After Fang Yun finished speaking, the carriage fell silent again.
Fang Yun’s current status is so high that even the eldest grandson of the Confucius family has to take the initiative to greet Fang Yun when he sees him, not to mention other people of the same generation.
These Jinshi wanted to make friends with Fang Yun, but none of them were from Jiangzhou, and they were only Juren before, so they had no intersection with Fang Yun. Fang Yun's light was too bright, so they couldn't speak carelessly.
Gao Yong was older and noticed the awkwardness of the situation. He smiled and said, "Brother Fang, I see that you are meeting the others for the first time. Why don't I introduce them to you one by one so that you can get to know each other better. Don't wait until the spring hunt to get to know each other."
Fang Yun had been before the emperor many times and had developed the ability to remember everything he photographically. Not only the top ten Jinshi, he had even memorized the names of the 300 Jinshi. Moreover, the other nine were all outstanding Jinshi from all over the country who had studied in the imperial academy. Fang Yun could remember everything about them as soon as he saw their names and had some understanding of all these people.
However, Fang Yun did not stop Gao Yong, but smiled and said: "You are all outstanding scholars of the Imperial Academy and pillars of the Jing Kingdom. I have heard of you all, but I am not very familiar with you. Please help me introduce you one by one, Brother Gao."
When Gao Yong heard Fang Yun calling him Brother Gao, he felt even happier. Among scholars, "Brother" has nothing to do with age. As long as they have the same literary rank, they can call each other that. It is a respectful title. However, the seniority must be strictly observed among relatives.
Gao Yong pointed to his side and smiled, "This is Fan Chenghao, who ranked third in the imperial examination. He was born in a famous family in Beijing and married the granddaughter of the head of the famous Song family. Brother Fan's poems and essays are better than mine. He once shocked the capital with a poem called Mingzhou."
"Brother Fan." Fang Yun bowed with a smile.
Fan Chenghao hurriedly returned the greeting, then smiled helplessly and said, "Brother Gao misunderstood me. Mentioning poetry in front of Fang Zhenguo is like showing off one's skills in front of an expert. It's better not to talk about it."
"That's wrong. If I had to compete with Brother Fang, I would have killed myself long ago! This is..." Gao Yong continued to introduce other people.
Fang Yun met them one by one. He found that among these people, there were people from semi-saint families, sons of rich and famous families, but no one was born in a poor family.
Fang Yun sighed in his heart. The imperial examination system and the examination system of later generations were relatively fair, but the educational resources obtained by the rich and powerful were dozens or hundreds of times that of ordinary people, and this was difficult to change. If there were no imperial examinations, whether it was the recommendation system or the nine-rank system, it would be even more difficult for children from poor families to succeed.
At the beginning of the Ten Kingdoms, there was a recommendation system, whereby the aristocratic families recommended outstanding talents in certain areas and gave them additional admission quotas. This system itself was not wrong, but each family had its own selfish motives and only recommended people close to them. Finally, the saints discovered that something was wrong. If the recommendation system continued to develop, it would block most of the promotion channels for children from poor families, so they decisively stopped it.
Later, someone said that fortunately the human race was in danger of the demon race, and the saints did not dare to cut off the path of advancement for the children of poor families. If there were no external worries, this recommendation system would have been popular long ago. In the end, it would allow a very small number of outstanding children of poor families and a large number of children of the gentry to become Jinshi.
Now there is no recommendation system, which can ensure that at least half of the Jinshi candidates come from humble families.
The imperial examination system was not a perfect one, but it was the fairest.
After the introduction, everyone got familiar with each other. They first talked about the examination questions, and then focused their conversation on today's court meeting.
"According to convention, the court will first commend us Jinshi, and then the Ministry of Personnel will announce the list of Jinshi who have passed the palace examination. They will also read out which county we will be in charge of, so that we can do our homework and not be caught in the dark before taking office. I'm afraid the sacred meeting of the Holy Court has ended. Chen Sheng must have issued the sacred edict, and then they will discuss the strategy against the barbarians. Except for Fang Zhenguo, we can only listen outside the door." Gao Yong said.
