The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Fang Yun also knew that Cao Yun was wealthy and powerful, but he didn't expect that a sixth-grade official with real power would send the invitation so quickly and didn't care about the left prime minister at all.

Fang Yun asked: "Is the relationship between Zhao Tongpan and Zuo Xiang profound?"

He Yutang smiled and said: "You don't know something about this. Water transport is the lifeblood of the country. The royal family has always been the governor of water transport. Now it is the arrogant uncle who scolds the left prime minister when he is drunk. He is extremely rogue. When Zuo Xiang meets him, he can only take a detour. But apart from being good at eating and drinking, he has almost no stains. The censors in the Supervisory Council don't want to talk to him, so they can't impeach him for drinking and causing trouble every day."

Fang Yun couldn't help but laugh. Jing Guo had many stories about the fair-weather uncle. Although most of them were ridiculous, they were not annoying, and he had done many seemingly stupid but fair things.

"Since Zhao Tongpan is following the path of the royal family, there is no harm in meeting him."

As soon as Fang Yun finished speaking, the knock on the door sounded again.

"But Fang Mansion?"

The two looked at each other, and Fang Yun went to open the door again, only to see that a servant-looking person came again.

"This is an invitation from my lord, I hope you will appreciate it."

Fang Yun took the letter and saw that it was an invitation from Gong Sizheng of Jiangzhou Law Department, a fourth-rank official. The Criminal Division is responsible for arresting people, while the Legal Division is responsible for trying cases. This Gong Sizheng is also a powerful official in Jiangzhou.

Fang Yun opened the invitation and saw that one of his youngest sons had just hired a scholar as his first teacher and held a teacher-appreciation banquet, to which Fang Yun was invited.

Fang Yun asked He Yutang: "How is this relationship with the Left Prime Minister?"

"A fellow countryman of Prime Minister Zuo." He Yutang looked a little wrong.

Fang Yun said: "He invited me to attend his son's teacher-appreciation banquet. It seemed that he wanted me to teach his son. But why is he not afraid of the left prime minister?"

He Yutang said: "He is from the same county as the Prime Minister Zuo. There is no way he would betray him. The Prime Minister Zuo is very relieved about him. However, people all have selfish motives. You are so famous now and you are good at teaching students. Naturally, he wants to Let your son get the best education, after all, he is not young anymore , for the sake of future generations. As long as Zuo Xiang doesn't speak against you personally, he can pretend to be ignorant. Even if Zuo Xiang knows his little plan, he can't do anything to him. After all, he helped Zuo in Jiangzhou. Xiang Shao is very busy, and if it were anyone else, it would be a mess. "

"You know very well what happened in the court." Fang Yun said.

He Yutang smiled and said: "We scholars are all 'talking masters' and 'street ministers'. We all want to seek fame in the future, so we have always paid attention to political affairs. The more we listen, the more we understand what is going on."

Fang Yun said: "He is old and can mainly consider future generations, but I still want to make progress and don't want to get involved with the left prime minister. I can't go to this banquet."

He Yutang said: "That's very good. When you move to the new house, you must remember to hire a concierge. Then your greetings and invitations will come like snowflakes. Most of the government offices in Jiangzhou are here. In addition to the officials and famous families of Dayuan Mansion, even if more than half of the officials are too intimidated by the power of the Prime Minister and won’t invite you, the others will be enough to keep you busy.”

"No way? Are there really so many people inviting you?"

"How come it's not possible? First the Holy Master, then the three poems in "The Holy Way", and then Lian Dan's "Inscription on the Humble Room", and also under the protection of Duke Jianmei. Of course, there will be many people invited. To be honest, everyone is thinking If you understand, Jingguo may be dominated by Zuo Xiang in these ten years, but in ten years, you can at least compete with Zuo Xiang, and you may even surpass Zuo Xiang. Your potential is the best in Jingguo!" He Yutang said deeply! Look at Fang Yun.

"Ten years is too long." Fang Yun sighed.

"Yes, ten years is too long. Otherwise, the Zuo Xiang family will not target you, and the Liu family will take the initiative to seek peace. So I advise you to ask your uncle, General Fang Shouye, to give you a gift after you become a scholar. Invitation to the 'Ping Yao Poetry Society', and then you stay in Yuhai City and wait until you are sure that you will win the exam before returning to Dayuan Mansion to take the state exam."

"The left prime minister's power in Yuhai City is weak?"

"It's more than weak. Yuhai City has been controlled by the military for more than a hundred years. Officials from the Academy of Literature can enter. Whoever leaves the Zuo Xiang's men will be unlucky. The Zuo Xiang can only give up there. As long as you go to Yuhai City, even if the Liu family has a hundred courages, they won't dare to provoke you. There is a saying in Jiangzhou called Yuanjun. Judging, the general is crazy, Zhou Mu has been thinking about it. That general is Zhang Poyue, the commander-in-chief of the state army. He is crazy, but he is brave and heroic, and is extremely loved by Jiangzhou sergeants. As a military officer, he loves talents very much. If Liu Zicheng dares to go to Yuhai City to cause trouble for you, it won’t be as simple as burning down the Liu family’s pawn shop.”

"Thanks for the reminder, Brother He. It is said that after becoming a scholar, if you want to enhance your talent, you'd better kill demons and slay barbarians. Not everyone can do a wonderful masterpiece, but every scholar can kill monsters and slay barbarians."

