Yushan Town is a small town under the rule of Suzhou, usually the people in the town are not as festive as today, happily pushing each other, because tomorrow is the day of the election, the residents of the town gather in the usual place to collect food, rehearsal, bustling and lively.

The two landlords in the town shook their heads in frustration.

Zhou Cai, known as 'Zhou Papi', thirty percent of the land in the town is under his name, and the tenants work hard for him every year, not only can not mix food and clothing, but also borrow from him every month to live, and it is inevitable to sell children and daughters to repay debts, and nine out of ten households are forced by him to die. Sitting opposite Zhou Cai was Liu Hu.

Liu Hu, known as Liu Laohu, looks like a tiger, but his vicious mind is not worse than Zhou Papi, he built a workshop in the town, let the people raise silkworms for him, and he bought it at the lowest price, and then resold it to foreigners at a high price to earn high profits.

In the past, the two of them fought each other in the town, and neither of them obeyed the other.

Zhou Cai built a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits in the west of the town, and Liu Hu built a delicate and gorgeous ancestral hall in the east of the town; Zhou Papi boasted to people that he had no meat every day, and Zhou Cai distributed the leftover fish and meat to the beggars; Liu Hu donated an alternate magistrate for his newly married son, and Zhou Papi immediately took out the silver to donate an alternate Taoist for himself......

They are coming together today to discuss how to sabotage the election.

Zhou Papi was most worried about this election, "Brother Liu! We have been fighting for a lifetime, but I didn't expect to be overwhelmed by this group of poor ghosts, if you let that old man Ding become the mayor of the town, you won't be unlucky, don't forget that his daughter-in-law was exhausted to death in your workshop! ”

Liu Hu was not to be outdone, and debunked Zhou's trick, "Ding Laohan's son was also killed by your personal order!" As the saying goes, this murderous revenge is not shared, so you just wait for his revenge. ”

"Okay............ Both of us have offended him, so let's hurry up and find a way! What do you say is wrong with this world, what kind of election is it good to do, there are thousands of people surnamed Ding in this Yushan Town, plus relatives, accounting for more than half, and the town will not be their world in the future! Zhou Pao complained again after softening.

Liu Hu whispered: "Otherwise, let's do some small tricks in private and prevent the surname Ding from being elected mayor!" ”

Zhou Papi looked at Liu Hu suspiciously, he really didn't understand what could be done to stop the election, "I heard that this election was a thing that King Han came up with, how can you stop it?" Don't be afraid to cut off your head! ”

Liu Hu smiled proudly, "I thought about it all night last night!" Finally reminded me of the flaws in the election! ”

Zhou Papi saw that he said that the key was to sell the guanzi, and said anxiously: "What flaw?" Say it quickly! I'm in a hurry! ”

Liu Hu, who felt that he had finally won the game of Zhou Papi, smiled wickedly, "Hehe...... Brother Zhou, compared to me, Liu Laohu, you are still too tender! This election sounds good, as if it is the world of Datong, and it is not for the people to choose the people they like, what do the people like? Brother Zhou, can you guess? ”

Zhou Papi saw that he got carried away, it was very similar to guessing the correct answer, proving that he was not stupid, and after thinking about it carefully, there he was! "Of course the people will elect the people they like the most! This old man can't be liked by everyone! That's not right! Brother Liu, they have already discussed and elected Ding Laohan together! Your trick doesn't work! "If you ask for someone, Brother Liu will immediately become Brother Liu.

Liu Hu sneered: "What kind of brain are you, I really don't understand how you have fought with me all these years without falling behind?" I'm telling you, you're still too ...... compared to me Tender...... Finish! Seeing Zhou Papi's gloomy face, Liu Hu got cheap and sold it, "The most popular thing for the common people is silver!" Silver with white flowers! ”

Zhou Papi had already thought about this method, thinking that the cost was huge, and it might not be possible, and said in disappointment: "I thought that you Liu Hu thought of some peerless good countermeasures, but I didn't expect that it was all I wanted leftover, give the money to those poor ghosts, and they can choose me!" Phew, they hate me to the bone! If you want to collect the money and don't do anything, who will I cry to! ”

Liu Hu has also lost enough to him, and now he feels a little hated for iron and steel, "Of course they don't want to choose the two of us, you can find the one they are willing to choose, Ding Laohan doesn't count!" For example: Liu Xiucai, Wang Laohan ......"

