Chapter 42 Entrusting important tasks
The Ministry of the Interior, located on Place Bovo, is in the midst of a thick cloud at the moment. All the office staff worked carefully, and they didn't even dare to raise their voices when they spoke, for fear that the person above them would be unhappy and turn their anger on themselves.
"Bang!"
In a conference room packed with high-ranking officials, His Excellency the Minister slammed a piece of paper on the table.
"Who do you tell me what's going on?"
Perhaps tormented by the recent flurry of bad news, His Excellency the Minister of the Interior of France seemed to be growing stronger at this point, and the light was faithfully reflected above his round head. He was stocky, like an angry bear, putting silent pressure on the others.
But at this time, no one could laugh at this somewhat ridiculous picture, and the people in the gray-black high-ranking police uniforms were all straightened up in their seats, and they did not dare to come out.
And the roar that His Excellency has been running for a long time is still going on at this moment.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I must remind you that Mr. Prime Minister is very angry after seeing this slanderous leaflet! Very angry! Very, very angry! It's not that I'm angry that my reputation is being viciously slandered by the traitors, but I'm angry that this kind of leaflet can be distributed everywhere in the royal capital of our country! What the hell is going on? Nobody knows! β
The Chancellor looked around the ends of the table, but no one dared to meet his gaze.
Suddenly, an unspeakable anger rose in his heart.
"Do you think I won't be able to do it much longer? So why don't you just deal with me now, and leave the energy to wait to please your next leader? Isn't it?! β
Before his subordinates could speak, the roar of His Excellency the Minister rang out again.
"I can tell you, yes, if this continues, it may not be long before I will be removed from office by His Excellency the Prime Minister. But! Until then, I have time to throw you one by one into a cellar where you will never see the light of day for the rest of your life! So that you don't want to be promoted again for the rest of your life! Don't try to get rich! Do you want to try it and see if I can do it?! β
Frightened, his subordinates rose up to show their loyalty and make him angry.
After venting, the minister's anger finally subsided a lot, and he sat back in his seat, regaining a semblance of calm.
"Alright...... " he waved his hand, stopping the crowd from showing loyalty. Now is not the time to talk nonsense, what matters now is pragmatism! Your Excellency the Prime Minister is very dissatisfied with the behaviour of the police in the recent series of incidents, is there any way you can restore his confidence in me and in you? β
Several senior officials expressed their views, but the minister was not very satisfied.
"Ah, poor man! It seems that it won't be long before I really say goodbye to this place and go fishing in the south! He groaned in his heart.
At this moment, the corner of his eye swept to a man who had been sitting calmly in his seat at the edge of the conference room.
"Maybe he can be of some use......" he thought to himself.
The minister spoke suddenly.
"Mr. Kong Ze, do you have anything to say?"
Dozens of eyes moved their gazes to this corner of the conference room at the same time. And Kong Ze was still as calm and expressionless as just nowβhe was not qualified to sit at the long table in the conference room due to his position.
"Your Excellency, I'm just wondering who printed and distributed these leaflets."
"Aren't they those rebellions?"
"It must have been written in rebellion, but it was not necessarily a member of the royal party." Kong Ze replied calmly. "I think if it had been written by the royal party, they would have been happy to tell people that they could get rid of any traitor...... And not written as it is now. Besides, the royal party has just been hit hard by us, and it is too late for them to hide like moles, and they will not have the skills and manpower to distribute leaflets everywhere. β
He had also obtained a leaflet that described in great detail how the late Duke of Praslan, after killing his wife, ran to the Prime Minister's mansion in a panic and how he had spent a large sum of money to buy the Prime Minister to suppress the incident, and then ended the leaflet with a vague hint that the recent death of the Duke also seemed to have a great connection with His Excellency the Prime Minister......
It's a good story, intense, exciting, and sharply critical, just enough to convince those who have doubts about the Duchess's death that it's true. What is even more uncomfortable is that even those who know the truth find it difficult to clarify the origin and end of the incident for various reasons, and can only allow rumors to circulate in private.
However, it is clear that this story can only come from those who have only a partial understanding of the events.
"You mean, it's a republican concoction? Or is it a Bonapartist faction? The Chancellor was a little interested.
"I don't know who it is, but it's unlikely to be a member of the royal party."
"How does that help us get to where we are now?" The minister was a little puzzled.
