The crowd followed the president back to the palace, which was being renovated. Zhao Bei walked in, the smell of paint was very strong, and the soldiers were still arranging the room under the command of the adjutant of the 'attendant' room.

Xiong Chengji and Huang Xing looked at the furnishings in the room, they were a little curious, and they didn't know what Zhao Bei planned to use it for.

"Zhenhua, are you going to turn this palace into an office place?" Xiong Chengji asked.

"yes, but it's different from other office areas, this is actually a special office area, do you see those phones? It was a dedicated telephone that was directed to all parts of the office to deal with urgent matters. Zhao Bei nodded.

Huang Xing kicked Xiong Chengji's heel with his toes, and the two of them made their eyes 'color', and finally Xiong Chengji asked questions.

"Zhenhua, after the abolition of the prime minister, the official affairs of these ministries will be rested on your shoulders, which is tantamount to combining the functions and powers of the president and the prime minister of the cabinet.

Zhao Bei smiled faintly, and the other party said it in a roundabout way, but the meaning was clear, for his move to remove the prime minister. Xiong Chengji disagreed, and judging from Yang Du's meaning on the phone, Huang Xing also disagreed, and the intention of the two of them was precisely for this matter.

It is normal to disagree, after all, the abolition of the prime minister is the first step to strengthen the power of the president, and as well-known constitutional representatives in the National Assembly, Huang Xing and Xiong Chengji do have motives and reasons to oppose it.

But at this time, no matter who is against it, Zhao Bei will not hesitate to strengthen the power of the president, because he knows that what China needs most in this era is a strong central government, and all people must unite, only in this way can we use the general trend of history to bring the country on the road to a strong country———— of course, the premise of this is that the person who plans this action to strengthen the central power must be a historical traveler, because his strategic vision is beyond the times.

As a historical traveler, Zhao Bei has the responsibility, obligation and confidence to preside over this power recollection movement, and he must collect all the major decision-making power into his own hands in the shortest possible time, turning this scattered country into a solid rock to resist the challenge of foreign enemies and maintain the normal social order of the country's economic development.

Therefore, he made a decisive move, using the two chess pieces of Li Yuanhong and Tang Hualong to set up a new chess game, and used the method of removing the prime minister of the cabinet to give the cabinet a 'draw' salary. Although the prime minister of the cabinet does not really threaten the authority of the president. He is not even able to resist the president's decision-making, but as the leader of the cabinet, the prime minister of the cabinet is not alone, although the united front controls the parliament, and can actually influence the choice of the prime minister, but the problem is that with the gradual stabilization of the national situation, the rift within the united front is gradually intensifying, there are too many factions in this pan-political alliance, and it is too complicated, and after the united front came to power, its members are more and more complicated, and the conflict of interests is gradually becoming clear, relying on Xiong Chengji and Huang Xing. It is difficult to control those speculators with great political ambitions, which can be seen from this party meeting, until now, the reorganization of the "general affairs committee" has not been completed, and some of Zhao Bei's favorites have not been able to successfully pass the vote of confidence at the party affairs meeting, which shows this. The United Front is not a strong fighting collective.

Therefore, instead of waiting for the opposition in the Diet to elect a cabinet prime minister who does not bow to the president, it is better for the president to preemptively remove the position of cabinet premier, so that the cabinet cannot be grouped, which is conducive to the division and co-optation of the president.

Once the Cabinet is in control, the President's will will will be fully implemented, and the policies he has formulated will be fully implemented, so that the President's preponderance can be further established before the Congressional opposition threatens the President's power.

If everything goes well, then his next step will be to focus on the pan-political alliance of the United Front, and disloyal members must be ruthlessly eliminated, and the United Front must be turned into a solid political alliance, at least its top leadership will be transformed into a strong fighting collective, and it will become a political tool for the president, and the United Front must be united and must obey the will of the party leader.

Therefore, in any case, this "cabinet premier revocation case" cannot be overturned, if you take a step back in this matter, then, Zhao Bei doesn't know how many steps back in the future.

"Ajine, you're right, the prime minister has been removed, and all the affairs of the cabinet have been put on the shoulders of the president, and I can handle it in a short time. But after a long time, people will also get tired, which I also know, so ah, I have set up such an office here, in order to reduce the pressure of work, the president is not the only person who works here, all cabinet ministries will send personnel to work here, and the 'attendant' room, the supervision office will also select some capable people here to assist the president in the work, these staff, many of them are Huang Keqiang recommended by the League cadres, they are young, may not have enough experience, But you have momentum, and the 'fine' strength is also strong, and letting them here, that is a means of exercising talents, and handling the central affairs well, then, the affairs of this place will naturally be handled properly, and in the future, there will be many local officials. ”

The president's words made Huang Xing stunned, judging from the meaning of these words. Zhao Bei intends to use this as a training course for senior officials.

"Isn't this the Military Aircraft Department in the former Qing Dynasty?" Xiong Chengji asked.

"Ajin, it's different."

Huang Xing was the first to comprehend, so he corrected: "If you have to make a comparison, it is similar to the Hanlin Academy, which is used to train local senior cadres, but the Hanlin Academy in the former Qing Dynasty was just a decoration and had no real power." In this way, the president intends to use this place as a place to cultivate talents, and if the president is short of people, I still have a few candidates to recommend, Zou Lu and Xie Zhi are still having dinner at the Congress. They are also talented and learned. ”

Seeing that Huang Xing was on the road so quickly, Zhao Bei was very happy, political wrestling, what is important is the exchange of interests, since the president has thrown out the conditions for the exchange of interests, then Huang Xing will naturally not be humble, so a political "exchange" has been reached.

