Chapter 162: Five years, two men from Donglin

For the federal social system, five years is a complete cycle, which is the political ecology determined by the election. For the President, who is dark-faced behind the desk, with his excellent governing ability and wisdom, his increasingly mature and natural political means, and his resume that is deeply rooted in the people, he has now obtained unprecedented support from the federal people. There is no need to worry about the outcome of this year's presidential election. The so-called five years are just ordinary.

The exhaustion of silver frost between the eyes and the ends of the hair can only prove how much meticulous and hard work President Pablo has put in order to allow the Federation to go further and more steadily and to win the final victory in the war with the empire.

Five years ago, Tai Zhiyuan arranged a scene in the spotlight for Xu Le at the Bimonth Festival dance of Ear Hua University. Xu Le arranged for the legendary Cao Qiudao in Qinglong Mountain to meet Tai Zhiyuan without knowing it. Together with Shi Qinghai, Pablo, who was still a member of parliament, to visit Qinglong Mountain, setting a solid tone for the extremely fierce presidential election.

In the blink of an eye, five years passed. Looking at the President who was pondering behind the desk, Xu Le's heart was still as calm as before, with joy and satisfaction.

He was the first president of the Federation who truly came from the poor. He came from an ordinary miner's family in Donglin. He was once the most famous public welfare lawyer in the Federation. He fought with the terrifying businesses and families of the Federation for the justice and victory of the common people. After winning the general election, he chose a path that was completely different from the dark political manipulation methods in the past. He was more direct and enthusiastic, with a clear and calm style, and never made ugly compromises because of the overall situation. He has proved that he is a real politician, not a politician.

As Shi Qinghai said when raising his glass in the bar to celebrate: Pabur, he is our president, and here we refer to ordinary federal people like you and me.

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"The First Military Region Command requested disciplinary action against you, and the proposal was suppressed by the Ministry of National Defense. Speaking of which, when did you marry Minister Zou's daughter, or were you really going to marry that national girl?"

President Pablo found that Xu Le, who was standing out of the shadow, had no surprise on his face. He stood up with a gentle smile, turned off the official handling platform in front of him, and took out two cups.

"Col. Xu Le, you are a young hero of the Federation. I don't want your chaotic emotional life to be the object of imitation for male students in Linhaizhou who have obviously excessive hormone secretion. What should I drink? Coffee or tea, or some wine?"

"Tea, thank you." Xu Le replied.

Although he had already confirmed that the President's safety was not a problem through the old thing, Xu Le truly relaxed when he saw the dark and steady face behind the desk. If the military radicals really took crazy measures under pressure and hurt Mr. President, he really didn't know what the Federation would look like tomorrow.

President Pablo always seems very casual when he gets along with the staff of the official residence. He looks like an ordinary team leader of a working group, without any sense of presidential awareness. When facing Xu Le, his casualness is particularly natural and full. It seems that deep in his heart, he has always regarded this particularly outstanding young man as his nephew.

Perhaps it was because of the inherent thinking habits of childhood. When Xu Le faced Mr. President, he could not be able to achieve true peace and naturalness. Even if he became strong, the middle-aged man from Donglin in front of him was the president of the federal government, and he was still the kind of president who deserved his awe and follow.

Holding a slightly hot tea cup, the cup was made with ordinary jasmine tea brewed by Mr. President himself. Xu Le didn't waste much time. After confirming that the official residence had closed the blank area map of the Piaotianyi network surveillance network, he still heard that Colonel Lake secretly destroyed the escape system of the ancient clock. There was no expression on his dark face.

So many people in the federal government cooperated with military radicals, and even their own partners, the federal vice president participated. Perhaps this terrible and sad feeling of impact made the President's anger suppressed into a strong pain under the calm face.

Xu Le took out the chip and placed it on the table in front of the President, whispering: "There is relevant evidence here, mainly found by Shi Qinghai, which should be enough to accuse those people."

President Pablo did not take the chip, leaned casually on the large wooden bookshelf, holding the teacup and said with a heavy expression: "The official residence had already received these evidence on the day of the Parliament Hill incident."

He put the teacup on the table, his deep voice filled with admiration without any concealment: "Shi Qinghai is a very outstanding man. At your request, I pardoned him and appointed him as the liaison officer regardless of everyone's objection. Now it seems that my choice is correct and he did not disappoint me."

Xu Le only then realized that the President had already obtained the evidence. He became increasingly convinced that his judgment was correct. The official residence under the strong pressure of the radicals in the federal military was very necessary to have impact or public opinion pressure from the outside world.

