Until the door of the villa was completely opened in front of Xue Zhiguo and Li Donglei, Xue Zhiguo did not give a clear attitude.

Li Donglei smiled slightly, not disappointed, still looking unhurried, not arrogant or impatient.

He could understand Xue Zhiguo's silence.

The game between the royal family and the southwest, the former has touched Xue Zhiguo's bottom line, and his silence, even embarrassment, or even if he is rejected in the end, is something that the entire big faction of the Wang family expected.

Officialdom from top to bottom, or from bottom to top, in fact, is like this, up to the state, down to provinces and municipalities directly under the central government, prefecture-level cities, county seats, and even townships, are all organs of the party and government teams, the number one person grasps party affairs, is the secretary, the township head, the county head, the mayor, the provincial governor, and even the prime minister, is the second in command, in charge of economic construction, looking at problems from different angles, there will naturally be a certain degree of disagreement in work, the party and the government are separated, this is the slogan of the state, in fact, many times, the number one is accustomed to meddling in the work of the government.

And such a move is usually regarded by the main leaders of the government as a struggle for power, and this is an attempt to engage in dictatorship.

In the same way, the top leaders of the government also have the ambition to try to interfere in the work of party affairs, such as personnel transfers.

Meddling with each other ends in either happy cooperation or fighting.

Looking at the vast land of the Celestial Empire, a considerable part of the area is in the midst of this kind of struggle.

There is a clear system of separating the party and the government, with the leadership of the two sets of leading groups as the mainstay, supplemented by cooperation as the supplement, and the concept of giving priority to cooperation and supplemented by leadership, so as to establish a clearer and simpler cadre contingent, so as to better serve the country and the people.

Of course, this does not mean that the party committee and the government do not interfere with each other, but clearly stipulate some things that can and cannot be done, so as to better separate powers.

At least Xue Zhiguo knows very well that Li Donglei is already secretly preparing a plan, and intends to put it forward at next year's National People's Congress, if it goes further, it will choose a pilot area, and once it succeeds, it will be promoted nationwide.

Doing so will undoubtedly secretly increase the authority of the second-in-command, and even this plan may change the current political structure of the country.

And if this plan is successful, Li Donglei may become the most powerful prime minister since the founding of the Celestial Empire.

The party committee is in charge of the official's hat, and the government is in charge of the money bag.

Once this system is thoroughly defined, the authority of the number one leader will inevitably be weakened.

Everything will tend to a mode of exchange and cooperation.

In that case, if Li Donglei wants to seek a deputy minister or ministerial-level position with real power for the Wang family, then he must loosen the money bag in his hand and take out funds for Xue Zhiguo and the southwest faction behind him to support their projects and shape the political achievements they need.

And if the southwest side wants money, it must exchange it for a hard position.

Is it realistic?

Everything is shady?

Not at all.

This is one of the most important steps in making the game of the major factions simple and clear.

Bringing everything to the table and saying anything is at least much better than sitting and laughing and being busy with intrigue in private.

Such a simple exchange saves time and effort, and allows comrades to concentrate on their work.

General Secretary Xue Zhiguo naturally understands the benefits of this plan, and even this plan, not only for the royal family, but also for the southwest, is a standard win-win situation, once this plan is passed, the two factions will greatly increase their right to speak.

But the most important thing is that this plan does not do him the slightest benefit in increasing his own voice, on the contrary, it will weaken somewhat.

Putting a strong partner by your side is enough to make any person on top uncomfortable.

Li Donglei was not in a hurry, smiling and quietly waiting for the answer.

The door of the villa in front of the two opened, and Zhou Shengping, the person in charge of the 'Liu Office', walked quickly to the two of them, shook hands with the two giants, and chuckled: "General Secretary, Secretary Li, the chairman is waiting for the two of you at home, please come with me." ”

Xue Zhiguo smiled and nodded.

"Thank you Director Zhou."

Li Donglei smiled lightly, the person in charge of the chairman's office generally concurrently holds the post of deputy director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and the latter's position is only a symbolic meaning, mainly so that he can better assist the chairman's work, and the person in charge of the premier's office is the same, basically in the name of the General Office of the State Council.

Zhou Shengping's smile was very friendly, his eyes quietly glanced at Li Donglei's bandaged left shoulder with a plaster, his eyes narrowed, and he led the way ahead with a smile.

Li Donglei followed calmly.

When he was about to enter the door, he suddenly glanced at Xue Zhiguo.

