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"Thank you, Commander Zhao, for your kindness." De Nora was full of joy, and now he regarded Zhao Shouhong as a true friend.The two chatted casually again, and De Nora, who was eager to finish the book, stood up and left, and Zhao Shouhong immediately sent him out.Looking at De Nora Roosevelt going away, the corners of Zhao Shouhong's mouth curled up slightly.

Under the arrangement of Zhao Shouhong, the cured old Roosevelt and his wife De Nora left Hualan by ship. They will return to the White Eagle Country after several months of sea journey.

Time flies and time travels, Zhao Shouhong is carrying out his own plan in Guanghai City, trying to pave the way for the future of the country.In the midst of such a busy schedule, the time soon came to the end of [-], and an earth-breaking event would take place in Hualan, the first national election was about to begin.

One year after the overthrow of the Later Jin Empire, the civil rights that only existed in this democratic country quietly fell on the heads of the Hualan people. In December of 1912, the first general election of the Hualan Republic finally began.As long as you are a Hualan male with an education level above elementary school, over 12 years old, have lived in a certain place for two years at the same time, and paid more than 21 yuan in the past year or owned real estate worth 2 yuan.Then you will get two votes to elect the senator and representative of this country, and those who get this qualification are now called citizens.

Such conditions may seem loose, but in Hualan, where the illiteracy rate is extremely high, they are quite strict.Because among the 700 million people, there are only about 4000 million people who meet the conditions, and what the whole country does not know is that the number in history is only 700 million, and the extra [-] million people are all through Zhongchuan nurtured by education policy.

According to the "Congress Organization Law" issued in the early period of the Republic of China, the Republic of China will adopt a bicameral system, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and these members must be elected from the local levels and elected at one level.Forty-seven million voters had to elect 700 four senators, with an average of about ten people in each province, including 270 from the Xiongnu, 27 from Xijiang, three from Qingyuan, eight from the Central Society, and six from overseas Chinese.In addition, there are 590 six members of the House of Representatives. According to the ratio of one election per 80 people, provinces with a population of less than 800 million will also elect at least ten people.

In this way, more than 650 members of Congress will be democratically elected, known as the "Eight Hundred Arhats" in history.This is the largest elected parliament in the world. Compared with Saar Kingdom at the same time, the elected lower house of parliament has only [-] seats.

Not only the number of MPs, but in terms of the number of required voters, the election of the first two houses of Congress in the Republic of China can be said to be the largest election in human history. The 700 million voters are unmatched by any country.

Chapter 482 The First Election

华兰大地上的第一次选战对于四千700万华兰人来说，这张民主的馅饼来得如此突然。1912年9月5日政府就公布了选举日期，规定1912年12月10日进行众议院初选，翌年1月10日复选。而参议员则分别在1913年1月20与2月10日选举，等于是在公布选举时间三个月后大选开始。

The preparation time for such a large-scale and democratic congressional election is only three months, which has to be said to be a bit rushed.Elections, a new thing, forcibly entered the lives of Hualan people at the beginning of such a country when the people's wisdom was not yet developed.

The main participants in the election are the National Congress Party formed by Sun Wenhai and Song Jiaochu, Zhao Shouhong's Hualan Pioneer Party, the Republican Party integrated by Gu Zhongxiu and Wu Jinglian, and the Democratic Party composed of some small groups with Liang Qichao as the core.

In addition to these three relatively large ones, there are also independent candidates and countless small parties.As far as this election is concerned, it is the first time in history, and no one knows how to operate it. The politicians of the Republic of China can only learn from each other and move forward.

Exploration means experimentation, and experimentation means that problems arise. The preparation time is short, and the organizers have no experience, and problems will follow.Many candidates canvassing votes soon appeared in cities and towns all over the country. They brought their own campaign groups, beat gongs and drums and yelled along the streets, making all the places very lively.

According to the recollection of Wang Shaojiao, a Republican congressman in Jiangbei: "The election campaign at that time, except for some people who secretly bribed the election, generally adopted the method of public speeches. , Taiyi gave more than forty campaign speeches. Candidates gave campaign speeches, mostly in teahouses or other public places. Candidates led some people, knocking gongs and shouting loudly: "So-and-so Party XX has come to give a campaign speech, everyone is welcome to come and listen!' After the audience gathers, the speech begins. Sometimes, candidates from different political parties give speeches at the same time in a teahouse, and they are separated from each other and speak in two places."

