The next meeting is scheduled for three days later. Three days is neither long nor short. With this time as a buffer, it is enough to change many things, but it is not enough to change many things.

After returning to the governor's office, Chen Kai was still on duty, working on duty, handling official duties, and still on duty, going home and enjoying his family in peace. There was no change at all. He had no intention of making any impact or intervention on the huge changes in the outside world, just like this.

It's like everything has nothing to do with it.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is indeed the case. But Zheng Xiyuan is Chen Kai's pillow, and Chen Kai does not hide many things from her, and even lets her participate in them, so what she sees is completely different from other people.

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"Husband, are they in a relationship?"

"Yes." Intoxicated by "Historical Records", Chen Kai's eyes still did not leave the words that he had read many times, and he also expressed his affirmation to Zheng Xiyuan's tone that could no longer be called a question.

Attitude: "Hold together to stay warm. They have figured out the rules of survival here."

On the surface, everything is the same as before, but through the Guangdong Governor's Office, the Guangdong Trading Company and the Guangdong Commercial Alliance, Chen Kai's understanding of the external situation is probably more clear than those involved. According to the summary of information obtained from various channels, that day

After the meeting, they gathered in small groups to discuss, and the lights in the room stayed on all night. Until early the next morning, those small groups began to look for other participants through their respective relationships.

For a time, the major brothels, inns, and restaurants in Guangzhou City were chatting about their place of origin, fame, friendship, and setting up docks. The first beneficiary was the city's high-end catering and entertainment industries.

The reason for this, in the final analysis, lies in the rules. Chen Kai said beforehand that the seats for the members of the Advisory Council were selected using the method of the Guangdong Business Alliance, that is, they were selected from among the participants.

The conference convened by Chen Kai this time covered most of the prefectures and counties in Guangdong. They didn't know the exact number of participants, but it seemed that it would not be less than 300 people. But the problem was that Chen Kai did not point out at all

How many people have to be selected, so they can only work harder to connect in order to further expand their hopes.

After getting the affirmative answer, Zheng Xiyuan knew clearly that the reason why they chose to act according to such a survival rule was that they had decided to board Chen Kai's pirate ship.

It’s true that there are people who don’t want to get on the ship, but those who can be invited are not pedantic guys. Seeing how eager others are, a herd mentality is enough to change their minds, not to mention that there must be someone around them.

More advice. In fact, in the final analysis, Chen Kai made a special selection during the invitation and screened out those potential diehards in advance, so things can go more smoothly now.

The plan seemed to be going well, but Zheng Xiyuan still couldn't help but worry about it. That worry existed long before Chen Kai decided to hold this conference, but she needed to know the details more than anyone else.

But it is still inevitable, even if it is developing well now.

"Husband, I am afraid that if these people get together, it may be difficult to control them in the future..."

Zheng Xiyuan has had this idea for a long time. It is not that he has not hinted it before, but Chen Kai does not care. Here, seeing the powerful people in those places connecting with each other to seek seats, Zheng Xiyuan's worries are even more serious.

It has to be paid lip service to.

The desire to have absolute control over everything is not just a simple desire to overcome difficulties, but also a manifestation of a lack of security - the emperor's status is supreme, and he is too cold at the top. This is due to the worry of overcoming the inferiors and the desire to lose the supreme position.

Fear will inevitably lead to the concentration of power. But Zheng Xiyuan is like this because what Chen Kai did is purely unknown to her and has no trace.

Looking up, Chen Kai, who knew exactly why his wife was like this, smiled slightly, and filled the study room with overflowing confidence. He ended the discussion with just these four words: "Dayu controlled the floods."

Three days passed quickly. When Chen Kai came to the venue again, he was not as late as last time because it was no longer needed.

The venue was still the same as the previous one. Even the number of seats was the same as last time. There was only one empty seat in the last row. Chen Kai didn't know who the person who left was, but it didn't matter anymore.

, because as I glanced down from the stage, all I saw was eager to try.

"Pandora's box is about to be opened."

Standing on the battlefield, Chen Kai just made a brief opening statement and announced a vote on whether to form an advisory bureau.

Just like the Guangdong Business Alliance, there are three options on a ticket - yes, no and abstain. Just put a circle on the corresponding option above, and there is no need to write. It is simple and clear. The invoice

The process was also handled by specialized people, but after a decision was made, when it came time to vote, Chen Kai directly asked the attendees to go directly to the ballot box that had been placed at the front of the stage and put their votes into it with their own hands.

