The most arrogant in history

Chapter 473: Master of Eloquence.

Sang Buyi clasped his fists and said, "That's good, but I'm afraid someone will say that our nine ministries and cabinets are abusing their power and sidelining the King of Han."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I think the current nine-ministry cabinet is pretty good. We'll talk about how to arrange it in the future."

Qin Chou said again: "King of Han, Jiang Youbao asked me to ask you, will you return to Xuchang for the New Year? If not, do you want to send the queen and the ladies to Xiangyang for a reunion?"

At this time, there is only half a month left until the Chinese New Year.

Jiang Yourong and others at home missed Ye Kun.

Ye Kun smiled bitterly and said, "Send the queen and the ladies here. There are so many people and the team is huge. You will definitely scold me for wasting money and manpower. So, I'd better go back."

Xiangyang is not far from Xuchang.

There is a smooth road, and you can ride at full speed and arrive in the evening.

Of course, it would be much more convenient for Ye Kun to go back alone than for all the ladies to come.

Sang Buyi breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his fists, saying, "In that case, why don't we leave a few people here to work and wait for the King of Han to return together."

"Are you afraid that I won't return, so you sent someone to monitor me?"

Ye Kun said angrily: "Sang Buyi, you are more powerful than Ma Zhao and old man Guan Yafu!"

Among the nine ministers, Ma Zhao and Guan Yafu were the toughest. They insisted on their principles and refused to back down.

Now that Zhuge Feng has passed away and Guan Yafu has retired completely due to old age and illness, Sang Buyi is the Prime Minister of the Nine Ministries and the first person in the cabinet.

But this Sang Buzhi is more difficult to deal with than Ma Zhao and Guan Yafu.

Ye Kun felt that his future days would probably not be easy.

Sang Buyi pretended to be kind and said with a smile: "King of Han, I am also doing this for the court, the country, and the people of Shenzhou. I didn't send someone to monitor you because I was afraid that you would go into the laboratory and not come out for three years."

Everyone laughed.

Ye Kun shrugged and asked Ma Zhengyang, the Minister of Industry, and Ye Qingyang, the Minister of Transport and Water Resources, to stay and learn about the new technology.

Everyone else, go back to Xuchang to work.

Tang Li, the governor of Xiangyang, came to report that the exchange conference was ready and would be held tomorrow in the university auditorium. He invited Indian monks, Roman and Qin scholars, representatives of hundreds of Chinese schools of thought, and university professors to participate.

Ye Kun looked at Sang Buyi and said, "Since everyone is here, let's attend the exchange meeting together tomorrow."

Sang Buyi laughed and said, "Why is the King of Han so cautious in such a verbal dispute?"

"This is an exchange and collision of ideas, not a dispute of words."

Ye Kun rolled his eyes: "Tomorrow I'll show you how many eloquent people there are among those barbarians! Even if we fight together, we may not be able to win the debate."

"No way, a bunch of barbarians are so powerful?" Sang Buyi still didn't believe it.

"They are also an ancient and civilized country. Don't underestimate them."

Ye Kun waved his hand and asked everyone to rest, get some refreshment and participate in tomorrow's debate.

In the evening, Zhang Yuzhen, the nephew of the great Taoist master Zhang Mi, came to see Ye Kun again. He was full of confidence and said that he had made an appointment with more than a dozen Taoist orators and would definitely win tomorrow.

Ye Kun smiled and nodded.

The next day.

After breakfast, elites from all walks of life arrived in the auditorium of Xiangyang University one after another.

There will be no rostrum for this meeting.

There were only three teams, arranged in a triangle, and each sat down.

Each team has about sixty people.

There are more than a dozen recorders distributed behind each team.

The Indians were all monks, but the monks at that time still had hair, not the bald heads of later generations.

Ye Kun stood up, walked to the open space in the middle of the triangle, and made his opening remarks:

"Culture and thought are the beacon of human social progress and the eternal pursuit of mankind. Our Chinese land has a history of thousands of years and has produced many great cultural figures and thinkers, such as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, King Wen and King Wu, Laozi and Confucius, Mozi and Sun Tzu...

