Chapter 480 23 million seeds

@@@@@@@ The festive lanterns have not been removed, and the Spring Festival couplets on both sides of the gate are still new, but the Prime Minister's Office, as one of Xinhua's brains, has ended the holiday and began to be busy for the new year.

After the special car entered the Prime Minister's office, Tang Shaoyi immediately asked the driver to stop early and chose to walk. Although there was no clear rule that the car could not be driven directly to the door of the Prime Minister's office building, as long as there was no emergency, everyone would generally choose to get off the bus early and walk to show respect for the Prime Minister.

In fact, Li Enfu is indeed a respectable prime minister. As the first prime minister of the empire, although he is not elected, he may not be the most prominent in terms of talent, but since he joined the Honolulu State Council, he has been working hard to water and change the country.

As a Chinese who has become famous abroad, he has a very weak foundation in China, with only a few family members and relatives. But from the day he became the master, he has never thought that a person would be promoted to heaven. His family still relies on family business. His children all study in the most ordinary schools. As for that one The Prime Minister's wife seldom goes out at ordinary times, because she is afraid of those who are difficult to avoid.

Few people know that when he married the current second wife, he didn't even have enough money for a banquet, because he donated all his money except his family's money to some excellent students to study abroad, so that in the end, the emperor paid to help him hold a banquet.

No foundation, no relationship, just relying on one person, relying on his love for the motherland, he resolutely provoked the heavy responsibilities entrusted to him by the emperor.

Although with the help of the emperor, there are a large amount of funds for him to use, if it hadn't been for his careful calculations and his painstaking efforts, the country would never have been able to be prosperous today.

Throughout the ages and the present, every great emperor has some virtuous ministers and generals, and Li Enfu is the greatest virtuous minister.

In order to realize his dream, he took the initiative to discuss the adoption of that system with the emperor. For the sake of national construction, he did not hesitate to scold all the members of the military, in order to take out even a little money from the mouths of those gold-swallowing beasts.

Now, the founding prime minister will enter his last year in power, which makes many people, including the emperor and himself, sigh.

But this is progress!

Looking at the Spring Festival couplets written by Li Enfu, Tang Shaoyi smiled, put aside all her thoughts and worries, and walked into the official residence.

After a few knocks on the door, Tao Chengzhang, the new Prime Minister's secretary, appeared at the door: "Prime Minister, Lord Tang is here." Oh? Hurry up, please." Hearing the report, Li Enfu quickly put down the documents in his hand and saw that Tang Shaoyi had walked into the office under the leadership of Tao Chengzhang.

After seeing Li Enfu, Tang Shaoyi quickly said, "Shaoyi has met the Prime Minister."

"Ha ha, you're welcome. It's not that I haven't seen you for many years. It's just a few days of rest." Li Enfu smiled and told Tao Chengzhang to pour tea. After putting on his glasses, he looked for something on the table and said, "Shaochuan, I heard that you will be a Japanese book again in a few days?"

"Hmm." Tang Shaoyi took the tea from Tao Chengzhang and smiled and said, "There was a big snowstorm. In addition, last year's events have not been fully understood, and all the land has not been distributed. It is estimated that the grain will seriously fail in the first half of the year, so Xixiang Congdao asked us for assistance."

"Oh, I've heard about this too. What are you going to do?" Li Enfu seemed to have found the document he was looking for. After pulling it out and waving it to let Tao Chengzhang close the door, he sat opposite Tang Shaoyi.

"We still need to help. After all, we have worked so hard, but there is no help in the world for no reason, so I'm going to exchange a loan for food. Of course, the price can be lower."

"That's good." Li Enfu nodded and agreed with Tang Shaoyi's idea: "As long as the price can be passed, the loan term can also be longer. Now that we are in our hands, there is no need to force them to death. The emperor said that the wool can only be cut when it is long, otherwise our business will be a big loss."

"Yes, Prime Minister, don't worry."

After adding a few points, Li Enfu handed over the documents he had just found to Tang Shaoyi: "Look at this."

Tang Shaoyi took over the document and thought it was an official business at first, but when she opened it, she was stunned, as if a stream of blood rushed straight to her mind and couldn't even speak.

Seeing this scene, Li Enfu laughed and said, "I have nominated you to the party as the next Prime Minister. According to the current situation, we can basically guarantee victory in the election, so you have to be ready."

"But, Prime Minister, I."

