"In addition to the nickname, the president returned from Europe with honors and gave a speech when he arrived in Shanghai, and all walks of life in Shanghai responded enthusiastically..."

“……… The President declared that the spread of the 'Spanish flu' in the country should be reduced at all costs, the number of deaths from the disease should be reduced, and the safety of the people should be ensured, and he called on the people of the country to follow the health rules issued by the Ministry of Health to ensure the safety of themselves and their families..."

“……… When the Western media questioned the government's actions of sending troops to the Urals, Kazakhs and other provinces, the president responded that the above-mentioned areas have been Chinese territory since ancient times, and there is no problem with the government's measures to send troops..."

After years of construction, Beijing has taken on a new look. Especially outside the walls of old Beijing, that new city. Under the planning of the Ministry of Urban Development, the whole city looks very 'new', or more precisely, full of modernity.

Neat buildings stand on the ground, and pedestrians either walk on the sidewalks or ride bicycles. The rest are mostly taking buses and trams, especially those trams, almost every train is crowded with people, and the transportation department has even considered whether to conduct a tender and get a double-decker tram out, load a lot of passengers, and reduce the pressure on traffic―――――― it is not surprising, as the capital of China, Beijing is one of the most populous cities in the world, especially after the establishment of the Guoshe government, there is another new city outside the old Beijing city, Beijing's population has also surged a lot compared to the past.

And at this moment, on the streets of the old and new towns, some fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers are waving newspapers in their hands. It's constantly being sold.

Since the introduction of compulsory education by the national government, almost all children who have reached the standard age have been sent to school. When it's time to go to school. There is not a single school-age child to be seen on the roads of the city.

Of course, those newsboys are also included in it...

Soon, the historic role of the newsboy completely disappeared into the long river of history, and was replaced by some slightly older fifteen or sixteen-year-old, seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys...

Basically, these are because they are too old to enroll. It's something that can't be helped. After all, education should be grasped from an early age, if the restrictions are relaxed. Then I'm afraid that in the end, there will be no head, and in the end, wouldn't it be that teenagers in their 20s who have no chance to study will also be sent to school?

All in all. In any case, the newsboys have largely disappeared from the streets of China and have been replaced by these newspaper 'teenagers'. On the other hand, although these teenagers are paid a little higher than the original newsboys. But it's obviously louder. Coupled with other aspects such as the body, there is not much difference between hiring these people and when they hired newsboys.

In the face of this piece of news, a considerable number of pedestrians chose to buy newspapers from the hands of newspaper 'boys' to learn about the latest consultations. Even those who didn't buy it, there are a few who choose to get around the people who bought it, intending to get the most up-to-date information from them. And those pedestrians who have already bought the newspaper are usually not stingy. Instead, he generously shared the newspaper in his hand, if he met someone who was illiterate. I will even take the initiative to read it out and discuss it with it―――――― no way, although the government has been implementing compulsory education for a period of time, but compulsory education is only for those school-age children, and definitely not adults...

Before taking into account the Xinhai Revolution, China's extremely low literacy rate...

Although China is very prosperous today, I have to be honest that there may not be one literate pedestrian in ten miles on the street. In this way, after the compulsory education is included, those students who have already learned some words...

But even this did not hinder these people's enthusiasm for national affairs, even if these people sometimes came up with whimsical and even ridiculous ideas.

However, no matter what, these prosperous scenes in front of them are, after all, what Yan Shao and they have been pursuing...

On the other hand, the news in those newspapers is not false.

When Yan Shao was in Shanghai, he did give a speech, and he did receive a warm response from all walks of life in Shanghai―――――― from a certain point of view, it would be strange if it was not enthusiastic, after all, Yan Shao is also the president of this country, even if it is out of the psychology of not offending people, at least he will applaud with a little effort or something...

What's more, even if Yan Shao and Yushi Bank block the financial path of many people, without Yan Shao, there would be no prosperity today, and they still understand this. Therefore, except for a few people, the people in the large army all have a grateful heart for Yan Shao.

Moreover, Yan Shao's visit to Europe this time has indeed brought back a lot of honors to the country, especially its ranking among the four giants of the Peace Conference, which makes China seem to have a status on a par with Britain and France―――――― but it just seems that although China looks very strong now, this is only because Britain and France have been exhausted for this war, in fact, there is still a gap between China and the above-mentioned countries, after all, the Nationalist government has only been established for six years. What can make up for the shortcomings is only China's own vast territory, rich resources and huge population, especially the last one, with a population of 500 million, as long as there are relatively adequate weapons and equipment, at least in terms of comprehensive strength, China will not be much inferior to other countries.

