In an instant, meeting Zong Kaitai's hidden gaze, Chen Mingyuan's heart thumped, but his expression did not fluctuate at all, he just owed his body, and said: "The chairman is wise, the younger generation has been taught!" ”

Zong Kaitai smiled, his eyes flashed with incomprehensible meaning, and then the conversation changed and said some tepid gossip.

During this period, Zong Kaitai fully demonstrated his demeanor and sophistication through the ups and downs, although most of the topics were unremarkable, but as long as they were carefully recalled, almost all of them could capture some thought-provoking meanings from these words.

Looking at the calm and slow posture between speech and demeanor, it can be seen that this big guy who controls a faction that covers the sky and the sun behind the scenes definitely has the mind and means no less than He Xiangdong!

Chen Mingyuan didn't dare to take it lightly, even if he could barely maintain his composure on the surface, but under the subtle coercion, his palms were already dripping with sweat.

This level of king and hero is far from what he can contact on an equal footing at present!

After chatting a few words, the health care doctor removed the equipment one after another, and then got up and said respectfully: "Chairman, everything is normal for blood pressure, pulse and other indices, but there is a cold wave approaching in the next two days, please dress in time and pay attention to keeping warm......

Zong Kaitai raised his hand and waved it lightly, and said, "Okay, you can explain to Chenyang when you go back." ”

After the health doctor retreated, Zong Kaitai looked at Chen Mingyuan again, with a concerned look on his face, and asked, "By the way, how is Old Chen's condition, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?" ”

Chen Mingyuan hurriedly said: "Xie Lu, Chairman Xie Zong's concern, his condition has basically stabilized these days."

Zong Kaitai nodded, in fact, how is the old man's condition, he has someone to report to him in time, so he just wants to show a concern, "It's better to pay more attention to recuperation, Old Chen's health is a concern for many of us." After a pause, he suddenly raised his hand, and Lu Chenyang behind him immediately handed over a broken book in a timely manner.

"This book was published in the fifties of the last century, so ...... It's an anti-bureaucracy book in the former Soviet Union," Zong Kaitai took the book in his hand and weighed it, and said with a smile: "This was given to me by Chen Lao when I went to Beijing to report on my work, and I got a lot of inspiration after reading it at that time, but I'm ashamed to say that I've been busy with government affairs for decades, and I forgot about it, and I found it out after cleaning up the study a while ago, instead of continuing to eat dust, it's better to give it back to you, and I should keep a souvenir." ”

Chen Mingyuan silently took it, this is obviously a book that has been passed on by many people, and there is no skin before and after, and only the title of the book is written in blue and black ink: "Not Relying on Bread Alone".

"I've also made some annotations above, I hope it will be useful to you, of course, those were my thoughts decades ago, and today, I'm afraid it's a little outdated, you can take a look." Zong Kaitai said with a smile: "Having said that, now that you are in charge of the ruling party, it stands to reason that you should also have a bit of governance philosophy, so I might as well test you, what do you think of the bureaucracy that is prevalent in the country now?" ”

Chen Mingyuan quietly put the book on his lap, pondered for a moment, raised his head and replied: "Since the chairman is exquisite, the younger generation can only dare to talk about the experience of the snack, to put it concisely, bureaucracy, in fact, is a prominent reflection of the official-oriented thinking, especially in a country like ours with a long feudal society, the influence of feudalism and other exploiting classes has existed for a long time, and it must always be manifested in various forms. ”

Zong Kaitai seemed to be a little interested, and asked, "Then what means do you think should be used to cure this malpractice?" ”

"Difficult!" Chen Mingyuan said without hesitation: "In fact, to put an end to the emergence and growth of bureaucracy, this has long been an old saying, which is nothing more than to solve the problems of excessive concentration of power, improving the legal system and regulations, and improving the cadre appointment and evaluation system, but to fundamentally eliminate it is tantamount to a fantasy, at least in the current stage of the domestic environment and the external environment, it is impossible to improve it for a long time, and once the reform means are too radical, it will be counterproductive, and Wang Anshi's reform of the Song Dynasty is a typical example. ”

Zong Kaitai's eyes became sharper and sharper, and he said, "Then do you think that if you want to cure this stubborn disease from the root, where does the biggest obstacle come from?" ”

Chen Mingyuan was silent for a while, and said with an apologetic smile: "The problem here is too complicated, and the younger generation has not been able to understand it for the time being...... In fact, the biggest obstacle is that everyone knows it, in this official-based country, it is the vested interest groups that cover the sky and the sun that are rooted in the soil of bureaucratic power!"

If we want to put an end to bureaucracy, we must crack down on the power of these vested interest groups at the root, but Chen Mingyuan can't say these words, especially in front of this factional boss!

Zong Kaitai obviously also saw Chen Mingyuan's concerns, but he smiled tacitly, and did not mean to get to the bottom of it.

