After understanding this, Sima Hongyan calmly participated, since the ancients valued these reputations, the competition was much simpler.

Under the command and arrangement of the presiding officer, the arena was set up in a short time. The presiding officer sounded a gong and invited the racers from all over the world to enter the competition to prepare for the race.

Sima Hongyan appeared in the competition for the first time and attracted the attention of various countries as soon as he appeared. Because she was the only woman in this game.

When entering the competition venue, Sima Hongyan glanced at the door by the way, Xiao Hongying had not yet brought the female army to come at this moment, but Yan Hong's token was still in her hand, so it was not a problem to enter the venue. Sima Hongyan then thought of Yan Hong, today he still didn't come to the school martial arts field, I don't know if he was tracking down the murderer in the palace, but today the guards and forbidden troops in the school martial arts field have obviously doubled.

Just thinking about it, Sima Hongyan suddenly laughed to herself, she found that there were more and more people she was thinking about, and there were more and more things hidden in her heart, and she didn't know when she started, and her shoulders felt extremely heavy.

Sitting in his seat, he glanced at several other opponents with his eyes, and found that they were also looking at him with their eyes, especially two of them, staring at their faces with dazed eyes.

Look at the face first, the signature eyes of the pervert. At this time, Sima Hongyan was in no mood to care about these, so she simply closed her eyes, threw away the distracting thoughts in her mind, concentrated on the same, and waited for the game to start.

When the assistants of various countries were in place, the presiding officer stepped forward and announced the start of the game with a gong sound. After that, he asked the players of the five countries: "This game is a rotation system, I wonder which players from all countries are willing to play the first game first?" ”

At this time, Sima Hongyan opened his eyes and looked at the racers of the other four countries.

We all know that the first game of any game is the most difficult, not only requires strong psychological quality, but also has to withstand strong pressure from all sides. It is much easier to be at the back, and it is just the right opportunity to find the weaknesses of the opponent in the previous game by watching the game, and strive for a greater chance of winning for yourself. Who wants to fight for the loss?

The other four-nation racers, you look at me, I look at you, and no one speaks.

Because Sima Hongyan is a woman, the host subconsciously thinks that the other four male racers should stand up the most, but after asking twice, the four big men are pretending to be dumb and no one is silent. The presiding officer felt a little contempt in his heart, snorted lightly, and said: "If no one voluntarily comes to this first game, then I will only have to draw stones, and whoever chooses will come first?" ”

"I'll do it first!" Sima Hongyan suddenly raised his hand and said, "The order is the same, I'll come first!" ”

The presiding officer is from Yanling, and he secretly gave Sima Hongyan a thumbs up in his heart, and said in his heart: "It's still my Yanling people who have courage!" So he said: "Well, since the girl took the initiative to ask for the battle, then in the first game, please ask the girl to take the lead in choosing the opponent!" ”

When Sima Hongyan raised his hand, the other four national players all showed surprise on their faces, and they didn't expect that it was the only beautiful girl among the five who asked for the start under pressure, and they were a little admired and ashamed in their hearts. I feel that I take care of too much, but I am not as free and easy as a girl.

This is exactly the effect that Sima Hongyan wants to achieve, he won psychologically, and he invisibly gained the upper hand in the contest of the meeting.

The information of these people opposite him is in Sima Hongyan's mind, and he also has a general understanding of each person's strengths and weaknesses and personality characteristics. Because he knew it in his heart, Sima Hongyan acted and behaved quite freely, as if he didn't take the opponents of the game seriously at all. And her calmness also made several people on the other side even more suspicious, and they couldn't guess Sima Hongyan's details and paths.

The presiding officer put the cloth bag of the selected opponent on the table in front of Sima Hongyan, Sima Hongyan reached into the bag, slowly groped for a while, and then withdrew his hand and took out a round stone.

The four people on the other side suddenly felt their hearts beating faster, and they didn't know if they had hit themselves, and their eyes were fixed on Sima Hongyan's clenched right hand.

