In 387 BC, Plato was forced into exile in Athens because of his involvement with Socrates. With the help of a friend, he bought a plot of land about two kilometers northwest of Athens and set up a school, which is known as Plato's Academy.

Since then, Western civilization has finally found its own suitable soil to immortalize its brilliance, especially since he contributed two very famous figures to mankind: Aristotle and Euclid, whose influence continues to this day.

And almost at the same time as this time,In the East,There is also a school garden,It's exuding its own brightest light,Its ideology、Inheritance has been influential,Not lost to Plato's school at all,Even exceeded.。

This is the Kinoshita School Palace.

If it is said that the contention of a hundred schools of thought is the characteristic of the entire Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, then the Jixia School Palace is definitely the biggest epitome of this phenomenon.

Here, you can find almost all the schools of thought in the world, Confucianism, Taoism, famous soldiers and farmers, and even Yin-Yang families, you can find their students here, and even the grandmasters, and the treasure trove of ideas they left behind, the influence on China is absolutely unprecedented.

It can be said that if you want to seek the root of Chinese thought, you must find the doctrine of the pre-Qin princes, and if you want to exhaustively study its essence, you must find it in the Jixia School Palace.

However, when all these were displayed in front of Zhao Yong, he couldn't feel the weight of this thought at all. He just felt that this school palace was definitely not such a simple existence.

Jixia School Palace is in the Jimen of Linzi, a square and strict bungalow building, occasionally one or two high halls, pavilions and halls, and it is also a big lecture hall, not a person's residence.

The school palace pays special attention to the clever design, not a board and a glance, interspersed with gardens in the middle, skillfully planting green trees, a pavilion with rules and regulations, several cases on the top, neatly placed a few seats, occasionally a vacant place, put a few cases, a group of three or four, five or six pieces of scattered a few seats, and don't be exquisite.

Nowadays, Zhao Yong is in such a place between the gardens, and the corridors on both sides are constantly pedestrians, slowly gathering into this rather wide open space. And on the open space, there are also scattered seats, and it is obvious that the upcoming celebrity should be a more serious person.

Although Zhao Yong and the others came late, but because Tian Yi is the second generation of the rich, he naturally has some means to get three seats, although he doesn't like Zhao Yong very much, but it is obvious that Wen Ji next to him is very interested in Zhao Yong, in order to show generosity in front of Wen Ji, he just let it go, but hurt Zhao Yong with his eyes.

However, Zhao Yong chose to ignore this, in his opinion, since he offended the other party, and then tried to curry favor, it would make the other party look down on him, and with his current status, there was no need to do this. It was to discuss it more enthusiastically with Wen Ji.

"I didn't expect that there are so many apprentices of Mr. Shendao, and the whole academy must be fascinated by them." Zhao Yong looked at the more and more people coming, and couldn't help but say.

"It seems that Childe is really coming to the school palace for the first time, but I don't know that among them, not all of them are apprentices who are cautious students, but more, they are the children of other gentlemen!" Wen Ji said with a smile.

"Are there any apprentices from other gentlemen? What are they here for? Zhao Yong said suspiciously.

"For debate, of course! You must know that there are many gentlemen in the school palace now, such as Mr. Jieyu, Mr. Zou Shuang, Mr. Huanyuan, etc., who have long passed away, and now the living sages, such as Mr. Shendao, Mr. Tian Piao, etc., are all first-class masters in the world, and others such as Mr. Chun Yuji, Mr. Tian Ba, etc., have been in important positions in the country, and they often come. I heard that Mr. Meng Ke's doctrine is also quite popular with the king, but he is still studying abroad and has not yet had time to come to Linzi to give lectures. ”

"Each of these gentlemen had a group of apprentices, and what they were most passionate about was debate, or the debate of kings, or the debate of righteousness, or the debate of good and evil, and so on. One family is not convinced by the other, and naturally it will change dramatically, among them, Mr. Chun Yuji and Mr. Tian Ba, are the best among them, I heard that there is a person named Lu Zhonglian recently, who is also a master of debate, but I have never seen it, but I heard that he has debated Mr. Tian Ba, and it should be very powerful. ”

Zhao Yong listened to these fantastic names, but he had only heard of Meng Ke and Chun Yuji. One is a fellow countryman in his previous life, and the other is an envoy of Qi who he has seen. But I thought to myself, at this time, even Mencius had not yet become the gentleman of Jixia Academy, so it can be seen that the few mentioned by Wen Ji are naturally the great sages of the world.