The election tactics at that time were much the same as those used in later generations, such as presenting one's own political opinions and delivering speeches with provocative words.However, according to the situation at the time, most of these political opinions and declarations were quite empty.Express your views on the cabinet system or the presidential system, criticize or support the work of the government, and conduct a certain degree of personal attacks on your opponents.

For example, Hang Xinzhai, a well-known reporter in the late Jin Dynasty, was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in Ningjiang, but he was accused of smoking opium soon after.The law stipulates that drug addicts are not eligible to vote. If this is true, Hang Xinzhai will lose his election eligibility.However, with the deepening of the investigation, the news of Daxian was basically a false accusation, and the Ningjiang government severely investigated and dealt with the false accuser.Although this incident passed quickly, it can be seen from this that the election methods commonly used by some countries in the Western Continent have already been used in Hualan Land.

In this election campaign, Song Jiaochu may have had the hardest time. The cadre of the Congress Party acted as a "party whip" in this election campaign.First of all, he promoted the reorganization of the Communist Party into the National Congress Party. On August 1912, 8, the National Congress Party issued a declaration to form a party. Later, Song Jiaochu planned the overall layout of the election campaign and sent people to the provinces to establish party branches. Election command post.

In order to improve the prestige of the National Congress Party, Song Jiaochu traveled around Hanxia, ​​Changsha, Guanghai City, Nandu and other places to give speeches, inspect party affairs, boost morale, and arrange propaganda and canvassing, which was more laborious than Sun Wenhai.For the Central Plains Province controlled by Li Yuanhong, the "Father of the Revolution", it was the main area operated by Song Jiaochu.Song Jiaochu's work was very effective, and candidates from other parties also acknowledged that the Congress Party has strong organizational skills in elections.

All political parties are ignorant of participating in elections, and voters don’t know much about elections. For example, a voter in a certain place in Nantong said that his father was forced to vote for the farmers’ association in the past, and he had to pay 2 yuan for voting .My father has passed away but the ballots come again, I just pay the money and the person will not come, please forgive me by the relevant departments.

For him, elections are about handing over money.In order to let voters know how to vote, some party groups specially set up private schools and evening classes to teach voters how to write the names of candidates.Or directly print the candidate's business card and hand it over to the voters.

When the day of the election comes, due to various reasons, a total of about 400 million voters cast their votes, with a turnout rate of 10%.Since it is the first time, the election process must appear absurd and problematic.The first is election bribery and fraud. As an ordinary person who does not understand democratic rights, voting can bring them some visible benefits.

For example, in a certain place in Guilin, ballots can be exchanged for a rice noodle coupon. Voters can receive several bowls of rice noodle with the coupon.If you are a voter in Luoyang, the price of the ballot is between [-] cents and [-] cents, and Baoji County is cheaper by [-] cents or [-] cents.

If they were from Suzhou, the votes would fetch a lot of money.During the re-election, at the critical moment in the last few days, the candidates who were only a few votes away spared no expense in buying them, which led to a sharp increase in ticket prices.If you still have an unsold vote in your hand at this time, the Republican Party is willing to subscribe for [-] oceans, which makes those voters who have sold it cheaply before regret it.

Of course, this is nothing compared to the generosity of a wealthy businessman in eastern Guangdong. The master who wanted to become a senator claimed that as long as he voted for him, he would get seven tuxedos for every vote.At that time, the market price of a tuxedo was 420 silver dollars, and this vote was [-] silver dollars. He would need to pay at least [-] silver dollars to be elected, which can be described as a lot of money.

In addition to opening the way, there are also various fraudulent acts.In order to be elected, An Shu, chairman of the Qinghe County City Council, did not bother the voters to choose by himself, and directly filled in the [-] ballot papers from Matou Town.As a result, the voters in Matou Town quit and took him directly to court.

This method is too blatant, and it is by no means as superb as the businessmen Jin Qiyuan and Shen Shikai in Baoshan County. They first drew hundreds of ballots, and added and subtracted ages to the electoral roll, so that legal voters could not vote on the spot, so they used the spare ballots Find someone to take the place of an imposter.On Election Day, two enthusiastic "democrats" distributed ballots, business cards, and money outside the election venue, only to be discovered by investigators before leaking the truth.

In Hualan's political activities, how can Quan Wu Xing be missing? In the primary election in Wujin County, Jiangbei Province, the side that supported Sun Minzheng sent thugs to smash polling stations in urban and rural areas.As a result, ballot boxes were destroyed, administrators were injured, and only two of ten polling stations in the county survived.

