Chapter 2131 Voting

Zhou Yanfeng's suggestion that the seven-member group vote on this matter is reasonable, but Yuanji is in a heavy mood.

Because, at this time, Yuanji has already determined that Zhou Yanfeng, Li Yang and Qi Kai have formed an alliance, and the three will most likely advance and retreat together. Today's matter was brought up by Zhou Yanfeng, and he must have informed Li Yang and Qi Kai beforehand. In this way, if a vote is taken, Zhou Yanfeng will have three votes.

Although three votes do not exceed half, they can probably decide the outcome, because Yuanji can only guarantee that Hou Yi supports him, and Guan Zhuo has always remained neutral and will most likely not participate in this vote. As for the third prince Zhao Lun, he now probably has opinions on both sides and will not support either side.

In this way, Zhou Yanfeng will definitely win!

"I think what Minister Zhou said makes sense." As soon as Zhou Yanfeng finished speaking, Li Yang continued, "Aren't we all gathered here to discuss political affairs? Now that we can't reach a consensus, we should decide through a vote. Let me first say my thoughts. I agree with Minister Zhou's proposal. In recent years, the local officials in our Yanfeng country have been too corrupt. My generals said that those officials only know how to embezzle money and oppress the people every day, and their minds are not on government affairs at all. Even when my generals went to encircle and suppress the rebels, those officials cooperated very well. Perfunctory, even some generals reported that many local officials had unclear relationships with the rebels, which was also an important reason why my generals failed to suppress the rebels repeatedly. Therefore, continuing to let local officials take the lead in disaster relief will only repeat the same mistakes. It is more appropriate to let the people of the Ministry of Revenue take the lead. "

Li Yang said a lot at length, clearly expressing his support for Zhou Yanfeng. At the same time, he also cleverly took advantage of this opportunity to put the reasons for the previous unfavorable suppression of the rebellion on the heads of local officials, which made the incompetence of local officials more apparent.

Yuan Ji's face was very ugly. He wanted to oppose this vote. However, Li Yang took over the conversation too quickly and made his position very clear, which made him unable to refute it. What made him even more unhappy was that Li Yang actually took this opportunity to put the shit pot on the heads of local officials. Although Yuan Ji also knew that local officials did have a lot of inaction and serious corruption in recent years, it was difficult for Yuan Ji to accept being used as a weapon to attack him.

"I also agree with Minister Zhou's proposal." Qi Kai then said: "Although the officials of the Ministry of Households lack understanding of the local situation, it is precisely because of this situation that they have no interest relationship with the various local forces. In this case, they can truly think about the people and really think about doing things. Therefore, it is most appropriate for the officials of the Ministry of Households to take the lead in this matter."

Sure enough, Qi Kai also chose to support Zhou Yanfeng, and his attitude was also very clear, without choosing a vague statement.

After Li Yang and Qi Kai successively expressed their support for Zhou Yanfeng, Zhou Yanfeng already had three votes. Although the votes were less than half, Zhou Yanfeng's face had already shown a smile of victory.

"I think it's inappropriate for officials from the Ministry of Revenue to take the lead in disaster relief." Hou Yi said, "Local areas have their own factions, and disaster relief is never as simple as distributing food. Minister Yuan just said that if the interests of all parties in the local area cannot be handled well, then even if there is food in hand, it may not be distributed to the people. Officials from the Ministry of Revenue have lived in the imperial capital for a long time, and they are obviously not good at dealing with such things. If they take the lead, it may even trigger conflicts among all parties. At that time, the food cannot be delivered to the hands of the people, and the local situation may become more corrupt. Therefore, disaster relief can only be the responsibility of local officials, and officials from the Ministry of Revenue can assist. In this way, disaster relief work can be done better."

Hou Yi chose to support Yuan Ji as expected. Both of them are die-hard fans of the second prince Zhao Ke. At this time, it is not surprising that they choose to stand together.

Everyone looked at Guan Zhuo. Now Zhou Yanfeng has three votes, while Yuan Ji has only two votes. Obviously, Guan Zhuo's opinion is very important.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Guan Zhuo's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. I am only familiar with the matters within the scope of the Ministry of Justice's responsibilities. I don't know much about the local affairs and disaster relief, so it is inconvenient to express any opinions."

Sure enough, Guan Zhuo chose to abstain and remained neutral.

Zhou Yanfeng's smile became even bigger, and Yuanji's face became even uglier.

The victory and defeat seemed to be determined. In this first meeting, Zhou Yanfeng and the other two gave Yuanji and Hou Yi a blow, which greatly boosted Zhou Yanfeng's prestige. The impact of this incident is definitely not just this one thing. It will have a great impact on the future. Zhou Yanfeng and the other two will completely control the right to speak in the court from now on.

And Yuanji seems to be losing his power and prestige.

Although Yuanji and Hou Yi have Gu Lin and the doctor in their hands, the second prince will be released from prison soon, but the second prince's release from prison does not mean that they have won the final victory. Putting the second prince on the throne is what they want.

However, if they lose control of the court during this period of time, allowing Zhou Yanfeng and the other two to gain great say, it will inevitably affect the second prince's ascension to the throne. At that time, Zhou Yanfeng and the other two may even be able to prevent the second prince Zhao Ke from ascending the throne, and the minds of the officials in the court will also be subtly affected.

Therefore, today's event seems to be just about disaster relief, but in fact, the impact is very large. Yuanji, Zhou Yanfeng and others also believe that other officials in the court must be paying attention to this. If Zhou Yanfeng leaves here as a winner, it will definitely be a huge blow to Yuanji and Hou Yi.

"Ahem!"

Just when Zhou Yanfeng was sure of victory and Yuanji was extremely disappointed, Zhao Lun coughed.

"You, have you forgotten about me?" Zhao Lun looked at everyone looking at him and said with a smile.

Seeing Zhao Lun's smile, Zhou Yanfeng's heart suddenly sank. Zhao Lun's smile gave him a bad premonition.

Yuanji was slightly stunned, and then, the look in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Lun was full of expectations.

"I am one of the seven, so I should have a vote, right?" Zhao Lun said, "I have just heard a lot from you about disaster relief. My idea is very simple. Minister Yuan's words are more reasonable. Local officials should be responsible for local affairs. The officials of the Ministry of Revenue should just deliver food and not interfere in local affairs. That is not their business. They should not extend their hands too far!"