Chen Chao accepted the official appointment of the Ministry of Officials, but he still needed to go to Beijing to be admonished. This was clearly notified by the Ministry of Officials. After accepting the appointment, Chen Chao changed from a "white body" (his fifth town senator was appointed internally, not recognized by the imperial court) to become a member of the imperial court from the second grade, creating a piece of history and causing the amazement of Shandong officialdom.

What do the parties think, the vast majority of people don't know Lu Dao, Chen Chao at this moment is preparing to enter Beijing by water with Bai Ruiting, who went to Beijing to take up a new post, after Xu Jianyin's funeral.

The political envoy was the governor of a province before he became a permanent governor, but now he is the main person in charge of civil affairs, and if compared with later generations, he is the executive vice governor and the director of the finance department.

Wearing a second-grade official uniform embroidered with brocade chickens, wearing a red-topped official hat inlaid with small gemstones, and participating in the banquet held by Yang Shixiang for Bai Ruiting and the banquet held for him, Chen Chao returned home in a sedan chair with four lifts, Chen Chao felt weird, and it was like a dream. All the way back home, he had a feeling of unreality.

"I climbed to the second rank all of a sudden? The political envoy is a real power position...... "The ambition of governing the country and leveling the world in his youth seems to have come back all of a sudden, how eager he was to be an official at that time, to be a good official who has done his best for the court and the people, as for the official position, it is the greatest ideal to be a county commander."

Maybe it was because he drank too much wine, Chen Chao's face was flushed.

"Aha, Daddy's dress is so magnificent." Chen Xian said with a smile.

"It's the first time your father has worn an official uniform. They all say that they are well-dressed beasts, what kind of bird is this? You Shi pointed to the pattern on her husband's chest and smiled.

Chen Shu's mouth was open. But he didn't think about what to say, he stayed for a long time, and asked Xinghua, "Do you see grandpa's beautiful clothes?" ”

"It's not pretty." Xinghua held a wooden pistol in his hand and brandished it.

"Grandpa, aren't you too hot?" is still the boss Zhenhua sensible, and handed Chen Chao a pu fan.

"Hot, why isn't it hot?" Chen Chao began to take off his official uniform, "This is to roast grandpa on the fire." ”

"Then grandpa shouldn't wear it."

"Ha Luha, it's still Zhenhua smart. However, there are some things that you don't want to do without doing. Chen Chao touched Zhenhua's head.

Long Qian's two sons, Zhenhua is stable and precocious. Xinghua is playful and active. The brothers have very different personalities.

"Let's drink some sour plum soup." Chen Shu brought a bowl of sour plum soup to her uncle, "Has he already arrived in Guangdong?" ”

"I heard Shi Jun say that the forward troops of the Fifth Town have entered Guangdong, and the specific situation is not very clear. But. I think it's similar to being in Jiangxi. There's nothing dangerous. ”

"The court is the best at borrowing a knife to kill! forced the Mengshan Army to turn against the Alliance. Chen Xian said. It's just bad. ”

"This is the benefit of taking advantage of the height of righteousness." Chen Chao drank a bowl of sour plum soup, indescribably comfortable, "That's right." Today, I received a handwritten letter of retreat, and I chattered about a lot of government affairs. He didn't want to think about it, the current Shandong is very different from when he was there. ”

"He's in good health, right? What does the letter say? Chen Shu asked with concern. But she also knew that since it was sent to her uncle, she didn't have much to do.

"Look at it. I was still in Jiangxi when I wrote the letter, but I was about to leave. This time, I don't know when we will be able to meet......" He reached out and pinched Xinghua's face, "You Lao Tzu came back, you don't know each other." ”

Xinghua touched his pinched cheek unhappily and ran out of the yard to play.

