Chapter 50: The rafters rot first
Today can be said to be the gossip festival of Weiyang County, at noon, many people are still blushing and arguing, whether Ma Jixiang is more handsome, or Huang Jun is more chic, a jaw shocking news came, Ma Yingjun and Huang Xiaosheng withdrew from the election of the head of Hu Cao at the same time, the news caused a sensation in the city, happy and regretful, and even more so, they just bet a lot of money on Ma Yingjun and Huang Xiaosheng, who will pay them this time, they found the dealer to make a big noise, this situation is not counted!
But more people are puzzled, what happened to make the Ma family and the Huang family withdraw from the election at the same time?
Although the high-level officials of Donghai County wanted to cover up the scandal, some county officials couldn't help but reveal the news to their seven aunts and eight aunts, it was the Huang family who set up an ambush halfway and attacked Ma Jixiang and broke Ma Jixiang's hand, but the second child of the Huang family happened to have thigh cramps and was caught red-handed.
Ma Yingjun's hand was broken, Huang Xiao planted a fight, so the two families could only withdraw from the election, the seven aunts and eight aunts knew, which means that the whole city knew, millions of Weiyang people suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the case, Huang Lao Er suddenly had thigh cramps, it was really God has eyes!
So much so that since then, Viyan County has formed a common saying, 'cramps'.
'You idiot, do you have cramps today?' ’
'This kid seems to have taken the wrong medicine, and he actually has cramps today!' ’
'Please, don't do this cramp again'
Etcetera.
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In fact, whether the Huang family withdraws from the election is still in the debate among the rule-makers.
In the conference hall of the county government, several high-ranking county officials of Donghai County are discussing this sudden incident, and the preliminary examination originally scheduled for a quarter of noon today has been temporarily canceled.
Su Hanzhen, Xu Yuan, Zhao Haojie, Huangfuqu, Zhang Rong, the five of them all sat silently, and no one wanted to open this mouth first.
Although Su Hanzhen hated this matter, according to his temper, he not only wanted to disqualify the Huang family, but also take away Huang Jun's fame, but at this time he still held back, he knew that this matter was related to Huangfu Qu, maybe it was Huang Fuqu's idea, he wanted to hear how Huang Fuqu explained.
"Everyone, let me make a statement about this matter first!"
Huangfuqu finally spoke, he should have spoken first, the Huang family was recommended by him, and he was duty-bound.
"I am very sad about this matter, I never thought that the Huang family would be such a despicable and shameless villain....."
Zhang Rong and Zhao Jiehao quickly glanced at each other, this Huangfu County Duke was about to shirk his responsibility.
"My attitude is clear!"
Huang Fuqu continued: "If this matter is really planned by Huang Jun, then I am the first to advocate the revocation of his candidacy. ”
An imperceptible sneer flashed in Changshi Xu Yuan's eyes, he heard the meaning of Huangfu Qu's words, what is 'if', he still wants to protect Huang Jun, take people's money, eliminate disasters for others, with Huangfu Qu's big appetite, I really don't know how much money the Huang family gave him?
Xu Yuan was only ten days ago from the state of Jiangning rushed back to Weiyang County, he is the second person in Donghai County, Xu Yuan is tall and thin, Jinshi was born, he was the county commander of Pingjiang County, Uncle Shen's younger brother married his sister-in-law, he became Uncle Shen's person, four years ago was promoted to the governor of Donghai County, according to the normal officialdom promotion, after the transfer of the former assassin of Donghai County, he should take over the position of assassin, but due to the greed of Uncle Shen, he wanted to seize the assassin history and long history of Donghai County, and was finally defeated by the prince, made Xu Yuan lose the opportunity to ascend to the history of assassination.
Although he also has resentment in his heart, Uncle Shen Guo is his backstage after all, and he can only admit it.
This time, Xu Yuan is bound to win the election, the Guan family has always regarded him as the backstage, and he spared no effort to support Uncle Shen Guo in terms of money, plus Guan Lian, the son of the Guan family, is the Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, and Uncle Shen Guo is also a hand, so Uncle Shen Guo gave him an order, Guan Lin did not get the history of Donghai County, but the Guan family must get the head of Hu Cao to ensure that the financial power is not lost.
Hu Cao was originally his subordinate, and it stands to reason that he also had the power to directly designate when the assassin did not arrive, but Huangfuqu and Zhang Rong thought that this was a great opportunity to collect money, and they refused to let go, and in the end Xu Yuan had to take a compromise method to select a suitable person among the children of the six major families in Donghai County, according to his idea, let Uncle Shen come forward at the last moment, Zhang Rong and Huangfuqu had to give face, and the Guan family could be successfully elected.
But he didn't expect Su Hanzhen to kill halfway, and he even nominated one person, and it was the first place in the state exam, which made him feel worried, he was not worried about anyone, but this Huangfu Weiming, he will definitely become Guan Xianju's strongest competitor.
Hucao is the most important functional department of finance and taxation in Donghai County, directly controlling the annual tax revenue of more than 3 million taels of silver in Donghai County, and it is its important surname that makes it the focus of attention of countless people.
Xu Yuan is a long history, Hu Cao belongs to his jurisdiction, and Su Hanzhen as a assassin history, he also has jurisdiction, once Huangfu Weiming wins, Xu Yuan can only become the nominal boss, Huangfu Weiming will directly report to Su Hanzhen about the income and expenditure of the wealth, so that Xu Yuan will lose control of Donghai County's finance and taxation, and he will not even know how much tax Donghai County earns a year.
This dispute between Hu Cao's main affairs is actually the dispute between Xu Yuan and Su Hanzhen for financial power.
Xu Yuan didn't care about Huangfuqu's desire to protect Huang Jun again, he only cared about Su Hanzhen's movements.
