The Embassy of the Republic of China in Myanmar is located in the Embassy District on Yangon's Boulevard, an old town that is an exotic city, flanked by large Burmese-style houses flanked by wooden structures that are mottled with wood, reminiscent of Yangon's colonial past, and contrasted with some magnificent century-old buildings, some of which still retain the Victorian and Edwardian styles of the British rule, while the craftsmen have incorporated some Indian and Burmese architectural features to create a wonderful and unique mixture.

From afar, you can see the majestic Shwedagon Pagoda on the Sinddaya Hill, the commanding height of the city, which is regarded by the Burmese as a sacred place of Buddhism and the pride of the nation, and at the same time, Yangon, is a symbolic landscape of Myanmar.

However, the whole city gives Lu Zheng the feeling that it is dirty and messy, on the street, children in unclothed clothes are playing, there is almost no concept of traffic rules, and they may even rush out of front of your car at any time, and there are motorcycles that seem to be rotten and will disperse at any time, and they will suddenly pass by you, and they are often crowded with people, as if they have seen funny pictures before.

The whole of Yangon, most of the area, is very much like a noisy wet market, completely devoid of the solemnity and prosperity of the national capital, even Chinatown and India Street, all kinds of stalls and food stalls are piled up in the streets, as if you have arrived at a market in a mainland town.

It is only in a few busy streets that the feeling of a city arises.

The embassy area is one of the most modern areas in Yangon, where many embassies are stationed, including the Chinese Pavilion, which is a complex of gardens and small buildings, and the main office building is a local hotel purchased to be renovated.

Lu Zheng met with the embassy staff and visited various offices, and that evening, Yang Chengye, the ambassador of the Republic of China to Burma, and his wife held a banquet at the ambassador's residence to greet Lu Zheng.

In the splendid banquet hall of the ambassador's residence, Lu Zheng received the warmest reception, and the banquet was staggered, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

The ambassador's residence is in the embassy area, very close to the Chinese Pavilion, the ambassador has a separate residence for the international practice, the residence is the residence of the ambassador, but it is also the ambassador's workplace, the ambassador's office is usually in the embassy's office building, but the ambassador's residence is also an important place for the ambassador to carry out foreign activities. An important part of the ambassador's external work, i.e. part of the banquets and receptions, is often held at the residence. Holding a banquet at the official residence, or receiving some friends as guests, should be more cordial, so it is the preferred way of working in the diplomatic circles of various countries.

Lu Zheng, the minister counselor, needs to live in the embassy, but the conditions are also very good, the two-story wooden building, along the wooden bridge across a pool of clear water, the bedroom floor-to-ceiling windows open the dark yellow curtains, outside is the garden pond, the environment is particularly elegant, exotic colors are rich.

Leading Lu Zheng to visit the bedroom was Huo Yakun, director of the embassy office (counselor of the administrative office), and said with a smile: "Minister Lu, if you are not satisfied, you can also change it." ”

Lu Zheng bowed his head slightly and said, "It's good, it's hard work Director Huo." ”

"Alright, you've been on a long journey, call me if you need anything." Back in the living room, Huo Yakun immediately left.

Lu Zheng was accompanied by Wang Binbin, Counselor of the Economic and Commercial Office, Du Xiaohu of the Internal Service, and Lin Hanshen, Counselor of the Consular Department.

Lin Han thought about it deeply, and then said that he asked the leader to rest well and waited for polite words, and then avoided it, leaving Lu Zheng, Wang Guest and Du Xiaohu in the living room.

Lu Zheng smiled: "How is it?" You've been here for a few days, how does your new environment feel? I'm sorry to say that Haode is going to get you all abroad. ”

Wang Guest hurriedly said: "Secretary, don't say that. Wang never imagined that he would one day join the ministry, and now he has become a diplomat, and the work of the business office is relatively independent, and he is even ready to move out of the embassy office building to find a separate office location. And he was originally just a ministry in a poor county in the north.

Thinking about the turmoil set off by the old leader in southern Yunnan, Wang Guest was also full of emotion, and between advance and retreat, it was like a world away.

Du Xiaohu said: "It's better than in China, in China, and now stay in the heart." ”

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Then we have to do something, not to come out to hide and be idle, and wait for me to get started, just as busy." By the way, Huzi, I'll tell Huo Yakun when I go back, you can be my ...... for the time being, secretary. "I wanted to call Du Xiaohu to be the driver, but after thinking about it, if the driver is a driver, he must use local employees.

There are two kinds of embassy staff, one is diplomats, the other is ordinary staff, diplomats range from ambassadors, ministers to counselors, first secretaries, second secretaries, third secretaries, attachés, etc.; Ordinary staff are administrative and local employees, such as office heads in charge of administrative management, financial accountants, translators, personal secretaries, document clerks, data clerks, typists, stenographers, assistants, buyers, correspondents, drivers, mechanics, cleaners, waiters, cooks, florists, etc., as well as telegraph operators and telegraphers who are responsible for confidential communications and liaison with the country. These staff members do not belong to the diplomat family and are generally not responsible for the diplomatic mission of the country, but they play a very important role in the normal operation of the embassy and the working life of the entire staff.

