To talk about weakness, the Zhao family has indeed weakened to the extreme at this time, but no matter what, the Zhao family still has huge wealth and resources of various political connections in its hands, and the strength of the guardian family in its hands has not been fundamentally weakened.

As long as the Zhao family can choose the outstanding members of the family and concentrate their strength to cultivate, then in time, although it is unlikely that the Zhao family will recover to its heyday, it should not be a big problem to recover a little bit and at least pass on the seat of the senators.

However, because Zhao Chengqing himself was competing for the position of patriarch, he made various promises to the various factions in the family. So much so that after he was elected patriarch, he had to keep fulfilling this promise.

As a result, the members of the family are not pooled and used, but are distributed to the various factions in the family like pork.

And the final result of this is that in the past thirty years, there have been very few rising stars in the Zhao family, and until now, there has not been a high-ranking official at the level of deputy head of state.

Even the number of senior officials at the provincial, deputy and ministerial levels is still only four, and there is no appalling increase in the number of places.

The most frightening thing is that three of them are new vice governors who have been in office for less than half a year, and the only one with more seniority is Zhao Xingwen, who is now 63 years old, and he is the only provincial and ministerial-level official with more than 10 years of seniority.

In terms of qualifications, he probably has the best chance of advancing to the rank of deputy head official, and then taking over the seat of the patriarch and the senate.

However, if you know his position, probably not so optimistic, his position is - the director of the Huaxia National Meteorological Bureau.

Don't talk about others, even if he himself has no faith at all.

Zhao Chengqing is seventy-five years old this year, and he is only five years away from the age of eighty, which is enough to bring pressure to the family.

And now Zhao Chengqing appeared in front of everyone as if he couldn't even speak out loud, what does this mean? Are you trying to tell us that you're probably not going to be able to fucking last five years?

"Introspect! Our whole family needs to introspect! However, the first person to be responsible for the current difficult situation is the patriarch! The reason why the family has come to this point is entirely because the distribution of our family's resources is scattered and unplanned, and if we could have concentrated our resources more, we would have already produced officials at the level of deputy heads of state. ”

The first to jump up was Zhao Mingquan, who had just been appointed vice governor of Huaidong Province.

Zhao Mingquan is forty-nine years old this year, and as far as the children of the family are concerned, he has only reached this position at this age, which is not something to be proud of at all, but considering that there are only three provincial and ministerial-level officials in the family at present, it is natural that he is the first to jump out and speak.

After Zhao Mingquan threw out these words, seeing that there was no opinion in the venue, he thought that everyone was actually acquiescing to his opinion, so he continued: "The situation has become obvious, our most urgent task at present is to ensure that an official at the level of deputy head can be produced within the term of office of the patriarch's body. Only in this way will it be possible for us to pass on the seat of the Senate. ”

Zhao Mingquan's words are very reasonable, the Zhao family is weak and now so fielded, but it can still stand tall and stand in the ranks of the nine major families, just because it occupies a pit in the senate.

This pit is like a nuclear bomb, acting as the last protective shield for the door valve of the Zhao family's supermarket.

And once this pit is lost, the Zhao family will weaken and even be destroyed at an incredible speed.

As long as the seat of the Senate can be secured, the Zhao family can have a new strategic space for maneuvering, and there can be an opportunity to re-cultivate talents and clean up the country.

However, it was such an opinion that could be called of practical significance, and as soon as Zhao Mingquan finished speaking, he was immediately counterattacked by another family member who was also a provincial and ministerial-level official.

"Mingquan, if you want to say that you are the only one in the entire family who has the ability to turn the tide, and you want us to concentrate the strength of the whole family to support you, then you might as well say it directly, everyone is a family, there is no need to be so hypocritical, and this is not your governor's office."

The man who spoke was Zhao Deming, 51 years old this year, and the new vice governor of Huaixi Province.

Although Huaidong and Huaixi are only one word apart, there is a great difference, because Huaidong is coastal and Huaixi is not coastal, and in the era of great trade, this will inevitably bring about a huge difference in the economic development of the two places.

In fact, the GDP of Huaidong Province is twice that of Huaixi, so the political status of Huaidong Province is naturally much higher than that of Huaixi Province. Therefore, although everyone is a vice governor, the content of Zhao Deming, the vice governor, is far inferior to that of Zhao Mingquan, the vice governor.

In addition, his age is two years older than Zhao Mingquan, so the degree of expectation in the family is naturally more than Zhao Mingquan.

However, no matter what others think, in Zhao Deming's opinion, everyone is a vice governor, why am I not as good as you Zhao Mingquan?

And this is why when he heard Zhao Mingquan say that he wanted to concentrate resources, he was the first to jump out and intercept it.

"Deming, what do you mean by that? Could it be that the family has reached this time, are you still in the mood for infighting? Zhao Mingquan turned his head and looked at Zhao Deming angrily.

