While sitting in the carriage, Fang Yun pondered quietly. He was almost certain that he would come in first place. More than 70 Half-saint and six Sub-saints had awakened, which was unprecedented. If he still couldn't get the Huiyuan, he might as well shatter the Literati Star.
It would be the New Year soon, during which the academy would be closed and everyone would be on vacation. However, it was the busiest period for some of the new Jinshi scholars because the most outstanding new Jinshi scholars not only had to participate in the Ten Nations Spring Hunt during the Lantern Festival, but they also had to prepare for the following Palace Examinations.
Not all Jinshi scholars were eligible to participate in the Palace Examinations. Regardless of how hard Jingguo worked this year, they could only let the top 50 Jinshi scholars participate in the Palace Examinations because the content of the Palace Examinations was for the Jinshi scholars to go to a county to serve as the current county magistrate. Jingguo was a small country with less than 300 counties in the country. In previous years, they could only take out 20 counties for the Jinshi scholars to manage.
Large countries like the Qi Nation could easily take out hundreds of counties.
Being able to participate in the Palace Examinations meant that they had a chance to enter the academic world. The large countries had a huge advantage and even snowballed, making it impossible for the small countries to surpass them.
Fang Yun had yet to decide when to launch a civil war against Gyeongo. After all, the old Jinshi scholars in Gyeongo were too strong. If the aristocratic families in Gyeongo shamelessly sent the Jinshi scholars or the Jinshi scholars from the Ancient Land of Barren City, the outcome would be unpredictable.
The strongest Jinshi scholars were comparable to the Hanlin Academy Scholars of the Three Halls, and some were even on par with the Hanlin Academy Scholars of the Four Halls. However, they were only comparable to the Hanlin Academy Scholars in terms of combat. They were far inferior in other aspects. Many Jinshi scholars would never be able to advance to the Hanlin Academy Scholars because some were not qualified enough, but nearly 30% of them did so because they didn't have enough Literary Star Power.
This time, after the Literary Star was cast, the humans were overjoyed because many scholars would be able to break through again. After becoming a Jinshi, they would no longer receive the infusion of talent from the Divine Temple and would mainly rely on themselves. Secondly, they would rely on the Notre-Dame or aristocratic families.
A few months after the Literary Star, more than 300 old Jinshi scholars were promoted to the Hanlin Academy Scholars.
However, no one knew that Fang Yun was the cause of the Literary Star. Even Fang Yun didn't know about it at that time.
"The court examination will begin on the first day of the second lunar month next year. However, you have to prepare now. You have to learn about government affairs, agriculture, and fortifications. You have to learn about prisons, money, and other aspects so that you don't know anything. If you are a county magistrate, you have to learn about military affairs. If you are on the coast, you have to learn about sea trade... In short, the court examination is far more difficult than any of the previous examinations. The previous Imperial Examinations could only be considered a theoretical test. On the other hand, the court examination was a test of practical experience. Many Jinshi would have mediocre results in the metropolitan examination but would amaze the Ten Nations in the court examination. That was what happened to Li Wenying back then. He didn't rank high in the imperial examination, but he managed to become the top scholar of Jingguo in the imperial examination because of his achievements in government affairs, education, and military affairs. In particular, he obtained an A grade in military affairs and shocked the Ten Nations, "Fang Yun thought.
"However, when the time comes, the teachers from the academy will teach us Grand Scholars. Teach us how to govern a county. I just need to learn it. Next, my main goal was to help Jingguo achieve a better ranking in the spring hunt. During the Ten Nations Spring Hunt last year, Jingguo only ranked tenth. It had been mocked by the other nations. "
Fang Yun carefully recalled the rules of the spring hunt.
Each nation would send 30 people to participate in the spring hunt. They were the top ten Grand Scholars in the metropolitan examination last year, ten young Grand Scholars below the age of 30, and ten middle-aged Grand Scholars below the age of 50.
The 30 Grand Scholars of each nation would work together to hunt demons and barbarians. The more demons and barbarians they killed and the less damage they suffered, the higher their results would be.
The higher their ranking in the Ten Nations Spring Hunt would be. The more places the Grand Scholars of each nation had to study at the Notre-Dame, the more times they would enter the Hanlin Temple.
