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Chapter 2712 Guizi Juan Vote (3)

Pan Ruzhen's low and forceful words made Zuo Guangdou a little dazed.

When did this countryman become so confident and high-spirited?

Although he and Pan Ruzhen were acquainted when they were young, after all, at that time everyone was a well-known scholar in the county and had a lot of contacts, but after Pan Ruzhen and Yuanxi passed the Jinshi examination in 21 years, the contact between the two gradually decreased .

Pan Ruzhen was only a top-ranked Jinshi. After observing politics, he went directly to the local government and has been running around in that corner of Shaanxi.

And I am a second-class Jinshi, and I became a Shuji, and I have been staying in the court. Although there are letters in these years, the friendship has faded a lot.

It was not until Pan Ruzhen returned to the court and became the right servant of the Ministry of Industry that the exchanges between the two sides began to become closer. There were not many fellow villagers of the same age, seniority, and title in the court, especially those in the same county. There were only a handful of them, so Zuo Guang Fighting is more important.

But having more contacts does not mean that you are congenial.

Pan Ruzhen followed Feng Keng's path, and Feng Keng was his leader, Zuo Guangdou knew this very well.

Feng Zuo Guangdou, who was gradually taking shape in the middle of the court, also noticed it. As the deputy imperial envoy, he already had opinions on this kind of situation with a strong factional color, but he also knew that it was inevitable.

Whether it is the Feng family (Feng party), the Northern land family (Northern party), the Jiangnan family (Southern party), or the Huguang family (Chu party), they all exist objectively. (Southern party) line?

However, Feng Clan (Feng Dang) is a relatively special faction formed by Feng Keng as the core, and it is not divided by region.

Geng Ruqi is from Feng Keng’s township, both are from Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong, Lian Guoshi is from Henan, Fu Shi is from Nanzhi Jinling, Pan Ruzhen is from his own township party, Nanzhi, Anqing Tongcheng, it can be said that there are both north and south, but there is one thing, both It revolves around Feng Keng, and is basically formed in daily study and life.

Except for Lian Guoshi who was a classmate of Feng Ziying's Qingtan Academy, the other three were Feng Ziying's familiarity and unity in his work after he became an official. Shi was Feng Ziying's subordinate when he was in Shuntianfu, and Pan Ruzhen was appreciated and promoted by Feng Ziying when he was governor of Shaanxi.

Zuo Guangdou actually appreciates this kind of like-minded relationship formed in daily work. In contrast, he despises factions that don't care about ideals but only look at regions, but sometimes he can't get rid of them. kind of bondage.

Zuo Guangdou appreciated Pan Ruzhen's pragmatic style after working in the local area for many years, but Zuo Guangdou did not approve of Pan Ruzhen's attachment to Feng Keng personally.

Although he also admitted that Feng Keng's talent in the current cabinet was far superior to that of Gu Guanqiao and the other three, but seniority and age were another major obstacle.

How can there be a 30-year-old Zaifu in the world?

Is it really going to be the first time from this great week?

Glancing at Pan Ruzhen, Zuo Guangdou felt a little shaken in his heart. He is not the kind of rigid person. He was a little tired of voting for Gu Bingqian before, and he was also very dissatisfied with this situation. what?

If Feng Keng is really elected as the chief assistant, can he bear the burden of such a huge empire?

He needs to think about it.

Zuo Guangdou is also very aware of his influence among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. Although the seniority of the older generation such as Li Banghua and Zhu Guozhen is higher than him, he is outstanding among the young and middle-aged scholars. There is a faint posture of getting up, but it is worse than myself.

If you vote for Feng Keng, once you are elected, it means that you have to support Feng Keng's administration, but everyone knows some of Feng Keng's ideas and views. Encouraging land reclamation and relocating people, while governing politics is to promote the implementation of the examination method, Zuo Guangdou still feels that some measures are too radical.

He hesitated.

As if aware of Zuo Guangdou's thoughts, Pan Ruzhen went further: "Yizhi, doing things is better than watching. If we make a mistake, we can sum up our experience and start over again. If you don't do it, how will you know what's right or wrong? Don't you just wait and see?" Then, good things will happen to us? Dazhou is so big that it can afford some fallacies and setbacks, but if we don’t do it and stagnate, the situation around us is changing, and we are like sailing against the current. Back off."

These words touched Zuo Guangdou's state of mind, he nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Pan Ruzhen also knew that Zuo Guangdou's character could not be moved by a few words. It was difficult to change what he believed in. If his words could touch him, even if his goal was achieved, he would not say more.

A cup of tea quickly passed, and when Feng Ziying stood in front of the hall again to announce the start of the second round of voting, everyone got Yugui back.

First of all, the voting on Guan Yingzhen started. Now there is only one jade bottle and one jade plate left on the bill. You can still abstain from voting, but the choice of voting for approval has become one, which is equivalent to a vote of confidence. .

The procedure is over quickly.

