"Your Majesty, get the permission of the edict. The process of electing the prime minister, all the princes must know it, the officials will screen first, and then they will review the qualifications, vote, and the two people who get the most votes will be sent to the world, be tested, and finally submit it to His Majesty, and circle the selected case...... "Wang Ningan used the simplest words to explain the process, and then he began to nominate according to the list recommended by the ministry.

In fact, these people have already been determined, and even if others join, they are not qualified to compete at all, they are just embarrassed in vain, so everyone simply shut up.

Wang Ningan pondered for a while, and he picked up the first roster, on which the word Wen Yanbo was written...... After opening it, there are some introductions to Wen Yanbo and the reasons for recommending him.

"Minister Wen has worked hard for the country, for decades, he is a model for our predecessors, do you think that Minister Wen is qualified to participate in the prime minister's race?"

Wang Ningan asked three times in a row, and the big guy had no objection.

In this way, Wen Kuanfu's roster was hung in the position of number one.

Then Wang Ningan did the same, and continued to pick up the names of several other people, and when he got Lu Huiqing, before the hundred officials could speak, Lu Huiqing took the lead in standing up.

He was very humble, bowed to everyone, and then said: "The servant has been in the office since Jiayou in the second year, his qualifications are shallow, and he has no meritorious achievements...... However, the noble people are self-aware, and compared with other princes, there are thousands of servants, so the servants are willing to take the initiative to withdraw from the competition, while indiscriminately filling the numbers, affecting the court ceremony. ”

After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to Wang Ning'an, which was considered an official withdrawal.

Wang Ningan didn't say anything, in comparison, Lu Huiqing really didn't have any advantage. The most important thing about him is that he was born in the six arts, and he is the class president of Jiayou's second year, so he may have an advantage in terms of the number of votes.

But Su Shi helped Su Song canvass for votes, and then Su Shi was framed because of his lyrics and drove out of the capital, which made the six arts suspicious of each other, and some people even blamed Zhang Dian and Lu Huiqing, and some people sympathized with Su Shi and supported Su Song with all their hearts.

Lu Huiqing knew in his heart that he took the initiative to visit Su Song, that is, to withdraw from the competition, and promised to vote for Su Song.

Although others don't know the operation behind it, Lu Huiqing directly resigned, which made people think, did he deliberately pretend to be high, or did the prince not support him at all? After losing the competition, what will happen to Lu Huiqing?

It's hard to say.

The gang was thinking nonsense, but Wang Ningan lowered his head and arranged the order of the remaining four people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since Lu Huiqing has withdrawn from the competition, there are only four left, and their names have been arranged in order, you just need to draw a circle under the corresponding number. Remember, only one drawing is allowed, if you draw more than two, it will be considered invalid, and if you have more than 5 invalid votes, you will have to vote again. ”

After Wang Ningan finished saying the rules, someone held the box and gave the tickets to each minister.

After the election of these ministers, the paper is folded and placed in another box, and the voting process is completed...... Of course, all four ministers, including those in the race, have the right to vote.

People should be modest and subtle, and recommend themselves, how shameless it should be! So...... How much is a face worth? When it's fatal, one more vote gives you an extra chance of winning, and it's useless to pretend to be that gentleman.

Even Sima Guang didn't hesitate to draw a circle under his name!

Grandma's, Lu Huiqing suddenly withdrew, and he didn't reveal the slightest rumor to himself...... must have supported Su Song, and blamed himself, these few moves were too partial to the financial group.

Sima Guang was also very embarrassed, he knew that the master's temper had always been on the side of the poor, and he would clean up whoever the force came up!

But the problem is that the teacher can do this, but he can't be an apprentice!

If you don't sell well to financial groups, you won't even be able to sit in a stable position. Sima Guang was helpless, just hoping not to lose too badly.

Su Song also filled in his name, but his face was a little red.

Among several people, he has the lowest official position, except for doing engineering, he has never done anything else, and he is not too sure whether he can control the court situation.

But if he doesn't give in, how can he back down!

Let's just fight it!

Wang Anshi also thinks so, because of his son's strangeness, Wang Anshi is a little absent-minded, he feels that he is a little inconsiderate, and he can't even restrain his own people, how can he dominate the world!

I really have to check it out when I go back, and see what that rebel did behind his back, if he is really secretly framed and played villainous tricks, then he can't be tolerated!

These three are like this, but no one noticed that Wen Yanbo did not circle himself, but circled the last one...... The old guy laughed secretly.

Wang Ning'an, aren't you guarding against the old man?

This time, the old man will let you know what is invincible! It's really thanks to Wang Anshi, he is such a smart and introverted person, how can he teach a stupid son! If it weren't for Wang Yan, the old man wouldn't have killed three birds with one stone!

The more Wen Yanbo thought about it, the more proud he felt, he put the ticket in the box and remained silent.

"Wen Xianggong, and a few of you, let's scrutinize the ticket together!"

Wang Ningan beckoned a few people, and they had to come over, including the other three governors, to sing and check the votes together.

