The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Ma Manren didn't feel proud at all and stared at Yan Yue closely.

Guan Yaoyuan stood up unsteadily, not daring to stop shopkeeper Tang Da anymore, and looked at the handsome man in fear. A barbarian commander is equivalent to a Jinshi of the human race. He can command three thousand barbarian soldiers and is already the upper-level force of the barbarian race.

Everyone looked at the unlucky Yan Yue. He wrote a crooked poem to ridicule Fang Yun for being unable to be raised by a child bride. But it turned out that Fang Yun not only had the talent to make money, but even attracted the big boss of Xuanting Bookstore. This matter was bound to become a serious matter. The stigma of jumping. If he can't clear this stigma, there will be big problems in the future.

Yan Yue gritted his teeth. He believed that he still had hope. As long as Fang Yun did not write any famous articles to attack him, he would have the hope of becoming a successful scholar and practicing literary courage, and would not become the second Pan'er.

The people in the alley separated to both sides to make way for shopkeeper Tang Da.

When Shopkeeper Tang walked in, Fang Yun said, "Fang Yun has met Shopkeeper Tang."

Shopkeeper Tang Da smiled and said, "Do you know how I found him?"

Fang Yun blurted out: "Master Zhou must have sold me."

"Haha, I used an ancient book in exchange for your address. What about the suggestion I just made? If you don't agree, we can discuss it."

A bunch of scholars opened their eyes wide, can we discuss it? Shopkeeper Tang Da is saying that the conditions he opened are not good enough? Even if he comes from a distinguished family and is a successful candidate, he will quickly agree. Isn't Fang Yun still not satisfied?

Fang Yun said: "The price is indeed low, but you are sincere and can be discussed. I'm a little curious. Xuanting Calligraphy is a model bookseller. Why would you like my eccentric publicity methods?"

The shopkeeper of Tang Dynasty smiled and said: "Putting what you learn into practice is the rule set by the sage. With your method, more books will be sold, which is the great contribution of education. How can you say that you are deviant? When Confucius broke up private schools and opened public schools. If I get your clever propaganda method, I will definitely use it. Everyone is shouting for beatings when you cross the street. The reason why I like your method of selling books is because I came here in a hurry. "

"Master Tang, please speak." Fang Yun said.

"I am the heir of a novelist." Shopkeeper Tang's eyes were full of sadness.

Many scholars also sighed softly. When a hundred schools of thought contended, novelists had the lowest status. No novelist has been canonized so far. Even Gan Bao, the author of the mythological novel "Sou Shen Ji", can only stop at being a great scholar.

Shopkeeper Tang Da continued: "Your novel allows me to see the resurgence of novels. Whether it is the simplicity of wording or the simplicity of reading novel sentences, it can be spread as quickly as possible, supplemented by novel publicity methods. It’s even more effective, so I came right away.”

Fang Yun nodded and said, "Shopkeeper Tang, please come into the room to talk."

Fang Daniu quickly opened the door and saw Yang Yuhuan and Little Fox coming out of the main room, seemingly hearing Fang Yun's voice.

Yang Yuhuan walked out curiously, while Nunu shouted happily, turned into a white shadow and threw herself into Fang Yun's arms.

Shopkeeper Tang looked at Nunu with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Fang Yun hugged Nunu and was about to invite shopkeeper Tang Da to come in when someone suddenly shouted at the entrance of the alley: "Is this the first Fang Yun Project store?"

Fang Yun heard the voice familiar and turned around to see that it was Wan Xuezheng, one of the three examiners of the county examination, who served in the Fuwen Academy.

Wan Xuezheng was wearing an official uniform today, and wore a red silk hat on his official hat, indicating that he was attending a major ceremony. He was followed by many people wearing bright red silk, carrying some boxes, and they were all beaming with joy.

"Sir Wan." Fang Yun bowed his hands and saluted. The other students were all from Fuwen Academy. They all knew this seventh-grade scholar and saluted together.

Wan Xuezheng glanced at the alley in surprise, nodded slightly to Fang Yun and shopkeeper Tang Da, and then raised a roll of silk in his hand.

"The Queen Mother's decree."

Those with civilized positions immediately lowered their heads and bent over, while those without civilized positions, such as the groom and Yang Yuhuan, were all half-kneeling with one leg touching the ground.

