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"Time waits for no one." Fang Yun couldn't help but sigh. It's not that he didn't want to do it, but time waits for no one. The Zajia family and Zuo Xiang hold the initiative. It would take many years to confront them head-on.
There is no luck in the struggle for the holy way. It can only be resolved through an upright and direct fight. No matter how many strange tactics and tricks are used, it is difficult to achieve the final victory.
Jiang Hechuan said: "There may be disputes in the court tomorrow. You don't need to get involved. Just worry about which county you will be appointed to."
"I have never experienced court struggles, so I naturally won't be arrogant. I must protect myself, listen more and talk less, and use my ears but not my mouth." Fang Yun said.
Jiang Hechuan nodded and smiled, "Okay. However, the left prime minister is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Personnel will decide which county to assign the Jinshi to. You must be prepared to go to the next county."
Fang Yun knew that all countries divided counties and other places into three levels according to their prosperity: upper, middle and lower, so he said: "Ji County where I am located is a lower county, so even if I have to govern a lower county, it is not a big deal."
"The Ministry of Personnel will never send you to Jiangzhou, nor will it tolerate you being near the capital. Other counties are not too poor, and there are opportunities for you to realize your ambitions. I believe you will win the first place in the palace examination and become the top scholar."
"Thank you, Mr. Wen, for your kind words." Fang Yun said.
Jiang Hechuan did not speak immediately. He pondered for a moment and said, "What are your plans for the first snow next year?"
Fang Yun thought for a moment and said, "When the demons and barbarians come south, we will fight them if we can defeat them, and run away if we can't. By then, I'm afraid I will only be a Jinshi. Even if a miracle happens and I become a Hanlin, I will not be able to decide the overall situation. At most, I will kill more demons and barbarians than an ordinary Hanlin."
"I didn't expect you to think this way. I thought you would make some lofty statements or something." Jiang Hechuan said with a smile.
"Do you think I'm that stupid?"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Jiang Hechuan asked: "How much do you know about spring hunting?"
Fang Yun said: "I know most of what is recorded in the books. The Spring Hunting Ground is located on a large island in the ancient land of the deserted city. It is divided into two parts, one is the hunting ground for Jinshi, and the other is the hunting ground for Hanlin. The rules of the Jinshi Spring Hunt are very simple. Enter the Jinshi Hunting Ground and hunt monsters and barbarians. The more you hunt, the better."
"Well, it's good that you have read the relevant books. In a few days, the academy will send old scholars who have participated in the spring hunting many times to guide you. In the first five days of the spring hunting, you will eat and live together, and join hands to hunt after entering the hunting ground. Fang Yun, how many scholars will enter the Hanlin Palace in Jingguo next year depends entirely on you." Jiang Hechuan's eyes were full of anticipation.
"I led Jing Kingdom to seventh place in the Ten-Nation Competition. So I will try to break into the top five in this spring hunt!" Fang Yun said.
"good!"
Fang Yun said: "Let me talk about Tianye again..."
After the two of them talked in detail, Fang Yun handed over a portion of Tianye to Jiang Hechuan, who was responsible for the Tianye tuition.
After arriving home, everyone rested one after another, while Fang Yun held the official seal and flipped through the list of articles and discussions. After reading for a while, he realized that he had not studied the art of war for a long time, and he had to finish writing the "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" of the 36th Strategy as soon as possible.
After Fang Yun studied the art of borrowing a knife to kill someone in depth, he was about to go to bed when he remembered that he had not yet finished writing "Song of Righteousness". He decided to wait until tomorrow to go to the temple to receive the initiation of talent before writing "Song of Righteousness" to see how many sentences he could write.
At dawn the next day, Fang Yun got up and quietly left home to go to the literary battlefield to practice verbal battles and war poems. After using up half of his talent, he returned home, where the smoke from cooking and the aroma of rice were floating in the air.
After breakfast, Fang Yun went to the side hall of the holy temple and changed into the white clothes of the Jinshi with the other newly-appointed Jinshi.
The collar and sleeves of the Jinshi suit are embroidered with small swords, hence the name "white sword suit". The suit also comes with a tray and a Jinshi sword. If you want a spare Jinshi suit, you can go to a designated store to order one.
These scholars tried their best to remain calm, but many of them were excited, and some of them were secretly observing Fang Yun who was standing in the corner.
At this moment, Fang Yun was holding the official seal and looking at the list of scholars.
The Ding list was changed to the Xuemei Literary Association list yesterday, and it returned to normal today, showing only the best recent poems and articles, regardless of whether they are related to Xuemei.
Fang Yun saw that on the Ding list, the first one was "Fu on Afang Palace", the second one was "Poem of the Dragon Sword", the third one was "Jiangchengzi: Dream in Prison", the fourth one was "Bosuanzi: Ode to the Plum Blossom", the fifth one was "Farewell to Li Wenying in the Snow", the sixth one was "Song of Lime", the seventh one was "Bamboo and Stone", the eighth one was "Song of the Precious Sword" created in Tianshu, and the ninth one was "The White Horse Hero" a war poem created in Denglongtai.
The tenth place was a policy essay written by the champion of the Yunguo National Examination in the imperial examination.
Fang Yun looked at the list of literary candidates in silence for a long time. All the successful candidates in the imperial examinations and the jinshi examinations in the world shared the same list, which had only ten rankings. Nine of them were signed with Fang Yun.
There has never been such a scene since the emergence of the literary list.
Fang Yun created another new record in Shengyuan Continent.
The ranking on the literature list is not only related to the quality of the article, but also to the length of time it stays there and the frequency of discussion on the discussion list. The three articles in prison have long been discussed repeatedly, so their ranking has begun to decline. However, even if it continues to decline, it will be enough to last for a month.
