Fuzhou, Mawei Port.【*you】

The sound of military music was sobbing, and there were already guards standing straight and arranged in rows on the side of the dock, shouldering with rifles. A group of officers from the Fujian Army and celebrities and gentry in Fuzhou City gathered on the side of the dock, stretching their necks to look at the Minjiang River in the rain and fog. Although they had been waiting in the drizzle for a long time, no one showed a hint of impatient expression.

Seeing a passenger ship from China Merchants Group whimpering into the port and slowly approaching the dock. The sailor in white uniform broke down the cable and parked the passenger ship in a short while. A gangway was put down. Chang Ruiqing and Wu Shi took the lead and met. Someone else put out a banner with the words: "Welcome Chen Duxiu and Mr. Li Dazhao to visit Fujian!"

Seeing such a grand welcome ceremony, Chen Duxiu, who was strode down from the gangway, could no longer hide his smile, but Li Dazhao frowned slightly. He and Chen Duxiu received an invitation after Chang Ruiqing controlled the military and political power of Fujian. During this period, Peking University was just summer vacation, so the two bought boat tickets and came south together. They thought it was an ordinary trip or inspection, but they did not expect that the other party would actually show such a podium to welcome him. I don’t know what the hell is sold in the gourd of Chang Supervisor?

Just as he was confused, he saw Chang Ruiqing and Wu Shi appearing in uniform under the gangway. Then someone pulled him, and it turned out to be Chen Duxiu: "Shouchang, you see, Chang Yaoru and Wu Yuxun came to the dock to greet him in person. Let's go down quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chang Ruiqing and Wu Shi had already walked on the gangway. Chang Ruiqing smiled and bowed to the two: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Li, I finally waited for you. Brothers are in charge of a big stall now. They are almost out of direction, so I hope they can give you guidance to your brothers."

Chen Duxiu smiled and shook hands with Chang Ruiqing, and said loudly, "What are you giving me some advice or not? To be honest, Brother Shouchang and I have no direction. It is true that we can discuss political strategies."

Chang Ruiqing smiled and it seemed that Wu Shi had a look. Wu Shi smiled and said, "This time I invited two gentlemen to Fujian. In fact, I still want them to take important positions in the Fujian Provincial Government. The position of the Minister of Education of Fujian Province is still empty and no one comes... And Brother Yaoru also wants to run a propaganda office and an influential newspaper. This requires the help of the two talents!"

Chen Duxiu's smile remained unabated: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say. General Yaoru asked us for help. Brother Shouchang and I were so eager. Brother Shouchang, you graduated from the political department of Waseda University in Japan. Being a provincial education director is not a pity, right?"

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

Chen Duxiu waved his hand indifferently: "Being at the norm, we study politics. What is the purpose of researchism? Is it just to do research on the door and do research?"

Chang Ruiqing laughed and took up the hands of Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao: "What is the purpose of studying politics and studying ideology? Isn't it for being an official? Be a good official and be an official who truly serves the nation and the country? Now my brothers have barely controlled the territory of a province. I am in urgent need of such an official... The two gentlemen might as well study it while being an official. This is called combining theory with practice!"

Chen Duxiu nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes. [*you] If we don't practice it, how can we know whether those foreign theories and ideologies are useful?"

Li Dazhao was stunned for a moment. Finally, he nodded slowly: "That's right, it should be practiced. But... General Yaoru, what kind of ideology do you plan to use to govern Fujian now?"

After hearing this question, Chang Ruiqing couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Among the intellectuals who can find officials in this era, there are many such people who talk about their ideology and routes all day long, and they don't look at what the current national conditions of China are? What is the most important thing?

Thinking of this, he waved his hand with a wry smile: "Mr. Shouchang, now my brothers can't even send a few qualified county magistrates here! No ideology can be found in the provincial capital... So the most important thing now is not ideology, but cadres who can do things!" As he said that, he clenched his fists again and said with a smile: "Only by the fact that the territory is truly in his hands, can we be qualified to consider what kind of ideology! By the way, the two gentlemen must have many proud disciples, right? Are there any available materials? Brothers are eager to seek talents here."

...

At this time, the Grand Marshal's Mansion in Guangzhou seemed to be very lively. From the indoors to the huā Garden, there were revolutionary parties and big and small figures in the Kuomintang everywhere. Over the past few days, the residence of the Grand Marshal Sun Yat-sen seemed to have become the most lively place in Guangzhou.

On the one hand, Sun Yat-sen's troops successfully seized the territory of 15 counties in eastern Guangdong in July, annexed Mo Qingyu's Guangdong army, and also attracted the Beiyang-style Zhangxia garrison commanders to their subordinates. What was most shocking was that in the battle of Xiamen, the army supporting Sun Yat-sen suddenly defeated the two Beiyang mixed brigades! This time, the market was bullish. So those who had already lost confidence in Sun Yat-sen's revolution seemed to emerge overnight.

