The evolution of things was completely beyond Yuan Xiang's expectations, and after he and Liu Jinge were separated by Deng Ming, their heads were always in chaos, and they didn't even remember what Deng Ming said and what happened later.

"It's over, it's over." After the welcome party, Yuan Xiang returned to his yamen in despair, with only these two words in his heart, his boots were thrown under the stage in the brawl, which was the best cowhide boots that he had only done and was not willing to wear for a day. Now Yuan Xiang is wearing boots on one foot, and on the other foot is the short shoes given to him by his subordinates.

When he left the uncle, Yuan Xiang never thought that he would become an official, but he always heard the uncle say that the important thing to be an official is to be happy and angry, and to make the people below feel awe when they see it. But later Yuan Xiang unexpectedly became an official, not like he firmly believed before: he will be a military general for the rest of his life. Since then, Yuan Xiang has always recalled the official etiquette that his uncle said, and after serving as the prefect of Xuzhou, he even looked for staff talents, and called those immigrants from small landlords and rich peasants to ask them about the behavior of their parents and officials.

And today, Yuan Xiang's enthusiasm was surging for a while, and he had an inseparable fight with Liu Jinge in public, which can be regarded as ruining the majestic image that he had painstakingly created in the past. Although Deng Ming didn't blame anything, after Yuan Xiang's head sobered up a little, he was ashamed of himself, and Yu Guang saw that Liu Jinge, who was also standing behind Deng Ming, was also like himself, drooping his head and looking at the ground without saying a word.

Not long after sitting at the yamen, suddenly a guard reported that the councillor had visited. Like the members of the Imperial Diet, the councillors of the Syrian Prefecture were also part-time, including the owners of the trading houses, the senior farmers, the retired military officers, and the eldest brothers among the workers who were righteous and strong-minded. Like their peers who are not legislators, they spend most of their time running their own business or doing their jobs, and only when the future of the state is at stake, they will gather to discuss countermeasures. And when the parliament is convened, it is natural that there will be people who help the councillor boss to run the business; There will be people to help the councillors who go to the meeting to sort out the farm work, and when the foreman goes to the meeting, his fellow boss will also pay the salary as usual - this part-time model Deng Ming has repeatedly wanted to change it to be more like the parliament on the right track in his mind, but then Deng Ming gave up several times, because now this model seems to be working well, and it can also ensure that the voice of the people flows to the government through the parliament, so Deng Ming decided to keep an eye and not interfere for the time being.

Yuan Xiang stubbornly invited a few parliamentarians in, and he thought that he was not only dishonoring his face today, but also dishonoring the faces of the people of Xuzhou.

"Governor Yuan, this is our new boots for you." When several councillors came in, the leader was still holding a big box, and when Yuan Xiang's boots flew down from the stage just now, everyone present could see it clearly. After the meeting was dismissed, the councillors did not say a word, but went to a leather boss's shop and sold the best boots.

The eldest congressman, who was a veteran and a rich peasant under the rule of Xuzhou, solemnly held his boots and handed them to Yuan Xiang on behalf of everyone: "Yuan Zhifu, next time I will kick him hard!" Don't feel sorry for the boots. ”

In the following days, Yuan Xiang received a large number of boots from all walks of life in Xuzhou, and all the parliamentarians, regardless of whether they had quarreled with Yuan Xiang before or were threatened by Yuan Xiang with a heads-up, all supported him this time without exception.

However, the people of Xuzhou also know that this time it is a shame, as the face of the government and the representative of Xuzhou, the prefect of Yuan openly brawls in front of everyone, I am afraid that the new immigrants will doubt the dignity of the government in Xuzhou, thinking that the yamen of the prefect of Xuzhou cannot play the role that the government should have, and the prefect himself is an unreliable guy.

But even so, the people of Xuzhou still think that Yuan Xiang fought well, and many people said that even if it affects the settlement of immigrants, they should fight, Liu Jinge ran to the territory of Xuzhou, rushed to the podium built by the people of Xuzhou to compete for the right to speak, how could he retreat at this time? At least it can be regarded as a bad breath, and Liu Jinge is also embarrassed, even if the impact is not good, it will be flattened.

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Many of Huang Feigang's friends have chosen to stay in Xuzhou, and they are reluctant to move on, although they have heard that Chengdu is good, but the environment in Xuzhou has made them satisfied.

