In the Later Han Dynasty, there was a so-called glorious tradition of debating scriptures.

At a certain Zhengdan court meeting in history, Emperor Guangwu ordered his ministers to debate scriptures, and once the lower-ranking person defeated the higher-ranking person in debate, he could "seize his position." In the end, a man named Dai Ping defeated dozens of people in succession.

He grabbed more than fifty seats and went all the way to the first three rows. Liu Xiu was overjoyed and made him a minister on the spot.

After that event, there were even folk songs in Luozhong praising this person, which can be regarded as a model of achieving both fame and fortune.

As for Hanoi, as a top county directly under the jurisdiction of the Si Li, there are many famous families. In addition, the debate is officially led, and nobles who can bestow birth are present in person, so it is naturally very lively. The first two days are so good.

As the matter spread, in the past few days, even scholars from neighboring Weijun, Luoyang, Dongjun, Shangdang, Hedong, Chenliu and other places hurriedly came to participate.

For example, at this time, Gongsun Xun saw with his own eyes an acquaintance - Liu Yan's eldest son Liu Fan. This young man who used to drive his father's carriage himself was now dressed in luxurious clothes, cheering and cheering, and he was already a standard son of the public family.

At this moment, he was gathering with several sergeant Luo of similar age, whispering to each other, as if they wanted to make trouble for the locals in Hanoi.

After all, scholars in the Han Dynasty never hid their utilitarianism and were very aggressive. This was a very common scene when debating scriptures.

Back in front of us, now that Gongsun Xun has arrived, the debate on the scriptures will naturally begin.

Of course, Sima Zhi would not end up in a debate competition that was obviously like a job fair. In fact, the first person to take the lead was Yang Jun, a subordinate of General Wei's shogunate. He was young.

, but after all, he is a disciple of Chen Liumingshi. It can be said that regardless of his level, family background, official position, and reputation, he is a very suitable challenger and an excellent touchstone.

However, something seemed to be wrong with today's situation. Gongsun Xun, who was sitting below and holding his child, had not yet followed these people's words and put his pretentious knowledge of Confucian classics into practice. Yang Jun, who was the first to ask the question, was followed by Liu Fan.

The young man from Luoyang easily came on stage to refute him. He answered and asked questions, and embarrassingly gave up his position in one round.

In other words, someone simply took the seat!

Next, the Hanoi disciples naturally did not want to lose face at home. From Chang Lin down, a group of local scholars stepped forward to deal with it. However, except for one Wang Xiang, who had some dealings with this person, he asked a few questions.

, everyone else came back defeated one after another, losing consecutive battles. Even Wang Xiang, the most learned man, could only last a few rounds, and then he was sweating profusely and left the table in embarrassment.

Now, who doesn’t know that they have met an expert?

This young Luoyang scholar named Meng Guang is probably a professional specially invited from Luoyang by Liu Fan.

As a result, Lu Fan and the other two swordsmen did not dare to go up, and when Zhang Fan, the most prominent among the Hanoi scholars, had no choice but to go up, he was immediately kicked out. The Hanoi scholars were completely defeated... Of course, out of the

No one was convinced after hearing such a thing, so everyone whispered to each other and discussed. It was not that the book was taken away by this person in the end, but that they were really unhappy that a Luoyang scholar had taken away the prestige of the entire county.

However, Zhang Fan, Chang Lin, Wang Xiang, and Yang Jun were all defeated. What else could they do? Do they want Sima Zhi to use his age to bully the younger ones? Not to mention the shamelessness issue, if they go up and refute the opponent, they will

That's fine, but if Sima Zhi also comes back defeated, it would be a big disgrace.

The scene froze for a moment, even those ordinary people from Hanoi County who did not understand the classics and just came to see the excitement were also a little anxious and dissatisfied.

Gongsun Xun shook his head and smiled. As the governor of Hanoi, he had to take care of the mood of the local scholars, right?

So, in front of the public, General Wei suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Liu Fan, the son of Zongzheng Liu Yan and the leader of the Luoyang disciples who caused trouble this time. The latter was feeling very proud:

"Bo Dao (characterized by Liu Fan)!"

Liu Fan trembled suddenly, quickly put away the pride on his face, stood up with a roar, and bowed: "General Wei."

"Your father is my close friend, and your brother is my student. I can be considered your elder, right?"

Liu Fan is in his early twenties, so he doesn't really need to go where Gongsun Xun is young, but at this moment he can only hold his nose and nod: "What General Wei said is true."

"When the elders have something to do, the younger ones will do their duty..." Gongsun Xun said jokingly, holding the child in his arms. "Now that all the sergeants and sergeants in our county have been refuted, you can go up and argue with this Meng Xiaoyu in my name, which can be regarded as a substitute."

Let me save some face!"

