After the meeting, Yang Ci felt very worried that the meeting had not achieved his greatest purpose.
He told Yang Biao his worries.
"They have full wings and are uncontrollable. The current situation is to use the advantages we still have to widely absorb the outstanding students within them, use the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son, and let them be used by me. In this way Only then can the situation be changed.
So far, only the "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" sect has become an academic official. There are only six classic inheritance families. They can't compete with me. The number of filial piety, talents and officials they can provide is still far less than mine. This is Our greatest advantage.
If we can't take advantage of the fact that they are still unable to carry "Zhou Guan Li" into the official school, they can be divided and defeated in one go. Once they are really asked to use "Zhou Guan Li" to replace "Yi Li", then it will be the end of us. "
Yang Biao was a little surprised by this.
Although he also held a reformist attitude and felt that they should use the advantages of their school to attract some elites from the ancient literature school to help, he never expected that Yang Ci had already seen the end of the modern literature school.
Moreover, it is just a matter of one sentence to say that "Zhou Guan Li" replaced "Yi Li", but how could the entire set of basic logic of state governance forged by the Luoyang court using "Yi Li" for more than a hundred years be seamlessly switched to "Yi Li" in a short period of time? Where is the logic of "Zhou Guan Li"?
How difficult would it be for the huge Luoyang court to change its thinking and logic?
"Father, our school has been passed down for two hundred years, and the changes in the past two hundred years have not been able to do anything to us, let alone now? In my opinion, today's setbacks are just a small test. They are strong for a while, but in the end they have a deep foundation. Shallow and easily uprooted.
As long as we knock down Lu Zhi, the Ancient Literature School will suffer a heavy blow. Under the heavy blow, as long as we show that we will ignore the past grievances and re-accept the Yuan and Xun families, at least we can make them hedging their bets and no longer wholeheartedly help the Ancient Literature School. In this case, the disintegration of the Ancient Literature School is just around the corner. How could my father think so highly of these villains? "
Yang Ci sighed deeply and shook his head repeatedly.
"Although my son has seen part of it, he has not seen the whole picture. During the time of Dong Zhongshu in the early Han Dynasty, why was Confucianism able to defeat hundreds of schools of thought and become the only prominent school? The main reason is inheritance. It is because the school has the largest number of scholars, the most stable inheritance, and the greatest power. .
But the current situation is that our inheritance is only in a small area, almost completely isolated from outsiders, and the number of people is limited, but they accommodate scholars from all over the world, so there are many talents within the school, even if only one talent can be produced out of a hundred, Its numerical advantage is also too great. "
Yang Biao understood somewhat.
"My father's meaning... I understand a little bit, so I also agree with my father's idea, thinking that we should open up some quotas for ethnic studies and attract outstanding talents to enter. However, even so, it is not necessarily true that we will reach the end of the world, right? "
"Perhaps all the scholars thought the same way back then, but what was the result? Xiaowu's edict lasted only a few years."
Yang Ci's words left Yang Biao speechless.
Despite this, he still did not pay too much attention to his father's words. He believed that the Jinwen school had experienced ups and downs for hundreds of years. What situation had it not seen before?
If it were said that one Lu Zhi and one Liu Bei could bring about the end of Jinwen School, he would not believe it under any circumstances.
In a few days, it will be the day when Lu Zhi is going to Jizhou to take office.
On the way Liu Bei saw him off, he explained everything to Liu Bei.
"I noticed that many people within the school are convinced by you. You convinced them with your true talents and practical knowledge. Your contribution is also due to their willingness to care about you. Therefore, they will not doubt what you say, but will choose to believe it. This It's amazing.
With this kind of prestige, Zheng Gong, Fu Gong, Yuan Gong and others will rely on you a lot. You must also be careful at all times and strictly demand yourself to maintain this prestige. More importantly, you must be vigilant at all times from the Jinwen School. criticism.
Whenever there is something that cannot be dealt with on your own, you must ask Mr. Zheng and Mr. Fu for help. I will ask them to do this. Also, be sure to think twice before making a decision, try not to act arbitrarily, and discuss with your elders more. If it is really impossible to send someone to send a letter to It's better for me than to act arbitrarily, do you understand? "
When parting, Lu Zhi showed an uneasiness he had never seen before.
Perhaps he expected that after his departure, the struggle between the ancient literature school and the modern literature school would become increasingly fierce, and in his absence, no one could directly raise points and protect Liu Bei.
Lu Zhi regarded Liu Bei as his nephew and successor from the bottom of his heart. Liu Bei also knew this clearly.
Liu Bei was very grateful for this kind of fatherly care.
But he has his own path and his own chosen approach, which is destined to end up not being able to get together with those guys from the Ancient Literature School.
Only Lu Zhi, at least, the two of them have relatively consistent views on the land issue.
There may be some hope for the future.
After bidding farewell to Lu Zhi, Liu Bei will start his own action, and the first step of this action is to visit Zheng Xuan.
As a scholar-type official, Liu Bei noticed that Zheng Xuan's mood has not been very high since the second peak of the ancient and modern literary debate began. Perhaps he himself would also feel confused about what he was doing.
He is a scholar who writes books and talks, a cultural master who is dedicated to academics, but what he is doing now is a political struggle that runs counter to his ideals.
The political struggle hidden under the skin of academic struggle may be too cruel for this master.
But when Liu Bei went to visit Zheng Xuan today, Zheng Xuan was in a good mood and received Liu Bei happily.
"You rarely come to my place. I heard that you have been in many official offices recently and arranged a lot of errands for your subordinates. Yes, this skill is self-taught. Compared with you, Ziqian is I no longer have this ability.”
Zheng Xuan said with a smile: "At this point, I think your teacher should learn from you in turn. Your Liu family business has not yet been acquired, but it has already started. His Lu family business is still the same as before and has not changed. Yes, I really don’t care.”
Liu Bei couldn't figure out for a while whether Zheng Xuan was mocking him or praising him.
However, for the benefactor who directly contributed to his rise to the top of the scholar, Liu Bei still had to smile at him even if he was ridiculing him.
"Bei is ashamed. He has done something not very good. Perhaps it is not something a disciple of a saint should do. But they all followed Bei on the battlefield and risked their lives to protect him. Bei really doesn't know how to reward them."
"That's right. Others will follow you through life and death, so you can't just reward them with nothing, right? Only when rewards and punishments are clear can you go a long way, right?"
Zheng Xuan winked at Liu Bei, looking like a naughty and cute little old man.
The heavy feeling in Liu Bei's heart suddenly disappeared, and he found that he liked this little old man more and more.
"Mr. Zheng, I came here this time because I have something I want to discuss with Gong Zheng."
"I knew that if you Liu Xuande came to visit me specially, it would definitely not be as simple as just coming to see me."
Zheng Xuan laughed and said, "Just tell me."
Liu Bei nodded.
"Mr. Zheng, the teacher's departure from Luoyang has made many people in the school feel that their future is uncertain. Before, many people felt uneasy about this, thinking that the current situation was very unfavorable to us, and worried that the Jinwen school would do something to us. I am dissatisfied with the situation when we are unable to fight against them."
(End of chapter)
