The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1019: Top Ten in Sight

After the selection of the three valleys was completed, Fang Yun began to adjust his focus in Ning'an County.

The millions of demons and water tribes of the Dragon Saint of the West Sea were a huge gift, which made the elders of the War Hall jointly submit a memorial to ask for the first-class military affairs for Fang Yun before the canonization.

This means that Fang Yun has already or will definitely get the first-class in eight of the ten subjects of the palace examination.

However, Fang Yun did not make any big moves before September 15th, because September 15th is the Juren examination for the human race, and he has to give lectures to the scholars in this county.

Mizhou is a small state, and even if the number of Juren is increased this year, only 100 will be selected.

After the Juren examination, something surprising happened to all parts of the human race. Ning'an County had 16 people become Juren, even more than the least number of people in the prefecture.

Education has been determined, only the two subjects of people's livelihood and official administration are still undecided.

So far, Fang Yun's people's livelihood rating has reached B-lower, and in this palace examination, another seven people have reached B-lower.

It is not difficult to get a B in the subject of livelihood, but it is difficult to get a B+ or even an A, because there are too many elements of livelihood, such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, marriage, funerals, people's appearance, and life, it is difficult for people to reach a B+, and there is often no A in livelihood for several years.

Fang Yun has worked hard in public security, urban construction, sanitation and living security. The next step is to increase income and make people live more prosperous, which can be regarded as a real achievement in the subject of livelihood.

Therefore, after September 15, Fang Yun relied on the advantages of Ning'an City and made many plans, such as holding a textile and clothing negotiation meeting at the end of September, and at the same time greatly increasing the number of workshops in Ning'an County, further reducing textile costs, expanding textile channels in many aspects, and occupying the textile market with absolute advantages.

In particular, some hats, sweaters, gloves and other textiles designed by Fang Yun personally were immediately popular in Ning'an County and Jingguo after they were launched, and began to spread wildly to various countries.

Unconsciously, "Ning'an brand" textiles have become hot commodities. In front of the three characteristics of exquisite style, low price and strong durability, the textiles of those old shops are eclipsed.

A few palace examination scholars consider themselves unlucky, because the textile industry accounts for a large proportion of the counties in which these palace examination scholars are in charge.

Ning'an County's textiles may only affect Jingguo and the northern part of Shengyuan Continent at the beginning, but when the cost reduction can offset the freight, Ning'an County's textiles will inevitably be sold to all parts of the human race.

Ning'an County's textile prices are low, so workshops and shops in other counties have to lower prices, reduce income, and people's livelihood will inevitably be downgraded.

In order to reduce costs, workshops across Shengyuan Continent have to buy new textile machines built by Gongjia and Mojia, at least in terms of textile efficiency, they cannot be lower than Ning'an. However, part of the money they spent on buying textile machines flows into Ning'an workshops and Ning'an County, continuously strengthening Ning'an's textile industry.

In this world where brands and marketing are not studied in depth, many people are not clear about Fang Yun's real intention of launching the "Ning'an Brand", and they are even less aware of how much impact Fang Yun's innovations will have on the future.

Lei Shushan, a Jinshi of the Lei family, originally presided over a large textile county. He wanted to surpass Fang Yun in the engineering department, but Fang Yun's workshop innovation was far better than his; he also worked hard on farming, but the cloud tower of the agricultural palace flew to Ning'an County; finally, he burned his boats and invested all his efforts in the livelihood department, but the county's textile industry was hit, the people's income dropped sharply, and he was completely out of the first class of the livelihood department.

A few days later, Lei Shushan got drunk because of his failure in the palace examination, and cursed out of control. He was reported to the Lidian by the enemies of the Lei family. As a result, the Lidian issued a document to reprimand him, and all ten subjects of the palace examination were downgraded by one grade!

Afterwards, Lei Shushan's literary courage was tarnished.

The entire Lei family was furious and cursed Fang Yun again behind closed doors. The new head of the Lei family was particularly angry.

The other candidates in the Jia State where Lei Shushan was located lost a strong rival and secretly vowed to thank Fang Yun in the future.

It was also at the end of September that Fang Yun officially launched a more reasonable official assessment system in Ning'an County. Some of the regulations were so strict that many officials could not accept it.

Fang Yun had absolute control over Ning'an County at this moment, and did not back down, and allowed the officials to leave.

Soon, 20% of the officials withdrew from the Ning'an County Office.

The bureaucrats in Ning'an County had more and more resentment towards Fang Yun.

Subsequently, a few officials in Ning'an County went to the capital and joined the officials of the left prime minister to sue Fang Yun, triggering the impeachment of the censor.

Unlike in the past, when the left prime minister took action, a large number of civil officials followed him, and the momentum was huge. The memorials impeaching Fang Yun were like snow, but now, both the momentum and the number of memorials are less than one-fifth of the original.

Even so, it was not good for Fang Yun's administration. According to the palace examination standards, if he could not unite the bureaucrats, even if his achievements were amazing, he would only be a B-level, not a A-level.

Fang Yun's hostile forces put all their efforts into it. The Lei family and the Bakongshan Juwen Pavilion attacked Fang Yun on the discussion board and even bribed scholars. The spies of the Zongsheng family and the Qing Kingdom cooperated with the Zuo Xiang party to stir up trouble within the Jing Kingdom, causing some neutral officials to waver. Some selfless officials also thought that Fang Yun was too biased. Although they did not blame Fang Yun in the court, they also expressed some opposing views.

Fang Yun was unmoved by his staff and friends.

A few days later, Fang Yun issued the retirement system for officials in Ning'an County. After retiring, each official could obtain the lowest level of lifelong literary nobility, which was lower than the status of a township man. According to the rank before retirement, they received different pensions.

Once the retirement system was released, it caused a thousand waves.

In Shengyuan Continent, many minor officials will lose their income after retirement. All countries do not have a perfect retirement security system, or only high-ranking officials and officials with titles can enjoy the retirement system.

In addition to releasing the official assessment system and retirement system, Fang Yun also thoroughly reformed the county government agencies in Ning'an County, because the ten-room system led to too much concentration of power. It may be applicable to small counties with a population of 10,000 or 20,000, but it can no longer adapt to large cities with rapid development, especially Ning'an County, which is changing with each passing day.

So, new agencies were established one after another, and those who first joined Fang Yun became the heads of each room, and the clerks who did not leave also gained greater power.

Those clerks who originally left the county government regretted it and tried to return to Ning'an County Government, and even knelt outside the county government, but Fang Yun ignored them.

Fang Yun's method of hitting with a stick and then giving a sweet date is simply perfect. All the officials in Ning'an County are convinced. In the past, they were either intimidated by Fang Yun's power or conquered by Fang Yun's achievements, but now they are bound by interests with Fang Yun and work hard to protect Fang Yun's interests!

The officials in Ning'an County all support Fang Yun, and the impeachment in the court has become a sourceless water and a rootless tree, and soon disappeared without a trace.

After the grassroots officials of the human race learned about Fang Yun's new system, they began to promote the reform of the retirement system from bottom to top.

Xiang Lancheng, the son-in-law of the Zongsheng family of Qingguo, is also a Jinshi in the palace examination this year. He originally wanted to surpass Fang Yun in the two subjects of people's livelihood and official administration, and borrowed all the power of the Zong family and even Qingguo, but was disrupted by Fang Yun's series of actions in September.

A headline on the front page of "Wenbao" on the first day of October was like a joint attack of all saints, detonating the Shengyuan Continent.

"Can Fang Yun become the unprecedented top ten Jinshi?"

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