Fang Yun looked into the distance and seemed to be able to see the distant Yin Mountains.
Zhang Poyue looked at Fang Yun, sighed, and said, "Completing what you boasted about in your poems is probably the most satisfying thing in life."
The scholars nearby couldn't help laughing. This was absolutely true.
Fang Yun issued an order that the human race would pursue for a day, and after nightfall, except for some who would continue to pursue, the others would return to the city. He would gather 100,000 cavalry the next day and attack Shuofang City first.
Afterwards, Fang Yun went to the conference room and summoned all officials to discuss the follow-up matters.
As usual, the Queen Mother said nothing behind the curtain, while Liu Shan had already led his men out of Ning'an City and returned to the capital.
After the meeting was over, the Empress Dowager's personal female official came over and told Fang Yun that the Empress Dowager would leave for Beijing tomorrow, so Fang Yun announced this and that all the civil and military officials and the Empress Dowager would see her off tomorrow.
After the officials left the meeting room, they discovered that Fang Yun was like a king throughout the entire process, and no one thought of opposing it.
After leaving the meeting room, Zhang Poyue quickly walked to Fang Yun's side and asked in a low voice: "Fang Yun, how should we deal with that old dog Liu Shan?"
"The Holy Burial Valley is about to begin. I don't have much time to deal with him. When I return to the capital, I will force him to retire! If he knows what's good for him, I will let him spend his old age in peace. Otherwise, I will have no choice but to kill him!" Fang Yun said.
Zhang Poyue nodded, then hesitated and said, "I am not from an aristocratic family, so I don't know much about the Burial Valley. I only know that it is located in the center of the demon world. In ancient times, it was the burial place of all saints. It is said that if the saints died accidentally in the Ten Thousand Worlds, they might be sucked into the Burial Valley. Therefore, a large number of saints' bones have accumulated in the Burial Valley. It is said that the holy energy is overwhelming and there are treasures everywhere. And... It is said that every time the Burial Valley opens, the emperors of various races who have no hope of being canonized will enter it and use the holy energy inside to prolong their lives. If they are lucky and get something to prolong their lives, they can leave when the Burial Valley reopens and be canonized outside the Burial Valley. It is said that in history, emperors of various races have successfully been canonized using this method."
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Not only the emperors of various races go there, but some great scholars of the human race will also go in to prolong their lives, strive to impact the throne, and use the holy energy to prolong their lives. However, that is not the right way after all. The truly gifted people, unless there is an accident, will enter the Holy Burial Valley, but they will definitely come out before it closes. They will not prolong their lives in it and pretend to be dead and wait for the next opening."
Zhang Poyue said: "Since you want to go, there must be a reason for you to go. In short, you must be careful, not only be wary of monsters, but also be wary of humans."
Zhang Poyue had already said this, Fang Yun understood and said, "I will be on my guard."
"That's good." Zhang Poyue said.
Fang Yun left the meeting room, returned to the county government lobby, and issued the first military order.
"Tell Zhao Hongzhuang to come." Fang Yun said.
Soon, Zhao Hongzhuang, dressed in official uniform, arrived.
Zhao Hongzhuang has been saving lives and healing the wounded these days, sleeping only two or three hours a day. She looks a little haggard, but her eyes are bright. She looks very heroic in her official uniform, and looks like a handsome young civil servant.
"What do you feel these days?" Fang Yun asked.
"Nothing else, I'm just trying my best." Zhao Hongzhuang bowed and answered seriously.
Fang Yun nodded and said, "The eighth-rank medical officer Zhao Hongzhuang is well-known for her morality, fairness, and diligence. She is truly a model official. Jingguo has defeated the barbarians and has a lot of work to do. It is the right time to recruit people. I have requested an imperial decree to grant Zhao Hongzhuang the title of Jinshi and promote her to the seventh-rank military officer."
Zhao Hongzhuang was stunned, mist welling up in her eyes. She straightened her body, saluted, and said in a clear, gentle, yet slightly loud voice, "Thank you for the promotion!"
Zhao Hongzhuang couldn't help it after all and her eyes became moist.
