Three days later, the scholars from the Persian and Roman missions also came to visit Zhongnan Academy as agreed, and Xiao Yu had already released the news that the students in the academy heard that scholars from far away from the far west were coming, and it was also an ancient country recorded in the Han book, and they were all very interested, so when this day came, not only the students of Zhongnan Academy came, but even the scholars who were not from the academy also came.

Originally, in Xiao Yu's original plan, he just wanted to invite scholars from Persia and Rome to come to the academy and give a few lectures to the students, but he didn't expect it to cause such a big repercussion, and there were too many people coming. But it's not surprising if you think about it, after all, the students in the academy are all young people, and their curiosity is relatively strong, plus they all have their own social circles, so after this news spread, it attracted so many people to come.

There were already thousands of students in the academy, and other scholars rushed to the academy, and in the end the maximum number was estimated to be two or three thousand, so many people gathered together, it was impossible to implement the form of lectures, and the academy did not have such a large classroom for these people to listen to the lectures, and finally it was proposed that the lectures should not be given altogether, but that everyone should sit together in the form of a lecture and discuss a certain topic.

Of course, there are too many people from Datang's side, so it is naturally impossible for everyone to participate in the discussion, so in the end, the academy selected some people to discuss with each other, originally according to Xiao Yu's meaning, it was only selected from the gentlemen of the academy, but later, after Li Xiu's suggestion, several outstanding figures among the students were added, and they were used to represent the students' spectators.

The place of the discussion was chosen on the mountain behind the academy, where there was a very wide open space, and there happened to be a stream passing by, and the scholars of the academy and the mission sat on both sides of the stream, and the surrounding open space was also densely filled with people who came to listen to the lectures, although there were many people, but no one dared to make a loud noise, except for the sound of the murmuring stream, there was no other noise.

The so-called Tao is not the Tao of Taoism, but the Tao of Lao Tzu, that is, the Tao that contains all things in the world and cannot be explained, which can be astronomy, geography, history, philosophy, etc., and this will be the most direct collision of Eastern and Western thoughts, no matter what the result is, Li Xiu believes that this matter will be recorded in history.

"Horse, everyone is almost here, you can go up with me!" Seeing that the time was not early, both sides of the discussion had already sat down, and they were about to start a formal discussion, at this time Xiao Yu also invited Li Xiu, after all, Li Xiu was the most knowledgeable person in the academy, so in Xiao Yu's opinion, Li Xiu was naturally indispensable for this discussion.

"Gong Xiao doesn't have to be polite, you and the others can just go up, I don't have to!" Li Xiu unexpectedly excused himself at this time.

"Sir, how could you not go up, if it weren't for you, this conference would have lost a lot of color!" As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, he saw Li Zhi next to him rushing to speak, such a grand gathering, and it was the first collision of Eastern and Western thoughts, so Li Xiu also brought all the children in the family, after all, it was natural that he could not miss such an opportunity to understand the difference between Eastern and Western thoughts.

"Pheasant slave, don't talk nonsense, this time, whether it is the academy or the mission, they are the top scholars in the Three Kingdoms, none of them are worse than me, and there are enough people on the stage, so I won't go up to join in the fun!" Li Xiu glared at Li Zhidao at the moment, although his conceit was unmatched in erudition, he couldn't say it so bluntly in front of Xiao Yu.

"Don't be modest, don't be modest, His Royal Highness King Jin's words are not wrong, if you don't come on stage, I'm afraid you will disappoint many students!" Xiao Yu persuaded again at this time, this time Li Xiu also made a lot of efforts, and he is also one of the most popular gentlemen in the academy, so it stands to reason that he should come to the stage.

Of course, Xiao Yu still has a layer of ideas that he did not say clearly, that is, although this discussion is not a competition, but after all, it is a competition between the East and the West in terms of knowledge, if one side is refuted by the other party, I am afraid that it will also lose face, so Xiao Yu does not want to lose to Roman and Persian scholars, but Li Xiu is erudite and talented, if he comes to power, his side will be more assured.

"Xiao Gong doesn't need to persuade me anymore, I really don't want to go on stage, you should leave this opportunity to others!" Li Xiu saluted Xiao Yu at this time, in fact, Li Xiu didn't plan to come to the stage from the beginning, because the reason why he promoted this grand event was mainly to see the sparks generated by the collision of ancient Eastern and Western wisdom, if he went up by himself, with the knowledge he brought from later generations, he was simply bullying these ancient scholars, and this was also contrary to his original intention, so he decided not to come to power.

Seeing Li Xiu's resolute attitude, Xiao Yu couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression, and after a while, he could only sigh and say, "Okay, since you don't want to go on stage, then I won't be reluctant." ”

However, when Xiao Yu said this, he suddenly turned his gaze to Li Zhi and others beside Li Xiu, these children are Li Xiu's personal disciples, don't look at their young age, but they may not even be able to compare with themselves in terms of erudition, which made him turn around and smile and say: "Since you don't want to go on stage, but there is still a lack of one person on the stage, I think it's better to pick one out of these students of yours, it's always okay now, right?" ”

"This ......" Li Xiu didn't expect Xiao Yu to fall in love with Li Zhi's children, which made him a little crying and laughing, and seeing Li Zhi's eagerness to try one by one, he couldn't refuse anymore, and finally could only say to Li Zhi helplessly, "Okay, then which of you is willing to go on stage?" ”

"I ...... I...... I ......" As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, I saw Li Zhi, Di Renjie, Wu Mingkong and others also shouting, Li Xiu's education method is mainly encouraging, and he usually pays attention to cultivating children's initiative, so they are not timid at all when they encounter such an occasion, even Wu Mingkong, Li Zhen, Su Ya and other girls are also scrambling.

However, Xiao Yu is a traditional Confucian student, and generally this kind of person has some common shortcomings, such as patriarchy, so he didn't even look at Wu Mingkong and these girls, but looked at Li Zhi, Di Renjie and Ping An Lang, the three boys, originally Li Xiu's students also included Li Jin, Wang Fangyi and other boys, but they either went to the military academy and couldn't get out easily, or they were not by Li Xiu's side.

"Gong Xiao elects me, if I can argue with the envoys of Rome and Persia on the stage, my father will definitely be very happy!" Li Zhi was the first to recommend himself at this time, originally among Li Xiu's students, the most profound Li Xiu's true biography was Wu Mingkong, she could usually replace Li Xiu to teach other students, but since Xiao Yu looked down on women, this made Li Zhi immediately see hope.