No matter how high your status is outside, when you sit around the dining table at home, the most important concern is the trivial matters in the parents.

Hearing Song Tong say that Shen Huai and her blind date met her mother at Cui's house ahead of time, the old man also came to the spirit and asked Shen Huai: "How is it, Liu Xuemei thinks that you are satisfied?"

"Dad, you are really, which parent can be the master of their children now? Liu Xuemei looks satisfied with Shen Huai, what's the use? In the end, you have to look at her daughter Cheng Yi's heart?" Song Wenhui said with a smile, "Let's talk about it. Now, that is to say, the first meeting, you guys are more formal, but it seems that they are too stressed to even see each other..."

"It's just that you have a lot of things to do. Let's talk with Cheng Wenguang and his daughter and Hongyi. They say they are too familiar with each other, so I don't feel it; Shen Huai and Cheng Wenguang and his daughter have never met, so they should feel it? No Lord—Tell me, which one of us wasn’t all arranged by the organization back then, and who’s marriage is not happy and happy?” The old man was obviously very dissatisfied with the marriage status of the younger generation, and he talked about the organization and arrangement of marriages in the past. The good things came, and when they came to an end, they pointed the finger at Song Hongjun, "If you don't bring someone back next year, don't come back."

"What's wrong with me, you can't engage in feudal arranged marriages?" Song Hongjun shouted.

"You are now comparing one to the other," Song Ying said. "The feudal arranged marriage should be restored. The one who calls for freedom and the other calls for independence. The central government also said that liberalism is the worst!"

Shen Huai sat on the side, listening to them messing around, thinking about whether there is no power entanglement and petty actions behind it, so many people in a big family or even more people sitting together and having a lively New Year's Eve dinner, it is quite warm. In the restaurant, a TV was temporarily moved to play the Spring Festival Gala, and it was not bad to watch the Gala while eating and chatting.

Shen Huai always had no expectations for this marriage, but the little aunt was so enthusiastic, she could only hold her head up to deal with it, even if she chose the rest, there was no shame in it.

Before the Anti-Japanese War, Cheng Yuanjian, the old man who got married, was the first guard of the old man. Later, he entered the Yan'an Anti-Japanese University to study. He served as a political cadre for many years. Before liberation, he served as a division commander. It was a pity that he was awarded the title of Major General, but he died of illness in his 60s in 1984.

Cheng Wenguang is his only son. He is not yet fifty years old. He is an alternate member of the Central Committee. He can be said to be a political upstart and one of the core figures of the Song Dynasty.

As the older generation who made great achievements at the founding of the country and held leadership positions in the party and government for a long time after liberation, although the old man Song Hua and some other elderly retired, their prestige and influence are naturally higher than those of party and government officials who were promoted after liberation. However, when it comes to the officials of the Song Dynasty who are still directly active in the political arena, State Councilor He Xianghuai has the highest status.

Including Shen Huai's second uncle Song Qiaosheng and electricity minister Dai Chengguo, he is now only one of the 193 members of the Central Committee.

As far as domestic politics is concerned, there are less than 360 members of the Central Committee and alternate members combined—that is, these 360 ​​talents really constitute the top structure of the domestic power pyramid.

Looking at the whole country, the number 360 sounds like a lot, but in a province, there are usually only two members of the Central Committee and two alternate members of the Central Committee.

As the Secretary General of the Provincial Party Committee, although Su Weijun is a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, it is impossible for him to enter the Central Committee in terms of contacts, qualifications, age and prestige. And Tan Qiping was only fifty years old at this time. When he was young and powerful, he had good qualifications and connections. It was entirely possible that he could win a seat among 400 people before he retired.

This is also the main reason why the Song Clan attaches great importance to Tan Qiping - whether the Song Clan's status in the country is rising or falling, in the final analysis, it depends on how many seats can be won from the 360 ​​people.

Only one of the three hundred and sixty people or the hope of winning a seat among the three hundred and sixty people can be called the core of a faction.

In comparison, the development of Shen Huai and the others of the younger generation can only be said to be a matter of releasing water and raising fish; if they develop well, they can get more support, but it is far from the strength of the factional resources.

Cheng Wenguang was an alternate member of the Central Committee at this time, and the more important thing is that he is not even fifty years old. No accident, he should be a member of the Central Committee in 1998, and he should hold an important position in the party and government.

Shen Huai also knew in his heart that Cheng Wenguang's political development potential was not even under his second uncle Song Qiaosheng, and his father Song Bingsheng could not compare. For him, this marriage can be said to be a high level. , no wonder he didn't think of it at first.

He also knew in his heart that as long as he and Cheng Wenguang's daughter could get married, it would mean that his status in the Song family would be completely restored to normal, and he would even be able to obtain development resources no less than Song Hongqi's. Donghua continued to suppress him.

Shen Huai can also understand my sister-in-law's good intentions, but that's why he doesn't have any expectations.

Song Qiaosheng took the wine glass in his hand, looked at Shen Huai, and said, "Cheng Wenguang's daughter is a good girl. If the two sides can meet your wishes, you should seize the opportunity and take care of yourself..."