"From the concert in Linhaizhou five years ago, to the assassination of Zhong Fireworks, the daughter of Commander Zhong, to the explosion of the ancient clock, the whole thing has been very clear. The radicals of the military have been planning for a long time and are powerful, but these are not worrying. However, General Lee Jae-dao actually played such an important leader role in the radicals, which really shocked and uneasy."

Xu Le looked at the President with a serious expression and said, "At that time, General Miles retired. Minister Zou, and even many people, including the old man of the War God... thought that it was the best choice for him to take over as chairman of the Joint Staff Conference, because people knew that he was a famous academic and moderate, and he really didn't expect..."

President Pablo frowned and walked towards the window, with a slightly sluggish smile on his lips: "It was my motion at that time."

"There is another thing I have been thinking about. When did Commander Du Shaoqing join forces with the radical faction? Or was he in this organization at the beginning? It's really hard for me to believe that he was involved in the ancient clock."

Xu Le walked towards the window with the steps of the President, looking at his thick back, and said with deep confusion: "Everyone in the army knows that he and Commander Zhong can be regarded as enemies of his life. He and his Iron Seventh Division were even forcibly suppressed by Commander Zhong for more than ten years, but... According to my understanding on the battlefield over the years, although Commander Shaoqing has a very slutty and indifferent temperament in some aspects, he really doesn't look like a guy who can shoot behind his back."

"Young man, don't you think what we need to do now is to solve the problem, not to lament the root cause of the problem?" President Pablo stood by the window, looked at him and said with a smile: "I believe you have your own plan. What do I need to cooperate with?"

Xu Le shrugged a little clumsyly, wanting to be more relaxed and natural, and replied: "I am your subordinate, of course I am cooperating with your actions. Tomorrow, there will be movement on the civil network, and then the Capital Special Zone Daily will log in at the time to the relevant reports."

"I will use this report to ask the First Military Region to explain, and at the same time ask the court to continue to hear the case of Colonel Lake's treason." President Pablo continued calmly: "As the report deepens and the evidence is gradually released, I can ask the Ministry of Justice to formally launch an investigation, and there is no way to stop this matter."

"There is nothing to stop the investigation from continuing except guns and ammunition," said Xu Le. "And the most worrying thing now is this problem."

"In fact, some staff in the official residence are repeatedly worried about me like you these days, and I think these seemingly powerful threats of violence are actually just snow stains on early spring nights. They cannot see the sun on the next day. No matter how cold the snow is, it can only melt in the sun."

President Pabur's voice was low and powerful: "The army is the army of the Federation, and its duty is to obey orders. Any soldier must swear allegiance to the elected government and the federal president who serves as the specific representative of this right... that is me."

The most powerful man in the Federation looked at Xu Le calmly and said, "I don't believe that the entire federal troops are composed of ambitious people. Even if some officers are blinded by interests, ordinary soldiers will not stand on their side. Without my orders, no troops can enter within an radius of eighty kilometers of the capital zone."

"I agree with your point of view. General Lee Jae-dao may be able to convince many troops, but he has no way to convince every specific person, so he can only carry out hidden actions in other names." Xu Le nodded and replied: "Mr. President, I promise you that as long as they start mobilizing troops, I may find ways to slow down the advancement of the mechanized troops."

Thinking of the damn Federal Central Computer, who was stubborn and had to analyze the specific situation every time, Xu Le silently cursed in his heart, then scratched his head and said, "Even if it can't, I can directly arrest or kill General Li Zaidao before the situation intensifies."

Hearing this, President Pablo's eyebrows frowned slightly, looked at him seriously, and asked, "This is not a joke time, are you sure you can do it?"

There was at least 50% success rate. Xu Le calculated silently in his heart, but did not say it out loud. With that sincere smile that easily makes people feel trustworthy, he looked at President Pablo and said, "Please rest assured."

President Pabur was silent for a long time, then smiled and shook his head and patted him on the shoulder.

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"At that time, the Parliament Hill was preparing to hold a special hearing. Regarding the fact that you were the student of the traitor, I think it was Byron who planned it. Byron... I have known me for many years and he is very good at these open political means. I have to admit that he is excellent, and even for many important moments, I rely on his maturity and a little cunning response. Now he is dead like this, and occasionally he feels very complicated when he thinks about it."

President Pabur and Shule stood side by side in front of the window on the second floor of the official residence, with lawns in front of them, and further away was the street. The fountain at the other end of the street was Charter Square. The sight was extremely wide and there was no danger of being sniped.

The President smiled self-deprecatingly, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and continued, "It is precisely because of that incident that they uncovered your secret, or your life experience, that I know that you are also from Donglin."

"I know you are also a stone of Donglin. Actually, I am very happy, and I am even a little happy when I feel relieved." President Pablo looked at him and laughed loudly.

