The Hundred Countries Debate Competition of Xianyang Academy had attracted the attention of the entire Xianyang City. When the host announced the rules of the competition, the audience was silent.
Qin Zheng sat on the highest seat and looked down at everything, as if he were the king of the world.
There were only six matches in the third round of the competition. The three contestants would debate in pairs, and then Qin Zheng would come up with the questions himself. That was to say, each contestant would have to debate four times.
In the end, the champion, the runner-up, and the runner-up would be decided by the number of matches won. Then, all the contestants would receive the rewards together.
Many students and teachers were against the idea of Qin Zheng coming up with the questions for the final debate. However, they couldn't go against the will of the people since they were in Xianyang Academy. They didn't see how excited the people were when they heard that Qin Zheng was going to come up with the questions himself.
Hua Kai couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. No matter what people said about Qin Zheng, Qin Zheng's influence in Qin State was unparalleled. Hua Kai still remembered the tone of his teacher, Sage Zeng Can, when he talked about Qin Zheng. It was a feeling of resistance, confusion, respect, and a hint of envy.
No matter what, it was clear that Qin State or Qin Zheng wanted to unify the world. In fact, the position of a country was not important to the students. In this world, too many people went to other countries to become officials. It was the monarchs of various countries who should have a headache. Sometimes, the identity of a country's monarch didn't have much influence on the aristocratic families.
After the rules were announced, Hua Kai and Qin Jiao came up to the stage first. Many people were looking forward to the two of them fighting again. The content of their last debate had been circulated in Xianyang Academy for a long time and had been read and studied by all the students and apprentices.
Standing on the stage, the two of them bowed to each other. By now, they had a good understanding of each other's strength.
It seemed that Qin Jiao's core was the etiquette of Confucianism and the geomancy of Yin-Yang School, but in fact, his idea was to educate the people and make them kings. Hua Kai wasn't afraid of this at all.
Hua Kai knew about the relationship between the people, the country, and the kings. Knowing the five-thousand-year history of Huaxia, Hua Kai was confident that he could defeat Qin Zheng.
Hua Kai seemed casual, and every word he said seemed to carry a trace of casualness. However, if one thought about it carefully, there was a deep meaning behind each of his words.
He had already achieved great success in all of the ten major academic studies, and he was also involved in various small schools of thought. Occasionally, he would say some classic words that would cause people to ponder deeply. It could be said that his defense was extremely strong, and his attacking methods were strange and varied. There were no flaws to speak of.
There were even people who sought the advice of many tycoons to find a way to defeat Hua Kai.
However, none of the tycoons dared to guarantee that their views were better than Hua Kai's.
"Greetings, Holy Son Hua Kai!"
Qin Jiao smiled as he looked at Hua Kai. As a Yin-Yang expert, he could feel that Hua Kai had already entered the Qi Refining Realm. Recently, Hua Kai felt that something was different from before.
"Greetings, Holy Son Qin!" Hua Kai also saluted.
"It is Qin Jiao's honor to debate with Holy Son Hua on the same stage.
Today, there are some questions that I have not been able to answer. I hope Holy Son Hua can enlighten me! "Qin Jiao's attitude was very humble.
"I don't dare to enlighten you. If I know a little, I will definitely tell you. Please!" Hua Kai indicated for Qin Jiao to go first.
"I once thought that one day, the world will be unified, and everyone will be able to learn. The world will prosper, and all the people will be rich. All kinds of new things will fill people's lives.
Wild beasts will not dare to approach human cities. When that time comes, will the human race lose their drive to advance? "
As Qin Jiao spoke, everyone couldn't help but imagine a life without wild beasts and a life of luxury. When they thought of the end, everyone couldn't help but feel confused. After a few years, if the human race had no opponents, then what was the point of everyone practicing martial arts?
Would there be no meaning to human life then?
When Qin Zheng heard his son speak, he smiled and nodded. Qin Jiao directly led the topic to the unification of the world. He didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the main topic. This debate had already surpassed the teachings of the Hundred Schools of Thought. Normally, people from the various schools of thought wouldn't dare to discuss these things. However, this was what Qin Zheng wanted to hear the most.
"The development of all things follows its own rules. Since ancient times, humans have always lived in contradictions. Every time a contradiction is resolved, there will always be a new contradiction. The human race's yearning for a better life has no end. Without wild beasts and without war, if everyone can learn, the concept of home and country will become weak. The world will be people-oriented. The ideology and policies that are suitable for the people will be promoted, and the ideology and policies that hinder the people will be eliminated!
The human race will naturally choose a more meaningful life, "Hua Kai said calmly.
He seemed to have led everyone into the long history of the human race's development. Humans had always been struggling for a better life. Whether it was facing wild beasts or the rule of powerful forces, the human race had overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles to walk step by step until today.
"Will the Hundred Schools of Thought become a hindrance to history? Will the country restrict the development of the human race?" Qin Jiao continued to ask.
"Not necessarily!
Regardless of whether it is the Hundred Schools of Thought or the country, they are all symbols of the human race's progress. They promote the development of the human race and maintain the order and unity of the entire human race, "Hua Kai said.
Qin Jiao kept leading the conversation to the need for a unified country, and Hua Kai followed his train of thought. His debate focused on unity and reform of the system, and everything was for the sake of the people.
