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"Sigh …" I don't know what's wrong with this big guy, but why is there so much internal trouble! " Liu Can sighed to the sky and shook his head helplessly. "No wonder the Emperor and the ministers let this Lord General come up with some tricks. It turns out they couldn't care less about the Youzhou!"

"It's not that we can't care about Youzhou, I think as long as Youzhou doesn't revolt and pay taxes to the imperial government on time, the Emperor and the ministers wouldn't care about what Lord General is doing in Youzhou!" Xiao Yue shook his head and continued: "Old master, do you know? The leader of the Jizhou s, Zhang Yan, has harmed the various counties of the Jizhou. The imperial government has no choice but to comply with Zhang Yan's request and confer upon him the title of a mediocre general. "

"Oh my god, even bandits have been given the title of general!" Is there even a law within a kingdom? " The world became crazier and crazier, even Liu Can was a little afraid: "I can see it now, in this world, whoever has the sword and spear will be the boss."

"Master is right, I think Lord General saw through this long ago. As soon as he arrived at Youzhou, he destroyed all the rich and powerful families in Youzhou, and wanted to destroy the opposition forces in Youzhou. Take a look at the current Youzhou, which wealthy family can afford to have over a hundred servants? " Saying that, Xiao Yue could not help but admire the Lord General.

"But, why did he want to obtain so many County Magistrate's History s? We have to supervise the county and county officials and give them a sign of trust. Isn't that just giving him trouble? " Liu Can looked at Xiao Yue and asked puzzledly.

"The duty of the Youzhou's assassins is to supervise the county and county officials of the Youzhou, how can he supervise them all by himself? So he let the gentry supervise for him, and at no cost at all! " Xiao Yue laughed strangely, and continued to speak: "Master, I recently heard that the Guangyang City's few big business people are also moving around, they also want to run for censors, and have the support of a lot of people."

"Mm …" Liu Can's face immediately became ugly. He turned around and looked at Xiao Yue, and said angrily: Since ancient times, Saints have divided the people of this world into Scholar, Farmer, Worker, and Trader. This merchant is of the last class, even if the Lord General speaks highly of them, I do not believe that the Gentlemen will choose a merchant to be their censors.

"Old master, you must not be careless. The merchants lived in the city, and they knew the government better, and they were shrewd, cunning, and very good at buying people's hearts. They sell matches, glass, paper, newspapers, and other things that are unique to them, so the gentry are on good terms with them. " In the end, Xiao Yue was still young and was very sensitive to these new things.

"Sigh …" This is truly an immortal experience! " Liu Can let out a long sigh, and said with a bitter face: "Even if they elected the merchants, what can we do? Didn't you just say it? Even bandits could be conferred the title of generals by the imperial government, so how wrong would it be for this merchant to become a censors? "

"Master, there's no need to be discouraged, they don't even know if they can live up to it." However, Master, I think you should move to the city as well. There are lands in the village and shops in the city. Xiao Yue saw the advantage in the city and encouraged Liu Can.

"You're right!" Liu Can nodded heavily.

The agenda was very simple. The duration of the meeting was one day, and in the morning, they had to approve the constitution of the Conference on History of Guangyang City, conduct electoral campaigns for the censor, elect the censors of Guangyang City, and in the afternoon, they would give a report on their duties. The censor s would vote of confidence for the officials.

As this was a Conference on History of the Guangyang County, Yang Lin did not come to the scene. Instead, quite a number of County and censor representatives from other counties of the Youzhou came. Because Guangyang was the first person to convene the Conference on History, they were here to observe. Of course, the Taishang Jiang Li and the county magistrate were seated, but they were sitting on the side.

The conference was presided over by Guangyang County Cheng, and because everyone had received the statutes of the Conference on History beforehand, it was very simple to pass.

After the censors's elections began, Liu Can and Lu Jie spoke out for the competition. They had prepared everything perfectly. The speech must have been written by someone else, but the two of them had some knowledge. They continued to draw from the classics and won the applause from the entire stadium.

However, what they expected happened still happened. Chen Yin, who was representing the matches in Guangyang City, Liu Jing, who was representing the glass windows, Zhang Huai, who was representing the books, and Li Da, who was representing the newspapers, jumped out one after another to run for censors. Compared to Liu Can and Lu Jie, their speech was much more lively, lively, humorous, and funny.

Each of them had their own business. After representing these exclusive products, their fame would follow these products and enter the tens of thousands of households. Their names would be known by every household, and as long as these rich people had the opportunity to participate in politics, they would not easily let them go.

"The situation is not looking good. These people are good at doing business, so everyone is laughing. I'm afraid we are not a match for them." Liu Can had never experienced such a scene, and in that moment, he lost all confidence and muttered to Xiao Yue who was beside him.

"Old master, don't worry. They're just joining in the fun. I don't think they can pick anyone." Xiao Yue's observation was much more meticulous. He could already tell that the country gentry were not interested in these merchants, "However, Master, you have to quickly greet the countryside gentry and liaise with them."