Doing it in person versus asking someone else to do it before the votes are counted will give you a different feeling of direct participation, and there is an added risk of exchanging votes, so Chen Kai simply made the necessary improvements to this system.

This kind of process is very familiar to the merchants and gentry of the Guangdong Business Alliance. Others follow the same example. It doesn't take too long for all the votes to be put into the ballot box. Continue

Next, it was time to count the votes. Chen Kai did not interfere and directly asked them to nominate one person to be responsible for counting the votes. As a result, two people were nominated, and the support they received was almost the same. Chen Kai simply asked each of them to vote.

Responsible for half of the counting work, he sat directly on the chair and silently watched everything happen.

"The Confucian scholar from Chaozhou is the oldest among the attendees. He has taught and educated people all his life. He has taught many Confucian students and is quite prestigious in the local area; and the fat man with well-dressed clothes is the major shareholder of Shunde Silk Weaving Workshop.

, the inventor of the voting system, the silk weaving industry in Shunde is not only rapidly recovering its vitality, but also radiating to surrounding areas. This person also has a very important voice among the members of the local Guangdong Business Alliance in Guangzhou.

."

After seeing the two ticket sellers, Chen Kai had a clear idea in his heart. Counting the prefectures among the attendees in the audience, the two prefectures with the largest number were Chaozhou and Guangzhou, because both places were under the influence of the Ming army.

The most deeply-rooted place. As for Huizhou Prefecture, Shaozhou Prefecture, Nanxiong Prefecture and the northern part of Zhaoqing Prefecture, most of these places have been recovered for a short time, and their influence is far less than those of these two places. However, Chen Kai noticed that there are still

There is one person whose votes are unfortunately one level lower than the previous one, but he also has the support of a large number of people in Qiongzhou Prefecture.

"No rush, no rush, it's the Two Heroes Meeting now, and after a while it will be the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

Knowing this, Chen Kai's attention returned to the place where the votes were being counted. The old Confucian scholars in Chaozhou were one level higher in age and social status, so the major shareholder consciously pushed him to the second place. Here, only the old Confucian scholar could be seen.

The Confucian scholar took out the ballot papers one by one, shouted out the contents on it, and then raised his hand to announce it, then placed it in the corresponding area on the table and pressed it down with a paperweight to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

The votes were sung one by one, and Chen Kai had already foreseen the result when he saw the attendees. As expected, when the old Confucian scholar sang the first half of the votes he was responsible for, they all actually agreed to the consultation.

In the meeting, there was not even a single abstention vote.

The old Confucian scholar completed his mission. Chen Kai stood up and sent the old Confucian student off the platform. The old man returned the gift impeccably before walking down. Obviously, the vote counting work just now was very important to him.

It is no easy job for someone of such age, especially when it is necessary to produce as loud a volume as possible so that more participants can hear it.

After receiving the baton, the major shareholder walked to the front of the case, bowed his hands to Chen Kai, and bowed to the audience. Immediately, the vote-calling work with unexpected results was completed without any suspense. Of course, it was not without any suspense, at least.

Chen Kai is still waiting for the arrival of an abstention vote to let him see some other voices, but it is a pity that it has not been achieved.

"As for the vote on whether to establish the Guangdong Consultative Bureau, 362 people attended the meeting, and the actual number was 361. According to effective procedures, it was unanimously approved!"

Thunderous applause rang out from the audience. After Chen Kai announced the result, he said no more and stared at the audience until the applause gradually began to subside before he continued to speak.

"The Advisory Council has been established. I believe this will be a decision that will always be remembered by people in the history of Guangdong, Ming Dynasty, and even the world in the future, and those who made these decisions are all the gentlemen here." There was another burst.

Applause rang out, and they were obviously more excited than Chen Kai, because power and benefits were at their fingertips, now before their eyes: "Next, the next round of voting will be held to elect the first batch of Guangdong Consultative Council members.

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This is the moment they have been waiting for for a long time. Even in the eyes of some hot-tempered guys, the vote on whether to establish the Guangdong Conference Bureau was a waste of time. This is the real drama.

The drama is conducted according to the new voting method-this time only blank ballots are issued, and the names of the people to be elected are written. Each person can write three, and finally the qualifications of the members are determined based on the number of votes obtained-somewhat like Chen

The process of selecting class committee members when Kai was in school was just based on his opinion. This time there probably won't be any hormone votes or funny votes, because everyone here knows the value of the votes in their hands.