Sima Hongyan smiled, calmly spread her hands, and saw that she was holding a blue cobblestone in her small white hand. Everyone in the audience let out a soft cry of "oh~", and the first person to be selected to be an opponent with Yanling was Dongning.

The Dongning racer was the one sitting on Sima Hongyan's left hand, Sima Hongyan looked at him, and went through this person's situation in his mind.

Shen Chengjun, the son of Shen Caijie, the first military division of Dongning, the first debater of Dongning, is currently the Yin of Dongning Suitianfu Mansion, who is in charge of the trial and control of violations of law and discipline by officials in the Dongning court, and can be regarded as a magistrate in Dongning Kyoto.

can be a governor in the capital, and he really can't do it without a little level, especially the officials of the current dynasty who are responsible for interrogating violations of law and discipline, how can he manage those old fritters in the court without any real skills?

Thinking about it in his mind, Sima Hongyan secretly cheered up and told himself to deal with it calmly. Next, it is up to Dongning racer Shen Chengjun to choose the topic of the debate.

There was a wooden shelf in the field, on which more than 100 scrolls were densely hung, Shen Chengjun looked at it for a while, stretched out his hand, and said, "Question No. 27!" ”

Immediately, an assistant stepped forward, took off the scroll marked with 27 numbers, and under the supervision of the five assistants at the same time, slowly opened the scroll, picked it up with a bamboo pole, and hung it on the bright question rack.

The five people of the competition went to watch it at the same time, and saw that the title written on it was: "Zheng: curing ignorance is more important than curing poverty!" Against: Poverty is more important than ignorance! ”

This topic is a relatively common, but nevertheless inconclusive question of statecraft. I don't know how many times the kings of the five kingdoms have discussed this topic with their courtiers, and they have always had their own opinions, each with their own reasons, and no one can convince anyone.

This seemingly simple topic is nothing more than a choice about whether to put education or prosperity first in the governance of people's livelihood. But if you put it in reality, it's not so easy to say! Looking at the governance of the kings of the five kingdoms in the world, in fact, it is basically to give priority to poverty control. It's not that the Five Kingdoms didn't attach importance to education, but that all the emperors were afraid of education.

As a ruler, I don't want the common people to know too much and know too much. As long as you act according to the rules of those in power, you are good citizens and a guarantee of peace in the world. And the life and death of the people depend on their lives, and the so-called life and death are rich and rich in the sky, which has nothing to do with the emperor and those in power.

Only by making the common people think so, and attributing their misfortune to fate, there will be no rebels in the world.

Since this is the reality, this contest is a great test for Sima Hongyan, because she defaults to the positive side, which is an argument that is completely contrary to the situation in this world.

The presiding officer said: "Please prepare the two of you, and the main side will speak first!" With that, he stepped back and handed the game to the two debaters.

Sima Hongyan knows the difficulty of this question, and what to say and how to say it is particularly important, win or lose the game first, if he says it arouses the emperor's suspicion, it may lead to death.

After thinking for a moment, Sima Hongyan opened his mouth and said: "Divide the people of the world into several categories, including scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, no matter what kind of business they are engaged in, they are the main driving force for the country's economic development. If the people do not have the knowledge to improve and innovate, as they have done ten years ago and ten years later, it will bring the country's economy to a standstill. Even if people have money in their pockets, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking. However, for the growth of the country, the economic progress does not play any role in promoting, so curing foolishness has become the preferred way today! ”

Here Sima Hongyan took a trick, she combined the knowledge and culture of the people into the promotion of the national economy, indicating that when the world is peaceful, the promotion of economy and productivity is the most important thing now. It is a clever rhetoric not to worry those in power, but also to allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

However, in the overall situation, this can only be regarded as half of what has been said, the reason why the emperor is afraid that the people are knowledgeable and educated, the biggest worry is that he is afraid that the people will have their own ideas.

The emperors all understand that their royal family, princes, and ministers, to put it bluntly, are all people who do not work hard, and they are all supported by the people who work all over the world. Not a single tael of gold or silver in the treasury was earned by these authorities, but by taxes and the labor of the people.