On March 3, all the troublesome settlement and relocation matters were finally completed. How to divide the land? Are there any hidden amounts of inspection sites? How to catch the weeds in the fields? The cost of building these houses? Where are the raw materials? What are they so annoying? But Naoe Tadaehiro and Sena Naoshi, who are best at doing these, are one in Ejiri Nishi, and the other is busy checking the data of the inspection sites in the county and negotiating with the young tyrants. Both of them can't get away.

These chores are really annoying without Naoe Tadaehiro and Sena's Yoshinori around. Fortunately, Imakawa Kaede helped a lot, otherwise Yu Qiuhei would have to be as exhausted as before the holidays were over.

The lords of several nearby cities, such as Asahina Nobuki in Dagua City, sent envoys to greet Yu Qiupi. Even Okabe Motonobu in Naruto City, sent an envoy to say something indifferently. Only Narutoshi Nagata of Dagao City still did not pay any attention to these things and had no expression.

Just when Yu Qiupi felt that the task was done and she could rest for a few days, Kaede Imakawa suddenly walked in with a stack of paper. She was wearing a blue kimono today, which was particularly beautiful.

"Ping," she sighed a little angrily, "A lot of things have come."

"There's something else!" Yu Qiuping let out a long whistle, "I'm so troublesome!" He said as he reached out to get the stack of paper.

"Thirty-five villages have been war-torn for years, and the people have been displaced. Many elderly people in the village have not survived." Imakawa Kaede sighed, "The village chiefs of thirty-five villages have passed away. There are no village chiefs in the village now, and no one manages order, so a new village chief needs to be appointed."

"Speaking of this kind of village chief is usually chosen?" Yu Qiuping asked curiously.

"If there is a particularly respected person, the lord will generally appoint him and the people will naturally support him." Imakawa Kaede shook his head and said, "But there are not many elderly people in these villages. There are no clan leaders of the big family who can convince the public. Therefore, the appointment of village chief candidates is a problem."

"So..." Yu Qiuping pondered, "If the person I appointed directly cannot convince the public, will it still arouse dissatisfaction?"

"Of course, it's true. After all, the village chief in the village is still very influential." Imakawa Kaede smiled, "Speaking of this, I read the history of your previous life you have recently written, which mentioned democratic referendum. It was said that Japan in your era was voted by the people to select the bureaucrats and the Yuan Dynasty of the country. It seems quite interesting. If the people choose the village chief themselves, you don't have to ask you to personally appoint the village chief to offend people."

"Eh?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, "Although that is indeed the future political trend, it requires the people's quality to be very high and have strong political participation, but it is not judged." Yu Qiuping shook his head, "Even if I mentioned it in my previous life, the democratic system was the most perfect country, and the turnout rate was not too high. What about these illiterate people? They don't care about anything, they only care about their own land, and they can't tell the difference. The political programs, policies, people, etc. of those candidates are not clear about, and they don't know how to choose."

"But what you said are all about choosing emperors all over the world. Of course, the people do not have the ability and quality." Imakawa Kaede retorted, "But if I only chose the village chief, I think it would be possible."

Kaede Imakawa paused and continued to explain: "First, the people they want to choose are all fellow villagers in the village. They all know who are loyal and kind, and they don't know anything about the candidates at all. Also, the village chief doesn't need any advanced political program or something. They just need to be willing to do things for everyone, build canals, maintain public order, etc., and they can get everyone's support."

"Even so, many people will be too lazy to vote," Yu Qiuping shook his head. "They must think these things have nothing to do with them and have low participation. And there may be some people who don't believe us, think we will definitely operate in secret, and have decided on a good candidate long ago, just taking a formality."

"The latter has no way to solve it. At most, the process will be more open and transparent." Imakawa Kaede thought, "But the former still has great potential. Are you planning to reduce taxes in this year's autumn harvest so that the people can rest and recuperate? Why not just say that only those who come to participate in the election can reduce taxes?"

"Don't say it! This is a good idea." Yu Qiuping laughed. Not to mention what this method will be in the end, Yu Qiuping himself wanted to try out what the referendum would be, just think it would be a play. What's more, this referendum can indeed bring considerable benefits. "Why don't we try it, and try it in a village first." Yu Qiuping called a servant, "When Lord Sezuna comes back, call him and dozens of acting officials, and we will formulate various election regulations to return."

On March 6, the drafting of the regulations required for the election was completed. The pilot village was elected as a small village called San'an Village in the south of Zhili City. There were 233 people in the village. There were 97 adult men. Since most of the elderly in the village passed away in the war, there were no respectable people in the village who could convince the public.

Yu Qiuping ordered that anyone who comes to participate in the voting and election of the village chief can exempt half of the grain tax during the autumn harvest this autumn. If there is no adult male at home, a representative will be sent to vote. Those who want to run must first get a guarantee from ten people to avoid all cats and dogs from running for election. Since the village chief still has some power, there are probably people who want to come to take advantage of the troubled waters.

Yu Qiuping predicts that because there are no particularly prestigious people, the votes are likely to be very dispersed. When voters vote, they may not pay too much attention to what those who are running promised to do or how to package themselves; instead, vote on the favors and vote for neighbors or other people in the clan. The final result is likely that everyone has only a dozen votes and does not have any authority.

