Chapter 1389 The overall situation

The cooperation between the Shandong Garrison and the Ministry of Security has always been relatively smooth, and the personal relationship between the military and Hao Wanqing is not bad, but this does not mean that the two camps will completely open their minds to each other. When investigating the leak of intelligence

Chen Yixin had his own plans, and did not want Liu Shang's appearance to disrupt the existing arrangements. Although this candidate was nominated by him, when he learned through certain channels that Ma Bo had been there from noon to evening yesterday

When the new propaganda officer was invited to a banquet at home, he felt it necessary to ask his secretary Zeng Xiaowen to come out and say hello to Liu Shang.

The reason why the person greeting Liu Shang instead of Ma Bo is because Chen Yixin is not completely ignorant of the situation in the immigration camp. He does not want to do anything to alarm the snake at this time, so he does not even plan to call Liu Shang to his office.

Instead, he handed over the errands that came into contact with him to his secretary. Although this roundabout approach was not in line with the military's style of doing things and might even cause Liu Shang to misunderstand, Chen Yixin trusted Zeng Xiaowen's ability to do things.

He knew that his subordinate would be able to handle this problem properly.

Zeng Xiaowen is actually no stranger to this kind of work. Solving problems for his boss has always been his specialty. Although his current job title has been changed from Master to Secretary, and his camp has been changed from Daming to Haihan, the nature of his work has not fundamentally changed.

The only difference is that in the past, he mostly gave advice to his boss in the yamen and rarely appeared in public. But now, as Chen Yixin's secretary, he has to step in to solve some difficult problems for his boss.

However, Zeng Xiaowen would not complain about having to do some dirty work under Chen Yixin. He knew very well how high the status of this young senior officer was in the Haihan Army. Being able to become Chen Yixin's confidant and handle troubles for him would have been a good idea.

It is a huge trust. And Chen Yixin's personal future is naturally tied to his official career. While doing things for his boss, he is also gaining more promotion capital for himself.

Zeng Xiaowen was not in a hurry to go to the immigration camp to call Liu Shang out to complain. He knew that Chen Yixin's order was not that urgent. He first used his time to complete other tasks at hand, and he did not set off in a hurry until it was close to lunch time.

Already.

There is no canteen in the immigration camp. Two meals a day for the immigrants are prepared and delivered to Majiazhuang. There is a large canteen here, which not only supplies food to the immigration camp, but also to the local garrison and other Hainanese.

The staff's meal problems are all solved here. At lunch time, Liu Shang should also come here to eat. Of course, if he still chooses to have three meals at Ma Bo's house today, then Zeng Xiaowen may need to reconsider his decision.

Liu Shang’s impressions.

In fact, Ma Bo really planned to invite Liu Shang back home for lunch, but this time Liu Shang declined his request. On the one hand, Liu Shang had noticed that there might be some serious problems in Ma Bo's management of the immigration camp.

On the other hand, he did not want to get too close to Ma Bo; on the other hand, he did not want to give the outside world the illusion that he had just arrived in Majiazhuang and was wearing the same pants as Ma Bo. To be honest, he actually regretted it a little now.

He should have casually agreed to Ma Bo to live in his home, but now it’s hard to find an excuse to move out. What Liu Shang can do now is to keep a reasonable distance from Ma Bo and reduce personal matters outside of work.

touch.

There were not many people in the cafeteria at this time. Liu Shang brought the food on a tray and found an empty table. As soon as he sat down, someone sat down on the seat opposite him. Liu Shang took a look and saw that the man opposite him was about thirty years old.

He is 20 years old, has an ordinary appearance, and is wearing a gray army uniform.

After the man sat down, he took the initiative to say hello: "Director Liu, we have met before."

Liu Shang's memory was already very good. At this time, he recognized the other party's identity. He nodded and said: "I met at the banquet on Zhifu Island the day before yesterday. I remember that you are the person next to Chief Chen. I haven't asked for advice yet?"

"I am Zeng Xiaowen, the secretary of Chief Chen." The man opposite introduced himself.

"Oh, it turns out it's Secretary Zeng. I'm sorry. I was transferred from Zhifu Island yesterday. Please take care of Secretary Zeng in the future!" Liu Shang has been in Haihan for half a year. Of course, he knows very well what kind of job a secretary is.

