曹锟贿选与法制局长选任风波

Cao Kun’s Bribery Election and the Choice of Director of Legal System

1923年曹锟贿选不仅是左右民国北京政府走向的重大事件,还影响了法制局的人事安排。大总统黎元洪、内阁总理张绍曾及部分国会议员为各自目的,联合抵制贿选。在此情形下,黎元洪任命国会议员易宗夔兼任法制局长。曹锟当选后,重用贿选议员,任命景耀月筹备国会改选。众议院为保持利禄,援引1923年宪法,发动审查议员兼任官吏案,导致易宗夔辞职。于是,曹锟任命贿选议员孙润宇继任局长之职。从整体上把握总统府、国务院、国会及其他政治势力的相互角力与影响,可以细致深入地展现北京政府人事任免与政局变动的史实联系。

Cao Kun's bribery election in 1923 was not only a major event that influenced the direction of the Beijing government of the Republic of China, but also affected the personnel arrangement of the Legal Bureau. President Li Yuanhong, Cabinet Prime Minister Zhang Shaoceng and some members of Parliament jointly boycotted bribery elections for their respective purposes. In this case, Li Yuanhong appointed Congressman Yi Zongkui to serve concurrently as Director of Legal System. After Cao Kun was elected, he used bribery to elect members of Parliament and appointed Jing Yaoyue to prepare for the re-election of Parliament. The House of Representatives, citing the 1923 Constitution, initiated a review of the concurrent appointment of members of Parliament as officials, which led to the resignation of Yi Zongkui. So Cao Kun appointed Sun Runyu, a bribery-elected, to succeed him as Director-General. To grasp the mutual struggle and influence of the presidential government, the State Council, the Congress and other political forces as a whole can show the historical connection between the appointment and removal of personnel and the change of the political situation of the Beijing government in detail and in depth.