After Fang Yun finished speaking, the carriage fell into silence again. .
Fang Yun's status was so high that even the eldest grandson of the Kongsheng family had to take the initiative to greet Fang Yun, not to mention the rest of the people of the same generation.
These Jinshi all wanted to make friends with Fang Yun, but none of them were from Jiangzhou. They were all High Scholars and had never interacted with Fang Yun before. Fang Yun's light was too bright, so they did not dare to speak carelessly.
Gao Yong was older and felt the awkwardness. He smiled and said, "Brother Fang, I see that you are meeting them for the first time. Why don't I introduce you to them one by one? You don't have to wait until the spring hunt."
Fang Yun had been in front of the emperor many times, so he had a photographic memory. Not to mention the top ten Jinshi, he could even remember the names of the three hundred Jinshi. The other nine were all outstanding High Scholars and had studied in the academy. Fang Yun could recall their stories just by looking at their names.
However, Fang Yun did not stop Gao Yong. He smiled and said, "You are all outstanding High Scholars of the academy, the pillars of Jingguo. I have heard of you, but I am not familiar with you. Brother Gao, please introduce us one by one."
When Gao Yong heard Fang Yun call him Brother Gao, he was even happier. "Brother" had nothing to do with age among scholars. As long as they had the same literary status, they could call each other as a form of respect. However, among relatives, seniority was strictly adhered to.
Gao Yong pointed to his side and smiled. "This is Fan Chenghao, third in the examination. He was born in the capital and married the granddaughter of the head of the Song family. Brother Fan's poetry and essays are better than mine. Back in the day, your poem about Mingzhou shocked the capital. "
"Brother Fan." Fang Yun smiled and cupped his hands.
Fan Chenghao hurriedly returned the greeting and then smiled helplessly. "Brother Gao, you misunderstood me. Mentioning poetry in front of Fang Zhenguo is like showing off in front of an expert."
"That's not right. If I didn't want to compete with Brother Fang, I would have killed myself already! This is … "Gao Yong continued to introduce the others.
Fang Yun introduced them one by one. Helplessly, he discovered that among these people, there were people from Half-saint families, and there were also people from rich and famous families, but none of them were from humble backgrounds.
Fang Yun sighed in his heart. The imperial examination system and the examination system of the later generations were already relatively fair, but the education resources that the wealthy families received were tens or even hundreds of times more than the average person. This was something that was difficult to change. If there was no imperial examination, regardless of whether it was the inspection system or the nine rank system, it would be even more difficult for the children of humble families to rise above the masses.
In the beginning, there was a recommendation system in the Ten Nations. That was, the aristocratic families would recommend outstanding talents in a certain aspect and give them an additional spot for admission. There was nothing wrong with this system, but each family had their own selfish motives. They only recommended those who were close to them. In the end, the Saints realized that something was wrong. If the system continued to develop, it would block more than half of the promotion channels for the commoners, so they decisively stopped it.
Later on, some people said that it was fortunate that the human race was facing the threat of the demon race, so the Saints did not dare to stop the Humble Disciples from advancing. If there were no external threats, this guarantee system would have been popular long ago. In the end, it would allow a very small number of outstanding children from humble families and a large number of children from landowning families to become Jinshi.
Now that there was no guarantee system, it was guaranteed that at least half of the Grand Scholars would come from humble backgrounds.
The imperial examination wasn't a perfect system, but it was the fairest.
After the introductions, everyone became familiar with each other. They first talked about the questions of the imperial examination this time, and then focused on today's court meeting.
"According to the usual practice, the court meeting will first commend us as Jinshi, and then the Ministry of Personnel will announce the list of Jinshi. They will also announce which county we will be in charge of so that we can do our homework well so that we won't be in the dark before taking office. I'm afraid the Notre-Dame's meeting has already ended. Chen Sheng must have issued an imperial edict and they will discuss the strategy against the barbarians. Apart from Fang Zhenguo, we can only listen outside the door, "Gao Yong said.
