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There is a little story about the philosophy of Oriental politics.

The little emperor, who had just ascended the throne, summoned his teacher and asked the court how to use people. The emperor didn't think about it, and said: "Yongcai is a powerful minister, and handles state affairs for His Majesty." Capable people are staff officers, give advice to His Majesty, and supervise the ministers. ”

The little emperor was very strange: "Why don't you let a capable person take over the power and responsibility, just be a staff officer." ”

The emperor smiled: "Who can do nothing, the powerful ministers are high and powerful, the mediocre will inevitably not be able to withstand the temptation, and your majesty will not feel distressed if you are killed, and then you will change someone, as long as they implement the national policy formulated by your majesty and capable people, it is enough." Capable people are scarce, and if they are put in the position of powerful ministers, there is any fault, either His Majesty will lose a talent, or the people will think that the law is unjust. ”

A similar story has been found in European history, when King Louis XIII of France and his son Louis XIV never allowed their confidants to become chancellors of the exchequer during the Thirty Years' War, a position usually held by minor nobles or even merchants. The French royal family's tax package system has really fattened such a group of people, but the French king is not merciless in killing, and when he feels that he is short of money, he will raid the Chancellor of the Exchequer and ask him for the crime, and he is sure to make a fortune.

As a result, some people have summed up a peculiar political risk philosophical theory: an effective political operation does not lie in simple risk prevention, but in the long-term and effective mechanism of risk response and treatment; Risks are usually unavoidable, and the effectiveness of the mechanism for dealing with risks lies in controlling the costs incurred by risks, which are too high and doomed to be treated lightly, thus accumulating a greater risk probability and falling into a vicious circle.

This is probably the key reason why family businesses are more likely to rise, but they are far more difficult to operate for a long time than joint-stock companies. The internal risk management of family enterprises usually lacks an effective resolution mechanism, and nepotism naturally abounds in the decline of a generation.

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Monday, January 14, 1636.

On the second Monday of each month, the Diet and the Government and the Cabinet meet regularly, and it is the first collective meeting of the Diet, the Cabinet and the military in the new year. Discuss a number of important military and diplomatic issues to be addressed at hand. As the Lunar New Year approached, the atmosphere of the conference was quite relaxed.

The rebellion of the black aborigines under the leadership of the governor of Nanshan, which lasted for half a year, has been completely suppressed, and more than 4,000 black captives have been "sold at a price", and those who have escaped have been forced to migrate farther north or east, and the actual control area of the governor of Nanshan has expanded several times.

The war in Ireland had entered a critical period of armistice negotiations, and the military operation to blockade the Thames estuary was a great success. Relying on the convenience of supplies to the Isles of Scilly, even the Spanish fleet was involved, and a large number of unknown English or Dutch merchant ships were intercepted, and as long as it lasted another month or two, England had to bow its head.

As for the invasion of the Dutch West India Company in Brazil. A standoff has already formed. The Dutch mercenaries occupying Olinda and heading south to the port of Recife were temporarily held back by the Portuguese, but the port of Recife was also blocked by the main fleet of the Dutch West India Company; Occupy Fernando. The Southern Fleet on Denoronia had ostensibly occupied an advantageous position to cut off the Dutch's retreat and supply lines, and now maintained a low-intensity confrontation with the Dutch at sea. In this way, the two sides maintained a posture of neither declaring war nor backing down from each other.

A number of resolutions were being voted on one after another, and a hammer fell, but Cheng Daxiong, as a member of the House of Representatives, abstained from voting again and again, just sitting silently in his position, staring blankly at the stack of papers on the table in front of him.

It's a bit odd. Presiding over such an important congress meeting was not Senate Speaker Bao Zitu, but House Speaker Zhao Fang. Not only was President Li Ping, Premier Qi Jianjun and Baozi Tuqiqi absent, but some senators and representatives were also not present, which made many people feel a little weird.

"Why are you listless? Is your wife pregnant again? Defense Minister Zheng Quan touched Homeland Security Secretary Liu Yun, who was sitting absent-mindedly next to him. I feel strange about the other party's inexplicable expression today.

