As soon as noon passed, the temperature was even higher. It's hot, and there's not a trace of wind, and no matter where you stay, it's a hot sweat.

The carriage was hotter, especially after stopping, but the car stopped for half an hour, and the passengers in the carriage were a little impatient.

This is not an ordinary passenger train, but a special train, and most of the passengers on the bus are staff members in the government, among which Rao Hanxiang has the highest official position, and he is now the chief of the 'traffic' communication.

It is a little ashamed to say, Rao Hanxiang as the chief of the "Communications", but he has no right to ask about the railway, which makes him a little depressed, some days ago there were rumors, that the president has the intention of merging the Ministry of Railways into the "Communications" Department, which made Rao Hanxiang somewhat expectant, but soon after, this rumor disappeared, and the president did no longer directly "interfere" in the affairs of the Ministry of Railways. also resigned from the post of chief of railways, but in the end, the Ministry of Railways was still an independent ministry 'door', not merged into the 'Communications' department, as for the newly taken over the chief of railways, it was Zhan Tianyou, whom Rao Hanxiang did not appreciate very much.

In fact, speaking of which, Rao Hanxiang and Zhan Tianyou do not have any deep hatred, but since both of them are now the leaders of the management of the 'traffic' business, the competitive relationship between the peers has also been formed, compared with the Ministry of Railways, Rao Hanxiang's 'traffic' communication department is somewhat "shabby", because the central government now attaches the most importance to the construction of the railway, as for the ' Although there is no shortage of 'private' investment in these 'traffic' and communications undertakings, but in the face of these 'private' investment, the 'traffic' and communications department is indeed more like a service provider than a manager, and this "official authority" cannot shake up.

Rao Hanxiang wanted to include the railway industry in the scope of the Ministry of Communications, but he heard that it was Zhan Tianyou who insisted that the railway industry should be "handled separately", so his wishful thinking failed. It's not so good, I'm afraid this is also a common problem of all technocrats, who don't understand people and don't know the world.

To be an official, you must know how to be tactful, don't offend your colleagues for no reason, in this, Zhan Tianyou did not do well, Rao Hanxiang did very well, and it is precisely because of this that he was able to enter the central decision-making circle.

Of course, Rao Hanxiang was able to serve as the chief of the 'traffic' communication, which was recommended by Li Yuanhong, therefore, for Li Yuanhong's opinions, Rao Hanxiang has always been very respectful, Li Yuanhong told him to quit smoking, he immediately quit smoking, Li Yuanhong told him to go deep into the grassroots, he went deep into the grassroots, and even shook hands with road builders and dock porters. has done enough plays, these scenes are not done in vain, the reason why Rao Hanxiang has been able to serve as the chief of 'traffic' so far is inseparable from these performances, and even the newspaper praised him as a "model public servant".

This northward trip to Shenyang, Rao Hanxiang actually followed Li Yuanhong's suggestion, ostensibly to inspect the construction of the Northeast Highway, but in fact it was to pat Yang Du's sycophants, Yang Du was busy in the northeast for the president's training, Rao Hanxiang passed, and followed the flag and shouted, and the discerning person knew at a glance that the wind was blowing to the side of the training.

Rao Hanxiang's performance did win applause, and the president even personally sent a telegram, praising Chief Rao for coming to the front line of highway construction, which is enough to be a model for the chief of various ministries to learn.

However, Rao Hanxiang was able to sit still, and was not as impatient as other passengers, because he already knew that the reason why this special train could not enter the station for a long time was because there was still a train in front of it, and that train was a military train, transporting the wounded from the front line in Liaodong, and representatives from all walks of life in Beijing and Tianjin were comforting the wounded at the railway station, perhaps too enthusiastic. As a result, the train was delayed, and as a result, Rao Hanxiang's special car was blocked outside the train station.

Taking advantage of the time of waiting to enter the station, Rao Hanxiang seriously pondered about the entertainment in the next few days.

Now that a ceasefire has been achieved on the Liaodong front, and there is no new fighting in the Yalu River theater, and seeing that China and Japan are about to enter into formal peace talks, then the main work of this central government can be shifted from military to political, and what is the most important political work at the moment? It's a matter of presidential discipline.

In fact, Yang Du had already rushed back to Beijing by special car last night, and Rao Hanxiang was a step slower and did not catch up with the first training and political research meeting convened by the president, so Rao Hanxiang was more or less apprehensive in his heart.

People go to high places, water flows to low places, the soul of this officialdom has been for a long time, Rao Hanxiang's ambition has slowly been raised, and he is becoming more and more disdainful of a "traffic chief", he wants to be promoted one step higher, of course, he is not the prime minister of the cabinet, and he can't do it if he wants to, because the current cabinet does not have the post of prime minister at all.

Rao Hanxiang wanted to join the "Preparatory Committee for Discipline and Administration" and get closer to the president. Choosing a thicker tree as a backer, Li Yuanhong is certainly a good backer, but compared with the president, it is still much inferior, if he can be appreciated by the president, even if Li Yuanhong falls, he Rao Hanxiang will not fall.

The Preparatory Committee for Discipline and Administration, which is a new institution that Yang Du pondered, although it is a temporary body, will be abolished once the Discipline and Administration is established. But the power of this committee should not be underestimated because of this, in fact, this body plays the role of the National Assembly, which is the legislature, and the special "department" is responsible for amending the Constitution.

