Years of the Republic of China 1913

() On the morning of the second day, the meeting continued.

According to the new articles of organization, elections will be held today among all committee members for the Central Standing Committee, the Central Executive Committee, the chairman, and the vice-chairman. Before the election, each member will speak in order. The Central Standing Committee and the Central Executive Committee are elected first, and then the chairman and vice-chairman are elected.

The first person to speak was of course Chairman Song Jiaoren who presided over the meeting. His speech style was as usual, vivid, interesting and inspiring. Song Jiaoren bowed slightly to the crowd, then took a step back and gave up his position to the next person.

According to the ranking of the original council, Fang Zida's speech was at the fourth place. When it was his turn, Fang Zida did not talk like Song Jiaoren and others. Instead, he explained his responsibilities and KMT's current world situation in a low voice. And the role in China's political arena and the direction to work in the future.

Fang Zida's speech was as regular as he was making a financial report. There was neither impassioned nor rhetorical in the sentence. Apart from the substantial content, the rest was very plain. ..

When Fang Zida finished speaking, there was still applause from the audience, but to Song Jiaoren's ears, it was just a polite applause. The corner of his mouth showed a slight smile, and he felt that his persuasion yesterday had achieved results. Fang Zida's speech It would be strange if he could reach everyone's ears. It seems that he may lose in the next election.

The speeches of the committee members lasted all morning, which was the result of the time limit for each person to speak by the conference. Otherwise, it was estimated that they would have to queue up for several days just to speak.After everyone has finished speaking, all members start voting.The voting time did not last very long, because the preliminary work was well prepared, and the voting was completed before lunch.After a short break for an hour and a half at noon.At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the votes will be officially counted.

As soon as the votes were counted, Song Jiaoren, who was confident in his plans, closed his eyes slightly and listened to everyone's votes.When he heard Fang Zida's name in it, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and he returned to nature after a little surprise.As a member of the original council, Fang Zida has always presided over the party's organizational work, regardless of whether he was selected or not.It was only natural that someone voted for him, not to mention Fang Zida did not have his own allies within KMT, it was not surprising that he had several votes in hand, but it would be strange if he did not get any votes.

But what happened next surprised Song Jiaoren, because Fang Zida's votes were not as small as he had imagined, on the contrary, there were quite a few more.Following the sound of counting tickets reporting Fang Zida's name one after another, Song Jiaoren couldn't help but opened his eyes, looking at the statistics board placed aside.

This board is densely filled with everyone's name.Of course, he, Song Jiaoren, was also included.Below each person's name is the number of votes. Although the counting of votes is not completely over yet, Song Jiaoren has already passed half of the votes of the Central Executive Committee, and Liao Zhongkai and others also have more than half of the votes. But what surprised him most was It was Fang Zida who had more than half of the votes. Regardless of the results of some unfinished votes, this already showed that Fang Zida had been successfully elected as a member of the executive committee.

Song Jiaoren's face was extremely ugly.He never expected that Fang Zida would get so many votes.Originally, in his opinion, Fang Zida would never be elected.The members' speeches in the morning also proved this point.But the result in front of him was exactly the opposite of what he had expected. Song Jiaoren vaguely felt uneasy, as if something might happen today.

Soon, all the votes were counted, and the results were made public on the spot under the supervision of the conference.The candidates for the Central Standing Committee and the Central Executive Committee were finalized, and seven of them, including Song Jiaoren, Liao Zhongkai, and Fang Zida, were selected as members of the Central Executive Committee.This result made Song Jiaoren dumbfounded. Wouldn't everything he painstakingly arranged come to naught?Fang Zida's status has not changed at all, he is still a member of the power center in the party, and compared with the original director position, Fang Zida is now a step further.As a member of the Central Executive Committee elected by the National Congress, Fang Zida was justifiable.

Song Jiaoren didn't wait for Song Jiaoren to ponder what was going on, but there was a mistake somewhere that led to such a bizarre result.At this time, according to the prior arrangements of the General Assembly, all members of the committee will vote to elect the chairman and vice chairman.The candidates for the chairman and vice chairman will be selected from the Central Executive Committee, which means that Fang Zida has not only served as the Central Executive Committee, but has even threatened Song Jiaoren's scheduled chairmanship.

Holding the ballot in his hand, Song Jiaoren was a little distracted, and he didn't put pen to tick for a long time, until someone reminded him that time is running out, please make a decision as soon as possible, Song Jiaoren then picked up the ballot and typed on his name first. He checked it, and then ticked Liao Zhongkai's name under the column of vice chairman.

After doing this, Song Jiaoren folded the ballot, took a deep breath and stood up. Under the eyes of everyone, he walked to the ballot box with a smile on his face, and solemnly cast his vote.

