Interior of the Hall of War, a hall on the first floor.

It seems to be a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, but there is a sense of solemnity that cannot be concealed no matter what.

The chat between Imperial State Councilor Cheng Yanfang and Lin Congzheng, the first deputy director of the Cabinet Development Committee, has lasted for more than three hours, and the two high-ranking officials in the officialdom are sitting together talking and laughing.

The two are now talking about the general economic trend of the empire, and they have just discussed whether the empire's steel industry is overheated and whether the empire needs macroeconomic control, and now the topic has shifted to whether there is a need for the empire's oil oil prices to be raised again.

Lin Congzheng's official authority and momentum have all been raised, and the whole person is sitting there, but with a full sense of awe and impact.

Cheng Yanfang is the state councilor of the empire, and he is also a state councilor who has not entered the decision-making bureau, the so-called state councilor, theoretically on the same level as the deputy prime minister of the empire, but in fact it is equivalent to standing aside, and there is no possibility of further becoming a full-time prime minister, which is also a special product of the era of reform and opening up of the empire.

In order to balance the struggle between the factions, the head of the empire had to make some changes in the state institutions, so he set up the Imperial Center Advisory Committee, and at the same time set up the position of State Councilor in the cabinet. With the cancellation of the Imperial Center Advisory Committee, the empire has developed rapidly in recent years, and more and more problems have been exposed at all levels of the empire, and some conservative factions in the empire have not put forward the idea of re-establishing the Imperial Center Advisory Committee when the political game was at its most intense, but with Li Donglei entering the cabinet, the royal family was born, and Li Donglei, known as a great man of a generation, sent the Shenzhou Empire, which was still a developing country at the time, to the ranks of developed countries, which was the fastest growing decade of the empire, and the major factions were lonely one after anotherIn the end, only the three major factions were left at the beginning of the world, and since then, the voice of the advisory committee has completely disappeared, and the controversy over whether the empire is surnamed capital or surname society, which has been shelved since the reform and opening up, has been completely erased.

The state councilor is after the chief's southern tour decades ago, in order to check and balance the struggle of many deputy prime ministers in the cabinet, the cabinet no longer has too many deputy prime ministers, but is replaced by a state councilor, so that the person who serves as a state councilor basically has no chance to compete for the position of the next prime minister, and the deputy prime minister has become one of the popular candidates for the next imperial prime minister.

Because of this setup, the comrades who have always served as state councilors are people who are older, have rich practical work experience, and are extremely capable of work.

From the heart, Lin Congzheng recognized Cheng Yanfang's work ability very much, when he was in charge of the Imperial Foreign Ministry, he was one of the henchmen of the former Prime Minister of the Empire Li Donglei, at that time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was under the leadership of Cheng Yanfang, and it was both soft and hard externally, and even now, some jokes about Cheng Yanfang's speech can be found on the Internet.

Cheng Yanfang is capable.

But his ability is mainly aimed at diplomacy.

Today, the state councilor in charge of foreign affairs in the cabinet is making the best use of the people.

But what's going on tonight?

A state councilor in charge of foreign affairs talked about the economic construction and development of the empire and the regulation and control measures of the Commission for Economic Construction and Development in front of Lin Congzheng, who was the first deputy director of the Development Commission.

As far as this topic is concerned, it can be seen that Lin Congzheng is at a disadvantage.

This is the same as the governor of a local province who talks to the deputy secretary in charge of the party and the masses about party affairs when he has nothing to do, or the principal secretary in charge of the official hat from time to time intervenes in the finances that should be managed by the governor.

Thinking of Cheng Yanfang's increasingly intensive operation recently, this old guy almost pointed to his nose and said to himself, "Xiaolin, I want the position of the development committee, everyone is their own people, you let me wait, I am waiting for two years." ’

He almost said something like this!!

Lin Congzheng's inner anger is becoming more and more vigorous, although he can still keep his smile, but the atmosphere of chatting has become more and more cold, and he tends to deal with perfunctory questions and answers.

