I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 110 Even just once, I must defeat him!
Yang Ci, Zhang Ji, Liu Kuan, Xun Qi and others were also fully aware of the impact of Yuan Shu's victory and Han Zong's defeat.

To put it simply, this was Han Zong's personal failure and his social destruction, and the demise of his sect.

But in a broader sense, this is the turning point of the situation.

Before this, no matter how much Yuan Shu boasted about his academic knowledge or how he defeated the disciples they sent, the influence would not have spread so widely.

However, Han Zong's rash end shattered the invincible filter of the top leaders of the modern literary school in the minds of ordinary students.

This failure dragged them back underground from the public eye, exposing their weakness and incompetence to the public eye, and greatly increased the difficulty of their public opinion siege and academic pressure on Yuan Shu.

This is extremely unfavorable for the entire official education system.

Some of these people began to regret and felt that they were too impulsive before. They should not have been so hasty to criticize Yuan Shu and even to attack the Yuan family. Now that Yuan Shu has risen, he is conquering cities and territories and is defeating them step by step.

Han Zong has been abolished, and his school of thought is also going to be abolished. Who will be Yuan Shu’s next target?

Except for three doctors in the Imperial College who had close relations with the Yuan family and did not participate in the siege, the other ten were all worried about who Yuan Shu would target next.

Even Yang Ci, Liu Kuan and Zhang Ji, the three representatives of official education, appeared calm on the surface but were actually feeling guilty.

They had gained nothing from stabbing Yuan in the back, and now they were splattered with blood. They didn't know what Yuan Shu would do next, so they made some strategic adjustments out of fear and anxiety.

In short, they must defeat Yuan Shu, even if it is only once, to let everyone see that they still have strength and foundation.

They must defeat Yuan Shu in public and fight for their own survival space, otherwise the entire official education system will be severely impacted and their status and interests will be seriously damaged.

In addition, Liu Kuan proposed to negotiate peace with Yuan.

"Yuan Shu is unstoppable, and the eunuchs are sitting on the mountain watching the fight. According to what Situ Gong said, this is a conspiracy instigated by the eunuchs. After all, the Yuan family is a noble family, and after all, they have privately provided shelter for the party members. They are still loyal to the scholars.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Xia and Mr. Liu are still hiding in Yuan Shu's place, but we are enemies of them because of the instigation of the eunuchs. Isn't that ungrateful? If the news gets out, how can we walk in the scholar circle in the future? How can we still be a role model for others?"

Liu Kuan's suggestion coincided with Situ Xuxu's suggestion, and the anti-Yuan faction also showed signs of internal division under Yuan Shu's attacks.

Many people no longer wanted to continue fighting with Yuan Shu. They were really scared after seeing Han Zong's fate.

But for some people, the cost of admitting defeat is something they are unwilling to bear.

For example, Yang Ci and Zhang Ji, they both seemed to have a good relationship with the Yuan family, but now they have become the vanguards and representatives of the anti-Yuan faction, and are basically in open conflict with the Yuan family, and have severely offended the Yuan family.

Although this discord is mainly manifested in verbal attacks, the cost of admitting defeat now would be too high.

So they can't give up so easily. They still have to struggle, see what will happen next, and take positive actions to gain maximum benefits for themselves.

To this end, they must pull this group of people who are showing signs of wavering emotions to go on with them and not let them get off the pirate ship easily. If necessary, they must also let them take the blame for them.

I can't get better, and you still want to get better?
Yang Ci quickly racked his brains and came up with an explanation.

"Although we did make mistakes, did Yuan and Yuan Shu not make mistakes? It is well known that Yuan was so close to the eunuchs. They themselves acted improperly, which gave the eunuchs an opportunity to take advantage of them. This is clearly Yuan's fault. How can they put the blame entirely on us?"

When everyone heard this, they were greatly surprised.

Mr. Yang, you are really good at passing on the blame!
But besides being surprised, they also felt that what Yang Ci said was interesting.

It is true that Yuan herself had a bad reputation and had an affair with the eunuchs, so everyone had such stressful behavior. It was not everyone's fault, it was entirely Yuan's fault!
We are not wrong!

Many people completed the process of transformation into scapegoats in their hearts, and Yuan once again took on this dark and heavy pot.

Seeing that the situation was changing, Yang Ci put forward his own suggestions.

"It is certainly possible and correct to end this dispute, but we cannot end it with a defeat. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that the Yuan family will not take revenge. We must suppress Yuan Shu and not let him continue to be arrogant. Only then will we have the confidence to negotiate peace with the Yuan family."

Yang Ci's suggestion was responded to by most of the participants.

Only a few people including Liu Kuan felt that it was inappropriate.

"If Yuan Shu had no talent, this would still be a good strategy, but Yuan Shu has talent, as evidenced by Han Zong's disastrous defeat. If we continue to suffer disastrous defeats, how should we deal with it?"

