After closing this urgent report, Chen Kai calmed down, reorganized his thoughts, and gave the best thought to everything he had previously planned for this. Because he knew very well that Liu Wenxiu died and was left to him.

There is not much time left.

"Then, the first step is to seal the gap!"

After making up his mind, Chen Kai sent someone to summon Kuang Lu. The two discussed it secretly, and then the latter left, while Chen Kai continued the work he was doing.

Two days later, it is the day of the regular meeting of the Guangdong Consultative Bureau. Such a meeting is different from a special meeting convened at short notice. The latter often has sudden emergencies that need to be discussed and voted on, while the former is just a matter of time.

Issues to be completed at a regular meeting or special meeting continue to be discussed and debated until decided by vote.

Today’s topic is still about matters related to the government advisory bureau. The government-level advisory bureau has just been established. Not only the candidates for each government’s council members have not yet been determined, but the relevant systems are also being formulated intensively. This

Inside, the Provincial Consultative Bureau can be said to be very busy - since there is a superior-subordinate relationship, the Guangdong Provincial Consultative Bureau naturally has to find ways to institutionally plan the power of the government consultative bureau. Moreover, this is an extension of the consultative bureau's influence.

This is a great opportunity that cannot be missed.

"At the last regular meeting, you voted to approve the decision to directly add alternate members of the original advisory bureau to the advisory bureaus of each prefecture. Today, we are going to discuss whether other invited local representatives will be added and how to supplement the advisory bureaus of each prefecture.

Please express your opinions on the issues discussed in the council in accordance with the relevant systems..."

The acting speaker who presided over the meeting was an extremely upright old scholar. He was almost paranoid about the implementation of systems and disciplines. He was always the best person to keep the meeting going. After his opening remarks, there were many members

He raised his hand to ask for a chance to speak, so he started from the front row and called an elderly congressman from Chaozhou Prefecture to come to the stage to speak.

When his name was called, this congressman who was no less than the Acting Speaker in terms of age stood up, bowed to the other congressmen, and then took the stage and began to speak his views.

During this period, there were also other members who had different opinions or were willing to add something, but no one would interrupt. This is because there is a rule in the system of the Advisory Board that Chen Kai specially added at the beginning, that is, it is strictly prohibited to interrupt.

The speeches of other members. As for the reason for persuading those members, Chen Kai claimed that the main job of the Advisory Council is to speak on behalf of the people, so no one can deprive them of the right to express their views in the Advisory Council - the interruption was also in

It hinders speech, so it must be banned.

The elderly congressman was talking eloquently on the stage. Each speech was limited in time, so there was no need to worry about him talking endlessly. The acting speaker retreated to his seat and placed his right hand on the gavel on the case.

Always be prepared to maintain order on site.

To put it bluntly, a ban is a ban. Even though the number of interruptions has been reduced a lot since the adoption of this system, it still cannot be completely eliminated. Especially when some controversial issues are discussed, the ban continues. So much so that he

I often wonder if all the members of the Advisory Council should be expelled and a group of upright gentlemen who strictly abide by etiquette should be replaced, like him. But this is limited to his fantasy, because he does not have such a character at all.

right.

"To sum up, I believe that the local representatives who can participate in the enlarged meeting are all promising people from various governments, and it is natural for them to be added to the government advisory bureaus."

"I beg to differ!"

The acting speaker sternly rebuked that he should wait until the speech was finished to raise his hand to apply for the floor. Then after the member who spoke first stood up and apologized, the acting speaker announced that he could apply by raising his hand, and then nodded to another member sitting next to that member.

of MPs.

The two people below looked at each other, and the latter stood up and saluted, expressing their different opinions. In this way, the discussion continued, but regarding "Guangzhou and Zhaoqing, there are still some prefectures and counties that are still under the control of the Qing court or other Ming armies."

Under control, some of those places have no local representatives at all. Even if there are local representatives, there is always a dispute over the issue of whether they can really speak for the people there, so that even the voting cannot be officially started.

"This issue will be discussed at the next regular meeting. You must investigate it in detail before deciding on your opinions."

Since they can't argue, it's better to give them time to connect and compromise in private. The Acting Speaker does everything according to the system. It doesn't require too many fancy ideas. Being tired from sitting for a long time is the most inevitable thing.

It was approaching noon, and it was break time. He put the discussion on this topic on hold for the time being. He was also going to take a break because there were other topics to discuss in the afternoon. How could he know that before he announced the break time, the morning meeting ended.

A Cantonese congressman stood up and saluted, saying that he had another issue to seek the opinion of the Advisory Board.

Subconsciously, he turned his head and glanced at the desk clock that Chen Kai specially ordered from Italy through Macau to preside over the meeting. Naturally, he could understand it, but the desk clocks of this era did not have the concept of second hand. In addition, the desk clock in Guangdong

The increasingly hot temperature will also affect the winding of the clock, making the time inaccurate. Therefore, the acting speaker does not know whether there is one second or ten minutes left before the end of the meeting.

However, whether it is one second or ten minutes, if the time is not up, it is not time. Since this is the case, then according to the system, he cannot refuse any MP's agenda. So, he nodded and reached out to signal to the MP.

Get on stage.

"I have been visiting for many days, and I have seen that our Guangdong is prospering under the wise leadership of Chen Fujun. However, the massacre by the Japanese soldiers has led to a sharp decline in the population of our province. Now, whether it is in the fields or in the workshops, there is no one left.

