As mentioned above, the reader has a first-level supernatural power, and Xiucai shoulders the responsibility of educating the locality, and the supernatural power is the pure heart and holy sound. As the leader of the local gentry, Juren can be called the town guard, and the most famous magic power is to call the wind and rain and regulate the local rain.

But here's the problem, the vitality of a place is limited, and it is impossible for the master to summon rain indefinitely. The drought in this county has been more serious in the past two years, so the problem of rainwater regulation is particularly important.

Zhouzhi County tends to concentrate the limited rainfall in a few large grain-producing townships located in the plains, and leave other barren villages alone, which is conducive to increasing the total grain output of the county, and the figures will be very good, which is very beneficial to the political performance.

The idea of Zhou Zhixian was opposed by a group of local powerful factions led by Ouyang Juren, who demanded that the rainwater be distributed evenly throughout the county and not concentrated in a few townships.

The reason is very simple: how can those scholars who come out of a barren mountain village watch the drought in their hometown and allocate the rainwater to other villages?

At this point, Ye Xingyuan understood that this Zhou Zhixian is not only a cool official, but also a cool official who pursues political achievements or superficial political achievements.

Scholars become officials, not necessarily to make a fortune, but certainly to continue to rise. As an official for one term, for the benefit of one party, merit or political achievements are in place, the evaluation is outstanding, and the court is commended, which will naturally improve the official's status.

For every product that is raised, the Mandate of Heaven will be rewarded, and new supernatural powers will also appear, which will be of great benefit to the reader. Therefore, in this world, there may be many corrupt officials and unscrupulous officials, but it is rare to say that mediocre officials are lazy and lazy.

It's just that sentence, under the avenue, there are infinite variables, the public says that the public is reasonable, the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and the standard for measuring political performance is also its own way of thinking.

For Zhou Zhixian, what he wants is that the local surface is calm, the accumulation of cases is minimized, and the grain tax is sufficient or even greatly increased, so that he can meet the outstanding standards of the imperial court. Then we can get one or two decent performance projects, and we can make enough capital and get promoted.

As for the feelings of the local people, as long as he doesn't make a big mess when he is in office, after he is promoted and leaves, he will be treated with a monstrous flood?

However, the local gentry represented by Ouyang Juren were locals, and their starting point was naturally different from that of the magistrates, who were eager to accumulate political achievements. The magistrates pay more attention to efficiency, and they care more about fairness, not because their consciousness is higher than that of the magistrates, but because the fundamental interests of the two sides are different.

In fact, this is the natural contradiction between the local gentry and foreign officials, Ye Xingyuan is familiar with history, this situation is not uncommon. It's just that in this strange world of Xuanyuan, each has its own magical powers, and the contradictions are more prominent and more acute.

Zhou Zhixian's excessive means have intensified this contradiction, so of course, there are also parties and societies in the county to resist, which seems to be calm, but in fact it is a turbulent undercurrent.

And Zhou Zhixian wanted to confront a local force like Ouyang Juren, and had to use a minion like Huang Dianren, so Huang Dian, who already had a vendetta with Ouyang Juren, naturally hit it off.

Ye Xingyuan resigned from Ouyang Ju's house, and had to admit that the situation was still relatively urgent, and thought to himself, "In this way, we must find a way to get the head of the county test case, and Ouyang Juren also said that the head of the Tongsheng case can basically ensure Xiucai, which is his talisman in the whirlpool." ”

Before the exam, Ye Xingyuan simply studied behind closed doors at home, keeping a low profile. Until the night before the exam, he quietly entered the county seat and settled in Ouyang's house.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ouyang Juren personally sent Ye Xingyuan to the gate of the county examination room, and urged the inspection officials to search on the spot, and officially confirmed that Ye Xingyuan had no entrainment on him, so he let Ye Xingyuan enter.

At this time, the Huang Dianguan was arranging in the venue, and he was responsible for pasting spells on each examination booth to ban the magic methods of fraud. The function is to prevent candidates from cheating with supernatural powers and ensure the fairness of the exam.

This spell comes from the divine art that comes from the belief in the Yin God, and then again, the divine power of the divine grace system is often achieved by the charm.

While urging his subordinates, the yellow officer quietly took out a spell from his sleeve. The color is the same as the other test room charms, but the pattern is slightly different.

Huang Dian was so obsessed that no one paid attention to him, and secretly tore off the forbidden talisman on the Dongshou Jiaer Examination Shed, and replaced the nameless spell in his hand and pasted it. After sticking tightly, he saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and his face showed a slight hint of pride.

Ye Xingyuan passed by Huang Dian, carrying the test basket prepared by Ouyang Juren for him, and Shi Shiran followed the team. Candidates are named and assigned to different examination booths.

Ye Xingyuan's examination shed is the second first and second in the east; no coincidence is a book, and the position of the first next to him is Sheng Benqi. However, after Sheng Benqi saw Ye Xingyuan, he got into the first examination shed and didn't come out again.

What is the purpose of this arrangement? Want to mess with my mind? Ye Xingyuan sneered, such a low-level method would not be effective for him, if Huang Dian's methods only stopped there, it would be no wonder that Ouyang Juren looked down on this person.

But thinking about the order of the imperial examination is so strict, a small official can only interfere with his thoughts a little at most. Ye Xingyuan was sure in his heart, but every detail was still extremely cautious, he took out the four treasures of the study room from the basket, tried the ink, and was fully prepared for the upcoming exam.

