The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1059 The ten countries have the same pronunciation

Fang Yun nodded slightly to everyone, and walked towards the palace under the leadership of the eunuch.

After walking a few steps, Fang Yun seemed to remember something. He glanced at the sky and returned to normal.

The capital is thousands of miles away from Ning'an. There is snow in Ning'an, but the sky is clear in the capital.

However, after Fang Yun glanced at the sky, there were actually dark clouds gathering within a few hundred miles, and then a cold winter rain began.

As a rule, the holy temples in various cities would not block this kind of drizzle, but now there are banquets at the Imperial Palace and Xuanwu Avenue, so the holy temples use their power to block the rain around the palace. It only rains a mile away from the palace.

It was already winter, and the leaves in the capital were almost all gone, and the drizzle was falling, making it even more desolate.

This banquet was far grander than the last early spring literary party. The palace was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, as bright as day, and banquets were placed everywhere.

Fang Yun walked into the palace, and everyone stood up and cheered loudly.

"Congratulations to Fang Xusheng for his promotion to the top prize!"

"Congratulations to Saint Fangxu for his promotion to the top ten!"

"Congratulations to Saint Fangxu for his promotion to the top ten of the first saint of the human race."

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Everyone congratulated Fang Yun in various ways. Today was a happy day, and many people didn't have too many scruples.

Fang Yun walked through the Fengtian Gate with a smile on his face and walked outside the Fengtian Hall. This is the most prestigious place for the annual No. 1 Scholar Banquet. Those who can sit in front of the Fengtian Hall are either high-ranking officials or distinguished families, or at worst, celebrities who are famous in the state. .

Today, one hundred imperial examination scholars are the focus, because they will go to the Holy Academy tomorrow to start traveling in the sea of ​​learning, and Fang Yun is the focus of the focus.

Here, 70% of the most famous scholars in Panorama Kingdom are gathered, and all the heroes are gathered together. It can be seen that everyone still has to stand up after seeing Fang Yun.

Even the woman wearing a veil who was sitting on the dragon chair pulled the little king to his feet.

"Fang Aiqing is here!" The little king looked at Fang Yun in front of him excitedly, his eyes brighter than the stars in the sky.

"Everyone, Dong'an!" Fang Yun handed over to everyone.

"Fangxu Saint Dong'an!" Everyone responded immediately.

The little king is dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe and clasping his fists in a stylish manner, which is particularly cute.

The No. 1 Scholar Banquet is a bit duller than an ordinary literary gathering. At the beginning, the Minister of Rites comes out to recite a congratulatory form. The congratulatory form is a common four-six parallel prose. It first congratulates the saints, then congratulates the monarch, and finally expresses general praise for this year's imperial examination candidates.

After a short break, the palace musicians and dancers walked to the stage in front and began to play music, which was a necessary part of the ancient ceremony.

After that, it was time to show merit. Officials from the Ministry of Etiquette walked up to the stage and selected the top thirty people in the palace examination. They introduced each person's life and famous deeds one by one according to ranking from low to high, and finally told about their achievements in the palace examination.

The person who demonstrated his merit used his tongue to burst into spring thunder, and his voice spread throughout the capital, and at the same time, through the holy temple, it spread throughout the country.

After talking about the twenty-ninth person, the Minister of Rites walked down the stage, and Mao Enzheng, the Minister of Rites, came up to the stage in person, and then spoke out with his tongue.

"Those who are lucky enough to be number one are from Jixian County..."

Everyone listened quietly, and many showed envy, because Fang Yun was not only personally commended by the Minister of Rites, but also the content came from the records of historians and officials, which was extremely detailed and far beyond the comparison of others.

Qingguo, Imperial Palace.

When Jingguo started the No. 1 Scholar Banquet, Qingguo also started.

Although no one from Qing State got the top grade in any subject this time, because the first snow fell in the north and the barbarians moved south, everyone already regarded Jing State as theirs, which made Qingdu even more festive than Jingdu.