As for those epidemic prevention and the like, it is also a thing, after all, the second invasion of the Spanish flu has brought a lot of trouble to the whole world, and China, as a country with a large population, can receive tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of death reports every month.

While this figure is very fortunate when considering China's own population, Yan Shao still hopes to reduce the number of deaths.

In this way, it is necessary to strictly adhere to some of the codes issued by the Ministry of Health.

As for the last point...

When Yan Shao arrived in Shanghai, there were indeed some reporters from foreign newspapers. He interviewed about the 'Westward Expansion Strategy' and questioned Yan Shao's dispatch of troops to the Urals and Kazakh provinces, and turned it into the legitimacy and legitimacy of Chinese territory...

For this kind of question. Yan Shao had heard it many times as early as when he was in Paris, so he naturally knew very well that he could not give these reporters a reasonable answer in this matter. After all, no matter how nice you say, the fact is that the Nationalist government did send troops to Kazakhstan and other places.

So very simply, Yan Shao used a 'since ancient times' to fool those reporters.

Isn't there such a saying?

'If you are poor, you will put aside the controversy, and if you are poor, you will be able to do it since ancient times'...

This is the case now, if it is before the Xinhai year, even if Yan Shao has some contradictions with his neighbors. He also has to find ways to put aside the controversy, because he does not have the strength to compete with his opponents, so unless necessary. Otherwise, you can only delay as much as possible, and wait until you have the strength.

But now that I have the strength...

Then it should be 'since ancient times'...

Moreover, Yan Shao was not wrong, as early as the 17th century, a powerful nomadic regime emerged in Central Asia. That is, the Dzungar Khanate established by Moxi Mongolia. Under the aggression of the Dzungar Khanate. In September 1730, Yuz sent a mission to ask Russia to accept accession, and in December 1735, Yuz joined Russia, and Yuz was annexed by the Dzungar Khanate. However, the Dzungar Khanate died in 1757 at the hands of the more powerful Qing Empire, and the Great and Middle Yuz became vassals of the Qing Empire, as the Dzungars disappeared east and south of today's Lake Balkhash due to the sharp decline in population and disease during the long war with the Qing Dynasty. Due to the invasion of Central Asia by Tsarist Russia, the Kazakhs gradually migrated to the territory of the Qing Empire, which was rich in water and grass and sparsely populated to the east and south of Lake Balkhash.

In the 19th century, due to the decline of the Manchu Qing state after the Opium War, Russia took the opportunity to forcibly occupy the Qing Empire's lands east and south of Lake Balkhash in 1864. At this point, most of today's Kazakhstan is owned by Russia.

And now what Yan Shao is doing is just to get back what the Russians stole from China back then―――――― at most plus some interest...

In any case, Yan Shao's reasons did not satisfy those reporters, but Yan Shao did not need them to be satisfied, for Yan Shao, the most important thing was to get it. Now that the Nationalist government has seized two-thirds of Russia's territory, and has also been recognized by its successor, Soviet Russia, this is enough for Yan Shao...

This is also one of the reasons why Yan Shao is slow, anyway, now that Siberia has arrived, and the Soviet and Russian sides are also fighting, there is naturally nothing for Yan Shao to worry about.

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At the same time, in the office building of the State Council, looking at the newspaper that had just arrived, Xu Shichang couldn't help but smile bitterly at Duan Qirui. "Our president is really, we are anxious for him, he is good, he actually looks unhurried..."

After speaking, Xu Shichang put the newspaper on the table, and on the front page, Yan Shao's photo was impressively printed, and there was a line of big words next to it: 'Since ancient times?' ’…

At this time, the technology of photo fax had not yet been invented, so the photos in the newspaper were old photos from the past, and at least there were not many opportunities for them to be reprinted, so it could also bring some freshness to some readers, but that's about it.

"This probably just shows that the president has a lot of bamboo in his chest..."Putting the newspaper next to him, Duan Qirui replied with a smile, and it could be seen that he was in a relatively relaxed mood. But it's not surprising, after all, he has returned, and those people naturally can't make any tricks, so there is no need for the president to be too anxious..."

That being said, Duan Qirui couldn't help but smile bitterly when he said the end.

Because not long ago, they were still worried about Yan Shao.

As the vice premier of the Guoshe government, as well as the former leaders of the Beiyang department, Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang and others have naturally been co-opted by some other people, hoping that they can come forward and take advantage of Yan Shao's absence to introduce a presidential term limit bill specifically for Yan Shao.

I have to say, those people are not stupid.

Although the Beiyang group has disappeared now, people like Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang have basically integrated into the National Socialist Party, and they are just a small group at best.

