Lu Xuan's study is in the second courtyard across the courtyard. The small courtyard forms a small world of its own. Both the construction and the courtyard landscape design are the essence of the entire house. The courtyard was specially designed by Li Xiaolu, the only professional landscape designer in Lingao Architecture, which made the chief designer Mei Wan very jealous.
Since it was carefully built, no expense was spared, and the cost was about one-third of the entire house. However, Lu Xuan believed that the money was well spent. Compared with the main house, this was his headquarters. In fact, he rarely went to the main courtyard except for sleeping at night, and spent most of his time in the study.
The decoration and furnishings of the study are extremely exquisite, and a large number of items bought from the planning institute's warehouse are used. At this moment, he was sitting in the study, looking at the rockery in the courtyard, absently looking through the "contact diagram" he took out of the safe, but his head was a mess.
The "Contact Chart" in his hand is just a thin paper folder, but it is the only result of his painstaking efforts in the big library for the past five years.
In the past, every time he took out the "contact chart", he was always in a very happy mood.
What kind of patronage system are you tossing about, knight loyalty, private soldiers... Hum, the real knights are here.
Over the years, he has sponsored more than a dozen trainees, most of whom have entered various government departments and the military. He was quite relieved to have a list. And he continues to add new names to it every year - this list is his capital that will make a difference in the Senate and even the entire empire in the future.
But now five years have passed, and the cause of the Senate has made rapid progress. The Senate has not only established a firm foothold in Hainan, but also has a power that is superior to the others. Although the rule of the Senate is still rough, it is constantly learning and adapting. , becoming more and more mature, which also means that there are not many opportunities left for him to make a comeback.
This is precisely where Lu Xuan's anxiety comes from - if he cannot occupy an ideal position in the Senate and possess sufficient political resources. It is impossible for him to continue to control the team in his hands: he takes them in, supports them, and trains them, but in the end he must lead them to continue to rise and provide him with a larger platform to maintain the cohesion and centripetal force of the team. Otherwise, his forbearance and dedication over the years will become someone else's wedding dress, and he himself will truly be reduced to a soy sauce man who relies on others to protect him - this is something Lu Xuan absolutely cannot see.
He began to doubt whether his current abilities could support this ambition.
In the past, he had vaguely felt the alienation of his "sect", but he didn't take it too seriously. But Liu Hui's discussion today made him realize that the crisis of the blueprint he drew was already in front of him.
His outburst to Zhang Lan and Liu Hui was more of a deliberate beating than a release of his emotions. Liu Hui and Zhang Lan are both his bedfellows, and their status in Lujiazhuang is second only to him. They are well-educated and have lived in Lingao, a core area for many years. Their horizons are much higher than those of ordinary natives.
They could somewhat see Lu Xuan's actual living conditions in the Senate. Although Lu Xuan can be regarded as the bread and butter of the Lu family in the past few years, these people who live under his protection have grown up and matured. Just getting enough food and clothing is no longer enough to make them grateful to themselves. But maintaining the current situation is already the limit of Lu Xuan's ability - although the more than ten naturalized citizens who have already worked have joined the system as errands, none of them have become high-level cadres. Most of them are ordinary employees and workers.
Although the children he sponsored who were studying in Fangcao Cao graduated and were assigned in batches, once they entered the jurisdiction of the Human Resources Department of the Civil Affairs People's Committee, with the current resources in Lu Xuan's hands, he could not control the future and destiny of these people. Yes.
And those people who were educated in Lujiazhuang are full of longing for the world outside the village like burning oil and flowers, and they all look eager to try. "Learning literature and martial arts will bring you goods to the emperor's family." Of course, the Senate can be regarded as this "emperor". But he, Lu Hyun, is not, and his aura of veteran is still gradually fading.
The natives outside the system that he originally trained in the village were originally intended to be used as business talents to expand his financial resources in running his own business. In other words, they were his "white gloves" to obtain profits in the future.
However, in order to do this, you must first have money. The second thing is to have power.
Unfortunately, he now has neither money nor power. I have a little face, but I can only do small things.
It is not convenient for him to take back the work team contracted to Zhang Youfu now: it looks too ugly to eat. You must know that there is no elder who has a serious business of his own. Even the Nanhai Cafe, which has a booming business, is not legally his, but the property of the Agricultural Committee.
