On the morning of the seventh day of November, Fang Yun took a car to Jingguo Academy.
Today is the big day for the opening of the Sea of Learning. Plus, this is the first time that the human race has opened the Sea of Learning on a large scale, so it has naturally become a topic of conversation on the streets. A large number of people have gathered near Xuegong Street early in the morning.
As common people in the capital living under the feet of the emperor, they can always get the latest news, are good at talking about everything under the sun, about saints and ancestors, without any scruples, and prefer to join in the fun and meddle in other people's business.
The Longma luxury car drove very slowly along the way to avoid hitting the densely packed pedestrians on both sides.
Fang Yun could hear the people of Beijing chatting while in the car.
"Thanks to the blessing of Wenquxing, my son will definitely pass the imperial examination in the future!"
"It is said that the sea of learning is full of Wenxin fish. Even if you go in blindly, you can catch one or two Wenxin fish."
"That's nonsense. You can't just randomly catch a Wenxin fish. I used to have a Jinshi neighbor. He went through great pains to catch a broken Wenxin fish on the beach."
"In the past, at most 2,000 to 3,000 people entered Xuehai at a time. Now, it's almost 30,000 to 40,000 people. The competition must be fierce."
"The old scholars have taken advantage, and the new scholars are going to be in trouble."
"No one knows what the ocean of learning is like, but it must be fair."
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Fang Yun arrived at the gate of the academy while listening to the gossip of the people in the capital.
As soon as Fang Yun, dressed in white and black plum clothing, got out of the car, everyone around him stopped talking.
"Meet Fang Xusheng!"
"Good morning, Prince Ji!"
"Fang Quanjia Dongan!"
Fang Yun smiled, glanced at everyone and nodded slightly, then walked forward steadily.
Everyone in front gave way and lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Fang Yun.
People on both sides were talking in low voices.
"What a mighty and high-spirited scholar!"
"Living in a place changes one's spirit, and nourishing one's body changes one's body. Fang Xusheng looked like a child last year, but now he has become more and more heroic."
"He was able to suppress Liu Shan and make him recuperate for three months. Fang Xusheng is now very different from before!"
Amid the discussions of the crowd, Fang Yun entered the Jingguo Academy. Along the way, familiar scholars kept coming up to him and chatting with him as they walked.
Soon, Fang Yun arrived at Jingguo Academy.
There were many scholars standing on the square of the Palace of Learning. Some were Jinshi who had passed the imperial examination within five years but had never been to Xuehai, some were Jinshi who had made meritorious contributions and were under sixty years old, there were a few Hanlin scholars and a university scholar, there were nearly a thousand people in total.
There are so many in the capital alone, and the number of people from all over the human race is an extremely large number.
If these people can catch Wen Xin in the sea of learning, their strength will definitely increase greatly, which will be of great help to the human race.
When the time came, Fang Yun and everyone else entered the holy temple hall.
The door slammed shut, and then the entire hall was plunged into darkness.
Fang Yun felt a flash before his eyes, and found himself standing on a silvery white beach. The ocean in front of him was as blue as a mirror, the sky was clear, and the faint smell of the sea filled his nose, making him feel relaxed and happy. His mind was lifted.
Fang Yun looked to both sides again, but he couldn't cheer up. Tens of thousands of scholars were crowded together, and it looked a mess.
At the very least, these scholars were wearing Jinshi robes. There were quite a few wearing Hanlin robes, and there were a few blue-robed university scholars. The most eye-catching one was an old man with white hair and beard.
The old man has osteoporosis due to his old age. He looks very short, his two rows of teeth are almost all gone, his wrinkled lips are sunken, and his skin is covered with age spots. Such an old man should spend the rest of his life slowly in the sun.
His whole body exuded an air of old age, except for his pair of eyes, which were bright and sharp without any turbidity. Instead, they were filled with a thirst for knowledge and the unknown, and were extremely pure.
He was dressed in a purple robe.
When Fang Yun saw the purple-robed scholar appear in the sea of learning, he was instinctively stunned.
It is not difficult to enter the sea of learning. As long as you have participated in the palace examinations of various countries, you will definitely have the opportunity to enter. Although it cannot be said that every great scholar of the human race is extremely talented, it is definitely impossible for them to be too bad. It is almost certain that you will become a Jinshi in the palace examination in your early years. If you can't even become a Jinshi in the palace examination, let alone become a great scholar, it will be difficult to become a university scholar.
Fang Yun originally thought he was dazzled, but after a closer look, he suddenly realized what was going on, and a look of respect appeared on his face.
The Jinshi of Jing State beside him whispered, "If I'm not mistaken, that person should be the famous 'Stupid Scholar'. A few days ago, he was promoted to a great scholar by the grace of Wenqu. Now we can call him 'Stupid Great Scholar'."
"Shh... don't talk nonsense. He is already a great scholar. You can't call him that anymore."
"You are overthinking. He is a well-known good man. From childhood to adulthood, no matter who scolded him, he always responded with a smile and never got angry. Besides, not only do I not despise him, but I respect him very much."
"Fang Xusheng, is there really such a person?"
Fang Yun nodded and said seriously, "Stupid scholar is different from ordinary people. He has been stupid since he was a child. For a sentence, the teacher only says it once, and ordinary students can repeat it smoothly, but he needs to listen to it five or even ten times before he can recite it smoothly. As for memorizing, ordinary students can memorize a chapter of the Analects in one hour, but it takes him at least three hours to memorize it. The reason why he is not angry is because he thinks that since others say so, there must be a reason, and he needs to learn; if what others say is unreasonable, he doesn't need to be angry, because he thinks it is a waste of time to be angry with others, and what he needs most is time."
"Is he... really stupid?" Novel.com does not skip words.
Fang Yun thought for a moment and said, "That depends on how you define it. He passed the examination to become a student at the age of 27, a scholar at the age of 42, a juren at the age of 56, and a jinshi at the age of 73, and he was the last person to pass the imperial examination that year. He became a Hanlin at the age of 82, and a university scholar at the age of 90, so he should be 101 years old now."
The people around who didn't know much about the stupid scholar were stunned. They didn't expect that there would be such a scholar in the human race.
Fang Yun continued, "His name is Tian Songshi. He not only stutters, but also often gets lost. When he was young, he was often cheated and even made mistakes in simple arithmetic. However, he never gave up learning. He memorized words, texts, people, events, and everything he saw. Because some people say that 'reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles', after he became a Jinshi, he traveled around the world while studying, and visited every city of the human race."
"This... is this amazing?"
Fang Yun looked deep in his eyes and said, "There are even more amazing ones. He thought he was stupid, so he only learned one war poem for each literary position. When he was a scholar, he only learned "With You in My Tongpao"; when he was a juren, he only learned "The Great Wind Song"; when he was a jinshi, he only learned "Ode to the Cassia Tree"; when he was a Hanlin, he only learned "Ode to the Overlord"; when he was a university scholar, he only learned "The Song of the Immortal Crane". Except for "The Song of the Immortal Crane" which is at the third level, the other four poems are at the fourth level!"
The people nearby looked horrified. Is this person really stupid
"By the way, he has reached the fourth level of calligraphy and is known as one of the people most likely to break through to the fifth level of calligraphy." Fang Yun said.
"What?" Everyone was even more shocked.
Finally, Fang Yun said slowly: "He has read more books than every great scholar. He is very powerful, very powerful."
Everyone was in awe of the stupid scholar. Fang Yun was a virtual saint, and even the top scholar in a country couldn't make him say "very good" twice.
(To be continued…)