Chapter 385: Campaigning

Yan Guang never thought about being the emperor, although his exploits over the years would make there be very few people who opposed it, at least not like Yuan Shikai in history, who was not much different from the betrayal of his relatives.

However, at this most important moment to catch up with Britain and the United States, Yan Guang doesn't want chaos inside...

Not? Ranju? If it's really a chaotic chrysanthemum, Yan Guang would really like to appear, and by the way, he will be accepted as secretary No. 5, but if it's a mess, then forget it.

Not to mention anything else, don't forget the current Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, Cai Yi, is the commander-in-chief of the National Defense Movement in his previous life.

As for a president for life? This Yan Guang has also considered it, but as long as you think about the fate of those dictators who have been lifelong in history―――――― if you really want to get a lifelong president, Yan Guang might as well be the emperor. If you are called the emperor, there is also some market in this era when the idea of imperial power has not disappeared (there are also some people who have persuaded Yan Guang to be the emperor over the years, no matter whether these people have good intentions or bad intentions, Yan Guang did not nod in the end), and it will not stand in the way of the people below, but if it is a lifelong president...

Yan Guang's biggest hope now is to still sit in the position of president during World War II, as for after World War II? Just like Washington in the past, let China's power alternate between two terms for the rest of its life.

Fortunately, Yan Guang is only in his thirties now, and he is only in his fifties after the end of World War II, and Churchill lived to be ninety-one years old in later generations...

"I just want to live to be over eighty, not too much..."

Of course, Yan Guang never thought of being the president all the time, until the outbreak of World War II.

Therefore, Yan Guang is ready to take the third president of China's most important development period from 23 to 28 years, and wait until the fourth term in 29 years, and then give up this unfortunate position that will definitely encounter a "financial crisis" to others...

"Well, if you do this, it seems like a bit of a person will carry the black pot for yourself..."

Anyway, that's it...

At present, the Kuomintang government is not only far from Britain and the United States, but even with Japan has not pulled too far away.

(I'll explain here that I've also read about Palgrave's world history statistics, and in Palgrave's world history statistics, the data on Britain and the United States are not very big, because the data on the Internet about Palgrave's world history statistics for this period are generally used, but about Japan's data...)

It should be said that the data on Japan's Taisho fiscal revenue in the eighth year is indeed wrong, but it is not said that it is less, but that it is more. How should I say it, today I went to the official website of the Ministry of Finance of Japan to look up the data, but fortunately, the Ministry of Finance of Japan does have financial data on the Meiji period and the Taisho period, so in the end I found the detailed data of Japan's fiscal revenue in the eighth year of Taisho.

Japan's actual fiscal revenue in the eighth year of Taisho was 1,88,630,000 yen, which was 1919. As for 1921, the tenth year of Taisho, the Japanese government's fiscal revenue was 2.6 billion yen.

Therefore, it is reasonable to recognize the Japanese government's fiscal revenue in 1921 as less than 2 billion yen, after all, there are factors in the rise of China, and there are also two losses of fiasco.

In addition, think about it in another way, the British tried every means to increase the government's fiscal revenue throughout the European war, and in order to even increase taxes, many British families at that time eventually went bankrupt, and by 1918 they only got 889 million pounds of fiscal revenue, you must know that Britain's steel production at that time was close to 10 million tons, plus colonial ...... all over the world, and Japan at that time only had two colonies in Korea and Taiwan, as well as some interests in China. The annual steel production is only a fraction of that of the United Kingdom, let alone the United States. Even if a country like this squeezes its own people, it will not be able to obtain nearly half of the fiscal revenue of Britain and the United States, right? Moreover, Japan during the Taisho period was a rare and enlightened period in the early 20th century.

Therefore, the data on Japan's fiscal revenues in Palgrave's world history statistics should be erroneous...

The only headache is that there are no statistics on China's fiscal revenue in Palgrave's world history statistics, perhaps because China was so chaotic at that time. οΌ‰

In any case, Yan Guang is still preparing for the second general election.

Although Yan Guang is fully sure of this second general election, he does not want to be unlucky like Churchill in later generations, who has just led Britain to victory in the war, but he was dissolved in the war cabinet and lost the general election on July 5 not long after he stepped down as prime minister.

Although after the defeat, Churchill once quoted the ancient Greek writer Plutarch as saying: "To be ungrateful to their great men is the mark of a great nation." ”

However, this was just a way for Churchill to talk about masturbation, and the world can only imagine how disappointed Churchill was at that time.

As for the great nation or something, I'll tell you a joke, the London Olympics, hahahaha.

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Although the government of the People's Republic of China has invested heavily in education, in just over eight years, it is possible to make even half of the country's people literate.

It would be a clear disaster if a one-person-one-vote electoral system were to be introduced.

