The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 948 A Quiet April

The literary gathering to welcome officials from Mizhou to take up their posts came to a quiet end, and "Ode to the Willow" was also listed on the Ding list of the literary list, and at the same time caused a great response on the discussion list.

In the eyes of many people, this poem "Ode to the Willow" put an end to the palace examination dispute in Ning'an County. The left-wing party was like willow catkins all over the sky, but it was ended by the queen mother, the literary minister and Fang Yun who were like clear frost.

After the first day of April, Ning'an County was really as peaceful as its name, and Fang Yun began to take over Ning'an County in an all-round way. With the help of staff and scholars from the Holy Academy, Ning'an County was governed in an orderly manner, and some officials even gave the evaluation of "no one picks up lost items on the road and no one closes the door at night".

In the following days, Fang Yun also calmed down like Ning'an County. There was no urgency to fight against the left-wing party. He only handled government affairs during the day. If there was nothing urgent at night, he would study and read at home, recite the classics of the saints, and consolidate his talent.

Fang Yun began to keep a low profile.

Fang Yun has passed the sword of tongue realm and started to restrain his edge. He must be able to use his edge to come out and return, otherwise he will never become a Hanlin.

In April, except for that literary meeting, there was no news about Fang Yun in Shengyuan Continent. Both the "Literary Newspaper" and the discussion list seemed to have forgotten Fang Yun, but he was not idle.

Fang Yun would go to Yunlou every two days to discuss research with the farmers and use the standards of later laboratories to require Yunlou to improve.

The farmer's Yunlou is actually an artificial ecosystem plus a breeding base, but the system is backward and lacking, and it is completely up to Fang Yun to improve it.

In terms of fortifications, Fang Yun cooperated with the officials of the Gongdian to start improving the buildings and roads in Ning'an City. Since this project is very large, everything is still only on the drawings.

In terms of medical services, it is only a matter of time before Fang Yun obtains the first-class grade. The main mission of the medical staff is to use Ning'an County to verify Fang Yun's previous strategies such as the "Plague Prevention and Control Law".

In terms of criminal justice, Fang Yun still catches the big ones and lets the small ones go. Small cases are handled by the Dianshi and the Criminal Office.

In terms of history, Fang Yun has already started writing "Ancient Demon History", but "Ancient Demon History" is not an ordinary history book, but contains ancient secrets, and turns the ancient demon heritage into text, which requires a lot of talent when writing. "Ancient Demon History" is also helpful for the literary studies in the ten subjects.

In terms of education, Fang Yun has already finished writing "Zeng Guang Xian Wen" and "You Xue Qiong Lin", and he is revising them these days. After a while, he will officially submit them to the Holy Academy. These two children's books not only have the merit of education, but also can improve the literary studies, killing two birds with one stone. As for "Disciples' Rules" and "Fang Family Instructions", Fang Yun is not going to take them out in the palace examination, and needs to wait for a while.

Fang Yun writes a letter to the children of the Fang family far away in Ji County every ten days, using his own life experience to educate them. As a person with a vision spanning more than a thousand years, his experience seems very ordinary in later generations, but in this era, it is high-level and has a different height.

In terms of people's livelihood, Ning'an County can be said to be a place where people can live and work in peace and contentment, especially after Fang Yun resolved the grain price issue, and received praise from many aspects.

Some palace examination candidates complained that Fang Yun cheated by leading the Nongjia and Yunlou projection to Ning'an County, but the Nong Palace replied that any palace examination candidate who showed achievements comparable to Fang Yun could be led to the Nong Palace.

Ning'an County has a large population flow, and it is extremely difficult to improve the livelihood subject. Many palace examination candidates have quietly competed for this subject, believing that Fang Yun is powerless to improve the livelihood of the people.

People's livelihood involves all aspects, and Fang Yun has been planning to change the status quo of Ning'an County from dozens of aspects such as life, entertainment, work, accommodation, transportation, education and public security. These actions seem ordinary, such as urban reconstruction, road planning, restrictions on flower houses and gambling houses, the addition of new public entertainment facilities, strengthening greening, promoting basic hygiene knowledge, ensuring the cleanliness of the urban area, and strengthening patrols by police officers, etc.

These actions are unlikely to have any effect in a short period of time. They are thankless tasks. Other candidates for the palace examinations would not do it, but Fang Yun started without hesitation, because the palace examination is the best pilot to gradually change and strengthen the human race!

Even if the three semi-saint examiners do not understand the changes and will not improve their ratings, Fang Yun will not stop.

No matter how important the palace examination is, it is not as important as the future of the human race!

As for the civil service department, it is the most difficult, because this is the strength of the miscellaneous family. The two palace examination candidates, Xiang Lancheng, the son-in-law of the Zongsheng family, and Lei Shushan, the Lei family, are competing for the civil service department. However, Fang Yun has performance appraisal. As long as the workshop experiment is successful, he will immediately change it slightly and use it on the officials of Ning'an County.

Performance appraisal was originally derived from the civil servant assessment model. Fang Yun just used the workshop as a cover, and his main goal was to reform the civil service.

The last military affairs is Fang Yun's only shortcoming at present.

Ning'an County is an important town with strict defense. In addition, the Yingyang Army deliberately prevented the barbarians from approaching, so Fang Yun had no chance to kill the demon barbarians and make merit.

Before, the Yingyang Army had never given Fang Yun military power. After Fang Yun's uncle Fang Shouye took office as the general of Qingwu Prefecture, the Qingwu Prefecture Army was stationed outside Ning'an County, and Fang Shouye was given the power to mobilize this prefectural army when he was not in Ning'an with the order of the Grand Marshal's Office, the Ministry of War, and Yu Xingshu, the governor of Mizhou.

The Qingwu Prefecture Army was originally a branch of the left prime minister, but now the prefectural army stationed outside Ning'an County was temporarily transferred from the army that was not the left prime minister's branch, and their loyalty was not a problem at all.

Fang Yun could not lead the troops to the battle, but he took a different approach and designed camouflage uniforms suitable for grassland warfare, slightly adjusted the configuration of the prefectural army, improved logistics, medical care, and fortifications according to the later ideas and the situation of the Shengyuan Continent, and reasonably changed the training method.

Although April was quiet, Ning'an County was reforming in a way that was difficult for people to notice.

It was not a change, but a real comprehensive reform.

On the first day of May, good news came. Three semi-saint examiners gave Fang Yun "the first place in the medical department", which made the whole Jingguo excited.

Ten first-class, only nine left. The atmosphere of the palace examination changed quietly. All the palace examination candidates were more cautious and hardworking than before.

On the second day of May, Fang Yun summoned all the current students in the county. From this day on, he would give lectures in the temple every five days, teach the classics of the saints, and prepare for the scholar examination on June 15.

As soon as this happened, a large number of palace examination candidates protested, because Fang Yun was obviously only a Jinshi, but he had "the words of heaven in his mouth" that was similar to that of a university scholar. No matter what he said, the students would remember it and it was easier to understand. It was simply cheating in the subject of education.

But the reply from the Holy Academy was that every year there were lectures for the imperial examination candidates, and no matter how good Fang Yun was, it was his own ability, without any external help.

For Fang Yun, except for one more lecture in May, the rest of the days were no different from April, because some plans and policies were formulated in April and implemented by his staff, officials of various palaces and officials of Ning'an County. He just asked about the progress and occasionally used the second realm painting to disguise himself for private visits, and found no major problems.

As time passed, Fang Yun was studying besides handling government affairs, his mind was pure, and his talent gradually stabilized.