Chapter Seventy-Six: Reloading
Shortly after the meeting with the king, who seemed to have despaired and realized the situation, the Duke of Dalmatia, Sirte, happily submitted his resignation, and then King Bixia did not symbolically retain, but directly approved it. As a result, the head of the French cabinet was quickly replaced, and the prime minister's residence soon changed owners.
A while ago, he was so loud and powerful that it didn't take long for him to have to move out of the official residence, and politics is so unpredictable. Moreover, the traces of the former Prime Minister in the official residence, deliberately rearranged by his successor, disappeared in a matter of days, and he was never mentioned again in the conversations of the staff, as if the man had never existed at all - and for a necessary caution, one would be excused for doing so.
In this way, the essence of the transfer of power is unreservedly revealed in the superficial phenomenon of "people walking away from tea and cooling".
At this moment, the new Prime Minister of the Kingdom of France himself did not have so many feelings, and he sat in the newly changed chair in the Prime Minister's office with endless joy, savoring the joy of winning and the joy of holding power.
It is this small office, this small desk, and the stacks of documents on the desk that will directly determine a country of 30 million people, a continent of 200 million people, and a shijie of more than a billion people.
He grabbed a few pages of the document and flipped through it.
Many people think that a country's leader must be in control of everything, but this is not the case.
The higher the level of state activists, whether in the East or in the West, the higher the system in the country, the simpler the documents they have to look at, because they have limited time and too many things to decide. So, the documents presented to them are carefully excerpted and summarized so that they can make a decision in the shortest possible time: yes, or no?
Of course, it is not so hasty in matters that determine the survival of a nation, but how many of them?
Therefore, the quality of these officials in charge of excerpts and summaries (which will have different titles in different countries and different eras, but are essentially the same) largely determines the quality of the leader's governing results. What the leaders can see, usually, is what the officials give them.
It is often difficult for people to understand one thing - a national leader, who seems to be very smart and not bad-hearted, is in power and has a lot of tricks to do, which is a big disappointment? Herein lies the reason.
After two hundred years of efforts by Bourbon monarchs, revolutionary leaders, emperors, and other rulers, France has now built a bureaucratic apparatus of hundreds of thousands of people throughout the kingdom to enforce the will of the central government, and has made the royal capital Paris above any other place in the kingdom.
Now, the machine has a new operator.
Feel...... Very good, indescribably good. The new prime minister took another deep breath.
But now, it's time to get down to business, and now that you've worked so hard to get your seat, it's time to hold on to it.
He gently shook the bell cord on the table.
The door soon opened, and the secretary walked in with a smirk—a confidant brought in by the new prime minister, who was also getting acquainted with his new position, and seemed to be well suited to his new position.
"Mr. Duchat, how long have they been waiting?" The Prime Minister asked softly.
"Your Excellency, they've been here for about half an hour." The secretary replied respectfully.
"Bring them in." The Prime Minister gave the order directly.
"Yes." The secretary bowed, then withdrew.
The new prime minister closed his eyes slightly, feeling the beauty of power again.
He had to wait half an hour to see me without complaining - and just a few days ago we were colleagues.
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After the two people who came in finished saluting, the prime minister didn't say any nonsense, just nodded.
"Mr. Duchat, I will keep my promise, you will be rewarded for the help you have given me, and your position will be retained in the new cabinet reshuffle. I hope that you will continue to make new achievements in this important position in the future......"
"Thank you so much! Excellency! The short and fat minister smiled and thanked him, looking tacky and mediocre. But no one here is fooled by this image. "I will definitely cooperate with your next arrangement!"
The Prime Minister smiled and nodded.
Then he looked with interest at the stiff-faced young man behind the minister.
"You're that Mr. Kong Ze?"
Kong Ze nodded respectfully. "Yes, Your Excellency."
To be honest, under his blank expression, there was actually a little apprehension. Although the minister did not fully explain Kong Ze's investigation behavior to the new prime minister in order to protect him, this big man still only knows that "Kong Ze was ordered by the prime minister to investigate himself", and does not know what step he has taken, but this alone is still enough for him to be a little afraid.
