On the same track, the novice ancient literature school cannot compete with the modern literature school.
They have been working on this track for so many years. From the rules to the referees, they are all their own. How can you compete with them?
Therefore, it is necessary to open up new tracks, use differentiated competition to introduce Jinwen School to tracks that they are unfamiliar with, and then compete to gain a certain first-mover advantage.
In short, you can’t compete with them with what they are good at.
However, the upper echelons of the ancient literature school did not realize this.
There is a huge group of young scholars of the Ancient Literature School, but the upper echelons of the Ancient Literature School have never thought of using the power of these people, and they have never even considered them to be members of the Ancient Literature School.
Obviously, the two major crises were won with their support. However, after the victory, they turned against each other and treated them as nothing. Not to mention accepting them, they didn't even say thank you. They are not that scumbag.
The style of an unscrupulous aristocrat, the pure style of an unscrupulous aristocrat, there is absolutely nothing new about it.
Liu Bei was deeply dissatisfied with this.
This time the ancient literature school failed to promote Lu Zhi to the throne, and was attacked by the modern literature school and the imperial power. The entire school was immediately filled with an atmosphere of failure and pessimism. Some even felt that the ancient literature school was going to be finished. Diode style.
Therefore, the upper echelons of the Ancient Literature School are almost all insects. How can we do good politics with this group of insects?
Liu Bei originally thought of relying on the Ancient Literature School to do something, but he now realizes that he must eventually break away from this insect alliance to avoid being lowered by them and leading to failure.
So Liu Bei had some new ideas in his mind.
The reason why the Ancient Literature School was able to gain support was because everyone believed they could win, so everyone was willing to help them, so the Ancient Literature School won.
But if everyone doesn’t believe that the Ancient Literature School can win, they will just wait and see like they did at the beginning.
Indeed, not all of the tens of thousands of scholars in Luoyang City can belong to the Ancient Literature School as Liu Bei said. There are also many fence-sitters among them. Choosing the Ancient Literature School is just a helpless choice.
Whenever there is a better choice, they will definitely swarm over and abandon the Ancient Literature School in an instant.
There is no way, among the fourteen families, even if the Ancient Literature School robbed one, there would still be thirteen.
There are fourteen channels for social advancement. Thirteen of them are in the hands of the Jinwen School. They are not opening them up now. But one day, if some people figure it out and start to decide to open up these channels to a limited extent in exchange for some support, then now Will these diodes swarm?
Absolutely, no need to question it at all.
Therefore, Liu Bei felt that the general trend was indeed on the side of the ancient literature school, but once the modern literature school made some moves, it might be able to return to its former glory, which would make the ancient literature school and himself very uncomfortable.
Until Liu Bei has enough strength to showdown with the upper class of the Ancient Literature School, he will still have to walk around the world in the guise of the Ancient Literature School.
In this state, he had to ensure that the fundamentals of the Ancient Literature School remained intact, and by controlling this fundamentals, he could realize his ambition of going public via a backdoor.
As the person most admired and admired by these young scholars of the ancient literature school who were not recognized by the mainstream upper class, Liu Bei decided to fool Zheng Xuan, using things that Zheng Xuan had never been exposed to and did not understand. He turned into a shell and started to cause trouble.
He planned to symbolically introduce the ordinary scholars of the Ancient Literature School who admired him very much into the Ancient Literature School as a whole, and to establish a mechanism for mobilization from top to bottom, and actually control this mechanism in his own hands.
He was originally the propaganda minister of the Ancient Literature School. He was an upper-level figure in the Ancient Literature School who had the greatest influence on the young scholars who studied the Ancient Literature. He also had a very high reputation. His words could make those young scholars scream with excitement. Call.
This is called popularity.
The rest of the upper echelons of the Ancient Literature School do not pay attention to this huge group, and they do not even care about their own popularity. This is their biggest and most stupid mistake.
Through this popularity, Liu Bei has actually become the spiritual leader of this group of young people who study ancient scriptures. In their group, he has as much influence as Zheng Xuan.
Liu Bei did not have enough political influence before, but now, he has initially gained political influence through military exploits, so Liu Bei decided to become a de facto rather than just a spiritual leader for these young people.
But if such a large organization wants to be established openly, the goal is too big. Liu Bei's political status cannot support such a huge organization, so what he needs now is a loudspeaker.
A speaker that makes his voice loud.
A "trumpet" that can actually organize and mobilize this huge power that the big guys never pay attention to or selectively ignore.
Once there is this "trumpet", these tens of thousands of scholars will no longer be just a mob.
More importantly, when he truly has sufficient political status, this trumpet can quickly expand and expand, including the entire group affected by him, and transform into Liu Bei's basic governing force.
Zheng Xuan didn't have too deep feelings about this matter, because in the final analysis, he was not a person who could transcend the times, and he could not accurately understand the meaning behind everything Liu Bei said.
But when Liu Bei mentioned it at this time, he seemed to have some feelings.
"Xuande's words are not unreasonable..."
Liu Bei struck while the iron was hot.
"Mr. Zheng, our advantage lies in people's hearts, not family laws. Is it correct to abandon people's hearts and pursue family laws? Putting aside the basics and chasing the weak, using one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths. This is what the enemy is most happy to see. I Privately, I am worried about you and the elders!"
Zheng Xuan looked shaken, thinking about it over and over, but couldn't think of a clue.
"In that case, Xuande, do you have any ideas? Tell me."
Liu Bei nodded.
"Mr. Zheng, there are nearly 30,000 scholars studying ancient literature in Luoyang alone. In the eyes of your elders, only a very small part of these 30,000 people are members of our ancient literature school. The others Nothing, just an outsider.
But they are also scholars who study ancient Chinese classics. They have always stood on the side of the ancient literature school and against the modern literature school. They were the ones who used to defend the Taixue debate and besieged Yang Ci's mansion. Why did they attack them? Turn a blind eye?
I think that we should accept them, recognize them, include them in the Ancient Literature School, give them status, give them guidance, and further organize them, imitate the move of household registration, and manage them, then at the critical moment, we can Use them. "
Zheng Xuan was slightly surprised when he heard this.
"Is this move slightly inappropriate? Not to mention how to deal with so many people, isn't it a big problem just to say that the good and the bad are mixed? We are a school after all, and we can't be called a scumbag who is uneducated and good at doing things. People are pouring in, right?”
Liu Bei shook his head.
"Mr. Zheng, before, both the ancient literature school and the modern literature school consulted with each other to decide what to do, and then let the people who could handle the matter do it. What they relied on was nothing more than family power. In terms of family power, which one is stronger, my generation or the Jinwen school?"
Zheng Xuan was stunned and frowned.
"Of course the Jinwen school is stronger."
"This is the most direct way to use your own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points. How can you succeed?"
"this……"
"Mr. Zheng, after the teacher leaves, the only family we can rely on is the Yuan family and the Xun family. None of the six Zuo family members in the Spring and Autumn Period currently hold high official positions in the court, and the Yuan family and the Xun family are the current ones after all. They are from the literary school, and even in their family, there are people who have drawn a clear line with them.”
Liu Bei's remarks were extremely targeted, almost naming them by name.
Then Zheng Xuan's frown deepened.
"Xuande, the Yuan family and the Xun family have no retreat. Don't speculate on them like this."
"Mr. Zheng, it's Yuan Wei and Xun Shuang who have no way out, but it's not that Yuan and Xun have no way out."
Liu Bei's eyes were intense and he did not give in, staring at Zheng Xuan.
Zheng Xuan's heart trembled and his breathing stagnated.
(End of chapter)
