"Master, Director Li is here." The old porter of Yu Chen's house said to Yu Chen, who was having breakfast. Yu Chen himself does not love a luxurious life, and during his years as a soldier, he has understood one thing, if he is used to a comfortable life, it is difficult to accept the hard days again. It's just that as the head of the National Police Agency, he can't live in a camp. It looks contrived and inconvenient to work. He rented a decent house in the city of Nanjing, and also hired an old porter.

"Let him in." Yu Chen replied. Director Li is talking about Li Yunrui, since Yu Chen became the supervisor of the New Army, Li Yunrui has been Yu Chen's deputy. He is good at sticks and is known as the double-flower red stick in the army. As long as Li Yunrui stops there, unless he drinks too much or just doesn't look for a fight, the soldiers who commit the crime are obediently at the disposal of the supervision officer. Wang Youhong promoted Yu Chen to be the director of the Police Department, and Li Yunrui was promoted by Yu Chen to the director of the Discipline Department.

Li Yunrui was not polite after entering the door, and sat down directly opposite Yu Chen. Yu Chen asked, "Eat more?" ”

"No need." Li Yunrui replied.

Yu Chen knew that Li Yunrui's daily life was very regular, and he would never eat until he had a meal. At this time, Li Yunrui must have eaten. Yu Chen was not polite, and buried himself in three bites before finishing the meal before asking, "Is there any new news?" ”

Li Yunrui nodded, "Director, do you know what those Civic Parties have been talking about in the past few days?" ”

"Aren't they clamoring for the law to be improved?" Yu Chen replied.

The Civic Party is a political organization established in Jiangsu last year. Under the current situation in China, Beiyang inherited most of the system of the former Qing Dynasty, and added some of the things that Beiyang had dominated since the end of the Qing Dynasty. The People's Party created its own system. The situation in the other provinces is awkward, and the rulers no longer want a good system, but can now maintain their own existence. As a result, Jiangsu is at the forefront of political reform.

Beiyang implements universal suffrage for 18-year-old men, and the People's Party is more radical, simply universal suffrage for adults regardless of gender. As for Jiangsu, Wang Youhong has implemented the "citizenship system". Anyone who declares his or her assets to the state, and whose property exceeds a certain amount, and who pays taxes on time, can obtain the status of "citizen". After having citizenship, you have the right to vote and the right to be elected. You can run for local grassroots councils and participate in the formulation and revision of laws. In this era, party building is already a trend, and on the basis of the citizenship system, the emergence of a citizen party is really a common thing.

When mentioning the Civic Party, Yu Chen and Li Yunrui both looked with a kind of ridicule and even disgust. The two major forces in Jiangsu, one is the landlord gentry, that is, the Civic Party, which is now beginning to take shape, and the other is the army under Wang Youhong. One of them thinks that he is the foundation of Jiangsu, and the other believes that if there was no army, Jiangsu would have been annexed by others long ago. Yu Chen and Li Yunrui are both from the army, and they can't have a good impression of these gentry anyway.

"I heard that the Civic Party delegation that went to the People's Party to inspect the People's Party some time ago has returned, and if nothing else, these people are clamoring to learn from the People's Party on silkworms. I got the news that these people want to build a silkworm production base. Li Yunrui said.

Yu Chen frowned slightly, he learned this name from the People's Party as soon as he heard it. It's not clear what that means.

Li Yunrui had no intention of playing dumb riddles, he then said: "That is to say, there are many places in Jiangsu that are suitable for silkworm production, and they want to use these places to grow mulberry and raise silkworms." ”

Hearing this, Yu Chen's brows furrowed deeply. Mulberry and silkworm cultivation is a great source of profit, and the outbreak of the people's party's mulberry sericulture two years ago once dealt a heavy blow to Jiangsu's mulberry sericulture. Under the mediation of Wang Youhong, Jiangsu and the People's Party reached a purchase and sale contract. Jiangsu buys silkworm seeds from the People's Party, sells all the raw silk produced to the People's Party, and allows the People's Party to set up a joint venture silk reeling factory in Jiangsu. Originally, everyone thought that the People's Party was going to adopt all kinds of black-hearted measures. But I didn't expect that the People's Party was very "benevolent and righteous" in trading, whether it was silkworm seeds, silk reeling factories, or purchase prices, they were all quite fair. In less than a year, Jiangsu's mulberry sericulture has come out of the trough and returned to the previous level.

The so-called no businessman is not treacherous, seeing that the silk reeling enterprise is very profitable, many businessmen in Jiangsu have built silk reeling factories in various places. Foreigners, especially Americans, have a great demand for raw silk, and although there is a purchase and sale contract signed with the People's Party, the merchants still sell the raw silk to the Americans privately. In addition to these, businessmen also sent delegations to the People's Party to learn about the local sericulture production methods. Now it is actually necessary to build a "silkworm production base". Yu Chen felt that these people were too bold.

"Director, we can't control what these people do. It's just that the Police Department is so short of money now, should we tell Wang Dudu Governor first, and leave us an extra piece in the tax. Li Yunrui said.