Chapter 483 Election Results

In the second constituency of Central Plains Province, National Congress Party members Tian Tong, Shi Ying and others armed with pistols entangled many people, threatened to vote outside the venue, and beat and injured many opponents Republicans, which led to judicial proceedings.

In this general election, which was the first time for all Hualan people, a big girl got on a sedan chair, a total of 38 electoral fraud cases were received from various places.Among them, there were [-] cases of abuse of power, [-] cases of voting violations, five cases of unfair refereeing, and two cases each of money bribery, fraudulent counting of votes, election violence, and vote cheating.To quote a commentator's article in "Shenbao", it says, "All the ugliness of life, dan, jing, and end are on the stage, and there are many kinds of ugliness. If elections in all countries are all pretentious, then there is no need for democracy." '

When looking back on this congressional election, people can try their best to ridicule and ridicule, but this is the first time for the Hualan nation, and any first time is not necessarily perfect, nor can it be mature.The lack of wisdom of the people is not an excuse. Just as the scholar Ye Shuming said: "When a bridge is built, people will naturally pass it. The best way to train democracy is to practice democracy."

In this election, the most civilized places may belong to the regions under the Shu military government.Zhao Shouhong, a latecomer, is very familiar with the election procedures, and he can also avoid any fraud.First of all, after the election was promulgated, the local police stations under the Dashu military government became tense, and the internal intelligence system was fully activated to investigate anyone who might bribe elections and cheat.

The tweeters in various places have a new project, which is to introduce the procedures and importance of elections to the people everywhere, as well as the procedures required for elections.On the day of the election, the garrisons in various places even dispatched plainclothes pistol teams of scouts to control polling places in various places.Once someone makes trouble or publicly bribes elections, he will be arrested immediately, and those who resist on the spot can be shot dead.

Under the strict supervision of Zhao Shouhong, the local elections under the rule of the Dashu military government appeared to be orderly, and even the foreign reporters present praised it.Due to Zhongchuan spared no effort to invest a large amount of educational resources, the number of people with elementary school education in Zhongchuan Province has exceeded 2000 million. It is only because of the lack of age that the number of voters is only about 800 million, but this is already several times in history. .

Even so, most of the areas under the jurisdiction of the Dashu Military Government were backward areas in history, and only Zhongchuan and the surrounding areas of Guanghai City were densely populated.In addition, apart from Zhongchuan, the other areas have just been controlled, education has not yet begun, and the people's hearts have not yet returned.Coupled with the strict election system of the Dashu military government that never cheated, the Hualan Pioneer Party did not look so good on the paper.

The National Congress Party, which has a longer history than the Hualan Pioneer Party, has a deeper mass base and organizational capabilities, won a big victory in this general election. The largest party.The Hualan Pioneer Party has only [-] members of the House of Representatives and [-] seats in the Senate.The Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and several other small parties that were more inclined to Yuan Kai were even more miserable. They only won [-] seats in the House of Representatives and [-] seats in the Senate, and became veritable losers.

As the well-deserved largest party in both houses, the Congress Party has of course obtained the right to form a cabinet.Song Jiaochu was appointed to form a cabinet and serve as the prime minister, a result that Yuan Kai did not expect.

Originally, before the election, Yuan Kui had bought a large number of famous people by means of solicitation and money paving the way, hoping to rely on them to obtain the right to form a cabinet.But things backfired, and at the critical moment those people couldn't count on them at all.Now that the National Congress Party has won the general election, Song Jiaochu formed a cabinet as a matter of course, and the position of Yuan Wei, the president, is not so secure.

"Wang Shizhen mistook me, mistook me." At this time, Yuan Kai was roaring in the study of the Presidential Palace.Yang Xizi stepped into the study, and saw Yuan Kai, who was looking angry, throwing things desperately.Seeing Yang Xizi coming, Yuan Kai sat down on the chair out of breath, but the flush on his face did not fade away.

"Why does the president do this? Let Song Jiaochu come if he wants to form a cabinet. As long as we control the military power, we won't be able to fear them?" Yang Xizi sat there firmly and said.

"Where did you say it so lightly? Originally, if those people bought by Wang Shizhen can be used, we can defeat the National Congress Party and become the largest party in both houses." Yuan Kai said angrily.

