The appearance of Lu Meir changed the direction of the debate.
After that, many people began to discuss whether a person who made a mistake should become a tongsheng
The affirmative side believes that if one has committed an unforgivable crime, such as treason, high treason, killing innocent people, and done things that break the bottom line of human nature, one should not become a student. However, Lu Meir did not do anything that broke the bottom line of human nature, and she has been doing good deeds since then. Such a person should become a student.
The opposing side believes that if one is an ordinary person, this bottom line is fine, but if one is a scholar, the bottom line should not be so low.
The affirmative side counterattacked again, even if the negative side's bottom line is higher, but when Lu Meir was an ordinary person, she did not break the bottom line of ordinary people, and after becoming a scholar, she also did not break the bottom line of scholars! The negative side is actually asking an ordinary person to abide by the bottom line of scholars, which is very absurd.
There is no winner or loser in this debate direction.
Then, the direction of the debate changed again, and the affirmative side proposed a new angle, that is, if a man was sold to a brothel, and finally broke free from the shackles of the brothel, turned over a new leaf, and passed the examination to become a student, what would the negative side think
As a result, once this new angle came out, the frequency of responses from the opposing side dropped significantly.
Finally, the affirmative side came to a strong conclusion. In fact, both the affirmative and the negative sides believed that as long as a person had not committed many evil deeds and had not committed many crimes, as long as he had changed his mind, everyone would accept such a person. Then, the reason why the negative side opposed it was not because Lu Meir had really done any unforgivable sins, but because she was a woman and her status was low.
The debate from this angle ended with the affirmative side winning completely.
The opposing side had to come up with a new angle and continue the debate.
The two sides continued to debate, winning and losing against each other from different angles and with different new viewpoints.
However, like all truly meaningful, valuable and high-level debates, the result of the debate began to move toward the middle, with everyone gradually abandoning extreme ideas and starting to move toward the middle ground between what should and should not be done.
At the end of the debate, something happened that moved most people on both sides.
Some people started to write articles on the debate board to support the other party's views. They thought that the other party's views were very good, and they could not support them from the standpoint of debate. However, as scholars, they must stand up and support them outside the debate! Whether it is from the perspective of morality, conscience or learning, they must support them!
Therefore, many readers were pleased to find that this debate not only did not tear the human race apart, but made both sides more tolerant.
However, the Za family and the Qing people continued to take advantage of the situation.
Some particularly smart people finally couldn't stand it anymore, so they joined together and wrote a new article.
The article does not contain a single redundant word; it simply lists the remarks of some readers.
These scholars all had one characteristic in the debate: they stood on the affirmative side and supported Lu Meir, but they did not speak at the beginning. Later, they suddenly began to praise Lu Meir. It was not a normal debate, but purely praising Lu Meir and belittling the other party.
Afterwards, the article listed the previous remarks made by these people, all of which used the most vicious language to attack Fang Yun, Jing Guo, and Fang Yun’s new holy way.
The majority of these people are from Qing country, followed by the Zajia people, and less than 10% are from other countries.
As soon as this article was published, it aroused the indignation of many scholars.
"I, Zhang Yuan, was promoted to Hanlin at the age of thirty-six. I am not a genius, but I am not bad either. I am a Confucian disciple and I work in the Hall of Rites. My status and reputation are not high, but they are not low either. I used to have some complaints about Fang Sheng, but later I gradually turned neutral and occasionally supported him. After all, I must acknowledge his contributions. After the incidents of men and women taking the same exam and Lu Meir broke out, I firmly opposed it. I was also very lucky to be qualified as the opposing party and used all my strength to oppose it! At the beginning, I did it for myself and for the reward, but slowly I found that my attitude and the reward were not important! What is important is the debate itself and what I have learned! I have now written hundreds of pages of thick notes, and I will continue to take notes for this debate, which may exceed a thousand pages. I cherish this opportunity very much and don't want it to be ruined by anyone! Therefore, from now on, I regard the Miscellaneous School as my enemy and the scholars of Qing Kingdom as my enemy! Because you are obstructing my learning and you are interrupting my holy way! This hatred is irreconcilable!"
"I have always disagreed with men and women taking the same exam, and I also hate Lu Meir, but I became the affirmative party, and I must speak for Lu Meir. At first, I resisted, and even watched without saying anything out of spite. Later, as I watched, I found that some debates were unreasonable, and I couldn't help but join in. Then... I was so excited that I haven't slept until now. I have been watching and replying to the debates. It was not until I saw many people praising each other outside the debate that I understood the real intention of Fang Sheng. In fact, Lu Meir is not important, and men and women taking the same exam is not important. What is important is that this debate allows us to see different perspectives, allows us to have a new understanding of ourselves and the human race, and pry open our closed minds. I am old and don't want to make enemies. I just want to say that some bastards should be exterminated, otherwise the human race will always be held back by such bastards!"
The second person to reply was a great scholar.
"I am from Qing country and also from the Za family. I won't say much. I will just say that I am ashamed of those people!"
As a result, a new wave of condemnation of the eclectic school and the Qing people was set off on the discussion board.
"The Za family and the Qing people get out of the debate!"
The people of Jing applauded, this was true retribution.
Some of the miscellaneous family members who were not steadfast in their literary talents and had weak willpower encountered problems and had to stop their small actions.
The debate meeting restored the normal debate atmosphere.
Slowly, a lot of interesting things emerged.
Literary gatherings across the human race have begun to hold live debates, with the themes still being the original topics of the debate gatherings. Some live debates allow the two parties to exchange identities, which has an unexpected effect.
Some people even posted an article on the debate list, saying "The opposing side is looking for new angles and new viewpoints. The affirmative side please avoid posting!" As a result, both sides commented and argued under the article, each showing off their abilities, which in turn promoted the debate.
After three days, the debate ended.
Afterwards, Fang Yun announced that the saints would need one day to start selecting outstanding debaters.
While everyone was waiting for the award, a piece of news shocked everyone.
Wang Jinglong accepted Lu Meir as his personal disciple!
Taught personally by a semi-saint!
Moreover, the Wang Sheng family also said that Wang Jinglong had a six-word conclusion on this matter.
"Don't make the same mistake again!"
After experiencing the baptism of debate, everyone is no longer so extreme and stubborn.
No matter which side they are on, they all have great respect for Wang Jinglong.
A semi-saint, a highly respected semi-saint, ignored the possible overwhelming criticism and accepted a brothel girl as his personal disciple. What a noble character!
A large number of articles praising Wang Jinglong appeared on the discussion list.