In Li Songchen's view, Yuan Shikai's fight with the Qing court was just a farce. Of course, Yuan Shikai's shamelessness and ability to reverse black and white are a highlight of this farce. As the saying goes, a person is invincible, and Yuan Shikai dares to give up his face and say black and white, and the dead are of course no match for living. Therefore, in this fight, he is not unfair to lose.

However, Li Songchen has to deal with many things now, so he didn't care about the result of Yuan Shikai's fight with the Qing court. Moreover, Luo Yue was responsible for the matter of accepting Jiangbei land. After dealing with Yuan Shikai's affairs, Li Songchen's next work focus was on the preparations for the mission to visit Germany.

During this visit to Germany, East China ** sent a strong lineup of visits, with as many as 27 veterans dispatched, including 12 military veterans, including 7 navy members and 5 army members. Because of this visit to Germany, the military cooperation between the two sides was one of the highlights of the visit. The total number of visiting missions was 65.

There are also 120 students studying in Germany. According to the agreement reached by the two sides when Germany visited East China, East China will send a group of students to study in Germany every year, and Germany also promises to make proper arrangements for international students in East China. These 120 students are the first batch of students studying in Germany, and they also have a certain experimental nature. After all, although East China's education pays great attention to international perspectives, this time it is in a foreign country. How to make these international students better study in Germany and learn real materials requires trial and running-in. Among the 120 students studying in Germany, 20 places were given in Shanghai.

The first batch of students studying in Germany were all boys, ages 15-17, and have at least 5 years of systematic study. The time to study in Germany was initially determined to be 4-5 years. Originally, East China ** advocated admission for men and women, but because this group of students is experimental, it is not suitable for girls. Moreover, considering that students aged 15-17 have strong self-care ability, they will choose to be younger after studying in Germany, including girls studying in Germany.

There are still some controversy within the East China ******, mainly because the other 100 students studying in Germany basically received systematic education from East China **. Some of them started learning from Tianjin Hope School. While learning cultural knowledge, East China ** has been continuously strengthening their sense of identity and loyalty to East China **. The families of these students are basically tied to East China **, so this group of students is basically reliable.

However, the East China ** controlled Shanghai for less than three years. Although Shanghai was originally in many modern schools, including the Qing court and various countries in the concessions, compared with the places in China in this era, Shanghai's education level was far beyond that of the place in China. After the East China ** ruled Shanghai, these educational resources were integrated and a relatively complete education system was quickly established. However, the time of receiving East China ** education was short and it did not establish a solid sense of identity and loyalty to East China **. Moreover, the families of these students were closely linked to the Qing court, and even all countries were in close contact. Therefore, whether it was appropriate to select 20 German students from Shanghai, should not raise a group of ungrateful wolves at that time.

However, the Executive Yuan finally approved this resolution because Shanghai's situation is special. It is the region with the highest modernization level and the most economic development in East China, except Qingdao, and its development potential is even greater than Qingdao. In addition, Shanghai's education level is indeed very high, so it is completely necessary to give Shanghai a few places to stay in Germany. As for worrying about raising a group of ungrateful wolves, it is not necessary to go there. As long as East China's own development momentum and continues to be stronger, there is no need to worry about someone betrayal. Even if a few ungrateful wolves are released, it will not affect the overall situation.

Although the Executive Yuan made the final decision, the specific candidates sent to the Shanghai side to Germany should not be careless. In addition to carefully screening among students of appropriate age, and conducting detailed investigations on the family background of these students. Any students who have close ties with the Qing court or foreign countries will basically not be selected this time. Although East China does not engage in class-based origins, political qualification is absolutely necessary. Because East China's rule in Shanghai was not long, and the selection cannot be made public. Therefore, it took considerable energy to determine the final 20 places to study abroad. Fortunately, studying abroad is not a hot topic in this era, and it has not caused any controversy.

In addition, there was another trade delegation visiting Germany this time, which was composed of some veterans engaged in business and entrepreneurship. In fact, during the state visit, it was very common to bring some commercial personnel to travel together in the old time and space. Although it was not common, it was not very special. Moreover, the economic and trade relations between East China and Germany were very close, and it was still developing. When Germany visited East China and East China at the beginning of the year, many German business people were brought. Therefore, this visit, East China and East China also sent a trade delegation to accompany him. This was not only a polite visit, but also an actual need of East China itself.

