The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

However, the arguments became clearer and clearer, and some people who originally watched the battle also joined the debate, and most of them supported Fang Yun.

"Short-sighted! Fang Yun is from the human race, what's wrong with that?"

"So, if your neighbor has more children than you, are you going to kill your neighbor's family?"

"Idiot! The more people study, the more talents will be formed. Every hundred years, the total number of imperial examination admissions will increase. This is an indisputable fact! With these libraries, at most fifty years, the number of imperial examination places will increase again !”

"What the dear friend said makes sense. I am also a child of a wealthy family, but I think Fang Yun did the right thing! For example, a county has a quota of 100 children a year, and the income ratio between poor families and noble families is about 73 Yes, after all, there are many poor families, but don’t forget, The children from poor families were chosen to be one out of hundreds, while the nobles were chosen to be one out of ten or even two! Soon after, because the library increased the talents of the human race, ten more children were added. So, could these ten people be lucky? ? It’s obviously more advantageous for the nobles!”

"It's not Fang Yun who is selfish, but you nobles!"

"At present, the demons and barbarians are still fighting for the places in the imperial examination. Have you forgotten the original intention of the imperial examination? The capable will be the best! When did the imperial examination become a force to protect the nobles? If the nobles are incompetent, the poor will inevitably take their place and promote new ones. The nobles!”

"Who knows Fang Xusheng? Please give Fang Xusheng a few words to wake up these idiots!"

With more neutral people joining in, the discussion list has finally developed for the better, but there are still some people who are dissatisfied with Fang Yun's approach.

Fang Yun looked at the list for a while and then continued eating.

Ao Huang, however, was full of praise while holding the "Wen Bao".

"Although I have known that you wanted to build this library for a long time, I have to praise it. Now there are only nearly 10,000 libraries. In a few months, the library will spread to villages and towns, and then expand to other ancient places. In the end, I am afraid there will be About 200,000 to 300,000 seats, the annual expenditure alone is as much as 200 million taels of silver. However, other companies will not miss this opportunity and will definitely compete with you for the Holy Way of Enlightenment."

Su Xiaoxiao said from the side: "If nothing happens, Mr. Fang can build at least one hundred thousand libraries. This number can be regarded as enlightening the world and will be extremely beneficial to the future canonization."

Ao Huang complained: "Benlong also knew that Fang Yun could not afford a library of 300,000 yuan alone, but when he thought that he could build a library of at least 200,000 yuan, but only got 100,000 yuan in the end, Benlong felt depressed. If there are two With one hundred thousand libraries, Fang Yun’s future achievements are limitless! One of the key powers of becoming a semi-saint is to educate the world, right?”

Fang Yun nodded and said: "There is indeed a saying. King Wen became a sub-sage because the Book of Changes originally had the ability to evolve the secrets of heaven and enlighten people's wisdom, but the education was not thorough enough. The other sub-sages of the human race were all under the influence of Confucius. Only with the power of the Saint can one become a Second Saint. Without Kong Saint, one may not be able to become a Second Saint. However, the specific details have not yet been determined."

Yang Yuhuan said: "Today is the last day for you to go to the academy. You will not go to class tomorrow, February 2, and you will leave for Ning'an on February 3. Take more rest in these two days and recuperate enough to take up the post in Ning'an. "

"Sister Yuhuan said that I should rest more these two days and think more about how to be the county magistrate." Fang Yun said with a smile.

After lunch, Fang Yun went to the academy to study for the imperial examination as usual.

Since today was the last imperial exam class, gentlemen who taught politics, military affairs, agriculture and other subjects gathered together and sat around with fifty Jinshi, chatting freely.

Not only does Fang Yun have no privileges in class, but gentlemen also like to ask him to answer various questions. However, Fang Yun is knowledgeable in both worlds, and there is almost nothing that stumps him. Most of the time, he deliberately hides his clumsiness. But even if you are a bit clumsy, you are often half a step ahead of this era inadvertently.

So much so that teachers from all subjects compiled a "Answers to Fang Yun", sent one copy to the academy, and kept another copy for themselves.

Mr. Cheng, who teaches political affairs, said: "When you rush to the counties in two days, you must be calm. You must not despise the local powerful and subordinate officials just because you have family background and talent." There is a sentence that I cannot say in class, but You might as well say it bluntly today, all subordinate officials in the world can be killed!"

Everyone nodded silently.

Subordinate officials refer to junior officials at the grassroots level. Generally, officials below the seventh rank can be called officials.

The county magistrate is a seventh-rank official and cannot hold a permanent position in one place. Officials below the seventh rank are basically from the county or government. Especially the ninth-grade and those non-grade officials are almost passed down from generation to generation, forming a huge network of interests and relationships at the grassroots level.

Some people even call these small officials "little princes", which is very vivid.

Officials need good evaluations before they can be promoted. Local petty officials who do not accomplish enough but fail more often can cause trouble easily, causing the county magistrate's evaluation to drop, and ultimately unable to be promoted.

Although the county magistrate is large, he cannot handle everything in detail. Most of the things are taken care of by the small officials.

There are often conflicts between the new county magistrate and the petty officials. Unless the new magistrate has a strong backing and can use force to remove all obstacles, otherwise once the two sides are in a state of conflict, most of the time the magistrate will leave in despair.

Only a handful of county magistrates dared to break up with the petty officials and leave forcefully, but in the end their future as a civil servant was cut off and they had to serve in a liberal arts academy or the military.

Governing a place is far more complicated than ordinary people imagine.

Mr. Cheng smiled slightly and said: "Fang Yun, as a Jinshi, you can forge ahead with determination, but you can retreat. What do you think is the most important thing as a county magistrate?"

The other classmates smiled and looked at Fang Yun. Ao Huang, who was listening in, also had a smirk on his face. He didn't dare to say anything, but he was very happy in his heart. Who said Fang Yun was too dazzling and could be involved in both good and bad things?

Fang Yun had long been accustomed to it. Since it was time for equal conversation, he didn't stand up and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, the way of checks and balances is the first choice."

"Oh? Why not take the golden mean?"

"Checks and balances itself belongs to the category of the golden mean, but the meaning of the golden mean is too broad, and checks and balances are more appropriate. If we only talk about the golden mean, it would be a bit empty talk." Fang Yun said.

Several old gentlemen nodded in unison. Mr. Cheng said, "You should learn more from Fang Yun. When governing a place, the most taboo is emptiness and ambiguity. The term "checks and balances" is accurate and powerful!"

Mr. Dong, who teaches military affairs, smiled and asked, "You said that if nothing unexpected happens, the way of checks and balances is the first choice. What if you have an accident in Ning'an?"

After this, all the Jinshi students restrained their smiles, and even Ao Huang didn't dare to laugh.

"What kind of accident are you talking about, sir?" Fang Yun asked with a smile.

"All kinds of accidents," said Mr. Dong.

This made many Jinshi students headache. These old gentlemen were not easy to deal with, and Fang Yun could never fool them.

But at this moment, everyone felt Fang Yun's official seal vibrate rapidly. This was the most urgent letter, which usually only appeared when there were major events in the family and the country.

Fang Yun held the official seal in his hand, seemed to take a look, and then his face changed significantly.

Fang Yun stood up slowly, walked out and said: "Some people argued on the previous discussion list whether the library was harmful to the gentry. Together with Mr. Dong's question, I will answer it together. Survival of the fittest!"