At this time of the meeting, the topics to be discussed had been almost discussed, and then Xu Jichao spoke: "We now control the entire Tianjin area, and there are a lot of things that need to be done, if the interim executive committee is still to manage these things, it is obviously inappropriate, but a special department should be set up to classify and manage these things, and the temporary executive committee only does overall management and supervision." ”

Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, and Xiao Jianjun were slightly stunned when they heard this, because the content of Xu Jichao's speech was not a topic agreed upon before the meeting. I don't know if Xu Jichao did it intentionally or improvised. However, Xu Jichao is not wrong, although the temporary executive committee has been established for more than ten days, it can only be regarded as an empty space, and it is not a complete administrative body, the reason is that there is no general office below, and it is impossible to form an echelon organizational structure.

Of course, when the Interim Executive Committee was established, the Crossing Group had just occupied Dagukou and did not have much administrative affairs, so it could only put up the shelves first. Now that the group has occupied the Tianjin area, it is impossible to effectively manage the Tianjin area by relying only on a temporary executive committee, and it is indeed necessary to set up various departments and improve the hierarchical structure of the temporary executive committee. In addition, it is also to prepare for the occupation of Shandong in the future and the establishment of a formal base area. Therefore, Xia Bohai pondered for a while before he said, "Director Xu has considered it, and now those departments need to be established." ”

Xu Jichao looked at his notebook, when he had a meeting just now, he had been making notes in his notebook, and said: " We have determined that we will carry out the circuit renovation project of Gordon Hall and the first phase of the Jingu Highway project, and there will certainly be other projects that will be launched one after another, so it is absolutely necessary to set up a construction department to manage all the engineering projects; education is a century-old plan, and it is also related to our future, and I hope that after the establishment of the school, the Ministry of Education will also keep up, so as to systematically train our successors; and the development of these projects will inevitably involve the expenditure and income of funds and materials, and also include the estimation, review, and approval of the project. Requesting funds, withdrawing funds, supervising and so on, then this requires the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Auditing; and the areas we are now occupying are not small, and the army is still managing public order in Tianjin, and this is obviously not a long-term solution, and it is equally imperative to establish a Ministry of Public Security and establish a perfect police system. That's all I can think of. ”

Wang Yunpeng continued: "What Director Xu said just now is that they must be established as soon as possible, and after I heard it, I also have some inspiration, and some departments may not be important at present, but we must also start preparations, because it is likely that in the near future, we will be able to use them, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, the Ministry of Discipline Inspection, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of State Security, these departments are all necessary for a regime." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "So have you considered the candidates for these departments?"

Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao glanced at each other, and Wang Yunpeng said: "Of course, the candidates for the club have not yet been determined, but in principle, the heads of each department should be selected from the executive committee or alternate executive members, but some departments are too professional, such as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Audit, the Ministry of Justice, The Ministry of Security, etc., it is better to select from among the professionals, but fortunately our total number is not small, so we should choose suitable candidates, and there are also people like the Ministry of Public Security, which at the moment is best served by military personnel, and the police are selected from the reserves. ”

As a matter of fact, Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao's proposal was premeditated, and after the army occupied Tianjin, the former government administrators of the Provisional Executive Committee began to discuss and improve the administrative organs at all levels of the Provisional Executive Committee; first, to dilute the leading force of the army in the Crossing Group, and second, to expand their own powers, because the leaders of the administrative departments at all levels, whether they were selected from among the executive committee members or alternate executive members, or from among the professionals, could not be appointed by military personnel.

Of course, Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao did not want to cause internal division in the crossing group, after all, the military still plays a leading role, so they said that military personnel should be appointed as important leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, which can be regarded as allowing the military to share the power of establishing various administrative departments, and still maintain the unity of the entire crossing group.

At this time, Qin Zheng said: " In this way, the establishment of various administrative departments is indeed urgent, and Director Xu proposed that these departments should also be established immediately, in order to effectively manage Tianjin, but also for us to accumulate experience in the future management of the base, but the candidates of each department, by their professional candidates, can not be hasty, but also need to seriously consider it, and now the personnel of the interim executive committee have not arrived, so I think everyone should think about it after going back, it is best to determine a few candidates, and then find a time to gather the personnel of the interim executive committee, and then formally discuss, what do you think？”

In fact, Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao and others have already made a choice for the candidates of various departments, but they can't take it out at this time, otherwise it will be revealed that they have premeditated to raise this issue. And what Qin Zheng said is also true, after all, only half of the personnel of the Interim Executive Committee are now available, and it is obviously inappropriate to determine the candidates for each department at this time.

