Chapter 183 The Brave Are Not Afraid, The Benevolent Are Not Worried

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Before the war began, Lin Xiaocao had already started to subconsciously calculate the bargaining chips that could be used to negotiate between the two sides. This cooperation is important, The Wang family had given Yang Xiuyuan such a great credit and reputation. In contrast, Yang Xiuyuan had to take a lot of risks. This could even affect his evaluation of history. If he became king and defeated the invaders, history might judge him as an outstanding or outstanding leader of the empire from year to year. If he was defeated, perhaps he would become the Prime Minister of the empire in a certain year and be expelled from the party in a certain year.

For someone like Yang Xiuyuan who had been in politics all his life, fame was more important than life.

In order to compensate Yang Xiuyuan for the bitter consequences of his failure, Wang Xi had also paid a sufficient price. Moreover, Chen Hualou had also grasped Yang Xiuyuan's desire to do something. In comparison, the negotiations should not fall into an impasse.

Perhaps the only difficulty was the number of members of the next Policy Bureau Standing Committee that everyone was eagerly staring at.

The next Policy Bureau Standing Committee member was a seven-member group. Now, the royal faction had already locked onto three members, two from the southwest faction, one from the south faction, and the remaining one was being fought for by all parties.

The next generation of King's Four Great Leaders, Ye Nianlun, Chen Hua Lou, and Lin Xuan Yuan, the remaining one was Guo Zhinu, the current academician, member of the Policy Bureau, and minister of the Imperial Ministry of Justice. He was also the son-in-law of former Prime Minister Li Dong Lei.

The importance of War God Wang Lin Xuanyuan in the royal family was self-evident.

Ye Nianlun and Chen Hua Lou were rushing to the next Imperial Number One and Two.

The Ministry of Supervision, known as the Party Whip, had always been the position of the royal family. Although it was not the backyard, the royal family had always held the upper hand. Guo Zhinu had almost been appointed as the next member of the Standing Committee and the Minister of Inspection.

In the southwest faction, the current Vice Head of State Gao would remain in office after the change of term. He would likely continue to be a member of the Standing Committee and Vice Head of State. He would succeed Ye Nianlun as the deputy member of the Party and head the Central Bureau of Academicians. As for the other chairman of the Imperial Political Association, the position of the Standing Committee in charge of the construction of the Imperial Civilization would not change.

The southern faction had locked onto the position of the Imperial National Assembly. Now, the position of the Imperial Clan Leader, Zou Rente, was the number three figure in the empire.

The remaining member of the Standing Committee is a member of the Cabinet, a member of the Standing Committee of the Policy Bureau, and a Deputy Prime Minister.

This position was currently the focus of intense competition from all sides. The Wang Clan naturally wanted to obtain it. This would not only allow Chen Hualou to completely control the overall situation, the Wang Clan would have four members in the Seven-member Team, and it would be so powerful that his opponent would be unable to resist.

The southwestern faction will not stop, A Chen Hualou already gave them a headache, If the Standing Committee's Deputy Prime Minister was one of his own, At the very least, it could check Chen Hualou to a certain extent. At the very least, it could not allow him to speak his mind in the Cabinet and restore Li Donglei's former prestige. A Supreme Head who could be forced by a Prime Minister had only served one term. To the southwest faction, this was not only a disgrace, but also an immeasurable loss. They had enough reason to hold grudges against Li Donglei.

The goal of the southern faction was relatively simple. They also desperately needed this spot, but it was not to fight, but to expand the influence of the southern faction.

In the Policy Bureaux, the only faction that did not have the support of the Standing Committee leaders was the neutral faction. They also wanted it, but they knew that they did not have much hope. At present, most of the time, they were watching. Occasionally, they would stir up trouble, but they rarely took action.

As for the local factions and policy bureaux, they were destined to look up to them.

Under such a big backdrop, the Wang Clan clearly wanted to use Yang Xiuyuan. After Yang Xiuyuan agreed, he naturally hoped that the Wang Clan could give up the position of Deputy Prime Minister and support their people. Once their people went up, they wouldn't cause any trouble for Chen Hualou, at least it would be much better than letting the people from the southwest go up.

Was this quota given or not?

What do you say if you don't?

What if I give it to you?

Lin Xiaocao rubbed his temples and looked ahead.

Twilight had already passed, and the Hidden Dragon Sea was already far away in front of them. The neat guards stood upright, motionless, and the rows of bayonets in their hands shone with cold light.

The four Mercedes-Benz cars next to the Rolls-Royce were parked less than three hundred meters away from the entrance of the Hidden Dragon Sea.

Lin Xiaocao's Rolls-Royce went straight into the Golden Autumn Pavilion under the salute of the guards.

The night was quiet and bright.

The current Prime Minister of the Empire, Yang Xiuyuan, personally stood at the door and smiled as he looked at Rolls-Royce, who was slowly approaching. He took a few steps forward to welcome him.

Hukou Minister Gao Xiangdong followed Yang Xiuyuan with a friendly expression.

The driver of Rolls-Royce sat in the car and waited. Lin Xiaocao and Chen Qingyu got out of the car and shook hands with Yang Xiuyuan.

"Hello, Elder Yang. You look much better than you did on the news broadcast when we first met."

Lin Xiaocao smiled as he held Yang Xiuyuan's hand and shook it.

"I'm happy that you're here after work. Haha, Xuanyuan, this is our first time meeting, but I've heard a lot about your deeds. Welcome to the Divine Continent Empire."

Yang Xiuyuan's voice was gentle and straightforward.

"Thank you."

Lin Xiaocao let go with a smile and nodded to Gao Xiangdong.

