Then Yuan Shikai took out a gift that had been prepared for Wang Sheng and others, and what Yuan Shikai took out was nothing ordinary. The one who gave Wang Sheng was a jade statue of Zhuge Liang. The jade was gentle and the carving skills were exquisite, which was obviously an extremely rare treasure. The one who gave Gao Jun was a set of silver jewelry, not only exquisitely made, but also inlaid with a lot of agate and gems. The one who gave Zhang Mingde was a saber made of extremely finely.

These three gifts are not only valuable, but the market value of which one will not be less than 5,000 taels of silver. They are also very appropriate and suitable for everyone's identity. The jewelry he gave to Gao Jun is obviously completely prepared, which also shows that Yuan Shikai's trip to Qingdao did take some thought.

Wang Sheng and others naturally refused to accept Yuan Shikai's gifts. Although Yuan Shikai was a little surprised, they still tried their best to persuade them to accept them, and repeatedly said that they had no other intention to give these gifts, but they just hoped to make friends with Wang Sheng and others. Reciprocity between friends is common, and everyone still had the opportunity to work together in the future. As a result, Wang Sheng and others refused repeatedly, but in the end they did not refuse, so they all accepted the gifts given by Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai was secretly happy. It seemed that overseas Chinese were also using this kind of trick, so that would be easy to deal with. After Wang Sheng and others accepted the gift, they actually took out a document and asked Yuan Shikai to sign it to prove that the gifts were given by Yuan Shikai, saying that they were good for filing and preservation.

It turned out that the Executive Committee also considered that in the external and social interactions with Qing officials, some valuables would inevitably be welcomed and sent. Even in the old time and space, China was a society of human favors. Moreover, in this era, sometimes if you refuse to accept it, it is often difficult to get things done. Therefore, the Executive Committee made regulations that all gifts received must be registered with the administrative office within 10 days, and the reasons for receiving gifts should be explained, and the administrative office will evaluate and handle it, so that it can be treated as bribery. However, this system is limited to the external, including in the relationship with the Qing court. Public officials are absolutely prohibited from accepting gifts from other time travelers and local personnel within the time travel group. Moreover, if the gifts are not registered within the specified time, regardless of the value of the gifts, they will be treated as bribery.

After the administrative office evaluates the gift, there are generally three ways to deal with it. If the value of the gift is not too high and the reason for receiving the gift is sufficient, it can still be owned by the recipient; if the value of the gift is high and the reason for receiving the gift is not sufficient, the recipient will have to pay a certain fee to obtain the ownership of the gift. Of course, the fee paid is lower than the actual value of the gift. If the recipient gives up the ownership of the gift, he can also receive a certain fee compensation, and the gift is auctioned or sold; if the value of the gift is extremely high, and has reached the level of national treasures and cultural relics, it will be owned by the national treasury, and the recipient can still receive a certain amount of compensation. In order to show the fairness and notarization of the evaluation, the name of the recipient, the registered gift, and the file of the handling method are all disclosed, and all time travelers can check it at any time and at will. If you have any doubts, you can file a complaint.

Although this system is called "programming the acceptance of gifts", "legal acceptance of bribes" or "accepting bribes under the order", etc., it has been approved by most administrative officials. In fact, the Executive Committee formulates such a system mainly considers the weakness of human nature. After all, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents. Instead of simply relying on emphasizing empty morality to strengthen the blocking, it does not provide reasonable guidance to allow the recipients who actively register to obtain certain compensation. Although this does not conform to the traditional Chinese moral model, it is a very normal thing in modern society.

After listening to Wang Sheng's explanation, Yuan Shikai was stunned for a long time. The system of overseas Chinese was really incredible. Although it was absolutely inconsistent with China's traditional moral model, it was not unreasonable to think about it carefully. To put it bluntly, if you really want to act according to China's traditional moral model, almost no one can do it. At that time, you will definitely say one thing to do one thing. Although the system of overseas Chinese seems to be a bit in a crooked way, it is also a bit straightforward like a real villain, so you have to smile bitterly and sign your name.

Yuan Shikai and his team stayed in Gaomi County for a night, and then continued to march towards Qingdao. Zhang Mingde also sent a battalion to escort, of course, in fact, to monitor Yuan Shikai's army and his team's actions. Although Yuan Shikai brought not many troops this time, they could not let them ignore the areas controlled by the time-travel group. Yuan Shikai naturally knew this and had no objection.

Along the way, Yuan Shikai also paid attention to the spirit of various places. Yuan Shikai was a member of the army and had no experience in governing the local area, but the governor was a senior member of the local financial army. Therefore, after taking office in Shandong, Yuan Shikai also accumulated some experience in governing the local area, so he also compared this place with the places he ruled.

