough for you to eat?"
"Without the farmers, some of these scholars will starve to death!"
"But without you scholars, even those officials, the common people can still live happily as usual!"
"this……"
Following Li Xuan's words, the faces of the scholars began to change.
"Besides, aren't you going to the forge as well? Is it possible that the forge is more noble than the villagers? I really don't understand, the good people are just working, why do you want to mock them?"
"I don't want to investigate your past virtues. However, I hope that you will have good moral character in Lijiazhuang and do your best!
You are all from a poor family, and you are also people who have read the books of sages. You should understand some things, and you are not stupid.
The bandstand of the forge, for its many inventions in the Tang Dynasty, was awarded the title of Marquis of Craftsmen and Mo. As long as you can grow wheat or rice with a yield of six stones per acre, I will definitely ask your majesty to grant you a title.
Or, if you can raise pig pens or chickens and ducks so that everyone in the Tang Dynasty can eat meat, I will definitely ask your Majesty to grant you a title.
The rest of you don't need to be discouraged. As long as you can make great contributions, I will ask your Majesty to knight you!
Okay, I have finished what I need to say. If you still have anything else to do, go find the butler!"
With that said, Li Xuan didn't want to talk to these scholars, so he stood up and left.
After all the scholars were stunned for a moment, they all quickly stood up and saluted Li Xuan's back.
"Students send you off to your Majesty!"
When Li Xuan walked away, the scholars slowly came back to their senses and looked at each other!
Then, he silently looked at the butler Li Chang in the corner!