The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Fang Yun remembered that he had seen this scene during the county examination. It was the power of the holy temple that pushed away the dark clouds and prevented the city from flooding. However, no matter how strong the temple is, it can only cover a city. Farmland outside the city cannot be helped and will inevitably be flooded by a large amount of rain, causing root necrosis. Moreover, because there is no sunlight, crops that are not afraid of water will also reduce their yields.

Shichang Hongcheng said doubtfully: "It's crazy these past two days. I haven't seen such heavy rain in more than ten years. It rained all day and all night at once, and it has remained so heavy. Could it be that there has been a big change?"

Another soldier asked: "Could it be the dragon clan that is causing clouds and rain?"

"Probably not. Maybe something big happened to the dragon clan. For example, the dragon son and grandson died, the dragons cried, and it rained continuously in the ten countries. This has happened before."

"The rain is so heavy, will Mr. Li take action?"

"If it's just a heavy rain in one province, Mr. Li can use the talents of the Great Confucian Zhenwen and the Holy Temple to disperse it, but this is a heavy rain in a state, and the Great Confucian needs to be there in person."

Fang Yun found the rain more and more strange, but he was just a scholar after all. Not to mention the feud between the three clans, the conflict between the two countries, and even the climate of this state was powerless.

"Let's go and have dinner."

More than a hundred people from the first battalion came to the canteen one after another, but compared with usual times, the canteen seemed a little empty.

Today's meal was particularly good, with everything except no wine. Everyone was chatting and eating, and many veterans cried as they talked.

The friendship of comrades for many years cannot be let go just like this, nor can the long military career be let go.

Finally, more than a hundred people united to serve tea to Fang Yun.

"Master Fang, I don't know when we will see each other again after we say goodbye today. If you are in need, just say a word and I will rush to your aid from thousands of miles away!"

"Teacher, when the day comes when I am elected as a high school student, I will tell you the good news first!"

"We Jiangzhou people have decided to form a 'Fangshe' when we pass the exam to be a scholar in the future. With you as the leader, we will unite together, step into the court together, kill monsters and barbarians together, and conquer the ten countries together! "

"Teacher, let's take tea instead of wine and thank you for your kindness! If there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely do the same thing!"

Everyone thanked him one after another and drank the tea in the cup together.

Fang Yun could see that these people were very sincere and was moved. He actually wanted to accept these people as his students.

After breakfast, Fang Yun took his luggage to the 1st Guards and 1st Battalion of Dinghai Navy and became an ordinary soldier of the 5th Team Wushi.

In the next few days, Fang Yun spent a very peaceful time. He just went out for training, and then went to the library to learn the art of war. Every night when others were sleeping, he was absorbed in the world of strange books, reading the classics of the saints intensively, or writing the meanings of the scriptures. When discussing strategies, I occasionally study the second strategy of the Thirty-Six Strategies, "Surrounding Wei and Saving Zhao."

At first, Fang Yun confused the idea of ​​besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao with the sixth plan of attacking east and west, but after a closer look, he found that from a strategic point of view, encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao was better.

Attacking in the east and west means that the enemy does not know which target to attack.

The scary thing about besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao is that once this strategy is used, the enemy will be controlled by one's own side and will have to come to rescue, which is close to the level of conspiracy.

The idea of ​​besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao originated from the Warring States Period. When Pang Juan attacked Zhao, Sun Bin pretended to attack Wei's Xiangling in order to save Zhao. Pang Juan knew that Sun Bin was pretending to attack Wei, but he had to abandon Zhao to protect Wei's Xiangling. In the end, Defeated.

Once the enemy's goals and actions are controlled by our side, the enemy will have no choice but to fight desperately, reaching a very high level of military art.

Fang Yun thought about military strategists and political strategists again, and found that from a certain perspective, the concepts of military strategists and political strategists were the same.

"To attack the enemy with troops and to defeat them without fighting is the thought of Sun Tzu, the sage of war. It coincides with the idea of ​​the strategist. But the problem is that the military strategist will be prepared for the failure of the attack and then launch a war to win. To win. But once the "strategy" and "diplomacy" of the counselors failed, they would be of no use at all. Instead, they would plunge the country into a quagmire. Because of this, after the Qin Dynasty, the counselors were either annexed by the Za family or joined the military family and almost disappeared. ”

"No wonder the achievements of the military strategists and legalists are much higher than those of the political strategists. No wonder the political strategists have not been canonized. It is because the political strategists lack a 'long-term foundation'. I am afraid that the political strategists themselves know this, so they want to unite with the barbarians. Once they unite with the barbarians, If it succeeds, then the two tribes will continue to have diplomatic relations, and the relationship between the two tribes will continue, and the foundation of the Strategist Family will be there.”

Fang Yun figured it out and continued to study the art of war in depth, and was not in a hurry to write the second plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.

Time passes day by day.

After June 20th, it’s time for the editors and reviewers of the monthly magazine "Holy Way" to review poetry articles.

"Starting from "The Holy Way" in April, through May, June, and to July next month, there are poems about Fang Yun in every month. Although the title of this month's poem "Pinghu Farewell to Zhang Poyue" It's a bit vulgar, but the poem "The lotus leaves touching the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers reflect the sun are uniquely red" is a masterpiece of chanting lotuses. It's just Mingzhou, and it will be brewing for a while, but I can say that I'm watching the country in the future. Fang Yun’s poems become old.” said the oldest scholar of Meng University.

"That's right. You have really good taste. You have admired Fang Yun's poems since the first time he saw them." The middle-aged An University scholar said.

"The poem Fang Yun was published in the July issue of "Holy Way"?" Scholar Ge Da on the other side asked, stroking his long beard at the same time.

