Fang Yun searched through the rankings. Since the reselection of the Four Great Scholars, there had been more than 24,000 articles related to Fang Yun and Zhang Longxiang. Only two months had passed since the reselection of the Four Great Scholars. On average, there were 400 articles a day. If the number of replies was included, it was at least a thousand times the number of articles.
The rankings had once again turned into a battlefield.
Fang Yun felt a headache coming on. He decided to ignore it. After all, both of them were him.
Soon after, Fang Yun saw an urgent letter from Minister of Culture Kang Ha-chuan. It turned out that after more than a month of discussions between the civil and military officials of Jingguo, including the scenes of the assistant ministers colliding with the pillars of the court, the Hanlin Academy cursing each other, and many people pretending to resign as threats, all parties finally compromised. They agreed that Fang Yun would be the governor of two prefectures, as well as the head of the Xiangzhou Academy of Literature. He would be in charge of the civil and military officials of Jiang and Xiangzhou, but he would not have the authority to command the military.
However, everyone knew that in order to help Fang Yun, the Empress Dowager had already transferred Chen Xibi and Fang Shouye to Jiang and Xiangzhou respectively. They would each be in charge of the military affairs of one prefecture.
Chen Xibi and Fang Yun were sworn friends. Back then, he and Fang Yun had attacked the Demonic Turtle together. Chen Xibi's arm was broken because of the Demonic Turtle. Later, Fang Yun gave him a Flesh Incarnation Fruit and his body recovered. Not long ago, Chen Xibi and Fang Shouye were promoted to the Hanlin Academy.
Of these two prefectures, one was Fang Yun's old friend, and the other was Fang Yun's uncle. It was not important whether Fang Yun had military power or not.
As for the current Xiangzhou Governor, Dong Wencong, he had once been the prefect of Jiangzhou's Jade Sea Prefecture. Back then, he had taught Fang Yun how to write policy. He was Fang Yun's teacher and friend, and their relationship was not shallow.
Mount Liu's party was weak in Jiang Province. Since Elephant Province was reclaimed by Fang Yun alone, Mount Liu's power in Elephant Province was also very weak.
Not long after Kang Ha-chuan sent the letter, Dong Wencong, the provincial overseer of Xiangzhou, sent a letter to remind him that Xiangzhou had just been taken back from Gyeongo, so it was impossible to transfer all of the old Xiangzhou officials out of Xiangzhou. Moreover, according to the rules of each country, many government officials had to be local. If this rule was broken, the officials of Xiangzhou would definitely revolt.
Fang Yun also discovered many problems in Dong Wencong's documents. Most importantly, the Xiangzhou bureaucracy was clearly divided into "Qing officials" and "Jingguan officials". The Qing officials supported Xiangzhou returning to Gyeongo, while the Jingguan officials supported Gyeongo remaining in Jingguo.
The struggle between the Qing officials and the Jingguan officials had reached its climax. The entire Xiangzhou was in a state of chaos. Dong Wencong was completely complaining. He had no foundation in Xiangzhou, so it was extremely difficult for him to handle the affairs of Xiangzhou.
After reading these urgent letters, Fang Yun had a vague outline of what had happened in the past few months. However, he was not very interested in Xiangzhou. What he really cared about was the war with the barbarians in the north.
Other than that, there were also many letters in the official seal. Fang Yun chose a few people he was on good terms with to read them. They were not important matters. They were all concerned about whether he had killed Lei Zhongmo.
Yan Yukong was very carefree. He said that he had only killed a thief, and that it was not considered killing each other.
Afterwards, Fang Yun secretly flipped through Zhang Longxiang's official seal.
After performing meritorious deeds in the Two World Mountain, "Zhang Longxiang" had a position in the Two World Mountain. His status was different. All the letters would be sent by the Divine Temple as soon as possible. It was not like before, when the letters across the world were either delayed or could not be sent at all.
Every three to five days, Zhang Jingan would write a letter. He would either talk about his life and studies, or talk about some idle gossip, or ask for some advice. He would talk about everything.
Scholars from Chu and other countries in the literary world had sent many letters to invite him to participate in literary gatherings.
However, the ones who sent the most urgent letters were Lei Tingzhen and Prime Minister Zhu Fengqiong.
