Later, Yuan Shikai took out the gifts that had been prepared and gave them to Wang Sheng and others, and what Yuan Shikai took out was not ordinary things, what he gave to Wang Sheng was a statue of Zhuge Liang made of jade, the jade was lustrous and warm, and the carving skills were fine, which was obviously an extremely rare treasure; what was given to Gao Jun was a set of silver jewelry, not to mention the exquisite workmanship, and it was also inlaid with a lot of agate and precious stones; and what was given to Zhang Mingde was a saber made of extremely fine pieces.

These three gifts are not only worth a lot of money, whether it is the market value will not be less than 5,000 taels of silver, and they are very appropriate, in line with everyone's identity, because it is a set of jewelry for Gao Jun, it is obviously completely targeted, and it also shows that Yuan Shikai's trip to Qingdao did take a lot of thought.

Wang Sheng and others naturally refused to accept Yuan Shikai's gifts, although Yuan Shikai was a little surprised, but still tried his best to persuade them to accept them, and repeatedly said that he had no other meaning to send these gifts, just hoping to make friends with Wang Sheng and others, and it is a common thing for friends to exchange gifts, and everyone will have the opportunity to work together in the future, but Wang Sheng and others repeatedly shirked, and finally did not shirk the past, so they all accepted the gifts sent by Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that overseas Chinese also eat this set, so it will be easy to do. After knowing that Wang Sheng and others accepted the gifts, they actually took out a document and asked Yuan Shikai to sign it, proving that these gifts were given by Yuan Shikai, saying that they were good for preservation for the record.

It turned out that the Executive Committee also took into account that in the external exchanges, including the Qing court's official exchanges, it is inevitable that there will be some valuables to be sent to, even in the old time and space, China is also a society of human feelings, not to mention that in this era, sometimes if you insist on not accepting, it is often not easy to do things well, so the Executive Committee has made a provision that all gifts received must be filed with the administrative office within 10 days, and explain the reasons for receiving the gifts, and the administrative office will evaluate and deal with them, so that they can not be treated as bribes. However, this system was limited to external relations, including those with the Qing court, and it was absolutely forbidden for public officials to accept gifts from other crossers and locals within the cross-cutting group, and if the gifts received were not filed within the specified time, they would be treated as bribes, regardless of the value of the gifts.

If the value of the gift is not too high, and the reason for receiving the gift is sufficient, it can still belong to the recipient; if the value of the gift is high, and the reason for receiving the gift is not sufficient, the recipient needs to pay a certain fee to obtain the ownership of the gift, of course, the cost paid is lower than the actual value of the gift, if the recipient gives up the ownership of the gift, he can also get compensation for a certain fee, and the gift is auctioned or sold; and if the value of the gift is extremely high, it has reached the national treasureand cultural relics, it will be collected into the treasury, and the recipient can still receive a certain amount of compensation. And in order to show the fairness and notarization of the evaluation, the name of the recipient, the gift for the record, and the file of the processing method are all public, and all the traversers can check it at any time and at will, and if there is any doubt, they can also file a complaint.

Although this system has been called "the legalization of gifts", "legal bribery" or "bribery by order" by many travelers, it has been endorsed by most administrative officials. In fact, the Executive Committee formulated such a system, mainly taking into account the weakness of human nature, after all, cutting off people's financial means is like killing parents, rather than blindly relying on emphasizing empty morality to force blocking, to the point of reasonable guidance, so that the recipient of the initiative to record to obtain a certain amount of compensation, although this is not in line with the traditional Chinese moral model, but in modern society, it is a very normal thing.

After listening to Wang Sheng's explanation, Yuan Shikai was also stunned for a long time, the system of overseas Chinese is really a little incredible, although it is absolutely inconsistent with China's traditional moral model, but after thinking about it, it is not unreasonable, to put it bluntly, if you really want to act according to China's traditional moral model, almost no one can do it, and when the time comes, it will definitely say one thing and do another, and although this system of overseas Chinese seems to be crooked, there is no lack of straightforwardness of real villains, so I had to smile bitterly and sign my name.

Yuan Shikai and his entourage stayed in Gaomi County for one night, and then continued to march to Qingdao, and Zhang Mingde also sent a battalion to escort them, of course, to monitor the movements of Yuan Shikai's army and his party. Although Yuan Shikai did not bring many troops this time, he could not let them go in the territory controlled by the Crossing Group. And Yuan Shikai naturally knows this, and has no objections.

Yuan Shikai also paid attention to the direction of the local government along the way, Yuan Shikai was out of the army, and had no experience in governing the locality, but the governor was a member of the local financial army, so after taking office in Shandong, Yuan Shikai also accumulated some experience in local governance, so he also compared this place with the place under his rule.