These administrative and jishu staff generally do not hold diplomatic passports, so sometimes they are not accorded the privileges and diplomatic immunities enjoyed by ordinary diplomats in the host country. Some of the administrative staff must be dispatched from the country, such as office clerks, accountants, document managers, translators, etc., because their work involves the confidential part of the embassy's work, while other positions, which require familiarity with the local language and environment, such as drivers, procurement, etc., are mostly hired by the local employees.

Since last year, the Republic has begun to attach importance to its relations with its neighbors in Southeast Asia, especially Myanmar, whose geographical location is extremely important, and this has begun to supplement the diplomatic liliang of the embassy, but it is still not the same as the embassy of the Republic in developed countries.

For example, Lu Zheng, the minister counselor, is in charge of the Political Department, assumes the duties of political counselor, and is also in charge of the consular department and foreign trade and economy, and the duo composed of Ambassador Yang Chengye leads the operation of the entire embassy; if Ambassador Yang Chengye leaves Burma, whether on vacation or returns to China to report on his work, Lu Zheng will automatically become the chargé d'affaires ad temporary, and will be fully responsible for the diplomatic affairs of the Republic and Burma.

Sipping tea, Lu Zheng said to Wang Guest and Du Xiaohu: "In short, we have to make some achievements, and we must have a good relationship with the old comrades of the embassy, and don't let people see us as a Gang of Three." ”

Wang and Du Xiaohu both smiled and nodded.

The embassy office building is a particularly gorgeous four-storey building, and the roof of the building is in the shape of the cornices of the oriental ancient charm, which looks dignified and simple.

Lu Zheng's office is on the third floor, and the Political Office he is in charge of can be said to be the core department of the entire embassy, and the Political Office has four main functions: first, to collect intelligence and make accurate and reliable reports to China in a timely manner; The second is to establish friendly relations with the relevant parties in the host country; The third is to publicize to the outside world, to publicize the political, economic, cultural, social, diplomatic, historical and other aspects of the country's national conditions to the government and people of the host country, and strive to enhance the host country's understanding of the country; Fourth, it is necessary to handle all kinds of cases and handle all kinds of things

For embassies of various countries stationed abroad, it is undoubtedly the most important task in their investigation and research work to understand the development of the political situation in the host country and to estimate and predict possible changes in the political situation.

Now that Myanmar is about to hold a general election, the Embassy's Political Section is also busy, collecting and analyzing various data in order to produce the most accurate results and provide forecasts for domestic policymakers.

The Cultural Section of the Embassy is headed by a First Secretary and is responsible for cultural exchanges, but in the Political Office, there are two First Secretaries as deputies, which also shows the importance of the Political Office.

One of the two deputy directors of the Political Department with the rank of first-class secretary is surnamed Chen, named Chen Tongda, an old diplomat in his early fifties, with gray hair, when he met Lu Zheng for the first time yesterday, he had some old qualifications, and it is also true that he did not know Lu Zheng's past, he only felt that an airborne soldier suddenly came, and he had never worked on the diplomatic front, so he was appointed as a minister counselor, and he was a hairy boy.

The other deputy director, surnamed Zhu, is called Zhu Qiong, as his name suggests, gentle and generous, a beautiful young woman, according to rumors, the young wife of a certain deputy minister of the ministry.

This news was naturally revealed to Lu Zheng in Lin Hanshen's words.

Before Lu Zheng met with Chen Tongda and Zhu Qiong, the two deputy directors, he first paged Bai Su'e, and planned to take her to play in Yangon when she flew to Myanmar again. Originally, there was a chance yesterday, Bai Su'e's crew would stay in Myanmar for one night and fly back to China this morning, but Lu Zheng had just come into contact with diplomatic work, and Lu Zheng had no time to take care of her.

Without waiting for Bai Su'e to call back, Chen Tongda and Zhu Qiong came to Lu Zheng's office.

Chen Tongda and Zhu Qiong, one is already in the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and the other may not be yet thirty years old, but they are both first-class secretaries at the deputy department level, the two naturally have different mentalities, Lu Zheng heard Lin Hanshen mention that Zhu Qiong was transferred later, Chen Tongda taught a lesson in front of Zhu Qiong all day long, and Zhu Qiong was still able to give in at first, but gradually, he became disgusted, and after a few quarrels, the two are now quite incompatible, and the contradictions are almost irreconcilable, which is already the political department of the embassy, and everyone knows the secret.

When she came to Lu Zheng's office, Zhu Qiong behaved quite politely, seeing that Lu Zheng's teacup was empty, she took the initiative to lift the thermos and pour a glass of water for Lu Zheng, but Chen Tongda came in and lit a cigarette, regardless of whether Lu Zheng, the new minister, smoked or not, he looked like he didn't care.

Lu Zheng also knew in her heart that if what Lin Hanshen said was true, Zhu Qiong was really a continuation of a high-ranking official in the ministry, then she should know her background, after all, the ministry is much better informed than the local.

As for Chen Tongda, in fact, he knows that he doesn't know his origins, and he doesn't care too much about the old man, he will retire soon, this kind of old qualification is in the ministry, if he is stubborn, he often becomes a stone in the pit, and the most headache for a leader is to encounter such a subordinate.