Seeing that Yan Shao was leaving, Duan Qirui and Yang Du hurriedly stood up.

As I said earlier, after all, they are old men in Beiyang for many years, although there are thousands of willingness in their hearts, but if Yan Shao just recruited them, they nodded and agreed, even if Yan Shao accepted them after the most, he was afraid that he would not be able to look down on them.

This is just like the Wen Ping in the Three Kingdoms, after Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, Wen Ping did not see Cao Cao at the beginning, until Cao Cao summoned him to meet him, and asked him why it was late, Wen Ping said that he could not protect the land and was ashamed to see people.

Before Cao Cao could exert his strength, Liu Biao's subordinates all surrendered, and although Cao Cao was happy in his heart, he would never be able to look down on them. At this time, a writer appeared, and Cao Cao naturally attached great importance to it.

According to what is said in the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao was moved by the affection of this loyal minister, first choked on it, and then entrusted it with the weight of soldiers and horses, so that he led the army to pursue Liu Bei.

It can be seen that sometimes it makes more sense to be reserved.

Duan Qirui and Yang Du are both smart people, so they naturally don't want to be too 'monkey anxious'—————— there should be no wrong words here~

Seeing that Duan Qirui wanted to send him, Yan Shao waved his hand and smiled. "Please stay, you two...", he said, pushing open the door and walking out.

At the same time, Duan Qirui and Yang Du also hurriedly sent them to the door—————— although they didn't want to show too much heart, but the two of them had already decided that they would be under Yan Shao's command, and if they didn't show a little at this time, it would not be reserved but a problem with their brains.

It's just that when they walked outside the door, the two of them were like the attendant just now. All of them were taken aback by the large crowd of people outside the door.

"Why do you go out with so many people..."

Although they wanted to complain in their hearts, looking at the silent appearance and immovable posture of the dozens of people, Duan Qirui and Yang Du were still a little shocked in their hearts.

Although Beiyang is indeed very capable of fighting. But to be honest, there is a gap between it and the Nationalist Army in terms of military discipline. And as the Guards with the best military discipline in the army, it is naturally not comparable to the Beiyang Army.

"Okay, don't send it anymore, the two of you..." Waving their hands again, Yan Shao and Wu Qianqiu walked towards another place. Behind him, dozens of people continued to follow quietly.

At the same time, several people who had sneaked into the room had sneaked in. At this time, only one person was left to hide in the secret tunnel, and the rest of the people withdrew from the house...

looked at Yan Shao's departing figure and stood outside the door. Duan Qirui and Yang Du were silent.

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"Governor, how are you talking?"

Following Yan Shao's side, Wu Qianqiu deliberately lagged behind Yan Shao a little, and asked softly on the side.

"It's okay. Those two people were probably already willing in their hearts. I just want to be more reserved, and then I just need to learn from Liu Bei to take a look at the thatched house, and there should be no problem..."

According to the standards of some novels, Yan Shao is only a middle-class person, to be exact, middle-class.

The reason why he has gotten to this point is purely because he is a time-traveler and is more interested in history—————— in fact, he just likes to read stories, and he is usually selective.

In other words, this story during the Republic of China period is actually quite interesting. For example, in the section of the Wuchang Uprising, people only know that the Wuchang Uprising originated from a loud bang. Who would have thought that the loud noise was actually when Sun Wu was making explosives. Liu Gong's younger brother smoked next to him?

Sometimes history is so interesting...

Ahem, let's get down to business.

Although Yan Shao is only a middle-aged person in the novel, to be precise, he is middle-class, that is, the relatively intelligent one, and there is still a certain gap compared with those who really rely on their own ability to become famous. But after all, they have experienced a lot of things in the past ten years, so Duan Qirui and Yan Shao can still see the true thoughts in their hearts.

Since they want to play reserved, then Yan Shao will play with them.

"Speaking of which, people nowadays like to play with this hand..."

A little helpless, but Yan Shao still walked in another direction with anticipation.

In that room, there was a person that Yan Shao attached great importance to.

Jiang Baili...

Although China in this era is very tragic, there is actually not a shortage of talents, only because the national strength is not good and it has always been in a state of civil strife, so it has always been bullied by the foreign powers.

For example, during the Anti-Japanese War, if it weren't for the fact that China couldn't be united, and there was a bald head there to command blindly, how could it be so tiring to fight...

Ahem, it's not black, but the command level of a certain principal is really not good...

In any case, there are still a lot of talents in China at this time, and what Yan Shao lacks now is precisely talent.

For example, Jiang Baili, whom Yan Shao is about to visit, as well as Cai Yi, who is far away in Yunnan, Wu Peifu, who is now on the road from Outer Mongolia to Zhangjiakou, and Yin Changheng in Sichuan.

Originally, in history, after Yin Changheng put down a rebellion in a certain Tibet, because he was jealous of Yuan Shikai, it didn't take long for him to be transferred to Beijing under house arrest with Cai Yi, especially Yin Changheng was almost killed, until Yuan Shikai died, and Li Yuanhong was pardoned after taking office.

