Fang Yun shared a carriage with Prefect Dong Wencong and Prefectural Military Commander Fang Shouye as they headed to the Prefectural Office.
Along the way, the three enveloped the carriage compartment with their literary guts and discussed Xiang Prefecture's confidential affairs in detail.
They had only been talking for a short while when Dong Wencong and Fang Shouye noticed Fang Yun repeatedly touching his official seal. Since it did not interfere with his conversation, neither said anything.
Fang Yun felt rather helpless. He had intended to concentrate on discussing Xiang Prefecture with Dong Wencong and Fang Shouye, but now he had no choice but to use Dual-Mindedness.
Numerous Legalist School scholars, including Gao Mo, a grand elder of the Pavilion of the Hall of Punishment, sent messages asking whether Fang Yun's earlier statements were true. Before that, he had not breathed a word of them.
Not only the Legalist School scholars but also Fang Yun's friends sent him questions.
"Listen, Fang the Reformer, Xiang Prefecture isn't Ning'an County. A single county is as clear as the lines on your palm, and you can easily keep it under control. But Xiang Prefecture has over eighty counties, more than a hundred million people, and officials by the hundreds and thousands, not to mention the struggle between Qing officials and Jing officials. If you try to reform it, I'm afraid difficulties will pile up before you. Some Great Scholars have speculated about the three offices independence you mentioned, but it proved too difficult to implement and remained empty talk on paper. Since you're putting it into practice, you must be very confident. Could you reveal a little in advance?" Whenever Li Fanming had nothing to do, he liked sending Fang Yun messages.
"Struggles among the schools rage more fiercely than those against outside