1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 94: Candidate for Governor

Faced with the so-called "persuasion" of these Chinese representatives, Liang Yao felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Dr. Robinson has received a good education and has a noble character. I think Dr. Robinson is more suitable to be the governor of California. If Dr. Robinson is willing to run for governor, I will fully support Dr. Robinson."

Liang Yao said the most suitable candidate for governor in his mind.

He chose to support Robinson's campaign for the first governor of California for many reasons.

First, Robinson's prestige in California is second only to him. He is deeply popular and can easily get votes from any immigrants of different races except Chinese immigrants.

And who the Chinese immigrants vote for is just a matter of Liang Yao's words, and the operation is very simple.

Second, Liang Yao wants to develop California. The next four years will be the four years when the American economy will bottom out and take off. It is very critical for both California and him personally. The first governor must not be a fool.

Third, Robinson has a pure character and is a good old man without much ambition. Liang Yao has the ability to control Robinson.

What if Robinson is not under control?

Liang Yao also considered this issue. Even if Robinson was out of his control, he would have a way to clean up the mess.

Each state in the United States can be understood as a miniature version of the United States.

The governor is the "little president" of this miniature version of the United States. He has great power, but is checked by the parliament. His power is not great enough to be a dictatorship. Liang Yao only needs to manipulate the state legislature a little to get Robinson out of office.

What's more, he himself is going to run for election and serve as deputy governor, and the governor has no power to appoint and dismiss the deputy governor.

The president and vice president of the United States are running partners, but the governor and deputy governor are not necessarily running partners, they may also be political opponents.

Because the election time of the governor and deputy governor of many states is staggered, it is often the case that the governor and deputy governor are political enemies of the hostile party.

Of course, this seemingly perfect check and balance of power also has flaws.

As long as the governor can control the state legislature, theoretically there is the possibility of dictatorship.

What about in reality? In fact, there are already very good examples.

In order to solve the problem of black people in the country, the United States made a very immoral attempt to transport local black slaves to Liberia in West Africa, creating a model American student, and even the national flag was copied from the United States.

This country is known as the Little America in Africa and the Little Overlord of West Africa. Its political system is copied from the United States, and even the blacks are "high-quality" blacks transported back from the United States.

These "high-quality" blacks, that is, American blacks, were also very competitive after arriving in Liberia. They directly became colonists and colonized the local black natives, becoming the superior people and getting along with the local natives.

And the presidents elected by American blacks are all dictators, who have carried out a long-term bloody rule over this land in war.

Not only Liberia, there are many Asian, African and Latin American countries that have copied the American system without a good social foundation.

There are almost no absolute oligarchs in the eastern states of the United States. There is a relatively mature two-party system. The gentry and wealthy businessmen can check and balance each other under this system of separation of powers. It can also be said that they have reached a certain tacit understanding and abide by the rules of this political game, cutting off the soil for dictatorship in each state.

In California, Liang Yao is currently an absolute oligarch, and it is not impossible for him to be a dictator.

But in peacetime America, openly engaging in dictatorship in a state is tantamount to seeking death. Liang Yao is not stupid enough to this extent.

"I run for governor?" Getting involved in politics is not in Robinson's life plan. He quickly waved his hand to refuse and explained the reason.

"I'm just a doctor. I don't have any experience in politics and I can't take on this responsibility."

The smart and tactful Stanford guessed Liang Yao's thoughts and said to Robinson: "Dr. Robinson, you have a noble character, and your contributions to California are obvious to all. I believe California will get better and better under your and Mr. Liang's governance."

"Dr. Robinson, Stanford is right. We all know that you hope California will get better in the future. Now is a good opportunity. Being a politician can do more for California than a doctor." Liang Yao persuaded.

"If you are willing to run for governor, I will also run for deputy governor to assist you."

Liang Yao has no doubt about Robinson's ability to govern.

In another time and space, Robinson was the governor of California, but not the first term. Later, Robinson also served as the governor of Kansas and had a good reputation. This is enough to prove that his ability to govern is not only qualified, but even excellent.

After Liang Yao spoke, everyone cast an earnest look at Robinson.

Robinson felt a little embarrassed under the gaze of the crowd. He scratched his head and said, "I'll go back and think about it."

"Give everyone an answer as soon as possible, Dr. Robinson. Everyone is optimistic about you." Liang Yao stepped forward and patted Robinson on the shoulder.

Ge Wen had not arrived in California so soon, so he was willing to give Robinson some time.

After the meeting, Liang Yao hosted a banquet for these representatives in Tingtao Garden to celebrate the upcoming establishment of California as a state.

However, Liang Yao was not as happy as these representatives.

Recently, bandits led by Brandon have frequently harassed Sacramento, specifically picking small gold mining companies to rob, causing panic among the people of Sacramento.

Whether it is for the purpose of revenge or to maintain the security and stability of California, this scourge must be eliminated.

And it must be eradicated completely.

Since the fall of the Brannan family, Brandon has been quiet for a long time.

Liang Yao analyzed the time of Brandon's activities, and the time point basically coincided with the time when John entered the Sacramento area.

Therefore, he boldly judged that Brandon must have colluded with the New York consortium to dare to be so bold.

The intelligence sent to him by James, a gold miner under John, also confirmed this.

However, he has not yet figured out the specific number of people in Brandon's bandit group. There are rumors that there are more than 200 people, and there are some more exaggerated rumors that there are more than 300 people.

The intelligence James sent him is more than 100 people, which is relatively reliable.

Brandon lived on plundering and did not produce anything. It was impossible for him to support a team of two or three hundred people. Supporting a team of more than one hundred people was already the limit.

The Indian chiefs of the Pomo, Maidu, and even the Yurok and Hoopa tribes further north, near the border between California and Oregon, could not bear Brandon's harassment and asked Liang Yao to help them deal with Brandon several times.

Liang Yao also provided them with some outdated firearms, but these Indian tribes still couldn't do anything with Brandon.

After all, Brandon was a professional officer who had attended military school, served in the military, and participated in wars. Moreover, the core backbone of the bandits under Brandon's command was deserters, not a complete mob.

With the military level of the Indians, it was indeed difficult to deal with Brandon.

Brandon was a very cunning guy. Since he was hit hard in Sacramento, he had been hiding from Liang Yao's armed forces.

He even didn't provoke the gold mining companies and organizations with slightly stronger armed forces, such as the Boston Company and the Old Miners Organization, and only picked soft persimmons, causing complaints from small gold mining companies and groups.

If the resistance of small gold mining companies and groups is a little more tenacious, Brandon will quickly give up and quickly escape into the mountains and forests.

Liang Yao was also troubled by this guerrilla-like fighting style.

What he wanted was not only to repel Brandon's gang of bandits, but to annihilate them and solve the problem once and for all.

Besides, he is now a sheriff, and it is his responsibility and obligation to suppress bandits and maintain local public security.

As for keeping the enemy and protecting oneself, the Indian tribe is enough.

After the banquet, Liang Yao left Sartre and went to the study with Sartre to discuss the elimination of Brandon.

Deng Yan and two British instructors had been waiting in his study.

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