The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

At the beginning of the lanterns, cups and cups were interlaced in Lingyun Tower, and there was laughter and laughter.

The Tianzihao room was even more lively.

Qiao Juze's face was as frosty as he glanced at everyone and said, "Since Ji Zhibai can't come, let's not mention him. When the time comes, the Grand Master in charge of the Academy will naturally select one of the Jinshi from the Zhongshe."

The sound in the room suddenly disappeared.

Qiao Juze was the son-in-law of the Chen Sheng family. He was the only person in the entire Guanhai Society who looked up to him. He was also a Jinshi of Shangshe. If it weren't for Fang Yun and Ji Zhibai, he would be the well-deserved number one person in the academy.

In terms of talent, Qiao Juze was not as good as Ji Zhibai, but in terms of influence on Jingguo Academy, Qiao Juze was even better.

Qiao Juze was displeased, and everyone else understood that he must have suspected Ji Zhibai of deliberately withdrawing from the academy.

One person sneered: "He is just a county magistrate who participated in the palace examination, and he is not a general. Nothing will happen sooner or later. It was only half a day after Fang Yuncheng became the first son of Lingyan Pavilion, and he was attacked before it got dark. Left Xiang’s methods are really extraordinary!”

"The miscellaneous family fails more than enough to succeed!"

"Ji Zhibai is a direct descendant of the Zuo Prime Minister. As soon as the Qingguo man opens his mouth, he will naturally obey like a dog. I have always suspected that the Zuo Prime Minister sent Ji Zhibai to Ning'an County in the north just to hinder military affairs!"

"This matter has not yet been decided, so I can't say more. However, our country, Jingguo, is only ranked tenth among the eleven schools, only better than Guguo. I thought that the two geniuses Yong Fang Yun and Ji Zhibai would appear and let me Jingguo is expected to be in the top five or even the top three, but now it seems that he can barely reach the ninth place, and it is difficult to even enter the eighth place. "

"If Mr. Wenhou is a Jinshi, let alone the eighth, we may even compete for the seventh position. It's a pity."

Qiao Juze said: "It's a pity. If we fail this year, we will be lucky enough to become Jinshi next year. We will definitely be able to lead next year's Shangshe Jinshi to participate in the Ten Kingdoms Competition!"

Fang Yun said: "Let's not talk about next year in advance, let's talk about this year first. As far as I know, in the competition between the ten countries, Confucius Academy, Yun State, Wu State, Qi State and Shu State compete for the top five every year, and they are known as Ranked first among the ten countries. While Jiaguo, Qingguo and Yueguo competed for sixth to eighth place, our country, Jingguo, Guoguo and Shenguo competed for "not the eleventh place". From this point of view, our country competed for eighth. It’s really difficult.”

"It's more than difficult. Our country was originally weak among the ten countries. Except for Chen Sheng who broke into the eighth when he was in the academy, no one has ever been able to break into the top eight. Even the great scholars couldn't do it when they were young. Our country Some of the great Confucian scholars are not weak, but their number is too small. We in Jingguo can hardly even touch the outstanding ones like the Four Great Talents. Among the Eight Scholars of Hanlin in the past dynasties, there are only four or five in our Jingguo in a hundred years. Come on, the last person is Duke Jianmei.”

Qiao Juze looked at Fang Yun and said, "If Ji Zhibai participates, everything will be fine. Without Ji Zhibai, if we lose in the Ten-Nation Competition, you will probably bear the brunt, especially those rewards of yours."

Fang Yun understood as soon as he heard that the full stack of Qiting was a great achievement. Even the Queen Mother didn't know how to reward him. It was not that he had never awarded such a great merit, but that such great merit could not be awarded to just a person, so he could only When the literary rank is higher, the seal will be added, but now it can only be a false seal.

But if the Ten Kingdoms Competition fails, then Zuo Xiang's line and Kang Wang's line can take the opportunity to stir up trouble, weaken the rewards, weaken Fang Yun's power in Jingguo's court, and prevent Fang Yun from becoming a behemoth once he becomes a Jinshi.

