Although the [Qingdao Secret Agreement] has been signed, the matter that the Qing court and the Time Travel Group need to negotiate has not ended. The first thing is that the Time Travel Group must provide the Qing court with the list of official positions and personnel needed, so that the Qing court can complete the last step in recruiting overseas Chinese.

In fact, the Time Travel Group only values ​​the official positions of the Qing court, not the officials. Because the Time Travel Group has determined the general policy of controlling Shandong, which is to go hand in hand with two tracks. If the Qing court officials can remain unmoved, they should try not to move. Instead, they adopt a subversive strategy to establish another official administrative system in Shandong. This of course also includes the Qing court officials appointed by Time Travelers. The Time Travel Group just wants to use these official positions to determine the legitimacy of the initial jurisdiction of Shandong, but will not use the power of these official positions. To rule Shandong, we have to use our own set of official administrative systems to ultimately achieve the goal of Shandong residents only recognizing officials from time-traveling groups but not officials from the Qing court. On the one hand, the Qing court's official system itself was already very backward and far from adapting to the social and economic development needs of this era; on the other hand, while using the Qing court, the time-traveling groups were also trying their best to cut off the Qing court, because the more thorough the enemy was, the less ties would be caused by the Qing court in the future.

However, this does not mean that you can just find a cat and a dog to serve as an official of the Qing court. After all, in the early days when the Time Travel Group was in charge of Shandong, these official positions still had a considerable role. As the position of Shandong Governor, the position of Shandong Governor had to deal with various affairs of the Qing court, and the subordinates had to control the Qing court officials in various places in Shandong. This is not a job that everyone can do. In addition, for the Qing court, the main leaders of the Time Travel Group are basically aware that if they find someone to serve as the Shandong Governor, it would be too unworthy of the Qing court. For the Qing court, it is not important to do anything secretly, but they must be able to live up to their face. Therefore, at least five permanent executive members should be able to take this position, and others should also hold an official position. After all, at this time, there is no need to have conflicts with the Qing court over these irrelevant matters.

Among the five permanent executive members, Xia Bohai, the current top leader of the Time Travel Group, is the candidate who has the least objection to the Qing court. However, Xia Bohai considered that after the establishment of the new government of the Time Travel Group, administrative management affairs will definitely be greatly improved, and his main energy must be focused on the development of the Time Travel Group, and he may not have much energy to deal with the social affairs of the Qing government's officialdom. Moreover, Xia Bohai himself is not very familiar with the rules, routines, and worldly styles of the Qing government's officialdom, and may not be able to deal with it well. Therefore, Xia Bohai proposed that Qin Zheng would be the Shandong governor.

Qin Zheng is the second-ranked person of the Time Travel Group. He was not worthy of the Qing court by being the governor of Shandong. Moreover, Qin Zheng is familiar with history. In the past, Qin Zheng was basically responsible for the negotiations between the Time Travel Group and the Qing court. He also established certain personal relationships with some senior officials of the Qing court such as Li Hongzhang, Prince Qing, and Yuan Shikai, and was familiar with the routines of the Qing court's officialdom. Therefore, he was indeed the most suitable candidate for serving as the governor of Shandong. After Qin Zheng considered it for a while, he also thought that he was indeed more suitable than Xia Bohai, so the candidate for the Shandong governor was determined.

The other four members of the permanent executive committee, Xia Bohai served as the admiral of Shandong, and in fame, this is the highest military official in Shandong; Xiao Jianjun served as the admiral of Shandong Navy. Although both were the rank of admiral, the word "Northodox" would be half a level; Wang Yunpeng served as the governor of Shandong; Xu Jichao served as the governor of Shandong; both the governor and the governor were both subordinates of the governor or the governor. The governor was commonly known as the vassal state, which managed local civil affairs, finance, land, household registration, and money and grain; the inspector was commonly known as the vassal state, and its main task was to go to various roads to inspect, assess the administration of officials, be in charge of criminal law, supervision, post office and other affairs, and were all important provincial positions of the Qing court.

Among other officials, 12 others were appointed as Taotai of Shandong prefectures. Taotai was a unique official position in the Qing Dynasty, also known as Taoist, and was a temporary local chief between the province (governor, governor) and the prefecture (governor). However, the scope of power and rank of this official position is very messy, with special responsibilities and part-time positions, and has jurisdiction over several governments, and has also governed the entire province. The scope of management is also very wide. In addition to the common finance, criminal law, money and grain affairs in local administration, there are also grain channels, river channels, post roads, customs roads, military farm roads, tea and horse roads, etc., and the grades are also from the fourth rank to the fourth rank to the fourth rank

The second rank was different. It was not until the middle and late period of the Qing court that the Taotai was basically fixed as the governor, the auxiliary officials of the inspectors, who were responsible for the finance, criminal law, money, grain, military affairs and other matters of one or several governments. The rank was basically the third rank; of course, sometimes they would become actual local officials, so the Qing court designated the Tianjin Special Zone specially established for the Time Travel Group and the highest officials of the Shanghai Special Zone as Taoists. Among them, the Tianjin Special Zone Taoists were of course appointed by Li Songchen, the Chief Executive of the Time Travel Group. In terms of local military positions in Shandong, officers at all levels of the Time Travel Group served as generals of each prefecture.

