Tai Chi Hall.
Li Er and other ministers all turned their attention to Li Zexuan.
Li Zexuan suddenly felt a lot of pressure. To convince Li Er, he had to think of an upright reason, but he couldn't be vague like he was in front of Cheng Chumo.
Li Zexuan quickly searched for various suitable reasons in his mind, and suddenly an idea came to him. He stepped forward and bowed and answered:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are two main reasons why I bought such a huge amount of chickens:
First, I saw that my villagers lived in poverty and could not even eat two meals of meat throughout the year. Children in the village may not have new clothes to wear during the New Year. So I provided chickens to the villagers in exchange for reducing their annual rent. Let farmers help me raise chickens, and the eggs laid by the chickens can help farmers subsidize their families and improve their lives.
Secondly, the boy's family opened a Zuixianlou restaurant, which launched nibbling chicken a month ago. It was very popular among the people of Chang'an, and all the ministers must have known about it. Next year, Xiaozi plans to launch 128 dishes with chicken as the main dish at Zuixianlou.
These include braised chicken, chicken stewed with mushrooms, beggar's chicken, roasted chicken, hibiscus chicken slices, colorful shredded chicken, crispy chicken, spicy chicken, kung pao chicken, boiled chicken, grilled chicken wings, stir-fried chicken, and salt-baked chicken Chicken, Xiangfei chicken, sweet and sour chicken, three-cup chicken wings, honey ginger chicken, apple curry chicken, Baihua phoenix wings, curry chicken, white-cut chicken, shredded chicken, cold shredded chicken, chicken skewers, iron plate Chicken, diced chicken fried rice, etc. "
Li Zexuan spoke quickly and showed off the names of dishes.
Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Yu Chigong and other veteran generals listened with eyes wide open. Although they had never eaten it, just hearing the names of these dishes made them salivate, especially some generals who had not eaten breakfast. It was almost noon now. The court had not yet ended, and they were hungry now. When they heard Li Zexuan announcing the names of the dishes in a fancy way, they all stood there and swallowed hard.
The civil service team was not much better, and there were also many foodies among them. When they heard the names of these unheard of dishes, these officials closed their eyes and thought about how delicious these dishes were. For a moment, the hall was almost filled with the sound of swallowing.
Li Er was also a little hungry after what Li Zexuan said, but he was still sane. At this time, he frowned and asked: "Li Zexuan, if you want to introduce these famous dishes, you can just go to the East Market to buy chicken. Why do you still Do you want to go to such great lengths to raise chickens yourself?”
Li Zexuan was well prepared and replied: "Your Majesty, these dishes I mentioned have relatively high quality requirements for chicken. I previously built a very large chicken farm on the back hill of my village, and Xiaomin bought these The chickens will be raised on this mountain, allowing them to feed on the grass, insects, rice bran, etc. on the mountain.
Compared with the domestic chickens raised by farmers themselves, the free-range chickens on these mountains are lively and active and have stronger flying abilities. This will result in free-range chickens with compact muscle structure, less fat, good taste, better nutrition and better taste. "
In fact, there is another point that Li Zexuan didn't mention in his heart. Free-range chickens have better flying ability, and the efficiency of catching locusts will naturally be higher.
Li Er had never raised chickens before. He was stunned by Li Zexuan's theory. Finally, he doubted: "Are these free-range chickens really as good as you say?"
Li Zexuan was still sure of this. He nodded and said, "Your Majesty, it's absolutely true."
Cheng Yaojin swallowed his saliva at this time and stepped forward to help: "Your Majesty, I can testify. When I was still in Wagang Village, I once caught a few domestic chickens that escaped from farmers' houses in the mountains. Those chickens The wings are significantly longer and the chicken tastes better.”
Li Er nodded and said: "Okay, Li Zexuan, you have passed this first level. So how do you explain Wei Aiqing's impeachment of you?"
Li Zexuan first heard about Wei Zheng from Han Yuxi. He heard that he was good at wine and was a brewing master. On the other hand, there were many good stories between Wei Zheng and Li Er, and they eventually became famous prime ministers, ranking in Lingyan Pavilion.
Li Zexuan didn't expect that when he met Wei Zheng for the first time, he would be trolled by the biggest troll in the Tang Dynasty. He turned around dejectedly and looked at the line of civil servants, wanting to ask who was Wei Zheng.
"No need to ask, I am Wei Zheng. What I impeached is true. What do you have to say?"
When Wei Zheng saw Li Zexuan's eyes sweeping towards the group of civil servants again, knowing that he was looking for him, he walked out without waiting for Li Zexuan to ask. As the number one troll in the Tang Dynasty, who had he ever been afraid of
Li Zexuan bowed respectfully: "I have met Wei Zuocheng. I have a question. I wonder if Wei Zuocheng can help me solve it?"
"what is the problem?"
"There is a blacksmith shop that makes very sharp kitchen knives. The world is not peaceful, and many desperadoes use the kitchen knives from this shop to commit murder and swindle goods. I would like to ask Wei Zuocheng, should the government punish the criminals or the blacksmith? ?”
Li Zexuan told Wei Zheng a story about whether he was guilty of killing someone or selling a knife.
Wei Zheng answered: "Of course the murderer should be punished... um."
Before he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong.
Li Zexuan didn't give him a chance to change his story and said with a smile:
"Wei Zuocheng said it well. The same principle applies to scooters. Why should Wei Zuocheng punish the boy? Children playing scooters may be dangerous and may disrupt the order of the city, but Wei Zuocheng should not make relevant laws. If the law restricts the places where scooters can be used, how can it cause trouble for the kid?"
Wei Zheng was speechless for a moment and couldn't think of any good excuse to refute for a long time.
This kid is interesting. An inexplicable smile flashed across Changsun Wuji's lips at this time. He stepped forward and bowed to Li Er and said: "Your Majesty, I think what Li Zexuan said is reasonable, and Qiquge should be innocent."
Qiquge has 30% of the prince's shares. Li Chengqian mentioned this to Changsun Wuji many times before. Currently, Changsun Wuji is the most determined princeling. Although Qiqu Pavilion has nothing to do with the foundation of the prince, if Wei Zheng's wish is to seal up Qiqu Pavilion, it will more or less damage the reputation of the prince.
Of course, Changsun Wuji will never be a vanguard and charge into the battle. He only needs to complete the final last hit when the situation becomes clear.
Li Er nodded. He didn't take these trivial matters to heart. He brought them up separately just to give Wei Zheng some face and avoid getting burned. I didn't expect Li Zexuan to be able to turn the situation around. This kid is quite clever.
Of course, seeing Wei Zheng defeated, Li Er felt a little relieved. He suppressed a smile and said, "In that case, Li Zexuan is not guilty!"
Li Zexuan quickly bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, boy!"
At this time, Li Zexuan breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Changsun Wuji, wondering why this man wanted to help him. He turned around and asked Cheng Yaojin. The water in the court was really deep. Li Zexuan felt a little tired at this moment. Sure enough, he was not suitable for this intrigue and intrigue in officialdom.
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