Xuande

Chapter 45

The Yuedan Review started from Runan, Yuan's hometown, and was presided over by Xu Shao and Xu Jing, two brothers of the local wealthy Xu family.

Comment on famous scholars in the world once a month, and all the scholars who have been commented have doubled their worth and become famous all over the world, so scholars all over the world flock to it.

In the early years, Cao Cao gained fame by relying on Xu Shao's comments, and Yuan Shao was afraid of Xu Shao's bad comments and did not dare to swagger in his hometown.

Yuan Shao has seen the fame and power of the Xu Shao brothers standing on the high platform of commenting.

Liu Bei's idea is nothing more than to let Yuan Shao learn from the Xu brothers and hold an activity similar to Yuedan Ping in his mansion.

Yuan Shao was quite worried about this.

"How famous is the Xu Brothers, how can I compare with them? Wouldn't it be ridiculous to comment rashly?"

Liu Bei laughed.

"The Yuan family in Runan is the fourth generation and the third prince. His disciples and old officials are all over the world. How can the Xu family be compared with the high reputation? Besides, who said that we are going to conduct Yuedan reviews? We are just inviting three or five A friend holds a banquet, a banquet among friends.

During the banquet, there was an occasional dispute due to some academic disputes. The two sides insisted on their own words and refused to give in to each other. In the end, the winner was decided. Yuan Gong admired the winner and rewarded the winner. Then, accidentally, the news spread to the outside world. known to outsiders.

So one spread to ten, ten to one hundred, more and more scholars knew about it, more and more people were interested, more and more people asked Yuan Gong's friends for news, Yuan Gong's friends couldn't stand everyone Your enthusiasm can only serve as an introduction.

So the second banquet had more people, the third more, the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth. This gradually became a routine, and it gradually became something that Luoyang scholars took for granted. It aroused the high attention of the scholars, that's all. "

Liu Bei spread his hands and looked innocent: "Who said we are Yuedan Review? We just closed the door to study academics by ourselves. Outsiders know it and want to participate. What does it have to do with me?"

Everyone was stunned.

Shaoqing, Yuan Shao took the lead in laughing, Cao Cao and Xu You also laughed out loud, and finally everyone laughed.

Liu Bei also smiled, very happily.

After all, Yuedan Ping is essentially a game of people carrying people in sedan chairs. Some people are willing to flatter, some are willing to be flattered, and some are willing to flatter stinky feet, that's all.

The Xu brothers can play, but Yuan can't?

what?They have patents?Or did the Eastern Han Empire have patent protection laws?
Just doing what he said, Yuan Shao was eager to enhance his reputation and increase his prestige in the hearts of the scholars, so he quickly used his own appeal to invite familiar scholars from the Jinwen School to attend a banquet in his mansion.

And Liu Bei also mobilized his personal connections and invited some scholars of the ancient literature school he was familiar with.

In the beginning, Liu Bei did not invite the children of rich families, such as Ma Yong and Han Jue, because they had some family burdens.

Similarly, Yuan Shao didn't invite any friends who were too high-ranking at the beginning, but only invited some children from small families among the noble families who were close to him.

The two parties drank and ate at Yuan Shao's mansion, and exchanged cups and cups, while Liu Bei was responsible for bringing up topics and arguments at the right time, arousing debates between the two sides on modern and ancient Chinese classics.

After a little wine, the temper will naturally be uncontrollable. As soon as I hear a comment I don't like, I will immediately express my opinion.

One person has an opinion, two have an opinion, and three have an opinion.

Then the banquet turned into a debate meeting.

As an expert debater, Liu Bei naturally became the number one debater respected by scholars of ancient literature and classics.

Yuan Shao didn't put forward his own point of view throughout the whole process, but as the host, he sat at the top and listened to the debate between the two sides, and when there was a result, he would praise the demeanor of the winner Liu Bei.

It is not an exaggeration to say that before he knew it, Yuan Shao's exaggerating gesture at the end was quite decisive and dominant.

