Chapter 521: General Election
Since this was the first time that the Chinese consortium had built a large base in outer space, they made sure that the construction of the base was safe, and the metal wall used for the closure was built quite strongly, reaching a thickness of almost 20 meters. After the closure was completed, various oversized equipment was transported to the new base.
There is almost no atmosphere on the yellow moon, and the sunlight is very abundant, and the entrance of the cave is located in the polar region, so there is sunlight all year round, so they set up a solar panel array outside the cave, so that it is easy to use the solar energy to generate electricity.
The interior was also very simple, after the walls of the cave were gradually laid with metal plates, oxygen generators that could be used to produce oxygen from water ionization, and air filters were put in place, and the astronauts were successful in experimenting with viable fungi and plants in the base, and their food was partially solved.
The happiest thing for everyone was that at the bottom of the cave at a depth of sixteen kilometers, they found a large area of ice, which was identified as completely pure and potable water, and most of the survival consumption of the sub-base could be solved by itself.
Soon two hundred goblins and one hundred humans were sent to the base, where they would build the first alien factory and experiment base, and the scientists also planned to set up a rocket launch base here, where they could use the same rocket to send heavier supplies into space, so that the space station would be much easier to build until the new anti-gravity engine was developed.
In less than a year, the Huangyue base was built and put into use, which gave Fang Xiaoyu a lot of encouragement, so he decided to abdicate and hand over the throne to his eldest son Fang Ruijun, who was already twenty years old, and he took all the concubines to Zhonghua Island, where he paid attention to the development of the aerospace industry.
According to Fang Xiaoyu's idea, it was best for him to abdicate immediately and go to Zhonghua Island to coordinate and command, and strive to develop the aerospace industry to a height where it can carry out long-distance interstellar voyages. But Fang Xiaoyu knew very well that the responsibility of the Chinese Empire was heavy, and he could not suddenly leave it alone, and before abdicating, he must set a good direction for the country's future development plan and build a new administrative structure for his son.
Soon Fang Xiaoyu issued a decree demanding that the national election start early. This will was carefully considered by Fang Xiaoyu, although it was more than a year ahead of the original plan, but after such a long period of publicity, the people of the whole country have basically understood the mode of election and the importance of the right to vote in their hands.
In the jury system that tested the waters before, there were also cases where the people did not attach importance to elections, and there were cases where some unjust, false and wrongful cases were manipulated by the rich and unkind, and some unjust, false and wrongly decided cases were created.
In order to make people realize the harm of not paying attention to the election, Fang Xiaoyu instructed the newspaper to report these cases in detail and vigorously refute them, and the article will also list the causes and consequences, pointing out that this is the reason why the people do not care about the election, and as a result, they are used to reap the consequences.
The reason why Fang Xiaoyu has increased his propaganda so vigorously is to make people realize the importance of the election, recognize their sense of responsibility to vote, and let them know how much harm it will do to the country and themselves if they choose the wrong person.
Due to the early elections, the local government was indeed a little scrambling, but the government, which has always been efficient, still fulfilled its responsibilities well, and with the participation of a large number of private volunteers, the primary elections soon began in each province. All citizens of the Chinese Empire or overseas Chinese can vote at the designated polling places with their ID cards or passports, and any citizens of the Chinese Empire and overseas Chinese can also participate in the election and become candidates.
In this first national general election, the Democratic Rejuvenation Party of the East China Hang and the Royalist Party of Lin Feng collectively went out to carry out propaganda everywhere, and although the election of the two parties was a healthy competition, there was absolutely no room for their hands. Representatives of both sides gave speeches and placed advertisements in newspapers, radio, and even television stations to give full publicity to their party's ruling purpose.
Not to be outdone, many of those people in the civil society did not have the same financial resources as the two parties, but they also worked hard in their own small circles to publicize the results of the primaries, and many of the seats in the provincial assembly were won by independents.
The primary election lasted for two months, and soon the county-level re-election was held for another two months, and after four months, the final national election kicked off, and Lin Feng was pushed out as the candidate of the royalist party, and the candidate of the Democratic Rejuvenation Party unexpectedly became Wu Qiong.
Looking at the vigorous election campaign similar to the US election on the earth, Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but wonder, he couldn't imagine that he still chose such a capitalist road in the end. Perhaps this road is not the best road, but it is the most reasonable road that can be taken under the current situation of productive forces, but under the guidance of Fang Xiaoyu, capitalism will not go through many detours, but will directly enter a more mature stage of economic expansion.
Facts have proved that after many years of guidance by Fang Xiaoyu, the people of the whole country attach great importance to the election, and the debate between Lin Feng and Wu Qiong on TV, specially arranged by Fang Xiaoyu, has become the most watched program in the country.
After all, Lin Feng's prestige was relatively high, and he won 371 seats in the House of Representatives with 76 percent of the votes and became the new prime minister of the country, while Wu Qiong won 115 seats in the National Assembly with 22 percent of the votes, and became the speaker of the House of Representatives after the congressional election, and the remaining seats were unexpectedly won by some highly respected people without party affiliation.
Immediately after that, the House of Representatives held another election for the Executive House, and a group of highly respected state veterans and elites from all walks of life were honored to be elected to the Executive House and became members of the highest state authority.
Fang Xiaoyu, as emperor, personally decreed the recognition of the election results, and then Fang Xiaoyu threw out a series of capitalist laws that had been revised by a large number of legal professionals, most of which were passed after discussion in both houses.
With Fang Xiaoyu's strong support, the Chinese Empire finally completed the transformation into a capitalist country, and through the establishment of a parliament, Fang Xiaoyu limited most of his rights, no matter how incompetent his future successor was, the country would not be in much turmoil, and Fang Xiaoyu could finally leave with peace of mind.