Chapter 3131
Of course, some people are happy and some are worried about this election result.
However, at this time, not many people care about the feelings of the loser. Most people gather around the new executive committee members to congratulate them on their selection.
Especially the "newcomer" Qiao Zhiya, who was elected to the executive committee for the first time, was surrounded by people.
Although there are actually three people on this executive committee who were elected for the first time, Shi Diwen and Chen Yixin are thousands of miles away. Only Qiao Zhiya came specially from Changhua to attend today's meeting, so it was logical that he became the leader of the crowd. focus of attention.
Qiao Zhiya behaved very calmly. For him, although this day came a little late, it was still a matter of course.
More than 20 years ago, he chose to lay down his military power and went to Changhua, a sparsely populated city at the time, to organize the construction of a steel plant. If he had not made such a choice at the beginning, he would probably still be leading troops to fight overseas like Roger, Qian Tiandun and others.
Of course, a life in the military is a good choice, but the upper limit may only be a general in the army or a prince, and he may not be able to become one of the nine people in charge of the empire like today.
Managing a country with a vast territory, a large population and a large organization will certainly be more difficult than managing a single industry, but more than 20 years of experience in the industrial sector has given Qiao Zhiya enough confidence to face his new position.
Three days later, the news that occupied a prominent position on the front pages of the newly released major newspapers was not yesterday's Sing Tao Ultimate Awards event, which was said to be attended by 100,000 people, but the report that the executive committee had completed personnel changes.
In addition to announcing the list of members of the new executive committee, the personal resumes of these members are also attached.
Of course, ordinary people just watch the excitement. After all, the change of the executive committee is too far away from ordinary people, and they are not even qualified to participate in it. However, knowledgeable people will dig out some deeper information and speculate on the new executive committee's next policy philosophy.
The Portuguese, who had just had a bad encounter with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a few days ago, took this matter very seriously. Thomas and Simon convened the embassy staff to hold a meeting to study the composition of this list and use it to speculate on Haihan's foreign policy in the next few years.
“This is definitely a big plus for us!”
Thomas expressed his point of view with excitement: "Look, Shi Diwen and Chen Yixin are both governors of the northern region. In addition, Haihan will move the capital to Hangzhou in the north. This shows that in the next few years, Within this year, Haihan’s development focus will be placed in the north.”
Simon asked: "Mr. Thomas, have you dealt with these two newly elected consuls?"
Thomas didn't know what he meant, but he still responded: "These two rarely go back to Sanya, so I don't have much chance to interact with them. I only met Chen Yixin once, and I met Shi Diwen a few times, but I can't say. Familiar.”
Ximang sighed and said: "You haven't dealt with them, but I have. Back then, I followed the Haihan Army to fight in Hirado, Japan, the Datong River in Korea, and Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. I had many dealings with them. These two people ...It’s not as simple as you think.”
"They are the overseas regional governors of Haihan, and they are also senior generals of the military, and concurrently serve as the local garrison commanders. To put it simply, their position is likely to be consistent with the Haihan military... You won't not Do you know the position of the Haihan military?”
When Thomas heard what Simon said, he couldn't help but frown. During the recent period, Haihan's military has undoubtedly been spearheaded by Haihan's various expansion operations in the South China Sea.
The famous Haihan general Qian Tiandun even led his direct troops from the distant Liaodong all the way south to Xingdao and participated in the military operation organized by Roger, the consul of Xingdao.
Although Haihan had only occupied a few islands at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca so far, Thomas would not believe it if such a large battle was just to occupy those islands.
Combined with the various publicity activities carried out by Xingdao in Sanya recently, it can be seen that the Haihan military has considerable ambitions, and it goes far beyond controlling the Strait of Malacca. Portugal's interests in the Indian Ocean are likely to be severely impacted in the next few years.
Thomas knew that he couldn't stand up to Haihan head-on, so he could only fight in a roundabout way and use other means to influence Haihan's decision-making. However, when embassy employees were kidnapped for spying on the Sing Tao office, and the multi-national joint petition failed, he understood that these soft methods no longer worked.
This change of personnel on the executive committee gave Thomas a glimmer of hope in the darkness. Perhaps the addition of the governor of the northern region would allow Haihan to return his development focus to the north, just as he has done for the past ten years or so. But what Simang said poured cold water on his head.
Thomas still refused to give up and said: "But if you read in the newspaper, Haihan's National Day event this year will be held in Hangzhou by the new executive committee, which shows that Haihan people still pay more attention to the north..."
Xi Mang interrupted him impatiently: "It's no secret that Shi Diwen used the name of Donghai Region to pay and contribute to the relocation of the capital, and then in exchange for a position on the executive committee, you won't Do you think Haihan moved the National Day event to Hangzhou to show that he will abandon the South China Sea and focus on the north? ”
Thomas was speechless. As an ambassador, of course he was not completely unaware of Shi Diwen's movements in recent years.
Portugal has business offices in Zhoushan, Ningbo and Hangzhou, and intelligence information is sent back to Sanya every month. When Baix went north to inspect Hangzhou last year, news came back that Shi Diwen was trying to push the executive committee to transfer the next year's The National Day activities were held in Hangzhou as the launching ceremony of the new capital.
At that time, Thomas also thought that this might be false news. How could such a major event as relocating the capital be launched without a ten-year or eight-year plan? It would not be surprising if it would drag on for a generation or two. But now it seems that Shi Diwen has successfully promoted the implementation of this matter.
As for how to push it, is it possible to use a mouth? Of course, money is used, lots and lots of money. For example, the Donghai Region funds National Day activities, which probably also includes the entire cost of inviting the Executive Committee to go north.
But Thomas still feels that since Shi Diwen's foundation is in the north, he should not bother to push Haihan to focus his development in the south. This is not necessarily related to his status as a soldier.
Thomas decided not to argue with Simon and instead asked his staff for their opinions.
But the opinions of the staff were also divided into two. Both those who agreed with Thomas and those who agreed with Simao were unable to convince the other party.
In the end, Thomas took the initiative to stop the argument: "It doesn't make any sense for us to argue about winning or losing here. The key is the true attitude of the Haihan people. I think, no matter what Shi Diwen's attitude is, there should be many people in the north who want them there. This is the direction of Haihan’s development. We oppose putting the focus of development on the South China Sea. What we have to do is to try to make this concept a reality.”
(End of chapter)