Chapter 297 Debate
Taixue, which has more than 3,000 students, is the highest institution of learning in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is a springboard for students to become officials.
Therefore, the students are very careful about their own behavior and speech, although the students love to be in the limelight, often in groups of three or five to debate current affairs, or to the court to give advice, but when it comes to the specific formulation by the Privy Council, the emperor does not dare to come forward. Otherwise, they will become a thorn in the eyes of the ministers, and with a few eye drops, this person's career will become bumpy and endless. Of course, too many students will not throw their careers into the water, and there are still advantages to staying silent at critical times.
But when the woods are big, there are all kinds of birds, and some people joke about their careers, they criticize the current affairs, attack the ministers, and set off ripples in the calm Taixue without hesitation, and are regarded as monsters by teachers and classmates.
There were originally two monsters in Taixue, one was called Chen Dong and the other was Qin Hui.
The two have nothing to hide and taboo, and they are also outspoken and controversial about the ministers. Especially Chen Dong, he often took the lead in debating current affairs, and even bluntly said in public that Cai Jing and other powerful ministers had misled the country, which was regarded as an alternative by students and officials. Therefore, when attending a banquet, the guests present were afraid of endangering themselves, so they did not sit at the same table with him. So a strange scene arises at a dinner or banquet: there are only two people at one table, and the rest of the tables are crowded together to eat. However, there were also two repeaters in Taixue, because their grades failed every assessment.
It's not that the two of them don't learn and have no skills, and their writing is clumsy, on the contrary, the two are quick in thinking and brilliant in writing, that is, there are many references to ministers and current affairs in the article, so that the marking teacher has to read a good article to zero points.
Students can be crazy, but if teachers follow crazy, then they are really crazy.
Later, Qin Hui suddenly became enlightened, he first cried to the teacher in tears that he had gone astray, vowed to change his ways, and then posted a review book in a conspicuous place on campus. So in the next exam, Qin Hui entered the office with excellent results, becoming a model for the prodigal son of Tai students.
Tai student couldn't help but sigh: "Long legs, fast running!" ”
So the name of "Qin Long Legs" spread in Taixue.
After being collected by Taixue with Chen Dong for three years, Qin Hui finally made up his mind to join the office. He told Chen Dong that he was not compromised, but to fight better, because he had no power in his hands and could only shout empty slogans, which had no practical effect at all, and he could fight the traitors with real knives and guns after joining the office.
Chen Dong scoffed, he continued to fight alone, and Qin Hui left with a sigh. This kind of sigh Chen Dong is very familiar with, in the past, others felt sorry for them, and now it is his comrades-in-arms who feel sorry for themselves. But no amount of sound could cover his angry heart, a lonely warrior, and his heart was not lonely.
So Chen Dong was collected by Taixue without restrictions, and he was still a student in his forties, so that some students who had just entered the school still thought that they were teachers and frequently bowed down to say hello.
In between classes, a teenager of about ten years old and a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old became the center of attention, and they were surrounded by some students in the middle, asking questions and debating some questions.
The boy is Song Ziyu, and the girl is Song Jingxin. In the class where they are located, they are ridiculed by the students as three generations in the same class, the old ones are Chen Dong and others, and the younger ones are Song Ziyu and others, and they are really a mixture of old, middle-aged and young people. And they are all good at debating, with Chen Dong as their idol, and frequently publish horrific arguments, which is an alternative on campus. The teacher had no choice but to adjust them to a class and count the days of graduation with their fingers like a plague god.
The hostage group of the autonomous region was dispersed into various classes in Taixue, this was the imperial court to prevent them from getting together to engage in conspiracy, more than a dozen people, except for Song Jiang's children, the rest were alone in a group of strange students. What the imperial court did not expect was that this would make the students of the autonomous region the focus of each class, so that the students of the autonomous region were full of strong interest and mysterious associations with the autonomous region. In particular, some grassroots students from rural areas have the dream of going to the autonomous region for development.
"It sounds like the people of the autonomous region are living like gods, but if the whole country establishes an autonomous region, won't the imperial court have any rights? Wouldn't that turn into a chaotic situation during the Warring States period, and how would the dignity and wealth of the royal family be maintained? Isn't imperial power like firewood in the air, which will be burned out in an instant, and won't the autonomous region just become another form of anti-vassal thieves? ”
All the way to school, what the students learned was the eternal Confucian and Mencian theories, and the idea of loyalty to the monarch had been fixed in the depths of their souls like an imprint, so how could they not contradict the existence of the autonomous region, which weakened the imperial power? Because their starting point is always to consider the interests of the imperial court, and the quality of the people's lives is secondary. Even if he is as strong as Chen Dong, he is dissatisfied with a group of powerful ministers who are flies and dogs, and he is still full of hope for the emperor.
