Xia Lezhi fought against a large number of people alone, making Nan Yongliang's group so angry that they were jumping up and down, but he just put his hands behind his back, looking leisurely.

"Well done, Mr. Xia!"

"You are worthy of being a top student of our Baichuan Academy! Your studies have not been in vain!"

"Haha, with their level, they still have the nerve to call themselves Jinshi. If they come to our Baichuan Academy, they might only be able to get into the elementary school department!"

"With such little knowledge in your head, you still have the nerve to come to our Yunzhou to challenge us! Do you really think that there are no capable people in our Yunzhou?"

The guests on the second and third floors applauded loudly.

Isn't that the truth?

Young men, if you drink a little more wine, you will easily become the first in the world and the second in the world. He is the third in the world! He can brag so much that it can fly to the sky.

Usually no one would take them seriously.

But Nan Yongliang and his group are different. They can praise Emperor Wen of Han all they want, but they actually dared to step on Duke Yun in Yunzhou's territory and let Duke Yun rule by doing nothing.

What does "ruling by doing nothing" mean? Isn't that just not doing anything? !

Screw it, everyone just didn’t have an education, they’re not stupid.

Why has Yunzhou changed so much? Who brought us such a good life? How did Duke Yun work so hard for Yunzhou?

Don’t you have eyes? Don’t you know how to see for yourself?

Why did the people of Henan County cry and shout, and even dare to pick up hoes and fight against the Great Zhou court? Wasn't it just to let Duke Yun take care of them?

Everyone knows clearly who they can follow to have a good life.

Nan Yongliang and his group want Duke Yun to rule by doing nothing, which is destroying everyone's jobs and deliberately making life difficult for everyone. They are really bad people! Maybe they are spies sent by the Great Zhou court!

Nan Yonglang and others were squeezed so hard that their faces turned red and their necks became thick.

They are all scholars with honors. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if merchants like Manager Xia held out silver and money and begged them to take a look, they would be too lazy to even look!

But that's how it is, a group of people whom I look down upon on a daily basis actually dare to point fingers at me!

All face will be lost.

Wei Xiaozhi looked at Nan Yongliang and others with unfriendly expressions, and his eyebrows jumped. He was afraid that the situation would be bad.

As expected, Nan Yongliang and others, who were blinded by anger, no longer cared about the debate topic of loving the people like one's own children. Now they had only one thing in their minds and eyes.

To refute Xia Lezhi and prove that Duke Yun was a fame-seeker, everything she did in Yunzhou was nothing and her achievements were deliberately exaggerated!

"Brother Xia, since ancient times, women in power have always caused unrest in the world. Do you want Duke Yun to be the second vicious woman Empress Lu? Oh, no, with Duke Yun's murderous nature on the battlefield, I'm afraid he is even more brutal than Empress Lu."

Before Xia Lezhi even opened his mouth, the tea drinkers who were listening in were already unhappy.

"Let's talk about the facts. Who are you talking about Empress Lü?"

"You old men, you haven't done as well as Duke Yun, so you start to use gender as an excuse. I'll throw you a fairy board!"

"Although I am a businessman, I also know that if I am not as skilled as others, I should give up my position and let others do the work. If the Duke of Yun has the ability to let the people of Yunzhou live a good life, let alone that she is a girl, even if she is not a human being, we will follow her!"

Nan Yongliang and the others glanced at them, with a look of "It's beneath my rank to debate with a bunch of scum like you" written all over their faces. "Mr. Xia, what do you have to say?"

Xia Lezhi frowned and tried to save face for them, but they were just taking advantage of him.

Everyone has to talk to Duke Yun about things, right?

Okay, let’s start tearing each other apart and see who is the one who can really stand firm!

Xia Lezhi said coldly: "Everyone knows about the law of exterminating three clans, right? Originally, during the reign of Empress Lü, she had abolished the law of exterminating three clans. When was it restored? It was Emperor Wen of Han, whom you think is the most benevolent! Exterminating three clans has evolved into the current punishment of nine clans. It is really a great benevolence."

Nan Yongliang and others looked very unhappy. How come this guy even knew about this?

Doesn't he have to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics? Doesn't he have to write policy papers? How can he still have the time to look at such trivial matters?

They looked at each other and decided that Emperor Wen of Han couldn't peel off any more. If they did, his hat as the holy monarch would fall off.

Then change someone!

I don't know which clever person suddenly brought up Emperor Xiaozong of Zhou and said, "You all say that Duke Yun treats Han people and the various tribes on the grassland equally, but why are the taxes paid by the various tribes on the grassland different from those paid by Han people! The one who really treats everyone equally should be Emperor Xiaozong of Zhou!"

During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Zhou, border trade was opened in Nanjun, and various preferential treatments were offered to attract mountain people to leave the mountains.

He did have achievements, but to say that he treated mountain people and Han people equally is a far-fetched claim.

Wei Xiaozhi frowned, stood up immediately, and wanted to say something, but accidentally bumped into the waiter carrying a tray.

The tray was knocked to the ground, spilling a pot of tea.

The splashed tea left dark marks on Wei Xiaozhi's robe.

The waiter bowed repeatedly to apologize.

After just a short while, Xia Lezhi's clear and loud voice rang out in the lobby.

"Ah, I don't even want to talk about you. Logically speaking, you have been to Kyoto and passed the imperial examination. You should have read more books than people from remote areas like us. How can you be so ignorant? Don't you know that Emperor Xiaozong of Zhou once said in public at a grand court meeting that the mountain people are nothing but the eternal slaves of the court, and they have been slaves for generations?"

This happened when the mountain people, led by their leader, rebelled against the Great Zhou court three times in a row. Each time, they took benefits from the Great Zhou court, lived in peace for a year or two, and then caused trouble again in the third year.

This made Zhou Xiaozong very angry. What he said in public was not only spread among the people, but also recorded in the official register.

Of course Nan Yongliang wanted to say something else, but suddenly he heard a clear scolding!

"That's enough! Who are you to point fingers at the emperors and Duke Yun since ancient times? History will judge their merits and demerits."

Wei Xiaozhi was extremely angry.

I hate that Nan Yongliang and others have impure intentions and dragged Duke Yun into the water casually. He only has half a belly of ink hanging around here, and was argued by a young man in his teens, almost stripping off the holy garment of Emperor Hanwen's generosity and benevolence! It also exacerbated the conflict between the north and the Great Zhou.

At the same time, he also felt that although Xia Lezhi was intelligent, he was very fussy. Xia Lezhi only focused on pointing out the faults of Emperor Han Wen, but failed to see his strengths, which made his evaluation biased. However, considering that Xia Lezhi was only in his teens, and that it was Nan Yongliang and others who started the trouble, it was understandable that the young man was full of youthful vigor.

Nan Yongliang and others recognized Wei Xiaozhi, and even though they were not convinced, they said nothing more.

Wei Xiaozhi glared at Nan Yongliang, patted Xia Lezhi on the shoulder, and praised: "Young people are formidable. How can this matter be clarified in just a few words? Why not stop here?"

Wei Xiaozhi wanted to give each of them fifty lashes to calm the situation down.

Xia Lezhi: "Okay, but they have to apologize in public."

"Get lost, we don't even know who won or lost, what are you apologizing for?!"

It's impossible to apologize in your entire life.

"In that case, why not have a good debate in Yunzhou Weekly?" Wen Yu walked down and stood behind Xia Lezhi. (End of this chapter)