Wu Xukuan frowned deeply and looked at Zhou An, as if he didn't understand Zhou An's words, and asked in a deep voice: "Secret ballot?" What is that? That's why he never found out that Zhou An dug a hole for him.

He has never heard of it, or has seen it, what is a secret ballot!

In this kind of feudal dynasty, both the people and the court are strictly hierarchical, and the superior has the right to give orders to the lower, and even decide life and death.

Even if someone puts forward such a theory or idea, it will be nipped in the bud.

It was impossible for the feudal dynasty to allow such a thing to exist, because the slightest development of this thing was enough to threaten the imperial power.

"The so-called secret ballot is to let them ......" Zhou An raised his finger and pointed to the inside and outside of the Fengtian Palace, "Let the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, these thousands of Beijing officials, express their positions in a way that does not keep their names and does not know who is who!" ”

Wu Xukuan's face changed, and he seemed to understand what Zhou An meant at once.

"This Manchu Dynasty civil and military, one counts as one!" Zhou An said, "You said that they were not coerced by you, but voluntarily asked for their lives with you, and now it seems that the entire imperial court seems to want the Holy Lord to abdicate, and there are very few people still standing at this moment...... Our family thinks that they were coerced by you Wu Xukuan, so that's why they are like this! ”

"In this way, we can let them re-express their position, and our family will send someone to the celebrant to give these more than 1,000 people, each of them a blank fold, and send one to each of them, they don't need to write in detail on the fold, to prevent the handwriting from being recognized, only need to draw a pattern, if you agree with the saint should abdicate, draw a circle, if you feel that the saint should not abdicate, draw a cross."

This method is not only extremely efficient, but also ensures that no one present will be affected by the threat and make a statement against their will, when anyone draws a circle or a cross on the fold, no one else is allowed to look at it, no one is allowed to leave here, no one is allowed to talk to each other, after each person draws the symbol of the statement on the fold, then the fold will be put together, and our family will send someone to collect all the folds in front of this temple, and will completely disrupt the order of the folds stacked, so that no one can know, Who exactly did what to say! ”

"And finally, in order to ensure fairness and justice, when we make statistical statements, we not only have to let people sing the newspaper, but also display the content of each fold in public! In this way, to ensure that no one cheats in this matter, Wu Xukuan, is this method okay for our family? To you and me, to the saints, to the Manchu civil and military, it can be regarded as fair, you say? ”

Zhou An finally grinned and looked at Wu Xukuan and asked.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly lost their voices, and there was silence! They all understood what Zhou An said, and they immediately thought of the consequences.

On the high platform,

The empress's eyes widened, and most of her face was surprised.

Kang Longji was also a little moved.

Zhou An looked at Wu Xukuan, he was waiting for Wu Xukuan's reply.

Wu Xukuan was already stunned.

I'm really confused.

And this kind of operation?!

Wu Xukuan thought that he had the chance to win, no matter what, it was impossible for someone to say that he was threatened by him, because he really didn't threaten him, he didn't do it, it's true!

Those courtiers knelt down with him, because they were too afraid of him Wu Xukuan, not because they were actively coerced by Wu Xukuan, so Wu Xukuan was not afraid, if he really asked, even if a courtier suddenly had a brain twitch and said that he was threatened by Wu Xukuan, then Wu Xukuan only needs to ask, what time, where, and what way threatened?

The other party definitely couldn't answer, because Wu Xukuan really didn't do it.

But now, Zhou An just changed the way he asked, which directly forced Wu Xukuan into a dead end.

This Manchu Dynasty civil and military, more than 1,000 people, to say that the sky is broken, there are only more than 200 people who can be regarded as members of his Wu Xukuan faction, and there are only dozens of Wu Xukuan's cronies, and the others can only be regarded as his faction, that is, the cronies of one of his descendants, who are his subordinates.

And the others, at present, there are more than 1,000 courtiers inside and outside the Fengtian Palace, most of them are not Wu Xukuan's people, their official positions are low, and Wu Xukuan does not look down on them, and they are just afraid of him Wu Xukuan like a tiger, but they are afraid of being retaliated against by him Wu Xukuan, because Wu Xukuan has retaliated against too many people over the years, and there is more than one first-class master who has been killed by him.

So Wu Xukuan knelt down and asked the empress to abdicate, and they all knelt down, because they didn't dare to stand, it was too dazzling and too dangerous to stand.

However, they only knelt down, and there were not many who really shouted slogans with Wu Xukuan and his cronies to ask the empress to abdicate.

