Chapter 566 The General Trend Has Been Decided

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Divine Continent Empire .

A year ago, or even earlier, the undercurrents began to surge. The Imperial Center Plenary Session, which had been speculated by countless foreign media in all sorts of headlines, finally announced the date of its convening.

On October 23rd, the empire will hold a central plenary meeting in Nine Continents City.

This time, the Central Plenary Session was obviously different from the past. Next year was the year of the inner-party transition, and the year after was the year of the empire transition. As the last plenary session before the transition, everyone who had the qualifications to participate felt restless and uneasy. There were too many things that needed to be settled at this plenary session, and the most attractive thing was undoubtedly the question of successors.

The principal contradictions between the royal and southwestern factions are also concentrated here, In other places, On the issue of successors alone, The struggle between the two factions could be described as a bloody storm, As early as a year ago, When this kind of battle was approaching its climax, some foreign media pointed out that the succession struggle of the Divine Continent Empire was mixed with a large number of personal grudges. This battle was likely to affect the foundation of the Divine Continent Empire, and it would have an immeasurable impact on the empire's politics, economy, and social order.

These words had already pointed the Divine Continent Empire in an extremely dangerous direction.

Alarm?

On the contrary, not only the foreign media, but also many people within the empire, including many high-ranking officials, had chosen to believe the truth of this sentence and expressed their worries on different occasions.

Ye Nianlun .

Gao Changhe.

The two of them had become the focus of the empire more than three years ago, From the perspective of the next session, The Cabinet had already decided on the overall situation more than ten years ago, and the other positions had their own candidates. There was only one member of the Standing Committee of the Imperial Decision-making Bureau and the position of Deputy Head of State that all three factions had the chance to take. However, as the issue of successors became more and more complicated, this equally important position was no longer the core concern of the bigwigs.

Everyone was paying attention to Ye Nianlun and Gao Chang He.

Both of them were extremely low-key tycoons in the eyes of the outside world, Retreat your sharpness. maintain one's composure, but strive to do the best job in all areas of his work, In terms of voices, the two of them received full support from their respective factions, The southwestern faction was stronger than the royal faction, but it was also limited. In the folk, especially in places where Ye Nianlun had once ruled, Ye Nianlun 's voice was much louder than Gao Chang He's. Although Gao Chang He's reputation in places where he had once ruled was not bad, he still did not exaggerate the situation like Ye Nianlun .

Gao Changhe had the support of the southwest faction and Lin Qingtian.

As for Ye Nianlun , he had a strong foundation. Countless veteran comrades who had retired from high positions were very supportive of Ye Nianlun .

Gao Changhe was older.

Ye Nianlun , on the other hand, was younger.

Each had its own advantages.

In the past few years, the two of them had been doing things quietly. The battle between their successors was exceptionally stalemate, stalemate to the point that countless outsiders were worried about it.

Starting this year, Ye Nianlun , who had always looked calm, finally began to exert his strength. The dispute over the Ministry of Officials was only the beginning, Everything that happened this year, Including Ye Nianlun , In the past month or two, Ye Nianlun had even walked to the front desk and received the banner from Chen Hua Lou, a member of the Imperial Decision-making Bureau and vice-head of the Imperial Clan. All of the power of the entire Imperial Clan immediately began to support Ye Nianlun unreservedly, helping him rush in at the last moment. Ye Nianlun 's methods became even more tough.

The gentle and refined appearance gradually faded away, and a powerful leader appeared in front of all the high-ranking officials of the empire.

Until now, It was only then that the crowd suddenly rang out, The two young tycoons of the royal family, In these past few years, Chen Hualou, who had been so powerful that countless people were afraid of her, resisted all the pressure to challenge the southwest faction. When she was young, her methods of governance were very gentle. But in these past few years, Ye Nianlun , who was very gentle, refined, and low-key, was famous for her tough and powerful methods when she was young.

Especially during the period when Minnan was in power.

At that time, Ye Nianlun , who was less than forty years old, was the governor of Minnan Province, but he was a second-in-command who could make the first-in-command willing to be a pawn!

Everyone's memories became clearer and clearer as Ye Nianlun 's strong wrist became clearer and clearer.

Chen Hualou, who used to stand in front of everyone from the royal family, took a step back quietly and immediately restored her image as a gentle female prime minister.

Their transformation was full of tacit understanding, almost perfect, making everyone fiercely dazed for a moment.

Ye Nianlun 's movements were even more unceasing.

The current public opinion war was still going on, but Ye Nianlun completely ignored the so-called war. In a month's time, he cancelled the six tribes' experiment and pounced on the entire territory of Wu Yue. Three days ago, Minnan Province became the second experiment.

Without a six-part system, It's the old system from ten years ago, After being tested, Any high-ranking official in a certain position would not be unfamiliar with a system that had been proven to be successful. Therefore, if one did not consider the demands of the southwest faction, there was no need for any pilot. The entire empire could be spread out. However, this old system did not conform to the interests of the southwest faction at all. That was why the other party desperately tried to stop it.

However, Ye Nianlun was obviously prepared to be tough to the end. After Wu Yue and Minnan, his next target was Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

His movements were swift and violent.

In this series of actions, the Empire's Supreme Head remained silent beyond everyone's expectations.

Ye Nianlun 's momentum surged. Clearly, this was not what he wanted to do. In one month, he would patrol the five provinces, Wuyue Province, Southwest Province, Beihu Province, Nanyun Province, and Northern City.

