After thinking carefully for a few days, Cai Ye has already made his own decision, that is, if he has the opportunity, he will go to Anhui to have a look. Let's see if it's really like what Jiang Baili wrote in the letter, it's like a paradise on earth, and then find a chance to see how Yan Shao behaves.

Although Jiang Baili praised Yan Shao very well in the letter, Cai Ye still preferred to believe in his eyes.

However, in the matter of tariffs and garrisons, Cai Ye is willing to support Yan Shao, after all, this is related to the interests of the country and the nation, and Cai Ye will never drag the country back in this kind of matter, so Cai Ye will announce his support for Yan Shao on this issue.

Now that Cai Ye has spoken, of course it is impossible for Tang Jiyao not to speak, after all, he came out from under Cai Yi's hands. Many of the troops in charge of Guizhou came out of the Yunnan army, although now Tang Jiyao and Cai Yi are both governors, but Cai Ye still has a great influence on Tang Jiyao.

With these two people as role models, other warlords have also expressed their support to a greater or lesser extent.

There is no way, now the issue of garrisons and tariffs is almost boiling over the whole country, and of course they do not dare to move against the current. Now the only thing that makes them feel distressed is the centigold, but the centigold is known as one of the 'three evil taxes' in history, and the people are very resentful about it, and these warlords can only express two attitudes on this issue, either support or silence, and hardly dare to oppose it.

Of course, there is a deeper reason for this, that is, not all the big heads of the gold belong to them...

Don't look at them, they are all emperors in their own provinces, but they still need the support of the local gentry to substantially control the territory in their hands. And we have also talked about this system of tax collectors before. In fact, it is not only the land tax and other taxes, but even a lot of the centigold is contracted to the tax collectors, and only some of it is directly controlled by the warlords.

So although theoretically, all the taxes in the territory belong to them. But in reality, they only got a part of it. It's just that having said that, it's better than nothing, so now they have to bow their heads just because of the general trend, and they still oppose the revocation of the cut in their hearts, after all, it is related to their direct interests.

And this change in their attitude only began later...

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On August 23, under the impetus of all parties, although at this time the guns in Henan, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong and other places shook the sky. But the election for the first president has begun.

At the election venue, Yan Shao, Elano and others sat in the front row, quietly waiting for the announcement of the results.

And in the positions of the other rows. is sitting in turn Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others...

Although everyone knows very well what the result will be this time, there must always be a few vases, and Duan Qirui and they are also very clear about their identity as 'accompanying the prince to study'...

Only this time it was the first presidential election (Sun Yat-sen's time was the provisional president, and it was not until 1913 that the first official election was elected). However, the venue was somewhat deserted.

After noticing this. Many people frowned slightly, just looked at Yan Shao and the other National Socialists sitting in the front row, and these people finally obediently closed their mouths.

Naturally, there are still a lot of whispers in private.

"Without the Kuomintang, it seems that this time the Kuomintang is really going to be dominant..."

"Yes, although the Kuomintang was the strongest in the past, there was still a progressive party, but now the Kuomintang is gone. Almost all the Progressive Party members have joined the National Socialist Party, which is really ......... Alas..."

"I heard that Yan Shao's power in the Kuomintang is greater than that of Yuan Shikai in Beiyang. I don't know if it's true..."

"I've heard of this, and although I'm in favor of strongman rule, ......... I really don't know if this is a good thing..."

Originally, there were more than 700 members of the National Assembly, but since Yan Shao declared the Kuomintang an illegal organization and expelled or arrested Kuomintang members, there are now more than 300 members of the National Assembly, and basically all of them are members of the National Socialist Party, and only a few people from the Progressive Party and other parties are still holding on.

However, due to the merger of Beiyang and the National Socialist Party, the Progressive Party, which was originally supported by Yuan Shikai, has a large number of party members who have thrown themselves into the arms of the National Socialist Party.

However, since this type of person is usually in the back row, it is impossible for Yan Shao, who is sitting in the front row, to hear clearly, not to mention that he also has his own things to do at this time.

"Have you already chosen a location?" leaned over to Elaine's side, Yan Shao asked softly.

"I've already chosen...", the same pose, Elanon's lips lightly opened. Both locations have already been chosen, and they are both outside the city as you wish...", Elaline hesitated slightly, hesitated for a moment before asking softly. "But is it really necessary?"

"Of course..."Pulling Elinor's hand in his hand and stroking it carefully, Yan Shao smiled gently. Forget the first two times, this time I'm afraid we won't move in our lives, so it's natural to build a bigger house..."

"It's a little too big..."Hearing Yan Shao say this, Ileno smiled bitterly.

"Okay, you two don't get tired and crooked there, and you're not afraid of staining the eyes of others."

Seeing that Yan Shao and Elano were so close there, Caterina was a little jealous.

Straightening up, Yan Shao also held Katarina's hand. "With his wife, what room do others have to talk about..."

