Chapter 036: The Battle
Soon, three days passed. During these three days, Ying Liang only watched the Hundred Schools of Philosophy debate on the first day. He didn't watch it for the next two days.
After all, the Hundred Schools of Philosophy were all talking about their own theories and did not talk about how to strengthen Great Qin at all. This made Ying Liang quite unhappy.
Ying Liang had no way to forcefully change it, so he could only stay calm. At that time, Fu Su was very interested in this. Every day, he would often pull Ying Liang along to discuss, saying that he had heard some brilliant theories today. It was very interesting.
However, to Ying Liang, this was no different from the keyboard warriors on the internet in his previous life. They could only talk, but it was useless to the country's strength.
Ying Liang was no longer interested in the debate, but he was very interested in the collection of books in the Small Sage Manor. One had to know that many books from this era had been lost in the later generations.
Although the books that Ying Zheng ordered to be destroyed were only those on poetry and magic, and the other books were kept in Afang Palace in Xianyang, many books were lost due to Xiang Yu's fire, which was a pity for future generations.
Now, Ying Liang went to the library pavilion to read every day. He was very happy and never tired of it. When the scholarly faction's Master Xun saw that Ying Liang was so interested in the scholarly collection, he didn't know whether it was because of Ying Liang's thirst for knowledge or because the scholarly faction wanted to rope Ying Liang in.
The only thing he knew was that after Master Xun learned that Ying Liang went to the library pavilion to read books every day, he no longer participated in the debate. Instead, he directly came over to explain to Ying Liang, allowing Ying Liang to have a great understanding of the contents of the books.
"Master Xun, it's already the third day. Are the Hundred Schools of Philosophy still explaining their theories?”Ying Liang looked at the book and asked.
"Yes, that's right. It couldn't be helped. For so many years, in order to promote their own academic knowledge, each family had been rushing to the various vassal states, hoping that there would be a king who could use their own academic knowledge to strengthen their national strength and realize their own academic ideals.”Master Xun said.
"Now that the State of Qin has unified the world, the various schools of thought no longer have the chance to enter the imperial court. However, now that the debate at Jixia Learning Palace has reopened, the Hundred Schools of Philosophy have seen an opportunity. Although we all know that this is very slim, it's better than nothing.”
"Yeah, for these people who have studied academics for their entire lives, the theory is very profound, but it's a pity that there's no place to put it into practice.”Ying Liang said.
"However, it's time to change." Ying Liang looked at Master Xun and said," I would like to ask Master Xun to inform the Hundred Schools of Philosophy to stop their academic lectures tomorrow. I have something to discuss with the Hundred Schools of Philosophy.”
After saying that, Ying Liang didn't wait for Master Xun to reply and directly returned to the residence arranged by the scholarly faction.
When he returned to his residence, Ying Liang found that Fu Su was discussing the theories of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy with the elders of the Yin-Yang School. Although Fu Su praised the other theories, they were all overthrown by Chu Nangong from the perspective of the Yin-Yang School. This made Fu Su very depressed.
Seeing this scene, Ying Liang laughed. After hearing Ying Liang's laughter, they all realized that Ying Liang had returned.
"Duke Xiaoyao always comes back from the library pavilion late at night. Why did you come back so early today?”Chu Nan Gong asked honestly.
Chu Nan Gong was a member of the Yin-Yang School, and he represented the Yin-Yang School. Now that he was about to bring the future successor of the Great Qin Empire into the Yin-Yang School, Ying Liang laughed out loud.
The reason for this was that during his time with Ying Liang, Chu Nangong realized that Ying Liang liked the theories of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy. It was a good thing, but he felt a sense of rejection.
This made Chu Nan Gong very puzzled. He couldn't see what Ying Liang was thinking at all. One had to know that Chu Nan Gong could be considered the oldest person in the current era. He had seen many people, but there were very few people he could not see clearly. This made Chu Nan Gong pay a lot of attention to Ying Liang.
"Deputy Xiao Yao has returned. He happened to hear some very exquisite theories today. He was discussing it with Chu Nan Gong just now, but every time he mentioned the exquisite points, Chu Nan Gong would scoff at them.”said Fu Su.
"Of course. You have to know that Chu Nan Gong is a member of the Yinyang School. He definitely doesn't care about the theories of the other schools of thought. Tell me, am I right? Duke Chu Nan." Ying Liang smiled as he looked at Chu Nan Gong.
Chu Nan Gong remained silent after hearing this. If she said yes, it would seem that she was not tolerant and simply did not speak.
Seeing that Chu Nangong did not say anything, Ying Liang and Fu Su did not bring it up again. They immediately started discussing the debate.
"Young Master Fusu, I plan to face the Hundred Schools of Philosophy alone tomorrow.”Ying Liang said solemnly.
" What?!" Chu Nan Gong exclaimed.
One had to know that Ying Liang's decision was a fool's dream in Chu Nan Gong's eyes. A person debating the Hundred Schools of Philosophy had never happened since the birth of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy.
Previously, Chu Nan Gong had refuted Fu Su's theories about the various schools of thought, but that was not true. Fu Su was not a descendant of the other schools of thought, so he did not understand the intricacies of the theories.
Only Chu Nan Gong dared to use the theories of the Yin-Yang School to refute it. However, Chu Nan Gong did not dare to use the theories of the other schools of thought.
Chu Nan Gong had to admit that the other schools of thought had many ingenious theories. Even in the past, in order to realize their own academic goals, they could only achieve a few goals in front of the emperor. But now, Duke Xiao Yao actually wanted to debate the theories of the other schools of thought alone. Chu Nan Gong really wanted to say that the ignorant were fearless, but was Ying Liang an ignorant person? Chu Nan Gong was the first to not believe it.
Although Chu Nangong didn't know what Ying Liang was planning, he didn't stay to hear about it. Instead, he planned to go back first and discuss with the other Yinyang School elders to come up with a solution.
After Chu Nan Gong left, Fu Su looked at Ying Liang and asked,""Are you confident?"
"If I say I'm 100% confident, then I'm deceiving myself. However, it would be a lie to say that he was not confident.”Ying Liang poured himself a glass of wine and said.
"Then what should we do tomorrow?" Fu Su asked worriedly.
"It's fine. We'll take it one step at a time.”Ying Liang said indifferently.
Fu Su looked at Ying Liang, who was drinking alone, and did not know what to say. He could only hope that Ying Liang would succeed tomorrow, or else he would become the joke of Great Qin and be laughed at by everyone.
The next day, the Hundred Schools of Philosophers who had received the news arrived at the debate venue early in the morning. They wanted to see how capable Ying Liang was to debate the Hundred Schools of Philosophy alone.
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