After accompanying General Naishan, head of the Burmese delegation, on a tour of the Great Wall, Lu Zheng received a summons from Minister Xu's secretary, and then was taken into the office building of the Central Organization Department on Xidan North Street by the car sent by Minister Xu.

The dusty office building is daunting, because it is a symbol of the organizational power exercised by the Central Committee, the party's highest authority.

Minister Xu's office is quaint and has a sense of tranquility.

Minister Xu motioned to Lu Zheng to drink tea, smiled and said: "The matter in southern Yunnan is coming to an end, you can't always stay like this in Beijing, I heard Minister Qiu say that he is very satisfied with your work performance during this time, he hopes to keep you, no longer in southern Yunnan, you can also work in other departments, he said that you have established a good relationship with many ethnic armed forces in northern Myanmar, and it is difficult to find a suitable person to take over for a while, you stay in the Asian Division or the Foreign Aid Department of the Ministry, and you can also continue to deal with the armed forces in northern Myanmar. Consolidate this kind of good relationship and change people frequently, and the previous work will be useless. Well, that's what Lao Qiu meant. ”

Lu Zheng bowed slightly, thinking about it, but did not squeak.

Minister Xu said: "Secretary Lu, I hope you go abroad, in this way, many things are easier to downplay, and the diplomatic front, if you do a brilliant job, there are more opportunities for promotion, what about you, you have always been good at dealing with the outside world, I personally, I am also more inclined to Secretary Lu's opinion." ”

Lu Zheng nodded silently.

Minister Xu flipped through the letter on the case and said: "I have talked to Foreign Minister Liu about your problem, and he is a little impatient, but he prefers that you can go to Myanmar, where there happens to be a vacancy for the post of minister. He believes that the good relations you have established with the armed forces in northern Myanmar will also enable you to have more cards in handling Sino-Burmese relations, and you are also very familiar with the actual situation there, so you are the most suitable person. Now that Myanmar is about to hold a general election, whether the junta will relinquish power or not is a question, and Minister Liu hopes that you will work for us to normalize relations with Myanmar and other Southeast Asian countries. ”

Lu Zheng was slightly stunned, but he didn't want the leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to have such an opinion, and it is no wonder that the entire foreign aid work actually has a foreign affairs leading group at the central level, and the main leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation are all members of the group, so the leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are also very clear about their work in southern Yunnan.

Minister Xu said: "Of course, Minister Liu said that it is also a good choice for you to go to the Federal Republic of Germany, but it is mainly up to you. ”

Lu Zheng thought for a while and said: "I hope to go to Myanmar to work, just like Minister Liu said, this position is more suitable for me, otherwise, what I did in southern Yunnan a few months ago has become useless." Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and it is still up to the organization. ”

Minister Xu smiled and said, "Zhengzi, you are unexpectedly mature, good, very good." Don't blame you wherever you go, the leaders appreciate you. "To be honest, in terms of work performance, Lu Zheng's several leaders have not praised him, but they are just ......

Minister Xu sighed softly in his heart.

Ten days later, when the news of the shuanggui detention of Qin Liangxing, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, came from southern Yunnan, Lu Zheng boarded a plane to Yangon, the capital of Myanmar.

At this time, Lu Zheng had been appointed as Minister Counsellor (deputy director-general) of the Embassy of the Republic in Myanmar, in charge of the consular department of the embassy, coordinating economy, trade and commerce, etc.

In fact, most of the ambassadors of the Republic of China to Southeast Asian countries are at the level of deputy director-generals, and even a few countries are at the level of director-generals, and the ambassador plenipotentiary to Myanmar is at the level of deputy director-general, and Lu Zheng, the minister at the deputy director-general level, is considered to be a high match.

At present, there is only one international route from China to Myanmar, which takes off from Beijing, stops in Nanzhou, and then flies to Yangon, that is, stops in Nanzhou, the capital of southern Yunnan Province, to refuel the plane and board passengers from Nanzhou to Myanmar.

Lu Zheng sat in the first class, and he was accompanied by Lin Hanshen, counselor of the consular department of the embassy in Myanmar.

In fact, although the Economic and Commercial Office works in the embassy and belongs to the leadership of the embassy in a certain sense, it belongs to the foreign economic and commercial institutions of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and its offices are subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.

In addition to Wang Guest, Du Xiaohu was also sent to the embassy in Myanmar as an internal staff, and the two had flown over a few days ago.