Younian said slowly: "With Marquis Wen's talent and ability, if he becomes a Jinshi, he will probably lose the title of 'Cabinet Walking' and directly gain the title of 'Cabinet Counselor', and the next step will be to become a four-phase minister." Yes! Official positions come with rewards and titles. It is also indispensable that Marquis Wen is obviously too low, and he will definitely be promoted to the second rank of Duke! When a scholar becomes a great scholar, he will only be granted the title of Duke! As for the places controlled by the royal family to enter the ancient land and enter the Holy Academy, they are the same. No less!”

Everyone was just envious when they heard that Fang Yun was going to be a "cabinet counselor" or "guo duke", and their attitude was normal. But when they heard You Nian mention the ancient land and the Holy Court at the end, except for the people from the semi-saint family, everyone's eyes lit up.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Fang Yun and others will enter the Holy Court directly after passing the palace examination. He will definitely have a share of all the benefits that our Dajing royal family can get."

"That's natural." While everyone was envious, they also recognized it.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Juze smiled and said: "You are too underestimated the Holy Court. There is no need for the royal family. Fang Yun is so good. When he passes the imperial examination, the Dongsheng Pavilion will inevitably issue an edict. Those ordinary benefits that disciples of the Semi-Saint Family can enjoy, Fang Yun will definitely not be left behind. With Fang Yun's intelligence, he can still get even greater benefits from the children of the Semi-Saint Family."

"Yes..." Everyone nodded.

Fang Yun smiled helplessly. In order to motivate students, the Holy Academy had to compete in many aspects. This was something that could not be helped. After all, there were only a few good things, and no distribution method could be completely fair.

"However, even if Fang Yun's literary rank is too low to be rewarded, he still has to be awarded the title of Wuhou from the third rank Wenhou to the third rank!"

"That's right! After becoming a third-grade Wuhou, he can recruit more private soldiers than Wenhou. He can recruit a hundred private soldiers! And the demon barbarian private soldiers have been expanded to ten!"

Fang Yun nodded and said: "I have also thought about recruiting private soldiers, but now I study every day and don't go out, and recruiting private soldiers is too complicated, so I have never considered it. As for the private soldiers of monsters and barbarians, they are too weak and useless to me. It's too strong and might backfire on me, my master, so I've asked Zeng Yuan to help me search for it in Kongcheng."

"Zeng Yuan? But the golden abacus of the Yasheng Zeng family?" one person asked curiously.

"Yes, that's him."

Many people looked confused. The strength of the Yasheng family in the ten countries was beyond imagination. Even those semi-sage families bowed their heads in front of the Yasheng family.

Every sub-sage has been inherited by Confucius, and their spiritual and material heritage are very different from those of ordinary half-sages.

Moreover, Zeng Yuan is not an ordinary Zeng family member, and he will definitely control the Zeng family's financial rights in the future.

Only then did many people realize that although Fang Yun had only been famous for half a year, he had made friends with far more people than the people here. Just those brothers from the Holy Ruins were a heavy network of connections, and it was normal to get to know the big shots from the Yasheng family.

Many people's attitude towards luck has changed slightly.

"Since it was the Zeng family's Golden Abacus that helped you find the demon beast private soldiers in the future, there will definitely be no problems. I just heard that you have an old relationship with General Zhang Poyue, and he wants to give you a royal hawk demon?"

Fang Yun smiled and said: "He said that day, but he is busy with official business and may not have time to help me cook the hawk. The hawk demon is not that easy to tame."

"Perhaps when we meet in a few years, he will hand over the eagle demon to you. Alas, although the Ten Kingdoms Competition is held, the most worrying thing right now is the north. I don't know if we can stop the barbarian invasion this year."

Everyone looked gloomy, and even Fang Yun sighed and said, "I hope the north can hold on."

"I just hope that the Holy Court will not hesitate to help, and I also hope that some forces will not obstruct it."

