Gu Bingqian and Qiao Yingjia both looked a little ugly.

The more abstainers, the weaker they control the entire situation.

In particular, these people neither support the group they belong to nor are attracted by other groups. This situation occurs simply because they are dissatisfied with the leaders of their own groups or lack of identity with their current group.

As tickets were sung, the first "zheng" stroke of the word "六" under Gu Guanqiao and the other two was quickly filled, and then the second "六" character began, but the word "六" under the abstention was also running side by side, and it was also filled with a word. What shocked Gu Guanqiao and the other two was that except for Fu Shi, the other four votes in the word "六" abstention were from others.

Fu Shi will not mention it. Cao Yubian is from Shanxi, Wu Daonan is from Jiangxi, and the other one is from Huang Gongfu, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Huang Shijun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Commerce. One is from Xinhui, Guangdong, and the other is from Shunde, Guangdong. Erhuang is the only two Lingnan scholars among the entire important officials, and they all abstained from the vote.

This means that if Feng's group's state affairs are added, Pan Ruzhen and Geng Ruqi also abstained, then the abstention will reach an astonishing eight votes, which has not yet been calculated.

There are only forty votes in total, and nine votes may abstain, which is a huge blow to Gu Guanqiao and the other two.

The Feng family's five votes were not received, but now it has also lost two votes from the Lingnan scholars. These two votes should not be very inclined. No matter which of Gu Guanqiao and the other three gets it, it is normal.

The three of them had sent people to contact each other several times, but they had no response.

For example, Gu Bingqian sent Zhu Guozhen to contact Huang Shijun, one of whom was a minister and the other was a minister. He had many contacts, but obviously he failed to do so.

Similarly, Qiao Yingjia also arranged for Sun Juxiang to communicate with Huang Gongfu. It is said that Sun Juxiang has a good relationship with Huang Gongfu as the Minister of Justice, but Huang Gongfu did not give Sun Juxiang face and voted abstainedly.

For Guan Yingzhen, the scholars in Lingnan and the scholars in the southwest are naturally allies of the scholars in Huguang. Everyone belongs to small groups outside the two major groups in Jiangnan and northern China. However, the scholars in Huguang are much stronger than the scholars in the southwest and Lingnan.

"Wei Fan, the minister of Taipu Temple, abstained from the vote."

As Fang Zhenru's clear voice sounded, the right words under the column abstention were added with another stroke.

Gu Guanqiao and the other two looked gloomy.

There were only three scholars from the north of Central Africa, Jiangnan and Huguang, two from Lingnan and one from the southwest. Huang Gongfu and Huang Shijun were from Guangdong, and Wei Fan was from Fushun, Sichuan. Now the abstention of the three votes is undoubtedly a dissatisfaction with the three.

Wei Fan and the others have also communicated and won over here, but it is obvious that they have not achieved their goal.

Fortunately, I failed and the other two failed, so I was just a chat to comfort me.

Guan Yingzhen's face was particularly embarrassing. He had spent all of his efforts to contact these three people, but they were unable to get any results.

Now that the voting has entered the late stage, Gu Bingqian and Qiao Yingjia have both received two "六" characters. Gu Bingqian won eight votes, Qiao Yingjia even received nine votes, but he only has one "六" character and five votes.

This means that he initially hoped that the most important part of the important officials of Qiao Yingjia who did not recognize Gu Bingqian and Qiao Yingjia had failed.

None of the three important officials from Lingnan and southwest voted for him. Without these three votes, even if he could attract some marginal important officials from Jiangnan in the north, there was basically no chance of winning.

Perhaps the only thing that can make Guan Yingzhen feel a little relieved is that the vote count has now come out, and this has not yet been calculated for the five cabinet ministers and Feng Ziying. If these clear votes are calculated, the entire result will be almost without much suspense.

The abstention vote alone reached ten votes, which means that the other three people had to win twenty-one votes out of thirty votes. How difficult is it?!

Gu Bingqian and Qiao Yingjia also thought of this, and their faces were as gloomy and terrifying.

The votes were over soon, Qiao Yingjia won the highest votes, twelve votes, Gu Bingqian ranked second, eleven votes, Guan Yingzhen ranked last, seven votes, and ten abstentions.

How dismal?

This also proves what Feng Ziying said. Even if the five votes on him are given to any of them, it is meaningless. Qiao Yingjia has only 17 votes, and there are still four votes away. Gu Bingqian has only 16 votes to get these five votes, and there are four votes away (Gu Bingqian is only 20 votes as the current prime minister). There is no need to mention Guan Yingzhen.

Everyone in the hall looked at everything in front of him.

Ten abstentions were shocking, and everyone realized the current state of tearing the court.

Neither Qiao Yingjia nor Gu Bingqian had been able to obtain the support of most of the important officials representing scholars, nor even 30% of the support. Such a huge contrast made Gu Guanqiao and the other two feel embarrassed and frustrated.

This is also the most real feedback from "public opinion", and Gu Guanqiao and the other two couldn't help but be shocked.