There were 361 people in total, and Chen Kai decided to select 81 people from them as the first batch of members of the Advisory Council. This number was specially calculated by Chen Kai, but he did not know why he came up with this number.

If it is necessary to express it clearly to everyone, I will only use the number ninety-nine and not say more.

The tickets were distributed, and Chen Kai scanned the crowd on the stage. The people behind him were too far away to see clearly, but in the front rows, the candidates looked at each other from time to time, revealing some intentions that they could understand each other. Yu Chen

Although Kai didn't know what it meant, he could roughly understand it - they had been connecting in series for the past three days, weren't they preparing for now?

Invoicing, writing, voting, and counting votes, this time it took more than three times as simple to answer. Chen Kai just watched, watching them complete the procedures step by step, and then started with the one with the most votes based on their individual votes.

After lining up eighty-one people, this election is considered complete.

"From now on, you will be the first batch of members of the Guangdong Consultative Bureau. I hope that you can practice the principle of speaking on behalf of the people and asking for orders, fill in the gaps for me, and contribute to building a better Guangdong.

And work hard.”

After the ceremony was completed, Chen Kai announced that he would build a consultative bureau office in Guangzhou City. In fact, Chen Kai had already thought about the specific location, so he would demolish part of Geng Jimao's Jingnan Palace and use it.

Part of the buildings and land were used as the office of the Consultative Bureau. As for the delightful Pingnan Palace, he continued to keep it for Emperor Yongli. If the emperor wanted to use Guangzhou as his residence in the future, it would be in perfect harmony with the Consultative Bureau.

Those local snakes live next to each other. It must be a wonderful scene.

During the selection of personnel, Chen Kai also comforted the unsuccessful participants - there is no place for the Provincial Advisory Bureau, and there will be a government advisory bureau in a year. Besides, the position of the Provincial Advisory Bureau is also

It is not fixed. The first batch is actually more about the rationality of the experimental system. When the time is right, formal elections will be held. From then on, they will be re-elected every few years. There are always opportunities.

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In fact, there is no need for Chen Kai to talk so much nonsense. Most of the elected members and the attendees who voted for them have already had a tacit understanding. They exchanged glances and each other felt at ease. As for the next exchange of interests,

That's what happened after the meeting.

"Now that the Advisory Bureau has been established, there must be corresponding systems. I have drawn up some and can hand them over to the members for discussion. This is the next work. Before the work is officially carried out, I can give you two brief notices.

I will take a month's family leave to go home and deal with the corresponding matters, so that I can devote myself wholeheartedly to the work of serving the country and the people."

It will take time to renovate the office space of the Advisory Bureau, and Chen Kai also plans to use their provincial relatives to promote this system for free in Guangdong Province. However, these newly elected congressmen expressed that the national affairs are as urgent as sparks.

There was no time to waste. As for the holiday to visit relatives, they unanimously agreed that they could directly waive it. Of course, Chen Kai still had to thank him for his kindness.

"They don't have enough confidence yet, so they still have to look at my face."

There were longing eyes below. Chen Kai pretended to think, and then nodded, indicating that it was the will of public opinion, so he would not be able to hinder the loyalty and patriotism of the members. The vacation was exempted, and the meeting to discuss the system was about to begin.

Proceed. But before starting, Chen Kai had an issue related to the fate of the country and the well-being of the people that needed to be discussed and voted on by the parliamentarians.

"The Tatars broke through the customs and moved southward, pushing the king's army into the southwestern provinces in two or three years. However, on the southeast coast, the king's army fought a long-term struggle with the Tatars with its navy, and even today it has recovered a large area of ​​lost territory. This book

Officials believed that the Ming Dynasty was able to achieve such a brilliant record because it was the orthodoxy of China, and the people's aspirations were one of the reasons; the generals and soldiers' dedication to their lives, and the civil servants' painstaking planning were the second reason; but the more important thing was the blessing of the Concubine, not to mention the distant one.

, Guangdong was restored in the eighth year of Yongli. If the Imperial Concubine had not protected the army from arriving as scheduled, the king's army would have been defeated one by one by the captive armies. This cannot be ignored. "

After the previous preparations were over, Chen Kaidang came up with his proposal: "Therefore, I believe that when I become the Emperor of Shu, I canonize the Heavenly Concubine as the Queen of Heaven in order to commend her for her kindness in protecting the king and the people along the coast."
Chapter completed!