Chapter 603: The Presidential Scramble
readx; "Director Yan, you are the person who follows the president every day, and when it comes to understanding the president's temper, you are better than most of us? Tell me, is the president really determined to retire this time? "In a certain manor in Nanjing, four or five people were standing or seated, and the person who spoke at this time was not an ordinary person, but Shi Zhaoji, the minister general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Next to Shi Zhaoji is Gu Weijun, who has served as ambassador to the United Kingdom and ambassador to the United States, and he has also been mainly responsible for a series of foreign negotiations in China in recent years. These include the Treaty of London and the Second Washington Naval Treaty. When he was responsible for signing these negotiated treaties, if these treaties could achieve a good result, it would be of great benefit to Gu Weijun's personal career, and Gu Weijun was welcomed as a national hero when he returned from the United States.
Gu Weijun also said at this time: "President this time!" Before he could speak, he sighed: "The president is only thirty-six years old this year, and he is full of energy, so he can lead me to work for another twenty or thirty years, how can he ......?"
Seeing these two people talking, although Yan Jing Kuang on the side smiled on the surface, he snorted coldly in his heart: "Just a few of you also want to guess the president's mind!" Hmph, look at your expressions as if the president is about to step down from now on, and don't look at when the president said that he would resign from the positions of chairman of the National Military Commission and chairman of the National Socialist Party! ”
As they said, Yan Jing Kuang, the deputy director of the secretariat, is a person who has been with Chen Jingyun all the year round, although there is no way to be like the roundworm in Chen Jingyun's stomach over the years, Chen Jingyun knows everything, but for Chen Jingyun's surname, Yan Jing Kuang thinks he knows a lot.
According to Yan Jing Kuang's own guess, the president has never thought of retiring from the beginning to the end, and the reason why he has announced that he will not run for the next president is entirely because of the restrictions of the constitution, and he has to avoid the current limelight.
Looking at the thoughts of Shi Zhaoji and these people, I am afraid that Chen Jingyun is going to retire and retire, although they have not said it, but these people are probably thinking about next year's presidential election. And these people themselves have no hope, but they will support Tang Shaoyi.
Tang Shaoyi, Shi Zhaoji, Gu Weijun, and Zhou Xuexi, who is currently the mayor of Shanghai Special City, are all from the old Beiyang, when Chen Jingyun unified China, they also invested in the Nanjing Republican political axe system, and over the years, they have slowly twisted into a rope and become an important force in the political axe.
Looking at the posture of these people, I am afraid that they are going to compete for the position of president with Zheng Zuyin and Anwarin and several other elders.
Thinking about what Yan Jing Kuang naturally won't say it without a head, he Yan Jing Kuang is not Tang Shaoyi's person, he, Yu Shifeng and Chen Cai are all people from the presidential palace, so they must and can only stand on Chen Jingyun's side, others can engage in factions, but they can't join these factions, they came here today because of Shi Zhaoji's invitation to eat, he Yan Jing Kuang doesn't have many other hobbies, he prefers to eat, so he pulled down here.
"The president has always been a person who says the same, and since they have publicly announced that they will not run again, they will naturally not break their word to the people of the whole country!" Yan Jing Kuang was very careful when he spoke, and did not reveal anything that should not be said.
Hearing Yan Jing Kuang's words, Shi Zhaoji next to him looked: "Alas! What a pity! Speaking of this, his words changed: "I heard that some time ago, before the merger of the three parties, the president had night talks with Zheng Lao and Hong Lao? ”
Yan Jing Kuang said: "Don't you all know? And why bother to ask me! ”
Seeing that Yan Jingkuang's face seemed impatient, after Shi Zhaoji and Gu Weijun glanced at each other, Gu Weijun said: "Director Yan, we don't talk much nonsense, the reason why I invited you here today is to ask your opinion, what does the president think of next year's presidential candidates?" ”
China's current presidential election is nominally elected by hundreds of legislators, but these are all appearances, and with Chen Jingyun here, the decision on the choice of the next president is in Chen Jingyun's hands. Without Chen Jingyun's opening and acquiescence, no matter whether it was Zheng Zuyin, Tang Shaoyi, or Anwarin, they would not even be qualified as presidential candidates.
Therefore, if you want to participate in next year's presidential election, the first step is to get Chen Jingyun's support, and even if you don't support it, you need to get Chen Jingyun's acquiescence.
Hearing them ask so directly, Yan Jing Kuang scolded in his heart, Damn, what I know there is nothing more than a few bigwigs in the political axe anyway, either Zheng Zuyin or An Hualin, or Tang Shaoyi, except for these three people, the hope of everyone else is very small, that is, Zhuang Nan, Minister of Finance, and Hong Zitai, Minister of Industry and Commerce, still have some hope, and the others can only watch the show.
And among these candidates who are qualified to be the third president of China, who Chen Jingyun will choose, then Chen Jingyun has to ask Chen Jingyun himself.
Seeing that these people were already obsessed with next year's presidential election, Yan Jing Kuang sighed again, his relationship with Shi Zhaoji over the years was okay, and he didn't want to see these people bury their careers because they stood in the wrong line, so he immediately kindly mentioned: "Listen to my advice, it's too early to think about these now, it's really too early!" ”
After saying that, Yanjing Kuang just said goodbye and left.
