Ouchi, Orange Garden.

"Chief, this is a summary of the situation on the Gulf War sent by the Military Commission." Dong Siliang, the secretary of Office No. 1, quietly walked in and placed a top-secret file on his desk.

Comrade Jiang Cheng nodded, indicating that he understood.

Dong Siliang withdrew, but he sighed in his heart that since Comrade Jiang Cheng entered the Orange Garden, in less than two years, Comrade Jiang Cheng's hair has turned a lot whiter.

Leaders of great powers, there are so many things to worry about.

Dong Siliang walked out, sat down at his desk outside, flipped through some materials sent from various places, and looked for content suitable for submission to Comrade Jiang Cheng, or turned out some letters from the masses that were relatively sensitive to the masses and handed them over to the relevant departments for handling.

The work of a secretary is not easy at all, not only to satisfy the leader, but also to have the means to take precautions.

After a while, the phone call came in, and the No. 2 chief, Ye Xiangqian, wanted to come over to talk about something, and Ye asked Comrade Jiang Cheng if he had any other arrangements?

Dong Siliang went in again to ask Comrade Jiang Cheng for instructions, and then replied to Ye Ban's side.

After a short time, Comrade Ye Xiangqian came over, in fact, the Purple Heart Pavilion is not far from the orange garden, as the so-called chickens and dogs smell each other, of course, if there is nothing important, the bigwigs generally do not get along with each other, at least they will not have too much contact on non-official occasions.

At present, among the five bigwigs in the current political situation in China, they all belong to different factions and camps, and each has its own political demands and interests, and their attitudes on some major matters are constantly changing, and it is difficult to say that they can achieve complete unanimity.

Of course, this is an internal problem, that is, an internal democratic issue, and in terms of external propaganda, there must be only one voice from the central authorities, and if there are inconsistent statements, there will be a big mess.

Therefore, Comrade Jiang Cheng was also very concerned about the discordant voices of the Propaganda Department some time ago.

Comrade Jiang Cheng will not be unclear about Comrade Fang He's attitude, but he himself has quite a hard time.

As a transitional leader, Comrade Jiang Cheng believes that his greatest role is to ensure the stability of the political situation and the steady development of society, and around him, the entanglement of various forces is also very complicated, especially the resurgence of conservative forces, which has put great pressure on him.

On the one hand, it is necessary not only to appease the grievances of the opposition forces, but also to balance the disputes among various factions, and to ensure that the development of the national economy is not greatly affected.

As far as the present situation is concerned, Comrade Jiang Cheng knows that his biggest shortcoming is that he does not have enough control over the military's strength, and as the first head of the Central Military Commission and the supreme leader of the country's armed forces, he is unable to smoothly control the military's strength.

It seems that from ancient times to the present, it is difficult for any leader who does not control military power to smoothly carry out his own political ideas and realize his own concept of governing the country; Comrade Jiang Cheng has now basically straightened out some of the contexts of government affairs, and he still lacks some control over the military, so Ye Xiangqian, who was born in the military and has an extremely deep influence among the military, is a force that he needs to pay special attention to.

If you want to smoothly control the forces in the army, it is impossible to bypass the old Ye family, a behemoth in domestic politics.

Comrade Jiang Cheng personally greeted him at the door, and he must show sufficient respect for this senior figure with relatively old qualifications and outstanding meritorious achievements.

After greeting each other, the two bigwigs entered the office to talk in detail.

Old man Ye is here for the sake of the modernization of the armed forces, and this is a very serious topic, and first of all, the members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee must reach a unified opinion before they can carry it out.

The curtain has come down on the Gulf War this time, and when we check the results of the war, we are surprised to find that the era of high-tech warfare has arrived, Iraq is basically being pressed and beaten by the Americans, and there is no reaction at all, and the air power and missile units that Saddam Hussein is proud of have basically failed to play their due role and have been crippled by the Americans.

The two bigwigs talked secretly for a long time, and when they came out, Old Man Ye had a worried face, and Comrade Jiang Cheng was also solemn.

Comrade Jiang Cheng's secretary Dong Siliang saw it, but he could only deal with it carefully, but he was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't know what was going on, otherwise these two top figures in the political arena would not have such expressions.

After Old Man Ye returned to his office, the second old man was already waiting there.

The modernization of the armed forces is a matter of great importance, especially after being affected by the Gulf War, and the domestic military has now also seen the necessity and urgency of modernizing the armed forces.

It is only in order to promote the modernization of the armed forces, not only in terms of military spending, but also in terms of military spending, and it is also necessary to reach a consensus within the top level and promote the joint efforts of all forces, so that it is possible to carry it out in a real way.

The second old man was also worried about this matter, so he had been waiting in Old Man Ye's office to listen to the letter.

"How?" The second old man asked with some concern.

"On the whole, an agreement has been reached, and the details are yet to be discussed." Old Man Ye said with a frown.

When the second old man heard this, he immediately understood in his heart that he had reached a consensus on the whole, that is, Comrade Jiang Cheng supported vigorously promoting the modernization of the army in principle, and the details to be discussed meant that your old Ye family could not hold the military power with one hand and everyone would have meat to eat, and Comrade Jiang Cheng would definitely take the opportunity of promoting the modernization of the army to install more training targets for himself in the army, so as to strengthen his control over the military power.

"What do you mean, Boss?" The second old man asked rhetorically.

Old Man Ye pondered for a while and replied, "The interests of the country are important, although our old Ye family has made a lot of contributions to stabilizing national defense, but when it is time to hand over power, we still have to hand over power." Moreover, Xiao Kai's proposal is also worth considering, the era of a dominant family has passed, give up part of the military power, turn to the development of politics, and get involved in the business world appropriately, in the future, the development direction of our Lao Ye family should be diversified, and it is not excluded to go abroad and do the cause further in some places. ”

"That's what Xiao Kai told you?" The second old man listened and asked with some surprise.

"Hmm." Old Man Ye nodded, but thought in his heart, in fact, some of the several principles mentioned by Ye Kai were in operation, and there was no need to say it at this time.

For this grandson, Old Man Ye really expressed his affection for him, and the future of the old Ye family depends on him.