In other parts of the capital, there weren't many cracking sounds, but near the Jing Kingdom's Academy, the Imperial Palace, and the residences of the officials, there were many cracking sounds like firecrackers. It was so loud that many people thought it was the new year.
Minister Kang Ha-chuan stood in front of the temple and sighed.
"Tens of thousands of people mourn for Fang Yun, one person shattering a hundred people's guts. Truly a peerless scholar. "
The rest of the examiners stood quietly and sighed for Fang Yun.
In the examination room, Fang Yun finished writing Epang Palace Ode and closed his eyes to rest.
Epang Palace Ode floated for a long time and then slowly fell.
After writing the ode, it was time for the Confucian classics.
The Confucian classics focused on solving the questions, but the problem was that there was only the word "Qin". There was no question to solve, and he had to come up with a question for himself.
Fang Yun thought carefully, and countless classics related to "Qin" appeared in his mind. In the Book of Songs, there was "Wind of Qin", which was a poem from the Qin Kingdom. Even if there was no "Qin" in it, any sentence could be used as a question.
In the Spring and Autumn Annals, there was the history of the Qin Kingdom, and any sentence could be used as a question. As for the other classics, there were countless sentences that could be used as a question.
Fang Yun could only see countless words and sentences flying in front of his eyes. He was at a loss and became more and more confused. He kept feeling that this sentence was not bad and that sentence was not bad. However, when he thought about it carefully, he realized that there must be something better.
Fang Yun finally understood the horror of a one-word question. The Confucian classics tested the contents of the classics, and they were all about the Divine Path. Even if the High Scholar in the examination room was of a low rank and could not touch the core of the Divine Path, they were still connected to the Divine Path.
If there was a fixed Confucian classics test, the examinee would only have to think about one principle, and it would only involve one Divine Path. But now, it was a one-word question, and it involved all the Divine Paths related to "Qin". He had to think about them one by one, and the energy required was shocking.
"If someone with difficulty in choosing participated in this examination, I'm afraid they would cry in the examination room."
Fang Yun thought. He then saw a High Scholar walking out of the examination room with his head lowered.
Fang Yun looked at him carefully. This person's High Scholar robes were very new. It looked like he had just become a High Scholar last year. His literary courage was not solid enough. It must have been because he had to choose too many questions and his mind was in a mess. This caused his heart to waver and he had no choice but to leave the examination hall.
Fang Yun was alarmed. He stopped thinking about the questions related to "Qin". Instead, he learned from the books on imperial examinations. He used a pen to list out the questions that were suitable for him and turned them into words. He used his eyes instead of his mind to think. This was the best way to avoid confusion.
The Metropolitan Exam was the first test of the Jinshi Exam, and it might even be the last one. Fang Yun didn't have the slightest bit of carelessness. From the Book of Songs, Shangshu, The Analects of Confucius, and other books, he listed 233 questions that were suitable for him.
"Weiyang."
"Morning Wind."
"Yellow bird."
"Che Lin."
"Qiu. He built his foundation in Qin. "
"Marquis Jin and Uncle Qin against Han."
"Qin Jian."
"The lack of food is suitable for Qin."
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After finishing the 233 questions, Fang Yun revealed a helpless expression. It was too difficult to choose a suitable question that he was confident he could get an A grade.
At noon, a gentle bell sounded. Fang Yun raised his head and saw a large porcelain plate descending from the sky. There was hot food on the plate. This was one of the differences between the Jinshi Exam and the Juren Exam.
Fang Yun finished his lunch. After resting for a while, he began to slowly recall the books that he had read. Then he began to slowly recall the history from the founding of the Qin State to the end of the Qin Dynasty.
The Metropolitan Exam lasted for three days. After finishing the Ode on Epang Palace, there was still half a day left. Fang Yun wasn't in a hurry. He slowly reviewed the history of Qin.
Until late at night, Fang Yun still hadn't decided what to write. So he simply went to bed.
Before going to sleep, Fang Yun was still hesitating. When he was half asleep, Fang Yun suddenly thought of something.
"Since I'm going to write my own questions, why should I care about the examiner's intentions? I'll just write what I should write! "
Fang Yun thought through everything and fell asleep peacefully.
The next morning, Fang Yun finished his breakfast and read the 233 questions again. He held a brush and crossed out one question after another. In the end, there were still 30 questions left.
Fang Yun began the second round of screening. When he saw the two words "Yellow Bird", he couldn't help but think of the Book of Songs in the Juren Exam. It was a sentence from the Mystic Bird.
The poem 'Black Bird' praised the Shang Dynasty while the poem 'Yellow Bird' ridiculed the Qin State.
The Book of Songs? The Yellow Bird was related to a story. Before Duke Mu of Qin died, he drank with his officials. After drinking to his heart's content, he said that he would live and die with the officials. At that time, three officials with the surname "Ziche" agreed to live and die with Duke Mu of Qin.
These three officials were famous for being good officials. It was with the help of these three that Duke Mu of Qin gave up the fight for hegemony in the Central Plains. He expanded the territory of the Qin State to the west and laid a solid foundation for the future Qin State.
After Duke Mu of Qin died, the three good ministers and 174 people were buried together with Duke Mu.
This was not a simple burial. Whether it was because Duke Mu of Qin wanted to cook the hound after the rabbit was caught or because the next Duke Kang of Qin was afraid that the officials would seize power, it led to the deaths of the three good officials. Therefore, there were people of Qin who wrote the poem "Yellow Bird" to mourn the three good officials and criticize Duke Mu of Qin for being cruel.
However, as a modern person, Fang Yun was not only thinking about the three good officials who were buried with him, he also thought about the 174 people who were buried with him.
Although the Saint Origin World was no longer a slave system, there were still contracts of selling one's body. Furthermore, there was a burial system. If the husband died, the wife would be buried with him. If the master died, the servant would be buried with him. Other than scholars who had the right to not be buried with him, almost no one could resist the burial system.
In the history of the Saint Origin World, there were many people who opposed the burial system. Many enlightened scholars also did not practice it. However, there were still cases of people being buried with him, especially for the sake of seizing the family's property.
Thinking of this, Fang Yun's heart trembled.
Once he died, he would be given the title of Xusheng. Then, the Fang family would be the Xusheng family. Even if he did not have any children, the Jingguo royal family would choose one of his nephews to inherit the Xusheng family.
Now that a large amount of treasures were in the hands of Yang Yuhuan, the Fang family did not dare to harm Yang Yuhuan openly. However, if someone was tempted by the wealth and secretly forced or provoked Yang Yuhuan to commit suicide, this was not something that Fang Yun wanted to see.
However, the burial system was a 'ritual', and the burial system was also a part of the 'ritual'. Although many enlightened scholars no longer practiced the burial system, no one with a high status called for the abolition of the burial system. At most, they expressed their opinions privately and did not form an article.
"Even if it is for the last time to help Yuhuan, I should still call for the abolition of the inhumane burial system. Moreover, I hate this' evil ritual '! When a person is about to die, how can he be afraid of the slightest thing? In my eyes, the general trend of the human race is to abolish the burial system. This inhumane 'ritual', if no one is against it, then I will personally crush it! "
However, the moment he raised the brush, Fang Yun hesitated. This was because Fang Yun thought of a famous saying by Confucius. This saying was said by the Second Sage Mencius.
The initiator of evil has no successor.
This saying has always been ambiguous. No matter if it was someone who supported or opposed the burial system, they could use this saying to prove that they were right. Floating astronomy.
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