Li Mu, who was an observer for the first time, walked into the parliament hall when it was quite fresh, but he was soon shocked by the situation in the parliament hall, Li Mu never thought that the New York parliament in the nineteenth century could be as lively as the 4V in the twenty-first century. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Mu did not sit at the front very ostentatiously, but sat in the back corner with Arthur.

Even so, Li Mu has attracted the attention of many people, and the appearance of a Chinese in the parliament hall is enough to attract attention, and he is still sitting with the popular candidate for the next mayor, and it is not good to let people pay attention.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Li Mu has appeared in front of the parliamentarians in New York, and he is still with so many bigwigs, and unconsciously, Li Mu has also become one of the bigwigs.

After the vote was over, Li Mu noticed that Arthur beside him finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry about it this time-" Li Mu lowered his voice and congratulated Arthur.

"Hehe, that's how it should be!" Arthur was eager to take the plunge and was ready.

"How? Have you prepared a manifesto? Li Mu is still unclear about the election process at this time.

"No—it's not a presidential election." Arthur glanced at Li Mu in surprise.

"Don't look at me like that, I'm not old enough to run." Li Mu said that he did not know about the procedure, and it was understandable.

The U.S. Constitution stipulates that only U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years of age have the right to vote, that they must be male, that they must be eligible to vote if they have a certain amount of annual taxes, and that voters must register in advance.

At the same time, the Constitution also stipulates that anyone who has reached the age of 25 and has been a citizen of the United States for seven years can run for the House of Representatives; Anyone who is at least 30 years old and has been a U.S. citizen for nine years can run for the Senate. But candidates must live in their constituencies when they run for election, so former First Lady Hillary Clinton once temporarily moved to New York State to run for the New York State Senate.

In this way, as long as Li Mu reaches the age standard, Li Mu is eligible to run for the House of Representatives and Senate, whether it is representing Massachusetts or New York.

Although Grover Cleveland tried his best to help Li Mu avoid taxes, since 1873, Li Mu and the Horse Investment Company have paid more than $500,000 in taxes.

This tax is only business tax and consumption tax, does not include income tax, in order to evade taxes, Li Mu's personal property is all in the horse investment company, Li Mu as the president of the horse investment company, the monthly salary is only a symbolic dollar, this salary is definitely not taxable.

Don't say that this kind of behavior is unethical, in fact, all the rich Americans do this, and helping business owners legally avoid taxes is one of the work items of the company's legal department, including J.P. Morgan and Rockefeller, so don't be embarrassed.

"You'll know later-" Arthur suddenly realized, smiled strangely at Li Mu, and leaned back on the back of the chair with his whole clothes confident.

After the impeachment of Tweed was confirmed, Speaker Anthony Dorne flipped through the agenda and moved on to the next item: "In view of the fact that Mayor Tweed has been disqualified from serving as mayor, in accordance with legal procedures, the deputy mayor is now - uh - "

Anthony Dorn flipped through the agenda in front of him and fell into an awkward silence for a moment.

It must be embarrassing, the mayor system in the United States is divided into a "strong mayor system" and a "weak mayor system", under the "strong mayor system", the mayor is directly elected by the voters, and has the power to appoint the heads of various government departments and veto bills passed by the city council, but major issues have to be decided by the city council.

Large cities such as New York, Washington, and San Francisco have basically implemented a "strong mayoral system".

As for the general city, most of them adopt the "weak mayor system", under which the mayor is elected from the members of the city council or by the city council members in turn, and its main responsibilities are to preside over the meetings of the city councilors, listen to the opinions of the citizens, make speeches on behalf of the city government, and are the image representatives of the city government, just a mascot, and do not have the most important appointment power.

Tweed must be a strong mayor, so there is no deputy mayor in New York at all, and during Tweed's administration, everything in New York City was decided by Tweed, and power was concentrated like a feudal emperor.

In New York, Tweed has the most power under Henderson, the secretary general of the city government, but judging from the relationship between Henderson and Tweed, Tweed has an accident, and Henderson can't run away, so it is definitely impossible for Henderson to take over.

In this way, the question of who will take over the mayor's office is a big question.

"No one picked, did they? Then I propose that Mr. Chester Arthur, Commissioner of Customs, be the mayor of New York. Peter Allenschran stood up and suggested.

Looking at Ben Marjorie, who has always been at odds with Peter, since the impeachment of Tweed was passed, Ben Marjorie sat in his seat without saying a word.

Ben Marjorie and Tweed are too close, and if Tweed is unlucky, it won't be a few days before Ben Marjorie will be unlucky, and his political career has come to an end.