Therefore, it is mainly the provincial representatives who actually participate in the voting.

In this regard, it is somewhat similar to when the Republic of China was first established.

This is also one of the reasons why Yan Guang is full of confidence, because at this time in China, due to the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Socialist Party, it was the same as the Celestial Empire in later generations, and the largest number of people in the country at this time were the Kuomintang Socialists.

And the provincial representatives? Because when the Kuomintang government was in power, it not only won over the local people, but also the gentry in various places, so at least ninety percent of the provincial deputies participating in the general election were nationalists, and as for some other parties...

Although some parties, such as the Kuomintang, will participate in the election, just as there were many parties in various places during the Xinhai Revolution, there were also dozens of parties in China at this time. For example, the Republican Party, the Predator Party, the National Party, and so on.

Although the current Kuomintang relies on its past roots and is relatively large among the many political parties, it only occupies one percent of the seats among the provincial deputies.

Don't underestimate the 1 percent of seats, you must know that when the Kuomintang Socialist Party is thriving, being able to win one seat is already a relatively large party, and many parties of the same size as the Kuomintang have only won a few tenths of a percent of the seats...

It is also for this reason that other parties, including the Kuomintang, regard going to Beijing to participate in the general election as just joining in the fun.

After all, in their view, the National Socialist Party, which already occupies more than 90% of all seats, will be a sure thing no matter who is elected to power after Yan Guang leaves office.

This is true of other parties, not to mention the complacent Nationalist Socialist Party.

Many Kuomintang members even regarded this trip as a tour, after all, no matter who the Kuomintang wanted to put to power, they were absolutely sure, and who would make the Kuomintang stand out now. ..., however, on the way to Beijing, some of the Kuomintang Socialists who traveled together were still discussing who would replace Yan Guang as the president of the world's third most powerful country after Britain and the United States.

No one will call this successor a leader, because in the eyes of everyone, this successor is only a temporary replacement, and the real ruler of China is still Yan Guang, who lives in the presidential palace.

This is not only the view of the parties, but even the common people and the gentry of the people.

"I think it will be Mr. Song, Mr. Song has followed the president since Sichuan, and now he is holding such an important position as the Minister of Finance, so there is absolutely no doubt that the next president will be Mr. Song."

In the carriage of a train from Nanjing to Beijing, several Nanjing delegates discussed this, and one of the young delegates, who was in his 30s, thought that Song Dinghan was more likely.

However, although he felt that Song Dinghan was more likely, others did not think so.

"I think it may also be Premier Xu, after all, he is now the prime minister, and the position of temporary president is also well-deserved..."

It should be said that in the past few years, after Xu Shichang also joined the National Socialist Party, there are not too many people in the National Socialist Party who are disgusted with Xu Shichang's former Beiyang identity, so Xu Shichang is also very promising.

"Actually, Minister Wang is also very likely..."

At this time, a person whispered on the side.

The Minister Wang he was talking about was naturally Wang Yaowu.

After listening to this, a few people next to him also felt that there was some truth.

As we all know, Yan Guang's most trusted person is Wang Yaowu, so Wang Yaowu is really possible. Although Wang Yaowu's military status will definitely have some problems if he does this, as long as Wang Yaowu retires, with the support of tens of millions of National Socialist Party members and Yan Guang all over the world, it will not be difficult to put Wang Yaowu on the throne.

"So..."

Perhaps it was this person's words that knocked on everyone's inspiration, and many more names were mentioned after Wang Yaowu.

Soon, the names of Cai Yi, Jiang Baili and others were also mentioned.

No way, who calls these people either high or very famous...

However, the National Socialist people on the train were discussing lively, and the other party members on the side felt a little uncomfortable. It's just that they can't taste it anymore, after all, they don't want to miss the new general election in Beijing.

Although the candidates put forward by these parties are really focused on participation, they can still show their faces, right?

Of course, there are some parties that do not have any candidates, and their votes are also prepared for the National Socialist Party to vote for whoever they want to come out. This is partly because the Nationalist Socialist Party has become more and more orthodox among the people in recent years, and partly because they are in alliance with the Kuomintang.

In fact, this is the case for the vast majority of parties in the country at present, even the Kuomintang, after all, the Socialist Party is the largest party in the country at this time...

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Although the Nationalists in the carriage had been discussing the relationship between the candidates when they were on the train, they were stunned when they got off the train and took the bus to the headquarters of the National Socialist Party.

Because at this time, in the headquarters of the National Socialist Party, there was already news that Yan Guang would run for the third president.

Although Yan Guang has a very high prestige in the Kuomintang and even in China, the news that Yan Guang is running for president again still shocked everyone.

This is true of the Nationalists, let alone other parties.

