Chapter 211 The struggle between the academies
Yuan Shu didn't know that Gan Ning had helped him get 30,000 war horses from Gongsun Zan. At this time, he had made arrangements for the war and was enjoying himself in the general's mansion!
Since the capture of Jingzhou, Lumen Academy has also fallen into the hands of Yuan Shu. Although the two old foxes Sima Hui and Pang Degong were unwilling to get involved in the fight for hegemony among the princes, they did not express their attitude of surrendering to Yuan Shu.
However, after all, Lumen Academy is still under the command of Yuan Shu, so these two people should not go too far, and they have acquiesced in some of Yuan Shu's actions that are not too excessive.
Yuan Shu was so shameless that he didn't care about the attitudes of these two people. Lumen Academy was just an academy after all, and it didn't matter whether they defected to him or not. Yuan Shu would not let go of these talents anyway.
Yuan Shu has always spared no effort in cultivating talents. Therefore, since he captured Jingzhou, he has paid close attention to Lumen Academy and made vigorous improvements.
In the past, there were just some thatched cottages here, which were very shabby. When Yuan Shu knew about it, he immediately renovated Lumen Academy and built another one exactly like Jinling Academy.
He also announced to the world that he would invite scholars from poor families to come and study, and all travel expenses and food would be included.
As a result, a large number of scholars who admired these two old foxes came to study.
Yuan Shu didn't care whether these two old men could handle so many scholars, so he accepted them all.
You are all great Confucians who are famous all over the world. You can't refuse these scholars' desire to learn!
In the end, the two old men were tired of their fame and had to bring their students to work for Yuan Shu.
Then Zheng Xuan and Cai Yong from Jinling Academy came into conflict with the two old men from Lumen Academy.
"Lord, why don't you go and take a look again! The scholars from Lumen Academy went to Jinling Academy to cause trouble again!" Gu Yong said with an anxious look.
"Yuan Tan, don't be anxious. Isn't it just a dispute between children? Let them go as they please. Your teacher has a sense of restraint and nothing serious will happen. Chan'er, stay a little further back."
Yuan Shu was enjoying Diao Chan's full body massage comfortably and said lazily.
With nothing to do, Yuan Shu asked Zhang Zhongjing to come up with a full-body massage technique, hoping to enjoy it on a daily basis.
As a result, Diao Chan discovered that Yuan Shu especially liked full body massage, so she immediately learned from the maid in charge of massage and gave Yuan Shu a massage every day.
It was hard for Yuan Shu to refuse the beautiful woman's wishes. What's more, having a beautiful woman massage him would make his psychological enjoyment even better. If Gu Yong wasn't there, it would be even more pleasant to have some hands and feet.
Don't look at anything inappropriate, Gu Yong lowered his eyes and said: "My lord, this is the third time this month! Master Cai can't bear it anymore, so please go and stop it!"
"He has to be cheap and good. Why didn't he come to me when the scholars from Jinling Academy went to Lumen Academy to cause trouble?" Yuan Shu complained disdainfully.
In order to stimulate competition among colleges, Yuan Shu created a ranking and rating for the colleges under his command, saying that it was to make it easier for the common people and scholars to choose schools.
As a result, the top ones in the ranking were Jinling Academy and Lumen Academy.
At first, Yuan Shu ranked the two academies tied for first place. Lumen Academy had no objection to this, but the scholars at Jinling Academy began to get angry.
Why? Jinling Academy is located at the foot of Jinling. Both the number of scholars and the strength of teachers are much stronger than Lumen Academy. Why are they ranked the same?
So some scholars were unwilling to go to Lumen Academy to cause trouble.
Of course, they are not stupid either. They went to fight in the name of exchange and learning.
Because most of the scholars of Lumen Academy were newcomers, and the real mainstays, that is, the disciples of Sima Hui and Pang Degong at the beginning did not care about these provocations, so the disciples who faced them were completely defeated.