"Okay, you call Zou Lu and Xie Zhi to come over for an internship for a while and see how they perform. Keqiang, to be honest, if you are not also the speaker of the National Assembly, I am going to ask you to come and help me. ”

Zhao Bei is very satisfied with Huang Xing's wisdom, this person can become one of the "three giants of the Alliance", it is not possible to have some ability, the biggest difference with that Mr. Sun is that Huang Xing can accept the position of being led, and will not only stare at the throne of the highest power, as long as the people of the Alliance can be arranged into the power center, Mr. Huang will never mind the president taking some power.

Xiong Chengji didn't understand that a political 'exchange' had been completed in front of him, he was just curious about this organization that overrode the 'attendant' room and the superintendent's office, but before he could think about how to ask, an adjutant had already walked over, judging from the wet military uniform, he had obviously walked a long way.

"Report to the President! The job has been completed! Now return to life. ”

The adjutant stood up and saluted, this mouthful of Guangxi official dialect, saluted with his right hand, but still carried a very long cowhide cylinder in his left hand, which seemed to be used to hold maps, almost one person high.

"Come, come. I'd like to introduce you. This is Major Lu Yuguang, he is the son of Lu Rongting, the guard of southern Yunnan, and now he is an adjutant in the 'attendant' room. It's very useful. ”

Zhao Bei introduced the two sides, and his words were also extremely tolerant, which made Adjutant Lu's eyes red.

"Okay, Major Lu, you can go down and rest, and the cowhide tube is placed here."

Zhao Bei waved his hand, Lu Yuguang saluted and retreated, and the cowhide cylinder was 'handed over' to Qin Sihu, the captain of the guard.

"Four tigers, take out the contents of it."

"Yes!"

Qin Sihu called a guard, and the two of them opened the cowhide tube, carefully took out a scroll from it, and then slowly unfolded it.

Everyone looked at it, but it was not a map, but a Chinese painting, with a tiger painted on it, and the inscription of the painting was "Shuizhu Estate People".

"This is painted by Xu Juren?"

When Yang Du asked, Huang Xing and Xiong Chengji on the side suddenly realized that this painting was actually the work of Xu Shichang, the impeached and ousted president of Beiyang.

Although Xu Shichang was electrified before the impeachment case was officially launched, in the eyes of the ** party, he was impeached and removed from power, and all of this was planned by Zhao Bei, and it is precisely because of this that Huang Xing and Xiong Chengji admired Zhao Bei's political methods very much, first as vice president, and then as president.

After Xu Shichang went into the wilderness, he has been living in seclusion in the Tianjin Concession, and now, Zhao Bei actually sent someone to ask Xu Shichang to draw a picture of a fierce tiger, and the intention of this is intriguing.

"Yes, this white tiger is made by Xu Juren. Although he repeatedly excused himself, saying that he only worked on landscape painting and could not paint tigers, it seems that he was also 'very' expressive. Zhao Bei smiled and nodded, inviting everyone to appreciate the tiger picture.

Only then did everyone notice that the tiger in the painting was indeed a white 'colored' tiger, standing on the side of a mountain stream, squatting on a rock, although it was not majestic, but because it occupied most of the picture, it was also on the page.

There is also a line of small print written on the side of the paragraph:

"I heard that President 'Jade' set up the Commander's Hall, and the people of Shuizhu Estate gave this painting."

"The Commander's Hall?" Xiong Chengji was slightly stunned.

"Could it be here?" Huang Xing raised his finger and pointed to the roof.

"Yes, this is the 'Commander's Hall'!" Zhao Bei smiled and nodded. "And I'm the commander here."

"No wonder Xu Juren would draw a tiger." Yang Du was thoughtful.

Just as everyone wondered what the president's intentions were in this move, an adjutant hurried in.

"Report! Just received an international telecom. At two o'clock this afternoon, a mutiny broke out in the capital of the 'Korean Empire', and the mutineers attacked the Imperial Palace, and there was a 'fierce' and 'fierce' exchange of fire with the Japanese troops guarding the Imperial Palace, and the battle lasted for half an hour and has now subsided. The patriots of the DPRK took action. ”

"Got it. Tell the War Department to strengthen the vigilance of the three eastern provinces, and then tell the Admiralty to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese fleet in China's coastal areas and report to the center at any time, that all warships should complete their long-distance voyage missions and concentrate on cruising in the coastal waters, and that the Ordnance Industry Department must also give priority to ensuring the supply of naval artillery shells. ”

"Yes!"

The president gave the order, and the adjutant turned to leave, and as soon as the lieutenant had gone on his front foot, a guard came in his back foot, holding a tweed coat in his hand.

"Report to the President! Madame said that dinner had been prepared and that the President and the guests were invited to the banquet. This coat was brought by my wife when she told me to wear it, because it was even cooler outside. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the anti-Japanese uprising in Korea has broken out, and perhaps we can have a few more drinks tonight. In a few days it will be the Gregorian New Year, let's discuss how to spend the first New Year of this republican era, and in a few days, even if the year 1909 has passed, our China will usher in 1910 AD, and our 'four-year industrial development plan' will be officially launched, perhaps, this is the beginning of a new era. ”

Zhao Bei put on his coat and invited a few people to the banquet with great energy, and everyone walked out of the "Commander's Hall" only to find that the snow had stopped, only the north wind was still howling, and the temperature was really lower, except for Zhao Bei, everyone else shivered a few times.

This winter, it's really cold.