Chapter 32 The Beginning(1/2)
A scholar has only read one book for six years, which sounds really ridiculous.
Even if a stupid scholar is a scholar, he must read dozens of books a year. There are three biographys in the Spring and Autumn Period. If he is a scholar who wants to take the imperial examination, the Four Books and Five Classics Mandarin, etc. are even a must-read, otherwise he would not dare to say that he is a scholar.
But this young man was so arrogant that he said that he had only read one book in six years. Is it true or not?
Wang Shu frowned, and a book boy next to him whispered, looking at Le Ting from time to time, and laughed as he listened to Wang Shu's expression.
The louder the noise on the street under the high platform.
"Leting, stop making trouble."
"Leting, go and send your piglets."
Many people even spoke either laughed or angry.
Several young people walked out and grabbed Leting: "You really want to go?" Although they did not agree, they did not refute and mock.
Leting nodded to them and said, "I don't understand what I discussed before. If it were about Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period, I could give it a try."
The young people looked at each other, but their expressions were still a little hesitant.
"It's nothing." Leting smiled, "If you lose, you lose. I can naturally do what others can lose."
That's right, everyone has been losing until now. If others lose, aren't they afraid of Leting? Are you afraid of ridicule? If you are afraid of being ridiculed, Leting will not stand here today, and the teenagers are relieved.
If you don’t even dare to lose, how can you win?
"Go." The teenagers smiled and patted Le Ting on the shoulder...
A few pigs screams rang out.
The teenagers were startled. Leting thought of something to untied the basket and handed it to a teenager.
"Help me watch first, don't lose it." He said.
The boy took it with a dazed look... and one hand was weak. The basket containing a piglet was not light. He almost fell to the ground and hurriedly held it with both hands. The boys next to him helped. The basket fell to the ground. The piglet was frightened and made a sharper scream. He actually ran out of the basket. The boys often ate pork, and it was the first time they saw the pig run...
"Chase."
“Catch it.”
The teenagers shouted, and the piglets were hiking in the crowd on the street, causing screams. Four or five teenagers were following in blue shirts and chasing each other. The street was as chaotic as a market.
Looking at the chaos on the street below, Wang Shu frowned again, and his eyes fell on the chaotic Leting. Leting did not chase the piglets anymore. He looked at the young companions who were in a mess to catch the piglets and smiled and raised their hands.
"I'll leave it to you." He said, and then he sorted out his clothes and walked towards the platform over the noisy and shocked crowd.
Stepping up to the high platform, Leting saluted Wang Shu.
Wang Shu waved his hand and returned the book boy, looked at Leting, and said, "I know about you. You are a person who seeks fame."
Le Ting smiled and said, "I am a commoner. When I am famous and famous, I can't help but want to try it." Say my salute again, "Sir, please."
Wang Shu glanced at him, then sat down cross-legged on the cushion again.
"What is spring and autumn?" he said.
Leting bowed and said, "The first spring of the first year is the first month of the king, which is the beginning of the way." He lifted his clothes and sat on the cushion opposite the Wang Shu.
The two of them spoke, and the discussions in the audience disappeared.
here we go.
But unlike before, there were pigs and people shouting loudly on the street.
It's okay, it's hidden in the city, and this scene has a unique flavor.
All eyes were concentrated on the stage, those who stood close and listened attentively, and those who stood far also squeezed over, trying to find a way to inquire about specific conversations from the front, and scholars from various houses placed under the pergola built on the street were handing out their pens and writing...
Even if this debate cannot be kept in history, there will be a lot of money in the county annals. As for whether it is demoted or praised at that time, it depends on who wins and who loses.
Wang Shuying, from then on, the Huainan School occupied Chang'an Prefecture, and Guan Xue disappeared, and the Chang'an Prefecture and County Chronicles would inevitably be written by the Huainan School, who mastered the pen and ink. Then, Wang Shu's move was praised and Leting became a sensationalist.
Leting won, Wang Shu left Chang'an Prefecture, Guan Xue was still the leader of Chang'an, and Leting became a hero of Guan Xue...
"He only read one book on Zuo's Spring and Autumn in six years?" Old Master Liu asked curiously.
"No one knows what he has read." A servant gasped. It was obvious that he had just returned from inquiring about the news. Leting was just a joke in Chang'an City at the beginning, but now he can't even talk about the joke, and no one cares about it.
Who would have thought he would suddenly appear this time?
"I have been selling myself for ten years, and now I have been studying in the social school for more than six years. At most half a day, I have been in the social school for three teachers. Later, I started reading the scriptures and followed two more teachers... They all said that their qualifications are mediocre and they can't understand the knowledge no matter how they say it."
