Fuzhou, Mawei Port.

The sound of military music whimpered, and on the side of the pier, there were already guards standing upright and solemn, lined up with rifles on their shoulders. A group of officers of the Fujian Army, as well as the celebrities and gentry in Fuzhou City, gathered on the side of the wharf, stretched their necks to look at the Minjiang River in the rain and mist, although they had been waiting for a long time in the drizzle, but no one showed a trace of impatience.

I saw a China Merchants passenger ship whining into the port and slowly approached the wharf. Sailors in white uniforms dropped anchor and lowered the cables, and in a few moments the passenger ship was moored. A gangway was lowered, Chang Ruiqing and Wu Shi greeted them first, and some people put up banners that read: "Welcome Mr. Chen Duxiu and Mr. Li Dazhao to Fujian!" ”

Seeing such a grand welcome ceremony, Chen Duxiu, who strode down the gangway, had a smile on his face that could not be concealed, but Li Dazhao frowned slightly. He and Chen Duxiu received an invitation after Chang Ruiqing took control of the military and political power in Fujian, and Peking University happened to be in the summer vacation during this time, so the two bought a ferry ticket and came south together, originally thought it was an ordinary trip or investigation, but they didn't expect the other party to put on such a pomp to greet him. I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

Just when he was confused, he saw Chang Ruiqing and Wu Shirong appear under the gangway in straight clothes. Immediately afterwards, someone pulled him, and it turned out to be Chen Duxiu: "Shouchang, you see that Chang Yaoru and Wu Yuxun came to the dock to greet him in person, let's go down quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, Chang Ruiqing and Wu Shi had already walked up the gangway. Chang Ruiqing smiled and threw his hand at the two: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Li, I finally looked forward to the two of you, and my brother is now in charge of a big stall." There is almost no direction, so I hope that the two of them can give their brothers some guidance. ”

Chen Duxiu shook hands with Chang Ruiqing with a smile, and said loudly with a smile: "What is pointing and not pointing?" To be honest, Brother Shouchang and I don't have any direction, so it's true that let's discuss political policies. ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled, it seemed that Wu Shi glanced at it, and Wu Shi smiled: "This time, I invited the two gentlemen to Fujian, in fact, I still want the two to take important positions in the Fujian Provincial Government." The seat of the head of the Fujian Provincial Department of Education is still vacant, and no one has come...... Moreover, Brother Yaoru also wants to set up a propaganda office and an influential newspaper. This is all thanks to the help of two great talents! ”

Chen Duxiu's smile on his face did not decrease: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, General Yaoru wants us to help, and Brother Shouchang and I can't ask for it." Brother Shouchang, you graduated from the Department of Political Science of Waseda University in Japan, and being the director of the provincial education bureau is not a condescending talent, right? ”

Li Dazhao's face suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and he whispered in Chen Duxiu's ear: "Zhongfu! How can you say yes for me? Besides, we don't know the situation here in Fujian......"

Chen Duxiu waved his hand indifferently: "Normal, we study politics." What is researchism for? Is it just a matter of learning behind closed doors? ”

Chang Ruiqing laughed and took the hands of Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao: "What is the purpose of studying politics and researchism?" Not to be an official? Do you want to be a good official and be an official who truly serves the nation and the country? Now the brothers barely control the territory of a province. There is an urgent need for such an official ...... The two gentlemen might as well study while being officials, this is called combining theory with practice! ”

Chen Duxiu nodded busily: "Yes, yes, yes." Without putting it into practice, how can we know whether those foreign theories and doctrines are good or not? ”

Li Dazhao was stunned for a moment. Finally, he nodded slowly: "That's right, it should be practiced." It's just that...... General Yaoru, what doctrine do you plan to use to govern Fujian now? ”

Hearing this question, Chang Ruiqing couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. In this era, there are quite a few intellectuals who can be found to be officials, and they talk about what doctrines and lines they talk about all day long, and they don't look at the current national conditions of China. The most important thing?

Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Mr. Shouchang, at the moment, my brother can't even send a few qualified county magistrates here!" No doctrine can get out of the provincial capital...... Therefore, the most important thing now is not ism, but cadres who can really do things! As he spoke, he clenched his fists again and said with a smile: "Only when you really hold the territory in your hands can you be qualified to consider what doctrine you have!" By the way, the two gentlemen must have a lot of protégés, right? Are there any materials available? Brother, I'm looking for talent here. ”

……

At this time, the Generalissimo's Mansion in Guangzhou seems to be very lively. From the interior to the Huā Garden, there are large and small figures in the Revolutionary Party and the Kuomintang everywhere. These days, the residence of Sun Yat-sen, the generalissimo, seems to have become the liveliest place in the city of Guangzhou.

On the one hand, Sun Yat-sen's men seized the territory of 15 counties in eastern Guangdong in July, annexed Mo Qingyu's Cantonese army, and also brought the Zhangxia town guard envoy of the Beiyang series to his banner. The most shocking thing is that in the First Battle of Xiamen, the army that supported Sun Yat-sen actually defeated two Beiyang mixed brigades at once! This time, the market is bullish. Therefore, those characters who were about to lose confidence in Sun Yat-sen's "revolution" seemed to have appeared overnight.

On the other hand, the Beiyang warlords have also gathered in Tianjin for a meeting of the Governor Corps in the past two days, and the content of the discussion seems to be to crusade against the southwest! At this time, Lu Rongting and the characters of Hunan Granny Tan also ran to the Generalissimo's Mansion in Guangzhou every once in a while, wanting Sun Cannon to send the Cantonese army to Hunan to deal with the Beiyang Army.

In the corner of the small huā garden, there are several people sitting casually chatting and laughing, and the middle one is Jiang Jshi, the number one "fierce general" under Sun Yat-sen, who has just won a great victory in Xiamen. There were several senior generals of the Guangdong army, such as Xu Chongzhi, Xu Ji, and Deng Keng, who were all listening to Chiang's analysis of the situation in the north and south. I heard him laugh and say, "...... Sichuan is surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and once the northern army is driven out, there is nothing to be done. It doesn't matter if Fujian, that Chang Ruiqing is now busy governing the local government and reforming the military system...... The set he has engaged in is different from Beiyang, and his mind is already known to passers-by! It is estimated that the main battlefield of the next round of north-south exchanges will still be Hunan, and we, together with the Gui army and the Hunan army, will always have more than 100,000 troops, and occupy the geographical advantage and people. Therefore, we are sure of victory! Maybe after the battle, Hunan will be able to take advantage of the situation to sweep south of the Yangtze River! ”

Xu Chongzhi smiled, Jiang Jshi was his brother, and now he was very happy to see his brother proud. It's just that Jiang Jshi is not from Guangdong after all. There are also many people who can't get used to him in the Guangdong army, if it goes on in such a high profile, it won't be far from the day of loss, right? Listening to Jiang Jshi's high-spirited guidance there, he deliberately wanted to pour some cold water, so he smiled and said, "Where is it so easy?" How many of us are there? How many people are there in their Beiyang? Let's take it slowly, don't be in a hurry, you can't rush. ”

Jiang Jishi smiled mysteriously and lowered his voice: "You are the eldest brother." Brother Fohang, Brother Shiyuan, do you know who Mr. Sun is seeing now? It's Kim Yong-yan! Chang Ruiqing's chief think tank, he is here in Guangzhou! ”

Several people here were stunned. After looking around, he didn't see anyone else nearby before he sighed softly. Xu Chongzhi frowned and blamed: "J Shi, we don't know about this matter, it must be confidential!" How can you tell? What if it spoils Mr.'s plans? ”

Deng Keng, who was on the side, asked suspiciously: "J stone." How did you know that? Did the gentleman say that? ”

Jiang Jishi shook his head: "It's not what Mr. said, it was I who happened to meet Jin Yongyan's deputy Wang Bailing in the Generalissimo's Mansion, and he is also my brother-in-law, and he quietly revealed it to me." ”

Several Cantonese people looked at each other. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and then he began to talk about the Civil War again.

And right now. In Sun Yat-sen's office, a secret conversation had just ended. Chang Ruiqing's representatives, Jin Yongyan and Wang Bailing, quietly left from the side door. And Sun Yat-sen is still a little distracted there. It was as if I was thinking about what I had just said.

