Dong Wencong said enviously, "Can you tell me about the process of recalling memories? This ability can only be mastered by great scholars. I have only heard of it, but I don't know the details."
The others looked at Fang Yun curiously, all wanting to know what was so special about this ability.
Fang Yun smiled and said nothing.
Just now, Fang Yun used his ability to recall his memory, closed his eyes, and seemed to have returned to several hours ago.
In the memory world, it was a little after seven in the morning. The sun was shining in the east, and Fang Yun was standing in front of the holy temple. There were many officials standing on both sides. He was facing the gate of the Academy of Literature. Outside the gate were many yamen runners. Every four yamen runners formed a team, and in front of each team of yamen runners there was a long line of scholars.
It’s just that time stands still and the world solidifies.
Fang Yun rose slowly. As far as he could see, everything was no different from the normal world. However, those places that Fang Yun could not see at that time, such as those blocked by the walls of the academy, were pitch black.
Fang Yun blinked, and saw everyone start to move, and everything happened again.
Fang Yun is a university scholar. He has no blind spots in his view and can see the entire scene, but he cannot see the students who are blocked.
After a few breaths, Fang Yun in the memory world closed his eyes, and the range of his perception suddenly expanded. Those people who were originally invisible in the darkness formed light and shadows in Fang Yun's mind. Their images were the same, because Fang Yun could not see them. However, Fang Yun could hear the voices of hundreds of thousands of people outside the academy.
Then, Fang Yun took a step forward and appeared in front of the officers in the memory world.
Then, Fang Yun moved his fingers as if he was playing something, and the memory world suddenly began to speed up. Countless noisy sounds entered Fang Yun's ears. The information flood formed by so many sounds could make ordinary people faint in an instant.
Fang Yun just frowned, then narrowed his hearing range and only listened to the sounds within a ten-foot radius around him.
The memory world kept speeding up. After a while, Fang Yun moved his fingers and the speed returned to normal. Later, Fang Yun heard the officer find that there was a problem with the test card and politely persuaded the candidate to leave.
Not long after, Fang Yun heard the two people who were forced to leave cursing a man named "Zhuang Li".
The next moment after hearing this name, Fang Yun's mind flashed with the information of all the candidates this year, and he knew who Zhuang Li was.
It only took a few dozen breaths to recall the memory, but it consumed one tenth of Fang Yun's talent, which was equivalent to using the Grand Secretary's war poem hundreds of times.
This was Fang Yun's first attempt at recalling his memory, and he felt great. He thought to himself, no wonder the great scholars of the Gong family highly praised this power. With recalling memory, the Gong family would develop at an extremely terrifying speed. The only pity was that only the great scholars could possess this power. If it could be popularized, the Gong family would become a behemoth that would terrify all the worlds.
Seeing Fang Yun was silent, Dong Wencong changed the subject and said, "Sir, you seem to be very concerned about this matter?"
Fang Yun said: "The imperial examination is not the most perfect talent selection system, but it is definitely the best talent selection system nowadays; the imperial examination is not an absolutely fair talent selection system, but it is definitely the relatively fairest talent selection system. If children from ordinary families want to obtain a higher status, the imperial examination is the only and best choice. Any behavior that may damage the imperial examination will be reflected back to the entire human race, and everyone will bear the consequences. Therefore, any problems that occur in the imperial examination cannot be taken lightly."
All the scholars present had solemn expressions. Fang Yun expressed their thoughts. Although the imperial examination system had various shortcomings, at least for now it was impossible for any system to replace it.
Some children of aristocratic families and people from wealthy families have been advocating to integrate official systems such as "selecting filial and honest people" into the imperial examination system, allowing people with high literary status to recommend a candidate to pass the examination directly, or allowing people with high literary status to identify excellent candidates and improve their grades in the examination. However, this has been opposed by all the children of poor families and has never been implemented.
A great scholar once said that when someone can interfere with the evaluation of a candidate in the imperial examination, it is the beginning of the extinction of the human race.
Dong Wencong nodded and said, "Your Excellency is right. Since it happened in Xiangzhou, I, as the governor of the state, cannot escape blame. I will certainly handle it impartially and not let the evildoers escape or the good people be wronged."
Fang Yun smiled slightly and continued eating.
The officers in the distance sighed inwardly, no wonder Dong Wencong could become the governor of the state, as he was the first to see that Fang Yun cared about this matter. Although Fang Yun did not give clear instructions on how to punish him, Dong Wencong understood Fang Yun's intention and expressed his willingness to handle the matter impartially at the first time. In fact, he was trying to figure out Fang Yun's thoughts and dealt with him severely and strictly.
Jiang Zhengming, the Chief Justice of the Judicial Department, agreed, "This kind of thing happens occasionally. Kongcheng in Lu has always dealt with it strictly. Whenever this happens, the person's position will be taken away and he will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations for the rest of his life. Qing has also had similar incidents, but most of them were trivialized and banned from taking the examinations for several years. This shows how corrupt Qing's administration is and how incompetent and ignorant the bureaucrats are. Xiangzhou should stay close to Kongcheng and stay away from Qing."
Cai Yuan, the director of the Supervisory Department and the president of the Supervisory Yuan, stood up and said, "Governor, since you already know who swapped the exam cards, I should immediately work with the Criminal Department to arrest him and bring him to justice for questioning."
Fang Yun said, "It's a small matter, so there's no need to bother you. It won't be too late to deal with it according to the law after the results of the imperial examination are announced. This person is also well-known in Taihe Prefecture. He is a child of a famous family and is very likely to pass the imperial examination."
After Fang Yun finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized that it was indeed best to deal with the case after he passed the imperial examination. If the person was wrongly accused, it would not affect the imperial examination results. If the person maliciously replaced someone else's examination card, arresting him after he passed the imperial examination would result in much greater punishment than arresting him now.
Several officials from Jiangzhou sighed, not for that man, but for Fang Yun. Fang Yun had also encountered unfair treatment before the imperial examination, and was even troubled by the Zuo Xiang party during the examination. Fortunately, Fang Yun was able to overcome the difficulties, otherwise, it would have been the greatest loss to the human race.
During the three days of the imperial examination, the entire Shengyuan Continent became exceptionally peaceful. No one dared to cause trouble at such a time, and any potential hidden dangers would be eliminated by local officials with absolute power.
After three days, the candidates submitted their test papers and left the College of Arts one after another.
After receiving the test papers, Fang Yun did not leave to enter the marking room, but looked out of the literary academy from high above with the official seal in his hand. Sure enough, the two victims found Zhuang Li and the two sides were fighting. However, Zhuang Li was the son of a famous family, while the two men were just from a poor family and had no evidence, so they were driven away and beaten by the Zhuang family.
Fang Yun snorted coldly and turned to enter the marking room.
The next day, after the marking of the papers was completed and the results of the academy were announced, a huge crowd of people gathered in front of the academy in Baling City.
Fang Yun used the official seal to quietly look down at the crowd from high above. He saw the tears of joy on the faces of those who passed the exam and the undeterred faces of those who failed, and he smiled.
"I passed! I'm a juren!" Zhuang Li shouted while surrounded by his family, and his parents cried with joy.
The two people whose exam cards were replaced stood in the distance, one cursing in a low voice, the other in tears. Suddenly, the two froze.
Then a group of yamen runners rushed to Zhuang Li like wolves and tigers, arrested him and took him to the yamen on the grounds that Zhuang Li was suspected of stealing other people's test licenses.
The two people whose test cards were replaced laughed heartily.
.(To be continued)