When lifting a person or lowering a person, only the parents of heaven and earth and all the saints will kneel down. When seeing the emperor, they will only kneel down half-kneeling, and the others will not kneel down.

Jinshi and above do not kneel when they see the emperor, but half-kneeling when they see the saint.

Those who have no civil title will kneel down when they see the king, and they will half-kneel when they see the king and the queen mother.

A child before a saint will not kneel to the emperor, and a scholar before a saint will not kneel to a saint.

The horse barbarian reluctantly bowed his head. He was a barbarian, and his status was two levels lower than his strength. Before Yizhi, he was only equal to a scholar.

Nunu looked at everyone curiously, then stood upright, imitating Fang Yun's gesture, folding his paws into fists and bending over, but a pair of cunning eyes kept looking around.

"Aijia Wenji County Fang Yun's poems are world-class, he has both political integrity and talent, and he understands the general idea. He is a pillar of our Jingguo and a young phoenix of the human race. Because he is still young, it is inconvenient to grant him a title. He is specially rewarded with a set of the Four Treasures of the Imperial Study Room, Dragon Palace Blood Ginseng, etc. Things. I also heard about child bride jade. Huan was naturally beautiful, gentle and virtuous, and never gave up even when faced with hardships, and finally found fortune and never left her. She was truly a role model for women in the Jing Dynasty. She was given an imperial edict, an eighth-level imperial edict, and a title to the people of An. Qin Se He Ming' page."

The imperial decree had this, but the Yi decree did not, so when Wan Xuezheng paused for a moment, Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan shouted loudly: "Thank you, the Queen Mother, for your kindness."

Yan Yue on the side was covered in cold sweat and his body was shaking uncontrollably. If there was still a chance before, now unless the left prime minister personally protects him, he will be completely ruined. The Queen Mother issued an edict praising Fang Yun for his "both political integrity and talent" and praised him. Yang Yuhuan was "gentle and virtuous", but he scolded both Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan by writing crooked poems. This was a real crime.

Although the Queen Mother of Jingguo has no talent, she now listens to politics from behind the curtain and is close to the king, so she can naturally affect the fate of the country. Yan Yue's literary status was not high and he was vulnerable to the power of the Queen Mother.

"How could this be?" Yan Yue collapsed on the ground.

On the other side, Guan Yaoyuan, who had been playing the good cop, wiped his sweat with trembling hands. He knew that his literary reputation would suffer a serious blow after this incident, and his talent would also be sluggish. He would definitely not be able to pass the imperial examination in three to five years. He glanced at Yan Yue again, knowing that Yan Yue was even worse off than him, and that the empress dowager would never be able to turn things around unless she stepped down.

Most people looked at Yang Yuhuan, and as the rumors said, she was as beautiful as Xi Shi.

At this moment, Yang Yuhuan's face was flushed, and her mind was blank. She had always felt inferior to her identity. After all, she was just a child bride, but now the empress dowager has made her a royal lady. Although she is only an eighth-rank Anren, it is equivalent to a ninth-rank civil official. Many wives of prominent family heads find it difficult to get this title, and generally only the mothers of prominent family heads can get it.

The Phoenix Coronet and Bridal Garment of the Princess is even more significant. Generally, only the daughters of Hanlin or third-rank officials can get the Phoenix Coronet and Bridal Garment of the Princess from the palace when they get married, and very few can get the blessing of the Queen Mother in her handwriting.

He Yutang and other older people looked at the people carrying the gift boxes. What attracted them was not Yang Yuhuan's status and beauty, but the legendary Dragon Palace Blood Ginseng.

Dragon Palace Blood Ginseng is a specialty sea cucumber of the Dragon Palace in the Four Seas. Jingguo only gets ten pairs a year, and almost all of them are sent to the palace. Only a very small number of great scholars or university scholars can be rewarded.

Dragon Palace Blood Ginseng has the effects of strengthening the body, prolonging life, increasing intelligence and strengthening the heart. It is also a tonic. It is the daily food of the Dragon Clan, and both monsters and humans can eat it.

The horse tribe barbarian looked at the gift boxes greedily, sniffed gently, looked at the box containing the Dragon Palace Blood Ginseng, thought about it, and finally gave up the idea of ​​robbing. Although the Dragon Palace Blood Ginseng is precious, his life is at stake. As long as he makes the slightest move, the prefect and governor of the state will find out immediately with the official seal, which is not worth the loss.

