Chapter 239 Baili Xi stood up in surprise
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Xu Wan hurriedly said, "Wen Xiu, calm down and sit down first. This is just a competition, don't make it personal. Everyone has soft spots, and even if they don't catch them now, other bad guys will catch them."
In fact, Zong Jincheng found this point very well. Many people have the dream of saving the world, and many are willing to take the lead. But once it is their loved ones who sacrifice for them, even the most righteous people will struggle and suffer for a long time.
Zong Wenxiu sat down again and took a deep breath. He tried to adjust his disrupted rhythm and continued, "It is because of these evil officials that so many people are struggling. So at this time, good officials are needed to make sure that all these bad officials receive the punishment they deserve. If I go along with the bad officials in order to save my mother, then I should die at the hands of good officials. In this way, I can be worthy of my country and my parents."
Bailiweihong smiled. This child has always been filial and upright, and she has always been proud of him.
As soon as Zong Wenxiu said this, the two atmosphere groups on the positive side started to chatter again: "Brother Wenxiu, well said!"
"With righteousness at your side, you are invincible!"
"We're definitely going to win today!"
"Jincheng, He Zheng, admit defeat now!"
He Zheng blinked, still disagreeing with their optimism. He said, “Just wait, you won’t be so proud for long, my eldest brother hasn’t even started using his big moves yet.”
Just when everyone thought that the opposing side was going to give up on this topic and turn to other ideas, the little devil suddenly raised his head and asked: "What if your country also lets you down?"
"W...what?" Zong Wenxiu was confused by the question.
The little devil said seriously: "If the bad officials work together to slander you and send your whole family to jail and ruin your family; if the superior knows that you are wronged, but out of consideration for the overall situation, he abandons you again and again until your whole family is at the end of the road... At this time, will you still be a good official?"
Everything the kid said was his brother's true experience, except that he randomly added the assumption that those in power are also bad people. If even those in power are bad, then the faith of those who support such people will collapse.
The adults who knew the inside story frowned, but still did not interrupt the debate.
Zong Wenxiu's face turned paler and paler. If this assumption was true... then he couldn't continue the conversation.
Shen Yibai and Wei Xinglu, who knew nothing, had no idea that our strongest debater had fallen.
Wei Xinglu took the debate skills he had learned from Jiang Yan a few days ago and decisively took over and said: "Jincheng, you are avoiding the main point again. There are very few people who are forced to become bad officials in this way. Most of the bad officials are tempted by power, fame and wealth, and they are wantonly squandering money, harming the country and the people. This is the big cancer of the court, and we must eradicate them all."
After saying this, he looked at everyone proudly. Shen Yibai also bumped shoulders with him excitedly, indicating that he had said a good thing.
"Dig him out? That depends on when." The little devil came up with a new idea, shocking everyone. "If the superiors know what the treacherous ministers are doing, they will allow them to embezzle wealth. The court dares not collect taxes, but he dares to embezzle; the court dares not make money, but he dares to make money; the court dares not swallow the money of the rich, but he takes advantage of his power to seize it. This kind of treacherous minister is like raising a pig to the rulers. Watching him grow from a piglet, eating pig food that we can't eat, and slowly growing into a big and fat pig. By then, will the superiors just kill pigs? What they get is fat pork, and that pork is used to feed the people of the country and benefit all the people in the world."
“…”
There was deathly silence in the large study.
Baili Xi, who had been sitting lazily, stood up from his seat and looked seriously at the talkative nine-year-old child.
A treacherous minister raises pigs.
A new idea that has never been mentioned before. Even the history books don't have such a record. Yet this kid can explain it so clearly.
Even if a treacherous minister is extremely evil, if he is used by the right person, he can be the best knife. He can kill anyone he points at and also bear all the blame for the person in power. It can be said that he kills three birds with one stone.
Exquisite, exquisite.
This kid... this kid is simply a genius, how come he was born in the Zong family? If he was born in the royal family, then...
Baili Xi suddenly remembered the fact that the prince came in person once a month, and the rumors in the capital... Oh my God, could he really be the prince's child who was secretly raised outside and protected?
After the little devil finished speaking, he tilted his head, smiled and provoked Wei Xinglu, "You argue."
Wei Xinglu: “…………”
Damn it, brother, you're using such a strong excuse against me?
What's the difference between this and dropping a stone lion weighing hundreds of kilograms on a tiny ant?
You are so awesome, why don’t you go after Zong Wenxiu!
He is the boy of the same level as you!!!
Several personal trainers looked at each other, and saw fear in each other's eyes. Pan Hongzhi and Cheng Zhidong, who had heard the initial remarks, had already been shocked last night. Now they looked at the other three with expressions as if they were struck by lightning, as if they were a joke.
It feels better. Fortunately, there weren't so many people watching them when they were shocked last night.
Zhao Yin quietly poked Jiang Yan and asked, "Brother Jiang, will your palace examination include this kind of questions?"
Jiang Yan swallowed and said, "I seem to suddenly understand why I only passed the imperial examination. The gap in thinking is too big."
Four weaker personal trainers: "..."
It’s over. With the little devil’s horrific learning speed, it’s questionable whether they can make it to the next two years.
The most frightened one was Pan Hongzhi. He gritted his teeth and thought that he probably wouldn't be able to tutor this kid any more, and his financial future was worrying...
Wei Xinglu was at a loss for words, and Shen Yibai's mind went blank. He was even thinking: If only I could have a few more fat, treacherous officials like this...
Zong Wenxiu clenched his fingers and said with red eyes: "Then should the good officials, common people and wealthy businessmen who were oppressed by these treacherous officials die? Just because they have treasures, they are guilty and deserve to be cruelly harmed by treacherous officials. In the end, they are only told that they are fat pigs raised by the court. Is this fair? How can we explain this to loyal officials like Fusu and Yue Fei who were unjustly killed? Which good officials will still serve the court and work for the people in the future?"
Compared with the shock of others, Zong Wenxiu felt more resentment and injustice behind the good officials. He could not understand the behavior of supporting treacherous officials. This was completely different from the orthodox ideas he had learned in the past. This was parody.
The brothers are facing off, and the emotions are intense.
Everyone on the sidelines was too shy to say a word and just waited for Zong Jincheng's response. This debate was even more exciting than they had imagined.
The little devil felt sorry for his brother as he watched him being hit hard. However, the world is not black and white. He had not yet revealed many of the historical facts he had found, otherwise his brother would be even more devastated...
The little devil looked at Xu Wan, hesitating whether to continue speaking.
He was afraid that his brother couldn't bear the blow.