Chapter Ninety-Five: The Light in the Heart
Originally, in this world, people were raised as local leaders, and they had the magical power of pulling the heavens to regulate the weather, commonly known as the wind and rain. If there is rain, in a mountain village like Guiyang County, there can be a harvest in winter. But at this time, the fields are barren, and the hillside hills are not irrigated by rain, and the wheat will not survive in winter, so there is no need to exert effort.
Ye Xingyuan stood at the edge of the village, witnessing this desolate and desolate scene, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh again and again, and he was also thinking carefully in his heart.
Zhou Zhixian's behavior cannot be measured from a higher standpoint, but as a villager of Qianshan Village, Ye Xingyuan does not want to watch the tragedy continue to spread. The villages on the mountainside are already like this, and the situation on the top of the mountain can be imagined.
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, and establish a life for the people", these two sentences Ye Xingyuan blurted out, not just a false declaration, but a sincere feeling.
As a scholar who has not yet entered the office, if the first goal is to take the reading exam, then the second goal should be to give back to the township. The sage cloud ten steps of Ze, there must be vanilla, ten rooms, there must be loyal people, the so-called village sage, refers to this kind of reading and rational people.
The original intention of Xiucai to get a pure heart is certainly not to defeat the shrews who scold the street, but to persuade people to be kind and make the neighbors harmonious. Lifting people to call for wind and rain is not to show off, but to moisten the farmland and maintain the food and clothing of the neighbors.
Ye Xingyuan used to spend most of his time studying behind closed doors, and he didn't have too deep feelings about the livelihood of the people in this world, but today seems to be the first time to open his eyes to see the world.
The five senses strengthened by the wheel beads are keen, and his eyesight is extremely smart, and every grass, tree, dust and sand is in his eyes, which also makes him more able to see the suffering of the people.
The creek that flows through the entrance of the village has long since dried up, the grass has withered, the trees have withered, and the ground has cracked dry. The children running in the countryside were weak and their eyes lacked brightness. Because of hunger, the original prime men seemed weak, and the nagging women originally liked. can only stare at the empty rice cylinder.
Water is the source of life, and without rain, it is equivalent to cutting off the way of life.
If there is no supernatural power, this is a natural disaster that cannot be helped. At most, they can ask the government for help, but they can't change the reality. However, Wensheng came into the world, intercepted the way of heaven and became a heavenly machine, and granted the reader supernatural powers through the mandate of heaven, with the intention of benefiting the hometown.
Wen Sanctuary for. It is "establishing a heart for heaven and earth", and as a small talent, what Ye Xingyuan can do is to "establish a life for the people"! The thoughts in his mind are surging, but this original intention is becoming clearer and clearer, and he is more and more moved.
Ye Xingyuan crossed into this world, and he didn't have a deep sense of belonging at first, he just had an older sister, at most he wanted to be promoted and make a fortune to solve his family dilemma. But as time passed, he made friends in this world. There are also bonds, there is a goal to move forward, and there is also the motivation to work hard.
When he saw the tearful old man kneeling in front of him, it was as if he had touched a heartstring, and his mind suddenly became bright.
The heavenly machine itself is ruthless and desireless, and everyone has their own interpretation of the heavenly machine, or the so-called public saying that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law is reasonable. But Ye Xingyuan himself has never really explored his heart.
So at this moment, Ye Xingyuan looked at the barren terraces in the mountains. Sudden epiphany. I have to do something in this world.
"Uncles and fellow villagers, rest assured, as a person who reads the books of sages, the boy will never sit idly by. I heard that the gentry of this county are gathered in Shantou Village. I'm going to advocate the gentry to unite and persuade the county to change course and win rain for Qianshan Village!"
Don't ask about gains and losses, don't seek fame and fortune, just because you have to do it, you can be called a person. in order to live up to what he has learned in life.
After Ye Xingyuan figured it out, he didn't plan to enter the house, turned around and went straight to Shantou Village.
"Then there will be more Ye Xianggong!" The villagers were grateful, and they wanted to kowtow again, but they were stopped by Ye Xingyuan again.
Ye Cuizhi knew the stakes here, but looking at her radiant little brother, tears welled up in her eyes, and she couldn't say what she wanted to say. Through just a few words, she saw the growth of her little brother, who had become a real man.
He can already stand up to the sky, support the door of the family, and even protect his father. This is what a man has to do, and even if the prospect is unpredictable, how can she stop it?
Ye Xingyuan himself was also excited, when he put aside his distracting thoughts and didn't think about the pros and cons, he suddenly found that his heart was clear, and the heavenly opportunity loomed, which was even more obvious than when he usually deliberately hooked the heavenly opportunity.
Ye Xingyuan was overjoyed, his spiritual power ran all over his body, and he only felt fluttering like a fairy, and he wanted to fly away by the wind, and unconsciously the accumulation of spiritual power and his perception of the heavenly machine were even deeper.
In this way, there will be more opportunities for the provincial test next year Ye Xingyuan's original spiritual power is far beyond ordinary people, and the famous articles in his stomach can be shocking to the world, and what is missing on the way to the imperial examination is only the heavenly understanding and the real foundation of learning.
Today, in a single thought, he actually broke through the so-called "obstacle of knowledge and vision", obtained his original heart, and actually went to another level of cultivation because of this, which was unexpected.
This is roughly equivalent to choosing the way forward, and Ye Xingyuan also faintly understood. Although the sage said that the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light, but this is only a way of expressing the heavenly opportunity.
