Xuande

Chapter 177 They are just people who study ancient scriptures

Hearing Liu Bei said that he was dissatisfied with the current status quo, Zheng Xuan was a little surprised.

"Isn't this the truth? Isn't it an absolute advantage that the other party's thirteen families have the laws of our family's family?"

"The other party has an advantage, so don't we have an advantage?"

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Duke Zheng, there was a crowd of tens of thousands of students in Luoyang during the Taixue debate that day, and there was no end in sight. Most of those people were scholars from our ancient literature school, and the Taixue debate won that day. , the cheers resounded throughout the world, even the emperor living in the deep palace could hear it, so the next day, Zuo's Chunqiu won."

Zheng Xuan didn't seem to understand what Liu Bei meant.

"what do you mean?"

"Duke Zheng, why do you think we can win?"

"There are many reasons."

"What's the biggest reason?"

"Back then, I didn't even have a family law, but I won. Now that I have mastered a family law, the momentum is even greater, and there should be a better chance of winning. Why is it considered impossible to win?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Duke Zheng, I thought that the ancient literary school is still far less powerful than the current literary school, but the main reason why we were able to survive the previous two crises and even turn defeat into victory was the will of the people.

Anyway, the meeting place is in Zheng Xuan's mansion, because Zheng Xuan is everyone's leader.

Previously, under Liu Bei's suggestion, out of the need to fight against the Modern Literature School, the upper echelons of the Ancient Literature School agreed to hold regular meetings at Zheng Xuan's residence to discuss the latest situation. If there is any emergency, an emergency meeting can also be held immediately .

But that doesn't seem to be the case in the eyes of others.

"It can only be said that perhaps in the eyes of many people, they are only people who study the ancient literature and are not part of our ancient literature school. This kind of view is very dangerous in Bei's view."

"exactly."

Liu Bei's question was right on point, Zheng Xuan was at a loss for words for a while, not knowing how to answer this question.

Those who participated in the meeting were the heads of the major inheritance families, as well as the outstanding children and favorite students of their respective families, etc.

"That makes sense..."

This is not Liu Bei's alarmist talk.

Zheng Xuan shook his head, and said slowly: "When you didn't mention it, I never thought of it, but you mentioned it, and I thought about it again, before and after the connection, I knew you were right. Only by myself, even if there are Yuan, Xun It is too arrogant to want to fight against the Jinwen School.

After a while, Zheng Xuan realized what Liu Bei meant.

"Xuande, if you and your teacher hadn't fought bravely to be the first, I don't think Zuo Shi Chunqiu would have won this victory. Even if they won, it would not be now."

In Liu Bei's eyes, the Ancient Literature School was supposed to be a large group united from top to bottom, with both the upper-level family of the family and the lower-level ordinary scholars.

Liu Bei scratched his face.

Ordinary scholars who came from powerful landlords are not generally considered by the upper echelons of the ancient literature school to be part of the ancient literature school.

"Supporting support is a method, and Luoyang's scholars can do far more than that."

Liu Bei sighed for a while.

"It's not a compliment, it's what you deserve."

Later, when Yang Ci slandered the teacher, we were unable to resist because of our lack of power. At that time, many scholars of the ancient literature school were filled with righteous indignation when they heard about it. , Yang Ci's generation had to back down for this. "

Zheng Xuan looked at Liu Bei for a while, and then sighed deeply.

Zheng Xuan stroked his beard and thought for a while, and gradually got some eyebrows, and nodded slowly.

"This point, Bei does not deny, but if there is no people's will, and there is no solidarity from the vast number of scholars of the ancient literature school, Bei believes that only relying on Teacher Beihe and all the great sages will not be able to win. The solidarity of tens of thousands of people, the voice Zhentian, even the Son of Heaven, cannot ignore it."

"Bei is not self-effacing, nor does he want to erase his role, but Zheng Gong, Bei believes that the fundamental reason why our generation can win is because of the will of the people, because most of the scholars in the world are studying ancient scriptures Yes, and we just brought them together at this critical moment, so the people's aspirations completely crushed the Modern Literature School."

Even if Luoyang scholars are not officials, they have no power, and one person is weak, but what about ten people?What about a hundred people?What about a thousand people? What about 1 people?Zheng Gong, the reason why our generation defeated the enemy was not the equipment and teachers, but the hearts of the people. "

Zheng Xuan lowered his head and remained silent for a while, then slowly raised his head to look at Liu Bei.

The School of Ancient Literature is just a group composed of many Fanyue families and future Fanyue families and their disciples and old officials, and has nothing to do with ordinary scholars who study ancient Chinese classics.

Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi and others were mainly in charge of deliberations, while the outstanding disciples represented by Liu Bei and the favorite students belonged to the observation sequence. They could not express their opinions without the permission and questions of their elders.

Zheng Xuanlue was a little surprised.

"Isn't Xuande trying to boast?"

The reason why they were able to win is indeed the reason for the great help of Luoyang scholars. Although they are unknown, once they gather together, they are the hearts of the people. Everyone knows it, but why no one mentions it? "

Liu Bei said loudly: "Without the enthusiastic support of the tens of thousands of scholars studying ancient Chinese classics in Luoyang, Zheng Gong thinks that only a dozen families can win a doctorate from the Modern Literature School? The momentum of the day has already reached the point where the will of the people is united, and even the anger of the people is hard to break. When the matter reaches that point, it is unstoppable.

Like the Modern Literature School, although the Ancient Literature School has gradually condensed into an entity, with a mutual consultation mechanism at the top and a clear orientation of interests and the distinction between the enemy and the enemy, there is no coordinated and unified execution mechanism in terms of implementation.

Whoever has the power to handle these emergencies will be the one to handle them. If they are done well, everyone will rejoice, but if they fail, everyone will be sad.

"Zheng Gong misunderstood."

"Xuande, what you want to say is that an important reason for our victory that time is that the support of the scholars of the ancient literature school in Luoyang has reached the level that the hearts of the people want?"

"Xuande, what do you mean, this time, there is no Luoyang scholar to support us?"

After the top bosses get together to discuss, if there is nothing special, just pretend that nothing happened.

Zheng Xuan glanced at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded.

The dispute between the School of Ancient Literature and the School of Modern Literature did have substantive incidents of party disputes, but the two sides are not so much political parties as two grassroots teams.

Zheng Xuan has nothing to do with himself, and he is also happy to use his home as a meeting place for everyone.

"Xuande, I now understand why Zigan is willing to accept you as his disciple."

If there is a very urgent matter that needs to be implemented, then go back and mobilize their own disciple forces to handle the matter.

At that time, Liu Bei knew that, as a primitive and newly condensed grassroots team, the ancient literature school did not have a clear coordination mechanism from top to bottom, and did not have a force mechanism that belonged to the new aggregation of the "ancient literature school".

This means that the school of ancient literature is still a mess.

In essence, the School of Ancient Literature is a family-like union of the Fanyue family and the potential Fanyue family, similar to the "confederation" in the national organization, rather than a political organization with real power.

How can such a union that is essentially the same as the Jinwen School be able to fight against the Jinwen School, which is more powerful in terms of family power?
Without the influence of the imperial power and the eunuch group, the ancient literature school can only rely on the passage of time to forcibly grind the modern literature school to death.

It's about shit, not competition.

(End of this chapter)