Before the Bureau of Investigation, U.S. government agencies often hired private detective firms to solve crimes. During the Roosevelt era, illegal land sales in the American West angered President Theodore Roosevelt, who authorized Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte to

A small detective agency was established to investigate these crimes. The agency later took on the official name of the Bureau of Investigation.

This is the predecessor of the FBI, but the period when the FBI truly became famous would have to wait until a great man from the FBI descended from the sky, officially transforming from the Bureau of Investigation into the first director of the FBI, Edgar Hoover.

.During the forty-eight years that Hoover served as FBI Director, the FBI enjoyed a transcendent status.

Even if it is not comparable to the Korean Prosecutor's Office in Sheffield's mind, it is definitely on the same level.

When he was still in New Jersey, before arriving in Washington, Sheffield was still thinking about Roosevelt breaking the unspoken rules. But now, as an old double standard, slave owners do not uphold the rules, but see whether the rules are beneficial to themselves.

, if breaking the rules is beneficial to you, there is no problem.

I do it to restore order, others do it to break the rules. Now the FBI is in front of Konstantinovich, Sheffield only needs to let this old friend take a step forward, and this agency will become the protector

United Company's biggest backer, Sheffield, who has always been adhering to the philosophy of sailing a ship with caution, never thinks that he has made too many preparations. It doesn't matter. As long as one of these preparations comes into effect, all preparations

It's not all in vain.

"In charge of such an agency?" Konstantinovich frowned, "The Investigation Bureau now has a director."

"The director and the director are also different." Sheffield said something in a rhyming way. When he said this, he couldn't help but think of Edgar Hoover. He sat on the throne of the director of the FBI.

For nearly half a century. As the secret keeper and the most powerful person of this agency, Hoover was the incarnation of the FBI and a frightening mysterious figure. He was the most powerful figure in American history and the most controversial.

character.

Hoover even had a photo of Mrs. Roosevelt in his possession, and Sheffield was now a businessman. Otherwise, he would now want to replace Konstantinovich and become the director of the FBI.

Unfortunately, no one would agree to this except the slave owner himself. He could only count on this fellow countryman who was also born in Texas to help him do this.

"There is no doubt that if you can personally control the power of the Bureau and ensure that it does not escape from your hands, you will be the guest of Standard Oil, Morgan Alliance and Associated Companies for a long time to come.

Before your death, this country was in a completely free environment for you." Sheffield and his old friend confided, "We will give you our full support, and with the characteristics of the FBI, even the president will

Don’t dare to do anything to you? The position of the Attorney General changes every four years, and it can be replaced every eight years at most. Because the Attorney General needs to be nominated by the President, and his position is tied to the President, and federal investigations

The director of the bureau is different, he can be a lifelong one."

"You can even arrange for a reliable subordinate to continue to be the director when you don't want to do it. What does it matter? As long as this agency stands with us, this is not a problem."

The words were spoken so clearly that Konstantinovich also had some thoughts. There was one sentence that couldn't be more honest. The Minister of Justice has a term of office, but the Director of the FBI does not.

Don't underestimate this difference. Some people like money and others like power. Everyone's hobbies are different. If Konstantinovich doesn't like power, he can rely on his friendship with the slave owner to become a respected millionaire.

Rich man, you don't have to go to Washington to be an Assistant Attorney General.

In the end, he nodded, saying that he could act as a friend and help Sheffield protect some of his friends' businesses.

Normally Sheffield should be in high spirits, celebrating another rainy day plan, but Konstantinovitch is of Russian descent, a Russian immigrant, and being associated with this kind of department always reminds slave owners of a department called the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

department.

"No, the national conditions are different!" Sheffield muttered in his heart, comforting himself that it would never turn out like that. After all, from the original intention, he wanted to find a protective umbrella for big companies, not a biological father.

The relationship between big business and the FBI can even be equal, but this department must not be allowed to get in the way.

But it should not be enough. Sheffield has not even arrived at the White House. Attorney General Olney has already agreed with Konstantinovich's opinion and has begun to study what role this department left by Roosevelt can play.

The White House is no longer a novel place for slave owners, and he was not blocked this time. Now many of the staff and civil servants in the White House are familiar to Sheffield.

All are established.

This was also the first time Sheffield met Alton Parker after he suffered a stroke. As soon as they met, Sheffield sighed to himself that the situation was indeed not very optimistic. Stroke is a disease that I have seen with my own eyes.

Well, they all only exist in rumors.

After saying two sentences, Sheffield could clearly feel that Alton Parker was now slurred in speech and sometimes paused when speaking, as if the brain needed longer reaction time.

