1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 96 Candidates for Governor

Faced with the so-called "persuasion" of these Chinese representatives, Liang Yao felt dumbfounded.

"Dr. Robinson has received a good education and has high moral character. I think Dr. Robinson is more suitable to serve as the governor of California. If Dr. Robinson is willing to run for governor, I will fully support Dr. Robinson."

Liang Yao said the most suitable candidate for governor in his mind.

The reason why he chose to support Robinson's election as California's first governor was due to many considerations.

First, Robinson's prestige in California is second only to him, and he is very popular, and he can relatively easily win the votes of any immigrants of different races except Chinese immigrants.

As for who the Chinese immigrants voted for, it was just a matter of Liang Yao's one sentence, and the operation was very simple.

Second, Liang Yao wants to develop California. The next four years will be the four years when the American economy bottoms out. It is very critical for both California and him personally. The first governor must not be an idiot.

Thirdly, Robinson has a pure nature and is a kind person without too much ambition. Liang Yao has the ability to control Robinson.

What if Robinson was out of control?

Liang Yao also considered this issue. Even if Robinson got out of his control, he still had a way to clean up the mess.

The states of the United States can be understood as a reduced version of the United States.

The governor is this miniature version of the "little president" of the United States. He has a lot of power, but it is checked and balanced by the Congress, and the power is not big enough to be dictatorial. Liang Yao only needs to manipulate the state assembly a little bit to get Robinson out of office.

What's more, he himself is going to run for election and serve as deputy governor, and the governor has no power to appoint or remove the deputy governor.

The president and vice president of the United States are running mates, but the governor and lieutenant governor are not necessarily running mates, they may also be political enemies.

Since many states have staggered governor and lieutenant governor elections, it is not uncommon for the governor and lieutenant governor to be enemies of rival parties.

Of course, this seemingly perfect balance of power has flaws.

As long as the governor can control the state legislature, theoretically speaking, there is the possibility of dictatorship.

Actually?There are actually very good examples already.

In order to solve the black problem in the country, the United States made a great attempt to transport the local black slaves to Liberia in West Africa, creating a model student of the United States, even the national flag is copied from the United States.

This country is known as the Little America of Africa, Liberia, the golden gun bully of West Africa, its political system is copied from the United States, and even the blacks are "high-quality" blacks transported back from the United States.

These "high-quality" blacks, that is, American blacks, were also very competitive after they arrived in Liberia. They directly became colonists, colonized the local black aborigines, became masters, and became one with the local aborigines.

And the presidents elected by black Americans are also dictators, who have carried out a long-term bloody rule over this war-torn land.

Not only Liberia, there are many countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America that copy the American system without a good social foundation.

There are almost no absolute oligarchs in the eastern states of the United States. There is a relatively mature two-party system. The wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen can check and balance each other under this system of separation of powers. The rules of the game cut off the soil of the dictatorship of the states.

This is the reason why the US federal government does not hesitate to spend a lot of money to support the New York consortium to support the Pacific Cruise Line to suppress Vanderbilt. The government does not want an absolute oligarch in New York State, even if it is just a shipping industry.

As for the Astor family, they have already completed the transformation from a fur dealer to a big New York landlord, integrated into the aristocratic circle and became their insiders.

Moreover, fur traders are far less threatening to the government than a shipping tycoon monopolizing shipping.

In California, Liang Yao is currently an absolute oligarch, and it is not impossible for him to become a dictator.

But in peacetime, the United States blatantly enforced dictatorship in a state, which is tantamount to courting death.Liang Yao is not so stupid yet.

"I'm running for governor?" Robinson didn't plan to get involved in politics. He quickly waved his hand to express his refusal and explained why.

"I'm just a doctor, without any experience in politics, so I can't take on this important task."

The smart and tactful Stanford guessed what Liang Yao was thinking, and he said to Robinson: "Dr. Robinson, you have a noble character, and your contribution to California is obvious to all. I believe that California will be governed by you and Mr. Liang. It's getting better and better."

"Doctor Robinson, Stanford is right. We all know that you want California to be better in the future. Now is a good opportunity. A politician can do more for California than a doctor." Liang Yao persuaded road.

"If you are willing to run for governor, I will also run for lieutenant governor to assist you."

Liang Yao had no doubts about Robinson's ability to govern.

In another time and space, Robinson served as the governor of California, but it was not the first term. Later, Robinson also served as the governor of Kansas, and his reputation was quite good. This is enough to prove that his ability to govern is not only qualified, but can even be said to be excellent.

After Liang Yao spoke, everyone looked at Robinson eagerly.

Robinson was a little embarrassed under the gaze of everyone, he scratched his head and said, "I'll go back and think about it."

"Give everyone an answer as soon as possible, Dr. Robinson, everyone is very optimistic about you." Liang Yao stepped forward and patted Robinson on the shoulder.

Ge Wen has not arrived in California so soon, and he is still willing to give Robinson this little time.

After the meeting, Liang Yao hosted a banquet for these representatives in Tingtao Garden to celebrate the upcoming statehood of California.

But Liang Yao was not as happy as these representatives.

Recently, bandits headed by Brandon have frequently harassed Sacramento, picking small gold mining companies to loot, causing panic in Sacramento.

Whether it is for personal revenge or to maintain the law and order and stability of California, this scourge must be eliminated.

And you have to uproot them and get rid of them completely.

Since the fall of the Brannan family, Brandon has been silent for a long time.

Liang Yao analyzed the time of Brandon's activities, and the time basically coincided with the time when John entered the Sacramento area.

Therefore, he boldly judged that Brandon must have colluded with the New York consortium to dare to act so boldly.

This is also confirmed by the intelligence sent to him by John's gold digger James.

It's just that he hasn't figured out the exact number of Brandon's bandit army. There are rumors that there are more than [-] people, and some exaggerated rumors say that there are more than [-] people.

The information James sent him was more than a hundred people, and this number is relatively reliable.

Brandon made a living by plundering instead of producing, so it was impossible to support a team of two or three hundred people.Supporting a team of more than one hundred people is already the limit.

The chiefs of the Pomo, Maidu, and even further north, the Yurok and Hoopa Indians near the border between California and Oregon, couldn't bear Brandon's harassment, and asked Liang Yao several times to help them deal with Brandon.

Liang Yao also provided them with some outdated firearms, but these Indian tribes still had nothing to do with Brandon.

After all, Brandon is a professional officer who has gone to military school, served in the military, and participated in wars, and the core backbone of Brandon's gangsters are deserters, not completely rabble.

With the military level of the Indians, it is indeed difficult to deal with Brandon.

Brandon is a very cunning guy. He has been hiding from Liang Yao's arms since he was hit hard in Sacramento.

Even the Boston Company, the old miners organization and other gold digging companies and organizations with slightly stronger armed forces did not provoke them, and they only picked soft persimmons, which provoked complaints from small gold mining companies and groups.

If the resistance of the small gold mining companies and groups were a little more tenacious, Brandon would quickly give up and flee into the mountains.

This kind of guerrilla style of play is also a headache for Liang Yao.

He didn't just want to fight off Brandon's gang, he wanted to wipe them out and solve the problem once and for all.

Besides, he is now a magistrate, and it is his responsibility and obligation to suppress bandits and maintain local law and order.

As for raising the bandits for self-respect, it is enough to have Indian tribes.

After the banquet, Liang Yao left Sartre behind, and went to the study with Sartre to discuss the elimination of Brandon.

Deng Yan and two British instructors were already waiting in his study.

(End of this chapter)