The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Fang Yun said goodbye to Li Wenying and went home.

Yang Yuhuan was waiting for him with the little fox in her arms, not feeling sleepy at all. Fang Yun had just gotten up today when he met his friends from Shengxu, then Prefect Dong came to visit him, and then he continued to write a policy essay, and he didn't have a good chat with Yang Yuhuan after he came back.

Fang Yun didn't want to say too much, but he knew Yang Yuhuan's suffering. He and she grew up together, and Yang Yuhuan must have suffered a lot in her heart after being separated for many days.

So Fang Yun held Nunu and chatted with Yang Yuhuan about family matters for half an hour, and waited until late at night before letting Yang Yuhuan fall asleep.

Nunu was sleepy, and he neither went to Yang Yuhuan's room nor to his own nest, but grabbed Fang Yun's clothes, hung them on his chest and began to sleep.

Fang Yun had no choice but to let it hang there.

Fang Yun shook off all the drunkenness with his talent and literary courage, and began to write a policy essay.

The policy essay is actually the examiner asking questions and the examinee answering.

Fang Yun had studied policy essays a long time ago. This thing is very similar to exam essays. There are traces to follow in structure and similar writing methods. But it must be meaningful and require practical solutions. Otherwise, no matter how good the structure and literary talent are, if the writing is colorful but not practical, it is just an embroidered pillow with a lot of straw bags in its belly, and it is impossible to get a good evaluation.

While writing policy essays, Fang Yun thought and studied, and at the same time found his own shortcomings and strengths. He soon found that he had a natural advantage in writing policy essays because he had accepted too much advanced knowledge and concepts.

Not to mention what he has learned, even if he has seen it in the news or heard about it in other people's conversations, as long as he takes out a little, he can be countless chips higher than his peers in this era.

The gap between the times cannot be made up by human power.

Fang Yun had a vague inference in his mind. His current level of classics is the level of Jinshi. After all, he had not studied classics before. But his policy essay level is even better than that of great Confucian scholars. It's not that great Confucian scholars are not good, but that at the level of great Confucian scholars, they don't consider the policy of governing the country at all, but the holy way. In the eyes of great Confucian scholars, governing the country is even worse than mechanical skills.

If the human race cannot resist the demon race, no matter how good the state governance policy is, it will be a piece of empty paper.

Fang Yun became more and more proficient in writing, because it was a practice work. He used both real and fake means, and his intention was lofty, but the means of solution were completely based on the way of this era. The policy answers that truly transcend this era must be used in the imperial examination or later.

"As long as the demon saints bet with me, I will have three years, but if I perform too well, the demon saints are likely to make a move in advance. I got the first grade in poetry and classics before. I will write the poetry or classics for this imperial examination. I don't need to write it too well, but the policy is the first time to test, so I should go all out."

Fang Yun made a decision and began to concentrate on writing the policy. The little fox had been hanging on his chest and slept peacefully, smiling from time to time. I don't know what kind of beautiful dream he had.

He wrote until four in the morning, and Fang Yun fell asleep.

At six o'clock, Fang Yun woke up on time and found that the little fox was staring at him with bright eyes.

"Why, are you afraid that I will run away?" Fang Yun asked with a smile.

Nunu nodded gently.

Fang Yun looked around the room. There was no one else, only the little meteor flying foolishly in the air, so he asked Nunu: "Do you still remember the white hair I gave me before going to the Holy Ruins?"

Nunu blinked.

"What kind of power is that? Why can it block the attack left by the demon ancestor in the comet corridor?" Fang Yun still remembered it clearly. That kind of power was so terrifying. Billions of stars crashed into him at the same time. There was no word to describe it.

Nunu blinked again, but there was a look of confusion in his eyes.

Fang Yun smiled and said, "Why, you don't understand the human language again?"

Nunu nodded happily.

Fang Yun rolled his eyes at it and said, "If you don't want to say it, don't say it. Say it whenever you want to say it."

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he raised Nunu with both hands and shook it gently. The little fox laughed and swept its big tail in the air. It was so happy.

After holding Nunu in his arms, Fang Yun stood up and walked out. He took a look at the official seal, but because there was no urgent letter from the wild goose, he did not read it. He left the bedroom to wash and eat.

After breakfast, Fang Yun took a short rest and went back to the room to read the letter from the wild goose. As a result, Fang Daniu came in to report that someone outside was sending something again, and he said he would not accept it.

Fang Yun immediately put down the official seal, stood up and went out with Fang Daniu, and saw more than a dozen people of all kinds standing outside the door, chatting in low voices.

"Fang Yun greets all the elders and fellow villagers." Fang Yun bowed.

Everyone was overjoyed and bowed.

"Thank you all for your kindness. Yesterday's city banquet has passed. I hope you will not send more, otherwise I will have another city banquet." Fang Yun smiled.

"It's okay. We gave it to you. If you can use it, use it. If you can't use it, put it aside or distribute it to others. It's okay. I heard this morning that the high officials in the capital are on the way. You are already a marquis. I thought I wouldn't see you, but I didn't expect you to come out." An old man said.

"I am Wenhou, and I am also a scholar." Fang Yun smiled.

Others wanted to chat with Fang Yun, but a scholar said unhappily: "We are not here to cause trouble to Fang Zhenguo, but to thank him. Fang Zhenguo will take the state exam on the first day of next month. Aren't you harming him by chatting with him? Brother Fang, please go back to study. We are here to express our feelings. If we delay your study, it will be a great sin."

Everyone immediately realized when they heard it, and persuaded Fang Yun to go back.