That was fine, but Yuan Shu's actions later detonated the entire Jinling Academy.
After Yuan Shu learned about this incident, he did not criticize or stop him from talking about it. He also raised the rating of Jinling College a bit, and made a note at the end: He achieved better results in the debate at a college that was not much different from his own college, so he received extra points.
After that, Jinling College's ranking changed from being tied for first place with Lumen Academy to being the only one in first place, with Lumen Academy falling to second place.
Later, the scholars from Lumen Academy were unhappy and followed the example of the students from Jinling Academy and came to Jinling Academy for advice.
As time goes by, the feud between the two sides becomes deeper and deeper. However, since Jinling Academy does have more scholars, and they have studied at Jinling Academy for nearly a year, and their level is better than that of Lumen Academy, Jinling Academy has always had the upper hand.
But later on, Jinling Academy became more and more exaggerated, often claiming that Jinling Academy was better than Lumen Academy. The most important thing is that some scholars said that Sima Hui and Pang Degong were not as good as Zheng Xuan and Cai Yong.
Finally, some elite disciples who studied under Sima Hui and Pang Degong couldn't bear it any longer, and joined forces to defeat Jinling Academy.
Then they found that this feeling was quite refreshing, not only increasing their knowledge but also improving their reputation, so more and more scholars participated.
Although both sides were at the same level when it came to classics and righteousness, when it came to intelligence and military tactics, the group of animals trained by Sima Hui of Lumen Academy was not something that Jinling Academy could handle.
After all, the hundreds of disciples of Jinling Academy now have incomplete inheritance, and most of the elites among them have been dragged out by Yuan Shu to work as coolies, so they have no time to participate at all.
That's why the current one-sided situation was formed. The group of scholars from Lumen Academy rushed to Jinling Academy with great enthusiasm.
"Who is taking the lead this time? Xu Yuanzhi?" Yuan Shu asked casually.
When I think of Yuan Shu, who has the aura of a knight-errant, I can't help but feel sad for Jinling Academy.
"Who else could it be but him? One debate has already brought down seven or eight scholars!"
Gu Yong was really helpless towards such a counselor with a background as a ranger. It would be fine if he was just a reckless man, but he was quite knowledgeable!
Don’t be afraid of gangsters, just be afraid that gangsters are educated!
Xu Shu, a scholar who had been a knight-errant for several years and became a monk on the way, was truly invincible in the debate.
You can talk to him but you can't talk him down, but he can knock you down with one punch! How does this work?
It just so happens that this guy is very affectionate and righteous, and always takes the lead for his "brothers", resulting in a large number of people lying down in the hospital of Jinling Academy after each debate.
"How is Lu Xun? Are you okay?"
When Xu Shu and Yuan Shu were mentioned, they thought of Lu Xun, who was beaten into the hospital by Xu Shu before.
This guy looks so weak. In the last debate, because of his good knowledge, he cornered Xu Shu, who had only just started studying for two years.
As a result, before he could get any chance of success, he was knocked unconscious by Xu Shu's punch and fell to the ground.
Scholars in this era were all like this. If their levels were similar, the debate would become a competition to see who could fight.
"It's been over a long time ago! Now he keeps pestering Sun Ce to learn martial arts from him. I'm afraid this kid has fallen into a shadow." Gu Yong sighed softly.
A good future counselor was led astray by Xu Shu, and Gu Yong was full of resentment towards Xu Shu.
"Haha! This kid has also started to learn martial arts?" Yuan Shu was not worried but happy.
Lu Xun has always been uninterested in military skills and commanding troops. Yuan Shu was really afraid that he would lose Lu Xun, who had been tempered by hardships and finally transformed from the governor in history who was a commander and prime minister into a pure strategist.
You must know that Lu Xun's talent in commanding troops is no less than Zhou Yu's. It is a pity to be purely a counselor.
Now Xu Shu's mistake has just solved this problem.
Chapter completed!