As the names were shouted one by one, the big guy's heart gradually hung in the air...... Because everyone found that there were three people with almost equal votes, but there was one person, but he didn't have a vote for a long time.

It shouldn't be!

This old guy just has such energy?

Decades of mixed up?

So many old people are hanging, and he is the only one left, how can he count the votes like this?

Is this?

Just when everyone was confused, the final votes were counted...... There are a total of 325 officials above 5 grades in Beijing, of which Wang Anshi got 105 votes, temporarily ranking first, Su Song was only 1 vote lower than him, ranking second, Sima Guang got 99 votes, ranking third, and Wen Xianggong only got 17 votes!

How is this possible?

Seeing this result, even the three of them were dumbfounded!

In fact, before the vote, everyone estimated that although Su Song had the support of Wang Ning'an, his foundation was still shallow, and many people would hesitate, he couldn't ride the dust, but Lu Huiqing's withdrawal would be the most beneficial to Su Song, in any case, his votes should exceed 120, or even 150 to be normal.

But in reality, he only got 104 votes!

Where did the few tickets go?

What's even more weird is Wang Anshi, he is not a person who is good at forming gangs, a few years ago, he presided over the law change, and offended many people, according to estimates, his votes will not exceed 80, but the result greatly exceeded expectations, and even ran directly to the first place, what an evil door!

It's just that compared to Wen Yanbo, their weirdness is nothing.

Who is Wen Yanbo?

If the first capable person in the Great Song Dynasty is Wang Ningan, then Wen Yanbo is definitely a well-deserved second place!

And Wang Ning has the overall situation in mind, but he is not as able to buy people's hearts as Wen Yanbo.

Therefore, everyone estimates that even if Wang Ningan suppresses it, Wen Xianggong should get more than 70 votes, or even more than 100 votes!

But the result?

He only had 17 votes!

Among the four people, not only is it the bottom, but it is also pitiful, and it has almost become a laughing stock!

Even Wang Ningan showed a contemplative expression, it couldn't be a miscalculation, right? He subconsciously looked at the name number, Wen Yanbo was indeed ranked first, and there were only 17 people who chose No. 1...... Maybe there is still one vote for Wen Yanbo in it, if this vote is deducted, that is to say, among the Manchu Dynasty, only 16 people voted for Wen Yanbo!

Is it possible?

The old guy is so unpopular?

If that is the case, why should I be wary of him?

Seems to feel Wang Ningan's question?

Wen Yanbo suddenly sighed twice, desolate and full of powerlessness.

"Alas, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, a generation of new people replace the old people, and the old man is not self-sufficient, which makes you laugh shamefully!" As he spoke, Wen Yanbo's body shook and he almost fell.

Su Song, the person standing beside him, immediately supported Wen Yanbo and said with concern: "Wen Xianggong, are you okay?" ”

Wen Yanbo calmed down for a moment before waving his hand.

"It's not okay to be unconvinced, you are the future pillars of the court, and the old man is willing to be a person who waives the flag and shouts." Wen Yanbo said sincerely, and many people showed admiration.

This is the demeanor of the old ruler, even if he loses so badly, he still speaks so beautifully, he can really hold the boat in his stomach!

Lao Wen inadvertently accepted a few fan brothers.

It's just that he can deceive everyone, and he can't deviate from Wang Ningan!

If you were so humble and humble, you wouldn't have jumped out and snatched it...... As for the number of votes this time, it is so weird that it is impossible that there are no ghosts!

Wang Ningan thought about it for a while, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi both had dozens of votes more than normal, while Su Song had dozens of votes less, and as for Wen Yanbo, there were even less!

How, exactly?

First of all, the two more tickets must have been transferred by Wen Yanbo to these two parties, as for the tickets that Su Song ran away, they were not done by Wen Yanbo, it should be the six arts that have been divided!

Wang Ningan subconsciously thought of Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dun, these two rabbit cubs are also messing around, and they didn't really give the tickets to Su Song, right? Anyway, it's a real dilemma to get such a bad result!

Seeing that Wang Ningan fell silent, Wen Yanbo suddenly spoke.

"King Yan, the old man is so unpopular, he is really embarrassed, no matter what, the old man voluntarily quit, what should I do, please ask the prince to adjudicate!"

Wang Ningan had a calm face and said in a low voice: "Since Xianggong Wen wants to withdraw, then you can only obey Xianggong Wen's wishes...... The remaining three, your votes are too close, if you report with a simple majority, it will be difficult to convince the public! ”

Wang Anshi immediately stood up, "What the prince said is extremely true, I thought I should vote again!" ”

There are the most bad public votes, and whatever other people can say, they all agree immediately.

After a short break, let everyone rethink, 326 ministers, re-voted, out of the three, choose one, and the results came out quickly.

Wang Anshi led with 145 votes, Su Song got 137 votes, Sima Guang was also eliminated in this round, it seems that the next prime minister will choose between the two, and the most unpopular Wen Yanbo no one cares about him anymore......