Song Shuo shrugged: "I thought you knew this. When I heard about the collection of essays in Jinling, I thought you did it on purpose. Who knew I was just overthinking."
Xiao Rong: “…”
Song Suo laughed again, "Money can move people's hearts. If there wasn't 10,000 gold, these scholars would at most be jealous, but they wouldn't do anything out of line. But because you took 10,000 gold as a prize, their jealousy and dissatisfaction have doubled. Believe it or not, no matter who you choose as the winner, you will be able to collect his body in three days."
Xiao Rong was shocked: "They still dare to kill people?!"
Song Suo: "Why not? Who do you think is raising the assassins of the Qingfeng Cult?"
Xiao Rong: “…………”
He didn't know whether Song Suo was exaggerating or not, but he was right about one thing. Because this was a situation that no one had ever done before, even he, the initiator, could not be sure how it would develop. If he could not satisfy the scholars who participated in the collection, then this collection that was originally intended to attract scholars might very well turn into a collection that made the scholars feel humiliated, which would be a loss.
Xiao Rong fell into deep thought, while Song Shuo lowered his head and continued to read the articles submitted by the scholars.
These articles were read by Song Suo, Yu Shaoxie, and Gao Xunzhi who occasionally took time to come over. They selected the well-written ones and then displayed them to the public.
It’s not that the first question cannot be answered after the second question is released. People are still sending it here, and there is an additional signboard in the square, which is specifically used to display the second question.
Song Shuo was obviously more interested in the second philosophy question, so he took on the second screening himself and threw the first one to Yu Shaoxie. ...Speaking of which, although Song Shuo was a chatterbox and a troublemaker, he was very capable at work. He could quickly get started on anything and could tell at a glance where there were omissions, even when screening articles. He would read an article for a maximum of one minute and could rate it after reading it. If Xiao Rong asked him what was wrong, he would be able to answer each question clearly, and it was obvious that he had really memorized it.
Xiao Rong: “…” A little shocked.
This is the real genius, he just sees more than others.
Sighing silently, Xiao Rong stared at the window beside him in a daze, and then he felt his shoulders sink.
Song Ruo leaned on his shoulder without any hesitation. Xiao Rong had just been admiring his intelligence, but now he started to complain about his shamelessness.
His shoulders suddenly slumped down, and Song Ruo was caught off guard and his head fell down with a bang.
The next second, Song Shuo got up angrily: "It's just a lean, why are you so stingy!"
Xiao Rong laughed angrily: "Is this what you call being stingy? I never let anyone rely on me!"
Song Suo: "Then how can the king do it?!"
Xiao Rong: “…………”
He originally wanted to ask King Song Suo when he had leaned on him, but then he remembered that on the day he escaped from Jinling, the king did lean on him for a while, and Song Suo saw it.
Xiao Rong gnashed his teeth and said, "Song Erleng, why do you have such a good memory?"
The second question was also a time-tested philosophical puzzle. Xiao Rong applied it to the Ship of Theseus and then adapted it into a Central Plains version.
A fishing boat has been passed down in a family for ten generations. The fishing boat has existed since the first generation. The owner repaired it and replaced the broken parts with other planks. After ten generations, there is no plank left on the fishing boat. So is this fishing boat still the same fishing boat as before? ...
In fact, in Xiao Rong's view, this issue is a matter of personal opinion. If you say it is yes, it is right; if you say it is no, it is also right. However, people have had countless discussions on this issue for a long time. Everyone wants to convince the other party, but no one can convince anyone else. Xiao Rong does not care whether anyone can solve this philosophical problem. He just wants to see the personal thoughts revealed by these people when discussing this problem.
For this kind of question, it is impossible to completely use allusions or the words of our ancestors to describe your own ideas. If you want to convince others, you have to state your own point of view.
Moreover, the more flexible the brain is, the more it can extend its thoughts. On the contrary, those who are truly stubborn and stubborn cannot say much.
The Zhenbei Army needs such flexible people. If a person is flexible on the second question and conforms to the mainstream thinking of the Central Plains on the first question, then this person will be put on the list by Xiao Rong. At that time, he will visit this person in person and try to get this person to join the Zhenbei Army.
The third question doesn't count...it's just to make up the numbers and add the card holders.
Xiao Rong was so goal-oriented that he was fully focused on recruiting talents, but he didn't know that the second question almost caused an uproar outside.
Compared to the first question which was just repeating what others had said, the second one was so fresh that it seemed like the first time in the history of the world. A question that had nothing to do with anyone actually stumped them all.
While they were racking their brains to think of how to answer, they were also very eager to know who had asked the question.
It was now time for Yu Shaoxie to take the lead. Some of his former friends had also come to participate in the collection of essays. Yu Shaoxie welcomed all of these people's visits and also got to know another group of people through this group of people. Since Xiao Rong did not show up, the prime minister and his men could not catch him. Naturally, these people could only inquire from Yu Shaoxie. Yu Shaoxie smiled and told them that the person who set the question did not want to reveal his name and asked them not to inquire anymore.
Not all scholars were friendly. Someone asked on the spot in a sarcastic tone whether they were unwilling to disclose the information or looked down on them and therefore did not want to tell them.
But provocation didn't work on Yu Shaoxie. No matter what these people said, he had one thing to say: it couldn't be leaked.
In front of outsiders, Yu Shaoxie acted calm and mysterious. When he returned to the palace, he couldn't wait to ask Xiao Rong which teacher had taught him this question and whether that teacher was still alive.
Xiao Rong: “…”
He has been dead for more than three hundred years.
He couldn't say this, otherwise Yu Shaoxie would think he was a witch, but he could tell Yu Shaoxie that this was a question raised by a foreigner, and he was not the first person to raise it. This question was very old, but it had not been spread to the Central Plains due to geographical reasons. Now he was just a person who helped spread it.
Yu Shaoxie was surprised to hear this, because he had never thought that foreigners could be so smart. This is also the misconception of most people. Even though the Yong Dynasty was forced to move south by the Hu people, everyone still looked down on the Hu people, thinking that they were just strong limbs and no different from a group of beasts in human skin.
Despising the opponent is always a taboo on the battlefield. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Fortunately, some people have begun to change their minds. At least Yu Shaoxie has a thoughtful look on his face.
Song Shuo glanced at Yu Shaoxie, then curled his lips again.
Are aliens not human? What's the big deal? It's annoying. Why is Xiao Rong so calm in front of Yu Shaoxie, but he becomes unhappy when he's in front of me?
It’s so annoying. This older brother is annoying, and that younger brother is annoying too.
But compared to his younger brother, the older brother is more normal. The younger brother is a bit fierce.
He is different from the king. Although the king is also fierce, he is still reasonable. Yu Shaocheng gives Song Shuo a feeling that he is the kind of person who becomes completely unreasonable once he explodes. He is very dangerous and needs to be stayed away from.
Although he thought so, Song Shuo also knew that he had no basis for his opinion. Moreover, he was not a person like Qu Yunmie who acted solely on intuition, and his intuition was not always accurate.
So Song Suo relaxed his brows and stopped thinking about the brothers. He saw another good article, picked it out and put it in the pile to be kept.
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