Tang Shaoyi was also suppressed by this sudden big news. As soon as he said a few words, Li Enfu suddenly waved his hand to stop him and his face became serious: "Shaochuan, do you know why I nominated you?"

Tang Shaoyi shook her head. In fact, he did not think of having the opportunity to become prime minister. You know, for any politician, becoming the prime minister of Xinhua, a big country that can already influence the world, is undoubtedly everyone's dream.

You should know that according to the Constitution, Xinhua adopts an electoral system similar to that of the United States, not universal suffrage in the true sense. This is mainly because the country is too big, and if universal suffrage is held, it may become very chaotic.

The general election is not the prime minister, but the senatorial seat, which is eventually formed by the majority of the parliament. As for the prime minister, it is actually elected in the party. Although it is necessary to hold another small-scale election in both houses of the parliament, in fact, as long as the majority of seats is obtained, the prime minister's position is ten. Eighty-nine can't escape from the palm of the party.

According to this system, a total of 55 provinces and municipalities in the country distribute votes according to the proportion of the population, and both parties launch a corresponding number of candidates for senators in the local area. If that place gets more votes, all the senatorial seats in the region will be won.

According to the current situation, his Grand National Party has a big chance of winning, mainly because the people are not used to the election system, and also because everyone sees that the current gradually better life does not want to change anything suddenly, so in his opinion, it is very good that the Liberal Party led by Rong Kui can get 40% of the seats. It's amazing, so Li Enfu's nomination almost sent him to the new prime minister of the empire!

But the more so, the more nervous he is!

You should know that it is not easy to become the prime minister of such a vast country. Not to mention the complicated situation in China, the pressure from external countries alone is enough to worry anyone in this position.

Compared with Tang Shaoyi's uneasiness, Li Enfu was very relaxed. He motioned him to sit down and pull out a cigarette and said, "It doesn't matter, Shaochuan. I don't want to hide it from you. In fact, this is also the emperor's decision. The reason why I chose you is not only because of your achievements over the years, but also because you have always been In dealing with various countries, you can master complex national relations and ensure domestic stability. And most importantly, you should know that with the emperor's ability and means, if he did not set a constitution by himself, then I can guarantee that no one in the world can stop him from becoming a real emperor!"

These words made Tang Shaoyi feel awe. It was the first time he heard Li Enfu's evaluation of Li Mo. As one of the first people to follow the emperor, he always felt that Li Mo had hesitated when the constitution was established, but he was not sure. Now when he heard these words, he first affirmed his ideas at that time, and secondly Deeply agree.

Over the years, the young emperor has done so many incredible things. If he really wants to read, no one can stop him.

Seeing Tang Shaoyi nod, Li Enfu suddenly smiled: "I don't mean to limit anything, but to tell you that the emperor is the most incredible person I have ever seen in my life, and he is a person who doesn't like to talk too much and prefers to do more. He is working hard for this country from the bottom of his heart!"

"So we must find someone who can understand him and cooperate with him, instead of allowing others to bind his hands and feet."

"In fact, I can tell you very seriously today that whether it is me, Rong Kyou or Chen Ping, we have already discussed the general election. In our opinion, the real Western-style election is really not very mature at present, but we need this general election, and the emperor also needs it!"

Li Enfu's words sound ridiculous, because no one expected that this election, which had been making a lot of noise in the country, was actually internal!

But at the same time, Tang Shaoyi also clearly felt that his chest seemed to be blocked by a stream of heat. He finally understood that this election was just a seed sown by the emperor, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament and the Chief of General Staff. They had already foreseen the thoughts of many people on the soil that had just finished reading and the emperor's fate. I don't want to change at all, so what I want is not the real result, but to let all citizens slowly develop a habit of thinking from now on.

No one knows when the real election will appear, but as long as we persist and continue to irrigate in this way, sooner or later the people will get used to it and learn to really read and think about the country and the future!

There is no doubt that these are the four most outstanding politicians. The seeds they sow may not germinate so quickly, but they are quietly changing the country, and they even pierce this change directly into the core issue.

Thoughts!

They took advantage of the election, but opened the door to real elections in the future!

"Prepare well." Li Enfu smiled and took out another list: "These people are selected by us, regardless of party affiliation or ethnic group. They are all good seedlings that have emerged from all over the country over the years. They are people who are working hard for this country wholeheartedly!"

"They will help you govern."

