The siege of Ning'an has been lifted, and the people on the city wall and the reinforcements of scholars who continued to arrive headed to the County Academy of Literature.
At daybreak, the county academy of literature was decorated with lights and banquets, and a celebration party was held. Fang Yun, on behalf of the people of the county, thanked those who came to help.
Fang Yun's two imperial poems describing his deeds of slaughtering millions of barbarians appeared on the discussion board and became the focus of heated discussion among scholars all over the world. Countless people rushed to tell each other.
Most of the teams heading to Ning'an City from all over the country turned back, but many scholars still continued to go to Ning'an County because a Jinshi from Qiguo issued an article titled "Anti-Barbarian Edict".
That manifesto was based on this incident and extended its idea that the scholars of the human race should not only protect Fang Yun, but also the future people of Jing. Finally, it called on scholars all over the world to abandon the differences between their families and countries, and go to Ning'an City together to defend the northernmost city of the human race and fight against the monsters and barbarians together.
This manifesto received support from many people, and some people who had originally turned back because of Fang Yun’s victory turned back again.
Target, Ning'an City!
After daybreak, Fang Yingwu told Fang Yun the response results in the "Anti-Barbarian Exhortation". In the next few months, at least tens of thousands of scholars will come. Although the majority are scholars and juren, there are also many jinshi and Hanlin. Currently, fifteen Hanlin and more than one hundred jinshi have decided to come.
In Jing State, a Hanlin can already lead 50,000 troops and holds a high position of power. Now, there are 15 Hanlin coming to Ning'an City, which is equivalent to an army of hundreds of thousands. Together with thousands of scholars and juren, their strength is no less than that of a million troops.
Not only that, five university scholars also declared that if the demon barbarians approached Ning'an City, they would definitely go to Jing State to help.
No great scholar has spoken yet. After all, great scholars are the most important treasures of the country, and it is not enough for them to guard various ancient places. Unless the Holy Academy summons them, it is difficult for great scholars to go to Ning'an City.
The two poems and one poem, "Caisangzi*Chongyang", "Fuju" and "Dinghaizhi", ranked the top three on the literature list, triggering a wave of poetry and lyrics commenting among scholars, and each piece had a special topic for discussion on the discussion list.
"The murderous aura of "Fu Ju" far exceeds that of the poems of emperors in previous dynasties. No wonder it became the emperor's war poem, and no wonder even the Dragon King of the West Sea is afraid of it."
"When the Great Sun Golden Dragon appears, the entire state's sky will be clear. This is already terrifying enough, but the Destruction Yellow Dragon is even more terrifying. Just a glance at it can kill the Grand Scholars and even the Dragon King. I think only the great scholars can resist it. No matter how many scholars are below the great scholars, they can all be easily killed."
"Everyone, "Fu Ju" is a typical anti-poem. I'm afraid the Jingguo royal family can't sit still."
"Ridiculous. If this poem was written by someone else, it would definitely be an anti-poem, but it does not apply to Fang Xusheng. First of all, Fang Xusheng is equivalent to the king. Even if he wrote this poem in the capital of Jingguo, no one can say anything. What's more, his previous poem "Dinghai Zhi" has already made his intentions clear, 'I don't want to be a marquis, I just hope the sea waves are calm', which shows that Fang Xusheng's ambition is not there."
"Now that I think about it, I have to take a good look at the poem Dinghai Zhi."
"It's hard for Fang Xusheng. When a million troops were coming on the raging waves and Ning'an City could be overwhelmed at any time, he was still able to write such a powerful war poem. This poem can stabilize the sea! In terms of murderous aura, this poem is not as good as "Fu Ju", but "Fu Ju" is not handed down from generation to generation, and only Fang Xusheng can use it, so in terms of effect, "Ding Hai Zhi" is extremely huge. With this war poem handed down by the Hanlin, the aquatic tribes don't have to worry about it!"
"The water tribe is good at controlling water. As long as they carry various raging battle platforms, they can land. They are a great threat to our human race. Originally, only great scholars could recite the strange sea-controlling poem, but now, Hanlin and university scholars can use it. It can be said that the water tribe in that area of the demon world is useless!"