After the banquet, Yuan Shao mobilized his own power, or bought the navy, and casually publicized it in the circle of scholars in Luoyang City, saying that they accidentally heard that Liu Bei, a master of debate and a great poet of the Han Dynasty, was debating the scriptures with others in Yuan Shao's mansion. A complete victory, the opponent has no power to parry.

So Liu Bei was praised by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao also presented Liu Bei with a pen he liked very much as a reward for winning.

Because of Liu Bei's reputation and Yuan Shao's status, this debate quickly attracted attention.

But because this is a private event that is not open to the public, many scholars can only ask someone to inquire about the content of the debate and what Liu Bei has to say.

Then these inquired people naturally invite those who are interested to watch it at the next debate.

The next debate will be held in Yuan Shao's mansion in the form of a banquet, and then Yuan Shao will accept the form of bringing the old with the new, and welcomes friends of friends brought by friends.

Therefore, when the second classic debate meeting was held, it was still private and not open to the public, but the ostentation was much bigger than the first time.

Many people came to watch Liu Bei's debates because they admired Liu Bei's name. Whenever Liu Bei uttered a golden sentence, they all applauded loudly-it was like watching a Beijing opera.

Of course Liu Bei won in the end.

As the host, Yuan Shao praised Liu Bei, presented Liu Bei with a jar of wine in public, and praised Liu Bei as a "Northern Celebrity".

So Liu Bei won another title of fame bonus, and the debate meeting in Yuan Shao's mansion also increased its popularity.

The next thing is a matter of course.

More and more people came to the banquet, and then more and more people participated in the debate. Yuan Shao's mansion seemed to become a well-known venue for the debate conference.

Therefore, when the debate was just a debate, Yuan Shao sat at the head with a smile and said nothing.

And when the two sides are impatient, and there is a stance that they want to turn the literary fight into a martial arts meeting, Yuan Shao will immediately appear on the stage, using the prestige of the Yuan family's children to prevent the two sides from turning their faces.

During this period, many people with sharp words would offend each other and cause disputes because of their sharp words. For example, Liu Bei often deliberately used sharp words to arouse the anger of the other party, and sometimes the two sides almost faced each other with swords drawn.

And at this time, Yuan Shao would step forward in time and use his identity and reputation to prevent the other party from getting angry.

"Debating scriptures is not a martial arts competition. It is the mouth, not the sword. Please look at Yuan's thin face and turn the fight into jade."

So the angry scholars would calm down and sell Yuan Shao, a son of the fourth generation and third father Yuan's family, to save face.

As we all know, the more you sell face, the more expensive it is. In the end, the person who sells face becomes the person with the fruit of face.

Unknowingly, the young scholars of the modern literature school and the ancient literature school who came to Yuan Shao's mansion to participate in the debate meeting accepted Yuan Shao's mediation, and would not continue to target each other after Yuan Shao's words to mediate.

And because of Yuan Shao's proper hospitality, they all praised Yuan Shao for being a gentleman in the Warring States Period, Lord Xinling was reborn, and so on.

Afterwards, under Liu Bei's introduction, Yuan Shao met many young scholars of the ancient literature school.

He doesn't care about his status, and he has the demeanor of a corporal. Drinking and chatting with them, he is very happy. Sometimes he hugs, sometimes sings loudly, and sometimes dances a magical dance himself, pushing the atmosphere to a peak.

Of course, those who were entertained also reciprocated, praising Corporal Yuan Shaoli for his graceful demeanor, melodious singing, gallant dancing and so on.

Anyway, you don't need to spend money to brag, just brag like your life, brag hard, brag.

As a result, Yuan Shao's reputation continued to grow, and those who were praised by Yuan Shao at the debate conference would also be envied by everyone.

More and more people came to the banquet held by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao's reputation gradually became louder among the young scholars of both the modern literature school and the ancient literature school, and he became a "cross-border new star" .

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PS: Ask for tickets at the third watch~~~

(End of this chapter)