Chapter 1044 Neutrality

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Xu Shangfeng!

Get back in line!

When this name was combined with this matter, it really sounded extremely ridiculous. However, Wang Fuyu's words could not help but interest others.

The royal family had always paid close attention to the political situation of the empire, and the southwest faction was the focus of attention of the royal family's intelligence system. Xu Shangfeng might stand in line again. If the intelligence system did not confirm this news, he would definitely not dare to report it to Wang Fuyu easily.

As for Wang Fuyu's identity, he would definitely not tell Lin Xuanyuan about it without being verified by him again.

So...

Which means...

Is it really possible for Xu Shangfeng to stand in line again?

Lin Xuanyuan rubbed his forehead and found that his head was not enough. He said in a low voice, "Specifically, what exactly happened?"

Xu Shangfeng strongly opposed the entry of the major martial arts forces into the world, so he had a conflict with Lin Qingtian. He knew this matter very well, but Lin Xuanyuan did not think that this matter alone could cause Xu Shangfeng and Lin Qingtian to completely turn hostile, and there was no room for manoeuvre.

No matter how he listened, he felt that this kind of thing was somewhat unreliable.

He had no good impression of Lin Qingtian, but he had never thought that Lin Qingtian was an idiot. On the contrary, Lin Qingtian was not an idiot, but rather extremely shrewd and even intelligent.

As for Xu Shangfeng, he had been able to become the leader of the southwest faction for many years. He was faintly the number two figure of the southwest faction. As Lin Qingtian retired, Xu Shangfeng, who was about to take charge of the National Assembly, would become the biggest banner of the entire southwest faction.

His entry time was earlier than Chen Hualou and Ye Nianlun , Therefore, among the seven giants after the empire's transition, Xu Shangfeng should be ranked second only to Ye Nianlun , ranked second, much higher than Gao Chang He. Although the ranking on the surface had little to do with actual power, the National Assembly of the Empire and the National Assembly at the local level were completely opposite. Unless he was mentally retarded, no one would think that this position had no real power.

Such a giant whose seniority, actual power, and personal prestige had almost reached the peak, naturally, he was not an idiot.

With his political wisdom, he wouldn't be unaware that the current situation of the southwest faction was very bad. At this time, even if there was a conflict between him and Lin Qingtian, he should suppress them and work together. How could he directly turn against Lin Qingtian for the sake of a few martial arts forces?

Imperial politics, If you look at the top from the bottom up, the higher you look, the more unfathomable the higher-ups are, The grass-roots county bureaus may be at odds with each other or even curse at each other, In the city, even if there was a fight, it would still be much more reserved. It was important to kill in one strike. At the provincial level, it was basically the same. Most of the time, everyone was good, I was good, and everyone was good. Only when two or more major factions broke out in an all-out conflict would the provincial level be slightly nervous.

Under such circumstances, in the eyes of the people below, almost all the bigwigs above were connected together. All sorts of relationships were faint, as if they were looking through a mist. Until the critical moment, no one knew whose people these bigwigs were.

But from top to bottom, The layout at the provincial level was the most important thing for the upper echelons. Therefore, no matter how peaceful they were, no matter which faction everyone belonged to, the big shots would know clearly. From their point of view, it was a completely different circle, especially at the provincial level. As for the cities and counties, it would be a bit difficult for them to get on the stage.

Therefore, among the major political factions, If things couldn't be done or he was forced to do something helpless, changing the banner and choosing a new backer would basically not be a big problem. As long as the new backer was willing to accept him, even if there wouldn't be any future prospects in the future, the new backer would most likely give the people who were restanding a stable position in order to recruit some other people.

However, such a situation could only happen at the county and city level.

You want to stand in line again when you get promoted?

That was basically nonsense.

Not to mention the core officials at the Governor level, the power of appointment of officials at the level of deputy governors, all of which require the consent of the higher-ups, There are only recommendations on the ground, without appointments, Under normal circumstances, If it was a high-ranking deputy governor-level official recommended by the provincial government itself, At that meet of the provincial standing committee, Then he reported it to the Imperial Ministry of Officials, The Ministry of Personnel and the main leaders of the province talked, If the two sides can reach an agreement, they will send an investigation team. If there are no problems during the investigation, the Ministry of Officials will report to the Central Bureau of Academicians . After internal discussions within the Central Bureau of Academicians , they will submit the documents to the Policy Bureau. After the leaders of the Policy Bureau have approved the documents, they will send the documents to the Central Bureau of Academicians . After the Central Bureau of Academicians communicates with the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Officials will appoint them.

