Chapter 289 Assassination?
Although the Republican and the Democratic Party are essentially serving the interests of the United States, there are still many differences in the policies of who is in power. The same is true here, but unfortunately, some people who understand the truth know that the first regime has been settled. Not only is it the result of the negotiations between the three factions, but also Zhao Yu's opinion. Ouyang and Zhou Ping are not suitable for the attempts of the new system, because the adventurous spirit of these two people is commendable and courageous. It is not certain that they will do what they will do in the Congress.
The three factions were obviously prepared for various unexpected situations, but they didn't expect that the Censorate and Dali Temple would come with an axe and chop off a few people, which made everyone shudder. They didn't know that these two departments were helpless, and Zhao Yu wanted to use this matter to make bad habits and kill bad things. If everyone was honest and upright this time, then the two departments directly under the emperor would be in trouble.
With a little terrifying death, the election finally kicked off. This policy is to register first. If you have enough conditions, those who are willing to participate in the election can register at the Ministry of Personnel. However, it is indeed not easy to get ten people to recommend their signatures. Besides, even those who are ambitious will not think about the first place. As the saying goes, Li Gang and Ouyang are both relatively good people, so they are no longer afraid of gunfire.
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty's Doctor's Letter, more than two candidates will be elected in multiple rounds. For example, three candidates will be elected first, and then the remaining two will be elected. This will avoid the highest personal support rate, because the voting allocation is unreasonable, resulting in the loss to those with relatively few votes. The candidates for this election are Li Gang, Wu Min and Xu Churen. According to the size of the official position, Xu Churen, who has the smallest official position, will first express his own opinions and canvassing votes, and then Wu Min finally comes to Li Gang.
After the first round of voting, Wu Min was eliminated first. But what Ouyang and others did not expect was that in the first round, Xu Churen was twenty votes higher than Li Gang with a high score of fifty votes. If the votes of local officials who had already arrived in Beijing were added, Xu Churen was twenty-five votes higher than sixty votes.
The Qing Dynasty doctor announced an hour's rest, and all officials continued the second round of voting with a little refreshment. There was no way, not everyone could tolerate the three politicians who said an hourly report on the stage.
The people from the Censorate closely paid attention to the activities of some candidates, but the three parties were obviously very sensible and went to the courtyard of their own faction.
Ouyang took off his official hat and asked, "What's going on? Who did you vote for?"
There were only eight officials in the room, and everyone answered unanimously: "Of course it's Li Xiang."
"There are also ** people on Wu Min's side, and Li Gang has eleven people. After everyone joins together, no one will join Li Gang again? What kind of thing did Li Gang do that is angry and resentful?" Ouyang asked: "Or what is there that we didn't consider?"
Su Qiandao: "Can it be that something happened to Wu Min?"
An official said: "I think it was Ou Xiang who underestimated Li Xiang. Do you still remember Zhang Jun's land grabbing? Why did the Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister ask the deceased to find Li Xiang? Anyone who has a good impression of Li Xiang will dissuade this matter. No one talked to Li Xiang after this incident. Why did Li Bangyan dare to blatantly give Li Xiang a bad look in the textbook?"
"What's the reason?" Ouyang asked.
"In other words, although Li Xiang is not annoying, everyone will not like him either." Su Qian said: "Sir, have you forgotten that Wang Fu was sentenced to beheaded when he took office. How long has it been since the Song Dynasty killed such a senior official? Li Yuan expressed his dissatisfaction and indignation for the officials of the greed Mo, which is probably a reason for losing the people's favor."
An official said: "Ou Xiang looked at us and then looked at the court. There were really few people who were completely clean. Apart from Chen Dong and Zong Ze. To be honest, who would like Li Xiang to supervise the country? Moreover, Li Xiang's policy is a policy to suppress the business. If you don't mention your salary, you will cut off our financial path. And it's not a joke. It will take three years to break it. In these three years, it's not clear that Li Xiang will settle the accounts with everyone. So... I'm honest, I didn't vote for Li Xiang."
"Neither I." An official intercepted.