Zhou Papi, who suddenly realized, had to admire Liu Laohu, and complimented: "It's still Brother Liu's thoughtfulness, but this old man Wang is also a poor ghost, and Liu Xiu is your nephew, neither of them are suitable, I think the Wednesday court is suitable." ”

"Wednesday isn't your cousin too! Besides, Wednesday has done less evil things in the past few years, and it has harmed a lot of yellow flower girls! It's still Liu Xiucai who is suitable, a teacher, and has good popularity! "Liu Hu came prepared, how could he give up.

Zhou Papi really couldn't think of anyone other than Liu Xiucai who was popular among the poor ghosts, and he didn't have a holiday with him, so he shook his head, "Liu Xiucai is okay, but I have a niece who is twenty-eight years old, and she hasn't been promised to anyone else, so how about letting the two of them get married?" ”

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Liu Laohu said happily: "Okay, let's split up, I'll go and persuade Liu Xiucai to run for the election, and you go and canvass votes for him." ”

The next day, Li Yunzhong took Zuo Zongtang, Wang Qinglu, the champion of the new department, and Zhao Liewen, the top eye, to inspect the election situation under the rule of Suzhou, and happened to arrive in Yushan Town.

Zuo Zongtang pointed to the people who came forward to vote, and said with emotion: "Since Yao Shun, China has not done this for 5,000 years. ”

Li Yunzhong said modestly: "It's all picking up people's teeth and wisdom, and it needs to be improved!" Mr. Zuo is well-informed, and he has to bother a lot! ”

Wang Qinglu has been living at the bottom of the society, well aware of the people's suffering, more than once seen the cunning of the landlords and gentry, worried: "The election is a good method, but I am afraid that the landlords will use it and become a tool for them to fight for power and profit, and most of the people are ignorant and inflexible, and good things can be done badly!" ”

Seeing that Li Yunzhong was confident, Zhao Liewen instantly had an epiphany, "This election method can suppress the power of the landlord class, after a long time, the common people also know how to use this method to protect their own interests, so that they can contain each other with the landlords, the Han Dynasty's control over the local area has been greatly enhanced, and it also helps to suppress land annexation. ”

Li Yun stopped Zuo Zongtang, who was still debating, and signaled for the election to start counting votes, and everyone quieted down.

I only listened to the township official who presided over the election read:

"Ding Laohan's One Vote"

"Ding Laohan Two Votes"

"Liu Xiucai's one vote"

"Ding Laohan Three Votes"

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Zhou Papi saw that Ding Laohan's votes were ahead, and complained to Liu Laohu: "Tell you to give more money, you said enough, you see that Ding Laohan has more than 50 votes!" ”

Liu Laohan touched the cold sweat on his forehead, and pretended to be calm: "It's not the last moment yet, take a look, there must be someone who doesn't collect money and don't do anything!" What bastards these poor people are! ”

"Liu Xiucai 40 votes"

"Wang Laohan 12 votes"

"Liu Xiucai 41 votes"

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"Ding Laohan 76 votes"

"Liu Xiucai 74 votes"

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Seeing that Liu Xiucai's votes were gradually increasing, Zhou Papi and Liu Laohan glanced at each other, and the overall situation was decided! They all smiled and watched the township officials read the tickets.

"Liu Xiucai 280 votes"

"Liu Xiucai 281 votes"

"Ding Laohan 199 votes"

"Ding Laohan 200 votes"

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"Liu Xiucai 1801 votes"

"Ding Laohan 1200 votes"

"Wang Laohan 600 votes"

Seeing that there were no more ballots in the ballot box, the township official announced the candidate for the mayor of the town, "Now I announce that Liu Xiucai has been elected as the mayor of Yushan Town!" Please Liu Xiucai come up and speak! ”

Li Yun and the others watched attentively, only Wang Qinglu shook his head and sighed.