Wu Xukuan knows one thing very well, that is, in front of him, these people dare not say a word about themselves, but if it is replaced by secret ballot, it is likely that most of the people will oppose him, anyway, they don't know who is who, and they are not afraid of Wu Xukuan's retaliation, because he Wu Xukuan can't find a target for revenge at all.

Forcing the emperor to abdicate and give way to Xian has never happened in the 372-year history of Dongqian, not to mention Dongqian, if the time goes forward, it is said that in the history of nearly a thousand years, the dynasty has changed several times, and it is not said that there has been an incident where the emperor was forced to abdicate and give way to Xian.

And in this court, most of the civil officials, they have been influenced by the idea of "the prince of heaven and earth" since childhood, even if the emperor is incompetent, cruel and unkind, it is difficult for them to give birth to the idea of overthrowing the emperor, not to mention, the empress of Shenzhao has nothing to do with mediocrity and cruelty.

In fact, not only civil officials, but even military attaches have a strong heart of loyalty to the monarch.

Learning to become a scholar and martial artist, goods and the emperor's family, this is not just the idea of a scholar, but the idea of people in the world.

The reverence for imperial power is integrated into the bones of the vast majority of people.

Wu Xukuan wanted to rebel, but looking at the whole Qianjing capital, there were not many officials who really wanted to rebel with him...... Wu Xukuan's advantage is that the important ministers tend to him more, so he can control the government, for example, if he wants to control the household department, he only needs to control the household department Shangshu and the left and right servants, and he doesn't need to pay attention to the other people in the household department.

Wu Xukuan only controls important people!

But what we have to see now is not just how many important ministers support him Wu Xukuan, but not "quality", but quantity!

Wu Xukuan's heart was a little panicked.

Is it really going to take that step? Is it really necessary to rebel by force?

He felt that he had no choice, and he was forced to be "cornered" by a little eunuch.

Wu Xukuan was silent for a long time.

"How?" Zhou An suddenly spoke again, his right hand was on the dust, his left hand was behind him, and he took a few steps towards Wu Xukuan, and walked straight in front of Wu Xukuan, with only one foot left.

"Let's re-solicit the opinions of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military in this way, it seems that at present, there are many people who think that the Holy Shang should abdicate, but if after the secret ballot, the majority of the people who think that the Holy Shang should not abdicate, does that mean that it is not the will of the people to let the Holy Abdicate and make way for the virtuous, and the Holy Shang has not separated from the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, everything is fake, all because of you Wu Xukuan! They are kneeling on the ground now, and they are being coerced by you! ”

Zhou An is secretly changing concepts.

It has always been a matter of coercion, but now it is a new vote to express its position on whether the empress should abdicate.

But Wu Xukuan couldn't rely on this to argue with Zhou An.

Because there is indeed a causal relationship, not coercion, but fear, as long as the secret ballot results are made, Wu Xukuan's explanation is not clear.

Moreover, the matter has come to this point, and there is no point in dwelling on this at all.

As long as a secret ballot is held, and the result is that the majority of the people support the empress, then he, Wu Xukuan, will have to hand over the tiger talisman and leave office to return to his hometown...... This is already forcing him to rebel directly by force!

"Why don't you speak?" Zhou An actually took another small step forward, and it was almost on Wu Xukuan's face, "Don't you dare?" Are you scared? ”

Wu Xukuan's face was gloomy to the extreme, and Zhou An saw the killing intent in his eyes.

At this moment, Zhou An put his left hand behind his back and hooked his fingers frantically.

In fact, Zhou An's current mentality is explosive, Wu Xukuan may be angry and shoot him to death at any time, and he doesn't want to make things irreparable, what he said and did, in the final analysis, is to force Wu Xukuan to force the empress to abdicate, and the stirring cannot be carried out, that's all.

But now, neither Kang Longji nor the empress reacted.

Zhou An is in a hurry.

I don't know if they understand the meaning of the gesture.

Zhou An and Wu Xu were face to face, and the air seemed to freeze at this moment.

If Wu Xukuan makes a move against Zhou An at this moment, it means that he has begun to rebel by force! There was no turning back for him.

Zhou An was still frantically hooking his fingers behind him.

"You ......" Zhou An spoke again.

"Enough is enough!!" But I heard Kang Longji say angrily, "Xiao Anzi, you go back to our family, how can you be presumptuous in this court?!" This Manchu Dynasty civil and military, how can you let a little three-grade eunuch fiddle at will? What kind of system? Get back! ”

"Yes!" Zhou An instantly responded and stepped back.

Call it a day!