Cosma Empire

As night fell to the city, the nightlife of the imperial capital finally began.

In fact, many outsiders do not have a deep understanding of the imperial capital. Most of them come from some news reports and narrations from friends. Their understanding of the imperial capital is still at the center of politics and culture, and a large number of dignitaries live here, so this will make When people think of the imperial capital, they also think of some serious content.

But in fact, the nightlife in God's Capital is not worse than that of southern cities, and in some respects it is even more distinctive than southern cities.

After all, this is the political, economic, and cultural center of the Yaoxing Empire. The imperial capitals of all dynasties, including Xie Lisi Street, are also on this side of the imperial capital. Naturally, around all of these, the society will form a service supply chain with the same standards and classes to ensure that people in the imperial capital can Satisfy spiritual needs.

In an inconspicuous club, Holmes is entertaining some high-level members of the new party. Every time he comes to the imperial capital, he will keep in touch with these people, and every day he will take turns inviting different people to dinner, enjoying various All kinds of beautiful things.

For a person of noble origin, this amount of consumption is not enough to make him feel pain, but it is enough to make people raise his reputation by a level.

There are some childish and stupid things deep in everyone's heart. For example, if you take advantage of others, you will always feel guilty, and if you get small favors from others, you will always feel that this person is actually a good person.

Of course, this is also a way of maintaining social relations. As Holmes, who has a slight advantage, his contribution has become somewhat taken for granted, in various senses.

The chubby minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs drank some wine and was annoyed, "You don't know, he directly blamed me in front of many people at the meeting, I couldn't believe my ears, if I have such great ability and ability, and I won't be so useless in the past few years!"

Until now, the Minister of Internal Affairs has not let go of what happened before, and Du Lin's public attack on him made him severely lose face.

Now people are spreading rumors that Du Lin wants to use him as a stepping stone in his own party, stepping on him fiercely.

He was aggrieved, and it wasn't true that he didn't do any work, but he couldn't effectively fight back against Du Lin, because he really didn't do any outstanding work during this period of time.

Being targeted by a junior for no reason, no matter how others try to persuade him, he can't calm down his heart. Open a little" or "bear it and let it go", he couldn't smooth out the anger and disgust towards Du Lin in his heart.

It happened that Holmes invited him to dinner tonight,

He vented his grievances with the help of some alcohol.

Looking at the Minister of the Interior, who was already a little fuzzy, Holmes did not understand what he said. He was not sure whether the Minister of the Interior said this intentionally or unintentionally.

If it was the former, his answer would most likely be regarded as an agreement or promise, and he would become very passive. If it was the latter, no matter what he said now, it would be meaningless.

The conflict between him and Du Lin had already arisen, and since he realized that Du Lin had also aimed at that position, he knew that he would run into Du Lin sooner or later.

It is not a smart move to fire at the high-level members of the party. This will make many high-level people have a very bad impression of Du Lin. Even if Magus is standing behind him, it will be difficult for people to appreciate such an unruly young man.

But he did it anyway. Holmes believed that this was the first step for During to establish his prestige through the Ministry of the Interior. This was just the beginning, not the end.

Once he is given a chance, he will definitely intervene in the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then take this opportunity to establish a more complete image in the party, and then he will be eligible to compete for the position of vice chairman of the party.

It is not a good choice to play against Durin now. The great changes in Ambiluo state in the past two years have been seen by many people. The west is now like Durin's own west. Most people are crazy. Believe in him, love him, and fear him.

The huge social changes he brought bought the most difficult citizens of the empire in the shortest time, and he has done the best in civil affairs.

No one can deny Du Lin's achievements in politics. He has done a good job in every aspect. What he lacks is his age. If he can be twenty years older, Holmes is willing to withdraw from the competition, because he is really fighting. Don't win Dooling, who has all the factors at their peak.

But now, Du Lin is still too young, and youth is his biggest shortcoming - if he occupies a high position at a young age, it will make those who are of the same status as him or inferior to him, but older than him become awkward.

It took these people 40 to 50 years, 50 or 60 years to do what Du Lin did before he was 30, so there is a problem, there must be a waste among us.

Age is Du Lin's fatal shortcoming. This is not a gap that can be bridged through hard work, so Holmes started to take the initiative to attack without hesitation. He knows very well that if he does not fight this year, he may not have a chance in the future up.

The grown-up During, together with the political legacy of the Timamont family and Magus, is enough to make him superior to 99.9% of all kinds of people in the party. As long as he reaches the top, it means that he must also That position will not be vacated until retirement.

In order to ensure that he would not fail after so many years of hard work, Holmes handed over the work of the Woodland State to the secretary's office, and he first came to the imperial capital to find out the news and contact him by the way.

The first person he contacted was the Minister of the Interior who was fired upon by Du Lin at the regular meeting. He and the Minister of the Interior can be regarded as old friends. The Minister of the Interior is also from aristocratic background, but a small nobleman, which was not special in the past. conspicuous.

After drinking some wine, he began to complain, complaining that the current work is difficult to carry out, complaining that the situation in the party is deteriorating rapidly day by day, but the leader and chairman have no idea of ​​saving the slightest bit, and complaining about Du Lin's arrogance and his own Lost face.

Holmes said a few thoughtful words, talked about Dühring's faults, and picked on Dühring's faults, which made the Minister of the Interior much more comfortable and relieved the pressure on him.

After eating, the two sat together to watch the nightly news at 9:30 p.m. and chatted about the current political situation in the empire. Then Holmes began to arrange the next activities for the Minister of the Interior.