Hu Hanmin had just sent Jin Yongyan and Wang Bailing out, and when he returned to the room, he saw Sun Yat-sen's distracted appearance, so he walked to him and sat down, and said with a smile: "Sir, what do you think Chang Ruiqing is thinking in his heart?" Will we be able to meet his request? ”

Sun Yat-sen replied slowly, looked at Hu Hanmin, and nodded thoughtfully: "No matter what Chang Ruiqing says, he is a comrade of our Chinese Revolutionary Party, and now he has got the territory of Fujian Province, and he wants me to send someone to him to be an official, this is always a good thing, right?" ”

Hu Hanmin also nodded and said with a wry smile: "It's definitely a good thing!" There is nothing else in our Revolutionary Party and the Kuomintang, but there are many comrades who want to be officials, and now Chang Ruiqing wants to send a little bit to the past...... Besides, if Chang Ruiqing's officials are all our comrades, this will also be beneficial to our revolution, right? ”

Sun Yat-sen shook his head slightly: "I don't understand, I don't understand, what is the benefit of Chang Ruiqing doing this?" Did he really want to go with me wholeheartedly? Is he really my believer? ”

Hu Hanmin looked at Sun Yat-sen and said in his heart: "People are all believers in order to be an official, this Chang Ruiqing now has a territory and an army, do you still need to believe in you?" ”

Sun Yat-sen was silent for a while, and then said: "I don't want to think so much, let's send, send...... He Chang Ruiqing wants to find someone to be an official, and we have many comrades here who want to be officials, so let's send some to him! Zhantang, you are responsible for this matter, and the comrades sent over must be of good character and not too famous. ”

Hu Hanmin nodded: "Got it, sir." By the way, do you want to send a few more military cadres over? It seems that there are a few soldiers and staff officers in our Generalissimo's Mansion who are very idle, otherwise let them try their luck in Fujian? ”

"Staff officer? Who are they? Sun Yat-sen frowned, his Cantonese army was very xenophobic, if it weren't for the Cantonese, it would be difficult to gain a foothold in it, and even Jiang Jshi, who had just made a great contribution, was in a difficult situation, let alone others.

Hu Hanmin replied: "He Xufu (He Sui), Guo Maochen (Guo Songling) and Long Jingting, they all went to the Army University in Beijing, and also served as instructors at the Lu University, among which He Xufu has just returned from a military inspection in Europe, Guo Maochen was the battalion commander in the Qing Dynasty, and Long Jingting studied at the Army University in Japan. Now they're all ......"

"There is no place for such talents?" Sun Yat-sen's feelings seemed to be a little excited, and interrupted Hu Hanmin's words: "If we want to achieve great things, we must have the bearing of accepting all rivers and rivers, and we can't always stare at the provincial nationality in our eyes!" Look at Chang Ruiqing, he is from Tongshan County, Jiangsu, Wu Shi under him is from Fujian, Bai Chongxi is from Guangxi, Wang Junhao is from Anhui, Lu Yixuan is from Shandong, and Jin Yongyan is from Hubei. Now you still ask us for ......" Speaking of this, he sighed and waved his hand: "Zhantang, you go and arrange it." Go and ask the opinions of the three of them, and then ask Jin Yongyan what position they have arranged? ”

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"Supervisor, this is a telegram from Mr. Jin just sent." Xu Haoyu walked into Chang Ruiqing's office with a telegram that had just been translated.

In the office, Chang Ruiqing was still chatting with Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, and when he saw the telegram in Xu Haoyu's hand, Chang Ruiqing reached out and took it, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Mr. Sun agreed to select 200 cadres from the Revolutionary Party and the Kuomintang to come to Fuzhou...... Oh. And Guo Songling! ”

Seeing Chang Ruiqing's reaction, Chen Duxiu asked with a smile: "What?" Is this Guo Songling very famous? ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded and said with a smile: "It's a talent, an instructor at the Beijing Army University." Saying that, he turned back to Xu Haoyu and said, "Call back to reply to Mr. Jin." I assigned Guo Maochen the position of deputy director of the General Staff Bureau, chief of staff of the division, deputy commander of the division, and so on. General Long Jingting is a native of Hubei, and he can partner with Mr. Jin to serve as the deputy head of the Fujian Jiangwu Hall and the head of education. General He Xufu...... If you don't mind, you can be the chief of staff of the Third Division, which was adapted from the Fujian People's Army. A famous Fujian general like General He is needed to suppress the formation! ”