"This is a true talent for managing the world! First he won over the ancient monsters that are equivalent to the monster tribes of two domains, and then he greatly reduced the strength of the monster world's water tribes of one and a half domains. His contribution is too great!"
“Hehe, when Fang Xusheng sneaks into the demon world in the future, I wonder how many demons he will harm!”
"How can that be called harm? That's called punishment!"
Since both "Fu Ju" and "Ding Hai Zhi" are war poems, many scholars have analyzed their uses, while the discussion of "Caisangzi*Chongyang", which ranks first on the literary list, returns to the essence of poetry.
"It is said that poems rarely mention the sky, because it is easy to describe the sky, but it is hard to predict its will. If you are not careful, you will be laughed at. But Fang Xusheng is different. Last year he wrote 'I ask the blue sky with my wine', and this year he wrote 'People grow old easily, but the sky never does', and his heroic spirit overflows from the paper."
"I'm afraid he thought of these poems in advance?"
"Not necessarily. Where did the phrase 'Asking the Heaven with a cup of wine' come from? That was the first literary gathering of the human race, where millions of people gathered at the Kongcheng Academy and the foot of Daofeng Mountain. There was a natural sense of heroism when the hearts and minds were connected. The phrase 'People grow old easily, but Heaven never does' echoes the following 'The vast river and sky are covered with frost for thousands of miles'. At that time, Fang Xusheng had first killed more than 900,000 monsters and barbarians, and had the heart to slay dragons. He personally witnessed the confrontation between the two races of semi-saints, and was even attacked by the Dragon Saint. It was normal for him to have the feeling that 'Heaven never grows old', the mind that 'the yellow flowers on the battlefield are particularly fragrant', the sentiment that 'it's better than spring', and the momentum of 'the vast river and sky are covered with frost for thousands of miles'!"
"What the above person said is very true, great."
There was a sentence that suddenly appeared in this article on the list of literary works, which many readers could not understand for a moment. After a closer look at the signature, they found that it was actually "Fang Yun". After thinking about it again, they could not help but smile.
"It is said that Fang Xusheng always speaks out of the blue and has strange ideas. It is true. It is very interesting!"
"Haha, this Fang Xusheng actually started to brag."
"What the above person said is absolutely right, thumbs up." Someone imitated Fang Yun.
Many people began to tease Fang Yun in a good-natured way, and the term "upstairs" began to become popular.
On the fifth day of September, Fang Yun, as the magistrate of Ning'an County, invited scholars from all over the country to Ning'an County to participate in the Double Ninth Festival Literary Festival on the ninth day of September to appreciate chrysanthemums. He also stated that the chrysanthemums in Ning'an City were special this year. Although they had turned into dragons, they had all grown again and the flowers were in full bloom, with many new varieties. A chrysanthemum auction would be held at that time, and all proceeds from the auction would be donated to a new department in Ning'an City to help poor students, adopt abandoned babies, and help the disabled and the elderly.
Appreciating chrysanthemums is a great pleasure for scholars. The semi-sage Tao Yuanming pushed the chrysanthemum appreciation literary gathering to its peak. When people learned that the chrysanthemums in Ning'an City were different, chrysanthemum lovers and flower merchants from all over the country flocked to the city.
The Criminal Court investigated the Lei family and the Zuo Xiang's party with great vigour. On the seventh day of September, General of the Yingyang Army and Grand Secretary Lan Xungu committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Before committing suicide, he turned a pen into a Grand Secretary's treasure and handed it over to the Jing State to ask for forgiveness.
When this incident happened, the whole country was shocked.
Lan Xungu is the person with the highest status in the military of the Zuo Xiang's party. If nothing unexpected happens, Jingguo will establish four major guard armies in total, each of which will be composed of 500,000 soldiers.
The four great guard generals must be appointed by grand secretaries, and Lan Xungu was originally the only candidate for the rear guard general. Now that Lan Xungu has committed suicide, it means that in the process of Jing State's military expansion, the left prime minister Liu Shan has lost an opportunity to expand his power in the army.
From then on, officials from Zuo Xiang’s party were terrified whenever they saw Fang Yun’s name.
The investigation of the Lei family by the Criminal Court soon yielded results. (To be continued)