※ Knock day rice gradually became stronger, and Wen Mingchang increased. The study under the shade of the tree is still cool, as before, Zhang Xiao came to the study on time, and dealt with some personal affairs after breakfast step by step, as in previous years, he is still "the first idler in the world" There is basically no official business, and the office is basically not sitting, in the past, the Yellow River hydropower station project can also be used as a daily pastime, but now, with the start of the project, Vice President Zhang finally has nothing to do, and has a lot of free time to entertain himself every day, and as one of the entertainment items in the morning, Skimming through letters is the best way to beat boredom.

Just now, the servant had gone to the post office to pick up today's letter and came back, and at this moment it was neatly stacked on the mahogany desk, with a lion's head paperweight pressed on it, and a Western-style paper cutter next to it, and a stack of blank letterhead paper was also neatly placed in the corner of the desk, so that Zhang Xiao could reply to his friends at any time.

Step into the study. Zhang Saizhi left the housekeeper and stayed alone in the study. Pick up the lion's head paperweight first. Then he picked up the letter that was placed on the top, looked at the money on the envelope, put it on the other side, and then picked up another letter. He glanced at the envelope, then set it aside. After repeating this several times, a letter finally aroused his interest, so he picked up the Western-style paper cutter, opened the envelope, and pulled out the letter, but after reading the letter, the voice of the butler came from outside the door.

"Sir. Master Zhou is back. ”

"Ask him to come and talk."

Zhang Sai put away all the other letters, only the opened letter was still on the desk, and he quickly went through the letter while the butler brought the guest to the study.

At this time, the figure at the door of the study flickered, and the housekeeper walked in, followed by a person, who was Zhou Xuexi, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

"Edit. How's it going? ”

Zhang Sai put the letter on the desk and asked Zhou Xuexi first.

What can you do? Speaker Li is an example of abiding by the law of the country, so naturally he refused to help, so he asked me to tell Ji Lao. Please go and ask the president for a favor and say a few kind words for that fellow countryman. ”

Zhou Xuexi's laughter was not very polite, and he sat down on the stool with a big thorn, and urged the housekeeper to serve tea.

"I didn't ask you about it. That's what I asked. When did Zhao Zhenhua submit his presidential campaign application to the National Assembly? ”

Zhang Sai shook his head, not realizing for a moment that this was actually just Zhou Xuexi joking with him.

Zhou Xuexi restrained his smile, shook his head, and said: "Li Huangling was also at a loss about this matter, he just told me that when he asked the president about this matter, the president just said, "Wait."

"Wait? When is he going to wait? Before autumn. Congress would stop vetting presidential candidates. It's almost summer now, and if I wait, I'm afraid I won't be able to submit my application form to Congress."

Zhang Sai reacted at this time, Zhou Xuexi was looking for happiness just now. But he didn't care. He only cares about this presidential election now.

"You ask me. Who do I ask? But then again, Zhao Zhenhua himself is not in a hurry, so why should we people who are watching the excitement on the sidelines worry about him? Could it be that we will help him submit a petition to Congress? ”

Zhou Xuexi smiled bitterly. Originally, he also planned to mention the matter of the National League's nomination of presidential candidates by the way, but when he looked at Zhang Wu's wrinkled brows, this was so high that he swallowed it back in the end, indeed, there is no need to add trouble to the party leader at this time, more things are better than less things, or put your mind on the election of members of Congress, this is also the main reason why Zhou Xuexi rushed back to Zhang's mansion in a hurry, to be honest, now in the industrial industry, "South Zhang and North Zhou" Zhou Xuexi's status in the business industry is not lower than Zhang Xiao, but he is now willing to run errands for Zhang Xiao, In addition to the fact that Zhang Xiao is vice president, the more important reason is that the two have common interests, and they both want to turn the National League into the first political bloc in the Congress

Zhou Xuexi didn't speak again, Zhang Xiao was also silent for a long time, only the housekeeper was busy instructing the servant to make tea and bring it to Zhou Xuexi.

Zhou Xuexi took the teacup, and saw that Zhang Sai was still frowning, looking preoccupied, and couldn't help but be very worried.

"Ji Lao. I see that you have been very haggard for the past few days, don't you go out to relax? Recently, there is a new movie on the market, called "Tianshan Scenery", which is said to have been filmed by Zhang Yiying, and the length of the film is one hour. If you are interested, why don't you call a few people and let's go to the cinema to have a look. ”

"Zhang Yiying? He's still in Ili? Zhang Han came back to his senses. Asked casually.

"I don't know.

Zhou Xuexi shook his head.

"Now the governor of Xinjiang and Xinjiang is still Wang Shucai, right? The center sent Zhang Yiying there, I thought it was for him to take over the post of governor, but now it seems that the center is still optimistic about Wang Shukou, after all, he used to be a political envoy, so he is more prestigious than Zhang Yihou, who will be a junior in the future. ”

Zhang Sai asked and answered himself. was a little distracted, because Xuexi understood that he was a manifestation of confusion, so he hurriedly got up and changed the topic.