"Is this Qing Yu? His Highness's first assistant?"

Yang Xiuyuan looked at Chen Qingyu, who was smiling dignified and charming beside him, and asked knowingly with a playful look in his eyes.

The young War God King, Just who would become his princess, Some high-ranking figures would occasionally think about it in private. The princess of the royal family, the eldest young miss of the Chen family, and now Helian Chenxi, the number one beauty of the secret service system, were added. Even Yang Xiuyuan would think about this. It seemed that Helian Chenxi did not have much sense of existence for the time being, but Chen Qingyu and Wang Jinxiu had a show.

"Yes, Minister Chen's daughter, Deputy Prime Minister Chen's niece."

Lin Xiaocao casually introduced. His expression was cloudy and gentle, and he did not feel nervous about an important negotiation.

'"Yes, I understand this situation. It just so happens that Xiang Dong wants to go to the seventh building to report to President Chen. Xuanyuan, can I borrow your assistant to lead the way to Xiang Dong? It's not like Qing Yu doesn't recognize her aunt's door, right?"

Yang Xiuyuan smiled. Since Lin Xiaocao had taken the initiative to mention Chen Qingyu's family background, he did not avoid it. Tonight's negotiations could only be between the two of them. It was inappropriate for either Gao Xiangdong or Chen Qingyu to take advantage of this opportunity to send Gao Xiangdong and Chen Qingyu to the seventh floor.

Actually, there was nothing to report. Liu Yuncheng, the executive vice minister of the household registration department, usually directly reported to Chen Hualou over Gao Xiangdong. Although Chen Hualou could not command Gao Xiangdong, he still had the strength to control the household registration department. There was almost nothing she did not know about the size of the household registration department.

Today, Gao Xiangdong's visit was undoubtedly a signal to the public. Even if Minister Gao went to the seventh building of the Hidden Dragon Sea just to greet Deputy Prime Minister Chen and say, "How are you? Have you finished eating?", countless meanings would be interpreted by outsiders.

"Of course."

Lin Xiaocao smiled and nodded.

Chen Qingyu took a step forward and handed over a small bag in her hand. She smiled and said softly, "Elder Yang, this is a gift that Your Highness specially chose for you. I heard from my father and aunt that you like to collect jade jade. This piece of lamb fat jade was personally prepared by Your Highness after he learned of the news. I hope you will like it."

She said politely, Lin Xiaocao didn't have much time to personally prepare gifts for the other factions' leaders, but the items he gave out were naturally not ordinary. A large piece of top-grade lamb fat jade carved into a tiger-shaped jade sculpture was lifelike and matched Yang Xiuyuan's appearance. It was worth more than eight yuan. It was something Wang Fuyu had auctioned off a few years ago and was originally reserved for gifts.

"Thank you, Xuanyuan."

Yang Xiuyuan smiled and nodded. Looking at Lin Xiaocao, Without refusal, Be at ease. Some things that the grassroots considered taboo in high-level politics were actually not obvious. When they entered the policy bureau, they were the leaders of the Party and the empire. The economic problems of high-level officials at this level were like the style problems of some bureau-level cadres. If anything happened, they would definitely be exposed. However, no one would use this as an excuse to attack them.

At Yang Xiuyuan's level, there was no longer any so-called corruption. They might be defeated, but economic problems, style of work, commonly known as money and mistresses, were secondary. Errors in line and mistakes in decision-making were the pretexts for political enemies to attack them. It was just purely economic problems that could hardly affect their foundations.

The deputy prime minister of the empire had written a large number of zeros on his property declaration. That was trillions of dollars. As the emperor's only legal wife, the royal family now had half of everything she had. How did the money come about? She could push it to her husband with just a single sentence. Who would dare to step out of the empire and go to the northern imperial family headquarters to investigate?

Yang Xiuyuan's daughter-in-law was also a famous female expert in the empire last time. Assets, economy, bribery, and the like were nothing in the eyes of such a person.

"Assistant Chen, let's go over now."

Gao Xiangdong, who had been smiling, said softly.

Chen Qingyu nodded and smiled as she greeted Lin Xiaocao and Yang Xiuyuan. She nodded and left with Gao Xiangdong.

"Xuanyuan, I know you like meat, so I specially ordered the kitchen to get some good food. However, it's probably a little late. Shall we go to the study first?"

Yang Xiuyuan watched as the two of them walked away and turned to Lin Xiaocao with a smile.

Lin Xiaocao nodded noncommittally. An old-fashioned leader like Yang Xiuyuan rarely had the habit of talking to people at the wine table, especially when it came to serious matters.

The two of them walked into the Golden Autumn Pavilion study room one after the other. Yang Xiuyuan turned to the back of his desk. '"You gave me a gift. I still want to return the favor. I don't have anything here that you can take a fancy to. However, there is a piece of writing here that can be given to you. If you like it, take it back and hang it. If you don't like it, take it back and put it away. It has my signature on it. I hope that Yang Xiuyuan's words will have some meaning after many years."

Lin Xiaocao smiled and nodded. After receiving the words that Yang Xiuyuan had handed over, his heart trembled.

Hopefully, Yang Xiuyuan's words would have some meaning after many years.

This sentence was very meaningful.

He smiled and looked at the words in his hand.

On the top-grade rice paper, the eight-character block letters leapt up, full of strength.

The brave are not afraid, the benevolent are not worried.

Lin Xiaocao narrowed his eyes and smiled.

The first four words could be said to be Lin Xuanyuan's or a compliment.

The last four words seemed to have nothing to do with him.

It was as if he was exclaiming in admiration, but it was also as if he was warning something.

He that is really benevolent can never be unhappy.

Are you talking about the emperor?