Caterina pursed her lips with some disdain, and by the way, she pinched Yan Shao's thigh, and only stopped after pinching Yan Shao, and sitting next to Elino, Lu Ying covered her mouth and snickered when she saw Yan Shao's unlucky appearance.

As the focus of the audience, this scene naturally fell into the hands of many people, at least a few people on the podium could see it clearly. Generally speaking, it is necessary to reprimand you for doing so on such a solemn occasion. After all, this is too rude, but considering Yan Shao's current status, these people can only turn a blind eye.

What Yan Shao was talking to Elano just now was nothing else, it was the 'super grand architectural plan' that he had mentioned. Like once said. At this time, the Chinese people had a deep inferiority complex, and if it weren't for this, no one would shout at every turn to abolish Chinese characters, and say that Chinese culture has become a dead thing, and they want to save the country, not abolish the Chinese language and Chinese history.

There are even people in history who claim that "Chinese characters are really the dirtiest, worst, and most bastard medieval pit in the world"...

(In April 1918, Qian Xuantong published an article entitled "The Problem of Chinese Writing in the Future" in the fourth volume of the New Youth, and pointed out: "Chinese characters, on their glyphs. It is not pinyin but the end of the hieroglyphs, which is not easy to read and write; On the literal meaning. the meaning is vague, and the grammar is extremely imprecision; On its application in today's learning, there is nothing in the term of new reason, new things, and new things; On its past history. 999/1,000 is the mark that records the Confucian doctrine and Taoist fallacies. Such writing. Disruption cannot be applied to the new era of the twentieth century. ”）

As later generations, of course, we know very well that it is absolutely fine to use Chinese characters in the 21st century, and there are even many people in later generations who criticize the simplified Chinese characters. Let's not mention which is better, simplified or traditional Chinese, people in this era, especially intellectuals, are not as clear about the problem of Chinese characters as Yan Shao...

It is conceivable that this will continue to be the case if no change is made.

And if you want to change this situation, the best way is to do something that will increase the self-confidence of the nation, such as winning a few battles with the great powers, or doing something that will make the whole nation proud...

You don't have to think about the former. The only possible conflict with the Great Powers in a short period of time was Qingdao, and the problem was that the German army in Qingdao was only a few thousand men. The Japanese are more difficult to bite. However, in the eyes of the Chinese people at this time, the Japanese were one level inferior to the Western powers after all, and even if they won the war, they would at most strengthen a little bit and not change much.

Then, building some miracles has become the best way...

Let's say building a few 'miracle buildings'...

There's no need to build the Great Wall, but it's okay to build the tallest building in the world...

What's more, as one of the largest enterprises in the world, Yushi Group always has to have the best office space.

Of course, Elaline also agreed with this, but after learning how tall Yan Shao wanted to build, she was taken aback.

At this time, the world's tallest building was the Woolworth Building, completed in 1913, with 57 floors and a total height of 241.4 meters. However, the building Yan Shao wanted to build was more than 100 stories tall and at least 450 meters high, almost twice as tall as the Woolworths Building.

Leaving aside the question of whether such a high building can be built with the current level of technology, the cost of the Woolworths building is as high as 13.5 million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 3 million pounds, that is, the cost of a semi-dreadnought-class battleship.

If you really want to build a building as high as Yan Shao said, the cost will be at least twice that of the Woolworths Building, right? Even three or four times is not impossible. Twice as many as twenty-seven million, and three times as four and a half million.

The former is equivalent to more than 70 million silver dollars, and the latter is equivalent to more than 100 million silver dollars...

Is it really necessary to spend so much money on a headquarters building?

Elaline was deeply suspicious...

Of course, Yan Shao couldn't tell Elino what he really thought, so there were only two reasons for her, one was that his wife's office should naturally be the best, and the second was that he had no place to spend money because he had a lot of money, so he planned to make a tallest building to show off...

By the way...

Elano and Caterina both believe in the second reason...

However, although Yan Shao has more than 2 billion now, it is impossible for the funds to be so abundant, especially considering the future plan...

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The name of the new building has not yet been determined, but the location has been determined, just outside Beijing, not very far from Yan Shao Manor.

There are many reasons for this decision, but the most important one is security.

At this time, skyscrapers had begun to appear, but the tallest was the Woolworth Building mentioned above. No one had ever built a monster-level building of this kind. No one can guarantee that there will be no accidents during the construction process, and if there is, then even if it is only a little...

Considering the density of population in Beijing and the height of this thing. It would be an unimaginable disaster.

Therefore, it has become the best choice to put this thing outside the city, and you can also take this opportunity to develop outside the city, just like when you were in Anqing. Now Anqing has been divided into the inner city and the outer city, although the outer city is not as prosperous as the inner city, but because of the better planning, so the future prospects are larger than the inner city...

In addition, the designers of this building are also Chinese.