"In politics, I am older than you, and the working hours are a few years longer than you, after you go to the Development Committee, I see all the performance in my eyes, for you, I am very optimistic, for the work of the Development Committee, I have also expressed strong support more than once, but although the personal ability is strong, but sometimes there will be some inconsiderate places, or you need to discuss some with the old comrades to be more secure, if you don't mind, you can talk to me about something in the future, I am your big brother, and I am willing to give you more useful suggestions, we discuss it together, it is better than you aloneYou must know that the burden on your body is very heavy and stressful, and it is good to have multiple people to share it with you. Do you say?"

Cheng Yanfang looked at Lin Congzheng with a smile, but there was a glint in his eyes, his figure was not fat or thin, his height was moderate, his hair was dyed black and shiny, neatly combed, and the suit on his body was also very straight, sitting there straight, every move was full of gentleness and smoothness.

This is a person who is difficult to give people a bad feeling, with eight sides and long sleeves and good at dancing.

This is basically the case when it comes to diplomatic work.

But Lin Congzheng is difficult to have a good impression of Cheng Yanfang at this time, blocking people's future is like killing parents, this hatred is not shared, Lin Congzheng did not turn his face with Cheng Yanfang on the spot, it is already considered a good cultivation, to make him have a good impression of Cheng Yanfang and be intimate, this is completely difficult for a strong man.

"What Cheng said is, but everyone is doing work, the division of labor is different, I am in charge of the field of workload more, but I can still be busy, besides, even if I can't be busy, there is Director Hong, to say that the burden is heavy, Director Hong is the real burden, but those who can work hard, haha, when I have something, I usually report to Director Hong first, Director Hong is an elder, and has worked in the field of the Development Committee for nearly 20 years, has a lot of experience, is a very qualified teacher, is a person I respect very much。 ”

Lin Congzheng laughed and said, the thorn in his words was finally no longer hidden, and was directly exposed.

Lin Congzheng's burden in the development committee is indeed very heavy, he is the first deputy director, in charge of agriculture, social undertakings, medical reform, bidding management, party affairs and personnel, industry, energy, transportation, discipline inspection and supervision, financial approval and other work, all are heavyweight departments, covering a wide range, compared with the last deputy director of the development committee, more often are assisting Lin Congzheng work.

Of course, this phenomenon is extremely abnormal, and it can even be said that this is the cabinet in a hurry to let Lin Congzheng take over, so he was given so much power as a deputy director, which is also destined to Lin Congzheng It is impossible to have a smooth sail within the Development Committee, the Development Committee is not considered Lin Congzheng, and the two deputy directors are cadres of the Wang family, but there is also internal competition between the same factions, and no one can ask those two to fully cooperate with Lin Congzheng's work in the way of Lin Congzheng.

Yu Hongtu, the second-ranked deputy director of the Development Commission, is also a member of the Imperial Center at the governor level, and his qualifications are even deeper than Lin Congzheng, and now he is in charge of the Price Supervision and Administration Bureau, the Price Certification Center, investment promotion, environmental investment, system reform, discipline inspection and supervision, comprehensive indicators, planning and preparation and information center, as well as the tertiary service industry, key projects, etc., and is a powerful general of the southwest faction.

As for Hong Tianxiang, the principal director of the Development Committee, he is a figure of the southern faction, and the prime minister of the empire is Yang Xiuyuan, the leader of the southern faction, after all, so the leader of the core department of the Development Committee is Yang Xiuyuan's person, and he should be completely right.

However, Hong Tianxiang was found to have heart problems since the year before last, and he was no longer suitable for undertaking too high-intensity work, and he insisted on going to work with illness without retiring, which was a very tacit cooperation between the high-level leaders of the Wang family and the southwest faction.

Yang Xiuyuan naturally wanted to replace the Development Committee with another person.

The Wang faction and the Southwest faction are also eyeing this position, but no matter how much they covet it, they can't forcibly replace their own people.

The position of the prime minister of the empire is not fake, as a giant of the Standing Committee of the decision-making bureau, Chen Hualou, who is nominally Yang Xiuyuan's deputy, cannot completely set the imperial prime minister in the air.

And Lin Qingtian, as the supreme head of state, cannot blatantly bully the prime minister of the empire.

The ruling party of the empire is greater than everything.

However, the Prime Minister of the Reich represents the entire Reich government, is regarded as the legal representative of the Reich, and the Cabinet is the executive organ of the highest organ of state power in the Reich, and is the highest state administrative organ of the Reich.

Overhead?

This kind of blatant violation of principles is something that Lin Qingtian can't do.

