In this state, Ma Jia repeatedly proposed to "do some work" among the elders in private to improve the situation of the Political Security Bureau, but Zhao Manxiong was not enthusiastic about this. Insist on completely "acting according to the rules." He once thought that Director Zhao was not a little pedantic, but he didn't expect that this was all a self-protection strategy!
Zhao Manxiong's unhurried narrator slides through various rejected plans, budgets and programs. From beginning to end, he never said, "We can't do it because we have no money or very little money." He just explained that since the relevant budgets and plans were rejected by the Senate, the Political Security Bureau "strictly follows the wishes of the Senate. We will never carry out or expand related work and business."
"Comrades, I am not introducing these situations to you to shirk responsibility. Our responsibilities are naturally unshirkable. It is entirely up to the Senate to decide what kind of responsibilities our bureau will bear. After all, the Senate is Our highest authority. All my answers to the inquiry are here. If you have any questions, please continue to ask."
Next, people asked questions one after another, but they couldn't come up with anything new after over and over again. Whenever it comes to specific political security work, Zhao Manxiong always said that "a certain work proposed a plan and plan on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, file number Strictly abide by the resolutions of the Senate and do not carry out or expand related work." was the answer. '
Such answers often leave the questioner speechless. Since the plan has not even been approved, the Political Security Bureau cannot be expected to implement it. Otherwise, this would become "contempt for the authority of the Senate" and "disrespect for the political power of the Senate."
"In this case, why does the Senate need to set up a department like the Political Security Bureau? It is completely unnecessary!" Someone finally said it.
"As for the necessity of the existence of political security agencies," Zhao Manxiong said calmly, "My personal opinion is that the work of the Political Security Bureau is completely necessary. We currently do not pay enough attention to political security work and invest too little. However, whether an institution exists or not depends entirely on the will of the Senate. No matter what the outcome, I and my colleagues in the Political Security Bureau will unconditionally accept the decision of the Senate. But our attitude will not change."
When the inquiry reaches this point, it can be considered as a conclusion. Ma Jia is a little worried, but he understands Zhao Manxiong's approach to some extent. There are more and more attacks on the Political Security Bureau within the Senate, and it is impossible to get away with it by being cunning. If the Senate is not forced to take a stand at this moment, most centrist senators will Being carried away by the radical public opinion of a few people. Then there will be no suspense about the outcome of the Political Security Bureau.
The mood in the venue was a little boiling. It was obvious that many people wanted to come up and beat Zhao Manxiong hard. Many people were cursing, but no one could ask questions.
"If you have no new questions, this hearing ends here. After the meeting, relevant materials will be distributed within the Senate. Specific resolutions will be made after the Senate meeting is held."
After the meeting, Ma Jia asked Zhao Manxiong to meet in the Political Security Bureau conference room to discuss the next step.
"...You have completely torn your face." Ma Jia said.
"Sooner or later, this paper will be broken, and it is better to break it sooner." Zhao Manxiong said, "The attacks on our department have been completely systematic, and there is even a tendency to turn into 'political correctness' within the Senate. If we now If we don’t interrupt this trend, those elders who support us will not dare to speak out again.”
"However, it seems that our situation is not good now..."
"The situation is indeed unsatisfactory." Zhao Manxiong nodded, "To be honest, I did not expect that their slanderous attacks on our department would develop to such an extent in the past few years, and even affect the views and attitudes of many department chiefs. This It was my mistake - I had hoped to avoid such an attack by keeping a low profile."
Ma Jia felt that the fat man in front of him was a bit strange, because he rarely heard the other person be so frank and understanding.
"What are you going to do next? I think everyone is very interested in beating you up when you go out."
Zhao Manxiong smiled: "But they don't dare, right? Because they don't know what the consequences will be if they beat me."
"I'm afraid of your dirty stuff."
"Where did I get the dirty information?" Zhao Manxiong raised his hands and shook his head helplessly, "Didn't the investigation team read our bureau's files during the investigation after the Lingao incident? There was nothing concluded."
"They don't believe it." Ma Jia said jokingly, "To be honest, I don't believe it either."
"You see, here's the crux of the problem. Everyone thinks we have some dark material. No matter what the investigation results are, they don't believe it."
"Okay, tell me how to gain the trust of the elders?" Ma Jia said.
