The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Fang Yun walked into the house. Yang Yuhuan knew that the rain would not affect him, but she still changed his clothes and made hot tea for him.

"Sit down, drink tea and enjoy the rain together." Fang Yun said.

"Yeah." The two sat together in the living room, drinking tea, looking at the summer rain in the courtyard, and the little fox playing happily, and talking about intimate things.

The rain stopped people from going out, but it made those who seized the opportunity closer.

"How is the piano practice?" Fang Yun put down the teacup and asked.

"Mrs. Lai has been praising me, and I am a little embarrassed." Yang Yuhuan smiled, and there was a hint of pride in her eyes.

"You are my sister Yuhuan, and you must be as good as others. I also know a little about the piano. I will write it out in a few days, and you can learn it according to it." Fang Yun didn't want to waste the books and piano scores in the world of strange books.

"That will delay your study. I will go to learn from Mrs. Lai." Yang Yuhuan said.

"It's okay. It'll only take a few hours. I bought some out-of-print music scores at the bookstore. Although I didn't bring them to Yuhai Mansion, I remember them all. I'll write them down and let you play them."

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan was happy and determined to play the piano for Fang Yun.

As they were talking, they found that the slaves in the yard suddenly stopped and looked at the main door in the drizzle.

"Maybe someone is coming." Yang Yuhuan stood up.

Sure enough, someone knocked on the door immediately. The doorman went to open the door and saw many people standing outside. One of them was the governor Dong who had met at the banquet before. The governor Dong had a mixture of joy and worry in his eyes, which was very strange.

The others looked very familiar to Fang Yun. These people were the same as when the empress dowager conferred the title of the eighth-class Anren on Yang Yuhuan that day.

Fang Yun didn't want Yang Yuhuan to get wet in the rain, so he asked her to stay in the living room. He walked quickly to the door and said seriously, "Student Fang Yun greets Mr. Dong."

Prefect Dong smiled and said, "You don't have to call yourself a student when you see me in the future."

The people behind Prefect Dong immediately bowed and saluted, saying loudly, "Congratulations, Lord Fang, congratulations, Lord Fang."

Fang Yun guessed the purpose of these people's visit and smiled, "It's raining now, let's talk inside if you have anything to say. Come on, come in."

Seeing Fang Yun so polite, everyone thanked him and followed him into the living room, put down their umbrellas, and shook off the rain on their clothes.

Soon, Prefect Dong took out a roll of bright yellow dragon-embroidered cloth from a waterproof cloth bag.

Even though Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan and others saw it for the first time, they immediately thought it was an imperial edict.

Yang Yuhuan was an eighth-rank imperial edict holder, half-knelt on the ground to receive the edict, while others without literary titles could only kneel completely, Fang Yun didn't even have to kneel, and slightly bent over.

"By the grace of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven, the King proclaims: Fang Yun, as a scholar, wrote "Humble House Inscription" to assist the emperor in killing the rebels, rowed the dragon boat to strengthen the country's prestige, won the first place in the Book Mountain, and shined in the literary competition between the two countries, winning consecutive victories over the students of Qing State. He is indeed a pillar of the country, a model for students, a model for scholars, and a role model for literati. He is specially conferred the title of a sixth-rank county earl, and one of his sons is appointed as a village man."

Not to mention the literati around, even the prefect Dong who read the imperial edict was stunned. Although he knew that Fang Yun would be conferred the title of a sixth-rank county earl, he had not read the original text of the imperial edict because of the law. The sixteen words "pillar of the country, model for students, model for scholars, and role model for literati" were four compliments, which was too amazing.

Fang Yun was also a little stunned. He knew that the number and level of praise for ministers in the imperial edict were strictly limited. Two praises were rare, and three praises were for officials of the first and second ranks. If it was four praises, it would definitely be of extraordinary significance, because the highest level was only five praises, which was a treatment only given to important ministers after their death. Living subjects could not have achieved the great merit of five praises.

This time, the four praises were not only extremely frequent, but also extremely high in level, because "literati model" was already the limit, and the next step was "world model", which the monarch was not qualified to say. Only after getting the affirmation of the Saint Academy could he praise so much.

"World model" was the highest honor below the semi-saint, and "one hundred representatives" was the treatment of semi-saints and sub-saints, while "teacher of all ages" and "model of all ages" could only praise Confucius.

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment when he heard that he was praised as a "model of literati", but he felt a bit amused when he heard the end. Praising a sixth-rank county earl as a model of literati was simply an insult to these four words, because at least a university scholar could be praised as a model of literati.

The sixth-rank county earl was equivalent to a sixth-rank official in Jingguo, because it was not hereditary and could not be passed on to future generations. This title was really too stingy.

"The left prime minister is a good trick!" Fang Yun knew it very well in his heart, because the sixth-rank county earl did not have the right to private soldiers, but once he became a fifth-rank state earl, he would be able to obtain four private soldiers like a Jinshi, regardless of whether they were human or demon barbarians, which was extremely useful. This "model of literati" was most likely the result of the Queen Mother's efforts, and the sixth-rank county earl was also the bottom line of the left prime minister.

However, overall, this reward was still super-standard, because even Li Wenying and the left prime minister had never been praised as a model of literati. If scholars were asked to choose between a model of literati and a sixth-rank county earl, everyone would choose "a model of literati".

In Shengyuan Continent, the imperial edict is not just words, but also has the power of a country's national destiny!

