Chapter 716, Siblings
"Sister, brother-in-law."
Arno Chenko entered the door carrying large and small packages of gifts.
Behind the door, he was greeted by the host and hostess of the house, Union Prime Minister Ossina Chenko, and her husband, Zhu Ye.
Arnaud looked at his sister carefully.
In appearance, he still looks young. It's just that there are some traces of time between the eyebrows and eyes, and even life extension surgery can't completely prevent it.
But there is no doubt that she is still in her prime. Beauty has never been her most important feature.
She is one of the most powerful people in the alliance. She has been handling government affairs for Governor Gu since she was young. When the alliance was first established, she became the prime minister of the alliance at the age of less than thirty years old. It has been thirty years now.
For the alliance to develop to this day, Governor Gu himself is of course the most important leader. But the role of Oceana must not be ignored.
It can indeed be said that without Gu Hang, there would be no alliance; without Oceana, there may be individual high-level prime ministers who can take care of the entire alliance.
However, in the past thirty years, that person has been Oceana and not someone else; and, in the foreseeable next five or ten years, it will still be her.
This also has something to do with her and the alliance's own political ecology.
It cannot be said that there is no political struggle within the alliance itself, at least it is very slight. The main reason is that Gu Hang hates internal fighting. With his strong suppression, the political struggle can be controlled.
In addition, one thing that cannot be ignored is that the alliance has always been in a state of development and expansion.
Development itself is the best medicine to solve many problems. The alliance has always been in a state of expansion. Whether it is government agencies, military units, business opportunities, technicians in factories, farmers and agricultural workers... there is a lot of room for improvement.
There are so many colonized planets that need managers, entrepreneurs, engineers, farmers... a large number of various positions can be provided. As long as you have a little bit of ability, you don't even need to have ability, and you have that kind of will, you can relatively easily change your destiny, get promoted and make a fortune.
In this environment, infighting is not serious. If you are diligent and do your job well, you will naturally be promoted, receive a salary increase, and be transferred to a place that suits your needs.
Development and expansion are the themes of the alliance; involution and competition are not.
Even for someone like Oceana, who has long been in the position of Prime Minister of the Alliance and has not changed in decades, progress is real.
Even bigger than anyone else. Although he has always been the prime minister, at the beginning, not even one planet was fully controlled; later, multiple planets, an entire star region, half a star region, and now five star regions, plus an entire spider web Other occupied areas in the universe...
Although the name on his head has never changed, how many times has his power increased?
And Oceana is always conscientious.
It is also reflected in her marriage.
Oceana remained unmarried for a long time. It's not that she doesn't want or look down on others, the main reason is that she is too busy and really doesn't have time.
Sometimes I’m so busy that I don’t even have time to eat or sleep. Where can I find the time to fall in love?
What's more, compared with the great cause she is involved in, her personal life, love and marriage, and having children... are simply not worth mentioning.
But her marriage is also necessary.
All along, the alliance has always maintained two major policies: encouraging childbirth and attaching importance to education. As Prime Minister of the Alliance, Oceana certainly needs to lead by example as a political statement.
But at the same time, there are also some problems in her marriage - not to mention how many people in the empire are worthy of her, but the more they seem to be well-matched, the less suitable they are.
She has been the head of the coalition government in the past, and she will continue to be so for a long time to come. Find a high-ranking official, a big businessman, a general... in short, someone with considerable political power. As a partner, does it look like a political marriage?
Oceana wants to find this kind of person, like a political marriage, to form a political family that seems to be particularly powerful... What does she want to do?
Gu Hang has never mentioned or said that, and the alliance has no explicit regulations in this regard. However, it is impossible that Ossena has no political consciousness at all as she has been the Prime Minister of the Alliance for so many years.
A few years ago, Oceana got married.
Her husband, Zhu Ye, is a senior engineer and an associate professor at a university.
Although the status is not low, it is a purely technical position with almost no political power at all.
It's nothing more than taking students and debugging equipment in the factory.
There is nothing to worry about.
The wedding of the two was also relatively low-key. Even many of Zhu Ye's colleagues did not know that his wife was actually the head of the alliance government!
This year, the two also had a son, who is now almost one year old.
Even after giving birth, Oceana only started to rest two or three days before the due date, and took a few days of rest after giving birth before returning to work.
In total, it didn't stop for more than seven days.
Arnault felt very sorry for his sister.
He recognized that he would sacrifice his life and blood for the alliance, and he did so himself. As a senior agent, he also went deep behind enemy lines several times, going through life and death.
However, this was of his own free will, not forced or forced by the situation.
But my sister's marriage is somewhat forced by circumstances.
He also believes that work is work and mission is mission, but it does not conflict with personal life.
I don’t have a personal life, and I still have to be with someone I don’t love...
This is probably what Arnault had been thinking ever since he found out about his sister's marriage.
But in fact, this was the first time he met Zhu Ye in person. He did not attend his sister's wedding. At that time, others were still running around among the planets in the northern part of the Spider Web Domain, doing intelligence work.
After having a meal together, which was cooked by his brother-in-law, and chatting with smiles, he unexpectedly felt that this person was quite nice.
He could even see some traces of 'love' in the two of them.
This made him quite gratified. Apart from this, I am also a little curious.
After the meal was finished, after seeing the baby, the nanny cleaned up the dining room, and the brother-in-law coaxed the baby, Arno and Oceana went to the study together, where they had a space to chat alone.
Arnault wanted to ask his sister how her life was going recently, but for a moment he didn't know how to ask. Finally, he said: "The situation I saw in the Lovo Star Territory is not bad. The Alliance's army has entered. Although each planet may only be allocated a few divisions, it is still enough to establish a solid base on the surface. The most important thing is the various arms and products from the alliance to help the local residents, who can rely on their own strength. Arm ourselves in the base area and resume production.”
