Years of the Republic of China 1913

The Provincial Propaganda Department is a government department. Compared with other departments, its power is not too great. In the early years of the Republic of China, this department did not exist at all. Jiaoren suggested that Song Jiaoren felt that a country really needs a counterpart department dedicated to controlling public opinion and propaganda, so he set up a non-cabinet non-staff department in the State Council, which is now the Propaganda Department.

As Song Jiaoren's confidant, Fang Zida was in charge of the KMT party organization work at the beginning. After the establishment of the Propaganda Department, he won its leading power without much effort. Afterwards, according to the model of the Propaganda Department of later generations, he successively set up branches in various provinces and cities. Ministry, it took several years to set up the shelf of national propaganda.

Compared with some power departments, the Propaganda Department, which is only aimed at propaganda, is not very eye-catching in government agencies. It is neither fat nor has much real power. The main work on weekdays is only dealing with major newspapers and reporters. , outsiders seem to be purely a place to raise idlers.But no one knew that as early as the establishment of the Propaganda Department, Fang Zida ordered Zhou Yuanliang's secret agents to insert people in the Propaganda Department. Secretly, the Propaganda Department has been concealed, so now some "special staff" in the Propaganda Department appear to be government officials, but in fact they have another identity, that is, they are members of the Intelligence Bureau.

Gong Shuge is such a person. His public identity is the secretary of the Provincial Propaganda Department, but he is also a member of the intelligence bureau, and he is directly under the former director of the intelligence bureau, Zhou Yuanliang.Although Yang Yongtai is the current director, Zhou Yuanliang is still in the hands of the staff in the Propaganda Department. The identities of these people are confidential and the number is small.It is natural for Yang Yongtai not to pay attention.

After getting off work this day, Gong Shuge was the last one to leave the office as usual, locked the door, went to a barbecue restaurant near the provincial government to buy a pack of char siu, and then walked slowly towards home.

As soon as he got near his home, Gong Shuge saw his 5-year-old son squatting on the ground with two little guys playing in the mud. The three kids made it look like a mud monkey.Also happily yelled.

"Ming'er! What are you doing? Go home and wash up for dinner. See what I brought?"

"Father!" The little mud monkey looked up when he heard the shout, and ran over laughingly, fearing that he would fall and help Gong Shuge.

"Char siew! Heck cluck... Let's eat char siew today!" The little mud monkey wrinkled its nose and smelled the aroma, and happily clapped and applauded.

"Hello, Uncle!" The two little guys who were playing with the little mud monkey just ran over and greeted Gong Shuge with a smile.

"You... Dashi and Xiaoshi! Hehe, uncle almost didn't recognize you all in mud. Why are you here? Where are your parents?" After taking a closer look, Gong Shuge was immediately happy. Aren't the two boys children of my brother-in-law's family?No wonder I felt familiar before, it was them who had been arguing for a long time.

"It's in the house!" Xiaoshi stretched out his hand and pointed towards Gong Shuge's house.

"Let's go! Let's go home together. Look at you, first take a shower and change your clothes." Pulling the three boys, Gong Shuge took them home, and after a few steps, he heard his wife's voice in the house. He and his sister-in-law came out to welcome them, and handed over the char siu to his wife, and asked her to take the children and the others to take a shower.As soon as I entered the room, I saw my brother-in-law Zhao Shiru sitting in the room.

"Arg!"

"Aru, when did you come here? Sit down and sit down. Smoke a cigarette..." He greeted Zhao Shiru with a smile, took out a cigarette and passed it over, and then lit it on the fire that Zhao Shiru leaned over Take a breath.

"It's been a while..." Lighting it up for himself, and extinguishing the match in his hand, Zhao Shiru stretched his neck and looked outside the house.

"Adi and the others took the children to take a shower."

"Oh, oh..." Zhao Shiru nodded, dragged Gong Shuge to the corner and said softly, "Age, I'm here today to ask you something."

"What do my relatives ask for? Why? Is it not convenient? Say, how much do you want to borrow?" Seeing Zhao Shiru's mysterious look, Gong Shuge couldn't help laughing.

"It's not borrowing money." Seeing his misunderstanding, Zhao Shiru quickly shook his head and said, "Actually, it's not mine, it's my uncle... no no... it's about my uncle's employer. Actually, I didn't want to come, but uncle asked Someone sent me a message. He said he had to see you, and he looked very anxious."

"Your uncle? Is your uncle a loyal uncle of the Chen family?"

"Yes!" Zhao Shiru nodded repeatedly.

Gong Shuge immediately understood that Zhao Shiru's owner should be the famous Chen family in Guangzhou City, which is the current owner of the Chen family, Chen Lianbo.However, he has never been in contact with Chen Lianbo, and even he has only met Zhao Shiru's uncle Zhongshu a few times, and the two sides can't talk about friendship, they are only distant relatives with a relatively weak relationship.What's the matter with Zhao Shiru suddenly looking for him inexplicably?Gong Shuge is self-aware. Although he is a government official, he is only a small officer in the Propaganda Department. In Guangzhou*zhou, no matter money or power, not to mention Chen Lianbo, even Zhongshu's words are more important than himself.

