The Bairen City Senate Hall was already crowded with people at this moment. Most of the open-air seats, which can accommodate 600 people, are already occupied.
The so-called Senate Hall is the outdoor cinema built at the beginning of the landing. Although it was later repaired and rebuilt many times, a simple roof was added to avoid the suffering of wind and sun. Even so, this place is still shabby compared to the newly completed indoor stadium in Dongmen City.
Since a plan has been made to relocate the Lingao administrative district and the elders' residential area to the old county seat, the buildings in Bairen City will no longer be expanded or renovated and will continue to be used as makeshift ones.
However, after all, this place is within Bairen City, and it is the place where the elders feel most at ease. At this moment, the special reconnaissance team and the security battalion control every entrance. There is not a single naturalized citizen in the entire Bairen City. Even the secretaries and maids of the senators have temporarily left here. The entire Bairen City was silent except for the elders talking loudly in this venue.
Although the venue was simple, the decoration was very grand. A huge red and yellow wooden star boxing national emblem hangs on the central screen wall of the rostrum, and two huge blue morning star national flags hang on both sides. In order to reflect the elders' "everyone is equal", at the suggestion of Speaker Qian Shuiting , there is no conference presidium, so there is only a solitary Burmese teak podium on the huge stage - it looks very small against the huge background screen.
As usual, the front of the rostrum was filled with flowers and green leafy potted plants, which looked majestic.
Xiao Zishan was sitting in the first row of the conference seat, chatting with the elders around him and peeking at the official attendance list that had just been sent. Looking at these some familiar and some unfamiliar names in front of me, I feel a strange feeling in my heart.
Currently, 456 of the 522 elders attended the general meeting, which is already a very high ratio. With the expansion of territory. The elders have been scattered to various areas along the coast of China. On Hainan Island alone, there are currently more than twenty elders working in various counties. It became increasingly difficult to rally the entire Senate. The military, communications and important industrial enterprises cannot do without the supervision and guidance of senior leaders. As for the people whose intelligence system penetrated into the Ming Dynasty, their specific coordinates were still more than a month ago.
In order to attend this conference, many expatriate elders handed over the matters at hand one month in advance and then returned to Lingao on a special transport ship sent by the general office. Even some elders of the "dependents" who traveled through time as family members and rarely attended the meeting in the past were mobilized to attend the meeting. These women, most of whom have reached old age, are gathering together to knit. The shoe maker makes shoes and chats about his own business. They gestured to each other about the work they were doing: almost all of them were clothes, shoes and hats for infants and young children.
What a familiar scene. Xiao Zishan was thinking silently when someone suddenly asked: "Director, do you still drink kvass when drinking tea?"
He was startled, raised his head and saw it was Li Yuanyuan. He was carrying a big kettle to the table to fill up the water for the elders - the plenary meeting was a top secret, and no naturalized citizens were allowed to attend. Even the service work was done by the elders themselves.
"I--it's better to have tea, thank you."
"Look what you said, serve the Senate and the people!" Li Yuanyuan smiled playfully, but she no longer looked as youthful, lively and cute as when she was busy in the general affairs team - she was already thirty and had children. Three already.
Xiao Zishan thought of this and touched his face. He was still a young man back then, but now he is approaching middle age. Age is really unforgiving. We really need to hurry up on our grand plans and great achievements.
The lyrics "I really want to do it for another five hundred years". At first he was extremely contemptuous, but now he feels that the person who wrote the lyrics is very smart and understands human nature very well. It vividly depicts the obsession of those in power with power and "grand ambitions". Compared with the progress of society and technology. Human life is really too short...
His eyes turned to the other side, where there were several young faces. These were the elders who had just come of age this year. Lin Ziqi was gesticulating and saying something. Xiao Zishan watched them gather together and talk with mixed emotions, his face full of disdain for the "old guys".
These "Yuan generation" who were still children on D-Day will grow into the backbone of the next generation of elders in just a few years. Not only are they young, but their status as having their own seats from the old time and space also gives them an advantage that their younger brothers and sisters born in this time and space cannot match. In the consciousness of many elders. These children are truly “one of their own.”
After all, it’s my own children who look at ease. Xiao Zishan thought. We are not exempt from vulgarity.
Li Yuanyuan here has sent over the latest sign-in statistics, and Xiao Zishan took a look at it. The sign-in serial number has reached 448. There are still eight people, five of whom have taken leave, and the other three have not been contacted yet.
This attendance ratio is already high enough. At the preparatory meeting before this conference, it was proposed that as many elders as possible attend the conference, rather than simply gathering a two-thirds majority.
