Fang Yun got off the carriage, and thousands of people bowed and said in unison: "Farewell, Saint Fang Xu!"
Fang Yun smiled and nodded, "Thank you all for seeing me off."
Those newly-crowned Jinshi were extremely jealous, and when they were sent to the palace examination, almost the whole city saw them off. They were unlike ordinary Jinshi who just got on a carriage and set off with their families. Not to mention the officials and soldiers, the court did not even arrange any servants for them, and they had to deal with everything on their own.
Fang Yun said with a swift tongue: "The capital is far away from Ning'an County, so there is no need for you to be polite. I will board the ship now. Goodbye, everyone!"
Fang Yun bowed to everyone and got on the Dragon Horse chariot again. He saw the Dragon Horse puffing its hooves into the air and flying diagonally into the sky together with the chariot, and finally flew onto the Skywalker ship.
The private soldiers behind them boarded the ship in an orderly formation.
All those present were scholars. Although those who passed the imperial examination could raise private soldiers to fight against the monsters and barbarians, many people simply could not afford it. Only those generals who had been fighting for years could subdue the monsters and barbarians, or those who were the children of wealthy or aristocratic families.
Moreover, even if those people had private soldiers of the demons and barbarians, they were only a few in number. Even the private soldiers of the demons and barbarians of the left prime minister Liu Shan had less than ten.
However, Fang Yun had as many as four hundred private soldiers, and there were so many demon lords among them. This was a treatment that even the children of the sub-sage family could not get. Even the direct descendants of the Confucius family would only have one demon lord following them when they went out.
However, more people focused their attention on the more than one hundred private soldiers of scholars.
It can be said that each of these more than one hundred scholars is Fang Yun's staff, each is Fang Yun's assistant, and each is Fang Yun's assistant. Among them are veterans from the officialdom, the Academy of Literature, the military, the Holy Academy, and even aristocratic families. With them, Fang Yun will never make the mistakes that ordinary scholars make.
Every year, before taking up their posts, the successful candidates in the palace examination would spend a large sum of money to hire an aide or an old clerk who used to work in the government office. Their help might not necessarily lead to very good results in the palace examination, but it could ensure that the results were not too bad.
As we all know, the real tough part of the palace examination is "administration of officials". How to handle the relationship with officials from all levels of the county and local tyrants is the key to the palace examination results.
The Skywalker took off. Standing at the bow, Fang Yun saw that the streets in all directions, centered around the Academy of Literature, were crowded with people, blocking the roads tightly. Countless people were looking up at the sky, waving their arms and shouting Fang Yun's name.
After Chen Sheng, Fang Yun is the only hope of Jingguo!
No one said this, but everyone knew it very well.
There is a serious generational gap in talent in Jing State.
Although Li Wenying is comparable to the four great talents, there is a huge gap between him and Chen Guanhai, and he is not able to suppress the genius of a country.
Between Li Wenying and Fang Yun, there is also no talent close to the four great talents.
If Chen Sheng had not been injured and lived for many more years, perhaps someone could have canonized him, but everyone knew that before Chen Sheng's death, it was impossible for anyone in Jingguo to be canonized!
The consequence of no one being canonized in Jing State is that the neighboring Wu State and Qing State can divide Jing State.
There can be no country without a saint.
But Fang Yun is a virtual saint. As long as Fang Yun can withstand the pressure from Wu Kingdom and Qing Kingdom, Jing Kingdom will have a chance to wait for someone to be canonized as a saint.
However, this hope is slim, and a mere Void Saint cannot withstand the pressure from the two countries.
Therefore, there has always been an undercurrent surging in Jing State, which is also the main reason why the left prime minister Liu Shan can stand firm.
Even the royal family did not dare to tear their faces with Liu Shan. Because once Jingguo was divided, the royal family would definitely abdicate. By then, Liu Shan had countless ways to make the Jingguo royal family live a life worse than death.
Fang Yun stood at the bow of the boat and said goodbye to the people in the city.
The sky-high ship exceeded the speed of a minnow, broke the sound barrier, and flew rapidly towards Ning'an County.