"Stop talking about this, continue drinking. Come, give Marquis Fang Wen a drink. I wish him success in his first lecture tomorrow!"

Everyone cheered loudly and raised their glasses to toast.

It wasn't until late at night that the drinking party broke up, and everyone walked to the academy together, laughing and chatting heartily along the way.

Fang Yun entered the first house slightly tipsy. Yang Yuhuan walked up quickly to support him, smiled and said softly: "I heard that you went to Lingyun Tower to drink?"

"I just came back from there. Lingyun Tower has a dish of steamed fine-scaled fish and sweet and sour pork that should suit your appetite. I'll take you to eat with me when I have time."

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan agreed with a smile.

The little fox jumped out and stood in front of Fang Yun. He stepped back and pointed at his mouth with his little paw, squealing with a greedy look on his face.

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "There seems to be no dish there that is not to your liking."

Nunu was also stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, nodded shyly, smiled and hugged Fang Yun's legs, stepped on his feet, and was led forward by Fang Yun.

Entering the house, Yang Yuhuan first helped Fang Yun take off his gown, then took the towel handed by the maid, wiped Fang Yun's face and hands, and then brought a bowl of sobering soup.

Fang Yun took a look and found that the temperature of the hangover soup was just right, neither cold nor hot. He knew that Yang Yuhuan was probably watching it in person and could serve hot and cold hangover soup at any time.

"Thank you, Sister Yuhuan." Fang Yun took the soup and drank it all, then took Yang Yuhuan's hand and sat down to chat.

Fang Yun didn't like to talk about trivial matters, but when he first came to the capital, it was when Yang Yuhuan needed people the most, so he didn't study immediately and listened patiently to Yang Yuhuan's words.

"Today, after your seven pavilions were raised, many people sent congratulatory gifts, some of which were extremely expensive. I don't know what to do with them."

Fang Yun said with a smile: "Your master, you can handle it however you want!"

"Also, the wife of the Chen family wants me to spend some time with her, and I'm a little scared."

"You are my wife Fang Yun, if you are afraid, it is because they are afraid of you!"

Yang Yuhuan's face turned red and she said, "Hongzhuang just left. She said I'm new here, so stay with me more. If you're busy, go study."

Fang Yun knew that Yang Yuhuan was reluctant to give up even though he said this, and said with a smile: "Some people say that understanding everything in the world comes from knowledge. The Book of Rites also says that if you cultivate yourself, manage your family, and govern the country, the world will be peaceful. I want to learn from Sister Yuhuan how to manage a family." . I just like hearing you talk about these family matters."

"You talkative!" Yang Yuhuan rolled her eyes at Fang Yun, and then told her what happened today one by one.

After finishing speaking, Yang Yuhuan said softly: "Xiao Yun, you are so kind. As long as you are at home, you will chat with me for a while every day and praise me. But the ladies I know always complain that their masters sometimes even Don’t say a word, never listen to what they say.”

Fang Yun smiled and said, "I like listening to you."

"Um."

Nunu raised her little paws and nodded vigorously in agreement.

Returning to the study, Fang used his talent to dispel all the drunkenness and sat on a chair recalling everything that happened today.

Everything that happened today flashed rapidly in his mind, making him feel as if he was experiencing it all over again, and each picture appeared in the world of strange books and became a new book.

After recalling today's events, Fang Yun picked up the pen and wrote on the paper again, writing key words such as "Little Duke", "Lei Family", "Ji Zhibai", "Ten Sons of Lingyan Pavilion", etc., and then wrote pictures on it Draw, sort out all the relationships, and finally burn the paper.

Then Fang Yun let out a light sigh and smiled.

"It turns out that this is 'reviewing the past and learning the new'. It is incredibly simple, but very effective. Some things that I had not thought about before were figured out just by recalling them once, and I also discovered things that I had not noticed before. From now on, every day before going to bed , everyone should recall the important things they learned, encountered, and knew that day.”