Besides, for ordinary meetings, these out-of-town elders only need to entrust their friends to help vote.
This situation occurs to some extent among the veterans of industry, agriculture, etc. Even those who preside over some large-scale industrial construction and farm construction on Nanhai Island cannot always rush back to Xinghai City for meetings.
After the election conditions gradually improved, in order to ensure the stability of the ruling class and prevent some accidents, the election of the chief executive and chief elders required more than 85% of the elders to be present for the election to be considered legal.
Under such circumstances, at least 1,020 elders need to be present to elect the chief consul and chief elder!
This simply cannot be done.
Therefore, after the first election, Zheng Xiangdong and Qian Lihong have been re-elected, and re-election does not require the presence of so many elders. As long as half of the elders, more than 600 people, are legal enough.
However, after being re-elected for three consecutive terms, not only Zheng Xiangdong and Qian Lihong felt lack of energy, but also many senior officials felt inappropriate.
After all, this is only the chief consul and chief senator of Xinghai Kingdom, not a lifelong emperor.
There must be a new election!
Even the elders of the Industrial Party headed by Fang Xiaoyue agree with this point.
After all, Zheng Xiangdong is not that kind of talented strongman. He also makes many mistakes, and staying in that position is actually not a good thing for him.
The most critical point is to let the naturalized people get used to the changes in the chief consul and chief senator, instead of making them think that the chief consul and chief senator are the emperor.
In addition, many elders have also put forward proposals such as extending the term of office and limiting the number of terms to one term at most.
Judging from these proposals, after several years of training, these elders have also become mature. They are no longer teenagers who stand on the elders' table and make unreasonable troubles.
During this half month, the entire Xinghai City and even the troops on Nanhai Island were on alert.
The most elite First Division of the First Army of the Xinghai Kingdom and even some of the troops deployed in Jiaozhi Yuxian Port and other places were transferred back to strengthen the military strength of the South China Sea Island.
On the third day of the Spring Festival in 1954, it was a day for every family to visit relatives. The elders who had rushed back from overseas missions, factories, farms, etc., took the newly put into production fuel cars and rushed to the elder hall to participate in the first meeting of 1654. Second Senate meeting.
Most of the veterans expressed satisfaction with the fuel-powered cars, which made them feel like they were back in the future.
The sentries erected on various roads in Xinghai City all raised their hands and saluted after seeing the cars of the senators.
This gives the veterans who have been working hard for several years a kind of psychological satisfaction, and the travel is worth it.
The senators gathered together in the Senate Hall. Different from previous Senate meetings, the table in front of the senators' seats was filled with various fruits, dried fruits, snacks and so on.
Well, after all, it is still the Spring Festival, and most of the elders have rushed back from other places. In the past few years, many elders have not had time to meet each other. Now they are taking advantage of this meeting to brag to each other and have a kind of tea party. a feeling of.
Of course, as the meeting officially opened, Sister Qian Lihong, the chief elder of the Senate, while presiding over the meeting, asked to step down as chief elder and asked aspiring elders to actively compete for the position of chief elder.
Many senators who wanted to run for chief consul fell silent.
For them, although the chief senator has the same status as the chief executive, the chief executive is more practical and can better realize their ideals.
Moreover, the unspoken rules for the election of the chief senator and the chief executive are actually very different.
To put it simply, because the chief elder needs to preside over meetings, mediate conflicts among elders, and other matters, the position of chief elder implicitly requires high moral character to be competent.
If a young elder takes this position, it can be solved by presiding over meetings or taking a lot of exercises. He can mediate conflicts between elders. Who would care about what a young man says!
Take the previous conflict between military boss Wang Haitao and Xinghai City Mayor Huang Mingrui. It is really not something that ordinary people can mediate.
This conflict has to start with Wang Haitao’s eldest son Wang Xiaoyang and Huang Mingrui’s eldest daughter Huang Yaya.
Wang Xiaoyang was the first child adopted by Wang Haitao shortly after time travel because the Senate called on the elders to adopt orphans. He is now 20 years old.
Huang Mingrui's eldest daughter, Huang Yaya, is an authentic time traveler. Well, she was the little time traveler who traveled through time with her father. She was only 10 years old at the time.
Unlike many elders who pay little attention to their adopted sons and daughters, Wang Haitao still attaches great importance to Wang Xiaoyang's adopted sons because he has never been married. In particular, Wang Xiaoyang was admitted to the Naval Academy at the age of 15 on his own merit. Two years later, he passed the test with honors. After graduating with good grades, he was assigned to serve as gunnery commander on a second-class battleship and was awarded the title of lieutenant.
After that, the battleship he was on participated in many naval battles. As a lieutenant, he also won many military exploits and was promoted to captain, major, and captain of a second-class battleship!
You know, the captains of Xinghai Kingdom Navy warships have always been veterans!
This is the unspoken rule of the Senate in order to control the military power!
If Wang Xiaoyang was not really capable, and if his father was Wang Haitao, it would be impossible for him to become the captain.
Of course, this is also the first case among naturalized people.
As a result, Wang Xiaoyang became a new star in the navy.
The Propaganda Affairs Department of Xinghai Kingdom also took the opportunity to vigorously promote Wang Xiaoyang, letting the naturalized people know that as long as they work hard and forge ahead, there is a chance for advancement.
But here's the problem. As a future star and a cutting-edge captain, Wang Xiaoyang met Huang Yaya who was still studying in the veteran junior college class when attending a report meeting.
Due to Wang Haitao's personal experience and teachings, Wang Xiaoyang is similar to those who traveled through time in many aspects. What is missing is just some experience in later generations.
But for a girl like Huang Yaya who doesn't have many friends among her peers, Wang Xiaoyang is undoubtedly very attractive.
Well, love is hard to say.
In short, the two young people fell in love without the knowledge of both parents.
When Wang Haitao found out, he didn't object. On the contrary, he was a little happy. After all, he was the child he watched grow up.
But when Wang Haitao went to Huang Mingrui's house to propose marriage, Huang Mingrui realized that his precious daughter was actually in love with a naturalized citizen.
Like being struck by lightning!
Of course, it would be better for Huang Mingrui to take it slow.
The problem is that Huang Mingrui’s wife firmly disagrees with her daughter being with a naturalized citizen!
Of course, if Huang Mingrui's wife is a housewife who doesn't care about foreign affairs, words may be of little use.
