Chapter 1292: Carrying on the Past and Opening the Future (One Hundred and Eighty-Two) Election

Gao Yuan and his party did not enter the parliament building through the main entrance, but led by He Weiyuan, quietly stepped into a room on the second floor of the parliament building through a corner door on one side. Here, they had a clear view of the situation in the first floor hall.

Wu Qi had just finished his campaign speech and bowed to all the members. After standing up, he nodded slightly to Yan Shenghao on the other side. Both competitors kept a smile and grace on their faces. At least on the surface, they were full of confidence.

As an advisory councilor of the Grand Council, He Dayou was aloof from the election this time because he resigned from the position of Grand Councilor and had no voting rights. However, Gao Yuan summoned him to be responsible for the voting and counting of votes in this election. After the competition speeches of the two prime ministers, he limped to the middle of the hall with a box in his hand.

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Standing on the podium, he opened one side of the box and showed the inside to all the members. The box was empty. After a week of display, He Dayou put the box on the podium and closed the lid.

Scanning the great members around, He Dayou cleared his throat: "Great members, He is entrusted by the king to preside over this voting and counting. Does anyone raise any objections, thinking that He should not preside over it or that He needs to avoid suspicion?"

The hall was silent. It was really a joke. He Dayou just said that he was entrusted by the king. Who else dared to raise a tooth? Perhaps in a long, long time, there will be such doubts, but now, the reputation of the founding monarch is in full swing, and the members of the great council have long been accustomed to unconditional obedience to the king.

"Old He, you are just taking off your pants to fart, it's unnecessary." Chen Fang from Jishi County shouted at the seat: "Hurry up and start!"

"This is a procedural issue." He Dayou said seriously: "The king said that the result is important, but the procedure and process are also important. Since no one has raised any questions, we will officially start next."

He waved his hand, and a row of soldiers from the Young Guards came out from the passages on both sides. These soldiers held a stack of ballots in their hands and began to distribute them to the hands of the members one by one.

"Members, the ballots in your hands are blank. There are pens and ink in front of you. What you need to do now is to pick up the pen and write the candidate you think is suitable for the Prime Minister on the ballot. I remind you that you can only write one. If two names appear on a ballot, then this ballot will be invalidated. This is the supreme right given to you by the king. Please cherish your right to cast this vote. He Dayou said loudly."

This time, no one in the hall spoke again. Most of the members who got the ballots picked up the pen and wrote it in one go. Only a very small number of them, holding the pen in their hands, looked back and forth between Yan Shengxu and Wu Qi, and seemed to have not made up their minds.

"Now let's start voting. All members, please come on stage one by one in order and cast your sacred vote in the box next to me." He Dayou said.

The members in the front row began to leave the seats one by one to vote. Those members who were still hesitating finally picked up the pen and wrote down the candidates for the Prime Minister in their minds.

On the second floor, Gao Yuan looked at the ministers who had just come upstairs to see him. They did not have the right to vote. At this time, they all became spectators. Gao Yuan looked at these people and saw them watching the excitement with great interest. He couldn't help laughing in his heart. The election of the Prime Minister that he had made was still a bit out of place. These ministers naturally did not think that this election had anything to do with them, and they were still interested in watching the excitement. But in a few years, they would not have such a mood. Because the election of the Prime Minister will also be related to their positions.

Now is just the beginning. In the future, Gao Yuan wants to let the Prime Minister form a cabinet by himself. After the Prime Minister is elected, the Prime Minister will have the right to nominate candidates for ministers of various departments, and then submit the candidates to the Grand Council for approval. Only at this time will the real election era begin.

"Who do you think will win?" Gao Yuan squinted his eyes and looked at the Grand Council members who were voting downstairs, and asked casually.

"Is there anything else to say? It must be Yan Yizheng!" Wu Kai stood in the first position among the officials and was closest to Gao Yuan. When he heard Gao Yuan's question, he didn't even think about it and said directly, "Whether it's seniority, connections, or merits, Old Yan is not comparable to Wu Yizheng. Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly, this kind of voting is just a formality."

"I don't think so!" Cao Tianci behind him shook his head and said, "I know that Wu Yizheng has also put a lot of effort in the past two days, and there are also many people who express their support for him. It is still unknown who will win."

Gao Yuan glanced at Cao Tianci, who lowered his head with a guilty conscience. As the head of the national secret police, he certainly knew more than ordinary people, but since the founding of the country, Gao Yuan, under the advice of Jiang Jiaquan, cancelled the monitoring of ministers, and the order was also issued to Cao Tianci, but Gao Yuan felt that he still had to question whether this guy had completely executed it. Now looking at his appearance, I am afraid that he was discounted.

