Chapter 88, General Election I

"Yes, God is bless me! By the way, have you heard? Now the situation abroad is not very good, and a friend of mine who is engaged in international trade has been planted this time! "Laura

"Yes! You know, I don't care much about foreign countries, and yesterday's newspapers said that the revolution in Serbia was extinguished again, and they were too useless to be finished so soon. The situation should be starting to improve now, and I haven't heard of any country where there is chaos again! Bosque said with a smile

"Oh, my friend, is there only war in your eyes? Isn't it a problem that the economic crisis is so big? Laura said with a little excitement

"Isn't the economic crisis over? Didn't their government do something about it? Like us, although the government intervened, although everyone also suffered some losses, didn't they survive? Bosque said depressedly

Laura patted her forehead with her hand and said depressedly, "Oh my God! How do I know you with a mallet! ”

"Do you think every government is the same? Or do the capitalists of every country have such a high moral cultivation as our Bulgarians? ”

"You know, before the government introduced a bill prohibiting layoffs in the economic crisis, our big domestic capitalists have said that they will not lay off employees in the economic crisis, and they will not raise prices, which has stabilized people's hearts. Otherwise, the government's decrees would not be so easy to enforce! ”

Bosque thought for a moment and said, "yes! Even I was against this decree at the time, and there weren't many people making shoes at that time, which would have cost me a lot! It seems that compared with Michael, Ferrantz, Velcro and other big names, my ideological consciousness is not enough! ”

Laura smiled and said, "Okay! Don't be confused, we are still laymen. How far is it from the realm of realizing social value like them? But the way they live like that is the real life! ”

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In any case, the election of members of the Bulgarian parliament kicked off on October 28, 1892, and the vigorous election was in full swing in Bulgaria.

Five years later, Ferdinand is no longer the king who first arrived, with two or three kittens and puppies in his hands.

After preparing for the congressional election for so long, how can it be possible to make a wedding dress for someone else? With so many factories rising in Bulgaria, it is his strongest backing.

Although only 50,000 of those hundreds of thousands of workers are eligible to vote, this number already accounts for half of all voters in Bulgaria.

It can be said that the new Congress is already in Ferdinand's pocket. The parties, which are now busy bouncing on the bullet, have already lost before they even start.

In a small Bulgaria, there were thirteen political parties, large and small, and even more if you count the small social groups.

Thirteen political parties, which seem to be very powerful, are in fact all of their members together are less than 5,000 people.

Both the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party in their heyday far exceeded this number in numbers, which shows the attitude of the Bulgarian people towards political parties.

As for the once powerful Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, they have long since disappeared, after all, under the secret promotion of Ferdinand, everyone in Bulgaria is the existence that everyone shouts about.

People who play politics are smart people, and everyone knows that it would be nice if they didn't get beaten in the name of the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, and they still want to win the election?

So everyone changed their vests very undisciplinedly, but without a leader, the split became inevitable, and each pulled up a vote to set up another mountain.

However, since Ferdinand came to power, Bulgaria's national economy and people's livelihood have made great progress, and the people have little interest in political parties in comparison.

Without supporters, the days ahead will naturally not be better, plus Ferdinand beat the water dogs, one restriction bill after another, and quietly threw it over.

Bulgaria's political parties are struggling, and many of them are quitting one after another. Even if they remain, many of them are preparing to make their last game in this election.

One of them was Charles, a rising star in the Conservative Party who was on a steady rise when he encountered the Stam dictatorship.

The bigwigs of the Conservative Party went to jail one after another, and seeing that the situation was not good, the clever Charles ran away decisively. After the fall of Stam, when he came out, he found that the Conservative Party had been abolished, and Charles was leaderless, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to take the position.

Unfortunately, Charles's run away in a time of crisis became his biggest stain and could not be convinced, and the Conservative Party had become infamous, so Charles simply took his supporters to set up his own door and found the Bulgarian Progressive Party.

The development of the Bulgarian Progressive Party was not as smooth as Charles imagined, and it can even be said that it was struggling.

On the one hand, the Conservatives and the Liberals have gone too far, and now the Bulgarian people are tired of fighting between political parties; on the other hand, there is an open and covert struggle between political parties, and they are pulling each other back; Then there is the introduction of Ferdinand's new law, which clearly stipulates that political parties are non-profit organizations, prohibits the collection of political cash, and cuts off the main income of political parties.

Under this series of blows, Charles still persevered, but the people under his men couldn't hold on.

Most of the people who joined the Progressive Party were speculators, or hot-blooded young people who had been fooled in, and they were not people who could endure loneliness.

They joined the Progressive Party in order to develop politically, or they wanted to influence government policy through the Progressive Party, not to live a hard life. Only a small number of them are human beings, and they are fighting for their ideals.

Since Ferdinand came to power, Bulgaria has made great progress in all aspects, the people's living standards have improved significantly, everything has developed in a good way, and the people's expectations for the political party are not high.

The general environment will naturally affect individuals, and in addition, Ferdinand has always paid attention to propaganda work, and the concept of "empty talk to ruin the country, hard work to prosper the country" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In contrast, people of insight felt that the political party could not succeed, so they left one after another, and speculators saw that long-term investment could not see a return, and they were not interested.

From more than 3,000 party members at its peak, there are only more than 200 people left, and even this last family foundation may collapse at any time, Charles's ambition has been almost dispelled, and this election has been regarded by him as his last chance.

Winning the election to become the ruling party, it is estimated that no other party in Bulgaria has this ambition now. Charles' goal is simple, as long as he wins a few seats in Congress in this election, it will be enough to maintain some influence over the government.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong!"

"Come in!" Charles

A young man of about twenty-six or seventeen years of age walked in and said, "Mr. Charles, what do you want me to command?" ”

"Pooh, how's the preparation for the election?" Charles said, looking at his right-hand man

"It's a pity, Mr. Charles, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, we don't have enough money in our hands, it's difficult to carry out a wide range of publicity, and the prospects are not optimistic!" Pooh said embarrassed

"I know all of this, and we're not the only ones, right? Our opponents are probably no better! Charles said with a wry smile

"Yes, according to the current Bulgarian law, even propaganda slogans must be authentic, and the population is not interested in the pie we painted. On the contrary, many individual candidates have a good support rating, and most of them have a glorious resume, proving that they have contributed to Bulgaria, which is in line with the mentality of the current voters! Pooh said depressedly

"Oh God! This is really bad news, and now we can only hope that God willing! Otherwise, Bulgaria will soon become a sensation in the world again, and we will become the laughing stock of the whole world, with the combined number of votes of political parties lower than individual voters! Charles said with a wry smile