Once the presidential discipline is established, the National Assembly will lose its legislative power and will only exist as a state advisory body and a link with the local government, but the state still needs laws, so the legislative function will be assumed by the Preparatory Committee for Discipline and Administration.

According to Yang Du's plan, once the Preparatory Committee for Discipline and Administration completes the revision of the Constitution, its historical mission will be completed, and then it will be dissolved, but its personnel will not be dissolved at the same time, on the contrary, these people will form a new auxiliary body for training and administration to assist the president in handling state affairs, and continue to serve as a legislative worker, and formulate relevant laws in accordance with the president's will.

As long as you have a little political vision, you will not fail to see that this preparatory committee for political discipline will actually become the corner of the president's right and left hands, and those who enter this body will also become the president's real confidants and cronies.

Knowing this, we can understand why so many people have sharpened their heads and want to drill into the preparatory committee for political training, they all want to be the president's right-hand man, Rao Hanxiang is one of them.

Since there were too many competitors, Rao Hanxiang had to seriously sort out his thoughts to see who could be allies and which ones were opponents who had to be squeezed out.

In fact, before Rao Hanxiang returned yesterday, Li Yuanhong also took a telegram, suggesting that Rao Hanxiang supported him to join the preparatory committee for political training, and Rao Hanxiang also replied to the telegram at that time, making his position clear, that is, resolutely supporting Li Yuanhong to join the preparatory committee for political training.

But to support Li Yuanhong and support Li Yuanhong, Rao Hanxiang must also plan for himself, after all. Once he enters the preparatory committee for political training, he will be the president's "own person" in the future, and he will no longer have to rely on Li Yuanhong's support.

Therefore, Rao Hanxiang is now pondering how to support Li Yuanhong while quietly pushing himself to the front, so that the president can also notice his loyalty to the cause of discipline and government.

Before Rao Hanxiang could figure out how to perform, the special train suddenly sounded the whistle and started, and a few minutes later he entered the train station, Rao Hanxiang could only temporarily put aside his distracting thoughts, took out the speech drafted by the secretary, and prepared to perform his full support for the development of the 'traffic' cause in front of representatives from all walks of life who came to welcome the return of President Rao.

When the train entered the station, Rao Hanxiang performed in the railway station as planned, and it was not until an hour later that he left the railway station unsatisfied, got into the car and rushed back to the 'traffic' department, took care of his official business, and then waited until he got off work, and saw that the president did not seem to have the intention of summoning him, so he returned to his apartment.

Like most public officials in Beijing, Rao Hanxiang's apartment is also rented, he is not without money, but he does not dare to 'show' his wealth, in fact, his shares in Li Yuanhong's coal mine are enough for him to buy a big mansion, but now it is not as close as in the past, the public opinion circles are closely watched, and if it is too public, it will not be conducive to the development of his career, so Rao Hanxiang also rented a courtyard house in Beicheng, lived with his family, invited only a few servants, and the pomp and circumstance were not very exquisite, which is also one of the reasons why the newspaper praised him as "honest and capable".

When he returned to the apartment, the 'door' room hurriedly handed over a business card, Rao Hanxiang took it and saw that the person who came to visit him turned out to be Qu Tongfeng, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Qu Tongfeng used to be the principal of the Baoding Army Military Academy, and he was also the director of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of the Army, he was Duan Qirui's cronies, a native of Beiyang, Duan Qirui resigned from the post of army chief some time ago, this Qu Tongfeng also handed over his resignation to the center, in order to show that he was advancing and retreating with Duan Qirui, originally he was just performing a show, so that others could see his righteousness, and he also hoped that the center could save it, but who would have thought that after receiving his resignation, the president waved his pen and approved the resignation without thinking about it, and the result was Qu Tongfeng' It was self-defeating, he left the military world and followed Duan Qirui to Tianjin, and after that, he disappeared from people's sight.

Rao Hanxiang thought that Qu Tongfeng had stayed away from political officialdom, but he never thought that this person would come to visit him now, which really surprised him, after all, the two had not 'interacted' much before, one was a politician and the other was an officer, and there were indeed not many 'intersections'.

Originally, Rao Hanxiang planned to come back to rest for a while, and then went to visit Li Yuanhong, but now that Qu Tongfeng has been waiting in Rao's Mansion for a long time, he can't leave just yet, so he rushed to the wing room to meet that Qu Tongfeng.

It turned out that Qu Tongfeng had not come alone, but he had been accompanied by a few of his classmates at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and now they were arguing about the 'fierce' battle between the British Navy and the German Navy in the western waters of the Philippines, and the focus of the dispute was on the policy of the Japanese government.

Rao Hanxiang did not know about this matter, and inquired with Qu Tongfeng and others, only to learn that just last night, a German fleet attacked a British fleet escorting the Japanese merchant fleet, and the two sides fought a fierce battle until the early hours of this morning, because there was no capital ship, the British fleet was defeated, several cruisers were sunk, and the Japanese merchant fleet also fled, and fled to the port of Manila in the Philippines, not daring to go again. For this reason, the Japanese government has lodged a protest with the German government, although the matter has not yet been reported, but the foreign foreign companies have received the telegram, and the East 'Jiao' Min Lane has also taken action, and the British government is working on the Japanese government, trying to pull Japan into the British Far East chariot.

Qu Tongfeng's gang are all soldiers, of course they care about this topic, but since Rao Hanxiang has returned, then they will immediately get back to business.

This time I came to visit, Qu Tongfeng actually came to ask Rao Hanxiang for help.