Chapter 614: Hundred Schools of Thought Debate Conference (V)

In the second debate, the Confucian Zeng Sheng faced off against the Legalist giant Li Si. It was thought that Zeng Sheng's strength would be much greater than his opponent, and he could defeat Li Si in at most one day.

However, at the beginning of the debate, the two were inseparable from the test. As the former prime minister of Qin, Li Si had the entire country's governance in his hands. After Qin surrendered to Huaxia, he began to seriously study the system of Huaxia, and some of his conclusions made many people admire him.

The topic of the two debates was "Should gambling houses be completely stopped?" This topic was discussed countless times in the House of Representatives of Huaxia, but there was no result.

The insights of the saints are beyond everyone. They can calculate the absolute impact of your every word on the future. Therefore, a debate with a saint may fail if you make a slight mistake, and Zeng Sheng is not an ordinary saint.

Li Si has a sharp mind. At the beginning, he involved the topic in all aspects of national development. Zeng Sheng needed to analyze carefully to give an answer. Li Si was actually half a chip ahead of Zeng Sheng.

But after a day, Li Si was already unable to resist, and his mental strength could not compare with that of the saint, and he was defeated by the debate of the saint Zeng Shen.

The saint Zeng Shen advocated guidance. The entertainment methods of the people have not kept up with the countless social developments. Suppression is impossible. Entertainment gambling should be relaxed. In terms of national management, people who are addicted to gambling should be educated and punished. The core is to enrich the entertainment methods of the people.

Li Si believed that most gamblers have too much free time. They should be caught and made to do voluntary labor. Those who do not change after repeated violations should be punished according to the crime. Entertainment gambling can only be held at home, and no gatherings should occur, otherwise they should be severely punished.

By the afternoon of the next day, Li Si had only half of his petals left, but he still refused to admit defeat. The saint Zeng Shen had more than ten petals than him. If there was no big one, Li Si would definitely lose.

On the third day, the two continued to fight, because the scope of the battle was already very wide. Even though the saint's mental power was consumed very much, Li Si's mental power was consumed to the limit. After Hua Kai lost another battle with Li Si, he took only half of Li Si's petals. Li Si bowed to the saint Zeng Shen and admitted defeat.

The last game was the one that many people paid the most attention to. Cao Zirui, the second saint of the family, faced Meng Sheng of the Confucian family. As Hua Kai's eldest disciple, Cao Zirui was the only one in the family who could maintain a perfect victory, and everyone had high hopes for him.

Meng Sheng was also one of the most important figures in Confucianism. Although he had just been promoted to a saint not long ago, his influence in Confucianism was only second to Confucius.

At the beginning, the two did not try to launch a fierce attack on each other. Cao Zirui made a series of classic remarks expounded by Hua Kai, which Meng Sheng had never heard of. He needed to think carefully before answering, and it can be seen that he was under great pressure.

The two of them were evenly matched for a day, but everyone could see that Meng Sheng was more exhausted. On the third day, Cao Zirui led the topic to the relationship between the country and the people, which he was better at. Meng Sheng began to be unable to resist. By the afternoon of the second day, Cao Zirui had already gained a great advantage. Meng Sheng saw this and admitted defeat to Cao Zirui.

So the three people who maintained their undefeated status have been announced, but everyone is still discussing their rankings.

On October 9, the day before National Day, the Baijia Academy announced the top 20 rankings, which was not much different from all the expected results. Next, the Chinese Congress will hold a three-day vote. Everyone can vote for the person they most recognize. In the end, the Chinese Congress will give the world's scholars a ranking based on the points.

The ranking given by the Baijia Academy. Zeng Shen is the first, Cao Zirui is ranked second, Laozi is ranked third, and a sub-sage is ranked second, which makes everyone feel that it is natural. Everyone saw the results of the last game of the three people. Cao Zirui defeated Meng Sheng with a great advantage in two days, and Meng Sheng defeated Confucius.

Meng Sheng ranked fourth, which convinced everyone. His strength was very outstanding among all the saints. The fifth was Li Si, the sixth was Guan Sheng, the seventh was Hua Chengwen, the eighth was the Yin-Yang School Saint, the ninth was the Confucian Confucius, the tenth was Hua Kai's disciple Yan Nanfei, the eleventh was the Mohist Saint, and the sixteenth was Yan Sheng.

Yan Sheng was actually ranked sixteenth, because he was the only saint who lost all three games. Despite this, the top ten Confucianists occupied three seats, and the first place, Zeng Shen Saint, was likely to become the top scholar in the world.

The top twenty Confucians occupied seven seats, the Legalists occupied four seats, the School occupied three seats, the Taoists occupied two seats, the Mohists occupied one seat, the Yin-Yang School occupied one seat, the Military Strategists occupied one seat, and the Famous Scholars occupied one seat.

The ranking of scholars in Huaxia quickly spread throughout the country, and even people in Java Island and Xiandao County had already handed in their votes to local newspapers or government offices, and they could send the results to Xiacheng.

On the evening of October 12, all the results had been counted, and on the 13th it was time to announce the results.

