Wang Chuanlu sorted out the documents, sealed them in a file bag, and then glanced around him reluctantly.

This office of the first assistant, located in the Dasheng Hall behind the Great Gong Hall, was a building that he had helped to build during his second term as the first assistant, only slightly smaller than the Grand Gong Hall, to accommodate the twenty-three departments that were now in the center of China—and the Ministry of Coal and Iron and Steel and the Department of Steamship and Shipping were added during his second term, so that the number of departments increased.

It's not that Wang Chuanyu wants to make the center bloated, there are so many things that he has to do.

He is only in his fifties this year, not yet sixty, and he has changed the old dynasty, and he is at the peak age of an official, and he also pays attention to maintenance and exercise, so he is quite energetic, and he can do it for another twelve years by himself.

Thinking of this, Wang Chuanyu secretly made up his mind: no matter what, he must persuade His Majesty to change the rule that the first assistant can only be re-elected once-at least to allow two consecutive terms, that is, three terms.

In the past eight years, Yu Guozhen has only influenced him in major policies, and has hardly interfered with the operation of his power over the center, and Wang Chuanyu feels that he is quite trusted by Yu Guozhen, so his proposal should be able to get Yu Guozhen's consent.

"Where is Your Majesty now?" He asked the secretary beside him.

"It should be in Jinxiu Palace, right?" The secretary cautiously replied: "However, during this time, His Majesty has not come out, and in addition, there seem to be fewer people in His Majesty's guards. ”

Wang Chuanyu's brows suddenly twisted: "White Arowana suit, it's unwise, you should have told me about this matter earlier!" ”

The secretary did not explain that in this world, who dared to spy on Yu Guozhen's guards, he had just gotten the news. In fact, even Wang Chuanyu, the first assistant, has limited influence on Yu Guozhen's guards, and even the troops stationed in the capital do not take Wang Chuanlu in their eyes at all. They are only loyal to Yu Guozhen. Without Yu Guozhen's order, Wang Chuanyu couldn't even mobilize a person.

"How many days has it been?"

"It depends on the situation, Your Majesty has been out of the palace for five or six days, and I don't know where Your Majesty has gone." The secretary replied cautiously.

"Hmm......"

Wang Chuanyu was still full of confidence just now, but now, his heart is a little suspenseful.

At this time, everyone is no longer in their early twenties and thirties, but has entered the late stage of their lives, and they will be suspicious and thoughtful when they look at problems. Although Wang Chuanyu felt that Yu Guozhen still trusted him, but when it came to the critical time of the re-election, he left the palace silently - this will inevitably create variables for the re-election.

"Go to the palace to pass the court, I ask to see Your Majesty." Wang Chuanyu thought for a while with a calm face and said.

It's useless to speculate privately, so it's better to go up and ask directly. Yu Guozhen has always said everything to others. No matter what policy policy is to be pursued, and what decisions are to be made, whenever possible, they will be explained in detail.

"Your Majesty went to Jinling, stayed in Jinling for four days, and came back today." It didn't take long for the secretary to hurry back and say.

"A joint meeting is about to be held, what is your majesty making trouble?" The uneasiness in Wang Chuanyu's heart was even worse.

Just when Wang Chuanlu was pondering Yu Guozhen's intentions, the train carrying Yu Guozhen and Ma Dabao had already entered Shanghai Station.

"Alright. Welcome to Shanghai. Yu Guozhen stood up and smiled and waved goodbye to a group of student-looking people around him.

Most of these students are students from Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan, and they are admitted to the higher education halls in Shanghai. In addition to the compulsory education stage, higher education halls were also built one after another, such as Shanghai, where there were 15 higher education halls.

However, the lessons of later generations have been learned. These institutions of higher learning use national examination papers for admission. Students are enrolled in the provinces in proportion to the population, so that there is no unfairness. In Yu Guozhen's opinion. If the colleges and universities in the capital are inclined to the students in the capital, it is not a care, but a kind of insult, in the capital originally enjoyed far better educational resources than other places, but they did not dare to use the same test paper to compete with students from other places on an equal footing, don't you think that the students in the capital are either not smart enough, or they are not hard enough.

The excitement and optimism of this group of young people infected Yu Guozhen, and when Yu Guozhen waved goodbye, the hidden worries on his face disappeared.

It is the older he gets, the more conservative he is, which makes him a little suspicious of moving forward, seeing these young people, infecting their vitality, Yu Guozhen feels full of enthusiasm - even if he can't come up with a solution to the crisis, but these young people can, their parents can endure so much hardship, so that China has today, why can't they make China better?

"The first assistant just sent someone to ask to see it." Before entering the palace, an attendant stepped forward and said.

Yu Guozhen's palace is very simple compared to the palace of the previous dynasty, in fact, it is a villa area with a slightly larger area, he severely abolished the eunuch system, and those eunuchs of the former dynasty who came to take refuge were sent away by him. After the children grew up and started a family, only a few lived in the neighborhood, and the rest had their own careers. Therefore, the population of his "imperial palace" is quite simple, and the attendants used are all loyal elites selected from the Huaxia army.

"Oh, tell them I'm gone?" Yu Guozhen squinted his eyes and smiled.

There are contradictions between monarchy and power in any era, even now, Yu Guozhen and Wang Chuanlu are also reckless, but they still can't get out of this box, but they are not as suspicious as the previous monarchs and ministers.

