I still ask for Sanjiang tickets!

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"Principal, are you saying you want me to hold an engagement ceremony?"

Chang Ruiqing looked at his freshly released "guest aide" Jin Yongyan, President Jin Da, with puzzled eyes.

Jin Yongyan yawned all over the sky, it was already deep in the middle of the night, and he was obviously a little tired, but he was still trying to make suggestions for his "protagonist" Chang Ruiqing.

"Yaoru, you are still not good at being an official... You are a good master in leading troops to fight, and I have nothing to teach you. But when it comes to being an official, you are still a little too young. The most basic, the most basic, the most basic official social engagements, relationships, ways, and friendship are not a single one. It is all based on Xu Youzheng's support and you have the ability to lead troops to fight... This is not a long-term solution. You must know that the visible enemy will never be the most terrible, and the most terrible enemy will always be the most terrible enemy.

Being far behind you, in the same camp as you, is your colleague and your Shangguan! Do you know? If you want to be a good official, you can watch the six directions and listen to all directions. And how to do this? You have to make friends. The more friends, the better. Even if you are friends, even if you are not even friends, it is good to be familiar with them. But how can you get these friends and how can you let the entire officialdom know that there are people like you?

The only way is to socialize. It is not enough to just know that it is not enough to lead troops to fight. You must also learn to use various opportunities to bring closer relationships between you and your colleagues and Shangguan. This is very important. Yaoru, I remember that when you were in Wuchang Army Preparatory School, you seemed to be able to build relationships. Why did you only lead troops when you arrived in Beijing? This is too noble and can easily be isolated in the officialdom. Unless you really don’t plan to get in the Beiyang circle in the future, otherwise this will not work.

This time you get engaged to Miss Wang Ruonan, I think it's an opportunity. I'll make a big splash and invite all the high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing and Tianjin. I don't ask for anything else, at least you should make you familiar with them, right? Otherwise, if you have money in the future, they won't know who will be with whom."

Chang Ruiqing is not a fool either. When Jin Yongyan reminded him, he knew what was going on. In the past few months, he has indeed been focusing on leading troops to fight. In terms of interpersonal relationships, he is limited to winning over the Baoding students around him... You can't be wrong when doing this, but it's a bit too arrogant. Unless you don't get involved in Beiyang in the future, you don't have to talk about friendship when you meet, otherwise multiple friends will always go multiple ways.

"What the principal taught is that the students have indeed ignored this period of time." Chang Ruiqing thought, "Students are here to arrange it. Principal, do you think that if there are people who must invite students' engagement ceremony?"

Jin Yongyan yawned and said with his fingers, "Xu Youzheng has the kindness of knowing you, and this must not be forgotten. And if you invite him, you will definitely come. In addition, those division commanders and brigade commanders around Beijing must invite them. They are either on the same level as you or half a level higher than you, and they will come as usual, and if they don't come, they will send a representative to send a gift. If you don't invite them, they will look down on others. Another one is the representatives in Tianjin from all aspects... I think you must have heard that Beijing is the front desk and Tianjin is the back desk, right?"

Chang Ruiqing nodded. This statement was used to describe the political situation in Beiyang. He had seen it in later history books and heard it in this era. Jin Yongyan continued: "These representatives stationed in Tianjin to build relationships and take the lead. In the future, you will also send a dedicated person in Tianjin to contact all parties."

"The student understands." Chang Ruiqing said in his heart that this aide is quite responsible and has taught him a lot of basic skills in the officialdom. In the future, he still needs to arrange good and poor people.

Jin Yongyan glanced at Chang Ruiqing and slowly followed: "In addition to these people, there are civil servants in Beiyang and economic people in Beiyang Consortium... In today's troubled times, the status of literati and businessmen is not as high as that of soldiers. If you, a mixed brigade commander, will probably come to support you. If you need to manage the local area in the future, you may still need civil servants. It is beneficial to get to know more. Oh, and there are also large classes in the East and West Foreign Businesses in Tianjin. In the future, you will be unable to do without them if you want to buy guns and cannons. Finally, there are cultural people in Beijing and Tianjin, especially newspaper reporters, university professors, etc. You must not underestimate these scholars. A pen is sometimes better than 100,000 soldiers! It is better to win over it. Well, that's basically it. No matter how many, I guess the hall of Lishunde Hotel will not be able to sit."

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In the same night, Jiang JShi, who left the dormitory of Beiyang University, quietly walked into the Japanese Concession in Tianjin with a few followers. His destination was a very secluded villa in the Japanese Concession. Several short, strong and honest men wandered around the villa. Jiang JShi knew that these were all personnel sent by the Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin. Due to the provisions of the "Xin Chou Treaty", the Chinese side's troops in Tianjin could not exceed 300! However, Japan stationed an army of nearly 5,000 people in Tianjin, so they were the actual masters of Tianjin! Any Chinese force operating in Tianjin was more or less "protected" by Japan, and the Kuomintang or the Revolutionary Party was no exception.

Jiang JShi hurriedly approached the gate of the small villa and looked at his back subconsciously. The Japanese soldiers who were dressed as Chinese all dispersed tactfully. The iron door was pushed open from the inside with a creaking sound, and a young man in a white long gown seemed to know Jiang JShi, but he didn't say anything, so he respectfully made a gesture of invitation. Jiang JShi smiled and nodded at him, and then followed him to the garden, while Jiang's entourage stayed at the door and looked around vigilantly.

Walking through the garden, in the spacious living room, there were already people waiting. They were not tall, about thirty years old, with a gentle and gentle appearance, sitting on the sofa. Seeing Jiang JShi come in, they stood up to greet him: "Brother Jie looked happy. Did he see the leader of the Red Brigade?"

"Fortunately, I finally met Zuo Min today. Brother Pu Quan, your idea is really useful!"

The "Brother Pu Quan" mentioned by Jiang JShi is Zhang Ji, the head of the Kuomintang in the northern region, and is also one of the earliest "socialists" in China! Well, in fact, the relationship between the Kuomintang and socialism is not the "incompatibility of water and fire" imagined by later generations. The people's livelihood theory in Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People is largely based on certain theories of socialism. Of course, since the socialist theory that the "socialists" of the Kuomintang in history came into contact with were mostly from Japan or Europe's original version, so their ideas are relatively chaotic, and they tend to be reactionary social democracy rather than revolutionary Marxism-Leninism...

"See Zuo Min?" A hint of surprise flashed across Zhang Ji's face. Jiang JS shrugged and smiled, "It must be a coincidence? I'm lucky."

"Oh." Zhang Ji nodded, pointed to the sofa, asked Jiang JShi to sit down, and ordered the servants to serve tea. Then he asked Jiang JShi about the situation of meeting Zuo Min while drinking tea. When he heard that Jiang JShi estimated that Zuo Min had received long-term and strict military training and was probably an officer close to the core of the Beiyang Army, his eyebrows couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Brother Jie, why do you determine that he is the core figure of the Beiyang Army?" Zhang Ji said inexplicably.

Jiang JShi smiled and explained: "Because he told me that Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang had reached an agreement for joint governance, preparing to abolish the Provisional Constitution and dissolve the Congress. The next step is to unify China by force! Who else would know such a secret besides the core figures of Beiyang?"
Chapter completed!