After the completion of the First Division of the Guangdong Army, its troops were stationed in barracks in the east and north suburbs of Guangzhou. They protected the public security in Guangzhou and engaged in education and training. After more than half a year of training and education, the officers and soldiers made great progress, were strict in discipline and united in good faith. The entire army was very skilled in combat movements and standard coaches, and developed positive tactical ideas, and their mental outlook was completely renewed, which played an exemplary role for other Guangdong Army troops and achieved the expected goals. Xue Yue's later military governance thought was greatly influenced by the First Division of the Guangdong Army.

With the military power in his hands, Chen Jiongming actually controlled the entire Guangzhou city. Just after Sun Yat-sen appointed Chen Jiongming as the governor of Guangdong and commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Army in the name of the military government, this was Chen Jiongming's second time in charge of Guangdong. As the head of a province, Chen Jiongming attached importance to the construction of Guangzhou. He cited the experience of the US municipal government and adopted a committee system. In the newly promulgated "Guangzhou City Interim Regulations", the organization of the Guangzhou Municipal Government is divided into three institutions: the Municipal Administrative Committee, the Municipal Counseling Council and the Review Bureau. The Municipal Committee has 7 members, and Sun Ke is the mayor and the chairman of the committee, all appointed by Chen Jiongming.

Chen Jiongming has always adopted a policy of banning gambling, prostitution and drug control. Some people opposed it, saying that this was cut off the government's financial path, but he was unswerving. Chen Jiongming was very rigorous in life. At the age of 40, his wife gave birth to four daughters and had no children. Relatives and friends advised him to refuse to take a concubine. It is said that he had two seals engraved: not two colors, and did not accumulate private wealth. In 1920, Zhang Jingsheng, who returned from the University of Lyon, France, wrote a letter to Chen Jiongming, suggesting contraception, and Chen denounced him as a "psychopath".

By February 1921, the urban construction of the entire Guangzhou City achieved initial results. There were about 900,000 residents in the entire city. With Deng Keng's efforts, the atmosphere in the entire Guangzhou City changed. Smoking gambling was almost banned, and at least they dared not conduct it in public. The gang forces that were originally rampant were suppressed and restrained a lot, and they dared not be as domineering as before.

Although major gangs and associations were deeply resentful of Chen Jiongming's approach when banning smoking and gambling, they were forced to suppress Chen Jiongming's actions, but because they were not supported by the strength of the Guangdong Army, they could only swallow their anger and dare not act. In fact, there were not many merchants in this era who were clean, trafficking, smuggling and drug trafficking, and even the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce were doing this. However, unlike gangs, this kind of transaction that could not be put on the table is not the main business income of the chamber of commerce or business groups, but just a kind of extravagance. Therefore, although Chen Jiongming banned smoking and drug trafficking, it was not a big deal for capitalists. Chen supported the free development of commerce and was very popular among merchants.

Several parties from the Xiguan Duanfu House and the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce also gathered together to discuss some important matters. Because in late February, after reviewing the "Interim Regulations", the Provincial Council believed that the regulations "focused on official governance and failed to be suitable for the trend of civil governance", so he asked the governor to suspend the implementation and the provincial council would formulate another regulations. The provincial council opposed the "commissioned committee system" appointed by the governor, and advocated the immediate adoption of the elected "municipality system". The administrative and legislative powers of the municipal government shall be held respectively by the mayor and the municipal council; in other words, the counselors will be abolished and replaced by the more powerful city council.

Although the municipal council system seems to be separated from administration and legislation, which is conducive to the balance of power, it is actually not the case. Because the balance of power in the municipal council system has nothing to do with the people, those who can become mayors and members of the municipal council are powerful people, and the mayors and the municipal council have great power and no one can govern it. Moreover, managing and operating a city requires professional talents from all aspects, not a group of politicians.

The municipal party system is a good thing for the upper class of Guangzhou. Even the Duan family has the ambition and ** to intervene politically. However, Chen Jiongming strongly opposed the municipal party system. First of all, the disadvantages of the municipal party system have always been serious and have always been serious; secondly, because his political prestige is not as good as Sun Yat-sen. If the municipal party system is implemented, Chen Jiongming will lose his management rights over Guangzhou City, which is unbearable for Chen Jiongming, who is determined to build a good Guangdong.

The man in the head was big-eared, majestic, and his eyes were as bright as a paintbrush. He was Duan Yitian, the president of the Guangdong Sea Chamber of Commerce. The second seat was a young man and a tall, thin and elegant Confucian scholar in his forties. The handsome young man was Duan Haicheng, the eldest son of Duan Yi, and the Confucian scholar was Duan Jingnan, the second person in the Guangdong Sea Chamber of Commerce.

Duan Yitian: "Jingnan, what do you say about Commander Chen?"