Shi Chongzhi, who ranked seventh in the examination, whispered, "Chen Sheng has not issued an imperial edict yet. The head of the family has passed on a message, which probably says that Chen Sheng should focus on healing his wounds, and military and national affairs will be decided by the court. He only stopped the demon saint Langluo."
Shi Chongzhi was the son-in-law of the Chen Sheng family.
Fang Yun looked at the other two Jinshi who were related to aristocratic families, and they both nodded slightly.
Gao Yong reacted very quickly and said, "Chen Sheng has always been a man of high moral character and rarely interferes in military affairs. It is normal for him not to show up now. In the end, he will definitely step in to turn the tide."
"Even if Chen Sheng can intercept Lang Lu, what about the hundreds of millions of grass barbarians?"
"We can only place our hopes on the other nine countries."
"It's a pity that when the royal families of the ten countries were in opposition, they had an agreement that those who were defeated by the barbarians would be returned to the neighboring countries. Otherwise, if the Eastern Saint gave an order, the other nine countries would definitely help with all their strength."
Shi Chongzhi said softly: "So today's court will be very exciting."
Fang Yun's heart moved and he vaguely guessed a possibility.
"Brother Shi, what do you think?" asked another Jinshi.
Shi Chongzhi shook his head and stopped talking.
Fang Yun took another close look at Shi Chongzhi. He was indeed a man valued by the Chen Sheng family. Although it seemed that he had not said anything, he was actually reminding the Jinshi scholars present to be careful. It could be regarded as a friendship between Jinshi scholars of the same year. However, he did not say the specific content. He was tight-lipped and did not say a word that should not be said.
A Jinshi immediately laughed and said, "Brother Shi, you only said half a sentence, which is really wrong."
Fang Yun took a quick look and saw that three Jinshi were unhappy with Shi Chongzhi's words, while the expressions of the other Jinshi did not change.
Fang Yun secretly praised in his heart. Although most of the Jinshi candidates studied very hard and some of them were ignorant of the ways of the world, most of them had better brains. Even if those few ignorant of the ways of the world were exposed to the outside world more in the future, they would change in a short time, unless they really didn't like to interact with people.
Recognizing and learning from others' strengths is the best step to progress and growth, while denial has the opposite effect.
Fang Yun found that he seemed to have thought too much, and then he realized that these details seemed insignificant, but they proved that he was growing and that he had not wasted his talent.
Fang Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing oneself is more difficult than pursuing the holy path.
Gao Yong coughed lightly and said, "We are only Jinshi, so we should take military and political affairs like this seriously."
The other Jinshi suppressed their dissatisfaction. Even though they didn't know exactly what had gone wrong, their minds instinctively stopped them from saying anything further.
"Are we almost at the palace?" Fang Yun asked.
"It should be soon."
Soon, the carriage stopped.
Fang Yun got off the carriage and looked forward.
A red wall stands in front.
The imperial palace has a gate on the east, west, south and north sides, but officials can only go through the south gate when they come to see the emperor, as the south gate is the main entrance to the palace.
There are two side doors next to the main gate, also called side doors.
The carriage stopped outside the moat of the imperial palace. There were three bridges in front of Fang Yun, and the bridge in front led to Zuoye Gate.
The original rule was that civil officials went through the Zuoye Gate and military officers went through the Youye Gate. However, because there were too many civil officials, all countries changed it to have civil officials go through the Zuoye Gate and military officers and civil service officials go through the Youye Gate.
The car stopped in front of the moat gate and the scholar could choose one himself.
In front of the two side gates stood all the officials of the court.
The morning court on the fourth day of December was a grand court meeting. In addition, the cabinet had ordered officials from all over the country to come to the court yesterday to discuss the strategy against the barbarians. The top officials of Jing State gathered here.
These people tried their best to restrain their own strength, but there were too many people around them, including countless Jinshi, Hanlin, university scholars and great Confucian scholars. Their talents were so exciting that the vital energy of the heaven and earth in the sky rolled gently, and strong winds blew in all directions.
The wind howled, and the dragons and horses became restless. (To be continued...)