However, there are still several official positions that do not have suitable personnel for the time being, namely the prefect of Jinan, the general of Jinan, the Jiaoao Daotai, and the Shanghai Special Administrative Region Daoist, because these positions also involve the determination of military and political officials of the Time Travel Group in these places in the future.

The Jinan Prefect is the only local official asked by the Time Travel Group from the Qing court. He served as the Jinan Prefect, that is, the Jinan Mayor of the Time Travel Group in the future. Because Jinan is the capital of Shandong and manages the affairs of the entire province of Shandong, the administrative center of the Time Travel Group is set in Qingdao. Therefore, most of the Shandong affairs related to the Qing court need to be handled by the managers of Jinan, so this personnel is also very important. Now the most lacking in the Time Travel Group is the managers of this and large cities.

After consultation, everyone believed that Wang Sheng was appointed as the prefect of Jinan, that is, the future mayor of Jinan, was the most suitable candidate. Wang Sheng was the first administrative staff to come to Qingdao, and later was in charge of land reform in Jiaoao area. He also served as an administrative official in Jiaozhou, Gaomi and Jimo counties. He also performed well in every position and accumulated a certain amount of local management and administrative experience. At the same time, he also had some contact and exchanges with Qing court officials and also had some understanding of the Qing court's official operations. These are important conditions for him to become the prefect of Jinan.

Wang Sheng had no objection to his change in his position and expressed his obedience to the arrangements of the Executive Committee. In fact, Wang Sheng was very happy to receive this appointment. Although Jinan is not the administrative center of the Time Travel Group, both the size of the city and the historical background will be the most important city in Shandong. Therefore, being able to serve as the mayor of Jinan will not only be able to stand alone, but also accumulate political achievements and increase experience. It is much better than staying in Qingdao to develop.

Seeing that Wang Sheng agreed to accept the position of mayor of Jinan, the executive committee immediately asked Wang Sheng to select personnel and take office with him. At the same time, it also decided that Zhang Zhengjie, the commander of the first regiment, would be the general of Jinan, who was actually the commander of the Jinan Military Region.

The first regiment was originally stationed in Beijing. After the Menbu Village incident, it was transferred to Shandong to prepare to fight against Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army. Now Yuan Shikai surrendered without fighting, but the first regiment could not return to Beijing. Therefore, the Military Commission decided to let the first regiment station in Jinan. On the one hand, it was to capture the local forces in Jinan, and on the other hand, it also defended the northwest gateway of Shandong.

However, Wang Sheng is still the chief executive of the three counties of Jiaozhou, Gaomi and Jimo. Of course, the former is the main one, and the latter is only temporarily. Now all the three counties have special management agencies, and they are directly managed by Qingdao. Therefore, this position is just taken this opportunity to revoke. However, Wang Sheng became the mayor of Jinan, and the director of the Land Reform Commission must need someone to fill it. Wang Sheng recommended Gao Jun to take over his position to the Executive Committee. It turned out that Gao Jun was the deputy director of the Land Reform Commission, and it is natural to be promoted to the deputy chief now. Moreover, Gao Jun's work ability is not inferior to Wang Sheng, and he is familiar with the situation of land reform. In addition, Gao Jun's identity as a woman also helps to travel through the policy of liberating women implemented by the group.

After discussion, the Executive Committee agreed to Wang Sheng's recommendation and formally appointed Gao Jun as the director of the Land Reform Commission. He was still responsible for land reform, but was not responsible for local administrative management affairs.

Jiaoao Taoist, the candidate for Qingdao mayor who travels through the time group, is also a difficult problem. It turned out that Wang Sheng was trained as a candidate in this position, but the plan was not as fast as it changes. Now Wang Sheng is going to be the mayor of Jinan, leaving such a big gap. In the end, he can only decide that Wang Yunpeng, who has always been in Qingdao, will serve as the general manager. Xia Bohai proposed that Zeng Dong, the current Ministry of Agriculture, serve as deputy mayor and take over as Jiaoao Taoist.

Li Songchen, Wang Sheng and Zeng Dong were both leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture, but these three people have one common characteristic, that is, they are young, no more than 30 years old, and they are also the younger generation that the Time Travel Group focuses on training. In fact, the three people did not know about agricultural work. They were just a temporary solution to be the head of the Ministry of Agriculture. First, there was no suitable candidate at that time, and second, the Ministry of Agriculture's work at that time was to restore the stability of the rural areas of Tianjin Xiao District, redistribute land, and recruit return refugees, rather than developing and managing agricultural production. However, with the stability of the rule of the Time Travel Group, the functions of the Ministry of Agriculture have gradually returned to normal, so it is not appropriate for the three people to be responsible for agricultural affairs.
Chapter completed!