Weighing the pros and cons, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is one of the necessary brains for a mature politician. Although Zhao Hongru is not a mature politician, he still understands how to make decisions that are beneficial to maintaining his own power and the strength of his family.
In fact, Zhao Hongru was a representative of the Shang faction. He originally thought that with Zhao Quanjie, the commander of the Second Army, as his nephew, supporting the scene in the army, he would be able to compete with Tie Xuan, Xu Huizu and other civilian schools, but after seeing Wan Lei
After taking out the ten-year plan, I immediately realized that the bargaining chips in my hand were so pitiful, and there was still a long way to go before I could replace Wan Lei.
On the surface, the ten-year plan is an economic plan, but it is actually a reshuffle of the entire national economy. In this reshuffle, anyone who is on the wrong team will be crushed to pieces.
.Zhao Hongru is not stupid. He knows that the reason why Wan Lei let him see this plan for the first time was actually telling him and warning him: Don't play tricks, otherwise it will be useless.
It is precisely because this ten-year plan is a major reshuffle plan that Zhao Hongru knows without thinking that most people in the business faction will switch to Wan Lei's camp after reading it. If he does not understand the interests, he will not take the initiative to withdraw from the election.
If he turns to be Wan Lei's supporter, the final result will definitely be betrayal and alienation, and he will eventually be knocked to the ground. It may even lead to the decline of the entire Zhao family.
Instead, he became a supporter of Wan Lei and cheered for him. Although he had no chance to be the next president, he could at least retain his position. Based on his understanding of Wan Lei, Zhao Hongru could be sure that Wan Lei
After being re-elected, he will definitely be given an official position above minister level in the central government, and Huihuang Petroleum Company, which represents the interests of the Zhao family, will also be able to take advantage of the ten-year plan to grow and develop again and become a large chaebol that controls the lifeline of the national economy.
Zhao Hongru wanted to figure this out, so he naturally changed his attitude from the past. Not only did he publicly withdraw from the presidential campaign, but he also publicly supported Wan Lei's re-election. He even used his influence to secretly persuade those who were close to him.
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With Zhao Hongru as a drummer lobbying for him, Wan Lei is even more happy to have a leisurely life. Most of his time is either running to the Mechanical Research Institute or meeting with foreign envoys, reselling various machinery and technologies. Although he has already built a diesel engine prototype
, but Wan Lei has no plans to promote this technology in the short term.
Firstly, there are still some minor problems with the design of the diesel engine, which need to be resolved as it is too large and has relatively low power; secondly, Wan Lei is prepared to regard this technology as his first "gift" after re-election; and even more
The important thing is that the Republic of China still has some old-fashioned steam engines on hand. Before these gadgets are sold out at high prices, Wan Lei will not come up with new gadgets to exploit technology transfer, which is the fastest way to make money.
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While Wan Lei was selling steam engines, Zhou Tianshou, the chief of staff of Huayuan, spent more than three months inspecting all provinces in the country on behalf of Wan Lei, including Mongolia Special Administrative Region, Tianshan Special Administrative Region and Guangnan Special Administrative Region.
I made a trip to all of them and met with important local officials, both civil and military, and did not return to Peiping until the beginning of May.
Zhou Tianshou's tour as acting president this time was mainly arranged by Wan Lei. The purpose was to let him meet more local officials and accumulate contacts for his future presidential campaign. As soon as Zhou Tianshou returned to Peking, Wan Lei invited him to Huayuan
Talk in detail, but apart from observing the attitudes of local officials in various provinces, there is nothing special to report.
In fact, although this year is an election year, and all parties are secretly wrestling with each other, the middle and lower-level officials and civil servants in various departments from the central to the local governments do not have much influence, because they cannot be replaced by a change of office, as long as they
They perform their duties in accordance with the law and do not violate laws or disciplines. Even if the top leader changes, they can rest easy.
It is precisely because the change of office does not affect grassroots staff, the entire Republic of China departments at all levels are still operating in an orderly manner, and the lives of the people are still the same. Ordinary people usually also discuss who is the best candidate for president, among which
The most vocal call for the election of Wan Lei is that after all, their lives have been good in the past few years since Wan Lei has been in power. They are really worried that if someone else replaces them, their living standards will not rise but fall.
"Brother Wan, I heard that you have offended a lot of people this time because of my brother's affairs. Many people are complaining in their hearts. I am afraid that there will be trouble in this election." After talking about business, Zhou Tianshou said with some apologies.
said.
"Haha, I am not an outsider, so there is no need to be so polite. Besides, since we debuted, when have we had less trouble? Compared with the difficulties and dangers in the past, this little trouble is not worth mentioning." Wan Lei said calmly,
Since he wants to support Zhou Tianshou, he will naturally support him to the end and never change his mind midway, let alone regret.
"Having said that, there is still a lot of dissatisfaction from the Executive Yuan. After all, they are also the founding heroes of the country, and they all deserve credit for their hard work. If I cause everyone to be alienated, it would be bad." Zhou Tianshou still frowned.
"The people in the Executive Yuan are working hard in internal affairs, but the brothers on the Military Commission have also worked hard with their lives. They have been going through life and death for many years and have made a lot of sacrifices. I don't want to favor one side, but I can't ignore the other side. Now I just want to
It's just a platform for both parties to participate in the election fairly. If they can't understand this, it would be too biased. How can such a selfish villain, who has the same party and opposes different parties, govern this country well?"
"Having said that, the officials below all think that I want to implement the passing system. It is impossible without complaints."
"You don't need to pay attention to what those people say. I will come forward to deal with them. The most important thing for you now is to have good dealings with the senators. I can provide you with a platform, but I cannot directly pass it on to you. Without participation,
You won’t be able to get a quota to run for election without the support of congressmen.”
"I know this. I usually walk around among the senators, and I heard that some senators had private exchanges, saying that they wanted to introduce a constitutional amendment that stipulates that active duty soldiers cannot run for president." Zhou Tianshou said in a low voice.
"I know this matter is being done by people from the Executive Yuan. They mainly want to target the Military Commission, especially you. But you don't have to worry. I have had several talks with those people and they have taken a step back. The amendment
It just stipulates that active duty military personnel cannot run for president within two years after retirement."
Wan Lei paused and then said: "This amendment is mainly to prevent the emergence of martial arts politics and the emergence of military dictators. It is a necessary bill. You will officially retire as a five-star general next year. I will give you advice on
The Ministry will retain the title of special adviser and the salary will remain unchanged."
"Do you really want to retire and leave the army?" Zhou Tianshou looked a little gloomy, but he also knew that you can't have your cake and eat it too. If you want to be elected president, you must first hand over military power for three years. This risk is still very high. If you choose
If they fail to do so, the original army will not be able to return, which means that the attempt to draw water from a bamboo basket will be in vain.
"When the next term changes, he will officially run for office. If he can be elected by then, everything will be easy to say. If something unexpected happens, I will be able to use my power during my final term to reassign you to the Military Commission.
"Wan Lei said, if he wants to help Zhou Tianshou up, of course he has to help him to the end.