"Ladies and gentlemen, how is the discussion?" Shang Yuan said with a smile. As soon as I returned to the conference room, I saw that the landlords were snorting angrily, and they didn't even say a word, thinking that there was no result to be discussed. This kind of thing is also normal, although the landlords are easily fooled, but when they think that their land is about to be transferred, even if it is only for a day, the landlords cannot accept it.

Ren Qiying, as a "spy" planted among the landlords, saw Shang Yuan and Chen Ke coming back, she said with a solemn expression: "Lord County Order, the elders think that just writing a document is not credible. Moreover, the elders are worried that some people are fishing in troubled waters and want to take advantage of this matter to seek some benefits for themselves. All of you are the elders of clans in various places, and disaster relief is also everyone's duty. So people want to be cautious. ”

This is clear, Shang Yuan and Chen Ke originally had a good impression of Ren Qiying. Listening to her few words, the conflict between the landlords has been clearly explained. And it didn't show any horses' feet at all. Ren Qiying has not received any training in the People's Party's party class, but she can sort out all kinds of contradictions so smoothly that Shang Yuan and Chen Ke couldn't help but glance at each other. The two of them could see the same thoughts in each other's eyes, and it was necessary for this girl to be pulled in for further study.

The landlords obviously didn't listen to Ren Qiying's meaning, and it didn't matter to them whether Ren Qiying was reporting or not, the important thing was that they really needed Ren Qiying to explain these worries. As soon as Shang Yuan and Chen Ke, the two "outsiders", left, the landlords fell into a big debate without direction. No one can come up with a convincing plan, and everyone disagrees with other people's plans. Timid landlords worry that they will never get their land back if they lend it out. The middle landlords, on the other hand, were very worried about the authority of the people, and what kind of benefits they could get from the middle. The big landlords, on the contrary, did not speak much, unlike the worries or expectations of other landlords, after all, the big landlords are a big family, as long as the old order can be restored, the interests of these people can be guaranteed. They don't want to get involved in these "changes." The big landowners just wanted to be sure of the reliability of the "borrowing documents".

These factions of people argued endlessly, some worried about each other, and some mocked each other. It is rare for Ren Qiying to be able to explain these things clearly.

Shang Yuan slapped the table, and the landlords below immediately stopped saying a word and looked at Shang Yuan intently. Shang Yuan said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are not many promises that this official can give you now. However, the official returned to the yamen to deal with one thing. Originally, the Liu clerk who was in charge of collecting grain in the yamen, the official had already fired him. The important duty of the people* is to collect grain, and the official guarantees one thing, who will do the errand of collecting grain, and the people will choose the people. The official himself is uneasy to intervene, and others, no matter who they recommend, the official will not agree. In this Fengtai County, everyone must be in charge, and only the people* can choose those who collect grain and taxes. Therefore, I think that you should hurry up and elect the deputies, so that these vacancies can be elected. ”

As soon as these words came out, the landlords were really shocked, this Liu Wenwen had connections in Futai. Shang Yuan said that he would fire him if he opened it, and such a resolute approach would definitely offend the people above. On the one hand, everyone was shocked by Shang Yuan's decisiveness, and on the other hand, they coveted the position of "collecting grain and taxes". This is a recognized big fat gap, and the officials go to the countryside to urge grain and collect taxes everywhere, which is a bone and marrow. The landlords have always suffered greatly, and if this grain collection errand could be elected by the landlords themselves, and nothing else, this exploitation alone would have been much less.

"Lord Prefectural, do you know that you have stabbed the hornet's nest?" Hu Xingzhi asked. He is the landlord who can count Fengtai. And Hu Xingzhi himself also opened a shop in Fengtai. After the insurance group came, they never extorted, and they also cracked down on hooligans and gangsters in the market. Therefore, Hu Xingzhi is one of the few gentry who has a good impression of the insurance group. Since this meeting, he has not spoken much, and now, Hu Xingzhi has finally spoken.

"This official naturally knows." Shang Yuan replied, "The situation is very good now, if you can't manage the money and food well, then something big will happen." But what virtues those people used to have, you sages know very well. Don't you let them go, let them make a mess in vain? ”

"The so-called change of the order of the day, the county commander opened them today, and if the county magistrate leaves tomorrow, what should you let us do?" After all, Hu Xingzhi is a person with land and shops, and his knowledge is not ordinary. He was not deceived by petty greed, Shang Yuan's approach itself was going to offend very high-ranking officials. Judging from the present, Shang Yuan will not have a good time in the future.

"Liu Wenshu is just a few people in Futai, not to mention much, in the capital, in the provincial capital, there are many teachers and friends. If it is for a willow clerk, people who want to come to Futai will not dare to offend him. And not only in the next, this Mr. Chen Ke is a disciple of Mr. Yan Fu. Mr. Yan Fu, the chief teacher of the Beiyang Sailor School, I think you have probably heard of it. ”

As soon as Shang Yuan's words came out, many people among the landlords were shocked. Although these landlords don't know much about the big men in the officialdom, they know a lot about the Huai Army, that is, the big men in the Beiyang series. Many of their children are on errands in the Beiyang Army, and Yan Fu is the chief teacher of the Beiyang Naval Academy, and many of these landlords know about it. They never thought that the disciple of a big man like Yan Fu was actually Chen Ke in front of them. This made the landlords can't help but be in awe.

