Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Consulting "High Candidates" Before the War

The former Pan Xiangmin lived behind the Dafa Temple in Nancheng.It's an old town.There is a residential compound for provincial, bureau-level cadres built in the 1960s and 1970s.Six or seven four-story green brick buildings are surrounded by a tall green brick wall.There are towering trees in the fence.Entering the compound, walking straight inside, there is another green brick wall, not too high and not too thick, and an iron fence door, which is not closed all year round. Inside the iron fence door, there is a brick flower bed and a tall and wide garden. Ye Yang.Among the broad-leaved poplars, there are several small residential buildings built for deputy provincial cadres.From the current point of view, although these small buildings are spacious enough, they can be said to be old and outdated in terms of style and equipment.Two people live in each small building, one upstairs and one downstairs.Each go their own way.Each uses its own yard.One family uses the front yard.One family uses the backyard.Pan Xiangmin moved into this courtyard when he was the head of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee. From the big courtyard to the small courtyard, he refused to move out until he was in office.He likes it here.In his words, there is a rare "popularity" here.His so-called "popularity" refers to the breath of life of ordinary citizens.The compound is located in the middle of an ordinary residential area.

It has been two or three years since Pan Xiangmin's wife passed away.Last year, he found a "new wife". Hearing that the current Gong Kaichen is coming to visit "Old Pan", Pan Xiangmin's "new wife" Xu Shiyun is really in a hurry. "Xiao Xu" was recommended to Lao Pan by an old comrade-in-arms.She is a doctor in the ENT Department of a large hospital in Beijing. "Will Secretary Gong have dinner at our house? Do you want to prepare some snacks for him?" After a while of fuss, she suddenly remembered such an important question, and brought the "Housekeeping Manager" who she personally founded from the Municipal Women's Federation. The "domestic service worker" selected by the Service Consultation Intermediary Center, let's ask "Lao Pan" together.

"Anything..." Pan Xiangmin replied casually with a smile on his face, his eyes still on the large-print "Internal Reference" sent by his secretary Xiao Donggang. Gong Kaichen came tonight to tell the old secretary how he planned to deal with Ma Yang.Gong Kaichen used to be Pan Xiangmin's deputy and worked beside Pan for many years.Pan Xiangmin, who was born as a soldier, has the simplicity and stability of a miner in his bones, while Gong Kaichen, who was born as a miner, is born with the decisiveness and pride of a soldier.Perhaps it is precisely because of this complementary temperament, nature, and way of thinking and behavior, as well as the tacit relationship established over the years in various storms, that Gong Kaichen has always retained that habit after taking over as the top leader of the provincial party committee: When encountering particularly important and critical issues, he would always come to Pan Xiangmin for a "chat".

It's not that Gong Kaichen can't handle Ma Yang and this matter.But he knew it was a big deal.If it is handled well, it can have a joint effect of killing birds with one stone.If it is not handled well, it will cause a series of troubles like toppling a set of dominoes. "... For Dashanzi, what are your considerations?" Pan Xiangmin asked after being silent for a while.There was no direct answer to the question of "Ma Yang". "I have two years left in this term. I must win Dashanzi within these two years." Gong Kaichen remained calm, but said "gritting his teeth".

Pan Xiangmin put down his exquisite blue and white teacup, leaned back on the sofa, and said with a silent smile: "Two years, whether it is long or short. Chairman, from 1947 to 1949, during the It also took two years to change the strategic defense into a strategic offensive on the battlefield of liberation, and it took two years to drive Chiang Kai-shek, who had 8 million troops, to Taiwan. From 1977 to 1979, Comrade Xiaoping only took two years , and adjusted the work of the entire party to focus on economic construction. Ordinarily, this time should be enough to clean up a big mountain..."

Gong Kaichen interrupted Lao Pan with a busy smile: "How can my generation compare with the Chairman and Comrade Xiaoping? They are big money!" "Ma Yang is good enough to write... 60,000 to 70,000 characters... It's quite a thick stack..." Pan Xiangmin walked slowly in the living room while rubbing his sore lower back. "I heard that he has completed the transfer procedures and is going to a certain province in the south." Although Pan Xiangmin has retired for many years, he still has a timely and clear grasp of some important situations that are happening in the province.This may be the case in various places. Some old comrades have been operating in the local area for many years, and they always have some acquaintances. After they retire, they will still be informed of the situation frequently.

