After returning to the office, the voice of his friend was still echoing in his ears. Thinking about that incident, Li Guangchen realized that if he could participate in it, it might be the most important thing he would do in his life. In addition to being able to contribute to that thousand-year-old law, what is more important is that for an individual, being able to participate in it is also the pinnacle of his life's honor, which can be said to be the ultimate honor for his ancestors. "Could it be that Liang Ji also has some measures? "

Li Guangchen felt refreshed when he thought of his friend's actions.

"It must be. At this time, who can really ignore it? If Liang Ji can get in, think about it...if I can..."

He thought and thought along this line, and the further he thought, the more he thought about it. He even thought about it so intoxicated that he even forgot about things and me. Fortunately, he did not have a backlog of cases on hand now, otherwise, he might really No intention to defend customers.

The time to get off work has passed long ago, and the wings of his thoughts are still inviting him to wander in profound and mysterious places.

What is the key to Feng Guozhang? Who does this general listen to?

...He is from Yuan Shikai, one of the famous Three Heroes of Beiyang...It would be great if we could get close to him...Yes, think about it carefully and capture this fortress...Gifts are not effective for this general, although it is known to all. Feng Guozhang, who was born as a merchant, was extremely greedy for money, but it is said that he had some weird tempers in this regard. He liked "business" and was not good at giving things to others. He was already famous in the outside world. In order to maintain his reputation, he could not make exceptions for anyone. .

Rumor has it that someone once wanted to curry favor with him and invested a lot of money in his relationship. He sent gifts ten times but was returned intact each time, making the gift giver very embarrassed and at the same time wondering: What does Mr. Feng like? ?The gifts were the same every time ten times. Gold, silver, gems, rare treasures and priceless antiques were all included, but he didn't take a fancy to any of them.

He, Feng Guozhang, is by no means a sage. Why doesn't he like others giving things? As the saying goes, "Officials don't fight those who give gifts." In today's society, no official is corrupt and no official is corrupt. He, Feng Guozhang, just has such a quirk...

Feng Guozhang's only hobby is business. Not to mention Hebei, even in the Tianjin Dagang Economic Development Zone, all the factories and enterprises that can be counted, even the factories and mines along the Longhai Railway, most of them have his Feng Guozhang's shares. And when he, Feng Guozhang, buys shares, he always buys real money, and he will never do anything to "participate in stocks." In his own words, he is a businessman, and when doing business, he must be fair...

Thinking about the various rumors about General Feng, he knew that it would be difficult to get to know such a senior and senior official if the gifts were not effective. Compared with him, his status was very different. Even if he could get acquainted through various channels, it would be difficult to get to know him. .There are only two types of relationships that can be relied upon when asking people to do big things, one is money and the other is friendship. The first relationship can produce quick results, but the second one does not. It cannot be exchanged for one's life unless the relationship is the same as one's own.

But it was unexpected. Now he had no time to have any relationship with him at all, not to mention that Feng Guozhang had no need to have any relationship with him, a young lawyer.

He fell on the bed. As long as we got to the matter of the constitutional representatives, even though he had not slept all night, Li Guangchen was not sleepy at all. He was racking his brains at this moment, but he couldn't think of a way to do it. Just here Suddenly he thought of Xu Weichuan.

Xu Weichuan. This man is not an official, but a businessman. And in Hebei, a place where Shanxi merchants are popular, he can pass himself off as a Shaanxi merchant. He has successively done business in timber, grain, salt, military uniforms, arms, etc. Everything goes smoothly, and the financial path is easy. In just a dozen years, he has accumulated a lot of assets, established a firm foothold in the business world, and showed his prominence...

But his greatest success was in handling business for Feng Guozhang, and Feng Guozhang, a general who was a cloth seller, handed over most of his business to him, and all his major business initiatives were related to him or asked him to give advice.

, or acted under his instructions, or because of his handiwork, so he was known as the "Feng Family God of Wealth" and was regarded as a confidant of General Feng by the dignitaries in Hebei. Because of this, he can be said to be the most powerful person in Hebei.

He is very popular! Therefore, there are many military and political officials who are fawning over him, and he is crowded with guests all day long.

Xu Weichuan...

Thinking of this name, Li Guangchen suddenly lost any sense of dilemma. He had heard about Xu Weichuan and remembered his name for three or four years. At that time, Li Guangchen had just opened a law firm. It was the first time he heard about his name.

I remembered the name, and I remembered it very well. The reason was not that Li Guangchen's memory was too strong, but that he had "business dealings" with Xu Weichuan. To be precise, he had been Xu Weichuan's lawyer.

He once helped him fight a lawsuit against foreign companies in the courts of the Tianjin Concession.