How would he know that the above few people, just one of them, can make people sigh at themselves?

"I didn't expect Wen Ji to be so familiar with the gentleman of the school palace, so I think I often come here to listen to lectures." Zhao Yong said.

Wen Ji's face darkened, and she said with a wry smile: "The sun and moon are very long in Luzhong, but Wen Ji only practices music and dance on weekdays, and then comes out to perform at night. It was to come out in the morning, but it was not in the way. ”

Only then did Zhao Yong know that the so-called female Lu turned out to be the so-called Fengyue place. And if he knew that this Fengyue place was founded by Guan Zhong, the first virtuous minister in Chinese history, he would be even more surprised. However, listening to Wen Ji's tone, he is just a geisha, not a person in the leather and meat business, which is a bit like the "Qin Huai Bayan" in later generations, so it is no wonder that a son like Tian Yi pursues him hard. After all, in an age of self-proclaimed cultural prosperity, all barbarism is despised.

He wanted to ask again, but he heard that the corridor on the right, although it was already full of people, and the people who were still noisy just now instantly quieted down, bowed down one after another, looked ahead, and shouted in unison: "Welcome Mr. ”

At the same time, the people sitting on the seats also stood up politely and saluted, "Mr. Supply." ”

Zhao Yong had to salute along, but his eyes skimmed to the corridor, looking at the branches in the shadows, slowly showing an old man in his sixties, he walked tremblingly, but tried his best to maintain his demeanor, followed by two students, every time he saw the old man about to fall, he couldn't help but want to help, but was thrown away by the old man willfully.

He was dressed in a dark blue and black robe, with black feet on his feet, leaning on the wooden staff in his hand, and slowly moving his steps. Although he is in his prime, he still maintains a proud posture, and his eyes radiate a confident light. After he finally moved to the case that belonged to Mr., he squatted down with difficulty, leaned on the wooden cane, sat down slowly, and then took a long breath, put the wooden cane away, looked at the saluting crowd, and still said clearly: "Sit." ”

As he finished speaking, everyone who was listening to the lecture dared to sit on the seat, and their faces exuded the excitement of seeing an idol, no less than any brainless fan. In that era when spiritual life was lacking, it was prudent enough to be able to gather such a group of brainless fans, which shows that their people and their knowledge are very good.

"The husband is also because of the affection of people. People are self-conscious, and if they make it me, they will not be able to use it. Seeing that the crowd had already sat down, he cheered up and began to lecture. The people sitting below all looked at Shen Dao excitedly, and they couldn't wait to go up and kiss the old man.

However, there is black and white, and there are likes and dislikes. Here is so cautious that he just said: "Therefore, the Son of Heaven thought that he was the world." If you don't stand up the world, you think that the Son of Heaven is also. Establish a monarch as a country. If you don't build a country, you think it's a king. The legislator is an official. Non-legislators think it is long. Someone stood up and said, "The student disagrees, sir." ”

was so cautious that he didn't pay attention to it, just looked at this person, listened to his words, and the man said: "What Mr. said, although it originated from Huang Lao's learning, it was reduced to a criminal name, which is too superficial. Now, the princes have risen together, the world has been in turmoil for a long time, and there are endless kings in various places, who want to respect Zhou Tianzi, and should also be uplifted by those who can rise up, but they are chaotic and unified. Mr. said that the Son of Heaven should be important, but in today's world, where is the momentum of the Son of Heaven? ”

"So what do you think?" Before he could speak, one of his followers asked for him.

"The Son of Heaven attaches great importance to the momentum, not to take it, but only what it achieves, should rely on the 'technique'. That is, the art of controlling the ministers. The reason why the king is respectable, the order is also, and the order is not good, is that there is no king, so the king is cautious. After this son finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized that this person was a student of Mr. Shenzi. I didn't expect Shenzi to die for so long, and there are still people studying his doctrine, but it's also normal, who made the family used to be the Xiangguo of South Korea, and Shen is now just a "doctor" in the Jixia School Palace?

