Chapter 6 Chapter Six
Back then when He Jiaguo was a researcher in the Municipal Party Committee's Research Office, Li Dongfang often took him out for a run. It wasn't that the young man followed Zhao Huizhu to study abroad, so he transferred him to be his secretary.
Now, He Jiaguo is finally in place.For Li Dongfang, this is the only comforting thing among the many troubles he has encountered these days.This 36-year-old young Dr. Yang has no official air or stagnation, which may bring him a ray of sunshine in these gloomy days.
What He Jiaguo said was right, Xiajiang's game of chess is indeed going to die, and it is indeed hard to return, but the root cause of this situation may not be known to He Jiaguo.This is definitely not like what He Jiaguo accused, it was just a mistake in some historical decision-making, it was just the incompetence of some mediocre officials, but there was a deeper reason.As Li Dongfang, who walked step by step from the village of Shayang to the post of secretary of the Xiajiang Municipal Party Committee, he is too aware of the unspeakable sadness involved.
There is a problem with the machine, a big problem.
The first time I realized this problem was half a year ago, after Li Dongfang became the leader of Xiajiang City.
Zhong Mingren is the most prestigious municipal party secretary in the history of Xiajiang, and also the most reformative and pioneering party secretary. He can almost say what he says.What he has decided cannot be opposed by anyone. In 1984, when we went to the Xiajiang Outer Ring Road, the conditions were quite difficult. With a budget of 600 million yuan, the available funds were less than 200 million yuan.Zhong Mingren led the head of the Municipal Party Committee's Organization Department and the official seal of the Organization Department, and ran from unit to unit. On the spot, he dismissed 4 department-level cadres and 3 township party committee secretaries in a week, and also briefed the city's party and government cadres. .In this way, even those who were unable to understand were cleared up. The Outer Ring Road forced Zhong Mingren to work in full swing, and the traffic conditions in the Xiajiang River changed fundamentally.The units that have made contributions have not suffered much. The buildings on both sides of the Outer Ring Road have not only created a new historical image of Xiajiang City's reform and opening up, but also brought considerable economic benefits to these units.
Now it seems that this road really made Zhong Mingren right. If it is delayed until today, it is estimated that the demolition alone will cost an additional 500 to 600 million yuan, and the entire outer ring road will not be worth 1.5 to 2 billion yuan. .
Zhong Mingren's courage in his career left a deep impression on Li Dongfang.At that time, Li Dongfang not only did not doubt the possible far-reaching and long-lasting side effects of Zhong Mingren's boldness, but also sincerely believed that the top leader should be like this.When Zhong Mingren proposed to go to the International Industrial Park, almost no objections were heard. In addition, people's awareness of environmental protection was generally low at that time, and the International Industrial Park was launched smoothly. In Zhong Mingren's words, it was two big steps in three years .This last step is really not wise. Some polluting companies that have nowhere to take root abroad, such as Taiwan's electroplating companies, and international rowing boat manufacturing companies that produce benzene pollution, have all come here.Things are not too scary at this point. They can be rectified gradually, shutting down several pollution-producing enterprises a year, making some structural adjustments, and gradually attracting those high-tech enterprises.However, the frightening thing is that because it was Zhong Mingren's political performance project, and because Zhong Mingren later became the secretary of the provincial party committee, no one dared to bring up the topic of pollution in the fifteen years since then.What are the cadres below afraid of?Isn't it because he is afraid of Zhong Mingren's courage?In the final analysis, this kind of courage is the rule of man. Under certain special conditions, the rule of man can benefit the people, like going to the outer ring road; but the rule of man can also cause disasters, like the international industrial park.
Zhao Qigong's style is different from Zhong Mingren's again. He is full of smiles and looks very gentle. When he was Zhong Mingren's deputy, his position was also very upright. As long as it was Zhong Mingren's final decision, it would never be too late to implement it.After becoming the secretary of the municipal committee, although he still had a smile all over his face, although he was still so gentle, he was no weaker than Zhong Mingren in his bones.Zhao Qigong kept talking about democratic centralism, but where is real democracy?Going to the new district, as soon as you talk about it, with a swipe of the pen, the 30 square kilometers of Shayang County will become a new district.At that time, Li Dongfang wanted to build some landmark projects on the outer ring road, and also put Times Avenue on the agenda.It was later learned that Zhao Qigong's reluctance to continue making fuss on the Outer Ring Road was selfish, and he wanted to get rid of Zhong Mingren and create a new political achievement for himself.As soon as Zhao Qigong concentrated on it, the land in the new district became very speculative, and 30 billion funds from all over the country flocked in. For a while, the land price was higher than Wangfujing in Beijing and Nanjing Road in Shanghai.
Today, after having a heart-to-heart talk with Zhao Qigong, I realized that Zhao Qigong is not without conscience, but just like him, he is bound by this power machine.
Of course, this machine of power binds man and also creates him.
Before He Jiaguo waited for Qian Fanxing to finish the word "the meeting", his buttocks had already left the chair.
After going downstairs to the office on the second floor, Zhao Shuming, deputy director of the third office of the secretary, came over and reported, "Mayor He, a reporter from Xiajiang Daily came, named Shen Xiaoyang, and said that you asked him to come by name, you See where to meet?"
He Jiaguo said casually: "Whoever is not interviewed, tell him to come in, and come down to the grassroots with me immediately!"
He Jiaguo had dealt with Shen Xiaoyang twice before, and both left a deep impression on him.
Three years ago, when He Jiaguo was going to be the deputy secretary-general of the municipal government, Shen Xiaoyang published a full-length interview for him in "Xiajiang Daily", titled "I Splattered Xuanyuan with My Blood", and he served the country and the people. The enthusiasm was vividly expressed once.There is nowhere to splatter blood. When he was engaged in Huamei International Investment Company, Shen Xiaoyang conducted another interview for him, "I am born with talent", which was more exciting than the previous interview.While Shen Xiaoyang sang praises for his going to sea, he also pointed out some drawbacks of the current system with regret, and called for "reducing talents of all kinds".At the end of the article, Shen Xiaoyang blatantly said: The opening of Huamei International Company means that there is another rich man in the land of reform and opening up in China, and the people of Xiajiang City may lose a competent public servant forever.This exclusive interview article was not published in the "Xiajiang Daily" in the end. It is said that Zhao Qigong, the secretary of the municipal party committee and father-in-law at the time, refused to publish it.Afterwards, everyone was very busy, so He Jiaguo and Shen Xiaoyang lost contact.When the 9999 website and "Huamei Technology" became the focus of discussion among the citizens of Xiajiang, Shen Xiaoyang came again, looking very shy, talking over and over again to come up with a collection of essays.He Jiaguo understood as soon as he heard it, and asked the accountant to write a cash check for 20,000 yuan to Shen Xiaoyang on the spot.