These two people were brought to southern Yunnan by themselves, and they stabbed the hornet's nest and left, so they could not be left to bear the possible revenge.

Of course, the leaders of the ministries and commissions also understand this, of course, the leaders mentioned here refer to the actual operators such as Duan Zhongyuan, Wang Guest and Du Xiaohu, a department-level ministry, and an internal office, and their transfer will not alarm the big leaders at all.

Lin Hanshen, counselor of the consular department, is about forty years old, wears glasses, and has an elegant attitude, but he takes care of Lu Zheng, the top boss, and even faintly flattering.

The first-class cabin is very spacious, and there are only two passengers, Lu Zheng and Lin Hanshen.

Nowadays, the income of Chinese people is not high, and most of the people who go to Myanmar to do business are small businesses, and the passengers who are willing to spend money to take first class are very rare

In fact, the plane flying to Yangon is not big, it is a two-class layout, and the so-called first-class cabin is only the standard of business class according to the standard of foreign flights, but when selling tickets, the airline sells tickets according to the first-class price.

The air ticket was booked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and although Lu Zheng felt that it was better to spend taxpayers' money in economy class, he could only passively accept it.

After getting on the plane, Lu Zheng put on an eye patch and closed his eyes and leaned on the seat to recuperate, and a flight attendant lady came to his side and leaned over and asked, "Mr. Lu, do you want a drink?" Lu Zheng shook his head slightly.

If you are in economy class, the flight attendant will not deliberately remember the surname of the guest in a certain seat.

Thinking about the things in Myanmar, Lu Zheng gradually became obsessed.

Now that Myanmar is about to hold a general election, the result is known, the Pakatan Coalition Party won, but the junta refuses to hand over power, and for this, because of its poor human rights record, the Myanmar military junta has been strongly sanctioned by the West, and at the same time, it has the support of countries such as the Republic and India.

For this reason, the republic has also been criticized by Western countries for supporting the Burmese dictatorship, but in fact, from the perspective of international politics, there is no country with a lofty concept of serving all mankind, such as the United States, which is conducive to its geopolitics, and it supports many dictatorships or violent organizations, and even Iraq and some terrorist organizations that later rebelled, were strongly supported by the Americans because of geopolitics and even cultivated by them.

The social structure of the United States is civilized, and to some extent, it is also appreciated, but if you think that Americans will consider the interests of all Chinese, it is very wrong, the US government is for the American people.

Because of the strategic environment, the republic sometimes seems helpless to support several dictatorships around it, but there is nothing wrong with it from the perspective of national stability and political stability, and the priority of international politics has always been the interests of the country, regardless of the political form, which is an unbreakable truth.

For example, the Burmese military junta has more support for it than the republic, but Western countries tend to downplay it, just because India is a democratic country, so the media criticize it even if it is a big thing, and when it comes to the close relationship between the republic and the Burmese junta, it is as excited as a chicken blood.

If you go to Burma, how should you deal with the relationship between the Republic and the Burmese military junta?

The geographical location of Myanmar is extremely important to the Republic, because if friendly relations with Myanmar are maintained, then there will be one more option for China's energy artery in the future, and it will not have to rely entirely on Malacca, because the Malacca sea channel is narrow, and the US fleet can block it if it really wants to.

Now that the armed forces in northern Myanmar have implemented a truce with the government and implemented SAR autonomy, and the relationship between the Burmese military junta and the Republic is gradually warming, General Naishan's visit to China should be in the hope that when the general election is approaching, his military Shili will gain some degree of support from his powerful neighbor in the north.

In fact, in Southeast Asia, the republic has not much choice, Southeast Asian countries, many are members of ASEAN, when ASEAN was established, it was to fight against the red China and the United States with the help of the establishment of an alliance, although later gradually evolved into an economy, but now, has followed the United States behind the imposition of sanctions on China.

Vietnam, a communist country and not a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has been clashing with the republic on the border for years, and it is only recently that high-level discussions have begun on the possibility of normalizing relations

Then, Cambodia was invaded by Vietnam, and the war between China and Vietnam, the only people who clearly expressed support for China were the Cambodian government-in-exile, the United States and other Western countries.

There is also Laos, a satellite country of Vietnam, where the children of high-ranking officials mostly go to Vietnam to study.

And so on, so there are not many cards to play in the land of southern Xinjiang.