The sky-traveling ship broke through the clouds and reached the stratosphere, flying steadily and rapidly.
It was the first time for many people and monsters to ride on the sky-walking ship. Although they looked into the distance curiously, they still lined up in an orderly manner.
Fang Yun said to Ao Huang: "Let them disperse and take a rest."
"Disband!" Ao Huang shouted arrogantly.
In Ao Huang's eyes, the most impressive thing in the world is to be a coach, because he can train a group of private soldiers to cry for their parents.
After a while, a fragrant breeze blew on his face, and Fang Yun felt a soft and warm hand holding him.
Fang Yun turned his head and saw Yang Yuhuan, dressed in a white dress, standing beside him.
Yang Yuhuan didn't look at Fang Yun, but stared at the sea of clouds in front of her in a daze.
"Why, are you homesick?"
Yang Yuhuan shook her head.
"Aren't you afraid?" Fang Yun smiled.
Yang Yuhuan whispered, "Home is where you are, I'm not afraid."
There was an unprecedented firmness in her soft voice.
"Yeah!" Fang Yong held Yang Yuhuan's hand tightly.
I don't know how long I flew, but suddenly a huge hole with a diameter of several hundred miles appeared in the sea of clouds ahead, forming a clear sky, like a big pit.
Fang Yunze's expression changed slightly.
When the sky-walking ship approached the edge of the cave, Fang Yun looked down and saw an undulating mountain range in front of him. In the northwest, there was a huge pass embedded in the foot of the mountain, which was the only passage between the north and south of the mountain range.
That is Yuyang Pass. Once Yuyang Pass is broken, the demons and barbarians can march straight into the capital.
Inside Yuyang Pass, countless soldiers were training, and many passing merchants and travelers were resting.
The Yingyang Army was stationed inside.
In the center of Yuyang Pass stands a holy temple, forming a powerful force to protect this majestic pass and disperse the clouds.
It won't be long before Fang Yun's enemy, the Minister of War Tong Luan, will enter Yuyang Pass, take over the Yingyang Army, and guard this place.
The importance of the Yingyang Army is second only to the garrison of the capital.
Yuyang Pass is the rear base of Ning'an County. Once any monsters break into Ning'an County, the Yingyang Army of Yuyang Pass will be fully responsible.
If the defenders of Yuyang Pass do not come to help the monsters and barbarians invade, Ning'an County will surely be breached!
If Ning'an County was conquered when Fang Yun was acting county magistrate, Fang Yun would be ranked last in all ten subjects and would be the last one among the Jinshi candidates in the palace examinations of ten countries!
In the history of human race, there has only been one unlucky scholar who got the lowest marks in all ten subjects. In the end, that scholar died together with the monster in anger.
This is what some scholars once said, luck.
You can't blame anyone for your bad luck.
Fang Yun looked at Yuyang Pass and fell into deep thought.
Qing Palace, Autumn Pavilion.
After reading the memorial in his hand, Qing Jun slammed it on the table and said angrily: "The officials of Jing State are really too much! They actually asked me to exchange the imperial examination quotas of the two prefectures for Linjiang Prefecture! In this way, the number of students in Qing State will decrease by nearly 3,000 and the number of scholars will decrease by 200 every year!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The importance of Linjiang Prefecture is more important than the imperial examination quotas of the two prefectures." Zong Wuyuan stood opposite Qing Jun.
Qing Jun snorted coldly and said, "Wu Yuan, the strategy for selecting people for the literary battle was formulated by you. You said that if ten people were different, they would definitely be able to defeat Fang Yun. What do you think now?"
Zong Wuyuan suddenly revealed a mysterious smile and said, "Your Majesty, don't you think that forcing Fang Yun to use all his skills in public is more important than the land of a state?"
"Oh?" Qing Jun thought for a moment, and suddenly asked in surprise, "You mean, you want to let the demon world know all of Fang Yun's trump cards? So that their killing moves against Fang Yun will be more deadly?"
Zong Wuyuan smiled slightly and said, "This is what your majesty said, I didn't say it." (To be continued...)