Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Fang Ziyan stared at Xiao Lucai and He Hongzhuo fiercely, his nostrils flaring and his chest heaving, and it seemed that he was still angry.

It's not that he doesn't trust his master. In his eyes, his master is the most knowledgeable man in the world, and no one can compare to him.

But he just felt very uncomfortable in his heart. The master was the head of the Tongan County School, not the one who guarded the arena. Anyone could come to challenge the master. How tired would the master be in the future?

Moreover, when he was studying at Liuchang Academy, the dean was not so good-tempered. How could an ordinary scholar dare to challenge the dean's authority!

All of this made Fang Ziyan want to rush up and beat up the two gentlemen. Anyway, his Fang family had the money to compensate them.

At worst, we can just get rid of these two gentlemen. They are just scholars, not that rare!

Didn’t my elder brother always want to please Lord Shen? As long as he is willing to spend money, would he still be afraid that there will be no teachers in Tongan County School?

Then you can kill two birds with one stone!

Fang Ziyan's eyes suddenly lit up. He was simply a child prodigy! He actually came up with such a wonderful idea. If Zhao Qi knew about it, he would be impressed!

Just do it!

Fang Ziyan put all his strength into his legs, clenched his fists, narrowed his eyes, leaned forward slightly, and assumed a hunting posture.

He counted silently in his mind.

Three, two, one!

Fang Ziyan's breathing became rapid, his heels had already left the ground, and he suddenly felt a tightness in his neck, breathing became difficult, and his body involuntarily leaned back.

What's going on here?

"What?" Then he heard Pei Zhaoqi ask.

"Ahhhh! Let me go! You've ruined my plan!"

Fang Ziyan started dancing around.

"Plan?" Pei Zhaoqi moved his hand from the back of his neck to his shoulder, and for the first time ever, he joked with him: "Don't implement this plan yet, let's wait and see what happens."

Fang Ziyan's eyes widened: "Do you know what I have planned? It's absolutely brilliant! Don't stop me!"

He wants to help his master regain his position and make his eldest brother admire him!

"A plan to beat them up?" Yu Zhengqing looked over with a smile, and then said to Pei Zhaoqi, "You should be more sensible and keep an eye on kid Zi Yan. It would be nice to let them have a competition today."

Pei Zhaoqi put his hand completely on Fang Ziyan's shoulder, which seemed intimate but was actually restraining.

Fang Ziyan's plan was completely thwarted, and he pursed his lips. "You shouldn't have stopped me. Not only did you make the master lose face, but you also wasted your study time. I'll go up and beat them up. It's straightforward, how good."

Pei Zhaoqi laughed when he heard this: "Can you beat the two gentlemen? Don't ask me and Master to save you when the time comes."

What is this nonsense.

Fang Ziyan was dissatisfied, but his eyes secretly glanced at Xiao Lucai and the other two.

He used to be domineering, and there was always someone to calm him down. But now he is in Tongan County, not Quanyang County. If he really rushed up just now...

Xiao Lucai and the other two are much taller than him, so he might not be able to defeat them...

Fang Ziyan considered it in his heart, but did not show it on his face: "Hmph, fine, then let's give them a chance to face reality and let them know where the difference between them and our master lies."

This is not being cowardly, this is following the heart.

Yu Zhengqing was also amused by his reaction, thinking that he was such a funny guy. After a moment, he straightened his expression and cleared his throat:

"Since it is a literary duel, you should compete more comprehensively today, so that after the first one, some people will not be satisfied and come back for a second time."

The implication of this statement was obvious, but Xiao Lucai and He Hongzhuo looked calm.

As long as they are given the opportunity to try, they will accept success or failure. Even if the result is not as good as others, they must know where they lost.

Yu Zhengqing ordered people to place four simple small tables in the shade of the courtyard, on which were placed a set of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.

He sat at the very top, while Li Hongmao and three others sat opposite him, in a row. The atmosphere was serious, and even Fang Ziyan felt a little nervous.

Jin Zhanpeng moved closer to Pei Zhaoqi, trying hard to reduce his presence.

Yu Zhengqing held up his sleeve and picked up the pen, saying as he wrote: "Although you have not participated in the imperial examination, some of you have participated in the provincial examination. You know that the policy essays in the imperial examinations every year are about current affairs in the world, and the focus of the policy essays is on the policy, that is, the ideas."

Li Hongmao and the other two all nodded in agreement.

The backyard wall was right behind the three of them. Yu Zhengqing glanced at the wall and said,

"Then today, I will test one of you on a policy that is close to our Tongan County."

The three of them were stunned, and they all thought that Yu Zhengqing was going to ask about the planting and application policies of high-yield rice. This realization made Xiao Lucai and the other two feel embarrassed.

Now that Tongan County's high-yield rice has been produced, and Lord Shen and Lord Yu have already discussed the follow-up response strategy, asking them to write a policy paper on this topic would make them feel like a nobody...

If the content of their policy papers is similar to the way Tong'an County handled it, it would be like plagiarism - they have no knowledge of literature and are just picking up what others have left. How can that prove that they are talented in writing?

It's just enough to make people laugh out loud.

If the content is far from the same, then it is even more reasonable - the method and approach that the two adults jointly decided on is not as good as the policy essays that you scholars came up with on the spur of the moment? Isn't this an insult to the two adults?

Similar things have happened before, and even appeared in the imperial examination.

I don't know whether the examiner from the Ministry of Rites did it intentionally or unintentionally, but he turned an adult's way of governing into a policy essay question for the imperial examination.

The candidate didn't know this, so he spoke freely. As a result, many contents of his articles went against the style of that adult.

The result is self-evident - the entire Ministry of Rites is in trouble with both ends. Even if the adult's way of governing is really questionable, you are exposing the matter in public, which is not only foolish but also offending people.

In officialdom, everyone is a colleague and should be given the face they deserve.

From then on, when the Ministry of Rites set questions, they would either put on the questions problems that were difficult for the court officials to solve, perhaps the candidates' new brains would be more useful, and they would be able to look at the problems from different angles and come up with novel solutions.

Or you can create derived test questions to avoid being caught in a dilemma.

And today, this prefect is actually going to do this...

Xiao Lucai and He Hongzhuo's faces turned pale and they looked at Li Hongmao involuntarily, only to see him sitting upright, looking at Yu Zhengqing calmly, without any sign of panic.

The two of them quickly calmed their expressions and calmed their breathing.

"What? You don't dare anymore? It's not too late to quit now, let's go back to Liuyang Mansion."

Yu Zhengqing took in the expressions of several people and smiled.

Return to Liuyang Mansion!

Xiao Lucai was shocked. How could he go back? That would be like admitting defeat. He would not be able to gain a firm foothold in Liuyang Prefecture and would lose all his dignity.

They have made such bold statements, how can they be defeated without a fight!