Everyone sat down again, but Xu Shichang and Feng Guozhang were not fools and were not deaf. They could hear clearly what Wu Shaoting and Liang Qichao said so loudly just now. In their opinion, it was not a good thing that Wu Shaoting and Liang Qichao had a conflict at this time. Anyway, the Beiyang Democratic Party is now fully supporting Wu Shaoting to take control of the country's power. Wu Shaoting does not have to be too close to these democratic figures in the future. Naturally, they have to have close contact with the old forces on their side. This is a major turning point in the future development of the Beiyang Democratic Party.

Everyone chatted for a few words, and Liang Qichao was still depressed, but at this moment, the secretary who had come to notify him pushed the door through the side door again and said excitedly: "Grandmen, the *** is over, the backstage is counting the votes, and you can enter now."

Xu Shichang was the first to stand up and said something polite. The others also stood up, humbled each other, then walked out from the side, walked through a short corridor, and walked into the scene of the Great Hall. The originally bustling Great Hall immediately echoed applause, and the secretary led the four presidential candidates to the seats in the front row of the rostrum.

At this time, Yu Youren was still standing on the rostrum. He waited for the applause in the conference hall to weaken slightly, and then announced that the conference would enter the next stage. Because there were many votes, at least two reviews would have to be conducted. It would be two hours at the earliest when the statistical results came out. During this period, another proposal would be voted on.

In the next two hours, the meeting voted on three bills, the National Assembly System, the Senate System and the House System. The National Assembly and Congress are to some extent the same nature, both of which are legislative and administrative supervision functions, but the National Assembly is a specific form of Congress, while the Congress refers to the names of the institutions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, so detailed distinctions and definitions are required. This will also become a unique manifestation of the political system of the Republic of China.

In the three system bills passed by vote, the method of convening the National Assembly, as well as the issue of seats between the members of the two houses of parliament and local representatives. Therefore, the first National Assembly was a transition from the government to the Nanjing central government, and had procedures such as constitutionalization, election and government framework composition. Therefore, members of the two houses of parliament were mainly composed of local representatives, and a wider representative voting review was adopted. Since then, similar pan-representative conferences will be held every five years, and the rest of the years were only composed of members of parliament as the main representatives.

In the new system bill, Wu Shaoting's proposal to distinguish the functions of the House of Representatives and the Senate was also passed. The proposal stipulates that the House of Representatives stipulates the quota of each province according to the population ratio of each province, with two municipalities and special districts being set to two, and the provincial advisory boards are assigned to members of the House of Representatives. The term of office is three years and can be re-elected. Senate members are directly elected by each province, with two quota of each province, and one municipality and special districts being set to one quota, with one quota of eight years, and one quota of one tertiary election every two years, and one tertiary election is allowed to be re-elected. The two houses form the Congress, and the House of Representatives has the functions of impeaching the president and impeaching the president and central officials. If the candidate cannot reach the designated number of votes in the election of presidential election, the Senate has the right to decide on diplomatic bills, and review and approve the ambassadors to foreign countries, judges and cabinet prime ministers nominated by the president.

After the votes for the three bills were completed, the backstage statistics on the number of votes in the presidential election were officially concluded.

Under the escort of four live-fire gendarmes, a secretary of the National Assembly walked in through the gate on the side of the rostrum and came to the rostrum, handing the vote results in a wax envelope to Yu Youren. The secretary and the four military police did not leave the venue, but stood behind Yu Youren, watching Yu Youren open the envelope and read out the vote results.

"Now, I announce the results of the first presidential election of the Republic of China. The order of candidates announced is in the order of surnames." Yu Youren said loudly to the loudspeaker. His expression was serious and he did not easily reveal any personal emotions. "Feng Guozhang, 433 votes; Wu Shaoting, 1,229 votes; Xu Shichang, 214 votes; Liang Qichao, 194 votes. All votes are valid, no one is absent, no one abstained."

There was a lot of discussion and a lot of applause. The result was not unexpected at all, and everyone knew it. Even the so-called candidates were just pulled out as foils.

Yu Youren cleared his throat and announced solemnly: "I announce that the first president of the Republic of China is Wu Shaoting!"

The applause of the audience suddenly became warm. Wu Shaoting stood up and shook hands with the other three candidates one by one. Then, surrounded by applause and eyes, walked up to the rostrum under the leadership of an emcee. At this time, all the members of the parliament and local representatives stood up to pay tribute to the official president of the Republic of China. The applause was like raindrops, and the sounds sounded, and the atmosphere of the entire hall jumped to a height.

Although the Nanjing central government still follows the national name of the Republic of China, the parliamentary elections during the Beiyang government were not glorious enough and were far less strict and extensive representative. Therefore, in the hearts of all the representatives participating in the National Assembly, all had high hopes and confidence in this election.

While Wu Shaoting was on the rostrum, the guard of honor, which was already ready, walked into the venue from the left door and brought up the scepter, ribbon, medal and seal of the official president of the Republic of China. Wu Shaoting walked to the speech seat and shook hands with Yu Youren, who said "congratulations" to him.

The guard of honor was arranged in a row. Since the Right Ren personally wore the "Grand President Loongson Republic Order" for Wu Shaoting, he then put on the brand new red silk Jiahe National Emblem Ribbon, and finally handed over the scepter. This scepter was rebuilt according to the scepter of the Great Consul. The appearance and shape had almost no change, but the outline was more solemn.

As for the seal of power, it is also made of the latest customization. According to Wu Shaoting’s personal requirements, it is made of high-quality jade and inlaid with gold and silver. Although the manufacturing process is not simple, it is strictly speaking that imitation cannot be completely eliminated. It is only stipulated in the Constitution that the seal of power is only a decoration and symbol, and does not have any added value of power.

At this time, the seal of power was only for Wu Shaoting to read, and it was not really granted. Instead, it had to wait until the birth of the first Grand Judge of the Republic of China, and the Grand Judge of the Grand Judge was in front of the first Constitution and waited for the new president to finish his oath before he could personally award it.

"Next, we invite Wu Shaoting, the official President of the Republic of China, to speak." After the ceremony of the guard of honor wearing, Yu Youren stepped forward and said to the loudspeaker of the speech.

The applause that the audience had not stopped became even more intense.

Wu Shaoting took the microphone from Yu Youren, waited for a while, and then reached out to signal the venue to calm down. When the applause was almost the same and all the representatives sat back, he spoke slowly: "Wu was elected as the first official president of the Republic of China by the people of the whole country. Although it is not the time for the formal oath ceremony, Wu also solemnly promised to those who are trusting here that he would do his best to lead our Greater China to a path of prosperity and strength."
Chapter completed!