Taking the people as the foundation is, of course, a heavenly opportunity, but putting the country first is also a heavenly opportunity; as for the monarch as the minister's program, the program is also a heavenly opportunity.
Standing on different standpoints, we will have different understandings of the heavenly machine, and this understanding is out of our hearts and cannot be changed. The local gentry want to protect the interests of their hometown and village, this is their original intention, and it is also their heavenly opportunity, if they can stabilize the township and gain their merits, they will also be like Ye Xingyuan, and they will have a deeper understanding of the heavenly machine.
Regardless of the purpose, Zhou Zhi County wants to increase the number of grain in the county and improve production efficiency, which is also his heart and his natural opportunity. If he can pay a stone of grain for the country, he will have one more political achievement, and he will have an additional understanding of heaven.
Selfishness aside, you can't say who is right and who is wrong, it's just the position you choose. Ye Xingyuan, after seeing the crying old man in his hometown, the sister who was bullied, and the children with yellow faces and thin muscles, it was impossible to choose another position.
But it was said that Ye Xingyuan hurried to Shantou Village, and at this time, Shantou Village was also in chaos.
Wang Juren died, and the cause of death is unknown. The people of Shantou Village refused to give up, and carried the coffin to surround the officials in the county, making endless noise. Ouyang Juren and other gentry came from all over the country, and they were all kindly persuaded to calm down the incident.
"Brother Ouyang, how can this be good? With such a big fuss, the fate of those officials is insignificant, but it is the fault of our generation to mistake Mr. Wang to enter the earth!" Another Ding Juren in the county was worried and was discussing with Ouyang Juren.
Ouyang raised his brows slightly, and said in a deep voice: "It is certainly a big deal for Elder Wang to enter the ground, but if this matter is not investigated, he can't be in a hurry to bury him." Although the villagers are rude and unliterate, it is natural for the county to give an explanation. ”
Wang Juren is old, and he is much older than several other people in terms of qualifications, and when he meets him on weekdays, Ouyang Juren and Ding Juren have to call the old gentleman respectfully. He had already been preparing to retire in the village, but who knew that such an accident would happen.
At the beginning, Wang Juren begged for rain recklessly, and Ouyang Juren and others didn't have time to dissuade them, but thinking that Mr. Wang was so old, Zhou Zhixian would not be too much. But unexpectedly, after only a day or two, bad news came, how can people not be alarmed?
In the past two days, except for those who traveled abroad to study and rush for the exam, almost all the famous scholars in the county gathered in Shantou Village, which was more complete than any literary meeting.
In addition to Ouyang Juren and Ding Juren in the county seat, Gao Juren from Zhengpo Township and Zhang Juren from Xishan Township all arrived one after another, including the dead Wang Juren, and all the Juren who had never gone out in Guiyang County gathered. As for the talents from all over the country, they are coming in an endless stream, even if they dare not say that there is no shortage of them, at least there are seven or eight percent.
Because of Wang Juren's death, the county sergeant Lin was shaken, and the county gentry had formed a consensus against Zhou Zhi County. It stands to reason that the people of the whole county gather together, what can't they do?
But after two days of disturbance, he was still at a loss, and Ouyang Juren was quite helpless about it. In fact, Ouyang Juren's attitude was very clear: first, Zhou Zhixian must give an explanation for Wang Juren's death; second, the rainwater system implemented in the past two years must be stopped, and the previous system of self-care and mutual assistance among the squires must be restored.
In the past, the rainwater in each township and village was generally evenly distributed, and even if it was a drought, they could barely survive the famine year together, at least not unevenly.
However, since Zhou Zhixian took office, his power has become increasingly prosperous, and the original good law has been wiped out.
Especially in the past few years, when the vitality of heaven and earth has changed and the rain is more limited, the distribution of rainwater by the magistrates of the county is more inclined to a few large grain-producing townships in the plains, and the livelihood of the mountainous villages is basically ignored.
Regarding these two demands, Ouyang Juren found that it was not easy to promote.
Everyone has no objection to the first request, after all, the death of a rabbit and a fox are sad and sad. Wang Juren's death, no matter what the reason is, always puts everyone in Guizhou County in danger of being a high-ranking scholar.
For fear that Zhou Zhixian would really rely on the power of the yamen and be ruthless to the scholars, it is necessary to form an alliance to protect himself. But in response to the second appeal, there are some different opinions.
Ouyang Juren took into account the overall situation, and knew that the current situation in the county was like sitting on a volcanic crater, the mountains and villages could not survive, and it was inevitable that there would be chaos, and Wang Juren's accident was only a prelude at most.
Another example is that Zhengpo Township, which is on the top of the mountain, was denied an inch and three minutes of rain by Zhouzhi County three months ago, and it was miserable, so the people of Gaoju also agreed with Ouyang Juren's opinion.
Both Dante Ju and Zhang Juren were born in the land of fish and rice in the eastern plains of the county, and the current rainwater distribution is good for their villages. At this time, although there was righteous indignation because of Wang Juren's death, he was silent about protesting against the distribution of rainwater by the county government.
When they don't speak, the arguments between the talents become even more intense. Someone said, "The king has sacrificed his life, what are we hesitating about?
But some people said euphemistically, "The matter of the king raising people naturally wants to seek justice, but one yard is one yard, and the matter of rain should be considered in the long run." ”
In the midst of this hustle and bustle, Ye Xingyuan finally arrived at Shantou Village. (To be continued.) )
PS: These chapters will be very difficult to write.,I changed this chapter to a little satisfaction in the morning.,Send it out now.,It's to make up for last night.,Not counting today's update!