Song Jingxin was quite eloquent, and when she heard a student ask, she immediately said: "Mencius said: 'The people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light. 'What if we can make the people live better, and have less royal dignity?' You don't have to worry about food and clothing in Taixue, how have you ever seen the suffering of the people, and how have you understood that some people regard death as a kind of happiness and a kind of detachment. The autonomous region just makes the people under its jurisdiction live better, how can you become an anti-minister and thief in your eyes? Are you not used to seeing the people live a good life, or do you have a cold heart? It sounds like you keep speaking for the court, but in fact, you are secretly talking about the government. The autonomous region was established with the personal consent of His Majesty and the issuance of specific rules and regulations by the imperial court, and has full legitimacy. But you are talking nonsense here, aren't you secretly ridiculing Your Majesty and slandering the court? ”
Song Jing's heart was sharp-tongued, and she pressed step by step in the reasoning of the facts, choking the students who asked the questions at once, feeling rude to refute, and unwilling to refute, asking for help from other students with aggrieved eyes.
"Miss Song is serious, he just said the doubts in his heart, and complained a little too much, how could he talk about the government and ridicule His Majesty!"
Another student came over to help, he attracted everyone's attention in time, and then said to the student, "Why don't you make amends to Miss Song!" It's all your nagging that makes people unhappy! ”
The student hurriedly apologized, saying that he was young and did not have a door on his lips, which made Miss Song unhappy for a while. Song Jingxin glanced at him with disdain, how can Taixue have such a thick-faced student, as the saying goes, if there is no hair on the mouth, you can't do things well, it means a hairy young man, but is there a young man with a flowing beard like you?
She didn't want to uncover all the skins of other people, so she just sneered and shouted: "Wang Jiong, you are really a master!" Do you want Bloomberg to turn the page just like that? Tell you, no way! He didn't upset me, and there was no need to apologize to me. But he insulted His Majesty, insulted the court, insulted the autonomous region, insulted my father, and there must be an explanation for this! ”
Seeing that Song Jing was unrelenting, Peng Bo also had some worries in his heart, and said that it was purely unintentional and a slip of the tongue.
Wang Jiong saw that Peng Bo had broken the face of the reader, and he was angry in his heart, so he ridiculed: "Peng Bo is young and vigorous, his mouth is open, and he complains too much. are all classmates, and now that they apologize, why should Miss Song have to fight? It is necessary to know that forgiving and forgiving is also a noble character! "Love me
"Sure enough, it's a young man! There is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm! Senior Brother Peng Bo is too young, he doesn't have a door, and his sister still has to be as knowledgeable as him, just like Senior Brother Wang Jiong said, he doesn't even have a noble character! ”
Song Ziyu, who had been silent, suddenly said: "A respected old man like me must think twice, and he will not chew his tongue indiscriminately, which will bring unhappiness to all senior brothers in language." Senior Brother Wang Jiong, is what you said right below? ”
Song Ziyu said as he made a gesture of brushing his beard with his hands, but how could he, a ten-year-old child, have a beard to brush, and he was clearly teasing Wang Jiong and Peng Bo with funny movements.
Song Ziyu is a big ghost, he generally does not participate in debates, but only interjects a sentence intentionally or unintentionally when the classmates are debating to the point where they are inseparable. Every time he interjected, the debate fell into silence, because his words were as wise as a human being, and he couldn't help but make the debating students quiet down and ponder.
Song Ziyu grew up in Liangshanbo, and although he did not graduate, he was also the first batch of students in Liangshanbo School. He is different from the students who are eager for fame and fortune, he has new ideas in his head, and his heart is concerned about the suffering of the people. As the son of Song Jiang, he was even more eager to expand the autonomous region to the entire Great Song Dynasty and even the whole world, and to magnify his father's wishes.
So he has had ambitions since he was a child, and he has learned to think independently since he was a child, especially in Taixue, he is even more inconspicuous, does not fight those meaningless war of words, only occasionally inserts a few key words, and then continues to watch the students fight casually.
Today, Song Ziyu saw that the two bearded senior brothers shamelessly shirked and justified their youth, and couldn't help but be playful, and while coming out to help his sister, he didn't forget to ridicule others.
Sure enough, Wang Jiong and Peng Bo's faces changed greatly, and in the laughter of the rest of the students, they both looked at Song Ziyu angrily, and they had the urge to rush up and slap the little kid a few times. But Song Ziyu has a special identity, and he didn't dare to turn his impulse into action if he lent them a few dares.
Wang Jiong knew that the debate was not Song Jingxin's opponent, she was a famous debater in Taixue, and even the prince and the emperor knew her name. Every time she used sharp arguments to make the male classmates run away, sometimes the words were simply scoundrels, but when others tried to play scoundrels with her, they found that they had fallen into the ditch, and then regretted why they didn't run away with such a good opportunity just now.
Being able to argue with Song Jingxin does not mean that you can't argue with Song Ziyu, what is so terrible about a ten-year-old child, Wang Jiong wants to attack Song Ziyu and get back the lost face.