Having said that, the influence of these people in China is definitely not small, at least much greater than ordinary people think. After all, some officers who had served in the Beiyang Army back then. Nowadays, many of them have been mixed up to the level of generals, and some officials who once served the Beiyang government are now in high positions...

Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang. It seems that they have been living in the shadow of Yan Shao all along, but in fact, their influence is definitely much greater than ordinary people think.

Especially if you can get the help of these two people, then even the army may be able to influence a group. Not to mention, Feng Guozhang is now commanding a lot of troops in the outer northeast, and he is fighting with the Japanese on the banks of the Yalu River...

Although when they were still in Beiyang, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui still had some contradictions, but after so many years. This contradiction has basically disappeared. And because they were the core figures of the group in Beiyang, they still have some care for each other, and it can even be said. Their relationship is definitely much more harmonious now than when they were in Beiyang.

If you can get the support of Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang, it goes without saying how many benefits there are...

In fact, they even sent someone to the bank of the Yalu River to have a simple communication with Feng Guozhang...

But basically. That's the end of it...

Face the invitation of those people. Unlike what they thought, Duan Qirui, Xu Shichang and others can be said to have flatly refused. Feng Guozhang's actions were even more excessive, and he even ordered his guards to hold up the incoming people, and then threw them all the way out of the barracks...

You must know that at that time, in addition to the troops on the front line, Feng Guozhang also had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he himself was stationed inside an infantry division. An infantry division must have at least more than 10,000 people, and these more than 10,000 people want to build a military camp. How much does it occupy compared to even the brain, but also the brain comes out.

And it can be seen from this how pitiful the scum that was stranded away...

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Faced with such a result. Those people were naturally very surprised, almost as surprised as they were in Song Jiaoren.

After all, Song Jiaoren is such an idealist, and he would reject them, which in itself is enough to surprise them. Now even Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang, two politicians who are greedy for profit in their eyes, have rejected them, which is a little...

In fact, one of the important reasons why they came to Song Jiaoren and Duan Qirui was because the reputation of these three people was second only to Yan Shao in China, and they also had great influence and even a certain amount of real power.

It's like Song Jiaoren, as the minister of the Ministry of Integrity, it can be said that few people will not be afraid of him.

And Song Jiaoren's own noble character is also a household name in China. If he could be co-opted to oppose Yan Shao, the situation might be much simpler. On the other hand, Song Jiaoren's idea has always been a cabinet system, which is clear to everyone, so in the eyes of those people, it seems to be a very wise choice to float Song Jiaoren up as a mascot...

Then there are Xu Shichang and Duan Qirui, although they are both old-fashioned old bureaucrats, but their adaptability to the new era is also good. In just a few years, I have adapted to the new era...

Not only have they adjusted their attitude towards their current status, but more importantly, they are not as much as those people expected, and their hearts are still full of ambition and so on.

But just when they were surprised, Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang had their own ideas, some ideas that were exclusive to them...

Rights, everyone wants them, after all, rights are addictive, and from a certain point of view, they may even be more addictive than drugs, and because of this, it is really difficult for Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang to give up the rights in their hands, but the key is...

"We're already old..."Looking at himself in the mirror, who had become old, Duan Qirui let out a long sigh.

"Yes..."Compared with Duan Qirui, Xu Shichang's feelings were deeper.

After all, Duan Qirui is only in his fifties, but he is already in his sixties, and it may not be long before he can enter the ground......

Although for many reasons, he is much happier than in history, and he is much more energetic even with people, but at such an old age, he naturally does not have too many extravagant expectations.

Of course, this is not the main reason, the most important thing is that both of them are very clear about Yan Shao's influence on the country. It is clearer that even if those people take the opportunity of Yan Shao's absence in the country to forcibly promote such a bill, Yan Shao only needs one sentence to completely overturn it...

As for this, will it have an impact on Yan Shao's prestige?

With Yan Shao's prestige in China now, this influence can be completely ignored...

What's more, their proposal may not be clear?

Yan Shao dared to run for more than half a year, and the two of them would not feel that Yan Shao didn't even have a little backhand, so naturally they didn't dare to act rashly, ――――――otherwise, in this year, politicians who only have a conscience and no ambition may have, but even if they do, they will definitely not be the two in front of them...

However, in any case, after they rejected the invitation of those people, it already means that they have stood on the opposite side of those people...

These people's official positions may not be very high, or even as good as ordinary ministers, but there are too many people behind them.

So in their hearts, they still hope that Yan Shao can come back sooner, and at the same time, when they are in China, they also try their best to suppress those people, and now that Yan Shao is finally back, they are naturally relieved... (To be continued......)