After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

The debate meeting came as scheduled and was held at the bank of Yongji Canal. In addition to the subordinate officials of Daozhou Gongse, many local Confucian scholars, hermit scholars and scholars are included here.

Pei Jiaoran came with a large army, sat down in front of the seats set up, and greeted Tian Zizhan and others with a smile. His eyes fell on the place where the desk was set up in the center of the venue.

She sent only six people. Far less than the number of great Confucian scholars produced in the three towns of Heshuo. Especially with the girl Wu Lingjia in the middle. There were disdainful looks from all around, but Wu Lingjia just smiled in response. Looking at Li Xiujing again, although he is not wearing armor, he still looks like a warrior. He wears a red forehead bandage on his head and gauntlets on his sleeves, making him look quite heroic.

Sensing that someone was looking at her, Pei Jiaoran immediately looked away and looked towards the person. Seeing it was Cui Yuzhang, she curled her lips.

Seeing that everyone has gathered, there are many people watching. Tian Zizhan smiled slightly and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's get started. Today is the limit of one hour."

"Mr. Pei, please draw lots to decide the topic for this debate." A staff member from the Jie Shuai Mansion walked up to her and said holding a bamboo basket.

Draw lots from the bamboo basket as promised. There are two characters in the entry: big and small.

Looking at the words on the paper, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said, "Big or small is a good word. The "Xiaoyaoyou" written by Zhuang Gong was based on this. I hope you will not disappoint me."

The first to attack were the hermit scholars living in Weizhou. He cupped his hands in front of everyone and said, "Zhuangzi once said, 'The greatest has no outside, it is called the big one; the smallest has no inside, it is called the small one.' It can be seen that the big should be higher than the small."

Pei Jiaoran glanced at the man and licked his lips. This sentence comes from Zhuangzi's "The World Chapter", which means that things that are extremely big have no outer space, so they are called "big one", while things that are extremely small have no outer space, so they are called "small one".

Zhuangzi himself is a representative of Taoism, and most of his remarks are related to metaphysics. The other party starts with Xuan, probably because they don’t want to make it easy for their side to win.

As soon as the hermit scholar sat down, there was silence at the table. Everyone was thinking about how to answer. Wu Lingjia stood up and raised his hand to the hidden scholar.

"Sir, what you said is wrong. "Zhuangzi Tianxia Chapter" also says that great similarities and small similarities are different, which is called small similarities and differences; all things are the same and all different, which is called great similarities and differences. It can be seen that all things are born, and all things flow. Change is constant, and nothing in this world can remain in a fixed state forever. Things are relative, but there is no absolute difference between things.”

Wu Lingjia spoke in a calm tone and looked calm. Many ladies who came to watch cast envious glances at her. Pei Jiaoran, who was on the high platform, curled his lips when he saw this scene.

"Urine is small, stool is big. How can the two be confused? As the saying goes, 'Small knowledge is not as good as great knowledge, and small years are not as good as big ones.' How do crickets know the Spring and Autumn Period? How do Chao Bacteria know Hui Shuo? And in Chu There are Ming Ling people in the south who consider five hundred years old as spring and five hundred years old as autumn. However, in ancient times there were Dachun people who considered eight thousand years old as spring and eight thousand years old as autumn. This is also the great year. But Peng Zu is now using Jiute It’s sad to hear that everyone is equal to him." The Zhuge family members stood up and retorted.

Staring at Wu Lingjia, Pei Jiaoran's smile gradually deepened. Why did she feel that all her previous arrangements were in vain. This friend of hers might actually be able to talk to other scholars.

Looking around the debate table, he saw Li Xiujing looking over with a smile, and Pei Jiaoran looked away instantly.

"Sir, have you only read Xiaoyaoyou? There is a saying in "Qiwu Lun", 'Nothing in the world is bigger than the end of Qiuhao, so Mount Tai is small; no one can live longer than Yangzi, and Pengzu is young. Heaven and earth are born together with me, and All things and I are one. 'All things are born equal, and all things are equal. Although the roc and the cricket are different in size, they have their own freedom."

As soon as she finished speaking, cheers started.

Pei Jiaoran smiled.

But Cui Yuzhang said: "This lady is so powerful. I don't know her name."

"She is a member of the household department." Pei Jiaoran took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "The daughter of Duke Changli."

She didn't believe Cui Yuzhang didn't know Wu Lingjia's identity. Most likely he asked this intentionally.

