Chapter 54: The Political Vortex (6)

Provoked by this sentence, old Ziano was so angry that he slapped the table and ignored the mother and son, and went upstairs by himself.

Contini had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, indicating that there was no way.

"Calais, tell me frankly, what do you think? Your father complained to me last night, and I don't know what Calais was anxious about, more than 20 years later, almost the leader is 65 years old, this prime minister is safely his, and now he should keep a low profile, modest and cautious......"

Contini waved his hand and leaned into his mother's ear: "Mother, to tell you the truth, if I could wait for more than 20 years, I wouldn't be in such a hurry and this strategy wouldn't be this strategy...... Your son doesn't have that much time, I want to be prime minister in 10 years, at most 12 years! ”

"What?" Now it was Madame's turn to be taken aback, and she subconsciously covered her mouth, "Plus...... Calais...... You...... You ......"

"And in 10-12 years, I don't want to take over from the leader, I hope to take over from my father. Let's put it this way, in another 6-7 years, when Ida and I get married and have children, and the status and family are stable, I want to help my father up, let him transition for me for a few years, and then I will take over! I'm too young after all, and if I can take over at 36-38, I think I'll be a little more mature. ”

"You're crazy...... It's true! The leader is only in his 40s...... Even if it is 6-7 years later, I will be in my 50s...... You...... You're going to kill the leader? She shuddered.

"Mother, I don't want to kill the leader, I just hope that he can enjoy life quietly, and let me do such a laborious matter as politics and governance." Contini shook his head and said, "Guess what I've found out in the past two days?" The leader had a lover and went to his office every once in a while to have fun, and on the surface the leader worked more than 10 hours a day in the prime minister's office, but in fact he spent only half of his time on official business. What's worse is that he is now more and more casual, not at all as diligent as he was at the beginning of the revolution, and many of his ideas are a bit whimsical, such as the fact that he can stand by the window and watch the guards drill......"

"Drill? What's there to see? ”

"He's not looking at the team, he's not looking at the morale, he's looking at the costumes! He was more interested in fashionable clothes and dress than in weapons, and when I suggested to him, he said: Calais, as a guard, dress and spirit come first, weapons don't matter! Listen, what kind of logic is this? The army does not want to develop weapons? That's a hell of a damn thing! ”

Madame's face was solemn.

"The leader's appetite is also getting bigger and bigger, and all sides are asking for cards, believe it or not, sooner or later, someone will blow the wind on his pillow and open it to me, and he will make a mess of government affairs because of this performance." "I sent him money in the hope of quenching his greed, but if it backfired, it would be terrible!" All in all, the leader is changing at a rapid pace, let alone 20 years, he doesn't know what he will become in 10 years! ”

"Also, the leader has two sons, one is 10 years old and the other is 8 years old, and they will be nearly 30 years old in more than 20 years, are you sure that the leader will be willing to hand over power to me?" "At that time, the leader was only in his 60s, and he could have lasted until he was 70 years old, and then handed it over to his 40-year-old son - then your son would be empty!" No matter how good my son-in-law is, I don't have a son, maybe the leader will ask me to continue to assist his descendants! ”

"Your father would do such a stupid thing!"

Contini shrugged: "So, now we have to seize every opportunity, and judging from this rumor, there are other competitors in the party who are attacking me - the fact that I am the secretary general and get rid of the secretary general has put them under pressure, and my people have been investigating for a long time, and they can be sure that the source of the rumors is either in Milan or Rome, and it has nothing to do with foreign powers!" ”

Madame nodded solemnly: "You can be careful. ”

"The point is that I can't be like my father...... He is a good old man, he can talk to anyone, and he has no desperate ambitions, so no one regards him as an opponent, but I am different, I was killed through a bloody road, and I have two titles, the young leader and the leader's son-in-law - this is almost a thorn in their side, who doesn't want this position? Contini then added, "The leader was assassinated this time and was unharmed, who can guarantee next time?" What if I don't have any preparation and something happens at last? Other opponents will destroy our family! Moreover, this assassination reminded everyone that the position of the leader is relatively stable politically, but it is not very reliable in terms of security. ”

This remark also frightened the old Mrs. Ziano: the right position, when you are in a position, even if you want to give in to the opponent, you will not believe it, it must be the target of public criticism.

"To say something disrespectful to the leader, with his virtue of loving women, what if he sends a beautiful assassin?"

"He's going to have to fight with women one day!" Madame said indignantly, and then said, "Does your father have such tendencies?" Recently I noticed that he was coming back late......"

"I ......," Contini cried and laughed, "Mother, I can't take care of this, he's my father, what can I say?" Besides, I have two people in Switzerland who don't know anything, and you don't care about it! ”

"You lend me the dark one!"

"That's not going to work!" Contini shook his head repeatedly, and the dark one went to stare at the old Ziano? Isn't that a mess?

"Okay, I'll just keep an eye on it, if he dares to mess around, I'll ......"

"Don't...... Don't make a storm in the city, such a kind person as my father. ”

"Now you're speaking for him? Is he already hiding something from me, and then you come to play sloppy? ”

"No, that's not what I meant......" Contini was speechless, finding that he was getting darker and darker, so he had to tear the topic away, "During this time, you should be careful, go out less, listen less to rumors, and call me if there is anything wrong." Forget it, you better go to Switzerland, Adriana is about to give birth! ”

"Oh, I forgot about it, so won't your father be even more unsupervised when I'm gone? Don't be the prime minister, first learn the bad atmosphere of the prime minister! ”

"Leave him alone, give him a little more leniency, and our own people must unite first." Contini told Wan Wan, "Don't tell your father what I just told you about 10-12 years, it will scare him!" Maybe you won't be able to sleep at night! ”

Her mother giggled: "Don't worry, I won't say it!" ”

After Contini left, Ciano the Elder asked Madame: "What did Calais say to you, that you are smiling so happily?" ”

"He said Adriana is about to give birth, let me go to Switzerland for a few days, give you a little relaxation, in case there are goblins outside, you can have a good time."

"Inexplicable, too lazy to pay attention to you!" Old Ciano popped out a sentence and continued to read the newspaper......