Oceana nodded slightly, and then said with a smile: "I have read all this from the report. Your CIA is not bad, but shouldn't the Foreign Intelligence Agency be in charge of this kind of information? Your CIA has quite a long hand. ”
Arnault smiled shyly and pushed the blame: "Then the Prime Minister is going to go to Justice Lambert and ask him to take charge of our Director Isaacson. I am just a working soldier. I will do whatever tasks are given by the superiors." What.”
The two had this conversation because the three major external intelligence agencies of the alliance are actually responsible for slightly different contents. Among these foreign intelligence work, regarding economic and political intelligence spying, the main unit responsible should be the Foreign Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government.
The CIA is under the jurisdiction of the Alliance Legal Affairs Center, and its main work content is actually to detect possible crimes, espionage, and infringements against the Alliance. Of course, when necessary, tasks such as political subversion, turmoil, and rebellion against key figures can also be carried out.
However, now that war and economic reconstruction are the mainstream, anti-criminals are relatively less important. Naturally, the CIA would not neglect its most important work.
There is indeed some suspicion of stretching too far, but anyway, the information is organized uniformly and divided into categories, and everything that should be given is given. As for what leaders say to each other, just like what Arnault said, it has nothing to do with people like him who work.
Oceana looked at Arnaud for a long time with a tigerish face.
Arnault was a little confused.
My sister has been controlling him since he was little. Although he is a bit rebellious, bloodline suppression has always existed. In addition, Oceana has been in a high position for many years, and she has long developed the demeanor of a superior. The combination of these things makes Arnault a little uneasy.
But in the next second, Oceana burst into laughter, and the previous somewhat solemn atmosphere suddenly dissipated.
She touched Arnault's face with her hand and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. Do we want to talk about work when we meet?"
"Uh..." Arnaud looked a little embarrassed.
Indeed, he was still thinking about his sister's life before. Why did he finally have a space to communicate alone, but what he said was this?
But... he sighed: "You are busy, and nothing can compare to the great cause of the alliance. You can even find a husband and have children at will. I am the same. I am on this planet today, and I don't know where to run away tomorrow." Wherever you go; often in all kinds of darkness, facing open guns and hidden arrows, if you are not careful, you will be doomed..."
"Like us, apart from eating and sleeping, we are working on our respective jobs. So besides talking about work, what else can we talk about?"
At this point, Arnault laughed at himself.
Oceana was a little dissatisfied: "My husband is not just found, and children are not just born."
"Oh? How many times did you and your brother-in-law meet before you got married?"
Oceana said calmly: "It's true that it's not much, and he may not know me well enough, but I know him well enough."
Speaking of this, she smiled, made a cup of tea with her own hands, and gave it to her brother: "My marriage is a major event for the alliance. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Security, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption have collected a lot of intelligence and found many candidates. Let me Choose slowly. I have read every detail of Zhu Ye’s resume from his birth to the present, and read countless words of intelligence analysis before choosing him.”
"Haha." Arnaud still felt uncomfortable.
"He is the most suitable person for me. I think I will fall in love with him, although my love may be... different from ordinary people. I also think that he will fall in love with me, even if I spend most of my time working But the analysis report believes that he has little emotional needs, will be a dedicated personality in family life, and can accept a wife like me," Ossena said, "Facts have proved that the intelligence analysis was not wrong, and my judgment was not wrong. Nothing wrong.”
Arnault became even more angry. He sarcastically said: "I never thought that my profession and my colleagues who are responsible for internal intelligence would use their professional abilities on the Prime Minister's love and marriage."
Osena rolled her eyes at him: "Otherwise? You don't have to worry so much. Don't I know whether my life is good or not? Zhu Ye is very good. He never talks nonsense outside, even his colleagues. We don't know who I am; he keeps the house in order and takes good care of the children; he also has his own career and is obsessed with it. We can become good soul mates and stay together for a lifetime. Very satisfied.”
Instead of letting her brother speak, she teased: "It's you yourself, I don't want you to be so honest. Among the many planets in the spider web universe, who is the one who shows mercy everywhere?"
Arnault had a slightly embarrassed look on his face: "How did you know... Well, there's nothing I can do about it. In this business, sometimes I have to make sacrifices. I don't want to do anything that I can't do."< br>
As he said this, he cursed his colleagues to the sky in his heart.
Why does everything have to be compiled into intelligence and sent to the Prime Minister's desk?
I don’t want to lose face?
But at this point, the atmosphere between the siblings finally relaxed.
Arnault also believed that his sister was an extremely strong and rational person.
Compared to herself, Oceana definitely knows what she wants.
And with her power, position and ability, there is no possibility that she will live a happy or unhappy life - can Zhu Ye's brother-in-law be able to bully his elder sister?
Thinking of this, Horno just advised: "Then you should pay more attention to rest and spend more time with my little nephew."
"The Governor also told me so." Oceana sighed and continued, "But...how can I rest? There are too many things."
"You are active in the spider web domain, and you can see many things more clearly."
"Two years, eight hundred billion; ten years, ten trillion. This is the total tax amount of the alliance."
"Including other areas in the Spider Web Universe, it's another five trillion."
“How can I dare to relax even if I have so much money on my shoulders?”
Hearing this, Arno asked in surprise: "So many? Have the tax amounts in other places in the Spider Web Domain been determined?"
"Almost. Ambassador Salihovich has made his last effort. However, the signing of the specific contract will have to wait until the Governor personally visits Holy Terra."
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No more today.
I originally wanted to write another chapter to make up for what I wrote yesterday. But my schedule in the past week has been too messed up. I can’t stay up and write anymore. I have to adjust it. Please forgive me...
(End of chapter)