The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 912 Fang Yun’s Enlightenment

Students wearing scholar's robes and carrying book boxes slowly walked in, more and more.

The square of the liberal arts college is extremely wide. A few students walked steadily, but most students walked in a messy way, slowly walking towards where Fang Yun and the others were.

The county examination is the first threshold for human scholars. It is full of hope, but also extremely cruel.

This year, the number of children in Jingguo has more than doubled compared to last year, but more than 200 children have to be selected from 30,000 to 40,000 people, which is no less generous than thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

They are a little timid, a little worried, and a little nervous, but they are unstoppable.

Fang Yun stood in the middle of the officials and said slowly: "Although the steps are chaotic, the ambition will not fall! This is my disciple of the human race, good!"

Shen Ming said with a smile: "These children are like the rising sun. They are the hope of our country, the hope of our human race."

"I really hope that Ning'an County will produce a great talent like Magistrate Fang, preferably a Sitong Jinshi!" Tao Dingnian said with a smile.

"Wherever it goes, a great talent like Fang Xusheng cannot be found just by thinking of it. Speaking of Si Tong Jinshi, Lord Fang, do you have all the official title cards ready?" Yu Bachi asked.

Fang Yun said: "The Ministry of Rites said that I am a virtual saint, and the official title plaque cannot be an ordinary wooden plaque. It needs to be specially ordered. It should be delivered in a few days."

If an official takes to the streets formally, not only must gongs be sounded at the front of the team, but there must also be people holding chains, wooden sticks, pumpkins, etc., and they must also hold two signs: silence and avoidance, followed by official title signs.

The initial official title plates only stated the official titles granted by the imperial court. For example, Fang Yun's official official title plates were "county magistrate", "township official" and "cabinet counselor". However, later on, official title plates for literary positions were gradually added.

Anshou, Maocai, Jieyuan, Huiyuan, Zhuangyuan and the capital of the country can form official title cards, but they are generally called Wenbit cards, and official title cards can also be added from Tongsheng in Shengqian to Shiqianshi in Shengqian, and from Tongsheng in the first grade to Jinshi in the first grade. Add official title plate.

After that, there are positions or titles recognized by the Holy Academy, such as Poetry Maniac, Bloody Scholar, Son of Heavenly Tree, Fang Yun's Poet Ancestor and Xu Sage, all of which can be added with official title cards, and the latter two are both large-scale official title cards.

Because Fang Yun made Ning'an County a pilot site for the Palace of Punishment, the Palace of Works, and the Palace of Medicine, he himself also obtained the "walk" in each of the three palaces, and he also had official title plaques.

For ordinary people, it is rare to get one or two additional official title cards. Even at the level of the Four Great Talents, there are only seven or eight additional official title cards. Fang was lucky, and his official title cards had already exceeded ten.

Ordinary official title plates are easy to make, but the process of making the two-sided official title plates of Shizu and Xusheng is very complicated. It requires the best craftsmen in Jingguo, not only carpenters and painters, but also jewelers and goldsmiths, as well as literary talents. Personally write "Poem Ancestor" and "Xu Sheng".

It took the Ministry of Rites more than two months to prepare and select the materials. As expected, the official title plaques will be delivered to Fang Yun in a few days.

Fang Yun is going to put the official title card directly in Yinjiang Berry after receiving it. There is no need to take it out for use. Although the official title card is one of the standards for measuring a person's status, Fang Yun no longer needs this way to set off himself. After all, It was so exaggerated to see more than twenty official title plaques on the street, and they were more eye-catching than the monarch's honor guard.

At this time, many candidates were already approaching, and most of them were excited and nervous, but it was not because of the imperial examination, but because of luck.

In the minds of scholars, Fang Yun's status is higher than that of the king! More famous than the great Confucians!

The candidates present may have shortcomings of one kind or another, they may not have read the book of a certain great Confucian, or they may not know the character of a certain monarch, but there is no one who has not read Fang Yun's poems and essays, and many of them have even read it. Fang Yun's poems and prose were memorized by heart.

In terms of poetry and articles, Fang Yun has become their spiritual mentor and is irreplaceable!

