The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1058: Banquet for the No. 1 Scholar

"Courtesy" originally originated from the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven, but was later given more meanings by humans.

It was a rare gift for all the people in the capital to welcome Fang Yun. Even though Fang Yun did not like this complicated ceremony, he was still very patient.

In addition to being a courtesy, Fang Yun also had to take on the mission of inspiring people, because the barbarians had invaded in large numbers.

The more times like this, the more the people of Jingguo needed encouragement. It can be said that the good news that Fang Yun won the top ten scholars greatly alleviated the fear of the barbarians in Jingguo.

After Fang Yun got off the boat, he greeted everyone one by one, and chatted for a long time at Sanliting. He even accepted the poems presented by three young students and commented on them one by one. Finally, he got on the Longma luxury car and went to the holy temple of the Jingguo Academy.

As he moved forward, the people of the capital lined the streets to welcome him, and the cheers shook the sky.

Xu Sheng is not only famous, not only has great merits, but also has won a large number of imperial examination quotas for the entire Jing Kingdom. Just this point alone has made him far more respected than the Left Prime Minister Liu Shan in the eyes of the people of Jing Kingdom.

The Left Prime Minister Liu Shan was polite from beginning to end, and his expression did not change until he got into his carriage, when his eyes dimmed slightly.

Liu Shan narrowed his eyes, tapped his knee lightly with his index finger, and fell into deep thought.

Fang Yun increased the number of imperial examination quotas, which was a great blow to the Left Prime Minister's party. Many officials withdrew from the Left Prime Minister's party under the banner of their sons and nephews.

Because in addition to the original number of imperial examination quotas in Jing Kingdom, the extra quotas were almost all won by Fang Yun.

Take the number of Jinshi as an example. Normally, 50 people are admitted a year, but this year, two or three hundred people were admitted.

If the sons and nephews of the officials of the Left Prime Minister's party are in the top 50, they will be safe, but if they are ranked after the 50th and become Jinshi, it is equivalent to receiving the favor of Fang Yun!

If they continue to stay in the Zuo Xiang Party, regardless of whether they are against Fang Yun or not, their literary talents will be greatly affected, and they will never be promoted to the Hanlin Academy in this life.

It is for this reason that officials of the Zuo Xiang Party have gradually been persuaded or accused by the whole family, and even bear the crime of delaying their children and nephews. Many people can't bear it and finally have to leave the Zuo Xiang Party.

In the past, Liu Shan occupied half of Jingguo, but now, Liu Shan's power in the court is less than 20% of the original!

The only thing Liu Shan can rely on is that he and his men still hold key positions, and these people believe that Jingguo will be defeated by the monsters, and then Qingguo and Wuguo will divide Jingguo.

Liu Shan looked to the north.

The barbarians have already moved south. Once the war is unfavorable, those who are wavering will inevitably choose to surrender to Qingguo.

By then, the Zuo Xiang Party will surely regain its strength!

Liu Shan smiled indifferently, and did not change his original intention in the face of adversity.

The convoy went directly into the Jingguo Academy.

The first step after the palace examination is to worship the temple and express gratitude to the saints.

All the candidates followed Fang Yun and worshipped in the sound of ritual music.

After worshipping the temple, Fang Yun entered the temple alone, and then the gate was closed. Fang Yun faced the statues and tablets of the saints.

Suddenly, a divine light descended from the sky. Before Fang Yun could react, he entered a chaotic state, as if he had lost the perception of time and space and entered an unknown place. Even his own thinking had changed, and he didn't even know what he was thinking.

Finally, Fang Yun felt light and floating, as if he was in the sea of ​​clouds in the sky. In the warm sunshine, he was very leisurely, all the fatigue gradually disappeared, and the whole person became lazy.

I don't know how long it took, Fang Yun suddenly woke up, opened his eyes and saw that he was sitting on a soft white cloud.

Fang Yun realized that this was Pingbu Qingyun. He looked down and saw that it was about two feet long and wide, and about half a foot thick, just enough for one person to stand. The white cloud is a bit like cotton, but extremely delicate. Fang Yun reached out and touched it gently, and found that it felt very good, just like stroking a soft little rabbit.

This Pingbu Qingyun is very soft, but it can hold people. This is the unique ability of Pingbu Qingyun.

Fang Yun slowly stood up and found that his feet were very solid, not like stepping on something soft at all.

At the same time, Fang Yun felt that an invisible force emanated from the white cloud to protect himself. If he flew at high speed, he would not be affected by the strong wind and could write war poems without hindrance.

Fang Yun's mind moved, and the Pingbu Qingyun immediately moved to the left. Then Fang Yun continued to control it and quickly mastered it.

Pingbu Qingyun will become larger and faster as its strength increases. The speed of Pingbu Qingyun under Fang Yun's feet is equivalent to the speed of ordinary Jinshi Jixing Poetry, not as fast as Hanlin Jixing Poetry.

The advantage of Pingbu Qingyun is that it can fly long distances and consumes not much talent. The disadvantage is that it is not as fast as the powerful Jixing War Poetry.

If you don't have "a piece of empty paper" and can't write directly in the air, then once you use the fast-paced war poem, you can no longer write war poems, but it will not be affected when you are on Pingbu Qingyun, and you can easily write war poems.

Fang Yun stepped on Pingbu Qingyun and flew out of the temple, causing everyone to cheer.

After getting Pingbu Qingyun, it was the famous parade of the top scholar. The new top scholar had to wear a red robe, step on Pingbu Qingyun, and fly around the inner city.

Fang Yun has never been a person who likes to show off, but the parade of the top scholar is a rule after all, and in order to boost the people's hearts in Jingguo, Fang Yun had to follow suit and fly around the inner city, attracting the whole capital to watch, and a large number of girls waiting to be married kept chasing Fang Yun in the parade, hoping to get Fang Yun's favor.

