In the next two days, the entire enlarged meeting of the Politburo, in addition to discussing some regular topics, only the issue of Liu Hua being an alternate member of the Central Committee and an alternate member of the Politburo was left....Because in a few days of meetings, Liu Hua continued to appear frequently in the eyes of everyone under the constant push of the chairman, expanding his influence, coupled with Liu Hua's great achievements in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and his prestige in China. As for the first resolution, the additional alternate members of the Central Committee were not surprised without any incident, and it was passed smoothly with all the votes in favor..."Comrades, after a secret ballot, all 118 people present at the meeting voted. After statistics, 118 votes were in favor, 0 abstentions, and 0 votes against. Therefore, I am in danger of announcing that starting today, Comrade Liu Hua will be officially co-opted as an alternate member of the Central Committee. I hope that Comrade Liu Hua can fulfill his responsibilities and make greater contributions to the future development of our party in his new position..."Vice Chairman Zhou, who was responsible for counting the votes, stood on the rostrum and loudly announced the final result..."In a burst of warm applause, Liu Hua stood up from his seat with a smile on his face, saluted everyone who participated in the meeting, and expressed his gratitude in his heart... At the same time, the warm applause in the entire auditorium also slowly stopped under the signal of Vice Chairman Zhou..."Comrades, the issue of Comrade Liu Hua's co-optation as an alternate member of the Central Committee has been successfully completed, and now we move on to the next topic, of course, the party to this topic is also our Comrade Liu Hua: After discussion and proposal by all members of the Politburo Standing Committee, it was decided to co-opt Comrade Liu Hua as an alternate member of the Central Committee. Co-opted as an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Therefore, five minutes later, all the participants began to vote by secret ballot, hoping that everyone could grasp their votes and vote for their true thoughts..."Vice Chairman Zhou said with a smile on his face... Suddenly, as soon as Vice Chairman Zhou's words were finished, the entire auditorium once again showed the same scene as when the policy of streamlining the administration of the army was announced a few days ago. However, this time, the distinction on the faces of the three types of people is indeed completely different. After hearing this proposal, most people, without exception, showed a look of shock on their faces. They couldn't believe that Liu Hua, who had just been co-opted as an alternate member of the Central Committee, was so recognized by several leaders of the Central Committee, and the appreciation was as fast as a rocket, and he was about to be nominated as an alternate member of the Politburo all of a sudden... You must know that the alternate members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, if nothing else, will be directly co-opted as official members of the Politburo in the next NPC election. And at that time, Liu Hua really entered the [***] high-level and entered the highest leadership level of our party....

There were also some participants who showed excitement on their faces after listening to the specific content of the topic. You must know that Liu Hua's various experiences in leading troops and being in power, whether in the party or in the whole country, he thinks he is second, and no one dares to admit that he is first. After all, the Shanxi Military Region's good development momentum and the more than 100,000 elite troops under the Shanxi Military Region who can compete with the army are there. If such a commander can enter the Central Committee, enter the Politburo. Then, in the near future, the entire Eighth Route Army will undoubtedly become a real elite soldier, an elite soldier who can sweep across all parts of the country. Of course, the proportion of these people in the whole population can be said to be very small....

Of course, there is also the last part of the people's faces, showing unconvinced looks. After all, Liu Hua's qualifications are there, not to mention that he has just entered the alternate committee, his age, among all the participants today, not to mention the youngest, can also be ranked last. Such a person actually added an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and truly entered the Central Committee. This made a large part of the old comrades unable to think about it. After all, entering a high-level level like the Politburo, on the one hand, depends on one's own talent and ability, and another important ingredient is relying on one's own qualifications. For the latter, Liu Hua is definitely not as good as most of the people here in this huge auditorium... Looking at the people under the rostrum, there was a lot of discussion. In order to increase Liu Hua's selection rate in this nomination, the chairman stood up from his seat and slowly walked to the microphone. The eyes of the more than 100 delegates were attracted to themselves. And the whole auditorium slowly fell into tranquility. "Comrades, I know that everyone must be very shocked by this nomination now, why would a few old fellows of our Politburo nominate a comrade with almost no qualifications in the party to be co-opted as an alternate member of the Politburo. Here, I would like to tell you that the nomination of Comrade Liu Hua for co-election as an alternate member of the Politburo was not proposed by a few of our old fellows on a hot head or whim. Rather, it was after comprehensively considering the situation in various aspects that this resolution was boldly proposed. Although, there are some reasons for this, and it is still necessary to keep it secret from everyone, and it is not possible to say it. However, are there many reasons why you can see and hear about it? In the shocked eyes of everyone, the chairman said with a smile.

