1928: The Rise of Giants

The principal's wife really wanted to have a child, but the principal was not helpful, and the principal's private life was chaotic in the early years, which caused him to suffer from some hidden diseases that could not be treated. The principal's wife was also very concerned about this.

Bai Xiuzhu was helpless about this, and she didn't really want to discuss her private life with Ye Luo with the principal's wife, so she had to be vague and move the topic away secretly.

However, the two women are quite "sympathizing with each other" in this regard, so they become more familiar with each other.

The next day, Ye Luo took a group of people to bid farewell to the principal's wife, walked around Jinling City, and agreed with John Rabe on the time to sign the contract and discuss the details of the cooperation, and then returned to Shanghai by car.

During this period, Ye Luo went to the suburbs of Jiaxing again to see how Wen Yingxing, Sun Liren and others were doing.

The tax police corps' declared job is to inspect tax collection in several major cities in the south, and to strictly investigate the transportation and sale of cigarettes. However, in fact, these drudgery tasks are handled by the tax department and the inspection department of the police department, as well as Zhang Zhijiang's original The anti-smoking committee, which I have served as chairman, does not need the tax police to intervene.

Therefore, after the army took shape, Ye Luo hinted that they should train and train in the direction of being able to go to the battlefield.

In time, if a war does break out in the south, Ye Luo hopes that the tax police headquarters can also do its part to save more people from the disaster of the war.

At nine o'clock on September 1930, the th year of the Republic of China (), Yan Xishan took office as "Chairman of the National Government of Peiping" at Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai, Peking.

He also conveniently arranged a position of vice chairman for Zhang Hanqing, hoping that Zhang Hanqing could go to Peking and take up his post as soon as possible.

There is nothing new about this newly established government. Due to internal factional power conflicts and serious insufficient funds, specific affairs are delayed and postponed.

The war in Lu and Yu provinces gradually began to reverse due to the desperate resistance of the Central Army. As Zhang Hanqing prepared to leave seclusion, the balance of the war seemed to begin to tilt towards the principal's side.

Therefore, Yan Xishan's act of forming the National Government in Peiping looked very clownish, and it became the same final madness as Marshal Zhang's establishment of the military government in Peiping.

Ye Luo had a not-so-grand birthday on September 12th. In fact, he has hardly celebrated any birthdays in these years. The Ye family doesn't pay much attention to this. Even Ye Yuqiao's fiftieth birthday was celebrated so casually.

Because the two of them had an embarrassing incident when they bumped into each other while they were practicing making cakes. Every time they met, Xiaoma’s face turned red and she didn’t know how to look at him. It wasn’t until her birthday that she showed up and took out the The large Western-style cake she carefully prepared made Xiao Aqiao and the others exclaim.

The ones who enjoyed the most were Ye Zhuohua, Li Siye, Ye Hao and Ye He. The two little ones in front were almost one year old and could now walk and jump. They gave Xiaoli and other maids of the Ye family a lot of trouble. Li Shuzhen also teased: As expected of Ye Luo, he is as naughty as he was when he was a child.

Ye Hao was inevitably scolded and urged to get married by his elders again. He used to use Ma Yongzhen and Ding Li as shields, but now Chen Zhen and Guangzi are married, and Huo Ting'en also brought Xiaodie from the Red Mansion home, gaining the support of his family members. After receiving his approval, Ma Yongzhen and Hua Mei began to fall in love, while Ding Li always "got approval" with Yue Lang, not to mention Xu Wenqiang, who had already held a wedding with Situ Feifei.

He has really become an old bachelor among a group of people. Whenever there is such a gathering, he would like to crawl into the cracks in the ground.

"Brother, you are almost thirty, it's time to start a family and start a business." Ye Luo was always urged to get married by his family in his previous life, and they never stopped. Now he enjoyed the fun of urging her to get married, and started to catch her eldest brother and keep talking.

"Go, go, I know what I know." Ye Hao retorted in a weak tone while holding his little nephew.

After a while, Ye Qingqing also joined the fight and began to urge his eldest brother to get married.

It was rare for the Ye family to gather together like this, talking and laughing. Just when Ye Luo wanted to continue teasing a few words, the housekeeper Xie Fu came over and said that someone was visiting.

The visitor's name is Zhao Pilian, who is almost fifty years old and is a senior staff member of Yan Xishan.

