My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 41: The boss summoned
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The parliamentary day on the 30th was uneventful. The proposal to repeal the "Act on Temporary Freezing of Rental Prices for Ordinary Residential Housing" was not proposed by the members. Therefore, the full-day meeting turned into a friendly consultation meeting, discussing some hot topics. Issues were discussed and some MPs also delivered passionate speeches.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, there was nothing to do, and the speaker adjourned the meeting.
Lu Ming left quickly because an unexpected person came to see him.
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The Guanhe Pavilion of Wolong Xiaoguan is a tea house like a boat on the river. At this time, in a pavilion on the second floor, looking out from the red window sill, there is already a little green in the clear river. It is Xiaohe who When the sharp corners are revealed.
Sitting opposite Lu Ming was a thin old man. Hearing Lu Ming praise "The little lotus has sharp corners", he was slightly startled, then smiled and said: "I didn't expect that our Qianxing committee member is a barrister and a barrister." Talented man, truly a talent of our party!”
This thin old man, Fang Shouwang, is the ecumenical party whip, the whip of the entire ecumenical party in the empire.
At the same time, he is also the leader of the Donghai Party Headquarters of the Grand Duke Party.
The Donghai Party Headquarters is a party branch in one region, six states, and one province including the Donghai Region, all under the leadership of the Donghai Party Headquarters.
From the perspective of the entire empire, the Ecumenical Party is the third-ranked political party in the opposition alliance.
Among all the imperial parties, it occupies seats in the Federal Imperial Parliament and the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Grifenni, ranking fifth.
There was also a glorious period of coalition governance with other parties.
Even if it is currently in opposition, it is a force that no super-big party dares to underestimate.
Fang Shouwang, Fang Lao, ranks third in the order of his party.
He is also one of the five members of the Donghai Municipal Committee and the Minister of Energy in the Shadow Cabinet of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Grifenni.
From every angle, Mr. Fang can be regarded as an empire-level politician. He has reached the threshold of the top political circles in the empire, but there is still a layer of window paper left.
After all, he has never actually entered the kingdom's cabinet and became a cabinet minister.
The so-called shadow cabinet is a preliminary cabinet team set up by the opposition alliance to come to power. It is usually used to oppose the real cabinet.
Lu Ming didn't know why he made an appointment with him and came to Wolong Restaurant in person.
At this time, I casually translated it into a poem in Zhongzhou dialect with a more appropriate context, but Mr. Fang was amazed when he heard it.
But Fang Lao pointed at the silver ribbon like Wolong River and said with a smile: "Thousands of lines, the river scenery is very beautiful, how about each of us write a poem? I want ancient rhyme poetry."
Lu Ming spread his hands: "Mr. Fang, I really don't know how to do this. What I just casually recited was done by a good friend of mine."
Obviously Mr. Fang did not expect Lu Ming to answer like this, and smiled slightly: "You are too lazy to deal with an old man like me, are you?"
In his heart, Lu Ming was really too lazy to waste this time. Otherwise, how difficult would it be to slightly transform those famous articles from his previous life?
"Well, today's young people have to be efficient in everything they do. As for us old men, we are all living on the same side. We are outdated, outdated, and cannot keep up with the development of the times. My grandson asked me, do you know what is Isn’t it science fiction? Do you know the possible forms of aliens? It’s called Lost in Space. It’s very inspiring. ”
Mr. Fang sighed as he spoke: "Now, it is really an era of information explosion!"
Looking at Lu Ming: "So, I am happy from the bottom of my heart that a young man like you has appeared in our party. I have always wanted to meet you after the leader of your branch is confirmed to be you. Who knows, this branch of yours will not be able to retreat, right? It’s time for him to live a long life, so you should give him peace of mind.”
Qing Lao resigned, and he should have resigned as party leader.
But I don’t expect that in this municipal committee, two people from our party will be elected, Lu Ming and Dong Wenquan.
The party leader should originally be a municipal committee member of the party. Historically, the Beiguan branch of the Grand Public Party has not had two municipal committee members.
This has led to different opinions within the party. Although the voices supporting Lu Ming as party leader are louder, there are also voices supporting Dong Wenquan, who believe that the 19-year-old party leader is too childish.
In this way, in order to avoid a split within the party, Qing Lao could only reluctantly continue to be at the helm and wait for the right opportunity to determine his successor.
"Lao Qing has an old brother who came to me to tell me that you are too young." Mr. Fang said intentionally or unintentionally, looking out the window as if he was attracted by the beautiful scenery.
Lu Ming smiled, knowing that he thought he was young and did not understand why the voices within the party supporting Dong Wenquan suddenly became louder.
