Chapter 102 Zhang San (Happy Happy New Year!)

Unlike the "Haoyang Xiaozhu" in the city, which only has a gray-haired old farmer in civilian clothes as the gatekeeper, the Zhang family's "Chengnan Villa" has door guards patrolling with guns in front of the gate.

Call out for grievances.

"Haha what a coincidence."

When he came to the gate of Zhang's "Chengnan Villa", he saw someone shouting grievances with a piece of paper on his head. It was a scene in a movie that actually appeared in front of him, which made Li Zicheng very happy.

"Okay, stop shouting, Mr. Zhang will try your case at the General Commercial Association."

"I never thought I would be able to watch Mr. Zhang's trial."

Although he said this, Li Zicheng knew that Nantong's local autonomy could last for many years, largely due to the support of "Zhang San Yamen", which was controlled by Zhang from the "Tong Chonghai Sanya General Commercial Association"

evolved.

"Let's go and have a look..."

As he said that, Li Zicheng walked towards the Tongchong Haisan General Commercial Association next to the Dasheng Bridge near Biye in the south of the city. When he walked to the General Commercial Association, he couldn't help but look at this "Zhang San Yamen".

It was clear that it had been renovated into a temple. The main entrance on the south side was sealed, and a new Guangliang gate was opened on the east side facing the street. There was a plaque with black characters on a white background and "Meeting Hall" hanging in the main hall.

At this time, the outside of the "meeting hall" was already crowded with people.

"No talking"

The policeman standing nearby immediately stopped everyone's shouting.

"Mr. Three is about to go to court for trial."

After finally squeezing through several rows of people, Li Zicheng became aware of the meeting hall for a while. There was an old man in his fifties sitting behind the "Gongan" in the main hall.

Wearing a black satin melon-skin hat with a piece of white jade embedded in the middle, I thought the rosy-complexioned old man was Zhang Jian.

At this moment, he saw Zhang Jian looking down at the pleadings, looking like he was reviewing the case. But looking at this scene, Li Zicheng frowned slightly, and then looked at the people around him, they all looked like they were used to it. Obviously

They are already used to this.

At this moment, a hoarse voice was heard coming from the meeting hall.

"Li Tianchen, it's just brothers who are separated and have feuds. Is there any injustice..."

It was originally a family property dispute, and he murmured in his heart, but Li Zicheng looked at Zhang Jian sitting behind the "public case" and fell into deep thought. To be precise, he was thinking about the gap between himself and Zhang Jian.

He was born into a "low status" landowner family. The Zhang family belongs to the "cold" family. His ancestors have been commoners for several generations. No one has been an official, and no one has ever been a scholar or a scholar. As far as he is concerned,

Before middle age, Zhang Jian could only be regarded as an ordinary squire who was in ruins, sideways to the shogunate and running the countryside. The turning point was his later honors as the No. 1 scholar and the No. 1 scholar, which undoubtedly laid the foundation for Zhang Jian to become the leader of the Nantong gentry.

He had a solid foundation, and his early "rural management" activities expanded his social circle in many aspects, contacted a variety of social forces other than officials and gentry, and established his good image in the local community of Tonghai.

Although Zhang Jian only served as an official for three or four years in his life, he has always maintained inextricable ties with the officialdom and political circles. Although he himself has never directly entered the core of political power or been involved in the center of the whirlpool of political struggles.

, but he has participated in and participated in almost all major political events and activities that took place in China in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. And on his head, there are always shining with various dazzling laurels from all walks of life, including officials, gentry, business and academia.

Those titles and positions, large and small, from the country and all walks of life, undoubtedly greatly improved his reputation among officialdom scholars across the country, and also strengthened his prestige in local society, which naturally created extremely favorable conditions for his local career in Nantong.

He had extensive contacts with celebrities and dignitaries from all walks of life in the political, military, business, and academic circles, from central government officials to local governors, to prefecture and county magistrates, as well as local gentry and powerful people.

A huge network of social relationships composed of geographical, academic, professional, professional, and friendship relationships.

It was the combination of these factors that constituted Zhang Jian's local power at this time, and he also had the advantage of being an intermediary between officials and businessmen, taking on the role of official and businessmen, and communicating with officials and merchants. Opposing officials, he was a business leader and took advantage of the demands of the businessmen group.

and support, he can compete for rights and interests; for business, he has the title of "Prime Minister with orders to conduct sea business", relying on the authority of the government, he can suppress the obstruction from local conservative forces.

"Official businessmen, official businessmen..."

Muttering in his heart, looking at Zhang Jian on the stage who was seriously examining the case, Li Zicheng finally understood what his advantage was compared to himself. His twin identity and social network were Zhang Jian's biggest advantages. He was

It was by taking advantage of this advantage that he established his own "autonomous small kingdom" in Nantong.

And this "Nantong Autonomy" is what I am most curious about, and it is also the place where I need to learn the most. For a local autonomy leader, a factor that cannot be ignored in the success of his career lies in how to deal with the relationship with the country.

relations between governments.

While Yuan Shikai was vigilant and restrained towards himself, on the other hand, Yuan Shikai was full of praise for Zhang Jian and Nantong. A comparison between the two revealed his own shortcomings. How could he relax Yuan Shikai's vigilance and win for his own development?