"Mr. Chester Arthur—well, is there a second choice?" Anthony Dorne asks for more input.

The council hall was unusually silent, no one spoke.

After a minute, Anthony Dorn broke the silence: "Okay, so now vote on whether Mr. Chester Arthur can be the mayor of New York—"

This vote is more symbolic, there is only one candidate in the election, and there are no accidents in any election.

Soon, the results of the vote were announced, with 35 votes in favor and 5 abstentions, reaching an absolute majority, and the vote passed, and Chester Arthur officially became the mayor of New York.

Li Mu looked at the farce-like voting in front of him, and was scorched by the American-style democratic thunder.

"Reem, welcome to America-" Arthur got up and shook hands with Li Mu in a serious manner, which was sincere.

That's right, at this moment, Li Mu does know more about the United States.

Peter Allen took the initiative to stand up and applaud, and as Arthur passed by him, Peter Allen and Arthur shook hands cordially and congratulated Arthur.

The relationship between them does not need to be hidden, it is part of politics.

"Thank you for your trust in me and for electing me as Mayor of New York City, and I solemnly swear that I will lead New York to greater glory -- that we will strengthen New York's position in the United States, that we will further strengthen its position as the financial center of New York City, that I will provide better services to the citizens of New York, and that I will never use the city government as a place to install his henchmen and seek other interests, as some people do—" Arthur made a triumphant declaration of victory, not a subtle hostility to Tweed.

Li Mu noticed that Arthur used the word "New York citizen" many times when he spoke, but every time he said this word, Arthur's eyes would always look at the auditorium.

It was clear that Arthur knew exactly who he was supposed to serve.

At night, Castle Clinton is still lit up.

A gala celebrating Arthur's election as mayor of New York is underway.

This time the party was much larger, and guests were allowed to bring their ladies to attend.

Of course, Li Mu also had to attend, and the female dependents who accompanied Li Mu to attend were not Chu Xue but Gloria.

From Li Mu's point of view, Li Mu was of course willing to bring Chu Xue to the party, but everyone, including Will, Arthur, and Grover Cleveland, did not approve of Li Mu doing so.

As a Chinese, Li Mu is eye-catching enough to be popular in Manhattan, if Li Mu is accompanied by a Chinese girl, this will strengthen Li Mu's Far Eastern attributes, which is very unfavorable to Li Mu's integration into American society.

It would be different if Li Mu was next to Gloria, the blonde and blue-eyed Gloria was very much in line with the aesthetic standards of Westerners, and because of Will's military background, Li Mu, an arms dealer, and Gloria stood together very well, and no one could find fault with it.

It's true that I can't fault it, but for the two parties, this feeling is terrible, and it's not good at all.

"I know you don't want to bring me here, and I'm going to tell you that I don't want to be in this damn place with you-" Gloria, dressed in full costume, appeared in the hall holding Li Mu's arm, and immediately won applause mixed with whistles and cheers, Gloria didn't like this kind of occasion, so her voice was a little low, and only Li Mu and Gloria could hear it.

"It's good that you know, maybe you want to come out with your Adrian cousin, but it's a pity that your Adrian cousin went to Montana, ah, I hope he won't be fascinated by those Indian women, American GIs are not very well-behaved-" Li Mu is not polite, when it comes to talking about cool words, Li Mu is afraid of whom.

Regarding Adrian, this has become the laughing stock of Li Mu mocking Gloria, although Will has not given Adrian a chance to pester Gloria and sent Adrian to Montana to play the front station, but this does not prevent Li Mu from taking Adrian to laugh at Gloria.

Gloria's teeth were creaking, but there was no abnormality on her face, and the hand holding Li Mu's arm gently clamped the inside of Li Mu's arm-

"Hi, dear Arthur, congratulations—" Li Mu disguised his exclamation with a greeting, gave Arthur a big hug, and got rid of Gloria's attack.

"Tongxi, Tongxi, Reem, please allow me to introduce, this is Ellen, Ellen Arthur-" Arthur responded enthusiastically, introducing his female companion to Li Mu.

Ellen is Arthur's wife, and the two of them were married twenty years ago, and they have two sons and a daughter.

"Dear Madam, it is a great pleasure to meet you." Li Mu said hello, and the kiss ceremony was very standardized.

"Ream, I know you, Chester mentions you so often, it's amazing how much you've achieved at this age-" Ellen was very enthusiastic about Li Mu, but only made Li Mu feel embarrassed.

It's age again, let's not talk about this, okay?