However, I also understand Qing Lao. For senior and powerful people who are gradually aging, everything else is fine and they may be very open-minded, but decentralization? Probably the most difficult pass.
Two municipal committee members appeared in the party, and Qinglao suddenly realized that he could take advantage of this to remain in the position of party leader.
Originally, he was already out of favor before the election. Maybe this also made him extremely unbalanced, which made him even more nostalgic for the power in his hands.
Now, taking advantage of the struggle for the party leader's successor, both the factions themselves and Dong Wenquan will win over his support, allowing him to continue to enjoy the glory of the past.
How could I not know this? Even Sister-in-law Jiu mentioned it to herself in a subtle way.
Looking at Mr. Fang, Lu Ming smiled and said: "I am indeed too young. I think we can't do without Mr. Qing for the time being. With Mr. Qing at the helm, I feel confident."
Fang Shouwang took a deep look at Lu Ming and nodded: "It seems that you are very open-minded, okay! Talent is a talent!"
This compliment has a completely different tone from the previous polite words.
Smiled again: "It's not your turn to be the youngest mayor. More than ten years ago, there was a seventeen-year-old mayor, right?"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Yes." However, it was just a small town with a few thousand people. But according to the administrative division, it was a town directly under the prefecture. It was at the same level as Beiguan, and that idiot did it After one term, he was elected.
This world is different from my motherland in my previous life, and more like the West at the same time. A city like Beiguan with hundreds of thousands of people is a big city in any state.
Mr. Fang nodded: "So, what's the problem with age? I don't blame my grandson for saying that we are all old antiques. I think there are many such old antiques in the party."
Lu Ming couldn't answer the call, so he picked up the teacup and drank tea.
"Okay, let's not talk about this! I see you, there is still something I need your help with Qianxing." Mr. Fang smiled, "The old man who recommended you to Mantangmei was my former good friend. We haven’t seen each other for more than 30 years. Yesterday, he suddenly called me and asked me to help him to be his lobbyist. Haha! This guy has always looked down on us politicians and often scolded us. Politicians are not human beings. But now, he is You're begging for me, haha, haha!" He laughed happily. Obviously, this old friend bowed his head to him, which made him feel very comfortable.
Lu Ming was startled. Man Tang Mei was Li Youmei’s stage name.
"Of course, depending on the situation, Anton is not a good place. It's better not to go if you can." As he said this, Mr. Fang shook his head.
Anton and other provinces are provinces directly under the kingdom's jurisdiction. The cabinet directly appoints governor-generals, commonly known as senior officials.
Senior officials not only directly appoint administrative officials in the three departments and eight bureaus, but also directly appoint members of the Executive Yuan and the Legislative Yuan.
It is similar to the governor of Hong Kong in his previous life and before the return.
Although the terms of these high-ranking officials are very short, and the longest term does not exceed ten years, during their tenure, they are the real Tu emperor.
As an isolation zone and buffer zone that once guarded the four northern provinces, perhaps senior figures in the empire believed at that time that only dictatorial mobilization could fight against dictatorship.
Thus, the strange system of the five Jiangnan provinces was formed.
Basically, the five provinces south of the Yangtze River should be the areas that the empire once truly regarded as colonies. They have never become grand duchys, let alone grand duchies.
The hundreds of years of investment in education and so on are far different from the "local" empire.
The five provinces south of the Yangtze River are also the poorest areas in the Kingdom of Grifenni except for a few areas in the west.
However, compared to the four northern provinces, the five southern provinces are still much more comfortable, and the people's income is also slightly higher.
After all, wars continue in the four provinces of the Northern Territory, with the king's flag changing on the city walls, and warlords of all sizes standing everywhere.
But for the people of Donghai, the five provinces south of the Yangtze River are already a place of fear, poverty and ignorance.
So although Mr. Fang mentioned his old friend’s request, it was obviously not a lie to let Lu Ming consider it. After all, although Lu Ming was young, he was also one of the influential figures gradually emerging in the East China Sea, and he was involved in various affairs. There are a lot of people, so you should be cautious when going to a place where birds don’t **** to file a lawsuit.
Lu Ming pondered and said, "Well, I'll think about it, but it has to be a few days later. Tomorrow, there will be a military court, and I will be the judge."
Mr. Fang smiled and said nothing.
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For things like the motivations of Qing Lao's actions, I originally considered whether it would be more interesting to write something more obscure to give everyone room to think. But in the end, I decided to go the straightforward route because this book is not a purely official book and may take several chapters. There is a related article. Maybe when I write it next time, no one will remember the thinking points I secretly left before joining the army. Then it will lose its meaning at all. It is better to be more straightforward. I feel like this.