Speaking of this, Chang Ruiqing seemed to suddenly think of something, and added: "Add one more, let Mr. Jin ask." Can you let Jiang Jshi come to me? I can give him a division commander. ”

Xu Haoyu agreed, and then turned around and left. Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in the room glanced at each other. Chen Duxiu asked: "Brother Yaoru, you want so many people from Sun Yat-sen at once." If such a high position is arranged, aren't you afraid that they have other intentions? ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled: "Isn't it that little loyalty to Mr. Sun?" He waved his hand indifferently: "I don't care about this, Mr. Sun is the banner of the revolution of the country, and all the people of the country who claim to be the one who is revolutionary, are very convinced of him, and I myself am no exception!" ”

This is a good thing to say, but Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao don't believe half a word. Seeing the suspicious gazes of the two, Chang Ruiqing just smiled faintly and did not explain to them. In fact, he also knew that the people sent by Sun Yat-sen were not particularly reliable, but the question was how many people in the current "China" country could not only do some things, but also be more reliable, for his own use? At present, the weakness of China, the lack of talent is probably also the main reason, right?

Not to mention other places, just Fujian Province under his rule, how many college students are there in the entire bureaucratic contingent in Fujian? And how many middle school students have received a new education? I'm afraid you can't make a group together, right? It is really impossible to rely on such a bureaucratic team to manage a province well! If you are irresponsible, the implementation of so-called "local autonomy" in Fujian is nothing more than a group of local tyrants and inferior gentry holding a few guns in their hands to control the localities! How can such a person manage the place well?

As for the policy of relying on workers and peasants in history, to put it bluntly, it was a simple, rude, and even somewhat barbaric way to smash the original social order, and then establish a set of quasi-military management systems. Although it is possible to build political power down to the grassroots level and control the wealth and power of the entire society in the shortest possible time, the destructiveness of this model is too great...... Moreover, Fujian is now its own territory, and if it is smashed again, it will be lifting a stone to hit its own feet.

Therefore, the first priority in governing Fujian is to recruit talents, establish local political power, and effectively control the grassroots level.

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing smiled and said to the two in front of him: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Li, how are you thinking about it?" Can we work together with our brothers to build our Fujian Province into a model province where the people can live and work in peace and contentment? ”

Hearing this question, Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao were silent for a while, and then spoke almost at the same time.

"Okay, I'll stay and fight with General Yaoru."

"I'm sorry, but I still want to carry out socialist propaganda work in the north."

It was Chen Duxiu who promised to fight with Chang Ruiqing, and it was Li Dazhao who wanted to go back to the north.

Chang Ruiqing nodded to Li Dazhao with regret on his face: "Mr. Shouchang, since this is the case, my brother will not be retained...... In the future, the situation of our party in the north will be left to Mr. Please. After speaking, he got up and sent Li Dazhao out of the superintendent's office with Chen Duxiu.

After returning to the office, Chang Ruiqing took out the letter of appointment that had been prepared a long time ago and handed it to Chen Duxiu: "Mr. Chen, this is the letter of appointment of the Minister of Education of Fujian Province, signed by Mr. Wang Kaishi, Governor of Fujian Province, and my brother just handed it over on my behalf." ”

Chen Duxiu took the letter of appointment and glanced at it, and said in his heart: "This Wang Qi seems to be a puppet, and he can't even be the master of this most important candidate for the director of education." ”

Just when Chen Duxiu wanted to say a few kind words, Chang Ruiqing said to himself: "At present, although we have recruited some talents from all aspects, the total number is more than two hundred at most, and it would be good to be able to take up the positions of the county magistrates of the whole province and a few yamen in Fuzhou City." However, the most important local grassroots power has not yet been found...... There are dozens of counties and more than 1,000 townships and towns in a province, and even if the political power is established at the town level, there will be at least a few thousand officials. Saying that, he glanced at Chen Duxiu meaningfully: "Mr. Chen, so many officials can only rely on you, the director of education, to find a way!" ”

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