Lu Jing saw that the first game was only a narrow victory, and knew that today was a tough battle, so he prepared for the second game with twelve points.

Song Xuequan asked people to bring up a wooden board with more than a dozen nostalgic questions pasted on it, and then he said to Lu Jing and the others: "In the second poetry competition, you can choose three of these questions as any topic. ”

Lu Jing raised his eyes and saw that what was written on it was: Jiang Shang Diaowei, Yan Hui Alley, Han Xin Begging, Sima Xiangru Sibi, Wang Wei Xianle, Guo Kui Yu Jungu, Du Guangwei Stableman, Wang Mengqi Lice, Cao Zhi Fu Luo Shen, etc.

I guessed in my heart that this question should be something that Song Xuequan tried his best to strive for, after all, he had a better understanding of these ancient deeds and a broader idea, which was easy to put into practice.

As if guessing Lu Jing's thoughts, Song Xuequan said to Mu Zhengnan: "These topics are all famous sages of the Central Plains, and they are unfair to you, so we will discuss and give you a privilege, you can decide whether to write poems or words, as well as the rhythm of the poems." ”

Mu Zhengnan thought that there were three more competitions below, and if he wrote a rhythmic poem, it would take more energy, so he said: "Xiao Wang chooses the Seven Uniques." ”

Song Xuequan asked Lu Jing, "Do you have any objections?" ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said, "There is no objection, but I don't know how to limit the rhyme?" ”

Song Xuequan said: "You limit the rhyme to each other, and you can limit the rhyme for each other after selecting the topic." ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing said to Mu Xiangnan: "After all, I took advantage of these topics, so let Your Excellency choose them first!" ”

Mu Zhengnan didn't shirk, so he walked to the wooden board and hooked Jiang Shangyuwei, Sima Xiangru Sibi and Fu Shuo Banzhu.

When Lu Jing saw his choice, he checked Yan Hui Alley, Han Xin Begging and Du Guangwei as a pawn.

After the two sides chosen, they limited the rhyme for each other, and then each thought about the idea and choice of the poem.

After Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai saw the topic, they chose the topic they wanted to write in their hearts, and they made a draft in their hearts.

Then several people each said a poem, and during the conversation, Xue Baochai told the story that Baoqin had also written ten nostalgic poems.

Lin Daiyu and a few people listened to it, and hurriedly asked Baoqin to say a few songs.

Xue Baoqin was a little modest, and said two songs, one is Huaiyin nostalgia, and the other is Guangling nostalgia.

Huaiyin nostalgia

The strong man must guard against the bullying of vicious dogs, and when the coffin is covered in three positions.

The words of the world are despised, and the grace of a meal is also known.

Guangling nostalgia

The cicada noise and crows perched in a blink of an eye, and the scenery of Sui Dike is near.

only because of the merry number, it provoked a lot of tongues.

Xue Baoqin finished reading and said: "Although the poem is vulgar, it is nostalgic for the past, and it is secretly vulgar, sisters may wish to guess." ”

When they heard this, they all called it wonderful.

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "The former song is a paper man, and the latter is a willow tree, am I right?" ”

Xue Baoqin nodded and said, "Sister Lin is really smart, and she can guess it." ”

Everyone was amused when they heard it, so they urged Xue Baoqin to say all ten poems.

When Xue Baoqin saw this, he read out the remaining eight songs, and everyone guessed the riddle again.

While she was talking, Daiyu saw that Lu Jing had started to write, and hurriedly took out a clairvoyant mirror to stare at it.

Xue Baoqin saw that Daiyu, Zhiyu, and Yinglian all took out a clairvoyant mirror, and she was very envious, and she was busy begging Lu Zhiyu to let her take a look.

After Lin Daiyu carefully read Lu Jing's poems, she nodded reassuringly, knowing that her husband was serious this time, and after reading three poems, she praised Han Xin the most for begging.

Then he looked at Mu Zhengnan's poems, and after reading them, he felt more at ease, and felt that his husband was likely to win.

Shi Xiangyun and the others couldn't see the content, so they asked Daiyu to relay it.

Daiyu read out the poems of the two, and after everyone listened to them, they discussed it, and at the same time agreed that Lu Jing would win.

Within a quarter of an hour, Lu Jing and Mu Zhengnan handed in their poems.

Song Xuequan and others first watched Lu Jing's three songs and seven uniques:

Du Guang is a pawn, limited to ten gray rhymes

Lost the way sad and returned, chasing the wind and guessing the electricity bill.

There may not be no Qiji in the world, Liu Jinghe once entered the stable.

