In an instant, when he met Zong Kaitai's hidden gaze, Chen Mingyuan's heart skipped a beat, but his expression did not fluctuate at all. He just bowed and said: "Chairman is wise, this junior has learned a lesson."

Zong Kaitai smiled and nodded, an unfathomable meaning flashed in his eyes, and then he changed the topic and started talking about some tepid gossip.

During this period, Zong Kaitai fully demonstrated his demeanor and sophistication that had gone through all the vicissitudes of life. Although most of the topics were unremarkable, as long as you reflect carefully, you can almost capture some thought-provoking implications from these words.

Looking at the calm and leisurely manner in his words and deeds, we can see that this big boss who controls a shadowy faction behind the scenes definitely has a mind and means that are no less than those of He Xiangdong.

Chen Mingyuan did not dare to take it lightly. Even though he could barely maintain his composure on the surface, under the subtle pressure, his palms were already dripping with sweat.

This level of kings and heroes is far from being accessible to him on an equal footing right now.

After chatting for a while, the health care doctor took off the instruments one after another, then stood up and said respectfully: "Chairman, blood pressure, pulse and other indicators are all normal. However, there is a cold wave approaching in the next two days. Please pay attention in time."

Wear warm clothes..."

Zong Kaitai raised his hand and waved it gently, saying: "Okay, you can explain it to Chen Yang later."

After the health care doctor retreated, Zong Kaitai looked at Chen Mingyuan again, with a look of concern on his face, and asked: "By the way, how is Mr. Chen's condition? It should be nothing serious, right?"

Chen Mingyuan said hurriedly: "Thank you, Chairman Zong, for your concern. My condition has basically stabilized these days."

Zong Kaitai nodded. In fact, a dedicated person will report to him in time about the old man's condition. This is just to express concern, "You should pay more attention to your recuperation. Mr. Chen's health is the concern of many of us."

After a pause, he suddenly raised his hand, and Lu Chenyang behind him immediately handed over a broken book at the right time.

"This badly read book was published in the 1950s. Well... it's an anti-bureaucratic book from the former Soviet Union." Zong Kaitai weighed the book in his hand.

He smiled and said: "Mr. Chen gave this to me when I went to Beijing to report on my work. I got a lot of inspiration after reading it at that time, but I am ashamed to say that I have been busy with government affairs in the past few decades and have forgotten about it. I sorted it out a while ago.

I just found it in the study, so instead of continuing to eat dust, I might as well give it back to you as a souvenir."

Chen Mingyuan took it silently. It was obviously a book that had been passed around by many people. The front and back were all gone. Only the title was written in blue and black ink: "Not Relying on Bread Alone".

"I have also made some comments above. I hope it will be useful to you. Of course, those were my thoughts decades ago. Nowadays, I am afraid they are a bit outdated. Just take a look." Zong Kaitai said with a smile:

"Having said that, you are now in charge of a political party, and it stands to reason that you should have some governance ideas. Then I might as well test you. What do you think of the bureaucracy that is prevalent in the country nowadays?"

Chen Mingyuan calmly put the book on his lap, thought for a moment, raised his head and replied: "Since the chairman is so demanding, I can only boldly talk about my experience. To put it simply and concisely, bureaucracy is actually the prominence of official-oriented thinking.

It reflects that, especially in a country like ours that has a long history of feudal society, the influence of feudalism and other exploiting classes has existed for a long time and will always be expressed in various forms."

Zong Kaitai seemed to be a little interested and asked: "Then what means do you think should be used to eradicate this shortcoming?"

"Difficult" Chen Mingyuan said without hesitation: "In fact, putting an end to the emergence and growth of bureaucracy has long been a common argument. It is nothing more than solving problems such as excessive concentration of power, improving legal regulations, and improving the ministerial appointment and assessment system. But if you want to start from

Basically clear

, but it is nothing short of a fantasy. At least at the current stage, the domestic environment and the external environment cannot be improved in a long time. Moreover, once the reform methods are too radical, it will be counterproductive. Wang Anshi's reform in the Song Dynasty is one

Typical example."

Zong Kaitai's eyes became sharper and sharper, and he nodded and said: "Then where do you think the greatest resistance comes from if we want to cure this stubborn disease from its root cause?"

Chen Mingyuan was silent for a while, and then said with an apologetic smile: "The issues here are too complicated, I'm sorry for my juniors not being able to understand them yet..." In fact, everyone is well aware of the biggest resistance. In this official-based country,

What is rooted in the soil of bureaucratic power is the vested interest groups that cover the sky.

To put an end to bureaucracy, it is necessary to attack the power of these vested interest groups at the root. However, Chen Mingyuan could never say these things, especially in front of this faction boss.

Zong Kaitai obviously noticed Chen Mingyuan's concerns, and just smiled tacitly, without any intention of getting to the bottom of it.

Immediately, he glanced at his watch, picked up the tea cup, and said as a gift to the guests, "It's getting late, and there are some things to be dealt with in the morning, so I won't keep you longer."

