After Fang Yun received Kang Ha-chuan's message, he flew out of the capital and did not receive any more messages until he reached the next city.
Fang Yun really wanted to go back and ask what was going on, but after thinking for a while, he continued to fly towards Xiang Province. However, he sat on Heaven Ascending Cloud and closed his eyes as his body surged with Qi.
Using Memory Tracing, he searched for all the memories related to Li Wenying and Jiang Hechuan.
Whether it was the rankings or the conversations, everything that Fang Yun did not pay attention to before floated to the surface of his memory.
Fang Yun could read ten lines at a glance. When he was reading, he would not miss anything. However, this was not the case when he was browsing through the rankings. Often, he would ignore some discussions because of the things he paid attention to. This was even more so when he was at the Literary Gathering. It was impossible for him to remember everything that was said.
However, as long as it happened within his sight and hearing, even if he could not remember it before, Fang Yun could look for it again.
After an hour, Fang Yun opened his eyes and found some information related to Li Wenying and Yi Zhishi.
There were two replies on the Ranking Board, and three at the Literary Gathering. At that time, Fang Yun had only seen them out of the corner of his eye, so he hadn't paid much attention to them. But now, it was as if that day had come again, and he recalled all the information.
However, there were two theories.
One theory was that, in order to suppress the Jing Kingdom, the Wu Kingdom used some methods to forcefully remove the only candidate from the Jing Kingdom, Li Wenying, from the Four Great Scholars. Because the Four Great Scholars were selected by a group of people, a few of them contacted Yi Zhishi, who was definitely the leader of the Four Great Scholars. They wanted to know Yi Zhishi's attitude. After all, at that time, Yi Zhishi was already at the peak of his power.
In the end, Yi Zhishi did not reply, and thus, Li Wenying was not selected. Moreover, it was said that Gyeongo had also interfered.
The second theory was that Yi Zhishi had privately criticized Li Wenying. He said that Li Wenying did not study the classics and did not pay attention to essays. When this matter reached the ears of the judges, it caused Li Wenying to be unable to become one of the Four Great Scholars.
Fang Yun pondered over Kang Ha-chuan's words. It was obvious that Kang Ha-chuan did not know the inside story of that year and did not want to slander Yi Zhishi. However, he was worried about his safety and was afraid that Kang Ha-chuan would be ambushed by Yi Zhishi in the Sacred Burial Valley, so he said those words.
If this matter were to spread, it would be a small stain on Kang Ha-chuan.
The more Fang Yun thought about it, the more he felt that Yi Zhishi's criticism of Li Wenying in private was probably false. Back then, Yi Zhishi's cultivation was already comparable to that of a great scholar, so there was no way that he would criticize Li Wenying. After all, Li Wenying only killed the Demonic Beasts and Barbarians, not the human race.
However, it was very believable to say that Wu Guo and Gyeongo worked together to suppress Jingguo. The Zong family and Mount Liu had planned for many years to suppress Jingguo and Li Wenying. Wu Guo's previous monarch was also extraordinary. He would definitely do such a thing for the benefit of his country.
As for Yi Zhishi's attitude, it was hard to judge.
Fang Yun pondered for a long time. He did not know what Yi Zhishi was thinking, but he was more inclined to believe that Yi Zhishi knew about this matter but chose to be a bystander.
Fang Yun did not judge whether Yi Zhishi's choice was right or wrong, but he was sure that if Yi Zhishi, as a scholar, did such a thing now, it was indeed a mistake.
After approaching the Yangtze River, Fang Yun's speed became faster and faster. When he was a hundred li away from the Yangtze River, Fang Yun's speed was twice as fast as usual!
The Yangtze River basin was Fang Yun's world. Fang Yun could order the river to do anything with a single thought.
In the Yangtze River basin, all of Fang Yun's abilities would be strengthened, or at least doubled!
If Fang Yun used a water-related battle poem in the Yangtze River basin, its power would be increased by a level!
This was also the reason why Jiao Sheng dared to suppress Fang Yun. If the Kong family head did not come north from Kong City, Li Daoyuan's power might not be a match for Jiao Sheng.
After arriving at the Yangtze River basin, Fang Yun's mind was very active. Even though he was about to reach the Governor's Mansion, he did not waste any time. He immediately split his attention to study, and the results were many times better than usual.
After returning to the Governor's Mansion, Fang Yun first reminisced about the past with Yang Yuhuan and his family. He did not care about any government affairs and only chatted. However, when they were chatting, Fang Yun informed all officials of rank eight and above to head to the Academy of Literature tomorrow. Afterwards, Dong Wencong, as the Prefecture Overseer of Xiang Province, invited all the scholars in Xiang Province who had passed the imperial examinations or higher to organize a literary gathering related to Fang Yun. In reality, it was to consolidate Fang Yun's position.
After that, Su Xiaoxiao left with Nunu as usual.
The night passed uneventfully.
Early the next morning, Fang Yun left the Governor's Mansion in high spirits and headed to the Academy of Literature.
Officials from all over Xiang Province had already gathered in the Academy of Literature. The farthest officials had even galloped over on their flood horses through the night and had not slept a wink.
When Fang Yun slowly entered through the gates of the Wen Academy, all the officials' faces were filled with anticipation.
From now on, no matter what faction the officials in the Academy of Literature belonged to, they were at least half members of the Ning An Party.
As a member of the bureaucracy, everyone knew the reason why Fang Yun had gathered all the officials in Xiang Province. There were indeed some officials who had not arrived. They were either sick or were traveling slowly.
However, as long as they were here, they knew what choice they had to make.
"Greetings to the Governor!"
Everyone bowed respectfully and greeted him.
Fang Yun smiled as he walked in. "Everyone is too polite. I am no longer an official. I am no longer the Governor of the three provinces. I have come here mainly to hand over government affairs. Of course, this also includes plans for the future of Xiang Province. "
When everyone heard this, their hearts finally settled. Fang Yun did not disappoint them. Although he had resigned, he had no intention of disbanding his faction.
Dong Wencong and the others smiled. In a way, it was not that Fang Yun did not want to retreat, but that he could not. For these people, he could not stand by and do nothing. That would cause everyone to betray him.
In this world, no one could be alone.
Fang Yun walked to his seat and slowly sat down.
Everyone stood. No one immediately sat down.
The autumn sun shone on the Academy of Literature in Baling City, adding a hint of warmth to the cold morning.
Fang Yun smiled faintly as he swept his gaze over everyone.
"From now on, those who have been named by me are to leave the Academy of Literature."
Many people shivered and felt a chill run down their spines. They realized that Fang Yun had other intentions for gathering all the officials.
Afterward, Fang Yun began to call out names one by one. Those who were called had various expressions.
Some looked regretful, some were frightened, some sighed softly, some had smiles on their faces, and so on.
All of them obediently left the Academy of Literature without any resistance.
The remaining people vaguely understood that some of these people did not have firm wills, some had ulterior motives, and some were only here to watch. They did not truly want to join the Peace Party.
After the last official left, all the remaining officials looked at Fang Yun in awe.
This sort of power far surpassed that of ordinary Confucians. Probably only Yi Zhishi, below the level of Half-saint, had such an ability to see into the hearts of others.
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