Chapter 191
As soon as this said, a bigger laugh broke out on the scene. Especially the sentence "The crack of the stone jumped out", which almost made all the scholars present jump. Mr. Ning looked at the gentle and elegant person, but he was not weak when he called him. Tang Buwei finally restrained the smile on his face, "Mr. Ning cannot just look at things, we might as well look at them in the long run. Let's talk about this storm, day and night, and all year round, which one is not the way of heaven. Can you and me do it against the will of heaven?"
"If you want to discuss the way of heaven, then we will discuss the way of heaven with you. The strong wind and rain cannot be changed, but people use wind and sunlight to dry and store food to wait for the cold winter; day and night cannot be changed, but people have always been in the sunrise and in the sun, and they have been reborn and surging day and night; the year cannot be changed, but we plant in spring and harvest in autumn, roast fire in winter, and eat cold in summer. Which of these is not human-made? People are born between heaven and earth, and do things and do not do things. If they come from poor families, aren't they self-improvement and achieve success? If the prince is not talented, shouldn't they be more disciplined and restrained to make them fall into the teachings; if the enemy invades the border, aren't the soldiers guarding the border fighting to the death and never retreat? If you follow what you say, it will be up to heaven, the country is not the country, the family is not the family, and the people are not the people. What is the situation in this world?"
Ye Ningyu said a lot in one breath, and every sentence was reasonable, refuting Tang Buwei's arguments one by one. Everyone couldn't find any mistakes and sighed. "Hmph! What an arrogant tone! Then I ask you, can you choose the family you came from? Can you live to 200 years old? Can you prevent earthquakes and floods? We can only let it go, and it will be a violation of the truth!"
Hearing this, Ye Ningyu snorted coldly. "People cannot choose their origins, but we can shine the family's lintel with their own strength; people cannot live to two hundred years old, but we can consult and strengthen our bodies in time, and make them auspicious when they encounter illnesses; we cannot stop natural disasters, but we can dispatch all the power of the court to make the people suffer less. The matter is to do things by man, not to do whatever they want, but to do their best. Please don't change your concept."
When Tang Buwei heard this, his face changed. "You are young and vigorous, but you don't know that there are people outside of you. There are natural nature and numerology are inaction. Laozi and Zhuang wrote the Tao Te Ching for life, but only the word "inaction". You are talking a lot here, fiddling with right and wrong, confusing black and white, and acting like this, can you be called the character of a scholar?"
Ye Ningyu sneered in his heart. He just talked about his character, what is this behavior? "Ning never meant to slander the classics. What he said today is just about 'the things are done by people'. According to what you said, let's discuss the most concerned things for scholars. If all the people in the world follow the will of heaven, who will taste the herbs? Who will plant grains? Who will tame all beasts? Who will weave silk? In the long run, the people will not be able to live, the country will not be able to govern, and the world will not be able to be peaceful."
"It's a big mistake! Only when no one tastes a hundred herbs can a hundred herbs grow completely. No one planted grains, and the grains could survive in the land. No one tamed a hundred beasts, and all beasts could live in peace. All things are born, and people are the first. If you keep your mouth shut, you will be too arrogant."
"I never think that man is the supreme thing of heaven and earth. On the contrary, I respect the heaven and earth. But you said that Ning puts people first and is arrogant, and Ning really does not agree. Have you never eaten meat? Have you ever eaten grains? The clothes you wear are not weaving silk? The pen in your hand is not a wolf-haired ponytail? Since that's the case, what reason do you have to say that others are wrong?"
Tang Buwei's face turned dark. He squinted his eyes and looked at Ye Ningyu, his eyes full of badness. "The matter of food, clothing and consumption is the nature of human beings, and it is difficult to determine!"
"oh?"
Ye Ningyu sneered and asked, "What do you want to use to discuss?"
Tang Buwei was in a hurry, and sweat began to ooze on his forehead. This man surnamed Ning, who looked young, looked so eloquent! Perhaps because he was too anxious, Tang Buwei was speechless for a while and couldn't help but look at Jishixiang beside him. But Jishixiang was only half burned. He thought to himself that time was passing too slowly, and just when he was about to say something, someone in the audience started to cheer. "Hey! Can you do it? If you can't do it, just change someone."
When one person said this, many people started to make a fuss. Originally, everyone was optimistic about Tang Buwei. At first, he wanted to let the young master come to the stage, and everyone thought he was so powerful. After a few more times, he couldn't resist it. "I'm not talented, I'm willing to go to the stage to discuss with Mr. Ning."
At this time, someone in the crowd took the initiative to step forward. The middle-aged man who had been in charge of the debate saw this and looked at Tang Buwei in the stands. Seeing that he was blushing, he knew that he had no words, so he had to look at the self-recommendation person below the stage and said, "I'll invite this young master to the stage."
A younger young man came on stage, and Tang Buwei naturally shook his sleeves and left. "Young Master Ning."
The man was polite, "Let's talk about the world's attitude. I heard that the dragon gives birth to the dragon, the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the rat gives birth to the rat. The ministers follow the king, and the woman follows the husband. The ethics of heaven are all caused by fate, and people in the world can only let it go."
Ye Ningyu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It turns out that this is the worldly attitude you are talking about. You said, "Subjects follow the king, and women follow their husbands." However, Ning thought that ministers should assist wise kings. If they meet a foolish lord, they can also take the right to accept advice. Even if a woman can take care of her husband and children, if she knows how to read, works as an official and goes to war, what's wrong with killing the enemy?"
"This..." The man obviously did not expect that Mr. Ning would dare to say anything, such as "meeting a foolish lord", and a woman "running as an official and going to fight for the enemy", and he thought he had heard it wrong. How could there be such a bold person! How dare he say these words! Seeing that he was speechless, Ye Ningyu said again. "This world is windy, people's hearts are not old, desires are everywhere, nations compete for hegemony, dragons dance their claws. All these things are the chaos today. If everyone in the world says that it is your duty, when will such chaos end?"
The man frowned, obviously disagreeing with Ye Ningyu's words. "In the past, Duke Zhuang of Qi went hunting, and there were insects blocking the way. This thing was raising his feet to fight the wheels. Duke Zhuang was surprised and asked the driver, "What kind of insect is this?" The driver replied that the worm was called mantis, and he knew how to move forward but not retreat. The mantis was angry and wanted to use his arms to block the ruts, but he didn't know how weak its power was. You are trying to exert your strength to guide the world's general trend. What's the difference between it and the mantis?"
Ye Ningyu couldn't help laughing when he heard this. "Heaven is full of its uses, and man is full of its talents. Although mosquitoes are small, they can control barbarian bulls; although elephants are huge, they cannot do anything to a mere field mouse. If you control chaos, you will have the skills to turn the sky. If you control chaos, you will have more than your mind but not enough strength. The wise and capable people in the world will follow the heavens and follow the times, guide the chaos into the right path, and make the people safe. In this way, we will die without regrets."
"This..." Before the man could react, Ye Ningyu said again: "You only know the general trend of the world, but you don't know who is the wise and capable person in the past and present started by accumulating meager strength? When the Emperor ascended the throne, the nations fell apart. If there were no books and carriages on the same track, how could the world come together? Do you know the allusion of Dayu controlling the flood, Jingwei filling the sea, and Yugong moving mountains?"
Chapter completed!