In theory, the dividends paid to veterans are very substantial. But in fact, the elders basically have no control over this dividend. The Senate implements a high-accumulation policy, and the Senate's dividend account is actually frozen. As a veteran, he can only control his own salary and subsidies. After the end of each fiscal year, a certain amount of cash is allowed to be withdrawn based on the currency issuance situation that year.
That's it, the Ministry of Finance is still thinking hard about "returning currency." So much so that some elders complained that the "special supply store" of the General Office sold various products "special for the General Office" that were actually "high-end snacks" of this time and space.
Unfortunately, Lu Xuan's income is quite small among the elders. Although there is not much difference between him and other veterans in terms of job salary, he is far behind in terms of allowances. After all, the work in the big library is not heavy physical labor; there is no need to brave wind and rain, sun and night dew, or climb mountains and ridges; and there is no danger of death anytime and anywhere in factories or battlefields. Therefore, the subsidy standard for large libraries is calculated based on the lowest administrative post in a central agency. Because Lu Xuan often travels part-time, he has the highest allowance in the entire library.
For other elders - such as Mr. Cheng sitting opposite him, his income is actually lower than him, but he can still live a comfortable life without the burden, but he can't. His family has a big business. , the Senate's bizarre tax policies further exacerbated his financial difficulties.
In fact, Lujiazhuang's finances have been in embarrassment since last year, and it was also at that time that "rules" for various "rewards" for "students" began to be established.
His role in the official career was limited, and his financial support was weak. Man is a very realistic animal. Even if he is very kind to these people, when they find that their master cannot bring them much benefit, the only thing left is to gradually become alienated. Along with this, even Lujiazhuang began to become a little unstable. Especially Liu Hui - he secretly regretted that he should not have sent her to the maid training class - although the modern knowledge she learned from the training class was useful to him, it also filled her head with messy stuff, making it difficult to "Discipline". Her interpersonal relationships with other maids alone were a matter of great difficulty. God knew what she would say in front of them.
I have to beat her hard again to make her scared. He thought silently, otherwise she would be a hidden danger after all.
Of course, beating blindly cannot solve the problem. The only way out is to become stronger quickly. Otherwise, his painstaking efforts over the years are not only making wedding dresses for others. Who knows, if the atmosphere of the Senate changes that day, he, a powerless and restless senator, will become a target of the Cheka, and Lujiazhuang Maybe it will become irrefutable evidence that he will be criticized. But there is no turning back when shooting, and there is no regret medicine in the world. He must bite the bullet and go on.
"I can't wait any longer!" Lu Xuan pushed away the public opinion analysis piled on the table and stood up with a stern look on his face.
Ding-dang-dang, the doorbell at the entrance of the courtyard rang. No one was allowed to enter the courtyard without his instructions.
"What's the matter?" he asked impatiently at the door of the courtyard.
"Master," Zhang Lan said timidly outside the courtyard gate, "Sister Hui——"
"Come in and talk!"
Zhang Lan hurried in, stood in the yard and reported: "Sister Hui fainted, passed out..."
Lu Xuan frowned: He fainted after being slapped. Where did this happen? After the torture just now, she was still able to walk down and kneel while holding on to the railing, but she fainted in less than ten minutes?
"Just send her back to her room to rest."
The next day, Lu Xuan sat in front of Yu Eshui in Yu Eshui's office, with disheveled hair and a haggard expression.
Lu Xuan is usually serious, funny, and bumbling. Yu Eshui has long been used to it, but this is the first time he sees Lu Xuan look so decadent. Concernedly asked: "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Hey... I think I'm going to be Yang Xinwu's second best, retribution! Retribution..." Lu Xuan let out a long sigh followed by a series of wailings, which confused Yu E Shui.
"What's going on? Why is Yang Xinwu second?"
"When the maid case happened a while ago, I was still laughing at him, saying that he couldn't even control a maid. It was a shame to the Senate to cause such a big trouble. Unexpectedly, I... I became a senator myself. What a disgrace to the hospital...retribution, retribution!"
"Hello, what's the shame?" Looking at Lu Xuan's sad and angry look, Yu Eshui asked quickly.
Seeing that Yu E Shui was unhappy, Lu Xuan quickly straightened up and said, "Let's make some housework. Alas, Director Yu, you know my situation..."
Yu Eshui nodded repeatedly: "Aren't you, like Lao Xun, also married to the daughter of a local aboriginal? You are living a good life, right?"
"My little life is fine, but you know, I still have a personal secretary——"
"Ah. Yes, yes, it's a blessing to bring people together. What's wrong with that? There aren't many people in the Senate who have this blessing." (To be continued.