There is no shortage of manpower." After describing what he saw, the congressman continued: "The recovery of Guangdong has indeed attracted a large number of people from Fujian, Guangxi and Jiangxi to move here, but the manpower is still insufficient. Therefore, below

It is proposed to advise Chen Fujun in the name of the Advisory Council to lift the ban on Dan people not being able to go ashore and allow them to go ashore to make a living."

Regarding the Dan people, there have been records as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Some of their origins are said to be the descendants of the Minyue Kingdom that was destroyed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Some are said to be the descendants of the army under Lu Xun, the leader of Tianshi Dao who rebelled against the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

It is said that they were the native Fujian people defeated by Wang Shenzhi, the king of Fujian in the late Tang Dynasty. Others said they were the Mongols who were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang to avoid the revenge of the Han people. Some even said they were the remnants of Chen Youliang.

In Chen Kai's time, the mainstream view in the historical circles was that the Dan people were the survivors of Baiyue. However, no matter where they came from, Dan people have been living on boats for generations since records can be traced. For example, there is a county record in Fujian that says "their people"

They lived in boats and fished as their occupation. They built floating houses and houses, and the tides came and went, and they lived everywhere on the rivers and seas. They were divided into Hong Kong and Macao, and they did not interfere with each other. There were huts on the shore, and they did not build them for merchants or merchants.

He is accustomed to humble work and looks down upon the common people. People in Fujian call him a crooked hoof because of his shape. Because his feet are crooked, the common people also call him a beggar. They treat him like a slave and despise his character.

."

Dan people are mainly distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places. Their main source of income is fishery and shipping in inland rivers and offshore waters. Due to their high vulnerability to natural disasters such as typhoons, as well as government discrimination and Dan people leaders

Due to the oppression, life is generally difficult, and the level of education is far lower than the average level of the Han people.

Logically speaking, such people, even if they come ashore to work as sharecroppers or workshop workers, will indeed have a greater improvement than their original lives, and they will have greater hope of advancement. However, there are more factors involved.

There were so many things that once this proposal was exported, the conference hall of the Conference became lively again.

"I heard about the matter of allowing the Dan people to go ashore. They argued all afternoon before coming up with a decision that was left to Chen Fujun to decide. There was no result at all."

In Shuangmenxia Street, in the private room on the second floor of Zhuji Hotel, Qu Dajun, Liang Peilan and Chen Gongyin gathered for a drink. During the dinner, they talked about some matters concerning the Advisory Bureau.

They are all well-known talents of the younger generation in Guangzhou. They are similar in age, both in their twenties and seventies. The high-spiritedness and courage of young people are also not uncommon in them. These three people have a close relationship, and there is another important factor.

The relationship is that the three of them came from the same school. To put it into detail, Chen Gongyin’s father was Chen Bangyan, one of the three Lingnan loyalists who died for the Qing Dynasty, and the other two were students of Chen Bangyan. They followed

My father and mentor fought against the Manchus. After the defeat, they had to go into hiding and engage in anti-Qing activities in private. It was not until Chen Kai and Li Dingguo worked together to regain Guangdong that they were able to resume their Han attire.

Unlike the other Confucian scholars who guided the country in the Zhuji Hotel, they actually participated in the anti-Qing movement. After Chen Bangyan was martyred, Chen Gongyin got the position of commanding the Qianshi in the Yongli court as a hereditary imperial guard, and traveled to various places to contact the rebels. Recently, however,

They just came back from Jiangxi. As for Liang Peilan and Qu Dajun, one works in the Chief Envoy Si Yamen, while the other works as an editor in Guangdong Dibao. It is easier for them to see the secrets here than the former.

"She and Dan have the same origin. They go up the mountain to become She and go down to the water to become Dan. No one among them mentioned moving all the She people down the mountain?"

"I heard, that's not the case. However, if someone does bring it up, it won't be a Teochew congressman. Moreover, a Teochew congressman will not let this issue pass."

"how do I say this?"

"The She people's ancestral mountain, Fenghuang Mountain, is not far from the capital city of Chaozhou. The She people like to kill each other and take death lightly. Although there are not too many people there, if you make them angry, Chaozhou will be in chaos for a while. The MPs there

But we won’t just sit back and watch. What’s more, Chen Fujun won’t let Chaozhou go into trouble.”

Looking at each other and smiling, they started talking about the She people again on this topic. Speaking of which, the theory that She and Dan have the same origin has long been said. Some say they are Han people who have been transformed into southern barbarians, and some are said to be Baiyue people who have been Sinicized. But no matter what,

Both She and Dan have a very high degree of Sinicization. When speaking and using Chinese, one is more similar to Hakka, while the other mostly uses the local dialect.

Among them, there may be some elements of discrimination against the Dan people. As for the She people, they all participated in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty. They also know that at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the She people rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty quite frequently.

He even teamed up with Zhang Shijie to besiege Pu Shougeng. In terms of personal feelings, there is always a difference between closeness and distance.

Chatting about what he saw and heard, he gradually returned to the proposal of the Advisory Board. Qu Dajun thought about it for a while, drank a glass of water and wine, and then continued: "I think this matter is the result of a drunkard's decision.

I don’t care about the wine.”

"oh?"

The workshops of the Guangdong Business Alliance are indeed recruiting workers aggressively and expanding at risk. This is what Chen Gongyin saw with his own eyes when he returned to his hometown in Shunde to worship. Now, in Qu Dajun's words, it has become like this.

As for him who had just returned to Guangdong, he had to be a little surprised.

Chen Gongyin said this, but before Qu Dajun could explain, Liang Peilan nodded, and immediately said to Chen Gongyin: "This still depends on Chen Fujun's reaction. However, when Chen Fujun summoned me, my dear brother
Chapter completed!