The corners of Xue Zhiguo's eyes twitched slightly, and he finally gritted his teeth and nodded slightly.

Although he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he had to admit that Li Donglei's plan was very bold and courageous, and making the game transparent to all parties was undoubtedly a very big progress.

Li Donglei nodded slightly, stepped over, and stepped into the villa.

is just this step, and directly out of a number two person who will be extremely strong in the Celestial Empire in the next ten years.

As soon as he entered the hall, Xue Zhi's heart immediately sobered up for his statement just now.

Because Chairman Liu is not the only one sitting in the hall.

Sitting side by side with him, there is also Sun Lao!

Sun Lao has a very high prestige in today's military and political circles, and it is no exaggeration to say that as long as he does not close his eyes for a day, he has an influence on the Celestial Empire that no one dares to ignore.

Some of the people he promoted during his reign are still in extremely important positions, especially in the military.

After the change of the government of Mr. Sun, Mr. Liu did not take over the military power in Mr. Sun's hands, and in the position of chairman of the Military Commission, Mr. Sun did it himself.

It is precisely this session that has shaped a real military soul faction.

One by one, the military officers who stood up to the sky and the earth grew rapidly in those five years.

Chen Zhengxian, Chen Zhengfeng, Chen Zhengde.

If it weren't for Sun Lao, the current Chen triumvirate would definitely not have such a deterrent effect as it is now.

It was Sun Lao who single-handedly shaped and promoted the Chen system.

So strictly speaking, Sun Lao should be the top boss of the Chen family, and he can be said to be kind to the Chen family.

But since his retirement, his status has always been very detached, and there are no obvious traces of faction, but whenever the main figures of the Chen family come to give the old leader half a year during the New Year's holidays, whether they will get any instructions or not, outsiders do not know.

Now that the Chen family and the Wang family are working closely together, the Wang family alliance can barely be regarded as having a relationship with Sun Lao.

If Elder Sun revealed that Xue Zhiguo was not suitable for the current attitude of being in charge of the Military Commission, the Royal Alliance would definitely not hesitate to express its support for Chairman Liu in the first term.

In this way, it is almost a sure thing that Xue Zhiguo will not be able to touch military power within five years.

"Comrade Governing the Country, Comrade Donglei, sit."

Chairman Liu sat on the sofa, glanced at the two people who walked into the hall, smiled and beckoned, and his voice was loud.

"Thank you, Chair."

The two smiled and sat down in front of the two respected patriarchs of the party, straightening up.

"Comrade Donglei, how is the injury? Okay? Will it affect the work? ”

Sun Lao looked at Li Donglei's arm, frowned, and asked calmly, his concern overflowing.

This concern is not in the slightest.

Strictly speaking, the current positions of Li Donglei and Xue Zhiguo are the ones that Sun Lao and Liu Lao have broken their wrists.

Five years ago, when Xue Zhiguo was not elected vice president of the country, he and Li Donglei were the secretary of the Southwest Municipal Party Committee and the secretary of the Huating Municipal Party Committee, both of whom were princes.

At that time, Sun Lao was more inclined to transfer Li Donglei to the Central Committee, serving as vice president of the state, vice chairman of the Military Commission, president of the Central Party School, and into the Standing Committee, so as to establish Li Donglei's identity as the prince in one fell swoop.

In the domestic political arena, Li Donglei's voice is extremely high, he is magnificent, good at uniting comrades, his political stance is mature and firm, and he is dedicated to the public.

Chairman Liu, the incumbent general secretary at that time, believed that Xue Zhiguo, secretary of the Southwest City CPC Committee, should be transferred to the Central Committee to serve as vice chairman of the State and Military Commissions and join the Standing Committee.

Li Donglei is majestic and steady, and he should assist Comrade Xue Zhiguo, who is still occasionally sharp, in the future.

There were serious differences of opinion between the two, and the final result was that Xue Zhiguo was transferred to the Central Committee and served as vice president of the state, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and president of the Central Party School, and continued to be elected as a member of the Politburo.

Commissioner.

And not the Standing Committee.

This is naturally Sun Lao's influence at work.

At that time, Xue Zhiguo's position was also very embarrassing, although he reached that position, he did not enter the Standing Committee, which meant that the succession battle not only did not end, but became more tragic.

Originally, he and Li Donglei, one number one and one number two, were nothing more than a matter of order.