When I went to Nanyang this time, I had to do something.

I was pondering, but in my ears, I heard the voice of a girl talking in front of me.

Through the curtain of the first-class cabin, it should be the flight attendant who was resting in the flight attendant seat chatting, the two spoke very quietly, and they would not be heard by the first-class guests, but Lu Zheng's ears were sensitive and he could hear clearly, the main reason was that one of the girls spoke very familiarly, so he would listen attentively.

"The old witch is deducting the military salary again?" It's another girl talking.

The girl with a familiar voice snorted.

The other girl was a little angry and said, "Why is she always like this? Aren't students human? The crew temporarily added people, and they took your share of food and made you hungry, which is too unreasonable. ”

The girl with the familiar voice didn't squeak.

"Xiao'e, you can't be so honest, the more honest she is, the more she bullies you, and that cross-eyed, squinting when he looks at you all day long, if he wants me, he will be pumped early."

When Lu Zheng heard this, he could already be sure that the girl he thought was familiar with the voice was Bai Su'e, but he hadn't seen her for a long time.

Wei Xiangxiu has always been in contact with her, I heard that she came, and started the internship period at the end of last year, and I heard that Osan Airlines had reached an agreement with Air China, and their group of flight attendant students temporarily entered Air China to study, and they can follow the international route to learn, which is to fly to a small Southeast Asian country like Myanmar, which also shows that Bai Su'e's qualifications have been recognized.

But it sounds like she's often bullied.

Lu Zheng wanted to press the light to call people, but after thinking about it, he stood up, walked two steps, and opened the curtain in front of the first class cabin, but no, on the seat of the flight attendant, there was a young flight attendant lady, and the girl standing next to her and chatting with her in a low voice, the charming little face was not Bai Su'e, the exquisite royal blue flight attendant uniform skirt, wrapped around her soft figure, black stockings and slender legs, which was not so attractive.

Lu Zheng smiled: "Xiao'e, it's really you." ”

Bai Su'e was stunned, obviously she didn't expect to meet Lu Zheng on this flight, she was a flight attendant student, serving economy class, and she didn't pay attention to the first-class guests when she traveled through the first-class cabin, not to mention that Lu Zheng was resting with an eye patch, she was afraid that she wouldn't have thought that the first-class passenger would be Lu Zheng when she saw it.

The seated stewardess had already hurriedly stood up and asked, "Mr. Lu, is there anything I can do to help you?" She was a flight attendant serving the first class, but when she heard Lu Zheng call Bai Su'e's name, she knew that it was someone Bai Su'e knew.

"Uncle, are you going to Burma?" Bai Su'e smiled reluctantly.

Lu Zheng can see that Xiao Nizi's internship life does not seem to be as good as she imagined.

In fact, the domestic flight attendant profession is too sacred, a few years ago, the flight attendant commission was a good job, and now it is good, but with the increase of airlines, the employment situation is severe, and the flight attendant is just a profession that is more than enough than the top, speaking of which, it is just a waiter on the plane.

And Lu Zheng knows that unlike Xiaoshuang, who is naturally arrogant, Xiao'e, a little girl, from the bottom of her heart, because she was born in the countryside and her family is poor, she is very inferior, and in the face of this snobbish flowery shijie, she is afraid of being bullied, and she doesn't dare to speak up.

Lu Zheng said to the stewardess serving the first-class cabin: "Bring me a lunch." Then he said to Bai Su'e: "Come here, talk to me." ”

Bai Su'e followed Lu Zheng into the first-class cabin, Lu Zheng sat down and motioned for her to sit beside her, Bai Su'e shook her head busily and said, "Uncle, give me a contact number, I have time to see you, now that I am on duty, I can't accompany you for too long." ”

Lu Zheng smiled: "It's okay, you just sit." ”

Although she heard that her uncle's official was removed, in Bai Su'e's heart, Lu Zheng's words could not be disobeyed, so she had no choice but to sit on the seat next to Lu Zheng with a bitter face, but she was worried and looked around, for fear of being seen by her colleagues.

As soon as the curtain in front of her was drawn, Bai Su'e stood up reflexively, but it was her friend who was quite chatty and brought Lu Zheng a meal and fruit dessert.

