In Jingde, Anhui Province, Jiang Xin was reading a newspaper in his study, which had just been brought back from outside, and the contents of it were related to the Preparatory Constitutional Association in Shanghai.

"Is there already a constitutional organization in Shanghai?" Jiang Xin's heart was somewhat excited when he looked at the contents of the newspaper. In history, Jiang Xin had joined the Constitutional Friends Association, so he naturally had no objection to this kind of organization.

But just when he was thinking about when such an organization would appear in Anhui, the subordinate who came back from outside with a newspaper suddenly knocked on the door outside. "Sir, there is your telegram..."

Hearing the words of the next person, Jiang Xin was slightly stunned, not knowing who sent him the telegram, but he still raised his voice. "Come in!"

With Dao Jiang Xin's permission, the subordinate walked in from the outside and handed him a telegram.

After receiving the telegram and waving his hand to signal his subordinates to withdraw, Jiang Xin looked at the cover of the telegram.

"Rain Stone Group?" Jiang Xin naturally knew about the Yushi Group, not to mention that he had talked to Yan Shao when he was in Anqing. "But what did he ask me for?"

At this time, the Yushi Group actually had its own telegraph, and it was also a wireless telegraph. However, this kind of wireless telegraphy is only deployed in Xiangshan, which is specially used for Yan Shao and Huang Hao to communicate, so some of Yan Shao's usual traffic is still wired telegraph from the telegraph bureau.

After opening the telegram, Jiang Xin quickly read the contents, but soon his eyes widened.

"Innovation?"

In the telegram, Yan Shao invited Jiang Xin to join the Innovation Society he had founded.

As for the purpose of the Innovation Council? Naturally, it is 'the abolition of the old government.' Constitutional government has been implemented, just like the preparatory constitutional association that had just been established in Shanghai. Moreover, in the telegram, Yan Shao also admitted that he decided to establish this guild after being inspired by Zhang Jian.

Regarding Yan Shao's frank admission, Jiang Xin also has a lot of good feelings. However, he was somewhat hesitant to join the 'Reform Society'.

It's not that he doesn't want to join this kind of guild, it's just...

"He's not from Anhui after all..."

After rubbing the inkstone on the table with his palm, Jiang Xin said with some hesitation.

Even if there is still the word local protectionism in later generations, let alone in this era when the local complex is extremely serious, in this era xenophobia is very serious, if it were not for this, after the Xinhai Revolution, it would not be possible for only one Cai Yi to sit firmly in the position of governor, as for other provincial people...

For example, an unlucky guy named Yang Xincheng, in 1905 (the 31st year of Guangxu). Yang Xincheng graduated with the highest first grade, and was selected to study abroad at the Japanese government expense, and studied at the Tokyo Zhenwu School and the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School for more than 5 years. The results are excellent.

In 1910, he returned to China, and was born in the Ministry of Martial Arts and served as the first standard instructor of the Guizhou New Army (such as the deputy standard commander). In the spring of the following year, he also served as the general office of the Guizhou Army Primary School. In October of the same year, the Wuchang Uprising broke out. November 3rd. Yang Xincheng and Zhao Dequan led the Guizhou Army primary school students and New Army soldiers to launch an uprising in Guiyang. November 4th. The Guizhou Military Government of the Han Dynasty issued a declaration of establishment, and Yang Xincheng was elected as the governor, in charge of the military and politics of the province.

If that's all the story happens, then everything will be happy.

But in fact, not long after Yang Xincheng was promoted to the governor, he was ostracized by Zhang Bailin and others, and in the end, when there was no way, Yang Xincheng could only lead the Guizhou army to aid Hubei...

Jiang Xin didn't have any opinion on Yan Shao, but as the first constitutional organization in Anhui, if the president was not from Anhui...

"It's a little difficult," he sat in his study. Jiang Xin's face showed a hint of embarrassment.

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When Jiang Xin received Yan Shao's telegram, many gentry and celebrities in Anhui also received Yan Shao's telegram. Among them are Jiang Qian and others whom Yan Shao has seen, as well as some famous people in Anhui.

After receiving Yan Shao's telegram, some people responded quickly, some expressed interest but needed to think about it, and some said that Yan Shao should step down from the position of president. However, judging from his contribution to Anhui, it is no problem to be a vice president—————— Yan Shao usually throws them directly into the wastebasket.

No matter how many people objected, Yan Shao eventually bought a piece of land in the county town of Wuhu and built a six-storey western-style building, which would also become the headquarters of the future 'Innovation Association'.

In Yan Shao's plan, this pseudo? The status of the Innovation Association is still very important, firstly, Yan Shao needs to use him to win over the gentry and celebrities from all over Anhui, and secondly, Yan Shao also needs to use the name of this Renewal Association to cover the real Reform Association.