Although Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao hoped that they could quickly cut through the mess and determine the candidates for the heads of various departments as soon as possible, they had no choice but to agree with Qin Zheng's opinion, and finally decided to hold another meeting three days later, and recruit all the executive members or alternate executive members of the provisional executive committee to the concession to discuss in detail the departments to be established and the candidates for the heads of various departments.

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, and Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, and Xiao Jianjun all gathered in Xia Bohai's office to discuss the meeting just now.

Xia Bohai said: "What do you think about the establishment of various professional departments? ”

Xiao Jianjun first said: "What do you think, isn't it obvious? I just want to seize power, I didn't see any contribution from them when we were fighting, and now that we occupy Tianjin, we immediately want to divide power, if it wasn't for Lao Qin's delay at the meeting just now, I'm afraid they would have succeeded." ”

Qin Zheng said: "I can't say that, since we went ashore, the Provisional Executive Committee has actually played a lot of roles, so our army can attack the Tianjin Concession with peace of mind, and now that Tianjin is occupied, we should indeed improve the composition of the Provisional Executive Committee, only in this way can we manage Tianjin well, and we can also manage our base areas well in the future." ”

Xiao Jianjun was still a little unconvinced, and said: "Even if we want to improve the Temporary Executive Committee, then these departments should also use people from our army, or be supervised by soldiers, otherwise the territory we have beaten down will be given to others like this, and I will not be reconciled." ”

Qin Zheng said solemnly: "Old Xiao, your thinking is not right, first of all, our entire group is a whole, there should be no distinction between the army and the non-army, if everything is managed by the army, we don't have so many manpower." The army does the affairs of the army, and other people do other people's affairs, and they cannot be turned into a military government, do you understand the engineering affairs? Do you understand the financial affairs? This is the professional people doing the professional things, and at the meeting just now, they did not propose that the military personnel manage the Ministry of Public Security, which shows that they also take the overall situation into account and do not blindly compete for power. ”

Xia Bohai also nodded and said: "Lao Xiao, what Lao Qin said is not wrong, if we want to gain a foothold in this era, we must unite, we must not artificially divide the army and the non-army, let alone become a military government, we must change our thinking and think from a higher position." After a pause, Xia Bohai said again: "Lao Qin, in addition to the Ministry of Public Security, what departments are the army suitable for management?"

Qin Zheng said: "I thought about it just now, in addition to the Ministry of Public Security, there are also the Ministry of Procuratorate and the Ministry of Auditing, which are suitable for military management. ”

The function of the procuratorial department is aimed at the supervision and management of administrative personnel, so it does not require any professional skills, as long as it acts resolutely and fairly, so it should be appropriate for a military member to hold this position. The audit department is focused on the financial situation of each department, as well as the material management of the group, although it belongs to the technical department, but each warship has a quartermaster department, responsible for the management of the ship's financial materials, the function is almost the same, can be regarded as a professional counterpart.

Although there are only three departments, the Ministry of Procuratorate, the Ministry of Auditing, and the Ministry of Public Security, these three departments can be regarded as key departments, and they can basically guarantee the control of the crossing group.

At this time, Xiao Jianjun said again: "Lao Xia, Lao Qin, I don't care about how to dismantle it, but now there are two things that cannot be delayed, one is conscription, and the other is to establish a military intelligence department, both of which are important matters related to the army, and we must definitely pay close attention to them, and all other things must give way." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "The conscription has been being prepared, and it can be carried out tomorrow, do you have any requirements?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "Of course there is, one is to give priority to recruiting soldiers among the naturalized people, and the other is to only recruit soldiers in Tianjin City, but not in the concession." ”

When Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng heard this, they immediately understood what Xiao Jianjun meant, the army must first ensure absolute loyalty to the crossing group, and the naturalized people are obviously the most suitable for this, the crossing people not only have a life-saving grace for them, but they have experienced the victory of the crossing army in the Tianjin Campaign, and it can be said that they have a strong sense of attachment to the crossing group. Of course, not only the army, but also many people are staring at the naturalized people, such as the garment factory is also given priority to choose from the naturalized people, so after the establishment of various departments, they will definitely select people from the naturalized people, so Xiao Jianjun proposed that everything should make way for the army.

Although there are many Chinese living in the concession, their relations with foreign countries are too deep, and a considerable part of them are even religious people, obviously they cannot be trusted at present, and of course they cannot be recruited from among them.

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