"Comrades, I am here to start by saying one thing that is very relevant to seniority, and that is prestige. In the past few years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, I can say that Comrade Liu Hua has made great achievements because of his reading division. The prestige in the eyes of the people of the whole country, and even in the eyes of the people of the world, is in many ways higher than that of me [***]. It's not that I'm alarmist, I'm telling the truth. I believe that in the face of such tremendous prestige, if we can co-opt Comrade Liu Hua as an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, this will be of great help to the influence of our party..."

Of course, there are still many people who say that Comrade Liu Hua's qualifications are not enough. What I want to ask you is that we [***] people believe in Marxism, not the Kuomintang. Don't take the idea of promotion based on seniority and connections in the Kuomintang to us. What I want to tell you is that no matter what time it is, the promotion and appreciation of our [***] people do not depend on qualifications, but on ability. As long as you have the ability, whether you have qualifications or not, you can be promoted, and you can be recognized by the higher authorities. Therefore, I hope that you will not always hold your qualifications in your mouth, we are all [***] people who believe in Marxism. At the same time, Comrade Liu Hua's ability, I am here, so I don't want to talk to you about anything else. Whether it is the ability to do it militarily, politically, or in local management, all the bloody facts are in front of everyone. In general, my [***] own thoughts are that, in any case, I agree with the co-optation of Comrade Liu Hua as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee... I have finished my speech, of course, my speech is for your reference only, and I hope you will not think that I am canvassing votes for Comrade Liu Hua..." After speaking, the chairman waved his hand and retreated to his seat.

For a while, the entire auditorium immediately fell into a quiet because of the chairman's inspiring words just now, and everyone fell into deep thought, quietly thinking about the chairman's words. However, in just a moment, a burst of warm applause once again enveloped the entire conference room. Through the warm applause in the auditorium, Liu Hua, as the party to the entire proposal, clearly knew that the publicity that the chairman had just given himself had a very good effect. And if there are no surprises, if you co-opt as an alternate member of the Politburo, there will be no major problems in the next voting. Thinking of this, the corners of Liu Hua's mouth couldn't help but flash a smile... Of course, since the Zunyi Conference, a few of Wang Ming's hardcore henchmen who have been slowly squeezed out of the marginalization of the central government have shown a panicked look on their faces while listening to the warm applause around them. After all, Liu Hua is already recognized by everyone in the party as the most trusted senior general by the chairman and others. And if Liu Hua is elected as an alternate member of the Politburo, after entering the Central Committee. Then, they will have less say in the center, and they will be more marginalized... Therefore, while shocked, these people did not give up their idea of preventing Liu Hua from entering the Politburo alternate. In the warm applause, these hardcore henchmen of Wang Ming immediately began to publicize Liu Hua's qualifications and other issues among the delegates around him, in an attempt to prevent Liu Hua from being successfully elected... At this moment, however, there is no time left for these delegates, known as delegates of the left, to promote their policies in the lobby. Because, five minutes have passed, and in the next time, more than 100 delegates will cast their ballots on the rostrum...

In the whole auditorium, in a solemn atmosphere, every delegate slowly walked up to the rostrum and threw their votes into the ballot box located in the center of the rostrum. In less than half an hour, more than 100 ballots in the hands of more than 100 delegates were all thrown into the ballot box....

And in the next time, it is time to count the specific number of votes. Under the watchful eyes of more than 100 delegates, several members of the Politburo Standing Committee took out more than 100 ballots with their own hands and began to count the votes... In this way, the votes one by one, in the hands of Vice Chairman Zhou, became a stroke of the stroke, drawn under the words that agreed, abstained, and opposed to the three groups of words that determined Liu Hua's future identity... Of course, Liu Hua at this moment was sitting in his seat, staring at Vice Chairman Zhou's right hand with a pair of eyes. Just when Vice Chairman Zhou was on the blackboard in front of him, every time he drew a stroke, Liu Hua's heart had to beat hard. Finally, in this nervous mood, there were more and more strokes under the agreement, and Liu Hua's nervous heart slowly let go, and he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief..."Comrade Liu Hua, congratulations." You are the first of our four division commanders to be elected as an alternate member of the Politburo. I hope you will not let us all down in your future fighting life. Tell all the people who oppose you here that they have the ability and confidence to be an alternate member of the Politburo..."Seeing that the number of votes on the blackboard has passed half. Master Liu Bocheng, who was sitting next to Liu Hua, said with a smile.

