Chapter 227: Challenge from Xianyang Academy

June 9th, another debate day is coming.

Jixia Academy has now won two out of three games, and the results are pretty good. Hua Kai had discussed with other debaters in the academy yesterday about how to deal with special topics in the future. After all, when talking about unification, they will definitely have to talk about the country behind them, which makes the students of Xianyang Academy very confident in this regard.

In the morning, Hua Kai felt that as soon as he went to the No. 1 seat, several Qin students secretly looked at him from time to time. He didn't care too much about it. As the top player in the debate conference, it was normal to be noticed by everyone.

At this time, the host announced the start of the tenth debate in the first round, and the No. 33 Jixia Academy student went on stage to choose his challenge opponent.

Now all students basically only choose opponents with close rankings to themselves, because the lessons learned from the previous few games are that the greater the difference in numbers, the less suspense there is in the results of the game. And No. 32 is a student from the Jixia Academy, and everyone thought that No. 33 would choose No. 32.

"Wang Xiangcheng, a student from the Xianyang Academy of Qin, majored in Mohism and Famous School, and minored in Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, Yin-Yang School, Diplomacy, Miscellaneous School, Home, Farming School, and Merchants. Please ask the number one student."

This student was slightly dark and thin. After he came on stage, he saluted everyone first, and then slowly spoke.

Everyone was excited when they heard this. At this time, someone actually started to challenge the number one debater. This is something to watch!

Many people in the audience cheered for the Qin student. Hua Kai did not expect that he would be on the stage today. He left his seat and came to the debate stage to salute the teacher and debater on the stage. Qin Zheng was not present today.

"Hua Kai, Jixia Academy of Qi, majored in novelist, and minored in Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Mohism, Yin-Yang, Diplomacy, Miscellaneous, and Agriculture!" Hua Kai saluted his opponent and introduced himself first.

The audience was very surprised to hear that Hua Kai actually studied all ten schools, and his major was novelist. Many of the participating students are from the School of Education, but Hua Kai is the only one who takes it as his main direction.

"Meet Hua Shengzi, your name has been known in Xianyang City for a long time. May I ask you, Shengzi, why do people study?"

The other party asked calmly, and everyone was led to think by his words. Hua Kai knew that his opponent today was coming with bad intentions.

The topic of why to study is explained in the great works of various philosophers and schools of thought. The other party must have been fully prepared to ask. Hua Kai only thought about it for a while and knew what he meant. He spoke calmly.

"Learn to survive! Learn to make progress! Learn to be wise!" Hua Kai's voice reached everyone's ears, and everyone couldn't help but think of the scenes of ordinary people struggling to survive, the scenes of noble families fighting monsters for development, and the scenes of teachers giving lectures to students on the podium.

Everyone had different scenes in mind when they heard Hua Kai's words, but they could all understand the scene of humans constantly learning and progressing in order to survive and develop. Learning is the fundamental reason why humans are superior to beasts. If they give up learning and research, will humans lose their most powerful magic weapon?

"Good! I have read hundreds of books, and I am strict with myself. I study every day and dare not slack off. However, wolf disasters and droughts have come one after another, and the people are in distress. How do the hundreds of schools deal with it?"

Famous scholars are good at debate, and Mohists are self-disciplined. This student's questions are very tricky. He asked Hua Kai what the hundreds of schools did in the disasters of several years? What should be done? This is to put the contradiction on all thinkers!

"The hundreds of schools of thought can bring peace to the world and make the world prosperous! The schools of thought are derived from the unofficial officials, street talk, hearsay, and also pass on knowledge. The people know and understand the world, and the human race is prosperous!" Hua Kai said slowly.

Everyone in the audience seemed to see the efforts of the hundreds of schools of thought. Although they could not directly help the people through the disasters like the aristocratic families in natural disasters, they were not without any credit. Each school of thought uses its own method to educate the people. For example, novelists appear in alleys and villages every day. They are all conveying their own thoughts and filling their lives with strength.

"There are countless people who publish books in the world, but most of them are just moaning without illness, and there are countless books that are unbearable to read. How painful it is for the people to read them! Novelists appear in alleys, and their vulgar words are better than academics, which are also useful studies?"

Everyone has been convinced by Hua Kai's words, but when they heard the Qin scholar say this, they couldn't help but start to think deeply. Most of the books circulating among the people are some bad books. These books and stories are also written by people from the Hundred Schools, especially the Hundred Schools, which are more vulgar. They don't talk about academics and tell useless stories.

The other party said this to lead the topic to the good and bad knowledge, thereby downplaying the role of the Hundred Schools and promoting the importance of the monarch's power. But Hua Kai knew that he had won. The other party dared to lead the topic to the good and bad academics of the Hundred Schools. How could he let the other party escape from this pit?

"The Great Dao is the Simplest! The academic research of hundreds of schools of thought eventually leads to different paths. The words of each school are passed on to the people. That is also a choice of the Great Dao, regardless of whether it is noble or vulgar.