In today's history, because Yan Shao and Yuan Shikai have been fighting, Yuan Shikai naturally has no reason to clean up Yin Changheng, so Yin Changheng has been lucky to stay in Sichuan until now, from a certain point of view, this benevolent brother should thank Yan Shao, because if there is no Yan Shao, he should have been in Beijing instead of continuing to serve as his own governor in Sichuan, although this benevolent brother does not know this point—————— these seem to be military talents.

Yan Shao doesn't know much about Jiang Baili. He only knew that Lu Dao was admired by Jiang Baili as China's greatest military theorist in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and the reason why he was said to be a military theorist was because this benevolent brother had never commanded a battle.

It is also because of this that some people regret that if Jiang Baili can be given a chance, he will be able to change from a military theorist to a military strategist.

It's a pity. In the Republic of China, the army was very precious, and it was a warlord scuffle, and each warlord only had a little bit of troops in his hands. It's not enough to give himself a descendant, how can he give Jiang Baili a command.

However, Yan Shao is different, what Yan Shao lacks is not the troops, but the talents who can command the troops.

A person like Jiang Baili is exactly what Yan Shao needs, and Yan Shao will definitely not be stingy to give Jiang Baili a chance.

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Similar to Duan Qirui, Jiang Baili also looked surprised when he saw Yan Shao.

It's just that when he heard that Yan Shao wanted to recruit him, Jiang Baili didn't show some hesitation (reserved) like Duan Qirui and the others. didn't directly and categorically refuse, let alone nod and agree as Yan Shao thought, but asked him a question.

This. It was a little unexpected for Yan Shao.

According to the information obtained by Yan Shao, Jiang Baili did not have any feelings for Yuan Shikai, after all, he had not been a first-class senator of Yuan Shikai's presidential palace for a long time. So in Yan Shao's opinion, the possibility that he will agree should be very high...

Who would have thought that Jiang Baili would actually ask him a question now. But since he asked. Then Yan Shao would have answered.

Jiang Baili's question is also very simple...

What kind of China does Yan Shao want, and what kind of means does he use to lead the country...

In this regard, Yan Shao's answer is just as simple...

"The people are rich and the country is strong...", without even thinking about it, Yan Shao had already answered Jiang Baili's question.

"What I want in China is a country where the people are rich and the country is strong, where the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and at the same time they don't have to worry about being bullied by anyone, whether it's domestic. Or foreign, that's all..."

Of course. If you want to reach such a level, then competition with the great powers is indispensable, at least Yan Shao himself knows this very well, but Yan Shao doesn't plan to talk to Jiang Baili.

"And how are you going to govern the country?" With a teacup in his hand, Jiang Baili continued to ask.

Now everyone can see that Yan Shao will become Yuan Shikai's successor, and the power in his hands is definitely greater than Yuan Shikai, and he will not be like Yuan Shikai, although he is nominally the president of this country, but in fact he can manage this little place in the north.

Whether it is a grudge with the Kuomintang or a dispute over interests, Yan Shao will first attack the Kuomintang after taking office.

The reason is also very simple, because the KMT's power is as large as a few provinces.

If they are not settled, then Yan Shao will have no control over these provinces.

Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan and other places, Yan Shao is absolutely impossible to give up. And as long as these places are settled, Yan Shao can control more territory than Yuan Shikai. In this case, Jiang Baili naturally wanted to ask clearly, how Yan Shao planned to govern the country...

Although Jiang Baili had also thought about being tactful, he decided to ask directly after seeing Yan Shao.

"Nationalism, I believe Mr. Baili should have heard of it..."The finger tapped lightly on the table twice, and those who knew Yan Shao knew that this was a habit of his. Nationalism, Yuan Shikai's side also pursued this kind of doctrine, in fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called nationalism is a kind of authoritarianism, which is to concentrate the power of the state in the hands of one person or a few people, and then reduce the complicated procedures as much as possible to develop the country......... It may seem a little simple to explain, but it should be fine..."

"At present, Mr. Baili of China should know that there are too many forces, especially in these provinces in the south, almost every province has a warlord, and the whole of China is like a plate of scattered sand, in this case, if China wants to develop, it must first cinch China into a ball, and in my opinion, a system like statism is the best way to pinch everyone together..."

"The republican things that the Kuomintang talked about are not unreasonable, but they are too naïve and too advanced, and they are too unrealistic..."

"Republic, republic, in fact, it means that everyone has something to discuss, the problem is that everyone has their own interests, the warlords of each province want to be the emperor of the soil, and do not want others to interfere in the life of their emperor, if you really come to the republic, maybe we can see a glimmer of hope for the republic in a few decades—————— it may not be seen in more than a hundred years, I personally think the latter is more likely..."

"I think you should be more republican, Mr. Baili. Right? ”

Hearing Yan Shao's rhetorical question, Jiang Baili was stunned, but still nodded. "That's right. Maybe it's a lot of trouble, but at least it's ......... There won't be some problems..."

