The Bairen City Senate Hall was already crowded at the moment. Most of the open-air seats that could accommodate 600 people were already occupied.
The so-called Senate Hall is the outdoor cinema built at the beginning of the landing. Although it was later repaired and rebuilt many times, a simple roof was added to avoid the suffering of wind and sun. Even so, this place is compared with the newly built one in Dongmen City.
The indoor gymnasium is still shabby.
Since a plan has been made to relocate the administrative district of Lingao and the residential area of elders to the old county town, the buildings in Bairen City will no longer be expanded or renovated and will continue to be used as makeshift ones.
However, after all, this place is within Bairen City, and it is the place where the elders feel most at ease. At this moment, the special reconnaissance team and the security battalion control every entrance. There is not a single naturalized citizen in the entire Bairen City. Even the secretaries of the elders,
The maids also left here temporarily. The entire Bairen City was quiet except for the elders talking loudly in the venue.
Although the venue is simple, the layout is very grand. A huge red and yellow wooden Star Fist national emblem hangs on the central screen wall of the rostrum, and two huge blue morning star flags hang on both sides. In order to reflect the "people" of the elders,
"All people are equal." Under the proposal of Speaker Qian Shuiting, there is no presidium for the conference, so there is only a solitary Burmese teak podium on the huge stage - which looks very small against the huge background screen wall.
As usual, the front of the rostrum was filled with flowers and green leafy potted plants, which looked majestic.
Xiao Zishan was sitting in the first row of the conference table, chatting with the elders around him, while peeking at the official attendance list that had just been sent. Looking at these some familiar and some unfamiliar names in front of him, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.
456 of the current 522 elders attended the general meeting. This ratio is already very high. With the expansion of territory, the elders have been scattered to various areas along the coast of China. Only on Hainan Island, they are currently scattered in various areas.
There are more than 20 elders working in the county. It is becoming increasingly difficult to summon all the elders. The military, communications and important industrial enterprises cannot do without the supervision and guidance of the elders. As for the intelligence system of the few who have penetrated into the Ming Dynasty, their details
The coordinate position is still more than a month ago.
In order to attend this conference, many expatriate elders handed over their matters at hand one month in advance and then returned to Lingao on a special transport ship sent by the general office. Even some "dependents" who traveled through time as family members and rarely attended the conference in the past
The "personnel" elders have also been mobilized for a meeting. These women, most of whom have entered old age, are gathering together to knit and knit and make shoes, chatting among themselves and gesturing to each other about the work they are doing: almost
All clothes, shoes and hats for infants and young children.
What a familiar scene. Xiao Zishan was thinking silently, and suddenly someone asked: "Director, do you still drink kvass when drinking tea?"
He was startled. He raised his head and saw that it was Li Yuanyuan, carrying a large kettle at the table to add water to the elders. The general meeting was a top secret, and no naturalized citizens were allowed to attend. Even the service work was done by the elders themselves.
"I--it's better to have tea, thank you."
"Look what you said, serve the Senate and the people!" Li Yuanyuan smiled playfully, but she no longer looked as youthful, lively and cute as when she was busy in the general affairs team - she was already thirty and had children.
Three already.
Xiao Zishan thought of this and touched his face. He was still a young man back then, but now he is moving towards middle age. Age is really not forgiving. We really need to hurry up on our grand plans and great achievements.
At first, he despised the lyrics "I really want to work for another five hundred years", but now he feels that the person who wrote the lyrics is very smart and understands human nature very well. It depicts the obsession of those in power with power and "grand ambitions"
Lifelike. Compared with the progress of society and technology, human life is really too short...
His eyes turned to the other side, where there were several young faces. These were the elders who had just come of age this year. Lin Ziqi was gesticulating and talking about something. Xiao Zishan looked at them talking together with a complicated mood, and his face looked full of disapproval.
The disdain of the "old guys".
These "Yuan generation" who were still children on D-Day will grow into the backbone of the next generation of elders in a few years. Not only are they young, but their status as having their own seats from the old time and space also allows them to have younger brothers and sisters born in this time and space.
They have incomparable advantages. In the minds of many elders, these children are truly "one of our own."
After all, it’s my own children who feel relieved. Xiao Zishan thought, we are not immune to this.
Li Yuanyuan here has sent over the latest sign-in statistics. Xiao Zishan looked at it and found that the sign-in serial number had reached 448. Five of the eight people left had taken leave, and the other three had not been contacted yet.
This attendance ratio is high enough. At the preparatory meeting before this conference, it was proposed to have as many elders as possible attend the conference, rather than simply mustering a two-thirds majority.