Fang Yun arranged the letters according to the time. At the beginning, the two of them were relatively friendly, but later they became more and more impolite. Especially after Lei Zhongmo's death, Zhu Fengqiong even said many unpleasant things.
Lei Tingzhen was indeed a great scholar. Although some of the content was impolite, he never said anything too unpleasant.
In the past few days, Lei Tingzhen's attitude in the letters had become very peaceful. He repeatedly said one thing, which was that he hoped "Zhang Longxiang" would challenge Fang Yun at the Chu Ranking Competition. He wanted the two of them to decide the first of the Four Great Talents through a poetry and literary competition.
Zhu Fengqiong had been threatening Zhang Longxiang, asking him to take the initiative to start this competition.
Fang Yun ignored them. He put Zhang Longxiang's official seal into his Sea Swallowing Seashell and returned home.
After Fang Yun returned home, he pretended to be a gentleman for 15 minutes. Then he brought the shy Yang Yuhuan into the bedroom.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
After dinner, Fang Yun began to reply to the letters sent to King Ji's official seal.
Fang Yun first replied to Kang Ha-chuan, saying that since he had become a Grand Scholar, he still hoped to go to Mizhou to fight against the Barbarian Tribe and contribute to Jingguo.
After Fang Yun finished writing, he wanted to reply to other letters. However, Kang Ha-chuan quickly replied.
"If you become a great scholar, you can use the Half-saint clothes and have enough power to protect yourself. Old Man will not stop you from going to the North to fight against the Barbarian Tribe. However, you are only a Grand Scholar. Even if you are heavily protected, you can still be attacked. I don't know if you know, but I heard that not long after Lei Zhongmo died, the West Sea Dragon Sage was seriously injured and went into seclusion to recuperate again. Before he went into seclusion, he scolded you in the West Sea Dragon Palace and swore to kill you. Because of this, I strongly disagree with you going to the North to fight. "
"Oh? The West Sea Dragon Sage was seriously injured? "Fang Yun asked.
"It seems that you know something about this. In addition, can you tell the outside world about the matter between you and Lei Zhongmo? "
"I can, but the time is not right."
"Well, Old Man will not ask you about this. Old Man only wants to ask, when will you go to Baling to take office? "
Fang Yun was silent for a moment and did not answer immediately. Deep down, he was more willing to go to the North to fight against the Barbarian Tribe than to manage the two prefectures.
Baling was also known as Yueyang. It was the capital of Xiangzhou. It faced the Yangtze River and was close to Dongting. It was a first-class place. When Wen Zhan fought against the Ten Scholars of Gyeongo, Fang Yun had gone to Baling and finally took back Xiangzhou.
Not long after, Kang Ha-chuan sent another letter.
"Fang Yun, it is not useless for you to go to Xiangzhou. After the Palace Examination, you entered the Chong Wen Courtyard to cultivate. You have accumulated a lot. Now, you need to put what you have learned to use. If you were a Military Scholar, you would naturally improve faster in the battle against the Barbarian Tribe. However, you are a Confucian Scholar. You must first enter the world and then transcend. You have only governed a county. No matter how successful you are, if you do not go through the prefectures, your foundation will be unstable after you become a Great Scholar. Why is Wen Ying the Emperor of Jiangzhou Courtyard? Why is Yi Zhishi promoted from county, prefectures, prefectures, and six ministries to Minister? Only after experiencing the world can one be a Confucian. If you do not enter the prefectures today, are you going to return after you become a Great Scholar? "
After that, Kang Ha-chuan earnestly persuaded him and sent 14 letters in a row.
Fang Yun thought about it and finally agreed to Kang Ha-chuan. However, he was not completely convinced by Kang Ha-chuan. The main reason was that he had been in Borderline Mountain for the last year. For him, he had experienced enough battles and did not need to go to the north to temper himself. For the Human Tribe, the Battle of Bi Can had ended, and there was no need to kill the Barbarian Tribe to prove themselves. After all, the Water Tribe of the East Sea Dragon Palace was there.
After going through the trials in Borderline Mountain and the World of Battles, Fang Yun believed that it was the best choice for him to be the Governor of the two prefectures. After a while, he would either go to the north or kill his way there.
"Peng Zaozhao, Scholars, I will settle the grudge of Mitani Lien Chan before I become a Great Scholar!"
"You can take up the position in July!"
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