Ziqin Garden is located on the east side of the Forbidden City, was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, originally at the beginning of the Qianlong Emperor's accession to the throne, listened to the advice of a feng shui physiognographer, followed the saying of 'purple gas from the east', that the establishment of a palace in the east of the Forbidden City can help to maintain the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty forever, so in the eastern suburbs of the construction of a large number of buildings, gathering all kinds of skilled craftsmen, it took five years to build, because of the original name Ziqin Garden.

And perhaps it is the meaning of this Ziqin Garden that is a good omen, during the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the rule of the Qing Dynasty reached its heyday, and Emperor Qianlong also became the longest reigning emperor in the history of the feudal dynasty, famous in history!

Time flies, until the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ziqin Garden that has been damaged several times was taken over by the Party Central Committee, after several renovations, it was used as the daily place for the leaders of the Party Central Committee to stay and work, and as a symbol of the high-level of the Chinese government, Zhongnanhai echoes from afar, and the armed police posts with loaded guns and ammunition in a radius of several miles, as well as the alert system in the open and in the dark, and the strict access control, which is enough to see the extraordinary artistic conception here!

At dawn, Chen Mingyuan arrived at Ziqin Yuan on time, reported to the guard captain of the guard post and accepted the inspection, waited outside for a while, and the person who was reporting inside came out, followed by a Sven man wearing a white shirt and suit pants, thinking that it was Lu Chenyang, who was on the phone with Chen Mingyuan last night, and the secretary of Vice President Zong Kaitai!

Lu Chenyang's appearance was plain, but his demeanor and accent were very gentle, as if he had been set up with a precision instrument, and there was no fluctuation and disorder, he saw Chen Mingyuan, just bowed his head slightly, and then raised his hand sideways and said: "County Magistrate Chen, please here." ”

Chen Mingyuan nodded, and at the same time glanced at the time, it was only a minute and a half away from eight o'clock.

As Ning Lizhong's former full-time secretary, Chen Mingyuan knows very well that the more senior the leader, the more accurate the time requirements will be, which also shows the secretary's ability to do things.

At this point, even if a person as careful and cautious as Chen Mingyuan asks, it is difficult to completely control it, let alone constantly watch out for possible accidents!

But it's no wonder that Chen Mingyuan is a monk halfway through the end of the day, and fortunately he meets an open-minded and easy-going leader like Ning Lizhong, and no one will bother to blame him if there is a little fork in the day, but the secretary of a national leader like Lu Chenyang can't tolerate the slightest omission, and the mechanical specification requirements are the most vivid interpretation!

Following Lu Chenyang into the garden, Chen Mingyuan walked around and browsed around, similar to the Forbidden City, with a very strong Qing court palace style, pavilions, pavilions, winding corridors, reflecting a sense of precipitation of a long history, as well as a thick nobility and nobility.

The footsteps echoed slowly, and after a short time, Lu Chenyang led Chen Mingyuan to a huge green shade scaffold, with an oval stone table placed in the center, surrounded by stone benches, and the morning light at the end of summer was projected through the gaps in the grass and trees, and lined with the vines and willows around him, showing the natural and fresh elegance.

Lu Chenyang stopped when he walked to the stone table, and did not arrange Chen Mingyuan, but stood upright, facing the direction inside.

Chen Mingyuan knew the etiquette, so he waited patiently behind him, but before he could wait a minute, he heard a series of footsteps from far and near, and soon, four or five people came out from the other end of the corridor, except for two elite men who were obviously guards, two old men and women who looked like health doctors, and the old man in the center immediately attracted all Chen Mingyuan's attention.

The face of the Chinese character, the medium figure, and a loose gown practice pants may not be conspicuous at first glance, but between casual walks, it seems to exude a steady and determined temperament, and the eyes behind the glasses are comfortable and easy-going, but they are as unfathomable as the sea, as if they gather wisdom and calmness after the changes of the wind and clouds.

This man, in reality, Chen Mingyuan is not the first time to see him, and in the current major current political news, this person is also a powerful tycoon familiar to hundreds of millions of people across the country, and it is Zong Kaitai, member of the Standing Committee of the Political / Bureau and Vice President of the People's Republic of China, who is standing at the peak of power in China!

"Chairman, the people have brought!" Lu Chenyang immediately stepped forward, bowing and saluting while reporting indirectly.

Zong Kaitai raised his hand and waved, then turned his gaze to Chen Mingyuan, looked up and down for a while, with the flash of light in his eyes, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said, "Sit down, don't stand." ”

Chen Mingyuan didn't rush to sit down, but waited until Zong Kaitai sat on the main seat surrounded by everyone, and then he owed a debt and carefully sat on the side.

Zong Kaitai glanced at it, raised his hand and pointed to the opposite position and smiled: "Sit opposite, it's more convenient to speak, don't be restrained." ”

Chen Mingyuan did what he said.

"Have you had breakfast?"

"I've eaten some before I came."

"Then eat some more, and stay with me."

Zong Kaitai looked at Chen Mingyuan and smiled faintly, "Looking for you, it's purely a narrative of the nature of the deceased, talk about some parents, and try to calm down your mentality." ”

Chen Mingyuan still didn't dare to take it lightly, didn't want to be a little snubbing, or didn't dare to take the questions he threw lightly.

