The three governors were a little surprised by the idea of a society. Governor Le and the governor had not graduated from elementary school and had relatively low educational levels, so they did not understand what they were talking about.
Governor Bi is the number one scholar in the imperial examinations and is famous as a top scholar in all areas of the country. After a moment's thought, he understood what he meant. He couldn't help but look at him admiringly: The way my son-in-law used words and sentences didn't look like a third-year flag student. At least he looked like a third-year student.
Tong Sheng.
"Shikai really can't understand how he can surpass all the seniors in the meeting to assume the post of host in terms of background, qualifications, and prestige. I think this matter should be discussed in the long term."
Jia Liu knows better than anyone else that one family cannot be the dominant one. The problem is that he really doesn't want to get involved in this matter now. If the matter is discussed again after the National Assembly, he will definitely do his part.
Now that I have understood it, let’s talk about it later.
"My brother-in-law, please don't be modest. Although you are young, you are now also the governor of Zhili. You have made great achievements in supporting the country, and your martial arts are even more impressive. You defeated the bandits once, the religious bandits twice, and the rebels three times."
Cathay felt that no one would recommend him to be the host anyway, so instead of letting Fulhun be the host, it would be better for him to share the cake with Jia Jiashikai.
Firstly, brother Shikai was kind and kind, but secondly, that old guy from Fulhun was not very honest. He openly sat in the middle hall before being expelled, which violated the principle of mutual help and mutual benefit and members should not harm each other, which caused a very bad influence in the meeting.
These two points alone are enough for Cathay Pacific to clearly support Shikai Xiandi.
"If someone else wants to be the host, I, Cathay Pacific, will definitely want to see it. But if you want to be the host, I, Cathay Pacific, will support you with both hands!"
Kiss or not, that's up to you.
Cathay Pacific's stance is firm and unwavering.
This made Jia Liu couldn't help but look at him highly, thinking that he originally planned to kill this corrupt official after he ascended the throne, but now it seems that he can keep one-tenth of his property and return to his hometown to support him.
The premise is that after he ascends the throne, Cathay Pacific must stop.
"Brother Shikai, how many heroes have been there since ancient times? In my opinion, age has never been a problem. When it comes to military merit, you have it. When it comes to people's livelihood, Zhili is booming and merit is the highest. When it comes to origin, are you a Manchurian red flag or a believer?
In short, Prince Consort, I believe that with you as the host, our mutual aid association will be stronger than before!"
Needless to say, Lerjin didn't want to let the Fullerhun family dominate. This was his intention, and he would definitely not change his mind.
Bi Yuan had nothing to say. Anyway, he just advised the good guy to take the overall situation into account and contribute to the prosperity of the mutual aid association.
"That's all,"
Realizing that the three people really sincerely recommended him to be the host, Jia Liu sighed helplessly and said that he could be the host, but there were two conditions that the meeting must agree to him.
The three representatives quickly asked what the conditions were.
The first condition Jia Liu set out was that at the meeting of princes and ministers, members of the Mutual Aid Association in Beijing must vote in agreement with him, move in unison, and advance and retreat together.
The three of them discussed for a while and agreed to this condition, but the premise was that Jia Liu could not kick Yongxin out.
"I've already received the money, how can I still break my promise?"
Jia Liu chuckled, burped, and put forward the second condition, which was that he should keep the mutual aid association's seals and account books for at least ten years.
Le'erjin was stunned after hearing this and shook his head: "You don't believe it, the host can only be elected once every three years, and he will have to be re-elected after the expiration."
Cathay Pacific did not comment, but Bi Yuan felt that ten years was too long.
"Do you know why Shikai wants to do this for ten years?"
Jia Liu did not directly explain the reason, but asked someone to bring a map of the Qing Dynasty, pointed at it and said: "I have nine feudal territories in the Qing Dynasty, eighteen provincial governors, chief ministers, fourteen garrison generals, and more than thirty
How many people are there including the twenty-four commanders of the garrison, the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Dynasties in the capital camp, the military minister, the internal minister, the imperial minister, the six ministers and ministers, the leading minister, the counselor minister, the admiral and the commander-in-chief? No one thousand, eight hundred in total.
have it?"
At this point, the eyes fell on the faces of the three people again, "But how many members of our mutual aid association are there? Let alone one-tenth, I can't even see one-twentieth."
Um?
The three governor representatives looked at each other. This is a fact, but what does this have to do with being the host or not?
Cathay said: "Brother Shikai, if you have something to say, just say it. There are no outsiders here."
"Okay, then I'll tell you the truth,"
Jia Liu nodded, "What I mean is that our mutual aid association currently has too few members. We must increase the speed of membership development and strive to attract more than 800 high-ranking officials from the Qing Dynasty to the association, not to mention all, at least half.
Do you want it? In this case, we need a long-term program and even more time."
This means that he will be given ten years to take charge of this work.
Three years is obviously too short. If the newly elected host interrupts this work, the predecessor's hard work will be in vain.
In essence, it is the same development model as the Joint Advancement Club.
The difference is that mutual aid associations are only for the elite.
The Gongjin Association is an elite group and collects all garbage.
One takes the high-level line and the other takes the mass line.
The two sides do not conflict, but even complement each other.
Because whether it is a joint development club or a mutual aid club, everyone sitting in the club is named Jia.
It’s a blue sky and a white sun in Chongqing, and it’s a blue sky and a white sun in Nanjing.
“Why should we increase the work of recruiting members?”
The question was raised by Jia Liu, and the answer was given by him.
"It's impossible for you not to see that Fu Zhongtang intends to protect the twelfth prince as the crown prince, and he wants to be a famous official in the resurgence of the Qing Dynasty."
Speaking of this, Jia Liu sneered, "The problem is that if Fu Zhongtang wants to become a famous minister, he will definitely regard us as a thorn in his side and kick him out, because in his eyes, we are all the worms of the country.
They are all a bunch of corrupt officials."
After saying that, he laughed at himself and pointed to his nose, "You see, Shikai's promotions in recent years are like running around in the sky. It is true that Shikai himself has some meager achievements, but in the process, Shikai also spent a lot of money.
Silver honors people. Where does this silver come from? You don’t have to ask in detail, right?"
As he spoke, he stood up, walked around a few steps, and concluded for himself - Jia Jiashikai is a corrupt official.
"Don't say you are honest officials,"
He raised his hand to interrupt Bi Yuan who was trying to express his innocence, "If Brother Bi was an upright official, he wouldn't be sitting here."
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Bi Yuan hesitated for a moment, then laughed out loud.
Also, he has been very greedy since he became an official, otherwise he would not have the money to support his officials.
We are all our own people, no one knows who.
"In fact, all of us corrupt officials are loyal to the court, no less loyal than any honest official! When the court comes to us for something, we never refuse to do it. We ask for people and money, and we are afraid that the job will not be done well. No one says not to do it.
Errand.
But have you ever thought about it? In the eyes of the imperial court, we people are very disliked. You don’t know when it will come to punish you. It will appoint some censors to stare at us like flies, clean up the officials, kill corrupt officials, etc.
First, you get a good reputation, and secondly, you get actual benefits. Hum, isn't that how it has been through the ages?"
Jia Liu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. The wine made him feel heart-burning, his throat was dry, and he was very thirsty.
Leer, Jin, Cathay, and Bi Yuan all looked embarrassed.
Because the three governor representatives never thought that someone would call themselves corrupt officials.