New World 1620

The news that the Chinese "American government" is about to hold a "general election" is quietly circulating in the streets and alleys of Brooklyn's industrial area.The Chinese technicians in the Manhattan community who were drunk or overfed always inadvertently let the European workers who had studied Chinese at night schools hear something.

In the eyes of European residents, the power game involving the "upper class" is beyond what they, the poor and lower-middle peasants, can guess and understand. Which noble lord comes to power, doesn't he have to live his life all the time?

Compared with the Chinese who have to swear or complain all day long, the attitude of European residents is too indifferent. They only care about whether there is an extra bonus to get this month, or when they can get permanent settlement right.

But the situation is not that simple. The intensified private connection has reached the point where it is almost out of control.The production efficiency of various production departments in the industrial zone began to drop rapidly, and the distracted Chinese technicians or engineers were completely out of work.

Jiang Zhaolong and Lin Youde, the two bigwigs from the Ministry of Industry, were also bored and couldn't say anything. After all, they were the ones who provoked the coercion campaign with the shipyard Shi Yige, You Qi and others.

Su Zining, who also participated in it as a shit-stirring stick, felt a bit like a child who accidentally broke the glass of someone else's house and dared not show his air.After learning that Zheng Quan and other members of the military department had collectively withdrawn from the community committee, Su Zining also submitted his resignation application with a sad attitude of being shot while lying down.

Am I really a public enemy?Su Zining couldn't help thinking secretly.

But immediately he knew that he was worrying too much, because the next day, more committee members also submitted their resignations, including Dong Jiunan, Jiang Zhaolong and others who had made significant contributions to the construction of the entire community in the past year. people.

As a result, there are basically not many committee members under the age of 40.What surprised Su Zining the most was that Qi Jianjun was also included in the resignation list!

According to Su Zining's understanding, except for Qi Jianjun and Zheng Quan, the others who resigned are actually very clear that they do not possess the qualities of a politician.The resignation of Qi Jianjun and Zheng Quan was definitely not as simple as giving up their positions on the community committee.

Obviously, these people have known the content of the provisional election law in advance, and they have made advance choices on whether to enter politics and what kind of politics they will choose.

Whether or not this preconceived notion is correct, the real motives of the thirty or so former Ground Guard or Navy personnel who resigned from the military are starting to look intriguing.

Many people believe that a few people like Zheng Quan do have political ambitions, and it is understandable that they quit the army and choose to go into politics.But others, knowing that they have lost their political capital, may feel that there is no need for the army to stay.

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Sunday, August 8, at noon.

West Point Town welcomed a group of new residents, and 60 European men, women and children slowly boarded the pier on two inland river steamers.Mayor William of West Point Township, Pastor Brest, Tax Officer Mao Jian, and Sheriff Guan Ruzhong, who received the radio notification yesterday, took some residents to guard the dock area early.

After a night of inland river navigation, all the new European immigrants looked a bit haggard, but when they saw the small town hidden among the green trees and hillsides, they all cheered up.After a week of quarantine and adaptation in Staten Island, they will integrate into a new environment, and so far, the quality of life here is no worse than that of the small Chinese town they saw when they first arrived in North America How many.

Although the existing temporary housing is not enough, Mayor William, who has long-term West Point settlement plan, still asks the enthusiastic townspeople to take away the family-based European fellows.The Huamei government has already handled a settlement loan contract for each of them. In the next month, with the help of the townspeople, they will have their own shelter for free. The house will become their real home.

Watching dozens of new immigrants with nervous and yearning expressions gradually disappear on the streets of the town, Guan Ruzhong turned his attention to Little Steamboat. His student, the young Delaware Indian, was still meticulously busy.

"Teacher, they asked me to bring you this!" Fatima jumped ashore after carefully inspecting the warehouse of the small steamer, and took out two letters from her arms, "One is for you, and the other is for you." It belongs to Mr. Mao."

Looking at the envelope without any words written on it, Guan Ruzhong smiled wryly.He and Mao Jian actually knew the content when they received the radio communication yesterday.These are two voluntary election forms, and the registration of elections for both houses of the Congress of the future Chinese American Republic has begun.

According to the Provisional Election Act, the future first Congress will be composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate will tentatively have 19 members including the speaker, and the House of Representatives will tentatively include 35 members including the speaker. .

Among them, the Senate will be directly elected by the current community committee. Due to the resignation of some members, there are only 11 members left in the current community committee.The only requirement to run is to be over the age of 8.

Immediately after the election of the Senate, the election of the House of Representatives will also be held, and the age has also been relaxed. All cross-country people over the age of 18 can participate in the election.In the entire election of the two chambers, only those who have reached the age of 18 have the right to vote.

The terms of both houses are four years, officially counted from 1621, and after two consecutive terms, that is, starting in 1628, the formal election act stipulated in the Constitution will be implemented.

