"Zishan, you are a rare guest here." Ma Qianxu smiled and looked away from the documents in front of him.
As soon as he finished speaking, a pretty female secretary brought tea.
Originally, Secretary Ma never had female staff around him, they were all male naturalized citizens.
Since the past two years, there have been more female staff around him, which has inevitably aroused discussions among many veterans. Some say that he is a "same person", while others say that he is avoiding the suspicion of "sexism". In short, the original
Several "big secrets" wearing dark cotton tunic suits with neatly buttoned collars were missing.
With a smile on his face, Xiao Zishan bowed and thanked him. He picked up the tea cup and smelled the aroma symbolically, "What a good tea." Seeing that the female secretary had already left, he continued:
"Secretary Ma, the welcome ceremony plan forwarded a few days ago..."
"I have already approved this matter. There is nothing special about it. Spend a few more dollars and make the ceremony more grand. The army has been at war for two years, and military honors still have to be in place."
"In the welcome ceremony plan, there is still a leader who will host the event. Our preparatory team discussed it and decided that it would be important to invite a big leader to come." The big leader Xiao Zishan refers to is the chairman of the Senate.
, Speaker, Secretary of State and the twelve main elders responsible for specific affairs under them. Although Xiao Zishan is also one of them, he has never placed himself in this sequence on formal occasions.
Ma Qianzhu naturally understood the meaning of his words. He just wanted him to be in the limelight. He has long been used to being in the limelight. It has no special meaning. If he didn't want to maintain a certain "appearance rate", he really wouldn't be able to.
Be willing to spend valuable time in ceremonial situations.
"Let Chairman Wang preside over this matter. He was the one who blew the trumpet for the expedition. Now that we have returned in triumph, it would be most appropriate for him to welcome us. The first act of our continental expedition has also come to an end here."
Ma Qianzhu said with emotion.
Xiao Zishan deliberately looked embarrassed and replied, "Chairman Wang has not been free recently. He responded to the request of Elder Lin, that is, Lin Hanlong, and went to Gaoshanling to do optical experiments together. It is planned to be a week before he comes back."
"Lin Hanlong? Optical experiment?" Ma Qianzhu didn't connect the two people for a while, and countless questions popped up in his mind.
"Chairman Wang majored in optics. Although he did not work in this field later, after all, he did not have a professional background. Regarding the two-meter rangefinder, Chairman Wang saw the post of Mr. Lin asking for help on BBS. I think it is not necessary for a welcome ceremony.
To ask Chairman Wang to interrupt scientific research, it is better to ask the main leaders to come." Xiao Zishan quickly explained, especially the word "main" is emphasized very strongly. This rhetoric must be reasonable and highlight the importance of someone.
He thought about the results for a long time.
Sure enough, this result was very effective. Ma Qianzhu immediately recognized Chairman Wang's identity as a scientific and technological worker, and said in his usual amiable accent, "Then I will make a trip for Chairman Wang."
Xiao Zishan couldn't help feeling proud, "Then I'll do it. I'll send you the detailed itinerary later."
The important matter was decided, Xiao Zishan drank a few more sips of tea, talked a little bit, and was about to stand up and leave.
However, Ma Qianzhu raised a topic: "Have you read the latest issue of "Morning Star"?"
Xiao Zishan naturally read it. A copy of the proof of each issue of "Morning Star" before printing is sent to the general office. Apart from the editor-in-chief Ding Ding, he is the first person to see it.
"Look, look. Are you saying that the Ming Dynasty has recently negotiated peace?"
"Yes, what do you think?"
"I agree more with Comrade Jiangshan's view. Ming Dynasty wants peace, but it still has to fight a war." Xiao Zishan said, "If it can happen, it will be more beneficial to us."
"It would be great to strive for a stage of peace." Ma Qianzhu frowned, but he didn't say anything else.
At the regular state meeting of the Central Government Affairs Council the next day, some major matters were discussed and resolved. At the end of the meeting, Ma Qianzhu once again brought up the matter of "peace negotiation."
"...Everyone must also know that Ming Dynasty is very likely to negotiate peace with us recently." Seeing the commotion among the elders, he raised his hand to stop the discussion, "Although now it seems that both sides have the intention to negotiate peace.
But the war is not over yet. Sporadic battle reports are coming in from Guangdong and Guangxi from both the front and the rear every day. Deaths of cadres and soldiers happen every day.
"Although from the overall strategy, we have achieved a complete victory. However, as the sages said, 'victory always comes at a price', and the cost is also huge. The negative impact of the two years of war is now emerging. Financially
Not to mention the deficit, many problems have begun to be exposed at the level of social governance. The Political Department of the General Staff and the Social Information Department of the Political Security Bureau have detailed reports. Both the army and the people are war-weary and dissatisfied. Front-line troops
There are also problems with discipline. Although it is an individual case, it is inevitable that this kind of emotion will spread in the long run. Everyone should pay attention to it and make efforts to digest it."
