Guo Huaiqiu, secretary of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee, passed away very suddenly, not to mention the provincial leaders, even the colleagues in the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee and the city government who had been with Guo Huaiqiu day and night.Guo Huaiqiu was in the prime of life, just 53 years old, and had only been the secretary of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee for two years and seven months. In everyone's usual impression, he was in good health. It was a bit unbelievable that he suddenly fell into the job of Pingchuan's top leader. Wu Mingxiong remembered very clearly what happened on the day of the accident.It was an ordinary day, everything looked normal, and there was no sign that Guo Huaiqiu's life was in danger.As soon as he got to work in the morning, Guo Huaiqiu called everyone to have a brief meeting with the secretary and the mayor in his office.At the meeting, Guo Huaiqiu talked and laughed as usual, and explained the work of welcoming the Japanese Taisho Foundation and the start-up area of ​​the International Industrial Park.At that time, the atmosphere was very good. Guo Huaiqiu's half fat body was bathed in the hot July sunshine coming in from the window, and the "Hongta Mountain" held in his hand was billowing with silk-like blue smoke. Shu Huaru made a few jokes.Wu Mingxiong noticed that Guo Huaiqiu looked a little tired, but he was in a good mood and didn't look depressed.It wasn't until after the meeting that everyone was busy with their own affairs that Guo Huaiqiu called Wu Mingxiong to stop, and asked Wu Mingxiong to pay special attention to the emotions of the laid-off and waiting workers in the city, and never make any problems during the Taisho Foundation's inspection of Pingchuan.At this time, Wu Mingxiong realized that there was a trace of unconcealable worry in Guo Huaiqiu's eyes, and Wu Mingxiong's heart couldn't help sinking.

The Japanese came at a really bad time.Pingchuan's economic and social situation is very severe.According to last month's statistics, the loss of municipal enterprises has reached nearly 500 million yuan, and there are more than 70,000 people in the city who are unemployed, laid off, or waiting for work, which greatly exceeds the warning line.The textile system and the mechanical system are having a hard time. A few days ago, many workers sat in front of the city hall.The situation in the local coal system is even worse. The problem of food for the more than 8,000 miners in the Shengli Mine has become unsolvable.These unemployed, laid-off, and waiting-for-job workers really want to make a fuss when the Japanese Taisho Foundation comes to Pingchuan, not to mention the international investment promotion of the industrial park, and the political influence is too much to bear.It was precisely because of this concern that at the last meeting of the Standing Committee, Guo Huaiqiu proposed that Wu Mingxiong, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee in charge of politics and law, be in charge of the resettlement of unemployed workers.

Wu Mingxiong knew in his heart that the leader in front of him had a difficult life, so he swallowed back some words he wanted to say.According to Wu Mingxiong's thinking, the Japanese Taisho Foundation's trip to Pingchuan should be postponed until at least next spring, and it is obviously too hasty to come next month.Judging from the difficulties faced by Pingchuan and the basic supporting conditions of the international industrial park, international investment promotion is very unrealistic. Guo Huaiqiu seemed to see that Wu Mingxiong had something to say, so he asked, "Secretary Wu, what else do you want?"

Wu Mingxiong waved his hand: "Forget it, let's not talk about it, anyway, I will call wherever your secretary Guo pointed." Guo Huaiqiu smiled bitterly: "Actually, I know what you want to say. But I still want to emphasize this point: The more difficult we are, the more confident we must be, and we must not mess up. No matter whether we can succeed in attracting international investment, it is a victory for the Japanese consortium to come. Don’t you think so?” Wu Mingxiong reluctantly nodded. Walking out of Guo Huaiqiu's office, Wu Mingxiong looked at his watch, the time was 8:55.

