Saint of the Confucian way

As the June 15 government examination approaches, people in Shengyuan mainland pay less attention to the imperial examination. After all, there are few Jinshi in the imperial examination, and the children who take the imperial examination are all over Shengyuan mainland.

Since early June, some child students in Ning'an county have gone to the mansion of Qingwu Prefecture, where the scholar test is held, either in groups or accompanied by their parents.

The government examination lasted three days, from June 15 to the early morning of June 18.

Ning'an county has been very calm in the past few days, because all the candidates have gone to the mansion of Qingwu mansion, which has nothing to do with Ning'an city.

For Ning'an County, the only change is that many people are waiting for June 19 to go to the gate of the county literary academy to watch the list.

On June 18, the examiner judged the test paper.

On the morning of June 19, Fang Yun and WAN Yuanjun sat in the Yuanjun house of the county academy of Arts and drank the best Baihao silver needle together. This is wan Yuanjun's private possession. Fang Yun was full of praise for this kind of white tea.

"Brother Wan, is your family used to living in Ning'an county? It's no better than Dayuan Prefecture. It's close to the Yangtze River and the air is humid. Ning'an is much worse." Fang Yun put down his tea cup.

"It's nothing to say that the lower official is raising people. It's because my wife was acclimatized when she first came. I still entrusted your face and asked the people in the medical hall to help cure it. Now it's all right."

"I still remember that." Fang Yun nodded and poured tea for himself.

After a while, Wan Yuanjun said, "the time is coming. Qingwu mansion should release the list soon. Then you and I will receive a letter from governor CAI for the first time. Although I am a student in Dayuan mansion, I have never been in charge of a county literary academy and am worried. I don't know whether the proportion of scholars in my Ning'an County high school this year has increased compared with last year."

"Let it be. I, the county magistrate who is taking the imperial examination, are not in a hurry. You don't have to care too much. I came to Ning'an at the beginning of this year, and my education is not obvious. Next year, there will be a significant increase in the number of high school scholars in Ning'an." Fang Yun is modest but confident.

Wan Yuanjun said, "I think so too. If you came to Ning'an half a year earlier, I would prepare a celebration banquet now, because the number of scholars in Ning'an county will increase sharply this year. Unfortunately..."

Fang Yun said, "let's not mention that. Qingwu's residence selects 160 scholars this year, and the first 30 can go to the book mountain. The number is much higher than that in previous years. It's the luck of the human race."

Wan Yuanjun said with a smile, "in addition to the change of Wenqu star, it is mainly because you have made great contributions to let Jingguo get the reward of the holy Academy. Otherwise, where will there be so many scholars and places to go to the book mountain?"

"You flatter me."

As soon as Fang Yun's voice fell, he found that the official seal trembled and a document came.

Fang Yun and WAN Yuanjun looked at each other and held their official seal together.

The wild geese flew out, turned into missionaries and floated in front of Fang Yun. It was the list of new scholars in the government test sent by Cai he, the governor of Qingwu government.

The first scholar is from Qingwu mansion. Fang Yun nodded gently. After all, the mansion is larger than the county seat, with a large population, and educational resources far beyond any county seat. The top three of each mansion are almost taken over by the children in the mansion every year.

Fang Yun continued to look down. The top three children are still from Qingwu mansion. This situation has lasted for more than ten years.

At the same time, Fang Yun heard Wan Yuanjun sigh. It seemed that Wan Yuanjun, like himself, saw that there was no Ning'an among the top three scholars. However, Fang Yun has a correct attitude and is not too persistent.

Although the imperial examination results account for a large proportion in the first discipline of education, they can not be decided at once. After all, the time for the imperial examination scholars to govern a county is very short.

Qingwu prefecture has one Prefecture and seven counties, with a total of eight cities competing.

Generally speaking, in the top ten scholar schools every year, only one scholar in Ning'an county can rank in the top ten every two years. If there are two scholars in the top ten every year, the incumbent county magistrate will even be rewarded by the imperial court.

Fang Yun continued to look down. After reading the top ten, he was stunned.

Wan Yuanjun was suddenly excited and said, "Fang... Lord Fang, am I wrong? There are four scholars in the top ten in Ning'an county? They are equal to the number in Fucheng? This is something that has never happened since the founding of the people's Republic of China! Wait for me to rub my eyes... Yes, I am right. Although the ranking is not as high as that in Fucheng, it does occupy four places in the top ten!"

Fang Yun raised his head and looked at Wan Yuanjun. Unexpectedly, Wan Yuanjun really rubbed his eyes and couldn't help smiling.

"Keep looking down," Fang Yun said.

"Yes."

Fang Yun stopped after reading the top 30, because the top 30 scholars can go to the book mountain, which is relatively important.

Among the 30 new scholars, 11 are from Ning'an County, and there are only 10 scholars in Fucheng!

In the first 30 middle schools, Ning'an County comprehensively surpassed Qingwu Prefecture and all counties.

"Big... Sir, your ability to teach disciples is too powerful! You don't have to be modest. We all know what the level of Ning'an county is. We know that Bai almost spit blood last year in order to get good results in the government test for children in Ning'an county. As a result, there was only one more scholar than the previous year. This year is good. As soon as you go out, the number of Ning'an scholars in the top 30 is even more than the city!"

Fang Yun smiled and said, "continue to look down. I'd rather have the most in the first 30, but the total number is not necessarily."

The two continued to look down. Fang Yun was a scholar and WAN Yuanjun was a person. Fang Yun finished reading it in advance and found that Ning'an County accounted for a full 54 of the 160 new talents, surpassing 43 in Fucheng, not to mention the other six counties.

Fang Yun looked up and saw that Wan Yuanjun was staring at the letter in front of him, as if he were stupid.

Fang Yun smiled and shook his head. He went to his desk, spread out the prepared Jinbang paper and began to copy the ranking of the county's scholars.

"No. 5, Zhang Yun, No. 2, No. 2, No. 6, Xu Changwei, No. 2, No. 2, No. 8..."

After Fang Yun transcribed more than half, Wan Yuanjun woke up and hurriedly said, "I didn't expect such an amazing result. I'm out of my mind."

"It doesn't matter." Fang Yun glanced at the official seal while talking. He kept shaking since he copied his ranking. It is estimated that it is the inquiry or congratulations of many friends.

Fang Yun did not go to the official seal and said, "the people outside the literary academy are still waiting. We can copy it first."

Fang Yun copied three pages of the golden list before he finished writing 54 people.

"Come and hang a gold list of scholars." Fang Yun said.

"Promise!" two guards at the door came in. They were surprised because they heard Wan Yuanjun's words. They looked at the table and were startled.

"Three pages of gold list?" the officer said and shut up. In previous years, one page of gold list was enough.

"Go," Fang Yun said.

Wan Yuanjun took two steps forward, grabbed a page of the gold list and said, "the lower official will post it in person."

"But," Fang Yun said with a smile.

"This is a great event in Ning'an county. Sir, don't you come forward in person?" Wan Yuanjun said.

"I'm not going to join the fun." Fang Yun shook his head gently.

Wan Yuanjun was stunned, thoughtful, and realized that Fang Yun had long been beyond his level.

"Then the officer went."

Seeing Wan Yuanjun holding a gold list in the front and two guards holding the gold list in the back, the three walked quickly to the front door of the Academy with joy.

All the officials along the way were stunned when they saw the three page gold list, and then their eyes lit up and quickly followed.

The front door of the county academy of literature opened slowly. Wan Yuanjun's face was filled with a happy smile, and his tongue burst into spring thunder and said, "let's put... List..."

The happy voice spread all over Ning'an county.