After the Party ban was opened, Gao Huan has been watching the changes in the direction of the government and the country. He read a lot of information sent by the National Security Bureau every day.

From the information, Gao Huan discovered that Southeast gentry and businessmen were very enthusiastic about participating in politics. The Civic Party formed by Huang Zongxi attracted thousands of party members in less than half a month.

Seeing this, Gao Huan instructed Li Yan to come back and serve as the chairman of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, and renamed the Kuomintang to the Kuomintang, rectify the party affairs of the Kuomintang, formulate the party constitution, determine the organizational structure, and elect the Central Committee members to absorb and recognize the thoughts of the Kuomintang as party members.

At this time, Gao Huan was checking the information. Someone outside the door reported, "Your Majesty, Zhou Yanru and the Master Zhou Pavilion are asking for a visit."

Gao Huan was stunned when he heard the words. He was quite busy recently, but he forgot about this tool.

"Take him here!" Gao Huan said casually.

Soon, Zhou Yanru entered the study and was about to bow to Gao Huan tremblingly. Gao Huan waved his hand, "Your family is old, please don't have any gifts!"

"I thanked Your Majesty!" Zhou Yanru hurriedly bowed gratefully.

Gao Huan signaled Zhou Yanru to sit down, then smiled and said, "Your family is here to see me today, what's the matter?"

Zhou Yanru looked listless, "Report to Your Majesty, the old minister is here today to avenge his crimes. The old minister is old and faint, and he is terrified that he cannot continue to run for the election."

Gao Huan frowned slightly, stroked the long beard under his jaw, and felt a little confused.

In fact, if Zhou Yanru didn't say it, Gao Huan didn't plan to let him continue to run for the election. Now Zhou Yanru proposed it himself. It is logical that Gao Huan should accept it happily, but if Gao Huan didn't even hint, Zhou Yanru asked for it himself, which made Gao Huan a little unhappy.

Because in the report from the Guoan Department to him, Zhou Yanru was definitely old and never got old. He only took a concubine before coming to Nanjing, and he also had a few Fusang geishas at home, and his health was better than that of ordinary young people.

Gao Huan remained silent, "Is this just a matter? Master Ge is already in his seventies and is indeed not suitable for running for the election. Since Master Ge proposed it, I will report it. You can stay in Nanjing to enjoy your old age."

Zhou Yanru hurriedly thanked him, but then said, "The old minister thanked Your Majesty for his compassion, but I still want to go back to my hometown to enjoy my old age."

The situation is complicated at the moment. Gao Huan still hopes to keep him in Nanjing and keep him under his nose for easy monitoring.

If he is asked to return home, it will be more difficult to control.

Gao Huan laughed and said, "Is the Qing family a little lady who misses the new wife at home?"

Zhou Yanru was shocked and felt a little scared. He had been leaving the wild for many years, but the Guoan Department was still monitoring him. "It made His Majesty laugh. The old minister just grew old and felt that his hometown was more friendly."

Gao Huan nodded slightly, but still did not agree, "Well, the Qing family is rare to come to Nanjing. I still want to get together with the Qing family. You can stay in Nanjing for a while for the time being."

Zhou Yanru felt Gao Huan's extremely strong desire for control, which made him more sure of his guess that the emperor could not delegate power.

Thinking of Gao Huan's previous methods, Zhou Yanru felt fear in his heart, and felt that under the calm surface, there might be another bloody storm.

When Zhou Yanru saw that Gao Huan refused to let him go, he did not dare to persist, but he felt even more in his heart that the emperor's intentions were not simple.

The two of them said a few more words, and Gao Huan asked Zhou Yanru to leave, and then asked his subordinates why Zhou Yanru suddenly wanted to withdraw from the election.

After learning that Huang Zongxi had gone to Zhou Yanru's mansion, Gao Huan roughly guessed the reason.

...

Zhou Yanru returned to his mansion, but felt a little nervous and worried that staying in Nanjing would be involved in political struggles. He had always cherished his life and even began to hope that he could get a serious illness so that the emperor could let him return to his hometown.

Amid Zhou Yanru's worries, the day of pushing is here.