The Grand Scholars could no longer be bestowed by the temple like before and had to rely on their own efforts. However, the Notre-Dame's Hanlin Temple could increase the chances of becoming a Grand Scholar, which was extremely important to the Grand Scholars.
The various nations often quarreled over the quota of the Hanlin Temple. Before the first Great Battle of the Two Worlds Mountain, the Ten Nations would often go to war because of the Hanlin Temple.
After thinking about the matters of the spring hunt, Fang Yun thought about the 30,000 Sky Leaves in his palace.
A few moments later, Fang Yun had an idea.
"The 30,000 Sky Leaves won't be of much use to me. I'll have more and more Sky Leaves in the future, and only the aristocratic families can afford to buy them. If I give them to the Holy Clans, I'll be helping the hierarchy. After all, I'm from a humble family and can't help the aristocratic families too much. Instead of exchanging the Sky Leaves for wealth, I might as well increase my status in the Humble Families and increase my true 'power' and 'power'. "
"In that case, I'll set up two Sky Leaf Foundations for Humble Families, one for Jingguo and the other for the entire human race. The one for the entire human race will be called the 'Sky Leaf Ointment', which is originally a stipend for the various nations. The one for Jingguo will be called the 'Jingguo Sky Leaf Ointment', and these two ointment will only be provided to disciples who are not Half-saint aristocratic families. "
After that, Fang Yun decided to give Jingguo 500 Sky Leaves in one go this year according to the current situation of the Ten Nations and the number of Grand Scholars. He would give a total of 2,000 Sky Leaves to the other nations, which would be reduced slightly from next year onwards.
If he gave too much at one go, it would be a waste to let the weak Grand Scholars enter the Heavenly Trees. If he gave too little, it would cause the growth of the human race to slow down.
Fang Yun knew that it would be best to give 100 and 200 Sky Leaves each year, but there was not much time left for the human race. Hence, it would be best to use up the Sky Leaves as soon as possible.
The 30,000 Sky Leaves would be able to win over the most outstanding Grand Scholars of the human race who were not from aristocratic families. Even if they were recruited by the aristocratic families, they would not become enemies with Fang Yun.
Lu Buwei treated Qin Shihuang's father, Zi Chu, as a "rare commodity" and invested in him. Fang Yun treated all the non-aristocratic Grand Scholars of the world as "rare commodities".
This Sky Leaf Ointment was personally set up by Fang Yun. This meant that any Grand Scholar who wanted to obtain the Sky Leaf could not become enemies with Fang Yun in the future. Otherwise, their courage would be damaged or even shattered.
Those hardcore supporters of the Minister of the Left and the Prince of Kang's supporters had already fallen behind their peers because they could not learn Fang Yun's poems and essays. Now that they could not obtain the Sky Leaf, it meant that the descendants of these two supporters would be completely surpassed by others.
The reason why the two parties were able to recruit people was because they were powerful and had sufficient resources to give the outstanding talents preferential treatment and easier promotion.
However, be it the Left Minister or the King of Kang, they could not give the people more powerful poems and war poems. As for the Sky Leaf, it was a precious item that even the Half-saint family could not bear to give away. The Left Minister and the King of Kang could not obtain it at all.
Once the Sky Leaf Ointment began to take shape, the Grand Scholars and their relatives who received the Sky Leaf would spontaneously form new parties or literary associations, for no other reason than to avoid being attacked by the Left Minister's party and the King of Kang's party.
Once the new parties or literary associations were formed, they would naturally become the backbone of Fang Yun's party.
Fang Yun reached out to touch his official seal, wanting to contact the people from the Dongsheng Pavilion and the Prime Minister. However, he touched nothing. Only then did he remember that the official seal was at home. Before the examination, he had participated in it with the determination to die. He did not even bring the River Shell.
When the carriage reached the door, Fang Yun quickly stepped down from the carriage.
"Master is back …" Fang Daniu shouted at the top of his voice.
"I missed you so much!"
A bright yellow shadow rushed over and crashed into Fang Yun's chest with a bang. The impact caused Fang Yun's chest to hurt.
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