It turned out that Wang Sheng remembered Lu Xiangming, after reorganizing the original bureaucratic system in Jinan, Lu Xiangming did not resign, but chose to stay in the Jinan government to work, because he was familiar with the situation in Jinan, so he was still able to play a big role in the Jinan government, and in the work of checking prisoners, Lu Xiangming showed a very good practical ability, so Wang Sheng arranged Lu Xiangming in the administrative office, mainly as a consultant.

And Lu Xiangming is the general judge of Jinan Prefecture, of course, he is familiar with the unspoken rules of officialdom, and he can understand the ideology of this era, so he is the best person to consult. So Wang Sheng immediately called Zhou Hui to find Lu Xiangming.

After a short time, Lu Xiangming came to the office, and after greeting everyone, Wang Sheng also told everyone what they had just discussed, and asked Lu Xiangming if he could estimate what these gentry thought, and they must be enemies of the Jinan government.

After listening to Wang Sheng's speech, Lu Xiangming thought for a while before saying: "Several chiefs, as far as the lower officials know, when Chief Wang and the squires of Jinan talked, they said that they would implement the land reform of the noble people in Jinan, and the squires of Jinan intended to embarrass you, but in this incident, the lower officials guessed that it should be Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe, Zhang Yanan, Na Wu and others who probably did not know the real strength of the leaders. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be a little incomprehensible, Wang Sheng said: "Lu Tongju, can you explain it in detail." ”

Lu Xiangming nodded and said: "Chief Wang, although when you first arrived in Jinan Mansion, you investigated and dealt with more than 10 officials and personnel, but in the eyes of Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe and others, the deterrent power is insufficient, and they all have strong forces behind them. ”

Jiang Feng said: "What kind of support is behind them, do you know?"

Lu Xiangming smiled and said: "The lower officials know a thing or two, Xu Chang once recognized Xu Tong, a scholar in the former dynasty, as the same clan; Jiang Mingyi's father turned out to be from the Songshou family, the governor of Jiangsu, and Zhao Pinghe was a distant relative of Zhao Shuqiao, the minister of military aircraft and the secretary of the criminal department; Na Wu was a banner man, and he was originally the former minister of military aircraft and the resolute old department of the military department, and later he got into a relationship with Yuxian, the former governor of Shandong and the current governor of Shanxi; it was Yan'an, the cousin of An Luotang, who had also worked for Liu Kunyi, the current governor of Liangjiang. ”

After Jiang Feng heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and said, "Good girl, they are really all big backers, no wonder they are so good." ”

Zhang Zhengjie said: "These backers are nothing in our eyes. ”

Wang Sheng said: "I can't see that this Jinan Mansion is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and it is actually a place where several forces gather." ”

Lu Xiangming said with a smile: "Chief Wang misunderstood, although Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe and others have some connections with these senior officials of the DPRK and the local governors, but in fact they do not have a deep relationship, they just take advantage of the situation. Just like Xu Chang and Xu Tong have nothing to do with each other, only because they are both surnamed Xu, so they are recognized as the same clan, Xu Chang gives some silver taels to Xu scholars every year, and asks for a Xu scholar's name sticker, which is regarded as an effect to Xu scholars, and is naturally superior to others in the local area, so that both sides take what they need and do their own. The rest of the people are more or less the same. ”

After everyone listened, they understood that this was a kind of loose attachment to Guan Zhi, so that Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe and others were equivalent to having a relationship with the senior officials of the DPRK and the central government and the local governors, and with a protective umbrella, when there was trouble, they could also ask these senior officials to come forward to resolve it; while Xu Tong, Zhao Shuqiao and others were able to help them solve some minor troubles by accepting the illusion of their investment, so that they could have an additional source of wealth, which could also be regarded as resource sharing, and each had their own income. It is similar to the fact that small companies in the construction industry in modern society are affiliated with large companies, using the qualifications of large companies to take on large projects, and large companies can take a commission from them.

Jiang Feng said: "Isn't this a fox and a fake tiger?"

Lu Xiangming smiled bitterly, although Jiang Feng's analogy is not good, it is not too much worse. But it wasn't a good thing to say, so I didn't follow up. Said: "Even so, if it is to target the prefect, these backers can still play some role. The leaders are naturally not ordinary prefects, but Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe and others do not know this, and only treat Chief Wang as an ordinary prefect. Since ancient times, gambling houses, brothels, pawnshops, and tobacco houses have been inseparable from the support of the government, and no matter how much support there is behind them, as long as they are not in harmony with the local government, it will be difficult to do business. Over the years, Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe and others have already opened up the upper and lower officials of the Jinan Mansion, and the people who have been dismissed by several leaders are already their comrades, and a fixed amount of silver is given every year, and the Yamen usually takes care of their business, takes care of each other, and generally has nothing to do. ”