"Being able to print leaflets secretly on a large scale and distribute them almost simultaneously - I mean a day or two - in and around the city of Paris and in the provinces, sir, I think we are now dealing with a huge organization that is difficult to deal with. A rebel group that is far larger and liliang than we would even like to imagine now...... Judging from the current situation, they have brains, they have propagandists, they have their own propaganda machines, and even have enough people to carry out jihua, and what is even more terrifying is that they also have the ability to spy on government agencies to a certain extent......"
The Chancellor and the others in the room were lost in thought.
"Such an organization is a great threat to the dynasty and bixia. It's a huge hassle for us...... But it also has the potential to be a great achievement. β
The Chancellor fell into deep thought. "You mean, as long as we make the effort to pull out these rats, we can be rewarded by His Excellency the Prime Minister and King Bixia as a great victory and merit?"
Kong Ze still sat calmly and straight.
There was silence again.
"Makes sense." The minister nodded slightly, "So do you have any other specific ideas?" For example, how should we get rid of these rats? β
"Not yet."
His answer elicited several dull snickers. However, His Excellency quickly looked around the conference room with fierce eyes, and everyone continued to sit upright, not daring to make any other move.
Kong Ze continued. "But I don't think it's possible for such a big operation to be traceless. How many people do I need to do what I just said at the same time? Or even how many printers, how much ink and how much paper? As the enemy acts, he will certainly leave us with incriminating evidence sufficient to send them into the ward, and I am convinced of that. We just need to find out about them. β
"Good." The minister quietly approved. "So, if I want you to get rid of these rats, what kind of help do you need to do it?"
The opportunity that has been waiting for a long time, the opportunity that has been waiting for a long time...... Opportunity...... Opportunity to be admired...... Chances to get ahead...... It's finally coming.
The blood rushed to his heart, and the chubby face of His Excellency the Minister was as respectable as a heavenly father at that moment, and God knows how much effort he had to put into maintaining his apparent composure! And who knows how hard it took him to get the minister to notice him!
"Your Excellency, I need a few capable assistants, whom I appoint and command. I also need a police force that is obedient and has a strong ......."
Kong Ze said in his usual calm tone that he had already carefully considered his conditions, he did not trust the ability of his colleagues to do things, but preferred to appoint a few police detectives who were really capable after his own observation.
At the same time, he really needs to monopolize this credit. He clearly knows that only the credit, the greater and greater the credit, the irreplaceable credit, can make a helpless orphan get ahead.
The Chancellor groaned, and after a moment, he turned his gaze to the long table in the conference room.
"Now the meeting is adjourned, and Mr. Kong Ze stays."
The officials looked at each other, exchanged complicated glances, and then got up and left the office in amusement.
Soon, there was only one person left in the huge conference room.
The minister sat in his seat, not knowing what he was thinking, and Kong Ze did not speak, quietly sitting in his place.
After a long time, His Excellency the Minister raised his head to look at Kong Ze, and stretched out his hand to point to the seat next to him.
"Mr. Kong Ze, please be seated."
Kong Ze obeyed the minister's orders.
It was only after he had taken his seat that His Excellency the Chancellor spoke again.
"Mr. Kong Ze, I believe that you understand my situation very well at the moment, and I have made it clear enough that I am now in a precarious situation, and the Prime Minister and King Bixia are increasingly dissatisfied with the performance of the police department, and if this continues, I am afraid that I will soon have to move out of my office here. You're smart people, and I like to be honest with smart people because they always know what I'm talking about. β
"I'll do everything in my power to help you stay in your office." Kong Ze looked directly at His Excellency the Minister.
He was keenly aware of the change in the minister's name for himself.
"If you can do it, you'll get everything in return from me, even more than you want." The minister replied in a low voice. "Now, then, please explain to me your plans and Jihua carefully."
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Kong Ze, who was talking carefully with the minister, did not have a chance to hear the whispering between the two people who walked out.
"Poor Kong Ze, why is he so serious."
"He wants to improve, he wants to get ahead, and every young person thinks that."
"But if you are so serious, if something goes wrong one day, won't it ...... Oh...... Anyway, I mean, he's tied too tightly to this dynasty. β
"Are you worried about him?"
"Of course I'm worried, he was my subordinate."
"Maybe one day you will be his subordinate, and now he is valued by the minister."
"But again, maybe I'll have to see him in the trumpet someday...... Seventeen years ago, I arrested my boss with my own hands. β
"Let's keep watching, no one can say what the future holds, you say yes."
"That's right, who's going to know, oh hahaha......"
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