America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 603 Vice President?

Danny Green eventually stayed on.

After McKinley calmed down, he thought about it seriously, and felt that firing Green for this reason would be an excuse.

In addition, he really can't think of anyone who is more suitable to be the head of the IRS than Green.

At least he can collect taxes!

Rockefeller would not give up supporting himself just because he paid more taxes.

The taxes he paid should be regarded as political contributions to help his campaign.

Go back and do some publicity, saying that the oil tycoon voluntarily subscribed in order to support the government's decree.

By the way, it also saved a little public image for Rockefeller.

The tycoon's reputation now kind of stinks.

Green was disappointed to hear that the president had rescinded the order.

He originally planned to quit the job and go to Chen Jianqiu's shipbuilding company in Florida to hang out.

As a result, Chen Jianqiu told him that the shares and remuneration he will hold in the future will be proportional to the time, seniority and resources in the government.

Florida does not support idlers.

For a better future, the director decided to continue to endure under McKinley's men.

As a result, the incident between the head of the IRS and the president slapping the table ended peacefully.

Both sides take a step back.

The president forgave Green for his crimes; and Green kept quiet about it.

Otherwise, other people in the cabinet may follow suit.

And in the salon of the Freemasonry, several big chaebols behind the Republican Party gathered together.

In addition to Morgan and Rockefeller, there is also the Boston consortium headed by the Lowell and Lawrence families, who monopolize the light industry in the United States;

Mr. James Duke, whose American Tobacco Company controls 90% of the tobacco production in the United States.

The rarest one is Mr. Andrew Carnegie, a steel tycoon.

He stayed in Pittsburgh all year round and rarely came to New York, let alone visit the Freemasonry.

Because, Carnegie hated the way Morgan stared at him.

That look was like a predator hiding in a corner, waiting for an opportunity to move.

Carnegie is not afraid of any challenge, his heart and strength are strong enough.

But he didn't want to be in the company of someone like Morgan.

This impromptu tycoon gathering was proposed by Hannah and convened by Morgan.

Mr. Congressman is not a member of Freemasonry himself, but Morgan said that he can use the name of Freemasonry to help bring these people together.

The sofa in the salon could barely fit.

Little Astor had some plush chairs added to it.

As a member of the Freemasonry and one of the traditional donors of the Republican Party, he also attended the party.

Including Hannah, everyone present knew that Little Astor and Chen Jianqiu had a very close relationship.

But there is no way, just can't get around him.

Who made my ancestors join the Freemasonry early.

"I invited everyone here today because I want to discuss something with you." Hannah stood by the fireplace with his hands behind his back.

"With regard to the candidate for the next Republican presidential candidate, the party has initially discussed and decided to choose the current president, Mr. McKinley." He said.

The tycoons in the living room stare.

Call them from various places, just for this matter?
Isn't the answer to this question obvious?
Who in this room didn't make a lot of money during McKinley's term?Who would not support McKinley?
"Mr. Hanna, we will support Mr. McKinley. You don't have to worry about that." The bearded tobacco tycoon Duke was the first to express his opinion, "He is a trustworthy and respectable person."

Everyone followed suit.

In broad daylight, everyone is very busy, so the meeting should end quickly after the discussion.

Hannah nodded.

He continued:
"Then what we're going to discuss next is the candidate for the vice president."

Hannah glanced at the people around him:
"I discussed with President McKinley and decided to select Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, the current governor of New York State, as his running mate to run for vice president."

His voice was not loud, but it caused quite a stir like a stone smashed into the lake.

"Roosevelt? The same Roosevelt who encouraged the prosecutors to file an antitrust case against Standard Oil?"

"Why hasn't this damn cowboy gotten out yet, he has threatened me more than once!"

Everyone was talking about it, but it can be generally seen that Roosevelt's reputation among these tycoons is not good.

This person is indeed capable and has a large number of followers, but the more he is like this, the more afraid the tycoons feel.

"Mr. Hanna, we don't know what the party is thinking about. Is there a change in policy? Or is it that the senior management thinks it's time to move us old guys?"

The patriarch of the Lowell family, John Lovell, stood up leaning on a cane, and asked after tidying up his clothes.

The old man still has some say in this group of people.

When he spoke, everyone else fell silent.

Lowell's voice was a little old, but neither humble nor overbearing, with a faint coercion.

He pointed to Rockefeller who had been silent beside him:

"Mr. Rockefeller did nothing and got his taxes chased, and Mr. President acquiesced to this behavior."

"I'm not saying we don't support the work of the government, but the way the tax is paid is obviously unreasonable."

"It's not that we haven't paid. The tax we paid is more than tens of thousands of poor ghosts combined. But it's a bit chilling to start with us first?"

Seeing Lowell mentioning him, Rockefeller sneered:
"Yeah, I might as well donate all my money so that no one will be watching every day."

"Good idea! It's a good idea, at least you don't have to pay taxes." The steel tycoon Carnegie on the side didn't know whether it was sarcasm or the truth.

Rockefeller fell silent again.

"Is this what President McKinley really thinks?" Morgan asked suddenly.

"Yes." Hanna gave a very positive statement, "We all think that Mr. Roosevelt is very suitable for the position of vice president."

He puts emphasis on "very suitable."

"Is it proposed by the 'Chen's Consortium'?" Morgan asked with a smile.

There was another uproar in the living room.

The term "Chen's Consortium" was also first proposed by Morgan.

Although Chen Jianqiu is currently involved in many industries, the traditional chaebols of the Freemasonry are still unwilling to admit that he can sit on an equal footing with them.

One reason is that Chen Jianqiu is Chinese. He has been involved in many industries. No one can tell how much money he has. This is another reason.

The chaebols generally believed that Chen Jianqiu's assets were miscellaneous but not refined.

"Chen's consortium" is often a joke among these people.

"No, that's what President McKinley meant," Hanna denied.

It's not that he insisted on denying it.

Before coming to the Freemasonry, Mr. Congressman first communicated with McKinley, who knows that the President readily agreed after thinking for a while.

This made Hanna's original set of rhetoric useless for a while.

Morgan crossed his legs.

After staring at the burning fire for a while, he suddenly nodded:
"I agree too."

The chaebols who were still discussing in the living room suddenly became quiet and looked at him.

Morgan also subdued?

But a second person who agreed also came forward.

Rockefeller walked up to Hanna and said that he also agreed with the president.

He glanced at Morgan sitting next to him, and the two old foxes smiled at each other, and soon realized that they might have the same thoughts.

If there is any position in the cabinet that is the most idle, it must be the vice president.

The vice president basically has no real power and affairs other than maintaining order in the lower Senate.

To put it bluntly, he is a backup tire for the president.

Both McKinley and Rockefeller figured it out. Instead of letting this guy be the governor of New York State every day, it is better to give him a job and let him do soy sauce.

The smart people present also figured it out, and the stupid ones, seeing everyone's support, also expressed their support.

Roosevelt became the vice president. For at least four years, the chaebols like them will be stable for a while.

why not?

(End of this chapter)