112 years ago today, on October 6, 1913 (September 7, 1913 in the lunar calendar), the presidential election conference awarded Li Yuanhong a certificate. Certificate awarded to Li Yuanhong by the presidential election meeting On October 6, 1913, the National Assembly held a presidential election meeting with Wang Jiaxiang as the chairman. Yuan Shikai ordered the Beijing Police Department and the Gongwei Army to jointly send military police to "defend" the National Assembly. In addition, more than a thousand plainclothes military police, calling themselves "citizen groups", surrounded the Congress, and all those who entered the venue were allowed to enter but not to leave. According to the Presidential Election Law, candidates must obtain an absolute majority of three-quarters of the votes to be elected. In the first round of voting, Yuan Shikai got 471 votes, 99 votes short. In the second round of voting, Yuan Shikai got 497 votes, 63 votes short of being elected. It was after noon, and the members asked to go home for dinner. The "Citizens' Group" held the front and back doors and shouted loudly, "If we don't elect our favorite president today, we can't be discharged from the hospital!" Seeing that although the citizens' group was wearing plain clothes, military trousers, leather boots and short guns were impressively visible. Knowing that the situation was serious, Yuan was elected with 507 votes in the third round of runoff elections for Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong. The "Citizens' Group" completed its task and "began to shout long live the president, and return with a brigade". It was 9 o'clock in the evening. Members of Parliament were hungry and hurried home. The next day, Congress elects the vice president. Li Yuanhong was elected with 610 votes. After Yuan Shikai was elected, newspapers in Shanghai, Tianjin and other places expressed dissatisfaction with the election situation. The State Council immediately telegraphed all provinces and said, "There is no military or police interference in this election. If you dare to fabricate rumors, hell to pay."