Food is the primary need of the people. The population growth of any country must be based on sufficient food.
Fang Yun showed a faint smile. Ji Zhibai came to Ning'an County to be the county magistrate and basically gave up the agricultural affairs. Liu Shan forced him to come to Ning'an County in order to cut off his foundation in the agricultural affairs and thus cut off his possible achievements in this area in the future.
However, Fang Yun rose to the challenge.
After leaving the farmland, Fang Yun went to the workshop again. There is an essential difference between ordinary mechanisms and combat mechanisms, and they are two completely different directions.
Combat mechanisms often use moonstone as energy and are controlled by talent. They do not require the technology of some ordinary mechanisms. For example, the most popular mechanical beast is actually based on the body of a monster with additional offensive mechanisms.
This means that the most elite mechanical engineers often focus on how to stimulate the power of the monster's body, and do not study the mechanical technology of the engineer itself in depth. Moreover, although mechanical engineers know a lot of mechanical skills, it takes a long time to form these technologies into systematic theoretical knowledge and popularize them.
Tens of millions of craftsmen may not be able to compare with one Newton.
After making sure that there was no problem with the workshop, Fang Yun returned to the yamen to try the case.
On the morning of March 15th, Yang Yuhuan personally helped Fang Yun change into the official uniform.
After breakfast, Fang Yun took a carriage to the county academy of literature.
Along the way, Fang Yun was exceptionally quiet, but his heart was in turmoil.
Today is his first time presiding over the imperial examination!
Ao Huang was also a little nervous and sat in the car without saying a word. He was not qualified to take part in the county examination, but with the special approval of the Holy Academy, he could follow Fang Yun to participate in the entire process of the county examination.
The carriage stopped at the square of the County Academy of Literature. As soon as the carriage was moved, officials in front came to greet it immediately.
Walking in the front were two examiners, one was Deng Xuezhen from the Prefecture Academy of Literature, and the other was Wen Gu from the County Academy. Logically speaking, they were both officials from the Academy of Literature and should have been opposed to the Left Prime Minister's party.
However, in addition to the civil officials and the Yingyang Army, most of the officials in the literary colleges and universities in Mizhou were disciples of the left prime minister.
Since Fang Yun came to Ning'an County, the county magistrate Wen Gu had hardly any communication with Fang Yun, especially the affairs of the Academy of Literature. He never mentioned a word and completely excluded Fang Yun, obviously preventing Fang Yun from getting a good grade in the subject of "education".
"Greetings to Magistrate Fang!" the two examiners greeted in unison.
Afterwards, the officials behind the two examiners also greeted them.
The spring breeze blew the white robe, making Fang Yun look more elegant.
Fang Yun nodded slightly without even raising his hand. He glanced at everyone and said, "Good morning, everyone. Captain Lu, are there enough soldiers and guards outside to maintain order?"
"It has been arranged." said the head constable Lu Hong.
"There are a lot of people entering Ning'an County. Even if each person needs thirty breaths to check, one inspection entrance can only check more than 200 people in one hour. There are nearly 40,000 candidates. Can the entry teams be allocated?"
"We have temporarily borrowed soldiers from the Northern Mang Army to form a line of 200 body inspection gates. The body inspection has already begun, but they have not been allowed to enter."
"Have the test papers and exam papers been printed?" Fang Yun continued to ask. The so-called exam paper is white paper. It is used by students, but white paper means blank papers, so the examination room does not mention white paper.
"It's all ready. The test papers and examination papers are already on the oxcart. They can be distributed at any time."
"Some students did not bring lunch, have extra meals been prepared?"
"We are already preparing it. It can feed and drink at least 3,000 people."
"When were the bodies of the officers of the Academy of Literature examined?"
"Yesterday, I asked a doctor to check everything with medical books, and there was absolutely no epidemic disease..."
Fang Yun asked slowly, listing all the possible problems in the imperial examination, and quickly found some minor problems that were insufficient, and immediately asked people to make up for them.
Some of the officials present seemed impatient. Because Fang Yun's questions were too trivial, few examiners would ask such questions, but those with a little bit of brains could not help but secretly admire him. Even if a person is not very talented, his future achievements will far exceed those of ordinary people.
After asking questions for a full quarter of an hour, Fang Yun finally finished and turned to Ao Huang and said, "Sort the questions I asked today and write them into a 'Preliminary Verification Process for the County Examination' and place it in the county government office. In the future, you will hold this document for verification every time you hold a county examination. The imperial examination is a big deal and must not be taken lightly."
"Yes!" Ao Huang immediately took out the document and looked at the other officials with disdain, as if to say, look at Fang Yun, then look at you, not only do you have to do well yourself, but also form a system to ensure that future generations can do well. This is called governing a place, this is called doing things!
Some smart officials immediately realized that some things may seem simple, but the attitude and how to do them are crucial. When these small things accumulate, they will be enough to make the gap between two people as big as a world of difference in the end.
A few officials secretly kept this matter in mind and kept a close eye on Fang Yun.
They all felt that Fang Yun was different from other county magistrates. He was not only worthy of respect, but also worth learning from. Both his attitude and the way he did things made any smart person feel like a spring breeze.
Some people compared Fang Yun with last year's acting county magistrate Ji Zhibai, and suddenly discovered that although Ji Zhibai was also close to officials and the people, he had obvious arrogance and completely isolated himself from other officials and the people.
But Fang Yun is different. He just does things. No matter whether he is treating ordinary civilians or the county magistrate and the chief clerk, his attitude is surprisingly consistent. This means that Fang Yun's mentality has long surpassed Ji Zhibai and is close to the level of Tianxiaruyi.
Only those who care about the whole family can treat everyone equally.
When facing Ji Zhibai, these officials just wanted to curry favor with him, hoping not to offend him. But when facing Fang Yun, they all knew that as long as they did their job well, nothing would happen and they didn't need to try to please him deliberately. But if they deliberately made enemies with Fang Yun, something would inevitably go wrong.
These people were confused because they had never met anyone like Fang Yun, but they knew in their hearts that the current county magistrate was better than the previous one!
After questioning the officials, Fang Yun personally questioned the soldiers in the academy, and went to see the sealed test papers in person. He chose a road and walked from beginning to end, observing the furnishings of all the examination rooms along this road and pointing out some flaws.
Fang Yun's tone was very calm. He did not accuse or punish anyone. He just gave a simple reminder so that many people would remember his words, but he was not worried that he would make things difficult for the petty officials who were not meticulous in their work.
In just one hour, Fang Yun took control of the entire situation in the examination room, even giving people the illusion that this county examination was arranged by Fang Yun alone. If anything went wrong, it would not be Fang Yun's fault, but only those people's fault for not doing a good job.
From the beginning to the end, Fang Yun gave the officials the impression that he was working together with all the officials to ensure the safety of the county examination, rather than giving random instructions in the capacity of a county magistrate.
When the time came, Fang Yun and the officials walked to the gate of the holy temple and stood there.
Fang Yun turned his back to the holy temple and faced the main entrance of the Academy of Literature.
The main door was wide open, and a large number of students carrying book boxes poured in from the door. Fang Yun felt a surge of vigorous vitality coming towards him. Every person represented hope and the future, more surging than the rising sun and more powerful than the rushing rivers.
Fang Yun straightened his body, smiled, glanced at these students, and a slight ripple appeared in his heart.
Last March, Fang Yun was one of them.
(To be continued…)