Chapter 3411
Everyone who participated in the time-travel operation thirty years ago had different reasons and purposes. Some people want to realize their life ambition of dominating the world, while some people just want to seek excitement. But when they came to this time and space, almost no one imagined what they would be like thirty years later.
No matter what the initial thoughts were, after becoming a powerful figure now, the things he has to consider are completely different from those thirty years ago. Shi Diwen was in such a state.
At first, Shi Diwen was just a retired navy soldier living in North America. He was doing a very ordinary job like a car repair technician. He lived a trouble-free life day after day. He was encouraged by several friends who were also Chinese-American. He decided to change his boring life and go to the other side of the ocean thousands of miles away to participate in a mysterious crossing operation.
Shi Diwen never thought about becoming a powerful figure in the world at first, but he just hoped that he could have some unusual life experiences in the second half of his life. But since he led his army to conquer the Zhoushan Islands in 1633 and became the governor of this new colonial area, his life has embarked on an unimagined path.
Now Shi Diwen is one of the members of the executive committee in charge of the empire. Every word and action can affect the general trend of the world, and the achievements he has achieved have far exceeded the goals he set when he participated in the time-travel operation. What he now needs to consider is not only realizing his personal value, but also how to continue his influence for a long time.
He is now nearly sixty years old. Even if he can maintain good health, he can only be in power for more than ten or twenty years at most. As for the hundreds of "founding fathers" who participated in the time-travel operation, many came as ordinary people and eventually left as ordinary people. Only one or two out of ten can really leave a deep mark on history.
If Shi Diwen wants to continue his influence for a long time, the best way is to make his family the top family in the empire.
Shi Diwen's two sons have already embarked on the road to politics. If all goes well, some of them should be able to join the executive committee and govern in ten or twenty years.
However, there are still many variables in this process. After all, the number of children, nieces, nephews, relatives, apprentices and other stakeholders left by the hundreds of time-travelers in the past thirty years is quite considerable.
Shi Diwen was not the only one who wanted to support his children to enter the upper echelons of power in the empire. In the process of climbing up, the next generation is likely to face more fierce competition than the first generation of traversers.
To ensure that the Shi family will not decline after he leaves office, relying solely on the efforts of his two sons is not safe enough. Shi Diwen must provide more protection for future generations while he is in office.
The most effective way is to tie the interests of the Shi family with other powerful families. In addition to the traditional method of marriage, Shi Diwen also has many other plans.
For example, he took the initiative to close personal relationships with other members of the executive committee and gave certain care to his descendants in exchange for the other party's support for the children of the Shi family.
Tao Hongfang, Bai Letong, Ning Zijing, Ha Jianyi and others who were sent to Hangzhou for inspection the year before last received Shi Diwen's meticulous care, provided them with various conveniences, and even provided them with long-term positions in Hangzhou. Settlement.
These goodwill received excellent returns later. Shi Diwen's eldest son Shi Chengwu successfully passed the review of the Executive Committee this year and was appointed as the garrison commander of the Nanjing area. For Shi Chengwu, who is only 25 years old, this is a very precious gold-plated resume.
If nothing unexpected happens, there is a high probability that Shi Chengwu will become one of the leading generals by the next time he fights the Ming Dynasty, and he will have more opportunities to gain military exploits quickly. Of course, relying on such personal relationships alone is far from enough to ensure the stability of the Shi family's future development prospects, so Shi Diwen is also trying to support some close and reliable local clans, such as the Ningbo Qu family.
Qu Yutong had tied his family's interests to Shi Diwen many years ago, so he was 100% obedient to Shi Diwen's arrangements. Qu Shengfeng's journey from studying as a boy to working in the Security Department was all arranged by Shi Diwen.
Nowadays, the position of the head of the Donghai Region of the Ministry of Security will soon be replaced by the old and the new. Shi Diwen stepped forward to fight for this position on Qu Shengfeng's behalf, of course, with the purpose of pushing him to a higher position.
If Qu Shengfeng can successfully take the position, he can also use the power of the Ministry of Security to protect the development of the Shi family in the future.
After Qusheng Peak reaches this height, it becomes possible to continue climbing upwards. Shi Diwen saw clearly that Qu Shengfeng was more than ten years younger than Gong Qiqi, and he would have a great chance to compete for the top position in the Security Department in the future.
The Ministry of Security is an extremely special organization in Haihan, and its actions are only governed by the Executive Committee. If Qu Shengfeng is allowed to take charge of the Ministry of Security, its significance is no less than having military power in his hands. But precisely because of its great power, the Executive Committee is extremely cautious in selecting successors, but it is not so easy to win.
The biggest problem at present is that Qu Shengfeng is not a future star that the Ministry of Security is optimistic about. The reason why he was able to win so many sponsors this time was mainly because of Shi Diwen's influence. When Gong Shiqi agreed to help in the end, it was obviously just a favor, not because he admired Qu Shengfeng's talent.
Shi Diwen believes that if Gong Shiqi takes over the Ministry of Security in the future, it is unlikely that he will train Qu Shengfeng as his successor. To Gong Shiqi, Qu Shengfeng was just an "outsider" who didn't have much interest. If he were in Gong Shiqi's position, he would definitely give priority to his direct descendants for key training.
Qu Shengfeng also has almost no personal relationship with the two old ministers He Xi and Hao Wanqing, and is unlikely to be their next successor.
But the most important thing is that Shi Diwen knows that the top management of the Ministry of Security actually has another candidate that he is optimistic about. The probability of that person taking over the Ministry of Security in the future is much greater than that of an official like Qu Shengfeng who climbed up from the local level step by step.
Qu Shengfeng seemed to know who Shi Diwen was talking about, and quickly said that he was still far behind that senior and did not dare to underestimate the enemy in the slightest.
The person Shi Diwen was talking about was Zhang Qianzhi. Not only the senior officials of the Ministry of Security were optimistic about him, but also several members of the Executive Committee were also his supporters.
Zhang Qianzhi's father is a master figure in the Haihan shipbuilding industry. The whole family has been working for Haihan thirty years ago. It can be said that he has a good background.
Zhang Qianzhi himself has studied under He Xi since he was a teenager. He has been involved in this industry since the establishment of the Ministry of Security. He has long been regarded by the outside world as one of He Xi's successors. He and Gong Qi Qi are considered brothers. relation.
Zhang Qianzhi has already handled many major and important cases on his own when he was young, and has won the trust of the Executive Committee. Moreover, he is very familiar with many high-ranking officials in Haihan, and the support he can get from high-level officials is by no means comparable to that of Qu Shengfeng.