But his transfer to the post of vice president of the country is basically tantamount to losing the qualification to compete for the cabinet.

It's good that he won, and he will naturally be in charge of the Celestial Empire.

Once Li Donglei wins, then what he is facing will be retirement!

At the very least, it's all half-retreat!

Xue Zhiguo lived with such a mood for more than a year, until Li Donglei entered Beijing again, and when he visited Sun Lao before returning, he took the initiative to give up this competition, he said that the party needs a healthy competitive environment, and gave Vice Chairman Xue Zhiguo high praise and affirmation in front of Sun Lao.

Since then, the succession competition has been settled.

Li Donglei's mind and overall view once again won full applause.

If Li Donglei hadn't taken the initiative to quit, what the current situation would be is really a little hard to say.

As soon as Sun Lao, who supported Li Donglei, came up and asked him directly about his most sensitive injury, he undoubtedly wanted to help Li Donglei again and suppress Xue Zhiguo's arrogance.

Xue Zhiguo didn't speak, and looked at Li Donglei with the same concern.

"Rest assured, Sun Lao, the injury is not serious, at most a month, you can basically recover, as long as you don't do hard work, you will slowly and completely recover."

Li Donglei replied with a smile.

"Well, during this time, Comrade Dong Lei should not appear in public, the work of the municipal party committee is mainly based on remote control, but it should not be too strict, after all, you are going to work in the Central Committee, and you should also give the comrades below a space to play."

Chairman Liu said quietly, his voice was calm, he did not take this opportunity to stand up for Li Donglei's meaning, but to protect it, Li Donglei appeared in front of the camera in a plaster, it was indeed very inconvenient.

Li Donglei gently touched his wound and nodded slightly.

"Hmph, some comrades, it's just not like words! It's lawless! Armed police, garrison divisions, Ministry of Public Security, State Security Bureau, what are these departments? These are important institutions of the state! It's not his personal army, which uses his comrades as guns, who gave him such courage? Cadres in high positions, once they fall, are very dangerous signals! Comrade governing the country, I suggest that this matter must be dealt with seriously, and no matter who is involved, it must not be spared! ”

Sun Lao snorted coldly, with undisguised majesty and anger in his voice.

Xue Zhiguo's face changed slightly, but he didn't dare to refute anything, Sun Lao's words were aimed at his mentor Secretary Zheng, but he was now thinking about the issue of military power, once he couldn't get it, it would be much greater than the loss of Secretary Zheng within the faction.

Xue Zhiguo was embarrassed for a while, smiled reluctantly, straightened his body, and said solemnly: "Elder Sun, don't worry, this incident is purely accidental, I can guarantee that such a thing will never happen for the second time in the future." ”

Sun Lao frowned.

Xue Zhiguo's statement seems obvious, but in fact, it is equivalent to saying nothing.

"Comrade governing the country, let's do it, there are some things that should be slowed down, but it is definitely not that they are not handled, the current time is too sensitive, and we can't make big moves, but we can't do without actions, I hope you and Comrade Donglei can cooperate well and master a degree, some things should be pushed back, but some things must be dealt with immediately!"

Chairman Liu said quietly.

Xue Zhiguo's face changed slightly, he smiled reluctantly, and nodded slowly.

Li Donglei bowed slightly to the two bigwigs opposite, and smiled easily.

The meaning of Chairman Liu's words is very clear.

Some people can't be saved, and this time the matter must be strictly investigated.

But now the timing is sensitive, and it is difficult to move, so we will wait until after the National People's Congress, and after the new leadership group is formed, it will be liquidated.

Before settling accounts after the autumn, you have to beat the little tiger next to the big tiger first, which can be regarded as an explanation to the royal family.

The attitude of Sun Lao and Liu Lao has been expressed, and Li Donglei's tone must be released, but after all the dust has settled, now, it must be pressed.

Although Li Donglei has regrets, he is not disappointed, as long as he can win the first-class tiger in the southwest, even if it is a little later, it can be regarded as a brilliant victory.

this day.

Xue Zhiguo, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, reported to Chairman Liu on the recent work of the Central Military Commission.

Li Donglei, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, proposed to the two elders the concept of separating the party and the government and making the struggle and game transparent.

How the two patriarchs answered, the outside world does not know.

But three hours later, the two newly elected Politburo Standing Committee members walked out of the villa door one after another, and there was no clear eye exchange from beginning to end.

The two of them got into their seats expressionlessly, didn't say hello, and left.

Huff.