"Please rest assured, I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations and be an alternate member of the Politburo..." While Liu Hua was excited, he loudly promised..."Papapa..." At this moment, a more enthusiastic applause reached the ears of Liu Hua and others. It turned out that after 10 minutes of counting, all 118 votes had been counted. The other deputies who learned the results of the ballot once again expressed their satisfaction and excitement at this moment with their warm applause..."Comrades, after counting. The results of the election on the nomination of Comrade Liu Hua for co-optation as an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee have already been released. After everyone's secret ballot, all 118 ballots cast by all participants were valid. Of these, 78 votes were in favor, 12 abstained, and 28 were against... According to the voting rules in the Party Constitution, the votes in favor are more than half of the total votes. Therefore, I hereby announce that Comrade Liu Hua, starting from today, will be officially co-opted as an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee..."Vice Chairman Zhou stood on the rostrum with a smile on his face, and said the final result with an excited face... In another round of warm applause, Vice Chairman Zhou waved his hand and continued: "Comrade Liu Hua, in one day today, I will first be co-opted from an ordinary party member and cadre to an alternate member of the Central Committee. After that, he continued to be co-opted as an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. It can be said that this is also the first time in the decades since the founding of our party that such a situation has occurred. Therefore, I would like to invite Comrade Liu Hua, an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, who has just been elected, to come to the stage and give you a speech..."While speaking, Vice Chairman Zhou waved his hand at Liu Hua's position and said....

"Thank you, chiefs, and thank you comrades for giving me this opportunity today. Today, in this auditorium, most of the people are my elders, my old chiefs. If you can vote for me, that's the trust you have in me. Therefore, I hereby promise that in my future fighting life, I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations of me, fulfill the obligations and responsibilities that an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee should fulfill, and strive for the cause of [***] for life..."Under the gaze of more than 100 people, Liu Hua walked up to the rostrum with an excited face and replied into the microphone....

In this way, in less than a day, Liu Hua wore the halo on his head from the commander of the Shanxi Military Region and the commander of the reading division to the current four. They are: alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, alternate member of the Central Committee, commander of the Shanxi Military Region and commander of the Reading Division Liu Hua... With the smooth election of Liu Hua, the enlarged meeting of the entire Politburo ended smoothly after three days. However, after the meeting, I watched the other delegates who came to attend the meeting, escorted by their respective security personnel, leave Yan'an one after another, and return to the base area with the results of the meeting and the orders of the central government. Liu Hua, who had just been elected as an alternate member of the Politburo, was retained by the chairman and others. Of course, there is also political commissar Luo Ronghuan who remains... For the specific reasons for the central to leave themselves. In the conversation with Chairman Zhou and Vice Chairman Zhou a few days ago, Liu Hua had already understood it clearly, that is, the secrets that could not be said in the chairman's mouth at yesterday's meeting. And these intensive, and not surprisingly, are about the entry of readers into the Northeast.

Just when Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan were in the room, discussing the gains and various achievements of the enlarged meeting of the Politburo, a report came to their ears from outside the door. As the door was pushed open, a guard beside the chairman stood at the door of the room. Seeing Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan in the room, the guard said loudly.

"Reporting to the two leaders, the chairman informed that tomorrow evening, several leaders will hold a meeting of the Politburo in the small conference room of the Central Residence, and the two leaders will attend the entire meeting as observers. The specific time of the meeting is 7 o'clock in the evening, and the two leaders are invited to enter the venue on time..."

"Comrade, thank you for the notification, we got it. Go back and report to the chairman, when the time comes, we will definitely be there on time, please rest assured that the chairman "Liu Hua, who attended the Politburo meeting again and had an experience, did not show much surprise. More importantly, at this moment, he is already an alternate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee....

After getting Liu Hua's affirmative answer, the guard standing at the door did not make any stops, immediately closed the door of the room, and quickly ran to the room where the chairman was. Listening to the footsteps fading away outside the room, political commissar Luo Ronghuan asked: "Commander, tomorrow's Politburo meeting should be to discuss the matter of sending troops to the northeast, right?" ”

"Commissar, according to a few days ago, when we finished eating at the chairman's house. Chairman, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu have revealed the information to us. At this enlarged meeting of the Politburo, all the goals that the leaders should achieve have been achieved, and at the same time, all the problems that should be resolved in the march to the northeast have also been resolved. I think the only thing left is the specific plan and timing of our army's dispatch to the northeast. If nothing else, tomorrow night's meeting must be a discussion on the plan for our army to send troops to the northeast..."Liu Hua nodded and replied thoughtfully.

"Finally, we can send troops to the northeast. This slogan, which we have been shouting for at least a year, has finally come true. I'm looking forward to tomorrow night's meeting more and more..."Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion while being excited.

(To be continued)