Huangfuqu said that Xu Yuan did not speak, but Sima Zhao Jiehao let off the gun, "The county magistrate may not know that Huang Feng has admitted that this matter was planned by Huang Jun, and he also said that there are high-level officials who instigate it, so I don't know who this high-level official will be?" ”
After speaking, he glanced at Huangfu Qu coldly, wanting to see how this person would perform next, so far, Zhao Jiehao has been on Su Hanzhen's side, this is not to say that he also supports the crown prince, he is King Qi's person, he is King Qi's hardcore henchman, he only carries out King Qi's orders.
King Qi is the second son of the current emperor, his mother is Concubine Xiao Shu, he has always been the peep of the prince of the East Palace, in order to compete for the post of assassin of Donghai County, King Qi also recommended Dali Temple Shaoqing Wang Yan to participate in the competition, but in the end he also failed, before the king of Chu opened the mansion, he has always regarded the prince as the biggest enemy, but after the king of Chu opened the mansion, the king of Qi suddenly found that the king of Chu has surpassed the crown prince, the prince is no longer his enemy, and his hostile target turned from the prince to the king of Chu.
For this reason, he issued a secret order to Zhao Jiehao to secretly help Su Hanzhen.
Zhao Jiehao's meaning is obvious, if the old boy Huangfuqu dares to deny it on the spot and support the Huang family, he will tear his face apart if he asks for his surname.
No matter how thick-skinned Huangfuqu is, he still can't help but blush, he scolded the wasp bastard in his heart, and actually recruited him, although he received a lot of money from the Huang family and was obliged to carry it for them, but when he himself was a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, he couldn't take care of the Huang family.
Huangfuqu was very embarrassed, and didn't know how to speak, Zhang Rong, the county commander who had been silent, suddenly coughed, "Let me say a few words!" ”
Huangfuqu was in good spirits, Zhang Rong was the old backstage of the Huang family, maybe he could help him, he looked at Zhang Rong as if asking for help.
Zhang Rong was not qualified to participate in this kind of high-level meeting in Donghai County, but he is the son of Zhang Xiangguo and has a very large background, and the incident occurred in Weiyang County, so it is reasonable for him to attend the meeting.
At this time, Zhang Rong was secretly glad that he got rid of the Huang family in time, the Huang family was really a bane, if it wasn't for his father's timely letter, I'm afraid that it was not Huangfu Qu who could ride a tiger today, but he Zhang Rong, Huang Fuqu turned a blind eye to asking for help, he knew what Huangfu Qu meant, nothing more than asking him to help the Huang family talk again, Zhang Rong suddenly smelled a smell of burning paste from Huangfu Qu,
This Huangfuqu didn't even understand the minimum rules of officialdom, at this time, he couldn't even see the struggle between Su Hanzhen and Xu Yuan, did he still think that he would set himself on fire to an inconsequential Huang family?
"I still remember when Xu Changshi formulated this election rule......."
Zhang Rong nodded to Changshi Xu Yuan, as if to show support for him, Xu Yuan was a little embarrassed, he interjected with a dry laugh: "This was decided after discussing with Su Tingshi, and it was actually Su Tingshi's decision." ”
Su Hanzhen smiled faintly, "Zhang County Order, please continue!" ”
"When the rules for the election were formulated, it was already clearly stated that this is a public election, that is to say, the process and results should be open to the people of the whole county in the East China Sea, first of all, it is necessary to be fair and just, the major families rely on their own strength to participate in the election, this time the Huang family broke the rules, was caught red-handed, and the human and material evidence is conclusive, and now Huang Feng admits that it is the candidate Huang Jun who planned it, and even the confession of the perpetrator has it, according to the rules of my county order, this case can be judged, my opinion is to show the people, expel the Huang family, cancel the primary election, and directly by Guan and Huangfu, Chen Sanjia made a strategy, of course, the Huangfu County Duke may still sympathize with the Huang family, we all understand this, but sympathy is sympathy, the rules are the rules, and the rules cannot be broken because of sympathy, Huangfu County Gong said yes? ”
After speaking, he looked at Huangfuqu with a smile, Huangfuqu's old face was red and white, he couldn't keep the Huang family anymore, so he had to express his attitude: "I have always supported doing things according to the rules, since the Huang family has done its own thing, then it is no wonder that others are wrong, I agree to expel the Huang family!" ”
Now that everyone has reached an agreement, the following should be the time for Su Hanzhen to finally decide on his candidacy, he said slowly: "Three days later, the three families of Guan, Huangfu, and Chen will make a decision, decide on the candidate for the head of Hu Cao, cancel the preliminary examination, in order to prevent accidents from happening again, I suggest that from now on, the three candidates will be isolated, and they will not be allowed to contact the outside world." ”
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After the meeting ended, everyone walked out of the assassination room, and Zhang Rong walked to Zhao Haojie's side and said, "Zhao Sima, I have something I want to ask Sima for help." ”
"Zhang County's order, please speak!"
"This Huang Feng committed a crime in my territory, I have the responsibility to conclude this case, and I hope that Zhao Sima can hand over the criminal to me."
"Okay, there's no problem with this, I'll go back and order someone to escort him to the county office."
Zhao Jiehao saw that Zhang Rong seemed to have something to say, so he smiled and said, "Is there anything else to do with Zhang County's order?" ”
"I just think it's a little weird."
Zhang Rong smiled, and he asked casually: "I don't know how Huang Feng fell in the end, I don't think it would be such a coincidence!" ”
Zhao Haojie took out two lychee-sized iron pills from his pocket and spread them on the palm of his hand, "It was these two iron pills that hit Huang Feng's kneecap." ”
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