On the discussion board, everyone was discussing the Ten Rainbows Across the Sky and Fang Yun's works, but after a while, some articles that had previously criticized and accused Fang Yun were dug up by others and reappeared in everyone's field of vision.
The scholars who had been defending Fang Yun suddenly felt proud and began to fight back under those articles.
"Come out, the Qing countryman who said Fang Xusheng betrayed Confucianism. I won't make things difficult for you. Admit your mistake, or else I'll scold you and your ancestors, and then scold the entire Qing country. Anyway, I'll be banned from the discussion list for at least half a year every year, so this time won't make a difference!"
"Fang Xusheng is such a talented person, and he has devoted all his energy to writing books for hundreds of schools of thought. Yet, there are still people who wrongly accuse and slander him. This is not worthy of being a son of man, this is not worthy of being a son of man!"
"The one who mocked Fang Xusheng as Ti Yang Zuo Xiang, now Fang Xusheng is covered by ten rainbows, you can come up with another nickname."
"Although merits are merits and faults are faults, it also depends on what the merits are and what the faults are. Compared with the great merits of Fang Xusheng, Fang Xusheng's faults are really insignificant. You can talk about it and point it out, but if you insult and attack, or even frame and slander him, then you are completely ignoring Fang Xusheng's great contributions to the human race, and you are even worse than an animal."
"Scholars of Qing Kingdom, stop being cowards and come out to discuss Fang Xusheng!"
The discussion board was noisy, but the capital was even more chaotic than the discussion board.
Because Fang Yun had made such a great contribution, the ten rainbows across the sky, was no less than the achievement of the ancestor of poetry, Xu Sheng. It would have been fine if people didn't know about it, but now that everyone in the world knows about it, it would have been disrespectful not to go and congratulate him.
Therefore, regardless of whether the officials of Jing State supported Fang Yun or not, they did not dare to pretend to be ignorant at this time. Some asked their servants to deliver gifts, while those of lower ranks mostly delivered gifts themselves. This was basic respect for the virtual saints and those with great merit.
In the past, they could choose any gifts at random, but after the restoration of etiquette, all officials dared not give gifts randomly and could only buy lambs, white geese or pheasants according to their status.
No matter how many high-ranking officials there are in the capital, their number is limited, so it is very easy for them to buy lambs.
However, those officials of middle or high ranks wanted to buy white geese.
The capital was very large, with many markets, and the number of white geese was enough to supply the officials. However, it was not only the officials who gave gifts, but also scholars without official status.
Fang Yun did not clearly stipulate what non-official scholars should give as gifts, so almost all Juren, Jinshi and Hanlin chose to give white geese as gifts, because that was the etiquette announced by Fang Yun. If they gave something else, wouldn't that be tantamount to opposing Fang Yun
Ever since Wenquxing began to undergo strange changes, the number of scholars in Jingguo has increased dramatically. The capital is the center of the country, and the number of scholars coming here has increased dramatically as well.
So, in less than half an hour, all the white geese in the capital were sold out.
There are fewer white geese, but even fewer pheasants!
But according to etiquette, low-level officials and scholars could only give pheasants as gifts.
It was impossible to buy so many pheasants in a short period of time, and there were not so many even in the vicinity of the capital. So, the clever scholars remembered the story of adding feathers to a dog's tail and put some feathers from the pheasants on domestic chickens, which was considered to be rude.
Even if all the feathers of live and dead pheasants in the capital were added together, they would not be enough. However, pheasant feathers are bright and can be made into handicrafts, so there is no shortage of pheasant feathers in the capital.
However, there is a shortage of domestic chickens in Beijing!
So, the helpless scholars left the capital from all directions and went to the farms near the capital to buy white geese and pheasants.
At first, the merchants who were uninformed thought that the price was raised deliberately because there were too many buyers. But when they learned that the birds were being sent as gifts to Fang Yun, no one dared to raise the price. Some merchants immediately sold them at the usual market price, while others did not sell them but gave them away. They gave away all the poultry in their hands, leaving only one for themselves, and carried it to Quanyuan with a smile on their face.
Soon, teasing words such as "geese are expensive in the capital" and "chicken tail adds pheasant" spread in the capital and finally reached the discussion list.
Many scholars laughed about this matter, but in their hearts they were full of respect for Fang Yun, because Fang Yun was the only one in the world who could get so many people to send him gifts.
Those officials might be afraid of being reported for violating etiquette, but those scholars who had no official status did not care. If they did not send it, no one would blame them.
However, almost everyone chose to give it as a gift.
For the square luck.
To revitalize Jingguo for Fang Yun.
To strengthen our human race!
Adding a tail to a dog is not a nice phrase, but no one deliberately misinterpreted the phrase "adding a tail to a chicken to a pheasant", because those who had previously opposed Fang Yun on the discussion board had already been ridiculed by countless scholars. If they were to say something bad about Fang Yun again, there would surely be scholars who would dare to call their friends to confront them.
Soon, Fang Yun learned about this and his mind flew high into the sky.
Hundreds of thousands of people were seen running, walking, or riding in carriages, rushing to all directions of the capital to buy poultry outside the capital.
Viewed from a high altitude, it looks like ants migrating.
At first, only scholars bought lambs, white geese, pheasants and chickens. Later, when ordinary people in the capital learned about it, they actually took the initiative to ask. After learning that they should send ducks, they started to buy ducks.
So, when Fang Yun was watching, the number of people who wanted to buy gifts increased by dozens of times, which led to such a grand occasion.
However, the flow of people in the capital city is not only flowing outwards, but also flowing towards Quanyuan.
Fang Yun saw countless people heading towards the Spring Garden, some holding lambs, some carrying white geese, some carrying chickens and ducks.
More than ten streets near Quanyuan were packed with people, and officials were seen holding geese, chickens and ducks to guide the crowd.
When Fang Yun saw this scene, he felt warm in his heart and smiled.
No matter how misunderstood what I had done before, all the unhappiness in my heart disappeared when I saw this scene.
This is what people truly want!
The hearts of bureaucrats always turn their backs on the people.
Later, many officials could not bear it anymore, not because of the influx of people, but because the area around the spring garden was filled with sheep, geese, chickens, ducks and all kinds of filth.
After all, those animals had never seen such a big scene, and most of them were frightened to the point of incontinence, and many of them died.
So, officials sent letters to Fang Yun one after another, asking him to resolve the matter.
Fang Yun had no choice but to use humorous language to describe the scene he saw. He said that if everyone did not stop, his spring garden would become a manure garden, so please do not buy chickens and ducks as gifts. If you really want to give them as gifts, just saying thank you in your heart will be enough.
After a few breaths, one noise after another was heard coming from inside and outside the capital.
There are old voices, crisp voices, deep voices, sharp voices, and childish voices...
"Thank you, Fang Xusheng! Thank you, Fang Xusheng! Thank you, Fang Xusheng..."
One after another, like a tsunami, it is endless.
The voices may not be uniform, but the hearts are the same.
The Longevity Jade Throne placed in Fang Yun's home emits a faint light. If a semi-saint comes in person, he will find that bits of light appear from the void like fireflies and enter the Longevity Jade Throne.
This process is ongoing, but now it is more intense.
This treasure obtained in the ancient land of Shihan is attracting the hearts of the people, absorbing the country's fortune, and feeding back to the people's fortune.