Qin Jiao did not do much research on how to educate the people and how to establish a unified system that was beneficial to the people, aristocratic families, and kings. Hua Kai's words made him think for a long time. In the end, the two of them were talking about the problems of the system after unification. It was basically Hua Kai talking to Qin Jiao. Everyone could see that the outcome of the debate had already been decided.
Two hours later, Qin Jiao bowed and admitted defeat. The referee announced that Hua Kai had won. Next was the debate between Hua Kai and Xiang Chen.
Xiang Chen started by talking about the influence of a king on a country. A king affected the development of a country. If a king was restricted from doing things that would harm the people, how could a king be beneficial to the people?
This topic continued from the previous debate. Hua Kai used his knowledge from his previous life to talk about how to restrict the people and how a country should establish rules to restrict the king.
The debate only took an hour for the two of them to end. No one expected the finals to be so easy. It was completely different from the previous debates that lasted for several hours.
Hua Kai, Qin Jiao, and Xiang Chen all stopped at the right point. He did not try to find the flaws in their arguments. Otherwise, it would have been easier for him to win.
The two of them also knew that Hua Kai's knowledge was much higher than theirs. It would take them a long time to understand many of the theories. Hua Kai was also not aggressive in the debate. When there were flaws or contradictions in their arguments, Hua Kai would only remind them.
On the 11th of October, Xianyang City had entered autumn. Qin Jiao and Xiang Chen's debate that day was unexpected.
Xiang Chen mentioned that the king's self-restraint was the key to a country's prosperity. The two of them started a fierce debate about the needs of the people and the role of the king.
At first, Qin Jiao was at an absolute disadvantage. The other party used the idea that the more power the king had, the more dangerous a country would be. The two of them debated until noon. They talked about how to govern the country and how to educate the people. Neither of them could convince the other.
It was not until night time that Qin Jiao found a small flaw in Xiang Chen's argument that the situation slowly shifted to his favor. In the end, Qin Jiao defeated the other party with a slight advantage.
Two days later, Hua Kai went up to the debate stage again. Qin Zheng was sitting on the high platform again.
"The three of you had very interesting debates a few days ago. I have a deep impression of you. For the first debate today, Hua Kai and Jiao 'er, you will use' prosper the country 'as the topic.
I look forward to your interesting debate! "Qin Zheng said on the platform.
"Prosper the country" was a big topic. The world had discussed it countless times. The king had always been looking for a way to prosper the country. Many people thought about how to prosper the country.
This time, Qin Jiao gestured for Hua Kai to start first. As Qin Zheng's son, he had heard more about the theory of "prosper the country" than Hua Kai. This time, Qin Zheng used "prosper the country" as the topic. He was obviously biased towards him.
Hua Kai did not hold back. He started by asking Qin Jiao questions about the governance of the country, education, military management, water conservancy, and so on. When Qin Jiao heard Hua Kai's questions, he realized that he had underestimated his opponent. Even if these questions were given to the officials in charge of the country, they might not know as much as Hua Kai. After just two rounds of debate, Qin Jiao was already speechless. It was the first time the audience had seen someone so talented. Perhaps even a saint could not compare to him!
The second debate was between Hua Kai and Xiang Chen. Qin Zheng's topic was "King and Vassal". The two were mainly debating about the role that the aristocratic families should play in the governance of the country. They also discussed whether it was disadvantageous for the king and the people if the aristocratic families occupied too much of the world's resources.
Xiang Chen did not dare to be careless. He went up and said that the aristocratic families were the arms of the king. The king and the aristocratic families ruled the world together. This was the foundation of the stability of the world. This was the consensus of all the aristocratic families and scholars.
How could Hua Kai not know the pros and cons of the king and the aristocratic families ruling the world together? He directly drew out the aristocratic families' self-interest. He wanted to solve this problem to raise the awareness of the people and ensure the country's authority.
He mentioned his understanding of the country here. It was a military organization to ensure the development of the community, and the king was the master of this sword.
Some of Hua Kai's novel ideas and words made everyone ponder deeply. He had already stood on the level of the essence of a country to talk about its advantages and disadvantages.
Xiang Chen felt enlightened by Hua Kai's topic. The two of them only debated for half an hour before Xiang Chen bowed and admitted defeat. At the end of the debate, he actually bowed to Hua Kai. This was not flattery, but gratitude from the bottom of his heart!
Qin Zheng sat on the high platform and no one knew what he was thinking. The topic Qin Zheng gave for the last debate was "Hundred Schools of Thought".
Xiang Chen directly listed the ten advantages of the Hundred Schools of Thought. He talked about the importance of the Hundred Schools of Thought in terms of educating the people, increasing the strength of the human race, and adjusting the conflicts between countries.
Qin Jiao listed the flaws of the Hundred Schools of Thought. The School of Mohism and the Confucian School had become the biggest enemies of the Hundred Schools of Thought. He found the flaws in the Hundred Schools of Thought. In the end, it evolved into how to fix the flaws in the Hundred Schools of Thought and unify them to find more cooperation with the king.
When Hua Kai heard this, he sighed inwardly. Xiang Chen was still inferior to Qin Jiao. Qin Zheng had achieved his goal in this debate!