Fang Yun searched the discussion list and found that since the re-election of the four great talents, there were more than 24,000 discussion articles related to "Fang Yun and Zhang Longxiang". It has only been more than two months since the re-election of the four great talents, with an average of 400 articles per day. If the number of replies is included, the number of articles is at least a thousand times.
The discussion board once again turned into a battlefield.
Fang Yun looked at it with a headache and decided to ignore it. After all, both of them were him.
Afterwards, Fang Yun saw the urgent letter from Minister of Culture Jiang Hechuan. It turned out that after more than a month of court discussions, during which the civil and military officials of Jing State staged a lot of dramas such as the assistant minister banging his head against the pillar, the Hanlin scholars arguing with each other, and many people pretending to resign and threatening to do so, all parties finally compromised and agreed that Fang Yun would serve as the governor-general of the two states and the president of the Xiangzhou Academy of Literature, in charge of the civil officials and the Academy of Literature in Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou, but without the right to command the military.
However, everyone knew that in order to help Fang Yun, the Queen Mother had transferred Chen Xibi and Fang Shouye to Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou respectively to serve as governors, each in charge of the military affairs of a state.
Chen Xibi and Fang Yun are close friends. When they attacked the monster turtle together, Chen Xibi's arm was broken by the monster turtle. Later, Fang Yun gave him the fruit of rebirth, and his body recovered. Not long ago, Wenquxing was broken, and Chen Xibi and Fang Shouye were promoted to Hanlin.
The governors of these two states are one old friend of Fang Yun and the other is Fang Yun’s uncle. It doesn’t matter whether Fang Yun has military power or not.
As for the current Xiangzhou Mu Dong Wencong, he once served as the prefect of Yuhai Prefecture in Jiangzhou. He taught Fang Yun how to write policy essays. He was both Fang Yun's teacher and friend, and they had a close relationship.
Liu Shan's party is weak in Jiangzhou, and since Xiangzhou was taken back by Fang Yun on his own, Liu Shan's power in Xiangzhou is also weak.
Not long after Jiang Hechuan delivered the letter, Dong Wencong, who served as the governor of Xiangzhou, sent a letter to remind that Xiangzhou had just been recovered from Qing State after all, and it was impossible to transfer all the old Xiangzhou officials away from Xiangzhou. Moreover, according to the rules of various countries, officials of many yamen must be local people. If this rule is broken, the officials of Xiangzhou will inevitably disobey collectively.
Fang Yun also discovered many problems in Dong Wencong's documents. The most important one was that the Xiangzhou officialdom was clearly divided into "Qing officials" and "Jing officials". The Qing officials supported Xiangzhou's return to Qing State, while the Jing officials supported Qing State and remained in Jing State.
The struggle between Qingguan and Jingguan has reached a fever pitch, and the entire Xiangzhou is in turmoil. Dong Wencong is simply complaining that he has no roots in Xiangzhou and that it is extremely difficult for him to handle Xiangzhou affairs.
After reading these expedited letters, Fang Yun had a vague idea of what had happened in the past few months. However, he was not very interested in the state and was really concerned about the war with the barbarians in the north.
In addition, there were a large number of letters in the official seal. Fang Yun selected some people with whom he had very good relations to read them. There was nothing big about them, but they were all concerned questions asking whether he had killed Lei Chongmo.
Yan Yukong was very carefree and said that it was just killing a villain and it did not count as cannibalism.
Afterwards, Fang Yun secretly looked at Zhang Longxiang's official seal.
After making meritorious services in Liangjie Mountain, "Zhang Longxiang" was given a position in Liangjie Mountain with a different status. All letters would be delivered by the Holy Temple as quickly as possible, instead of like before, when cross-boundary documents would either be delayed or not sent at all.
Every three to five days, Zhang Jing'an would write a letter, telling about his life and studies, or talking about some gossip, or asking for advice on some subjects. He talked about everything.
Scholars from the State of Chu and other literary countries sent many letters inviting him to participate in literary gatherings.
However, the ones who sent the most expedited letters were Lei Tingzhen and Qin's Prime Minister Zhu Fengqiong.
Fang Yun arranged them according to time. At the beginning, the two of them spoke in a relatively friendly tone, but later they became more and more impolite, especially after Lei Chongmo's death. Zhu Fengqiong even said many unpleasant words.
