Snow flakes.
The officer of the joint investigation department looked at the original location of the car in shock. He was speechless for a long time, his eyes were full of fear of being pointed at by a gun, and some shame.
When all these emotions turned into anger, his teeth crunched and he cursed bitterly: "This is the capital, where can you escape?"
When he took out the phone in his arms and prepared to report to his superiors, and activated the federal government's terrifying system forces to hunt down Li Xiaotong and the terrifying middle-aged man, the phone rang first.
On the phone, his immediate superior's tone was still calm and indifferent, but with Si's joy that could not be concealed: "Don't go after Li Xiaotong for the time being, because the iron family is about to end."
At this time, the Lijia special car was dashing on the out-of-city expressway. The frantically spinning wheels smashed the ice and snow and rolled up white hurricanes.
In the back seat, Li Xiaotong covered his forehead in pain, thinking about the news on the phone just now, his brows couldn't help but tremble quickly.
The old man who had been wearing a small black hat all his life was about to leave this world. At this moment, what he was thinking about was not whether to compete with Li Xiuzhu for the right of inheritance, but he was terrified of losing the old man's wisdom and guidance, what would happen to the Li family? to survive this war.
Behind the capital out of the city highway, a government convoy is driving slowly. In the front and rear bulletproof vehicles, Secret Service agents are watching the surroundings vigilantly. In several dark green military vehicles in front of and behind the President's special vehicle, dozens of elites from the Seventh Iron Division are heavily armed. Scouts are always ready for an attack.
The federal government officially declared war on the Seven Families. Although the war started three years ago, today's indictment on Parliament Hill and the terrorist charge really brought the battlefield to the fore from behind the scenes, tearing off all the pretense.
In such a tense situation, no one knows what crazy things those powerful big families will do. You must know that in the history of the Federation, there are not no stories of the president being assassinated by the Seven Great Families.
The atmosphere in the President's car was not very tense. In the compartment that was isolated as a private space, the dark-faced President Pabble quietly watched the brown snowflakes filtered by the fireproof film outside the window, and suddenly said: "The first war has begun. God, we are going to visit the most important leader of the enemy camp, if the history of later generations is written in this paragraph, I don’t know how to describe it.”
Du Shaoqing sat on the opposite side in silence, his lieutenant general's uniform was as straight as a sculptor carved on a steel plate.
Hearing President Pabble's question, Du Shaoqing didn't answer, but his brows slowly wrinkled, and he said in a deep voice, "I don't like small eyes, and I don't like the joint investigation department. More precisely, I hate it. those people."
President Pabble quietly looked at his most loyal subordinate, the most reliant general, and replied after a moment of silence: "I know this, so no one has mentioned the shooting on Mohua Planet. According to your suggestion, the official residence Security control work is also handed over to the Secret Service and the Seventh Iron Division."
Du Shaoqing replied with a blank face: "But they still exist. Mr. President, I said before that Li Zaidao is not a qualified soldier. Although he is from the Li family in Philadelphia, he is not a military god or a madman Li. To be a sinister politician."
"Chairman Lee Jae-do is my most important political partner. On this road, he has given too much support. I will never doubt his loyalty to the cause. Although I know that you are very disgusted with those methods, you should not disgust him. ."
President Pabur looked at Du Shaoqing and said solemnly: "Any reform process always requires some people to undertake dark work. I can't, you don't want to, he is willing to pour sewage on himself, which is respectable."
Du Shaoqing replied coldly: "I am a soldier, and I don't know any government affairs, but this time I returned to the capital star circle, and I saw a lot of problems."
He looked up into Mr. President's eyes and said without any reservations: "The current federal government is full of shady transactions and a group of incompetent waste. I think you should be vigilant and change."
President Pabble has known Du Shaoqing for many years. If Li Zaidao is his most important political partner, then Du Shaoqing is his last trump card. He knows the soldier's iron-blooded character and his supreme loyalty to himself, so he is not angry , but there was a look of admiration in his eyes.
"No one is available, that's the biggest problem the federal government is facing right now."
President Pabur looked at Du Shaoqing and said slowly: "The total number of federal civil servants has exceeded 12 million in the forty years of the thirty-seventh constitutional calendar. Under the penetration and corrosion, how many people can use it?"
"The Federation is like a giant warship, composed of countless small but important screws. If these screw components have been corroded, how can we win these two difficult wars?"
