Chapter 501 Big loss

Chapter 501 Big loss

Chapter 501 Big loss
Principal Garfield also served in the army and rose to the rank of major general during the Civil War. He was a loyal supporter of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson.

He was also very knowledgeable and had developed a simple proof of the Pythagorean theorem. He was a qualified mathematician.

Now that the war was over, he became a university president and plunged into the ivory tower, with no intention of entering politics.

The world is so wonderful. Someone who doesn't like being an official actually became the president of the United States.

Historically, he had ambitions and did become president, but that was because his opponents were too cowardly.

But the situation at this time and space was completely different. Because of the European war, Hayes' reputation increased greatly, and he had financial capital as a backing. Normally, Garfield would have no chance at all, and he even gave up.

Garfield in the ivory tower never received free newspapers from the Finney Society, because those newspapers were specifically distributed to poor people.

So he didn't know what kind of changes in mentality the common people of the federation had experienced in the two months that passed so quickly in the ivory tower.

The reputation of financial businessmen who lent money at high interest rates became extremely bad in these two months. Hayes was called a "running dog of financial businessmen" by the people and was unanimously scolded by the people.

Not to mention that the Irish controlled by the Fenian Society and the Chinese controlled by the Hongmen accounted for 20% of the total votes, even the largest number of redneck white men vowed never to vote for Hayes.

We don't know who Garfield is, but we know Hayes. Anyway, as long as we don't vote for him, no one can let Hayes continue to be president.

$20 a vote over there? Fuck you. I took my $20, voted for Hayes, and then Hayes gave half of my earnings to the loan sharks, right?

Mark Twain made it so clear: anyone who voted for Hayes was a fool.

So Garfield felt that he didn't give any speeches or go out to canvass for votes, but the votes just came to him.

His reputation is zero, but Hayes's reputation is now negative.

The common people of the Federation were all armed, and after comparing their accounts with those of the common people of Daxia, many people who felt that they had suffered a great loss took the initiative to become voluntary vote counters. They did not count the votes themselves, but went to the places where the vote counters worked to supervise them.

How did President Johnson go down? Everyone knew that Hayes could not be allowed to sneak through the border again.

The officials who were counting the votes were under tremendous psychological pressure, fearing that their hands would tremble and they would make mistakes in the count, and they would be attacked by the people for no reason and would have no place to seek justice.

This time no one dared to accept money for cheating. The leaders of the society had money but couldn’t spend it. They suddenly realized that money was not omnipotent.

Thus, the most bizarre phenomenon in history occurred. Garfield, who accompanied the prince to study, was elected with an absolute advantage and ruled the country.

Someone who used to be a major general and is now a university president can manage a college, and in theory there is no problem in expanding it to manage a country.

In fact, Garfield had almost no experience in politics. Being the boss and coordinating the interests of all parties has something in common with studying science and organizing teaching in an ivory tower, but it is much dirtier.

Garfield was quite unaware of himself in this regard. He thought I was quite knowledgeable and should have no problem being president.

"Isn't there still more than three months before the inauguration? I'll study what other presidents did and learn from President Lincoln and President Johnson. I think I'll be about right."

"I can't promise to do a better job than my two idols, but I promise to follow my conscience and dedicate everything to the people of the Federation."

Dickens became even more worried. "You might as well learn to bark like a dog when you give a speech. You have to keep your conscience and learn from Lincoln and Johnson. What happened to them? I think you are going to be a mysterious president."

Garfield puffed out his chest and said, "I was a soldier too. I swore to sacrifice my life for the Union. I am not afraid of anything. No matter what, I will not give up my conscience."

Twenty minutes later, Hailing.

Former President Johnson was awakened by the ringing of the phone while sleeping in the middle of the night. He picked up the phone in a daze and heard a voice in English that he had not heard for a long time. The voice was very familiar. It was from an old colleague who worked under Lincoln in the past. He came from the other side of the ocean.

"Andrew, I have good news for you. I am going to be the president. But I want to ask you something. How do I do that?"

Johnson was confused for a long time, then suddenly jumped out of bed, tears suddenly coming down.

Merciful Jesus Christ, God will not destroy the federation, and the people of the federation are saved.

On March 1881, 3, Garfield placed his hand on the Bible and swore an oath to take office as the leader of the federation, with a look of confidence and determination on his face.

The first thing he did after taking office was to follow the repeated instructions of his old friend Johnson and set up an absolutely loyal Red-haired Guard composed of Irish people. He also equipped himself with a Maybach car made entirely by hand in Daxia and with the same multi-layer bulletproof glass as Shao Quanzhong.

During these three months, he rejected several solicitations and gifts from the society, with the price tags getting higher each time, followed by threats and intimidation.

But this gentle scholar had also served as a major general. Like Johnson, who came from a rough family, he was a man willing to sacrifice himself for his ideals and beliefs. Moreover, he was also a super fan of President Lincoln.

On his first day at work, Garfield announced the establishment of a new department, the "Planning and Investment Department", chaired by Rockefeller, an outstanding federal entrepreneur and representative of the American Dream. Then, he abolished more than 70 bizarre executive orders issued by Hayes that favored financial capital.

Didn't Garfield understand the rules of the game? He didn't understand them at first, but after studying them for three months, he finally understood them. As the boss, he still had a lot of power.