"Well, I know." Shen Huai nodded honestly and agreed, his second uncle Song Qiaosheng is now the pillar of the Song family, and his words are a little intimidating, so he can only obey obediently.

Shen Huai can also understand his second uncle's thoughts. If Song Hongyi and Cheng Yi can succeed, there is no possibility that such good things will fall on him; however, Song Hongyi has already been rejected by others, and his second uncle will follow the overall situation of the Song family. When they set off, they naturally hoped that he or other Song family disciples and married girls would do good things. Even if they didn't have high hopes for him, they wouldn't mind sending him to try.

Not to mention the status of the old man Song Hua in the party, the sons of the second generation of the Song family also hold senior positions above the bureau level. Even in the third generation, the businessmen represented by Song Hongshang have already accumulated billions of dollars in wealth. , his career is just at its peak; the politicians are represented by Song Hongqi, who has just been promoted to a director-level position within the ministries and commissions. Shen Huai is a deputy director-level official at a young age. It's the middle of the day.

However, in the context of China with a population of 1.2 billion, if the Song family cannot effectively unite more external forces, relying solely on the direct descendants of the Song family will be particularly weak, and it is far from enough to maintain its current status.

The reason why the Song clan has become an important faction force that affects the political development in China is not only the prestige and influence of the old man Song Hua, but in the final analysis, there are seven officials who are related to the Song clan and whose position in the party is above the central alternate member. There are as many as twenty-one people, including the ordinary deputy provincial and ministerial level. These talents are the backbone and core force supporting the political status of the Song Clan.

Song Qiaosheng, as the core figure of the second generation of the Song family, failed to compete with Tian Jiageng for the secretary of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, and the political future became uncertain, which affected the internal cohesion of the Song family, which would lead to an overall decline - if the sons of the Song family could Marrying Cheng Wenguang's daughter is something that can obviously strengthen the internal cohesion of the Song family.

At present, the Song family has no other suitable candidates besides Shen Huai. For the sake of the overall interests of the Song family, and to maintain the status of the Song family, even if they have a prejudice against Shen Huai, Song Qiaosheng can only bite the bullet and promote this matter.

Shen Huai also smiled bitterly in his heart. The Song family's current method of maintaining the cohesion within the faction was still based on political marriage. He knew that this method was not clever, but he had to admit that this method had somewhat direct and obvious effects.

As the only suitable candidate for the Song family, because of this factor, the Song family unexpectedly paid attention to it, which also made Shen Huai smile bitterly in his heart——

If two days later, after meeting with Cheng Wenguang's daughter, he gets an "inappropriate" response, will his status in the Song family be returned to its original shape?

If Cheng Wenguang's daughter is satisfied with him, and he is dissatisfied with Cheng Wenguang's daughter, can it be regarded as ignorant of praise?

On the other hand, Sun Yalin could understand the bitterness in Shen Huai's heart, and she didn't forget to lean over and sprinkle salt on his wound while drinking: "No matter how much Cheng Yi looks against your heart, for Mei Gang, you'll be ashamed, no matter what. If you are going to be in a relationship with someone for two years, you still look good."

Shen Huai smiled wryly, took the wine bottle and poured wine into Sun Yalin's glass, and laughed with others: "Yalin wants to drink, but she is too embarrassed to pour it..." Song Hongjun and the others came to respect Sun Yalin's wine.

"Tan Qiping came to Yanjing twice~lightnovelpub.net~ both came to visit the old man and talked about you and Mei Gang. In addition to being a little aggressive and adventurous, Meigang's current development is worthy of recognition," Song Qiaosheng said. The topic didn't change, but he still looked at Shen Huai and said, "Last time Cheng Wenguang met me, and he was quite concerned about your development in the local area. Now that you are in the local area, you have to think twice about yourself, so that you can achieve early success. Great..."

What else can Shen Huai do other than nod?

As a peripheral member of the Song family, Tan Qiping does not need to go through Yanjing. It is normal to go through Yanjing to visit the old man and mention his actions in Donghua. If you want to come to Tan Qiping's evaluation of him, it is only possible It's a mix of praise and criticism...

However, seeing that the second uncle Song Qiaosheng and the old man did not intend to listen to him talk about Mei Gang in detail at the dinner table, Shen Huai would not let people listen to boring and uninteresting topics. In short, when Tan Qiping talked about Mei Gang, it was impossible for him Degraded to nothing, I believe that the old man and the second uncle still have some understanding of the current situation of Mei Gang.

However, Shen Huai returned to Beijing for the Spring Festival this time. In addition to the blind date, he mainly asked his sister-in-law and Song Hongjun to talk about some things-Donghua was inconvenient for transportation. Although Song Hongjun had a factory in Donghua, he was not happy to go to Donghua. Shen Huai didn't meet Song Hongjun in Hong Kong last time, but returning to Beijing for the Spring Festival is a good opportunity to meet and talk. (83 Chinese Network)