Hearing this, Yu Chen finally understood Li Yunrui's plan. He didn't care about anything else, he just wanted to get an extra sum of money. If it weren't for Yu Chen knowing that Li Yunrui was not a greedy person, he would have changed his face for fear that he would have changed. The establishment of the police system was really expensive, and despite the seizure of northern Jiangsu by the People's Party, southern Jiangsu still had a large population and developed commerce. To put these places in check, you need at least 30,000 policemen. At present, the total number of military and police officers in Jiangsu is only 40,000. Wang Youhong's original team was actually a tax policeman, and the number of this group alone in the current Jiangsu army alone is more than 6,000. There are more than 14,000 people in the ninth town of the new army, more than 14,000 people in the new army in Jiangsu, and the remaining 6,000 policemen are simply not enough.

If you want people to work, in addition to boosting morale, you can't do it without money. The problem was that the parliament was in the hands of the gentry, who did not want to pay more for taxes. Wang Youhong tried every means to expand his financial resources, and the tax police became the main force. However, on weekdays, it is the police who arrest criminals and stabilize the market, and seeing that the tax police have a lot of income, many police officers sharpen their heads and want to go to the tax police. This is a big heart problem for Yu Chen. After listening to Li Yunrui's suggestion, although Yu Chen had no expression on his face, his heart was alive.

Li Yunrui was very familiar with Yu Chen, and when he saw Yu Chen's appearance, he already knew that Yu Chen was tempted, so he hurriedly asked, "Director, how is Wang Dudu's mood recently." ”

Yu Chen knew that Li Yunrui was referring to Gu Wei and Gu Renyu's matter, and he smiled: "Where is Wang Dudu so cautious with you." ”

"Yes, the prime minister of the royal capital can hold the boat in his belly." Li Yunrui also smiled, but after only baring his teeth for a moment, Li Yunrui put away his smile and asked, "Director, will the People's Party deliberately find fault?" It's not right to make such a big deal for a woman. ”

This is the common concern of many officials in Jiangsu, and the strangeness of the People's Party's move is really unacceptable. The reason that came up with made people laugh even more, "Protecting women's rights and interests? Gu Renyu may have a lot of money, but with his background, his daughter Gu Wei can really be a concubine for Wang Youhong.

Therefore, no one believes that the People's Party really uses such methods just for the sake of a woman, and many people are worried that the People's Party is simply looking for an excuse to use troops against Jiangsu. It's just that the People's Party even attacked Qingdao, which was occupied by the Germans, and I didn't see what the Germans dared to do to the People's Party. Jiangsu has not been beaten, and since they know that they will definitely not be beaten, the Jiangsu gang also admits it.

Yu Chen wanted to sneer, he had seen Gu Wei in person, if Gu Wei was a man, Yu Chen would very much like to recruit her to his command, she was not chaotic in danger, reasonable and modest, this kind of person was not easy to meet. And with the People's Party, women can still be officials. Yu Chen didn't believe that the People's Party would act for a woman, but for the sake of an outstanding talent, the People's Party wrote a letter to Wang Youhong and went through the judicial process to solve the problem, which was not very exciting.

It's just that it's not easy to explain this kind of thing clearly, and this matter does make Wang Youhong very faceless. Yu Chen said: "Don't talk about this anymore. Send someone to keep an eye on the council. Let's make sure of this first. ”

"That's fine." Li Yunrui said with a smile. The guards in the council are all sent by the police system, and it is very easy for the National Police Agency to get first-hand information. After speaking, Li Yunrui couldn't help but ask, "Director, is it true that the People's Party won't call?" ”

"As far as I can see, the BJP's mind is not on this matter at all. Don't be suspicious. You are not allowed to mention it again. Yu Chen didn't want to dwell on boring thoughts, so he gave an order to Li Yunrui with a tough attitude.

Jiangsu now only has southern Jiangsu, the territory is not large, and the transportation is convenient, so the parliament adopts a regular monthly meeting. If there is something special, there will be an impromptu meeting. After all, these members of parliament are all people with their own industries, and it is impossible for them to devote their energy to parliament for a long time. This time it happened to be the day of the parliament, and everyone rushed to attend the meeting.

Although the main topic was the issue of concentrated silkworm breeding, the initial questions about the movement of the People's Party troops and whether there was any military action against Jiangsu caused the lawmakers who remained in Jiangsu to ask questions about the lawmakers who had just returned from the base areas. Finally, I got more accurate information, "Everything is normal in the People's Party base area, at least in Anhui base area." That's what makes the worried lawmakers feel a lot better.

"After we came back from Anhui this time, the biggest feeling was that the People's Party attaches great importance to the sericulture industry. Everywhere we went, we didn't see mulberry trees. Everywhere I went, there was no one who did not build a silk reeling factory and a silk factory. We in Jiangsu are not as good as others, but not only because the People's Party does business with foreigners. It is our Jiangsu government that attaches far less importance to this matter than the People's Party. I, along with the other legislators who went to Anhui, felt that we had to catch up on this matter. Li Yushui, the leader of the delegation, said loudly in front of the Jiangsu parliamentarians.