"Recently, front-line troops have begun to return to their bases for rest and replenishment. Naturally, there will be no shortage of honors and rewards for the troops after they return. However, there is a huge difference between the front line and the rear, the excitement brought by the sacrifice of comrades, and the pain left on the battlefield...
...I'm afraid it will cause some officers and soldiers to become emotional. I hope everyone will pay attention to it."
"We have discussed this issue with the General Staff. Comrade Dongmen is going to ask the General Office to let the Lingao garrison battalion also wear military police armbands. If it is not enough, we will mobilize some local Hainan National Army troops to ensure that the main garrison and surrounding areas are covered by military police.
There are enough military police and our police system has also made plans," Ran Yao said.
Ma Qianju nodded: "Disciplinary inspection is one aspect. The key point is to do more psychological counseling and implement preferential treatment. Making the soldiers feel respected and needed is the key."
"Our civil affairs system has specially issued documents and made plans. However, the matter of special care involves many aspects. It is best to have a coordination agency to coordinate the first phase."
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After the serious discussion was over and everyone was already talking nonsense, Xiao Zishan proposed a group of retreat tasks such as "host of the welcome ceremony" and waited for everyone to make a quick decision before going to have lunch. The cafeteria has already sent work meals to everyone.
In the office of the elders, after all, when there is no big deal that needs to be discussed while eating, everyone still tends to leave some private space.
Ma Qianzhu changed his seriousness just now and answered cheerfully: "These are all things that must be shown. I think we should share them together instead of going through them one by one."
As he spoke, he took a pile of meeting materials and started to look through them. He read out all the meeting names and easily showed everyone the thickness of the documents.
There are many."
"Well, our taxes are not too much, but too little. In Ming Dynasty, they were too little..." Cheng Dong was about to speak again.
"We will discuss this issue later." Ma Qianzhu quickly interrupted his speech.
"...The Dutch trade delegation, this kind of meeting does not need to be discussed at the meeting. Let your business department handle Skade. This is decent enough for the Dutch. This is not a state visit.
If Prince William comes, it won’t be too late to invite Chairman Wang to receive him.”
"Secretary Ma, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that we are not representatives of the Dutch East India Company -" Skade objected. "The visiting delegation is composed of important bankers and some big businessmen from the seven provinces. Although there are many VOC shareholders among them,
After all, they are not the same thing. It would be better to invite Comrade He Ying to attend."
Why don't you give me the limelight! Ma Qianzhu cursed secretly, but still smiled and nodded and looked at He Ying.
He Ying, the "Xiang", is the most idle among all the Xiangs, and has to work part-time in the commercial and trade department most of the time. This time when he heard that there was something where he could show his face, he immediately took the initiative to ask for help: "I can go."
"...Can't Ran Yao preside over the graduation and conferring ceremony of the 4th Senior Police Training Class himself? I understand, the executive committee has been invited to attend the conferring ceremony of the navy and army before. This is to find a balance.
.My opinion is that in the future, similar promotions and promotions in various departments should be carried out within the headquarters and should not be raised to the level of the Government Affairs Council."
This statement aroused unanimous approval among the elders present at the meeting. Except for Wen, Wang, and Ma and the elders who served in the Fubo Army, few elders had presided over ceremonies such as the awarding of honors and titles. They were somewhat envious and jealous.
Hate, it is only fair that they have been abolished now. As for the creation of titles or awards within the headquarters, it has become an internal matter that does not need to be reported to the Government Affairs Council.
"... Ma Niao Iron and Steel Plant's new process silicon steel technology demonstration meeting, I know a little bit about this. Silicon steel is currently a serious shortcoming in our technology tree. The currently mass-produced silicon steel sheets placed in the old... Australia are not even as good as the quality of scrap products.
It has stuck the neck of all electrical equipment, and even the electronic industry, such as relays..."
Ma Qianzhu seemed to have been hit on the back of the head by silicon steel. He kept talking about the technical details for five minutes before he seemed to come to his senses. "Sorry to go off topic, I learned this from attending the punch card machine technology demonstration meeting some time ago.
It's here." Ma Qianxu lowered his head and flipped through a few more pages of documents before continuing, "This is very important, I think I'd better go there in person..."
Xiao Zishan was anxious and quickly reminded in a low voice: "There is a conflict in time."
Ma Qianzhu seemed to have just reacted: "Oh, yes. It doesn't matter. The demonstration meeting will last for three days, I will just go on the last day." He quickly made a few strokes on his notebook, "There is also a Danzhou Industrial Park planning plan.
Technical demonstration meeting, this is a bit complicated, Mr. Zhan, please tell me..."