Liu Mingxing visited veterans of agriculture, industry and other industries one by one, constantly clarifying his governance philosophy.
Huang Danmo is more down-to-earth, and he sent New Year gifts to the elders, including precious fruits from the tropics, rare animals and even rice that is said to be watered only by mountain springs.
As for Zhang Feifei, he roped in Fang Xiaoyue and took the lead in visiting Sun Xuebin, saying that during his time in power, he would increase investment in the armed forces, advance the Suyishi Canal strategy as soon as possible, formulate the Ouzhou plan, etc.
On the contrary, Sun Xuebin did nothing during these three days. He just squatted at home and gathered with his family to enjoy the rare Spring Festival.
In the second round of voting three days later, Zhang Feifei suddenly emerged and received 61% of the total votes!
I have to say that compared to several other candidates, Zhang Feifei’s advantages are very obvious.
As the foundation of Xinghai Kingdom, industry is undoubtedly extremely important.
Based on this tendency, Zhang Feifei obtained the votes of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Military Affairs, which exceeded 400 votes. He also got some votes from the Ministry of Agricultural Affairs and some votes from overseas consulates, and he was all set.
Liu Mingxing, who received only 18.1% of the votes, was elected as the second consul.
As the election of the chief executive comes to an end, the election of corresponding committee members has also been put on the table.
However, compared to the chief executive, the election of various affairs committee members is easier.
After all, many committee members have worked for so long and are familiar with their jobs.
It is actually more difficult for other senators to compete than for the chief consul. After all, for this kind of affairs officials, everyone is more willing to trust veterans who have already done their job.
Under such circumstances, many elders will not choose committee members of some important departments to run for election, but choose some minor departments.
For example, for positions such as the Military Affairs Commissioner and the Foreign Affairs Commissioner, there are no senators running for election.
Well, the elders running for election are mainly concentrated in positions such as Industrial Affairs Commissioner and National Development Affairs Commissioner who automatically resigned after being elected as Chief Consul or Second Consul.
Of course, there are still many candidates for positions such as Taxation Commissioner and Home Affairs Commissioner.
Well, after all, even if you are not elected to a full-time position, if you are lucky, it would be good to be elected as a deputy affairs committee member.
Since Ma Tianfu, the most bullish person in the Ministry of Industrial Affairs, has been elected as the chief elder, the campaign for the position of Industrial Affairs Commissioner is almost as popular as that of the chief executive.
After a fierce competition, former deputy national development affairs committee member Huang Bingcheng was elected as industrial affairs committee member.
Former Second Chief Executive Li Pengfei was elected as National Development Committee Member.
This is a somewhat surprising episode in the campaign.
As for other positions, there are not many changes. A certain veteran Yu Wenfeng was elected as the Judicial Affairs Committee member, etc.
With the Chief Elder, Chief Consul, and major affairs committees in place, the top level of the Star Sea Kingdom has begun to operate again.
Compared to before, the term of office of the chief elder, chief executive and major affairs committee members has also been changed from two years to five years.
After all, this will make national policies more stable.
But on the contrary, re-election is not allowed, and even if you run for another term, the total term must not exceed ten years.
No way, Zheng Xiangdong had been the chief consul for six or seven consecutive years, which really made many elders dissatisfied, so this regulation was finally introduced.
After all, there are more than a thousand senators, and everyone wants to have a taste of what it's like to be the chief consul. If you have to work alone for ten years, they won't have a chance until they die.
In the new year, Zhang Feifei, as chief executive, formulated a plan to vigorously develop fuel machinery and keep pace with steam machinery.
The reason is very simple, fuel-fired machinery is definitely better than steam machinery.
However, with the current intensity of oil extraction in Xinghai Country, it is impossible to comprehensively develop fuel-fired machinery. Besides, with so much coal, it is impossible to stop production directly.
Hence, it has become a consensus to use fuel machinery in cutting-edge industries and steam machinery in secondary industries.
And this also solves the problem of lack of fuel reserves in many overseas territories.
There is no oil-fired machinery, so it is the same with steam machinery.
In addition, Zhang Feifei also fulfilled his promise to Sun Xuebin and formulated a set of plans to vigorously develop the armed forces.
Well, in this aspect, Zhang Feifei is really much better than Zheng Xiangdong.
The plan drawn up by Zhang Feifei made more references to some military systems of later generations.
For example, a first line and a second line are divided, and three different armed forces are prepared.
The existing army divisions, naval fleets, etc. are front-line forces. Their main task is to expand the power of the Star Sea Kingdom and defend the enemy beyond the national borders.
In addition to the existing army divisions and naval fleets, the Ministry of Military Affairs will establish corresponding garrison forces in various cities and overseas territories. These garrison forces are the second-line troops, and their main task is to protect the military forces of various cities and overseas territories.
Safety.
Finally, various factories, mines, farms, and even townships and other units will establish reserve forces. These reserve forces are organized in units of factories, mines, farms, and even townships. They conduct training for no less than three months every year and are responsible for flood rescue and fire-fighting.
Local security patrols and other tasks.
After such a division, the front-line troops will no longer be responsible for the defense work within the territory, and all the defense work within the territory will be handed over to the garrison troops, that is, the second-line troops.
The front-line troops become purely offensive troops.
This undoubtedly greatly liberates the combat effectiveness and mobility of front-line troops.
In addition, the existence of reserve forces also greatly reduces the burden of recruiting troops.
Because work such as recruit training can be directly handed over to the reserve forces.
If the front-line troops are short of men or expanded, they can be directly drawn from the garrison. If the garrison is short of men or expanded, they can be drawn from the reserve forces.
This has invisibly expanded the armed forces of Xinghai State, but reduced the expenditure of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
After discussions and negotiations between Zhang Feifei and the Ministry of Military Affairs, the army's front-line troops were organized into three corps and ten divisions, with a total of 108,000 troops.
The navy's first-line force establishment is set at five fleets, including various naval bases, with a total of 38,000 people. Compared with the previous one, the additional fleet is a mobile fleet, which is mobilized throughout the region. In the future, it may be mainly deployed in Oujiang.
Zhou or Meizhou.
That is to say, the first-line army and navy forces have a total strength of 146,000.
Compared to the current population of Xinghai Kingdom, which is about 7.3 million, this is a more appropriate number.