On the other hand, the Beiyang warlords have gathered in Tianjin in the past two days to hold a military commander meeting. The discussion seems to be about attacking the southwest! At this moment, the figures from Lu Rongting and Grandma Tan from Hunan also ran to the Grand Marshal's Mansion in Guangzhou every few days, hoping that Sun Dapao would send the Guangdong army to Hunan to deal with the Beiyang army.

In a corner of the small huā Garden, several people were chatting and laughing easily. One of them was Jiang JShi, the number one "strong general" under Sun Yat-sen who had just won the Xiamen victory. A few senior generals of the Guangdong Army were sitting around him, listening to the Jiang army strategists analyzing the situation in the north and south. Then he laughed and said, "...The mountains in Sichuan are surrounded by mountains and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Once the Northern Army is driven out, it is powerless. It doesn't matter. Chang Ruiqing is busy managing the local area and reforming the military system... The things he has done are different from the Beiyang, and his mind is already known to everyone! It is estimated that the main battlefield for the next round of military exchanges between the north and the south will be Hunan. We, the Gui army and the Hunan army, together, have more than 100,000 troops, and they have occupied the geographical advantage and people. Therefore, we will definitely win! Maybe after the battle, Hunan will take advantage of the situation and sweep south of the Yangtze River!"

Xu Chongzhi smiled. Jiang JShi was his brother. Now he was very happy to see his brother proud. But Jiang JShi was not from Guangdong after all. There are many people who don’t like him in the Guangdong army. If he continues to be so high-profile, it will not be far from the day of suffering losses, right? Listening to Jiang JShi’s vigorous guidance, he wanted to pour some cold water on the country, and he smiled and said, “Where is that easy? How many of us are there? How many people are there in Beiyang? Let’s take it step by step, don’t be anxious, you can’t come out.”

Jiang JShi smiled mysteriously and lowered his voice: "You are the eldest brother. Brother Fohang and Brother Shiyuan, do you know who Mr. Sun is meeting now? It's Jin Yongyan! Chang Ruiqing's chief think tank, he is coming to Guangzhou!"

The few people here were stunned. They looked around and didn't see the others nearby before they let out a sigh of relief. Xu Chongzhi frowned and blamed him: "J Shi, we don't know about this matter, it must be a secret! How can you tell it? What if the gentleman's plan is broken?"

Deng Keng, who was standing beside him, asked in confusion: "J Shi. How did you know about this? Did the gentleman say it?"

Jiang JShi shook his head: "It's not what the sir said, it's me who happened to meet Jin Yongyan's deputy Wang Boling in the Grand Marshal's Mansion. He is also my brother, and he secretly revealed it to me."

Several Guangdong people looked at each other and then breathed a sigh of relief, and then started talking about the Civil War again.

And at this moment, in Sun Yat-sen's office, a secret talk had just ended. Chang Ruiqing's representatives Jin Yongyan and Wang Boling quietly left the side door. Sun Yat-sen was still there in a daze, as if thinking about the content of the meeting just now.

Hu Hanmin just sent Jin Yongyan and Wang Bailing out, but now he returned to the room. Seeing Sun Yat-sen's distracted look, he walked to him and sat down, and smiled and said, "Sir, what are you thinking about Chang Ruiqing's heart? Can we satisfy his request?"

Sun Yat-sen responded slowly, looked at Hu Hanmin, and nodded thoughtfully: "This Chang Ruiqing is all a comrade of our Chinese Revolutionary Party. Now he has gained the territory of Fujian Province. If he wants me to send someone to his place to be an official, is this a good thing?"

Hu Hanmin also nodded and smiled bitterly: "It's definitely a good thing! There are no other things in our revolutionary party and the Kuomintang, but there are a lot of comrades who want to be officials. Now Chang Ruiqing wants to send a little bit... Besides, if the officials under Chang Ruiqing 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 good will Chang Ruiqing do to him? Does he really want to follow me wholeheartedly? He is really my believer?"

Hu Hanmin looked at Sun Yat-sen and thought to himself: "They are all your believers in order to be an official. Chang Ruiqing now has a territory and an army, so can he still trust you?"

Sun Yat-sen was silent for a while and said, "I don't want to do that anymore, send it, send it... He Chang Ruiqing wants to find someone to be an official, and we have many comrades who want to be an official here, so I'll send some to him! Zhantang, you are responsible for this matter. All comrades sent over must be upright and not be too famous."

Hu Hanmin nodded: "I know, sir. By the way, should I send a few more military cadres? It seems that there are a few military officers in our Grand Marshal's Mansion and staff members who are very idle, otherwise they will go to Fujian to try their luck?"

"Staff? Who are they?" Sun Yat-sen frowned. His Guangdong army was very xenophobic. If it weren't for Guangdong, it would be difficult for him to gain a foothold. Even the Jiang JShi, who had just made great contributions, was in a difficult situation, let alone others.

