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President Boer is very different from his predecessors, for this man from the bottom, the inherent traditions of the Union are definitely not an untouchable Iron Curtain, and of course, as the current leader of the Federation, he is not so stupid as to blow a gale in the universe without compromising on balance.

The changes he made were slow and cautious, such as the cancellation of the Nebula Award winner's routine ball at the president's residence, replaced by a personal speech by the president himself.

Awe is because of the authority and power represented by the president, and the reverence is the political tradition of the Federation and the embodiment of the will of the Federation, and the guests looked at President Pabur on the stage, which did not prevent them from having a small doubt in their hearts, why did Mr. President make such a sudden and temporary change to the Nebula Award ceremony.

The content of President Pabul's speech reveals the real reason:

The first half of the speech, which was a common tribute to the scientists and artists who had made outstanding contributions to the progress of the Federation, began to grow heavy and meaningful.

The guests listened in disbelief and could understand the president's criticism of the Empire, his concern about the situation in Xilin, and his abhorrence of terror.

But they couldn't understand why the president didn't target the Qinglongshan ** army between the lines, but vaguely pointed to the dead parliamentarian and the special investigation that had been there.

Even though he was once an election opponent, even if he may have had different political views, but the Medellín parliamentarian is dead and still remembered and loved by many people in the Federation, why did President Pabur do this? Where did his most basic political IQ go?

Medellín's name was not mentioned at all after the speech, but the subtle but direct meaning was understandable to anyone. The expression on the face of Mr. Ross, the governor of Gyeongju who was holding the peace trophy in the audience, became extremely heavy and angry.

The deceased has passed away, doesn't President Pabur know that this is a big taboo?

"Death is not as good as a lamp going out. The lights are bright. Where the light is not visible, it is dark. Doing something wrong. There will be a price to pay. ”

President Pabur looked at the guests from the audience. He said coldly: "Maybe I'm not a mature politician. But I'm a dedicated adherent of federal law...... If I die. You can dig up my graves. Take a look at what exactly is the color inside. For some dead landers. I share the same attitude. ”

The Nebula Awards ceremony ended in this strange atmosphere. The staff in the office were dumbfounded. Get up and running right away. Guarantee that Mr. President's speech will not be published in newspapers.

But there were so many guests. The content of the speech will definitely spread. As for whether it will be just quietly Federated. What turmoil is happening again. This is something that people can't predict right now.

With solemn expressions, the guests and officials walked out of the George Carlin Center. The first thing is to collect the daily newspapers of the Capital Region for the last week. It seems that the Confederation is going to do something about the dead Medellín. President Pabur referred to the Capital Territory Daily survey. That's when people remembered. Bob, editor-in-chief and Wood reporter who has just been discharged from hospital. It seems that he has returned to this newspaper, which is famous for revealing the truth......

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As soon as the police car pulled out of the car and the black presidential motorcade slowly drove into the official residence, President Pabul began to give verbal instructions to several confidential secretaries who were with him, his voice was low but unusually clear and powerful, just like his person, full of a calm vitality and credible charm.

Half a year after taking office, the change of blood in the presidential residence has basically ended, and now some of the staff officials in the presidential residence are Mr. Pabul's partners and subordinates when he was a lawyer.

There are also some administrative officials recommended by various parties, especially those recommended by Mrs. Tai, who have been engaged in administrative work for many years, have outstanding ability, and have rich experience in dealing with the parliament, the media, and various organizations.

However, the officials recommended by the lady were basically arranged in important departments and several major committees, and only one person remained in the presidential residence.

Brin, the head of the office of the official residence, greeted him and whispered something in the ear of Mr. President. President Pabul's slightly thick lips opened slightly, and he smiled.

He walked quickly into the oval office on the west side of the official residence, sat on a chair, carefully reviewed the documents prepared on the table, signed his name, and confirmed the data and permissions, then raised his head, looked at the young man standing in front of the table, smiled slightly, and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Xu Le." ”

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"It's my pleasure. Xu Le's throat was a little dry, and he stood straight, looking at the federal president in front of him and replied.

He had been to the President's Mansion for the sake of the new standard of MX mechs, but he had only waited all night in the lounge, and at this moment he was standing in front of the most powerful man in the Federation, only three steps away.

The previous rigorous inspection and the grim eyes of the director of the Secret Service, who only knew the inside story, made Xu Le more deeply understand what it meant to meet with Mr. President. Fugitives, criminals, and even the president's personal reception, even if he has a calm and resolute temperament, he can't help but feel uneasy.

He looked at President Pabur, who was dark-faced, and thought of Mr. President's respectable past experience, and then thought of the many delicate relationships between himself and the presidential election in the past two years, and it was this Mr. President who insisted on pardoning him, and could not help but have a very sincere affection and respect for the other party.

President Pabur is a half

, looked at the young man in front of him with great interest, and closed his thick palms

He had read too much about Xu Le's files, on the one hand, he was shocked by this young man's ability and deeds, and on the other hand, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, why this person was willing to violate federal law and kill Medellin, even though he had an unlimited future.