Rome and India are also ancient civilizations and one of the birthplaces of world civilization. They have also produced many great figures.

All of us here today are disciples and students of the ancients. We have inherited their wisdom and thoughts, and have made progress and breakthroughs.

However, the cultures and thoughts of the East and the West are different, so when we communicate, misunderstandings and ambiguities may arise.

I invite you all to this exchange meeting today to help you understand and learn from each other. I hope you can speak freely and discuss progress together.”

Next, Tang Li, the governor of Xiangyang, stood up and introduced to everyone the elites present today.

After the introduction, the exchange and debate officially began.

The scholars of Roman Daqin were the first to challenge the Taoist representative Zhang Yuzhen and ask:

"Your country, China, has hundreds of schools of thought. Which of these hundreds of schools of thought is the best?"

Zhang Yuzhen smiled and said:

"Between heaven and earth, there are four seasons, eight festivals, and twenty-four solar terms. Which solar term is the best? In the fields, there are all kinds of grains, all of which can be used to satisfy hunger. Among the five grains, are there good and bad ones?

The existence of hundreds of schools of thought in China is also like this. They are born in accordance with the times and develop in accordance with the trend. There is no good or bad. If there is really good or bad, then the way of heaven is clear and will naturally conceal the evil and promote the good, and eliminate the bad schools. "

Ye Kun was somewhat surprised when he heard this.

It seems that Zhang Yu is really good at speaking and has done his homework for this debate.

The two sides continued to debate, with the generals taking turns to debate and engage in exciting verbal sparring.

When the debate became heated, the scholar from Roman Qin threw out a trap question and asked Zhang Yuzhen: "Excuse me, Mr. Zhang, can you step into the same river twice?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Kun immediately answered: "I will answer this question."

Everyone turned and looked at Ye Kun.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "The culture of Rome and Qin inherited the ancient Greek culture. A scholar in ancient Greece put forward an argument that people cannot step into the same river twice.

Because the river is flowing, the hydrology is changing. A big river is changing every moment. For example, I am different from me today because I was not as old as I am today.

The words of this Greek scholar are correct. But compared with the viewpoints of our Chinese Taoists, they are too simple. He emphasized change, but did not reveal the difference between change and constancy, contradiction and unity.

Our Taoist Tai Chi Bagua diagram can well explain the relationship between opposition and unity, movement and stillness. Mr. Zhang Yuzhen can explain the specific explanation in detail. "

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuzhen realized that Ye Kun's quick answer was to give her a hint. She clasped her fists in gratitude and continued with Ye Kun's words to start a discussion.

The Roman scholar was stunned by Ye Kunkan's words and had to nod in defeat.

A man from the Indian monk team stood up and asked, "What is the largest number in China? What is the smallest number?"

These monks have been in China for several years. They are diligent and studious, and are proficient in Chinese writing and language, so they no longer need translation.

Zhang Mi smiled and said, "Our largest number is Wuji, which means it has no end. All things in the world have yin and yang, and numbers also have yin and yang. Wuji is a very large number that is so large that it has no end, so correspondingly, Wuji is a very small number that is so small that it has no end."

The monk frowned and asked again: "How big is the biggest fish in the sea?"

Zhang Yuzhen asked back: "How big are your fish?"

The monk said: "According to Indian historical records, there are huge fish in the sea that weigh tens of thousands of pounds and can swallow an elephant in one bite."

"How old is this?"

Zhang Yuzhen moved out of the manor and said:

"Our Taoist Zhuangzi recorded that Master Ren went fishing, using fifty elephants as bait, squatting on Mount Kuaiji, and casting his rod into the East China Sea to fish. Three years later, he caught a huge fish that stirred up the entire East China Sea. This huge fish was bigger than Mount Tai. It was cut into jerky, and people from the east of Zhihe River to the north of Cangwu have been eating it for decades, and they still haven't finished it."

Everyone laughed together.

The Indian monk was silent for a while, then asked, "Excuse me, where do the souls and thoughts go after a person dies?"