Chapter 1928: Is it Considered Freemasonry?
Yes, there is no such precedent in the republic, and ...... Thinking that she had almost lowered the relationship with Alice Group and the Zhang family to the freezing point for this matter, Li Yumei instinctively put forward Zhang Lan's statement: Could it be that this kid is testing himself?
"It's different." Zhang Lan smiled faintly.
Different? What's the difference? Didn't they all go to that position on their own? Li Yumei was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Zhang Lan meant, "That's right, it's different, now it's the Zhang family and Alice Group who pushed themselves to that position, and before they wanted to go to that position." One is given to him by Alice Group and the Zhang family, and the other is what he wants to fight for to get rid of their control, which is naturally different.
Li Yumei nodded silently, and couldn't help but start to get excited: if she could really get to that point, then she would become the second woman to reach that position in 5,000 years...... For a woman, being able to walk to that position is almost dozens or hundreds of times more difficult than a man going to that position!
Counting the 5,000-year history of China, there is only one woman who has been able to come this far. In addition to this one, although there were many women before and after the identity of the harem to overview the government, but they were all blocked by a thin curtain, they will never have a chance to go to that highest position, and now, do they finally have such a chance to go to that position?
Is that location tempting? The answer, of course, is: yes! Otherwise, Li Yumei would not have done that thing before, but that incident could be regarded as a reminder to Li Yumei, so in addition to being excited, Li Yumei was a little hesitant, "But ......"
There are so many things in this "but": but what do you have to pay if you want to get to that position? What does the country need to do about it? How can we overcome the opposition of those stubborn old people and conservative forces, and successfully get to that position?
Don't look at yourself now that you seem to be less than two steps away from that seat, but counting the dynasties in history, there are still fewer people who have gone that far? But how many people can really sit in that seat in the end?
Zhang Lan understood what Li Yumei meant, thought about it, and did not directly answer Li Yumei's question, but asked rhetorically, "Of course, if it is just the current situation, the difficulty is indeed not small, but if I remember correctly, Zeng Qingzheng's life is not easy now, right?" ”
Of course, the life of the eldest prince is not good, from the beginning of the high-spirited situation to the current situation, it took less than two years, according to the existing situation, the hope of the eldest prince to reach the top is becoming more and more slim, anyway, the prince who has not succeeded in reaching the top throughout the ages has gone, in the cruel political struggle, this situation is really common.
Li Yumei nodded, and didn't understand why Zhang Lan suddenly asked this question for a while, but then, Li Yumei's eyes widened suddenly: Could it be that this kid wants to cooperate with Prince Zeng on this issue?
But is it possible? Li Yumei couldn't believe the result of her guess.
What's more, just now, Prince Zeng's chief guard also had a conflict with Zhang Lan, but Prince Zeng hopes to "cooperate" with the Zhang family and Alice Group in this tough way, doesn't this kid mind Fang Cai's affairs at all?
If this sentence had been proposed by someone else, Li Yumei would have smoked it with a big ear, but since this was proposed by Zhang Lan, Li Yumei couldn't help but think about it.
After thinking about it carefully, Li Yumei still wanted to confirm what Zhang Lan meant, "You mean, you want Zeng Qingzheng to take the initiative to give up that position?" But that's too hard, isn't it? ”
Zhang Lan nodded in agreement with Li Yumei's words, and then asked rhetorically, "Of course, it is difficult to let Zeng Qingzheng take the initiative to quit, but what if we support Zeng Qingzheng to go up for one term and replace him in the second session?" ”
Before that, you want to cooperate with Zeng Qingzheng? Support Zeng Qingzheng to come to power? Li Yumei was stunned for a moment, and then realized the true meaning of Zhang Lan's method: she formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Zeng Qingzheng, and exchanged her support for Zeng Qingzheng's coming to power, and after Zeng Qingzheng came to power, she helped herself to the position of the prince's successor, preparing for her ascent to the top five years later, and after five years, she would take over in a logical order. ,
Frowning and thinking about it, after a while, Li Yumei's brows widened, and she nodded, "Yes, if you operate like this, the possibility of success is indeed very high." ”
For Li Yumei, Zhang Lan's proposal is really a good choice.
First of all, the current situation that Zeng Qingzheng is facing is not good, and it can even be said to be bad. There are only three left-two of these three are wavering grass--I am afraid that even Zeng Qingzheng himself does not have too high hopes for them--In this situation, Zeng Qingzheng's defeat in next year's general election is almost a certainty, and everything he has done now is almost useless.
But Li Yumei understands that if Zeng Qingzheng gets her own support, then the whole situation will immediately change dramatically, and her own support is extremely important to Zeng Qingzheng, because it not only means the support of a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, but also the support of the Zhang family and Alice Group.
