Chapter 194: Voting Elections

In the 7th year of the Celestial Star Calendar, that is, the third year of Ye Xing's retirement, the Celestial Star Kingdom has become more powerful, and the national strength is extremely strong.

The neighboring small principalities, because of the loss of popular support, are basically automatically subsumed into the Celestial Star Kingdom, and in some places, the people directly rise up to demand equal rights, abolish the privileges of the nobility, and implement the same system as the Celestial Star Kingdom.

The system of the Celestial Star Country, with low taxes and a large population, and any business can be done, attracts all the rich people in the world to this side, causing the population to skyrocket, and those who can relocate are rich people.

Now all kinds of industrial products in the country of Tianxing have entered various countries on a large scale, textiles, all kinds of daily necessities have been completely industrialized, and there is a new class in various cities, that is, workers, and although there are still traditional handicrafts, they are also disappearing.

The most novel thing in the country of Tianxing is that there is a telegraph service, a long-distance call service, this completely incredible thing, under the operation of Tianxing Telecom, spread throughout the country, can be in any small town, immediately receive instant messages thousands of miles away.

Although the cost of communication is still very high, there are also mail delivery services at a civilian price, and for business people, telegraph service and long-distance call service are important, so that they can quickly understand things thousands of miles away.

In China, all kinds of new technologies and new products are constantly emerging, and countless people are flocking to technical schools to study, and after a year and a half, they will join some new technology factories or start their own businesses.

In order to encourage entrepreneurship, the Ministry of the Interior of the Star has promulgated a new tax policy, and newly established enterprises do not have to pay taxes for three years, and all those who open new enterprises can obtain low-interest loan support from Tianxing Bank in various places under the relevant certain guarantees.

In order to prevent local chaos and independence, there are well-equipped police officers to maintain law and order, as well as special services directly under the Ministry of the Interior, while the Celestial Star Army only has garrisons on the border, county towns, and capitals.

As for the movement of people, the Celestial Star Kingdom stipulates that anyone can settle anywhere they move, as long as they have a property or rent, and when they move, they need to return the land they have allocated, and they can obtain new land when they move to a new place of residence.

At present, the largest companies in Tianxing Country are in the real estate industry and the construction industry, including the construction of various roads and bridges, all of which are made of reinforced cement, large-scale steel smelting, and a large amount of cement production, all of which are private enterprises.

The Ministry of the Interior of Tianxing Country has also set up a lot of professional departments, with professional technical standards to supervise, all enterprises must operate in accordance with the law, and those who violate the law will be dealt with openly according to the situation, and the death penalty will be severe.

As long as you abide by the law and operate in the Celestial Star Country, you will gain a lot, and you will be severely punished if you violate the law.

It is this increasingly powerful country, with its incomparable military strength, open, inclusive, and fair system, that has surpassed the Tang Empire, the Great Yuan Empire, and the Nanban Empire, which is also a great power.

The Tang Dynasty, which was founded on agriculture, and the Tianxing Kingdom, which was founded on industry and commerce, was completely backward economically in just seven years, and countless rich families in the Tang Dynasty were eager to move their families to the Tianxing Kingdom.

The high-level people of insight in the Tang Empire have realized the crisis, and they have strongly asked the lord of the country to send troops to the Tianxing Kingdom, vowing to interrupt the development of the Tianxing Kingdom, and this information has also been continuously sent to the staff headquarters of the Tianxing Army.

The cavalry of the Great Yuan Empire, who were fierce in battle and were not afraid of death, were of no use at all under the bombardment of the planes of the Tianxing Army Air Force, and the economy was not at all a problem.

While the high-level leaders of the Great Yuan Empire are using the various commodities of the Celestial Star Kingdom, they are inciting the people to oppose and hate the Celestial Star Kingdom, but the ordinary people are secretly extremely yearning for the beautiful life of the Celestial Star Kingdom.

In October of the 7th year of the Celestial Star Calendar, it is the first local voting election in the Celestial Star Country, which is a free election in the true sense of the word, electing the leaders of local towns, cities and counties, and the order is that October 7 is the election of the mayor of the town, and December 7 is the election of the county warden.

There has been a great change in local leaders, because the people are clear-eyed, and only those who have the ability can become local leaders, and it is fundamental to develop the economy and serve the interests of the people.