But when he saw Xu Le, he knew that he didn't need to ask this question anymore, because this young man's eyes were calm and neutral, and his ordinary face naturally showed a look of perseverance and sincerity, which looked like he had been many years ago...... How many federal bigwigs will think of their own days when they see Xu Le? Will they think of the days when their minds were clean and not stained with dust?

The door to the General Office was pushed open, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Myers, walked in, led by Director Brin, holding a small box wrapped in sky-blue flannel. Admiral Myers didn't look at Xu Le, walked directly to President Pabul's side, and handed over the box.

President Pabur stood up, opened the box, took out a medal inside, walked to Xu Le's side, clamped it on his left chest, then patted him on the shoulder, and said easily: "Before you go out, remember to hide the medal, you heroic figure is estimated to not see the light of day for many years." ”

Seeing the president himself, Xu Le laughed at himself and found that he was still nervous, but at this moment he found that he had been awarded the Zichen Medal, and he couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and his hands hanging outside his cuffs were subconsciously clenched tightly.

Killing Medellín, the most hidden spy of the Empire, was naturally a great contribution to the Federation, but he thought that he had made a mistake, and he never thought that in addition to the amnesty, the Federation also awarded him an incomparably precious medal.

"You've done a great job in the Federation's development of the MX mech, and I remember you also have a medal that you can wear. President Pabul noticed Xu Le's reaction and couldn't help but feel a little amused, and said in a deep voice: "In the future, you will work hard in the army and resist the invasion of the empire, and the Federation needs talents like you." ”

Xu Le glanced at the medal on his chest with his spare eyes, thinking of the conversation with Li Pifu in prison that day, and vaguely understood what this meant, but it seemed that Mr. President in front of him did not know the complicated relationship between himself and the Li family in Philadelphia.

He stood upright and saluted Mr. President.

President Pabul was the first president from Donglin, he didn't know that the young man in front of him was his little countryman, he only knew that Xu Le had been a mine maintenance soldier in Donglin, so he naturally inevitably got a little close, and asked with a smile: "The military court sentenced you to 713 years in prison, but I never think that what you did was wrong." The Confederation cannot give you honor under the sun, and I don't think you will ask the Confederation to compensate you for these more than 100 days in prison...... If you have any ideas, you can talk about them at this time. ”

Admiral Myers stood by and looked at Xu Le, not knowing what the young man would ask of the president.

"I didn't do the assassination of Medellín alone. Xu Le did not hesitate and blurted out, "I also have a partner, his name is Shi Qinghai, he was able to kill Medellin, he played a key role in the middle, he should still be imprisoned in the fox fortress now, I implore Mr. President to grant him an amnesty."

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As soon as these words came out, the originally relaxed atmosphere in the Oval Office suddenly changed, Admiral Myers frowned and glanced at Xu Le, while President Pabul walked back to his desk, and after a moment of silence, he said: "If I remember correctly, this person named Shi Qinghai is an intelligence officer of the ** army of Qinglong Mountain. ”

"I know, but yesterday I read the news and heard that Mr. President is ready to resume negotiations with Qinglongshan. Xu Le replied with his head down.

"Imperial aggression is imminent, unity is needed within the Federation, and I do intend to invite the leaders of the South Water to come to the capital for negotiations. ”

Mr. Pabul, who was still a member of parliament the year before last, made a great reconciliation agreement with the ** army of Qinglongshan, and now that he has become the president of the Federation, it is natural to carry out this agreement, although the federal side attributed the cause of Medellin's death to the fanatical terrorists in Qinglongshan, but it has no impact on this general trend.

President Pabur didn't have to explain anything to Xu Le, but he didn't know why, and looking at Xu Le's determined eyes, he admitted it.

"The previous winter, your visit to S2 and the early negotiation of information transmission were all facilitated by Shi Qinghai. ”

In order to rescue Shi Qinghai, Xu Le had to throw out this little secret, although Shi Gongzi once shouted that this was theirs...... President, but as a federal president, who really cares about these little details of the past?

"You insist?" asked President Pabul, looking at him with a heavy expression.

"I insist. Xu Le raised his head and replied very seriously.

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Today and tomorrow are on the way, so I stayed up late and finished writing in advance. After I finished writing, I looked back, and I couldn't be scum, I had never written so miserably, and I changed it, but I found that it was still so bad.

I cleaned the cat toilet before going to bed at night, took a bath, there was snow outside the window, went out to pour cat litter, and found that the snow on the ground was powdery, and it couldn't be accumulated by the wind, and I felt a lot calmer, and I came back and seriously revised it twice, and I felt that it was still average, but it was much stronger than the two chapters I just wrote, at least I felt that sending it out would not make everyone's six cents worthless......

The number of writes is really small, everyone endure it for two more days, and it will return to normal as soon as possible. ）