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Chapter 30 The Mayor takes office (2)

Just as everyone was thinking about it, a convoy appeared from the end of the avenue and gradually approached from a distance. In front of them were two warrior armored vehicles leading the way, followed by a large Iveco, then a carriage, cavalry, etc. The crowd also shouted: "Here, come."

Not long after, the convoy stopped in front of the welcome crowd. The doors of the three cars in front were opened at about the same time, and people came out separately. However, the first two warrior armored vehicles were all soldiers in camouflage uniforms. Only those who got off from Iveko were not people in military uniforms. Dozens of people immediately came down from the carriage behind and were disturbed by Iveko's car.

Fang Zhongping, director of the management office of Jinzhou, is a naturalized civilian cadre, and has a more eye-catching attitude. He knows that the new mayor cannot be a soldier. Moreover, the five or six people who came from Yiweike have men and women, but their clothes are different, and their spirits are very different from those of naturalized civilian cadres. They are obviously veterans. Therefore, they first came to Yiweike and said, "I am Fang Zhongping, director of the management office of Jinzhou. Which chief is the newly appointed mayor Gao?"

Gao Jin took a step forward and said, "I am Gao Jin, the mayor of Jinzhou City appointed by Qingdao Executive Yuan and Northeast Management Committee." As he said that, he stretched out his hand, shook hands with Fang Zhongping, and turned his head slightly. He saw that her naturalized assistant Geng Jinyan was already standing beside him and handed over a folder, saying, "Chief, your appointment letter and certificate are all here."

Gao Jin took the folder and handed it to Fang Zhongping, and was very satisfied with the performance of his assistant. Geng Jinyan was also a naturalized citizen with an old qualification. She was originally a refugee from Tianjin. She was rescued by the People's Army. She then worked with the People's Army and later worked in East China. Although Geng Jinyan had never studied, she was agile, quick-witted, and diligent. She was also a second-class diploma in the night school. When Gao Jin was picking people, she saw her flexibility and cleverness and ability to act accordingly, so she asked her to work under her. In just half a year, she became Gao Jin's personal assistant.

Fang Zhongping hurriedly took the folder and looked at the appointment letter and Gao Jin's ID. He confirmed it was correct and immediately closed the folder and said, "Mayor Gao, welcome you."

Their conversation did not deliberately lower their voices, and the others went far away, because they could hear it clearly, but they were all shocked. They had received a telegram in advance and knew that the new mayor was Gao Jin. Gao Jin's gender was not mentioned in the telegram. Moreover, the name was relatively neutral and the gender could not be seen. However, no one expected that the newly appointed mayor of Jinzhou would be a woman.

Because Fang Zhongping was in Shandong for a long time, he was used to seeing women as officials, and among the elders, there were many women who could do the supervisors. Therefore, after seeing Gao Jin, he did not feel any surprise. However, the others were different. Whether it was the garrison army in Jinzhou, Zhang Zuolin, or the former Qing officials who were retained, they could hardly believe this fact. In this era, China was also a society with extreme male superiority and female inferiority. Although there were some prominent women, they were always attached to men.

Among them, the former Qing court officials who were retained were the biggest impact because they all received traditional Chinese education. Among women, there may be extraordinary talent, or good at managing the family. There are even chivalrous officials and bandits, but in the officialdom, there is absolutely no place for women to gain a foothold. Although everyone knows that the head of the Qing court is Empress Dowager Cixi, this is just a common harem interference in politics in Chinese history, not the second Wu Zetian. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom decades ago, there were also female officials, but that was just a form. Those who held power in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were always men.

In fact, when setting up a logistics headquarters in Jinzhou, there were also many female naturalized people working in the logistics headquarters, and there were also several female veterans in the army, mainly engaged in the management, allocation, accounts and other work. However, in the eyes of these former Qing officials who were retained, they all did some errands. To put it bluntly, they were doing servants' work. Although it was hindered from the weather, it was not harmful. But now this woman came to Jinzhou to be the mayor. In Qingting, she was a dignified prefect, a fourth-rank official, and many scholars studied hard for ten years and spent their entire lives. Even in the imperial examination, the Golden List was promoted. I don’t know how much effort it takes to get to this position, and there are still people who will never reach this point in their lifetime. But the East China ** actually sent a woman to serve, so several people looked at each other and said nothing, and thought in their minds that words "the hen is in the morning, and the beauty is in trouble." Some people even thought that this woman was the inner pet of the head of the East China **, so she had to be entrusted with important tasks. But if she was an inner pet, she should naturally be hidden in the wealthy family in the deep mansion. If she was someone, she would be allowed to show up like this, but she didn’t know what the reason was.

Of course, Gao Jin didn't know that these former Qing officials who were retained were thinking about it. After confirming her identity with Fang Zhongping, she called Ouyang Longxing and introduced her to Fang Zhongping.