Take the elevator to the third meeting room of the Municipal Party Committee on the sixth floor, exactly at nine o'clock.The heads of the police, the procuratorate, the court, and other comrades from the Political and Legal Committee are all here, and the political and legal briefing scheduled to be held last week will begin immediately.Before the start, Wu Mingxiong said hello: "Hurry up, everyone, I have another meeting after ten o'clock." Summer is traditionally the peak time for crime rates.The reported cases are all major criminal cases with bad social impact.In view of the nature of these cases and the reality that the incidence rate has increased, Wu Mingxiong once again emphasized the spirit of the municipal party committee to be strict and fast. There must be no problems, but there is not much to say about the specific circumstances of the case.

At the end of the conversation, Bi Changsheng, the director of the Public Security Bureau, said: "There is another case, not big, but a little tricky. A village party secretary in Hetian County had a conflict with the railway hospital stationed in the county due to road congestion. The village party secretary led a group of people from the village. When we made trouble in the dean's office, we impulsively smashed the bridge of the dean's nose with a glass ashtray and injured several people. The railway branch found our city bureau..." Wu Mingxiong didn't take it seriously, glanced at Bi Changsheng, packed up the documents on the table, and got up to leave: "You just deal with such trivial matters, and I won't listen." Bi Changsheng reminded: "Secretary Wu, the last political and legal work Didn’t you say hello at the meeting? All cases involving the Railway Bureau, Electric Power Bureau, and Mining Bureau will be reported to you no matter how big or small..."

Wu Mingxiong remembered that he had said this before, so he sat down again: "Okay, you say it, you say it." Bi Changsheng continued to report: "The village party secretary was a veteran party member in 1947, and he had no criminal record before. The Hetian County Party Committee even sent a deputy secretary to say goodbye. In order to take care of the local sentiment, I think the Hetian County Public Security Bureau detains several Just let it go." Zhao Laixue, vice president of the procuratorate from Hetian, stepped in and said, "Although the impact of this incident is not good, the consequences are not too serious. No one died! Besides, there were some mistakes in the past about the railway. We still have to protect our grassroots comrades. There are not many old comrades who have more than 40 years of party experience in grassroots positions like village party secretary..."

Wu Mingxiong couldn't take it anymore, put the teacup in his hand on the table, and said with a dark face: "Don't talk about it! It doesn't make sense. How many years the party secretary of this village is has nothing to do with our law enforcement. I just ask you: Has he violated the criminal law? Which articles of the criminal law have he violated? The facts must be based on facts and the law should be the criterion. When the case should be filed and prosecuted, it should be prosecuted, and if it should be sentenced, it should be sentenced. Don’t always engage in local protectionism! You remember , Our People’s Republic of China has only one criminal law!" Feeling his anger growing, Wu Mingxiong sighed again, "Comrades, I am not the one who criticizes you. In the past, we had many conflicts with the Railway Bureau and the Electric Power Bureau. They are all responsible. Now we have to coordinate with the Railway Bureau and the Electric Power Bureau, and local protectionism can no longer be practiced. If you do this, no one will be convinced, and you will sue the province and the central government. The municipal party committee and the municipal government are causing trouble! You don’t even think about it, do we still have less trouble now? Secretary Guo is very worried.”

At ten o'clock, before the meeting was over, Wu Mingxiong left first.When I got into the car downstairs, I saw Guo Huaiqiu's No. 001 Audi driving slowly.Guo Huaiqiu also came down from the office on the second floor, and said to Wu Mingxiong when they met, "Go, go, come with me to the International Industrial Park and see our big deal." Wu Mingxiong said, "I still have something to do." Guo Huaiqiu asked, "Where are you going?" Wu Mingxiong shouted: "Where are we going? Secretary Guo, isn't this a good job you entrusted to me? To hold a meeting for difficult enterprises. I made an appointment with Mayor Cao, and we will go to the Machinery Bureau at ten o'clock to discuss the problem. , do work, and don’t let the sit-in workers block the gates of our municipal party committee and municipal government.” Guo Huaiqiu said, “Okay, okay, send a message to Tongzhi Qiu from the No. The party secretary and factory director showed some party spirit, and if anything happened during the Taisho Foundation’s visit to Pingchuan, I would only ask him.”