Lu Zheng motioned to the stewardess to put everything on the table where Bai Su'e was sitting just now, and said to Bai Su'e: "Okay, you eat something first, and we'll talk when we're done." ”

Bai Su'e hurriedly shook her head, not daring to violate the work discipline of flight attendants, but it was not good to disobey Lu Zheng's words, she was a little anxious and turned to tears.

The friend next to her hurriedly said: "Mr. Lu, I'm sorry, Xiao'e is on duty, according to the regulations, she can't rest in the cabin seat, let alone eat with the guests." ”

Lu Zheng said: "You are like this, call your purser, just now you called her an old witch, you call her, I have something to say to her." ”

The little stewardess was startled, her face turned white, and she stammered, "Sir, you, we didn't talk about her." ”

Only then did Bai Su'e know that she was chatting with a friend and was heard by Uncle Lu, she lowered her head and didn't dare to say anything.

Lu Zheng said to the little flight attendant: "Go, it's okay, I won't mention the content of your chat with her." ”

The little stewardess said, "But if you have any problems, I can help you solve them......

On the side, Lin Han glared deeply and said, "If you are told to go, our leader can't meet your purser if he wants to?" Not to mention the purser, it's your Air China President Wang, what's wrong? Seeing our leader, I have to call my uncle

Lu Zheng only smiled bitterly, obviously, this Counselor Lin is not an ordinary person, no wonder he is like this to himself, it turns out that his bottom line is clear. Mr. Wang of Air China, indeed beating around the bush, and his grandfather can get a little bit of a good relative, and he always sticks it up himself, many people outside really think that he has a close relationship with his grandfather's family, Counselor Lin, obviously belongs to the kind of person who hearsay.

The little stewardess didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly said, "Then you two wait a minute." "Turn around and walk away quickly.

The purser rested in the flight attendant lounge in the front cabin, and within two minutes, he hurried to follow the little flight attendant, she was a young woman in her thirties, but she was very beautiful, and she heard that the only two passengers in the first class wanted to see her, so she hurried over.

Lu Zheng smiled and shook hands with her, and Lin Hanshen lost no time in introducing on the side: "Our leader is the minister of the embassy in Myanmar. ”

The purser was immediately in awe, his attitude was even more humble, and then Lin Hanshen added: "Minister Lu is also Han Shuai's own grandson, and you Wang always have to respectfully call Uncle Lu when he sees Minister Lu." ”

The purser's head buzzed, a member of the Han family, and Han Shuai's grandson? I flew for seven or eight years, but it was also the first time I saw a big man in the red wall.

Holding Lu Zheng's hand trembled a little, the purser's face was slightly red with excitement, and said, "Hello, Minister Lu, I am very happy to serve you." ”

Lu Zheng glanced at Lin Hanshen, obviously Lin Hanshen still didn't understand his temperament, but according to his past experience, he promoted the leader infinitely, but when he did this, it was convenient to deal with many things.

Lu Zheng smiled and said to the purser: "Actually, it's nothing, just this kid." Pointing at Bai Su'e, he said: "She and I have a little kiss, I watched grow up, but for more than half a year, I have been outside, I haven't taken good care of her, it is rare to meet, I want to ask you for a leave, talk to her, I don't know if it will work." ”

The purser was stunned and stunned, Bai Su'e, isn't it a child from the countryside? How can there be such a relative, this, this is too big. Thinking of how Ping Su treated her again, the purser was immediately covered in white sweat, so frightened that he couldn't speak, and said repeatedly: "Okay, of course, of course, no problem." "Originally, I wanted to say a few words that our work is not unkind, and special care is given in special circumstances, but Zuihou didn't say anything, and after urgently asking Lu Zheng if he didn't have any other needs, he hurriedly walked out of the first-class cabin and didn't dare to show his face again.

Bai Su'e's friend, the little flight attendant was also a little dumbfounded, stunned for a while, and said, "Sir, I'm just outside, you call me for something." Seeing Lu Zheng nodding, he also walked out, but he couldn't figure it out, Xiao'e, how could there be an uncle of a diplomat, it seems that the official is quite big, it's too strange, I've never heard her say it, she has to say it earlier, who would dare to bully her in the crew?

As for Han Shuai, Mr. Wang's uncle or something, the little stewardess doesn't know who to talk about.

There were only three people left in the first-class cabin, and Lu Zheng said to Bai Su'e with a smile: "Okay, eat first, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it after eating." ”

Bai Su'e nodded obediently, her eyes were suddenly red.