According to the Provisional Election Act, only one-third of the Senate elections can be re-elected each time, while there are no special restrictions on the House of Representatives elections.

Next, the president elected by members of the two houses is only a symbolic supreme head of state with only a limited number of functions and powers, and is elected every five years.The prime minister nominated by the president is the highest executive head of the cabinet, and his term of office is also four years.

The Supreme Judge is also nominated by the President, approved by the Senate, and served for life.

"It looks a bit like a copy of the British and American bicameral system, but it also looks like the German model... Is it really capitalism? We only have a few people now, so we can just build a country. I'll just watch and forget it, and let them do whatever they want."

Sitting in the corner of a small hotel in West Point Town, Guan Ruzhong and Mao Jian looked at the election form in front of them with helpless expressions.Mao Jian directly left blank on the form, saying that he gave up running for the Senate.

"Old man Zhong must have considered this carefully. After all, we have too many impetuous emotions. There is no senate or senior person to check. God knows if this country will mess up because of some people's hot heads. And in order to ensure a Long-term policy stability, at least two consecutive terms. It doesn’t matter whether the country is small or not, the sooner the rules are set is the key, the rich have no rules and the poor have no rules, and neither will end well. When the situation grows bigger, we will think about setting rules , it will be difficult." Guan Ruzhong nodded, also expressing his abandonment.

"Brother Guan, I don't think you are a rough person like us at all." Mao Jian suddenly raised his head and looked seriously at his companion who had been with him for almost a year, "Are you hiding something from yourself? With such a powerful dog-leg knife!"

Guan Ruzhong was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wordlessly.

"Brother Guan, if this goes on like this, it will be unkind. I was thinking that when you dragged me to secretly join William and the others in the tile business, you must have thought that one day, I would not have such thoughts." Mao Jian poured a sip of wine into his mouth, breathed out and said, "You have a smarter mind than me, so you joined the construction team?"

"I majored in automation engineering, with a master's degree in mechanical and electrical engineering. But not now, I'm just a temporary sheriff of West Point Town. Maybe I won't even have this status in the future." After Guan Ruzhong finished speaking, he threw down a Spanish silver dollar and left. Walked out of the small bar.

Looking at the back of his companion, Mao Jian opened his mouth wide.

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"In this world, the attitude and spirit of being responsible for others only belong to a very small number of people. This is the biggest difference between political appeals and political responsibilities." —— Su Zining's remarks on political appeals and political responsibilities have already been approved by several buddies Friends gatherings spread the word.

The provisional election bill stipulates that every Manhattan community crossing the age of 35 has the right to run for Senate.A small election form makes most people who have never had a complete awareness of participating in politics feel at a loss as to what to do.

For most people, it is very normal to yell and curse when they are full or hungry, but when it comes to being responsible for a country, people still avoid or disdain All-inclusive attitude.

By the deadline for filling in the election on August 8, there were only 24 voluntary candidates for the original 8-person by-election quota.In line with the principle that the rules must be thoroughly fulfilled, Mr. Liu and others kept running around in various neighborhoods, preaching the significance of the temporary election plan, and in the end they finally tired Aunt Hai Huifen and gathered enough people. This kind of mobilization really made People are a little helpless.

Thus began the election of members of the first House of Representatives.There was no suspense about the result of the election vote. The chairman of the Senate was almost irrefutably Mr. Liu, 10 former community committee members also officially became members of the Senate, and the remaining 8 candidates were all passed as expected.

On August 8, elections for the House of Representatives began again.This time, people who obviously felt less pressure participated a lot. Many former dock workers, including Dong Jiunan, participated enthusiastically, including several soldiers who had retired from the land garrison or the navy.

Su Zining and other people who were deliberately cultivated, as always, chose the role of grassroots people, which made Mr. Liu, who was already the President of the Senate, feel a pity.

As a result of the election, Li Ping, a 51-year-old female high school math teacher who was an old-fashioned education committee member in the community, served as the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the remaining 34 members were also born from 65 candidates.

Wednesday, September 9.The long-awaited inauguration of members of both houses took place en masse in the small former Community Board Auditorium that served as a temporary building for Congress.Their next responsibility is to formulate the constitution, elect the president and the cabinet members of the first government.

There is no national anthem, no flag, no flowers, and no guard of honor.Even apart from a long-standing fake "Chinese American Republic" joke signboard, there is no real country name yet.

Even though there are many difficulties, or no one knows what to do to be the best people in the Manhattan community, just like this, under the influence of some people, they are walking on the road of building a new country step by step.

Maybe no one is really satisfied when the final result comes out, but no one is completely against it.Worrying about gains and losses is probably an emotion that everyone is destined to experience in the future.

The official founding day is set on October 10st, a day that people can remember with emotion...

(End of first volume)