Yan returned to the alley, limited to two Xiao Yun

The spring breeze and the rain are dashing, and the carriages and horses are willing to see the move.

It's not idle and secluded, and there is nowhere to go in the world.

Han Xin begged for food, limited to thirteen yuan rhyme

The battle spirit in the Central Plains is faint, and the drifting national soldiers are even more important.

Yu Xi died in vain for the heavy pupils, and the king and grandson of the city did not have a meal.

I praised everything when I saw it, and then I looked at Mu Zhengnan's three songs and seven uniques.

Fu said that the version is built, limited to ten gray rhymes:

Looking for wind and dust waves to guess, who will reclaim the beauty of Yanmei.

The moon is full in front of the rock, but it comes to the king's dream.

Jiang Shang fishing Wei, limited to 12 rhymes

There are many cold things about selling pulp, and Zhongding mountains and forests don't hear about it.

Xie Xiang Yanbo cleaned up, half hooked the bright moon and clouds.

Sima is like four walls, limited to eleven special rhymes

Xiao Xiao of the four walls was not relieved, and he was drunk and took off his quail.

The distant mountain eyebrows and hibiscus noodles can avoid his resentment and white-headedness.

After reading it, several people praised it again, and then began to vote, which poem they thought was better, and then they could vote for that poem, and finally see who got the most votes.

In the end, Lu Jing got seven votes, and Mu Zhengnan got four votes, and Song Xuequan immediately announced that Lu Jing won the second game.

After hearing this, everyone cheered for Lu Jing excitedly, especially those in Guozijian, shouting for Lu Jing to continue to clean up Mu Zhengnan.

Song Xuequan stopped the excited crowd below and told them to keep quiet, and then took out the title of the third scene, showed the sealed bag to everyone, and then unsealed it.

Everyone held their breath and listened to him read: "Those who rule by doing nothing, their Shun is also the same?" What is a husband? Gong Ji is just to the south. ”

After everyone heard this, they knew that this sentence came from the "Analects of Wei Linggong", Confucius said: "The only person who can make the world governed without doing anything is probably Shun, right?" What did he do? He just sat on the throne with a solemn face to the south. ”

After Song Xuequan finished reading, he continued: "The topic of the debate is this sentence, and the two of you can start a debate on the rule of inaction. ”

After listening to this, everyone understood the main point of this debate, and there have been many interpretations of this sentence, but there are mainly two kinds of debates, one is that as a king, he must not bow down to himself, but should be virtuous and capable, and appoint officials to get his own people, so he can rule by doing nothing.

The second is to respect oneself, to be virtuous and popular, to govern with virtue, although there is nothing to do and the subjects of the world are returned.

Since this topic is present, it depends on which interpretation the two choose to demonstrate.

After hearing this, Mu Zhengnan thought that Lu Jing had studied the scriptures since he was a child, and he was the champion of the new department, so he would definitely read the scriptures and the righteousness, and if he argued with him, he would definitely not be his opponent, and now he had lost two games, so he had to find another way.

So he suddenly had a plan in his heart, and saluted Song Xuequan and a few people: "If this is the problem, Xiao Wang is willing to admit defeat." ”

Seeing this, Lu Jing couldn't help frowning, with Mu Zhengnan's temperament, he would never admit defeat easily, he said this now, I am afraid that he wants to retreat and advance, and play some kind of conspiracy.

Song Xuequan thought that he had lost two games in a row and wanted to play tricks, so he said with a sinking face: "Do you think the question of the old man is inappropriate?" ”

Mu Zhengnan did not shy away from his gaze, and said with a smile: "Several adults are well-educated, so there is naturally no problem with the question, but Xiao Wang has a question that I don't know whether to ask or not?" ”

Song Xuequan said coldly: "If it's inappropriate, it's better not to say it!" ”

Mu Zhengnan's face froze, he didn't expect Song Xuequan to play cards out of common sense, and when he was riding a tiger, he suddenly heard Zheng Chen's words: "Since you have objections, just ask whatever you want." ”

Song Xuequan glanced at Zheng Chen helplessly, I was afraid that his words would bring out a lot of right and wrong.