Fortunately, the Prime Minister's expression was much softer than expected.
"I've heard Mr. Ducchart compliment you before, and I've checked some records of you during that time......" he paused deliberately, "and that's enough for me to judge that you're a very good detective." ”
“xiexie。”
"It is not your fault that you have ever been ordered by Mr. Soult to secretly examine me...... Besides, you have been clever enough to confess in a timely manner Mr. Sirte's dishonorable and irrational arrangement, so I am not going to blame you. ”
After a pause, the Prime Minister spoke again, "However, I hope that you will serve the new Cabinet with the same zeal as before, can you do that?" ”
Kong Ze stood up straight, his feet together.
"I will put in more effort than before to serve you and the dynasty!"
"Good." The Prime Minister nodded in approval. "I hope you don't just talk about it, but show it with your actions."
"Yes!" Kong Ze straightened up.
"Before, your mission was to track down those conspirators who were not good for the kingdom, but then due to Mr. Soul's interference, you had to change direction for a while, right?" The Prime Minister asked again.
"Yes."
"Then, Mr. Kong Ze, I tell you unequivocally that your task now is to continue this work that was interrupted before." The prime minister looked at Kong Ze, "I hope you can make persistent efforts, make more achievements, catch more and bigger rebels, and protect the security of the dynasty." ”
"Yes."
Then, the prime minister took out the letter of appointment that the former prime minister was going to issue, and then looked at Kong Ze with a somewhat playful look in his eyes. "This is the prize that Mr. Soult promised you before, as long as you get all the people on my side thoroughly?"
"Yes...... Target. Kong Ze's answer this time was a little hesitant.
"It's okay, I won't take it to heart if I say it." Seeing the other party's hesitation, the first smiled instead. "I can promise you that as long as you do a good job and achieve enough results, I will sign this letter of appointment, and you don't have to worry. We will not be stingy with those who have meritorious. ”
"Yes!" Kong Ze should be again, although the voice is not loud, but it can make people feel the enthusiasm and passion in it.
"Haode, you go out first, I have something to talk about with the minister."
“haode。” Kong Zeying came down, then turned and left the office.
In his heart, Kong Ze knew very well that although the new Prime Minister was very kind to him at present, he would probably always remember the fact that Mr. Kong Ze had accepted Sirte's assignment to secretly investigate himself.
Since this boss has been ousted by him, and the position of the boss is now replaced by him, he is now clearly in a state of pride and complacency. When people are in this state, they are usually very generous and reasonable.
But it won't be long before the great man recovers from this state of euphoria, and if he remembers it, it will obviously be extremely bad for him - what if he wants to take revenge? It's just a small joke for him, and it may be a devastating blow to himself.
So, how can you make him "forget"?
Kong Ze thought about it, but he could only think of relying on his achievements to speak -- as long as he can show his irreplaceable importance and execution, then even if there are some "historical stains", the new prime minister should be able to accept it.
No, it's certainly acceptable. A politician will not hate a man covered in mud, he will only hate a man covered in mud and incompetent.
After walking out of the office, he made up his mind that he must do his best to win the favor of his new master.
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but think of the scene he had seen that night, the big men who had come out of the Foreign Secretary's living room. He really longed to be one of them one day, to be able to become a big man of this level, even if it took more time and cost a lot of money.
The guests of that night, every person, every face, every name, slowly flowed through his heart, and he will never forget it.
Including the two young men.
No, especially those two young men. Those two young people who were so young that people were jealous.
He didn't know Weishenme, but he was very concerned about the two young men he had seen that night. Of course, he now knew that the other party was most likely the nephew of the Duke of Treville, a well-known former statesman, and that Mr. Duke was now clearly a political ally of the Prime Minister, a target he could not easily provoke
But I don't know if it was instinct or something else, he still cared about these two people very much, maybe because their expressions and movements were a little strange at the time? Or is it because of something else?
I can't tell.
Forget it, now is not the time to take care of them, and it is even more important to catch those traitors to please the new masters. Kong Ze shook his head slightly, and returned to the waiting room under the guidance of the secretary.
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