After the parade, you have to participate in the top scholar banquet in the evening, which is also called the Qionglin Banquet in the ancient country of China.

Fang Yun couldn't refuse this dinner, so he agreed and returned to Quanyuan with his family.

Quan Garden is a garden given by the Queen Mother. Compared with this place, the Houya in Ning'an County is simply a thatched house.

Quanyuan is Fang Yun's real home in the capital, but Fang Yun lives in Houya, Ning'an County for much more time than here.

Fang Yun got off the carriage and was about to go in. He looked to both sides and saw a large number of carriages lined up on the street and a long queue at the gate.

Fang Yun is very familiar with this scene and is here to send a congratulatory gift.

Fang Yun smiled and greeted everyone, and then entered the spring garden.

After returning to Quanyuan, Fang Yun told Yang Yuhuan to formally marry her after she became the head of state, so that she could be mentally prepared.

Yang Yuhuan clearly regarded herself as Fang Yun's wife, but she was still shy after Fang Yun said it, and quickly returned to her boudoir with a blushing face.

Nunu thought that Fang Yun had made Yang Yuhuan angry, so she rolled her eyes at Fang Yun, then ran out wagging her big furry tail, with Xiao Meteor following closely like a dog-leg.

The winter night got dark early, and not long after Fang Yun entered the spring garden, bright red lanterns lit up everywhere in the capital, and firecrackers sounded from time to time.

The Queen Mother has decreed that if Fang Yun wins the first prize among the top ten saints this time, he will be the first to win the title, and there will be no one like him before, so he must do something grand, and the whole city will be lit up for three days.

There is no censor to stop him, because no matter how stupid the censor is, he knows that what the people of Jingguo lack most now is encouragement, and the stronger Fang Yun is, the more at ease the people of Jingguo will be.

Unknowingly, Fang Yun has gotten closer and closer to Chen Guanhai and has become the spiritual support of everyone in Jingguo.

Under the night, Fang Yun looked at the north of Jingguo.

"Everything that can be done has been done. With so many innovative technologies, Jingguo will definitely be able to survive for a long time. Moreover, new technologies need to be verified. The Gongdian and the Holy Court will secretly send a large number of Gongjia people to Mizhou. , verifying the new combat mechanism on the battlefield. In the battle between the two clans, it is difficult for me, Hanlin, to decide the outcome, let alone to reverse the situation. What I have to do now is to improve my strength as much as possible, hoping to give full play to myself in the decisive final battle. The most powerful force!"

Fang Yun did not place his hopes on imperial poems. Imperial poems must be matched with high literary positions to exert their power. Taking the destruction of Huanglong as an example, he can kill the demon king easily, but it will be very difficult to face the big demon king. When encountering the demon king, It is useless, let alone a semi-saint clone.

When the time comes, Fang Yun takes a Longma limousine and heads to the palace, where an extremely grand banquet for the top ten champions will be held.

Before arriving at the palace, Fang Yun was shocked by the scene on Xuanwu Avenue.

Half of Xuanwu Avenue, which is several miles long, is empty, but the other half is filled with tables and chairs. It turns out that they are flowing seats specially set up by the palace. As long as you come here, you can sit down and eat. This is a reward from the Queen Mother, in order to celebrate Fang Yunten. Top pick.

There are at least 10,000 tables here, which is definitely enough for the entire city to have a meal.

After Fang Yun's Longma luxury car appeared, everyone stopped eating and cheered loudly.

Different from the joy and sadness of the people in Ning'an City, the voices of the people in the capital were full of endless joy and expectation.

Ninety percent of people in Jingguo believe that Fang Yun is the next semi-saint. Many people even stubbornly believe that as long as Fang Yun becomes a saint, he will be able to drive away the barbarians and lead Jingguo to become stronger.

The top ten scholar in the Holy Land, the hero of the Three Valleys' consecutive victories, and numerous reports in the "Wenbao" made Fang Yun's status in the hearts of the people of Jingguo getting higher and higher.

When Fang Yun saw this scene, he thought of a word.

Make gods.

The Queen Mother and Jingguo officials have made a desperate move. In order to prevent Jingguo from becoming timid before fighting, and to prevent the people of Jingguo from losing their fighting spirit, they must introduce a hero who can inspire everyone, a saint-like but real figure.

Not to mention Jing Guo, even in the entire human race, no one is more suitable for this candidate than Fang Yun.

The Queen Mother mobilized the whole country to increase Fang Yun's influence.

Fang Yun is Jingguo's last life-saving straw.

Thinking of this, Fang Yun felt a little sad, but also became more determined.

Before waiting for the palace, Fang Yun received a letter from Gao Yong, the second-placed candidate in this year's Jingguo Palace Examination.

"Don't forget to prepare a poem for the No. 1 Scholar Banquet. If nothing else, someone will definitely ask you to write a poem. Also, the left prime minister's party is very dissatisfied with you and may launch an attack. Of course, they don't dare to do anything at all. Provoking a verbal dispute is nothing to you, I’m just giving you a little reminder.”

Fang Yun replied to Gao Yong and expressed his gratitude.

In just two hours, Fang Yun received no less than thirty letters reminding him to be careful of leftist factions.

Fang Yun was sitting in the Longma luxury car, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"I hope you will be smarter, otherwise, don't blame me!"

The Longma luxury car was parked outside the main entrance of the palace. As soon as Fang Yun got out of the car, he immediately became the focus of the audience.

Most of the Jingguo scholars had good intentions in their eyes, but a handful of them had cold expressions and even hatred.