The reason why the Senate attaches so much importance to this meeting is because a series of major political policies will be discussed at the meeting, some of which are quite sensitive. They have been fighting for a long time on the bbs and have yet to reach a conclusion. Now the plate is bigger, and various contradictions and problems are becoming increasingly prominent. We can no longer remain so vague. There must be a conclusion. Without everyone gathering together, the legitimacy of the policy cannot be guaranteed. To this end, radio broadcasts were also made to overseas elders who were unable to attend the meeting in person and obtain documents in time, so that they could be informed of the proceedings and discussion content of the meeting in a timely manner. Also able to vote via radio.
However, ensuring the reliability of radio broadcast information is a problem. Xiao Zishan discussed this with Li Yunxing of the telecommunications company for a long time. Should it be broadcast live or send a long telegram? The final decision was to use live voice broadcast on the main island of Hainan. Seniors on the main island and on the main navy warships on duty in the waters near Lingao listened to the live broadcast of the meeting, while senior officials in other places waited for the meeting discussion to end and sent out briefings of the meeting discussion.
There are hundreds of bills and proposals on the agenda of the meeting, but for most senators, the core discussions are only three things: First, should the current Senate-Executive Committee system be reformed? How to change it? Second, after the mainland strategy is launched, what kind of land and civil affairs policies will be implemented in Guangdong? Third, the specific arrangements for the second five-year plan.
For those politically thoughtful elders and those who work in the executive branch, the first point is the issue that concerns them the most. What kind of political system and power distribution mechanism will be adopted will affect the amount of power they will have in the country in the future; the elders who work in the industrial and agricultural sectors are more interested in the third point. The reason is the same. Industrial layout and The focus of investment will affect the status of the industry they work for, which will indirectly affect their voice in the Senate.
Both groups of people prepared a lot of information to prove their opinions. As for the second point, it was an issue of interest to those senators who aspired to serve as local governors. Although the position of mayor of Guangzhou has been determined, there are so many cities in Guangdong. People who are interested in becoming a prince can choose a place as their own farm to test their various theories...
Xiao Zishan walked to Qian Shuiting's seat and whispered: "Old Qian, we are almost here. Let's have a meeting."
Qian Shuiting nodded, stood up and came to the presiding seat in the corner of the podium, tried the sound check, and announced the start of the conference.
In order to deliberately highlight "equality", at the suggestion of Qian Shuiting, the performances of the March of Unity and Friendship, the entrance of the executive committee, the opening speech of the meeting host, etc. at the previous meetings were all canceled and replaced by the direct announcement of the meeting.
Qian Shuiting read out the agenda of the meeting and the relevant procedures for the meeting, and then moved on to the first topic - the investigation of the "Naoling in Lingao" incident. Normally speaking, such an investigation does not need to be discussed in a general meeting. However, because the Zhai Party secretly made efforts and wanted to take the opportunity to change the original layout of powerful institutions, they proposed a motion to "clean up department rectification cases". In this way We have just attended the Senate Assembly. The powerful organization is the core department. Whether and how to adjust is a matter of life and death for the senators. No one will be careless.
The first speech was given by Ji Xin, chairman of the independent investigation committee on the matter. The candidates originally proposed by each party for the chairmanship were all rejected by the other party. In the end, all parties had to accept Ji Xin, who had no clear position. Although some people believe that Ji Xin is neutral on the surface but is actually a scumbag of the Executive Committee, his consistent indifferent and impartial style has obviously won the trust of the majority of elders.
He looked calm when he took the stage. He first briefly explained the incident, and then elaborated on the handling of the various departments involved such as the Political Security Bureau, the Police Department, and the Lingao Security Command. Then the investigation process and conclusions of the relevant situations are described.
Ji Xin's original expression was very indifferent, and his tone when delivering his speech was even more emotionless. Even the words he used were the simplest explanations without any modifications, without any praise or criticism at all. It is as boring to describe a major case that was originally full of ups and downs as if it were clear soup with little water. Even some of the audience below began to doze off.
He talked for an hour before finishing the investigation report. Finally, he said:
"After investigation and evidence collection by this committee, based on the information we have available, all members voted to adopt the following conclusions -" Ji Xin opened a sealed envelope and unfolded the paper:
"First, the powerful institutions are responsible for this incident; second, the charge of 'neglect of duty' is not found; third, no one was found to have committed serious negligence in this incident; fourth, the existing powerful institutions have insufficient resources and unreasonable institutional settings situation, it is recommended to make corrections.” (To be continued)
