That night, Qin Zheng left Tianjin overnight, took a 318 boat, departed from Dagukou, and rushed to Shanghai. Bayi Chinese =≠=.≤8=1≤Z≥=.≤COMIn addition to the piloting soldiers on the 318 boat, the Military Commission also specially dispatched 2 squads with a total of 11 members from the special forces, and there was also a squad of local soldiers to protect Qin Zheng.

Of course, if Zhang Zhidong really wants to be unfavorable to Qin Zheng, these guards are useless, mainly to ensure the safety along the way, after all, after arriving in Shanghai, they will have to turn into the Yangtze River, who knows what will happen along the way.

After a night of sailing, Qin Zheng and others arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai in the early morning of the next day, but Qin Zheng did not go to the office of the crossing group in Shanghai, but only anchored on the bank of the Yangtze River, and informed Li Sanjie to meet on the boat and listen to Li Sanjie's report on the work in Shanghai.

After the two met, Li Sanjie also made a detailed report to Qin Zheng on his work in Shanghai during this time, in fact, Li Sanjie reported to Tianjin on these work, but he said in person that it was more detailed, and he could also ask for some details. Qin Zheng focused on what Li Sanjie did to students in Shanghai.

The student parade organized by Li Sanjie in Shanghai was highly valued in Tianjin, because young students represent the future of China, and only by seizing young students can the group gain a foothold in China. Moreover, the atmosphere in Shanghai is open, the young students are trendy, and most of them have received some new education, which is not only easy to accept the concept of the traverser, but also the talents needed by the traversal group. Therefore, after discussions, the Executive Committee decided to elevate the work with young students to the level of the united front.

Of course, how to guide these young students so that they can be convinced by the Crossing Group and develop them into the talents that the Crossing Group needs requires a detailed plan and even a set of lecture outlines. Therefore, after listening to Li Sanjie's report, Qin Zheng asked Li Sanjie to come up with a detailed plan to attract young students, and he would consider it seriously. After he returned from Hubei, he would have detailed consultations with Li Sanjie, and if conditions permitted, Qin Zheng would like to meet with the students and give a public lecture to the students.

Seeing that his work has been praised and affirmed by Qin Zheng, it also shows that he has chosen to work in Shanghai, and this step is the right step, if he does a good job in the united front work of attracting young students, then his position in the crossing group will basically be stabilized, and the importance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also be greatly improved.

After bidding farewell to Li Sanjie, Qin Zheng took the 318 boat along the Yangtze River and went straight to Hubei, because at this time the traverser had reached an agreement with the British, before the battle between the traverser and Russia was over, the British would provide convenient conditions for the traverser's action, so it did not block the traverser at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the Qing Tingjiang defenders along the way wanted to intercept it, but unfortunately the degree of the ship was not as good as the 318 boat, although the 318 boat was only traveling with an economic voyage of 22 knots, but it was a rare high voyage in this era。

After a day and a night of driving, the 318 boat finally entered the Yangtze River section of the Wuchang Prefecture boundary, and Qin Zheng stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the right bank, and could see a row of tall European-style buildings erected on the riverside on the right bank.

In the old time and space, Wuhan's Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. was an important warship construction organization in China, mainly engaged in the construction of corvettes and conventional submarines. The row of tall European-style buildings on the right bank of the Yangtze River is the famous concession complex of Hankou Yanjiang Avenue in the old time and space, and is known as the three major concession buildings in China along with Shanghai and Tianjin.

Of course, in this era, there was no such name as Wuhan, and the three towns of Wuhan still had their own towns, Wuchang Mansion was the seat of governance of Hubei Province and the seat of the governor of Huguang, and Hanyang Mansion was an independent administrative region, across the river from Wuchang Mansion, while Hankou is still a town, under the jurisdiction of Hanyang Prefecture, and Zhuxian Town in Henan, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, and Foshan Town in Guangdong Province are called the four famous towns.

Hankou was originally connected to Hanyang Prefecture, but after the diversion of the Han River during the Ming Dynasty, it entered the river from the north of Guishan Mountain, separating Hankou from Hanyang, and Hankou became a prime location for water transportation along the Han River and the Yangtze River at the same time, and was developed as a wharf and a commercial town.

Hubei originally had the name of the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and Hankou was close to Wuchang Mansion, Hubei Province, and there was the benefit of water transportation, so all countries set up concessions in Hankou, from 1861 Britain took the lead in setting up concessions in Hankou, to 1898, Belgium set up concessions in Hankou, a total of six countries in Hankou, Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Japan and Belgium established concessions in Hankou, only in terms of the countries that established the concessions, second only to Tianjin in China, but the area of the Hankou concession is not large, the location is roughly located in the old time and space between Zhongshan Avenue and Yanjiang Avenue in the Jiang'an District, from Jianghan Road, along the Yangtze River in turn: Hankou British Concession, Hankou Russian Concession, Hankou French Concession, Hankou German Concession, Hankou Japanese Concession and Hankou Belgian Concession, to Liujiamiao (near the current Jiang'an Station), the total area is 28o4 acres, but due to the exhibition of the concession, coupled with the original foundation of Hankou Town, at this time, Hankou Town has actually become a large city with a considerable scale, known as the "Oriental Chicago".