"Since they don't believe it, they won't believe it no matter what we do. Even if I open all the files, it will be useless. Because they will think that I still have a secret archive." Zhao Manxiong smiled slightly and said, "So in this case, it is better to let them Another hallucination arises: as soon as the Political Security Bureau is destroyed, all these fictitious and black materials will be completely released..."
"Okay, tell me first if you have these materials."
"Of course not. I'm not a fool." Zhao Manxiong put his hand on his belly. "The Senate is a weird political system. It cannot be simply copied from various political systems in human history. What is the meaning of the so-called black materials that the senators are afraid of? In my opinion, this is a really weird thing. Unless someone is plotting to kill another senator or preparing to betray the Senate to the Ming Dynasty, Jurchen or other foreigners. Otherwise it is similar to raping a female clerk; and a returnee Promote Huamin's daughter after he had a sexual relationship; grant a franchise license to the life secretary's father? What do these things mean to the ruler?" He paused for a moment and said, "But senators, as long as he is not intellectual There is a problem. In the future, he will occupy a prominent position on the list of the highest-level officials of the empire - even a person as determined as Dugu will be a governor. Except for people like Ma Qianzhu who intend to control the highest-level positions Other than the elders, any black material is meaningless to the elders.”
"You can say that they have 'no consciousness of being a ruler' - I completely agree with this. Many of our elders have delusions of being persecuted. But I think this is a good thing. At least they can still maintain their past as small citizens. His moral values maintain the moral standards of the Senate. He will not be too unscrupulous," Ma Jia said.
"Let's forget about these things. Since they are so afraid, it seems we have no choice but to let them continue to be afraid." Zhao Manxiong said helplessly.
The vest didn't ask him "what he was going to do", he didn't want to know such a thing. Before leaving, he asked again: "You really don't have any materials for seniors?"
"Really not." Zhao Manxiong said, "I promise XXX."
After sending away the vest, Zhao Manxiong thought for a long time behind his desk. Although he was chatting and laughing and calm and calm when facing the vest, he knew very well in his heart that this storm was much more serious than he had expected.
So far, the Political Security Bureau has adopted an "open" attitude towards criticism, trying to offset everyone's suspicion and hostility. But now it seems that this method has little effect, except that it does not allow political opponents to grasp the situation. The enemies, on the other hand, are completely determined not to finish the job until the Political Security Bureau is killed. If this continues, sooner or later they will catch you. Moreover, the negative coping mode I adopt has a great impact on work and the morale of the bureau.
Among senior leaders and administrative department leaders, the view of the Political Security Bureau is still relatively positive. But the Senate has one person, one vote, and support from the top alone is not enough.
Through investigation, he found out that ordinary elders actually knew very little about political security and rarely cared about it. As long as they curbed the constant incitement of a few major trolls, they could suppress the momentum.
He thought for a moment, dialed the internal phone, and summoned Zhou Botao, director of the Reconnaissance Department, Wu Fo, director of the Technical Department, and You Guotuan, director of the Operations Department, to the office.
These three division chiefs are all core departments within the Political Security Bureau. The key is that, like Wu Mu, they are "old comrades" who have been with the Political Security Bureau since its establishment, and are die-hard backbone members.
"Okay, comrades," Zhao Manxiong said, "I think everyone is aware of the situation we are facing now." He briefly introduced the situation of the hearing.
"This shit is just messing up..." You Guotuan almost made a fuss.
"Don't get excited, Director You." Zhao Manxiong said, "We managed to get over the current crisis by relying on the previous 'inaction' and 'blame-shifting' tactics. But I'm afraid there will be a bigger crisis next. I want to rely on Now it seems impossible to reverse some people's hostility towards us by keeping a low profile and being open. What if we continue to pretend to be grandsons? Sooner or later we will be deposed as 'useless'. Although the senior management has a very positive view of us, But what’s the point of keeping a department that can’t perform its full function?”
Everyone agreed.
"There have been calls for merging the police force with us, and Director Ran has already made plans. We all know that in General Affairs Section 9 and Section 10, they are the secret service agencies of the police department. Our crisis is not small. "
"Should we discuss it with Ma Qianzhu?"
"Whether Ma Qianzhu or Wen Desi, they will not clearly express their support for us." Zhao Manxiong said, "They must first ensure that they 'do not make mistakes.' As for other senior figures, except for Ma Jia, we only It is impossible to count on their goodwill but to gain their unequivocal support.”
"Director Zhao, just tell me, what exactly are you going to do?"
