However, Zeng Dong transferred to the local work, and the Ministry of Agriculture naturally had to appoint a new minister, and Xia Bohai proposed that Gao Shi, the director of the Wangjiazhai Village Farm, be the new Minister of Agriculture.

Gao Shi is from the largest family in the crossing group, with as many as 26 family members, four generations in the same house, forming a huge family, the oldest and youngest in the crossing group, are from this family. And in the old plane, the family was born as a farmer and also ran a large farm.

Now there are two self-operated farms in the crossing group, one in Tianjin, and the other in Wangjiazhai Village in Jiaozhou Bay, and these two farms are also run by the family, and the farm in Tianjin is run by the two old men of their family, and at the same time, there are many people in this family who work in government agencies and other units, and the highest position is the vice minister of education and the principal of the hope school, so in the crossing group, there are also people who privately call this family the first family.

Gao Shi is not only a farmer, is a professional, but also has management experience in running a farm, at this time Wangjiazhai Farm has been operating for about 10 months, from the routine report of the situation, the farm's business situation is good, and after such a long time, he should have a considerable understanding of the rural and agricultural conditions of this era, so of course is the most suitable person to serve as the Ministry of Agriculture.

In addition, as the first family of the crossing group, it is impossible not to have a place in the future government department, and it is obviously not enough to have only one deputy minister of education, although the executive committee does not have the pressure to win the ruling power, it is still necessary to unite the majority. After nearly a year of running-in and testing, Xia Bohai believes that some of the personnel in these departments need to make some adjustments, and he has begun to look for new candidates.

There is no objection to Xia Bohai's nomination, after all, there are really not many agricultural professionals in the crossing group, and it is rare to have such a professional and experienced person, it can be said that in the position of Minister of Agriculture, there is indeed no one who can compete with Gao Shize. Of course, this is only Xia Bohai's nomination, and Gao Shize's opinion has not been consulted. Therefore, some people advocated that Gao Shize should be recruited to Qingdao and asked him about his attitude in person.

However, Qin Zheng proposed that it would be best to go to Wangjiazhai Farm in person, and this time the Executive Committee came to Qingdao to inspect and inspect, and should also go to the farm to inspect it, on the other hand, it also shows the Executive Committee's approachable and pro-people style. After Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun thought about it, they also agreed to Qin Zheng's suggestion and decided to go to the farm tomorrow to inspect it.

At present, only the candidate for the chief executive of the Shanghai Special Economic Zone has not been determined, mainly because there is really no suitable candidate, after all, there is a great lack of local management talents in the current crossing group, and although the place of the Shanghai special economic zone is not large, it is very important, not only an important source area for the intelligence collection of the crossing group, but also an important area for the future economic development of the crossing group, so this candidate is very important.

Wang Yunpeng said: "Do you want Liu Lantao, the director of the Shanghai office, to take this position temporarily?"

Xia Bohai shook his head and said: "The main position of the Shanghai Office is to collect intelligence, while the responsibility of the Shanghai Special Economic Zone is to develop the economy, and the powers and responsibilities of the two are different, so it is best not to be held by the same person." After a pause, he said: "Of course, if there is really no suitable candidate, you can only let Liu Lantao serve first." ”

Qin Zheng said: "It's better to do this, first report Liu Lantao's name, deal with the Qing court first, and then we will slowly determine the official candidate." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said: "That's the only way, there are too few people among us who can take charge on our own, it seems that we will have to spend a lot of effort to cultivate in the future, so as not to find that it is not enough when we get to employ people." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "I don't think so, in fact, there are still people who can take charge of themselves, but they all work in the central government, and there are not many people like Li Songchen and Wang Sheng who are willing to work in the localities, in fact, there are many such people in the army, but unfortunately everyone's current position is very important, and it is impossible for them to retire from the army and transfer to work in the locality." ”

Xia Bohai's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he said: "Why don't we go back to Tianjin, and carry out an open recruitment, and face all the traversers to recruit the chief executive of the Shanghai Special Economic Zone, maybe there are still people in the administrative department who are willing to work in the local area?"

Qin Zheng also nodded, and said: "This idea is good, and we should try our best to engage in more open recruitment models in some important positions in the future, and the employment system must be open and transparent, and avoid administrative orders, so that other traversers can also be convinced. ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "But what if no one in the administrative department is willing to come out to apply, but there is no job traverser, or other irrelevant traversers to apply?"

