Lingering Garden, the owner's surname is Liu, was once the richest man's garden in Dingzhou, because of the war, the owner moved south a few years ago, leaving some children of the side branch to take care of the garden. When the Khitan people came, the Lingering Garden was naturally requisitioned by the Khitan people to serve the Khitan lord. The children of the Liu family, who were guarding the garden, were cut to death.

The Khitan people left, and I don't know if the children of the Liu family guarding the garden died or were too timid to come to the government to ask for it.

Unexpectedly, within two years, the Khitans came again, and the Dingzhou garrison saw that the news was wrong, and directly surrendered to the Khitans, and the Lingering Garden once again became the private residence of the Khitan generals.

After the death of Yelu Deguang, the Khitans withdrew from Dingzhou again, Dingzhou was in chaos, and the Lingering Garden was occupied by you and I occupied the past, I don't know how many masters I have experienced, until Li Fengyun became the envoy of the Yiwu Army, and the Lingering Garden naturally became the general's mansion.

However, Li Fengyun did not really live in the Lingering Garden, but vacated the Lingering Garden, and issued a notice asking the original owner to come back to receive the Lingering Garden. But more than half a year has passed, and the owner of the Lingering Garden has not appeared, and I don't know whether he dared not come to Dingzhou or died in the war.

The reason why the location of the feast is placed in the Lingering Garden, on the one hand, is because the Lingering Garden is big enough and the scenery is not bad, on the other hand, it is also because Dingzhou, which has been war-torn repeatedly, really can't find a second decent place.

On the lakeside of the outer garden of the Lingering Garden, a large open space has been cleared, a wooden platform has been erected, and it is arranged into three areas. The largest area in the middle is naturally the chairman's district, where the celebrities and leaders of Dingzhou and Fengyunwei will listen to the debates between the two sides after the feast begins. The other two areas are debated by debaters on both sides. Only those who enter the debate area can speak, ask each other questions, ask each other answers, refute each other's points of view, and state their own opinions.

A large open space was opened around the wooden platform, which was reserved for the audience.

Obviously, the wooden platform was so large that it was impossible for everyone to go up and speak, so from the very beginning, the government issued a notice asking each side of the debate to elect a number of people, modeled after the Council of Elders, to set up a society, and decide who would take the stage to debate.

The society of ten people on this side who supports the theory of equality has been confirmed very early, and they are basically all people from the former Tibetan Military Valley, except for Gongsun Wuwu and Hua Jieyu, they are basically not famous, and they are all unknown.

The society that opposes the theory of equality has not been elected for a long time, not because no one is willing to take on this responsibility, but because there are too many people who have come to participate, among them many famous scholars, and many children of families, young and handsome, you don't obey me, I don't obey you, so I have not been able to reach an agreement.

Later, the scholars from all over the country simply wiped out those famous people and set up a society of more than 100 people, and more than 1,000 people were determined to participate in the debate. Of course, the more than 1,000 people could not all sit on the wooden platform, and the area left on the wooden platform for the scholars participating in the debate was only so large that only twenty tables could be placed. Therefore, after more than 20 days of quarrels, more than 1,000 people took turns to take the stage, and those who lost immediately gave way and lined up from the audience to debate.

Obviously, there are more than 1,000 people who participated in the debate, and those who are ranked more than 1,000 basically have no chance to play. After more than ten days of disputes, seeing that the day of the feast was approaching day by day, finally someone couldn't stand it anymore and came up with a ridiculous idea, drawing lots, and determining the order of appearances according to the results of drawing lots.

It is strange that this ridiculous idea was accepted by everyone.

It was nearly October, and the feast of the Lingering Garden was finally held, and nearly 4,000 people poured into the Lingering Garden, plus the officers and soldiers of the Fengyun Guard who were responsible for maintaining order, and the entire Lingering Garden was crowded.

Of course, this will not work, in this case, it is impossible for the audience to hear clearly what the people on the stage are saying. Therefore, Li Fengyun discussed with everyone and temporarily decided to divide the Lingering Garden into several areas, and only the more than 1,000 people who participated in the debate were retained in the main area. More than a dozen people were arranged to record the content of the debate, and the recorded content was transmitted to other areas in a timely manner, and it was preached by a person who was literate and had a loud voice.

In order to allow more people to listen to the content of the debate, Li Fengyun even ordered two areas to be arranged on the streets outside the Lingering Garden to preach the content of the debate.

Of course, this alone is not enough, Wang Dashan, the supervisor of the Lingering Garden Banquet, announced the rules of debate:

Article 1: The topic of discussion may be put forward by either of the two sides participating in the debate, and any content may be put forward for debate as an agenda item, but it must be confirmed by the people in the chairman's district that it is indeed related to the "doctrine of equality" and can be debated. However, once a topic has been debated, it is not allowed to be re-debated.

Article 2: In the manner of debate, only one person is allowed on both sides to speak at a time, and the bell bearer shall prevail, and who will speak shall be determined by the two sides of the debate. Those who disturb the order without reason will be disqualified from the debate. After shaking the bell, it is considered to be an official speech.

Article 3: Participants in the debate must first identify themselves, and the debate is only aimed at the topic, not at the individual.

Article 4: Threats, verbal abuse, beatings, and other means shall not be used in debate, and those who do not change their way after being warned will also be disqualified from debate.

Article 5: During the debate, it is forbidden to disturb the speaker by deliberately making loud noises, and violators will be expelled from the Lingering Garden.

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After more than half an hour of chaos, the Lingering Garden was finally successfully divided into twelve areas, except for the main area, there are more than 1,000 people, and the other areas are mostly two or three hundred people, and the number of people is just right. As for whether the more than 1,000 people in the main area can hear the debate of the people on the stage clearly, it is not controllable. Because there are too many people on the side who oppose the "equality theory", and they are not willing to leave the main area.

After everything was arranged, Li Fengyun stood up and said loudly: "Okay, I, Li Fengyun, am a big boss, I don't know how to say anything, and I don't need to talk nonsense, let's start now! ”

Debaters on both sides came to the stage, and there were only 18 people on the side who supported the "theory of equality," headed by Gongsun Wuwu, including a veiled flower explanation, each holding a stack of paper with small characters written on it. attracted ridicule from many Confucian students in the audience.

On the opposing side, there were twenty people.

Seeing that there was actually a young woman in Gongsun Wuwu's team, one of the leaders of the other party was stunned, and asked: "Why are there still women participating, General Li, aren't you humiliating me and waiting?" The Confucian students in the audience also expressed their dissatisfaction.

Before Li Fengyun could answer, Gongsun Wuwu arched his hand and smiled: "My son, Gongsun Wuwu, Gongzi should have heard of me." Although the theory of equality also proposes equality between men and women, but in view of the habit, Yu Nong will not directly participate in the debate, she will only sort out the copy, and remind Ben Gongzi of the left or wrong places. In fact, there will only be one of our main debaters, and that is me, and the rest will only assist me, unless I am tired, I will change to another. As you know, if I speak out loud for a day, tomorrow I won't even be able to make a sound. ”