Just a wordless wry smile, Liu Yun turned his gaze to the House of Representatives seat in the distance, and his gaze fell on the equally sluggish Cheng Daxiong.

"Su Zining, something is wrong today." The other side. Yan Xiaosong also seemed to smell an unusual breath, and couldn't help but gently push Su Zining's arm.

"Huh? What's wrong? Su Zining came back from his nap and looked around blankly. Finally, he looked at the few empty seats in the congressional table, "Oh, a few people are absent...... I should have gone to Tao Xinmei's funeral, right? This is a big face......"

"Have you noticed who these absent people are......" Yan Xiaosong turned his head and lowered his voice, "Except for Bao Zitu and the president, all the other absentees are from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission...... Even Lao Qi and Liu Xin didn't come today. ”

Saying this, Su Zining cheered up and began to carefully identify on the conference hall, and after looking at it for a few minutes, he finally nodded slowly, and his brows were slightly wrinkled.

"It seems that there is something big today......" Su Zining, who had regained his composure, leaned back on the back of the chair and clasped his hands in front of his chest, as if he was thinking about something.

……

“…… The last vote on the issue: negotiations between Guò and the Portuguese side, in which the other party formally agreed to sell Fernando for a symbolic price of $50,000. Denoronia, in exchange for our declaration of war on the Dutch West India Company. ”

After some muttering, most of the parliamentarians raised their hands in favor, and a small number of people proposed a direct blockade of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, but this opinion was directly blocked back by Admiral Wang Tiehammer, the commander of the navy who was present.

Not to mention whether the relationship with the Dutch Governors' Federation should go to an extreme, just from the current strength of the navy, it has been diluted to the limit. Recently, there have been several cases of piracy in the Caribbean, and a number of Spanish or Portuguese merchant ships have disappeared.

"Most tickets pass guò! All issues are voted on! The resolution is pending Senate review. Zhao Fang, the presiding officer of the assembly and speaker of the House of Representatives, made a final decision, and many members of the parliament rubbed their shoulders and stood up, intending to leave.

"Wait, everyone! I still have something to say! Suddenly, Cheng Daxiong stood up, and the loud voice suppressed the sound of people pushing chairs.

In the corner, Liu Yun's eyes suddenly opened, and a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Cheng Daxiong?" Yan Xiaosong was also slightly stunned, "Is he going to mention the 'Amendment to the Audit Law' again?" Hasn't he already given up? ”

"Maybe there are more important ......" Su Zining thought about it, but still hadn't found a clue.

Cheng Daxiong walked to the rostrum in a muttering sound. He took out an account book from his bosom and gently placed it on the table. This action immediately caused the surprise of someone in the Senate seat, and that person was none other than Liu Baidong, general manager of the state-owned ocean shipping company.

"From the timidity and confusion at the beginning, to the current stable life, fifteen years have passed. Like everyone else, I have a happy family, a land that seems to be more hopeful than it once was, and has escaped a bit of vulgarity......"

"I have always had a wish to root the happiness and beauty I hope for in this world and help all those who come to this land. Become the pioneer or successor of this new world civilization...... I believe that this country can allow me to achieve this ideal. ”

"But now, I realize that I was wrong, that the things that were once terrible are still surrounded by nightmares, that I can never get rid of them, that I can't do anything about it...... For the sake of my wife and children, I was cowardly, completely coaxed, and I could only make up a pure world for them...... I'm just one person and I do everything I can. I can only protect and help a few people around me, my wife, children, or neighbors and colleagues......"

Cheng Daxiong lowered his head as if muttering to himself. Tears quietly dripped down and wet the account book in front of him.

A few seconds later, Cheng Daxiong suddenly raised his head and raised the account book. Looking around at the blank faces below, he took out a lighter from his pocket and lit it with a wry smile.

The books of accounts that had been thrown on the ground were slowly burning. Gradually turned into a cloud of black ash.