Liu Fan was holding it there as if he had eaten a fly, but he had no choice but to go on the stage to face his companions... And the Hanoi scholars also laughed and felt relieved. The so-called "attacking the son's shield with the spear of the son", no matter Liu Fan refuted it

Meng Guang, or these Luoyang people were defeated by Meng Guang's words, then the Hanoi scholars would finally be saved from embarrassment.

Sure enough, after Liu Fan went up, he babbled a few words, but was simply kicked off by Meng Guang. Then Gongsun Xun named the Luoyang scholars who came with Liu Fan one by one, such as Liu Fan's wife and brother.

Pang Xi and Sikong Laiyan's youngest son Lai Min (who was also a relative of Liu Yan's family) all pushed him to the stage one after another, and then were kicked off by Meng Guang alone.

After a group of Luoyang princes made a fool of themselves, everyone in Hanoi was relieved of their embarrassment. In the end, Gongsun Xun was not prepared to refuse the debt, but officially judged Meng Guang as today's chief, and sent people to get the books as prizes.

, ready to be given to this young Confucian scholar who is proficient in "The Legend of Gongyang in the Spring and Autumn Period".

As for Meng Guang himself, it is said that at a young age he had already become a lecturer in Taixue responsible for lecturing scriptures. Otherwise, he would have been qualified to stay as a teacher.

However, the messenger who went to get the books had just left. When Sima Zhi was praising Meng Guang on the stage, and the whole place was filled with a happy atmosphere, suddenly, a white horse came in a hurry. Regardless, he galloped from the north to the Debate.

When he came to the place, the sweaty knight got off his horse and whispered a few words in Gongsun Xun's ear.

Everyone stopped one after another. People like Sima Zhi and Zhang Fan were naturally calm and silent. The other young scholars and the generals from the shogunate, county officials, and county magnates who were watching could not help but whisper to each other... After all, this shooting

The Dog Juchun Club Conference was originally held to appease people's hearts... What happened? Did it have to be reported here?

Gongsun Xun didn't take it seriously when he saw this. He hugged his sleeping daughter with both hands and sat on the ground calmly and said bluntly: "You don't have to panic. It's because Weijun next door learned from us to use the well field system to appease the people, but we couldn't make it in time and there was a lack of seeds for spring plowing."

, so the prefect of Wei County asked Duke Huangfu, the general of the Zuo chariot and cavalry, to come forward and send an envoy here, hoping to borrow several thousand stones of seeds from our place in Hanoi, and I am willing to return double the amount in autumn."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhang Fan immediately stood up and expressed his position, saying that he still had some surplus grain at home, which could be used as seeds, and he was willing to donate it to the people of Wei County for free... Now everyone was even more happy.

Of course, when the noise started again, the target of praise was naturally changed to the local scholar leader Zhang Fan... Fortunately, Zhang Fan had a calm temperament, so he didn't really care.

However, one wave after another occurred. Gongsun Xun here had just sent Zhang Fan's brother Zhang Cheng to do this for public and private reasons. Suddenly, there was another knight on a white horse riding from the south of the county town regardless of his hurry.

Come, and like the previous knight, he whispered a few words into Gongsun Xun's ear again.

This time Gongsun Xun's expression changed slightly, and everyone who was good at observing words and expressions was as quiet as before.

"It's not something that can't be told to others." Gongsun Xun sighed when he saw this, and then shook his head and said, "I can't hide it... Dear gentlemen, Liangzhou has already rebelled in November, and Huangzhong Yicong and Hehe

The Guan bandits gathered together, and the Qiang and Han people rose up together, and elected a Hu named Beigong Boyu and a Han named Li Wenhou as their leaders... Because the location was remote and the chaos was not big, there was no time to spread the news.

. But just after receiving the news from Luozhong, Colonel Leng Zheng, who was protecting Qiang, led Liangzhou soldiers and horses to suppress it on his own. However, he was ambushed by the rebels, the entire army was wiped out, and Captain Leng died on the spot... This shocked the government and the public. "

Everyone was speechless for a while. After a while, Sima Zhi shook his head slightly: "A man of two thousand stones died so easily. Liangzhou has always been a source of chaos. I'm afraid the situation will be difficult to improve..."

"Who says it's not?" Gongsun Xun shook his head slightly and had no intention of discussing this issue in depth. In fact, seeing the hundreds of volumes of books used as rewards being taken, he was already preparing to end the debate meeting immediately.

However, at this moment, another white horse galloped over! The expressions of the scholars, officials, and rightists here all changed.

Gongsun Xun laughed in embarrassment when he saw this, and explained briefly: "Actually, this is not a sudden incident, but that the Zhengdan holiday has just passed, and the previous information from the prefectures and counties were collected and processed in Prefecture and Luozhong, and then they appeared one by one.

