I am reborn and just want to concentrate on my studies

(The chapter name of the previous chapter was wrong, it should be Chapter 297)

A large classroom with a podium arranged as a competition venue.

"So we firmly believe that Zhu Yunwen should reduce the vassal status!"

As the opposing side finished its four closing arguments, the first game came to an end.

Then the judges and teachers in the first row stood up to comment on the performance of the two school debate teams on the stage.

The first row was filled with judges, and Yi Yang and the others sat in the third row.

Zhan Chao took a deep breath: "I'm a little nervous..."

Liang Ruimin also nodded: "It's my first time to participate in this level of competition. Although they are all high school students, I feel that they are so strong..." He looked at Yi Yang: "The first and fourth teams of these two teams The defense... is all unscripted!"

Yi Yang nodded and smiled easily: "It doesn't matter, we can stand here, and others see us the same way, as long as we don't panic and treat them as cabbages."

Xing Yingdan laughed out loud and said, "Yi Yang is right, don't imagine your opponents too much. In fact, I'll tell you a secret. Didn't I serve as a judge in a debate competition for freshmen in high school? To be honest, In the first game, I could still listen attentively, but when the second game started, I was very tired. If the players on the field were boring, I really couldn’t listen to what they were saying.”

"So, aura is very important in the debate! We have Yi Yang, and we will definitely not lose in aura!"

Lai Subin, who was sitting on the edge, laughed and shook his head.

At this time, the host sat in the center and said in a loud voice: "Now we invite the team from the Middle School Affiliated to Hanning Normal University in Jiangnan Province and the team from Donghai City No. 2 Senior High School to come on stage."

Donghai No. 2 Middle School is one of the two participating schools in Donghai City and can be considered one of the hosts of this competition.

When they came on stage, Yi Yang and the others were a little surprised...

The four of them were all girls.

Girls are born with weaker logical thinking ability than boys. This is determined by biology. Therefore, boys often have an advantage in things related to logic. A girl army like Donghai No. 2 Middle School can indeed be regarded as the entire competition. A beautiful scenery.

The eight people participating in the debate competition took their seats in their respective debate seats.

There was no self-introduction session. The host followed the procedure and introduced the judges and contestants from both sides in turn, then announced the start of the competition.

"The topic of this debate is whether Xiang Yu should have killed Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet. The argument will be made next. I invite the affirmative to make his argument."

The seats under the stage were full, some of them were high school teams participating in the competition, and those behind were naturally the idle seniors of Tunghai University...

Most of the Tunghai University students sitting here are from the high schools that are currently competing on the varsity teams.

In the eyes of those college students, although the students on the stage are all high school students, the invitation candidates for this competition are basically from the top high schools in the country, and they just entered college a little later than them. He is a person of the same level, maybe even a level higher than himself, so he will not feel looked down upon because he is a high school student.

Thunderous applause.

Zhengfang Yiben was an imposing-looking girl with heroic short hair. She stood up and greeted everyone present before starting to talk.

Unscripted... Of course, just like the two debaters in the previous competition, there was occasionally a little jam, but it did not affect the smoothness of the entire session at all.

When the affirmative opened his mouth, Liang Ruimin couldn't help but glance at Yi Yang, who was farthest away from him...

"I remember when I just learned the text Hongmen Banquet, this thrilling confrontation written by Sima Qian was a pity in the hearts of many people! I think more than one person felt sorry for Xiang Yu letting Liu Bang go! Today, we are very happy to be able to Discuss with the opponent’s fellow debaters, if, if possible, should Xiang Yu make a choice that is completely different from history at the Hongmen Banquet?”

The Yiben girl smiled slightly and looked at Yi Yang, as if hoping to put some pressure on him.

Unfortunately, Yi Yang just looked at her calmly.

The positive side's eyes moved and he continued: "Before discussing this issue, we need to be clear about what depends on whether we should kill him or not."

“When we make a choice, what it depends on must be based on the purpose he wants to achieve. For example, if the opponent’s defense partner wants to become an excellent lawyer and chooses between China University of Political Science and Law and Northwestern Polytechnical University, but Choosing Northwestern Polytechnical University is obviously unreasonable."

"So, what is Xiang Yu's purpose? The overlord of Western Chu is to defeat Liu Bang and establish his own dynasty!"

Yi Yang's eyebrows moved slightly, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face...

How should I put it, after hearing this, some of the previous worries subsided a lot.

It seems that time is indeed too tight. They have to discuss, check information, and memorize manuscripts, so they are not fully prepared...

Of course, another possibility is that their reading volume is too small.

As a high school student, if you don't read the history of that era in depth, you may not necessarily know it, but as a debater, this is very inappropriate.

This is a historical debate. Without historical data basis, it can easily become a loophole...