The door opened, President Li Ping, Senate President Bao Zitu, Premier Qi Jianjun and others walked in one after another, and even former President Chen Yuanyuan, Supreme Justice Zhong Jinshan, and former Senate Speaker Liu Mingjun appeared in the figures.

After some muttering, almost all the "non-internal staff" withdrew from the conference site, and the doors were quietly closed.

"The old men are here." Recalling Cheng Daxiong's inexplicable speech just now, Su Zining finally showed a sudden expression of realization, "I'm afraid Tao Xinmei's death is not so simple!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Liu Yun, who was not far away. In sight, Liu Yun had closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and took a nap, so calm that he almost lost his breath.

"Today, I want to announce one thing, about the work investigation report of the audit team temporarily established by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission for half a month, I want everyone to know how bad we are......" walked to the rostrum, looked at Cheng Daxiong, who was already crying, and Baozitu sighed deeply.

There was silence in the audience, some were inexplicable, some were flustered, some were thoughtful, and some were absent-minded, and everyone's expressions were different.

……

In just half a month, a small-scale investigation has not covered all the state-owned groups under the SASAC, and a total of at least $4 million in financial loopholes have been found in the accounts of several companies, with the China Import and Export Group, the state-owned energy and mining group, and the state-owned construction engineering group having the biggest problems.

More than $4 million of the state-owned group's funds have been privately divided in one way or another in just ten years, and although they have not been directly named, the number of people involved has exceeded 100. This is only a small range of audit results, and the shocking figures made Bao Zitu choose to suspend the audit work.

It is nothing more than some rotten methods used by later generations: high-priced procurement, or providing high-priced business contracts to the outside world, or falsely reporting expenses, and then privately obtaining kickbacks to devour the funds of state-owned groups. For this reason, a large number of enterprises related to their business are helping these state-owned groups to "pick up money" from abroad, and a considerable number of them are private industries outside the state-owned group managers, and there are also quite a few large private groups that are fueling the troubles. But in the end, the losses all fell on the state-run group.

As for why the SASAC suddenly chose to announce the results today, Liu Yun's resignation as Minister of Homeland Security on the spot, and Cheng Daxiong's performance today.

Defense Minister Zheng Quan's face turned blue with anger in the middle of the report, Admiral Wang Tiezhu, commander of the Navy, left the scene in silence, and Lieutenant General Chen Liwen, commander of the army, got up and smashed his teacup and cursed incessantly.

The anger of the military frightened a considerable number of parliamentarians, many of whom were dead-faced, and those who felt innocent chose to remain silent. It's no wonder that Zheng Quan is so angry, the hole of more than 4 million US dollars means that 8 Princess-class large light cruisers have quietly evaporated like this. The annual struggle for the national defense budget seems extremely comical at this time.

The bun diagram is stated intermittently. Coupled with the scolding of Lieutenant General Chen Liwen, it continued for several hours.

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“…… What else, no one can change ......"

An hour ago, the "muttering summary" of a certain congressman in Congress plunged the audience into a dead silence, and it also became a direct catalyst for the fainting of the old man Liu Mingjun after he was furious. The conference came to an abrupt end, and people rushed the dizzy Liu Lao to the hospital.

In the snow-capped Ren family manor, the servants are still slowly sweeping the snow, and the once bright and dazzling flower stands have been transformed into stone cups filled with "ice cream". There were several carriages parked outside the gate, and it seemed that another group of invited people were gathering at Ren's house.

There is no use of plumbing and heating, which has entered ordinary people's homes on a large scale, and the elegant living room fireplace is dyed with a little fire. Bake the whole living room warmly. But compared to the warm room temperature, the atmosphere in the living room is very cold. The crowd of people who had just returned from the hospital sat sullenly, except for the crackling sound in the fireplace, only the sound of Yang Wenwen rubbing the yarn slowly and methodically.

"That was many years ago, there were only a few Cuban nickel ore businesses, and I wrote whatever price they wanted, and I didn't eat the extra penny anyway, and the extra part was returned to them...... Then they squeezed me out of the business of importing ore from Cuba. I didn't have any contact with them. Ren Changle coughed, breaking the silence of the scene and justifying what he had not named before.

