People in the late Eastern Han Dynasty did not appreciate, encourage or care about their personal efforts, but when a living example is right in front of them, who wouldn't be moved?
Liu Bei is only twenty-two years old.
He is very young, even younger than the middle-aged Zheng Xuan who became famous all over the world. He is closer to everyone and has closer connections with everyone. He is often around everyone and has a strong sense of presence.
This is a living example of a grassroots boy's counterattack, right in front of everyone, visible and tangible, and you can even drink and have fun with him, the joy is boundless.
After Liu Bei achieved great success, he became very clear about the important reason why the school favored him so favorably, so he took the initiative to assume the responsibility of the "Propaganda Minister" of the Ancient Literature School. He took the initiative without the need for direct guidance from the upper-level leaders.
As always, he adhered to his "courteous and virtuous corporal", "neither arrogant nor impetuous" and "approachable" style of doing things. When the upper echelons of the ancient literature school were racking their brains to fight against the upper echelons of the modern literature school, he took on the responsibility of appeasing the grassroots.
In addition to secretly doing things with Liu Hong, most of his free time was spent communicating with young scholars.
He drank and had fun with the young scholars, chatted with them, talked about the past and the present, commented on the famous figures of the past dynasties, and often gave speeches to dozens and hundreds of people at banquets.
He knows that people don't appreciate individual efforts, but he still wants to say that a person's success depends not only on the historical process, but also on individual efforts. God helps those who help themselves.
Therefore, his speech closely followed the theme of "Counterattack", telling everyone that someone with a humble background like him, who was weaving mats and selling shoes, was able to follow the path of a powerful family, which was enough to see the smooth upward and downward paths within the ancient literature school. superiority.
Compared with the ancient literature school, the modern literature school is just a bunch of decrepit, a dirty and smelly mud that cannot be supported. It has no future and hope at all. All the channels for advancement are controlled by blood nobles, and there are no newcomers at all. A tiny bit of a way up.
And what about our ancient literature school?
Look, I am a living example. A mat weaver and shoe seller who grew up in street fights can still reach this point. Am I not the best example?
So friends, don’t feel inferior because your background is not as good as others, and don’t want to shrink back because your talents are not as good as others. Hope is our greatest support. If we follow the ancient literature school, we have hope and we have a future!
Each of us has a bright future!
Liu Bei then radiated a bright light, becoming the brightest star of hope in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, lighting up the hearts of all ordinary scholars from humble backgrounds.
If you don't worship this, there will be trouble.
Under the gaze of young scholars full of yearning and admiration, Liu Bei said many "golden sentences" that were widely circulated.
"When we act, we should not belittle ourselves or belittle ourselves."
"When we act, when we live high in the temple, we worry about the people; when we live far away from the rivers and lakes, we worry about the king. Everyone performs their duties, and there is no distinction between high and low."
"When we act, we should be concerned about the worries of the world first, and be happy after the happiness of the world. We should respect ourselves and strive for self-improvement. Then no one in the world can look down on us!"
"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. We, the villains, should not take it lightly! We are old and noble, how dare you stand high!"
During that period of time, Liu Bei was completely a topical leader and spiritual mentor for young people. His status was quite high, and his voice was quite important. His words could be widely spread and even copied by young scholars. .
Therefore, Luoyang paper is expensive.
When the upper-level leaders of the Ancient Literature School were all engaged in political struggle and had no time to care about anything else, Liu Bei was almost solely responsible for rallying people and organizing the team.
He did not deliberately show his identity as the future leader of the Yue House, but put himself in the same position as the young scholars without any airs.
He went deep among them, communicated and talked with them cordially, and based on his own achievements, he gained widespread popularity.
His organizational and planning abilities were fully demonstrated during that period.
In addition to listening to the lectures of their respective teachers, the scholars of the ancient literature school who gathered in Luoyang City and Taixue basically participated in social gatherings organized by Liu Bei and listened to Liu Bei's speeches.
They all know Liu Bei's face, are familiar with Liu Bei's voice, and the topics they talk about are always inseparable from the influential figure Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's ups and downs tone and explosive passionate speech left a very deep impression on them.
Liu Bei himself also climbed up from the bottom bit by bit. He completely experienced the four stages of common people, powerful landlords, ordinary scholars and top scholars. He had contacts and contacts with people from these four classes, so he knew it very well. What these people are thinking.
Among them, the route Liu Bei took was to unite the three lower strata and compromise with the top strata.
The top class is the most solidified. Joining requires great talent, hard work and great opportunities. It has no universal guiding significance. Moreover, they are born with a lot and have no shortage of anything. It is extremely difficult to encourage and unite.
But the following three levels have something to say.
Because in the chain of social contempt, they are all systematically despised.
Although there are also contempt chains in top social circles, most of them are personal in nature and are not common.
The lower three classes have a common chain of contempt, and are generally despised and oppressed by the upper class on a large scale. This kind of contempt and oppression tradition has been formed in society and culture, which is very strong.
Therefore, although the ancient literature school is large in scale and has complex concepts, including people from common people, powerful landowners and ordinary small noble families, it seems extremely difficult to unite, but as long as they stick to the theme of "counterattack", they can find the greatest agreement to unite them. number.
In other words, Liu Bei, the successful counterattacker who can only appear once in a million people, is the greatest common denominator itself.
The existence of Liu Bei is the best witness to the counterattack and is the common yearning of all of them.
And when the counterattacker himself began to teach them the secrets and methods of counterattack, when the counterattacker himself began to mix private goods into the secrets and methods intentionally or unintentionally, the private goods became the secrets and methods.
Big men do not value personal efforts, but I, Liu Bei, want to say that personal efforts are not meaningless!
Liu Bei himself knew very well that a counterattack required great opportunities and great strength. He could not explain it in a few words, and he had no intention of being able to explain it.
But at this moment, he is the counterattack, and the counterattack is him. With a few words, he can make the people of the three classes who are tortured by the narrow passage for social advancement excited and violent.
Moreover, Liu Bei also observed that after the Ancient Literature School gained momentum, the upper-level leaders separated from the masses at an extremely fast speed.
Except for the leader Zheng Xuan who was still giving lectures extensively for certain political purposes and propaganda purposes, most leaders such as Lu Zhi, Fu Qian and others intentionally or unintentionally devoted themselves to political work and began to delve into power rather than academics.
In other words, they had no intention of going deep into the masses at the beginning, but they had to go deep into the masses and accept them at special moments.
Once the matter is over and the benefits have been obtained, it’s time to cut.
The Ancient Literature School is a combination of classic inheritance families, young children and outstanding disciples of each family. What does it have to do with you silly sons of rich families who came all the way to Luoyang to study?
These young scholars do not even belong to the ancient literature school in the eyes of senior officials.
This gave Liu Bei an opportunity to rise.
Especially in terms of empathy, Liu Bei did a good job. The scholars of the ancient literature school in Luoyang City were regardless of their status, rich or poor. If there was a wedding or wedding at home, Liu Bei would definitely come to attend if he had time. If he had no time, he would ask someone to represent him. Come and participate yourself.
No one is left behind.
Some people are in financial difficulty, and Liu Bei will use his own property to help them.
When some people encounter troublesome lawsuits, Liu Bei will also support them as a representative of the ancient literature school.
Some people had academic problems, and Liu Bei patiently explained them to them like a teacher.
He is using practical actions to tell all the young scholars who are not valued by the superiors——
I'm looking at you.
Your Brother Liu is watching you.
(End of chapter)