Lei Ting is truly a great scholar. Although some of his words were impolite, he never said anything too harsh.
In recent days, Lei Tingzhen's attitude in sending letters has been very peaceful. He repeatedly explained one thing. He hoped that "Zhang Longxiang" would challenge Fang Yun on the Chu State Discussion List and ask the two to decide the leader of the four great talents through a poetry competition.
Zhu Fengqiong has been threatening Zhang Longxiang, demanding that he must take the initiative to provoke this literary competition.
Fang Yun ignored them, put Zhang Longxiang's official seal into the Swallowing Seashell, and returned home.
After returning home, Fang Yun pretended to be a gentleman for a quarter of an hour, and then took the shy Yang Yuhuan into his bedroom.
A long absence is better than a new marriage.
After dinner, Fang Yun began to reply to the letter sent to Prince Ji’s official seal.
Fang Yun first replied to Jiang Hechuan, saying that since he had become a university scholar, he still hoped to go to Mizhou to fight against the barbarians and contribute to Jingguo.
After Fang Yun finished writing, he wanted to reply to other letters, but Jiang Hechuan replied quickly.
"If you become a great scholar, can use the half-saint's robes and have enough power to protect yourself, I will never stop you from going to the north to fight the barbarians. But you are only a great scholar, even with a lot of protection, you may be attacked. I don't know if you know that not long after Lei Chongmo's death, the West Sea Dragon Saint was seriously injured again and went into seclusion again to recuperate. Before going into seclusion, he cursed you in the West Sea Dragon Palace and vowed to kill you. Because of this, I firmly disagree with you going to the north to participate in the war."
"Oh? Is the Dragon Saint of the West Sea so badly injured?" Fang Yun asked.
"It seems that you know something about this matter. In addition, can you tell the outside world about what happened between you and Lei Chongmo?"
"You can say it, but the time is not right yet."
"Well, I won't ask you about this. I just want to ask you one question: when will you go to Baling to take up your post?"
Fang Yun was silent for a moment and did not answer immediately, because deep down he would rather go to the north to fight the barbarians than to manage the two states.
Baling, also known as Yueyang, is the capital of Xiangzhou. It is adjacent to the Yangtze River and close to Dongting Lake. It is a first-class good place. When Wen Zhanqing was in the imperial examination, Fang Yun went to Baling and finally took back Xiangzhou.
Not long after, Jiang Hechuan sent another letter.
"Fang Yun, your going to Xiangzhou is not useless. After the palace examination, you entered Chongwen Academy to practice hard and have accumulated a lot. Now you have to put your knowledge into practice. If you were a military scholar, you would naturally make faster progress in fighting against the barbarians, but you are a Confucian scholar after all, and you must first enter the world and then transcend. You have only governed a county. Even if you are successful, if you do not go through the prefecture and state, your foundation will be unstable after you are promoted to a great scholar. Why did Wen Ying serve as the Lord of Jiangzhou? Why did Yi Zhishi rise from the county, prefecture, state, six departments to the prime minister, step by step? Only after experiencing the world can one become a Confucian. If you do not go through the prefecture and state today, will you turn back after being promoted to a great scholar?"
Afterwards, Jiang Hechuan tried to persuade him earnestly and sent fourteen letters in succession.
After much thought, Fang Yun finally agreed to Jiang Hechuan, but he was not completely convinced by Jiang Hechuan. The main reason was that he had been in Liangjie Mountain for the past year. For him, he had experienced enough battles and did not need to go to the north for tempering. For the human race, the Battle of Bi Can had already been resolved, and there was no need to kill the barbarians to prove themselves. After all, with the aquatic creatures in the East China Sea Dragon Palace, nothing would happen in the north at present.
There should be a balance between tension and relaxation. After experiencing the trials of the two worlds of mountains and the world of war, Fang Yun is convinced that being the governor of the two states is the best choice at the moment. After a period of experience as the governor of the two states, he can either fight his way to the north, or...
"Peng Zouzhao, fellow scholars, I will resolve all the grudges of Sangu Lianzhan before I am promoted to a great scholar!"
"You can take up the post in July!"
.(To be continued.)