The second young master's birthday alarmed many celebrities. Many people wanted to take this opportunity to get close to Ye Luo and build relationships. For this reason, Ye Luo had to hold a birthday party at the Paramount Ballroom and received nearly 100 million in gifts. As of today, most of the people who wanted to send something have been delivered, but I didn’t expect that there were still uninvited guests coming!
Zhao Pilian joined the Tongmenghui in the late Qing Dynasty, and also ran a factory, a newspaper, and a publishing house. Since then, he has been in charge of education in Jin Province. He has dual identities as an official and a businessman, and is highly appreciated by Yan Xishan.

Compulsory education in Jin Province was very famous in the Republic of China, which was attributed to Zhao Pilian.

He asked Yan Xishan to fund the establishment of the Shanxi National Normal School. Now this school has almost become the base of activities for the underground organizations in Shanxi Province. Zhao Pilian turned a blind eye to this.

Yan Laoxi's number one adviser is Zhao Daiwen, who is in charge of the civil affairs of Shanxi Province. He also served as Minister of the Interior in the Jinling National Government in the past two years. His number two adviser is Nan Guixin, and Zhao Pilian ranks third. But among the three, Yan Laoxi left all diplomatic tasks to Zhao Pilian.

All three of them opposed Yan Xishan's war with the principal, but Yan Xishan refused to listen, so the three of them had no choice but to "help the tyrants do evil". Later, Nan Guixin defected to the Jinling National Government.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhao Pilian served as an advisor to the Executive Yuan. Because he was dissatisfied with the president's continued civil war, he had been living in Peiping, raising funds and doing business with his friends.

"Mr. Zhao, I have long admired you!" Ye Luo still admires this kind of patriotic person and professional talent.

Zhao Pilian was able to increase the primary school enrollment rate in a province to more than 70% during the Republic of China. He is worthy of being a well-known educator and can be called a miracle.

Zhao Pilian also smiled and clasped his fists in response: "Second Young Master, I have also admired your name for a long time. I have heard about the Peking University scholarship fund you funded in Shanxi Province. Many of the first batch of students studying abroad were People from Jin Province!”

After the two complimented each other for a few words, Ye Luo took him to the study room and asked, knowingly: "Mr. Zhao came to Shanghai this time, why don't you know why?"

"Now that the Peiping National Government has just been established, I have been appointed to be in charge of education-related affairs. There are undercurrents in Peiping's academic circles. Many universities are privately entangled with underground organizations. Students are quite critical of both the Peking and Jinling National Governments. Marshal If I can purge the education world in a month, the only way to achieve this effect is to use military force." Zhao Pilian took a sip of tea and said seriously, "But at that point, the situation became increasingly difficult to ease, so I went south, hoping to be very influential in the academic world. The prestigious second young master can help and stabilize those students. "

"Mr. Zhao, do you think the Peking National Government can really last long?"

Ye Luo knew something about what Zhao Pilian said. Yan Laoxi wanted to rectify the education sector in Peiping, but it aroused opposition from the student wave. If not channeled, students and soldiers would conflict together, which would probably lead to countless casualties.

Zhao Pilian didn't want the matter to escalate, but he had no choice but to ask Ye Luo for help.

But Ye Luo did not respond in a hurry, but asked him how he viewed the war situation.

Zhao Pilian said solemnly: "The principal has gone against the grain and the people have lost their hearts. The Peking National Government will win the final victory. How can it not last long?"

"I don't think so. Let's not talk about my position and identity. Judging from the battle situation, the failure of the coalition forces is foreseeable. I hope Mr. Zhao will turn a blind eye to the student demonstrations and get through this for the time being. In two months, maybe you won’t have to worry about this. When the Central Plains War is over, if General Yan loses, I’m afraid Mr. Zhao will be implicated. If you are interested, you can work in the education group I will create later.”

Such talents were left to the principal, and the principal didn't use them, so Ye Luo simply stepped in to recruit them.

Zhao Pilian shook his head and said: "With good intentions, since the second young master is unwilling to come forward, Zhao will take his leave."

In fact, he originally went all the way south this time and asked some former warlords who were out of power to take up important positions in the National Government of Peiping, but they seemed to be the same as Ye Luo, thinking that the coalition was going to lose, so they all refused.

However, the matter was not settled, which did not affect his admiration for Ye Luo. Zhao Pilian gave him a birthday gift, and carefully considered Ye Luo's suggestions and opinions. He obviously showed signs of being persuaded before leaving. (End of chapter)