At this time, the crossing group is in Gaomi, Jiaozhou, Yuan Shikai once stopped in a village for more than two hours, and saw with his own eyes how overseas Chinese distributed land to farmers, and also saw how happy the peasants who were allocated land, and in the villages where land reform had been completed, Yuan Shikai saw that the peasants' spiritual outlook showed vigorous vitality and vitality, and laughter and laughter could be heard in the fields from time to time, while under his own rule, the peasants Yuan Shikai saw were numb. The appearance of being sluggish and not caring about anything is really different.

What surprised Yuan Shikai even more was that the relationship between the People's Army and the common people was very harmonious. Originally, Yuan Shikai attached great importance to military discipline in training the Beiyang New Army, and the army was never allowed to scratch the people; when training troops at a small station, every day the troops of the New Army would go to the teaching ground through a small Zhangzhuang for training; when the rice was on the field in autumn, the roadside was threshed everywhere, and the troops trained by the New Army passed through the flying rice, but they were not allowed to affect the peasants' work. Yuan Shikai is often proud of this, thinking that the famous generals of the ancient times are nothing more than that.

But the People's Army let Yuan Shikai see that there is such an army, because the people in the fields will not feel afraid at all when they see the arrival of the People's Army, and even many people greet them, ask them where they come from, and even ask them very enthusiastically if they are thirsty and want to drink, as if they are villagers, Yuan Shikai originally felt very strange, but once saw several soldiers of the People's Army helping farmers in a village along the way to push carts and carry burdens, and when camping at noon, the soldiers of the People's Army would help nearby residents carry waterFirewood. Some officers will also give children a few pieces of steamed bread and bread, and Yuan Shikai understands why, and has to admit that overseas Chinese will indeed buy people's hearts.

Originally, Yuan Shikai went to the overseas Chinese in Jinan to forcibly collect the landlords' land and distribute it to the peasants, but he was quite unimpressed, of course he knew that the overseas Chinese were doing this to buy the hearts of the people, but he offended the village sages and gentry. Although China has advocated people-oriented in all dynasties, the basis of the rule of the past dynasties has actually been scholars rather than ordinary people, and the so-called "ruling the world with scholars rather than with the people", so overseas Chinese have offended all the scholars, can the rule be stable?

But these scenes along the way made Yuan Shikai's confidence shaken, because he also knew that the army came from the people, and seeing the harmony between the army and the people under the rule of overseas Chinese, Yuan Shikai had no doubt that as long as the overseas Chinese gave an order, a large number of people would voluntarily join the people's army.

Yuan Shikai thought about it a little deeper, it has been less than a year since the overseas Chinese returned to China, and they have not only built such a powerful army, but they are also seeking to occupy the land of Shandong, no matter whether their means are to move the people's hearts or to buy the hearts of the people, it seems that the effect is indeed good, so given time, when the overseas Chinese have gradually gained a firm foothold in Shandong and have sufficient wealth and strength, will they continue to submit to the imperial court? And at that time, what means will the imperial court have to resist the overseas Chinese? And at that time, how should I choose?

Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, speaking from his heart, although Yuan Shikai at this time was ambitious, but it was only within the scope of the people, he was still loyal to the Qing court, and he had absolutely no idea of replacing him, so he shook his head and didn't dare to think about it anymore.

At this time, Tang Shaoyi, who was beside him, saw Yuan Shikai's abnormal movement and said, "What are you thinking?"

Yuan Shikai glanced at him before he said, "What you saw along the road, what does Shaochuan think of the gas image of overseas Chinese?"

Tang Shaoyi was silent for a while before he said: "It is not easy for overseas Chinese to govern the land of Gaomi and Jiaozhou in a short period of time, but it is not good governance or the right way to forcibly seize the landlord's land and seize private wealth. ”

At this time, Cai Shaoji also interjected: "Although the cultivator has his land, which is sought by the holy kings of the past dynasties, so the governance of overseas Chinese seems to be benevolent, but it is actually an evil way, and it is still a sacrifice to take the end, I have heard that overseas Chinese have lived overseas for a long time, and their legal systems are similar to those of Western countries, but Western countries all attach importance to the private property of the people, and pay for the sacrosanctity of private property, since ancient times, there has not been a land of the landlord of the world and my owner, and today it seems that what overseas Chinese do is still the long-haired [Tianchao Tianmu system] That set of crooked reasoning, so I see that its rise is also sudden, and its death is also vigorous. ”

Tang Shaoyi and Cai Shaoji were both children, and they both accepted the democratic political system of the United States, the theories of "separation of powers", "judicial independence", and "the sanctity of private property".