Wang Jiong made a surprised look and said, "Huh!? Song Gongzi called himself an old man at the age of ten, and I really admired this ambition at such a young age! ”
Just when everyone frowned and thought about what the relationship between calling himself an old man and ambition, Wang Jiong continued: "I want to be the twelfth prime minister of Ganluo back then, and also call himself an old man, it seems that Song Gongzi wants his son to inherit his father's business and hold the power of the autonomous region tightly in his own hands in the future, I don't know whether to pray for the Great Song Dynasty or to panic for the Great Song Dynasty?" ”
Song Jingxin didn't help her younger brother, she knew that Song Ziyu would definitely be able to deal with this situation, and at the same time, she also exercised her younger brother's adaptability. Song Ziyu didn't have much expression, his face retained the innocence of a child, and asked Wang Jiong with a smile: "Senior Brother Wang Jiong, in your opinion, should you pray for the Great Song Dynasty or should you panic for the Great Song Dynasty?" ”
Wang Jiong's heart is a joy! Sure enough, it was a yellow-haired boy, who was choked by himself after a few words, and he didn't have any opinions, but asked himself for advice.
He said complacently: "I think it's the disaster of the Great Song Dynasty!" The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. The land of the autonomous region is the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and the people of the autonomous region are the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty. If everyone follows suit, won't the Great Song Dynasty be torn apart? If it goes on like this, it is the sorrow of the Great Song Dynasty! Besides, the monarch, the ministers, the fathers, and the sons have existed since ancient times, and the monarch is the will of God and an ethics that cannot be violated. Song Jiang's creation of an autonomous region is against God, against all ancient rituals, a distorted act that insults the norm, and an act that the people of the Great Song Dynasty despise, and the existence of the autonomous region will definitely be punished by God! ”
Some Tai students also echoed when they saw Wang Jiong regain face, and Song Ziyu asked Wang Jiong helplessly: "Listen to the words of the senior brother, the autonomous region is already a flood beast, and it is the disaster of the Great Song Dynasty's instability. In my brother's opinion, how should we deal with the autonomous region? ”
"How to deal with it? Of course, it is necessary to abolish the title of the autonomous region and reclaim the land allocated to the peasants, so that the trouble can be quelled! ”
Wang Jiong saw Song Ziyu's helpless demeanor and secretly enjoyed in his heart, and his tone gradually became stern, and he said with a look of concern for the country and the people: "The autonomous region is the poisonous sores of the imperial court, and if it is not eliminated, it will spread, and in the end, the country will not be a country, and the people will not be a people." Even if we are accused of arguing about the government and ridiculing Your Majesty by people with ulterior motives, it is incumbent on us to bless you with loyalty! ”
Wang Jiong's righteous and awe-inspiring words aroused the enthusiasm of the students, and everyone talked about it a lot, and they had the strength to vow not to give up if they did not ban the autonomous region.
At this time, the applause sounded lonely, and everyone hurriedly stopped talking to find the birthplace of the applause, only to see Song Ziyu clapping and walking up to Wang Jiong and saying, "Senior brother, is there a special sense of accomplishment now?" What a good eloquence you have to say today to refute a ten-year-old child! In ancient times, if Su Qin and Zhang Yi met their senior brothers, they would only draw their swords and kill themselves. I am a little child who doesn't understand national affairs, my senior brother argues with me, I have nothing to say, but I just don't understand in my heart, my senior brother's ability to talk like a river stumps a child, is it more excited, or more ashamed? Or do you have no shame at all? ”
Everyone couldn't imagine that a little kid would say such a thing, and they were stunned for a moment, Wang Jiong was even more ashamed and angry, he pointed at Song Ziyu and scolded: "Huangkou Xiao'er dares to insult me? I am inseparable from you! ”
Song Ziyu still said with a smile on his face: "Senior brother can't argue, he will burst into foul language, which is really a shame for Taixue." With a temperament like yours that bites people at every turn, if you go to a local government to become an official in the future, you will definitely endanger the people, how can the court rest assured. Senior brothers should cultivate their self-cultivation and learn more about the etiquette of sages and sages. ”
Wang Jiong was so angry that he stomped his feet and shouted: "What should Lao Tzu do, you don't need this little yellow hair to point fingers, your son of a thief will never be able to erase the thief's nature, wait for the whole family to be cut in the city!" ”
Insulting and cursing, Wang Jiong looked like a shrew, and he had fallen into the inferior class in the debate, and the students all showed disdain. However, Song Ziyu didn't seem to be angry, he made a surprised look and said, "Oops! Senior brother, are you in a hurry to jump off the wall? Don't you know that there are no walls in the classroom? You hurry outside to find the wall, and jump out with all your limbs, it's useless to bare your teeth here! ”
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Wang Jiong was speechless except for making arrows with his eyes. But Song Ziyu didn't let him go, he still said with a smile: "Congratulations, Senior Brother Wang Jiong finally has a door on his mouth, miracle!" However, the topic of Senior Brother Wang Jiong's debate is still on the old road of Senior Brother Peng Bo, and he has been speechless by my sister's refutation, so he hurriedly borrowed your chicken to lay eggs for him, but who knew that you continued to croak, without the slightest intention of laying eggs. Ay! Let me be embarrassed to refute you again with my sister's words. The first time you make a mistake, you can be forgiven, and the second time you make the same mistake, it is not an ulterior motive, that is, it deliberately slanders the saint and the court, and his heart can be punished! ”