A few minutes later, Chida Yu finished his suggestion. Lei Luo thought for a moment and quickly made up his mind. He waved to Shikaku who was not far in front of him, and after he came closer, he whispered some instructions.
Then, Lu Jiuning nodded and called several Konoha ninjas who were maintaining order inside the hall. They left in a hurry, and Lei Luo raised his head again at this time and said loudly:
"Everyone! I know what you are worried about now, so after a while, someone will distribute the ballots. You only need to write the names of the congressmen you support on them, and that's it!"
"That is to say, this vote is anonymous!"
After the words fell, although the people of the Country of Fire did not show much reaction, through careful observation, Lei Luo could still find that many people breathed a sigh of relief, and their eyes flashed with anticipation again.
Obviously, compared to some European countries in previous lives, the Fire Nation, which has not experienced the Renaissance or the revolution at the bottom, the people's thinking is undoubtedly extremely conservative. In this situation, they are too timid to exercise their own power.
deserved power.
Lei Luo felt that there might be a sense of inferiority left over from the feudal tradition, or there might be a fear of offending big shots. Their behavior at the moment was exactly the same as the hand fights in Konoha Village.
In short, they are just being cautious and protecting themselves. They don't believe that the top officials of the country will decentralize power, and they don't believe that the senior officials of the Daimyo Hokage will take them so seriously. They are even embarrassed to clearly show their political stance in front of everyone.
After a few minutes, Shikaku ran in from outside the Congress Hall, followed by several Konoha ninjas carrying large baskets filled with blank papers.
Under Lei Luo's gesture, the ninjas distributed all the blank papers and pens without any hesitation, and soon everyone in the Congress Hall had a set of pens and papers.
Today, except for the ninjas who maintain order, a few bureaucrats and businessmen, most of the people who can enter the halls of Congress are law-abiding civilians in the capital. From the perspective of the country as a whole, they are very representative.
Generally speaking, this election was relatively fair. At least Lei Luo had not negotiated with the parliamentarians about the arrangement of the cabinet prime minister. This group of powerful bureaucrats and capitalists simply did not have time to use their methods.
In other words, who can become the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, who can control the administrative power of the country, and who can get the full support of Konoha and Tarello in the future depends on who can successfully win the hearts and minds of the people in this election.
Considering that many civilians present were illiterate, Lei Luo arranged for manpower and distributed a bunch of number plates to hang on the chests of the congressmen, with extremely simple numbers such as one, two, and three written on them, trying not to cause any mistakes.
In this way, the vigorous election campaign for cabinet prime minister began. After the MPs finished their speeches, the common people below began to write numbers on the ballot papers and cast their votes for their favorite candidate for prime minister.
During this process, in order to prevent unexpected situations, the Hyuga ninjas opened their Byakugan, and the Uchiha ninjas opened their Sharingan, which could be said to be monitoring everyone present without any blind spots. Anyone who tried to play tricks would be asking for death.
The scene fell silent for a while, leaving only the faint friction sound of the pen tip crossing the paper. It was not until ten minutes passed that the sound gradually stopped.
Immediately afterwards, the ninjas stepped forward to collect the votes and invited several people from different walks of life to start checking the votes. While ensuring that all processes were fair and transparent, they began to count the support rates of each member of Congress.
When the results were finally announced, a three-character name immediately caught Lei Luo's eyes, causing him to subconsciously turn his attention to the group of bureaucratic congressmen, focusing on a middle-aged man with simple clothes and an ordinary face.
"Kageyama Mamoru, you received seventy-five votes, ranking first. Congratulations on becoming the Prime Minister."
After announcing the results loudly, Lei Luo put down the roster statistics in his hand, stepped out of his chair, and walked slowly to the middle-aged man who seemed to be calm. After a brief look, he remembered that he had attended the court meeting a week ago.
I had a chance encounter with this person.
At that time, he seemed to have asked himself a question.
How did you answer it?
While thinking about what happened that day, Lei Luo stretched out his arm and waited for Kageyama Mamoru to react. Under the envious or jealous eyes of a group of parliamentarians around him, and with hundreds of expectant eyes gathered from the front, back, left, and right, the two sides shook hands vigorously.
Shake hands.
This was accompanied by a roar of celebration from the entire audience.
The fourteen elected members include the most powerful and prestigious group of people in this country, but when it comes to strength, these fourteen people are obviously divided into three levels.
As for the unknown person, the former head of the Fire Nation's military force organization, because the generals did not obey orders, he actually did not have much real power. He could only be regarded as the lowest rank among the 369th rank, Kageyama Shou...
However, he was able to fight his way through the purest public opinion campaign and obtain the power of Prime Minister with an overwhelming vote that was almost twice as high as the second place. This person truly demonstrated what the people of the Fire Nation meant.
direction.
There is no reasonless hatred or love in this world. The eyes of the people are not blind, and the minds of the people are not stupid. The reason why they chose Kageyama Shou proves that this person must have an extraordinary side.
Regardless of what Kageyama Mamoru did in the past, Lei Luo said that he was relieved to cooperate with such a person, because it meant that Kageyama Mamoru was indeed a good official who truly considered the people.
A good official is naturally the kind of person who has ideals and beliefs and can contribute to the group regardless of personal interests. In this era of change, Lei Luo only hopes that there will be as many such people as possible.
Only in this way can the country become stronger.
In the eyes of Lei Luo, who regards the Country of Fire as his own asset, whoever can do the job of the great steward of the Country of Fire well, and whoever can stabilize the people's hearts, is qualified to be Lei Luo's partner and get Konoha's absolute support.
Support by force.
Kageyama Mamoru, even if his strength cannot be compared with any of the council members, and the daimyo may not know him, but from today on, he is the de facto ruler of the Fire Country.
Just because he represents Lei Luo's will.
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The first Congress came to a successful conclusion. Lei Luo saw that all his plans were successfully passed through national bills, and he saw the absolute power derived from the absolute force at his disposal.
Members saw their own legislative power and the right to be elected.
The cabinet formed with Mamoru Kageyama as the core saw that it had administrative power of its own, and the people saw that an official they trusted became the prime minister of the country, and they gradually believed in the electoral rights in their hands.
In this series of changes in the capital that you and I are all about, many people have benefited, such as some officials, some capitalists, and ordinary civilians. There are also many people who have suffered, such as die-hard loyalists of the original daimyo and aristocrats of the old society.