He also noticed that his table was not the only one with empty seats in the canteen. The other person obviously did not sit across from him casually, but had some purpose.

"Director Liu is so polite." Zeng Xiaowen was also slightly surprised. At the celebration banquet the day before yesterday, he actually did not sit at the same table as Chen Yixin. After all, there were differences between master and slave. He was not qualified enough to sit down and chat with the military bosses.

.Only when Chen Yixin and other senior military officials got up and went to each table to toast, he took a bottle of wine and followed closely behind, taking advantage of the opportunity to pour wine for Chen Yixin. He just stood behind the senior military officials, not

I exchanged half a sentence with Liu Shang, but the other party was able to accurately remember his identity. This observation and memory can be said to be quite good. I recall that this person's file mentioned "excellent memory" and other specialties.

The performance is quite consistent with this description.

"Director Liu, how do you feel about your first day working here?" Zeng Xiaowen asked casually, like a usual conversation between an old employee and a new colleague.

Liu Shang didn't know the other party's intention, but he was always cautious. In addition, the other party was someone close to Chen Yixin, and his rank must be much higher than that of an outsider like himself, so he couldn't refuse to answer. He was not sure that the other party asked this out of casual concern.

I still had to report the information back to Chen Yixin, so I chose to respond very officially: "Fortunately, I have done similar work before, so I am relatively familiar with it."

"Is life still convenient? When you came to report yesterday, I happened to be away for something and didn't have time to arrange food and accommodation for you. I heard that Boss Ma arranged for you to live in his house?" Zeng Xiaowen continued to ask.

"Boss Ma arranged it very well. Thank you for Secretary Zeng's trouble." Liu Shang originally wanted to take this opportunity to propose moving out of Ma's house, but he was unsure of the other party's attitude and swallowed his words.

Regarding Liu Shang's impeccable answer, Zeng Xiaowen suddenly felt that the person he was dealing with was not a newcomer to the officialdom who had been in Haihan for less than a year and was recruited as an official for only half a year, but a thoughtful and experienced veteran. The other party did not brag about his

In terms of working ability, he did not deliberately show humility. He responded to his concerns calmly, politely and politely, neither humble nor overbearing, and his expression and tone were well-controlled.

It is said that before he was recruited by the government, he was just a storyteller in a teahouse. Zeng Xiaowen couldn't help but wonder, could this kind of calmness be the temperament honed by working as an official in Sanya for half a year?

Zeng Xiaowen was just dazed for a moment, and then quickly returned to work. No matter how the other party was in Sanya, this is Shandong, and the environment is very different from that in Haihan. Perhaps the other party should realize this as soon as possible.

Zeng Xiaowen said: "Fushan County has been managed by our military for more than a year, so the people here are accustomed to obeying the military's instructions. If Director Liu finds that there are government orders that are not followed at work,

If you have any problems, you can report it to me and I will try my best to help you solve the problem within my ability."

Liu Shang put down the chopsticks in his hand very slowly and as naturally as possible. Although he was obviously hungry due to the one-hour lecture in the morning, the secretary to the chief minister sat in front of him at this time and place and said:

After saying hello, Liu Shang realized that the other party had a real purpose in finding him, so he decided to concentrate on dealing with Zeng Xiaowen first.

Before entering Haihan, although Liu Shang worked in the public sector, he was not a member of the officialdom. If we want to accurately define it, perhaps a person from the Jianghu would be more suitable for his positioning. But since he was recruited by the Haihan Propaganda Department, he has become a member of the officialdom.

After entering the officialdom, he quickly learned all kinds of common sense in the officialdom and the obscure communication skills between bureaucrats. What Zeng Xiaowen said sounded normal to the ears, but Liu Shang went through it word for word in his mind.

After reading it again, he felt that the other party seemed to be reminding him of something.

It's a pity that Liu Shang still didn't understand after chewing it for a while. Seeing Zeng Xiaowen's eyes lingering on his face, obviously waiting for his reply, but he couldn't fully understand the meaning of these words. To be on the safe side, he chose to use the official

Respond to the other party in a tone of voice: "Thank you, Secretary Zeng, for your concern."

After hearing this, Zeng Xiaowen shook his head slightly, knowing that Liu Shang probably didn't understand the spirit, so he had to put it more bluntly: "The situation in the immigration camp here may be different from where Director Liu worked before, so if Director Liu feels

If you have any questions, you might as well come and talk to me first.”

