Within the tens of millions of square kilometers of the empire, there are many political groups and factions, but the truly large ones that make people feel hopeless are only two and a half.

The most powerful faction is naturally the Southwest faction, one family is dominant, and the glory is to the extreme.

The second is the royal lineage!

The next half is the southern faction.

The three major factions have been fighting each other for more than twenty years in the highest power area of the empire, but in general, the weakest southern faction has maintained a neutral attitude most of the time, while the southwest and the royal faction are really-for-tat, fighting for every inch of land, and not giving up anything!

Wu Yue Province is one of the most deep-rooted political backyards of the Wang faction, basically an iron bucket, and Sun Zhe is undoubtedly a nail that the Southwest faction intends to insert into Wu Yue, but as soon as he started here, the Wang faction directly slapped the face of the Southwest faction, and the means were so intense, which undoubtedly gave a strong signal to the outside world.

The royal faction, which has been fighting for many years but has always been faintly suppressed by the southwest faction, is about to start a full-scale counterattack!

But at this time, the counteroffensive began, even within the royal family, there should be a certain disagreement, there will definitely be some people who think that it is a little early, but there are also some people who think that the timing is just right.

To be able to unify the opinions of the big factions in such a short period of time, I am afraid that one Zou Standing Committee member is not enough, but if you add that President Chen to do the work, it is completely possible.

Lin Huaiyu's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and said softly: "There should be the shadow of Mr. Chen, her strength is still the same as always." ”

The Shenzhou Empire has a huge territory and a large population, but at the political level, all the battles are basically concentrated in the scope of the six ministries, two commissions and one committee, as well as various local provinces.

The department in charge of evaluating and promoting officials.

A military department that demonstrates national strength and protects national security.

There is also a Ministry of Rites in charge of education, publicity, culture, and reception.

The Penal Department is in charge of criminal law, prisoners, arrests, trials.

Statistics on the population of the whole country, the household department of fiscal expenditure.

and the Ministry of Industry in charge of construction, agriculture and water conservancy.

Outside of the six ministries, there is the powerful and terrifying Development Commission and the relatively independent Supervision Commission, which is in charge of the conduct and discipline of imperial officials.

The remaining session is the National Assembly, which is in charge of elections, law-making, and has a certain amount of supervisory power.

Six ministries, two commissions and one meeting formed the central structure of the empire, above the center, is the highest decision-making bureau of the empire, and below the center, there are feudal officials like Lin Congzheng who were sent to various provinces.

The top leaders of the six ministries, two commissions and one session will enter the highest decision-making bureau of the empire, most of them serve as members, and a small number of them are standing committee giants who really lead the decision-making direction of the decision-making bureau, standing on the highest power stage of the empire, from top to bottom, or from bottom to top in the political game.

Domestic officialdom, no matter what position it goes, will not lack opponents.

Only a few real strong people who have been constantly fighting with others since the very grassroots of the empire, who have seen the most intrigues and tricks, and who have never fallen even with swords and swords, and finally entered the Supreme Decision-making Bureau and become members of the Standing Committee, can lead the country to continue to move forward and rise in the wind and rain.

In this complex officialdom that can't even distinguish colors, they are one of the strongest lions, not the only ones.

That's why there will be strife, there will be compromise, there will be balance.

But the cause of this fight was so sudden that everyone was caught off guard.

At two o'clock in the morning on the second day of the first month of the first year of the Shenzhou Empire, Cao Zhengzong, a member of the Imperial Decision-making Bureau and Minister of Officials, had a cerebral hemorrhage.

At the meeting, the supreme head of the empire and the leader of the southwestern faction, Führer Lin, believed that the work of Comrade Cao Zhengzong should be carried out by Cui Jianguo, the executive deputy minister of the Ministry of Officials, and then the Standing Committee of the Decision-making Bureau, the senior deputy head of the empire, and two other members of the Standing Committee expressed the same opinion.

However, Vice Prime Minister Chen, a member of the Standing Committee of the Policy Bureau and representing the Wang family, expressed a different opinion and recommended a cadre from the Wang family.

Zou Standing Committee of the National Congress and Secretary Guo of the Commission for Discipline Inspection supported them in a clear-cut manner.

Representatives of the southern faction, who have always been neutral, have uncharacteristically supported the list of people recommended by Deputy Prime Minister Chen.

Four-to-four approval rating.

The meeting lasted for nearly two hours, and it was also the first confrontation between the Southwest faction and the Wang faction in this game.