"How is Mr. Yan doing?" Hu Xingzhi got up and asked Chen Ke.

"The tutor is in good health. The tutor moved to Shanghai from Anhui last year and now serves as the principal of Fudan Public School in Shanghai. In the last year, he was ordered by his teacher to go to Beijing, and met Brother Shang Yuan in Beijing. Chen Ke replied with a smile.

Hu Xingzhi said this, firstly, to show his respect for Yan Fu, and on the other hand, he also knew some of Yan Fu's recent situation, which was very tentative. Listening to what Chen Ke said was completely in line with the facts, he was basically sure that Chen Ke was indeed simulating the relationship with Yan Fu. In these years, the relationship between the private division commander did not dare to be messed up, and since Chen Ke dared to say so, then there should be no problem.

"Mr. Yan Fu is in good health, that's great. Since the prefectural magistrate said so, then he was willing to run for this people's representative. What do you think of the others? Hu Xingzhi is a cheerful person, he knows that since the insurance group led by Chen Ke has made so many preparations, it seems that it must be done in Fengtai County. He had no intention of being hostile. Now that he learned that Chen Ke and Shang Yuan were both people with great backgrounds, they simply expressed their support directly.

Hu Xingzhi expressed his attitude, although the other landlords still didn't quite understand what was going on, but they always knew that Hu Xingzhi was quite capable and not a stupid person. Others' attitudes have visibly softened.

The Chinese landlords have never been an organization with their own organization and political program, they are all characterized by drawing the ground as a prison, so as soon as influential people among the landlords come out to express their opinions, others will be easily influenced. Chen Ke never thought that this was the final attitude of the landlords, and after that, they would feel that their interests were being "treated unfairly", and then there would be all kinds of opposition and complaints. Contradiction is something that exists forever, and Chen Ke will never think that there is anything wrong with it.

Seeing that Hu Xingzhi expressed his support, Chen Ke followed Hu Xingzhi's characteristics and continued. "This time I came to Anhui, not only me and Brother Shang Yuan, but also Brother Bu Guanshui, who is now in the Anhui New Army, also came on the same road as us. He will come to our Fengtai County in a few days. When the time comes, you can introduce you to get to know each other. ”

Chen Ke and Shang Yuan threw out many high-ranking names one by one, and the landlords now really believe that these two people have a huge backer behind them. Moreover, "the county officials are not as good as the current management". Shang Yuan is the current county commander, and Chen Ke led the insurance team to be stationed in Fengtai County, which is a decisive force that can immediately form a realistic blow to the landlords. Under such coercion, the landlords once again succumbed.

But as soon as the landlords reached a consensus, internal contradictions erupted. Hu Xingzhi said: "Lord County Commander, Mr. Chen Ke. I think you want to put forward the people's representatives. Then all the public elections, as the county magistrate said, give two places in the government, I don't think there is any need to be so polite. ”

As soon as these words came out, the other landlords nodded one after another. And Liu Jinxue and Liu Yixuan, who were allowed to be given the status of people's representatives, were furious when they were released. Everyone is going to be elected, which is clearly to deprive the two of them of their delegates. There were a total of 36 delegates from the county, and more than 30 landlords attended the meeting this time. Of the thirty-six people, half of them must have been taken by the insurance group. Liu Jinxue and Liu Yixuan were not well-known figures in the local area, if they really had the confidence to be absolutely elected, they would not be so anxious to jump out to support Shangyuan County Order. At that time, he braved the anger of the public to show up, and finally got the qualifications of the people's representatives, and Hu Xingzhi was about to take away the qualifications of the two of them in a word, and the faces of the two changed when they landed.

"No. Brother Hu, do you want to let the county order change every day? Liu Jinxue took the lead in asking. He is determined to achieve this position, and he will not let anyone take it away easily. Liu Yixuan also looked at Hu Xingzhi coldly, with a dissatisfied face.

Hu Xingzhi didn't care about the performance of the two at all, he just said to the other landlords seriously. "Ladies and gentlemen, I think that if you want to be fair, you have to be fair. Either don't choose or choose together. This arranges people in advance, but it is not so convincing. ”

Chen Ke looked at Hu Xingzhi carefully, and he was a little confused about what Hu Xingzhi meant. Hu Xingzhi seems to be opposing Chen Ke and Shang Yuan, but in fact this is not the case at all. First, such an objection may not be effective. The biggest direct effect is to make Liu Jinxue and Liu Yixuan completely become people on Chen Ke's side. Secondly, the landlords may not really care about the positions of the two people's representatives, as long as they insist a little, the positions of these two representatives can still pass. And Hu Xingzhi has no other benefits than showing his "fair" image.

Moreover, Hu Xingzhi is the first person to really support Chen Ke and Shang Yuan, and he can also be said to be a very helpful person. In doing so, he ruined his image of "actively moving closer to the party organization."

What is Hu Xingzhi's plan to fight?