Therefore, the leader of the Development Committee must be a member of the southern faction.

And Hong Tianxiang was found to have physical problems and was not suitable for working for a long time, which was a complete unexpected surprise for the Wang faction and the Southwest faction.

If you can't work for a long time, then share the work with the comrades below, isn't it the same?

Hong Tianxiang has offered to take a back seat many times, but he has been received by giants such as Lin Qingtian and Chen Hualou, and the giants have encouraged Hong Tianxiang, saying that he is a talent needed by the empire, an old comrade with a firm political position, and hopes that he can persist for a period of time despite illness.

So Hong Tianxiang, who had serious heart problems, was pressed to the Development Committee.

It is said that Yang Xiuyuan has not dropped the cup on this issue.

A top leader who can barely work does not have the ability to lead at all, and although the head of the Development Committee is still Hong Tianxiang, Hong Tianxiang has long lost control of the Development Committee.

Most of the power was concentrated in the hands of a few deputy directors, that is, in the hands of the royal faction and the southwestern faction.

In this way, although the Development Committee seems to be in the hands of the southern faction, in fact, the number one leader of the Development Committee has long been hollowed out, and they can't empty Yang Xiuyuan, but they still don't hesitate to overhead Hong Tianxiang, and as long as Hong Tianxiang is still in this position, it is equivalent to saving face for Yang Xiuyuan.

Yang Xiuyuan was alone, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only suffer this sullen loss.

Now as Hong Tianxiang's physical condition is getting worse and worse, the change of office is getting closer and closer, and at the beginning of this year, a dispute broke out between the officials.

At this time, the change of office is approaching, and the impact of Lin Congzheng is not so great, at most, Chen Hualou has laid out in advance in order to take power, which is relatively acceptable.

In this case, it is conceivable what Hong Tianxiang's attitude towards Lin Congzheng is.

Therefore, although the Lin family in Kyushu City squeezed into the first-class circle of Kyushu City again with Lin from politics and was transferred to the first deputy director of the Development Committee, Lin's political life was not particularly comfortable, the minister was not in good health, and he did not treat anyone below him, and the second-ranked deputy director often confronted him, and the two colleagues of the same faction were also at odds with him.

Lin Congzheng was haggard, and he was exhausted at every internal meeting of the Development Committee, and the current Development Committee was quite a bit of a chaotic war among various countries, and the situation was extremely complicated.

Lin Congzheng has always gritted his teeth and insisted, he always believes that hardship is only temporary, as long as he waits for himself to take the position and becomes the director of the Development Committee, he can easily break the situation!

His ideas are not naïve, but quite reasonable.

Because his position is very sensitive now, he is in the position of the first deputy director, but there is a director who complains a lot about him, and the deputy below has also turned the target of attack to Lin Shushu because of the director's physical reasons.

Up and down the pinch.

Naturally, it is extremely uncomfortable.

But if he becomes the director, the pressure from Hong Tianxiang will not exist, and facing the deputy director who belongs to the southwest faction again, it is a standard fight.

As for the other two colleagues of the Tong faction, as long as they vigorously recommend one of the two to the position of first or second deputy director of the development committee, they can divide the two.

After all, although they are all deputy directors, they are jumping from the rank of deputy governor to the full governor, and in the officialdom, no one can resist such a temptation.

As long as the two are divided, those who are attracted by themselves will definitely become their own hardcore supporters, and those who are not won over by themselves will also reconsider their attitude towards themselves.

In this way, you can take the real initiative yourself.

Lin Zhengzheng's plan was very good, but he didn't calculate the attitude of Lin Xuanyuan, the god of war, towards him.

Apathy, rejection, and even disgust.

Lin Congzheng is extremely bitter in his heart, he has already got the exact news from within the Wang faction, the news comes from Chen Hualou, in Yinlonghai, Chen Zong once clearly told him that it is difficult for him to enter the decision-making bureau this year, with his qualifications as a central committee member for more than three years and less than four years, it is very difficult to enter the bureau, but he can consider being elected as a state councilor.

Such a state councilor is completely different from a state councilor like Cheng Yanfang who is about to arrive at the station.

Lin Congzheng will be fifty years old after the Chinese New Year this year, serving as the director of the Development Committee as a state councilor, holding real power and absolutely powerful, at that time, the entire Kyushu City Lin family will become a quasi-first-line political tycoon.

