In the next two days, the envoys of various countries also left Qi one after another, and only Gao Yuan remained in Qi State, because he also had to go to Jixia School Palace with Chunyu Zhongxiu to help Chunyu Zhongxiu participate in the debate. Therefore, after the end of Qi Wangjian's birthday banquet, Gao Yuan discussed and studied with Chunyu Zhongxiu to prepare for this polemic.

Jixia School Palace was built in the period of Qi Huan Gong Tian Wu (400-357 BC, the third generation of Tian Qi monarch, not the head of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons of Qi Huan Gong Xiaobai). Because Duke Qi Huan loved scribes, during his reign, he recruited learned people from all over the world to write books and discuss political affairs in the palace. Later, more and more scribes came to the palace, and the palace could not accommodate it. So Duke Qi Huan built a huge palace-style building outside the west gate of Linzi City for these scribes and scholars to live in, and they could open a museum in the palace to teach apprentices.

The west gate of Linzi City is also called Jimen, so this school palace is also called Jixia School Palace. And the erudite man who was enshrined in the palace was called Dr. Jishita.

After the Duke of Qi Huan, after the expansion and development of King Qi Wei and King Xuan of Qi two generations of monarchs, continue to recruit the world's wise men, the scale and achievements of the Jixia School Palace finally reached its peak at that time, the Quartet travelers, scholars from all over the world came one after another, Confucianism, Taoism, fame, law, ink, soldiers, agriculture, Yin and Yang, vertical and horizontal, Ji Ran and other schools of thought, scholars from all walks of life gathered together, bringing together the world's wise men as many as 1,000 people, plus apprentice disciples, the number of more than 10,000, so that the Jixia School Palace became the center of the gathering of various schools at that time.

Moreover, King Qi Wei and King Qi Xuan both took a very enlightened and courteous attitude towards the Jixia School Palace, and set up the post of sacrificial wine in the School Palace, which was the head of the School Palace, and the food was the Lu of the Emperor, which was publicly recommended by the scholars in the School Palace. The other doctors are divided into upper, middle and lower classes according to their talents, and the upper class eats the doctor's luck; Moderate diet under the doctor's luck; Inferior food corporal.

At the same time, they were allowed to "discuss without governance, and discuss state affairs without holding office", and all literati and scholars who came to the Jixia Academy, regardless of their academic faction, ideological views, political tendencies, as well as their country, age, seniority, etc., could freely express their academic opinions, and the Qi State would not interfere; Therefore, these scholars can argue, question, and absorb each other in the Jixia School Palace, and debate on topics such as the occasion of heaven and man, the changes of ancient and modern, etiquette, kingship, righteousness, etc., absorb each other, and develop together.

The famous scholars who have stayed in the Jixia School Palace are Mencius, Chun Yuji, Zou Yan, Tian Piao, Shen Dao, Shen Buxian, Jiezi, Ji Zhen, Huanyuan, Peng Meng, Yin Wen, Tian Ba, Er Shuo, Lu Zhonglian, Zou Shuang, Xunzi and others, almost all the well-known scholars in the middle of the Warring States period are included, and the talent is prosperous, which is one of the most important symbols of the era of China's hundred schools of thought.

At this time, it was also the period when the Qi State was at its most powerful, and it was ranked as the second strongest country in the east and west along with the Qin State.

However, after the son of King Xuan of Qi succeeded to the throne, he was stubborn and did not listen to advice, so most of the scholars in the palace of Jixia School were scattered, and then, the famous general of Yan State, Le Yi, united the five countries to attack Qi, King Qi died, and more than 70 cities under Qi, and Qi was almost destroyed by Yan State. The Jixia School Palace also went to the palace and was completely deserted.

Later, Tiandan reverted to Qi, King Qi Xiang succeeded to the throne, Qi rebuilt, although King Qi Xiang also tried to redevelop the Jixia School Palace, but at this time the national strength of the Qi State was greatly reduced, and the number of moves dropped significantly, although there were Xunzi such a well-known Confucian in the world to live in the Jixia School Palace, and three times as the duty of sacrificial wine, but the Jixia School Palace still did not be able to restore the appearance of the heyday.

After Qi Wangjian succeeded to the throne, because the Qi country had not been at war for more than 40 years, it was indeed regarded as a country and a people's peace, so at this time, there were five or six hundred doctors in the Jixia School Palace, plus their younger brothers, it could reach thousands of people, and there was also a bit of the scale of the heyday, but after Xunzi, there were no more well-known scholars in the world to join, and compared with the original peak of talent, it was also very clumsy.

Now serving as the wine of the Jixia School Palace is Confucius's ninth grandson Kong Kun, and the people who enjoy the treatment of superior doctors include Chun Yuyue, Shusun Tong, Zhou Qingchen, Bao Bailingzhi, Fu Sheng, Yangzi, Huang Wei, Zhengxian, Gui Zhen, Shen Sui and other 27 people.

Gao Yuan doesn't know much about the situation of the Jixia School Palace, mainly listening to Chun Yu Zhongxiu's introduction, and can't help but be fascinated by the Jixia School Palace, you must know that this is more than 2,200 years ago, there can be such a place integrating academic research, exchanges, education, and political discussion, even compared with many colleges in later generations, except for the factors of historical limitations, it is not bad there.