Wu Mingxiong said: "He may be eager for you to remove him from his post. Who would want to be such a beggar?" Guo Huaiqiu shook his head at Wu Mingxiong, and said with a bitter face, "You're complaining again, complaining again." After that, he carried a black leather bag between his hands and put on Audi No. 001 angrily. Wu Mingxiong never imagined that the hasty farewell to Guo Huaiqiu in front of the main building of the municipal party committee was actually a farewell, and Guo Huaiqiu's reprimanding words were actually his last words.For a long time afterwards, Wu Mingxiong couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought about it.

It was 10:15 when we arrived at the Bureau of Machinery. Cao Wuping, the deputy mayor in charge of industry, still hadn’t arrived. Jin Dahua, the deputy secretary-general of the municipal government who presided over the meeting, was smoking a cigarette and listening to the complaints of more than a dozen enterprises in difficulty, including Shengli Coal Mine and Pingchuan No. 1 Machinery Factory. .Seeing Wu Mingxiong coming, Jin Dahua felt relieved and asked Wu Mingxiong to speak on behalf of the municipal party committee and the municipal government. Wu Mingxiong said: "Not busy, Mayor Cao hasn't come yet, let's listen to everyone first." After speaking, he asked with some doubts, "What's the matter with Mayor Cao? Why didn't you come? This mess He has always been in charge, so don’t play tricks on me, right?” Jin Dahua said, “No, Mayor Cao is not this kind of person. Just now, Mayor Cao called from the International Industrial Park, saying that it was Mayor Zheng Heshu. , Secretary Guo to hold an on-site office meeting, and arrive before eleven o'clock at the latest." However, until 11:15, Cao Wuping was still missing. Wu Mingxiong had no choice but to speak on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. The main spirit, and later criticize the leaders of some difficult enterprises without naming names: "You have your difficulties, and the city also has difficulties in the city. You hand over the conflicts to the city, and who do you hand over the city? To the province? To The central government? In my opinion, the important issue is that you bureau chiefs, secretaries, factory directors, and managers must take responsibility. For example, in the Shengli Mine, there are some historical issues. Solve it. As for the internal problems of the enterprise itself, the problems of the operating mechanism, you still have to solve them on your own in the process of deepening the reform..." Speaking of this, the deputy mayor Cao Wuping called the meeting place, asking Wu Mingxiong to answer by name.Wu Mingxiong picked up the microphone and was about to scold Cao Wuping, but Cao Wuping's hasty voice came from the phone: "Secretary Wu, it's not good. Secretary Guo collapsed while listening to the report in the International Industrial Park. It was a myocardial infarction. The People's Hospital rescued..." Wu Mingxiong was stunned for a moment, and said instinctively: "Impossible, I saw Secretary Guo at the gate of the municipal committee an hour ago!" Cao Wuping sighed and said: "What else is impossible? Secretary Guo is in the hospital now, in a coma, and the doctor said the situation is very dangerous. Come quickly, Mayor Shu just gave the provincial party committee a long-distance call." Call, I want you to meet with Secretary Xiao and Secretary Chen..." Putting down the phone, Wu Mingxiong was stunned for a long time before recovering. Jin Dahua asked: "What happened?" Wu Mingxiong said with a sigh: "Secretary Guo has fallen and is being rescued..." Jin Dahua was also stunned. Wu Mingxiong thought for a while and said, "Secretary-General Jin, I'm going to the hospital right away. You can stay here for a while. I don't think we can hold the meeting in the afternoon. When will it be held again? We will inform you later." After all, Wu Mingxiong didn't bother to say hello to the participants and left in a hurry. Sitting in the car and rushing all the way to the People's Hospital, Wu Mingxiong already had a sense of foreboding, and couldn't help saying to Guo Huaiqiu silently in his heart: "Secretary Guo, you must hold on!"You are not an ordinary person, you are the highest party and government chief with 10 million people in our eight counties and cities in Pingchuan.If you want to leave at a time like this, you will be suspected of reneging on your debts - Ping Chuan's current mess is not easy to clean up.