I once wrote a book titled "Red Mansions", which contains the noble status of the Jia family, but it is not liked by everyone!" Hua Kai bowed to the other party after saying this. He should have won this debate!

The two debated three times. Hua Kai's words "The Great Dao is the Simplest" blocked all the other party's retreats. If he wanted to debate again, he would have to take back what he said at the beginning. In just three short sentences, all the questions asked by the students of Xianyang Academy were explained clearly.

"Thank you for the teachings of the Holy Son!" The other party thought for a while and bowed to Hua Kai to admit defeat.

The whole debate ended in less than five minutes. From beginning to end, Hua Kai only said three short sentences. At this time, many students were still considering the meaning of Hua Kai's words, and the outcome of the debate had been determined.

Walking back to his seat, Hua Kai looked at Qin Jiao and nodded to him with a smile. This Qin State must have sent this student just to test him. He had achieved the great success of the ten great minds, and an ordinary student could not pose any threat to him at all.

But today, when I debate on stage, all my thoughts will be carefully analyzed by the other party. They will find out my weaknesses and continue to test me, so as to prepare for the final duel between Qin Jiao and me.

This debate was too fast, and the host invited the next student to come on stage. This student only chose the opponent whose serial number was close to his. When they came on stage, they seemed to be still affected by Hua Kai's words just now and they were not in a good state.

Without Hua Kai's ability to attract people deeply in the debate, nor the depth of Hua Kai's words to explore the essence, everyone was very different from the students, which was simply bullying. Everyone lost interest when watching these two students debate. They couldn't help but stare at the students who ranked higher, hoping that there were also everyone among them, and they would bring everyone a wonderful debate competition.

In the following days, all the palaces and colleges became smarter. They carefully analyzed the characteristics of each participating student and found the opponent with the highest winning rate for their outstanding students. As for some students with poor strength, they even deliberately competed with students from their own college, so as to at least increase the probability of their seeded players entering the top ten.

Although some colleges chose civil war, the intensity was no less than that of other debate opponents. Sometimes, both sides even had a tense battle for more than five hours.

When all the students finished the 23 debates, it was already September 19th.

Jixia Academy won seven out of ten games, showing its strong strength. Xianyang Academy won six out of ten games, but it was behind Jixia Academy. After the 23 debates, everyone rested for five days, and then everyone had their second debate.

The second debate started with choosing opponents from No. 1, which was exactly the opposite of the beginning. The teacher of Jixia Academy called everyone together on this day and gave them the next tactics.

"In terms of strength, there are three people in our Jixia Academy who have the strength to enter the top ten, but if you two perform well, you will also have a chance to enter the semi-finals. Let's arrange it this way." Several teachers began to choose opponents for the next debate according to the serial numbers of all the students. Of course, if they were selected by the top five in strength, there would be nothing they could do.

"Son, you'd better choose Qin Jiao. No one among all people should be able to compare with you in learning. After defeating Qin Jiao, fewer people will dare to fight you. This is also very important for your reputation."

To be promoted to a great man or a saint, you need reputation. Many young students and masters travel to hundreds of countries to study for fame. This debate conference is an opportunity to gain fame. In the next few decades, the 46 of them are likely to be promoted to great men or even saints because of this debate.

The family's luck value has increased by more than 260 points so far, and it has just exceeded 1100 points. Although this is enough to refine a spiritual weapon, Hua Kai must accumulate at least 1400 points of luck before he dares to forge it. At the current rate of decreasing family luck value every day, it will take at least more than a month to accumulate enough luck value.

The fifth uncle also brought the members of the Hua family back to Guang County from Yan State. Tens of thousands of refugees outside Huajiabao have been divided into dozens of sections to start construction. This project has attracted the attention of many Linzi City families. Although Qi State is close to the sea, water resources are very scarce. No family in the entire Qi State has built a canal by itself, even if it is only more than ten miles long.

This day, the fifth uncle told Hua Kai two news, one good and one bad.

The bad news is that there are more and more refugees outside Huajiabao. Some families in Linzi City see that the Hua family is still collecting refugees and come to Huajiabao to borrow food.

It is almost July, and September is the season for grain harvest. By now, many families in Linzi City have run out of grain. Hua Kai told the fifth uncle Hua Zichen not to care. He dared not open the door to borrow grain. Opening Huajiabao would do more harm than good. He asked the fifth uncle to control the grain and tell all the families who borrowed grain that Huajiabao also had no grain.

Another good news is that there have been some disagreements between the new and old families in Linzi City in recent days.

The new noble families have already divided up the cake before the war is over, and they have eaten it right after they arrived. The old noble families are still waiting for the final victory of the Yan State War, but it will take at least a year for all the troops to withdraw, and by then the cake eaten by the new noble families will probably be almost digested!

This is definitely not acceptable, so everyone is already discussing rewarding the families who have made contributions in this war in advance, which is good news for Hua Kai.