Chapter 26 It’s time to have a feast
"Why did you go to the opposite side, senior brother?" Disciple Chunyu, who was still on the debate stage, stared at Jin Yao blankly, feeling confused.
Xiang Fuzi, Heguanzi, Gongsun Linglong and others also looked at Jin Yao in surprise. Aren’t you going to lend a hand? You are the type who does not talk but fight. Why are you walking onto the debate stage?
"Junior brother, I told you I took the wrong path, do you believe me?" Jin Yao looked at disciple Chunyu awkwardly.
"Do you think I will believe it?" Disciple Chunyu was very angry. He saw the flirting between Jin Yao, Han Fei and Li Si, and also saw Master Xun's gentleness towards Jin Yao. He instantly understood that this senior brother had always been the opposite person.
For a moment, Disciple Chunyu felt that he had been deceived, and his original infinite gratitude for his senior brother turned into endless anger. If it were not for his good upbringing since childhood that made him clearly remember that this was a debate stage, he would have wanted to draw his sword.
In this regard, disciple Chunyu's cultivation and tolerance are much higher than Dongjun's.
Jin Yao also felt the anger on the other side and shrank his head, but still gritted his teeth and repeated Mencius's teachings, and then asked in return, "Since human nature is inherently good, why does King Hui of Liang have to restrict the people with laws?"
"I..." Disciple Chunyu was dumbfounded, his mind was a mess. His mind was already confused because his respected senior brother had become a traitor, and now the other party was using Mencius's teachings to attack him, which made him even more confused.
"Let me answer for you!" Jin Yao said with a smile.
"Ah? Okay!" Disciple Chunyu was at a loss, but nodded woodenly, forgetting that this guy was on the opposite side.
"Because human nature is good, we know that the king's laws are good, so we will execute them. If human nature is evil, then even if there are laws requiring people not to violate the will of heaven and to give people a break, will the people really obey them? The reason why people obey laws is because human nature is good, so laws can be implemented." Jin Yao said with a smile.
"Ah, yes!" Disciple Chunyu nodded and saluted respectfully.
It turns out that the senior brother has always been the senior brother. He did not betray him. He just mixed up with the opposite side and acted as a spy. It was all his misunderstanding. He really deserves to die. How could he have misunderstood his senior brother!
"Which side is this guy from?" Han Fei and Li Si were stunned. What do you want to do?
"What a sophistry!" Gongsun Long looked at Jin Yao with a smile, then looked at his daughter and nodded. The more he looked at her, the more he liked her.
"Then the question arises again. If human nature is good, why do we have wars? Mencius said, "As for my country, if the king is warlike, please use war as an analogy. King Hui of Liang was warlike, and Mencius also used war as an analogy. Is he saying that Mencius was also a warlike person, and that weapons are dangerous tools? Since both King Hui of Liang and Mencius were warlike people, doesn't that mean that human nature is evil, and even saints are not immune?" Jin Yao asked in a sudden turn.
"Ah?" Chunyu disciple was stunned, looking at Jin Yao stupidly, with mixed feelings, just want to ask, "Brother, which side are you on?" Give me a quick answer!
"This kid!" Xunzi was also speechless. Which side are you on?
Similarly, the conservative Confucian school also looked at Jin Yao and asked, "Are you an enemy or a friend? Should we kill you or not?"
"The last person who was able to debate on the Jixia Academy's debate stage was Mencius!" Lord Chu Nan was also looking at Jin Yao on the stage and sighed softly.
The better Jin Yao performs, the harder it will be for the Yin-Yang School to win him over.
Originally, they thought that Jin Yao was just an ordinary disciple of Confucianism, and they could bring him back to Yin-Yang School by paying some price.
Now, all branches of Confucianism have paid attention to this young man. It is extremely difficult for them, the Yin-Yang School, to snatch him from the Confucianism.
Jin Yao was still giving a passionate speech on the stage, constantly changing his identities. Miraculously, none of the Confucian schools took office to stop him. Instead, they collectively chose to remain silent, quietly listening to Jin Yao attacking each other while quoting from classics.
"The goodness of human nature is the yearning for a better life, and the evil of human nature is the helplessness towards reality. So, is it really necessary to know the good and evil of human nature?" Jin Yao finally ended his speech and looked at the Confucian disciples and great scholars.
“???” Whether they were conservative, realistic, or neutral Confucians, they all looked at Jin Yao in confusion.
What is your position? Which side do you belong to?
"So, whether human nature is good or evil, the first thing to determine is what is good and what is evil. Next, let me invite a famous expert to explain to everyone what is good and evil!" Jin Yao looked at the Confucian disciples below who were confused and had deep evil thoughts, and hurriedly pulled them.
I always feel like I have offended all three branches of Confucianism at once.
"Bah!" Jin Yao slapped himself in the face. Damn it, why couldn't he control his mouth?
When Gongsun Long and Han Tan heard Jin Yao's words, they turned a blind eye and said, "You are really a troublemaker. You have offended all three branches of Confucianism in one go. There is no one else like you among all the schools of thought in the world."
"We still want to live longer, please go ahead!" Gongsun Long rolled his eyes. Confucianism is now a powder keg. Whoever steps up will die!
Then, Jin Yao understood why no one came up to speak when he was debating before. It was not because what he said was so good, but because of the good self-cultivation of Confucian disciples, which prevented them from interrupting others before the end of the debate.
"Senior brother, do you represent the good nature or the evil nature?" Before Jin Yao stepped down from the stage, a disciple from Chunyu's lineage came up on stage. Similarly, a disciple from Xunzi's lineage also came up on stage, also waiting for Jin Yao's answer.
"Don't look at it, just wait to die!" When Master Xiang saw his disciple's eyes asking for help, he mouthed the words silently.
You are the only one in the world who dares to stir up trouble in the debate over Confucian human nature. Just wait for death, or think about which table you should sit at when you are having dinner.
"The Taoist priest sits at the table with the rich woman at the banquet!" Heguanzi said with a playful smile.
"Take me with you!" Han Tan also wanted to watch the fun and wanted to know how this kid got out of this situation.
"Is it so easy to be a trouble stirrer?" Master Xun was speechless. I invited you here to be a supporter, not to be a trouble stirrer.
"There are some people I don't want to save, and there are some people I can't save. This... kid, you have both. May I ask, where should I sit at the banquet?" Gongsun Long sighed. A good son-in-law is gone!
"I..." Jin Yao looked at the elders below, but no one was willing to help him!
"I take back what I said before. There has never been such a person who jumps back and forth like this!" Lord Chu Nan couldn't understand Jin Yao's behavior. According to his words, he could get the courtesy of most Confucianists by just standing on one side, but he insisted on choosing the most dangerous one.
It is also a road that no one has ever walked on.
"When it comes to courting death, Brother Jin is second to none. Who dares to claim to be first?" Han Fei shook his head helplessly and sat down to wait for the feast.
