There was no way around it. Both of them were newcomers in Guangyang County. The only advantage they had was the halo of their positions, which allowed their actions to be legalized.
The other two county magistrates and gentry all have considerable influence in the local area. Except for County Lieutenant Lu, the others have been rooted there for a long time.
Although County Captain Lu appears to be cooperating with the two, he might be harboring some evil intentions.
Based on the above considerations, the two asked the people of Ruihe Town and Hegu Township to help.
"Don't worry, fill out the registration form in an orderly manner!" Jiang Jiadao, the team leader, maintained the scene and guided the registration team with Yue Lingyun and others.
Seeing that the registration was very popular, Hu Cao Bian walked into the lobby of the county government office and whispered something to the standing county magistrate.
Chen Yunxuan stopped writing and noticed this detail.
"Ahem, sir, I have to check some things with the household department, so I'll be out for a while." County Magistrate Lei Liquan explained, and Chen Yunxuan nodded and followed them out.
The two went out and saw many people registering in an orderly manner.
"Sir, just now Lin Tongxi asked the abandoned child of the Ye family to come in and sign up, which attracted many people to sign up."
"If this civil servant exam becomes a big deal, it might affect the interests of our aristocratic families."
After hearing Hu Cao's words, Lei Liquan smiled, as if everything was under control. He said calmly, "Gao Yuan, you're still not bold enough. Can a few new guys defeat us old foxes?"
"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements. Let's see how these two end up!"
"Maybe they won't even be able to handle my first move."
Lei Liquan’s so-called first move was to encourage people to sign up everywhere.
Of course, this is when enrollment picks up.
At the beginning, most of the applicants were children from wealthy families, and there were no more than a dozen people at most.
After these people signed up, the number of applicants suddenly decreased, until Ye Moqing insisted on signing up and Lin Tongxi accepted his request, which inspired a group of people to sign up.
In order to deal with this situation, Lei Liquan was already prepared and waved his hand to send someone down to carry out the order.
Soon, several long queues formed at the registration office, which was really scary.
This action was naturally arranged by Lei Liquan. Regardless of whether they were talented or not, they were all bribed to participate in the registration.
With so many people signing up, let’s see how the two of them will handle it later!
If we accept all of it, how will we manage this group of people when the time comes to take the exam?
As long as there are enough people and enough supporting roles, they can use some means to bury some people and then push up people from their aristocratic families.
Lin Tongxi quickly noticed this problem and found that there were too many people who signed up.
If this continues, I'm afraid there won't be enough paper.
"What? You can't even write? Then why are you signing up?" Jiang Jiadao was tired of registering and his mouth was dry from talking.
It would be fine if he just said he would do it, but the key point is that he encountered an applicant who couldn’t even write!
"Isn't it enough to have talent? What does this have to do with whether I can write or not?" The person who spoke was a gangster, and he even smelled of alcohol.
"You can't write, but you think you are talented?" Jiang Jiadao asked back.
"What? Are you not convinced? Lord Lin Tongxi just said that experience is not important! So what if I can't write?" the gangster said righteously.
While Jiang Jiadao was thinking about how to deal with this matter, Yue Lingyun had a conflict with another applicant.
"Damn it, are you insulting me? So what if I can't read?" A bully glared at Yue Lingyun.
Yue Lingyun was not afraid at all. He slammed the table and stood up: "How dare you call yourselves talented when you don't even know your own names?"
"I am talented, what do you care about me?" The bully straightened his back, not afraid at all.
Just then, Xiaojiu ran in and reported the situation to Lin Tongxi, saying that someone was offering money to encourage others to sign up.
Lin Tongxi had just noticed the movement from Yue Lingyun's side, and was about to deal with it when he heard Xiaojiu's message.
It seems that someone is deliberately making things difficult for them!
Fortunately, he was well prepared. He stood on a high place, which was a platform he had deliberately built, so that he could see inside and outside the county government office.
Then he took out a loud speaker and said, "Anyone who can't read, get the hell out of this county government office!"
"Why? Isn't it enough to have talent?" someone in the registration team shouted, and many people followed suit.
Of course, these were all deliberately arranged by Lei Liquan and the aristocratic family.
Lin Tongxi sneered: "I want to recruit talented people. How can you be considered talented if you can't even write? Will the people recognize it?"
"Ordinary people have self-awareness and won't sign up if they can't read."
"And there are always some idiots who not only can't read, but also don't have this little self-awareness!"
"By recruiting a bunch of idiots like you, do you want to fill our county office with more useless people who will just eat and wait for death, wasting the taxes paid by the people?"
"Fellow villagers, what do you think, should these idiots sign up?"
At Lin Tongxi's question, people outside who hadn't registered also joined in the fun: "We shouldn't have signed up!"
"I know some people didn't come here with the intention of signing up, but I can let it go if you accepted the money."
"If you insist on signing up to cause trouble, don't blame me for being rude!"
"He who knows the current situation is a hero. It's not too late to retreat now. You are not a fool!"
If I catch you not knowing how to fill out the registration form, I will give you twenty strokes of the cane!"
After hearing this, many people who wanted to pay to sign up left in disgrace.
Lei Liquan looked at Lin Tongxi who was high up on the mountain, and cursed inwardly, "You're such a good fellow, Lin Tongxi! You've passed this level, but let's see what you'll do in the next one!"
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