The court had just opened up the party ban, and the system and rules were not very perfect, so it was still used before, but this time it could openly form cliques.

Gao Huan requires that the list of party members of each party must be published in the newspaper publicly, and the voting is also a registered vote.

On this day, in the Great Hall of the National People, all officials and local representatives gathered, and they were clearly divided into several camps.

After the party ban was opened, more than a dozen parties appeared, the largest of which were the Civic Party, which had the interests of the bourgeoisie in Jiangnan, the Kuomintang, which was reorganized by the reformist Kuomintang, and a royalist party dominated by honors and relatives by Song Xiance.

Early that morning, officials and local representatives who were qualified to vote gathered in the venue and sat down on the nameplate placed on the table.

The candidates who were selected explained the ruling philosophy to the officials and representatives, and each began to vote and then announced the next day.

...

Outside Nanjing, the Citizens’ Party’s property is located in a villa built by the river.

Chen Zilong, Huang Zongxi, Qian Ruyi and others were talking while waiting for the election results.

The Civic Party was supported by Jiangnan Capital. As soon as the party was established, it was funded by a large number of merchants and had a large number of party assets.

At present, this villa is surrounded by mountains and rivers, worth at least 100,000 yuan, and is the contribution of a great man from Jiangnan.

In the past, this was called collusion between officials and businessmen, but now it is called voluntary donation, and the government will not pursue it.

At this time, several big shots were sitting in the villa, talking about the election. Chen Zilong was both expecting and a little frightened about the election.

He is old and cannot be selected this time, so he will have no chance later, so he looks forward to it.

Gao Huan hinted that he was waiting for the next session, but he insisted on running for the election, which violated the will of the holy, so he was frightened.

Huang Zongxi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, we have a great chance of winning this election. During the primary election, although Your Majesty finally announced your name, judging from the news I received, you should have received the most votes at that time."

Qian Ruyi also smiled and said, "Yes, there was still a vote for Mr. Zhou at that time. Now that Mr. Zhou is missing, you will definitely be elected."

Qian Ruyi is Qian Qianyi's son. He did not go into politics, but went to business. He was a famous capitalist in Jiangnan.

In this Civic Party election, he made great efforts. Not only did he hold a large banquet in the name of party members' gatherings, bribing officials and representatives of various provinces in disguise, but he also joined forces with several major capitals to invest more than one million to place commercial advertisements for various newspapers.

They don’t have to buy newspapers, just put advertisements on them, and those newspapers will know how to praise the Civic Party and build momentum for the Civic Party.

Chen Zilong thought so in his heart, but he said: "After the Kuomintang was reorganized, the Henan Party and the Chu Party merged, and they supported the Tuge Master together. In addition, the Tuge Master had outstanding achievements, I think it would be the Duge Master who will be elected."

In the hall, everyone was talking about it, and Huang Zongxi said: "The Kuomintang is in chaos and there is no source of gold. Public opinion is not good for them, so it is definitely not a winner. The key point now is that there is another point, which is Your Majesty's attitude. Don't forget that according to the regulations, if Your Majesty is not satisfied with the election results, you can ask for a replacement to be re-elected."

Over the years, the Councillor has promoted it, and Gao Huan has not intervened too much, nor has he denied the elected political discussions, so many people have forgotten that Gao Huan can ask for a replacement to be re-elected.

These words made everyone present feel terrified and they all became less confident.

After all, before this political change, the emperor hinted that Mr. Chen had asked him to wait for another term.

When Chen Zilong heard the words, he was also worried that Gao Huan would not admit that he would recommend the election result.

Qian Ruyi was very calm, "Hmph, it doesn't matter if Your Majesty doesn't admit it. As long as our Civic Party unites, the big Huayuan will be smashed and recommend one person, and then choose ours."

As he was talking, one of them hurriedly ran in with a newspaper.

Because I ran too fast, the person who came did not notice the threshold and was tripped directly.

Before the man could finish his clothes, he waved the newspaper and shouted excitedly, "I chose it, I chose it, the Master of the Pavilion!"
Chapter completed!