After hearing this, Fang Zhongping first greeted Ouyang Longxing, and then turned around to invite Zhang Zuolin and the two local garrison leaders Huang Wei and Chen Qing'an to come over to meet Ouyang Longxing and Gao Jin.

When Zhang Zuolin first learned that Gao Jin was the mayor of Jinzhou, he was also very surprised. However, he was not a scholar, and of course he did not have so many ethics. Moreover, while listening to books and watching operas, Zhang Zuolin also watched many women who became officials, such as [Female General of the Yang Family], [Mulan], [Female Prince Consort], etc., so women did not have much resistance when they became officials. Anyway, he was a soldier and had little to do with the administration. If East China ** wants to send women to be the mayor, just be the one. And the other two officers had no objection. Like Fang Zhongping, they both came from Shandong and had long been used to it. So they saluted Ouyang Longxing first and then Gao Jin. Ouyang Longxing also said a few words to encourage them.

Then the former Qing court officials from Jinzhou came to meet Gao Jin. Although they felt very tired, they had to deal with the scene at this time. Therefore, these former Qing officials had to come over, but they stopped at more than two meters away from Gao Jin, bowed and said, "I have met the leader."

Originally, Gao Jin was planning to shake hands with him, but before he could lift his hand, he stopped to bow, which was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, his hand was not raised, but he didn't care. He thought the other party was not used to modern handshake gifts, but at least he did not kneel down, so he bowed to repay the gifts slightly. Fang Zhongping introduced to Gao Jin that the leader was Lu Bohuan, the chief magistrate of Jinzhou, who is currently the highest-ranking official in Jinzhou, and the sixth rank, and the prefect above him, the Tongzhi had already run away. Others also experienced Lu Wanyun, governor Xie Dongyang, Zhaomo Meng Xiangqing, Sizhu Zhao Kun, Banzhu Chen Jibai, Zhou Zun and others.

In fact, Lu Bohuan had long been used to handshake gifts, but now he is facing a woman. Even if it is a man and a woman who is not close to him, Lu Bohuan is not a master, but he is a juren and has read the books of sages. How could he not know this truth? Just now, Gao Jin shook hands with Fang Zhongping, and Lu Bohuan kept slandering in his heart. It would be fine if this woman showed up in public, but she still talked with men. She was completely unaware of etiquette and was simply shameless. She could not do such a shameless thing, so she stopped owing her to bow to avoid physical contact with Gao Jin.

However, it was more than 2 meters long. After Lu Bohuan gave a gift, he carefully looked at the woman's appearance and clothes. He saw that the woman was wearing a dark blue long skirt with a shawl on her shoulders. She did not wear trousers like other women in East China, so it was not out of line. However, the hem of the skirt was a little short, only over the knee, but it showed a pair of big feet wearing black leather shoes, which seemed a bit out of character. He wore a pink round hat on his head, and there was a ball of pompoon on the top of the hat, but it was worn in a crooked manner. No one reminded her. Seeing her appearance was clear, but she was extremely tall and half a head taller than him, Lu Bohuan was also very shocked. However, he was guarding the saint's sage, and did not dare to look at it anymore, and lowered his head.

In fact, Gao Jin's height is 1.66 meters, which can only be considered medium in the old time and space. However, the pair of high-heeled long leather boots she wore today, with a heel of up to 9 cm and a beret cap with a slanted belt, so it has a 1.8 meters vision in Lu Bohuan's eyes. In fact, Gao Jin was not wearing a long skirt, but the latest European-style long windbreaker from Shanghai Five-person Company, with wool inside, which is very warm. Although it is the end of March, the Northeast is still very cold. If you don't need to wear a layer of cloak when wearing this outfit.

Gao Jin said: "You have been working in Jinzhou for more than a year. Over the past year, your performance has been seen by the Executive Yuan and the Northeast Committee. Although there are also problems, they are still qualified overall. I came to Jinzhou to take office this time and brought the Executive Yuan's arrangements for you. The Executive Yuan decided to turn you all into regular orders. The specific appointment arrangements will be officially announced tomorrow. I hope you can continue to work hard in the future, constantly improve your abilities, and make better performances. The Executive Yuan will also reward meritoriously and appoint materials in quantity."

When Lu Bohuan and others heard this, they were both happy and worried. They were happy that they had finally been recognized by the East China ** and changed from observation and trial to formal officials, but they were worried that they were now shaking about the prospects of the East China ** because sending such a woman to be the mayor is a sign of the destruction of the country. If it were in the Qing court, I was afraid that all the advices of the East China ** would have turned into snowflakes. However, there were no censors in the East China **. Some people were considering whether to continue to follow the East China ** and get out as soon as possible. But now they have become regular and it is really a problem to leave.

At this time, Fang Zhongping said: "Dear leaders, go to the city first, your residence has been prepared for you."
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