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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.