Therefore, Yan Shao is still very concerned about the things about the Innovation Association.

On the other hand, celebrities from all over the world who agreed to join the Innovation Association after receiving the invitation also arrived in Wuhu. And their first meeting place is the top floor of the 'Yushi Building' of Yushi Group.

Because it had just rained, the weather on this day was not too hot, while basking in the warm sunshine, while looking down on the entire Wuhu at a height of nearly 100 meters, more than 50 people who participated in the meeting for the first time discussed the establishment of the reform association and the regulations after its establishment.

According to the regulations laid down by them later, all nationals who are over 20 years of age and who are consistent with this purpose may be admitted by two or more members. At the same time, the association has 1 president, 2 vice presidents, 12 directors, several honorary directors, 1 clerk, 1 accountant, editor, investigator and lecturer. The President and the Vice-President shall be elected by each other from among the 15 members elected by the plenary vote of the plenary meeting, and shall serve a term of one year and may be re-elected.

In the voting, Yan Shao undoubtedly assumed the position of president.

This is not only because at least half of the people in the entire innovation committee are senior executives of the Yushi Group, but also because the other half of the people may not want Yan Shao to be elected, but they can't come up with a unified opinion...

After assuming the position of president, the position of vice president was held by Li Liang and Li Guoyun, and the position of director was held by Huang Hao and Jiang Xin and Jiang Qian, who finally nodded and agreed...

It should be said that the whole meeting went very smoothly, although at least half of the entire reform meeting were high-level executives of the Yushi Group, but the remaining half were extremely famous gentry and celebrities in Anhui Province, and these people also contributed to Yan Shao's future plans.

And in addition to these people, there are many others who are still waiting and believe that it will not be long before they will join in.

"But..."After the meeting, Li Liang, who had already become the vice president of the Innovation Association, frowned. Elected once a year, boss, wouldn't it be a bit of a thing to do..."

As soon as Li Liang's words came out, Huang Hao and the others on the side had already nodded in agreement.

Of course, Yan Shao knew what Li Liang wanted to say, at the time of the meeting, in fact, Li Liang's position as vice president was more difficult than Yan Shao's position as president. The reason is also very simple, although Yan Shao is not from Anhui, but he is also a Chinese, and what about Li Liang? But a Chinese who grew up in the United States...

Naturally, the appointment of such a person as the vice president of the Innovation Council will cause a lot of opposition.

And these also let Li Liang see the xenophobia of this era, seriously, this is a common thing in this era, no matter which province it is to, in fact, even in later generations, but these encounters still make Li Liang a little worried, this election is because the other party can not reach a unified opinion, plus at least half of the people in the entire reform association are from the Yushi Group, so Yan Shao can get the majority of votes to be elected as the president, but wait until a year later, if these people get through...

"Isn't the position of president in the hands of someone else? What we do has become someone else's wedding dress? ”

Li Liang's concerns are not unfounded, because there are indeed many people who want to make Yan Shao proud for a while after joining in, and the rest will be talked about next year, but...

"One year, if I can't handle it for such a long time, then I deserve to be driven down..."Although Li Liang was very worried, Yan Shao was the same as someone who didn't have trouble, and even scratched Katarina's face with his hand. And, isn't there still her? ”

For Yan Shao's slightly frivolous behavior, Li Liang and the others just didn't see it, but Katerina didn't care at all, after all, this kind of behavior is too common for Europeans.

To be honest, Yan Shao really didn't care about this matter, after all, it was just a group of so-called celebrities, how difficult it could be to deal with. Coupled with his financial resources, influence and Katarina's special affairs department, and a year of arrangement, if he can be ousted from the position of president in this way, it will be the same as what Yan Shao just said, 'He really deserves to be driven down', and the revolution or something should be stopped immediately, so as not to be embarrassed in the future...

Seeing that Yan Shao was so confident, Li Liang and the others didn't say anything.

At the same time, not long after the establishment of the Reform Association, Zhang Jian, who was busy with the Constitutional Preparatory Committee in Shanghai, also got the news.

When he learned the news, Zhang Jian was silent for a while, and then there was a hint of pride on his face. "It's finally time for me to get one step ahead..."

Zhang Jian was also the most famous industrialist in China, but after Yan Shao appeared, the most famous industrialist changed from Zhang Jian to Yan Shao. And with the passage of time, Zhang Jian, the former first industrialist, was also thrown out of 108,000 miles by Yan Shao, the current one.

In the face of this gap, it is impossible to say that Zhang Jian doesn't care at all, but the gap between the two is too big after all, so that he doesn't even have the confidence to fight. So when he learned that Yan Shao actually followed him to learn, Zhang Jian's first reaction was actually proud, especially after learning that Yan Shao admitted that he was inspired by him. (To be continued......)