"But after Chief Wang became the prefect of Jinan, he immediately executed Cai Yi, Yang Huaiyuan, Feng Siping, Liu Jinfeng and other four people, and arrested 6 officials in a row, these people are close to Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe and others, which is equivalent to destroying their relationship with the government, plus the previous nobles insisted on land reform, it has been a taboo of the squires, if the governor of Qin is here, they may not dare to act rashly, but Chief Wang is only a prefect, and Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe and others did not know what was at stake, so they became enemies of the leaders. ”

Wang Sheng smiled and said, "It seems that my officials are too young to shake them." ”

Lu Xiangming said with a smile: "These people are short-sighted and don't know the stakes. ”

After listening to Lu Xiangming's explanation, everyone basically understood the reason, on the one hand, the original Jinan Mansion had formed a balance of interests. On the other hand, these squires are not officialdom after all, and they do not have the strength that they cannot fight against at all, and the traversers not only break the old balance, but also completely reshuffle the forces of Jinan Mansion and re-establish a new system。

At this time, Lu Xiangming said again: "Several leaders, the lower officials still have a word, I don't know if it should be said." ”

Wang Sheng said: "If you have anything to say, there are not so many rules here, and everyone can speak freely." ”

Lu Xiangming said: "Xu Chang, Jiang Mingyi, Zhao Pinghe and others don't know the current affairs, don't know the interests of the chiefs, if they know, they will never be enemies with the chiefs, but after all, this grudge should be resolved and not knotted, if several leaders allow, the lower officials are willing to be a lobbyist, find them to state their interests, persuade them to admit their mistakes and apologize, fully support and cooperate with the chiefs' governance, after all, they are also the local squires of Jinan, if the chiefs subdue them, then Jinan can settle down." ”

After all, Lu Xiangming is a person who has been mixed in the officialdom for many years, and his vision is of course much higher than that of the squires, this group of overseas Chinese first arrived in Jinan, and they shocked the officialdom of Jinan with iron-blooded means, Lu Xiangming understood that looking at the whole of Shandong, there was no way to find a force that could confront the overseas Chinese, and they could not buy anyone's account, so they didn't even pay attention to the imperial court, so if they wanted to continue to mix in Jinan, it was best to follow the will of the overseas Chinese. Moreover, in the future, Shandong will not belong to the government of the government, and it is difficult to say whether the overseas Chinese will still be willing to settle in a corner of Shandong, but it is only seen that the overseas Chinese in Jinan did not follow the official system formulated by the imperial court at all, but started from scratch and started their own way, which is clearly a disobedience.

However, Lu Xiangming did not choose to resign, firstly, he was reluctant to take this official position, after all, there were thousands of taels of silver every year in this position, and after all, overseas Chinese were still covered with the skin of an imperial court official, so Lu Xiangming was not rebellious; secondly, Lu Xiangming also wanted to see what overseas Chinese could do.

Lu Xiangming is a serious 800 people, when he was young, he still had some reason, reported to the king, Xia An Lishu, but now he has no hope for the court, although Lu Xiangming's official position is not high, but he sees current affairs very clearly, so many years, the court seems to have done a lot of things, what to do foreign affairs, build schools, buy warships, build sailors, train new soldiers, it seems to be lively, but they are all superficial articles, but the inside has not changed at all, the queen mother has always controlled the power of the court, Qing school, The Westernists did not stop at each other, and all the malpractices were not eliminated at all.

At the time of the Wushu Reform, Lu Xiangming was excited for a few days, thinking that the imperial court was finally on the right path, but the reformists were anxious for quick success and quick profit, and there was no plan at all, and today a bundle of orders and tomorrow an edict made the local people support the Restoration and have nothing to do, and the good and decent Restoration became a mess, and in just a hundred days, the Queen Mother launched a coup d'état, imprisoned the emperor, killed the six gentlemen, and abolished the new law; To be honest, if the Qing Dynasty perished, Lu Xiangming didn't feel sorry at all, but he didn't want the Qing Dynasty to die in the hands of foreigners.

Although overseas Chinese have changed their customs, after all, they are the descendants of the previous dynasty, and they are in the Chinese lineage, not to mention that they have repeatedly defeated foreigners when they first returned to China, and it is indeed a great increase in the prestige of China, in Lu Xiangming's heart, he still agrees with them, and Lu Xiangming also knows very well that the old system of China has indeed reached the time to change, and I also want to see if overseas Chinese can do that step, deep down, I don't want overseas Chinese to make China rich and strong, and no longer be bullied by Western countries. Therefore, Lu Xiangming stayed in the government and tried his best to help overseas Chinese, and even changed his name.

However, Lu Xiangming was a local after all, and he did not want the local forces in Shandong to confront the overseas Chinese, and he knew that the local forces in Shandong could not fight the overseas Chinese, so he hoped to maneuver around and promote reconciliation between the two parties.