At this time, the Travel Group was carrying out large-scale land reform in Gaomi, Jiaozhou and Jimo counties. Many villages were dividing land. Yuan Shikai once stopped in a village for more than two hours to see with his own eyes how overseas Chinese divided land for farmers, and also saw the joyful expressions of the farmers who were allocated to the land. In the village that had completed the land reform, Yuan Shikai saw that the spirit of the farmers showed vigorous vitality and vitality, and could hear laughter and joy in the fields at all times. Under his own rule, Yuan Shikai saw that the farmers were numb and dull, and they were concerned about everything. It was indeed very different.

What surprised Yuan Shikai even more was that the relationship between the People's Army and the people was very harmonious. It turned out that Yuan Shikai attached great importance to military discipline in training the Beiyang New Army and was never allowed to stumble on the people. When training troops at the small station, the new army would pass through a Xiao Zhangzhuang to the teaching ground for training every day. When rice was on the field in autumn, the roadside was threshed everywhere. The new army trained team passed through the flying rice, but was not allowed to affect the work of farmers. Yuan Shikai was also often proud of this and believed that the famous generals of ancient times were just like this.

But the People's Army made Yuan Shikai see that there was such an army. Because the people in the fields were not afraid when they arrived at the People's Army. Many people even greeted them and asked them where they came from. They even asked them very enthusiastically if they were thirsty and whether they wanted to drink it. It was like the villagers in the village. Yuan Shikai felt very strange, but once he saw several soldiers from the People's Army helping farmers in a village along the way to push carts and carry loads. When camping at noon, the People's Army soldiers would help nearby residents carry water and chop firewood. Some officers would also give children a few steamed buns and bread. Yuan Shikai understood why, and he had to admit that overseas Chinese really won people's hearts.

Originally, Yuan Shikai went to Jinan to force the land of landlords and distributed it to farmers, but he was quite dissatisfied. Of course, he knew that overseas Chinese were doing this to win over the hearts of the people, but he offended all the local geniuses and gentry. Although China has advocated the people-oriented all the ruling foundations of all the geniuses and officials, but the ruling foundations of all the geniuses and officials are actually literati rather than ordinary people. The so-called "governing the world with the literati rather than the people with the people". Therefore, if overseas Chinese offended all the literatiuses and officials, can the rule be stable?

But the scenes seen along the way shook Yuan Shikai's confidence, because he also knew that the army came from the people, and seeing the harmonious military-civilian relationship under the rule of overseas Chinese, Yuan Shikai had no doubt that as long as overseas Chinese gave orders, a large number of people would voluntarily join the People's Army. It seems that this set of overseas Chinese really has some effect and should not be underestimated.

Yuan Shikai thought a little deeper. It was less than a year since overseas Chinese returned to China. Not only did they build such a powerful army, but they were also seeking to secede Shandong. Whether their means were touching or buying the hearts of the people, it seemed that the effect was indeed good. So in time, when overseas Chinese gradually gained a foothold in Shandong and became rich and strong in the army, would they continue to surrender to the court? And at that time, what methods would the court have to resist overseas Chinese? And at that time, how should they choose?

Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai couldn't help but feel scared and sweated. To be honest, although Yuan Shikai was ambitious at this time, he was limited to the scope of his ministers. He was still loyal to the Qing court and had absolutely no idea of ​​replacing it. Therefore, he shook his head and dared not think about it anymore.

At this time, Tang Shaoyi beside him saw Yuan Shikai's abnormal movement and said, "What are you thinking about?"

Yuan Shikai looked at him and said, "What I saw along the way, Shaochuan thought the overseas Chinese looked like?"

Tang Shaoyi was silent for a while before saying: "It is not easy for overseas Chinese to manage Gaomi and Jiaozhou in a short period of time. It is just that forcing the landlords to seize private wealth is not good governance or the right way. I am afraid that the defeat of overseas Chinese is also caused by this."

At this time, Cai Shaoji also interjected: "Although those who cultivate their land have their own land, they have been sought by sage kings of all dynasties, the governance of overseas Chinese seems to be benevolent, but they are actually evil ways. They still take the root and take the end. I have always heard that overseas Chinese have lived overseas for a long time, and their legal system is similar to those of Western countries. However, Western countries all attach importance to the private property and wealth of the people, and pay for private property and are sacred and inviolable. Since ancient times, no landlords have been taken over as my owner. Today, what overseas Chinese are doing is just a frivolous theory of the [Celestial Dynasty Land System]. Therefore, I think its rise suddenly and its demise is also ripe."
Chapter completed!