As an important role in the party like the Minister of Internal Affairs of the new party, Holmes will definitely not make such a conventional arrangement. He arranged a one-to-five multi-channel point-to-point assistance for the Minister of Internal Affairs, helping five people who can no longer even wear clothes. A girl who forced herself to smile.

His help alone is definitely meager for all the people in need in this world, but if he is unwilling to give even a little bit, no matter how strong his ability is, he will not have the slightest contribution to the cause of aid in the world Inch.

Although this is only a small step in the cause of aid, it is a very large project involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

After sending the Minister of the Interior into the room for a long talk with the girls in need, Holmes took a shower in the toilet room and changed into clean clothes, which smelled strongly of alcohol and Some smoke.

Others could rest, but his work was not over yet. He checked the time, and it was around ten o'clock. He left alone, then called a taxi, and went to Powers' home.

The relationship between During and Powers...is not that harmonious, but some old people in the party, such as Holmes, have a closer relationship with Powers, including Your Excellency the Chairman and Dolly and others.

Because in the past thirty years, Powers has been playing the role of a progressive populist politician. He is very dedicated to his duties and radiates his own light and heat in his post of party whip.

Whenever people talk about the new party whip, a very vivid image comes to mind. At least at this stage, Powers is not very annoying.

Thirty years of friendship will not lead to a huge change in the attitude of those who have been with him for thirty years because of the overnight change of Powers' status, including the high-level members of the party. The attitude is actually not that tight.

Except for the chairman who was handed over by Magus, the others actually regarded him as a party whip from the bottom of their hearts, and took on the job of an extra leader.

So Holmes' visit to Powers would make sense and not be so abrupt.

Powers knew Holmes was coming a long time ago, and he had already prepared snacks and wine for the reception. The two embraced after meeting, and Powers walked into the study with Holmes' hand in his hand. .

After the two sat down, Powers' first words reassured Holmes a lot. He said, "In principle, I very much support you to go one step further. The new party vice-chairman or party whip, I Believe that you will do better than others."

This sentence made Holmes relax. He has high-level support for him. If Powers, the current apparent leader of the new party, supports him, he will have a great advantage when voting on the new party committee. .

If His Excellency the Chairman can be persuaded to choose him as well, then he will have passed it in advance.

There must be rewards, and it must be because of sacrifices. Powers promised so happily that there must be rewards. The higher the person stands, the more he understands this. There may be gratuitous hatred in this world, because of jealousy, but absolutely There is no love without a reason.

Adhering to the principle of starting from profit, Holmes and Powers began to deal with it patiently. It was a very boring game, talking irrelevant words, guessing each other's thoughts, so stupid!

"I don't seek to be able to sit in this position longer. When the time comes for me to leave, I will definitely leave, but Holmes, you know, even God can't guarantee that he has not made mistakes. We just Human beings created by God are not as perfect as God, and we must make mistakes.” When Powers said this, his expression gradually became serious, and he looked at Holmes with a smile, his smile and the smile just now Yes there are some differences.

Holmes nodded and agreed with this, and Powers continued, "No matter what happened in the past, I hope that I can have a peaceful old age. I am just a poor old man waiting to die. I hope I can live peacefully." Stay alone, don't want to be disturbed by others, and will not disturb others."

He looked at Holmes sincerely. During this period of time, he made a lot of money. Once a person is shameless for the first time, it is natural for him to be shameless later, and he can even be said to get used to it.

He went all out to shamelessly fish for money and benefits, and indeed he got a lot of benefits, whether it was money, shares, various works of art, or valid and invalid promises, there were a lot of them.

Muggs worked him as a hard laborer for thirty years, and in the end he didn't even want to give him a chance, and he didn't intend to fight with Muggs or those people. A little benefit, let yourself live more comfortably in your later years, so that your children don't need to run around and suffer for some numbers that are not even money in the eyes of some people.

He is just a poor old man, but he also knows that once someone really wants to tear himself down, such as Du Lin, he will be unlucky in the end.

It's like all the people who are suspected of duty-related crimes. Knowing that there is a huge risk, they will be afraid and hesitate because of their actions, but they still do it!

Holmes thought for a while, and finally nodded his head slowly. Just like Powers said, he is just an old man waiting to die. He gave up his power, so he should not be in other aspects Ask him to do better.

Powers breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart stabilized. Anyway, he was already shameless, and he didn't mind saying it more bluntly, "I will fully support you to become the next leader..."

A smile flashed in the corner of Holmes' eyes, and he interrupted, "The first step is the vice chairman..."

Powers nodded again and again, "Yes, the first step is the vice chairman. I will talk to Odegar about this matter. Now the internal affairs really need to be rectified. Dolly's personality is not suitable for her to sit in the current position. I have a thought, we can let her do the work of the party whip and cultivate her ability in this area, and then the party's internal issues will be taken care of by someone with experience like you, which will effectively solve the problems we are currently encountering trouble. "

"Odegar will retire with me, and the only person in the party who can fight for this position is you, Holmes!"

This is also Holmes' consideration. After Powers retires after serving two terms, Odegar, who is older than him, must also retire, otherwise he will not meet the retirement regulations set by Magus.

The leader of the new party and the chairman of the new party committee retire at the same time, and those who can compete for the leadership position can only choose one of the two vice-chairmen.

Holmes thought that he could convince another vice chairman to promote him to chairman, and he would serve as leader for two terms. Political moves in exchange for greater political gain.

For example, pulling up a few young people in the family is enough to make his family prosperous for a long time.

His thoughts coincided with those of Powers, and Holmes nodded with a smile, and the matter was considered settled.

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