Baofeng County is located at the eastern foot of the outer veins of Funiu Mountain in western Henan, and the vast and precipitous Qingcao Ridge, Niangniang Mountain and Ziji Ridge lie across the junction line of Lushan and Baofeng. In the western mountainous area, the hills are undulating, the canyons are vertical and horizontal, the cliffs are steep, the forests are deep and the trees are dense, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the people are inaccessible.

The county lies between the two rivers, the south is the Dasha River, the flat sand is boundless, and the eye is endless. The north depends on Rushui, across the river and Jiaxian, the clear stream rolls, and it flows day and night. It is connected with the mountains of Ruyang and Songxian County in the west, and the forest sea is thousands of miles, covering the ground and covering the sky. The east is the Great Plains, close to the boundary between Xiangcheng and Yexian. It is indeed a paradise surrounded by mountains and rivers, beautiful scenery, beautiful treasures, simple folk customs, and heaven and earth.

Such a secluded mountain town and small town, like a paradise, let the people who have lived here for generations say that they come out and work, say and rest, live peacefully and multiply, but the stormy waves of history are always stirring this elegant and quiet area.

“…… That's why some people say, "The quality of the common people is low." No civil rights may be exercised". This is as ridiculous as the saying that "children can't read and write, so they can't go to school"! As the saying goes, yes. Don't bully the foolish people and be ignorant, in fact, everyone has a scale in their hearts. Ordinary people have the right to vote locally, although some of them may trade their votes for some benefits. But in the end, they will still choose to favor them. Fellow villagers, I believe that you will make a heartfelt choice, and your elected members will represent the interests of your land. Speak for you in Congress. This is your boiling power. Choose whomever you want. Don't listen to others. Don't let someone else replace you......"

Standing on the stage of the Flower Drum Tower in Baofeng County, Yu Lie shouted loudly, explaining the benefits of Ming Cook to the people, in the past ten days, he and more than 100 comrades in the party, went to all parts of the country to give speeches, the sudden national referendum, like a heavy punch, hit everyone's body, the prime minister is inspecting abroad, can not be contacted for a long time, but the national referendum is in full swing preparations.

"I know what you're talking about, isn't it just an election? The county said that the councillors of the Advisory Bureau will be elected by the big guys in the future, I know! ”

"Well, we all know that the election is like us going back to elect the emperor, this is called the monarch's power and the people's authority, why do we want the monarch's power and the people's authority?"

The middle-aged man wearing the newly made clothes in the audience shook his head and said, compared with Nanjing, the people in the remote Baofeng, only a few people wear Hanfu, and most of the others wear Manchu costumes...... Teacher.

"I know, it was our Chen Dashuai who took away the banner man Tartar, so we want him to be the emperor, what is this called...... Well! The Holy One is the King! ”

"That's it! Let's Chen Dashuai, that's a great sage who comes out once in hundreds of years! ”

"But no, even foreign devils are afraid of our Chen Dashuai!"

The original appeal will change its flavor, compared to Youlie who said "republic" and "Ming Cooking", the people in the audience are more interested in the "Holy Monarch".

The changes in the audience made You Lie sigh bitterly in his heart, he was no stranger to this scene, the people in the audience liked the Holy Monarch, in other counties in Henan, he was even coaxed off the stage, and those people said that he was a "chaotic minister and thief".

"What is a republic!"

The middle-aged man in the newly made costume asked loudly, and seeing that the people around him were still making a fuss, he turned around.

"Folks, let's listen to what a republic is, if we have a republic in the future, what will our country be like! You say no! ”

"Yes, yes...... What Mr. Leung said is very true! ”

The surrounding people have echoed that the Chinese have respected teachers for thousands of years, and they naturally have instinctive respect for readers like teachers.

"That's it, what is a republic?"

Listening to the shouts of the common people, Yu Lie almost didn't want to bow to that Mr. Liang. So Yu Lie began his speech, perhaps staying by Mr. Sun's side for a long time, Yu Lie's speech level was very good, he first attacked the "royalist party", the "new party" that was faintly formed with the Guangfu Society as the backbone under the advocacy of Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai and others, and criticized the "slow constitutionalization" put forward by the "Liberator Society" with the Guangfu Society as the backbone, and in the face of the hundreds of people who listened to his speech, he also counted the various [***] foolish policies implemented by the past dynasties, especially the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After half an hour of explanation, Yulie deliberately controlled the pace of his speech, paused for a few seconds, and then said in a low voice.