At 03:30 in the afternoon, the voting for the chairperson and vice-chairman was completed.According to the requirements of the meeting, the next counting of votes will be temporarily kept secret from the candidates, that is, members of the Central Executive Committee, to prevent fraud.

The seven members of the Central Executive Committee temporarily left the venue and took a rest after entering the venue.The final election results will be counted under the supervision of all party members and committee members.

When we arrived at the lounge, although the seven Central Executive Committee members all looked calm and breezy, everyone knew that everyone was under a lot of pressure, especially Song Jiaoren pretended to be relaxed on the surface, but now he was full of thoughts. Even Liao Zhongkai didn't respond for a while when he was talking to him, until Liao Zhongkai repeated it before he came back to his senses.

The lounge was quiet, except for a few people chatting with each other, most people closed their eyes and rested their minds, waiting for the final announcement.The same is true for Fang Zida. He is sitting in the corner with his eyes closed, as if he has lost his mind, but the right hand beside him betrays his nervousness.

I don't know how long it took, and suddenly there was a burst of cheers outside, and everyone in the lounge stood up at the same time. It seemed that the election results had come out.

"Brother Dunchu, congratulations!" The person who spoke was Yan Xishan, a member of the Central Executive Committee. In fact, he was elected to the Standing Committee with his qualifications, but he was reluctant to be elected to the Central Executive Committee.However, he also knew that with his qualifications, the election of the chairman was nothing more than studying with the prince, so besides Li Shizeng, he was the most relaxed one in the room, and he didn't have many worries when he spoke.

"Hehe, the result is still unknown, why not?" Song Jiaoren waved his hands modestly, but his full smile had already betrayed his true heart. In his opinion, the position of Chairman of the Committee was firmly established. , who can bear it but him?

Following Yan Xishan's words, the rest of the people also cupped their hands and congratulated Song Jiaoren in advance with a smile.Fang Zida, who was standing on the side, did not go up to join in the fun, but watched the scene meaningfully. Even Liao Zhongkai stood not far from Fang Zida, frowning slightly.

Finally, the door of the lounge opened, and the two people who were in progress were the organizers of the meeting.

"Is there a result of the election?" One person asked anxiously.

"There are results!" The visitor nodded.

"Who was elected?"

"Mr. Liao, Mr. Leting and Mr. Bo Xun were elected vice-chairmen."

"Good! The three elected vice-chairmen are well-received!" Hearing that the candidate for the vice-chairman was confirmed, everyone praised him.Liao Zhongkai, Gongsang Nuoerbu and Yu Youren are all veterans of the party, and these three people are almost impeccable in terms of personality and character. Everyone is very happy that they can be elected, and congratulate them for a while The voices came and went, and the whole lounge was very lively.

After a few minutes, the voice gradually weakened. At this time, everyone remembered that the most important chairman had not been announced yet, and hurriedly asked who the chairman was.

"Chairman, according to the election regulations of the general meeting, each committee member votes by secret ballot, and is supervised by the representatives of the local party members. The final chairman is..." Speaking of this, everyone looked at Song Jiaoren. Go, and Song Jiaoren straightened his clothes with a smile on his face, and just as he was about to take a step forward, he heard the other party say: "...the elected chairman is...Fang Zhangming!"

"boom!"

Just like water dripping into a frying pan, the whole lounge suddenly boiled.Except for some people who had known it for a long time, the rest had no idea that Song Jiaoren would lose the election, and Fang Zida was finally elected.

At the same time, Song Jiaoren's entire face turned pale, and he stood there without moving, like five thunderbolts.

"How is it possible? How is it possible?"

Song Jiaoren's mind went blank, and this result almost made him lose his mind.I lost the election, and I didn't even get the position of vice chairman, and the winner was actually Fang Zida who thought he would be out?

It wasn't until Fang Zida, Liao Zhongkai and others were urged to return to the venue by the visitors to report on their election that Song Jiaoren followed the crowd out of the waiting room like walking dead, and returned to his seat at the venue to sit down.

When Fang Zida, Liao Zhongkai and other four people appeared in front of the crowd, the whole venue burst into thunderous applause.According to the charter, the results are announced first, followed by a brief speech by the vice chairman. After the three vice chairmen have finished their speeches, the final highlight, the chairman's inaugural speech, begins.

Fang Zida walked onto the stage with steady steps, stood in the center and talked to the audience, who heard bursts of applause and cheers from time to time.As for what Fang Zida was talking about, Song Jiaoren, who was sitting on the stage, could only hear a buzzing in his ears, but he didn't hear a single word. How could it be possible that he was turning over and over in his head? (To be continued. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)