Where Did Prosperity Come From?

As Qiu Yan's voice sank, the atmosphere around them gradually grew solemn. Chen Feifan, who had stepped forward to argue with him, immediately felt a crushing weight!

A pressure was bearing down upon him!

Yet he still found a flaw in Qiu Yan's words!

He looks down on us! He looks down on us Imperial Academy students, the elite among scholars, the future great ministers of Great Rui! If I seize on this point, I can immediately stir the students in the room into sympathy and turn the situation around!

Without a doubt, Chen Feifan had a keen nose and considerable nerve. He had mastered the art of debate, and Qiu Yan's final remarks did not move him in the slightest. Rather than distinguish right from wrong, he said, "Doctor Qiu, your words are rather biased!"

The moment he spoke, he shattered the tension and oppression Qiu Yan's words had created, drawing the other students' attention toward himself.

"You say even high court officials cannot accomplish it, but many court officials are corrupt and do not devote themselves to their duties. Their hearts are not upright. What they cannot do, we may not necessarily be unable to do. Just as we understand principles that those officials may not understand!"

Chen Feifan's words were undoubtedly what the students wanted to hear and were willing to believe. No one thought themselves inferior to others, and naturally, they enjoyed being praised. Chen's words perfectly satisfied that need.

Qiu Yan merely smiled faintly and said, "Whether one is corrupt concerns character and virtue; whether one is capable concerns ability and methods. You deliberately confuse the two, which itself reveals ulterior motives. It is very much of a piece with your earlier debating tactics. And you indiscriminately pin the actions of certain people upon an