Seeing Yi Yang's weird smile, Zheng Fang Yi Bian's heart visibly twitched, but he did not lose his composure and continued: "So during the critical period of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, from Xiang Yu's perspective, he made such a major choice. , it must depend on whether this choice is conducive to his dominance, I think the opponent's fellow debaters should have no objection to this, right?"

"So, is killing Liu Bang more conducive to achieving his goal, or letting Liu Bang go is more conducive to Xiang Yu's goal? I believe the answer is obvious, because history has given us the answer... It is precisely because of Xiang Yu's indecision that he He was stubborn and arrogant. He let Liu Bang go and lost the opportunity to become the emperor of Chu. History only remembers the emperor of Han."

Lai Subin, who was leaning on his seat, listened for a while and looked around boredly. The audience was quiet and some people could be heard discussing softly, but he smiled. In the debate competition, it is not necessarily a good thing if the scene is quiet. ah.

"Bah, bah, bah..."

end……

"History has no ifs. It is for this reason that regrets have arisen, which makes people sigh. Success and failure are all left to our descendants to evaluate... However, I think if history can give those protagonists another chance to choose, The ending may be different again.”

"beep--"

The time reminder sounded, and the affirmative side slowly said the last sentence: "To sum up, we insist that Xiang Yu should choose to kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet!"

At this time, the audience burst into applause.

Xing Yingdan listened and memorized it, and he roughly figured out the positive argument structure in his mind.

To put it bluntly, their core point of view is one, driven by purpose. You, Xiang Yu, want to dominate, and Liu Bang is your biggest opponent. Of course, you should kill him. All their arguments basically revolve around this core argument.

Xing Yingdan looked at Yi Yang, his face was calm, and her mood immediately calmed down a lot.

After sitting down, Zhengfang Yibian was visibly relieved. The teammates next to her encouraged her, she was so awesome!

The host said: "Okay, now let's invite the opposing side to make their arguments."

Yi Yang stood up, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Of course it's still unscripted.

Yi Yang showed a generous and natural smile and said: "The other debater's appearance is very good, and his voice is sweet. I give it nine points. Unfortunately, the argument failed. Please allow me to pick a few thorns first."

Such a unique opening statement immediately surprised everyone on and off the stage. Some were even laughed at. They all showed interest and listened carefully to Yi Yang's words.

Zheng Fang Yi Bian's face turned slightly red when he heard Yi Yang's compliment.

"First of all, the opponent's opponent obviously didn't read the history books seriously. The opponent's opponent initially said that purpose determines behavior, OK, no problem, but then she said that Xiang Yu's purpose was to become Chu Gaozu... I'm really sorry. , this is different from the historical data I have learned.”

"After Xiang Yu defeated Zhang Han, he ordered the five queens to destroy the Qin Dynasty and divide the world. They were granted the title of prince, with the government coming from Yu, and the title of overlord... Let me briefly translate, Xiang Yu's ideal has never been to inherit the Qin system and become the emperor. It's about enfeoffment. He just wants to be the overlord of Western Chu and become the overlord like the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. So from the perspective of purpose, the starting point of the other party's friends is not valid. If the other party's friends insist, I hope to do it later. Let’s demonstrate it in detail.”

"We believe that Xiang Yu should not kill Liu Bang. We can also discuss it based on the purpose proposed by the opponent's opponent. However, we believe that Xiang Yu's purpose is not the same as Liu Bang's. His purpose is to enfeoff. Xiang Yu enfeoffs eighteen kings and two marquises. , but failed to take care of the various anti-Qin forces during the enfeoffment. In the end, Xiang Yu's group became the focus of the conflict, and Liu Bang was just one of the anti-Qin forces. From Xiang Yu's perspective, killing Liu Bang would not only not alleviate the conflict, but also It is easy to intensify conflicts, make the current situation chaotic, and then undermine the Xiang Yu Group's enfeoffment plan."

Hearing this, Lai Subin in the audience nodded slightly. Yi Yang's argument actually started directly from the opponent's first argument draft. While refuting the opponent, he combined it with historical facts and turned it into his own point of view.

Is this... is this a coincidence or... made up?

Quite brave.

After hearing this, Zhengfang also looked at each other, both of them were a little surprised.

Yi Yang continued: "Next, the opponent's fellow debater repeatedly emphasized that Xiang Yu failed because he lost to Liu Bang, so if he kills Liu Bang, he can win... What a pity, is history really like this?"

"The fundamental reason for Xiang Yu's defeat was that the interest distribution pattern he led harmed the interests of the vast majority of the princes, while Liu Bang's victory was because he complied with the interests of the majority of people, especially the most powerful princes... "

Yi Yang's words caused the audience to think deeply. Suddenly, someone suddenly realized something very important...about this debate.

