Duan Changjiang's words aroused strong gossip on a group of noble ladies. Even the 6th Princess Aovilia was not immune to the vulgarity, and even attracted Princess Anne, who had just returned after a dance, and her beautiful eyes attracted attention.

Facts have proved that no matter how good the aristocratic etiquette education is, it cannot destroy the gossip nature of women.

This wave is stable!

Li Xiaozu made a gesture of "I'm optimistic about you" to Duan Changjiang through a group of noble girls, and then quietly retreated and left this small circle that attracted many attentions.

He is now the first-class secretary of the Royal Secretariat and already has a family. He is not suitable to hang out with unmarried aristocratic girls. Especially since these aristocratic girls have two princesses in the circle, we should pay more attention to avoiding suspicion.

The atmosphere in the upper social circle of the Ocean Empire was much more open than that of the Qing Dynasty. Various Western-style cocktail parties and dance parties were often held. Gentlemen and socialites were regular guests, and dance parties were also specially held for unmarried noble men and women. They did not have the same old habit of binding feet in the East, and the ladies of the family did not leave the door and did not step into the two doors.

From another perspective

Due to the deep-rooted oriental cultural traditions and cognition, the upper-class social atmosphere of the Ocean Empire is much more conservative than that of the feudal kingdoms in Europe. The popular "Missive Culture" in Europe has no market here, but it is a huge scandal.

There are similar situations. Unless the parties involved do it very secretly, once it is revealed, both officials and military generals and generals will have to resign or retire in disgrace, and they will lose the opportunity to develop in the official career or the military.

If it is a businessman, his reputation will become inaudible.

Not only are he excluded by major chambers of commerce and shameless, he also cannot get government orders, no one is willing to cooperate with him, and his future money future is bleak.

Why does this happen?

We have to talk about the special immigration culture of the Ocean Empire. It began in 1876. Since the Saint-God arrived at the Brisbane Pier, it has started a craze for Chinese immigrating to Australia. It has been 30 years since then.

In the past 30 years of Chinese immigration history, most of the time they have been in social structural contradictions with more men and fewer women. It is difficult to marry a wife, and it is difficult to marry a wife, and it is not easy to marry a wife, and it is not easy to marry a wife.

In this way, a trend of cherishing families and respecting women was formed in the empire, which greatly improved the traditional custom of men being superior to women and allowed many Western cultures to be better integrated into society.

at the same time

Out of deep-rooted Chinese cultural traditions, the public generally hates the "mistress culture" that destroys other people's families. According to a civilian survey conducted by the World Journal;

The tolerance of the public to "marital cheating" is 0, which is higher than that of gambling, opium smoking, prostitute visiting, murder, robbery, tax evasion and other crimes. This is due to the social atmosphere formed by the special immigration culture of the Ocean Empire.

I finally found a family and when my wife cheated, the sky fell. No one wanted this to happen to me.

The empire did not prohibit marrying wives and taking concubines, nor did it prohibit brothel prostitutes, but hooking up with mistresses was considered to be a breakthrough in moral bottom line and cannot be tolerated by the world.

It is precisely because of this social atmosphere that Li Xiaozu wisely stayed away from the unmarried girl circle, so as not to make him feel sexy without eating mutton. It is okay to chat properly in public, but you must pay attention to your sense of responsibility.

This is a noble girl in the upper class who can never be a concubine. Even if these girls are willing, the family behind them will never tolerate such a humiliating thing happening.

To the best of his knowledge;

A noble lady in the south was obsessed with a married man who was also a nobleman and even wanted to be a concubine. However, she was caught by her furious family members and sank the man and the woman.

Let’s talk about the topic, as for who is the rich family with ten concubines?

Li Xiaozu took a glass of French foam champagne from the waiter tray passing by, expressed his gratitude with a reserved look, and then looked back and saw Duan Changjiang, who was still boasting, which caused a group of noble girls to cover their mouths and exclaim, and he smiled;

Others don't know, but he knows it clearly.

This rich family is the son of a big tobacco dealer, and his wife is the only daughter of the extremely influential chairman of the Dongfanghong Machinery Company. The big tobacco dealer was awarded the title of hereditary baron because of his outstanding achievements in the development of the Jinshui River Basin. This time he was implicated and seized the title and fief of the fief, which had a great influence on the top management.

Whoever wants to have such a prodigal son will be destroyed by the glory of the family.