A good external environment is what I need to learn most, and it is also the purpose of my trip.

As for the "Three Gentlemen's Judgment of Cases" in front of us, it's okay to ignore it. Although everyone in Nantong praises Zhang Jian, in the past few days, I have often heard complaints from others about "The Three Gentlemen's Judgment of Cases".

"Let's go, Wenzheng,"

Li Zicheng took another look at the general commerce association through the crowd of spectators in front of the general commerce association.

"In the afternoon, you go to Zhang's Mansion to send a greeting card."

Whether Zhang Jian is willing or not, he has to take something out of him. Maybe there are some things that Zhang Jian cannot learn from him, but his experience in running this small world must be learned no matter what, at least how to deal with the government.

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Zhangjia's "Chengnan Villa" covering an area of ​​more than ten acres is a typical Jiangnan garden architecture. The buildings in the garden are simple and dignified, and the winding paths are deep and quiet. It is full of the meaning of small bridges and flowing water. This person is leaning against the small lake.

But bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time in the study room.

"If Liuhe builds a good one, let the whole world know that Liuhe has made it"

After sighing several times in succession, Zhang Jian looked at Li Zicheng sitting in the side chair with admiration in his eyes. After seeing Li Zicheng in the newspaper before returning to China, he had a good impression of the young man in his heart, and then

The sacking of the government and the textile machinery only made Zhang Jian more fond of the young man in front of him. But as soon as they met and the two started chatting, all that was left in his heart was good feelings.

"Uncle, when Liuhe is spread all over the world in the future, the world will remember my uncle's help."

Li Zicheng thanked him again. It was natural for him to call him uncle. Deep down in his heart, he may not be respectful to those so-called politicians and famous generals, but he was sincerely respectful to the industrialists of this era such as Zhang Jian and Zhou Xuexi.

I respect them from the bottom of my heart, just because they have a sense of social responsibility that would put future generations to shame, is enough to make me respect them from the bottom of my heart.

"Zicheng"

Zhang Jian nodded in agreement and looked at Li Zicheng with a smile.

"Years ago, my husband once said that to handle affairs in a county, one must have a provincial perspective. To handle provincial affairs, one must have a national perspective. To handle national affairs, one must have a world perspective. Your vision is much higher than mine. Today's work

He is also far higher than me, and his achievements in the future will be even more limitless.”

After some compliments, Li Zicheng hurriedly said humbly.

"My uncle is so complimentary about Zicheng. It's time and luck. Zicheng just got a little bit lucky."

Maybe what happened to me can only be described as luck. I am absolutely lucky. Sometimes no one can explain luck. If there was no submarine on that isolated island, maybe I would be in Chinatown at most.

He is just a wage earner. At most, at most he is just living without any worries about food and clothing.

"Oh, Zicheng, don't be humble about yourself. I have been in business for more than ten years, and although I have made some achievements, my husband advocated the "Cotton-Iron Doctrine". I have achieved a small amount of success, but I may be too shy to talk about it."

When he uttered these words, there was a hint of regret on Zhang Jian's face, and the closeness in his eyes became stronger when he looked at Li Zicheng. This kind of closeness was more of a "regret-making" closeness. To a certain extent,

Li Zicheng's current achievements in Liuhe have made up for some of his personal regrets in his career.

"But it was only after I had been working for more than ten years that I realized more deeply that using a machine without self-control was the result of wanting to be succeeded by others forever. But today, you, Zicheng, and your Liuhe have made up for the loss of my husband.

pity"

Looking directly at Li Zicheng, Zhang Jian's eyes showed some relief. Although he did not do it himself, someone in China finally did it.

"Today, our country is in an era of competition between great powers. No matter what policy or business you are engaged in, you must have a perspective to observe the world and have the means to match each other, and then you can compete with others. Zicheng, you have this vision and the backbone.

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After a word of praise, looking at this young man who was only twenty-two years old, for the first time I felt that he was already old.

"Uncle is really looking up to Zicheng. I'm just luckier than others. Even if Zicheng built a machine like this, if there hadn't been a big industrialist like my uncle to set up a factory, the machine he'd built would probably be inferior.

It’s hard to sell. If we talk about the credit, it’s the big businessmen like my uncle who made the most of the hard work first, while Zicheng was just enjoying the coolness in the shade behind.”

Then, Li Zicheng gently flattered Zhang Jian.

"Zicheng came here this time, firstly to meet with my uncle, a senior businessman in my country, and secondly, to inspect Nantong. The Nantong market is not inferior to Shanghai's and can be called "Little Shanghai". This is the local autonomy advocated by my uncle. The merit,..."

Although Li Zicheng's compliment was quite helpful to Zhang Jian, when he said this, Zhang Jian smiled, picked up the tea cup, made a gesture of inviting tea, took a sip of tea, and moistened his throat.

"Zicheng, I'm afraid you are here for Lianyungang."

(Starting from tomorrow, normal updates will resume, twice a day. I have been speechless and lazy for the past two days. I hope you guys can understand me.)...
Chapter completed!