Chen Shu opened her husband's thick letterhead, and the familiar handwriting written by the pen immediately made her see her husband's figure, after congratulating her uncle on his sudden high position, expressing condolences for Xu Jianyin's death and entrusting him to pay tribute to him, Long Qian talked about Shandong government affairs in the letter, "...... The uncle can show his skills in government affairs without worrying about Yang Shixiang's constraints. Perhaps, Yang Shixiang will not hinder you. However, it is necessary to keep a low profile politically, strictly control the propaganda of public opinion, and do not make the imperial court pay more attention to Shandong. The key to government affairs lies in finance, and we must do our best to grasp the financial power, and we must establish a system of a pen, which can stipulate the amount, and the expenditure that exceeds the amount must be paid with your signature...... The imperial court will become less and less able to take care of the localities, so it can speed up the pace of construction without scruples, and in accordance with the plan previously discussed, set up a commercial bureau, an industrial bureau and an investment promotion bureau in advance to coordinate Shandong's industrial, commercial and investment affairs. In terms of industry, we must not rely on the two major groups of Huayuan and ZTE, but should make use of the current fame and advantages to promote the establishment of more private enterprises, attract funds and talents from other provinces to the greatest extent, and the government should give the greatest preferential treatment in terms of land acquisition and taxation, and Huayuan and Zhongxing should support them in terms of technology and talents...... It is of great significance to do everything possible to promote the rapid expansion of Shandong's industry and strive to build an industrial base in Shandong that has begun to take shape and has a complete system. At all times and no matter what circumstances arise, we must spare no effort to carry out the construction of basic industries. You can't rely on others for this matter, you have to arrest it yourself...... In the early stage, the main work was to reduce rents and interest rates, eradicate the bad habits of opium cultivation and opium smoking, and alleviate the rich and poor, and in the later stage, it was mainly to cooperate with the army's reserve construction, to crack down on potential sects, improve rural politics, gradually eliminate the influence of clans, and establish a rural political power loyal to the Mengshan Army at the grassroots level...... The construction of industry lies in forging ahead, and the improvement of the organization in the rural areas is the foundation for ensuring the invincible position of the Mengshan army. ”

In his letter, Long Qian also made detailed arrangements for several urgent tasks in government affairs: First, Jiang Jiying, president of the commercial bank, was asked to go to Guangzhou to receive the task. The second is the expansion of the Silver Dollar Bureau and the expansion of the capital of the commercial bank, and the letter also said that he will inject 1.2 million taels of silver into the Shanghai branch of the Shandong Commercial Bank in the near future. The third is to pay attention to the cooperation between Zhongxing Industry and Zebra Company, and expand the soda ash and acid plant of the chemical company presided over by Wang Yan as soon as possible. Fourth, we discussed with Fang, Xu, and Cai Zhujun to set up several more secondary specialized schools to cultivate industrial talents, and the more the better. After gaining a foothold in Guangdong, it may be necessary to transfer some personnel to work in Guangdong......

Long Qian said in the letter. This letter can be shown to Ning Shijun, Fang Shengyuan and Song Jinguo. For the military affairs of Shandong, he gave other instructions to Ning, Zhang, Ye, and Wu, and there was no need to worry too much about the military side, as long as the fifth town was still in my hands, the imperial court would never dare to plot against Shandong by force...... At the end of the letter, Long Qian told that since the Hunan and Jiangxi incidents, the Shandong Rebellion followed, and the main force of the Mengshan Army went south, and the alliance had become a fire and water. This generation likes assassination to vent his anger. The safety and security of family members must be carefully cared for, and there must be no negligence, and all key personnel left behind in Shandong must be reminded to strengthen precautions. Stay safe.

"Tell Jiang Jiying to go. Do you want to set up a branch in Guangzhou? Chen Shu finished reading the letter. I wonder if I can go with Mr. Jiang? ”

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate now, after all, he just arrived, and everything hasn't been settled yet." Chen Chao groaned. "Since he mentioned that the Alliance will be good at assassination, he should be careful. If you don't have anything to do, you should go out less. Even if you go out, don't go out alone. ”

"That's what your uncle said. It's good, why did any alliance come out? How could he do it to us women? What about Xiaozhi? You can't shut him up in the house. You interjected.

"The one who was beheaded a few days ago was the Alliance, and my brother-in-law said yes. Further back, Lord Bai's overseas expedition was still stained with the light of the Alliance's assassination. Chen Xian knows much more about the current situation than her mother, "It's just a matter of being careful." Xiao Zhi lives on campus at the university, and it is still safe. Give him a call and send a car to pick him up when the time comes, so his mother doesn't have to worry. Chen Zhi was admitted to the University of Technology to study chemical engineering, lived in the school, and went home almost once a week.

Chen Chao thought that Long Qian didn't seem to be very worried about the situation in Shandong, otherwise he wouldn't have repeatedly told him about industrial construction. However, to manage Shandong's industry as a whole, I am afraid that it will not be enough. Moreover, Long Qian's letter said that we should not only rely on the two major industrial groups of Huayuan and Zhongxing, but should establish more privately-funded companies. Now there are a lot of private capital flowing into Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Lianghu, Shanxi, and even Zhili, all of which want to rely on the two big trees of Huayuan and Zhongxing. And Zhou Xuexi and Zhang Lianfen are planning to expand the strength of their group all day long, digging meat out of their mouths, is it possible?