"Yes, so the military of various countries is also a place where talents come out in large numbers, no less than the liberal arts department. Once people in the liberal arts department feel that it is difficult to improve their talents, they will try to break through through demons. After all, we scholars are all cultivating literary courage, and we cannot kill demons. What a scholar!"

"Brother He also killed?"

He Yutang said proudly: "I once cooperated with soldiers to kill hundreds of monsters and more than a dozen monster soldiers, and even assisted in killing a monster general. You may not know that monsters are extremely powerful, and the bodies of ordinary monsters are stronger than Tong Shengqiang, the demon soldier can fight alone without losing. As for the demon general, I just stabbed it secretly with the assassin of "Yi Shui Ge"."

"Brother He is a role model for us." Fang Yun said, he knew that "Song of Yishui" was "Song of Jing Ke's Assassination of Qin".

Unexpectedly, He Yutang said with a guilty conscience: "Actually, I gritted my teeth and fought against the sea monster. Later, after completing the minimum military merit and becoming qualified to be a ninth-grade official, I hurriedly returned to Dayuan Mansion."

Fang Yun nodded. He knew that people with a civil degree or above could directly become officials, but to become an official, a scholar must go through the process of killing demons and barbarians, and have basic military merit before he can hold office.

He Yutang sighed: "Actually, there are too few war poems handed down from generation to generation, and even fewer are used by scholars. I am a foolish person, and it took me three years to master "Yishui Song", "Yi Shui Song" and "The Gentleman". "Yu Yu". Only "Yi Shui Ge" can kill people, but the distance is limited, and it can only kill enemies five feet away. In the Book of Songs, one boosts morale and strengthens the armor, and the other comforts the soldiers to prevent them from being war-weary or depressed. They are not comparable to those in "The Journey of the Canglang" and "Song of the Great Wind". That is the real demon slayer. However, I hope you can create more powerful war poems when you are a scholar, so that our human race will die tens of thousands less every year."

"I will try my best." Fang Yun actually had the idea of ​​enriching his poems about war, but he was not a scholar yet, so he could not get verification after writing it.

The two of them left the door open while chatting, and someone came again, but this time it was not an invitation, but a greeting card.

Fang Yun opened it and saw that it was written by the head of a prominent family in Dayuan Mansion, asking Fang Yun to inform him when he had time. He could come at any time.

Fang Yun hurriedly closed the door and said, "I have a bad feeling."

He Yutang joked: "Me too, today you will be inundated with invitations and greetings. You wrote "Inscription on the Humble Room" the day before yesterday and it was circulated yesterday. Today there are so many invitations and greetings. You are completely famous. It's a pity. No one is posting your picture around or you will be recognized wherever you go.”

Fang Yun said: "Brother He, please stop joking. It's not like you don't know that I'm planning to take part in the government examination in June, so I can master the skills on paper as soon as possible to deal with Liu Zicheng. I only sleep for two hours a day now, how can I have time to see these people?" people?"

"Are you so hardworking? Oh, as long as you keep the Dragon Palace Blood Ginseng, it's okay to sleep for two hours a day. After all, that food is eaten by the dragon." He Yutang said enviously.

"Brother He, you are well-informed. How should I avoid meeting these people?"

He Yutang immediately said: "Generally speaking, it's okay to get sick, but now you have Dragon Palace Blood Ginseng and nothing serious, so you can't suddenly fall ill."

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Why is there no big deal? I am so angry at the Yan family and Liu Zicheng!"

He Yutang looked at Fang Yun speechlessly for a long time, and finally said: "It's really not an ordinary bad luck to offend you. Now those who can't invite you will all hate Yan Chongnian, and the Yan family's life will be difficult again. I'll write a sentence when I get home. When I hang it in the study, I write: Never offend Fang Yun."

"Do you need me to write an inscription for you?"

He Yutang laughed.

There was a knock on the door again, and the footsteps of three or four people could be heard.

Fang Yun lowered his voice and said: "Brother He, it's up to you. You go to the Fang family to find Yuhuan and tell her that there is no need to look for a house. Let her take over the house given to me by the Yan family."

"But the house deed requires your signature. Are you willing to give her a house worth nearly 10,000 taels? If she signs it, the house will be hers."

"Sister Yuhuan has raised me for so many years without a single complaint, so giving her a house is nothing. I went back to the house and asked Daniel, tell the people outside the door that I am sick, and then tell Sister Yuhuan, remember." Fang Yun After that, he quickly returned to the house.

He Yutang secretly praised Fang Yun as a true gentleman. He was not only kind to his attendant Da Niu, but also to his child bride. If he becomes his subordinate in the future, he will definitely not be treated as an outcast.

"If he goes to Jade Sea City, fighting the sea monster is very dangerous, why don't I take a gamble and follow him! If he is canonized in the future, our family can become a holy family, a famous family, and even become a famous family. Rich family!”

He Yutang clenched his fists and made up his mind, then walked outside to help Fang Yun collect the invitations and told the visitor that Fang Yun was ill due to the Yan family's anger and that it might take a few days before he could go.

After Fang Yun finished giving instructions to Fang Daniu in the room, he turned his back on what was going on outside the window and continued reading and studying.

After studying for an hour, Fang Yun took a rest, but all he could think about were those war poems and famous works.

"The special famous poems in this world have powerful power. It is said that "Spring and Autumn" written by Confucius is the most magical. Most of my previous poems were only literary, and "Inscription on the Humble Room" is a short story even if it is different. If I write a long poem What will happen?”

Fang Yun thought for a while, then picked up a pen and wrote on the paper.