No matter what the system is, the ultimate goal is to make the country strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, there is no perfect system, only the most suitable system, the United States this presidential republic looks very good, but there are many shortcomings, such as the quadrennial presidential election, basically a process of two parties tearing each other, the ruling party to safeguard the interests of the party, to please the voters, but also to guard against all kinds of snooping by the opposition party, plus plus or minus how much energy can be put on governing the country?

This is indeed a question worth pondering.

From the Republican point of view, Hayes is a Republican first, and then the president of the United States, but from the perspective of Hayes, Hayes is the president of the United States first, and then a Republican, which causes the deviation of the interests of Hayes and most Republicans, although Hayes is aware of this problem, but Hayes has no time to correct this, and the Republican Party will not give Hayes another chance, so the Republican National Convention chose James Garfield this time.

In fact, James Garfield is not the best choice, but in the current situation, James Garfield is the most suitable choice, although many of James Garfield's governing ideas have the same hidden dangers as Hayes's governing philosophy, but the biggest advantage of James Garfield and Hayes is that James Garfield is good at being flexible, which allows James Garfield to stand out among many candidates.

Li Mu did not stay at the Clinton Castle Hotel for too long, and after a brief visit and a gesture of goodwill, Li Mu left Hayes's room and prepared to attend the celebratory reception that would be held later.

Arthur and Li Mu returned to Li Mu's long-term presidential suite at the Clinton Castle Hotel.

"I have been in contact with Nicholas, who is willing to sell 1.2 million square kilometers of land, including Sakhalin and Vladivostok, to the Pacific Company, and Nicholas's asking price is $12 million, but the Russians do not want paper money and demand that it all be paid in gold." Arthur informs Li Mu of the latest progress in contact with Nicholas.

The war in Vladivostok is still going on, the number of Russians is decreasing every day, St. Petersburg knows Vladivostok's predicament, but there is nothing to be done, St. Petersburg is urging Nicholas to reach an agreement with the Pacific Company as soon as possible, Nicholas is also trying to sell Vladivostok and Sakhalin at a good price, but because of Ivan's existence, Li Mu knows all of Nicholas's hole cards.

The last time the Russians sold Alaska to the United States, they asked for gold to be traded, but Baron Szczeli ended up receiving a check from the U.S. government, a move that cost Russia at least $1.8 million.

Of course, not all of this money was swallowed by Baron Sczeli, and Baron Sczeli was also cheated by the U.S. government, so the current Russian government is very firm that it must be gold, not paper money.

"Hehe, I called Yuri back from the Far East and asked Yuri to talk to Nicholas." Li Mu is not worried about the Russians, Yuri pits the Russians have already gained experience, and now they are familiar with the road.

"One thing you have to note about Reem is that James is very much against the issuance of paper money, and if James is elected, then James is likely to go for paper money." Arthur knew Li Mu's concerns, and his attitude towards paper money was the biggest disagreement between James Garfield and Li Mu.

In fact, from a long time ago, James Garfield showed an antipathy to paper money, when he was the Speaker of the House of Representatives, James Garfield had proposed to ban the issuance of paper money, but it was not passed in the House of Representatives, James Garfield advocated the implementation of a "sound monetary policy", using coins to pay government debts, opposed the use of silver coins only, and advocated a gold standard with both gold and silver as the basis of money.

At this point, James Garfield's proposition is actually contrary to Li Mu, the Bank of America under the control of Li Mu, which is currently the main promoter of the issuance of paper money in the United States. P. Morgan even wanted to set up an organization like the "Federal Reserve" to control all the banks in the United States, but this idea has not been implemented due to the opposition of the state governments.

The federal state is always particularly cautious in this kind of state-level organization, when the United States established the "first bank" and "second bank", it was because of the opposition of the state governments, so they died one after another, the state government does not oppose the bank, but opposes organizations such as the national central bank, after all, the importance of finance is well known, the state government is very vigilant to the federal government, and is worried that the federal government will expand its scope of power with the help of national financial organizations.

In fact, because of the opposition of the states, if it were not for the threat of economic crisis, the United States would probably never have been able to establish an organization like the Federal Reserve, starting with the economic crisis of 1873, and then in 1884, 1890, 1893, 1907, almost every ten years, the United States would have broken out an economic crisis, and each economic crisis would have caused a large-scale run on the banks, which prompted the United States to enact the Federal Reserve Act in 1913. This was followed by the establishment of the Federal Reserve Board of the United States.

For the Federal Reserve, Li Mu has a welcoming attitude, but it is not impossible to do without it, Bank of America now has business all over the United States, and its strength is particularly strong in California in the New England region and the West Coast, even if there is no Federal Reserve, Bank of America is now the largest bank in the United States, and the ability to resist risks is of course the strongest, whether there is a Federal Reserve or not, it will not affect the leading position of Bank of America in the American economy.

Entrusted by the federal government, the Bank of America undertakes part of the task of issuing paper money, which is one of the important means for the Bank of America to exert influence on the US economy.

"It doesn't matter, Bank of America is not the only bank that issues banknotes, and I don't think James can resist the pressure of the entire banking industry." To say that Li Mu is not worried at all is false, but it is not yet to the point of fear, if there is no accident, James Garfield will be assassinated soon after he is elected, and then Arthur will naturally take over the presidency, so Li Mu does not care about James Garfield's governance program, because James Garfield has no chance to implement it at all.