Ouyang Qing almost fainted after he took a look, and then he joined in. Su Qian and Xu Churen voted. Ouyang smiled bitterly: "It seems that even if you are convinced to vote for Li Xiang, the number of votes is not the same." He looked out, and Wu Min's hall seemed to be in a state of confusion. Of course, everyone was not worried because Li Gang could not become a ruling country, but because Zhao Yu had already obviously gone out through the news of the ninth eunuch. Zhao Yuxin, the first candidate for the ruling country, was Li Gang.
Xu Churen, who has a good official reputation and specialized research on economy, trade and commerce. Everyone knows that people like Xu Churen will only limit at most and will not be severely punished by corrupt officials. The policies are also mainly focused on stabilizing the economy. So, Xu Churen flew up. From Xu Churen's experience, it can be seen that the enlightened politics and economy of the Song Dynasty remained until modern reform and opening up. Some people believe that the free political atmosphere of the Northern Song Dynasty passed through modern society. For example... the emperor never forced demolition and sought opinions from the people.
Su Qiandao: "I think it's better to discuss the aftermath."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Judging from the current situation, Li Gang is in danger. Ouyang said: "This is the first election, and everyone is watching. Even if people who don't care now will know that this is an election that affects their lives in the future. So you can't pretend to be sick without any trouble. Although it is the emperor's anger, you have to be slandered. Since everyone dares to choose, Lord Xu doesn't dare to take it. Of course, everyone will still vote for Li Xiang in the next round. This is a political requirement. I want to say, since everyone gathers together to serve this group and this group also serves you, you must also abide by the group's decision. So I hope you don't act irritably."
"Group?" an official asked in confusion.
"Ouyang Xiu said that gentlemen are harmonious but different. Our goal is very simple, which is to implement the capital system of Sleepwalking. So we gather together. Interest groups, whether in the folk, commercial activities or court affairs, can combine and gather influence. We must also dig up talents to enrich our team together, and write books to explain our political views to seek support from everyone. If someone disagrees, it doesn't matter. But I think everyone knows that we are not a commercial alliance, nor a money alliance or a corruption and rights alliance. We are a political alliance, we have pursuits, and we have goals." Ouyang asked: "Actually, this view has been repeatedly said. If someone misunderstood before and is willing to withdraw now, we will never do excessive behavior. Because we are not a clique that gathers together because of the same goal and the same ideal."
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Even if all the people who were Ouyang were throwing the votes down, Li Gang was still completely defeated in the second round of voting, and Xu Churen was unwilling to become the first governor. Of course, according to the rules, Xu Churen must obtain Zhao Yu's permission to become the governor. However, as long as Zhao Yu is not too stupid, he should know that this time is definitely not the time to use the imperial power, and even if it is used, it will be solved later.
Then, Xu Churen announced the democratic alliance he organized and announced that he was the chairman of the alliance. Xu Churen invited Li Gang to form a Secretariat, a ministry province, and a Secretariat. Wu Min should have been in power in the joint power of Li Gang, but she became an opposition, which made Zhou Ping very dissatisfied, but Zhou Ping did not blame others, and no one would have thought that such an accident would occur in the election.
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The ninth father-in-law asked Ouyang to go out to treat him to dinner. The palace was very popular because of Zhao Yu's departure. The number of inner guards has not decreased, and the number of eunuchs and palace maids has dropped to the lowest level in history. In addition to ensuring the safety of royal figures, the inner guards now also sent people to protect the safety of Xu Churen. Zhao Yu did not have a surveillance nature this time. If Xu Churen had his own bodyguard staff, the inner guards could not participate.
The Ninth Eunuch smiled and was not a good thing: "Why, you and Wu Min don't take the emperor's meaning seriously."
"My grandfather Ninth, the more I think about this, the more I am thinking about it, the more wrong it is." Ouyang said: "Li Xiang's votes are too low. In recent years, the territory has expanded and the dynasty has basically been changed. The official sector has always been a big gap. However, many young people have reached the fifth rank. Most of these young Jinshi have been trained in Yangping or Tokyo University, and are excited and love the kingdom and the country. They will not refuse to choose Li Xiang because of his integrity. In contrast, Xu Churen and Wu Min are both people with a stinky smell. Since ancient times, scholars have been noble, so I don't believe that so many people oppose Li Xiang."