Not only these parties, but the whole country and even the whole world were in turmoil after the news broke.

For a time, public opinion was full of debates, and even within the Kuomintang Socialist Party. Fortunately, there are only a few countries in the world that have adopted a presidential system, and the only country that has a greater impact is the United States. Although the presidential system in the United States can only serve two terms, which is also the main point of contention in domestic public opinion, the so-called two-term rule in the United States is not a well-known rule after Washington, and the law does not clearly stipulate that a president can only serve two terms, and this is also a sentence often hung in the mouths of Yan Guang's supporters.

In addition, Yan Guang's supporters are extremely heavy, although Yan Guang has never advocated any personality cult, but as long as he looks up at the map, the sense of worship will naturally come from the bottom of his heart.

Although there may not be no disagreement among supporters about Yan Guang's re-election for president, in the end, the voices of support overwhelmed the voices of opposition, and it was in the case of absolute superiority.

There is only one reason for this, that is, when it was announced that Yan Guang would run for the third president, Yan Guang also made a statement.

That is, he will run for the third president, just because when he was the first president, Yan Guang took office without any elections and votes at all, plus he clashed with the Japanese in Shandong not long after taking office, and then participated in World War I or something after only a year, so that Yan Guang, the president, is no different from the wartime leader...

After saying so much nonsense, there is only one meaning in Yan Guang's statement.

That is, after participating in the second "official" "election", Yan Guang will not participate in the third election, but will leave it to other candidates.

This is also a reason why public opinion will accept it, no matter how far-fetched this reason is, but when Yan Guang's prestige in China is already in full swing, public opinion and the people finally chose to accept this idea.

Of course, if Yan Guang will regret it after 5 years, it will be a different matter.

However, at least at this time, all levels still accepted Yan Guang's statement.

As for Yan Guang?

"Anyway, I just said that I would not run for the fourth term, that is, I would participate in the third election, but I did not say that I would not run for the fourth election..."

Of course, it's not that no one hasn't seen the loophole here, but no one has said that it's broken.

It was in this situation that Yan Guang participated in the second election and successfully won 95% of the votes in the election process...

As for the remaining 5%? Many of them voted for their own party's candidates, but some people chose to abstain, Yan Guang had already thought about this, after all, it was extremely naΓ―ve to get the support of all the people...

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Although public opinion at home has gradually calmed down after a series of debates during the election campaign, this has not been the case abroad.

After all, China at this time is no longer the China of the past, and foreign countries cannot turn a blind eye to everything that is happening in China.

So naturally...

Hats such as "new dictator...", were also buckled on Yan Guang's head, but Yan Guang didn't care too much, because in the past, Yan Guang's role was originally such a type.

However, the biggest sound came from Japan...

Japan, the location of the headquarters of the Kuomintang ...

Although the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang has been greatly eased over the years, especially when many members of the Kuomintang are serving in the system of the Kuomintang government, the original hostile relationship has changed greatly.

However, in the eyes of the older Kuomintang, the Kuomintang remained their worst enemy.

Therefore, when the news of Yan Guang's candidacy for the third president came out, the Kuomintang naturally launched a wave of condemnation. It's just that at this time, after Huang Xing and others had passed away, only one Sun Yat-sen was still in the entire Kuomintang headquarters. ..., in this case, although there are still many Kuomintang people in China, those pro-Huang Xing Kuomintang people are somewhat not very close to the headquarters.

Therefore, when the Japanese Kuomintang headquarters began to denounce Yan Guang, the Kuomintang people in China did not cooperate much, after all, they had already served in the country, and it was indeed worth the loss to stand up at this time...

What's more, the Kuomintang at this time was also different from the Kuomintang in history, in the past history, because of the relationship between the Shandong issue and the May Fourth Movement, the authority of the Beiyang government was greatly attacked, and in this case, many people regarded the Three People's Principles as the only hope, as for Sun Yat-sen?

After Huang Xing's death in 1916, many Kuomintang members naturally regarded Sun Yat-sen as the sole leader.

And now? Under the leadership of the Kuomintang Socialist Party, China has achieved unprecedented achievements, on the other hand, the Kuomintang originally had several provinces in the country, but now it can only stay in Japan.

As for Sun Yat-sen? Unlike later generations, both the Celestial Empire and Taiwan glorified him as a saint, Sun Yat-sen at this time was just a very ordinary person, so it was natural to be willing to continue to regard Sun Yat-sen as the only leader, even in the Kuomintang headquarters.

The current Kuomintang headquarters is only the center of communication between the Kuomintang in various places...

It was in this situation that Sun Yat-sen's health became worse and worse...

is a few points worse than him at the same time in history...

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The next chapter should be the Great Kanto Earthquake~

And, of course, Sun Yat-sen's

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