After the Mid-Autumn Literary Festival, the human race suddenly had two large-scale literary competition battlefields.
The first battlefield for literary competition was Qingjing. Tens of thousands of scholars and military commanders arrived there first and started various literary gatherings, competitions or fights. However, they were all very restrained and no literary battles involving life and death were carried out.
Many people never expected that the second battlefield of the literary competition would be Baling City.
The temporary sea eye had disappeared long ago, and only a very small number of scholars returned to their respective countries immediately. Most of the scholars remained in Baling City, climbed the Yueyang Tower, toured Dongting Lake, and prepared to go to Qingjing with Fang Yun in a few days to watch the decisive battle of literary competition between the scholars of Qing and Wu countries.
The people who came to Baling City this time were from ten countries. All the people from Qing Country had left, but people from other countries were still there, and there were conflicts among each other.
Scholars from ten regions, including Wu, Qi, Shu, Yun, Jia, Yue, Jing, Gu, Shen and Kongcheng, used Baling City as a battlefield and began a literary competition or duel.
In the morning, scholars from Wu State went to the restaurant where people from Qi State lived to compete in poetry. As soon as they left the house, they ran into scholars from Shu State who were looking for trouble with people from Yun State. In the afternoon, scholars from Yue State were looking for trouble with people from Gu State, but people from Shu State had already arrived, so people from Yue State could only wait in line...
Baling City was in complete chaos. In restaurants, teahouses, inns, brothels, pleasure boats, and other places where people went, there would be literary competitions.
At noon on August 17, the governor Dong Wencong met Fang Yun and immediately said, "Hosting the Mid-Autumn Festival in Baling City is probably the thing you will regret the most."
"I should go to Qingjing to hold it." Fang Yun agreed deeply.
"When will Madam be back? The Governor's Mansion has been completely furnished and you can move in anytime."
Fang Yun said helplessly: "I originally planned to pick her up yesterday, but I didn't expect that she was also very busy in Kongcheng. It will take several days to complete the handover."
"Is it about the Jinguo Academy?" Dong Wencong asked.
"Yes, the Women's Society." Fang Yun said.
Dong Wencong's eyes moved, and he thought for a few breaths, then said, "I shouldn't say too much, but I think some things need to be considered in the long run. I believe that any sensible scholar will understand that as long as the human race is given enough time, women can also study and obtain a literary position. However, it is very difficult now, and your actions are too radical. I even suspect that 20% of the great scholars are absolutely against you on the issue of the women's academy, and even regard you as an enemy. Another 30% are also very opposed, but do not regard you as an enemy. Most of the remaining great scholars do not oppose or support you. I am afraid that there is not a single great scholar who truly supports you on this matter!"
"I know."
Seeing Fang Yun not caring at all, Dong Wencong was a little anxious and said, "During this literary gathering, those conservative scholars were almost used by the Zong and Lei families. Fortunately, the people who came this time are real scholars. Even though they oppose your building of a women's academy, they did not take advantage of your misfortune. If some of them are angered by you and use despicable means, I'm afraid it will be harder to guard against than the Zong and Lei families. Because they believe that everything is for the sake of the human race, even if they have made irreparable mistakes, they still think it is right, and the literary courage will not be affected in the slightest."
"I know." Fang Yun remained calm.
"Master Fang, isn't this literary gathering a wake-up call? I'm not asking you to stay away from the women's academy, I'm just suggesting that you delay your current actions and not anger those people. Letting those women wait a few hundred more years won't do any harm."
Fang Yun looked at Dong Wencong with clear eyes. He did not look down on people like Dong Wencong. They were just bound by the limitations of the times and did not make any big mistakes themselves.
"They can wait for hundreds or thousands of years, but humans can't wait," Fang Yun said.
"I admit that there are some regrettable geniuses among women, but overall, it will take hundreds of years for women to accumulate before they can bring obvious benefits to the human race. The human race can wait," said Dong Wencong.
Fang Yun shook his head slightly and said, "There are many things that we don't take seriously now, but it will often take a few years, decades or even hundreds of years before we realize what huge mistakes we have made. What I want to do is to prevent future generations of humans from regretting it, that's all."
Dong Wencong said helplessly: "Forget it, I won't talk about this matter in the future. It doesn't matter if you are a few days late for your trip to Qingjing. The administration and civil affairs of Xiangzhou are of top priority. Now a large number of Qing officials are imprisoned, and there is a lack of young officials. If you are not careful, accidents may happen. Xiangzhou is now in a more precarious situation than when you first arrived." Dong Wencong said.
"That's right. So Xiangzhou needs to recuperate now. After a month, I will prepare to rectify the administration and eradicate all the cancers that Qing Kingdom has planted in Xiangzhou!" Fang Yun's tone was extremely firm.
Dong Wencong said: "There is nothing wrong with your approach. I am afraid that... some officials will go against your wishes when it comes to implementation."
"Lure the snake out of its hole. I just don't know what other spies are lurking in Xiangzhou." Fang Yun said.
"In that case, I will fully cooperate with you when the time comes."
As the two were talking, Fang Yun's face turned strange. He took the official seal and looked at it, saying, "It seems that the great literary competition between Wu Kingdom and Qing Kingdom will not be held."
"What's wrong? Lord Wu retreated?" Dong Wencong said.
Fang Yun said: "The Eastern Saint Pavilion has just sent a letter to those above the rank of Grand Secretary, preparing to draft a proposal, requiring all countries to send a group of scholars, candidates and newly promoted scholars to Liangjie Mountain every three months to train with the soldiers of Liangjie Mountain, familiarize themselves with the environment of Liangjie Mountain, and prepare for the Second Liangjie Mountain War."
Dong Wencong smiled and said, "It seems that the Kingdom of Qing was seriously injured in Yueyang Tower. Those knowledgeable people all avoided Qingjing and did not participate in the literary competition. The Zong family and the King of Qing did not want Qingjing to lose too badly, so they used this method. After all, most of the Wu people who went to Qingjing were scholars, juren and newly promoted jinshi. I don't think the scholars of Wujing will care."
"No, this initiative was put on the agenda of Dongsheng Pavilion several months ago, and I saw it a long time ago. Dongsheng Pavilion was originally planning to officially announce it in the near future, but because the scholars from Wu Kingdom made a big fuss in Qingjing, they had to bring it out in advance." Fang Yun said.
"I think the people of Qing may not be afraid of the people of Wu, but they are a little afraid of you. By the way... what was the result of the meeting between the two people from the Kong family and the Zong family?" Dong Wencong asked cautiously.
Fang Yun shook his head slightly and said, "I don't even know when the head of the Kong family left. I don't think the two half-saints will tear each other apart. It will probably end with the clan apologizing and paying compensation."
"When the head of the Kong family appeared at that time, he should have helped you scare away the Dragon Saint." Dong Wencong said.
"I understand this, and I'll thank you when I get a chance."
Dong Wencong said: "That's not necessary. After all, you exposed the affairs of the literary world, which is considered to be helping the Kong family."
"Let's put one thing first." Fang Yun said, and suddenly frowned.
Dong Wencong observed his expression and said, "If you have something important to do, I will take my leave and come back later."
Fang Yun held the official seal in his hand and said, "You don't have to leave. It's not something you can't tell me. You will know soon. Something strange has happened in the Shihan Ancient Land."
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