On February 25, the first National Congress officially concluded.

The closing ceremony will be held at the Capitol. It is also the time when Wu Shaoting announced the list of the Nanjing central government and took the oath of office to the Constitution. It is rare that the weather is very good today, and the sun is coming early in the morning, bringing real warmth of spring. The citizens of Nanjing insisted on paying attention to the National Assembly for nearly a month, and they will not miss the last day of today.

When Wu Shaoting's presidential convoy drove out of the Presidential Palace and headed to Yuhuatai, the citizens who were welcomed by the side of the road were cheering. Looking at the surging crowds outside the car window, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The Chinese people have been suffering for the past hundred years. They are constantly eager for a leader who can bring hope in their hearts. The cheers are now a burst that has accumulated for about a hundred years!

At 8:30, the closing ceremony of the National Assembly in the Capitol officially began. As the right-ranked office came to the stage to deliver the summary of the National Assembly, it took an hour to finish the various agendas for more than 20 days. Later, the two houses of Congress began to elect the Speaker of the two houses. After some secret names and counting, Cen Chunxuan was elected as the Speaker of the Senate, and Feng Guozhang was elected as the Speaker of the House. Cen Chunxuan and Feng Guozhang came to the stage to deliver short speeches one after another. The former announced that they would resign from all public offices of the central government in accordance with the rules of the Congress and concentrate on taking office as the Speaker of the Senate; the latter only said some encouragement words.

According to Feng Guozhang's consultation with Wu Shaoting three months ago, the Speaker of the House of Representatives was the vice president. Of course, this was just an unwritten rule and there were no clear requirements in the constitution and congressional system. Therefore, Feng Guozhang first took office as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and then participated in the vice presidential election.

As noon approached, Wu Shaoting rushed to the stage to announce the nomination for the vice president. Another elected vice president within Congress was Li Yuanhong. However, Feng Guozhang had Wu Shaoting behind the scenes support, and there was almost no suspense to be elected as vice president.

I took two hours off at noon, and it was also the time for the vice presidential vote counting.

Just as Wu Shaoting was about to go to the restaurant for lunch, the second-class guard Chang Long Yun was waiting to lead to the restaurant again, holding an envelope in his hand. When he saw Wu Shaoting and his group appear, Long Yun quickly greeted him and came to Wu Shaoting and whispered: "Head of the People's Republic of China, the urgent telegram from Kunming."

Wu Shaoting frowned, wondering: Kunming? At this time, he left one more thought, sued Feng Guozhang, Xu Shichang, Cen Chunxuan and others on the side, and then walked to the corner with Long Yun. He asked intently, "What's the matter? Who sent it?"

Long Yun handed the envelope to Wu Shaoting, and then said: "Sent from the Foreign Affairs Department of the Second Army Command of the Southern Army."

Under Wu Shaoting's system, the headquarters of the Army Group was no longer responsible for military affairs within the jurisdiction, but the entire territory defense system in the jurisdiction. Naturally, there must be various other projects within this system, that is, as long as any work that directly or indirectly involves the national security of the jurisdiction, the Army Group Command has the right to inquire. Because Yunnan and Vietnam are bordered by Vietnam, there is a mountain division hidden by the Guangzhou military government in the early years, the Second Southern Army established the Foreign Affairs Department as early as the beginning of the establishment, which is specifically responsible for military issues involving China and the South Asian continent.

Wu Shaoting took the envelope and looked at the signature on it. It was indeed sent by the Foreign Affairs Department. Seeing this, he felt even more serious. It seemed that something happened in Vietnam. Could it be that something happened to the mountain master? He hurriedly opened the envelope and took a closer look at the content of the telegram. It turned out that the fact was not as bad as he imagined, but that the Yunnan Provincial Government received a telegram for help from the Ruan family in Tokyo.

It turned out that just seven days ago, Nguyen Lingzhi's Tokyo Nguyen's Nguyen's army was besieged by the army of Vietnamese king Nguyen Phuket and French colonial troops. The specific reason is unknown. The Nguyen's Tokyo Nguyen's fierce resistance in several important cities in northern Vietnam, but the French team was advanced in weapons and equipment and well-trained, and soon swept across all the Tokyo Nguyen's forces in North Vietnam. This telegram was sent by Nguyen Lingzhi in Lang Son on the Sino-Vietnam border. The date was yesterday. It can be seen that the Nguyen's Tokyo Nguyen's family had completely defeated and was waiting to flee to China for refuge.

Wu Shaoting was puzzled: The Vietnamese king and the French fought against the Tokyo Ruan family? What was going on? Could it be that they discovered that China had close arms exchanges with the Tokyo Ruan family, and France deliberately attacked the Tokyo Ruan family?

Long Yun, who was standing aside, waited for Wu Shaoting to finish reading the telegram, and then asked for instructions: "Head of the People's Republic of China, ask in Kunming whether to let the Ruan family in Tokyo take refuge in China?"

Wu Shaoting thought for a while and said, "Let them pass the test first, but no official guarantee is provided. Let Kunming investigate the causes and consequences of this matter as soon as possible, and give priority to ensuring the safety of our mountain divisions hidden in the mountainous areas of Vietnam's border. If necessary, the mountain divisions can be withdrawn."

He felt that even though the Tokyo Ruan family lost all their power, they still had some value in use. If the situation allowed, it would not be too difficult to take in these people.

Long Yun nodded and said in a deep voice: "I understand, I will give up first."

Wu Shaoting waved his hand, then put away the envelope, and then walked towards the restaurant.