"Changshou, what do you think?" Gao Yuan turned around and looked at Zhou Changshou.

Zhou Changshou smiled and said: "I think Yan Yizheng won this time, but Wu Yizheng is not a vegetarian. In my opinion, Wu Yizheng regarded this election as a military training exercise. His focus should be on the next one." Didn’t the king say that there will be an election every five years? This time, Wu Yizheng just doesn’t want to lose too badly, and it’s just to set the stage.”

"Shuguang, what about you?" His eyes turned to another minister of political affairs. Kou Shuguang, as a rising star, has always remained silent in the political hall. Except for the maritime affairs that he is responsible for, all other matters are done with one more thing in mind. It's better to take the attitude of saying nothing and try not to speak.

"Your Majesty, in his speech just now, Wu Yizheng strongly emphasized the need to develop overseas trade, expand overseas markets, and establish a large number of settlements overseas. With our technological advantages, we can use a small number of troops to control the vast overseas areas. Land, to grab more wealth for my big man," Kou Shuguang said.

Gao Yuan's eyes flashed: "Wu Qi came to see you? Wanted to ask for your support?"

Kou Shuguang's face turned red, "Yes, Wu Yizheng came to see me and said he wanted to hear some of my views on maritime affairs, so I told him some things in this regard and told him that the vastness of the other side of the sea, the wealth There is an abundance of goods, but now our power is limited. We know it, but we can’t get it.”

Gao Yuan chuckled: "It seems that Wu Qi has indeed put in a lot of effort. In terms of domestic political affairs, he really couldn't compete with Lao Yan, so he set his sights overseas. He even came up with the idea of ​​colonization. , after his speech, I am afraid that all the big congressmen in Yanhai will vote for him."

Kou Shuguang lowered his head and remained silent. The king was right. After Wu Qi approached him, he promised that he would vigorously develop overseas trade and establish settlements one by one in the future. This was naturally a dream for him. So he helped Wu Qi get a lot of votes. As Gao Yuan said, he was getting votes from those congressmen who discussed Haizhou County. In this regard, Kou Shuguang had unique conditions.

In this regard, Yan Shenghao made a mistake. I am afraid he did not expect that the members of the Zhengshitang would clearly support Wu Qi in competing with him.

"Ye Chong, you are the Minister of Defense and you represent the military. Who do you support?" Gao Yuan looked at Ye Zhong.

Ye Chong smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, I have no position. The army is the king's army and the army of the Han Kingdom. It doesn't matter who is the chief auxiliary. Just as the king does not allow the army to interfere with local civil affairs, I also have no regard for the chief auxiliary. "The election is not biased."

Gao Yuan smiled, the army, this is the biggest problem in the future political reform, and it is also a problem that makes him scratch his head. He has only taken a small step to prevent the army from intervening in politics, and he is very cautious. The changes in the political system , completely changing the situation where the monarch keeps his word, the army is an issue that cannot be avoided. From the questions and answers with Ye Zhong, it can be heard that the army is still loyal to the monarch. Naturally, he will not There is a problem, but the problem is that in the future, if a fatuous monarch appears in the Han Dynasty, but still controls the army, then all his current reforms are just empty words. Once there is a situation in the parliament that is not in the interest of the king, he will Hui, in front of the military's steel sword, any democracy is an empty talk.

But under the current social conditions, there is no possibility for me to take big steps forward. You can only do it slowly and step by step. After you have cleared Qin Chu, you will have some basic conditions. Then you can solve this problem step by step.

"You are right, the army should be loyal to the country!" He said calmly.

There may not be anything wrong with this sentence in the ears of most people, but for Ye Zhong, it is a little different. He looked at Gao Yuan with wide eyes, and his heart was full of surprise. Ye Zhong came from Jiuyan. , has been following Ye Tiannan as he wanders among the dignitaries in the court, and is much more familiar with the games between countries than anyone else here. Gao Yuan mentioned the country, but did not mention the king, which shocked him a little.

"Start counting votes now!" Next, He Dayou's loud voice began to roar again.

Several Guards soldiers appeared in the hall carrying a large white board. Two scribes stood with pens. On the white board, two names had been written. Yan Shenghao was on the left and Wu Qi was on the right.

He Dayou picked up a ballot from the box, opened it, glanced at it, and said loudly: "Yan Shenghao."

The clerk on the left picked up his pen and made a heavy stroke under Yan Shenghao's name on the whiteboard. (To be continued...)