Everything will have to wait until he comes back from Beijing, Chen Chao thought, if he wants to engage in rural autonomy by himself, it is the right way, but it will be difficult to manage industrial construction. But who does this depend on?

"My brother-in-law gave the burden to my father." Chen Xian waited for Chen Shu to finish reading, and she also read Long Qian's letter, "Hasn't Daddy been looking forward to showing off his skills?" Now's your chance. When his brother-in-law returned, his father surprised him. ”

"Don't talk about that, you know it. The new Admiral Wang Huaiqing has arrived, and he wants us to move. ”

"What?" The three women screamed at the same time.

"It's a wonderful person. took a fancy to the Mengshan Army Headquarters, and wanted to monopolize it, so naturally he also wanted to take back the backyard, and it was said that he was now single to take office, and he would eventually have to bring his wife and concubine. ”

"Why? Daddy, you agreed? ”

"Where is the need for me to come forward. How could the guard battalion promise him? For this, I almost used a gun. This guy is also a mallet, and he came to the base camp of the Mengshan Army with his majesty, which is really brainless. The guard battalion engaged his men and severed the right arm of his chief guard. ”

"Well deserved! It's a good fight, one day I see Guan Xingshun, I want to thank him well! Chen Xian was excited, "These things, if you don't give him some power, he won't know that Lord Ma has three eyes." ”

Guan Xingshun was originally the deputy battalion commander of the guard of the fifth town, and he did not go south with Long Qian, but left Ning Shijun with the main force of the guard battalion, and Long Qian only took the battalion commander Gu Xiaolin and one and a half companies. Guan Xingshun was naturally promoted to the commander of the guard battalion directly under the Shandong Column Headquarters, responsible for the headquarters organs and the guards of the Chen Mansion (Longfu).

"Amitabha, it's always bad to hurt someone." You Shi is not a Buddhist believer, but when he encounters something, he will go to the temple to pray and donate some sesame oil money, "People are always admirals, and it is not too much to occupy this courtyard, or let's move out?" ”

"If it's normal, you're not wrong. But first, I'm a vassal now, and it's wrong for him not to give me face. More importantly, when it comes to the command of the Shandong column, it is even more impossible to retreat. Although the Mengshan army occupies Jinan, not everyone supports us, and if Wang Huaiqing is backed down in this matter, the consequences will be serious. This is politics, Ning Shijun sees it very clearly, he is doing the right thing, it is not as simple as bullying others. ”

"Isn't the Admiral in charge of the army?" You asked stupidly.

"Ha Luha, saying that you are a woman, you are really not ordinary stupid. Long Qian was the commander, so he naturally managed the army, but Wang Huaiqing came to Shandong as the commander, and he really couldn't manage the army! If Wang Huaiqing is in charge of the army, I am sure that within two months, Long Qian will definitely bring the troops back. ”

You Shi looked suddenly enlightened.

"Got it? Everything we do comes from the Mengshan Army. This is the foundation of Shandong's power. Any admiral of the Futai Domain, he must look at the face of Mengshan Army. Long Qian used to tell me that there is power in the barrel of a gun, and I only really understood it today. Aren't you worried about whether I'll be able to do a good job as a political envoy? It's good to say that it's good to be right, as long as the Shandong column is there, as long as Ning Shijun and they don't have two hearts, I, the political envoy, will have the final say, maybe more than Yang Futai. That's very good, but the backstage is gone, and I can't get along for a day, so hurry up and obediently hang up the seal and get out. ”

"Uncle, isn't it bad for Commander Ning to turn his face directly with Admiral Wang?" Chen Shudao.

Chen Chao glanced at his niece appreciatively, "That's good!" You're so much better than your aunt! At that time, it was the order of Chief of Staff Zhang, and Ning Shijun was very smart, and he was not present. ”

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot about it." Chen Xian shouted, "I answered the phone this afternoon, and that foreign reporter named Mo Lixun is going to interview you." ”

"Hmm, what do you say?"

"I said I'd have to ask you."

"I've already met this man, what's the matter with him?" Chen Chao muttered to himself. (To be continued......)