The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

After the results were announced, everything went according to plan, and Fang Yun successfully completed the baptism of talent.

This time, the talent infusion was the same as before. When Fang Yun woke up, there was no one around.

Fang Yun turned around and saw many new candidates at the door with familiar envy on their faces.

For other candidates, this was the third talent infusion, but for Fang Yun, it was the sixth time!

Three times before the Holy Temple, three times of imperial examinations, and each time the talent obtained in the Holy Temple was far beyond his peers.

The university scholar only got six talent infusions.

Fang Yun nodded slightly to those people, and did not leave immediately, but closed his eyes and experienced the sixth talent infusion.

The Wen Palace has changed.

The surface of the Wen Palace used to be rough and primitive, with a wild atmosphere, but now it seems to be a step back. There are cracks everywhere on the outer wall of the Wen Palace, and fiery red magma flows in the cracks, like a crater.

This magma exudes a strange breath, with the power to burn everything and the ability to give birth to everything, making the walls of the Wen Palace a hundred times stronger than before!

Others don't understand what this is, but if a semi-saint sees it, he will know that this is the appearance of a planet that has just been formed. Fang Yun naturally knows it.

Fang Yun is puzzled. Whether it is the records of the human race or the ancient demon heritage, there is no record of this Wen Palace.

The new Wen Palace is full of power. Fang Yun knows that it is a good thing. Since he really can't figure it out, he won't think about it anymore.

The second big change is the murals.

The original murals are the same as the legends in Fang Yun's memory. There are characters in the myths and legends of the human race, such as Huangdi unifying China, Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs, etc. They are all legends from ancient times. The characters headed by Huangdi are even recorded in the official history "Historical Records".

But now the murals are all distorted by unknown forces, ups and downs, as if they were scribbled by a child, nothing can be seen, and they are almost completely useless.

Fang Yun's divine mind clone walked over and touched the murals, but did not find anything wrong. Instead, he felt that these disordered murals were pregnant with incredible power.

The third major change was that the Wenqu Starlight in the Wen Palace became more intense, increasing tenfold.

Whatever a scholar does, it will affect the Wen Palace and Wen Dan. Whether it is fighting with the enemy or competing in literary competitions, there will be injuries of varying strengths. If you recuperate for a while, you can reach a higher level, but if you suffer continuous serious injuries, your life span will be reduced. This is why even semi-saints and sub-saints cannot extend their lifespans for too long even with the longevity fruit.

However, this Wenqu Starlight has a strong recovery ability. Fang Yun wrote a policy paper for the Saint Pen Review that day. He forced his low literary position to control such a profound holy way, which caused Wen Dan to be damaged. It would take at least half a year of recuperation to recover and then strengthen. With this Wenqu Starlight, it can be recovered in three days at most.

Fang Yun felt that this Wenqu Starlight was very much like the amniotic fluid that nurtures the fetus, but the amniotic fluid nurtures human life, while the Wenqu Starlight nurtures human power.

In addition, all aspects of the Wen Palace have been improved to a certain extent. Juren is a watershed, the limit of the bottom-level literary position, while Jinshi is the power of the middle level. Only when you reach Jinshi will there be a qualitative change.

Fang Yun is looking forward to the next Jinshi test.

After leaving the Wen Palace, Fang Yun found that Guanyin received many letters, and some of the people who sent the letters were very important. Fang Yun had to quickly browse through them to see what the content was to avoid delaying important matters.

"Fang Wenhou, if you become a Jinshi, are you willing to join my Sun family to comprehend the holy way of military tactics?"

Fang Yun took another look at the signature of the letter, Sun Tingjing, the contemporary head of the Sun Tzu family. Fang Yun looked at the time. It was sent when he was offering sacrifices to the saint. It seems that this head of the family is very decisive and made a decision in less than half an hour.

Such people will never open their hearts and say everything when they are not familiar with each other. Why invite, how to comprehend the holy way, whether it is free of charge or mutually beneficial, nothing is said in the letter.

Fang Yun's mind flashed quickly, and he quickly figured out the cause and effect. Sun Tingjing valued his talent in the art of war.

The bitter flesh trick is nothing. To put it bluntly, it is to make the enemy make wrong judgments and make wrong moves at the cost of one's own damage. Everyone can use the bitter flesh trick, but it is impossible to use it perfectly. The timing alone can distinguish the winners.

Fang Yun used the bitter flesh trick shortly after leaving the examination room. His judgment of the timing was very accurate. Then he contacted Cai He and the Queen Mother, and borrowed the power of the two to make the bitter flesh trick successful. Then it was understandable that Sun Tingjing came to him.

However, cooperation with the semi-saint family is not just an agreement. The process is actually very complicated. The semi-saint family may be willing to cultivate a human genius for free, but the resources provided are bound to be limited. If you want to get more resources, you must pay.

What does the Sun Tzu family need from him?

Fang Yun needs to consider it carefully.

Then, Fang Yun saw that many great Confucian scholars from semi-saint families such as Sun Bin family and Wu Qi family sent letters to him. They all congratulated him first, and then said that they could cooperate if there was a chance. There was nothing substantial, just laying the foundation for possible cooperation in the future.

Fang Yun breathed a sigh of relief, the meaning of which was very extraordinary.

When the "Three Character Classic" was on the holy road that day, except for the family of Jing country, most of the families in other countries sent people of the same generation to congratulate and send letters, but now, the one who sent the letter was either the head of the family or the great Confucian scholar. This is an improvement in status, which is far more significant than becoming a Wenhou.