After all, this is to give the nation a boost of self-confidence, if the designer is a foreigner. I'm afraid the effect will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, Yushi Group has trained a lot of engineers and designers, and the 20-storey buildings in Anqing are also from them. Although there is a big difference between the 100th and 20th floors, the tallest building in this year is only 57 floors. Isn't it...

It was just completed this year...

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Although they didn't feel the need to build such a tall building, since Yan Shao insisted, Elaline and the others did not object. Although more than 100 million, it is for the Yan family at this time. It's not hard to take it out.

And after they want to come to such a big building, I am afraid that it will not be able to be built in a few years. If you divide it like this, it's actually only 20 or 30 million a year, and it's very cheap...

I have to say that after following Yan Shao for a long time, their concept of money seems to be a little distorted...

For now, this matter is just a secret between Yan Shao and the others, so Li Liang, who was sitting beside him, didn't know that Yan Shao was planning to use tens of millions or even more than 100 million to build a 'miracle building'—————— if he knew it, he would definitely oppose it, and even asked Yan Shao to lend this money to the new government as an interest-free loan...

No way. Now the new government's financial situation is really bad, and it earns millions a month. He finally understood why he was now, when Liang Shiyi and Xiong Fenghuang handed over the finances to him, there would be a look of relief on their faces...

At this time, Li Liang was still worried about financial problems, and he already had several proposals to discuss with Liang Shiyi and Xiong Fenghuang, such as tobacco monopoly, etc., but the most important thing at the moment is the election on the stage...

The results of the on-stage campaign have been announced, and while it is clear to almost everyone what the outcome will be, it is difficult to say until the results are announced. Therefore, not only Li Liang and them, but even Yan Shao had a rare positive color.

Standing on the stage, looking at the hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at him below, a middle-aged man with short hair on the stage lifted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and picked up a copy of the election results that had just arrived at the table.

After coughing lightly, the short-haired middle-aged man picked up the election results and raised his voice.

"Yan Shao, 319 votes..."

"Duan Qirui, 41 votes..."

"In accordance with the Great Presidential Election Law, I declare Yan Shao elected as the first president of the Republic of China..."

Hearing that the final result was announced, no matter what others thought in their hearts, they all stood up and applauded to congratulate, and Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others even walked in front of Yan Shao to shake hands with him.

And after hearing the result, Yan Shao's expression was slightly relaxed.

Although he had already known the result, Yan Shao was still a little afraid that there would be variables. It's not that I'm worried that anyone will run out to compete with him for the position of president, but according to the "Great Presidential Election Law" designated by Yuan Shikai when he was in office, electors must be present at more than two-thirds of the votes, and they must get more than three-quarters of the votes to be elected.

In other words, among the previous 360 votes, Yan Shao needs to get at least 270 votes, and one less vote must be re-elected.

Of course, the second time is not so troublesome, as long as you get more than half of the votes, the problem is that the first pass and the second pass are completely different politically.

Moreover, this kind of vote is still a secret ballot, in case someone from the former Beiyang or other parties is dissatisfied with Yan Shao and votes for Duan Qirui, I am afraid that the situation will change, and the great powers will think that Yan Shao's control of the situation is not as expected, which will adversely affect the scheduled negotiations. This is also the reason why the first thing Yan Shao did after entering Beijing was to expel all the Kuomintang parliamentarians—————— considering the relationship between the two groups, they would never get more than three-quarters of the votes in Yan Shao...

But no matter what, this time it's all done, and Yan Shao can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

"Next, it's time to start the next step..."

Thinking like this, Yan Shao looked at the three Elaline beside him, and after the results of the election came out, the faces of the three were full of joy, even Elaline, who had always been the most indifferent. No matter what others think in their hearts, at least these three people are absolutely and sincerely happy for Yan Shao...

Seeing the happy expressions of the three of them, Yan Shao's heart was also warm.

At this time, Wu Qianqiu in the distance suddenly walked through the human wall and walked to Yan Shao's side and whispered.

Rubbing the shoulder that was hurt, many officials and congressmen of the new government recognized this henchman around Yan Shao, and they didn't dare to show dissatisfaction on their faces. After listening to Wu Qianqiu's words, Yan Shao clapped his hands with a smile on his face, signaling everyone to be quiet...

"Let me tell you a good news, not long ago, Xiao Yongyan's division of the third division of my country's social army has just recovered Fuzhou, killed more than 400 people, surrendered thousands of troops, and the traitor Xu Chongzhi has abandoned the city and fled, and the war in Fujian Province can be completely declared over..."

This is the news that Wu Qianqiu just told Yan Shao, not long before the results came out, Xiao Yongyan finally won Fuzhou on time, which also added a lot of color to this election...

And when they heard this result, no matter what the more than 300 councilors in the venue thought in their hearts, they could only applaud again to congratulate them... (To be continued......)