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The officials of Jing State had just finished the morning court session and were walking out of the main gate of the palace, preparing to return home.
But because of the war poem performed by Tianyan, the officials had to stop.
After Fang Yun finished his last Tianyan war poem, Minister Sai of the Ministry of Rites and all the officials looked up at the sky and said, "Okay, let's go back. Some time ago, some people said that Fang Yun was only a Jinshi but he was made a Wenhou, so it was inconvenient to reward him immediately, and he should be rewarded after he became a virtual saint. Now it's good, being a virtual saint is also different. He killed 200,000 or 300,000 monsters and sent 'monster-killing weapons' to the army. The merits need to be re-negotiated, and the reward should be upgraded."
"Sir Sai, this matter requires the Queen Mother to convene a meeting. You and I..." said Ou Mo, the Minister of Personnel.
"The Empress Dowager has ordered a re-discussion of Fang Xusheng's title and reward! Please go to the side hall for lunch, everyone." A eunuch at the door shouted breathlessly.
The officials of the Left Prime Minister's party were speechless.
"What are you still standing there for? Go back to Fengtian Palace!"
The officials chatted as they walked back.
"Earlier, we agreed that Fang Xusheng would skip the third-rank Wu Hou and directly confer the second-rank Zhou Gong. Now I'm afraid he will be conferred the second-rank Guo Gong."
"That's not right. Lord Li Wenying was only a Duke of a state before. He was only awarded the title of Duke of a country like other great scholars after he became a great scholar."
"What's wrong with that? How many great scholars in the Ten Kingdoms can kill five great barbarian kings alone?"
"That's true. Only less than half of the great scholars can kill the Great Barbarian King on their own. Ordinary great scholars still need the help of others to kill the Great Barbarian King."
"So there is nothing wrong with conferring the title of Second Rank Duke on Fang Yun."
"He was originally a cabinet member, but this time he will probably be promoted to a cabinet councilor."
"Not right! The Cabinet Councillors are the pillars of a country, second only to the four prime ministers, and have the right to oppose the orders of the four prime ministers. If the four prime ministers cannot reach an agreement, the Councillors also have a certain degree of decision-making power. There are less than 30 Cabinet Councillors in the entire Jing Kingdom. How can Fang Yun take on such an important position of power!"
"That's right. It has been discussed at the court. If Fang Wenhou becomes a cabinet councilor and then goes to Mizhou to serve as acting county magistrate, wouldn't he be the highest-ranking official in Mizhou? Is he going as the current county magistrate or the current governor? It's indeed inappropriate."
"I think we should stick to the old rules and wait until Fang Zhenguo's palace examination is over before appointing him as a cabinet councilor."
"When Fang Zhenguo's palace examination is over, his merits will add up, and I'm afraid he will be directly ranked second rank, or even first rank. With his real power, he may even be ranked as a cabinet councilor. That's not just an additional title."
"I would like to know when he will be crowned king."
"He is very likely to be the next military king of Jing State, who will be granted half a county and have thousands of private soldiers. It is really hard to imagine."
"By the way, if Fang Zhenguo can recapture Xiangzhou, he may really be crowned king."
"It's too difficult to take back Xiangzhou. Let's see how he performs in the spring hunt. Last year, my Jing country had three candidates who entered the Holy Academy and twelve candidates who entered the Hanlin Hall. I'm not greedy. I'll just double it."
The officials laughed and said, if this is not greed, then there would be no greedy people in the world.
"In two years, he will probably be called the fifth phase."
"I have a feeling. After the palace examination this year, he will be called the Fifth Prime Minister."
"Forget it, we will discuss this matter in court. It is not convenient to talk about it outside the court."
"That's right. However, Shi killed 300,000 people, all without any casualties. Including five great barbarian kings, 17 barbarian kings, and countless barbarian marquises. With this military achievement, Fang Zhenguo's military merit book in the Holy Academy will probably surpass the brocade and enter the Bamboo Hall directly, and he is only one step away from entering the Holy Stele Forest."