As soon as he walked into the restaurant, he saw Cen Chunxuan standing at the door waiting. Cen Chunxuan stepped forward and asked: "Shuai Tingshuai, I just heard from Guard Long that there seemed to be news from Kunming. What's going on?"

Wu Shaoting felt that there was no need to hide it like Cen Chunxuan. After all, when he first met the Ruan family in Tokyo, he relied on Cen Chunxuan's recommendation, so he took out the envelope and handed it to Cen Chunxuan. After the other party finished reading it, he said slowly: "There must be a problem in Vietnam. Whether it is the Ruan family in Tokyo or ours, we cannot take it lightly from now on. Yungong, the Vietnamese company is your business. You have spent some time taking care of it recently, so you must not make any mistakes."

Cen Chunxuan said "Yeah", frowned slightly and said, "I will send someone to Yunnan later. This matter can be big or small, and we can't take it lightly."

In the afternoon, the results of the vice presidential election were quickly counted. Because the vice president's review was only voted by the two houses of Congress, and there was no need for all representatives to attend, the whole process was far from as complicated and rigorous as the election of the official president. Feng Guozhang received 278 votes, Li Yuanhong received 154 votes, and Wu Shaoting officially announced that Feng Guozhang would serve as Vice President of the Republic of China.

The candidates for the Speaker and Vice President of the two houses were established. The Great Hall was rested for five minutes. Then Wu Shaoting once again took the rostrum and officially announced the structure of the central government and the list of ministers of various departments. According to the results of the consultation between Wu Shaoting, Feng Guozhang and Xu Shichang, it was decided that the central government would adopt a binary progressive structure, that is, a top chief and two deputy chiefs. The specific meaning is that the central government will maintain two general offices during the period of government administration, one is the regular government affairs department, and the other is the executive office, that is, the previous General Office of the Consul.

The functions of the Department of Government Affairs and the Department of Executive Affairs are almost the same, but they are in charge of different government departments. Each of the two general offices is responsible for one chief. These two chiefs are the deputy head of the Supreme Head and are appointed by the Supreme Head themselves. The Department of Government Affairs is in charge of eight departments, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of *** (i.e. the Ministry of Police), the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Environment, the Ministry of Civil Affairs; the Department of Executive Affairs is also in charge of eight departments, the Ministry of News and Culture, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of National Resources Management.

Both offices are affiliated to the Presidential Office, and the Minister of Administration also serves as the Secretary-General of the Secretary-General of the Presidential Office. The functions of the Secretary-General have also been completely planned. They are not only responsible for the Office of the Presidential Office, the Government Propaganda Department and other departments, but also join the functions of the Government Human Resources Management Office and the Supervision of Public Institutions.

The reason why two general offices were established was not an unnecessary move. According to the discussion between Wu Shaoting, Feng Guozhang and Xu Shichang, the purpose of this was to make the new government adapt to the structure faster. After all, there were precedents during the period of government administration, and everyone was more comfortable to implement it. Secondly, one more head of state can have an opportunity to win over other political forces. The most important thing in the early implementation of the head of state system was to unite people and consolidate the rule of rule; thirdly, the most important point was to differentiate the government management structure, that is, to differentiate the influence of the government. Wu Shaoting wanted to strengthen the prestige of the head of state by weakening the influence of the government.

After the announcement of the central government mechanism, Wu Shaoting officially announced the list of the two major offices of the central government, the directors and deputy ministers of the 18th organization department. This list is basically not much different from the period when the government was in charge. The executive director is still Deng Keng, and the Minister of Government Affairs has been changed to Zhang Jian. In addition, due to the election of members of parliament and speakers, several ministers with vacant quotas were also replaced by new candidates: the Minister of Internal Affairs is Yuzi County, the Minister of Civil Affairs is Sun Baoqi, the Minister of Finance is Zhou Xuexi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is Wu Tingfang, etc.

Liang Qichao was appointed Minister of *** and also served as Chief Advisor of the Presidential Office. Wu Shaoting did not intend to neglect Liang Qichao. He only wanted to strengthen his power during this period and had to be wary of obstacles from Liang Qichao. Moreover, he asked Zhang Jian to replace Liang Qichao as the position of Minister of Administration, which also gave Liang Qichao some face. Both of them were progressive party status and a political alliance with close cooperation. It was the same for everyone to be the Minister of Administration.

This list of central government was quickly passed, and the representatives of the two houses of Congress and local representatives knew that personnel changes were not big anyway, and their respective interests were guaranteed, so what's wrong with reassurance?

Finally, Wu Shaoting was sworn in as the head of state. Xu Shichang wore a brand new Supreme Court dress and placed the first "Constitution" printed by the Republic of China in front of the podium. The guard of honor at the venue brought the "Presidential Power Seal". Wu Shaoting stood in front of the Constitution of the Republic of China and raised his hand to swear to Xu Shichang: "I swear with sincerity, and I will faithfully perform the presidency of the United States, and be determined to safeguard and defend the Constitution of the Republic of China, and prevent it from being violated by all enemies at home and abroad. I will be loyal to the Constitution and abide by it. I voluntarily assume this obligation without reservation and no desire to express my consent."

After the oath was over, Xu Shichang personally took the "President's Power Seal" from the silver paper tray, and solemnly handed it to Wu Shaoting, and said solemnly: "In the name of the Supreme Justice of the Republic of China, I officially accepted the fact that Wu Shaoting was appointed as the supreme leader of the country, and granted the power seal of the supreme leader of the Republic of China, hoping to abide by the oath and lead our Greater Republic to prosperity and strength!"

The sound of spotlights came one after another in the press booth on the second floor. No matter which newspaper reporters came from, they would record this moment that was recorded in history.
Chapter completed!