102 years ago today, October 10, 1923 (September 1, 1923, the lunar calendar), Cao Kun became the president who was bought with huge sums of money. On October 10, 1923, Cao Kun, who was uneasy, rushed back to Beijing from Baoding to take office as president. In early June, after direct warlords violently expelled President Li Yuanhong, according to the Constitution, the president must be elected by the National Assembly. However, Congress is not yet controlled by Cao Kun. As a result, immediate officials used citizens 'groups and military police to dissuade members from leaving, preparing to implement forced elections when the National Assembly held a constitutional session on June 19. As a result, members were wary and refused to attend the meeting, forcing the election to fail. There was no hope of a legal election, leaving only one way to bribe the election. On June 23, Cao Kun secretly established the Election Preparatory Office, which consisted of Finance, Communication, Diplomacy, Documentation and other units. It is stipulated that one vote for Cao Kun will cost 5000 yuan, and will be paid one day after the president is elected. For those who contribute a lot, a special ticket will be paid. On August 24, Wu Jinglian used the name of the National Assembly and used the name of reserve funds to illegally resolve: (1) When the two houses hold regular meetings every week, all members present will pay 100 yuan from the reserve funds of the National Assembly. (2) An attendance card will be issued at each meeting and an attendance fee will be received. Each member of parliament can receive a monthly attendance fee of 400 yuan and pay bribes based on their status and role in the general election. Wang Jiaxiang and his party received bribes of 160,000 silver yuan, and Wang Jiaxiang was re-elected as President of the Senate; Wu Jinglian, Speaker of the House of Representatives, single-handedly arranged the bribery election and received bribes of 400,000 yuan; secretly paid up to 200,000 yuan to leaders of various political groups; leaders of provincial members and political groups each received special remuneration ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 yuan; The cheque for $5000 for ordinary members was cashed after Cao Kun was elected. In order to form a quorum for the general election, it was temporarily decided to give a cheque of 5000 yuan to those present even if they did not vote for Cao Kun. On October 5, the official election was held, with 590 members present. Cao Kun spent 13.5 million yuan and was elected president with 480 votes.