On this day 107 years ago, on September 4, 1918 (July 29, 1918 lunar calendar), Xu Shichang was elected president. Xu Shichang On September 4, 1918, the presidential election was officially held in the House of Representatives of Xiangfangqiao, Beijing. On that day, in the area of Flannel Hutong and Xuanwumen Street, the military and police were heavily guarded, and residents' shops were ordered to hang the national flag. The head of the House of Representatives was decorated with a tree with five yellow characters "Presidential Election Conference" inlaid in it. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Wang Yitang, served as the chairperson of the conference. There were 131 senators and 305 members of the House of Representatives, exceeding the quorum required by the "Presidential Election Law" to be attended by more than two-thirds of the total number of electors. As a result of the voting, Xu Shichang received 425 votes and was elected the second president of After the meeting, Xu Shuzheng telegraphed the provincial governors and said: Today's election, the weather is fine, the people are quiet, the venue is orderly and graceful, the voting is cleaned up, outsiders are visitors, and they praise in unison. It is rare in history to say that there is neither force nor money relations. Previously, Xu Shichang had not officially expressed his willingness to become president. On the 1st, Senate Speaker Liang Shiyi and House Speaker Wang Yitang went to Xu Zhai, four or five alleys east to persuade. Xu Shichang said: "Why do you bother to push my decadent person to the stage?" King Liang said: "No one can solve the current situation except you." Xu said: "You take the country as the premise and blame me for righteousness, and I can't either. But all the lords chose me in the hope that I would handle all the events well. I am not sure whether I will handle it well after I leave the mountain. "On September 3, the Anfu Club held a presidential pre-election meeting in the Taiping Lake branch. There were 384 attendees and a total of 383 votes (one abstained), and Xu Shichang was unanimously elected president. Xu Shichang Xu Shichang (1855-1939), the word Bu Wang, was a chrysanthemum. A native of Tianjin County, Zhili. In his early years, he went to Henan with his father as a school teacher, because he was able to make an appointment with Yuan Shikai. With Yuan's support, Xu went to Beijing to take the exam and was promoted to the 12th year of Guangxu (1886), where he was appointed to the Hanlin Academy for editing. When Yuan Shikai was training at the small station, Xu was appointed as the chief copywriter, and later he was promoted step by step to become the first chief of the patrol department and the first governor of the three After the death of Empress Dowager Xi, Yuan was ordered to raise his illness and returned to Huan Shang in seclusion. Although Xu was the party of Yuan, he was still a popular official of the Han people in the Xuantong era. Yuan Shikai made a comeback in the year of Xinhai, and Xu was also the one who ran the most from it. Before Yuan Hongxian became emperor, Xu was summoned from Qingdao to Beijing as secretary of state. After Yuan Hongxian became emperor, Xu retreated to Shuizhu Village, Huixian County, Henan Province, due to the unpredictability of the situation. In March 1916, Yuan was forced to abolish the imperial system and restore the name of the Republic of China, and Xu was appointed secretary of state. Xu did his best for Yuan in both public and private aspects. After his request to ask Yuan to protect the country's army for a truce was rejected, Xu only took office for one month and recommended Duan Qirui to succeed him. After Yuan Shikai's death, Li The two soon had a court dispute. Xu arrived in Beijing as a Beiyang veteran. He first mediated the power struggle between Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui, and then mediated the conflict between Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, the leader of the direct warlords. In 1918, on the occasion of the election of the second president of the Republic of China, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang were at loggerheads, and Xu Shichang, who had always been courting on both sides, became the "ideal candidate". On September 4, the presidential election was officially held in the House of Representatives of Xiangfang Bridge in Beijing. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Wang Yitang, served as the chairperson of the conference. There were 131 senators and 305 members of the House of Representatives, exceeding the quorum required by the "Presidential Election Law" to be attended by more than two-thirds of the total number of electors. As a result of the voting, Xu Shichang received 425 The first presidential handover ceremony in the history of the Republic of China was held on the morning of October 10, 1918. Xu Shichang entered the government house (Zhongnanhai) by car, and the ceremonial officer guided Xu to the stage of Huairen Hall. At 9 o'clock, the interim president Feng Guozhang went from Juren Hall to Huairen Hall and bowed three times to the national flag with Xu Tong. After the ceremony, Feng Dongxiang gave a tribute, and Xu Xixiang gave a reply. After the words were completed, the ceremonial officer sent Feng back to Juren Hall, and Feng immediately moved out of the government house. At 10 o'clock, Xu went south to Juren Hall and read the oath to the speaker and members. After the words turned north, he bowed three times to the national flag with the speaker and members. After the ceremony, the speaker turned east, and the cabinet members and civil and military officials turned west. Xu Li read the inaugural declaration at the stage. After reading, each row bowed three times to celebrate and completed the ceremony. Xu Shichang is mediocre but "the most capable official"