"There are few poems this month, so let's publish the Three Character Classic written by Fang Yun. Although the Three Character Classic is simple and easy to understand, it is very useful for children. Jiangzhou has tried using the Three Character Classic for teaching. I sent people to investigate secretly and the results are very good! You can publish the Holy Way." said Meng Daxueshi.

"Not appropriate, let's postpone it." said Ge Daxueshi.

When An Daxueshi saw it, he thought it was not good. Ge Daxueshi was from Wu State, so he naturally wanted to suppress Fang Yun a little. Meng Daxueshi admired Fang Yun very much. He had suppressed the Three Character Classic for so long. If he didn't let him publish the Holy Way this time, he would definitely not give up.

"Why do you say that, Ge Daxueshi!" Meng Daxueshi turned his head and stared at Ge Daxueshi.

"The Holy Way may be chosen for its talent or for its righteousness, but although this article has the teaching method, neither of them is desirable, so how can it be included in the Holy Way?"

"Then is the Hundred Family Names the most talented or the most righteous?" asked Grand Scholar Meng.

"That was the choice of the Half Saint! Could it be that Brother Meng wants to bring this matter to the Lord of the East Saint?"

This time it was Grand Scholar Meng's turn to be speechless.

Grand Scholar An said: "Since you two have a dispute, then according to convention, let the great scholar decide."

Grand Scholar Meng reached out and picked up the Three Character Classic, saying: "Please let Luo Wenzong decide!"

If a great scholar has an article that is passed down throughout the world, and his talent has reached the extreme and is close to being canonized as a saint, he can be named "Wenzong", and the number of people who are named is only slightly more than that of the Half Saint.

"Brother Meng, please!" Grand Scholar Ge was calm as usual.

The three of them walked to a large courtyard and stood still. In front of them was a small building with a closed door. There was a plaque on the door with the words "washing the dust" written on it.

Meng Daxueshi bowed to the small building and said, "We have a dispute over the Three Character Classic. I hope Wenzong will make the decision."

"Come in."

The door of the small building opened. In the deepest part of the main hall, there was a bench as big as a bed. A skinny old man with an unremarkable appearance was lying on it and reading a book. He did not have the elegance of the legendary great Confucian scholars, but the three Daxueshi did not look strange.

Luo Wenzong sat up reluctantly, put the book aside, and looked at the three people listlessly, his eyes were dull.

That Daxueshi An lowered his head, thinking that he was indeed the famous lazy Wenzong.

The three Daxueshi were silent, waiting for Luo Wenzong to make the decision.

After half a quarter of an hour, Luo Wenzong lazily said: "The Three Character Classic has the merit of education, so it can be included in the Holy Way. But if it is not included, it doesn't matter. You make your own decision."

The three university scholars were not surprised. University Scholar Meng said: "We can't decide, can only you decide?"

"I don't want to decide." Luo Wenzong said slowly.

"Lord Luo, please make the decision." University Scholar Meng was not afraid of the great scholar.

Luo Wenzong sighed repeatedly and was about to speak when a cold snort suddenly came out of nowhere in the room, and the four people trembled.

Luo Wenzong, who had been lazy all the time, almost jumped off the chair, stood on the ground barefoot, and lowered his head.

"Luo Xiaolan!"

Luo Wenzong, who was more than a hundred years old, was distressed when he heard Dong Sheng calling his nickname in public when he was young, and said with a sad face: "Here."

The three university scholars hurriedly shut their mouths, fearing that they would laugh out loud.

"The Three Character Classic in the Holy Court was not written by Fang Yun himself. Fang Yun is not convenient to see guests at this moment. On the Qixi Festival, you go to Yuhai City and ask for the Three Character Classic written by him. This article should be published in the August issue of the Holy Way."

Luo Wenzong asked in a low voice: "Lord Dongsheng, do you also want us, the great scholars, to study the Three Character Classic? It's not necessary." He did not explicitly say that Fang Yun's article "Unruly Etiquette" was passed down to the world for the great scholars to study, because the three university scholars in the room did not know about this.

The voice of Dongsheng Wang Jinglong sounded again: "The front page of the August issue of the Holy Way is reserved for the Three Character Classic, and I will write the inscription myself."

When the four people in the room heard this, they felt as if their heads had exploded and their ears were buzzing.

The Grand Scholar Ge, who had previously opposed the "Holy Way" in the "Three Character Classic", felt weak all over and murmured weakly: "A semi-saint appointed! It turned out to be the same as the "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Classic" as the semi-saint appointed?"

He felt his face burning and wanted to slam his head into this room. He actually dared to block the "Holy Way" in the "Three Character Classic" appointed by the semi-saint, which was almost equivalent to bringing disaster to the country and the people!

Grand Scholar An looked at this Wu countryman with sympathy. The last Grand Scholar of Qing country was forced to leave the Holy Academy because he wanted to suppress Fang Yun's poems. Now this Grand Scholar of Wu country will not stay for long.

Luo Wenzong took a deep breath and asked respectfully: "After I get the "Three Character Classic", I will send it to the Dongsheng Pavilion for you to comment on it?"

The Dongsheng's smiling voice came: "Li Wenying, that little guy, has good luck and annotated the "Three Character Classic". Although there are omissions, there are no mistakes in the text, so I will not interfere. You don't need to send it to the Dongsheng Pavilion. I just wrote the inscription. You take the original manuscript of the "Three Character Classic" and send it to the Hall of All Saints."

The four people were stunned, more shocked than hearing that the half-saint had chosen it, and they couldn't believe it at all!

"Lord Dongsheng, are you really sending the "Three Character Classic" to the Hall of All Saints? This... this..." A generation of Wenzong was speechless.