In the old time and space, Qin Zheng had traveled many times in the Hankou Concession area, and the structural style of the building basically did not change much, and in this era, many shadows of the old time and space can still be found, but there is a part of the building, which has not yet been completed.

After sailing through the mouth of the Han River, the 318 boat docked at the Pinghumen Wharf in Wuchang Prefecture, which was also near the Wuchang section of the famous Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in the old time and space. At this time, Zhang Zhidong had already sent his staff Rong Junye to wait for Qin Zheng and his party at the dock.

Rong Junye turned out to be Zhang Peilun's staff, and after the Mawei War, Zhang Peilun was assigned to serve in Zhangjiakou because of the crime of defeat, and recommended Rong Junye to Zhang Zhidong before leaving, because Rong Junye's ability was outstanding, he was appointed as a copywriter by Zhang Zhidong. Later, Zhang Peilun settled in Nanjing, although he did not have contact with Zhang Zhidong, but Rong Junye went to visit Zhang Peilun many times to fulfill the friendship of the old master. This time, Zhang Peilun wrote a letter to Zhang Zhidong to introduce overseas Chinese, and after getting Zhang Zhidong's confirmation, he wrote a letter to Rong Junye, hoping that he could help overseas Chinese to maneuver and try his best to promote the cooperation between overseas Chinese and Zhang Zhidong.

After receiving Zhang Peilun's letter, Rong Junye did not hide it from Zhang Zhidong, and told Zhang Peilun the meaning of the letter truthfully, and Zhang Zhidong did not care about it, although Zhang Zhidong was vain and exaggerated, advocating false fame, but also humble and elegant, Zhang Peilun wrote a letter to the old department, asking him to maneuver from it, the reason is of course; and Rong Junye did not forget the old master for righteousness, and took the initiative to confess to himself as loyal, as for whether he could cooperate with overseas Chinese, he would naturally not be affected by Rong Junye, so he simply let Rong Junye be responsible for receiving overseas Chinese.

After getting this task, Rong Junye was also very happy in his heart, because he saw that his opportunity had come.

In ancient China, the bureaucracy system has always been a supplement to the traditional feudal bureaucracy. Because since the Tang and Song dynasties, officials have basically been selected through the imperial examination, but this has created a large number of officials who are good at taking examination papers, but are not familiar with administrative affairs and official affairs. The composition of the official staff is also diverse, including unambitious literati, local celebrities and gentry, officials who have been dismissed or retired, as well as their own younger brothers, relatives and friends, and even servants, etc., but there are also many people with real talents and learning.

At the same time, the staff is also a promotion channel for some people, by helping their own masters to make suggestions, make contributions, and at the same time prove their abilities, or recommended by the masters, or directly promoted by the court, they can often rise to the top and get ahead. Of course, most of the staff and the master of the staff are also prosperous, and they lose everything, although there are also staff who change the court, but generally after changing the portal, it is difficult to be reused.

Since the Qing Dynasty, there has not been much change in this staff system. However, since Xianfeng, due to the drastic changes in the social situation, the staff also have a large number of opportunities to display their abilities, so a large number of high-ranking officials have also come out of the Mu bureaucracy, and in the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai's staff team is the most famous, it can be said that there are many talents, and the elite of the group. Among them, there are many people who served as governors, governors and other feudal officials, and even Li Hongzhang could have been regarded as Zeng Guofan's staff.

According to statistics, among Zeng Guofan's staff, there are 5 post-officials to envoys, 2 ministers of military aircraft, 2 scholars, 2 scholars, 3 squires, 1 minister of Beiyang, 1 minister of the prime minister's yamen, 16 governors, 3o governors, 28 governors, and 5o governors. In addition, there are political envoys, envoys, admirals, deputy generals, Taoists, prefects, prefects, and counties, and the most unfortunate are alternates, candidates, and names. The list goes on and on.

Rong Junye turned out to be Zhang Peilun's henchman, if Zhang Peilun got up, he could naturally follow the rising tide and the future was bright, but it was a pity that the defeat of Mawei completely ruined Zhang Peilun's political future, although Zhang Peilun recommended Rong Junye to Zhang Zhidong, but after all, he changed the portal, and Zhang Zhidong's staff team has become a success, mainly Zhao Fengchang, Ma Piyao, Liang Dingfen, Yang Shoujing, Wu Dianying and others, although Zhang Zhidong is also regarded as reusing Rong Junye, but obviously cannot be compared with these people. In addition, compared with Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang's staff, due to various reasons, there are not many people in Zhang Zhidong's staff who are reused by the imperial court, and only Ma Piyao is the governor of Henan, but this is more than 1o years ago, so Rong Junye is under Zhang Zhidong's door, and there are not many opportunities to get ahead.

And this is obviously the opportunity for Rong Junye, and now overseas Chinese are hot, so if we can promote the cooperation between overseas Chinese and Zhang Zhidong, not only can Rong Junye's status in Zhang Zhidong's staff team be greatly increased, but also take advantage of the overseas Chinese, then the opportunity for Rong Junye to show in the future can be said to be limitless.

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