Just from where Fang Yun was standing, he could see 20 people leaving. Thousands of examination rooms were empty.
Fang Yun did not think that those people would fail. In the imperial examinations that concerned one's future, any insignificant matter could be magnified infinitely, causing people to give up and try again when they had accumulated enough experience.
The next day's lunch was no different from the day before. With the power of the Divine Temple, the food they brought was guaranteed to last for three days.
After eating a sausage, Fang Yun rinsed his mouth with water and then closed his eyes to rest.
After lunch, Fang Yun flipped to the last topic of the policy paper.
There were ten policy topics, which took up five pages of paper. Fang Yun placed the five pages on the table one by one.
According to the usual practice, the first topic of the policy paper was compulsory. The examinees had to choose two topics that they were good at from the second to the tenth question. The aim was to select examinees who were good at a particular skill. Examinees such as farmers, engineers, and doctors would all choose topics that suited them. As long as they answered well, their chances of becoming a Grand Scholar would be higher.
Fang Yun looked at the first question and read it carefully.
Halfway through, Fang Yun's eyes moved slightly. After reading the entire question, Fang Yun revealed a look of reminiscence.
Fang Yun clearly remembered that when he became a County Scholar and went to Book Hill, he failed on the fifth level and was then transported to a mysterious hall. In the end, he ended up in a grassland.
The old man of Book Hill appeared there and asked Fang Yun to use a mere 1,000 people to destroy the Ten Thousand Barbarian Tribe. In the end, Fang Yun used his understanding of the food chain and ecological balance to complete the mission. From then on, he received the Unparalleled Scholar's Heart.
Not long ago, those plans were implemented against the demons and barbarians. However, neither the humans nor the barbarians spread the news. Even Li Wenying, Yan Yukong, and the others did not know.
The first topic of the policy paper required the examinees to find a way to defeat the barbarians without fighting. They wanted to weaken all the barbarians in the grassland, also known as the grassland barbarians.
Fang Yun immediately remembered that when he left the mysterious grassland of Book Hill, the old man had said something that he did not care about at the time.
The old man on Book Hill once said, "If in the future the imperial examinations involve the extermination of the barbarians, you can use today's matter as a topic to offer suggestions."
Fang Yun felt that the examination room had suddenly become cold. Could it be that the old man from Book Hill already knew about this question? Could it be that this policy topic was set by the old man? Or was it just a coincidence?
After thinking for a while, Fang Yun couldn't be sure. Calming his heart, he took out a piece of white paper and spread it out in front of him. His right hand held an ink stick and gently ground the ink. He was thinking about how to write this policy essay.
Although the old man on Book Hill said that he could present the plan that he had mentioned that day, the disclosure of a series of knowledge such as the food chain, the food web, the ecosystem, the ecosphere, and the ecological balance would inevitably lead to unpredictable upheavals.
The ability of the people of Saint Origin World to accept new knowledge was extremely strong. Things like bacteria were no secret to Half-saint. However, the power of the Divine Path was far stronger than anything else. Half-saint wouldn't neglect the essentials and focus on the details.
As long as there was a Saint in the human race, one word from him could change the world. These knowledge were nothing in front of a Saint. Even a Quasi-saint could quickly make the human race rise, but these knowledge were not enough.
"Then, let me slowly fill up these insignificant strengths, let the human race become stronger step by step, and slowly delay the attacks of the demons. Until another Saint appears to suppress the demons and barbarians! "
Fang Yun went through the relevant knowledge in his heart, but in the end, he still felt that it was not suitable to bring up the concept of the food chain. He needed to take it step by step, and use the ecological balance to turn it into a strategy that he had discovered by chance. When his literary position was higher and he became a Grand Scholar, he would slowly perfect it.
Fang Yun finished grinding the ink stick. His mind moved, and he remembered that a hundred years ago, there was a random examination. An examinee who had good knowledge of scriptures could at least get a B grade. However, if his policy essay was not good, he could only get a C grade. It was very likely that he would fail the examination. However, he took a unique approach and applied the ideas of scriptures to his policy essay. In the end, the examiner gave his not-so-outstanding policy essay a B grade.
The examiner's conclusion was that because his knowledge of scriptures was really good, then when his ideas were applied to his policy essay, no matter how good his policy essay was, he should at least get a B grade. However, the other examiner disagreed, and could only ask for Half-saint's judgment. In the end, Half-saint nodded in approval, and that examinee received both B grades and successfully became a Grand Scholar.
Feng Zimo once said that the art of breaking random examinations was to seek order in chaos. If one's talent was not enough, then they should honestly write what they were good at. If one's talent was enough, then they should unify poetry, scriptures, and policy essays. This was the best strategy, because the imperial examination tested one's overall ability. If one's poetry was A grade, and the other two subjects were D grade, they would still not be accepted.
The strengths should be as long as possible, but the weaknesses should not be too short.
Fang Yun fell into deep thought again. His knowledge of scriptures could be said to have reached the peak. He could only unify policy essays and poems, but he could not change the meaning of scriptures.
Fang Yun glanced at his scriptures, and the first sentence to break the question was "Destiny is in the hands of man." Suddenly, he smiled, because this question was highly similar to the first question of policy essays.
Destiny is in the hands of man. Not only could one live in peace and work in peace, but it should also punish the enemies who harmed one's life!
Fang Yun smiled silently, and raised his pen to threaten, but then he was stunned.
"Destiny makes fools of man." Fang Yun sighed softly.