For example, what happened in Liangzhou just now was clearly something that happened in winter... What's the matter?"

With that said, Gongsun Xun stood up in person, held his daughter in his arms and met the knight from a distance.

This person stood up and dismounted, looked nervous, looked at many people around him, and then carefully reported in a low voice something that someone had to send to the county government in a hurry, and could only speak to the county guard.

After hearing this, Gongsun Xun's face did not change, but he nodded slightly: "Wait for me to appreciate the book, and then return to the county to deal with it."

After saying that, he handed A Li in his arms to a servant girl who rushed over and asked her to help support him. But at this moment, he didn't know whether it was because his voice was too loud or his movements were too big, so A Li rubbed his eyes slightly.

, and asked in the hands of the servant woman: "Sir, what is the epidemic?"

As soon as the girl with a milky voice spoke, everyone around her was shocked.

However, Gongsun Xun seemed not to notice the expressions of the people around him. He just bent down and smiled and replied: "The so-called epidemic refers to the fact that some diseases can be transmitted to others, so that many people get sick at the same time."

"Then what is infection?" A Li kept asking.

"Good question!" Gongsun Xun stood up with a smile. "The so-called infection refers to the process in which disease energy can be transferred from a sick person to another person through wind, water, insects and other substances... For example

The typhoid fever that is prevalent in the Central Plains this time is said to be spread through dirty water. It is not known that the typhoid fever can persist in water for a long time! However, most of the disease qi in the world are filthy things, and people are naturally afraid of heat.

Light, so if you wash your hands frequently, only drink boiled water, and don’t come into direct contact with sick people, then you don’t have to worry about getting sick!”

A Li was confused and had no idea why his father wanted to say so much. Besides, he was still sleepy, so he immediately stopped. As for the other people present, although they knew in their hearts that the governor was comforting everyone, they didn't know much about it.

Because of the other party's calmness and the unreliable but not necessarily impossible science, I calmed down a little.

"It was so hot in the Central Plains early that typhoid fever broke out again." Gongsun Xun looked back seriously and said. "But the root cause is that it was the war last year and the displacement of the people, which gave the epidemic an opportunity to take advantage of it. In other words, this typhoid fever epidemic

Sooner or later, we will go all the way north and sweep across Hebei! But you don’t need to panic. You are all well-educated people. You should understand that if our Hanoi is in order, no immoral behavior is committed from top to bottom, and we can handle it properly, then we will definitely be able to

This typhoid fever epidemic has been suppressed to the lowest level!"

Everyone was so trembling that they could only stand up quickly and salute, saying yes.

When things have reached this point, no one has the time to discuss the classics... After all, during the epidemic, it doesn't matter whether you are a third official or a commoner. With the medical level of these days, if you get sick, you really have to resign yourself to fate. And Gongsun Xun symbolized the keys to the box full of books.

After handing it to Meng Guang, he hurriedly returned to Huai County, the county government, with his beloved daughter and subordinates to deal with the matter.

The most important thing is to mobilize and publicize epidemic prevention immediately.

It was said to be a mobilization propaganda, but Gongsun Xun's knowledge was only the three knives passed down from Aunt Gongsun... The so-called four magic weapons, boil water, build toilets, wear masks, fill smelly ditches... that's all.

However, don’t mention it, these are just for other diseases, but they are really the right way to deal with typhoid fever! Because typhoid fever bacteria flourish most in places like toilets and dirty ditches, and they mainly rely on raw water.

Spread. However, spring plowing has begun, and Hanoi people are still busy with spring plowing, building toilets, and cutting firewood to boil water. I am afraid that this spring day is destined to be extra hard and tiring.

Of course, to say the least, it is better to work hard than to just resign yourself to your fate and wait for death when the epidemic comes, right?

In fact, conversely speaking, it is difficult for those in the Central Plains and Hebei Province not to resign themselves to fate... It is not that half of the population there actually died, but that they wanted to avoid it (or simply take the initiative to do so).

After participating in the war, nearly half of the population in the two places chose to migrate and be displaced.

The large mobile population is doomed to poor hygiene. Whether it is toilets or boiling water, it is a fantasy to these people... They are destined to become a mobile source of transmission of typhoid fever, and they are also destined to suffer death and injury.

Needless to say, it goes without saying that after a lot of hard discussions and arrangements, seeing the knights delivering messages heading to various counties overnight, and the sky getting darker at this time, Gongsun Xun dined with the shogunate officials in the county temple hall.

What was served was roasted fish, corn rice, wild vegetables freshly picked in the spring and stir-fried in an iron pot, plus a small pot of turbid wine for each person. This made everyone who had not seen green all winter have an appetite and a good mood.

Became a little looser and faster.
To be continued...