Ceng Yuan and Fang Yun discussed for another two hours. They clearly explained the plan for the "People's Daily" and the future official characters. Fang Yun talked about the plan and direction, while Ceng Yuan talked about the specific execution method. The two learned from each other and pointed out each other's ideas.
Fang Yun admired Ceng Yuan's ability. Although this person's literary position was not high and could barely reach Hanlin in the future, he had the background of a secondary saint family. It could be said that he had no shortcomings.
Ceng Yuan's attitude towards Fang Yun did not change because he had studied Fang Yun in depth. Everything that happened in Ning An City had caused him to be continuously shocked. In the process of chatting, Fang Yun's performance made him sigh in admiration, but he felt that it was normal because in his heart, Fang Yun would always be a person who could create miracles.
Ceng Yuan was already used to Fang Yun's miracles.
As time passed, Fang Yun's challenge to Zhang Longxiang caused an uproar. More and more people expressed that they would participate in Yueyang Tower's Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Meeting.
The most interesting thing was that Magistrate Yao of Wuchang prefecture of Qi announced that he would lead the scholars of Qi to Yueyang Tower to compete with the scholars of Xiangzhou. Even if Fang Xusheng was there, he could not let Yellow Crane Tower's reputation as the number one tower in the world be snatched away by Yueyang Tower.
Everyone was originally discussing the competition between Fang Yun and Zhang Longxiang. Now that the people of Qi had suddenly joined, it immediately caused a heated discussion.
The competition between Fang Yun and Zhang Longxiang was clearly like a firecracker. It was related to the head of the four great scholars, so many people were constantly trying to sow discord.
Although the competition between Yellow Crane Tower and Yueyang Tower had been in conflict for hundreds of years, it was only a dispute of personal feelings. Although it was called a competition, it was actually the same as the "Snow Plum Cultural Meeting" of the human race. It was just a way for scholars to pass the time. However, as time passed, some scholars became serious.
The two sides were far from reaching the point of mutual hostility. The winner was happy, and the loser was regretful. That was all. Even if the two sides were not friends, they were far from enemies. Otherwise, the person who announced this would not be the magistrate of Wuchang prefecture, but the prefecture magistrate of Beihu prefecture.
Under Magistrate Yao's article, the scholars of Qiguo and Jingguo began to tease each other.
As a powerful country of the human race, Qi Nation was very inclusive and had various attitudes.
"Qi Nation must win, we cannot let Fang Xusheng raise Yue Yang Tower's status and suppress Yellow Crane Tower! The Yellow Crane Tower will forever be the number one tower in the world, this cannot be changed! "
"Whoever makes Yellow Crane Tower lose its position as the number one tower in the world will be the sinner of Qi Country!"
"The way I see it, since Fang Xusheng and Zhang Longxiang are having a literary competition at Yueyang Pavilion, and with so many people going there, there will definitely be a large number of poems and essays. For at least three years, the number one pavilion under the heavens would belong to Yue Yang Tower. As a citizen of Wuchang, we are not convinced by the people of Baling, but we are convinced by Fang Xusheng. "
"Youngsters nowadays only know how to talk nonsense on the leaderboard. If they have the time, they might as well think of a way to defeat Fang Xusheng. However, judging from the current situation, the Yellow Crane Tower has lost the battle of the two towers. "
"As a citizen of Qi, I must support the Yellow Crane Tower! However, as a scholar, I can only say sadly that Fang Yun, this bastard, is going to help Jingguo snatch the title of the number one tower in the world from our Qi Nation. However, hehe, he will not have a good time on the 15th of August. Oh right, I will join the temporarily formed Qi Nation's' Tower Competition Society 'and go to Yue Yang Tower to watch the show. "The person who was gloating was none other than Fang Yun's good friend, Li Fanming.
The people of Jingguo also followed suit.
Many onlookers noticed that the people of Jingguo had changed compared to before.
The battle between the Yellow Crane Tower and the Yue Yang Tower had lasted for hundreds of years. In the beginning, the people of Jingguo supported the Yue Yang Tower. However, the Yue Yang Tower lost to the Yellow Crane Tower time and time again, causing the people of Jingguo to be disappointed. Whenever there was a battle between the two towers, most of the people of Jingguo expressed that they could not win against the Yellow Crane Tower. Many Jingguo scholars were even unwilling to talk about this matter.
However, the people of Jingguo were now in high spirits. They believed that the Yue Yang Tower would definitely be able to defeat the Yellow Crane Tower this time. They even prepared to celebrate in advance.
In particular, some scholars from Xiangzhou were excited and began to argue with the scholars from Wuchang. This was a reserved part of the battle between the two towers.
The scholars from both countries treated the battle between the two towers as an interesting game and did not get angry. However, under the articles written by the Zong Family's scholars, there were many people who wanted Fang Yun to apologize for the losses that the aristocratic families had suffered.
There were not many aristocratic families who bet that the World Teacher would fail, but it still involved millions of people. Those who were of higher status would not participate in this kind of argument. Not to mention that they would be misunderstood by Fang Yun, and not to mention that they would be mocked for being sore losers.
However, those young aristocratic families were angered by the continuous articles written by the Zong Family. They represented themselves and said that even if Fang Yun did not compensate for their losses, he should at least apologize to them.
Therefore, a group of people who had the same view gathered together and formed a debt collection organization on the afternoon of the 13th of August. They were prepared to go to the Yue Yang Tower on the 15th of August to demand an answer from Fang Yun.
Because the debt collection organization was formed in private and many people thought that they were just playing around, the aristocratic families did not pay much attention to it. They all treated it as a joke and focused their energy on other important matters.
Many people discovered that the previous days, there were only undercurrents surging and many things were covered up. However, as the 15th of August approached, many things had already floated to the surface and began to form a fierce storm.
As early as last year, there were a few conservative old scholars who criticized Fang Yun on the rankings for establishing too many women's schools. Once a woman obtained talent and competed with a man for the position of a scholar, it would be a violation of ethics, a violation of etiquette, and a disorder of hierarchy.
Because there was no one to organize them, these people didn't cause much of a stir at the beginning. However, because these people continuously attacked Fang Yun, someone took the lead and gathered many people to hold a meeting to attack Fang Yun.
As the 15th of August approached, these people formed a "Men's Honor Society". They were committed to maintaining the system of men being superior to women and could not allow women's status to rise.
In an inconspicuous place on the rankings, a few scholars who had been attacked by Fang Yun announced that they had been holding a "Black Cloud Literary Gathering" for the past few years. As early as last year, they had already established the Black Cloud Society. On the 15th of August, there would be a large number of scholars from the Ba Kong Mountain Gathering Literature Pavilion who would join the Black Cloud Society and go to the Yue Yang Tower to support Zhang Longxiang.
Most people who saw this news laughed it off. "Black Cloud" was "Filthy Fang Yun". Many scholars had heard of these people, but they were very clear that these people could have been safe and sound. However, they did not work hard and even attacked Fang Yun who was more outstanding than them. They thought that they were more intelligent than others, but in reality, they were useless and were typical failures. Therefore, they did not think that these people could obstruct Fang Yun.
The Mid-Autumn Festival had not yet arrived, but the Building Competition Society, the Debt Collection Society, the Men's Honor Society and the Black Cloud Society had already begun to exert their strength. Smoke rose from all directions on the rankings and debates were frequent.
The literary gathering at the Yue Yang Tower had not yet begun, but the literary competition had already begun.
(To be continued.)
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