Among Xun Zi's Four Great Holy Paths, one of them was "Separation of Heaven and Man." Separation of Heaven and Man could not be understood literally as the separation of Heaven and Man. It meant that although Heaven gave birth to Man, it could not completely determine the society of Man. However, "A gentleman rules the world" meant that Man could dominate Heaven and Earth at a certain time.
Fang Yun said that "destiny is in the hands of man", which was in line with Xun Zi's idea of "all things in the world, man is the most precious."
Using the ecological balance to destroy the barbarians was Man controlling Heaven and Earth. It was "A gentleman rules the world", which was very similar to Xun Zi's idea.
However, Xun Zi's "Separation of Heaven and Man" was different from Meng Zi's "Destiny Theory."
Meng Zi's idea was that Man had to conform to the Way of Heaven and revere the Way of Heaven. It was best if one's thoughts and morals were compatible with the Way of Heaven, which was the idea of Oneness of Heaven and Man.
Man conquering Heaven and Oneness of Heaven and Man had something in common, but there were also differences. That was whether Man could "surpass" Heaven.
Meng Zi believed that Man's highest realm was the same as Heaven, but Xun Zi believed that Man could control Heaven. It was just that he did not say the words "Man conquering Heaven".
Thinking of this, Fang Yun shook his head helplessly. The Holy Path was too complicated. Xun Zi alone could make people split. They agreed with Xun Zi's theory of dividing work, but it was difficult to agree with the nobility theory, but they also agreed with Separation of Heaven and Man and Man conquering Heaven.
If this policy was written, it would definitely cause a debate among the related aristocratic families, just like whether one's nature was good or evil.
Fang Yun used to support Meng Zi's idea, but now he had to support Xun Zi's idea.
Fang Yun thought for a moment and decided to use a more reliable method to solve this problem.
He was now on bad terms with the Xun family. If he agreed with Xun Zi's idea, the Xun family would be willing to resolve it. However, the other members of the Xun family would not forget that he had suppressed the Xun family, so there was no need to do meaningless pandering.
Since the Meng family had helped him, he did not need to flatter Meng Zi, but he had to try his best not to make false accusations.
Fang Yun closed his eyes and continued to think, perfecting the entire policy. There was a big difference between strategizing and writing a policy.
Until nighttime, Fang Yun finally decided how to write this policy and ensured that it was compatible with the Way of Heaven. He even thought of how to change the previous "Memory of Home."
The previous "Memory of Home" was mainly about nostalgia and nostalgia. However, after it was combined with the Way of Heaven, it could use the natural changes in memory to reflect the irreversible nature of the Way of Heaven. It made people feel that the past was more precious, and the nostalgia was stronger. It could be said that it was by chance that the standard of this poem was higher.
Therefore, Fang Yun rewrote "Memory of Home."
After writing "Memory of Home," Fang Yun picked up the brush and was about to write the policy. However, he did not immediately start writing. Instead, he wrote seriously on another piece of blank paper.
"I'm afraid that this article will cause a disturbance. To prevent the Saints from spying on it, I hope that the three Saints will help me. Fang Yun will be eternally grateful."
Fang Yun sighed after he finished writing. He wrote this with sincerity, because the policy he was going to write would have a huge impact on the structure of the entire Saint Origin World. At the very least, it would be an article that stabilized the country. However, if he asked the Saints for help before writing it, he would be mistaken for arrogance.
In order to prevent the Saints from finding out, Fang Yun had no choice but to remind them in advance.
Inverted Peak Mountain, Notre-Dame, Temple of All Saints.
The three examiners sat in the depths of the main hall. Countless lights flashed in their eyes, and finally, they fixed their eyes on Fang Yun's blank paper.
The old man on the left had a slight change in expression, as if he was unhappy. However, he returned to normal in an instant, as if the previous change was an illusion.
The old man on the right stroked his beard and smiled, "Your courage is commendable."
The Shu Half-saint in the middle, Mi Fengdian, smiled slightly and did not say anything.
In the Jiangzhou Institute of Literature, Fang Yun cupped his hands towards the sky. Then, he picked up the brush and slowly wrote the main text.
"Mencius said that the right time, the right place, and the right people are in harmony. If there is no harmony, then the right time and the right place will prevail. The heaven has substance but is formless. It can be followed or reversed. If it is followed, then the five grains will be abundant. If it is reversed, then there will be endless disasters … "
Fang Yun started with Mencius's famous saying, "The right time is not as important as the right place, and the right place is not as important as the right people." He smoothly transitioned to "the heaven", which was immediately highly consistent with the previous article.
However, Fang Yun did not flatter Mencius. Instead, he used his own ideas to explain that man can control the heaven and the earth. Because he did not write the details of the strategy, there were no anomalies.
After explaining his ideas, Fang Yun slowly wrote down four words as the core of this policy.
Man can conquer the heavens.
Before he could finish writing the four words, the black words on the white paper started to change rapidly. The white paper glowed, and the black words glowed with gold. It was as if there was a magical force under the paper that dragged the paper up slowly.
A pleasant voice gushed out from between the lines, as if the power of the Heavenly Dao was reciting this article.
Before the anomalies of this article could be fully displayed, a force as vast as a mountain descended from the sky, suppressing all the anomalies and making the black and white words look extremely ordinary.
Fang Yun secretly heaved a sigh of relief. At least in this way, he did not have to worry about the Barbarian Saints finding out about it in the short term.
With the help of the three examiners, Fang Yun threw away all his selfish and distracting thoughts. He was full of ideas and quickly wrote the policy.
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