"With regard to the republican form of government, if the people decide to be a republic, the provinces of China, such as the states of the United States, need a president who governs the affairs of the people, not an emperor [***]!"

He stretched his arm forward and said excitedly.

"At the time of the republic, follow the example of the United States to elect a president, abolish [***], and implement a republic!"

Quiet!

No one applauded in front of the stage, let alone cheered, everyone just looked at Yulie on the stage, and didn't wait for applause, as if Yulie was expected, and it was also unexpected, it is said that at least a few people will applaud, but why didn't anyone applaud? Even the young students were not applauded.

"Mr. You, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not......

"Huh? If you have any questions, sir, please be outspoken! ”

The old gentleman's question in the audience made Yu Lie's heart happy, and he quickly replied in harmony.

"That...... Where is the United States? ”

When the small voice came out of the mouth of the old gentleman in Hanfu, there was immediately a burst of laughter, and then someone shouted.

"We don't know what the republican is, but we know that it has been hundreds of years, and the common people have been waiting for the Holy Monarch to come out, and now the Holy Monarch is in Nanjing!"

"What kind of big president, this you deserve, Ming he deserves, how can it be that everyone is the destiny of the Son of Heaven, if so, the three platforms and five permanent are not chaotic, if according to Mr. You said, everyone can be the president, then not even the second Laizi on the street can be the president, the great ruling drove away the Tatars, restored our Han world, this great ruling is the true dragon Tianzi who belongs to the destiny of heaven, although the ruling lady is a foreigner, but the lady is the mother-in-law of our Chinese, that is, our Chinese mother-in-law and a few have the same lady as the lady does not let the eyebrows be empty!"

"Not really! It is the destiny of the Son of Heaven to govern, and the fate of the lady is the destiny of the mother! Otherwise, the ruling government can rush to the dog Tartar, and the lady can force the foreign devil back! ”

"This is called the accumulation of hundreds of years of imperial gas of the Han Dynasty, and with this imperial spirit to protect, the foreign devil can hand over the tariff power to us!"

"Not really! Now that he is in power, there is a successor, and the crown prince is the one who combines the aura of heaven and earth, and I have lived for most of my life, and I have never seen a male doll as good-looking as the crown prince......"

"That is, just look at that appearance, we estimate that we will be blessed in a few lifetimes, and the appearance of the prince is the appearance of the Son of Heaven......"

The words of the people in front of the stage only gave birth to a trace of sorrow in Yulie's heart, is this his compatriot? He looked at these people who were rejoicing in the "royal heirs", and listened to their words about the "destiny of heaven" and the "appearance of the holy son of heaven" of the ruling son, Yu Lie looked up at the sky without a trace of haze, the cold wind was blowing on his body, and the coolness through his bones made him sigh, could it be that the "empire" was the future of China?

"Bell, bell, bell......"

In the sound of gongs and drums, in front of the market polling station in Yucheng, Sichuan, several Yucheng policemen with loaded guns were vigilant on the side, in the middle of the street, in several polling stations lined up with cloth, people lined up to receive votes, into the polling room to vote, many people even rushed dozens of miles of mountain roads to come, the people who came to vote were men over 18 years old, according to the regulations, only 18-year-old male surnames have the right to vote, many of them rushed here, just because the county government axe said.

"Today's election is a precedent for enlightening us and others!"

Although they don't know why they are only people today, they know what they are here for, to elect a state body, to elect an emperor, maybe they don't have any political consciousness, but in their opinion, maybe in a few decades, they can say it to their children and grandchildren with pride.

"You see, today's Holy Son of Heaven is chosen by your father and your father!"

"We're going to elect an emperor!"

"Since ancient times, there has only been the principle of giving orders to heaven, so what is the principle of being ordered by the people......"

"Boy, you don't understand, the Son of Heaven inherits the order from the sky, and then gives the order to the people, this is the pre-Qin ancient etiquette ......"

Zou Rong, who was waiting for the vote, listened to the words of the people, his expression seemed a little solemn, he felt that his breathing seemed to become short, he was inclined to the republic, but at this time, in this "national election" in which the whole country participated, he was confused, the republic is elected by the people, but the empire is also elected by the people!

"Enlighten people as a precedent for people, and create an era of equality for all people! The right is granted by the people, so that the people can benefit it! ”

When receiving a book-sized ballot, when he walked into the voting room, Zou Rong's expression became more and more solemn, this is the first general election held by 450 million Chinese, but it is not the first vote in his life, a ballot that determines the fate of this country.