The same was true not only at the local level, but also when deputy leaders were recommended within the ministries and commissions of the Nine Continents City.

As for the core senior officials at the Governor level, they are usually nominated by the Standing Committee of the Policy Bureaux. If the inspection by the Ministry of Administration is successful, they will be reported to the Central Academicians Bureau. After discussion at the meetings of the Central Academicians Bureau, they will be reported to the Policy Bureaux for voting at the plenary meetings of the Policy Bureaux.

It was no exaggeration to say that within any major faction, high-ranking officials at the Lieutenant Governor level and the Governor level could be said to be the core force within a faction.

Anyone who wanted to reach such a position would have to have the full support of all the major factions.

In the high-level structure of the empire, if the central committee and the list of alternate members made up of high-ranking officials at the Governor level and high-ranking officials at the Lieutenant Governor level were the solid foundations of the various factions of the empire, then the Policy Bureau was the place where the representatives of the various factions of the central committee competed.

Any Policy Bureau member could be regarded as the leader of a faction within his faction, while a Policy Bureau Standing Committee member was the banner of the faction and the leader of the empire.

Such a person could lead the entire faction, but he also needed the support of the faction's internal forces.

If the faction gave up on one of the giants and turned to support others, then even the giants would have to retire and leave the power center in the end.

Xu Shangfeng was the leader of the southwest faction and a member of the Imperial Decision-making Bureau. At this point, if he really wanted to stand in line again, it would definitely affect the entire empire and create a huge uproar.

Under normal circumstances, this was impossible. Before the end, Xu Shangfeng probably didn't know how much support he would gain from the southwest faction if he fought against Lin Qingtian and stood on the side of the royal faction or the southern faction.

If the support he received was much lower than he had expected, then his best outcome would be early retirement. If it was slightly worse, it would be possible for him to directly dismount. In the past decades, it was not unprecedented for a tycoon like him to dismount in the empire.

In other words, if Xu Shangfeng stood in line again, he was simply gambling heavily on his own political future. He had lost and had nothing.

Only if he wins.

If he could win the bet, it would only prove that the old subordinates behind him were willing to remain loyal to him under any circumstances. This meant that once Xu Shangfeng stood in line, the positions of his old subordinates would also change. This also meant that the southwest faction was divided.

Interestingly, Southwest City was now firmly under Xu Shangfeng's control. If the southwest faction was completely divided, then the conservatives led by Xu Shangfeng could still use Southwest City as their base and call it the southwest faction.

As for what Lin Qingtian was leading … he didn't know what to call it anymore.

However, Lin Xuanyuan found it hard to imagine that such a thing would really happen. In just a few days, what had happened in the empire? How could the conflict be aggravated to such an extent all of a sudden?

Even though Lin Xuanyuan knew that Wang Fuyu's words shouldn't be false, he couldn't help but look at Ye Chunqiu.

"Side-by-side King is right, At present, There was a high possibility that Xu Shangfeng and Lin Qingtian would break apart completely. Yesterday, Lin Fengxue took the 30 elites of the martial arts forces to Nine Continents City. It just so happened that Xu Shangfeng crashed into him. Xu Shangfeng went to the Hidden Dragon Sea. They parted unhappily with Lin Qingtian. This morning, the plenary meeting of the Policy Bureaux was held in Nine Continents City. In the entire meeting, Xu Shangfeng and Xu Dongping did not say a word. There were even some personnel changes involving several southwest factions. Neither of them spoke. The Wang faction and the south faction had each obtained something. At least from this meeting, it seemed that Xu Shangfeng was maintaining neutrality. "

Neutral?

There's no neutrality.

At least in the current situation, there was no such thing as neutrality.

As for Xu Shangfeng's neutrality, it was actually a break with Lin Qingtian.

The contradictions within the southwest faction seemed to have been thoroughly cleared up.

Lin Xuanyuan narrowed his eyes and suddenly smiled, "If that's the case, I might be a good choice to return home now."