Xu Huai stood in the Meng Jiao Office, facing Wang Zhixian's reply in a daze, and had a slight premonition in his heart.

Reject the person they reported? But still tell them to re-elect someone? Why bother? What's the catch?

Thinking about it again, in fact, there is nothing to blame for the behavior of the county honor, although he does not agree with the candidate, but he does not cross the line and directly designate the candidate. Instead, the power of the election was returned to the county school, and the county school was still asked to determine another candidate to report.

This is not too much for the county honor, the parent official is the parent official, and the right to speak should still be there, and it is not surprising to deny a candidate.

But in the face of the request to re-report, Xu Huai faintly felt that something was wrong, and things probably wouldn't be so simple.

Since Yang Yuan, the previously determined candidate for Gongsheng, was rejected by the county, let's try to change it first. Xu Xueba thought about it, asked for advice again, and reported to the county government again.

Soon, Wang Zhixian's reply was transferred back again, and the approval was exactly the same as the first time: "If the candidate is not appropriate, the county school will elect another good talent, and then report it later." ”

Then Xu Huai was angry, and changed three people in a row to report up, but Wang Zhixian returned every time, but he still let the county school continue to select people. Now even a fool can see that the magistrate is definitely deliberate.

Wang Zhixian can have no intention of being disciplined, but Xu Huai found that even if he wanted to continue to be angry, there was no one to choose at hand.

Speaking of this year's tribute, although there is only one place at a time seems to be very small, the number of students has not yet swelled to the level after Wanli, and there are not many candidates for tribute who are really qualified.

According to the system of the national dynasty, he became a student for more than ten years. Only those who cannot go to the next level above the imperial examination have the qualification of tribute. And having the qualification of tribute does not mean that there is such a desire. Not everyone wants to be a tribute.

Among those who are able to pay tribute, they are generally older. Left school early and went home with an idle belt; In addition, there are many people who are ambitious and still plan to continue to struggle in the scientific field, and these two are not candidates for tribute.

Therefore, the seniority is really ten years, the exam has been boring, and there are not many people who take the initiative to enter the country to study and take the road of invigilators, and in the entire Chun'an County School, there are no more than six or seven that meet the requirements this year.

After Wang Zhixian rejected it several times in a row, there were still people who were eligible to be selected as tribute students in the county school, except for Xu Huai himself, who was Liu Yandao, who was supported by Fang Ying.

Xu Xueba is so nourished in the county school, obviously he doesn't want to be a tribute. So the real candidate is only Liu Yandao.

At this time, in the face of the complaints of Yang Yuan and others, and the looming ridicule of others, Xu Huai, who was originally nine out of ten, felt anxious and exhausted, but there was nothing he could do. How did it come to this?

The behavior of the county is indeed in line with the norms, and the rules are not broken, but the repetition and repetition have produced essential changes

Although on the surface, the choice is still with the school, the county has not violated the boundary. But through denial after denial. Zuihou only has one candidate left, where can he still make a real choice?

recalled the sentence "The county will never draw up candidates, and the final candidates will still be selected by the school", it was like slapping yourself in the face.

It is true that the magistrate did not directly draw up a candidate. It's true that the school has to choose its own candidates, but it's not that taste at all.

The most painful part is that even if you see through this. He still couldn't resist, and could only watch as he was gradually forced into a corner. That's how Fang Yingwu made trouble. It turned out that standing up and choking was just to confuse him!

Xu Huai also knew that there were many people watching his jokes, both openly and secretly. If he really loses, where will he put his face? This is the affairs he has been in control of for three years, but he is not afraid of losing to Fang Yingwu, a newcomer.

Xu Xueba's embarrassing situation was seen by others, and they discussed: "A generation of newcomers is better than the old, and if Xu seniors are going to be planted, they will inevitably lose to Fang Yingwu." ”

Xiang Chengxian praised the other party: "High, really high." This is definitely a conspiracy, even if Xu Huai sees through it early, he can't resist it.

No wonder you didn't ask me and Brother Hong for help, it turned out that it wasn't your negligence, but that you were confident! You don't need the two of us to help you win this game. ”

As for Liu Yandao, the party who asked the party to make a move, he was overjoyed, but he didn't expect that the peak and loop would turn around and there would be a dawn again, and the realization of his wish seemed to be just around the corner. Candidates other than him were all rejected by the county lord one by one, so who else is the final candidate?

Fang Yingwu smiled at this, and if he knows a little about modern electoral politics, it is not difficult to design this dilemma for Xu Xueba. Isn't that the essence of an election game?

Moreover, there are never only two opposing political options, and there are a lot of gray areas in between, and how to make good use of these gray areas is where the ability is manifested.

It is indeed inconvenient for the magistrate to directly draw up candidates, but the same effect can be achieved by vetoing all other candidates, which is a more indirect and gentle means.

Facts have once again proved that although scholars can revel in the illusion of arrogance and arrogance, they even sometimes take advantage of the government. But in the final analysis, it is still an illusion, and it only depends on whether the government needs to puncture the illusion.

After a few days, on this day, Meng Jiao was lecturing in the Minglun Hall, and suddenly a county official shouted outside the door: "The eldest master sent the little one to question, seeing that the time has passed, why hasn't the candidate for the tribute student been reported?"

If you don't report it, you will miss this year's opportunity! Therefore, I asked you to report the candidates to the county school today, so that the eldest master could be transferred to the Beijing teacher in time. ”

Everyone looked at Xu Huai and Fang Yingwu in unison, these two people were the ones who fought each other for this matter, and the ending of Zuihou still had to come out of these two.

Fang Yingwu got up and walked to the front of Meng Jiaoyu and asked, "Liu Yandao Liu's predecessor has outstanding character and pure morality, and can be the best candidate for Gongsheng, what does Mr. think?" ”

Meng Jiaoyu, who had colluded with Xu Huai, couldn't think of it, and looked at Xu Huai with his eyes, but only saw Xu Huai in a daze. So I still didn't have an idea, and finally I had to say, "Very good." ”

Fang Yingwu turned around with a bad taste and said to his classmates, "Who is in favor?" Who is against? ”

Xu Xueba snorted coldly, got up and left Minglun Hall, and disappeared outside the door without looking back. Zhusheng watched Xu Huai leave, and did not step forward to dissuade him.

"Congratulations to Mr. Liu!" "Congratulations to Senior Liu!" Feng Shui took turns, and it was still that group of people, but this time they all gathered around Liu Yandao and kept saying goodbye. (To be continued......)