"A bunch of bastards!" Ao Huang cursed softly as he slowly descended.
Yu Ba Chi said softly, "Fang Xusheng answered so quickly, maybe he got all the questions right."
"Do you think I don't know that you humans are Half-saint? If it's that easy to get an A, the Ten Nations wouldn't only produce an A every few years. The key is not whether the test paper is difficult or not, but that it's too fast. It takes an hour to complete a thirty-page test paper. Who can get an A? As long as it's not an A, they will definitely have an excuse to attack Fang Yun! "
"However, given Fang Xusheng's temper, he shouldn't have agreed to their little tricks so easily. He either has a well-thought-out plan or has a backup plan. "
"Backup plan?" Ao Huang wondered. 'Could it be that Fang Yun has a backup plan?'
Every twenty breaths, a page of the test paper would be flipped. When the last page was flipped, the registrar, Shen Ren, smiled and said, "Everyone, there are still a hundred breaths left. Don't be anxious."
Shen Ren looked at Fang Yun with a smile in his eyes. The further he went, the more time Fang Yun spent answering the questions. Towards the end, he almost didn't stop. It was because there were a few questions at the back that required him to write the entire essay from memory, which was easily thousands of words. Even if Fang Yun wrote at a fast speed, he couldn't finish a page in twenty breaths.
Although he had flipped to the thirtieth page, Fang Yun had yet to raise his head and was still answering the question on the twenty-ninth page.
After more than ten breaths, Fang Yun finally raised his head.
He glanced at the thirtieth page and buried his head in answering the questions.
Time passed slowly. Shen Ren merely stared at Fang Yun and used his official seal to mark the time.
When the time was up, Shen Ren asked the runners to put down the test paper and said loudly, "Time is up, please put down your writing brushes! If you continue to write, it will be considered a failure! "
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yun put down his brush and heaved a sigh of relief.
The runners immediately removed the screen.
A few of the scholars looked at each other and whispered, "It's too fast. We didn't even have time to think about some of the questions."
"Even if we had time to think, we wouldn't have been able to answer all the questions. I only answered about 25%. "
"I'm a little better than you, only 30%."
"I'm close to 30%. I wonder how you guys are doing. Lord Wenyuan. What percentage did you answer? "
Wen Gu shook his head and said regretfully, "I've more or less answered the first half, but I've only answered half of the last ten pages. Where's Constable Lu? "
"About the same as Brother Wen."
Deng Xuezheng said, "I am not much different from Brother Wen. It wasn't that he didn't know how to answer the last question. It's just that there's not enough time. "
Shen Ren smiled and said, "The county test is not over yet. The final answer is not in our hands yet. We can only get it when we enter the marking room. Why don't we use County Magistrate Fang's test paper as a reference? What do you think? "
"I think so! Fang Xusheng probably answered the most questions! "
"That's good. Please exchange your papers and mark them. I will read County Magistrate Fang's answers," Shen Ren said with a smile.
Fang Yun handed the test paper to Shen Ren and stood up with a smile.
Shen Ming swept his gaze over everyone. He coughed lightly. He put the test paper on the left and Fang Yun's answer on the right. He read, "The first question asks how many years have passed since the Spring and Autumn Annals was written. Everyone knows that it has been two hundred and forty-two years. Whoever answers incorrectly will immediately go to the Divine Temple and resign from his position. "
Everyone laughed. Except for Fang Yun, the other thirteen people all drew a circle behind their answers. It meant that they were correct.
Shen Ren continued, "The Hall of Rites and the Hall of Punishments are the final conclusions of the Hall of Rites. Do you still need to say this?"
Everyone laughed and continued to answer the questions. But a few people's expressions changed slightly. Fang Yun's eyes also moved.
The Hall of Punishments and Rites was a battle of the Divine Path during the Han Dynasty. It lasted for nearly fifty years and ended with the death of Jia Yi. The Hall of Punishments won a great victory. It was also the beginning of the coexistence of the Hall of Punishments and Rites.
The Hall of Rites and Rites. Just because of one sentence, "Rites are not inferior to commoners, punishments are not superior to physicians," Half-saint Jia Yi died prematurely. Seven great scholars were shattered and thousands of scholars were destroyed. It was a catastrophe for the human race.
The Hall of Rites' explanation for this sentence was: The commoners were poor. They did not have the time to learn the complicated etiquette and could not afford expensive gifts. Therefore, they could not use etiquette to restrain the commoners. If a high official committed a great crime, they should use obscure words to cover it up. They should not use undignified punishments. Instead, they should let the high official commit suicide.
The Hall of Punishments' explanation for this sentence was the complete opposite of the Hall of Rites.
The Hall of Punishments believed that "superior" and "inferior" corresponded to "superior" and "inferior" respectively. The entire sentence became, "Rites are not inferior to commoners, punishments are not superior to physicians."
The Hall of Punishments' explanation was: Just because the commoners' status was inferior to scholars and physicians, they could not be excluded from etiquette and civilization. Just because the person who committed the crime was a high official, they could not be treated differently.
When Fang Yun first came to Saint Origin World and read about the "Debate between Rites and Punishment", his first thought was that the later generations had deliberately misinterpreted this sentence in order to frame the Confucians. The meaning of this sentence was that the commoners did not have the qualifications to enjoy etiquette, while the high officials and nobles were not punished.
Fang Yun later read many books. Whether it was Jia Yi, Zheng Xuan, or Kong Yingda, these great scholars' explanations for this sentence were similar to the Hall of Rites in Saint Origin World. They were considerate of the commoners and believed that high officials could be sentenced to death, but they had to be dignified and not use physical punishment that harmed the body. It did not mean that high officials were not punished at all.
For Fang Yun, who lived in Ancient Huaxia, "punishments are not superior to physicians" had long been implemented. Not to mention high officials, even if a commoner committed a crime, they would not be punished by breaking their legs. They would either be imprisoned or sentenced to death. It could be said that "punishments are not superior to criminals".
The Hall of Rites and the Hall of Punishments did not dispute the first half of the sentence. If one did not look carefully, there was not much difference in the second half. It was just that one gave a dignified punishment while the other treated everyone equally.
However, the essence of the conflict between the two halls was the right to convict "physicians".
Before the conflict between the Hall of Rites and Punishments, the Hall of Punishments did not have the right to judge all scholars. Only after the Hall of Rites stripped the criminals of their scholar status did the Hall of Punishments have the right to judge them. Otherwise, even if scholars were rebels, without the Hall of Rites' permission, the Hall of Punishments had no right to intervene. At most, they would arrest them.
To the scholars of the Hall of Punishments and the School of Legalism who believed in Shang Yang's "Princes are punished the same as the commoners", the Hall of Rites' actions were simply looking down on the law. If they did not overturn the Hall of Rites' jurisdiction over scholars, the Hall of Punishments and the School of Legalism would never be able to rise again.
Thus, after many years of preparation, the Hall of Punishments brazenly launched the conflict between the Hall of Rites and Punishments.
Those who had witnessed the Battle of Saints hundreds of years ago had long since died. Moreover, all complete records had been erased by the Hall of Rites. Fang Yun could only understand the conflict between the two great Saint Daos through a few words.
"Scarlet clouds rose from Mount Duanfeng, like blood and cloaks, like swords and flags, and did not disperse for ten years."
"Above Kong City, thunder roared continuously for several months. Within a radius of ten thousand miles, insects and beasts did not make a sound."
"A strange light spread and condensed in an instant, heading straight for Mount Moyao. Thousands of miles of mountains and barbarians evaporated like water vapor."
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