Five years of state councilor, five years later, fifty-five years old, is another extremely competitive age, as long as he stabilizes his position in the royal family, has made achievements in the development committee, five years later, he will go further, enter the decision-making bureau, be released, or directly progress to the cabinet to become a member of the decision-making bureau, state councilor, and deputy prime minister of the empire, then in the next big change, if the sixty-year-old Lin is lucky in politics, he may not be able to fight for the position of imperial prime minister.

Taking a step back, it is also possible to be a deputy prime minister of the Standing Committee.

At this age, let him come up, it can be said that it is a standard card position, and it is the layout of the royal family ten years later.

Member of the Standing Committee of the Policy Bureau.

Such an identity, Lin never dreamed of before he joined politics, but now that the opportunity is in front of him, how can he be willing to give up?

Whether or not he can be elected as a state councilor this year is very crucial for Lin Congzheng, which directly affects his political life and the future and fate of the Lin family in Kyushu City.

In the hardship, it must also persevere!

But in less than a few months, Lin Congzheng's inner excitement was instantly extinguished.

His proposal to be elected as a state councilor was directly vetoed by the God of War King Lin Xuanyuan!

The entire royal family was in an uproar.

Lin Congzheng's heart is full of bitterness that cannot be dissolved.

Why?!

Why does Lin Xuanyuan value the Northeast Lin family, but he rejects him so much from the Lin family in Kyushu City?

Seeing that Lin Congjun's northeast Lin family was thriving, Lin Congzheng's heart was almost unbalanced, and Lin Huaiyu was angry at home several times.

The father and son have come to visit the God of War King several times, but they haven't even seen each other, and a few months ago, the God of War King suddenly disappeared, and no one saw him, and this delay was directly delayed to the present.

Two months later, there is a plenary session of the center, and at this time, it will be really too late without making a final effort.

The father and son came directly to the door, but they never expected to meet Cheng Yanfang here.

The position of the State Councilor?

Because of Cheng Yanfang's joining, that position is a little farther away from Lin Congzheng, and even because of Cheng Yanfang, there is a lot of suspense about whether Lin Congzheng can become the full-time director of the Development Committee this year.

At this moment, Lin Congzheng finally discovered how bad the situation was, he didn't think about the position of the state councilor, and faced Cheng Yanfang, the state councilor, and bluntly threw out his bottom line.

Cheng Yanfang's face, which had been smiling all night, finally changed a little.

There is anger, there is surprise, and there is astonishment.

Especially Lin Congzheng's sentence: Director Hong is a qualified teacher and a person he respects.

The voiceover of this sentence is equivalent to Lin Congzheng saying that he Cheng Yanfang is not worthy of being his Lin Congzheng teacher at all, nor is he a person respected by Lin Congzheng.

And outside of what he said, Lin Congzheng even mentioned that he wanted to report to Director Hong.

It's not just a debriefing, it's a matter of attitude!

This shows that in Lin Congzheng's heart, if things are really impossible, the worst result is that he will not be in the position of director of the Development Committee, he would rather support Hong Tianxiang than let Cheng Yanfang come over.

After all, Hong Tianxiang's health is too poor, even if he supports him to stay in office, he will not play much role, and he will not hit the smiling person, Hong Tianxiang has increased his voice after getting Lin Congzheng's strong support, and he is bound to give back to Lin Congzheng, at least to support his work.

In this case, although Hong Tianxiang has increased his right to speak, Lin Congzheng, who has the support of the director, is still a monopoly on power, and this situation is not a way to break the situation, but such a breakthrough is a huge loss for Lin Congzheng.

But no matter what, this is much better than letting Cheng Yanfang come down.

If Lin Congzheng can't be elected as a state councilor, the Wang family will also appease him, at that time, Lin Congzheng's attitude is very important, he supports Hong Tianxiang, and the Wang family is not easy to oppose directly.

Cheng Yanfang narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Congzheng carefully.

Lin Congzheng looked indifferent, and looked at Cheng Yanfang without flinching.

Faced with the threat of this old guy, Lin Congzheng could only plan for the worst.

Support Hong Tianxiang and protect his power in the Development Committee.

This is his bottom line, and he will never waver.