Everyone inside and outside the yamen was shocked. Not only the scholars, but even the ordinary yamen runners knew how important Fang Yun's order was.
Many official positions are of too high a rank. Logically, they should be given to scholars with high literary status. However, in reality, in many cases, each country does not have suitable candidates and can only promote some scholars with low literary status.
As a result, in various countries, scholars appeared with the word "official" added before their literary positions. The actual literary positions of these people remained unchanged, but when they held positions or accepted rewards in their own country, they were calculated according to the literary positions after the word "official".
For example, in an emergency, if a Juren is needed to serve as a seventh-rank county magistrate, this is against the rules. However, if the court grants that Juren an official title of Jinshi, then in the country, the treatment of this Juren in all aspects is equivalent to that of a Jinshi, and he can serve as a seventh-rank county magistrate.
Especially in some weaker countries, because there were too few places in the imperial examinations, there were too few Jinshi, and some positions had to be held by Juren or even Xiucai, so official Jinshi appeared. In history, the highest status was the official Grand Secretary, but he had a name but no power, which was a laughing stock.
Although Zhao Hongzhuang was now granted the title of "official Jinshi", she was not actually a scholar and could not even wear the clothes of an official. But in Jing Kingdom, everyone had to treat her as a Jinshi and be extremely polite to her. If anyone attacked her, it would be tantamount to disrespecting the bureaucracy, disrespecting the monarch, and disrespecting Fang Yun who promoted her.
In the history of mankind, women have never been allowed to serve as officials or scholars, let alone as officials and scholars.
The highest position a Jinshi can hold is a third-rank provincial governor, or governor of a state!
In peacetime or even in ordinary wartime, Fang Yun could not give this order, but now is the most special period for Jing State. On the eve of the Battle of Ning'an, Jing State was still on the brink of destruction, but now it has to march north to retake Shuofang City.
The most crucial thing is that Fang Yun now issued this order with the power to expel the barbarians.
Zhao Hongzhuang looked at Fang Yun, her heart filled with strong gratitude. She had been in the palace for many years and knew best what the cost of this order was.
Fang Yun has made such a great contribution, and the implicit rules allow him to obtain some privileges, such as asking the court for something or offsetting some serious crime. As long as it is allowed, all civil and military officials and even the people of Jing State will acquiesce.
But now, Fang Yun didn't want anything. He used all the privileges he could get to promote a woman to become an official, a Jinshi, a garrison commander, a real court official, and a member of the human race's bureaucratic system.
In the future, Zhao Hongzhuang might be exiled to a cold government office to hold an idle position. However, as long as the court does not take back the title of Jinshi, Zhao Hongzhuang may nominally serve as a provincial governor, be able to attend the cabinet, or even become a cabinet councilor and decide the country's national policies.
If the monarch is of age, the queen mother cannot attend the cabinet.
The best female official in the world!
Zhao Hongzhuang couldn't help but be moved.
Fortunately, Fang Yun gave the order now. If it were a year ago, even if Fang Yun was the governor of two states and had great power at that time, as long as he issued this order, he would inevitably be criticized by all the civil and military officials in the court and lose his office and be demoted.
Now, Fang Yun's words are the law! They are the law of heaven!
The head of a garrison was not a high-ranking official, but he was the head of the civil and military officers of a prefecture's army or an army of 3,000 men. He assisted the chief general and was responsible for the drafting, delivery, logistics and many other aspects of all official documents and military orders.
Not to mention that Zhao Hongzhuang is a woman, even if it was a male official who had made greater contributions, it would be impossible for him to directly serve as the chief of the Zhenjun Army from an eighth-rank medical officer, because the chief of the Zhenjun Army was generally held by a sixth-rank official.
"Once the imperial court issues a letter, I will take you to my personal guard camp." Fang Yun said.
"As you command!" Zhao Hongzhuang accepted the order excitedly.
When the others heard that Zhao Hongzhuang was going to serve in Fang Yun's personal guards, they all looked surprised, and then looked at each other with ambiguous eyes, as if they understood something.
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