Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 1086 Public Opinion
"vote?"

Under the moonlight, the teenagers looked at each other.

Only Ying Baoyue was looking at the sky speechlessly.

Do you want to do this?

Master, you have tricked me this time.

"Is...are you joking?" Everyone was stunned for a long time, and Chen Zichu stammered, "Such a big matter, use a vote?"

More than ten years ago, the term voting did not exist on the Shanhai Continent.

And the one who brought this fresh vocabulary into the eyes of the people of the six countries was a certain Great Qin State Teacher who was best at whimsical ideas.

The chief commander ordered Lin Shubai.

It was Lin Shubai who first used the method of "voting" in the appointment and dismissal of officials, which allowed this method to enter the officialdom of the Six Nations.

"That's right, His Majesty has already agreed, and the order will be issued at dawn." Zhao Guang said with a complicated expression.

"Why did you agree?" Song Qian interjected, "How exactly do you vote for this vote? Could it be that hundreds of people are selected to vote?"

Just tonight, is it too hasty?

"No one is selected," Zhao Guang sighed. "The news I heard is that as long as the people who will watch the Six Arts Competition tomorrow, regardless of their status, they are eligible to vote."

This... is a bit difficult.

Ying Baoyue took a deep breath.

Democratic voting, this is indeed a method introduced by her master, she has gone through it once, and this method is also acceptable.

But not in every case, voting means fairness.

Her master voted back then when the participants were not united and had similar knowledge, experience, and other conditions. Her master had never conducted such a large-scale voting.

You must know that in the case of unequal levels of cognition, the more people vote, it is nothing more than the tyranny of the majority.

Although Ji Jiashu and others had never heard of the tyranny of the majority, they all instinctively sensed the trap of this rule change.

"In this case, wouldn't it be very detrimental to those practitioners who are not well-known?"

Especially the teenagers who are going to choose books, rites, and chess, which are relatively small events tomorrow, look a little ugly.

"I'm done," Chen Zichu let out a long breath, "I was going to write calligraphy tomorrow, but are those who voted really literate? Didn't I write for the blind?"

Chen Zichu's words were a bit harsh, Ji Jiashu's expression was slightly condensed, but his words were not harsh.

The Six Arts is originally a matter of the high and the low, and it is indeed a bit inappropriate to leave all these to the common people for evaluation.

"You are lucky, Jiashu." Chen Zichu patted Ji Jiashu on the shoulder, "Anyway, you are well known to all women and children, and you are popular among thousands of girls. You will be fine tomorrow."

If it weren't for this situation and the situation, Chen Zichu's words really deserved to be beaten.

But the teenagers around were not in the mood to make fun of it at this time.

"In short, it's best to choose some more dynamic projects tomorrow," Ying Baoyue said with a smile, "Now that the rules are set, there's no use worrying about it."

Hearing her speak, the expressions of the other teenagers were a little strange.

"Baoyue, but you..." Ji Jiashu clenched his fists slightly under his sleeves, and looked at her worriedly.

This rule has impacted everyone, but they are more or less famous, so they can't suffer a big loss, but the moment Ji Jiashu heard the new rule, Ji Jiashu felt that the rule was aimed at her.

In the case of voting, it means that the Six Arts War requires not only strength, but also fame.

Like them, the former Qin Princess Ying Baoyue is also famous, if not more famous.

But the reputation of the former Qin princess is mostly not positive.

Thinking of those doubts and slanders, Ji Jiashu felt chills in his heart.

"Don't worry so much," Ying Baoyue smiled when he saw his appearance, "didn't someone applaud me during the wrestling fight before?"

"This world can be changed."

She smiled and said, "Don't worry too much."

really?
Ji Jiashu took a deep breath, but how much strength would it take to reverse the thousand-year prejudice?
"Why would the King of Soochow agree to such a letter?" At this moment, Gui Chen's bitter voice sounded from behind Ying Baoyue.

"Isn't he Mingjun?"

Gui Chen's voice was too clear about love and hate. Hearing the words, the teenagers all stared at him in a daze, with mixed feelings in their hearts.

Many people peeked at Zhao Guang. After all, Gui Chen's move was a moment of anger if he said it was light, and criticized the King of Soochow if it was serious.

And in front of the younger brother of the king of Soochow.

However, to everyone's surprise, Zhao Guang didn't fly into a rage, but just sighed deeply.

"Anyone with three heads and six arms will not be able to avoid the dismissal of all officials."

After the words fell, the expressions of the teenagers changed.

Zhao Guang's words are tantamount to revealing the privacy of the Soochow court.

Ying Baoyue smiled wryly. Although she hated Zhao Muren very much, she knew why Zhao Muren agreed before Zhao Guang said this.

Kings don't do what they want, and if they want to do what they want, I'm afraid the only way is to be a tyrant.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be a sentence in the letters written by those immortal officials," Ying Baoyue said with a smile, "I ask the King of Soochow to obey the public opinion."

Zhao Guang's eyes widened, "How do you know?"

After all, this is the most common reason for coercing kings into submission.

Ying Baoyue smiled.

That is the so-called coercion of public opinion.

Normally, Zhao Muren, who is famous for his iron blood, would not be so easily coerced, but tonight, there was a fraud case first, there were heated discussions in Ruyang City, and Xirong people were watching. If this situation is taken advantage of Chaos broke out in Ruyang City, and there will be endless troubles.

The important thing about the middle-level ceremony rules formulated by Emperor Taizu back then is the rules of each round itself. The way of judging the results is in accordance with the usual practice. The content of the competition is not changed, only the evaluation method is changed. It is not a particularly big change. There have been old rules to follow on the mainland for more than ten years, coupled with public opinion, Zhao Muren was not prepared tonight, so in order to stabilize the situation, he had to agree to temporarily revise the rules.

Everyone figured it out, Gui Chen lowered his head and apologized to Zhao Guang, Zhao Guang waved his hand and didn't care, after all the news was so sudden that everyone was inevitably confused.

"When the news comes out tomorrow, I really don't know what will happen," Song Qian said worriedly.

"The matter has come to this, the only thing we can do is to cover it up with soldiers." Ying Baoyue smiled and said, "Everyone, go to sleep. Only when you have enough sleep can you face the wind and rain vigorously."

What she said made sense, Chen Zichu and the others nodded, discussed in twos and threes and went back to sleep.

Ying Baoyue sat down at the stone table again.

Ji Jiashu walked to the courtyard gate and turned to look at her back.

This rule had the greatest impact on her, but she didn't say anything, but did she really, not care at all?

Ying Baoyue's left hand was still pierced with the silver needle that had been inserted earlier, watching her slowly twist the silver needle, Ji Jiashu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly walked in front of her.

"I went to see Helianyan tonight."

Ying Baoyue looked up with a surprised expression.

"Do you want to know what he said to me?"

Ji Jiashu asked calmly.

　Majority tyranny, also known as violence, group tyranny.The first proposer was the Frenchman Tocqueville, who called this unlimited power exercised in the name of the majority "the tyranny of the majority".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)