Chen Mingyuan quickly stood up and saluted, then said goodbye and left.

While watching his back disappear into the corridor, Zong Kaitai picked up the freshly brewed tea and took a sip, casually asking, "What do you think of this person?"

Lu Chenyang consciously took a step forward and whispered behind him: "It is similar to the evaluation of the outside world. He is quite good at practicing qi at a young age. Although his mentality is a bit fluctuating and disordered when talking, he can still be very good.

If you control it well, you can see that your temper is very tenacious."

Zong Kaitai raised his thick eyebrows and said, "How does it compare with Kou Beiyan?"

"Each one has his or her own merits, but one might be better off at the same time." Lu Chenyang quickly gave his evaluation, then hesitated for a moment and added: "But in my opinion, when he reaches Kou Beiyan's age, his achievements and abilities should be slightly better.

"

"Slightly better?" A playful smile appeared on the corner of Zong Kaitai's mouth, and he said lightly: "Give this kid a few more years, I'm afraid even Kou Beiyan will be suppressed by him. This kind of person seems to be intolerant.

The hair is released, but the stamina is often very fast.

, once he crosses the threshold of the county level, the sky is the limit and the sky is wide, and now that he has the Mu family as his backing, it is no wonder that the kid from Beiyan now has a sense of crisis and is eager to secretly promote it.

Others blocked him."

Lu Chenyang looked stern and said respectfully: "Chairman, please... do you need to remind Kou Beiyan so that he can stop?"

Zong Kaitai waved his hand, put down the tea cup, and said: "Let them fight, who is the dragon or the tiger, you have to go through some ups and downs to find out... Besides, this young man may not be able to be used by us. On the one hand, we have to try

You can use him, but you must always remember to prevent him from forming his own system."

Seeing the cold light in Zong Kaitai's eyes, Lu Chenyang was silent for a while, and also a little confused. He had seen all the exchanges between the two of them just now. In addition to observing Chen Mingyuan's mental temperament, it was still difficult to see Chen Mingyuan.

Therefore, one cannot help but wonder how Zong Kaitai could tell from just a few sentences.

Although Lu Chenyang works in the national center all year round, his eyesight is still far inferior to that of a national leader of this level. However, his intuition tells him that this grandson of the Zhonghai Chen family is likely to cause quite a stir in the country in the future.

of waves.

After leaving Ziqinyuan, Chen Mingyuan went straight to the Beijing Office car. Thinking back to the conversation just now, his face became solemn.

Although he tried very hard to hide his political thinking and cleverly avoided Zong Kaitai's questioning, he understood that based on Zong Kaitai's investigation of him and the conversation just now, his characteristics were still the same.

He noticed it.

After all, it is simply unrealistic to try to get by in front of the leader of the country.

Regardless, as his local policies gradually show their effects, his political ideas will be known to the world sooner or later. These ideas are destined to be incompatible with many aspects of the Zhonghai Faction. As the leader of the faction, Zong Kaitai is bound to

Will not include himself in the inner circle for cultivation and support

You must know that it took more than ten years for the Zhonghai Faction to stand at the pinnacle of China. How can the interest groups surrounding the faction allow anyone to overturn this hard-won structure?

Suddenly, he remembered the old man's previous reminder. He must have known a long time ago that his political ideas would not be accepted by the faction. As long as he did not change his ideas, as his career progressed, the faction's support for him would increase.

decline day by day, and even regard themselves as an anomaly,

Now that the old man is still alive, even if He Xiangdong, Zong Kaitai and others knew about it, they probably wouldn't have any complaints. But once the old man is gone, the consequences will be difficult to say.

The decline of the family in the previous life is still vivid in my mind.

As his thoughts continued, the car arrived at the door of the Beijing Office. When Chen Mingyuan got out of the car, he found a car parked in the shadow of the door of the Beijing Office. The car was turned off and blocked by a big banyan tree. It was not very clear.

Really, but when he stepped up the steps, Chen Mingyuan noticed that the car was shaking, but he didn't pay much attention to it. The sign posted by the Beijing Office was the hotel's sign. There were people coming and going, maybe they were guests staying in the hotel.

Just as he was about to turn around and step in, there was a sound of the car door, and someone shouted, "County Magistrate Chen,"

"Mayor Chen, please stay." A figure slowly walked out from the shadow of the big banyan tree. It was Qiu Kexin.

This guy actually came

Chen Mingyuan frowned and said teasingly: "It turns out to be Mr. Qiu. Why, come to our Ruining Office in Beijing to try some local specialties?"

Qiu Kexin knew that he was not welcome, but he didn't care. He took two steps closer and whispered: "County Magistrate Chen, I've been waiting here all morning."

After all, he was a child of a noble family, and he had lowered his attitude so low. Chen Mingyuan could no longer refuse people thousands of miles away, and said calmly: "Since we are guests, Mr. Qiu has been waiting at the door for most of the day, so let's come in and have a drink together."
Chapter completed!