At that time, Xu Weichuan's business bank purchased wool from a foreign company, but the foreign company later refused to pay the balance. At that time, Li Guangchen, as his lawyer, helped him fight the lawsuit in Tianjin. After winning the lawsuit, he helped him recover hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Although Xu Weichuan later intended to recruit a huge sum of Yuan, he finally gave up because Li Guangchen had the belief to "create a blue sky".

Now, thinking about his dreams at that time and his experiences in recent years, Li Guangchen sighed in his heart and said:

"Sometimes, people have to do something out of necessity."

With this thought in mind, he looked at the time and saw that it was only seven o'clock in the evening, so Li Guangchen, who was impatient, came to Xu Weichuan's residence.

Xu Weichuan was overjoyed when he saw the arrival of Li Guangchen, a well-known lawyer he had wanted to recruit. While the two were chatting, Xu Weichuan took the time to ask his family to arrange food and drinks. After having cigarettes and tea, Xu Weichuan said

He pulled Li Guangchen out and said yes.

"I want to have a couple of drinks with my brother today. He is a well-known lawyer in Hebei Province. He is busy with affairs and paperwork all day long. He finally took a break from the busy schedule. He should be completely relaxed. I must have a good drink today."

When speaking, Xu Weichuan did not consult Li Guangchen's opinion at all. He acted according to his own wishes, and his words and deeds were somewhat familiar with the grace and magnanimity of a knight-errant.

Xu Weichuan led Li Guangchen into a large courtyard with a small courtyard. The house was magnificent and the interior furnishings were luxurious. In the room, there was a round table with various exquisite dishes, and four exquisite mahogany chairs were placed around the table.

A beautiful maid is accompanying you.

"Brother, wait a minute, this time. I called two more friends, they will be here soon! Come, please sit down!"

With that said, Xu Weichuan forced Li Guangchen to sit at the guest of honor table, which could be said to have given Li Guangchen all his face. Xu Weichuan admired this young man in his thirties very much. He had fought with the Japanese foreign company back then.

During the lawsuit, even in Tianjin, there were not many lawyers who dared to take the case. It was not because of the background of the Japanese company. It was because the president of the Japanese company never knew what reasoning was. Many years ago, in a commercial lawsuit

Among them, he even hired someone to kill the lawyer hired by the other party. Because of this, few lawyers in Tianjin were willing to take on cases related to him. In the end, Xu Weichuan took it.

And he also won the lawsuit. Not to mention winning the lawsuit, he finally lobbied the Japanese consul to intervene in the name of "maintaining the reputation of Japanese trading companies", and finally succeeded in getting back 300,000 yuan. The money was not much, but it showed that

Show his courage.

After a while, two well-dressed middle-aged men came in. As soon as he saw them, Li Guangchen immediately realized what was about to happen. He couldn't help but secretly complain. At this moment, he didn't have any leisure time to drink. As for drinking,

Li Guangchen once jokingly boasted to his friends:

"I never get drunk at the wine table!"

Although he said so. However, he came to Xu Weichuan to find a way to achieve great things, and he hoped to achieve it quickly. Time did not allow him to use "circuit tactics", so he could only go straight to the point and "attack the Chinese army directly." He had already analyzed it.

Just look at Xu Weichuan's attitude towards him at this moment. He had already 80% succeeded in "taking the Chinese army directly". Who would have thought that this person would not give him a chance to speak after meeting him!

Li Guangchen had something on his mind and had no intention of chatting with these people. But now that he was at the wine table, what else could he do? So he could only nod.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Xu!"

But at this time, Xu Weichuan pointed to the food and wine on the table and said quietly to him:

"Now, let's not talk about it. The two of us must have a good drink."

After saying that, Xu Weichuan didn't wait for Li Guangchen to speak, and dragged him to the wine table. Li Guangchen was pushed onto the chair again. He stood up, cupped his fists and saluted, saying:

"I'm sorry to disappoint you at our first meeting. Guangchen paid a visit to Mr. Xu today. He originally wanted to discuss important matters, but he never thought of coming all the way. He didn't even have time to explain the whole story to Mr. Xu..."

"Oh, I understand. Okay, let's play another day, as long as we don't miss the date next time."

The middle-aged man stood up and left angrily.

Li Guangchen apologized to Xu Weichuan again and again, saying:

"I'm really helpless, so please forgive me, dear friend. I pay my respects to you, dear friend, because..."

Before Li Guangchen could finish speaking, Xu Weichuan interrupted him and said:

"This is not the place to talk about serious matters. Let's go to the front hall."

Seeing that Xu Weichuan seemed a little unhappy, Li Guangchen had no choice but to follow him. He thought:

"No matter how urgent you are when you ask for something from someone, you have to be patient. Guests do as the host does. As a guest, you have to let the host arrange it."