"Master Fang, please go study. Don't worry, I'm standing here today. No matter who is here, I will tell you that you came out, but you had to immerse yourself in studying for the state examination. Who dares to say that you have become a high official?" If you know the people of Jingguo, I will scold him to death!" the old man said hurriedly.

"I have nothing to do today, so I will stay here to advise visitors." The scholar said.

Fang Yun knew that they had good intentions, so he thanked them and arranged for Fang Daniu and others to set up a pavilion outside the door and prepare water so that these people could not be tired, and then returned to the study.

Returning to the study, Fang Yun picked up the official seal and began to read Hongyan's biography quickly.

These Hongyan letters say everything, some are congratulations, some ask about personal matters, some hope to make friends, and some are relatives.

Fang Yun had a huge headache. It was neither a matter of replying to some of the letters, nor a matter of not replying. He could only deal with the important ones first.

Zeng Yuan has sent a letter from Hongyan. Because people or families have participated in the gambling game one after another, he has already set off to Kongcheng to take charge of this big gambling game. He will not say goodbye to Fang Yun and will talk about it when he comes back.

Those friends also sent letters to ridicule, including old classmates in Dayuan Mansion and even Ji County. There was also a person who was very familiar but not close to him, Fang Li, who was his clan brother, but related by blood. Ji Dan, his son is Fang Zhongyong, the former Ji County prodigy.

Fang Yun remembered that when he was selected as a scholar, Fang Li also sent a letter of congratulations.

This time Fang Li's letter was even more enthusiastic than last time. It was so passionate that it was nauseating, especially at the beginning.

A letter is different from a formal letter. Because of the need to save talents, various titles are simplified. It stands to reason that ordinary people would write "Fang Yun's step" or simply "my brother Fang Yun" when writing a letter to Fang Yun, but this is Fang Li's letter. At the beginning, he wrote with an attitude towards his elders: "Master Wenhou has given me a lesson. I am glad to hear that your literary skills have dominated a state and strengthened the prestige of our country. I..."

Fang Yun shook his head and looked at it, talking a lot of nonsense, but finally revealed Fang Li's true intention.

Fang Li hopes to "merge clans" with Fang Yun. He wants to become Uncle Fang Yun's adopted son, so that the two of them will become relatives within the same clan, and their relationship will be much closer than before. If that doesn't work, adopt Fang Zhongyong to Fang Yun's cousin, so that Fang Zhongyong will become Fang Yun's nephew.

After reading this letter, Fang Yun felt sick in his heart. It is human nature to pursue fame and fortune, and he also needs fame and fortune, but Fang Li's unscrupulous behavior is really unacceptable.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yun replied to Fang Li with a letter, hoping that he would seriously consider it.

After Fang Yun passed the letter to Fang Li, he sat at the table and thought for a long time. He flipped through the world of strange books and read a famous book three times before taking out a piece of paper and writing to the Fang family. The patriarch writes letters.

"My lord, the patriarch, hereby pays homage to my grandson Fang Yun: as time goes by, seasons pass by, and we say goodbye to Ziji County..."

Fang Yun started with a normal letter, first with emotion and then with nostalgia. They were ordinary greetings from children and grandchildren to their grandparents. The words were simple and easy to understand.

Afterwards, Fang Yun explained his purpose of coming, saying that he had heard that someone was doing rude things under his guise, and hoped that the old patriarch would not let the Fang family's wisdom be ruined, and that he should be strictly disciplined.

Later, Fang Yun wrote to Fang Daniu's father, and then to his cousin who was studying. He wrote three articles in total.

The contents of the three articles are different. One is to ask the patriarch to restrain the children of the clan, the other is to discuss some family matters with the uncle, and the letter to the cousin uses a warning tone close to that of an elder, warning the cousin to study hard and not to Wasted time and so on.

After writing three letters home, Fang Yun read them again before nodding.

Fang Yun knew that he was young and had never written a letter to his family before, so he began to write after repeatedly reading "Letters from Zeng Guofan" to learn about this famous writer.

"Zeng Guofan's Family Letter" is the most famous family letter in China. It has been popular for hundreds of years and has been popular for a long time. It may be controversial to say that Zeng Guofan is the first famous official in modern times, but if we list the top five famous officials in modern Qing Dynasty, he will definitely be among them. When it comes to comprehensive qualities such as military strategy, literature, Neo-Confucianism, and official service, no one in the modern Qing Dynasty was better than him.

Fang Yun put the three letters into envelopes respectively, called Fang Daniu, and said: "Send these three letters to the inn. Buy more letter paper and envelopes. I will use them frequently in the future."

"Yes, Lord Marquis!" Fang Daniu bent down and respectfully took the three letters with both hands.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Brother Daniu, you don't have to be polite at home."

Fang Daniu said with a serious face: "The identity of the Marquis is no longer what it used to be. You value our childhood friendship, but I cannot disobey the rules. If I rely on your relatives to disobey the rules, I will have more family members in the future. How can I discipline other servants? I can disobey the rules, but if I lose your face because of it, it will be a serious crime.

Fang Yun wanted to say something else, but in the end he just smiled and said: "You lead by example, which is worthy of praise, but don't be so reserved when it's just you and me. Since you have a heart, then learn how to be a steward."

Fang Daniu showed excitement and said: "Thank you, Mr. Marquis!"

"Go ahead, my family still trusts you the most."

Fang Daniu was even more excited and walked out of the study room in a daze. When he saw the other servants, they straightened their backs involuntarily and left calmly.