Therefore, Yu Qiuping decided to adopt the final elimination system to conduct the election. After each round of voting, the person with the least votes was eliminated and then voted again until the last person was elected. In this way, many people would lose their popularity and support, and try to vote on the vote based on the conditions of the candidates themselves.

Because most people are illiterate, Yu Qiuping adopted a special election method. After each candidate came to the stage to speak, he waited aside. When everyone finished speaking, Yu Qiuping would put a box in front of each candidate. Voters would vote with pre-stamped ballots, and if they wanted to choose, they would come to whoever they wanted to choose, and put the votes in. This efficiency was naturally very low, so they simply elected in a small village and should be able to deal with it.

The election time was set on March 2, and the spring plowing had basically come to an end. Yu Qiuping sent someone to spread the news of the pilot in San'an Village on 1O and arranged for people to find out what they think.

"Hey, Liuzi, did you hear that the election in our village?" In the evening, two farmers carried hoes and walked side by side on the way home.

"Who doesn't know, Brother Qilang," the farmer called Liuzi changed his hoe and carried it on his shoulders, and his arms were numb. "Didn't the samurai master say that if you go to the election, you will be exempted from half this fall?"

"If an ordinary samurai master said this, I would definitely not believe it, but even if I don't believe it, I have to try my luck." said the farmer called Shiro. "What's more, the monarchs in our county are the Rainiao Red Leaf. Don't they have a reputation of making a promise of a thousand gold! It is said that at this time last year, our Imakawa family surrounded the Oda family's city. The Rainiao Red Leaf and the samurai agreed with the samurai opposite that he would lift the siege as long as he was asked to help the farmers in Ohara."

"Hey! I've heard about this too!" Liuzi smiled, "Later, that Highness Hongye really withdrew from the siege! He is such a reliable person with a kind heart!"

"For the sake of that half of the food, I have to vote for anything. Is it called this name?" Qilang was a little doubted whether he had remembered the name. "It's really interesting to vote for the village chief. The samurai people don't know what they want to do."

"Isn't it because there are no trustworthy people in the village?" Liuzi sighed, "The old village chief, and the third master of Dongcun, are no longer there. Who else in the village can convince everyone? Isn't this the only choice?"

"I heard that your brother is going to choose a village chief?" Qilang suddenly remembered that the brother of Liuzi seemed to have treated her to a meal in the village a few days ago. After the meal, he asked everyone for enough of ten people.

"Yes! My fifth brother is a kind and honest man, so it's definitely right to choose him!" Liuzi suddenly became interested, "Our neighbors all agreed to give the votes to the fifth brother! The fifth brother said that if he became the village chief, he would repair the mill in the village again, and that old mill would not work long ago."

"I didn't think about who to invest in. Anyway, I just want to buy the food." Qilang said indifferently, "I don't know how long it will take to do it, and will it delay planting crops."

"Come and vote for my fifth brother!" Liuzi immediately invited, "If my fifth brother can't be chosen, maybe I will be chosen by the Niu Wan from Xitou!"

"He! I don't want it!" Qilang immediately snorted, "Niu Wan looks arrogant all day long, relying on how much money you have at home, you can't do it! I'll choose your fifth brother too!"

"Okay, I'll wait for you, Brother Qilang!"

"Oh, it's really trouble." In the evening, a farmer complained to his wife and children while eating at home.

"Is that thing called election again?" My wife gave a small piece of pickled radish into her mouth, then added a bite of rice, and said, "Your Highness Hongye has exempted us from taxes, what else do you have to worry about?"

"Your Highness Hongye is so kind, I understand naturally." The farmer sighed, "But I can't understand the election or something. I have been listening to the warrior master talk about the process for three consecutive days. I can't understand anything about voting and elimination."

"What should I do? If something goes wrong then, what should I do if the warrior blames him?" The wife was also a little anxious.

"I don't care," the farmer shook his head. "Anyway, I'll go and write it out, and then sit there and wait. I'll do whatever you do, find a place to stuff my ticket, and you can leave when it's over."

"You brother Niu Wan, you are going to be the village chief!" Niu Wan's home in the village was holding a small banquet, and dozens of neighbors were invited. Among the tables, a man stood excitedly and said, "Please support me, fellow villagers!"

Several people on the tables that were close to each other shouted, while the other people who were far away were eating millet porridge and pickles, intending to eat more of them today and eat less tomorrow to save some food for the family.

"Brother, have you all been stamped? What are you going to do this time?" Niu Wan treated him once last time and asked everyone to make up ten people.

"This time I invite everyone to dinner, I'm asking everyone to vote for me!" Niu Wan said excitedly, "After I become the village chief, I will definitely do my best to the villagers!"

"What are you talking about doing? It's just to show off." Two people in the distance whispered in the table with bad relationships with Niu Wan.

"That's right, I know how to be generous all day long." Another man murmured in a low voice, "It's so majestic to be the village chief. If there are any disputes in the village, I have to listen to his ruling. That's not everyone who wants to flatter him."

"The old village chief left early. How fair the old village chief was back then. Everyone believed what he said." The first man whispered, "This Niu Wan is not reliable at first glance."
Chapter completed!