Hu Hanmin replied: "There are three people including He Xufu (He Sui), Guo Maochen (Guo Songling) and Long Jingting. They all attended the Army University in Beijing and also served as instructors at the University of Lu. Among them, He Xufu had just returned from a military investigation in Europe. Guo Maochen was the battalion commander in the Qing Dynasty, and Long Jingting studied at the Japanese Army University. Now they are all..."

"There is no place to arrange such talents?" Sun Yat-sen seemed a little excited, interrupting Hu Hanmin's words: "If we want to achieve great things, we must have the spirit of embracing all rivers and we cannot always stare at the provincial government! Look at Chang Ruiqing, he is from Tongshan County, Jiangsu Province, Wu Shi, his subordinates are from Fujian, Bai Chongxi is from Guangxi, Wang Junhao is from Anhui, Lu Yixuan is from Shandong, and Jin Yongyan is from Hubei. Now he is asking for people from us..." Speaking of this, he sighed and waved his hand: "Zhantang, go and arrange it. Go and ask the opinions of the three of them, and then ask what positions Jin Yongyan has arranged for them?"

...

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

In the office, Chang Ruiqing was still talking to Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. Seeing the telegram in Xu Haoyu's hand, Chang Ruiqing reached out and took it, glanced and smiled, "Haha, Mr. Sun agreed to select 200 revolutionary and Kuomintang cadres 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 smiled, "He is a talent, an instructor at Beijing Army University." As he said that, he turned around and said to Xu Haoyu, "Reply to reply to Mr. Jin. I will arrange positions such as Deputy Director of the Staff Bureau or Chief of Staff of the Division, Deputy Division Commander, etc. General Long Jingting is from Hubei and can partner with Mr. Jin to serve as Deputy Director of the Fujian Martial Arts Hall and Education Director. General He Xufu... If you don't mind, you can serve as Chief of Staff of the Third Division. The Third Division is adapted from the Fujian Civil Army. It is just a matter of needing famous Fujian generals like General He to support the formation!"

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

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

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said, "Isn't it just a little loyalty to Mr. Sun?" He waved his hand indifferently: "I don't care about these things. Mr. Sun is the banner of the Chinese revolution. All Chinese people who regard themselves as revolutionaries are very convinced of him, and I am no exception!"

This is a good word, but Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao didn't believe it at all. Seeing the suspicious eyes of the two, Chang Ruiqing just smiled faintly and did not explain it to them. In fact, he also knew that the people sent by Sun Yat-sen were not particularly reliable, but the question is how many people in China can do something and are more reliable for themselves? Nowadays, China's weakness and lack of talents are probably the main reason?

Not to mention other places, just talk about how many college students are there in the entire Fujian bureaucratic team under my own rule, and how many middle school students with new education? I'm afraid that if you add them together, you can't get a group? It's a fantasy to rely on such a bureaucratic team to manage a province well! If you are irresponsible, the so-called "local autonomy" in Fujian is just a group of local tyrants and evil gentry holding a few guns in their hands to control the place! How can such a person manage the place well?

As for the policy that relies on workers and peasants cadres in history, it is to put it bluntly, roughly, and even barbaric, to smash the original social order in a simple, rough, and even a bit of barbaric way, and then establish a quasi-militarized management system. Although the regime can be built to the grassroots level in the shortest time and the wealth and power of the entire society are controlled, the destructiveness of this model is too great... Moreover, Fujian is now its own territory, and if it wants to smash it, it is to shoot itself in the foot.

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

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

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

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

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

Chen Duxiu agreed to fight with Chang Ruiqing, while Li Dazhao wanted to go back to the north.

Chang Ruiqing nodded to Li Dazhao with regretful expressions: "Mr. Shouchang, since that's the case, brothers will not keep them... I'll ask our party to do this in the north from now on." After that, he stood up and sent Li Dazhao out of the Supervisory Office with Chen Duxiu.

After returning to the office, Chang Ruiqing took out the letter of appointment that had been prepared long ago and handed it over to Chen Duxiu: "Mr. Chen, this is the letter of appointment of the Minister of Education of Fujian Province. It was signed by Mr. Wang Kaishi, the Governor of Fujian. Brothers are just passing it on their behalf."

Chen Duxiu took the letter of appointment and glanced at it, thinking: "This Wang Qi seems to be a puppet, and he can't even make the decision to choose the most insignificant director of education."

Just when Chen Duxiu wanted to say a few polite words, Chang Ruiqing continued to say: "Although we have recruited some talents from all aspects, the total number is at most more than 200. It would be great to be able to pick up the positions of county magistrates in the province and several yamen in Fuzhou City. However, the most important local grassroots regime still has not been settled... There are dozens of counties and more than one thousand towns in a province. Even if the regime is established at the town level, there must be at least a few thousand officials." As he said that, he looked at Chen Duxiu meaningfully: "Mr. Chen, you can only rely on you, the Director of Education, to find a way!"
Chapter completed!