Five provinces, they are all provinces with their own characteristics, Wu Yue was the headquarters of the royal family, In his own territory, while Southwest Province is the headquarters of the southwest faction, It could be said to be the territory of the enemy camp, while Beihu Province belonged to the southern faction, a neutral area, After that, Nanyun, The factions in this area were simply a shade of a province, There was no doubt that it belonged to the dukedom region. As the municipality directly under the Central Government closest to the capital, Nine Continents City, the northern city had been in a state of contention among the major factions since the collapse of the northern faction. Now, the power of the southwest faction occupied the advantage in the northern city, but it was far from a definitive conclusion. Without a doubt, this was a chaotic region.

Ye Nianlun walked all the way here. He, who had always kept a low profile, had delivered five speeches in succession on party affairs, but his five speeches on economy, military affairs, and people's livelihood were all successful. Ye Nianlun 's prestige was unprecedentedly high.

In contrast, Vice Head Gao Changhe's brilliance began to dim rapidly. In the high-rise buildings of the empire, his voice was as silent as ever, but this time, his silence was no longer treated as low-key.

This is...

Back off!

Vice Head Gao couldn't stop Vice Head Ye anymore.

Everyone understood this more and more.

However, there were still people who did not give up. After all, no matter what, the plenary meeting had not yet been held, and there was still hope before there was a result.

The plenary is getting closer and closer.

Less than twenty days had passed since the plenary meeting.

The various powers fell silent with their own thoughts. The entire Nine Continents City and even the entire empire was shrouded in an oppressive atmosphere.

Under such circumstances, The Emperor and Lin Qingtian met again and again without avoiding suspicion. The cooperation between the royal family and the empire was proceeding smoothly. Prime Minister Yang Xiuyuan, Deputy Prime Minister Chen Hualou, Deputy Prime Minister Lin Guodong, the Ministry of Housing, the Ministry of Industry, and the Development Committee were all involved. At a time when everyone was paying attention to the plenary session, some people in the superstructure of the empire seemed to have neglected this matter.

This time, the foreign media had predicted that the meeting would affect the foundation of the empire a few years ago. Before the meeting began, there was a strange silence, but it was not the silence on the eve of the storm.

Everyone waited silently, waiting for the final result.

Is the general trend set? Or is there a comeback?

...

"The matter of the plenary meeting has been decided?"

Nine Continents City, Dragon Lake Park.

Li Donglei, the former Prime Minister of the Empire, played with the chess in his hand and asked softly as he looked at the silent Emperor in front of him.

Today was the Emperor's personal visit. After accompanying Li Donglei for dinner, the two of them sat in the courtyard and made a cup of tea. Under the warm light, the servant took out a chess piece. The Emperor's guest followed suit without any refusal and directly sat down.

Even though the current emperor was already brilliant enough, he still had an indescribable respect for Li Donglei.

The foundation of the royal family, the foundation of the royal family!

This was definitely not a title that ordinary people could deserve. Wang Canglan, who had cultivated the imperial family's powerful military strength for decades and finally begged for mercy in exchange for the imperial family's centralization of power, was considered one. Li Donglei, without a doubt, was also considered one.

When the emperor was the youngest, it was this old man who supported the royal family alone, and the Wang Clan that was not a royal clan back then.

Master, friend, and father.

In the twenty years since the emperor was driven out of Nine Continents City, he had come to the Divine Continent Empire almost every year in his personal capacity. In twenty years, the side-by-side palace had become the War God Palace. However, ever since Li Donglei's retirement, every time the emperor came to Nine Continents City, he did not stay in the Dragon Lake Park for long.

Li Donglei's daughter, Li Qing, had only retired from politics three years ago. Her son-in-law, Guo Zhinu, was now a member of the Imperial Policy-making Bureau, State Councilor, and Minister of Justice. His work was extremely busy. In the vast Dragon Lake Park, most of the time, it was deserted. At any time, only the Emperor was in Nine Continents City. As long as he had time, he would come here to do something.

Every time he saw Li Donglei's sincere gratification and benevolent smile, the Emperor would gradually relax. This was a tacit understanding between the two of them. Perhaps only here was he not the invincible Emperor who carried the Imperial Clan forward, but just a simple junior.

"It's settled."

"Time is running out," the emperor nodded. "The progress of the United States is faster than we all imagined. Yurisses is completely crazy. We have to settle this as soon as possible."

"How long do you think the US side will wait?"

Speaking of the United States, Li Donglei's expression immediately became serious.

War.

This is a serious term for any high-ranking official in the country.

"Not long."

The Emperor shook his head, "But we are ready now. We are not afraid of him."

"It's good that you know."

Li Donglei smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Right now, Lin Qingtian should be under a lot of pressure, right?"

"I guess it's going to be a lot of people's work. It's never easy to appease people. But he has no choice. The basis for cooperation is not the same. Now that the situation has changed, so naturally, the plan has to change as well."

The Emperor said calmly.

"Do you think he can be convinced?"

Li Donglei smiled and asked in a meaningful tone.

"He admitted defeat a long time ago."

The Emperor said indifferently, "If you don't accept it, you have to accept it. He won't do anything else. Uncle Li can rest assured that Lin Fengxue is still jumping around unwillingly. It's just a clown jumping around. There's nothing to worry about."

Li Donglei nodded and drank a mouthful of tea. Looking at the quiet Emperor in front of him, he smiled again.

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