"Haha" said Ninth Eunuch, "In fact, it's okay to tell you. It was me who took a handwritten order to give him a fraud."
"Ah?" Ouyang was surprised.
The ninth prince shook his head: "Actually, if this is not the case, Li Xiang still loses. Originally, the emperor wanted to see if you dare to follow the 'public opinion'. Don't worry, Lord Ou, the emperor hopes that this is the case. If the emperor really wants anyone to be the governor and issue an imperial edict directly, why bother with such trouble? Do you think the emperor has to explain so much to his ministers? What's more, the prestige of the emperor today."
After thinking about it, Ouyang said, "Lao Jiu, we have known each other for more than ten years. There is something you have to tell me privately. How does the emperor view this election?"
The ninth prince answered the question: "When the magistrate of Yangping left the county magistrate, he sorted out his own county and then became the boss. Why?"
"Because if I didn't care about it earlier, it would be a garbage county. Besides, I was still young at that time. Later, the county's embezzlement and construction were all on track and formed a certain pattern. Of course, I can ignore it. Don't think that I like to eat lunch next to the smelly corpse every day, and don't think that I like to go out when playing with women in the middle of the night. Don't think that I like to go to the countryside to breathe fresh air. Since someone has done it, why do I still have to care about such a mess? Besides, if I manage less, I will make less mistakes. If I make less money, it is naturally a little bit. Just like a * child, few people are like being promoted to be a * child. It is the same as being an official. Very few officials are to be an official for the sake of hardship. But whether the * child is good or not has to be a public official. Whether the official reputation is good or not, whether you can make money is related to whether you will endure hardships and run a county."
"Only our family can have the chance to see your vulgar words."
"The truth is unpleasant." Ouyang said: "How many Li Gangs in this dynasty are there? Zong Ze? Chen Dong and others who love fame."
"The emperor is not Li Gang." The ninth eunuch smiled and said, "Why are you the emperor? The country is in hand, and the emperor has succeeded. Now the contradictions are all about the country's reign. People from other factions will not ignore the faction of one faction and do not care about the evil. Wealth and wealth. We want to ask Lord Ou instead, why does the emperor still have to deal with chores every day in this situation? Why do you still have to bear the reputation of being a war to start a war against some countries? Bai Qi knows it? He killed 40,000 yuan in Zhao's army. But everyone thinks that Bai Qi is cruel. Who would think that it would not be the order issued by the King of Qin. Bai Qi is just a person carrying the infamous? Lord Ou, have you not seen that the emperor has implemented a complete military and political separation?"
Ouyang asked: "What does it mean?"
"The royal family controls military power, and the imperial court controls government affairs." The nine eunuch said justice: "In order to avoid the weakening of the troops by later generations, the emperor also sets standards for military power and logistics. For example, the ratio of civilians and soldiers of 100 to one, etc. To put it bluntly, if Liu Bang comes out one day, he will only fight with Xiang Yu to be the governor, because everyone is used to the separation of military and government affairs. If he wants to be an emperor and manage government affairs, he will inevitably be opposed by the government and the opposition. And even the people around him may be dissatisfied. Although the imperial power has been weakened, it is not as tempting as before. This will lead to the Song Dynasty for generations."
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At the beginning of the election, Xu Churen seized the power of the first state supervising power as a dark horse. Xu Churen was assigned several positions he could hold. Then he expressed the people's livelihood and national strength policies.
Seeing that the situation was stable, Ouyang asked Jin Niang to be responsible for her work in Tokyo. She and Zhang San and Li Si went north. When she arrived at Huanglong Mansion, she heard a news from this important military city: the Nine-zhen Wanyan Zongbi had been captured alive in front of her. The news has not been confirmed, but it can be confirmed that Zhao Yu will not arrive at Huanglong Mansion for more than ten days.
Huanglong Mansion still has a very important military city. Not only the coming and going of the army, but also the broken walls and ruins that attacked the city back then were still visible. Ouyang reported to the temporary palace of Zhao Yu, who was guarding, and the inner guard who arrived in advance received a notice from Ouyang Hui to accompany him, so he explained to Ouyang the time when Zhao Yu might arrive, and then asked someone to take Ouyang to the Huanglong Mansion Inn to rest.