The treatment of the head of a wealthy family is no more than this.

The world is so realistic, but this is also "etiquette".

However, in addition to the military strategists, many great Confucian scholars from the legal school also took the initiative to congratulate him this time, and Fang Yun had no time to think deeply.

There were many letters, but Fang Yun did not continue reading, but walked out. He could not keep those people waiting.

The baptism of talents has ended. Not only the successful candidates and local officials in the Literary Academy, but also officials from Yuhai Mansion and friends from Shengxu are at the door.

Fang Yun found that everyone else was normal, but the eyes of the newly promoted candidates looked at him, which was no different from the way they looked at Li Wenying, Jiang Hechuan and others.

Fang Yun stepped out of the threshold of the temple, dropped his robe, held his hands to everyone, and said with a smile: "Good morning everyone, what happened again?"

A candidate who ranked very low hurriedly said loudly: "The Holy Court issued an order, because this imperial examination holy pen evaluation is really a sign of the great prosperity of the human race, and all candidates this year are authorized to enter the Book Mountain!"

Fang Yun was stunned, the Half-Saint was giving himself a big gift!

Since the last time I climbed Shushan, the number of Jinshi places for Jingguo has been doubled this year, which can only affect a few dozen Jinshis.

This time, before even climbing the Book Mountain, the Half-Saint increased the number of people who could enter the Book Mountain in his own name. This affected too many people. Jiangzhou is a small state, and its annual quota of candidates is less than one-tenth of that of the largest state.

There are ten countries and ninety states in total. The number of candidates this year exceeds 30,000. Originally, only two-tenths of the candidates could go to Shushan, and the number was only 6,000. But now there are at least 24,000 more people.

These 24,000 people are all grateful to Fang Yun, because Fang Yun helped them enter Shushan. When they see Fang Yun in the future, they will at least call out half a division.

Even if only one percent of people break through and become Hanlin or bachelors in the future, the benefits to their luck will be huge.

"Thank you Marquis Fang Wen!" No matter how high the ranking, all the candidates expressed their gratitude to Fang Yun.

"You're welcome." Fang Yun was very happy. The increase in Shushan's quota was mainly due to the Wenquxing movement and Wenquxingzhao he had caused, so he could accept this gratitude calmly.

Gezhou Mu said: "Fang Yun, you must be prepared. Today, the number of people with broken literary courage and broken literary palaces has exceeded a thousand. This matter is extremely involved. Although it is a recitation of God's will, no one dares to write an article to accuse you. , but the resentment may deepen.”

Yan Yukong on the side said: "My views are slightly different from Master Ge. Although our human race has frequent internal strife, they are not all ignorant people. As soon as the Holy Pen Evaluation came out, the most unbearable group of people lost their The possibility of pursuing the holy path, yes Fang Yun was no longer a threat. The others understood that Fang Yun was not in the pool and were frightened, so they naturally retreated. This move by Fang Yun would both hurt and save others. At least from now on, no one would dare to come to the scene. Chinese language is better than literature."

"That makes sense." Everyone nodded.

Han Shoulu said slowly: "Therefore, fight with war, although fighting is acceptable; kill with killing, although killing is acceptable; use punishment to punish, although severe punishment is acceptable."

"As expected of a newbie in Legalism, he hits the mark, well done!" Ge Zhoumu praised.

Fang Yun was stunned and suddenly realized, no wonder the Legalists, especially the people from the Shang Sheng family, paid more attention to themselves. Han Shoulu's words came from "Shangzi", also known as "Shang Jun Shu", which is Shang Yang's book of the holy way.

What Shang Yang said is that if you want to eliminate war, you can use a larger-scale war to exchange for peace; if you want to reduce killings, more killings are okay; in order to prevent people from committing too many crimes, you can use severe punishment to scare people, thereby reducing criminal behavior.

The core of Shang Yang's Legalist doctrine is "forbidding adultery and prohibiting transgressions, rather than severe punishment", and using severe punishment to stop crime.

Although Fang Yun believes that it is not good to use excessive punishment for small crimes, he also agrees that serious crimes must require severe punishment. The laws in later generations have become lighter and lighter. Some of them are out of humanitarian considerations, and some are to improve the rule of law. However, many major crimes have light penalties. In fact, it is the need of the ruling class to protect themselves. Serious crimes such as financial and economic crimes are impossible for civilians to commit, and such crimes are extremely destructive and are obviously more serious than killing dozens of people. However, the sentencing has been repeatedly reduced, which is very intriguing.

Both military strategists and legalists have the idea of ​​"killing to stop killing." Fang Yun's behavior not only offended some corrupt scholars, but also gained stronger allies.

Li Fanming smiled and said: "I am from Qi State. There are no more than twenty people in Qi State whose literary talents were ruined by Fang Yun. No one would hate Fang Yun. On the contrary, they would look down on those in Qing State."

"We in Jiaguo cannot hold grudges against Fang Yun. If Fang Yun's move can reduce friction between Qingjing and Qingjing, we don't care if tens of thousands of people die."

Zong Wude of Qingguo said in a low voice: "Oh, if I still want to target Fang Yun in the future, I won't stop even if there is no such bitter trick. However, those people used to target Jingguo, but now they have changed Good luck."

Fang Yun understood what Zong Wude meant. If the enemies were numerous and widespread before, then the enemies now become fewer and more sophisticated.

Many people looked worried.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Do you think it is the demons and barbarian saints who are more terrifying, or the rats of the Qing Kingdom who are more powerful?"