Governor Dong looked at Fang Yun and said, "It's still like what I said before, that will pay a huge price, so the demon saints should still be arguing, using that power to kill a human race demi-saint may not be worth the loss for the demon world, let alone you." ”

"Students listen to adults. Fang Yun knew that Dong Zhifu had something else to say, and when Xiucai took the exam, Dong Zhifu was the examiner, and calling himself a student was the basic etiquette.

Governor Dong laughed and said, "This is the last day you call yourself a student in front of me." After today, you will be crowned!"

Fang Yun didn't care very much, and said: "I am making meritorious service because of the literary fight this time, and the Holy Court has long been strictly ordered that if you don't fight against the demon barbarians, you can't call it a military merit, so I should be named a Marquis of Wen, not a military marquis." The military marquis is a positive third grade, not only can lead the troops, but also the number of private soldiers is also very large. Wenhou is from the third grade, there is no way to lead the troops, and the number of private soldiers is not much. ”

"What else do you want? As a jinshi, I have worked hard in Jingguo for many years, and my official position is the five-rank prefect, and the title is only a six-rank county uncle! Once your holy decree is official, I will have to call you Lord in the future! This can't be messed up, Marquis Fang!" Dong Zhifu said with a smile.

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, there was a subtle change in his heart, and then sighed lightly, his desire for an official position was far less than that of a civil position, but in any case, after becoming a marquis, his status has improved too much compared to before, some things cannot be said, some things cannot be done, this is "etiquette".

The marquis has made it difficult for nine out of ten officials to reach, after all, even if an ordinary official is busy all his life, his merits and literary names cannot be compared with a state of Wenzhuo, and many Hanlin were posthumously named marquis after his death, which has almost no practical significance.

Only by becoming a university scholar, famous all over the world, and having a lot of military achievements, can you be crowned a marquis, and it is even more difficult to be a prince.

For example, Li Wenying was only named the Duke of the State five years ago, and then the Queen Mother praised him as the Duke of Jianmei. The state is from the second grade, and above is the second grade. Once he became a great Confucian, he was immediately awarded the title of Duke of the Kingdom.

The last product is to be crowned king. The king is also divided into a fictitious king and a military merit king, the former has many royal relatives and a large number, but the military merit king is different, the military merit king will obtain his own territory, which is roughly equivalent to half a county, and cannot be inherited by future generations, but it is equal to the lord of a land. Even the monarch has no right to rule over his territory, and he is the true emperor of the earth.

Jingguo now has only one military merit king, and the rest are fictitious kings, including the heads of various holy families.

"I see. Fang Yun accepted this fact.

Governor Dong nodded and said, "Then I'll say it directly." You have to try to avoid rising up the list of scholars now, and don't do something as shocking as Wendou Yizhou, of course, the Wenbi Wendou between the Academy of Literature and the Academy of Sciences is harmless. If you sharpen yourself in the future, it is best to change your name. Military exploits will not change. ”

Master Xie reminded. ”

"The first of this test, that is, the position of Xie Yuan, if you want to fight, it doesn't hurt, if you don't want to fight, there is no problem. I hope you get the solution. But it's not all armor, only two armor. More than anyone else, I hope that my Jingguo will produce a 'full armor', far more than all the students in the past, but. Your life is more important!" Governor Dong's tone was full of regret.

"I try. Who knew that this scholar hunting list would become a countdown list for my life. Fang Yundao.

Dong Zhifu said: "You are quite calm, and you are not in trouble." Even if the children of the major families learned that they were being remembered by the demon barbarian saints, they would panic. ”

Fang Yun thought that he had seen too many things in the ancient demon inheritance, and he was worried, but he would never be frightened by the demon saint, not to mention that he had spoken to the demon saint before leaving the holy ruins.

Dong Zhifu said: "Since we met before the lifting test, then I will test you, how about it?"

Fang Yun was overjoyed and said, "Thank you Mr. Dong for your advice." ”

Dong Zhifu said: "I don't need to say much about your poetry, as for your scriptures, Feng Yuanjun has already tested it, and he praised it endlessly, saying that your progress is a miracle, and if you polish it for another two years, you will definitely get a first when you take the Jinshi test, and you will be proud of your peers." He is an official of the Literary Academy, so he ignores the policy theory of governing the country, and we, the civil officials, want to govern the country, and regard the policy theory as more important. ”

"Please come with me to the study. Fang Yun led Governor Dong into the study.

Entering the study, the two sat down.

Dong Zhifu said: "You have already tested the meaning of the scriptures, and you should know that the meaning of the scriptures is to explain the words of the saints." The policy theory has two meanings, one is to discuss politics and put forward countermeasures, and the other is to offer advice to the imperial court. In any case, policy theory is inseparable from the word "government." ”

Fang Yun nodded, the strategy is actually to discuss the problems related to politics and give solutions, while in the Shengyuan Continent, "politics" also includes almost everything such as military, industrial and peasant, etc., and the importance is only below the Holy Dao.

"I've read your poems, I've read your scriptures, but I haven't seen your strategies until I put people to the test. There are many subdivisions of policies in the imperial examination, including war, dispute between two ethnic groups, struggle between two countries, agriculture, justice, public security, and even commerce and trade. You know that?"

The student has carefully summed it up. Fang Yun said, pulling out the categories of strategies he had listed before entering the holy ruins from the stack of papers.

Governor Dong looked at it and said: "Good words! It is rumored that you are not good at writing, and you almost missed the children's double armor, but you are ashamed and brave, practice hard day and night, and reach the realm of calligraphy in just a few months, and it is said to be a beautiful talk." Well, you've done a good job of organizing, and if you can't categorize your arguments, you can't analyze them better. ”

Fang Yun said: "That's how I understand. ”

"There is more than one question in one subject. Ten questions are distributed each time, one of which is hand-picked by the saints, and it is a must. Candidates can choose two of the other nine questions to form a total of three. The three questions seem to be few, and each question is only two or three thousand words, but with thinking, it takes at least eight hours to write eight thousand words, and sometimes it can't be written in a day, which takes more time than the scriptures. Do you know why you have to take three questions in a row?" asked Governor Dong.

Fang Yun hadn't thought about this question before, but now that Governor Dong asked, he thought for a while, and said: "The strategy is a text on governing the country, reorganizing the army, and reassuring the people, if you are in the Yamen, you will always encounter many urgent or sudden things, and we can't think about it for too long, and it is far more necessary to change and experience than Jingyi." Moreover, if you really govern a place, you will not only need to adapt, but also work hard for a long time. This three-question strategy is a test of our ability to govern the country. ”

"Not bad. In recent years, there have been a variety of theories that must be tested for people to take the test. However, since the end of the thousand-year-old covenant of no war, throughout the previous Jinshi examinations, only one of the three categories of compulsory questions in the policy theory has been selected, namely, the relationship between the countries of the human race, the strategy of pacifying the demons and destroying the barbarians, and the peace of the people. In the end, Governor Dong's tone was extremely heavy.

Fang Yundao: "As far as I know, in recent years, most of the Jinshi's self-selected topics must also be two of these three categories, because one is that you can prepare in advance, and the other is that I heard that those who choose these three questions have a good chance of becoming Jinshi." ”

Governor Dong smiled and did not answer, but said: "At the time of choosing, the strategy has already begun. (To be continued......)