"Fortunately, the strange remark of 'no one can change it' was not made by you." Yang Wenwen rolled her eyes at her husband silently. "Usually you two factions are so fierce, aren't you all grasshoppers on a rope, boring...... However, their eating appearance is also quite ugly, and we are robbing it outside according to the rules. They're stealing inside! ”

"Why can't you change it...... Why is it so justifiable to say such a thing?! Yan Xiaosong let out a deep voice, and his anger was overflowing.

"Zhong Lao summed it up well, in the eyes of quite a few of us. This country is made up of three parts: 'the country, the people, and us', and we are beyond the state and the people. Su Zining was very calm, "Yes, it can't be changed, and even because of the unavoidable thing of crossing, the good can be changed for the bad, and it can be so bad that it is taken for granted and blameless." ”

"Or you were right at the beginning, our biggest enemy is not Europe, and the most important thing to save is not the Ming Dynasty, but ourselves!" Yan Xiaosong grabbed the wine on the coffee table, and poured it directly at the mouth of the wine bottle without grace.

"We don't want to do better than before, we just don't want to do worse than before. Therefore, we have a suddenly advanced system, a system that is both a bitch and a memorial arch. Perhaps its greatest effect is not to make us look more idealistic, or to make the country more hopeful, but to restrain our selfish desires, so that even if we are selfish, we are more selfish as normal people, rather than selfish as unscrupulous and harmful to our children and grandchildren. People who are prone to mistakes should not stay in certain positions, because we don't have an effective mechanism to deal with internal mistakes in the first place...... In a sense, the faster we die, the more normal the country will be......"

Su Zining said softly, and the people present were silent.

"Liu Yun, don't look like you want to die or live. That Tao Xinmei's family, you did it, right? You have Cheng Daxiong off! Ren Changle glanced at Liu Yun, who was sitting in the corner with his eyes closed, and said hatefully.

"Whatever you can guess...... Liu Yun stretched, as if he had let go of all his burdens at this time, "I'm relieved, don't bother me with these things in the future." ”

"Lao Qi hasn't approved it yet, you want to make a mess now, it's unlikely." Su Zining patted Liu Yun's shoulder, revealing an expression of understanding, "Use ordinary lives in exchange for our self-deceptive sense of security...... If I were me, I wouldn't be able to figure out what to do, Tao Xinmei's matter was actually ......"

Hearing the name of those three words, Liu Yun fell silent again, and Su Zining also stopped at the right time.

The murder of Tao Xinmei's family, which caused a sensation in Manchester City, was finally characterized as "robbery by gangsters with guns", but an indescribable bitterness still weighed on everyone's hearts.

……

Late at night, Liu Yun, who walked out of the Ren family's manor, took out his cigarette as if relieved, leaned against the street lamp and comfortably exhaled smoke, the expression on his face seemed to be a smile rather than a smile.

"Liu Yun." Su Zining quietly appeared on the side of the street.

"Hehe, Brother Su is still planning to ask the teacher for guilt." Liu Yun smiled and flicked out the half-smoked cigarette in his hand in a chic manner.

"Regardless of whether it's right or wrong, Cheng Daxiong is not a person who doesn't know the overall situation, and you are not. You're doing it too obviously. Su Zi looked at his friend's eyes quietly, as if looking for a gap to penetrate into.

"If I were someone else, maybe I would have done it better than I did." Liu Yun said lightly, as if he was not very used to Su Zining's gaze staring at him, so he lowered his head slightly and missed Su Zining's side and walked in the direction of his house.

After a few steps, Liu Yun suddenly stopped and turned back, with an unusually serious expression on his blurred face under the street lamp: "Brother Su, this is our best chance, otherwise most of our lives will be wasted by these people." They like to eat and wait for death, do you have the leisure to take yourself to accompany them? ”

"......" Su Zining didn't say anything, just sighed helplessly. (To be continued)