Some questions, what questions? Jiang Baili didn't explain it, but Yan Shao knew in his heart what he meant, but they just tacitly understood each other, so they didn't say it thoroughly...

"Yes, that might really reduce some of the problems, but do it. It's such a waste of time..."After speaking, Yan Shao pointed in the direction of the east———————— in fact, he didn't know if he was referring to the east, but he felt that it was.

"Now China is surrounded by great powers, and every great power wants to swallow China in one gulp. If there is no threat from these powers. Then I agree with the republican approach, because like you said, a republic does prevent some problems, but we don't have the time..."

"I don't know when I'm going to pounce on us and divide us. We don't really have decades to complete a republic. That's why I want to do it in a more authoritarian way, so that there may be some problems, but at least it won't hinder the development of the country..."

"I believe that Mr. has also learned about the situation in Anhui on the way here, I don't know what Mr. Lu Dao thinks?"

"Very good...", Jiang Baili is definitely sincere. Especially after I came to Ke, I realized that everything here is far better than the information describes..."

"This, that's the benefit of autocracy...", pouting, Yan Shao said with some disdain. I know how the Kuomintang described me. Dictators, autocrats. Anyway, there are a lot of bad things to say, but because I can be arbitrary, I don't need to negotiate with the local council for a whole year, a year, 365 days, that's enough for me to build a 300-kilometer-long railway, and for such a long time, I have to go to the parliament to discuss whether this railway should be built, don't you think it's ridiculous..."

"What's more, there is no foundation for the realization of a republic in China now, not to mention anything else, what is the so-called foundation of the republic? It's about education! At present, there is not even one-twentieth of the literate people in China, what do you use to be a republic? Do the common people know what a republic is?! ”

When he said this, Yan Shao was somewhat venting.

There is no way to do this, because in the past two years, especially in the last year, Yan Shao has actually borne a lot of pressure. And these pressures are as mentioned above, many people denounce Yan Shao as a 'dictator' in public opinion, thinking that Yan Shao is too arbitrary.

Not to mention it outside the province, in addition to the Kuomintang, there are many people who think so, and what makes Yan Shao most troublesome is that there are also many newspapers in the province that say so.

It is not surprising that the so-called reforms always have to offend the interests of many people.

For example, tax reduction, as soon as Yan Shao's side reduces taxes, many tax collectors will be unemployed. As once said, in the past, the state or the government did not directly levy taxes on taxpayers at the prescribed tax rates, but adopted the method of bidding and contracting, and contracted the amount of taxes to be collected by a certain type of tax to wealthy private businessmen, and the contractors used the taxing power granted by the government to determine the collection method and collect taxes from taxpayers.

Such people were usually local gentry, and many of them earned more from collecting taxes than from farming. As soon as Yan Shao cut taxes like this, they will have nothing to eat, can this make them happy?

There are also railways, roads, mines, factories...

These are all urgent matters, but the problem is that someone is looking for trouble with Yan Shao.

Building roads, opening mines, and even building factories will always involve land issues. Since most of the land at this time was not on the common people, Yan Shao could only deal with the local gentry.

Generally speaking, most of these kinds of things can be solved by compensation, if it is because of ancestral graves and other reasons, it is a big deal to bypass them. However, many gentry saw that Yan Shao wanted to build the railway, and when they asked for compensation, the lion opened their mouths.

For the compensation of one acre of land, he dared to ask for the price of ten acres or even a hundred acres...

Of course, Yan Shao would not allow this kind of extortion to appear, and in the end, he simply compensated with a more reasonable price, and then built the road through strong means.

The problem is that when he does this, it becomes evidence of Yan Shao's arbitrariness.

Most of those gentry are very well-connected, local councils and even newspapers can find people, and Yan Shao's words, as long as the remarks are not too much, Yan Shao does not intend to interfere, after all, he just wants to develop the country through centralized means, and does not really want dictatorship.

As a result, in many newspapers, there are usually articles criticizing Yan Shao's arbitrariness.

At the beginning, Yan Shao didn't pay much attention to it, but after more than a year, he saw articles criticizing himself in the newspaper every once in a while, even if Yan Shao's psychological quality was good, he felt aggrieved...

It's just that he is the governor of a province, and I don't know how many people in Anhui are counting on him, so he can't talk to anyone about these things. Although Elainor and the others are intimate, Yan Shao is reluctant to say these things to his women, for a long time, these things have been hidden in Yan Shao's heart, and it has also made Yan Shao's heart more and more stressful.

Now talking about these things with Jiang Baili more or less hooked up these grievances in Yan Shao's heart.

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Maybe it was because he had never told anyone about these things in his heart, Yan Shao was venting to his heart's content, but sitting opposite him, watching Yan Shao vent his heart there, Jiang Baili was a little surprised.

"Do I know him well?"

Although he thought so in his heart, Jiang Baili didn't interrupt Yan Shao... (To be continued......)