Two and a half hours later, Vice Fuhrer Ye, who has always been low-key and moderate in the Standing Committee of the Decision-making Bureau, but is also one of the giants of the royal family, said with a smile that he did not support the supreme head of state, nor did he support his own royal family, but recommended another person - Lin Lin, the governor of Wuyue Province, to enter politics.

To be precise, Lin Congzheng is not a figure of the royal family, but with his position, it is not enough to say that he is a self-contained department, because in Wu Yue's office, he can barely be regarded as a little closer to the royal family, and three years ago, Lin Congzheng served as the main governor of the main post is President Chen, who has just become a member of the Standing Committee of the Decision-making Bureau, that is, Deputy Prime Minister Chen helps, so in the eyes of many people, Lin Congzheng is a figure standing on the threshold of the royal family.

But after all, he is not a real royal power.

At that meeting, the supreme chief and Vice Prime Minister Chen were silent at the same time, and finally the meeting was adjourned.

Subsequently, Lin Fengxue, the head of the Southwest Lin family, who was vaguely the first family of the empire, directly called Lin Congzheng and asked for marriage, after all, Governor Lin is not a member of the royal family, just a little closer, if you can win it over, the supreme head can completely agree to be in charge of the Ministry of Officials by Lin Congzheng, who is still young, this nomination was personally put forward by Mr. Ye of the Decision-making Bureau, at this critical moment when Mr. Ye must pay attention to cultivating his authority at all times, even if the Wang family temporarily gives up the ministry, it is necessary to ensure the safety of Mr. Ye, it is very likely that he will compromise and balance the situation。

Unexpectedly, the southwest faction expected that because of some complicated grievances between the two Lin families in previous years, Lin Congzheng and Lin Huaiyu did not seem to be enthusiastic about this marriage, so the game between the southwest and the royal family began to escalate, and the incident of Wu Yue and Sun Zheye was the most fierce means of the royal family so far, and at the same time released an extremely clear signal to the outside world.

"This is not just a signal, it should be the winner and loser released by the Wang system, Mr. Chen is going to turn the tables two years in advance, this woman is tsk, her wrist is really hard. ”

Lin Huaiyu sighed with emotion, picked up the wine glass in front of the table and took a sip.

Lin Congzheng's eyes narrowed, nodded, and said softly: "The southwest side will not agree, the supreme head coordinates the overall situation, but many times, the work focuses on party affairs, and Mr. Ye is now the president of the party school, presiding over the work of the Central Academician Bureau, which is similar to the nature of the work of the supreme head of state, and also has a great say in the appointment of cadres." At this time, the position of the head of the minister, the supreme head of state has to grasp everything in his hands, if it is given to the royal department, the ministry plus Mr. Ye is a great threat to the supreme head of state, and it is a fatal blow to his prestige. ”

"Similarly, if you agree to this marriage with the southwest and enter the southwest faction, once you take over the ministry, it will be a big blow to Mr. Ye, he will fight for the position of the military department this year, and completely establish the position of successor, if he encounters this blow at this time, he will also be very passive. Over the years, he has always been low-key and gentle, downplaying the traces of the faction, many things in the Wang family are handled by Mr. Chen with a strong hand, hey, in fact, Mr. Chen is the one with a gentle personality, but her position is stable, so she seems to be very strong, this is also a protection for Mr. Ye within the Wang family, at this time, if you enter the southwest, it is equivalent to offending the Wang family in death, which is not cost-effective. ”

Lin Huaiyu said with a tight frown.

"When I joined the royal family, didn't I also offend the southwest? The same reason, I'm very strange now, why did Mr. Ye recommend me, is he so sure that I won't marry the southwest?"

Lin Congzheng smiled bitterly, but his voice suddenly stopped.

The next moment, the eyes of the father and son looked at Lin Xiaocao at the same time, this disciple of Ye Lao.

Sun Zheye's defeat was yesterday.

At that time yesterday, Lin Xiaocao was also on the train to Kyushu City.

Could there be some kind of relationship?

Could it be that his arrival was really a certain attitude shown by the Ye family?

The father and son were shocked, but even if they didn't do it anyway, they wouldn't have thought that if the Lin family in Kyushu City really decided to marry the Southwest Lin family, what fate would await them tonight.

At the crossroads of fate, left and right, life and death, glory and loneliness, are often the difference of one thought.

Lin Xiaocao silently ate the fourth bowl of rice, bowing his head and picking up vegetables, like a dumb man, but half a pot of rice had already entered his stomach.