"I have ordered him to be detained." Gong Kaichen replied very simply. "Why, you want to deal with him?" Pan Xiangmin stopped suddenly and asked. "What do you think?" Gong Kaichen asked back with a smile. "..." Pan Xiangmin fell silent and did not respond for a long time, then sat down on the sofa, picked up the cup of tea, took a sip slowly, and then took another sip slowly, Still silent. At this time, Gong Kaichen took out a printed document from his briefcase and put it in front of Pan Xiangmin: "Please read this for me first." Pan Xiangmin flipped through the "materials" casually, and asked: "What material is the 'Central' written by Ma Yang, do you really want to deal with him?"

Gong Kaichen still smiled slightly and said, "Take a look first." Pan Xiangmin pondered for a while, and pushed the material back to Gong Kaichen: "If you really mean to deal with Ma Yang, then... Let the glasses from the Policy Research Office make up your mind for you..." Gong Kaichen laughed and said, "Leader Pan, what are you afraid of, ah?" Pan Xiangmin just sat silently, and after a long while, he finally said: "Drink tea. Drink tea, this is Taihu Biluochun sent by an old friend in Jiangsu. Good tea...good tea..." Gong Kaichen went to Pan Xiangmin's house without his secretary.It was like this every time, as long as he went to Pan Xiangmin's house, he would not let anyone follow him.This "anyone" includes Secretary Guo Liming.Therefore, after Gong Kaichen left, Guo Liming seized the time to deal with the backlog of documents accumulated in the past two days, and he didn't write down any urgent matters on the memo board that required him to stay in the building.During the period before and after dinner, the provincial party committee building always seemed extraordinarily empty.My wife has been pregnant for six or seven months, and her body is gradually becoming less convenient. She has just picked up her father-in-law and mother-in-law from rural Henan, and many things have not been settled properly.So, he felt that it was time for him to go home.But after sitting in the dimly lit office for a while, I couldn't get up, and I always felt that there was something I couldn't do quickly.A kind of apprehension, a kind of uneasiness, a sense of instability... faintly stirred his heart.I don't know why, recently, this feeling has always been disturbing and confusing him from time to time.

Ten minutes later, the phone on the desk rang suddenly.He froze for a moment, and his heart beat suddenly accelerated.This is to be expected.He knew who the call was from.He understood that he had been waiting for the call because he hadn't left, but he was a little scared...afraid that it would come...hesitating for a few seconds, he still went to grab the phone.Sure enough, the call came from Song Haifeng, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee.Recently, Deputy Secretary Song always called Secretary Gong when he was away. "... are you back?" Deputy Secretary Song asked peacefully.

"Secretary Song. I'm back...I'll be back in the morning..." Guo Liming immediately picked up the phone, dragged the long telephone line, answered repeatedly, and hurriedly closed the office door.In fact, when the Standing Committee was held in the afternoon, the two had already met, and Xiao Guo went over to say hello to Song.But Song still wanted to ask this question, as if he paid special attention to Xiao Guo. "It's been a hard journey." Song Haifeng exchanged some pleasantries, and then asked softly, "How is Secretary Gong?" "it's okay no problem."

"It's all right," Song Haifeng asked again.He wanted to know what happened to Gong Kaichen in Beijing besides what was publicly communicated at the Standing Committee meeting in the afternoon.Of course Song Haifeng was inconvenient to ask so straightforwardly, but the meaning was quite clear. "From a large perspective, it should be said that... no." "From those aspects that are not big?" Deputy Secretary Song asked with a smile on purpose. "I'm not very clear about this. I wasn't there when the leaders of the Central Committee talked with Secretary Gong..." "That's good. Good. Come sit with me sometime and let's chat casually" Guo Liming didn't answer right away, but instinctively glanced in the direction of Gong Kaichen's office, and then said repeatedly: "Okay...okay..." "Do you have time now, can you come over now?"