Once the four words "literati model" are announced, they will form a powerful force, which is "golden words".

With this "literati model", Jingguo scholars will not be able to attack Fang Yun's character in any way in the future.

From then on, Jingguo people can criticize his poems and articles, but in the absence of absolute evidence, anyone who knows that he is a literati model and dares to say that he has moral problems will be immediately suppressed by Jingguo's national destiny. At the least, the official position will be taken away, and at the worst, it will be directly convicted as a criminal.

The most terrifying thing about the literati's example is that "one word of conviction" means that anyone with a lower official or literary position than Fang Yun, as long as he makes a mistake, Fang Yun can scold him, causing that person to be suppressed by the country's fortune, and thus attract the attention of the Jingguo court, unless he is pregnant. The high-ranking officials responsible for the country's destiny support him, otherwise he will be severely investigated. However, if he finds evidence of guilt and reprimands him, even the monarch will not be able to absolve him. This shows the power of this title.

It can be said that the highest honor that literati from all over the world can aspire to is the imperial edict's praise, because it is almost impossible to obtain anything higher.

Fang Yun guessed that this was a kind of protection for him by the Queen Mother. The left prime minister would never agree. This must be the result of the Queen Mother's efforts.

Fang Yun had complained about the Queen Mother before. After all, the previous rewards were too light, but now Fang Yun is grateful. This time the reward is enough to offset the previous injustice.

It's just that Jingguo's "literary example" will not affect non-Jingguo people, and it has no power outside Jingguo's territory.

Not only the scholars present were shocked by the "literary example", but also people like Fang Daniu and Yang Yuhuan were wide-eyed. Even they knew the power of the imperial edict's praise "literary example" because this word often appeared in the play. The monk Fang Baojian is equally famous.

"Uncle Fang County, pick it up." Magistrate Dong respectfully handed the imperial edict to Fang Yun.

"Thank you for your grace." Fang Yun took the imperial decree with both hands, and then the imperial decree turned into a stream of light and entered between his eyebrows.

Fang Yun was stunned, signaled to Magistrate Dong, and immediately entered the Wen Palace.

The imperial edict was rolled into a roll and suspended below the statue of Fang Yun. Other than that, there was nothing magical about it.

Fang Yun opened it and saw that it looked no different from the outside, but this imperial edict had the power of golden words.

"The Queen Mother is like this, Jingguo can still be saved."

Fang Yun sighed softly and left Wen Palace.

At this time, all the subordinates of Magistrate Dong were rushed to the corridor outside the door by Magistrate Dong, for fear that they would sneak attack Fang Yun when Fang Yun Shen entered the Wen Palace.

"Thank you, Mr. Dong." Fang Yun said.

"Master Fang, you're welcome." Magistrate Dong smiled.

Fang Yun nodded. Since receiving the imperial edict, he has held the title of sixth-grade county earl.

Later, the subordinates of Magistrate Dong came in and handed Fang Yun a copper county earl seal. This Fang County earl seal was only half the size of a fist and was very small.

This official seal has no power in normal times, because the title is only a title after all, not an actual official position, and has no real power. However, at special moments, you can temporarily become a sixth-grade official, so that this official seal has the power of a real official position.

Then, Magistrate Dong announced the Queen Mother's decree and raised Yang Yuhuan's status from the eighth level to the seventh level.

After the canonization was over, Fang Yun asked Fang Daniu to lead Magistrate Dong's subordinates to the side room to rest, while he entertained Magistrate Dong in the living room.

"Master Dong, why didn't I get the news in advance?" Fang Yun asked.

Magistrate Dong took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, and said: "Not only you, even the governors of each state have not received the news. After the news of the ten people of Wen Dou Qing Kingdom came out yesterday, the whole country was shocked, and the Xuegong Street in the capital was All stores are selling at a collective discount. Whether it’s books, four treasures for the study or desk toys, all stores are selling things at cost prices.”

"So exaggerated?" Fang Yun couldn't believe it.

"What's even more exaggerated is that today not only the shops on Xuegong Street are having discounts, but many shops in the capital, whether it's restaurants or Huajie Liuxiang, many merchants are offering discounts. I don't know how many people are thanking you."

Fang Yun was happy but kept awake and said, "Is there an inside story here?"

Magistrate Dong smiled and said: "As expected of Fang Banxiang. Naturally, there are instructions from wealthy families. They could not participate before because of the power of the Za family and the strategist family. If they resist too fiercely now, what will happen in a few years? If the country was divided by the Qing Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom, wouldn't it be settled by Qiu Hou? Now that you have won, they are also happy, so they naturally want to celebrate in this way and express their gratitude to you. "

"Let's not talk about anything else, why did I become Fang Banxiang?" Fang Yun asked curiously.

"You are not in the officialdom, so naturally you don't know. Generally speaking, only the left prime minister, the right prime minister, the assistant prime minister, the literary prime minister, and the great scholar are qualified to be awarded the title of 'Literary Model'. If officials other than the four prime ministers have this title, then once If there is a lack of phase, he must be qualified to become one of the four phases, so the 'literati model' is called 'half phase'."

"But my official position is too low. Even with this title, it is impossible to make up for my position."

"That's natural, but there is no problem in calling you Fang Banxiang. From now on, you can become one of the literary leaders of our Jingguo..." Magistrate Dong was so happy for Fang Yun that he joked.

"You haven't answered my previous question yet." Fang Yun smiled and poured tea for Magistrate Dong.

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