Night falls in the city, and the nightlife of the imperial capital finally begins.
In fact, many outsiders don’t have a deep understanding of the Imperial City. Most of them come from some news reports and friends’ accounts. Their understanding of the Imperial City is still at the center of political culture and a large number of powerful people live here, so this will make it difficult for them to understand the imperial capital. When people think of the imperial capital, they also think of something serious.
But in fact, the nightlife in Shendu is no worse than that in southern cities. In some aspects, it is even more distinctive than southern cities.
After all, this is the political, economic, and cultural center of the Yaoxing Empire, the imperial capital of past dynasties, and Xie Lisi Street is also on the imperial capital. Naturally, around all of this, society will form a service supply chain with the same specifications and classes to ensure that people in the imperial capital can Meet spiritual needs.
In an inconspicuous club, Holmes was entertaining some high-level officials within the new party. Every time he came to the imperial capital, he would contact these people, and he would take turns inviting different people to the banquet every day to enjoy various events. 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 raise people's reputation for him to a higher level.
Everyone will have some childish and stupid things deep in their hearts. For example, if you take advantage of others, you will always feel guilty. If you receive small favors from others, you will always feel that this person is actually good.
Of course, this is also a way of maintaining social relationships. As Holmes has a slight advantage, his efforts have become somewhat natural, in every sense of the word.
The fat Minister of the Interior drank some wine and was fuming, "You don't know, he directly put the blame on me in front of many people at the meeting. I couldn't believe my ears. If I have so much ability and ability, and I won’t be so useless in the past few years!”
Until now, the Minister of the Interior has not been relieved about what happened before. Dulin's public attack on him made him severely lose face.
People are now spreading rumors that Du Lin wants to use him as a stepping stone within his own party and step on him to ascend to power.
He felt aggrieved. It wasn't like he hadn't done any work at all, but he couldn't effectively fight back against Du Lin because he really hadn't done any outstanding and effective work during this period.
Being treated as a target by a junior for no reason, no matter how others tried to persuade him, he could not calm down. This was equivalent to a junior giving him a hard slap on the face, no matter how many times others said "Look" "Open up a little" or "Suffer it and it will be over", he could not erase the anger and disgust towards Du Lin in his heart.
It happened that Holmes invited him to dinner in the evening, and with the help of some alcohol, he vented his complaints.
Looking at the already confused Minister of the Interior, Holmes did not understand what he was going to say. He was not sure whether the Minister of the Interior meant what he said intentionally or if he said it unintentionally.
If it is the former, his answer will most likely be regarded as an agreement or a promise, and he will become very passive. If it is the latter, no matter what he says now, it will be meaningless.
The conflict between him and Du Lin had already arisen. From the moment he realized that Du Lin had also targeted that position, he knew that sooner or later he would run into Du Lin.
It is not a smart move to open fire on the party's senior leaders. It will make many senior leaders have a very bad impression of Dulin. Even if Maggs 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 in Dulin's attempt to establish his prestige through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was just a beginning, not an end.
Once he finds an opportunity, he will definitely intervene in the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then take this opportunity to establish a more complete image within the party, and then he will be eligible to compete for the position of deputy chairman of the party.
It is not a good choice to face Dulin now. The great changes in Ambiluo State in the past two years have been noticed by many people. The west is now like Dulin's own west, and most people are crazy. Believe in him, love him, and fear him.
The huge social changes he brought about bought off the most difficult citizens of the empire in the shortest time. He has done his best in civil affairs.
No one can deny Dulin's political achievements. No matter what aspect, he has done well. What he lacks is his age. If he could be twenty years older, Holmes would be willing to withdraw from the competition because he is really competitive. No win against Dulin, who has all the factors at their peak.
But now, Du Lin is still too young, and youth is his biggest shortcoming - if he is in a high position at a young age, it will make those who have the same status as him or those who are inferior to him, but are older than him, become Very embarrassing.
What took these people 40, 50, 50 or 60 years to accomplish was accomplished by Du Lin when he was less than 30 years old. Then there is a problem. There must be a waste among us.
Age is Dulin's fatal shortcoming. This gap cannot be bridged through hard work, so Holmes began to take the initiative to attack without hesitation. He knew very well that if he did not fight for this term, he might not have a chance in the future. .
The grown-up Dulin, coupled with the political legacy of the Timamont family and Magus, are enough to put him above 99.9% of all types of people in the party. As long as he reaches the top, it means that he will definitely also I won't give up that position until I retire.
In order to ensure that his hard work for so many years would not fail in the end, Holmes handed over the work of Woodland State to the secretary's office. He first came to the Imperial Capital to find out the news and keep in touch with each other.
The first person he contacted was the Minister of the Interior, who was fired upon by Dulin at a regular meeting. He and the Minister of the Interior were also old friends. The Minister of the Interior was also from a noble family, but he was just a minor noble. He was not special in the past. conspicuous.
After drinking some wine, he began to complain, complaining that it was difficult to carry out work now, complaining that the situation within the party was deteriorating rapidly day by day, but the leader and chairman did not even have the slightest idea of rescue, and complaining about Dulin's presumption and himself. Lost face.
Holmes said a few thoughtful words, said something bad about Dulin, and pointed out Dulin's shortcomings. This made the Minister of the Interior feel much more comfortable and the pressure on him was relieved.