"Mr. Qingxia asked about his knowledge when she first came, but she silently did not comment at that time, so she let him do whatever she wanted."
"It means he can do whatever he wants, he can't read anything anyway."
In this way, Old Master Liu sat upright, and the golden ball in his hand stopped turning, saying, "Then he might win."
"It's impossible, such a stupid person, if he is smart, who only reads one book for six years?" said a master.
Old Master Liu touched the golden ball in his hand and said, "If you are really stupid, how could you read a book for six years?"
Is there any difference between this sentence? The people present looked at each other.
"The simpler the matter is, the less easy it is." Old Master Liu said, leaning back on the rocking chair, "Go and see, which girl in the family should say kiss."
Here comes again... Could it be that this Leting can also get a fame and fortune? If you can really get fame and fortune, it will be fine for six, ten, and sixteen years. The Liu family can afford to wait, but...
"Grandmaster, don't wait and see?" One master hesitated, "Even if it's not easy for him to read a book for six years, Wang Shu has been reading it for sixty years..."
It's not good after losing.
"If you lose, you must be even more so. Our Liu family never does icing on the cake. It is the true friendship to help you in time. Otherwise, why do you think Xue Qing has such a good relationship with our family?" Old Master Liu sneered, and the golden ball was spinning in his hand and proudly.
It seemed that the two children were making a bet and joking, and then they got pestered them... right? The people present swallowed, and of course they also swallowed back their words.
"yes."
"Go and ask."
"Stay on the other side of the Fuxue Palace, and it is estimated that the result will come out soon."
The Liu family is busy again.
But the results of the Fu Academy did not come out soon.
The night covered Liudaoquan Mountain, and the torches illuminated the front of the Fuxue Palace at the foot of the mountain. The crowd on the street did not dissipate. Many people who were originally sitting under the shed also surrounded the platform. In addition to the strong sound of wind and torches, the platform only had a crisp question and answer.
Question and answer.
One answer and one debate.
You come and I go.
Don't be impatient or impatient.
From noon to now, the two of them have not finished their water. Although their voices are a little dry, their expressions are not at all tired.
The meaning of the Spring and Autumn Period is very important. Even if there are three annotations, they are extended countlessly.
Although the Zuo Spring and Autumn Period and the people who argued with Leting and Wang Shu were the same book, based on the Six Classics, Guanxue and Huainan School are very different. Now this is what they debated with.
Two hundred and fifty years passed slowly and quickly in the conversation between the two, discussing the way of heaven, kings, fighting and etiquette, and lamenting the ruthless thoughts of heaven and earth.
The two people on the stage were entangled, and the people under the stage were entangled and endured.
With a thud, a man sitting in the corner fell to the ground, causing a commotion around him. The servant standing beside the Palace immediately stepped forward to support him.
"No, no, I can still listen." The man who was helped up still struggled.
"Go and rest first, it's all recorded here. You can watch it after resting." The servants persuaded, and skillfully raised the person without saying a word and dragged it out.
The night was getting darker and deeper, and more and more people could not hold on to the audience. They could still drink some tea and snacks in some gaps, but the two on the stage never stopped.
Their voices gradually became hoarse, and their sitting posture changed several times, but their bodies were still straight and their eyes were still bright.
The lights on the street gradually faded, and the shadows of the mountain in the night increased several times. The old man and the young man sitting opposite each other on the bright and dark platform seemed to be alone between heaven and earth.
.....
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The morning light shone, and Old Master Liu, who was standing in the yard, was much shorter than before, because there were continuous reports of servants.
"I'm still talking about it, I'm talking about Duke Ai of Lu."
Hearing this, Old Master Liu smiled at the maid beside him and said, "It's so fast, it's almost done, and it will be finished in less than thirty years."
Although I don’t understand what Duke Ai of Lu is, the maid thought for a while and said, “Can you decide the winner after the talk?”
Old Master Liu reached out to her nose and said, "Yes, I understand very well. The key to asking is, although the talk is full of splendor, it will only be a winner in the end."
A master handed over a bowl of soup and said, "In fact, it is said that after so long, Leting has won. After all, he is a young man, and he has only been studying for six years."
Old Master Liu snorted the tea soup and said, "What's wrong with being young? You can't bully people even if you are young. Since it's a fight, then based on your ability, what are the old, young, women and children?"
After the words came, the sound of footsteps came from outside again.
"Grandmaster, great master, I've stopped." The servant's voice also became hoarse.
The yard suddenly became quiet, and all eyes looked at the servant.
"how?"
To be continued...