When he arrived at the front hall, Xu Weichuan took a look at Li Guangchen. In fact, he could guess the purpose of Li Guangchen's visit from his servants' notification. After the news was reported in the newspaper, he knew that sooner or later someone would come to visit him.

.

"Mingxin, tell me, is there something urgent that makes you think about food and wine?"

There was a smile on Xu Weichuan's face, and while he was drinking tea, the intimacy in his tone made the two of them as close as close friends who had known each other for decades.

"this……"

Although he came to ask for help, Li Guangchen was not as eloquent as he was in the court when he was asking for help in person.

"Don't do this, Mingxin, you are not an outsider, just tell me if you have anything to do!"

With that said, Xu Weichuan lit up a cigar. Having been in business for so many years, he naturally knows how to do "business". Any business requires investment, just like when General Feng was still in the New Army, the two of them

They had become acquainted, and he was just like investing. Now, looking at Li Guangchen in front of him, he felt that this might be considered a business.

Xu Weichuan naturally understood Li Guangchen's talents and had always wanted to use them for his own purposes, but now was an opportunity.

"I don't know, Sir, does he know that the Constitutional Convention will be held..."

Kunming in May already has the color of early summer. This important southwestern border town that is like spring all year round is far from prosperous among China's provincial capitals. Even at this time of rapid development of domestic industry, this important border town

, there is hardly much industrial industry. Although it is the sixth year of the Republic of China, everything here does not seem to be much different from that of the Xuantong period. At most, the braids on the back of the men's heads have been cut off, and the governor has become a general.

, this is perhaps the biggest change in this border town.

After the Revolution of 1911, the highest military and political authority in Yunnan Province was the Yunnan Military Governor's Office. At this time, it was the General Kaiwu's Inspection and Envoy's Office. Unlike others, both the Yunnan Governor's Office and the current General Kaiwu's Inspection and Envoy's Office were

An institution that combines military and civilian governance. The governor is in charge of both the military and civil affairs of a province. There is no additional administrative leader such as the civil affairs chief or the provincial governor. This is what distinguishes the southwestern provinces from other provinces. Even the internal affairs troops have entered Sichuan and other provinces.

In terms of provinces, the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi are still the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not to mention that the Ministry of Internal Affairs appoints the chief of civil affairs or conducts elections for the chief of civil affairs in the three provinces.

It can be said that to a certain extent, the three southwestern provinces are China's real local powerhouses. In this regard, even the central government is powerless to do anything in the border areas. Among the three provinces, Yunnan is the leader, and in the Yunnan army

Many people were participants in the Revolution of 1911, and there were also a considerable number of members of the Tongmenghui. However, thanks to Yuan Shikai's intimidation and some authority from the central government, the three provinces are now far from developing into local warlords.

In the conference room of General Kaiwu's patrol envoy, a voice sounded from time to time.

"...Each province must send constitutional representatives to participate in the Constitutional Convention. If a province abolishes the public service due to personal interests, the Congress will authorize the provincial members of both houses to be elected separately..."

Tang Jiyao, the general who opened the military, listened to the secretary reading the official document, but his brows were furrowed. Finally, after the secretary finished reading the official document, he looked at the officers in the conference room, but for a long time he could not

Say a word.

From Cai Songpo to the north, he, Tang Jiyao, became the supreme ruler of Yunnan, playing the role of a local emperor in this borderland, and he became more and more obsessed with this almost unconstrained power. Although there was still the restraint of the provincial council,

But he had his own way of dealing with the provincial councils. As long as he "targeted" the National Socialist Party, the provincial councils would not be able to become a major issue.

In order to fight against the National Socialist Party, he sent people to publish the slogan "Dian people rule Yunnan" in newspapers, and then organized people to form a "local progressive party". In fact, he aimed to use other parties to squeeze the National Socialist Party. At the same time, Yunnan border areas and

Different from other provinces, chieftains from all regions have fixed seats in the provincial assembly, and chieftains also obey their orders. Under the double squeeze, the National Socialist Party only has 30 seats in Yunnan, and it is far from exerting much influence.

But now, the Constitutional Convention has made him see unprecedented pressure. Once the constitution is completed, the country will inevitably implement constitutional government. After constitutional government, he, a military general who combines military and political power, will inevitably hand over power.

Yuan Shikai appointed this military general just to take away his civil rights!

constitutionalism,

In the past, during the Qing Dynasty, in his opinion, maybe this constitutional government was a good thing, but now it seems that this constitutional government is definitely not a good thing, but he couldn't refuse, because the middle and lower-level military officers in Yunnan and the civilian officials in the department
To be continued...