Early the next morning, Qiao Zhiyong left the inn and headed towards the presidential palace. The soldiers guarding the gate had already received Li Zhen's order, and when they learned that the person who came was Qiao Zhiyong, they immediately reported it to Li Zhen. After a short time, Li Zhen personally came to the gate to greet him and welcomed Qiao Zhiyong to the hall.

The guest and host sat down, and Li Zhen asked with a smile: "Mr. Qiao, after a night of consideration, have you thought about it?" ”

Qiao Zhiyong replied: "I have thought it through and am willing to be a leader!" ”

"Good!"

Li Zhen roared excitedly and laughed.

He got up in front of Qiao Zhiyong, stretched out his hand, shook hands with Qiao Zhiyong, and said happily: "Mr. Qiao, from now on, we are comrades-in-arms and brothers who struggle in the trenches. In the future, we will work together to strive for the rise of China! ”

"Fight for the rise of China!"

Qiao Zhiyong smiled, and could feel the agitation in Li Zhen's heart.

Li Zhen returned to his seat and sat down, and said, "Mr. Qiao, I know that there must be a lot of things to arrange in your family. After meeting with all the businessmen on the 18th day of the first lunar month, you should first go back to your hometown and finish the affairs of your family, and then take up your post, what do you think? ”

"Thank you for your understanding!"

Qiao Zhiyong didn't expect Li Zhen to be so careful, and he was extremely grateful.

He came to Beijing this time and temporarily arranged someone to take care of the business. You can shake your hands for a short time, but you can't shake your hands for a long time. If he enters politics, he must have the right to hand over, so he must go home and arrange the things that should be arranged.

Li Zhen said: "Mr. Qiao, there is one more thing. The Ministry of Finance is set up by you, so before that, you have to study more about the household situation of the past dynasties, and also study the financial structure of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, and I need a complete system to ensure the operation of the country. You are familiar with business and finance, but you also need to learn these things in advance, otherwise you will face great difficulties when you take office. ”

Qiao Zhiyong said: "Thank you President, I will definitely do my homework." ”

Li Zhen smiled: "You were dug up by me, you did a good job, and I also have face." Moreover, we are also comrades-in-arms in the trenches, fishing for food in a pot, one is prosperous, and the other is lost. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen continued: "Although you only took office later, today I will introduce you to all the people in the system." By the time you return to Beijing, I will probably have already gone south to Vietnam, so I will introduce you to you first, so that you can get to know each other. ”

Without waiting for Qiao Zhiyong to answer, Li Zhen commanded: "Yellow Tiger! ”

"Here!"

Huang Hu strode in and raised his hand to salute.

Li Zhen instructed: "Please bring Zeng Guofan, Shi Dakai, Zhao Liewen, Zuo Zongtang, and Huang Shihai over!" ”

"Yes!"

Huang Hu agreed, and then turned around to ask for someone.

Li Zhen was still very excited in his heart, and said: "The people I invited are the most critical people. I'll introduce you to them later! Next, Li Zhen introduced Qiao Zhiyong to the current division of rights, as well as an overall overview of China.

The two of them asked and answered, time passed quickly, and Huang Shihai was the first to arrive at the presidential palace.

Qiao Zhiyong took the initiative to stand up, and the corners of Li Zhen's mouth hooked up with a smile.

Li Zhen stood up and introduced, "Mr. Qiao, this is the commander of the First Army under my command. At present, Huang Shihai is leading the army to defend Beijing, and is the strongest force stationed in Beijing, responsible for Beijing's security. After a pause, Li Zhen said again: "Shihai, this is the great sage I invited, the newly appointed Minister of Finance Qiao Zhiyong. In the future, Minister Qiao will be in charge of the country's finances, and the salaries of the soldiers of your army will depend on the minister in front of him. ”

"Commander Huang!"

Qiao Zhiyong took the initiative to stretch out his hand and shake hands with Huang Shihai.

Huang Shihai shook hands with Qiao Zhiyong and said, "Minister Qiao, please take care of me in the future!" ”

Qiao Zhiyong was humble again and again, and had a simple exchange with Huang Shihai.

Immediately afterwards, Zeng Guofan, Zhao Liewen, Zuo Zongtang and Shi Dakai rushed together.

The four of them looked at Li Zhen first, and then their eyes fell on Qiao Zhiyong's body. Li Zhen waved his finger at Qiao Zhiyong and said, "Several, this is Qiao Zhiyong, the Minister of Finance I just invited." He is the head of the Qiao family in Shanxi, and now he has been dug up by me. From now on, he will be the ruler of your month. If you want to grow up, you have to have a good relationship, otherwise your income will be lowered, don't blame me! ”

Li Zhen introduced half of it, generally joking, and introduced Qiao Zhiyong to a few people.

Zeng Guofan said: "Minister Qiao, I am Zeng Guofan!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Shi Dakai, Zhao Liewen and Zuo Zongtang all shook hands with Qiao Zhiyong in turn.

Li Zhen introduced: "Minister Qiao, Zeng Guofan is the prime minister of the country, currently second only to me as president, and he is responsible for the big and small affairs of the country. Your Ministry of Finance belongs to a department under Zeng Guofan and is directly responsible to Zeng Guofan. ”

"Premier Zeng!" Qiao Zhiyong nodded.

Li Zhen said again: "Shi Dakai is the vice premier of the country, assisting Zeng Guofan in doing things!" and you a system. The three of you are in a system, and I hope that the three of you will work together sincerely to build the country well. ”

The three of them nodded in response, all with resolute expressions.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhen introduced Zuo Zongtang and Zhao Liewen in turn, both of whom are crucial figures, and Qiao Zhiyong must know. After the introduction, everyone communicates together and becomes more familiar. Qiao Zhiyong has been crawling in the mall for many years, with exquisite eight sides and long sleeves and good at dancing, and soon mingled with the people present and integrated into the group.

Seeing this, Li Zhen had to praise Qiao Zhiyong's ability.

Of course, this is also Qiao Zhiyong's own talent, otherwise in the face of talented people such as Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Zhao Liewen, he will definitely not be recognized by these people.

"Step! Trample!! ”

There was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the living room.

Wang Chi walked in from outside, he first saluted Li Zhen, and said, "The disciple has seen the teacher!" ”

Li Zhen waved his hand and said, "Sit!" ”

After Wang Chi sat down, he looked at Qiao Zhiyong, blinked, and said with a smile: "Mr. Qiao, I didn't expect to see you here, it's really fate!" Before that, Wang Chi was active in the city, once went to visit Qiao Zhiyong, pushed out matches and rickshaws, and had in-depth exchanges with Qiao Zhiyong and reached a certain agreement.

Qiao Zhiyong was even more surprised when he saw Wang Chi and thought that Wang Chi called Li Zhen a teacher.

Qiao Zhiyong said hello to Wang Chi, then looked at Li Zhen and said incredulously: "President, Mr. Wang calls you a teacher, did he teach you?" ”

Wang Chi smiled and said, "Of course, I was personally brought out by the teacher. The products I sell are all come up with by my teachers. I don't have that brain, I can't think of so many wonderful things. ”

Qiao Zhiyong sighed with emotion: "The wisdom of the great president is almost like a demon! It's so hard to come up with things like matches and rickshaws! It's too hard! It's hard to imagine how the president came up with it. ”

The people around laughed, they were used to it.

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