Wan Xuezheng hurriedly said "Sing the gift list" and asked people to start reading out the specific gifts. Then he quickly came to Fang Yun and Tang Dazhang, handed the imperial edict to Fang Yun, and asked: "Fang Shuangjia, what happened?"

Fang Yun simply told the story.

Wan Xuezheng was furious. Although he didn't want to offend the left prime minister, he was also one of the examiners of Fang Yun's county examination, and was considered half of Fang Yun's teacher.

Wan Xuezheng looked at Yan Yue and said, "As a student of Jingguo, you don't think about serving the country; standing under the Holy Academy, you don't know benevolence and courtesy. You even attacked the character of the person praised by the Queen Mother. You are so jealous and full of bad water. You are hateful! Tomorrow I will ask the Lord of the Academy to remove you from the position of the Academy of Literature! Get out!"

Yan Yue and Guan Yaoyuan were about to leave, but Fang Yun suddenly said, "You two stay for a while. Tang Dazhang scolded him to his heart's content. Wenxuezheng has taught me a lesson, but I didn't say a word. It's better to resolve the enemy than to make him. Although you two work for Liu Zicheng, I will eventually enter the Mansion Academy of Literature in a few days, and we are still classmates. After thinking about it, I wrote an inscription to express my determination, and I also hope that the two future classmates will not look down on us poor children. Danniu, go to the room to get the table and the four treasures of the study."

Guan Yaoyuan and Yan Yue secretly groaned in their hearts, but they didn't dare to leave, so they could only wait.

Wan Xuezheng said: "Since it is an inspirational inscription, then use the four treasures of the study given to you by the empress dowager to write it. You have great talent. If this inscription can be left in Jingguo, it will best demonstrate the empress dowager's ability to judge people."

"Okay."

Fang Daniu rushed into the house to move the table, while Yang Yuhuan kept nervously grabbing Fang Yun's sleeve, like a shy little wife, and never fully digested today's good news.

Fang Daniu quickly moved out the table and the brush washer, and Wan Xuezheng asked someone to put the pens, ink, paper and inkstone given by the empress dowager in place. He personally poured water into the inkstone, then held the ink stick and slowly ground it.

"Lord Wan, you can't do that!" Fang Yun said.

"I have never used the tribute ink of the palace. This time I will just treat it as a craving. Don't ruin my good thing. This tribute ink will not dissipate in water and will not deteriorate for a long time. Its ink fragrance is elegant and its color is dark and moist. I am satisfied just by looking at it." Wan Xuezheng was not ashamed of grinding ink for the boy student because the juren was a scholar. Instead, he enjoyed it.

Fang Yun couldn't stop him, so he started to pick out brushes.

This set of four treasures of the study includes ten brushes, twenty tribute inks, two hundred tribute papers, and a glazed carp inkstone, all of which are treasures.

Fang Yun checked the brushes one by one. Rabbit hair was too soft, and wolf hair was too hard, so he chose a rabbit and wolf brush.

Fang Yun didn't close his eyes to meditate.

No one was talking around, only the sound of Wan Xuezheng grinding ink.

After a while, Fang Yun said, "Today, I will use this humble room as an inscription to encourage you all."

Fang Yun picked up the brush and wrote down Liu Yuxi's famous work "Humble Room Inscription", while Wan Xuezheng recited it slowly beside him.

"Humble House Inscription."

"Mountains are not high, but they are famous if there are saints. Water is not deep, but it is magical if there are dragons."

"This is a humble house, but my virtue is fragrant. The moss on the steps is green, and the grass is green in the curtains."

"There are great scholars talking and laughing, and there are no unlearned people coming and going. I can tune the plain zither and read the golden scriptures."

"No strings and bamboos disturb the ears, and no documents tire the body."

"Zhuge Lu in Nanyang, Ziyun Pavilion in Western Shu."

"Confucius said: What is humble about it?"

The text is completed, and every word is glittering. The talent is stirring within ten feet, and the fragrance in the pen and ink is infinitely magnified, and the fragrance spreads three miles.

Then, two crisp cracking sounds came from Guan Yaoyuan and Yan Yue's heads.

The palace of literature is cracked!

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