You only need to look at the Yugui number in the prediction to know the general idea.

Guan Yingzhen's face was a little gloomy. Although he didn't know who voted for him and who didn't, he could tell from the number of jade pieces in the jade plate that he couldn't pass half of the time, although it was a big increase compared to the previous round. .

As expected, after the votes were cast, the three orthographic characters were short of two full strokes, that is, thirteen votes.

In addition to Feng Ziying's five votes, there was another person who changed his mind from the previous round. Guan Yingzhen remembered that it was Wu Daonan.

I don't know what Wu Daonan meant by changing his mind at this time. Is he expressing dissatisfaction with Gu Bingqian?

Guan Yingzhen's defeat meant that the Huguang faction (Chu Party) was facing a huge change, and Guan Yingzhen was also a little hesitant for a while.

My career as the first assistant has been cut off, should I stop my official career and take the initiative to step down, or continue to be brazen and persistent to see the aftermath?

In terms of age, I'm only in my early fifties, so it's a pity to retire at this time, but if I don't retire, my reputation will be damaged.

This is all second. The key is that the next few people's choices for Qiao Yingjia and Gu Bingqian are even more difficult.

Should I continue to abstain, or support someone instead?

If you want to support, who will you support?

Now that I have failed on my way to be the first assistant, do I still want to restrain everyone from abstaining?

Guan Yingzhen was hesitant, while Chai Ke, Yang Lian, Xiong Tingbi, Yang He and others also felt heavy.

The Huguang scholar's way to be the first assistant has been cut off. The remaining two, neither Gu Bingqian nor Qiao Yingjia, are not a good choice. What should they do?

After Feng Ziying announced the results of the second round of first-place voting, she also very interestingly announced that she would start the second round of second-place voting after taking a break. This is also an opportunity for Huguang scholars to choose again.

But Feng Ziying knew very well that neither Qiao Yingjia nor Gu Bingqian would be able to win the approval of these Huguang scholars.

Seeing the Huguang important ministers swarming over, Guan Yingzhen hesitated for a while, and then sighed softly: "We will not make an agreement on the follow-up vote. Everything is decided by individuals according to their own wishes..."

Chai Ke and the others also looked at each other in blank dismay, but they quickly accepted such a suggestion. Since it has failed, let's follow their own wishes now.

Soon it will be the second round of voting, Gu Bingqian.

"Xiong Tingbi, the left servant of the Ministry of War, voted yes,..., Guo Zhengyu, the right servant of the Ministry of Commerce, voted yes,..."

Only two Huguang scholars changed their attitudes, Xiong Tingbi and Guo Zhengyu voted for Gu Bingqian.

But Gu Bingqian's face was still gloomy, and the number of abstentions or opposition votes was as high as 22. He only got [-] votes, of which [-] votes came from the Feng family. Feng Ziying also fulfilled his promise.

But this is still not enough, he is still two votes away from the majority of [-] votes he needs.

Now it's Qiao Yingjia's turn.

Qiao Yingjia got [-] votes in the first round. Among the six Huguang scholars, except for Guo Zhengyu and Xiong Tingbi who voted for Gu Bingqian, the remaining four could theoretically vote for Qiao Yingjia, and even Guo Zhengyu and Xiong Tingbi who had already voted for Gu Bingqian could change their minds Vote for Qiao Yingjia.

Of course, this possibility is very small. Under the watchful eyes of the public, this kind of speculation will be despised and the reputation will be badly damaged.

But Feng's five votes were an exception. In the first round of voting, Feng's five votes showed that he would not support this situation, but in the second round he would support it. Attitudes don't change.

If this is the case, if Qiao Yingjia can get five votes from Feng, he will already have seventeen votes. If all the Huguang scholars vote for him, then he will get 21 votes, and more than half of them will be elected.

In other words, if two or three of the Huguang scholars voted for him, and if one or two of the three Lingnan and Southwest scholars changed their minds and voted for him, he still had a chance of winning more than half.

Gu Bingqian was at a loss, lost?

But Li Banghua and Zhu Guozhen both looked solemn and whispered to each other.

not necessarily.

Feng Ziying looked calm, and boldly announced the start of the second round of voting for the third place.

The ending came out soon, and Qiao Yingjia's face turned pale.

Seventeen votes!

Even one vote less than Gu Bingqian!

In addition to Feng's five votes, he failed to win one of the other abstentions!

Gu Bingqian, who was already dejected, suddenly became radiant, and suddenly regained his energy.

He didn't even expect such a change. He didn't expect that the other four Huguang scholars didn't give Qiao Yingjia a vote, and the three Lingnan and Southwest officials also didn't give him a vote.

Dismal Joss!

What does this result mean? It means that no one can be born, and it also means that I can continue to serve as the chief assistant in the name of the caretaker cabinet acting chief assistant, and I can still govern!

For a moment, Gu Bingqian was full of ambition and looked around proudly. (end of this chapter)