Tang Shaoyi took over the thick list and suddenly had a hot flash in his nose. Only then did he find that compared with the emperor, the Prime Minister, the Chief of General Staff, and even the usual low-key speaker, the gap between himself was still too big.

"Constitution! Since we have set the rules, we should never change anything!" Li Enfu finally said, "His efforts and his painstaking efforts should be guaranteed!" That's because the royal family deserves the honor!"

"The emperor once said something like this, and I hope I can help you."

"We can't control the future, but we can slowly create the future!" -

The morning of March 1st.

A trace of fish white has just emerged from the sky, and it has become noisy in Changsha City. Because the cold winter has not completely passed, looking down from the teahouse, there are still thick winter clothes on the street, but compared with the monotonous black and blue ten years ago, there are many more colors on the streets now.

Cotton spinning is the representative of light industry and the most traditional craft technique in this country. In the more than ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the active investment and promotion of merchants, Xinhua has established the world's third largest textile industry. If you add the Japanese textile industry, which is mainly invested and established by Xinhua businessmen, then it is already the world. Second, it is only one line worse than the United States, which ranks first in the world.

The traditional printing and dyeing process and modern machines were quickly combined by merchants, and all kinds of colors began to appear. Although they are not as dazzling as later generations, they are no longer monotonous. Especially after the sewing machine was imitated more than a decade ago and the factory was built and quickly occupied the domestic market, it promoted and accelerated the development of this industry. In the exhibition, machines began to gradually replace labor, and traditional handicrafts began to face an impact. A large number of cheap clothing and cloths entered the market, leading to a rapid decline in prices and enriching people's clothes.

Originally, the hottest topic in the city was that several students from Changsha University came up with embroidery machines. This invention not only allowed them to get the loan of the political axe, but also to be favored by a large number of businessmen. It is said that the order of one period alone is as high as 1,000 units, and they have become the new rich in the city overnight.

But after the Spring Festival, people suddenly found that the sweeping election turmoil had drowned them. Now almost all the streets and alleys are talking about this new thing. Even many women are muttering when they wash and cook.

As an important city far away from Wuhan and guarding the Yangtze River waterway, Changsha has always been a must-have place for soldiers. With the gradual stabilization in China, the ancient Yangtze River waterway has become more and more prosperous. There are not only small fishing boats, but also thousands of tons of large iron machine ships. They not only connect Changsha with the outside world, but also bring complexity. Huahe is rich.

What makes Changsha people especially happy is that the first railway passing through Changsha was fully connected at the beginning of last year, which means that the hot land of Hunan has been connected with the outside world, thinking that Changsha, a transit point, has also become one of the busiest cities in Xinhua.

Behind the bustle and prosperity is the change and opening up of ideas. In fact, it is strange to say that this coastal city in the Yangtze River waterway, the idea of change pre dates back to Shanghai, which is at the forefront of the Yangtze River, and can even be comparable to Guangzhou, which was the first to see the idea of change.

Changsha in 1910 in history is one of the most chaotic places. The rice robbery incident opened the door to the separation of warlords in the Xinhai Revolution and even later. Although today's Changsha is prosperous, it is also full of chaos and confusion, but this kind of confusion is more in In everyone's heart.

Sitting in the teahouse and listening to the room full of comments about this matter, Xiong Xiling, who went back to his hometown to run for parliament, knows more than anyone how confused he is.

Election!

For many people, this is an unheard of thing. Even some people, when they hear that their votes can determine the largest official of the country, they are either shivering with fear, or they take out a broom to kill them, because they hardly have to pay taxes for farming, and their son's family can also do small business or Those who enter the factory to take money every month, but suddenly change, everyone will naturally destroy this group of "rogue thieves" who destroy the good people in front of them.

This is really not a joke. According to the statistics of the police department, there have been at least 3,000 attacks against both parties across the country in a month, and the most serious of which also caused one death and serious injury.

And those who attacked them were all ordinary people without exception. The dead young party member of the Grand National Party was not attacked in a remote mountainous area, but in Yucheng, which was not much less open than in Changsha. He was killed by a worker of a small shipping company.

The Xinhua Criminal Law stipulates that killing pays for life, but the problem is that this matter is really confusing. In the end, even Tan Sitong, the reading judge, did not know what to do, so he had to ask the family of the deceased. After the two sides reached a compensation and an apology in the newspaper, they made a light sentence of accidental injury to death.