"President, don't be impatient. In fact, this is not a bad thing. Now the officials are ours. Even if Song Jiaochu formed a cabinet, he would not dare to replace all the officials. After all, these people have experience in governing. As long as these people remain loyal As the President, we can constrain the decision-making of the Song Jiaochu government, which is not much different from the administration of the President. Besides, the northern army is ours. If there is any problem, as long as there is the loyalty of the army, the President will not Fall down." Yang Xizi patiently analyzed this for Yuan Kai.

"If Song Jiaochu replaced all the officials, wouldn't we be very passive?" Yuan Kai asked.

"It would be even better if they were replaced all of a sudden. The newcomers can't figure it out, and the country will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, you can put all the blame on Song Jiaochu and make the National Congress Party completely rotten. At that time , the people are disappointed with the ruling of the National Congress Party, and the power of the country will return to the President." Yang Xizi said the answer calmly.

"So, we just have to wait and see what happens, and wait for the National Congress to make mistakes?" Yuan Kai asked.

"Of course we can't be so passive. We just need to control some newspapers and criticize their policies from time to time, so that the people will lose their trust in them a little bit. Then the president will come forward, and he will strongly support them in the open and secretly stumbling, making it difficult for them to implement various policies. , the National Congress Party will soon be defeated." Yang Xizi said in a low voice.

"Okay, Xi Zi is indeed a great talent, let's do this, I will immediately ask Zhao Bingjun to buy several newspapers." Yuan Kai laughed loudly.Looking at the ecstatic Yuan Kai, Yang Xizi secretly sighed.If Zhao Shouhong was in this position, he would definitely counter him with a conspiracy, and he would never blindly play tricks.He will knock down the Congress Party on the back of the people's hearts in a dignified and genuine way.

Just looking at the strategies adopted by the two of them, it can be said that they are superior or inferior.However, this time the National Congress Party is not monolithic. Sun Wenhai, who had the highest voice, failed to fulfill his wish, but let Song Jiaochu, the third figure in the National Congress Party, come to form a cabinet. I don't know if they can still be united internally.

At this time, Song Jiaochu was at the railway station in Guanghai City, and Huang Bin and Xu Zonghan were the couple who saw him off.The train with its whistle was pulling into the station, and the passengers walked towards the platform through the ticket gate in an orderly manner.Standing outside the ticket gate, Song Jiaochu said: "Go back quickly, this is Zhao Shouhong's territory after all. If he is against you, it will be very dangerous."

Chapter 484 Assassination at the Train Station

Huang Bin smiled casually: "You don't have to worry about it. I know who Zhao Shouhong is better than you. If he wanted to harm me, he wouldn't have sent someone to secretly rescue me from Guangdong Province last time."

"You also said that last time, there was no news, which made me worry for nothing." Xu Zonghan gave Huang Bin a white look, but there was a satisfied smile on his face.

"Speaking of which, Zhao Shouhong is really miraculous. He actually took back my broken second finger, as if it hadn't been injured." Huang Bin raised his hand and said.

"Having such medical skills, but not being able to benefit the whole country, his heart can be called selfish." Song Jiaochu snorted, but in fact what he said was a bit too much.Zhao Shouhong is not the president who is in charge of the country, how can he have the ability to let his medical team benefit the whole country.Now that Zhao Shouhong can benefit one party with free medical care, it is already very remarkable. Obviously, Song Jiaochu was just being critical.

"Jiaochu is too demanding of me. At least I, Zhao Shouhong, say one is one and the other is two. As long as I say what I say, I will be able to do it, unlike when your National Congress party is mostly bragging." The three were stunned. Startled, they turned their heads and saw Zhao Shouhong striding forward accompanied by several guards.

"Shou Hong? Why are you here?" Huang Bin asked in surprise.

Zhao Shouhong walked up to him and said with a smile: "Brother Jiaochu, Brother Huang Bin, and Mrs. Huang are well. I heard that the three of you came to Guanghai City this time, so I came here specially to meet. I didn't expect to be scolded by Brother Jiaochu before we met. One pass."

"You attacked our rebel soldiers of the Communist Party of China and drove Chen Qimei and others out of Guanghai City. You are truly a revolutionary traitor. Now that you are separatist and support yourself, shouldn't you say that?" Song Jiaochu snorted road.

"Sure enough, it's the mouth of a literati, the legs of a slave. After reading a few books, I like to play with black and white, and talk about black and white. There is no basis for talking black and white." Zhao Shouhong's words made everyone's expressions change, Huang Bin also I feel that this Zhao Shouhong seems to be going too far, actually criticizing Song Jiaochu face to face.