Of course, about the assassination of James Garfield, Li Mu must be honest with Arthur, Li Mu only needs Arthur to be ready at any time, before that, what Li Mu has to do is to maintain a good relationship with Arthur, which seems to be doing well at present.

Speaking of James Garfield's assassination, it is a pity that Li Mu only knew that James Garfield would be assassinated, but he did not know why James Garfield was assassinated.

Just kidding, if the assassination of James Garfield was done by some interest group, then all the media would be silent, think about it, the interest group even dared to assassinate the president, then what else would not dare to do?

Thinking of this, Li Mu suddenly had some strange thoughts in his mind, but soon Li Mu shook his head and drove those unrealistic ideas out of his mind, Li Mu and James Garfield have differences, but they have not yet reached the point of solving them with violence, to put it this way, the contradiction between Li Mu and Hayes is even greater, but now Li Mu and Hayes are still safe.

"Hehe, yes, no one can resist the pressure of the entire banking industry." Arthur smiled dumbly, and the banking industry is tough head-on? Don't be kidding, James Garfield is against paper money, it's just against it, and it has been implemented, even if James Garfield is against paper money, Congress will not approve such an act, don't forget who those congressmen support, trusts like the Horse Group, the annual cost of public relations is millions of dollars, these money is not spent in vain, at a critical time, Li Mu wants the effect.

And stopping the president from making mistakes for some reason is the biggest role of Congress.

"How is Mr. Brian lately? Heard that he and James made a deal? In addition to James Garfield, Li Mu also cares about James Bryan, this guy is also sad, the last time James Bryan won the party nomination, but finally lost to Hayes, this time James Bryan also won the party nomination, but lost to James Garfield, James Bryan will continue to run in the future, but unfortunately never won the final victory, the 1884 election was James Bryan's closest to the president, but lost to Grover ClevelandIt was also the first time the Republican Party had lost a presidential election since the Civil War.

Fortunately, none of this will have an impact on Li Mu, including Grover Cleveland's election, don't forget that Grover Cleveland is the former chief lawyer of the Horse Group, and his personal relationship with Li Mu is very good, and it can even be said that it is precisely because of the experience of working in the Horse Group that Grover Cleveland has entered the political arena, so after Grover Cleveland is elected, Li Mu will have greater convenience than now.

"Yes, Brian agreed to James' invitation, and if James is elected, then Brian will serve as James' Secretary of State." Arthur never hid it from Li Mu, there must be a deal between the two James, which is also the way for politicians to survive, and at the right time, they must learn to compromise with each other.

In fact, the cooperation between Arthur and James Garfield is also a compromise, as Ulysses Grant's henchman, although Arthur has strength, but it is not enough for Arthur to win, after all, Ulysses Grant's reputation in the presidency is too bad, so cooperating with James Garfield is Arthur's shortcut, as long as James Garfield wins the election and then is assassinated, Arthur can rightfully succeed to the presidency-

Well, that's not true, it's just speculation based on facts, but sometimes some things are just that ridiculous.

"Oh, Secretary of State, don't you want to be Secretary of State?" Li Mu is still a little curious, the vice presidential position is actually very embarrassing, that is, the reserve candidate for the president, it sounds good, but in fact there is no power.

"I'm not going to do it, what's the good of the Secretary of State? If you do a good job, the honor belongs to the president, and if you don't do a good job, you will become a scapegoat, I better be a vice president, this kind of position without work is the most suitable for me. Arthur can think about it, in fact, Arthur does not have much political ambition, he has been mayor, he has been governor, and he is not short of money, and the vice president will only make Arthur's resume look better.

Of course, if he could become president, then Arthur's resume would look better.

"Also, after you step down, you will also come to the Junma Group to be a lifelong consultant." Li Mu vowed to turn the Junma Group into a retirement home for American dignitaries, although some people don't need it, but some people need it very much.

Regarding the property of the President of the United States, there is a statistic in another time and space, some people can be called rich, such as George Washington, the first president of the United States, if the hard assets in George Washington's name, such as land, deposits, inheritance, real estate and expenditures, royalties, company ownership and family real estate investment are counted, then George Washington's net worth is about 500 million US dollars, of course, the "500 million" here is the converted value, even in George Washington's time, George Washington's assets are not so much, But people with "500 million" assets are not poor at any time.

Compared with George Washington, many later American presidents can be called poor, such as Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, etc., none of them have much personal assets, so Li Mu's move is necessary, at least not to let the outgoing president fall into bankruptcy.

Although some presidents are to blame for their bankruptcies, such as Ulysses Grant.

Arthur definitely doesn't need Li Mu's help, with the shares of the Rose Company, Arthur can be included in the rich group in this era, but Arthur's assets are not easy to announce, so it is a good choice to work in the Junma Group, at least then Arthur does not need to reduce his quality of life after leaving office.

Of course, there is no pervasive media in this era, and even if Arthur starts his rich life after leaving office, no one cares, and even if someone finds out, he has no channel to attack Arthur.

"Ha, I'm not going to do it, and when I leave office, I'll follow Mr. Grant to travel around the world, and your special adviser will be left to Rutherford and James." Arthur is not interested in working in the Horse Group, and even Arthur does not plan to stay in the United States after retirement, this is the attitude of enjoying life.

Ulysses Grant has started a journey around the world with his wife, and now it seems to be in Europe, to be honest, Li Mu is also quite envious of Ulysses Grant, this is the real freedom.