In the end, Li Mo had no choice but to publish a personal article in the newspaper again, explaining the necessary surname of the election, and temporarily suppressed it by the order of the emperor. However, because he still did not say who he supported, many people misread the news. Some people even thought that it was the political axe that coerced Li Mo, and they wrote petitions one after another. The emperor canceled the general election and the new prime minister was directly appointed by the royal family.

With the arrival of today's voting day, this anxiety and confusion are becoming more and more prosperous. Fortunately, in this hustle and bustle, some people finally calmed down, especially those students, workers and intellectuals, who began to take the bipartisan election program and study it carefully.

Today's Xinhua can no longer be described as an illiterate country. After more than ten years of industrial and mining literacy learning, free education and other means, many people can understand some words, especially young people, who begin to understand the meaning of the text.

But even so, no one knows whether this election will be successful, so Xiong Xiling is inevitably nervous.

10 o'clock sharp.

The police of the brigade began to appear in the streets and alleys, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. When the polling points were placed one by one, and the first mate's prompt slogans were hung up, and a large number of propagandists from the two parties guided the voters to help, there were still many spectators at those polling points, but no one walked behind the black cloth. Vote.

As time went by little by, Xiong Xiling couldn't help but worry. After thinking about it, he suddenly took a deep breath and walked down the teahouse. Then, under the gaze of everyone, he took the votes with bipartisan symbols and names from the staff and walked behind the black curtain.

When he came out again, some people slowly began to talk about it, as if they were eager to try.

Suddenly, a broom suddenly smashed over, and only a few excited old scholars, trotted all the way and shouted, "Beasts, beasts, you beasts, are not the imperial land under the whole world, and the shore of the earth is not the king's minister! This is the rule left by the ancestors! How can it be changed! How can it be changed!"

The shouting of the old masters made everyone present cold again. Xiong Xiling frowned. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a large number of students coming over. They crossed the pedantic old masters firmly, took the votes and sat behind the curtain.

Looking at these college students, Xiong Xiling finally showed a smile on his face--

In the new garden on March 10, Li Mo was as uneasy as a headless fly. Although the election was over, according to the process, today should be the result of the election, but he said that he was hungry, but there was no news, which made him even more anxious.

He wanted to take the initiative to call and ask, but he finally gave up after picking up the phone many times.

At his most irritable moment, suddenly a hurried footsteps came from the outside. He only saw Du Dazhuang rushing into the study and shouted, "Your Majesty, the statistics are out!"

"Quickly!" Li Mo didn't delay for almost a moment and urged.

Du Dazhuang quickly unfolded the paper and said anxiously, "Report to the emperor, this is a fax from the Prime Minister's Office. According to statistics, a total of 23 million valid votes have been received across the country in seven days, of which 70% of the Prime Minister's Grand National Party has won 70%!"

Hearing this number, Li Mo fell into the chair as if he had been pulled out of a bone, with a happy smile on the corners of his mouth. Although there was no big accident in the seven-day general election, many people still boycotted it, and even made a lot of noise, and several votes were burned!

But all this is over with this number. When everyone finds that the country is still stable after the election and life is still developing in a better place, more people will participate in the next general election.

This is the change, the change of thoughts and concepts, and the most important place in this election!

According to Xinhua's current population of nearly 500 million, 23 million is less than one twentieth, and most of the votes come from developed regions, especially Northeast China, Luzon and other places, but this is not important. The important thing is that 2,300 brains have begun to learn to think, and there are 23 million The seeds have sprouted!

This is the hope of the country!

On March 11, the day after the election statistics came out, Li Mo published a signed article in the newspaper in the name of the emperor of the Xinhua Empire, not only congratulating the Grand National Party on its victory, but also encouraging the defeated Liberal Party, hoping that they would continue to work hard and start again next time.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Mo publicly praised those who voted and thanked them. At the same time, he also hoped that more people would participate in the next general election and contribute to the future of the country.

On March 12, Rong Kyu also published an article, congratulating the opponent on winning, and also comforting the defeated partners, asking everyone to look forward and forget the failure. While jointly governing the country with the ruling party, he also hopes to do a good job as a supervisor of the opposition party.

As more and more politicians and heavyweights in China publish articles or speeches, the country soon became quiet and calm again, which made Li Mo's last trace of worry completely dissipated.

For him, the victory of the Grand National Party, Tang Shaoyi's succession, and the rapidly stabilized situation represent that he can let go and do what he wants to do! ......

(to be continued)