The dignified vice president of the country, standing at the pinnacle of power in this great country, suddenly summoned himself to a small character, how could it be as simple as ordinary family life?

Zong Kaitai in front of him, Chen Mingyuan is familiar with it, as the former old chief's think tank and big butler, he controls the entire Zhonghai system behind the scenes, and after he entered Beijing, he single-handedly planned and directed the regime drama that would affect the next 20 years, and linked to his resume in the first half of his life, Chen Mingyuan naturally contacted the famous male poisoner of the Three Kingdoms, Jia Xu Jia Wenhe!

Before the meeting, one did not hear it, and once the incident started, it stirred up the wind and clouds, and the world was moved!

Looking at the future political pattern, Chen Mingyuan can almost make a conclusive evaluation, the spokesperson of the red family, can be called the most powerful politician in Chinese politics in the past 20 years, there is no one!

Said a few words of the scene without being salty, and the waiter also served the breakfast to the stone table one after another, the dishes were not as luxurious and extraordinary as rumored in the market, but they all looked very chic and delicious, under the signal of Zong Kaitai, Chen Mingyuan tasted a few bites, and couldn't help nodding approvingly, almost every side dish was cooked very deliciously.

"Breakfast is a little lighter, and I don't know if it suits your young appetite." Zong Kaitai smiled: "The key is that you are old, and you have to pay attention to the way of health preservation in advance." ”

Chen Mingyuan said respectfully: "No, the dishes are very delicious, just to my liking, besides, Chairman Zong, your health is related to the country's plan, as long as you eat comfortably and satisfactorily, how dare I, a junior at the end of the year, dare to have a little bit of a whisper." ”

Zong Kaitai's eyebrows raised imperceptibly, and he seemed to be quite sideways to Chen Mingyuan's demeanor and words, but he didn't respond much, and ate by himself.

Zong Kaitai also has a characteristic of eating, that is, he does not say anything, and he will chew slowly, eating very slowly and very carefully.

Chen Mingyuan has seen many ministerial-level high-ranking officials eating, and he already has a set of his own observations and experiences, for example, Ning Lizhong eats very slowly, but Chen Mingyuan knows that he is purely a kind of enjoyment, and in that kind of high-negative pressure work situation, only eating is the only thing that can relax.

And Zong Kaitai, in Chen Mingyuan's view, the leader of the country is more like taking eating as a thinking process, it seems that every time he chews, he is thinking about a question, and he must wait until he chews this question before swallowing it.

After eating quietly for about ten minutes, Zong Kaitai slowly put down the chopsticks, and Chen Mingyuan also put the chopsticks back in time, ending this 'high-standard' breakfast!

After taking the tissue handed by the waiter and wiping his lower lip, Zong Kaitai looked at Chen Mingyuan again, and said with a smile: "I still remember seeing you at Elder Chen's birthday banquet a few years ago, and in a blink of an eye, you became the young and promising head of a county, and there is a successor to Elder Chen!" ”

As he spoke, the health care doctor on the side took out the blood pressure measuring device from the medicine box and began to measure Zong Kaitai's blood pressure.

Chen Mingyuan said with a smile: "I will go wherever the organization needs me, and I will go to the county magistrate as a big girl, for the first time!" ”

A twenty-six-year-old grassroots county magistrate, his own position, in the eyes of these giants, is naturally not worth mentioning, with the relationship between Old Man Chen and He Xiangdong and his qualification status in Zhonghai, Chairman Zong Kaitai can almost regard Chen Mingyuan as his son and nephew.

Of course, the psychology of politicians cannot be speculated so simply!

Politics, there are only eternal interests, there are no eternal friends and enemies!

Otherwise, it would not be possible to explain the loss of power of the Chen family after the old man went west in another parallel world.

Zong Kaitai leaned on the back of the chair casually, rested his hand on the table and looked at the blood pressure index, and suddenly asked casually: "I also have a little understanding of your situation below, I heard that before you went to Ruining, you also served as Comrade Lizhong's secretary?" ”

Chen Mingyuan's eyes froze, and he said truthfully: "Yes, Chairman Zong, I have been Secretary Ning Lizhong's secretary during his stay in Dongjiang from the end of '99 to last autumn. ”

Zong Kaitai smiled and said: "Comrade Lizhong's talent has always been praised by many people in Beijing, and you will definitely benefit a lot if you have the honor to learn and do things by his side, which is your luck." ”

Chen Mingyuan didn't dare to be fluttering, in this kind of conversation on this occasion, just listening to the literal meaning, it is likely to be far from the actual meaning of the interlocutor, before he couldn't figure out the subtext of Zong Kaitai for the time being, he had to humbly say: "I have dull qualifications, thanks to Secretary Ning's attention, I can only be fortunate to have this opportunity, I can only ......"

He wanted to be perfunctory, but Zong Kaitai didn't have the patience to listen to his sloppy eyes, raised his hand and waved it, and said lightly: "In short, you did a good job, this is something that everyone can see, so you don't have to be tired." After a pause, the smile on his face carried a little deep meaning, and said: "Modest and cautious, determined and motivated, you are really a very good young man, and it has been proved that the achievements you have made below are enough to become a role model for many young generations...... However, it is good to be willing to use your brains and do practical things, but in everything, you still need to correct your position first. ”