The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1643 Governor Fang Yun

Fang Yun searched the discussion board. Since the re-election of the four great talents, there have been more than 24,000 articles on the discussion board related to "Fang Yun and Zhang Longxiang". It has only been more than two months since the re-election of the four great talents. The average number of articles is 400 per day. If the number of replies is counted, it is at least a thousand times the number of articles.

The discussion board once again turned into a battlefield.

Fang Yun looked at it with a headache and decided to ignore it. After all, both of them were him.

Afterwards, Fang Yun saw the urgent letter from Minister of Culture Jiang Hechuan. It turned out that after more than a month of court discussions, the civil and military officials of Jing State finally compromised after a lot of dramas such as the assistant minister hitting the pillars in the court, the Hanlin arguing with each other, and many people pretending to resign and threaten, and agreed that Fang Yun would serve as the governor of the two states and the head of the Xiangzhou Academy of Literature, commanding the civil officials and the Academy of Literature in Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou, but without the right to command the military.

However, everyone knows that in order to help Fang Yun, the Queen Mother has transferred Chen Xibi and Fang Shouye to Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou as governors, each in charge of military affairs in one state.

Chen Xibi and Fang Yun are life and death friends. When they attacked the monster turtle together with Fang Yun, Chen Xibi's arm was broken by the monster turtle. Later, Fang Yun gave him the fruit of life and health, and his body recovered. Not long ago, Wenquxing was broken, and Chen Xibi and Fang Shouye were promoted to Hanlin.

The governors of these two states are Fang Yun's old friend and Fang Yun's uncle. It doesn't matter whether Fang Yun has military power or not.

As for the current Xiangzhou Mu Dong Wencong, he used to be the prefect of Yuhai Mansion in Jiangzhou. He taught Fang Yun how to write policy papers. He was both a teacher and a friend to Fang Yun, and they had a deep relationship.

Liushan's party is weak in Jiangzhou, and because Xiangzhou was taken back by Fang Yun with his own strength, Liushan's power in Xiangzhou is also weak.

Shortly after Jiang Hechuan sent the letter, Dong Wencong, who served as the governor of Xiangzhou, sent a letter to remind that Xiangzhou had just been taken back from Qingguo, and it was impossible to transfer all the old Xiangzhou officials away from Xiangzhou. Moreover, according to the rules of various countries, many government officials must be locals. If this rule is violated, the officials of Xiangzhou will inevitably disobey collectively.

In Dong Wencong's documents, Fang Yun also found many problems. The most important one is that the Xiangzhou officialdom actually clearly divided "Qing officials" and "Jing officials". Qing officials supported Xiangzhou's return to Qingguo, while Jing officials supported Qingguo to remain in Jingguo.

The struggle between Qing officials and Jing officials has become white-hot, and the whole Xiangzhou has been disturbed. Dong Wencong was completely complaining that he had no foundation in Xiangzhou and it was extremely difficult to handle Xiangzhou affairs.

After reading these urgent letters, Fang Yun had a vague outline of what happened in the past few months. However, he was not very interested in Xiangzhou, and he was really concerned about the war with the barbarians in the north.

In addition, there are a large number of letters in the official seal. Fang Yun picked some people with whom he had a very good relationship to read them. There was nothing serious, but they were all concerned about whether he had killed Lei Chongmo.

Yan Yukong was very free and easy, saying that it was just killing a thief, not a fratricide.

Then, Fang Yun secretly looked through Zhang Longxiang's official seal.

After making merit in Liangjie Mountain, "Zhang Longxiang" had a position in Liangjie Mountain. With a different status, all letters would be delivered by the Holy Temple as soon as possible, instead of being delayed or not being sent out at all as before.

Every three or five days, Zhang Jing'an would write a letter, either telling about his life and study, or saying some gossip, or asking for some knowledge, and talking about everything.

Scholars from Chu and other countries in the literary world sent many letters to invite him to participate in the literary meeting.

However, the ones who sent the most expedited letters were Lei Tingzhen and Qin Prime Minister Zhu Fengqiong.