The Minister of Rites of the Qing Dynasty stood on the high platform with a smile on his face and used his tongue to show off his merits.

The person who ranked third among the Jinshi in this year's palace examination was Zong Wude. He had collaborated with Fang Yun in the Holy Market, but because he did not follow the path of the mixed family and majored in Confucianism, he gradually drifted away from the Zong family.

After the Minister of Rites of the Qing Dynasty finished expressing his merits for Zong Wude, he looked at the second place in the Qing Dynasty this year, the son-in-law of the Zong family, Xiang Lancheng.

Xiang Lancheng is not well-known in poetry, but he is a capable official. If there is no luck, he will be at least an A in one subject this year, and in many aspects he will be better than Yan Yukong, this year's number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty.

Xiang Lancheng was a person that the clan tried their best to train to compete with Fang Yun. Although he failed in the end, he was not like Lei Shushan of the Lei family who was punished by the Li Palace for scolding Fang Yun. He ended up with a dusty literary career and was disqualified from the palace examination. Tragic situation.

Xiang Lan is nearly thirty years old. He looks older and is also a mature person. Even if he loses to Fang Yun, there is no negative news. He is very popular in the county where he is in charge. If Yan Yukong is not too talented, he will not be in Wen He is too strong in career, history and education, and it is still uncertain who will be the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty in the end.

If it had been the palace examination a few years ago, he would have been the top pick.

When the Minister of Rites looked over, no matter how mature Xiang Lancheng was, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

It is true that he lost to Fang Yun, and even lost to Yan Yukong, but Yan Yukong will definitely stay away from Qingguo in the future, but he is a person whom the Zong family has trained with all their strength.

Xiang Lancheng did not feel frustrated at all. The talents of the two of them were too high. However, Xiang Lancheng never gave up in his heart. Only at the last step can he tell the difference. There are many people who are famous when they are young, but in the end, the ones who die well But very few.

Becoming the second best player in the Qing Kingdom is the first step, and it is also an extremely important step. It means officially stepping onto the stage of the human race!

When the Minister of Rites recited his name, Xiang Lancheng felt light all over his body. He knew that this voice would spread throughout the Qing Dynasty through the holy temple and reach his hometown, making those who looked down on him feel ashamed and those who were hostile to him. People regret, and they also regret those who were more talented than themselves in the past but are now lagging behind.

Xiang Lancheng smiled and was full of confidence. It wouldn't be long before he could control the entire Qing Kingdom!

However, the Minister of Rites of Qing Kingdom only recited three sentences, and a more magnificent and louder voice exploded over the capital of Qing Kingdom.

"The top scholar Fang Yun is from Ji County. He was not well-known when he was young, and he studied hard by the Wudao River..."

The Minister of Rites of Qing Kingdom was originally praising Xiang Lancheng, but now his voice was completely suppressed by the new voice. No one could hear it, so they could only shut up.

Everyone was inexplicably surprised. Why did they praise Fang Yun at the top scholar banquet of Qing Kingdom?

Everyone in Qing Kingdom stood up suddenly, and many people almost slammed the table. It was even more arrogant than digging up someone's ancestral grave!

Xiang Lancheng's eyes were red, and he was almost furious and even cursed!

However, everyone endured it and realized what was going on.

Ten countries have the same pronunciation, and the world praises their merits!

This has never happened before, and it only exists in legends, but today it happened in front of everyone!

Many scholars in Qing were extremely angry, but reason told them that since it was to praise Fang Yun, the ten countries' homonyms were justifiable. After all, Fang Yun not only won the top ten, but also made extraordinary contributions to the human race during the palace examination.

The people of Qing listened to the endless praises and sighed softly. This time, they had to admit that Fang Yun really suppressed his peers and no one in the entire Qing could compete with him.

Some people listened and became fascinated, because the praise was very detailed and Fang Yun's many contributions were fully described, which made people more convinced.

Unconsciously, some scholars who were not strong enough in literary courage began to feel ashamed and realized that they should not hate such a meritorious minister.

