Chapter 178 Calling a Deer a Horse?

This really put the ministers in a difficult position.

It is impossible that someone else has said the direction of development for the new year, and you are not able to oppose this or that, right? If you keep opposing, then please come up with a feasible suggestion yourself.

But, they can’t say it!

But if they just agree with Ang Lee's idea, they will gain nothing. Even the power in their hands will be greatly reduced and eventually diluted and hollowed out.

The most difficult thing to accept is the academy.

This is uprooting the major aristocratic families!

The talents produced by the academy and military school will definitely be sent to the court. If they cannot intervene and get a share of the pie, it will only become more and more difficult in the future. Once the selection and delivery of talents is in the hands of others, the aristocratic families behind them will only slowly die out!
While everyone was still discussing, Li An had lost much patience.

He turned to look at the emperor and asked directly, "What do you think, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother?"

Silence, silence is Cambridge tonight. Oh, no, it is the palace today.

After a long silence, a difficult voice came from the hall: "Approved!"

This was the Queen Mother's voice, accompanied by Zhan Doudou's nod.

Seeing this, Li An no longer hesitated. He patted the sword box under him, and a sword flew out of it with a thought, and began to carve on the pillar in the hall without anyone to do it.

A moment later, a vivid sika deer came into view of everyone.

Everyone exclaimed in amazement at this amazing scene. Looking at the master's painting and the meticulous carving techniques, they all sighed and completely forgot that Li An had entered the palace with a weapon in his hand.

Today was the second time Shangshan Hu and Xiao En had seen such a swordsman's skill, but they were still shocked. Although they were not grandmasters, in their opinion, perhaps even a grandmaster could not do what they saw before them.

Li An used his luck to speak, and his voice was as loud as a bell, awakening everyone who was intoxicated: "You are all the backbone of the court, and you must have extraordinary knowledge!"

"Then let me test you all. What is this that I am depicting?"

Seeing the imperial teacher asking questions, the ministers all smiled, thinking that he was showing off his painting skills. Although it was a bit inappropriate to do this in a court meeting, who could blame him for his exquisite painting skills?

Look at this sika deer, it seems to be about to jump out of the pillar!

So they responded one after another: "The master's skills are amazing. This little deer looks so lifelike, as if it were a living creature. It's really amazing!"

"Yes, it is a fawn."

"Although our painting skills are average, we can still recognize it!"

Li An nodded with a smile on his face, but his smile was intriguing. He continued, "That's not the case. What I drew is a horse!"

Mu Yun seemed a little uneasy, not knowing what Li An was thinking, so he said, "Perhaps the Imperial Master made a mistake?"

Hahaha!
The more Ang Lee thought about it, the more interesting it seemed. It was as if he was witnessing a historical story, except now he was the protagonist of the story.

The loud laughter resounded throughout the hall, causing all officials to look at each other in confusion.

"Please take a closer look."

Li An turned around and asked the Emperor and the Queen Mother: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Just as Zhan Doudou was about to say that it was a deer, he heard the Queen Mother coughing behind him, so he didn't rush to express his opinion, but just said: "It's too far away to see clearly, so let's listen to your opinions!"

Li An nodded in agreement and interrupted the discussion. "After taking a closer look, do you still think it is a deer?"

Some people who were observing the situation had sensed something unusual and began to speak tentatively: "I think it's a horse!"

After a while, more than half of the people in the hall claimed to be horsemen.

"Since there is still controversy, let the minority obey the majority!"

"If you think it's a deer, please stand on my right hand side. If you think it's a horse, please stand on my left hand side!"

Those who could sneak into the capital of Northern Qi and attend the court meeting were not stupid people at all. Now everyone understood Li Ang's intention.

This is forcing yourself to take sides!
At that moment, some people in the crowd began to move slowly. In a short while, the crowd was clearly divided into two groups, but there were still people moving back and forth between the two sides, some hesitant.

In the central government where Li An was, only the prime minister and the grand tutor did not take any action.

Seeing that the crowd had gradually calmed down, most people agreed that it was a horse. According to what was said before, the minority obeys the majority, so we can now conclude that it is a horse.

Li An shook his head in disappointment, without a trace of pride.

If the entire Northern Qi court is like this, how can we talk about defeating the Qing Kingdom?

"Your Majesty, it seems that the ministers have come to the conclusion that this is a horse!"

Zhan Doudou just thought it was a show. She remembered the many officials standing on the side of the horse. She looked at them until they lowered their heads. Then she smiled and said, "Yes, even I think it looks like a horse!"

This also made the many officials standing on Ma Yi's side breathe a sigh of relief.

Among those standing on the side of the deer were Mu Yun and others. They were still moved. They were on the side of justice, seeking truth from facts and not confusing right and wrong! They straightened their chests like fighters who were not afraid of power!

This is the Northern Qi court!
There wasn't even one person who refuted him harshly. Even those standing opposite him were Mu Yun and others who had people behind them who were hostile to him and were challenging him.

The only ones who still care about their reputation are the transparent prime minister and the imperial tutor, right?
"Please ask Minister Yu to record the names of the gentlemen standing on the side of the deer, and then send imperial doctors to treat their eye diseases one by one. I think it's because you have worked so hard and devoted yourself to your papers that you overused your eyes and couldn't tell whether it was a horse or a deer."

Li An's words sounded like the roar of the King of Hell, blasting into the ears of the officials on that side.

This... This means that there will be a reckoning later!

They no longer had the righteous spirit they had before, their bodies were shaking like sieves. On this snowy winter day, they were sweating profusely, their faces were unnaturally red from being too excited.

Not a single one behaved normally.
Now Li An has completely given up and has no more worries. It seems that no one has been wronged, and no one believes that it is wrong and insists that it is a deer!

Even though the sword is still floating above my head
"Sir, is it really appropriate for you to confuse right and wrong like this?" Although Wang Shisanlang's words were not complimentary, he was concerned about Li Ang.

Ang Lee didn't feel offended because he was indeed confusing right and wrong.

"If I were a treacherous official, I would be infamous for eternity after what I did today."

He smiled slightly and said nonchalantly: "If I can make this country strong and unify the world, then today's incident will only be an interesting story!"

"I just want to stop the opposition in the court so that I can do what I want to do instead of arguing with them here. In this way, I believe that the people of the world can live a life with enough food and warm clothes as soon as possible!"

Although he was still worried about Li Ang, Shisan Wang stopped talking.

Since the gentleman is not afraid, why shouldn't I accompany him all the way to the end?

(End of this chapter)