Chapter 34 Make a group of comrades and wait for an opportunity

Frustrated in the examination room, proud in love. Under the arrangement and matchmaking of the family, 18-year-old Yuan Xiaosi and the rich man's daughter, Ms. Yu, had a festive night in their bridal chamber. It is very traditional to marry first and then fall in love. One year later, they had their first child, a boy named Yuan Keding. In the same year, a rare internship opportunity came to Yuan Xiaosi: Uncle Yuan Baoheng was going to Henan for disaster relief, and Yuan Xiaosi followed him as a secretary to assist with official duties.Xiaosi cherishes this opportunity very much. He knows that he does not have a high degree of education. If he has no work experience, it may be really difficult to find a job in the future.

This is not an exaggeration. At that time, all the teachers of the county magistrates had to be scholars or above, let alone staff like Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, most of those staff were from Juren or Scholars.It can be said that the importance of academic qualifications is far more than it is now. Xiao Si is familiar with "Zi Yi Suo Yan", and has his uncle's advice. Combining theory with practice, Xiao Si is capable of doing things and is very fond of his uncle.Of course, this internship also laid a solid foundation for his future career in diplomacy, military training, reform, business, and subversion of the Qing Dynasty.

Curse, see also curse! In 1878, Yuan Baoheng, the second eldest son of the old Yuan family, died of illness at the age of 51.The world has lost a responsible official, and 19-year-old Yuan Xiaosi has lost an elder who cared about him very much. Still in this year, the old Yuan's family, which had a large family and business, began to divide the family. Yuan Xiaosi rushed back to Xiangcheng to participate in the division. As Yuan Baoqing's only son, he was blessed with a large amount of family property. He moved his family to a compound in Huaiyang County, Henan Province, and lived a quiet life as a rich second generation.Huaiyang was the place where his great-uncle Yuan Jiasan died. He had always admired Yuan Jiasan, so he came to Huaiyang after he got the family property.

In his own mansion in Huaiyang, Yuan Xiaosi did two things. The first thing is to study carefully and recharge yourself.Especially military books such as "Six Secret Teachings", "Three Strategies", and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and must-read books for this type of management. The second thing is to build your own team. He organized two literary clubs: Lize Shanfang and Wuyu Shanfang. In fact, he adopted a group of poor scholars as his think tanks.In this group of poor scholars, he met an important person. This person is to Yuan Xiaosi like Zhang Liang is to Liu Bang, Kong Ming is to Liu Bei, and Liu Bowen is to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Who is this bull? The bull is called Xu Shichang.In view of Xu Shichang's importance to Yuan Xiaosi, I will say a few more words here. Xu Shichang, courtesy name Buwu and nicknamed Juren, was born in Henan. This person is resourceful, thoughtful, accurate in judging the situation, and able to predict the direction of development of things.In addition, he has an extraordinary spirit of hard work and is a special administrative talent.The most rare thing is that he prefers to work behind the scenes. He never steals the limelight, works hard, and behaves smoothly. He is a very low-key talent.Therefore, he lived a very long and nourishing life, so he was nicknamed "Crystal Fox".

Xu Shichang is also an artist, good at landscape, pine and bamboo, and he is one of the "Four Friends of Songshan Mountain".In terms of artistic skills, if he is placed today, he is also eligible to enjoy government subsidies. Yuan Xiaosi and Xu Shichang are both fellow villagers and have a common language, so they gathered soil for incense in this yard, drank blood for an alliance, and sworn brothers with different surnames. From then on, Xiaosi had a "Big Chrysanthemum Brother".With Xiaosi's support, the talented Juren eldest brother was admitted as a Jinshi in high school, and his official career has been prosperous ever since.

In the years to come, Big Brother Juren will use positive energy in the form of ingenuity, loyalty, etc. to repay Xiaosi for his support. At this time, Yuan Xiaosi's flaming small universe is about to erupt. But he is still waiting for an opportunity. I belong to the troubled times, as long as you give me a chance, I can soar into the sky.Yuan Xiaosi thought so.