Since this is an examination room and the occasion is quite special, it is not convenient for these candidates to salute. When they get close, they just bow quickly to express their respect for the other party's luck.

Fang Yun nodded slightly to return the favor.

Suddenly, Shen Ming said with a strange tone: "Of course Magistrate Fang is an extraordinary talent, but why don't you give me some advice to the students from Ning'an County before the Tongsheng Examination? Could it be that you look down on us Ning'an people?"

Everyone was stunned. Shen Ming didn't say it earlier or later, but he said it right before worshiping the saints and after the candidates got closer. This showed that he had been planning for a long time.

Theoretically, the imperial examination had not officially started at this time, so Shen Ming's remarks were not considered disrespectful, and there was really no way to catch him.

Some officials secretly laughed. If Fang Yun was caught short by Shen Ming in the imperial examination, he would be notorious.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "The day before yesterday, I asked Mr. Wen Yuan for the roster of this year's candidates, but Mr. Wen Yuan has not given it yet. Without a roster, how can I guide the candidates?"

Everyone looked at Wen Gu, the Lord of Ning'an County who was beside Fang Yun.

"Uh..." Wen Gu was stunned when he saw so many people looking at him.

Fang Yun had already wanted to pass the list of all scholars in Ning'an County, but Wen Gu, as a leftist party member, naturally did not want Fang Yun to get such a list, so he kept delaying it on the excuse that copying was slow. Fang Yun never expected that Fang Yun would suddenly use this excuse to counterattack Shen Ming attacked him.

If it were an ordinary occasion, Wen Gu could refute Fang Yun in various ways. After all, he, Wen Gu, is the king of the court. But now that the county examination is about to be held, he must not say anything nonsense. Fang Yun could easily take the opportunity to give him a heavy punishment, and he might even Get rid of him as the court master.

Wen Gu could only say: "There are a lot of scholars in the county. Tens of thousands of copies have been copied so far. It will take some time."

Yu Bachi immediately said: "In this case, should Master Shen reprimand Lord Wen Yuan?"

Shen Ming coughed lightly and said, "Lord Wen is in charge of the education of a county. If he said it would take time, then it would take time. However, one of the ten subjects in the palace examination is 'education'. It is a bit unreasonable for County Magistrate Fang to not care about the candidates in a county."

Some candidates looked at Shen Ming with disgust. Shen Ming was notorious in Ning'an County. It was obvious that he was using this to attack Fang Yun. However, some candidates were puzzled because Shen Ming said that Fang Yun really didn't seem to care about the candidates in Ning'an County.

Fang Yun smiled slightly, looked at the candidates pouring in from the front, and asked with a thunderous tongue: "Candidates, have you ever been to Fang's library?"

The candidates were slightly stunned, and then more than half of them shouted: "I have been there!"

For new things like libraries, scholars have never been willing to lag behind.

Fang Yun asked again: "Have you ever read my "Three Character Classic"?"

"I have read it!" This time, the candidates did not hesitate, but answered loudly, and the number of people shouting at the same time was close to 30,000.

"Have you read the Fox Rhymes I just published?"

"I have read it!" This time, even the candidates who were undergoing the physical examination outside shouted, accounting for more than 90% of the candidates.

"Fox Rhymes" is a simple basic rhyme reader. Those who have passed the imperial examination or higher do not need to read it, but it is a must-learn book for children and students.

"Fox Rhymes" was designated as a textbook for academies by the Holy Academy as soon as it was introduced by Rainbow, and any academy can force students to study it. For this book that claims to increase the chance of poetry "going out of the county" by 30%, all the readers naturally did not let it go, especially those who participated in the county examination, who had already bought it at the first time.

Fang Yun smiled and said nothing.

If these are not considered to educate candidates, then no one in the world is qualified to be a teacher.

Shen Ming stood there, stared at by many candidates with mockery, his face burning.

By the way, I forgot to mention the last two chapters.

The Qidian server failed last night, and a large number of authors were unable to update, and I was one of them. So I went to bed early, and the first two chapters were updated during the day today.