Du Jingnan: "President, Commander Chen still adheres to the committee system. I went to talk to him today, and there is no room for change in this."

Duan Yitian: "It seems that there is nothing we can do. Since this is the case, we also fully support the committee system."

Hearing Duan Yitian's decision, Duan Haicheng exclaimed: "Dad! You can't do this! The parliamentary system proposed by Mr. Zhongshan is very beneficial to us. Don't Dad and Uncle Du want to participate in politics and make decisions?"

Before Duan Haicheng finished speaking, Duan Yitian interrupted his words sternly: "Shut up! You, a thing that you don't know how to grow, tell you not to get close to Sun Dapao. You just don't listen. Get back to your room immediately and don't come out!"

This anger made Duan Haicheng angry and left with anger.

Du Jingnan looked at the father and son's enemies and was not easy to persuade him in person. He could only wait until Duan Haicheng left before whispering to Duan Yitian: "Why do you have to do this by the president? Haicheng is also kind-hearted. Although it is inappropriate, he is still concerned about the interests of the Chamber of Commerce after all."

Duan Yitian sighed: "Bad thoughts can be forgiven, but stupidity is absolutely not allowed. Alas, I don't know Haicheng's intentions, but as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, I must put the interests of the Chamber of Commerce first."

Although he said that, Du Jingnan knew that he had always wanted to train his son Duan Haicheng to take over the position of president. Unfortunately, Duan Haicheng was arrogant since childhood and could not listen to unpleasant words. In addition, he had no experience in specific affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, so he had never achieved any results.

For a giant-level commercial organization like the Guangdong Sea Chamber of Commerce, power is only temporary, but wealth is eternal. Duan Yitian clearly understood that although he could not get prominent power in cooperation with Chen Jiongming, the economic benefits were real. Compared with Sun Yat-sen's politicians who only knew how to ask for money and were capricious, both Duan Yitian and Du Jingnan were willing to believe in Chen Jiongming's character.

But Duan Haicheng was young and energetic, and could not see this. He only thought about the glory, but did not know that if he accidentally fell into the mud and was swallowed by the whirlpool of politics.

At the same time, Zhong Yang and his team were also holding secret meetings in the newly built villa area.

Not long ago, Zhong Yang established a classical culture researchers association and regarded himself as the president. Because he acted low-key and only received individuals or groups who had common interests in the research of classical culture, he was not well-known. However, Chen Ze and others understood that this was Zhong Yang's reintegration of the entire organizational structure, turning the previously loose economic alliance into the current close-knit interest group and having a clear organizational program.

"President, what choice should we make regarding the dispute between the municipal meeting system and the committee system?" Since the establishment of the Classical Culture Researchers Association, in order to distinguish their respective positions within the organization, they must call each other's position names in formal occasions, even for secret meetings now. This reflects the increasingly rigorous organizational system of Zhong Yang and his entire team, which is a good thing.

Zhong Yang: "No need to pay attention to it, just say that we respect the democratic resolution of the Congress in the name of businessmen not interfering in government resolutions. We give generous benefits in private to show our sincerity and determination to not interfere in internal affairs. Deacon Liu will be responsible for this matter, no problem, right?"

Looking at the gaze that Zhong Yang cast, Liu Jinyang also had a serious expression: "No problem, I will handle it as soon as possible." Liu Jinyang is the president of Xinghua Chamber of Commerce, but on the surface he joined the Classical Culture Researchers Association as an individual, and also served as a deacon of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the association, specializing in the interpersonal network.

At Zhong Yang's gesture, Gu Yuejun nodded, and then picked up the report in his hand and rose: "The main content of this meeting will involve the development plan in the next five years, which is highly confidential, so no documents of any kind are distributed. Everyone here must not disclose it to the outside world for any reason. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Except for Zhong Yang and Gu Yuejun, the other ten people present answered in unison.

There are now thirteen core members of the entire Classical Culture Researchers Association, namely, President Zhong Yang, Gu Yuejun, Deacon of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhou Hua, Deacon of the Intelligence Department, Huang Shaoguang, Deacon of the Ministry of Finance, Chen Ze, Deacon of the Ministry of Commerce, Liu Jinyang, Deacon of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Wang Shicong of the Ministry of Culture. As well as the six managers of the Research Department, Yi Zhongming, Xu Yongsheng, Yang Lei, Zhou Jiguo, Li Jianhua, Changsheng.

Although they claimed to have joined the association as an individual, they were actually directly led by Zhong Yang. They had let go of their hands and feet to develop because there was a lot of room for growth in their own business at that time. However, after this period of operation, the market demand was saturated. In order to further improve their strength, a rigorous organizational structure must be established.

As a secret underground private armed organization, the Underground Palace is not suitable as the core of the system's operation, so Zhong Yang established the current Association of Classical Culture Researchers.

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