Ouyang Wanyan rejected the kindness of the inner guard. He didn't like temporary inns. Besides, he had been in the Hebei Military Road Army for so long, so he could not be so miserable. When he arrived at the Fufu Department, he successfully captured several people in charge. Among them was Wu Jie, who was Zhang Jun's position in the era. Wu Jie stayed here to receive Zhao Yu. He wanted to lead Zhao Yu to the southern part of the Jurchens and Changbai Mountain, and then north to the East China Sea, and finally to the Five Kingdoms Ministry. In other words, before Zhao Yu arrived at the Five Kingdoms Ministry, Zhang Jun had to handle the Five Kingdoms Ministry. As for Mongolia and Western Liao, there was no time to go there. Besides, those places were too deserted, and it was boring to go there.
Wu Jie was very happy when he saw Ouyang and said, "I heard that the Lord was promoted to deputy prime minister..."
"General Wu is so polite." Ouyang said: "My deputy prime minister is just a false position. By the way, General Wu, I heard that as soon as I entered Huanglong Mansion, did the front army capture Wanyan Zongbi?"
When Wu Jie heard Ouyang’s question, he pulled Ouyang to the side and asked in a low voice: “Who did you hear me?”
"Yeah? Is there any problem?" Ouyang asked back.
Wu Jie said: "A few days ago, news came from the front that Wanyan Zongbi suddenly disappeared. I don't know if he was escaping or getting sick. At this time, a rumor suddenly broke out, saying that Wanyan Zongbi was caught by the imperial guards. The Comfort Department sent someone to investigate, but the source could not be found, and I don't know what the situation was."
Ouyang smiled: "Actually, you are more suspicious that Wanyan Zongbi sneaked into Huanglong Mansion and was about to assassinate the emperor?"
"Oh... I have such concerns." Wu Jie said: "Wanyan Zongbi is proficient in Chinese and knows the customs and habits of the Song people very well. It is indeed troublesome to pretend to be an imperial guard. His force is extraordinary and his sharp shooting is invincible. If he really gets into the Huanglong Mansion, he will give the emperor a cold arrow..."
Ouyang became even more confused when he heard this: "General Wu, I didn't see you have any methods to investigate." Now Huanglong Mansion is very complicated, not only Hebei Army Road, Inner Guards, Fang Army, Tokyo Imperial Army, and merchants, travelers, workers, etc. According to security requirements, these people must be checked, and then a systematic inspection of the army is conducted to classify the safety levels of people. A place as big as Huanglong Mansion can be sorted out in only three or four days at most.
Wu Jie smiled bitterly: "It is undeniable that Huanglong Mansion has many people and buildings, which is a relatively easy place to start. The emperor will definitely go to the city to see the style of this important military city of all ages, but... we are not sure about Wanyan Zongbi's purpose at all, let alone be sure that he will come to Huanglong Mansion to assassinate. The emperor also has to go to the southern part of Changbai Mountain, Changbai Mountain, East China Sea, and the five countries. You can't just go to the place and go? The emperor would be unhappy if he knew it. But Lord Ou would rest assured. Now it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. Currently, the imperial guards and the wing army are being investigated. In the past twenty days, no new imperial guards will enter Huanglong Mansion. Once the imperial guards are investigated, we will have five points."
At present, I only heard that Wanyan Zongbi suddenly disappeared from the front line. No one knew, and no one saw where he went. Zhang Jun was about to complete the plan to encircle the remnants of the Jurchen forces, which was also very worried because of the emergence of this episode. In various possibilities, there is only one thing that the Song Dynasty was most worried about, that is, Wanyan Zongbi was going to assassinate Zhao Yu, who was about to inspect the original Jurchen land. Huanglong Mansion was Zhao Yu's first stop, so whether Huanglong Mansion would be the attack site also made everyone worry. After all, the situation of the Jurchen people was too difficult. If Wanyan Zongbi didn't seize the time, he would not even have the chance to resist stubbornly.
Chapter completed!