"Imperial, Republican......"

Looking at the above picture, Zou Rong looked down again, the lower row is the list of candidates, which was added at the request of Zhang Zhidong and others, anyone who received 100,000 signatures to support it can be listed as an emperor or presidential candidate in the national sports election, "One selects the national body, one chooses the Qiankun!" ”。

"Chen Moran, Sun Yat-sen......"

Only their two candidates, Yuan Shikai, Zhang Zhidong and others originally got these signatures, but they all announced that they would give up their candidacy, and only Sun Yat-sen, who was far away from overseas investigations, announced his candidacy in the Xingzhong Society. In order to make the illiterate people literate the difference between the two, Chen Moran has the "Chinese flag" in front of his name, and Sun Yat-sen's name also has the "Blue Sky White Flag" designed by Lu Haodong.

"Since the beginning of the book history, the fate of our small people has been controlled by others, and in the eyes of others, the small people are just sheep who donate! The determination of today's restoration depends on the support of all the people...... Shengdou Xiaomin votes to elect the national body, which is really an unprecedented thing in ancient times, and finally I donate the sheep, and enlighten me to be a precedent for people! ”

Looking at the last sentence, Zou Rong pressed his right index finger on the ink, and unsurprisingly pressed the fingerprint on the republic, looked at Chen Moran and Sun Yat-sen, and after pondering for a second or two, he still chose to press his fingerprint under Chen Moran's name.

After pressing the fingerprints, Zou Rong carefully folded the ballot in half, then stretched out his hand through the curtain and stuffed the ballot box into the ballot box, which could be seen by the people outside the polling station.

It was the idea of the ruling axe to put the ballot boxes under the supervision of the people, in order to prevent others from suspecting that the boxes would be changed in the middle of the process, and after the polls, the ballot boxes would be escorted by the police and representatives of the gentry and gentry to the provincial capital, where the gentry and representatives of the common people from all over the province would count the votes behind closed doors.

Three days later, after hundreds of ballot boxes in the Yucheng constituency were loaded onto the carriage, the mayor of Yucheng locked the carriage in front of onlookers, sealed the carriage door with a seal, and then walked up to a policeman with the key in his hand.

"Section Chief Liu, I will now hand over this key and our future to you!"

Our future!

Whether it was the gentry or the countrymen, they went to vote for a future that they never had in their hands, and when a convoy of ballot boxes passed in front of a town, everyone would take a look to see if the seal on the cart was intact.

Elections are held under the eyes of the people, and the ballot boxes of each election never leave the people's sight from the beginning to the end, and the same is true during the transportation, and the ticket cars of the prefectures and counties gather to the provincial capital.

Yunnan Province is located in the Provincial Consultative Bureau, because it is the first time in China to hold such an election, as early as the beginning of the election, attracted many reporters and some spectators, most of these are concerned about China's future, hoping to know the results of the election as soon as possible, but at the same time, because this is the first election after the republic, some violence, terror, Manchu remnants want to take the opportunity to make trouble, in order to make the election smoothly, the political axe sent a large number of police to defend the entire election process, It is precisely because of this proper defense that China's national sports election can be carried out smoothly.

In the past few days, in front of the Yunnan Consultative Bureau, which was once the chief political secretary's yamen, it was like a temple fair, waiting for people to sit on the ground and hawkers to sell.

Many onlookers have been waiting for the past few days, some of them have not eaten all day, wondering what kind of state China will decide, and who the first emperor or president will be.

People are anxiously waiting for the results of their province, and although the results of the provinces are constantly coming from the newspapers, as Yunnan people, they are more concerned about the province.

Finally, the closed door opened, and out came the 26 gentry headed by Wang Hongtu of the Yunnan Consultative Bureau, Wang Hongtu held a piece of yellow paper in his hand, standing in front of the gate of the Consultative Bureau, with a smile on his face.

"4127568 legal voters in Yunnan Province, 3285645 people participated in the vote, and 3281312 people agreed with the imperial system...... All the people of Yunnan Province are in favor of Chen Moran as the emperor of the Chinese Empire! ”

Now that the results have finally come out, the people who have been waiting for several days are excited about the decision of the national system and the decision of the emperor, and even begin to bless the emperor.

At this time, an oil painting of the Great Consul in uniform painted by a Yunnan missionary was carried out at some point, and in an instant, the people all knelt on the ground.

"Long live the emperor! Banzai! Hooray......"

(To be continued)