After registering with the Xuzhou government, these immigrants who chose to settle in Xuzhou were reunited with their families, and after a brief discussion by their family members, they got an errand from a certain boss who came to recruit workers - the decree of the Imperial Assembly was valid in all Dengming-controlled areas such as Chengdu, Xuzhou, and Jiading, so these new immigrants did not have the status of Tongxiucai for the time being, let alone veterans, and could not obtain land for free.

But most of the people were not too worried, they were not very aware of the decrees of the Imperial Diet, except that many of the people who had become kulaks had emigrated to Sichuan two or three years earlier, and since so many had succeeded, these immigrants thought that they would have a good chance of acquiring their own land in a few years.

"Governor Yuan is a good official," and when the immigrant group figured out the causes and consequences of the martial fight, this sentence spread among the immigrants, and for the wishes of the landlords, merchants and small people under the rule of Xuzhou, they fought with the friends of the neck before the crowd...... The southeastern immigrants never dreamed that there would be such an official in the world: "When we are in trouble in the future, he will also stand up for us, right?" Not afraid of colleagues, not afraid of angering superiors. ”

And Huang Feigang and some others decided to continue to move towards Chengdu, Xuzhou is very good, but I heard that Chengdu is more prosperous, and Liu Jinge is also a good official, he came to Xuzhou to smash the field of colleagues and friends for the wishes of Chengdu people; After that fight, Liu Jinge did not leave with his sleeves up, but continued to stay in Xuzhou, continuing to assist those Chengdu people to promote Chengdu's advantages: "And Baoguo Gong said that there is freedom of movement, if I find that Chengdu is not good in the future, I will come back to you." ”

Huang Feigang's friends should respond: "Okay, no problem, then Brother Huang is an outpost for us, if this place in Xuzhou is not as good as we think, we will go to the capital to join Brother Huang." ”

"It's a deal!"

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After Liu Jinge returned to Chengdu, he went to report to the Chengdu parliament, which this time imposed a special tax to promote himself and compete with Xuzhou for immigration. Although these tasks were done by the prefect's yamen, but under the influence of the Senate, the Chengdu Parliament, like the Imperial Parliament, was quite unfriendly to Liu Jinge, always picking his nose and picking his eyes.

This time Liu Jinge's harvest was not as big as imagined, until he left Chengdu, Chengdu people still did not regard Xuzhou as a serious competitor, and many people's impression of it was two years ago Chengdu branch city and salt production base. And Xuzhou has made full use of its geographical advantages to intercept a large number of new immigrants, and the number is likely to reach or even exceed 40%.

When the apprehensive Liu Jinge parliamentarians were waiting for the house, all the staff stood up with the sound of "Liu Jinge's mansion has arrived" -- many of the people present were members of the Imperial Diet, bowing down to the Senate, and also getting into the habit of scolding Liu Jinge. In the past, when Liu Jinge came to meet the parliamentarians, in order to show a clear stance of supporting the Senate, these people would never stand up and drink Liu Zhifu.

The lawmakers who stood also clapped vigorously and cheered Liu as he walked to his seat, all of whom had already heard of the fight on the podium in Xuzhou. The Qingcheng faction and other factional bigwigs in the Senate are old bosses, and because of the deep-rooted concept of the chain of loyalty, the members of the parliament are respectful to the senators, and when they raise the banner of criticizing Liu Jinge, these members will also stand under that banner without hesitation.

However, although the chain of loyalty is still there, it is difficult to say how much kindness there is in the past, after all, most of them are former auxiliaries, and there are no less when they are bullied. The struggle for immigration is related to the prosperity of Chengdu, although the parliamentarians here are not necessarily the owners of commercial banks, but they are also leaders in all walks of life, and their social status is basically middle and upper-middle, and Liu Jinge's efforts are closely related to their vital interests.

Like a triumphant hero, Liu Jinge received the warmest welcome in the parliament, and when he reported the course of his trip to the parliament, he was interrupted again and again by thunderous applause and cheers, especially when he said that he had punched Yuan Xiang, and there was an experience of five sentences being interrupted by three consecutive applause. Although the fight was largely a draw before being interrupted by Deng Ming, the councils of both Xuzhou and Chengdu believed that the prefects on their side had gained an absolute advantage.