Liu Shang was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself that Chen Yixin's secretary was actually Ma Bo's accomplice, deliberately looking for this opportunity to warn him? If it was true, then the Majiazhuang matter would not be so easy to deal with.

Liu Shang naturally has a hundred ways to deal with a rich country man like Ma Bo who doesn't understand the rules and has never seen the market. But if Ma Bo's main messenger is Zeng Xiaowen, who has a high status and special status within Haihan,

Official, then this matter may not be something he can handle.

Zeng Xiaowen did not expect that Liu Shang would already notice the abnormal situation in the immigration camp on the first day he officially started working in Majiazhuang. His warning to Liu Shang was certainly not to protect Ma Bo or others, but for some reasons.

The reason why it was necessary to keep it secret was to prevent Liu Shang from acting rashly while working in the immigration camp, so as not to damage the military's arrangements. But Liu Shang obviously did not realize such a deep-seated reason, and directly misunderstood Zeng Xiaowen's warning to mean something else.

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Liu Shang's hesitant reaction was also noticed by Zeng Xiaowen, which was obviously different from his previous calm performance. Zeng Xiaowen couldn't help secretly guessing that Liu Shang had already had some kind of relationship with Ma Bo after moving into Ma Bo's house yesterday.

Such an in-depth exchange? I don’t know if this person is determined and can hold his own position.

Zeng Xiaowen really wanted to ask a few more questions, but Chen Yixin specifically told him not to say more than he should have said, so as not to offend the enemy, so he suppressed his curiosity and kept it to that point. It depends on Liu Shang himself whether he can understand it or not.

After a few brief greetings, Zeng Xiaowen stood up and left.

Liu Shang looked at his back, still confused by the information he received. He was not sure whether his understanding was correct, let alone where the other party stood, the military? Ma Bo?

Or are they just colleagues who talk more?

Zeng Xiaowen returned to the office and reported his contact with Liu Shang to Chen Yixin. At the end, he added: "This person seems to know something, but I didn't ask in detail."

"No need to ask in detail, that's enough." Chen Yixin stood up and walked to the window, looked at the immigration camp in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "If he knows and doesn't report it, he is either complicit in the conspiracy, or he is protecting himself. No matter where he is.

One way, we don’t need to spend any more effort to protect him. If he doesn’t know, then your warning should be enough to let him know when to stop and avoid getting into trouble."

Chen Yixin turned around, looked at the respectful Zeng Xiaowen and said: "Let's stop the matter with Liu Shang and focus on the overall situation. For us, nothing is more important than stability. Even if we want to catch the moth, then

You have to do it yourself, and you can’t let outsiders get ahead of you.”

"Yes, Chief." Zeng Xiaowen responded immediately. After working as Chen Yixin's secretary for a year, he was already a qualified soldier who understood what military orders were, instead of the former master who only thought of ideas and came up with ideas.

But whether it is Liu Shang or Zeng Xiaowen, their way of looking at problems is limited by their status and level. What they can see is just a corner of the chessboard. If you want to have an overview of the overall situation, you still need a senior official like Chen Yixin.

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What Chen Yixin cares about is not whether there are people in the immigration camp who are taking advantage of free money and embezzling money, or whether there are Ming intelligence agents using this channel to lurk in the ruling area. To the military, these situations are just some uneasy little people.

They're just bugs. If they get too noisy, chase them away and kill a few of them.

What he cared about was the two words he said to Zeng Xiaowen - stability. The social situation in the military controlled area is stable, which means many important things to the military, such as getting first-hand sources of new recruits from those approved by the Executive Committee.

sufficient military budget, reasonably and lawfully expanded the establishment of combat troops, and proposed new foreign war plans... This does not include taking advantage of the convenience under the military control system to incorporate the large profits from the occupied areas into the military's secrets in the form of gray income

in the vault so that some unconventional combat plans can be launched when necessary.

Chen Yixin will be appointed as the director of civil affairs in the Shandong occupied area. On the one hand, he has relevant experience in the south, and on the other hand, the Ministry of National Defense wants to prove to the Executive Committee that the military has the ability to occupy overseas areas.

The district realizes the functions of multiple departments. Haihan's pace of overseas expansion does not need to stop and wait for other professional departments and agencies.
Chapter completed!