Lin Shuimo occasionally took a bite of food, and most of the time he looked at Lin Xiaocao, who was about to finish the fourth bowl of rice, and had already given him the nickname of Lin Banguo in his heart.

"I'll come, you sit first. ”

When Lin Xiaocao was about to stand up and continue serving the rice after eating the fourth bowl of rice, Lin Shuimo got up suddenly, naturally took the bowl in his hand, and walked to the side.

Lin Xiaocao was stunned for a moment, looked at Lin Shuimo's naturally swaying slender back, and said thank you lightly.

He turned his head and looked directly at Lin Congzheng and Lin Huaiyu.

I don't know who he was looking at, but at that moment, the Lin family's father and son had a feeling of being targeted by the young man opposite.

"Are you afraid of the Lin family in the southwest?"

Lin Xiaocao smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and under the illumination of the light, it seemed to reflect the cold light: "Even if you have the support of the royal family, you are afraid of him? I remember that the empire will be changed in two years, right? Will the supreme leader who came out of the southwest want to retire at that time? The President Ye you are talking about, can he take over? Can you? Governor Lin, even if you don't go further at this time, but now that you make a statement, will the royal family be able to treat you badly?" Of course, if you want to follow the downhill southwest, I won't say anything, marry the ink, whether she is happy or not, anyway, you can go further now, the southwest will not move you, as for whether Mr. Ye can tolerate the minister of the ministry after he takes over, who knows? ”

A tender white wrist carried a large bowl of rice and handed it over.

Lin Xiaocao took the rice bowl, said thank you again, lowered his head and continued to eat, but in his eyes, the murderous intent began to gradually permeate.

The annoyance in Lin Huaiyu's eyes flashed, and he took a deep look at Lin Xiaocao and narrowed his eyes.

Lin Xiaocao's words were abrupt, but if he wanted to say too much, it was not excessive, but the sarcasm between the lines made him extremely uncomfortable, he took a deep breath, and said lightly: "Politics, you go to visit Mr. Ye tomorrow and let Xiaocao go with you." ”

In the end, Lin Huaiyu's eyes flashed suddenly.

He still hasn't made a final decision, so he still decided to ask Lin Congzheng to take Lin Xiaocao to Ye's house tomorrow to test Mr. Ye's reaction when he sees Lin Xiaocao's final decision.

If the result of the temptation is optimistic, it is naturally best.

If he is not optimistic, he can't help but reconsider, the two Lin families in the southwest of the capital do have grievances, but the other party has clearly raised the radish and the stick in his hand, and in the face of the life and death of the family, some grievances are not worth mentioning.

In front of the round table, Lin Xiaocao put down the half-eaten rice, wiped his mouth, stood up, squinted and smiled: "I'm not going." ”

This seemed to be the first time he had smiled so brightly since he entered the third of the Heavenly Prince's Mansion, it was a kind of brilliance that was diametrically opposed to the silence he had spent most of his time, like another kind of personality.

Under the light, the young guardian of the Lin family faced the four core members of the Lin family, the corners of his mouth were raised, and his smiling eyes narrowed into a slit.

Like the occasional sunlight in the wind and snow of Kunlun Mountain, which seems to be brilliant, there is a kind of coldness and coldness emanating from the bones.

Lin Shuimo silently looked at him with a bright smile.

The distance between the two is obviously less than two meters, but to her, the man who is responsible for protecting her own safety seems to be separated from herself by mountains, water, wind, snow and air, in a cold and cold atmosphere, farther and farther away from herself, and from the entire Kyushu Chenglin family.

"I repeat, I came here just to protect Miss Lin Shuimo's safety, other things have nothing to do with me, the Lin family makes any decisions, and I am also not qualified to interfere. ”

"I take back what I just said, since I have received the money, I will not pay it back. With a reward of $10 million, her safety will not require anyone to worry about for the next year. ”

"I'm a killer, and now I'm here to protect Miss Lin Shuimo for the order of the second master, not to be the savior of your Lin family, let alone a Lin family who doesn't even have the courage to make a decision, I can't save it. But I can guarantee that even if your Lin family is destroyed and Governor Lin completely falls, within a year, no one will be able to hurt her!"

Lin Xiaocao walked to the door of the study, opened the door, and said indifferently: "This is my promise." ”

"Bang!"

The door of the study was slammed shut, and Lin Xiaocao's figure disappeared, leaving only a room full of disappointment and ridicule, as well as the promise that seemed to be a curse, floating in everyone's heart.