"Anyway, Shoufu said that His Majesty will send someone to summon him when he returns, and he has state affairs to come in."

"State ...... Well, send someone to inform me that I have returned, but I am tired from the journey, so let him come to me tomorrow morning at eight o'clock. ”

Wang Chuanyu, who received the message, made very full preparations that night, and the next morning, after saying goodbye to his wife and children, he took a car to the palace. In Yu Guozhen's view, unless it is really necessary, the high salaries enjoyed by officials have included their carriage and horse expenses, working meal expenses, and travel allowances.

The government office generally also has a car class, but the cost of this bus class is very small, and anyone who wants to use the car class must pay for it yourself. For example, Wang Chuanyu, the first assistant, needs to apply at the end of each year, whether he needs to use the car and driver next year, if he wants to use it, he has to deduct the depreciation of the vehicle and the driver's employment fee from his salary - this fee is cheaper than buying and hiring directly in the market. But after all, you have to spend your own money.

Sitting in the carriage, Wang Chuanyun sorted out his thoughts again, this time, in addition to a few state affairs, the most important thing was to persuade Yu Guozhen to accept his suggestion and agree to him for another term.

The palace received him as before, and Yu Guozhen was still the same as in the past, and came to the door of his study to greet him, and after entering. Beckoning him to sit down, everything is the same as it has happened for the past eight years. But Wang Chuanlu was a little worried, and the thousand words prepared on the road seemed to have become non-existent at this time.

Perhaps it was because of his understanding that he knew the power in the body of the person in front of him.

"Have eyes that see through time."

This is the evaluation of Yu Guozhen behind the scenes of these important ministers.

Yu Guozhen asked people to make a cup of tea for Wang Chuanyu. He said with a smile: "I heard that our tea has been selling very well in Europa recently, and some Europa people even tried to bring tea seeds back to China to plant, but they were stopped by our people...... This thing is well done, and the Europa people have not been very honest in recent years. ”

"Your Majesty is right, in the past few years Europa has almost always had to make some trouble, either stealing our species or stealing our technology, and the means have gone from the initial theft to the current bribery. This year, three people were found in the research institute and leaked the improved steam engine. ”

Speaking of this matter, Wang Chuanyu was furious, there are many people in China, there are always so many people who think they are very remarkable, they are dissatisfied with the reality, and they are bewitched by others, and they do not hesitate to sell the fundamental interests of the nation for the sake of five sheepskins.

"At all times, there are traitors. There's no way around it. Yu Guozhen sighed: "And in the past few years." It's a bit of a problem for us to sell goods to Europa, except for military supplies. Almost all of the goods were sold, and the countries of Europa, nominally refusing to refuse Chinese goods, were in fact dealing with us by increasing taxes and so on. It seems that the countries of Europa need to be taught a lesson. ”

When Wang Chuanyu heard this, he suddenly had a blood in his blood: Want to fight?

If war is declared, Yu Guozhen will not easily change the center, and the current hidden crisis in China seems to be resolved to a certain extent in this way. After all, war is a huge drain on supplies, and at the same time it can destroy the production of the countries of Europa!

"Your Majesty's will...... Expedition? ”

"Sooner or later, we will want it, but not now, we have to solve our internal problems now." Speaking of this, Yu Guozhen's eyes suddenly sharpened: "Shoufu, this time I went out and saw some problems, I don't know if it was your negligence, or what the rest of the reasons were...... Our production seems to be in surplus? ”

Wang Chuanyu's heart sank, and he also vaguely felt that some of the industrial products produced in Huaxia seemed to be too many to sell, but he did not think about the deep-seated reasons for this, to a certain extent, in order to make the center he led look better on the financial statements, he also vigorously promoted the development of those small factories and small workshops with a large number of extremely poor sales channels.

"This should be caused by Europa's boycott of our products, as long as the situation on Europa's side improves, then this excess should be easily solved."

"Shousuke, we have a population of more than 300 million, how many people are in Europa? We must remember that exporting to the outside world, in a big country like ours, can only be auxiliary, and it is mainly necessary to rely on the inside. Yu Guozhen said calmly.

"Yes, Your Majesty...... Makes sense. The pressure in Wang Chuanyu's heart became more and more great, and for the first time, he really felt that if he wanted to be re-elected, he was afraid that it would not be so easy.

Yu Guozhen threw out the issue of overcapacity at this time, in fact, he was criticizing his work in the past four years.

"Do you want to take a break after this joint meeting, or do you want to get on with things?" Sure enough, Yu Guozhen calmly brought up the topic, but, probably to comfort him, Yu Guozhen did not wait for him to answer, and added: "I am going to do it for another eight years and then abdicate." ”

Wang Chuanlu was shocked.

Yu Guozhen is only fifty-three years old this year, and if he does it for another eight years, that is, when he is sixty-one, he will abdicate!

"Your Majesty......"

"I summoned Gu Yanwu and Guizhuang last night, and I have already told them about this, and tomorrow, there will be news in the newspaper. Yu Xiang will succeed me, I am the emperor, but not the emperor...... Yu Xiang will be at the helm of all affairs, big and small, and I will be in charge of the establishment of the Law Conference for the past eight years, and after my abdication, I will preside over a term of the Legislative Council in the Legislative Council, and then I can officially retire. Yu Guozhen said again: "Young people are full of energy, and they are left to do things, how can I fall in love?" ”

Wang Chuanyu only smiled bitterly. (To be continued)