"As the captain, I can only find some components that obey the instructions in the shortest time, and have not been replaced by completely rotten screws. At least this way we can start the warship of the Federation."
Du Shaoqing frowned to express his objection: "Even if those officials themselves are extremely corrupt and hateful? Even if they are all like the governor of South Carolina? Those guys who dare to embezzle even military logistics materials? Mr. President, please allow me to speak bluntly, this way The officials of yours will not do you any favors for your cause."
President Pabble looked at him quietly and asked, "Young Master, with your talent, no matter what kind of federal government leadership you are under, you can become the most dazzling general in the universe. Commander Zhong suppressed you for ten years. It can only delay the arrival of this time, so tell me, why are you willing to follow me on this treacherous road, and even give up your principles of life at all costs, and are willing to be tainted by those conspiracies?"
Du Shaoqing put his hands on his knees and sat in an extremely standard posture. After being silent for a long time, he replied in a deep voice: "Because I respect and agree with your ideals."
Pabble looked at him with a smile and said, "As the president of the Federation, I used to have the unquestioning love of all the federal people, I used to have the absolute support of the lady behind Mochou, I had the loyalty of the army, and I had a human like you. Elite, what can such a president do?"
"Such a president can lead the federation to win this cosmic war and achieve a glorious victory. He can make some painless improvements, and he can make the people grateful for hundreds of years. He can also maintain a good cooperative relationship with the Seven Families. , with a gracious and well-respected old age after his term."
"If this story goes on like this, I can become the most successful president in federal history, and also the easiest president, and these will be recorded in the federal history textbooks, and there may even be one more me in Charter Square. antique bronze statue."
There was silence in the car, Du Shaoqing vaguely understood what Mr. President meant, and his posture became more and more tall, like a big tree guarding the green hills.
"But I didn't choose that, I chose to keep fighting."
President Pabble said with a stern expression: "I chose a battlefield that no federal president would choose for many years. I forced those big families to oppose the government until the federal government was shaken."
"Today, I may be impeached and removed from office at any time, or even be imprisoned in shackles, and eventually become the most notorious president in history textbooks... and also the most ridiculous federal president. I want to use dictatorship to seek democracy for the federal government. Cut yourself to pieces."
"Why did I make such a seemingly stupid and difficult choice? The reason is the same as yours, because I also respect and agree with my own ideals."
President Pabble's words were as heavy and firm as a mountain, and then the conversation suddenly changed, and he said with a self-deprecating smile: "How many idealists like you and me in this world?"
"But I need someone to follow me to fight, because these people are at least loyal to me, so what can I use to attract them? A battle flag fluttering in the smoke? Or a loud declaration on the podium?"
"No, once people like Webb and Descartes have a position of power, how can they be willing to throw their blood and fight against the seemingly unshakable Seven Great Families just for their own ideals or even the ideals of others?"
"What does the federal government have? I can only use the sense of vanity brought by official positions, the sense of achievement brought by power, and the financial benefits brought by corruption to attract them to inspire them, for this I can even open my eyes and watch Let the worms eat away at the logistics of the troops without caring."
President Pabur looked at Du Shaoqing with a solemn expression and said, "The hidden strength of those big families is too strong. We must unite all forces that can be united in order to find some opportunities for victory."
"It may seem dark and ironic to replace the old privileged class with a decadent new generation of privileged class, but you have to remember that officials in the federal government system have one of the biggest congenital defects compared to their predecessors, they Without the support of the Seven Great Families, they are just duckweeds without roots, and after a storm, they will disappear into the greasy pond."
President Pabble said calmly: "Young Master, I promise you that as long as these two wars, no, the war with the Seven Families can be fully won, the Federation will soon usher in a storm, and the streets will be clean by then. ."
Du Shaoqing was silent for a moment, then replied: "Mr. President, you don't need to promise me anything, I understand what you mean, this is a pain, and I will support you as always until the entire federation is over."
This long conversation between two powerful men was very touching to Pabble. He admired Du Shaoqing, so he needed to unreservedly reveal what he thought to the other party and gain the other party's unreserved support.
But in Feng Yu's view, this was just another successful speech by President Shoe Polish, and only one person, a very important person, listened to the speech—Pabble successfully deceived the other party again, and perhaps deceived himself.