Chapter 450 Lottery Ji Song doesn't care what their expressions or thoughts are.
After saying that, he returned to his seat. Today he is the judge and the person presiding over the debate. The students will take the stage later.
In the past half an hour, Ji Song looked at the students in the audience, stood up, saluted the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, we are ready now. Do you want to start now?"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said domineeringly: "Then let's get started!"
"promise!"
He came to the center of the high platform, looked at the crowd of people, and said loudly: "Please invite the students who are preparing to debate to come to the stage."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Tai walked up to the high platform impatiently. He first saluted Li Shimin, who was laughing so hard that he couldn't open his eyes, and then saluted all the prime ministers and gentlemen before walking to the center.
Then Li Ke also came on stage and did the same thing again.
Li Shimin nodded. He was very happy. His son was also an outstanding student in the academy. How could he be unhappy as a father?
Especially in terms of etiquette, he is impeccable, which gives him great face.
Li Tai and Li Ke were very excited to see their father happy, and decided to perform well today to impress their father.
Ji Song didn't care about the silent communication between their father and son. He looked at the audience and encouraged: "Who else is there? Is it just the two of them?"
Many students in the audience were hesitant. Those who originally wanted to go on stage stopped thinking the moment they saw the emperor. They still knew how much they weighed.
Before the emperor didn't come, they still had the courage to play, but now... It doesn't matter if they lose, but if they are deemed unworthy of use by the emperor, they will be forced to leave the court in the future. They don't dare to take such a risk!
But some students were unwilling to give in. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that the emperor knew in advance that his two princes were going to play and came specifically to watch.
If you go up there, it's fine if you lose. But if you accidentally win against the two princes, where will you put the emperor's face?
"There are students!"
At this time, to everyone's surprise, a burly young man came onto the stage. He also saluted the emperor and the gentlemen and then stood in Taichung.
Ji Song was stunned. He didn't expect it to be this student. He looked at him deeply and said nothing.
"And me." Another student stood up.
This time it seemed to have caused a chain reaction, and more than ten students came to the stage afterwards.
"it is good"
I don’t know who was applauding in the audience, and everyone also gave a roaring applause to the students who came on stage.
Ji Song stepped forward with a smile and pressed it with his hand, and the students became quiet.
"Very good. As students, don't have too many worries. Failure is not terrible. What is terrible is not having the courage to try."
"This is the time for you to learn, and in the process of learning, it doesn't matter if you fail once or twice, or take detours, but first you have to try!"
In fact, Ji Song still had something to say.
If no students come on stage after his encouragement, he will not stop the debate. The opportunity has been given to you. As for whether you can seize it, it depends on your own choice.
As for what the students were considering, Ji Song scoffed!
If someone can beat Li Tai and Li Ke, Li Shimin will not only not be unhappy, but also overjoyed.
No one knows better than himself how eager the emperor is for talents, especially the students in the academy who have a teacher-student relationship with him.
Taking a step back, even if you feel unhappy, you will be rewarded heavily for your own prestige and to win over people's hearts.
Even if he sells his son, he won’t hesitate!After everyone came on stage, Ji counted 18 people.
He laughed now and looked at Li Tai who was a little angry and Li Ke who was a little surprised. He smiled very happily.
Li Gang was also very happy. If there were only two princes, then this debate would be fine!
Regardless of whether the two of them really proved it, it would be difficult to stop the world from talking about it, and it might even damage the academy's reputation, which he couldn't tolerate.
But now there are eighteen students on stage, which is great, and this is a bit interesting! "Very good. Since you have the courage to stand here, you are commendable for your courage no matter what. Each of you will get three points as a reward, no matter you win or lose!" Ji Song said with a smile.
The 18 people were stunned at first, and then they were overjoyed and quickly thanked Ji Song!
But Li Shimin's face turned dark. What did this mean? My two children didn't say anything when they came on stage, but they encouraged the students below to come on stage to challenge, and now they're giving them rewards? He knows the function of points and also knows the value of points.
Not to mention other things, these three points are equivalent to thirty copper coins. What a big deal! Li Gang glanced at Ji Song, and then he swallowed his unhappiness. This is the right thing, it must be fair and strict, otherwise this debate will be a joke.
Many students in the audience felt regretful when they heard that they would be awarded three points just for coming on stage.
Especially students from poor families feel even more regretful for their cowardice. That's thirty guans!
But there is no medicine for regret in the world, I can only secretly hate myself for not living up to expectations! After Ji Song finished speaking, he looked at the 18 people on the stage. He didn't care what the students below thought.
"Well, since there are only 18 of you, let's prepare to draw lots!"
For the sake of fairness, Ji Song did not specify who should come first.
Instead, we prepared to draw lots so that it would be fair to everyone.
The first one to step forward was Li Tai. He was just crazy because he wanted to look good in front of his father.
"eighteen?"
No way?Is my luck so bad? Li Tai looked at his father with aggrieved face, wanting to ask for comfort!
Li Shimin turned his head to the side, as if he was talking to Fang Xuanling, as if I didn't see him.
Li Tai felt even more aggrieved now and wanted to cry, but thinking about the current situation, he could only hold back and gritted his teeth and stood aside.
The second person to come up was Li Ke, who was a little nervous.
You must know that there is a big difference between the first and the last one. The closer you get to the end, the slimmer your chances will be. Unless all the first 17 people answered incorrectly, then there will be a chance for a comeback.
"two?"
When he saw this number, Li Ke almost fainted from happiness.
"Okay, next!"
Ji Song had no intention of caring about him, and he didn't do any tricks in the drawing of lots. Since he was lucky, there was nothing he could do about it.
After everyone has finished drawing lots, the next game will begin.
The first student to be drawn was Ji Song, who ranked among the top in the last quarterly assessment. His name was Zheng Ming. He was a branch of the Zheng family in Xingyang and was considered the top batch among the academy students.
Zheng Ming was a little nervous. He didn't expect that he would get the first lottery, which made his mind go blank for a while.
"Don't be nervous. Today there is only the Academy Chief here, not the emperor or the prime minister. Just think of me as your husband. I don't believe you would be so nervous in front of your husband?"
Li Shimin came out at the right time and said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)