Fang Yun arranged them according to the time. At the beginning, the two of them were quite friendly, but later they became more and more impolite, especially after Lei Chongmo's death, Zhu Fengqiong even said many unpleasant words.

Lei Ting is really a great scholar. Although some of the content is impolite, he never said anything too unpleasant.

In recent days, Lei Ting's attitude in sending letters has been very peaceful. He repeatedly explained one thing, hoping that "Zhang Longxiang" would challenge Fang Yun in the Chu State Discussion List, requiring the two to decide the top of the four talents through a poetry and prose competition.

Zhu Fengqiong has been threatening, requiring Zhang Longxiang to take the initiative to provoke this literary competition.

Fang Yun ignored them, put Zhang Longxiang's official seal in the swallowing seashell, and returned home.

After Fang Yun returned home, he pretended to be a gentleman for a quarter of an hour, and then took the shy Yang Yuhuan into the bedroom.

A long separation is better than a new marriage.

After dinner, Fang Yun began to reply to the letter sent to the official seal of Prince Ji.

Fang Yun first replied to Jiang Hechuan, saying that since he had become a university scholar, he still hoped to go to Mizhou to fight against the barbarians and contribute to Jingguo.

After Fang Yun finished writing, he wanted to reply to other letters, but Jiang Hechuan replied quickly.

"If you become a great scholar, can use the half-saint's clothes and have enough self-protection power, I will never stop you from going to the north to fight against the barbarians. But you are just a university scholar, even with heavy protection, you may be attacked. I don't know if you know that not long after Lei Chongmo died, the Dragon Saint of the West Sea was seriously injured again and went into seclusion again to recuperate. Before going into seclusion, he cursed you in the Dragon Palace of the West Sea and vowed to kill you. Because of this, I firmly disagree with you going to the north to participate in the war."

"Oh? The Dragon Saint of the West Sea was so seriously injured?" Fang Yun asked.

"It seems that you know something about this matter. In addition, can you tell the outside world about your relationship with Lei Chongmo?"

"You can, but the time is not right yet."

"Well, I won't ask you about this matter. I just want to ask, when will you go to Baling to take office?"

Fang Yun was silent for a moment and did not answer immediately, because deep down he would rather go to the north to fight the barbarians than to manage the two states.

Baling, also known as Yueyang, is the capital of Xiangzhou. It is adjacent to the Yangtze River and close to Dongting Lake. It is a first-class good place. When Wen Zhanqing was in the top ten Jinshi, Fang Yun went to Baling and finally took back Xiangzhou.

Not long after, Jiang Hechuan sent another letter.

"Fang Yun, your going to Xiangzhou is not useless. After the palace examination, you entered Chongwen Academy to practice hard and accumulated a lot. Now you have to put your knowledge into practice. If you were a military scholar, you would naturally make faster progress in fighting against the barbarians, but you are a Confucian scholar after all, and you must first enter the world and then transcend. You have only governed a county. Even if you are successful, if you do not go through the prefectures and states, your foundation will be unstable after you are promoted to a great scholar. Why did Wen Ying serve as the Lord of Jiangzhou? Why did Yi Zhishi rise from the county, prefecture, state, six departments to the prime minister, step by step? Only after experiencing the world can you become a Confucian. If you do not go through the prefectures and states today, will you turn back after being promoted to a great scholar?"

Afterwards, Jiang Hechuan persuaded him earnestly and sent fourteen letters in a row.

Fang Yun thought about it and finally agreed to Jiang Hechuan, but he was not completely convinced by Jiang Hechuan. The main reason was that he had been in Liangjie Mountain last year. For him, he had experienced enough battles and did not need to go to the north to hone his skills. For the human race, the battle of Bi Can had been resolved, and there was no need to kill the barbarians to prove themselves. After all, there were the water tribes in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, and nothing would happen in the north at present.

There should be a degree of tension and relaxation. After experiencing the tempering of Liangjie Mountain and the War Realm, Fang Yun was convinced that serving as the governor of the two states was the best choice at present. After a period of tempering in the position of the governor of the two states, he could either fight in the north, or...

"Peng Zouzhao, all the great scholars, I will solve all the grudges of the three valleys before I am promoted to a great scholar!"

"I can take office in July!"

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