"It turned out to be so easy to win over parliament." After the fantastic report meeting, Liu Jinge returned to his yamen, and found that the morale of the yamen seemed to have improved -- these days Chengdu has been talking about the heroic deeds of Liu Zhifu who stood up for the rights of Chengdu, and the officials of the yamen felt that their faces were doubly brightened when they heard it -- in addition to being a native of Chengdu, there was also a part of being a civil servant of the Chengdu Yamen.

Liu Tichun has always called Yuan Zongdi "old brother", and Yuan Xiang is slightly older than Liu Tichun, so Liu Tichun also calls Yuan Xiang an old brother.

"My old brother, it's not easy." In the dead of night, when he was thinking about this matter, Liu Jinge secretly sighed that when there was no reproach from the parliament, and he couldn't hear their applause and cheers, Liu Jinge remembered his relationship with Yuan Xiang again; If it weren't for the urging of the parliamentarians always ringing in his ears, and being irritable by the pressure, Liu Jinge would not have gone to Xuzhou to fight for immigrants, let alone the liver fire would rise, and his eyes would be red when he saw Yuan Xiang: "This is called 'people in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves', right?" ”

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The incident between Liu Jinge and Yuan Xiang was vividly reported by the imperial councilor Geril to Chen Zuocai, the priest of the academy, who did not show any interest, but commented disdainfully: "Sven swept the floor, they are the appointed officials of the Baoguo Gong, representing the face of the Baoguo Gong; Baoguo Gong is the noble of the imperial court, so this is also a matter of the imperial court...... Hmph, that is, because Baoguo Gong despises scholars very much, he will not reuse virtue and promote these martial artists, and now he is good, not only has he lost his face, but also affected the system of the imperial court, he should really be impeached! ”

Regarding the immigration, Chen Zuocai felt that it had nothing to do with him, and the main target of the academy was children. The literacy work of ordinary Tongxiucai will be completed by the pavilion in batches, and it will not all be piled up in the main department of the college. There are also some students who are excellent employees recommended by the firm to study, these people have generally undergone simple cultural training in the firm itself, and when the firm does not have teachers to continue the training, they will be sent to Chen Zuocai here, but the number of places given by the prefect's yamen is limited.

With the arrival of immigrants, the pressure on the academy will only increase - Chen Zuocai firmly believes that there is no class in education, even if the number of children increases, he must also shoulder the responsibility, and if it is a big deal, he will have to take on a few more classes. As the teaching experience becomes more and more abundant, the academy has also explored a lot of methods, at least those professors who can read to students have been trained by Chen Zuocai, that is, there are more children, and the work pressure is far less heavy than when Chen Zuocai first arrived in Chengdu.

"There's something wrong with the sacrificial wine." Geriletu wanted to correct Chen Zuocai's erroneous view.

"Oh? What is Professor Ge's opinion? Chen Zuocai snorted, a professor of physical education actually dared to refute him on such a high level of issue, which made Chen Zuocai feel that the other party was a little incompetent - although Ge Ri Letu was not surnamed Ge, but the title of Professor Ge had already spread, and it was also accepted by Ge Ri Letu.

"I heard that there are 300,000 young and strong men in this immigration, and even if they are taught to read and write in the pavilion, they will still earn some money in taxes." As a member of the Reich, Geriletu already had some preliminary ideas about the government's revenue and expenditure: "And their wives also have to work, and there are taxes to collect, not to mention that these goods can make money for the comptoirs, and they can also collect taxes...... If 300,000 strong men and women can be relocated, the tax revenue of the capital will increase by 20% at once, and when they become familiar with the environment, there will be more, which will allow the capital to draw more taxes. ”

"In other words, can the academy get more funds?" Chen Zuocai didn't know much about this matter, but he couldn't stand the physical education professor who was a member of the imperial parliament, and Chen Zuocai sent Geriletu several times to ask for funds from the academy after physical education class, and each time he seriously inquired about the results, so he also knew very well that the prefect and the council of the prefecture basically allocated education funds according to the proportion of taxes, and this fund was about 20 or 5 percent of the tax revenue, including literacy funds for each pavilion, education subsidies for self-run training institutions of various commercial banks, and the rest were for the academy headquarters.

"yes." Geriletu nodded desperately: "If the tax is increased by two percent, the appropriation for the academy can be increased by at least two percent, and it will continue to increase in the future, but the Yuan Governor of Xuzhou wants to intercept it and not let the people come to Chengdu." ”

"This Yuan Xiang, the old man has long seen that he looks like a thief," Chen Zuocai sneered: "Governor Liu played well." ”