Mu Zhengnan hurriedly got off the donkey, not giving others a chance to speak, and said to Lu Jing: "Can Master Lu discuss this question?" ”

With such an important passage, Lu Jing naturally couldn't say that he hadn't done it, so he nodded and said, "I've done it!" ”

Mu Zhengnan listened and said: "Since Master Lu has discussed it, and Xiao Wang has only read it, the gap is obvious, Xiao Wang thinks that this topic is unfair, if a few adults insist, Xiao Wang is willing to admit defeat." ”

Song Xuequan was dissatisfied: "You mean to change the topic?" ”

Mu Zhengnan shook his head and said: "There is no need to change, Xiao Wang heard that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was an endless debate between the hundred schools of thought and the rule of inaction, and now Master Lu and I can also follow the example of the ancients, choose one side, express their own opinions, and state their own words?" ”

When Lu Jing heard this, he instantly understood his calculations, among the hundreds of sons, the Mo family, the Zongheng family, etc., advocated the rule of doing something, and the Taoism advocated the rule of doing nothing.

Although Confucius also proposed the rule of non-action, it is different from the Taoist philosophy.

Lao Tzu advocates quiet and inaction, going with the flow, and doing nothing without doing anything.

Confucius advocated that the virtuous should be appointed, and the virtuous should do nothing, although it is said to be inaction, but in fact, it is self-denial and retribution, and the people are governed by virtue.

But whether it is Taoism or Confucianism, although it is nominally ruled by inaction, there is an implicit action in its inaction, but the saying is different.

If you choose to do nothing and govern, it's fine, if you choose to do and govern, wouldn't you want to refute the Confucian scriptures with the scriptures of the Zong and Mo schools, and don't say anything, even if you win, you will lose.

The surrounding bystanders expressed their dissatisfaction when they heard Mu Zhengnan's words, accusing him of changing the topic for fear of losing.

Mu Zhengnan ignored the slanderous words of others, looked at Song Xuequan and the others, and once again expressed his attitude, either according to what he said, or change the topic, otherwise he would admit defeat and no longer compete, and at the same time secretly pointed out that the topic of the last round of poetry competition was unfair.

Seeing this, Lu Jing nodded at Song Xuequan.

Song Xuequan understood, so he discussed with Zheng Chen and the others, and decided to let them debate the rule of doing and the rule of inaction.

Immediately, Zheng Chen wrote two notes, formed a ball, and asked the two to draw lots.

Seeing this, Mu Zhengnan took the lead in stepping forward, and after glancing back and forth a few times, he asked Zheng Chen: "Which one does Lord Zheng think is the rule of inaction?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Chen subconsciously looked at the paper ball on the left, Mu Zhengnan picked the paper ball on the left when he saw this, and when he opened it, he saw that it was indeed inaction, so he bowed to Zheng Chen with a smile.

Zheng Chen saw that he was scheming to trap himself in injustice, he was furious in his heart, and was about to propose to redraw the lot, but was stopped by Song Xuequan.

Lu Jing glanced at Zheng Chen helplessly, and didn't take the rest of the paper ball.

Seeing this, Song Xuequan asked the two if they were ready, and both of them should be, so Song Xuequan said, "The debate begins." ”

Then he looked at Mu Zhengnan and motioned for him to speak first.

Mu Zhengnan hurriedly hid the joy on his face, and took the lead in saying: "Those who rule by inaction, the sage respects the appearance of virtue, self-cultivation has been virtuous, virtuous and popularized, and the people are peaceful in the world, that is, doing nothing, then what people see is just that." ”

Lu Jing saw that he could say this, he knew that his level of scripture and righteousness was good, and now he was in a passive position, if he argued strongly, he would inevitably fall into a dilemma, thinking that he had lost two games in a row, and he was eager to win, so he planned to deliberately show weakness, and he did not need to use the words of indulgence and ink, only used Confucian scriptures and righteousness, and debated: "If you say politics, you will not do nothing, governance is in people, and people's hearts are selfish, why do nothing!" ”

Mu Zhengnan saw that he only refuted himself and did not argue his own point of view, knowing that he cared about his reputation, so he said: "The sage said that the government is based on virtue, that is, the government is based on virtue, and the virtuous person is not spoken, and the rule of nature is to do it by doing nothing, and doing it is like doing nothing." ”

Lu Jing retorted: "Throughout the ages, there have been a few virtuous people who have been able to be said to be virtuous, since virtue is not reached, it is just empty talk to rule by doing nothing, and it will be ruled by doing something." ”

Mu Zhengnan smiled lightly: "If you are virtuous in government, and then you don't do anything, then the people will not move, and they will not believe in what they say, and those who are guarded will be able to brake quietly, and even obey the public, and those who are not virtuous enough will naturally be eliminated." ”

Lu Jing heard the words and refuted them, and Mu Zhengnan continued to quote scriptures and classics to argue that nothing can be ruled.