Now there are more than a thousand veterans engaged in business in East China, and basically all have more than hundreds of thousands of silver dollars. The assets of more than one million silver dollars have reached more than one hundred. On the one hand, it is a society in East China, and the economy is in rapid development. In this environment, it is easier to succeed in business. On the other hand, East China also has very superior policy support for veterans engaged in business. Therefore, it is not too difficult to achieve a net worth of hundreds of thousands of silver dollars as long as you are willing to endure hardships and achieve a net worth of hundreds of thousands of silver dollars.

Since East China ** and Germany have very close economic and trade relations, and the veterans engaged in business are all international people, they know that it is not enough to only guard their own acre of three-point land, and they must turn their attention to a broader market outside of China. Therefore, this time when visiting Germany, the veterans engaged in business were very active. In the end, 21 veterans participated in the visit. Among the veterans engaged in business, the proportion of joint ventures is large. Behind these 21 veterans actually represent 7,80 veterans. 21 veterans engaged in business, plus 27 veterans representing **, a total of 48 veterans were dispatched during this visit, which can also indicate the importance that East China ** attaches to this visit.

Among the 21 German business veterans who participated in the visit, 12 basically settled in Shanghai or had a long time, while those who had operations in Shanghai had 18, and only 3 had no relationship with Shanghai. From this, it can be seen that Shanghai's economic status in the East China **.

In fact, this time, East China ** also sent a visit to local industrial and commercial workers, but local industrial and commercial workers, whether Sheng Xuanhuai or Zhang Jian, were not interested in this visit to Germany. Their eyes were always on the domestic market in China. The economic exchanges with foreign countries were limited to purchasing machinery and equipment or high-tech daily necessities. They had no ambitions for developing overseas markets; and no motivation; and Zhang Zhenxun wanted to participate in the visit, but firstly, Zhang Zhenxun was older, 66 years old, and could not withstand the long-distance outbreak. Secondly, Zhang Zhenxun was elected as a consultant to the First Consultative Conference of East China **. Of course, he could not leave Qingdao to visit Germany at this time. In addition, Zhao Weizhong, the same as Zhang Zhenxun.

At the same time, during this visit to Germany, East China also added a new content, which is cultural exchange, which is a project that Germany did not have when visiting East China. However, after this suggestion was put forward, it also required a positive response from Germany, because cultural exchanges often symbolize the relationship between the two sides. Moreover, many artists, writers, and thinkers appeared in German history, creating rich cultural heritage. Europe in this era had two views on China. One believed that China was an ignorant, backward, barbaric, primitive country, and China's history and culture had no advantage at all and had no research value. Even if it was research, it should be completely critical. Another view is that although China is indeed backward and ignorant, as a country with a long history and glorious history, China still has many advantages in its history and culture, and even many things worth learning from in Europe and worthy of careful study.

Among these two views, the former has always been the dominant one. Since it was after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the former view almost had an absolute advantage, but after the establishment of East China, it greatly reversed Europe's contempt for Chinese civilization. Since it was after the end of the Far East War, although European public opinion still prejudiced and contemptuous about Chinese civilization, it began to seriously study Chinese culture in the academic community. The world of competition is still a world where the winner is the king. Culture and civilization are also dependent on the strength of the country. Whoever has a big fist and a strong gun, and whose culture has research value.

Germany was the European country that established good relations with East China, so its understanding of East China was stronger than other European countries. At the same time, its attitude towards Chinese culture changed faster. At this time, it carried out a state-organized cultural exchange activity with East China, which received many supportive voices in the German cultural circle, and Germany was naturally happy to see it.

On the contrary, it was in East China. This suggestion was once proposed, which caused great controversy, much greater than the controversy given to 20 overseas study places in Shanghai. The main reason is that since it is cultural exchange, scholars naturally play the lead role, and politicians can only stand aside. But among the veterans, there are many engineers, and some of them can even be regarded as scientists in this era, but not many people can be called scholars. Although some veterans have been keyboard warriors in the old time and space, they never admit defeat when they are criticizing the Internet with others, but this kind of online criticism is ultimately not a regular place, let alone cultural exchanges. You must know that this time they are all big names in the German cultural circle. If they cannot hold on to the scene, they will lose the face of the Eastern China.
Chapter completed!