Everyone looked at Yang Ci again.

Yang Ci was silent for a while, then spoke slowly.

"First, send someone to test Yuan Shu's ability and see what he is good at and what he is not good at. Find out what he is not good at and study it specifically. Then send all of your best students to debate with him. No matter what, we must beat him even if it's just once!"

"As long as we win once, we can make peace with the Yuan family and end the dispute!" Yang Ci's call was responded to by everyone. Those present went back to make arrangements and mobilized their elite disciples to challenge Yuan Shu, trying to find Yuan Shu's weaknesses, and then concentrate their firepower to attack Yuan Shu's weaknesses and suppress Yuan Shu.

In short, we must not allow Yuan Shu to continue winning. We must interrupt his continuous victories and break his myth of invincibility!

Yang Ci and others believed that their previous failure was because they underestimated the enemy. Now they knew that Yuan Shu was very capable, so as long as they sent out their truly elite disciples, everything would be fine.

As long as we find Yuan Shu’s blind spots in knowledge and launch a targeted and swift attack, Yuan Shu will definitely fail!

So, attack!

However, their expectations are not that simple.

After defeating Han Zong and his sect, Yuan Shu realized that the representatives of the modern literary school and official learning living in Luoyang City had become extremely corrupt and decadent.

A hundred years of academic monopoly gave them unparalleled superior resources and political environment, but they did not use them to improve their academic and governing skills, but instead continued to degenerate and indulge in luxury.

In a monopoly environment, they can maintain their political status without accepting academic challenges, and can even use their political power to suppress challengers and avoid direct clashes at the academic level.

If Yuan Shu himself was not a member of the Modern Literature School, it would not be so easy to expose the Modern Literature School's false identity.

However, this is also the most dangerous place.

They were exposed.

The painted skin they created with power was torn off by Yuan Shu, exposing their true inner decay, dirtiness and stench, and their true colors were revealed in full view of the public.

Now everyone knows that the Doctor of the Imperial College could not last more than three moves against Yuan Shu, the fifteen-year-old youngest Confucian teacher.

The defeat was complete and beyond repair.

Are they really that weak?
Or is Yuan Shu really that strong?

No matter from which angle you look at it, Yuan Shu has won.

Just three days after defeating Han Zong, the number of people who came to apply to join the Yi Xin Society exceeded 6,000, a considerable increase, and for the first time, people from high-ranking aristocratic families appeared among the applicants.

Two children from the Yingchuan Fan and Yu families hoped to join the Yixin Society and study under Yuan Shu. They said that they admired Yuan Shu very much and respected his character and academic ability.

OK, very good.

This is the situation that Yuan Shu wants to see most!

From the moment these two men appeared, Yuan Shu was certain that the stagnant Luoyang had been revived by him.

He also put aside his previous worries and decided to take the initiative to attack those other seemingly academically powerful masters of the New Text School and doctors of the Imperial College. Anyone who had previously challenged the Yuan family and himself would not be spared!
Especially Yang!
That old man Yang Ci!

Don't run!

Coincidentally, when Yuan Shu was about to take the initiative to attack, Yang Ci and others also began to take the initiative to attack. The two sides collided head-on. In a sense, it was also a two-way rush.

Dozens of "great scholars of the time", including Yang Ci, Zhang Ji, and Xun Qi, arranged for their elite disciples to challenge Yuan Shu, intending to debate with him, collect information about Yuan Shu from all sides, and find out the limits of his strength.

They learned their lesson and realized that they could not refute Yuan Shu from the perspective of the School of Mind. So they gave up attacking the School of Mind and never mentioned anything related to the School of Mind. Instead, they adopted the theories of Modern Confucianism to refute Yuan Shu.

They said they wanted to refute Yuan Shu from the perspective of the Modern Text Classics and with the help of orthodox academic knowledge. They wanted to go through all the Five Classics and Fourteen Schools of Law to find Yuan Shu's blind spots in knowledge.

Yuan Shu really wanted to laugh.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without defeat. However, they still don’t know that Yuan Shu’s reputation as “the undefeated Yuan prodigy in debates” was basically earned through the process of debates on classics.

When it comes to debate, who is he afraid of?
and.

He is the direct disciple and academic successor of Ma Rong, the master of ancient Chinese classics!
This group of guys used the concepts of Modern Confucianism from various aspects such as court rituals, official system, Spring and Autumn stories, and legends of characters to attack Yuan Shu, trying to destroy Yuan Shu from this level, but they didn't know that they had fallen into Yuan Shu's control.

Rites? Systems? Spring and Autumn Annals? Shangshu? Historical legends?
Sorry, I know them all.

Knowledge blind spot?

I have read almost everything that has been recorded in writing.

I have seen what you have seen, and I have also seen what you have not seen. Do you think my knowledge blind spots are big?

(End of this chapter)