, only to listen to the next person. Xu Ju replied? Zhang Sai nodded. handed the opened letter on the desk to Zhou Xuexi, and said, "Sure enough, as you expected, Juren rejected my suggestion, and he didn't plan to go out of the mountain. ”

Zhou Xuexi took the letter. Hurriedly glanced at it, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said: "To be honest, I am already a little envious of Xu Ju's old age, and it is a smart choice to retreat to the countryside and stay away from disputes." But then again, since Xu Ju is reluctant to go out of the mountain to run for Congress, then we have to pull some prestige people out of the mountain, so that we can win nine out of ten and occupy the Congress. However, Wang Boyu and Luo Shuyan's group of Chinese prodigies don't need to be provoked. They are now busy studying the Dunhuang scrolls and oracle bone characters, and they will not mix politics. ”

Although Xu Shichang has long retired and ignored state affairs, but in this congressional election, the National League intends to invite him to run for parliament, but this letter shows that Xu Shichang refuses to go out of the mountain, and also refuses to participate in any political activities of the National League, which is a little disappointing to Zhang Han, he thought that relying on the current influence of the National League, it is possible to win over a group of old bureaucrats and old politicians, but now it seems that many old bureaucrats and old politicians have obviously lost interest in politics, Xu Shichang is so, and Feng Guozhang is the same, They all refused to stand in a trench with the National League.

What if this invitation was made by the United Front? Zhang Sai had to make such assumptions, but assumptions are assumptions. Whether they can look up to the outdated politicians of Xu Shichang and Feng Guozhang is also a question in itself, if the membership is too complex, there are indeed advantages and disadvantages for a political group, and the current United Front seems to be turning itself into a fighting collective, rather than a hodgepodge.

If the United Front does not intend to co-opt the old bureaucrats and politicians, the National League does not mind recruiting those who are not good people to its side and increase its influence in order to compete for seats in the National Assembly. With these people cheering, the National League is still very sure to win a lot of seats.

But this is just an ideal situation, the reality is more cruel, and now Yang Du is leading a group of people to jump up and down in the south, advocating what kind of "lifelong presidential system" wants to turn Zhao Bei into the lifelong president of the Republic of China. In this regard, Zhang Yu was very vigilant, if Yang Du's actions were indeed planned by Zhao Bei himself. Then, once those people succeed, the Congress will really become an ornament, and then there will be no need to run for senators and representatives, everyone will disperse, and it is the right way to go back to business. lest he touch the dragon's whiskers and end up tragically.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhang Xiao sent Zhou Xuexi to Li Yuanhong's residence to inquire with him about the relationship between the situation in the south and the presidential palace, but Zhou Xuexi ran away in vain, and Li Yuanhong did not provide any valuable information. Whether Yang Du did his own thing, or was instructed by others, until now, everyone is still confused, and they can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest.

On the situation in the south. This topic is indeed more sensitive, and it is not easy for others to listen, so Zhang Yu sent the housekeeper out and whispered a secret discussion with Zhou Xuexi in the study, which lasted about half an hour, until the housekeeper came to report, and the Japanese Legation in China and the clerk Gao Huangyu came to visit, and the two people who were discussing in the house ended the discussion.

"Tell the Japanese that I have something to do today, and I won't see any guests.

Zhang Xiaozhi simply declined the request for a meeting with the Japanese diplomat.

"Ji Lao, why can't you see Takao Heng?" Zhou Xuexi was a little strange.

"What's there to see? The Japanese are still the same old-fashioned, and before they wanted "Sino-Japanese harmony and Sino-Japanese friendship," I also worked hard to promote Sino-Japanese harmony and Sino-Japanese friendship, but later on, the president's prejudice against the Japanese has not disappeared, and even hatred is deep. If I haven't understood this truth by now, my vice president has done it for nothing all these years. ”

"At present, the struggle between the constitutional forces and the military forces in Japan is very fierce, and the faction that advocates friendship with China is basically the constitutionalist faction, and if we can use this as an opportunity to provoke the two factions to compete with each other for the short and long, we may not be able to take advantage of the fisherman."

"You only know one thing, but you don't know the other. The reason why Japan wants to be friendly to China now is purely because there is a serious backlog of imitation fabrics in Japan and cannot be sold, and the reason for this is precisely because of the rise of China's local imitation weaving industry, Japanese businessmen have lost their market. Of course, we are not reconciled, and of course we must be friendly to China. Once we are friendly, Japanese goods will occupy our Chinese market again, so why should we seek skin with the tiger? ”

Zhang Sai's words were a little more obscure, but Zhou Xuexi understood that there are many imitation weaving factories in Zhang and Erren's industries now, and from an economic point of view, every fabric in Japan is their natural enemy. Now the enemy wants to use them to strengthen the commercial and trade exchanges between China and Japan, which is indeed seeking the skin of the tiger, but this tiger is not Japanese.

Politics serves interests, this is a point that every politician or politician must remember, this is a matter of principle.