Yushan Town is a small town under the rule of Suzhou. Normally, the people in the town are not as festive as today, jostling each other happily, because tomorrow is the day of the election, and the residents of the town gather at the place where they usually collect grain.

The rehearsal was held and it was very lively.

The two landowners in the town shook their heads in despair.

Zhou Cai, known as "Zhou Bapi", has 30% of the land in the town in his name. The tenants work hard for him every year. Not only are they unable to make ends meet, but they also have to borrow money from him every month to survive. In the end, they inevitably sell their children and daughters.

He came to repay the debt, and nine out of ten households were eventually forced to lose their families and their families. Sitting opposite Zhou Cai was Liu Hu.

Liu Hu, known as Liu Laohu, was a fool, but he was no less vicious than Zhou Bapi. He built workshops in the town and asked people to raise silkworms and raw silk for him, and he bought it forcibly at the lowest price.

Come over and resell them to foreigners at a high price to earn high profits.

In the past, the two of them fought with each other in the town, and neither one accepted the other.

Zhou Cai built a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits in the west of the town, and Liu Hu built an exquisite and beautiful ancestral hall in the east of the town. Zhou Papi boasted to others that he would eat no meat every day, and Zhou Cai would eat the leftovers.

The fish and meat were distributed to beggars; Liu Hu donated an alternate county magistrate for his newly married son, and Zhou Papi immediately took out the money and donated himself an alternate Taoist priest...

They gathered together today to discuss how to sabotage this election.

Zhou Papi was most worried about this election, "Brother Liu! We have been fighting for our whole lives, but we never expected to be overwhelmed by these poor people. If you let that old man Ding become the mayor, you will be unlucky. Don't forget him.

My daughter-in-law was exhausted to death in your workshop!"

Not to be outdone, Liu Hu exposed Zhou Papi's trick, "You personally ordered Old Man Ding's son to be beaten to death! As the saying goes, the hatred for killing a son is irreconcilable, so just wait for his revenge."

"Okay... We have both offended him, so we should find a way quickly! What's going on in this world? Why should we hold elections? There are thousands of people with the surname Ding in Yushan Town, plus

Relatives account for more than half, so from now on the town will be dominated by them!" Zhou Bapi complained again after being subdued.

Liu Hu whispered: "How about we do some tricks in private to prevent the person named Ding from being elected as the mayor!"

Zhou Papi looked at Liu Hu in confusion, and really didn't understand how to stop the election. "I heard that this election was the idea of ​​the King of Han. How can you stop it? You're not afraid of beheading!"

Liu Hu smiled proudly, "I thought about it all night last night! It finally made me think of the flaw in the election!"

When Zhou Papi saw that he was still telling the truth, he said anxiously: "What's the flaw? Tell me quickly! I'm so anxious!"

Liu Hu, who felt that he had finally defeated Zhou in the fight, laughed and said, "Hey...Brother Zhou, you are still too young compared to me, Liu Laohu! This election sounds nice, as if it is a world of great harmony, and the people should not let themselves be

When you choose someone you like, what do the people like? Brother Zhou, can you guess?"

Zhou Papi saw that he was getting carried away, as if he had guessed the answer correctly, proving that he was not stupid. After thinking about it for a while, he had it! "Of course the people will elect their favorite person! This old man Ding can't make everyone like him! That's not right.

!Brother Liu, they have already discussed it and elect Old Man Ding together! This trick of yours won’t work!” When asking for help, Brother Liu immediately became Brother Liu.

Liu Hu laughed and said: "What kind of brain do you have? I really don't understand how you have managed to keep up with me all these years? Let me tell you, compared to me, you are still too... young..." Seeing Zhou

Papi's face was gloomy, Liu Hu got an advantage and acted like a good boy, "What people like most is money! White money!"

Zhou Papi had thought about this method for a long time, and thought that it would cost a lot and might not be possible. He was disappointed and said: "I thought you, Liu Hu, had come up with some great solution, but I didn't expect that it was all the money I wanted to leave behind, to give to those poor people.

They can choose me! Bah, they hate me to the core! If I don’t do anything after receiving money, who am I going to cry to!”