"Generally, the Grand Secretaries are only ranked at the top of the White Paper Military Merit Book. Even Li Wenying is only ranked at the bottom of the Jinwen Military Merit Book. After all, he has only killed one Great Barbarian King. But after returning from the Ancient Land of the Deserted City, he is very likely to be ranked in the middle of the Jinwen Military Merit Book. As for Fang Yun... No, Fang Xusheng killed so many monsters and barbarians by himself, plus his previous military merits, he will definitely be ranked at the top of the Jinwen Military Merit Book. It will be difficult for him to enter the Zhutang Military Merit Book."
"Ordinary great scholars cannot enter the Bamboo Hall Military Merit Book. White paper or brocade, they are all ordinary things for recording words. The Bamboo Hall Military Merit Book is different. It is an independent small hall. Although it is only ten feet square, it can be used to enshrine statues. Both the person and his descendants will be favored by the Holy Court."
"Well! Fang Xusheng is not even twenty years old, and there will be a second statue in the Holy Academy soon. We have fought hard for our lives, and being able to leave a name in the Holy Academy is already the highest ambition. It's really shameful for us."
"When Li Wenying was ranked at the bottom of the Jinwen Military Merit Book, he was the deputy dean of the East Sea Academy, the lower house of the Sea Monster Academy, a branch of the War Hall. He was the fourth-rank person with real power in the Holy Academy. Fang Yun's military merit is at least at the top of the military merit book, and I'm afraid he can hold an important position in the branch."
"Lower House, Branch House, Main Hall, every step is a step forward. Jianmei Gong is so talented, he has worked hard for decades and is still in the Lower House, but Fang Yun has the opportunity to enter the Branch House directly. It is really touching."
"Fang Xusheng is not from an aristocratic family after all. He must at least go through the palace examination before he can enter the Saint Academy. It's too early to say anything."
"He stopped at Jinshi before the Imperial Examination. Do you think he can become a Hanlin before the Imperial Examination and before he goes to the Imperial Academy? He can become the first Hanlin before the Imperial Palace, which has never been seen before?"
“Not yet…” More than a dozen officials wanted to say maybe, but they took back their words halfway through.
"Who can tell about the Quasi-Fang Xusheng?"
"I suddenly remembered what the people who didn't learn Fang Yun's war poems before, or those who learned them but gave up, are like now."
"After this Tianyan war poem, within three years, a large number of people in the human race will learn the second-level war poems. Within thirty years, the number of poetry maniacs will quadruple! This is just the most conservative estimate. After all, the role of educating the people is too great."
"This is just educating the people. If we go one step further and educate the world, the number of crazy poets in the human race will more than quadruple. As long as you learn the war poems handed down by Fang Xusheng, you will definitely become crazy poets in thirty years! The war poems used by our human Jinshi can reach the power of Hanlin war poems, and the casualties of the demon race will increase by at least 50%!"
"That makes sense!"
"It is too difficult to educate the world. The prerequisite is that Fang Xusheng becomes a teacher for the world and publishes more works in various fields. It is difficult to educate the world just by being good at poetry."
"Oh, I haven't had such a good chat for a long time."
The officials then realized that they seemed to have changed along the way and would not have been so talkative on normal days.
"Because he gives us more hope!" said a general.
All the officials were silent. Now in Jing State, apart from Chen Guanhai, only Fang Yun could cheer people up. No one else could relieve the pressure of Cao Man's southward march on them.
The person next to Zuo Xiang suddenly turned his head to look at Zuo Xiang Liu Shan, and seemed to hear him sighing.
In the air, Fang Yun thought that after the Tianyan War Poem ended, he and Wen Gong would descend, but Wen Gong continued to rise!
Fang Yun did not think much about it for the time being and continued to sense his own strength. Now the Juren's war poem "Night Attack" had entered the second realm, the Jinshi's sword-calling poem "Dragon Sword Poem" was only a little bit away from entering the second realm, and the Jinshi's war poem "White Horse Hero" was also only a little bit away from entering the second realm.
The poem "Song of the Precious Sword" handed down from generation to generation by Zang Feng was written at the second realm. It was originally very far away from the third realm, but now the gap is not far.
Fang Yun discovered that only his own war poems had made significant progress, while other non-war poems had made very little progress.
"Why is Wen Gong still rising?" Fang Yun looked around in confusion. He had already risen to the sky above the capital. (The novel "The Great Sage of Confucianism and Taoism" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "Add Friends", search for the public account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued..)