The reason why the Senate attaches so much importance to this meeting is because a series of major policies will be discussed at the meeting, some of which are quite sensitive. They have been fighting for a long time on the bbs and have not yet reached a conclusion. Now the plate is bigger, and various contradictions and conflicts have arisen.
The problem is becoming more and more prominent, and we can no longer continue to be so vague. There must be a conclusion. Without everyone gathering, the legitimacy of the policy cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, we have also specially asked people who cannot visit the scene in person and cannot get it in time.
The document will be broadcast by radio to the dispatched elders so that they can know the progress and discussion content of the meeting in a timely manner. At the same time, they can vote via radio.
However, ensuring the reliability of radio broadcast information is a problem. Xiao Zishan discussed this with Li Yunxing of the telecommunications company for a long time. Should it be broadcast live or send long telegrams? The final decision was to use live voice broadcast on the main island of Hainan.
Seniors on the navy's main battleships on duty in the waters near Gao listened to the meeting live, while seniors in other places waited for the meeting to end and sent out briefings on the meeting.
There are hundreds of bills and proposals on the agenda of the meeting, but for most senators, the core discussion is only three things: first, whether the current Senate-Executive Committee system needs to be reformed? How? Second, mainland China
After the strategy is launched, what kind of land and civil affairs policies will be implemented in Guangdong? Third, the specific arrangements for the second five-year plan.
For those elders who have political ideas and work in the executive branch, the first point is the issue they are most concerned about. What kind of political system and power distribution mechanism will be adopted will affect the amount of power they have in the country in the future;
The elders who work in the industrial and agricultural sectors are more interested in the third point. The reason is the same. The focus of industrial layout and investment will affect the status of the industry they work for, which will indirectly affect their status in the Senate.
right to speak.
Both groups of people prepared a lot of information to prove their opinions. As for the second point, it is an issue of interest to those elders who are interested in serving as local governors. Although the position of the mayor of Guangzhou has been decided, the entire
There are so many cities in Guangdong. People who are interested in becoming a prince can choose a place to use as their own farmland to test their various theories...
Xiao Zishan walked to Qian Shuiting's seat and whispered: "Old Qian, we are almost here. Let's have a meeting."
Qian Shuiting nodded, stood up and went to the host's seat in the corner of the podium, tried the sound check, and announced the start of the conference.
In order to deliberately highlight "equality", at Qian Shuiting's suggestion, the ceremonies such as the performance of the March of Unity and Friendship, the entrance of the executive committee, and the opening speech by the host of the meeting were all canceled at the previous conferences, and were replaced by the direct announcement of the meeting.
Qian Shuiting read out the meeting agenda and related procedures, and then moved on to the first topic - the investigation of the "Naolingao" incident. Generally speaking, such an investigation does not need to be held in a plenary meeting.
Discussion, but because the Zhai Party secretly made efforts to change the original layout of powerful institutions, they proposed a motion to "clean up departments and rectify the case". This was how it went to the Senate Assembly. Powerful institutions are the core departments. Whether to adjust them and how.
Adjustment is a matter of life and death for the elders, and no one can take it lightly.
The first speaker was Ji Xin, the chairman of the independent investigation committee. The candidates originally proposed by each party were rejected by the other party. In the end, all parties had to accept Ji Xin, who had no clear position. Although some people believed that Ji Xin was neutral on the surface.
, is actually the weakling of the Executive Committee, but his consistent calm and impartial style has obviously won the trust of the majority of elders.
He looked calm when he took the stage. He first briefly explained the incident, and then elaborated on the handling of the various departments involved such as the Political Security Bureau, the Police Department, and the Lingao Security Command. Then he talked about the investigation of the relevant situation.
process and conclusion.
Ji Xin's original expression was very indifferent, and his tone when he delivered his speech was even more emotionless. Even the words he used were the simplest explanations without any modifications, without any praise or criticism. He made a major case with ups and downs like clear soup.
It was so boring that even some of the audience below began to doze off.
He talked for an hour before finishing the investigation report. Finally, he said:
"After investigation and evidence collection by this committee, based on the information we have available, all members voted to adopt the following conclusions -" Ji Xin opened a sealed envelope and unfolded the paper:
"First, the powerful institutions are responsible for this incident; second, the charge of 'neglect of duty' is not found; third, no one was found to have committed serious negligence in this incident; fourth, the existing powerful institutions have insufficient resources and unreasonable organizational settings.
situation, it is recommended to make corrections." (To be continued...)