Therefore, until more than 2,000 years later, many scholars believe that this era is the most splendid era of culture and thought, the most active, and the most brilliant achievements in Chinese history, and the later Han and Tang dynasties and the Song and Ming dynasties may surpass the Warring States period in terms of economic and social development, but in terms of ideology and culture, they are still far behind. Approximately only the later Renaissance in Europe could be compared to this era.

Of course, some scholars have raised another question, that is, why after the Warring States Period, in the history of more than 2,200 years, there has never been a second grand occasion of "a hundred schools of thought". Generally speaking, ideology and culture generally developed in the prosperous era of great unification, while the Warring States Period was the most divided and war-torn era in Chinese history.

Some scholars believe that it is precisely because this is the most divided and war-torn era that there will be a grand occasion in which a hundred schools of thought contend, and the reason is that at this time China was a period of division, and the rulers did not have a strong control over ideas, so that all kinds of ideas could be freely brought into play and developed. Once the country is reunified, the ruler will inevitably strengthen ideological control, and naturally it will not be possible to produce a grand occasion in which a hundred schools of thought contend. The Renaissance in Europe is also due to the fact that Europe is made up of many countries.

There is some truth in this statement, but there are also a few unreasonable points, one is that although Chinese history is based on reunification as the mainstream, but the time of division is not a few, such as the Three Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the Jin and Song dynasties are all periods of division that lasted for nearly a hundred years, but these periods of division have not produced any ideological and cultural development at all, on the contrary, in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a huge impact on China's development. And it's the same with Europe, which was basically divided for all the time before and after the Renaissance, but there was only one Renaissance. Therefore, the argument that split leads to the development of ideology and culture cannot be established.

And the real reason is that the two great ideological and cultural developments of the East and the West happened to be in the period of great changes in the history and society of the East and the West, and the change was the greatest driving force for the development of ideology and culture. The Renaissance also brought a strong impetus for the development of Europe, making Europe enter the modern society before China, and surpassing China in an all-round way.

After Chun Yubo's father and daughter came to Zizi, they lived in the Jixia School Palace, because their father and daughter were both scholars, and they were related to the senior doctor Bo Yuyue in the Jixia School Palace. In the past few days, Chun Yubo's father and daughter have lived in the Jixia School Palace and participated in lecture and exchange activities, while Chun Yu Zhongxiu negotiated with Luo Mingzhu, the way of this debate, the topic, etc., although Qi Wangjian also sent their father and daughter to ask for advice, but they were rejected by the father and daughter, and did not attend Qi Wangjian's birthday banquet.

Early this morning, Chun Yu Zhongxiu came to the pavilion and rushed to the Jixia School Palace with Gao Yuan. Because this time I went to Jixia School Palace to participate in academic activities, Gao Yuan did not take the thirty-six horses of the rapid wind, and even the red dragon did not ride, but rode with Chunyu Zhongxiu. Unisex cars are not a big deal in this era, and there is a song in the Book of Songs, which tells the story of a young aristocratic man with his beautiful female companion and a car trip.

Gao Yuan said: "Miss Chunyu, who is that Luo Mingzhu?" ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu smiled and said, "What, my lord is impatient to see Luo Mingzhu?" ”

Gao Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just a little strange, how could she be in the Jixia School Palace?" ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu said: "Luo Mingzhu's family was originally a descendant of the Lu country's office, originally a family surnamed Ji, but after the fall of the Lu country, the family moved to Los Angeles to settle down, and also changed to the surname Luo, to do business and study as a business, each generation of the family has produced a lot of scholars, because Lu was originally the founder of the Zhou family, Zhou Gong's feudal country, so the Luo family's education is mainly based on the Zhou system, belonging to Confucian scholars, but when it came to Luo Mingzhu's father's generation, the family began to fall, and the men in the family were good at business, and they were not interested in learning. And Luo Mingzhu's generation, no one in the man is willing to study knowledge, to her is a daughter, since she was a child, she has been smart and wise, has excellent understanding, and is clever and quick-witted, and the brothers in the family are not as good as her, and it is not limited to Confucianism, but also has dabbled in law, Taoism, ink, and fame, and is erudite and talented. But after all, it is a family tradition of learning, and she still respects Confucianism, which is where our biggest disagreement lies. But I also admire her knowledge very much, if she wasn't a daughter, I'm afraid she would have become an official a long time ago. After a pause, he said, "Speaking of which, I am a very envious lady, who can independently form an army and gallop across the field. The two of us agree on that. ”

Gao Yuan is also a little speechless, although the social atmosphere of this era is still relatively open, and the restrictions and demands on women are not to the point of being as perverted as the Song and Ming dynasties, but after all, it is still an era of male superiority and inferiority, and women may be able to make some achievements in other fields, such as business and academics, but in terms of politics, men still dominate the world. Although in some countries there have been situations in which the queen mother and queen have interfered in politics and held power, this power is still dependent on men. Just like Li Yinghong can build a female army in Daijun, it is also because she is a special identity of Mrs. Plateau, which can only be regarded as a special case.

While the two were talking, they had already walked out of the west gate of Linzi City, and after walking a short distance, they saw a large-scale, majestic palace-like building complex appear in front of them.