"Makes sense." Liu Can nodded. Before the voting, regardless of whether he recognized them or not, Liu Can smiled and greeted the country gentry. Xiao Yue, who was standing at the side, couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Even in all these years I've followed Liu Can, I've never seen Liu Can laugh so much.

The result of the first round of elections was a little surprising. The votes were very scattered, and not even half of the six censor had chosen to participate. In accordance to the rules of the Conference on History, the entire censor would vote again, and from the two censor s who obtained the most votes, one would become the censors.

Even though the business tycoons were putting in all their effort, none of them managed to make it into the top two. It has to be said that the gentry still look down on the industrialists. They may like you, they may like you, but they won't support you in the closing hours.

However, Liu Can could not be happy at all, and was even a little dejected. This was because the one who had obtained first place was Lu Jie, and there were more than ten votes difference between him and Lu Jie. He sat glumly, not even bothering to speak, let alone greet the gentry.

"Master, the second round of balloting is about to start. Lu Jie is looking everywhere for a bow, you should also hurry up and go exercise." Seeing that Liu Can had deflated, Xiao Yue became even more anxious than Liu Can and he immediately tried to agitate him. Even if you lose, you must lose a bit less. Otherwise, your face will be too ugly. "

This move was indeed effective. When Liu Can saw Lu Jie's appearance, his anger rose to new heights. He immediately stood up and started to talk to the squire one by one, asking for everyone's support. He even found the merchants and began to talk with them passionately, regardless of their status as merchants.

The dramatic result of the second round of balloting, was that Lu Jie, who was in first place, had actually failed, and was a dozen times worse than Liu Can. In other words, of the votes cast on the merchants, the majority of them had turned towards Liu Can, allowing Liu Can to surpass him in one go and win the election.

"Congratulations, congratulations." After a series of congratulations, Liu Can couldn't help but feel a little drunk. Although he had not touched any alcohol today, he felt a little dizzy. Only when Lu Jie came over to congratulate him, did he finally regain his senses and quickly said: "Thank you, thank you everyone!"

In the afternoon, Guang Yang Conference on History was hosted by Liu Can. At this time, he had already completely calmed down, and only now did he feel the weight of responsibility and honor this censors had. This official position was not appointed by the emperor, but it was more precious than the one appointed by the emperor. This was the trust of the gentry, and within six years, only the gentry would be able to dismiss him.

As he sat on the platform, Liu Can felt this holy feeling, he carefully listened to the reports of the Guangyang County and the counties, but he no longer felt any resentment towards Jiang Li. He even felt that this Jiang Li was actually pretty good. If he was chased away, who knew what kind of person the Emperor would send?

When the ballot papers were being distributed, he called Xiao Yue over and whispered to him: "Tell all of you to contact our squire. This Lord Jiang Li is not bad, let them vote of confidence."

The intelligent Xiao Yue immediately understood Liu Can's feelings. He was a lost man, and always looked at the world with hatred. But for a successful person, he would always treat society with tolerance. Xiao Yue nodded his head, and said respectfully: "As you command, Lord censors."

The result of the vote was quickly announced as the Guang Yang Tai Shou Jiang Li obtained the trust of the squire by a large number of votes. Of the five county decrees that were under the jurisdiction of the Guangyang County, one had obtained the trust of a high vote, and two had barely passed half of them, while the other two had not reached more than half.

Those two county officials who did not have half of their officials present their orders to Jiang Li right away. After that, they handed in their resignation letters and dejectedly left the venue. From the looks of it, they were very clear about their own political achievements and had long since made their preparations.

"Did we go too far?" Seeing the lonely backs of the two county magistrate, for a moment, Liu Can was also moved. Honestly speaking, he did not understand those two County Commanders. They had heard what those two County Lords had said, and when he thought about it, those two County Commanders were the same as Jiang Li's, sent over by the Emperor after the chaos occurred. How big of a mistake would it be in such a short period of time?

"In the future, it will no longer be good to be a County Magistrate." Xiao Yue was right beside Liu Can, and he was also a little sad as he said, "Coming here to vote of confidence every year, those county officials really don't dare to do anything bad again." Although the Youzhou had a good harvest, the situation was not calm. As Yang Lin had implemented a strategy to calm down the internal world as a matter of priority, other than the Leroy County, all Hu Dians and the Barbarian s had been wiped clean. It was because of Yang Lin's cleansing, that the barbarians and Barbarian fled abroad, becoming an important factor in the stability of the Youzhou.

Due to the strong existence of the cavalry of Youzhou, the barbarians and the Barbarian did not dare to attack them on a large scale. However, with the arrival of winter, when snow covered the Northern Kingdom, looting between the small groups continued to take place on the border. Especially those Hu people and Barbarian s who were chased out of Youzhou. They were familiar with the terrain and hated the Chinese people, taking revenge on them crazily.