"Mingquan, ask yourself, how did you get the position of vice governor of Huaidong Province?" Zhao Deming waited for Zhao Mingquan nonchalantly, "If it weren't for the partiality of the patriarch, spending a lot of money to dredge you up in violation of regulations, and calling a large number of contacts to make political achievements for you, with your own ability, can you become this vice governor?" ”

Seeing Zhao Deming coming straight to him without flickering, Zhao Mingquan sneered unto be outdone, "Deming, don't say as if you are sitting in your current position by relying on your own skills, okay?" ”

"Although I have the support of the family, but the support of the family for me, as long as there is half of you, I am definitely at the provincial and ministerial level now, and I am only one step away from the deputy head of state." Zhao Deming said, pouting disdainfully.

"Good!" Zhao Mingquan stood up suddenly, "Deming, if you dare to say that you are 100% sure, then okay, I will move now to concentrate the strength of the whole family to support you for a year, if within a year, you can be transferred to the governor, then I will not fight with you, if not, then all the resources of the whole family will support me in the future, what do you think?" ”

"A year? Do you think this is the Director? Promoted from deputy to main in a year? I have just been deputy governor for less than half a year, how can it be so fast? Zhao Deming glared at Zhao Mingquan angrily.

"So what do you say? Do you want the family to support you indefinitely? So what if you can't? Do you want the whole family to bury you alone? Zhao Mingquan roared dissatisfiedly.

Zhao Deming asked unmoved: "Okay, then I'll turn around and give you a year, are you sure you can do it?" ”

Zhao Mingquan didn't answer Zhao Deming's words directly, but just knocked on the table with a painful expression and said, "Then you say, what should I do?" Could it be that at this juncture, can't we all make a decision? ”

Seeing Zhao Mingquan's painful look, Zhao Deming thought about it, and also felt that it was not interesting to be angry like this, so he sighed slightly and nodded weakly, "Okay, Mingquan, as long as you can give us all a detailed plan to explain how sure you are of victory, and you can break through to the position of deputy head in such a short period of time, then I will support you unconditionally." ”

Hearing Zhao Deming say this, Zhao Mingquan also wilted all of a sudden, and he also sighed helplessly, "Where is there any certainty of victory?" Even if it is five years, there is only a probability of less than 30%. Now the patriarch's body again, alas......"

Seeing that two of the three provincial and ministerial levels had confessed, a family member couldn't help but say to Zhao Xingwen, the last candidate who had been silent: "Uncle Wen, in terms of rank, you are the most hopeful, why don't you try?" ”

Zhao Xingwen smiled in amazement at first, and then shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "I really want to try it, but the question is, can any of you teach me what kind of achievements the Meteorological Bureau has to make in order to rise justifiably?" ”

As soon as Zhao Xingwen's words came out, the family member immediately lowered his head and couldn't say a word.

Then there was a long silence.

After this silence lasted for a full three minutes, one of the family members finally couldn't help but jump up and curse loudly, "Infighting, infighting, fucking knows infighting." Thirty years ago, if we didn't fight and fully supported the Qingwen patriarch, why did our Zhao family have what it is today? ”

In the past thirty years, the three words Zhao Qingwen have been taboo in the internal meetings of the Zhao family, and no one dares to mention them.

And now, when faced with the survival of the family, finally some family members can't help but miss the glory days of the year.

What is even more noteworthy is that in the past, if someone said this, this person would definitely be attacked by a group within the family, but this time, everyone maintained a strange silence.

What's even more weird is that Zhao Chengqing, who should have been angry at such disrespectful words, didn't say a word, just turned his head lazily, as if he hadn't heard anything.

And at the moment when he turned his head, no one noticed that the moment his gaze intersected with Zhao Xingwen's, both of them saw a strange excitement flashing in each other's eyes.

After a while, Zhao Xingwen retracted his gaze and said slowly: "The deceased is gone, Zhao Qingwen has been dead for more than twenty years, what's the point of mentioning him now?" ”

"Zhao Qingwen is dead, but Zhao Xuefeng is still there. Have you forgotten? At the beginning, Zhao Qingwen said that Zhao Xuefeng's potential was ten times better than him. If you invite Zhao Xuefeng back......"

Halfway through this person's words, he heard Zhao Chengqing's grandson Zhao Mengyun relay his grandfather's words, "When Zhao Qingwen praised his son, his son was only ten years old, and he has been in the people for thirty years, and now he is almost forty years old. Don't say that Zhao Xuefeng may not be as capable as he Lao Tzu said, even if he is really so capable, with his almost zero foundation, unless there is a miracle, it is impossible to bear the burden of the family. ”

"Yes, unless there is a miracle!" Zhao Xingwen followed up and said a word.

(To be continued)