He was not fighting alone. President Lincoln and President Johnson still left behind some righteous people, but their number was small and they could not cause any waves. But with Rockefeller, it was different.

This oil tycoon, whose company owns half of Daxia's shares, has been ostracized by the society ever since the brothers Alfonso and Gustav formed an alliance with Morgan, and he is very angry.

Garfield announced that he would learn from the "Daxia experience" and restore good relations with Daxia, and immediately received Rockefeller's support. After Rockefeller took office, before he made any investment plans, he first announced that he would sponsor the baseball team of Federal Middle School to go to Daxia for a friendly match, and then sponsor tennis players to go to Daxia to participate in the "Jiangyan Tennis Open".

Daxia responded immediately and said it would send people to participate in the "North American Tennis Open".

The next day, Garfield signed an executive order to increase the number of government-run infrastructure projects, with the Ministry of Planning and Investment responsible for distributing the benefits.

At the same time, Carnegie Steel Company was given great privileges, allowing it to merge with other federal steel companies and undertake government projects.

The Carnegie brothers joined Garfield's camp without hesitation.

Congress immediately vetoed Garfield's order, but Garfield remained calm and refused to sign the veto. Then Congress was embarrassed because it could not muster the two-thirds votes to oppose the veto.

The steel tycoons and the oil tycoons are not there to sit there and do nothing; they also have representatives in parliament. Financial capital may be in the majority, but it cannot cover everything with one hand.

So the order was passed and executed. In the first round, Garfield won.

Garfield continued to work hard and build larger infrastructure. The Congress said that there was no budget, and that the capital would not lend money to you because you had spent all the money left by Hayes.

The financial power of the parliament had a hold on Garfield's lifeline. If you don't have money, the investment department is just an empty shell and useless. In the second round, Garfield suffered a minor setback.

On the third day, the federal government discovered a warehouse in Los Angeles that smuggled $7 million worth of Daxia goods in a year. Seven people were arrested and one is still at large.

Garfield took the opportunity to pardon smugglers and announced the cancellation of tariffs increased during Hayes' tenure.

Daxia responded immediately and cancelled the retaliatory tariffs.

Under Garfield's leadership, the Federation made a firm 180-degree turn. Garfield held a press conference and announced that he would continue Johnson's policy, be friendly with Daxia, and jointly build a harmonious world order.

Of course, there are winners and losers in the game, and Garfield quarreled with Congress every day without fear.

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At Hailing Port, two luxury cruise ships, Aida Modu and Aida Huacheng, which had been in operation for just two years by Daxia, slowly docked at the port. Nearly three thousand people walked out of the cabins that were designed to carry more than a thousand passengers.

Due to the overcrowding, the passengers were in a mess, but there was light and hope in each of their eyes.

Evan still had professional ethics and did not take the one million taels of silver for nothing. He assigned 1,200 high-level talents from the same clan to Shao Quanzhong, plus nearly 3,000 family members, and sent them all to Hailing.

In theory, these slaves were hired by the Evan Soap Company at a low price, and then sent on business trips, with no word on when they would return.

Of course, Evan's professional ethics was obviously guaranteed by Shao Quanzhong's military force. As an old friend of Shao Quanzhong, Evan knew very well what the Huai Army Intelligence Department was.

Twelve hundred senior talents brought their families to Hailing Stadium, which had enough space and had hosted several foreign matchmaking events involving tens of thousands of people. It was more than enough to accommodate these three thousand people.

Everyone who got off the ship was given a self-introduction form issued by Evan, where they underwent a joint assessment and verification by experts from Xiaoxiangya, Hailing University, Hailing Arsenal, and Haoguozi Military-Industrial Complex.

Shao Quanzhong went over to watch and inspect, walking around with his hands behind his back without saying a word.

Well, there are quite a few university professors and lecturers, but none of them are particularly outstanding, but their level is sufficient.

In fact, at this time, among Evan's fellow tribesmen in Germany, there were only two best scientists, both of whom were already in Xiaoxiang Cliff.

One is Hertz and the other is Zhang Siwen’s relative.

Economists are also scientists, absolutely no problem.

Shao Quanzhong was a little disappointed, but several hundred professors and lecturers are already very impressive. The number is large and they can be sent to universities across the country to teach, greatly increasing the teaching strength.

If you are really buried by the joint assessment team, the experimental equipment and research conditions in universities across the country are not bad. If you have something outstanding, you will still be able to stand out.

The rest are technical personnel, including engineers and senior technicians, and they will be assigned positions according to their skills.

Shao Quanzhong casually took a look at the list and found no familiar name.

Speaking of technical personnel, military workers like the Mauser brothers don't count. Among other categories, Shao Quanzhong only knows one Edison. He is doing very well in the federal government and will never come. He doesn't know the rest.

Well, Julius Oppenheimer, textile expert, not interested, not acquainted.

Hermann Einstein, an electronics expert, originally opened a factory that made generators and arc lamps, and also produced measuring instruments for power supply and lighting systems, which were of some use to Daxia Electric Power.

However, both experts have families with them, including wives and children.

I spent one thousand taels each to buy two second-rate experts, and they also brought several burdens with them, all of which needed Daxia to take care of. It was a big loss, a huge loss.

(End of this chapter)