To be precise, it is the irrationality of this historical debate.

Historical debate topics are different from other debate topics. Each of your points requires a large amount of argumentation process. There is no way to prove it through pure logical reasoning. The amount of knowledge and space required by those argumentation processes are not a small amount at all. The debate competition can carry...

For example, if you look at what Yi Yang just said, you might be able to find the basis for it, and you can also find the opposing views, but... that's something suitable for writing a paper, and you can't explain it in a debate arena!

Yi Yang suddenly paused and smiled slightly, "I have already picked on the opponent's fellow debater...but here comes the point..."

"We just discussed whether Xiang Yu should do this from a political perspective, a current situation perspective, or a purpose perspective, but history is history after all, and it is something in the fog. Even if we are debating friends with the other party, Arguing here for a whole day probably won't lead to a result... So we think we might as well jump out of this line of thinking and think about this debate from another angle."

“When everyone thinks of Xiang Yu, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?”

"The tragedy of Farewell My Concubine? The overwhelming spirit of overwhelming the mountains? The bravery of breaking the cauldron and sinking boats? What are these things condensed together?"

Lai Subin noticed that everyone was bowing their heads in thought. It had to be said that Yi Yang's words could arouse everyone's emotions.

Yi Yang slowly spit out two words: "Hero!"

Yi Yang's voice is extremely magnetic, ups and downs, and full of appeal.

"The opponent's fellow debaters have repeatedly emphasized to us that if Xiang Yu kills Liu Bang, the world will be at your fingertips. Let's not think about whether what the other party emphasizes is right or not. After all, there are no ifs in history. We can't see the results... everyone just Imagine a simple thing.”

"Let's discuss a simple matter."

"Xiang Yu is a hero, everyone!"

"This hero led eight thousand soldiers to fight against the Qin Dynasty. He went through hundreds of battles, suffered injuries, suffered defeats, and even massacred a city. Some people loved him, but not many. Some people hated him. He didn't care. No matter what difficulties he encountered, He never used any conspiracy or tricks. Even with 30,000 people against 200,000 Zhang Han's army, he chose to risk his life and show his sword bravely! When all kinds of deeds were praised all over the world, an ally who respected him was just because he might become a leader in the future. One of his opponents encouraged him to kill him."

"On the surface, the choice Xiang Yu faces is whether there is or is not an opponent named Liu Bang on the road to hegemony, but he knows in his heart that the real choice is to be a hero, or to become a villain and a traitor!"

"Kill Liu Bang. Whether now or in future generations, when people mention Xiang Yu's name again, they may still remember his impassioned battles, but more people will definitely remember that he was like a coward and a villain at the Hongmen Banquet. the behavior of."

"Perhaps, in the historical records, Xiang Yu was defeated in the end, but Sima Qian only briefly recorded it in "The Biography of Xiang Yu"."

"Or maybe, many years later there will be another Cao Cao, and we will compare him with Xiang Yu and discuss who is the most evil hero in history."

"But, what about letting this opponent go? The worst result is nothing more than... one day when he grows up, let's have an upright duel! If I win, I win upright. If I lose, I will be aboveboard. History will remember it. I."

Suddenly, many people showed thoughtful expressions, and at the same time, someone didn't know who applauded, and then bursts of applause came one after another, gathering together.

But the time was not over yet. Yi Yang glanced at the countdown with more than 30 seconds left, then paused slightly and his voice became low and gentle.

"Benevolence, righteousness, heroism, and a man who does something but doesn't do something else are the heroic romance unique to Chinese culture."

"Today, we believe that Xiang Yu should not kill Liu Bang, not because not killing Liu Bang will allow him to become emperor and hegemony, but because we just want to look back at that turbulent history from the perspective of a history reader and discuss a story that Li Qingzhao can write A great hero who is born as a great man and dies as a ghostly hero, when he makes a heroic, generous, passionate, benevolent and scornful choice..."

Yi Yang's eyes were firm and he said word by word: "Should we affirm him? Or deny him?"

"beep--"

time up.

A student from Tunghai University below couldn't help shouting: "Absolutely him!" which caused a burst of laughter.

Xing Yingdan thought of the A4 paper Yi Yang gave him yesterday. In fact, it only had a few lines of words on it. It was too simple to say that it was an outline. She knew at that time that Yi Yang was going to improvise, but she didn't expect... it was so outrageous!

Is he really a science student...

As for the four little girls in the square, their heads were buzzing at this time.

That's not right... This debate question is obviously not conducive to the opposing side. Why do I suddenly feel that it is my side in the scene that is disadvantageous...

Lai Subin couldn't help but laugh off the court...

Although there is a suspicion of changing the concept, this is the first time I have seen such an impressive defense draft.

"In debates, sometimes emotional arguments are useful."