This debate of 100 schools of thought will determine the future development of all schools in China, so all students in the world attach great importance to it. Confucianism, Legalism, Military Science, Yin-Yang School are quite happy with the result of this debate.

The Mohist School, Miscellaneous School, Agricultural School, etc. are not very satisfied with this. Although there is only one sub-sage from the Mohist School participating in the debate competition, the number of schools is the largest in China, and everyone says that they have failed Hua Kai's expectations.

The Mohist School was kicked out of the four major schools at once, and its number is only second to that of the Mohist School, and its influence is not much less than that of the Confucian School, but only Mozi won the 11th place. Agricultural School and Miscellaneous School are originally major academic schools in the Central Plains, and in the end no one entered the finals.

When Hua Kai came to Baijia Academy again in the early morning of the thirteenth day, he saw that there were more spectators in Baijia Academy today than when the debate was most intense. In the past few days, the records of the debates in Baijia Academy have been spread throughout China. Many people are eager to witness this world-renowned debate competition. The three pavilions and three academies of China have purchased a set of books to study students. Many departments have already focused on learning the content of the debate, which is also what Hua Kai mentioned in [Family Secret Space].

Hua Kai stood on the high platform. In front of him were only 20 debaters who entered the finals, including Zeng Shenshengren. They were all waiting for the results of the competition with the audience. Hua Kai took out a piece of paper and came to the crowd. He turned around and looked at the audience first.

Today, the number of spectators in Baijia Academy exceeded 400,000, which is more than the total population of many important cities. The audience cheered and they were celebrating this holy ceremony.

"As role models for scholars all over the world, the 20 of you who are the winners of this debate conference not only need strong strength, but also need to keep the people and the country in mind at all times.

Only by being recognized by the people of the world can a scholar's success be better demonstrated, and prove that you have used your knowledge in the right place.

From the end of the debate conference to the end of the vote counting yesterday evening, the government and newspapers at all levels in China received a total of 142.31 million votes, which also shows that the people of China attach great importance to and expect this debate competition.

Among them, Hua Chengwen ranked first with 48.12 million votes, Confucius ranked second with 40.39 million votes, and Cao Zirui ranked third with 37.72 million votes.

According to the ranking and points of the 20 of you, I now announce: Zeng Sheng of Confucianism is named the first scholar of China and awarded the immortal weapon [Xuanling Tower].

Cao Zirui of Feng family is named the second scholar of China and awarded the immortal weapon [Zhitian Sword].

Laozi of Taoism is named the third scholar of China and awarded the immortal weapon [Jiutian Ding].

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Hua Kai read out the results, and everyone in the audience opened their mouths wide! The Holy Lord actually awarded immortal weapons, which have the effect of evolving the world. Those who possess immortal weapons will become powerful people in the Golden Core Realm.

Hua Chengwen's ranking rose from seventh to fifth, Kong Sheng rose from ninth to seventh, and Mo Sheng rose from eleventh to tenth.

The rankings of the remaining people did not change. Hua Kai rewarded the third place with a primary immortal weapon, the fourth to sixth places with top-grade spiritual treasures, the seventh to tenth places with high-grade spiritual treasures, and the eleventh to twentieth places with intermediate spiritual treasures.

The rewards were very rich, and more importantly, the 20 of them became role models for scholars all over the world.

In addition, the 21st to 50th places also had spiritual treasures and spiritual pills as rewards, and all those who made achievements gained a lot.

When Hua Kai finished his announcement, there was a cheer from the audience. Hua Kai signaled everyone to stop, and the entire Baijia Academy suddenly became silent.

"The education of the Hundred Schools of Thought in Huaxia has always been a difficult problem for the country. To be frank, the Hundred Schools of Thought have always been challengers to the royal power. Someone once told me that we should learn from the King of Qin and ban the dissemination of academic knowledge." When Hua Kai said this, many people couldn't help but feel scared. What they feared most was that Hua Kai would do this.

"But we all know that academic dissemination is the key to human development. If academic dissemination is banned, humans will be tied up, and the people's thoughts will be bound. What happiness can we talk about?

Therefore, I have always encouraged the dissemination of academic thoughts, established a large number of colleges in Huaxia, and allowed the Hundred Schools of Thought to establish their own newspapers and speak freely. They have never been punished for any inappropriate remarks."

When Hua Kai said this, everyone put their hearts at ease. They were still waiting for the Hundred Schools of Thought to lead the human race to the next glory. Now the development of the Hundred Schools of Thought in Huaxia has exceeded any period in history.

"I have decided to establish the [Zhu Zi Society] in Huaxia. Everyone can apply to join the [Zhu Zi Society]. Each member can receive a subsidy of more than 10 gold coins every month. A great man can receive 100 gold coins, and a saint can receive 1,000 gold coins.

In addition, the [Zhu Zi Society] is at the same level as the three cabinets of Huaxia. The 20 of you are now the first senators of the [Zhu Zi Society]. Saint Zeng Shen is the president of the senate. Senators receive a subsidy of 100,000 gold coins every year, and the president of the senate can receive 200,000 gold coins. All of this money is provided by the royal family."