Although Zeng Qingzheng still has his own hardcore alliance among several giants, it is really a little less than the number of alliances owned by Brother Hu, and the most terrible thing is that the top four are not his supporters, seeing that his current situation has fully fallen into disadvantage, and next year is the time for the change, it is impossible to say that Zeng Qingzheng is not in a hurry, but what can he do in a hurry? In the eyes of others, perhaps everything Zeng Qingzheng is doing now is just a dying struggle and making himself as heroic as possible when he dies.
To some extent, his yes vote is even equivalent to four! At that time, Zeng Qingzheng can basically make a draw with them, and at that time, with Zeng Qingzheng's scheming and skill, the probability of successfully reaching the top is more than sixty percent!
Sixty percent is an absolutely high certainty for anyone who aspires to that position...... Zhu Chongba, the cow herder, is not sure at all, but in the end, he didn't get to that position?
And for the current Zeng Qingzheng, one of the most fatal wounds in his hands is: he does not hold military power in his hands! Grandpa Tai once said a wise saying: power comes out of the barrel of a gun; The ancients also said that the importance of holding the army to the political power: if you show your talents, you will not succeed in three years.
For Zeng Qingzheng, it is too fatal to have no military power in his hands, but if he can form an alliance with the Alice Group and the Zhang family, this situation can be alleviated to the greatest extent: although he still does not have military power in his hands, everyone knows that the voice of the Alice Group is definitely worth two group armies! If you really tear your face, this proportion will rise a little.
Now support Zeng Qingzheng to come to power, in exchange for Li Yumei's status as the prince, when Zeng Qingzheng has served a full term, Li Yumei came to power...... For Zeng Qingzheng, this deal is not a loss, in terms of his age, of course, he can do it for two terms, after all, Jiang Lao did it before, but with the consensus gradually reached at the central level, everyone no longer wants to see an 80-year-old man still on stage, for Zeng Qingzheng, after doing one term, he will step down decently and leave a good reputation of "Zen Rang", which is really cost-effective.
Of course, it doesn't matter if Zeng Qingzheng doesn't want to step down at that time, anyway, for Zhang Lan, he has many ways to get Zeng Qingzheng down. That's right, Zeng Qingzheng's scheming, skill, scheming and city government are all momentary heroes, but for Zhang Lan, there is no need for him to be entangled with Zeng Qingzheng in these aspects, and when the time comes, he will force Zeng Qingzheng to step down with his absolute strength advantage...... If at that time, the face is not good-looking, but he has Qingzheng, and a famous sentence is "If the conspiracy can bring down the elephant, then what do you need to shoot the rifle for".
After thinking about it carefully, no matter how you calculate it, this is a very good deal, and I can't think of any reason why Zeng Qingzheng disagrees with the alliance, but Li Yumei still has a question: "What if he doesn't agree?" Or does he say yes now, what if he doesn't fulfill his promise in the future? ”
"Don't worry about this," Zhang Lan said confidently and confidently, "Do you think he will have the capital to disagree by then?" ”,
Li Yumei was relieved, with Zhang Lan's words, it was the highest guarantee that Jiang Zi could go.
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Zeng Qingzheng looked at the letter in front of him, his face changed several times, and after a long time, he slowly put the letter on the table, but he didn't say a word.
The content of the letter is very simple, but the identity of the person who wrote the letter is not simple: Li Yumei, the only woman in the Big Nine.
In the letter, Li Yumei politely said that her godson Zhang Lan and goddaughter Zhang Chenxi heard that Secretary Zeng was fond of root carving, and there were some strangely shaped root carving works at home, and they wanted to come to see it, and hoped that Secretary Zeng could receive it.
Of course, this is just a superficial statement, it can't be taken seriously at all, the double successors of the Zhang family and Alice Group, if you really like the root carving, what kind of root carving can't be found? This statement is nothing more than an excuse for myself to come to my own home, but ...... What exactly are they coming to for themselves?
This question is what really makes Zeng Qingzheng frown.
Zeng Qingzheng would never think that Zhang Lan was visiting him at this time to compromise and make concessions to him, since he could shoot without scruples during the day, and dare to sweep the face of Jiang Lao and Brother Hu one after another, then he would not take his old face as a thing. Slap yourself in the face first, and then apologize to yourself? Zeng Qingzheng wouldn't think that Zhang Lan was this kind of person.
So you're here to save face? Or give yourself a warning? It seems reasonable to say this, you can see Zeng Qingzheng's understanding of Zhang Lan, looking at this kid's previous work Brother Geng, you can understand that Zhang Lan, this kid, prefers to step on people in public, and if you want to step on people, you can go to other people's homes to step on people, this kind of thing has never been done before.
Since he didn't come to apologize to himself, nor did he come back to find a place, what did he come to visit him for at this time? But even though I thought about all the possibilities, I couldn't think of a reasonable explanation. The only thing that made Zeng Qingzheng feel a little relieved was that through this letter, he could also see that Zhang Lan was not here to trouble him, otherwise he would not be so polite.