Fang Yun looked at the list and wondered how his enemies felt when they saw it.
Fang Yun went into the discussion board again and found a new sentence that appeared very frequently, "a few Ji Zhibais". Some bored people even conducted an analysis based on the premises that "Fang Yun is ten Ji Zhibais short of Qiao Juze" and "the gap between the two is not that big", assuming that Fang Yun and Qiao Juze were similar in talent.
Finally, it was concluded that an ordinary student was equivalent to two Ji Zhibai, a scholar was equivalent to five Ji Zhibai, a juren was equivalent to twenty Ji Zhibai, and so on.
Later, someone followed suit, saying that after careful calculation, it was concluded that a poem or essay leaving the county was worth four Ji Zhibai, a poem or essay arriving at the prefecture was worth sixteen Ji Zhibai, and so on. Unfortunately, many people were not convinced and refuted it, and the argument became a mess.
Some people also say that many years later, Ji Zhibai was awarded the title of Virtual Saint, and his contribution was to unify the measurement methods of the human race's literary status and articles. Then the question is, how many current Ji Zhibais are equivalent to the Ji Zhibai who was awarded the title of Virtual Saint
Fang Yun looked at the discussion list with a dilemma, the discussion list was different from the literature list, the literature list was automatically included by the power of the Holy Academy and the Holy Temple, while the discussion list was actively participated in by scholars, publishing an article consumed talent, usually no one was willing to waste talent, they would just talk about the key points.
Today, a large number of scholars are playing the "几几计知白" game.
Fang Yun suppressed his smile and closed the discussion forum.
"Ji Zhibai is going to be ruined." Fang Yun mourned for Ji Zhibai in his heart, "However, Ji Zhibai should not be angry with me. He should thank me for making him successful. At least, his literary name will spread throughout the world, and maybe even be recorded in history."
The Left Prime Minister’s Residence, Liushan Study.
"Master, please help me! Fang Yun... he is too much of a bully! When I saw the list of candidates this morning, I was so angry that my courage to write was shaken. If this continues, my courage to write will be lost!" Ji Zhibai's eyes were red as he knelt in front of Liu Shan.
Liu Shan had a blank expression on his face, neither happy nor sad, and said: "I have warned you before that the destruction of Jing by Cao Man is a great opportunity for my Miscellaneous Family to rise. You and I should keep our composure. As long as we can hold out until Jing Kingdom is destroyed, the Saints will have no reason to hinder the Saintly Path of the Sect. But you, you think you have a sure win, but you end up losing more than you gain!"
"Master, I was wrong! I admit that I lost my mind, and I also admit that he is more eloquent than me. But he actually said that ten Ji Zhibais are just insignificant, and let my bad name spread all over the world. How can I be willing! Master, I have made many enemies. When I was the acting county magistrate of Ning'an County, I even had a life-and-death feud with a barbarian marquis, but no one has ever slandered me like this! I, Ji Zhibai, swear not to be a human being if I don't take revenge! Even if I am a traitor..."
"Hmm?" Liu Shan hummed softly, his voice like a subtle spring breeze, but this spring breeze carried the chill of deep winter.
Ji Zhibai couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly lowered his head, saying, "I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong! I will never say such angry words again, and I hope that Master will forgive me. If it were another scholar who was laughed at by millions of people, his literary reputation would be ruined, and he might even be infamous for thousands of years, he would definitely fight Fang Yun to the death! I have been very restrained!"
Liu Shan did not answer, and the room was silent.
After a long time, Liu Shan said, "What do you think about sending Fang to Ning'an County to serve as the acting county magistrate?"
Ji Zhibai was stunned for a moment, then his face showed an expression of ecstasy!
"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master! We have been managing Ning'an County for many years. Except for the garrison that is tightly controlled by the military, all officials in Ning'an County from top to bottom follow your lead! As long as Fang Yun arrives in Ning'an County, I will make him wish he could neither live nor die! Not only will I ruin his reputation, but I will also kill all his family members one by one!"
"Ridiculous! Idiot!" Liu Shan was so angry that he kicked Ji Zhibai on the shoulder.
Ji Zhibai fell to the ground, but he was not angry. Instead, he stood up, rubbing his butt and laughing. He knew that his mentor Liu Shan wanted to see Fang Yun die more than anyone else, but there were some things that could be done but could not be said to his face. He was wrong in being too outspoken.
However, Ji Zhibai hesitated, asking himself whether his words and actions were too despicable and whether they would bring harm to his literary talent. But when he thought of the teasing of those people on the discussion board, he became furious and became full of evil.
"He has ruined my literary reputation and brought disaster to my descendants. This hatred is irreconcilable. It is human nature to seek revenge. If I kill Fang Yun, Wen Dan will never waver!" Ji Zhibai roared in his heart, and then found that Wen Dan did not waver, so his murderous intention became even more determined.
Liu Shan said slowly: "Fang Yun is a great talent of our human race after all. If we can suppress him for a few years and let him witness with his own eyes that our Zajia succeeded in winning over the barbarians and that the Patriarch Saint was awarded the title of Sub-Saint, he will certainly admit defeat. But he is uneasy and timid, and he wants to stop our Zajia Sainthood. We can only use some small tricks. However, we can do what we should do. If you do something you shouldn't do and attract the people from the Punishment Hall, I will definitely kill my relatives for the sake of justice and bring you to justice with my own hands!"
"Master, rest assured! Although I was tricked by Fang Yun, I am definitely not a reckless person. I have been the acting county magistrate of Ning'an County for nearly a year, and I know Ning'an County very well. I only need a few tricks to make Fang Yun sink into the quagmire. Not to mention becoming the top scholar, I guarantee that he won't even be the second or third scholar! I will make him a laughing stock of the human race and ruin Ning'an!" (To be continued...)