"Huh? Only delaying the Jinshi examination by two years? That's not much different from not being punished. You're so young, five years is nothing. " Fang Daniu was puzzled.
"Two years is enough for many things to happen. If Minister Zuo came for a private visit, it's fine if I don't return the gift. But he came with his private army, so I have to return the gift. Did he give me a generous gift? "Fang Yundao asked.
Fang Daniu said, "Yes, he gave me a pair of Blood Jade Carps. They look just like real carps."
"As expected, I have to return the gift. Let's go home first. "
"Yes, Master. This afternoon, there were suddenly a lot of invitations. In the afternoon, the other madams of the upper houses all gathered at our house and kept praising how great master is. Madam was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. Even Nuu was very happy. "Fang Daniu said as he pulled the reins of the horse to stop the carriage.
"Okay." Fang Yun got off the carriage and a white shadow came out. Little Liu Xing followed slowly and circled around Fang Yun.
Fang Yun carried Nuu into the room and chatted with Yang Yuhuan. He asked about Minister Zuo's visit. Minister Zuo first congratulated Fang Yun and praised him. Then he said he had something to discuss. He didn't tell Yang Yuhuan what it was.
Sitting in the chair, Fang Yun didn't touch the invitations on the table. Instead, he thought about Minister Zuo's purpose.
"The court meeting was stopped because of me. Then Minister Zuo came. I don't know if it's real or fake. Mount Liu isn't alone. Mount Liu has Zongsheng and Zongsheng behind him. We're like fire and water. What's the purpose of his visit? "
Fang Yun thought for a long time and thought of many possibilities. After eliminating the possibility of "reconciliation", he found that none of the possibilities were good. Instead, most of them were harmful.
"There's no turning back. Since I've already made my choice, I have to walk down this path. Any hesitation will lead to unpredictable consequences. The conflict between me and Zongsheng involves the fight for the Divine Path. The fight for the Divine Path is crueler than business, military, and political battles. If something went wrong at a critical moment, he would die and his Divine Path would collapse. So many aristocratic families have placed their bets on me. Jing Fang and the Department of Arts all think that I'm one of them. If I make the slightest move, I will be completely isolated. "
"Besides, the path that I have chosen has already been proven by countless forces in the future. It is impossible. I must cut off all ties with the Minister of the Left!"
"No matter what Left Prime Minister wants to talk to me about, I can't talk to him. However, the Left Prime Minister of the Imperial Court, a dignified Grand Scholar, personally came to visit. This gift must be returned. "
Fang Yun thought of the sharpest conflict in Saint Origin World, the conflict between etiquette and law.
The origins of Legalism could be traced back to Guan Zhong, but Guan Zhong's lineage was interrupted, and then Confucius became a saint. It wasn't until the appearance of Xun Zi and Li Kui, and the addition of their disciples, that Legalism gradually became complete.
However, Xun Zi and Li Kui were both taught by Confucius. Therefore, later generations of Legalists admitted that Dharma originated from "Rites". The increasing importance of "law" caused the Saints of Legalism to have greater demands. They wanted to raise the status of "law" to the same level as "propriety".
This was difficult for the other Zhu Clans to accept. However, Fang Yun didn't oppose this. After all, a society governed by law was obviously more conducive to human development.
However, the concept of "propriety" was too broad, and it involved all living beings. It was extremely important in Saint Origin World, and its status was unshakeable.
Even now, Fang Yun was the number one person in the younger generation, and his contributions were enormous. However, because he had said that Yang Yuhuan was more important than the women of the Beimeng Clan, he had angered a group of old scholars. Even now, he was still being ostracized by the Notre-Dame's "Hall of Propriety".
After thinking through everything, Fang Yun went to find Yang Yuhuan to discuss the matter. He found a few gifts of equal value to the Bloodjade Carp and arranged them in a box.
Afterwards, Fang Yun picked up a few pages of court summaries and read them.
Any official of rank five or above, former rank three or above, or retired official of rank three or above, would receive a paper summary of today's court meeting if they were in the capital, and a letter would be sent to those outside the capital.
The big court meeting was usually held on the third, sixth, and ninth of every ten days, and the small court meeting was not fixed. If there was a big matter, an emergency court meeting would be held.
Fang Yun flipped through the summary of today's emergency court meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, some appointments, funds, transfers, policies and so on were confirmed. Later on, the officials discussed how to reward him, but it was interrupted because of the extravagant extravagance, and they would discuss it again tomorrow.
The next morning, Fang Yun sent Fang Daniu out to inquire about it.
Not long after, Fang Daniu came back to report.
"Master, Minister Zuo has already gone to Yu Nuan Pavilion. I'm afraid he's already in court with the other officials."
"Okay, let's go. Bring the gifts to Minister Zuo's residence."
"Ah? Yes, master! "
Fang Daniu was confused and hurried to prepare the carriage.
The September morning breeze was cool. Fang Yun sat in the carriage and looked out of the window quietly.
Not long after, the carriage of the Fang family stopped in front of Minister Zuo's residence. Fang Daniu put the gifts in the carriage, took Fang Yun's visiting card, and knocked on the door.
"Dong dong dong …"
The beast-faced tin door knocker knocked on the vermilion door, making a crisp sound.
The side door opened, and a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance appeared. He was wearing a dark blue student uniform.
Before the middle-aged man could speak, Fang Daniu bowed slightly and said, "Imperial Scholar, Minister of the Cabinet, Marquis Fang Yun is here to visit Minister Zuo." Then he handed the visiting card to the guard.