Reflect on yourself, if you have less than 30% of your support, how should you be the prime minister even if you become the prime minister?

I am afraid that it is difficult to continue in this court, so how can I talk about promoting the execution of affairs in the following provinces?

Feng Ziying stood quietly in front of the hall, waiting for the final counting and reporting results from the Censor and the Censors.

No accident happened, just such a result, seventeen, sixteen, seventeen, ten, a ridiculous but real scene.

After receiving the results, Feng Ziying greeted the three of them and announced the final result in the court: "Qiao Yingjia received twelve votes, Gu Bingqian received eleven votes, Guan Yingji received seven votes, and ten abstentions, and no one exceeded half. Then the next round of votes will be entered, and the three people will choose to vote separately. According to regulations, the person with the least vote will be voted first. Before that, we will have a cup of tea to allow the public to change their clothes."

I have also specially introduced a rule introduction before. In the first round of voting, one of them can only vote for one of them, and more than half will win. If no one exceeds half, it is equivalent to voting trust for the candidates. At this time, the person with the least votes has a certain advantage, that is, he will get the vote first. If he obtains more than half, then the two people will lose the opportunity. But this is also a test for the two people behind, to see if their supporters are firm in their will.

Qiao Yingjia and Gu Bingqian were both a little nervous, but they were eager to get a result as soon as possible. When Guan Yingzhen still couldn't get more than half of the votes, it means that the scholars in the Huguang were no longer able to get the position of prime minister. Then they need to consider who to vote for Gu Bingqian and Qiao Yingjia, which means who will the scholars in the Huguang will form an alliance with.

As Feng Ziying announced the time to change clothes, the people in the hall started to talk in groups of three or three. Some were hurriedly entering the toilet, some walked to the door of the hall and looked into the distance, some were still browsing and began to whisper, and some were hurriedly walking through the crowd to find the target to persuade them.

Feng Ziying stood at the far end of the hall, with a clear view.

Geng Ruqi and Wei Fan were whispering together.

Geng Ruqi is from Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong, while Wei Fan is from Fushun Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture, Sichuan. The two are not in the same subject. Logically speaking, there is nothing to do with each other.

However, Geng Ruqi served as the Tongzhi of Chongqing Prefecture for many years during the Bozhou Rebellion. The Bozhou Rebellion affected the entire southern Sichuan region and caused great harm to the people in southern Sichuan. Geng Ruqi organized civilians to resist when the Tongzhi of Chongqing Prefecture, and was quite popular in southern Sichuan. Wei Fan also had a very good impression of Geng Ruqi, so the two became familiar with this.

"How embarrassed is this situation? I've lost all my face. If it were me, it would be fine if this assistant didn't do it!" Wei Fan said angrily.

"Songmian (Wei Fan), if you don't use this method, how can you peel off the bright side of the plain surface and let everyone take a good look. Feeling and feeling comes from everyone's inner dissatisfaction, and it will also help us think carefully about how to do things well in the future." Geng Ruqi smiled faintly.

"In the future? Will there be a future? I think this way, I can't choose the prime minister in this way, and I can't even get half of the votes. What's the point of doing such a prime minister? You can't have to discuss everything in detail, right? If you can't agree on a consensus, wouldn't you just drag it all the time? Then what else can you do next?"

Wei Fan was very dissatisfied with this, "Dongxian Gong should consider where their Huguang scholars are going. The situation is so clear that he only got seven votes in the first round, and he had no confidence to be the prime minister at all!"

Geng Ruqi couldn't help but look at Wei Fan so straightforwardly. He felt that he was straightforward enough. Unexpectedly, Wei Fan was even more refreshing. "But the situation may be very different if he voted for anyone with seven votes."

"So what? Mr. Ru Jun is only nineteen if he gets support from these seven votes, and Mr. Six is ​​only eighteen if he has eighteen, so there is no chance!" Wei Fan retorted.

"But if you add Songmian, Zhenxi (Huang Gongfu), Liangtan (Huang Shijun) and the others, it will be different." Geng Ruqi said meaningfully.

Wei Fan immediately reacted and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Chu Cai, you are so boring. I won't vote. As for Zhenxi and Liangtan, as far as I know, I won't vote either. Although they came to us, to be honest, their ideas are different from us and cannot meet our requirements... But you guys, Xiaoge Ge's attitude is intriguing,..."

Geng Ruqi felt at ease and said, "Songmian, you guys have a respect for your ambitions, and you have no other intentions. But you also know that guys have received much favor from Mr. Dongxian and Mr. Ru Jun. In addition, Mr. Liu Ji also took good care of Mr. Xiaofeng, so sometimes we are not easy to choose. The previous abstention is also a gesture, but for this follow-up, I think even if we make a choice, there will be no big changes, and it will be even more unlikely to affect you, right?"

Wei Fan's eyes lit up, as if he had some insight. He glanced at Huang Gongfu and Huang Shijun who were a few steps away, with a slight head, "That's it, I understand,..." ()
Chapter completed!