Qin Zheng said: "Since it is an open recruitment, of course, it is necessary to set up recruitment conditions, and there is an assessment system, only those who meet the conditions and pass the assessment can be selected. As long as we publish the assessment, defense and score of each person, I believe that we can calm the doubts of other wearers. ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "Okay, it's decided, after returning to Tianjin, immediately ask the Ministry of Human Resources to organize this recruitment, and the Qing court will report Liu Lantao to the Qing court." ”

The next day, Qin Zheng submitted to Li Hongzhang the list of officials and personnel that needed to be appointed through the group, Li Hongzhang did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent this list to Xi'an, and also recommended Yuan Shikai in the telegram to play a big role, because now Yuan Shikai is the governor of Shandong, once the Qing court named Qin Zheng as the governor of Shandong, then Yuan Shikai will definitely leave office, Li Hongzhang does regard Yuan Shikai as an important minister at the end of the Qing court, so he took this opportunity to recommend Yuan Shikai to the Qing court, so that Yuan Shikai can be useful.

In addition, Li Hongzhang is also planning for himself, because after the return of the Qing court to Beijing, Li Hongzhang is definitely going to enter the military aircraft, and with Li Hongzhang's character, of course, he will not be a mere-not, submissive minister of military aircraft, but if he wants to play a role in the military aircraft department, of course, he needs someone to help, but after the first afternoon, Li Hongzhang's old department is also scattered, and there are not many people in important positions now, so Li Hongzhang also wants to support Yuan Shikai as a big help after he enters the military aircraft department. It can be said that Li Hongzhang has now begun to prepare for his re-emergence.

Three days later, the Qing court sent a telegram back and forth, fully accepting the official positions and personnel required by the crossing group, and in the telegram the appointment of the seal, of course, the official seal still needs to be confirmed by the official decree of the Qing court, but it will take time for the holy decree to depart from Xi'an and be sent to Tianjin.

In addition, the Qing court issued an order to reward Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai and others, and officially named Li Hongzhang the Minister of Military Aircraft, and ordered Li Hongzhang to immediately go to Beijing to meet with Prince Qing, negotiate with the travelers about the handover of Beijing, and prepare to welcome the Qing court back to Beijing. At the same time, he appointed Yuan Shikai as the acting governor of Zhili, and ordered Yuan Shikai to immediately hand over Shandong with overseas Chinese, lead the army into Beijing, and assist Li Hongzhang to do a good job in handing over with overseas Chinese. In addition, Li Jingfang was also named as an alternate in the Sanpin Jingtang and a candidate in the Military Aircraft Department, and Zhang Peilun was named as an alternate in the Sipin Jingtang.

Now all of Li Hongzhang's original positions have been restored, and the Qing court's policy seal this time also means that Li Hongzhang has officially entered the Military Aircraft Department and has become a veritable Li Zhongtang.

It turned out that the position of the governor of Zhili was also Li Hongzhang's, but Yuan Shikai was also given at Li Hongzhang's request, but there are two words "acting", which means that it is only temporary or acting, of course, this does not mean that it is really only an acting official, but some officials hold more important positions, but because of insufficient qualifications, or when the controversy is large, the word "acting" is usually added, and so on for one or two years in office, as long as there are no major mistakes, you can officially become a regular. Yuan Shikai was appointed governor of Shandong in 1899, when he was the acting governor of Shandong, and he was able to become a regular before the Gengzi Revolution in 1900. This not only shows the Qing court's recognition of Yuan Shikai's ability, but also expresses its goodwill thanks to Li Hongzhang, because it was Li Hongzhang who recommended Yuan Shikai to the Qing court, and Li Jingfang and Zhang Peilun were all false positions, just to show the Qing court's goodwill to Li Hongzhang.

And although Yuan Shikai's two official positions have the meaning of temporary agency, for Yuan Shikai, it is undoubtedly a leap in his officialdom career, so these two official positions represent the peak position of Qing court officialdom, even if it is not easy to act as an agent. Looking at Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and others, they are already in their seventies and eighties, and they have not yet entered the military plane, which can be seen. Therefore, Yuan Shikai was also ecstatic, and he was also very grateful to Li Hongzhang.

After receiving the telegram from the Qing court, Li Hongzhang immediately negotiated with the traveler, according to the usual practice, the governor who was entitled must enter Beijing to face the monarch, and obtain the official appointment of the imperial court before taking office, and the traveler is attached to the foreign clan, after accepting the Qing court's appeasement, he should also enter Beijing to thank the king, although now the Qing court has run away to Xi'an, but the rules of the ancestors are immutable, which is related to the face of the Qing court, so Li Hongzhang hopes that Qin Zheng can go to Xi'an as soon as possible to meet the empress dowager and the emperor; The handover in Beijing is negotiated.

After the discussion between the two sides, Qin Zheng promised to leave for Xi'an within ten days, and the crossing group would immediately organize a group to take over Shandong to Jinan, negotiate with Yuan Shikai to hand over the affairs of Shandong, and send a regiment of troops to accompany him, stationed in Jinan, and gradually take over the defense of Jinan. The crossing group also agreed to let Yuan Shikai send 3,000 troops to Beijing with Li Hongzhang to handle the handover, and hand over the line from the imperial palace to Zhengyangmen to the Beiyang New Army to take over.