And the same topic related to the presidential election has spread across the country, people have speculated about the candidate for the next president, and Chen Jingyun, who caused all this, did not have much mind to deal with the blind speculation of the people below, for him not to run for the presidency is just a strategy to retreat, and it will not have much impact on the current situation in China and his personal power, when others are panicking, he Chen Jingyun did not take it to heart at all.
These things are not even as important as going to see a few of his children perform in a stage play, Zhicheng School is built on the northwest side of the presidential palace, although there are not many students, but the scale of the school is very large, and the teachers are also top in the country. In order to enrich the extracurricular activities of the students, basically cricket matches, football and stage plays are all regular organizations, but Chen Jingyun has never watched it before, and this time it is the first time to watch a few children's stage plays.
When they learned that Chen Jingyun and his wife were going to watch in person, the school of Zhicheng School also attached great importance to it and asked the parents of other students to come and watch.
So when Chen Jingyun arrived at the school's performance hall in the evening, there was already a large group of people waiting in front of him, and these people were all old faces, all powerful people from both the military and the government, in addition to several business tycoons, all of whom were at the helm of several consortia such as Southeast Bank and Huaxing Bank.
After this group of people saw Chen Jingyun come in, the crowd led by An Hualin also stepped forward to greet them, and before they could say hello, Chen Jingyun spoke first: "Today, the children are the protagonists, and I, like everyone else, just came to see the performance, so there is no need to be formal!" ”
Although Chen Jingyun said this, those people didn't dare or want to just turn around and leave, they were all standing, and An Hualin and Hong Zitai came forward to greet: "President! ”
At this time, there were a few juniors standing behind these adults, and at this time, they also stood up with some apprehension and shouted respectfully to Chen Jingyun: "President! ”
Chen Jingyun shook his head and smiled: "I said that today is a private occasion, you don't need to be so serious, just call uncle!" ”
Shouting uncle? They dare there, although the people who came to see the performance today said that they were the parents of the students, but all the people who came were grandparents, that is, An Hualin and Hong Zitai's generation, as for their parents, they are not qualified to come to today's occasion, and this is interesting, if these children call Chen Jingyun uncle, wouldn't it seem that the other people present are a generation older than Chen Jingyun.
Seeing that these people were still a little restrained, Chen Jingyun was too lazy to continue, let it be as much as you like!
At this time, Chen Wei was already trotting over like the wind, shouting while running: "Dad!" ”
Seeing that his daughter was coming, Chen Jingyun didn't have the heart to continue to be polite with this group of subordinates, so he turned his gaze to Chen Wei: "Are you ready?" Don't make a fool of yourself later! ”
"There, I've been rehearsing for a long time!" Chen Wei pouted, disliking her father's distrust of her.
"Third sister, she rehearsed very well!" At this time, Chen Huatian also walked over, he and several other children did not wear performance costumes at a glance, but wore a small suit, holding a small notebook and pen in his hand, a little director's style.
In fact, this Chen Huatian is only eleven years old today, and he is still an age to play with mud in other places, but his nutrition is very good, so he is very big, and he already looks thirteen or fourteen years old at first glance.
After talking to a few children, and then talking to a few people around him, Chen Jingyun and Lin Yun sat in the front row of the audience, and sitting next to him was An Hualin.
"I heard that you were hospitalized again some time ago, and now you are well?" Before the performance started, Chen Jingyun turned his head to speak to An Hualin.
When An Hualin heard Chen Jingyun ask, he immediately sighed and replied: "Alas, it's all old problems, good for a while and bad for a while!" After being discharged from the hospital last month, it's okay now! ”
"You have to pay more attention to your body! Of all of us, you're the worst! Chen Jingyun also spoke with a hint of sighing.
Although he himself is only more than thirty years old, most of the people who started with him have now entered their twilight years, and after more than ten years of struggle, most of the forty or fifty-year-old backbone teams of the year are already full of gray hair, Zheng Zuyin, An Hualin, Hong Zitai These people are like this.
When he thought of this, Chen Jingyun remembered Feng Qin, who died of illness in the Southern Jiangsu War, when Feng Qin followed him to start a family, he was overworked as the chief of the General Staff, and later followed Chen Jingyun to southern Jiangsu to command the Southern Jiangsu War when he died of illness, and he was unable to see the scene of the National Socialist Party unifying China.
After working together for so many years, although there are many dark things of intrigue, it is also false to say that there is no emotion, so sometimes Chen Jingyun really hopes that their health is good.
Say something unpleasant, except for a few of his family members in China today, they can talk to him calmly, and these are the only people who can talk and laugh, and other people, including Shi Zhaoji, Zhuang Nan and several other chief and deputy ministers, dare not speak loudly when they see Chen Jingyun.
"Don't worry, the president, I can't die for a while with this body!" When An Hualin said this, he turned his head to look at Chen Jingyun's face, and then said: "But although I can live for a few more years, I am afraid that it will not be possible to return to work!" ”
Hearing An Hualin say this, Chen Jingyun frowned: "You really think so?" Or are you afraid of other people's gossip? ”
An Hualin smiled bitterly: "Today, I will rely on the old man to call you Zihua, that position said that I don't want to be a lie, but my body I know, I really want to sit on it, I'm afraid I will mislead the country!" ”
After hearing this, Chen Jingyun pondered and said: "The performance is about to start, let's talk about this later!" ”
(To be continued)