A strong fortress is often easiest to break from the inside. This is a universal axiom. Otherwise, why would Sheffield care so much about Alton Parker's health? Because he knows that the Democratic camp is more vulnerable than the Republican Party.

Split. In fact, Wilson became president thanks to the split in the Republican Party.

It's an election year, so naturally we want to ensure the unity of our own camp and at the same time hope that the enemy's camp will split.

"You must have come here to pay attention to my health." Alton Parker said, and in just one sentence, he paused twice. In one sentence, his health status was clearly exposed.

"Yes, Mr. President." Sheffield hesitated, not concealing his purpose. "It seems that your speech ability is no longer reliable, especially for Democratic voters."

Speech is very important for electing a country, and can even be said to be an important ability. This is especially true for Democratic elections, because Democratic voters are relatively conservative and require excellent speech skills to mobilize. The more intense the rhetoric, the better, and the more eye-catching the ideas are.

The better, because the Democratic Party's voter population is not as good as that of the other party, so every voter can only be mobilized to vote as much as possible.

During the election process, it is natural for all forces to unite and work together to deal with the outside world, connecting the forces of all parties one after another, and finally defeating the opponent's arrogance to a certain extent, thereby gaining the upper hand in the overall struggle.

Just like doing business, if you want to win the Republican Party, it means mobilizing on a large scale across regions. Just like a group with many shareholders, you must first coordinate the ideas of these shareholders before making decisions.

The current Democratic Party has clearly formed an alliance of states in the Midwest and the South based on regions to jointly deal with the Yankees in the industrial areas. However, this alliance is not yet too stable. If you carefully calculate, it will take time for the Midwest to turn into a blue state.

Not very long. A large part of the voters placed their hopes on William Bryan's personal charm.

This is the difficult part. Sheffield doesn't know how to speak. Could it be that he has discussed your health issues with many committee members and will consider replacing you if it will have a negative impact on the election?

The National Committee at the beginning of the 20th century was absolutely capable of accomplishing this. It was possible, but if the parties involved did not cooperate, big trouble would occur.

Rockefeller Jr. and Morgan Jr. were now working to suffocate Roosevelt within the Republican Party. Sheffield knew that this step would be successful, and then Roosevelt refused to accept it and wanted to form his own party to campaign.

"You and some people are looking for candidates who can replace me? But it shouldn't include William Bryan." Seeing Sheffield didn't speak, Alton Parker slowly said, "That's right!"

"Yes!" Sheffield took a deep breath and said, "For the Democratic Party, the first thing is to win, but under the current situation, the Republican Party will definitely seize on your health issues to make a fuss. This is inevitable. For the president to be able to

Thinking of this, I don’t know what to say now.”

"I have been a judge for a long time and understand the logical relationship." Alton Parker spoke very slowly, but still tried his best to maintain a clear voice, "This is not your fault. Who would want to win?"

Lose. The question now is whether the vice president is right or not. The difficulty in your discussion is that if I am unable to run due to physical problems, William Bryan should naturally come forward to run, and this may become a contest between Bryan and Roosevelt."

"I'm ashamed. Compared with you, I look so selfish now." Sheffield lowered his head and said embarrassedly, "Your guess is correct. I and a few of them want to replace you, and at the same time, I also have some feelings for William Bryan."

doubt."

"Let me think about it, the best result for you now is that I can take the initiative to pull William Bryan out of the election at the same time, so that your agent can win smoothly?" Alton Parker paused for a moment as if he was resting.

After about a minute, he said again, "Don't think that I am very angry. In my current state, it is normal for many people on the committee to not have confidence. I don't blame anyone. This is my own problem."

Sheffield was a little surprised. He originally thought that the meeting between the two parties might be very embarrassing, because even if Alton Parker had personal health problems, he had been president for four years and was no longer the New York magistrate.

Some tempers and even anger are normal.

Roosevelt was dissatisfied with being suffocated within the party, and split the Republican Party in anger. If Alton Parker did the same, it was not impossible, it could be done.

It seems that Sheffield has always lacked respect for the president and has not carefully understood the person in front of him. "Mr. President, if your health is not a problem, even if Roosevelt comes out to run, I think we can face him and win.

Just pretend I haven't been here and I'll go raise campaign funds right away."

After saying this, Sheffield regretted it. It was just an impulse. Alton Parker didn't seem to hear it. He followed his own train of thought and said, "I am very tired every day in the White House. The difference between my health state and that after illness."
Chapter completed!