After the two of them finished their meal, they sat together and watched the nightly news at 9:30 pm, and chatted for a while about the current political situation in the empire. Then Holmes began to arrange the next activities for the Minister of the Interior.
As the Minister of the Interior of the New Party, who plays an important role in the party, Holmes will definitely not make such cliché arrangements. He arranged a one-to-five multi-channel point-to-point assistance for the Minister of the Interior, helping five people who could not even put on their clothes. A girl who has to force herself to smile every day.
His help alone is definitely meager to all the people in need of help in this world, but if he is not willing to pay even a little bit, no matter how capable he is, it will not make any difference to the aid cause around the world. inch forward.
Although this is only a small step in the aid industry, it is also a very large project, involving hundreds of millions of dollars.
After sending the Minister of the Interior into the room to have a long talk with the girls in need of assistance, Holmes took a shower in the dressing room and put on clean clothes. The previous set of clothes had a strong smell of alcohol and alcohol. Some smoke smell.
Others could rest, but his work was not over yet. He looked at the time and saw that it was close to ten o'clock. He left alone, then called a taxi and went to Powers' home.
The relationship between Dulin and Powers... is not so harmonious, but for some old people in the party, such as Holmes, their relationship with Powers is actually closer, including Your Excellency the Chairman, Dolly and others.
Because for 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 position as 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 cause a huge change in the attitudes of those who have been with him for thirty years, including those at the top of the party, towards Powers just because his identity changes overnight. His attitude is actually not that pressing.
Except for the Chairman who was handed over by Maggs, others still regard him as the party whip from the bottom of their hearts and take on the job of a leader part-time.
So it would make sense for Holmes to visit Powers, and it wouldn't be so out of the blue.
Powers knew that Holmes was coming very early. He had already prepared snacks and wine for the reception. After the two met, they hugged each other, and Powers took Holmes's hand and walked into the study. .
After the two sat down, Powers's first words made Holmes feel a lot more at ease. He said, "In principle, I very much support you taking the next step. I will be the vice chairman or whip of the new party." I believe 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 big advantage when voting on the New Party Committee. .
If he can convince the Chairman to also choose him, then he will be approved in advance.
There must be rewards, it must be because of the dedication, and Powers's promise to be so happy must also be rewarded. The higher people stand, the more they understand this. There may be hatred for no reason in this world, because of jealousy, but absolutely There is no love without reason.
Adhering to the principle that everything should be based on interests, Holmes patiently began to deal with Powers. It was a very boring game, saying irrelevant words and guessing each other's thoughts. It was so stupid!
"I do not seek to sit in this position for longer. When the time comes for me to leave, I will definitely leave. But Holmes, you know, even God cannot guarantee that he has not made mistakes. We just Human beings created by God are not as perfect as God, and we will definitely make mistakes." When Powers said this, his expression gradually became serious. He looked at Holmes with a smile, and his smile was the same as before. There are some differences.
Holmes nodded and agreed with this, and Powers continued, "No matter what happened in the past, I hope I can have a peaceful old age. I am just a poor old man, waiting for death. I hope I can be quiet." Stay alone, don’t want to be disturbed by others, and won’t disturb others.”
He looked at Holmes sincerely. During this period of time, he had made a lot of money. Once a person is shameless for the first time, it is natural to be shameless after that. It can even be said that he is used to it.
He went out of his way shamelessly to get 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.
Mags worked him as a hard labor for thirty years, and in the end he didn't even want to give him the slightest chance. He didn't intend to compete with Mags or those people. He just wanted to make money in the last stage of his life. A little benefit, let yourself live a more comfortable life in your later years, so that your children don't have to run 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 knock him down, such as Du Lin, he will be unlucky in the end.
This is like all people suspected of job-related crimes. They know that there are huge risks and are afraid and hesitant because of their actions, but they still do it!
Holmes thought for a long time, and finally nodded slowly, just like what Powers said, he is just an old man waiting to die. If he gives up his power, then he should not use it in other ways. Demanding that he do better.
Powers took a breath and calmed down. He was already shameless anyway, and he didn't mind being more explicit, "I will fully support you in becoming the next leader..."
A smile flashed in the corner of Holmes's eyes, and he interrupted, "The first step is to be the vice chairman..."
Powers nodded repeatedly, "Yes, the first step is to be the vice chairman. I will talk to Odgar about this matter. Now there is indeed a need for internal rectification. Dolly's personality is not suitable for her to sit in her current position. I have a thought, we can let her do the work of the party whip, cultivate her ability in this area, and then let an experienced person like you take charge of the internal party issues. This will effectively solve the problems we are currently encountering. trouble."
"Odegaard will retire with me, and then the only person in the party who can compete for this position is you, Holmes!"
This is also Holmes's consideration. After Powers retires after serving two terms, Odegaard, who is older than him, will definitely retire, otherwise it will not meet the retirement regulations set by Magers.
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 believed that he could convince another vice chairman to be promoted to chairman, and he would serve as leader for two terms. Political actions are exchanged for greater political benefits.
For example, pulling up a few young people in the family is enough to make his family prosperous for a long time.
His ideas coincided with Powers's. Holmes smiled and nodded, and the matter was settled.
(End of chapter)