Zhao Xiaobei also attended the engagement party of Peng Yuhao and Tang Linglong on May 1st. The address is in Beijing. Not too many people came, but they were basically from the political circles. Even Wang Qianqian’s father came.
He is also the leader of this group of politicians, and everyone is closely surrounding him. As Zhao Xiaobei knew, there were three chief ministers and six deputy ministers. The highest-ranking one was definitely Commissioner Wang, who was at the deputy national level. And as expected, he will take another step forward by the end of next year and become a boss-level figure, the core of the core of power at the national level.
These principal and deputy ministers can be said to be his disciples, and they can also be regarded as his own strength. Therefore, the two deputy ministerial leaders Peng Jiasheng and Tang Guozheng became in-laws, which can be regarded as a strong alliance.
Commissioner Wang's full name is Wang Rongwu. As soon as he entered this courtyard. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him, greeting Commissioner Wang with their eyes. Commissioner Wang also responded one by one.
Apart from their own children and daughters, there were no other personnel accompanying this group of leaders. It can also be said to be a private gathering, but it just took advantage of the timing and venue of Peng Yuhao and Tang Linglong's engagement party.
This kind of private gathering is not like some government banquets outside. There are not so many rules, everyone is very casual, and they call each other by their first names. For example, Peng Jiasheng, everyone calls him Comrade Jiasheng, but they don't think he can address him by official titles.
When Zhao Xiaobei and Peng Jiasheng appeared together, everyone was surprised. Because you won’t bring a secretary to such a party. Only Tang Guozheng knew that this little secretary was not an ordinary person. He was the future leader's son-in-law, and his daughter said that Zhao Xiaobei was very good. So he was the first to greet Zhao Xiaobei:
"Comrade Xiaobei, your article on agricultural tax and fee reform has benefited me a lot."
Zhao Xiaobei looked at Tang Linglong beside him, and the two looked very similar. I knew in my heart that this was Minister Tang, deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group and deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance.
"Minister Tang, your words frighten me. I can't bear it."
When Peng Jiasheng saw Zhao Xiaobei calling Minister Tang, he hurriedly said:
"Xiao Bei, the people here are all uncles and elders. Don't call me by title, just call me uncle."
At this time, Commissioner Wang also walked towards them, accompanied by his two sons and daughter. Wang Qianqian looked at Zhao Xiaobei with a bright smile.
"Comrade Xiaobei, I heard Comrade Jiasheng say that the current big storm in Yueshan was caused by your strategizing. You are young and promising." Wang Rongwu said happily.
When Zhao Xiaobei heard what Wang Rongwu said, he quickly stepped forward to say hello:
"Uncle Wang, these are all the work of Uncle Jiasheng, I was just an errand boy."
"But this time Zhang Qiusheng wants to thank you for running errands. Haha..." Wang Rongwu laughed after saying this.
Zhao Xiaobei was left messy in the wind, looking at Peng Jiasheng with a curious expression. Peng Jiasheng also told Zhao Xiaobei a lot of things that he had never been exposed to before and issues that he didn't understand before.
Liu Guanghui was criticized by the central government for this matter this time. If someone hadn't protected him, the central government would have transferred him from the position of governor of Yueshan. However, not many people in Yueshan knew about this matter, so there was no comment in Yueshan's official circles. Everyone thought that Liu Guanghui got through it because he was innocent.
When leaders reach a certain level, political opponents will often use trivial matters to make a fuss about themselves. Just like what happened to Liu Guanghui this time, the forces behind Secretary Zhang Qiusheng also made a big fuss in the central government.
That's why Liu Guanghui later made some compromises on the Standing Committee. These were the results of high-level games. Therefore, many times the officialdom we see is not simply a competition at the same level, but more often involves a higher-level struggle.
For example, at the provincial level. Most of the battles in the city are supported or assisted by provincial leaders. It is more likely that the battlefield of provincial-level battles has shifted, or the battlefield has subsided.
Peng Jiasheng taught Zhao Xiaobei these principles today. Although Zhao Xiaobei has the explosive power of rebirth, he has never been exposed to such a high-level circle, so today's gathering allowed him to learn or feel the power of political struggle. Complexity and cruelty.
Because of Wang Rongwu, everyone gathered around. They are all in the same lineup, and they are all future feudal officials, so they all know about Yue Shan's Lu Bingquan incident, because at their level, they are not concerned about little shrimps like Lu Bingquan, but Liu Guanghui. Condition.
The engagement ceremony was quickly completed, and the rest of the time was for the group of people to communicate with each other about their own affairs. There were some things that needed the support of Commissioner Wang from the central government, and there were also some things that Commissioner Wang needed to arrange.
The most important thing about these matters is personnel arrangements. They are all communicating with each other, because there will soon be a large-scale talent exchange between the central and local governments, as well as the flow of cadres between provinces.
Now everyone is exchanging information about the middle-level cadres they have. To put it simply, it is cross-training. For example, Yu Xiangbo from Yueshan Province may be transferred to Ludong Province. At this time, Peng Jiasheng needs to talk to Zhou Qingyun, the full-time deputy secretary of Ludong Province who is here today, about the situation of this cadre, and also entrust him with key training. This is the case for cadres from the central government to local governments and from local governments to the central government.
It means that everyone works together to cultivate their own people, and those cadres whose names can be spread here are at least cadres who have entered this circle, or they are loyal disciples of these people on the scene.
The reason for doing this is to cultivate their own power and jointly safeguard the interests of this group. In fact, sometimes politics is like this. It is said that we should not engage in gangs and gangs, and we should not engage in hilltop culture. But no matter how powerful a leader is, he cannot accomplish anything without the support of his subordinates.
To put it simply, leadership is about nepotism, because the result of nepotism is that no one will execute your orders and your work will not be carried out. Therefore, those positions surrounding leaders are easy to promote. It is difficult to promote leaders in marginal departments. This is not a clique, it is a political reality.
There is a joke that leaders specifically promote subordinates who have trouble with themselves to higher positions so that they can no longer have trouble with themselves at higher positions. So this gathering is also an exchange of information.
At this party, Zhao Xiaoben is the lowest in terms of age and position, so he does a lot of service work. However, this also has the advantage of allowing these big leaders to have a little impression of him. This is what Commissioner Wang specially wants. The reason why the Peng family brought up Zhao Xiaobei.
When they finally left, Wang Rongwu also told Zhao Xiaobei about Wang Qianqian's internship in Yueshan, and asked Zhao Xiaobei to take good care of Wang Qianqian.
Now Zhao Xiaobei and Wang Qianqian have confirmed their relationship, but they have not officially announced it, nor have they officially met their parents. But Wang Qianqian's father has already taken a liking to this son-in-law.
At this party, Zhao Xiaobei also formally met Wang Qianqian's two brothers, one named Wang Jingcheng, deputy director of the Ministry of Finance, and the other Wang Jinyi, director of the National Development and Reform Commission.