Liu Hu had done him a disservice, and now he felt a little resentful that iron could not make steel, "Of course they don't want to choose us two, they can find someone they are willing to choose, not counting Old Man Ding! For example: Liu Xiucai, Old Man Wang..."

Suddenly enlightened, Zhou Papi had to admire Liu Laohu and complimented: "Brother Liu is still thoughtful, but this old man Wang is also a poor man, and Liu Xiu is your nephew. Neither of them is suitable. I think Zhou Ting is suitable."

"Isn't Zhou Zhou also your cousin? Besides, Zhou Zhou has done a lot of evil things in the past few years. He has harmed many young girls! Liu Xiucai is the right one. He is a teacher and has good popularity!" Liu Hu came prepared.

, how can we give up and give up.

Zhou Bapi really couldn't think of anyone other than Liu Xiucai who was popular among the poor and had no friendship with him. He shook his head and said, "Liu Xiucai is fine too, but I have a niece who is only 28 years old.

What do you think about letting the two of them get married without committing to anyone else?"

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Liu Laohu said happily: "Okay, let's work separately. I will persuade Liu Xiucai to run for the election, and you will canvass votes for him."

The next day, Li Yunzhong took Zuo Zongtang, the new top pick Wang Qinglu, and the second top pick Zhao Liewen to inspect the election situation under Suzhou, and happened to arrive in Yushan Town.

Zuo Zongtang pointed to the people who came forward to vote and said with emotion: "Since Yao and Shun, China has not done this for five thousand years. Your Highness is the first to do so and will be remembered for centuries!"

Li Yunzhong said modestly: "It's all just picking up people's wisdom, and there is still room for improvement! Mr. Zuo is well-informed, so he needs to put more effort into it!"

Wang Qinglu has been living at the bottom of society and is well aware of the sufferings of the people. He has seen the cunningness of landlords, officials and gentry more than once, and worried: "Election is a good method, but I am afraid that it will be used by landlords and become a tool for them to fight for power. Moreover, most of the people are

If you are ignorant and don’t know how to adapt, good things can turn into bad things!”

Seeing that Li Yunzhong was confident, Zhao Liewen suddenly realized, "This method of election can suppress the power of the landlord class. Over time, the common people will also know how to use this method to safeguard their own interests. In this way, they can check each other with the landlords, and the Han's control over local areas will be greatly improved."

Strengthening will also help to suppress land annexation. Since ancient times, many dynasties have been destroyed and the people have turned into refugees and rebelled. If this method is successful, won't the Han Dynasty last forever?"

Li Yunzhong stopped Zuo Zongtang, who was still arguing, and signaled the election to start counting votes, and everyone fell silent.

Just listen to the township official who presided over the election read:

"Old man Ding has one vote"

"Two votes for Old Man Ding"

"One vote for Liu Xiucai"

"Old man Ding three votes"

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Seeing that Old Man Ding was leading in the vote, Zhou Papi complained to Liu Laohu: "I asked you to give me more money. You have said enough. Look, Old Man Ding has more than 50 votes!"

Old Man Liu touched the cold sweat on his forehead and pretended to be calm: "It's not the last moment yet. If we look at it again, someone must be collecting money and not doing anything! These poor guys are such bastards!"

"Liu Xiucai 40 votes"

"Old Man Wang 12 votes"

"Liu Xiucai 41 votes"

…

"Old Man Ding 76 votes"

"Liu Xiucai 74 votes"

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Seeing that Liu Xiucai's votes were gradually increasing, Zhou Papi and Old Man Liu looked at each other, the overall situation was decided! They both smiled and watched the township official read out the votes.

"Liu Xiucai(0 votes)"

"Liu Xiucai(1 vote)"

"Old man Ding 199 votes"

"Old man Ding 0 votes"

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"Liu Xiucai 1801 votes"

"Old Man Ding 1 0 votes"

"Old Man Wang 600 votes"

Seeing that there were no more votes in the ballot box, the township official announced the candidate for mayor: "Now I announce that Liu Xiucai has been elected as the mayor of Yushan Town! Please come up and speak!"

Li Yunzhong and others watched attentively. Only Wang Qinglu shook his head and sighed.
Chapter completed!