Many of Ye Xing's brothers are all young and powerful tycoons or generals in the army, and some of them have also put down their businesses, taken off their military uniforms, and participated in the election of local governors in many places.

Although Ye Xing was far away in the remote prairie, he was very concerned about this local election, and had a serious conversation with Li Yishan, he must be open and fair, at least ten years old, regardless of race, male or female, one person, one vote.

For this local election, the Ministry of the Interior sent personnel to supervise the whole process of this national local election, and hundreds of serious fraud incidents occurred, and the parties were directly escorted to the execution ground and publicly executed after a public trial in the court of the Tianxing Kingdom, one of whom was also the founding father of the Tianxing Kingdom.

The laws of the Celestial Star Kingdom stipulate that all people are equal, and no one can be compensated for their merits, so the corrupt father is executed, but his family can still enjoy the treatment he enjoys for 30 years.

The founding fathers of the Celestial Star Kingdom are treated very highly, with extremely high salaries, and their families do not pay taxes, but they still must not do anything illegal, otherwise they will be punished the same.

Two years after the end of the local election, it was also in June of the 9th year of the Tianxing calendar, which was the primary election for the presidential election of the Tianxing Kingdom, and there were more than a dozen candidates this time, including the first president Li Yishan.

The law stipulates that as long as the former head of each county or the former head of each ministry thinks that he is competent, he can run for election, which means that the candidate has the experience of holding important positions, but the top three can only be candidates if the 3,000 election committee members elected from all over the country vote in the capital.

In September of the 9th year of the Tianxing calendar, after the primary election, the three of them became the final candidates, including the first president Li Yishan, the first head of the Ministry of the Interior, Song Jue, the cheap disciple of Ye Xing, and Xu Changming, the county guard of Pingyuan County.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a heavily guarded special guard to the trio and a transport plane to canvass for votes for speeches in various places, a process that lasted three months.

On the first day of the last month of the year, December 1, the 9th year of the Celestial Calendar, it became the National Voting Day, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted a vote under the supervision of the armed forces of the whole country, and the voting went smoothly.

After the end of the vote, the votes were counted at the same time in each county, and through the exchange of long-wave radio, the counting of votes in various places was directly reported in each county, and even Ye Xing, who was far away in the prairie, also stayed in front of the radio to listen to the latest vote counting.

This vote was extremely fierce, Song Jue had the influence of the former Song family to canvass votes, it can be said that he had a good chance of winning, and the forces behind the Song family attacked in an all-round way, intending to regain power in a peaceful election.

Pingyuan County is the most populous county, Xu Changming has great influence and good reputation, and he has made great achievements in governing Pingyuan County, and is already the most powerful county in Tianxing Country, its economy and population far exceed other places, and it is said that 90% of the people of Pingyuan County will vote for him.

But Li Yishan is the founder of Tianxing Country and the first president, and he has great appeal in the whole world, and today's achievements of Tianxing Country can be said to account for a small part of his personal credit.

In a fierce election, we can only talk about our own policies and never allow personal attacks on individuals, and those who violate the law and discipline are not qualified to become candidates, and they are permanently barred from holding any public office.

In the final vote count, Li Yishan was successfully re-elected with 45.3% of the votes, losing the most populous counties such as Pingyuan County, Xiwon County, and Beiyuan County, but won the support of the people in other parts of the country.

After the members of the Election Committee confirmed the voting results, Li Yishan immediately announced the appointment of Xu Changming as the head of the Ministry of the Interior, Song Jue as the head of the Ministry of Justice, and the tycoon Lin Tie as the head of the newly established Ministry of Development.

The newly established Ministry of Development is an education and scientific research department focusing on the development of new technologies and new technologies, and it is also what Ye Xing asked Li Yishan to set up.

After the first national elections were held, the Ministry of Justice amended the decree to fill in various loopholes, and it was approved by the president and implemented nationwide.

The system of selecting the head of state by this groundbreaking referendum of the Tianxing Kingdom once again shocked the world, and the news even spread to tens of millions of miles outside the Tang Empire.

As soon as the Celestial Star Kingdom was established, it stood proudly in the heavens and the earth, and countless people from all over the world were also attracted, but at the same time, it also attracted countless suppressions from various forces, but it was useless, and the people's hearts were the biggest force.

It is only now that all the high-level leaders have truly understood Ye Xing's words, and the people's will is the most powerful force.