Chapter 512: The Ice Is Broken

At the same time, other villagers were also discussing this matter.

"Does the new government really let us decide whether officials stay or go?"

"It should be, otherwise why would they spend so much time and effort to do this?"

"Then Zhang Yong is not a good person. If he continues to be an official, he can continue to oppress our people. We must not let him succeed smoothly."

"But will the new government listen to us?"

"Let's try. Anyway, Lord Ning just said that everyone will go into the tent alone, and no one else will know what you press. And Lord Ning also said that he will keep each of us confidential and will not publicize whether we pressed the check or the cross."

"That's great."

There is a village tyrant in their village. His daughter married Zhang Xianwei as a concubine. They really don't want Zhang Yong to continue to be their parent official, but they are worried that if he is exposed, they will be retaliated.

"The adults in the new government do things properly."

At this time, the village tyrant Yan Zhonglei, who was being discussed by them, was walking around at home in annoyance.

Seeing this, his confidant asked, "Master, should we go to each household?"

After a round, these peasants will know how to choose. At worst, they will bring ink pads and let them press their handprints one by one on the hook behind Mr. Zhang.

Yan Zhonglei glared at him, thinking that he was full of tofu dregs? "Master, I do want to, but have you seen those soldiers? Do you think you can avoid them?"

At this time, the village tyrant Yan Zhonglei felt that Zhang Yong was finished.

The same scene happened in every county, town and village in Youzhou.

After three days of such busyness, it was finally the day to reveal the mystery.

Lv Songli personally took charge, and many ordinary people came to watch.

Everyone understood the criteria for these officials to stay or leave this time. If more than half of the people crossed out, the person would be dismissed from office, and if more than two-thirds of the people ticked, the person could continue to be an official.

There are a total of twelve counties in Yuyang County, and twelve groups began to count the votes.

Each group has four people, two people form a group, one person in the group is responsible for counting, and one person is responsible for counting.

At this time, Li Jue was drinking tea with Pei Zheng, the son of the Hedong family, in the most luxurious restaurant not far from the Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

They were in the box with the best view on the third floor at this time. When they opened the window, they could see the scene in front of the gate of the Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

The woman wearing a scarlet official uniform sitting in front of the Tai Shi chair is the current lord of Pingzhou?

Is the one she is wearing an official uniform? Pei Zheng thought uncertainly, anyway, it is not a common uniform.

The one Lu Songli is wearing is a modified official uniform.

Is it her? Li Jue recognized Lu Songli. The two sides had dealt with each other two or three years ago. At that time, they had a batch of medicinal materials in their hands, and they bypassed Duan Kaishen to purchase the other party's medicinal materials. Duan Kaishen wanted to rob the thieves, and finally died quietly in the hands of others. Even his uncle, Duan Chen, the chief clerk of Youzhou, could not find the murderer.

When he was dealing with the other party, he felt that they were not simple, but he didn't expect them to be so simple.

"Why, Brother Li knows Governor Lu?" Pei Zheng asked.

Li Jue sighed in his heart that Pei Zheng was indeed from the Pei family, a prestigious family in the Three Jins, and his observation was sharp. He was only a little surprised at the beginning, and he was noticed by the other party.

But even if he saw it, what would it matter? He couldn't tell Pei Zheng the secrets.

"How could he know? I just didn't expect the lord of Pingzhou to be so young."

Pei Zheng nodded with a smile, "I heard that she is only eighteen years old."

Li Jue sighed in his heart, she is only eighteen years old, and she has already taken charge of a state. She is really an amazing woman.

As they talked, the statistics in front of the governor's mansion were coming to an end.

All the officials in Youzhou who chose to stay were very nervous at this time facing the unknown results, but as the results got closer and closer, looking at the correct words under the ticks, their mood gradually became cheerful.

Zhang Yong's face was very ugly. There were only a few sparse "正" characters under his name, and the column with "fork" was full of glaring "正" characters.

These lowly people are rebellious!

Zhuo Jin from Hunu County was treated the same as him.

Other Youzhou officials looked at each other and tacitly stayed away from the two, as if they were plague gods.

Zhang Yong and Zhuo Jin, who were originally standing in the crowd, suddenly showed up. There was no living person within ten feet.

If it weren't for local restrictions, other officials could have retreated further.

"Governor, the statistics are out."

This result, as Lu Songli expected, most of the officials stayed in office, only two of them got more than half of the crosses.

"Come here, dismiss Zhang Yong and Zhuo Jinyan from their official positions, and others will temporarily take their original positions."

Zhang Yong and Zhuo Jin heard this, their faces were ashen, and they regretted it very much at this time. They shouldn't have been lucky. When Youzhou was taken over by the Pingzhou military, they should have left.

The other officials of Youzhou were relieved and then overjoyed when they heard this. Does this mean that they have boarded the ship of Pingzhou's new policy?

This is not over yet. I heard Lu Songli solemnly declared, "Zhang Yong, Zhuo Jin, during the public announcement period, someone anonymously reported that you two neglected your duties, disregarded the law, embezzled and accepted bribes, and took human lives lightly. This governor will now detain you and will make a decision after all the crimes are found out."

Zhang Yong and Zhuo Jin's instinct to survive made them still struggle.

"No, you can't deal with me!"

"Yes, we are officials appointed by the court, you have no right to deal with us."

Lu Songli said solemnly, "No, I have the right to deal with you. If you don't follow the crowd and leave Youzhou, it means that you have abandoned your status as an official of the Dali court. Our Pingzhou New Deal plans to continue part of the previous official governance Youzhou, when you try to sneak into our team, I am qualified to deal with you. If you lose the bet, you will have to pay the price."

Zhang Yong and Zhuo Jin's faces were as white as snow and their bodies were as soft as mud.

"Come here, take them down, and then seal up the Zhang family and the Zhuo family."

Just after the two were escorted away, the people around them seemed to react.

The people in Lu County couldn't help but cheer, "Oh my God, they didn't expect this result. This result is great!"

It can be said that Zhang Yong was eliminated because they voted him out.

Unexpectedly, their voting actually worked.

Then, the people in Hunu County also reacted and started running to tell each other.

Zhuo Jin can no longer dominate their Hunu County!

Their efforts are useful.

Lu Songli looked at the joyful people and smiled slightly. Was this an icebreaker?

In a restaurant not far away, Pei Zheng smiled and shook his head. People's hearts, people's hearts, Lu Songli is really good at this.

After this incident, Youzhou returned to his heart.