Ouyang Juren naturally prepared for him properly, everything was flawless, even the food prepared was warm, fresh and clean, and he couldn't find the slightest mistake.

Ye Xingyuan was still not at ease, and checked the examination shed up and down to see if anyone had hidden something in advance, so as to eliminate all the possibility of being framed.

With a rapid gong sound, all the candidates have finished entering, and the examiner led the errand and began to patrol the various examination booths to put down the test questions.

The county examination is a whole day, and in the morning it is to memorize and write the articles of the sages silently, which is the basic skill, if you can't pass this level, then you don't have to take the test.

Ye Xingyuan took a rough look at the exam questions, but fortunately, the questions were within the scope of his own memorization, as long as he recalled them slightly, he could roughly repeat them word for word.

About 5,000 words of dictation, that is, the workload is relatively large. Ye Xingyuan didn't see any rare exam questions, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and wrote while recalling, and he didn't need to make drafts, and his handwriting was like flowing water.

When the examiner in the distance saw it, he bowed his head slightly to express his satisfaction, and leaned in front of the chief examiner Zhou Zhixian, and whispered, "County Zun, that is Ye Xingyuan." ”

In the past few days, Ye Xingyuan's name has been like a mountain, and the officials in the city have also heard about the grand event of Xiangjun's apparition, "nothing is concentric, and the fireworks are unbearable", which moved the ladies and ladies of the boudoir to tears.

The examiner on the patrol knew that Ye Xingyuan was going to take the test today, so he paid special attention to it, and couldn't help but go to Zhou Zhixian to say a word.

Zhou Zhixian was thin and small, but his eyes were intimidating, he raised his head dissatisfied, and glanced at the examiner in the inspection hall, "Who is Ye Xingyuan? Does this official need to know? Could it be that this person is your relative and friend, and you want to come to the official to say something?"

The inspector was startled, remembering that the top boss had an odd temper and claimed to be incorruptible, so he quickly shut his mouth.

Ye Xingyuan didn't know about this little episode, but the more he wrote, the smoother it became, and the memories and abilities of his past and present lives were completely combined, making these sage classics extremely clear in his mind.

Not to mention that before the exam, he also used scientific methods to classify and re-deepen his memory, and now these classics that are not obscure can be memorized almost backwards, and there will never be a word difference.

Dictation does not need to use spiritual power to attract heavenly opportunities, because it is the words of saints, and naturally contains heavenly opportunities.

If the words are light, even in the dark, it means that the candidate has his own understanding of the words of the saint, if the light is dim and unclear, it means that he is simply memorizing, and if there are mistakes or omissions, the words of the saint will not shine, that is, waiting.

Ye Xingyuan's words were bright, but in just an hour, he finished writing five thousand words silently and spread them on the table, brilliant as a pearl in the night, dispelling the shadows in the examination shed.

Zhou Zhixian finally couldn't help but raise his eyelids at this time and looked at the radiant place.

There was a deputy examiner with a happy face, "This son is not simple, just this kung fu of understanding and reciting the scriptures can take a child." In the past few years, there has never been such a deep candidate in this county. ”

The world is very fair, and there is a reward for the effort you put in. Resonates with the heavens, or requires people's natural endowments, but this kind of memorization depends on who has more hard work.

The deputy examiner didn't expect that the spiritual power was strong enough to compete with Yu Xiucai, the talented kid who could be recognized by Xiangjun, and the ambition to work hard, sure enough, anyone's success is not accidental. A guy with three strong foundations, talents, and spiritual powers, who else can compete with him?

"Be steady!" Zhou Zhixian scolded, "The morning's dictation is not over yet, this son is just taking some opportunities, how can you be so out of shape?"

Classic dictation, but it is only a basic exam, and the most important thing is the afternoon article, which is the key to determining the ownership of the head of the case.

Huang Dianxian bowed down and stood behind Zhou Zhixian, there was no room for him to interject as a small official, but he was influencing the process of the exam in his own way. The gaze drifted to the yellow spell, waving in the wind and humming.

Before lunch, Ye Xingyuan handed over the paper he wrote silently, which could have been delayed until the afternoon and handed in with the article volume, and it could also be supplemented and modified. However, Ye Xingyuan had already read it carefully and there were no mistakes or omissions, in order to avoid accidents such as defacing the volume, he simply handed in the paper and concentrated on dealing with that child's article in the afternoon.

This is the first one in the audience to hand in the papers, and according to the rules, the papers can be presented to Zhou Zhixian on the spot. Zhou Zhixian's face was like an iceberg, he was the most disdainful person who boasted of his talent, and when a pair of eagle eyes stared at the curly, he wanted to find a mistake to scold.

But it didn't. Zhou Zhixian rubbed his eyes in disbelief, looking at the paper where every word was like a candle, and the red pen in his hand was held in the air, but he couldn't light it.

This exam paper is full of brilliance, and even in the dark, you can read it without borrowing lights, which shows that the resonance of heaven and machine is very harmonious, and there are no mistakes or omissions.

The font is rich and gorgeous, the pen is soft and rigid, so calligraphy, there is already a demeanor of everyone, no matter how Zhou Zhixian can not find fault, otherwise it can only be self-inflicted.

I had no choice but to put down my pen, drew a red circle on the top of the test paper, and scribbled a "A" character. A is the best, but Zhou Zhixian is really not in the mood to make any other comments.