Chapter 606 Negotiations
"Hello, President Lin, I'm very happy to see you again." Zou Qinan stretched out his hands with a smile to prepare to hold Lin Shenyu enthusiastically. He was really happy that Taiwan had made a choice. As the actual person in charge of Taiwan affairs, Zou Qinan of course knew the top figures in charge of Taiwan. Although the person who followed Lin Shenyu had not introduced him yet, Zou Qinan had already recognized him.
Xie Heping is Zhu Dunru's most important assistant. It is said that this senior aide can almost be half of Zhu Dunru's lord. Zou Qinan has certainly heard of this legend. Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, the information from the inside shows that Xie Heping did have a great influence on Zhu Dunru on major issues such as the ruling policy and policy.
Of course, this person and Lin Shenyu came to explore the way, and it seems that Taiwan is preparing to surrender.
The plan that originally seemed very unreliable has already been effective today. It is of course of great benefit to be able to unify in a peaceful way. Although the road ahead is still long, since the other party has taken a critical step, the next thing is nothing more than bargaining.
"Hello, Director Zou," Lin Shenyu also smiled and stretched out his hand to hold it tightly with Zou Qinan. "This is Mr. Xie Heping. Today I am here. I mainly want to talk to Director Zou about the Taiwan issue." Lin Shenyu didn't go around in circles. Anyway, the superiors decided to surrender, so there was no need to evade and make people laugh.
"Mr. Xie, I have long admired my name, welcome." Zou Qinan turned his head and said to Xie Heping with a smile, stretching out his hands.
Xie Heping held hands with this mainland power figure without being humble and arrogant. Like Zou Qinan, although he only met Zou Qinan for the first time today, he had a deep understanding of the Politburo member responsible for Taiwan affairs in the mainland. Zou Qinan spent his early years on the diplomatic front and worked until the executive vice minister at the ministerial level before he was transferred to the position of director of the office of Taiwan. He then further entered the Politburo of the mainland's power core, with the State Councilor serving as the director of the Office of Taiwan, responsible for the specific work of Taiwan.
It can be said that when it comes to the issue of Taiwan, Zou Qinan is the most influential figure except for several major members of the mainland. Given that the members of the mainland have their own division of labor and will not easily get involved in work other than division of labor, Zou Qinan is actually the main person involved in Taiwan in mainland China.
"I admire Director Zou for a long time and I have the opportunity to meet him today. It's really a blessing for Xie Mou in his three lives." Xie Heping lowered his attitude. After all, the situation is now pressing, and he still hopes to bring back a good condition for Zhu Dunru. It is obviously unwise to offend a powerful figure like Zou Qinan.
But after the greetings, the two sides were not so harmonious.
"Director Zou, we have no objection to unify military and politically, but the situation on Taiwan is different from that on Hong Kong Island. Due to well-known historical reasons, Taiwan has now formed a large number of military personnel. They are related to the security and order of Taiwan. We hope to be able to keep it." Xie Heping said, "Otherwise, they will be unemployed in large quantities and have no skills, which will be a huge impact on Taiwan."
"So for the sake of the stability and transition of Taiwan, we hope that the central government can consider the actual situation of Taiwan and treat special issues with special treatment. As for this expense, Taiwan will still be self-financing to solve it in the future, which is also a small contribution to the central government."
Although Xie Heping said it seems reasonable, it is not. This is related to the selfishness and vigilance of Taiwan. It retains military power and the People's Liberation Army will not go to the island. To put it bluntly, it will still maintain the status quo in essence, but it is just a small step forward in name.
For the leaders of Taiwan, this is of course a good result worth working hard. In today's unification, if the army is inevitable, they can stay and refuse the People's Liberation Army to the island, they will feel more secure. Otherwise, even if the conditions are agreed, there will be no room for resistance if the other party changes their minds. This is a very important bargaining chip, although it seems that the bargaining chip has been greatly weakened due to the huge gap in strength.
But the difference between having and not having is too big. If it weren't for the strength, the Taiwan leaders believed that the other party would not have talked with him about any conditions.
So after the political and economic aspects were quite harmonious in the previous political and economic aspects, Xie Heping took a persistent attitude on this point.
"This is impossible," Zou Qinan flatly refused, "national defense and diplomacy must belong to the central government. There is no room for negotiation on this issue." If Taiwan continues to maintain military independence and separatism, then it is still a unity, it is just a nominal hypothesis. Therefore, there is no room for compromise on this issue.
However, what Xie Heping said is not completely unreasonable. There are hundreds of thousands of military groups on Taiwan, so it is indeed impossible to disband directly. That would lead to a big mess, and it is indeed not a solution to make these soldiers suddenly flock to society to become idle people.
Fortunately, Zou Qinan had already made a plan for this issue. "But we have also considered the military team of Taiwan. They can be downgraded to a quasi-military team, similar to the armed police in the mainland, maintain local security, and then gradually reduce to the level of meeting the needs of Taiwan's guards. However, it is definitely impossible to equip heavy weapons such as fighter jets and tanks. The national defense and security of Taiwan must be handed over to the People's Liberation Army to take over."
"Don't worry about the central government's policy changes. For the future Taiwan Special Zone, the central government keeps its word. You have also seen that the central government has fulfilled its promises without fail. Not only that, when Hong Kong Island encounters difficulties and challenges, the central government is still the strong backing of the special zone to protect the special zone from the wind and rain." Zou Qinan knew what Taiwan's worries were, and had already considered their concerns.
"In terms of political status, Taiwan Island pays more attention to it than Hong Kong Island, and relevant policies can be more relaxed based on the Basic Law of Hong Kong Island. We consider allowing future leaders of the Taiwan Special Administrative Region to directly serve as vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to better participate in national political life and decision-making."
Compared to Hong Kong Island, it is indeed a great progress, and Taiwan Island has a higher political status in China than Hong Kong Island. Although the vice chairman of the CPPCC is a position of undergrad, it is still at the level of a national-level leader in the mainland political system. This treatment can make Taiwan Island look half a level higher than other administrative regions.
However, Xie Heping needs more than this, he also wants to get more.
Chapter completed!