"No, no, no." The cautious student couldn't sit still, stood up and retorted: "Shenzi said 'hide in nothing, show the world to do nothing', and asked the king to control his subordinates with the art of power and strategy, isn't this teaching the king not to trust his ministers, but to treat them with the art of power and strategy?" Shenzi also said, 'In the past, Yao ruled the world, and he was famous. If its name is right, the world will rule. It can be seen that even he himself said, assuming that the Ming monarch is above, the way of power and art is naturally possible, but at this point, the etiquette collapses and the joy is broken, when the princes compete for hegemony, there is the Ming Lord of Qi Huan Jin Wen, and there is also the faint monarch of Chen Ling Jin Ling, if you take the view of the king, is it not the world is not a famous monarch? ”

The man just now didn't expect to be cross-examined so quickly, because he didn't know how to refute for a while, so he stood up and hesitated.

"That being said, Mr.'s words are equally debatable. In the words of Mr., 'the sea and the mountains compete for water, and the sea will be won', so with its momentum, it is not possible to benefit it. Just now, Jun Yanyao and Ji, let me ask, if these two are both powerful, why is one of the world's great governance, but the other is ruined? ”

"This...", who was cautious about debating just now, suddenly looked very embarrassed, and he didn't expect to say one more word, but he lifted a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

"Therefore, the prosperity of the country is not based on the potential, nor is it based on the technique, but should be based on the law, supplemented by the 'potential' and 'technique', in order to unify the world." He said smugly.

At this time, he was so cautious that he couldn't sit still, he looked at the person whose eyebrows were flying, and said in a slightly loud tone, "Jun is a disciple of Shang Jun?" ”

"No, I read a lot, I don't know what to follow. However, the Qin State is prosperous, and I have to say that the law of the Shang monarch is the key to it. ”

"The words of the king are not enough. Although Qin Xing's method of Shangjun is powerful, it is chaotic internally. Moreover, the country of tigers and wolves in the Qin State, a small barbarian country, how can it be comparable to the Central Plains. Shen said.

Then a few more apprentices stood up and discussed the doctrine of prudence.

In fact, in Zhao Yong's view, although the cautious point of view comes from the quiet inaction of the family, but in the final analysis, it has a Legalist tendency, especially "because the people's ability is the capital, all the animals are included, and there is nothing to take", but also emphasizes the implementation of the law.

And Shen Buxian's so-called "technique" made Zhao Yong's eyes shine, after all, this kind of trick has become a tool for the monarch and ministers many times after the reunification of China. But his point of view is also stuck in the same trap as Shen Dao that cannot be practiced, that is, "Ming Jun".

On the contrary, the words and deeds of the person who said Shang Yang just now made Zhao Yong feel a little sympathetic.

"What does Zhao Jun think, what did Mr. Shendao say?" While thinking about it, Wen Ji's question interrupted Zhao Yong's train of thought.

"Mr. Shendao's knowledge is naturally good. However, there is much to speculate about and not entirely usable learning. On the contrary, it was the words of the merchant just now, which was quite a bit of a doorway. Zhao Yong said.

"Dare to ask why?" Wen Ji said with some surprise.

"Since the law is said, and the law is viewed as such. You see, the word 'law' comes from the water, and the law is the saying of 'going from the water'. Therefore all things should go away from the water. Lao Tzu said, 'The good is like water, and the water benefits all things without fighting', and the cloud 'For example, the Tao is in the world, and the valley is in the river and the sea', which can be seen even from Lao Tzu's remarks, it can be seen that the so-called 'potential' or 'art' are all for the service of the 'Tao', and they must abide by the 'law', and it is the law of Shang Yang to make the Qin State strong, and the doctrine of Mr. Shen and Mr. Shen Buxian may not have the ability to unify the world. ”

Wen Ji originally saw Zhao Yong thinking deeply, and thought that he was very much in agreement with Shen Dao's lecture, and asked with words, but he didn't expect that Zhao Yong was not very interested in Shen Dao's knowledge at all. On the contrary, he refuted it, and the basis cited is a classic, but also a famous quote of Lao Tzu, this kind of talent and bearing, outstanding style, is not at all comparable to ordinary young talents, I am afraid that just the statement, you are qualified to take the stage and be cautious enough to debate. I just don't know if his point of view can justify the cautious disciples of the entire Jixia Academy. I couldn't help but look at Zhao Yong in my heart.

However, before Wen Ji turned to Zhao Yonglu, he heard a familiar voice next to him: "Although Shang Jun's law is good, but the tyranny of the Qin State is also attributed to Shang Jun, it can be seen that arbitrarily misinterpreting the meaning of the saint will also lead to death?" ”

Don't think about it, the only one who can say this is Tian Yitian Gongzi behind Wen Ji. At this moment, he was sneering at Zhao Yong, and by the way, he sent out a hateful invitation!