"It is really enviable for Duke Changli to have a disciple as high as Mr. Pei and a daughter like Lady Wu." Cui Yuzhang said with a smile.

"Everyone has his own destiny. Now he is not a ninth-grade Zhongzheng in power in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Even if he does not depend on his family, he can still do well." Pei Jiaoran raised his finger and pointed at Li Xiujing, "This General Li is from the Li family in Longxi. Heir. It’s not because of his own military exploits that he reached his current position. Why should Mr. Cui have any sense of family status?”

Cui Yuzhang smiled and said nothing. But he saw that Wu Lingjia had never sat down again since he stood up. On the contrary, Heshuo's side had already changed several people.

Glancing at Pei Jiaoran from the corner of his eye, Cui Yuzhang slowly stroked his beard.

Li Xiujing, who was bored during the dinner, couldn't help but look at Pei Jiaoran. Then he sighed. He also wanted to go up there and show off his skills, but Wu Lingjia was also an eloquent person. He never fell behind.

"It's not trivial to use a tube to peer into the sky and a cone to point to the ground!" Another scholar stood up and rebutted Wu Lingjia.

Wu Lingjia smiled and said, "If it is content with its nature, then even though the big roc cannot be more noble than a small bird, and the small bird has no envy in Tianchi, it will have more than enough glory. Therefore, although the small and big are different, they are free and happy. .'Sir, you are neither a big roc nor a small bird. How do you know that they are not each free and happy?" Note 1

Pei Jiaoran raised his eyebrows when he stopped talking. This sentence is the interpretation of Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou" and "Equality of Things" by Guo Xiang, a master of metaphysics in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. He believes that all things are one, and there is no difference between a roc and a bird. Even though they are in different situations, they can both be at ease.

During the dinner, Wu Lingjia became victorious and her thoughts became clearer. She stood facing the autumn sun, looking up at the flowing light with her hands and feet.

When the other party saw her like this, he immediately said: "It is up to you to take all the beauty in the world."

"Sir, why should you ridicule me for my short-sightedness? I remember that "Guanzi·Xin Shu Part 1" also said: "The Tao is between heaven and earth, its greatness has no outside, its smallness has no inside. " Guo Xiang, a master of metaphysics in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, also said, "Although small and large are different, if they are left to their own devices, they will let their physical nature be allowed to happen, and things will be judged according to their abilities. Everyone should do his or her part and be free and easy. How can we allow victory or defeat? In the meantime'."

"How come today's debate is a bit of a legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties' pure talk?" the head of the Zhuge family muttered.

More than a hundred years have passed since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Things that were popular in the past have become despised by everyone nowadays. Although there were many people in the Wei and Jin Dynasties who were good at talking, there were also many people who were good at running the country. For example, Wang Dao, Yu Liang, and Huan Wen, in addition to their strong ability to govern, are also good at talking. These people all used their good conversational skills to travel across the country to save the crumbling ship of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It can be seen that such a smooth debate method is not without its merits.

Pei Jiaoran raised his head and glanced at Geng Le, whose beady eyes were filled with light.

However, Wu Lingjia suddenly turned around at this moment and bowed in the direction of Chang'an, "I have my own way to live up to the emperor's salary. Now the emperor is willing to re-establish the prefecture and recruit talents to the capital. You have all the talents, and I am here today. I have seen it. If you are determined to enlighten people and promote good deeds, why not go to Chang'an to study, why not defend Xiangxu. Let all ignorant people in the world learn, and let your talents be remembered in history. Although the conversation here is fast, it is all Talking on paper is not enough."

In the first few rounds, she was not only thinking clearly, but also articulate. He has already made several people on the other side speechless in debate, and now these words have pushed the original intention of debate to its peak.

The purpose of this debate was to re-establish Xiangxu. Wu Lingjia's words told everyone that the reason why the imperial court wanted to reset Xiang Xu was to attract talents. No matter how eloquent you are at the table, it is of no consequence. Your names will not be left in the history books of future generations.

"color!"

There were loud sounds during the dinner.

"My lady's words are very much to my liking! The imperial court is willing to recruit talents, so why should we trap ourselves here and hide our talents?" Someone in the crowd said loudly.

Looking from the audience to Tian Zizhan, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said: "Jie Shuai, who is the winner today?"

"Of course it's Mrs. Wu." Tian Zizhan smiled slightly.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran's smile deepened. Looking at the Lu and Zhuge families, their expressions were quite embarrassing.