Most scholars did not notice their changes, but the faces of several great scholars present changed slightly, and the great scholar of the Zong family even changed dramatically!

The Holy Academy actually used the ten countries' homonyms to influence the scholars of the world and reduce their hatred of Fang Yun!

In other countries, this effect is mediocre, because most of the human race supports Fang Yun, but in Qing, it is enough to shake the foundation of a country!

However, these great scholars have no way to do it. Fang Yun's recent contributions are so great that it is almost impossible to reward him. It is completely fine for the Holy Academy to use the ten countries' unanimous voices, and even the patriarch has no excuse to obstruct it.

After a long time, the world's praise of merits was completed, and the ten countries' unanimous voices stopped.

The Qing Palace was silent for a moment, and some upright Qing people couldn't help but praise Fang Yun.

Some people also felt that the attitude towards Fang Yun before was too much, and they also affirmed Fang Yun's achievements from a neutral perspective.

However, some scholars found that Xiang Lancheng clenched his hands and gritted his teeth, and couldn't help showing sympathy.

It was clearly Xiang Lancheng's turn to praise merits just now, but he was rudely interrupted by Fang Yun's praise!

This is almost equivalent to obstructing Xiang Lancheng's literary reputation, which is simply irreconcilable for scholars.

Even if the Minister of Rites would re-comment on his merits, everyone would be influenced by "Ten countries share the same tone, and the whole world commends merits", so how could they listen to the commendation of a runner-up? Even those people in Xiang Lancheng's hometown would probably pay more attention to Fang Yun.

Zong Wude, who was standing next to Xiang Lancheng, suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, "It was so close, Fang Yun, you finally let me go."

Others didn't understand what was going on, but Yan Yukong next to him laughed secretly.

Last year at the Mid-Autumn Literary Meeting, every five scholars who wanted to enter the Holy Ruins went on stage to write poems, and Zong Wude and Fang Yun were on the same stage.

According to the rules, the emcee of the literary meeting should have introduced the scholars on the same stage one by one, so that everyone would become famous in the world, but when it was almost time to introduce Zong Wude, the evil king suddenly came out to accuse Fang Yun, causing trouble.

After the situation calmed down, the emcee actually forgot to introduce Zong Wude and directly asked the five people to write poems.

Zong Wude was very depressed, but he had to write.

After that, Zong Wude was even more tragic, because after Fang Yun finished writing "Shui Tiao Ge Tou* When Will the Moon Be There", he received too much moonlight, which triggered a mutation and led to his early entry into the Holy Ruins.

The poetry review session that Zong Wude had been looking forward to was gone, and he was directly moved to the Holy Ruins.

From beginning to end, the three words "Zong Wude" were never mentioned at the first literary meeting of the human race, and no one knew that such a person had been on the high platform of the first literary meeting of the human race.

Afterwards, whenever the friends of the Holy Ruins gathered together, they would laugh at Zong Wude about this matter.

And today, Zong Wude finally avoided "Fang Yun's fatal attack", and Xiang Lancheng was hit.

Zong Wude looked at Xiang Lancheng with pity. In fact, Xiang Lancheng was more unlucky than him. His reputation at the Mid-Autumn Festival was a bit false, after all, it only involved poetry, but this palace examination was a real name, which would have a great impact on Xiang Lancheng's life and career in the future.

The best opportunity for many Jinshi to become famous in their lifetime is to show their merits at the No. 1 Scholar Banquet. Even if they become famous in the future, it will spread slowly, rather than forcibly informing the whole country like today, so that everyone can hear this name.

Zong Wude can even foresee that in the future, someone will call Xiang Lancheng "the one who showed merits after Fang Xusheng" or "the second place winner whose name can't be remembered". Whenever Xiang Lancheng is mentioned, many people will be at a loss, but once the second place winner after "Ten countries have the same pronunciation and the world shows merits" is mentioned, the people of Qing will remember him immediately.

"This is just the beginning..." Zong Wude shook his head.

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