The big tobacco dealer asked for His Majesty that he could save his last face. He would rather donate 3.5 million golden oceans to build a Metropolitan-class battleship for the empire to atone for his sins.

Speaking of this, General He Fang, the Minister of the Admiral Department, was so happy that he scratched his head and personally accompanied the big tobacco merchant to the palace to meet the saint. He begged and issued a ban on the government and the public opinion media.

The upper-level action behind this is a secret that Duan Changjiang didn't know.

Li Xiaozu also knew;

The huge wealth of the big tobacco dealer attracted the attention of the Imperial Minister of Finance and the General Administration of Taxation, and was planning to introduce heavy profit taxes on the tobacco industry.

For this matter, these two major government departments are coordinating with the Office of the Internal Affairs, because the Imperial tobacco industry's main production areas are in Shangri-La and the Luzon Islands, both directly under the royal territories, and the Office of the Internal Affairs has already imposed heavy taxes.

So, this rich family is very harmful to others.

The huge profits of the tobacco industry will be exposed to everyone. In the future, it will be double taxed, part of which will be handed over to the internal affairs and part of it to the national finance. The tax rate will increase from 55% in the past to as high as more than 80%. The tobacco industry in the entire empire will be affected.

From the day he entered the Royal Secretariat, Li Xiaozu came into contact with secret information that ordinary people could not know every day. This level can only be considered a pediatrician. However, his identity requires him to close his mouth tightly and not to reveal any secrets.

Those who don’t have a tight mouth can’t not only stay for a long time, but also live long.

Don't forget

The Secretariat has an internal security department responsible for screening and counter-espionage. Over the years, the ones seized were not only the Fukushima Masayan Japanese espionage case in 1886, but hundreds of cases of various types, and a high-efficiency team that is skilled in the internal security of anti-espionage is implemented to strictly monitor the internal security of the Secretariat.

There are security agencies such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Political Intelligence Bureau outside. No one knows whether there are their hidden stakes around him, and they always keep watching every move.

In today's public social occasion, if Li Xiaozu hadn't been with his brother Duan Changjiang, he would never have come.

"Secretary Duan, are you interested in chatting?" The person who spoke was Li Jianguo, who was wearing a decent tuxedo, and his second son was born in Humen.

"Of course, is Sir Lee unmarried?"

"Haha... Of course not. We got married early in Somalia. I got married at the age of 16. I have six wives and concubines, now I have 4 children, and three have big belly. I will welcome my fifth child next month."

"Oh, then congratulations."

Li Xiaozu looked at him seriously in surprise, but unexpectedly, with a simple and polite word, this guy actually reported it as clearly as if he was checking his household registration. It was quite interesting.

He could see that Li Jianguo was tall, with sunken eyes, curly hair, clear contours on his face, handsome and handsome. He was a typical mixed Chinese and Western race. Needless to say, he was a concubine among the nobles.

Well, it's the same for me that I have two younger brothers.

My father is square and does not care about talking and laughing, but he is still unsure about women. He just gave me a younger brother who is only a full moon.

Speaking of which, it’s all about Viscount Humen. What Arabian beauties should I give you if you have nothing to do?

Li Jianguo gracefully picked up the champagne glass in his hand and took a sip. He looked at the gentleman and lady dancing on the dance floor ahead, but said irrelevant words in his mouth. "I admire Secretary Li's choice very much and resolutely give up his position as mayor of China Overseas. With my simple opinion, it is a great honor to be able to enter the Royal Secretariat. This is much more promising than the court minister of Duke Wright. One is the small pool and the other is the sea, which is incomparable."

"Thank you for your praise. Such a choice is helpless. I am labeled as a courtier of Duke Wright, and it will not be erased in the future."

"This move has a perfect approach to the curve. I'm afraid that the children of nobles who have realized it later have only reacted."

Li Jianguo had a mysterious smile on his lips, and his words contained profound meaning.

There are not many ways for the nobles to go out. They either enter the army and navy, or enter the royal guards or the internal affairs office. If they go directly to politics, they will be obstructed by the mainstream civilian government officials, and promotion will be difficult.

This is because the nobles are mainly military families. Apart from a few top founding fathers, it is extremely difficult for ordinary government officials to obtain the title of aristocratic, and most of them are controlled by civilian government officials.