"Uncle Zhong is looking for me? What's the matter with me?"

Gong Shuge asked in surprise, Zhao Shiru shook his head and said he didn't know, but he told Gong Shuge that Uncle Zhong told him that he had to meet Gong Shuge today to bring the conversation to him, and he must ask Gong Shuge to keep this matter secret, absolutely Can't tell the third person.

Gong Shuge is not an ordinary person, his first feeling is that Uncle Zhong must have something big, and it is not a small matter.Due to his special status, Gong Shuge didn't ask the bottom line, but just pretended to be casual and agreed.Then, Zhao Shiru and Zhao Shiru made homework, inquired about it, and after confirming that the other party did not know anything, they couldn't help thinking.

One day later, on the morning of the second day, Gong Shuge went out early and went straight to a teahouse near Xiguan to drink tea.When he arrived at the place, he entered a private room as Zhao Shiru said. Not long after he sat down, the side door of the next private room opened, and an old man with a short stature and ordinary clothes walked in from the side doors of the two private rooms.

"Uncle Zhong!" Gong Shuge knew this person. He was Uncle Zhong, an old man of the Chen family, and Zhao Shiru's uncle.

"Age, I'm so sorry to trouble you." Uncle Zhong looked at the closed door first, and then bowed his hands to Gong Shuge with apology.

"What's the point? We're all relatives. It's not troublesome to talk about anything, but Uncle Zhong, what are you doing today?" Gong Shuge pointed to the side door and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Hey... my old man has no choice but to do this." Sitting down, pouring himself a cup of tea, Uncle Zhong shook his head and sighed while drinking the tea: "To tell you the truth, Aggie, my master has encountered a major event. Using this method to see you, I have something for the sake of relatives, I need your help!"

"Important matter? You mean President Chen? This is impossible? President Chen is a big man in Guangzhou! What big event can he encounter? Besides, I am just a small employee in the Propaganda Department, and I can help What is Chairman Chen busy with? Whether he is a foreigner or an official, he knows more people than I do, so I'm afraid he's busy..."

He waved his hand and interrupted Gong Shuge's words. Uncle Zhong sighed: "You're right, but it's not convenient for President Chen to come forward, and he can't trust those people outside. I remember Aru mentioned to me that you Is there a classmate who works at the State Council in Beijing?"

"Yes, yes, but he is just a small shrimp..." Gong Shuge nodded, but still explained.

"It doesn't matter how big or small, as long as there are people!" Uncle Zhong said, "It's all my own people, so I'm going to be frank. My master has indeed encountered a big problem. If we want to talk about it, we have to talk about it a while ago.... "

Uncle Zhong told Gong Shuge the situation in all detail. Of course, Chen Lianbo was completely forced in his narration, and everything was Chen Gongshou's conspiracy. This ungrateful Chen Gongshou now gave the entire Chen family They are cornered, and the Chen family is definitely a good citizen who supports the government. However, the current situation is unclear. A classmate reported this.

Following Uncle Zhong's narration, Gong Shuge's expression became more and more solemn. He had already learned about Chen Shaobai and the others through the inside line, and various places including Guangzhou*zhou had also made certain arrangements.However, he did not expect that things would develop to this point. Chen Shaobai and others actually colluded with people like Chen Gongshou, and even tried to drag the Chen family of business leaders into the water. I am afraid that the correspondence of the bureau will encounter great trouble.

"Agg! Agg!"

"Oh, I'm sorry Uncle Zhong, your fact is too big, I was frightened for a while." Gong Shuge, who was a little preoccupied, quickly explained in order to cover up his gaffe.

Of course, Uncle Zhong understood the seriousness of this matter. No matter who heard this, everyone would be shocked. It is normal for Gong Shuge to have such a reaction.

"Your loyal uncle can only ask you for help after thinking about it. I'm really sorry, Agger. I shouldn't have troubled you. It's actually not a good thing to get involved in this matter."

Gong Shuge smiled wryly and said: "Is it a good thing, but Uncle Zhong, if this really happens, the whole of Guangzhou will be devastated! I am from Guangzhou, and I will also be one of the victims when the time comes. How can I just sit back and watch?" What about it? Besides, we are relatives, so I can’t do anything about it. In this way, I try my best to contact my classmates, but I can’t guarantee when the above will reply, so we have to make other arrangements in advance .”

"This is natural! This is natural!" Uncle Zhong is enough to say this, and he said gratefully: "Age who didn't say anything, as long as the government doesn't treat our Chen family as rebels, it's enough to arrange for us. After passing, my master will definitely thank you!" (To be continued...)