Immediately, he glanced at his watch, picked up the teacup again, and showed the meaning of 'serving tea to guests', "It's not too early, there are still some affairs to be dealt with in the morning, so I won't keep you more." ”

Chen Mingyuan hurriedly got up and saluted, and then said goodbye and left.

Zong Kaitai watched his back disappear into the corridor, picked up the freshly brewed tea and took a sip, and said casually: "What do you think of this person?" ”

Lu Chenyang took a step forward very consciously, and whispered behind him: "It's similar to the evaluation of the outside world, he is young, but he is quite good at practicing qi kung fu, although when he talks, his mentality fluctuates a little, but he can control it very well, and it can be seen that his temperament is very tenacious." ”

Zong Kaitai's thick eyebrows were raised, and he said, "How does it compare to Kou Beiyan?" ”

"It can be regarded as having its own merits and a moment of brightness." Lu Chenyang quickly gave an evaluation, hesitated for a moment, and added: "But in my opinion, when he reaches Kou Beiyan's age, his achievements and abilities should be slightly better." ”

"Slightly better?" A playful smile appeared on the corner of Zong Kaitai's mouth, and he said lightly: "Give this kid a few more years, I'm afraid that even Kou Beiyan will have to be suppressed by him, this kind of person seems to be unbearable, but he often has rapid stamina, once he crosses the threshold at the county level, it is really a sky high and the sea is wide for the bird to fly, and now he has the Mu family as his backing, it is no wonder that the kid in Beiyan has a sense of crisis now, and is anxious to secretly push others to stop him." ”

Lu Chenyang's expression was dazed, and he said respectfully: "Chairman Gao Jian...... Do you need to remind Kou Beiyan and let him stop in moderation? ”

Zong Kaitai waved his hand, put down the teacup, and said: "Let them fight, whether it is a dragon or a tiger, you have to go through some ups and downs to see it...... Besides, this young man may not be of use to us, we have to try to use him on the one hand, but we must always remember to prevent him from being a family of his own! ”

Seeing the cold glint in Zong Kaitai's eyes, Lu Chenyang was silent for a while, and at the same time a little confused, just now he saw the communication between the two in his eyes, in addition to observing Chen Mingyuan's mental temperament, it was still difficult to see Chen Mingyuan's political orientation, so he couldn't help but wonder how Zong Kaitai could see it from a few sentences.

Although Lu Chenyang has been working in the center of the country all the year round, in terms of eyesight, he is still far inferior to the national leader of this level, but his intuition tells him that this grandson of the Zhonghai Chen family is likely to set off a lot of waves for the country in the future.

Leaving Ziqin Garden, Chen Mingyuan went straight into the car of the Beijing Office, thinking back to the conversation just now, his face was solemn.

Although he tried very hard to hide his political thinking and skillfully avoided Zong Kaitai's 'questioning', he understood that with Zong Kaitai's understanding of his own investigation and the conversation just now, some of his characteristics were still noticed by him.

After all, it is simply unrealistic to want to get through in front of this leader of the country!

Anyway, as his local policies gradually show their effects, sooner or later his political ideas will be known to the world, these ideas are destined to be incompatible with many aspects of the Zhonghai system, as the boss of the faction, Zong Kaitai will not include himself in the inner circle to cultivate and support!

It took more than ten years for the Zhonghai faction to stand at the pinnacle of China, and the interest groups surrounding the faction could not allow anyone to overthrow this hard-won pattern!

Suddenly, he remembered the old man's previous reminder, presumably the old man also knew a long time ago that his political ideas would not be accepted by the faction, as long as he did not change his ideas, as his career progressed, the faction's support for him would decline day by day, and even regarded himself as an 'outlier'!

Now that the old man is still alive, even if He Xiangdong and Zong Kaitai are clear, they probably won't have any complaints, but once the old man is gone, the consequences will be difficult to say.

The various failures of the family in the previous life are still vividly remembered!

When Chen Mingyuan got out of the car, he found that there was a car parked in the shadow at the entrance of the Beijing Office, the car was turned off, and there was a big banyan tree to cover it, and it was not very real, but when he stepped up the steps, Chen Mingyuan found that the car was shaken, but he didn't care too much.

Just as he was about to turn around and step in, with the movement of the car door, someone shouted 'County Magistrate Chen'!

"County Magistrate Chen, please stay!" A figure slowly walked out of the shadow of the big banyan tree, and it was Qiu Kexin!

This kid is really here!

Chen Mingyuan's sword eyebrows frowned, and he teased: "It turned out to be Qiu Gongzi, why, also come to our Ruining Office in Beijing to try local specialties?" ”

Qiu Kexin knew that he didn't welcome him, but he didn't care, took two steps closer, and said in a low voice: "County Magistrate Chen, I've been waiting here all morning. ”

It's a child of a family, and he has put his posture so low, and Chen Mingyuan is not good at refusing people thousands of miles away, and said lightly: "It's a guest, Qiu Gongzi has been waiting at the door for most of the day, so let's come in and have a cup of tea." "I want to see what this kid is up to!