The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Chapter 55: Congressional elections are coming

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spn August 1912, Yuan Shikai promulgated

This election was relatively democratized. The number of people participating in the election reached about 3000 million, accounting for 10%, which is not low compared to Western countries in the same period.

I saw that in the major cities, the streets and alleys were filled with a warm atmosphere.

In terms of the election of senators, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang provinces have no problems. These four provincial councils are all under the control of Jiangyu and the Restoration Association.

In response to this election, the Restoration Council established the United Party.

Li Yuanhong established the Republican Party in Hubei, while Tang Hualong and other constitutionalists established the Democratic Party.In addition, there is the Kuomintang with the deepest party roots.

These four parties have deep roots, while Yuan Shikai and Jiang Yu did not establish a political party (the content of the main independent party in this article has been deleted), but they control the two major military groups in China.

However, Yuan Shikai has the support of Song Jiaoren, a rising star of the Kuomintang, and Tang Hualong of the constitutionalist Democratic Party, while Jiang Yu has the support of the United Party formed by the Restoration Association.

From the point of view of the pattern, Jiang Yu is at a disadvantage in terms of political parties.

But in fact, the senators from Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces were all included by Jiang Yu, and the senators from Zhejiang were also from Jiang Yu's faction. Therefore, Jiang Yu controlled 40 of the ten senators in each province.

As for the provinces in the Northwest, Jiangyu controls only the Mongolian region, Yansui and Chahar in the Inner Mongolian region, and the Outer Mongolian region. Jiangyu can add another 30 senators.

Together, it is conservatively estimated that there are 70 people.

However, the five provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Tibet are not controlled by Jiangyu. Among these five provinces, there are only 3 senators in Qinghai, and there are 43 people in total. Jiangyu does not control the provincial senate in this region.

However, as Jiang Yu intervenes in the Northwest region as the governor of the Northwest, the Senates of these provinces will be controlled by Jiang Yu in the future.

In the next term two years later, based on the current territory alone, Jiang Yu will be able to occupy 113 seats in the Senate, accounting for 412% of the Beiyang Senate, and will become the most powerful faction.

As far as this term is concerned, Jiang Yu controls 70 senators. In addition to bribery, threats and other means, he can also recruit a group of party senators. It should be no problem to reach hundreds.At the same time, it can directly win over some parties, such as the Republican Party of Li Yuanhong and the Democratic Party of Tang Hualong. They can be drawn over by the entire party, because the East China Chamber of Commerce itself is not a party, but it can buy various parties.

As long as one of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party falls to Jiang Yu, suppressing the Kuomintang will not be a problem at all, so Jiang Yu's plan to manipulate the Senate will be implemented.

It is even simpler for members of the House of Representatives. The election of members of the House of Representatives is divided into two stages: primary elections and re-elections.

Primary elections are held in townships, while secondary elections are held in urban areas.Jiang Yu controls a powerful channel for public opinion and publicity, and can create public opinion for the candidates he supports, and he can spend money on publicity for them.

And Jiang Yu can also secretly manipulate votes.

This is the first time to elect members of the House of Representatives, and the East China Chamber of Commerce has no such experience before, and it is not clear how many members of the House of Representatives can be elected. [

But at least the results in Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang are not bad. In addition, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan have strong influence in Jiangxi and Chongqing. In addition, it is easy to manipulate in the northwestern provinces. It is still very difficult to seize most of the places. There is hope.

In order to cope with this congressional election, Jiang Yu provided 800 million yuan in funding, and ordered the newspapers he controlled to fire with all his strength, while actively intervening in the northwestern provinces.

Sun Zhendong was sent by Jiang Yu to supervise the matter, and Zhou Ziyue also mobilized the East China Chamber of Commerce to get members from various chambers of commerce to cooperate with this election.

Other parties are also actively preparing for this election, and a new struggle is looming.

The first one arrives!

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