The guard's expression didn't change. He took the visiting card with both hands and looked at it carefully. Then he looked at Fang Yun who was standing under the stairs in front of the door, bowed and said, "Greetings, Marquis. Minister Zuo is in court, please come in and wait for a while. "
Fang Yundao said, "Since Minister Zuo is not at home, I'll come another day." Fang Yun turned around and entered the carriage.
The guard, Fang Daniu, and the coachman all looked at the swaying curtain. They were stunned. This was too straightforward.
"Present the gifts." Fang Yundao said.
"Oh? Yes! "Fang Daniu hurriedly took a few steps forward, picked up the gift box, and ran back to the door to hand it to the guard.
"Get on, let's go home," Fang Yundao said.
Seeing that there was a problem, the coachman immediately drove the carriage. Fang Daniu hurriedly jumped on the carriage.
After a long time, Fang Daniu finally reacted and muttered softly, "Scholars are so scheming. Turns out they deliberately chose to visit when Minister Zuo is not at home. It doesn't matter if I see him or not. Since he's here, I'll return the gifts."
After Fang Yun returned home, he officially reported to the academy and received all kinds of necessities for new students. He then returned to the first dormitory.
Fang Yun accepted Qiao Juze's suggestion and didn't deliberately target the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. He should study for the Imperial Scholar Examinations. The Imperial Scholar Examinations would be held in less than three months. Whether he could become the champion of the Huiyuan Examinations was very important, and whether he could become the top scholar of the Imperial Scholar Examinations was even more important.
The top scholar could obtain the meteoric rise that only Grand Scholars could have in advance. That was the most important point. Imperial Scholars and Hanlin Scholars who had meteoric rise were almost incomparable to those who didn't.
Fang Yun first skimmed through the teaching guide for the Imperial Scholar Examinations.
The Ten Nations had long had a relatively complete education system, and although the content of the main course was the classics of the saints, the teaching materials were all kinds of biographies, commentaries, and other types of books. Those were explanatory teaching materials. They were the bridge for students to get to the classics of the saints.
Fang Yun carefully read the teaching guide and found that it was similar to the teaching goals and examination points of the teachers. In the past, he definitely wouldn't have paid attention to it, but as he improved his knowledge and experience, he realized that it was very important.
The most basic application of the teaching guide was to know what the internal examinations of the academy were about. Many students could tell, but Fang Yun could tell at a glance that it was a teaching guide. It was also a Sacred Dao vein!
The reason being, those who could write the teaching materials of the academy were at least great Confucian scholars. Grand Scholars had no right to interfere with teaching materials of this level.
The content of the teaching materials written by the great Confucian scholars would naturally focus on which part of the Sacred Dao they had a profound understanding of.
The Sacred Dao was mighty. Fang Yun knew that he was not qualified to touch it yet, and he had to at least become a Grand Scholar. However, everything he knew and learned was to prepare for touching the Sacred Dao in the future. They were all cornerstones of different sizes.
Whether or not one could touch the Sacred Dao depended on the cornerstones under one's feet, not the hand of the Sacred Dao that was extended at the end.
However … The direction and method of stacking the cornerstones were important.
What to learn was very important.
After Fang Yun finished reading the teaching guide, he quickly read through all the teaching materials. After reading them, the same book appeared in the world of strange books.
Fang Yun closed his eyes and sat down. The first three volumes of the Spring and Autumn Annals of Justice appeared in front of him.
The Spring and Autumn Annals was a history book written by Confucius. Because it was written by a saint, it was called a "scripture" or "canon". The Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals was a history book that supplemented and expanded the Spring and Autumn Annals. Later on, Du Yu of the Jin Dynasty explained the Zuo Zhuan and formed a set of Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals. This explanation was called a commentary.
Later on, the Minister of Literature of Jingguo, Kang Ha-chuan, explained the Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals of Justice. This style of explanation was called a commentary, and justice was a kind of commentary.
Fang Yun looked at the Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals of Justice with some envy. Once one was qualified to write a commentary, it meant that one had touched the Sacred Dao. If one could directly write, annotate, or explain the scriptures of the saints, that would be the highest level of the great Confucian, the Master of Literature.
Once one established his own Sacred Dao and wrote a "scripture" or "canon", he would immediately become a saint.
If he could not write a "scripture" or "canon", he would not be able to become a saint for the rest of his life.
Although the Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals was a commentary and supplement, it was also a "scripture" at the same time.
Fang Yun had accidentally mentioned Zhu Xi's famous saying, "If there is something, change it; if there is nothing, add it." This was actually a commentary on a sentence in the Analects of Confucius. Zhu Xi had a deep understanding of the Analects of Confucius, so it formed the voice of the Sacred Dao and finally formed the vision of a fish leaping over the dragon gate.
When one reached the level of the great Confucian, it would be better if his war poems were strong. If his war poems were not, as long as he recited his own commentary on the scriptures of the saints and displayed the power of the Sacred Dao, it would be enough to compete with the demons and barbarians of the same level.
However, whether it was the scriptures of the saints or the power of the Sacred Dao, they were more than strong but not fierce. Even the art of war of the School of the Militarists was based on "strategy" and "killing" second. Therefore, the human race needed war poems to make up for the shortcomings of the Sacred Dao.
Later on, Fang Yun began to read the Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Annals of Justice seriously. Then, according to the teaching guide, he drew the important parts and analyzed them slightly. He could find the parts of the Sacred Dao that Kang Ha-chuan was proficient in. Fang Yun immediately gave up on the unimportant parts and repeatedly studied the important parts.
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