It's good that you're not here to trouble yourself, sighed, Zeng Qingzheng understood that his current situation was actually no longer able to withstand too much tossing. Thinking about it now, this morning's approach is really a bit unwise, in any case, it was a very wrong decision to offend such an existence, and even now that I think about it, even Zeng Qingzheng himself feels ridiculous: How did he make such a ridiculous decision at that time?
But in any case, today's approach will definitely set up a bad impression on the Alice Group and the Zhang family.
Perhaps even Zeng Qingzheng himself did not realize that this overly drastic action taken today has already shown one point: the current situation is very serious, so severe that even Zeng Qingzheng has lost ground.
But...... Glancing at the letter on the table, Zeng Qingzheng took a deep breath, no matter what Zhang Lan came from, since they had already set up a battle, what else could he do? You can deal with it as you want, and no matter what, you can't weaken your own field.
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Li Yumei was a little surprised, she didn't expect Zeng Qingzheng to give a reply so quickly, and it was not a simple reply, but an invitation, the letter was only attached with the invitation, in his heart Zeng Qingzheng respectfully said, I heard that Zhang Lan Gongzi and Miss Zhang Chenxi love the art of root carving, I also have the same hobby, and there are several collected works at home, and I am willing to enjoy Yunyun with the two young ladies today......
Whether it is a letter or an invitation, it is written by Zeng Qingzheng himself, and in terms of Zeng Qingzheng's current position, it can be described as a very heavy etiquette, and it can be regarded as a full expression of Zeng Qingzheng's sincerity.
Zhang Lan was very satisfied with Zeng Qingzheng's approach, "Yes, since I know that things are inevitable, I simply welcome guests directly, at least in terms of momentum, this old man ......" said, nodded with a smile, "I really have to admire his mind and courage." ”
Xiao Chenxi nodded, this is true, Zeng Qingzheng, even if he is not a hero, but in any case, the praise of a "hero in the world" is worthy of it no matter what, and the people who can come this far, as expected, none of them are idle characters. ,
Zhang Lan touched her nose, in fact, when she first wrote this letter, she still had some bad thoughts: no matter what, he was frightened by Zeng Qingzheng, so it seems reasonable to scare him and get back a little face anyway, right? So Zhang Lan was actually looking forward to what kind of expression Zeng Qingzheng had on his face at that time, what he thought in his heart, and whether he regretted his reckless behavior today...... I believe that today's matter has already reached the ears of those who are qualified to know about it, and I think that those people's evaluation of Zeng Qingzheng will naturally be slightly lowered, right? Or will his allies be depressed by Zeng Qingzheng's reckless and unprovoked way of setting up an enemy for himself?
Zhang Lan also believes that when this letter is placed in front of her, the same content will be known to others...... Maybe it was Zeng Qingzheng himself who signaled people to spread the content...... After the little master and youngest daughter of the Zhang family were attacked by Zeng Qingzheng's chief guard during the day, they actually wanted to go to Zeng Qingzheng's house to admire the root carving regardless of their previous suspicions?
I don't know how many people's eyes will fall after knowing such news, right? It is estimated that they are already full of sorrow at this time: Ya, which one of these two bastards are singing?
Thinking that those human spirits would actually be full of sorrow because of their actions, Zhang Lan felt a sense of accomplishment after the prank was successful. But since this is the case, then you can't fall into your own name no matter what, and thought about it, "Since everyone has put on such a posture, then no matter what, bring a passable gift...... Well, I would like to express our sincerity in this cooperation. ”
Xiao Chenxi was a little unimpressed with Zhang Lan's approach, in her opinion, Zhang Lan's approach was completely superfluous: as long as this guy understood that he was supporting him to come to power in exchange for Li Yumei coming to power five years later, could he still disagree? But the problem is that Zhang Lan has done so much in one move, which is really incomprehensible.
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"Sixteen." On the way to Zeng Qingzheng's residence, Xiao Chenxi read out a number with an expressionless face: in a short sermon of 2 kilometers, Xiao Chenxi has found 16 people who came to monitor his whereabouts, it seems that yesterday's letter was quite good, and everyone who should know the news basically knows it.
Although most of the domestic political and military giants live in the three places of Yuquan Mountain, Zhongnanhai and Xishan Villa, these three places are still not places that people can walk to, even if Zeng Qingzheng and Li Yumei also live on the side of Yuquan Mountain, if you want to get to the villa where Zeng Qingzheng lives, you also need to take a car.
"It's only 16, not a lot." Zhang Lan glanced out of the car window, he didn't see anything anyway, and couldn't help but quipped to Xiao Chenxi, "It is estimated that among these sixteen groups of people, at most they only belong to the three or four forces, right?" ”
"Hmm." Xiao Chenxi nodded, and shook her head again: which side these people belong to, she really didn't accurately judge.
Zhang Lan didn't continue to speak, but gently patted a metal box beside him: As his sincerity, Zeng Qingzheng should have been very satisfied with this gift, right?