In long-term practice, these civilian government officials have gradually formed mountains divided by students from the Eagle School, students from the Royal Administrative University, and village party and regions. The administrative official system is a traditional field of civilian officials, and they are very opposed to the noble children who hold the golden key.

Especially in the empire, Australia, these hills have a very strong power, and it is not easy for aristocratic children to make a breakthrough in politics.

Li Xiaozu took the smooth road of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Duke of Wright, and the Secretariat. Through the curve of saving the country, he quickly improved his grades, thus bypassing the most susceptible to suppression, and showed his career in front of him, which was bright, providing another possibility for the children of aristocratic families.

To be specific

During his tenure in the Internal Affairs Office, Li Xiaozu raised his administrative rank to the deputy department level. If he was released, he could become the executive vice mayor of a third-level city. This is the role of recording administrative rank in the archives.

If it is released at this time, it will inevitably be suppressed by local government officials and it will be difficult to achieve political achievements.

But if you stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, when you reach the official level, one official will be in a carrot and one pit, the upward passage will be sharply narrowed, and they are all of them of aristocratic origins. Who would give up the position to him?

It’s not just a matter of ability, but also a leader must be allowed to retire, otherwise where will the ready-made position come from?

The promotion of deputy department level to chief department level is a big obstacle, which means a leap from the quality of the affairs officer to the chief official.

Li Xiaozu's resignation to Duke Wright is a clever trick. After being appointed as the mayor of Zhonghai, he made brilliant achievements in his office, proving his outstanding ability.

As Zhonghai Town was upgraded to Zhonghai City, he naturally became a chief official, and had the hard-core performance support for building an emerging city from scratch. This is an extremely important resume evaluation for promoting a senior official.

To put it bluntly, a chief officer is more important than 10 deputy chief officers.

After passing this hurdle, you are qualified to be the mayor of any third-level city in the empire, you are qualified to be the deputy mayor of any second-level city in the empire, and you are qualified to be the head of ministries and commissions of a first-level city. If you are placed in an overseas state, you can be promoted to another position on the spot. This is the role of the rank of the chief.

The first-class secretariat of the Royal Secretariat is Zhengsi. Jumping from Zhonghai City is equivalent to jumping from a small pond into the sea, and the benefits are too many.

Here, we can cultivate a global perspective and think about development issues from a higher perspective, which will benefit us from both ability and one's own development.

And this kind of upper-class relationship is the advantage of the nobles.

After entering the Secretariat for training, no matter how long it takes, as long as you can get a false position as a deputy director, it is the treatment of the deputy ministerial level. If you are out of the box, you can control the dominance of the development of first-level cities, serve as mayor, and truly enter the ranks of high-level bureaucracy.

"Sir Lee, is this what you thought of yourself?"

"I'm not humbly saying, yes. I'm the same year as you, but in the small month, if Secretary Li can call me Brother Jianguo, I will be honored."

"Hahaha... It's better to obey your orders than respect. It seems that Brother Jianguo is also a very thoughtful person."

Li Xiaozu smiled indifferently. Viscount Humen’s five sons were called “Five Tiger Generals of the Humen” and were not well-known in the empire. They were very famous in Somalia, West Asia and Africa, and were by no means groundless.

His eldest son Li Jianyang graduated from the Royal Sanhurst Military University in the UK and served in the British Far East Military Delegation. He has been promoted to the rank of major and has a close relationship with Churchill, the new Minister of the British Colonial Department, and has a deep background.

Li Xiaozu also knew that Viscount Humen's group was able to obtain controlling stake in South Africa's Farmer Gold Mine, which was inseparable from Major Li Jianyang and Churchill, and there must be inside information.

He is the first-level secretary of the Royal Secretariat and can access many secrets that ordinary people cannot imagine.

"Brother Xiaozu, knowing yourself and your enemy is common sense. My eldest brother Jianyang went to West Asia at the age of 12 and went through life and death. I was under 15 years old and took my third brother on this road. I spent six years in the bloody storm. A bullet on my chest almost killed me, and some things have been engraved in my bone marrow."

"Haha, I'm not your enemy!"

"I want to recognize you as my elder brother like Duan Changjiang. There is no way, because of habit, well... I couldn't help but investigate more."

"This idea is very interesting, let's talk about why?"

Li Xiaozu raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Jianguo with serious expressions. Of course, he would not be confused by the other party's appearance, but should know the real reason.

Li Jianguo sighed softly and said with a little sad look;
To be continued...