Xu Le looked at him and replied with a smile: "I knew you were from Donglin at that time. I thought that there was a Donglin man who wanted to be the president of the federal government. I believe that many Donglin people felt the same as me, and they felt very proud."

The Donglin region is extremely remote, and it has become even more desolate since the depletion of the crystal mine. It has gradually become a corner forgotten by the Federation. All the citizens of Donglin are looking forward to leaving the planet without obvious changes in the seasons and cannot see the beautiful starry sky clearly. However, it is very difficult to enter the capital star circle by immigration or exams, and the quota provided by the Federation is extremely limited.

However, all this changed extremely subtlely with Pabur's election as the president of the federal government and the exposure of Xu Le's identity. This pair of Donglin men, who were quite apart in the ages, have become the two most famous men in the federal government. The people in the capital star circle naturally remembered the Donglin Region and the particularly famous Donglin Stone statement again. The federal government has increased its support and immigration quota for the Donglin Region.

"My wife went back to Donglin on my behalf at the beginning of the year," said President Pablo. "You probably don't know how those people in my hometown are now proud of us."

Xu Le smiled.

He suddenly fell into silence, looked at the starry sky outside the window and said quietly: "I can't see such a beautiful starry sky in my hometown, and I can't change this, even if I am the president of the federal government."

"It is said that the federal president is the most powerful man in this star field, but no one knows that it is so difficult for even the federal president to do something and make some very subtle changes in this star field."

President Pablo looked at Xu Le with an extremely serious expression and said, "It's really difficult to do things."

There are many secret service agents hidden in the corner of the open-air lawn outside the floor-to-ceiling window. After the Parliament Hill incident, major federal agencies have raised their security levels, and security control measures in places like the President's Residence are naturally even more stringent.

In the few rooms downstairs, the staff of the official residence are busy doing their daily work. In the room at the end of the left and right corridors, there is another scene. The densely packed special soldiers with cold expressions, and silence is lined up like statues. Full of individual soldiers are armed to their helmets, and the guns in their hands are shining with cold light.

In Xu Le's left eye pupil, these armed forces inside and outside the official residence were like countless dense spots of light. Through these soldiers who belonged to the security forces directly under the capital security area, he clearly felt the pressure Mr. President has been under these days.

"Mr. President, the people will understand you." He comforted.

President Pablo looked at him and said after a moment, "It's good that you can understand."

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Xu Le sat silently on the sofa in the study room on the second floor of the official residence, holding the slightly cool teacup in both hands, waiting for the President next door to come with the secret authorization document to be given to him.

He was a very patient person, otherwise he would not like the mechanical repair work that seemed extremely boring to ordinary people. However, I don’t know if the taste of jasmine tea that I didn’t drink in a sip of the cup evaporated too quickly, or because the leather sofa left over from the former dynasty was too soft to sit on. It was only a moment, but it was so long in his feeling.

Still sitting, sitting alone, sitting more and more lonely and colder.

Xu Le narrowed his eyes, looked at the light spots scattered in various areas of the official residence in his left pupil, and the changes in the buildings around Charter Square further away, and suddenly remembered something that Mr. President said just now.

"No troops could enter within 80 kilometers of the capital's special zone without my order."

The troops that suddenly appeared in the streets of buildings were definitely less than 80 kilometers away from the presidential residence, and the nearest was even less than 800 meters.

He raised his head and looked silently at the heavy wooden door between the study and the confidential room next door, confirming that the President was on the other side of the door and did not leave.

He frowned, licked his dry lips, and sent the latest instructions to the seven team members who were on standby outside the official residence through the communication system next to his collar.

“There are all.”

After pausing for two seconds, his eyebrows became tighter and tighter, and he continued softly: "Retreat immediately. If you encounter an abnormal situation, don't resist. Repeat, don't resist, and then... this is the order."

After finishing what he had to do immediately, Xu Le stood up and put the cup of jasmine tea back to the desk. He quickly walked to the window and squinted his eyes to observe the situation in the lawn and the dark night. Then he pulled all the thick cloth curtains with a whirlwind.

The starry sky outside the window was blocked, but the lights in the study looked brighter. The truth and falseness of the glory did not affect the lighting effect.

He quickly walked to the door of the study room near the corridor. He squinted his eyes and saw the scenes behind the door. He couldn't help but touch the corner of his lips and smiled mockly. He turned around and pulled off the slide lace from the bookcase, tied the door lock to death, and then subconsciously shook his head.

After doing all this, Xu Le sat back on the uncomfortable leather sofa, stood on his elbows on his thighs, staring thoughtfully at the wooden door that had not been opened for a long time.

The time is really not long, but it just feels very long. He said to himself in his heart that it is really a fatal thing because it feels the most deceptive.
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