Shi Chongzhi, who ranked seventh in the imperial examination, said softly, "Chen Sheng didn't issue an imperial edict, but the head of the family said that Chen Sheng should focus on recuperating and leave the military affairs to the imperial court. He will only stop the Demon Sage, Lang Lu."
Shi Chongzhi was the son-in-law of Chen Sheng's family.
Fang Yun looked at the other two Jinshi who were related to the aristocratic families and nodded gently.
Gao Yong reacted quickly and said, "Chen Sheng has always been noble and righteous. He rarely interferes with military affairs, so it's normal that he doesn't appear now. In the end, he will definitely turn the tide."
"Even if Chen Sheng can stop Lang Lu, what about the hundreds of millions of grass barbarians?"
"We can only place our hopes on the other nine nations."
"It's a pity that the royal families of the ten nations were at odds with each other. There was an agreement that those who lost to the barbarians would belong to the neighboring nations. Otherwise, the Eastern Sage would give the order and the other nine nations would definitely help. "
Shi Chongzhi said softly, "That's why today's imperial court will be very interesting."
Fang Yun's heart skipped a beat as he vaguely guessed a possibility.
"What do you think, Brother Shi?" Another Jinshi asked.
Shi Chongzhi shook his head and didn't say anything else.
Fang Yun looked at Shi Chongzhi carefully again. He was indeed someone who was valued by the Chen Sheng family. Although he didn't say anything, he was actually warning the other Jinshi present to be careful. It could be said that he didn't say anything specific. He was tight-lipped and didn't say anything that shouldn't be said.
One of the Jinshi smiled and said, "Brother Shi, you shouldn't have said only half a sentence."
Fang Yun glanced around and saw that there were a total of three Jinshi who didn't like Shi Chongzhi's words. The other Jinshi's expression didn't change at all.
Fang Yun praised them in his heart. Although most of those who became Jinshi studied hard and there were indeed some who didn't understand worldly affairs, most of them had better brains. Even if those who didn't understand worldly affairs came into contact with the outside world in the future, they would change in a short period of time unless they really didn't like interacting with others.
Recognizing and learning from other people's strengths was the best way to improve and grow. Denial was the opposite.
Fang Yun realized that he seemed to be thinking too much. Then he realized that these details seemed insignificant, but it proved that he was growing and that he wasn't wasting his talent.
Fang Yun heaved a sigh of relief. Knowing one's self was more difficult than pursuing the Divine Path.
Gao Yong coughed softly and said, "We're only Jinshi. We have to take military and political matters seriously."
The other Jinshi restrained their dissatisfaction. Even if they didn't know what the problem was, they instinctively stopped themselves from saying anything.
"We're almost at the palace, right?" Fang Yun asked.
"Should be soon."
Not long after, the carriage stopped.
Fang Yun looked forward as he got off the carriage.
There was a red wall in front of him.
There was a gate in the east, west, south, and north of the palace. However, the officials could only go through the south gate. The south gate was the main gate of the palace.
There were two side gates beside the main gate, also known as the Ye Gates.
The carriage stopped outside the moat of the palace. There were three bridges in front of Fang Yun. The bridge in front of him led to the left gate.
The original rule was that the civil officials took the left gate, while the military officials took the right gate. However, because there were too many civil officials, every country changed it to the left gate, while the military officials and officials took the right gate.
The carriage stopped in front of the moat, and the Jinshi could choose which gate to take.
In front of the two gates, there were a lot of officials.
The morning court on the fourth day of the twelfth month was the Great Court Meeting. Furthermore, the Cabinet had already sent officials from all over the country to discuss the Barbarian Strategy. The top officials of Jingguo were all gathered here.
These people tried their best to restrain their power, but there were too many people around. There were countless Jinshi, Hanlin, Grand Scholars, and Confucian scholars. The Qi of Heaven and Earth in the air was stirred up, and strong winds blew in all directions.
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