Chapter 49 Chapter Forty-Nine

"In terms of organizational construction and the appointment of cadres, I still insist on this point of view. We must use flawed fighters instead of flawless flies. Which of our comrades here has no shortcomings? Who has not committed such and such mistakes in work? Mistakes? Is the mistake I Wu Mingxiong made today small? But it must not conceal the brilliance of a soldier. In the Warring States Period, a philosopher named Xunzi said such a passage. I wrote it down specially and read it to comrades now. Let's listen and see if there is any reason?' If the mouth can speak, but the body can do it, it is a national treasure; if the mouth cannot speak, but the body can do it, it is a national treasure; Words are good, deeds are evil, and the country is also a monster. Governing the country respects its treasures, loves its utensils, allows them to be used, and eliminates their monsters.’ Well, that’s all, Mr. Xunzi’s words are right, comrades think for themselves.”

"When it comes to cadres, I have a specific suggestion. There is a deputy party secretary named Yao Xinchun in Shengli Coal Mine. He behaved extremely badly in the '12.12' incident. First, he violated the organizational principles and revealed the content of the meeting. Afterwards, he ran away and completely lost the party spirit of a Communist Party member, so he had to be removed from the party. There is also a former factory director and party secretary of the No. 1 Machinery Factory named Qiu Tongzhi. He fooled around behind, and was called a traitor by the cadres and workers in the factory. According to the report by comrades from the Municipal State Security Bureau, this traitor took some of our economic information and exchanged it for dollars. Why do such people stay in the party? Qiu Tongzhi said that the factory is not Have you been to the Textile Machinery Group? We need to have a serious discussion with Comrade Zhang Datong, and ask the group party committee to study this issue.”

"Finally, I would like to talk about the lawsuit between Comrade Wuping and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and DMT International Business Company. Comrades, this is not a small problem, let alone a joke or a joke. It is a very serious social reality. New situations and new problems have emerged. I have thought about this issue carefully. The Pailou District Court must accept the case according to law, and our Political and Legal Committee and the Municipal People’s Congress must intervene according to law. Before the introduction of national regulations, we must first come up with our According to the local regulations, what kinds of people are not allowed to start a company in our Pingchuan. For example, Mr. Cao Wucheng, who has extremely poor credit and is good at tricking triangular debts, and those gentlemen who evade debt responsibility by going bankrupt. Use your brains to study It must be politically sensitive and make our people understand: Pingchuan is not a paradise for immoral economic freaks and swindlers to make ill-gotten gains. Our laws and regulations protect all legitimate investments in Pingchuan. And the legal income of all Chinese and foreign people engaged in legitimate labor, not the pocketbooks of those big and small liars! This is the minimum fairness and justice for a healthy society, and it is also an important part of a good investment environment in a place."

"Comrades, there are so many things I want to talk to you. I really want to tell you everything I have experienced, known, thought, and seen in the past 59 years, even if it is of little value. But this meeting has already It’s been long enough, and I’ll send you a final message as a gift. I can’t remember who said it, but the general idea is this: We need the great wisdom and courage to seek the truth, the tenacity and perseverance that will never turn back. We are proud of our silent dedication, because we are always the masters of exploration and creation." "Okay, comrades, this Standing Committee will not have any discussion, let's adjourn the meeting!"

As soon as Wu Mingxiong finished speaking, Liu Jinping, the only female Standing Committee member, burst into tears. Cao Wuping stood up and only yelled: "Secretary Wu..." The tears on his face dripped down on the conference table in front of him, choking hard. Other members of the Standing Committee also called out to Secretary Wu and stood up one after another to express their respect to Wu Mingxiong.Shu Huaru said with tears in his eyes: "Secretary Wu, you can't do this, everyone still has something to say!" Wu Mingxiong was already walking towards the door at this time, turned his head, and said to Shu Huaru almost sternly: "Hua Ru, why don't you understand me like this?! Can this kind of thing be discussed?! I haven't justified enough is that clear?!"

Shu Huaru remained silent, letting tears stream down his face. Wu Mingxiong, who was standing at the door, thought for a while, and then returned to the meeting room and said a few more words: "Comrades, don't be so sad! As I said just now, a warrior should be a good farewell. I, Wu Mingxiong, don't I like this atmosphere! If you really take me seriously, you can do better things in Pingchuan, put up more buildings, attract more foreign devils and their dollars, and make Pingchuan a better place. Beautiful, this is the greatest comfort to me! Well, comrades, now I am still the secretary of the municipal party committee, and I am still your squad leader, I repeat, the meeting is adjourned!" Seventy-five Xiao Daoqing never thought that the "12.12" happened in Pingchuan "In the event, at the historic moment when Wu Mingxiong had made it clear that he was going to step down, the Provincial Party Committee actually transferred him from Pingchuan to work in the Provincial Cultural Bureau. This was too unexpected and disappointing for him.

In his diary just a few days ago, Xiao Daoqing wrote proudly: "This seemingly accidental event is actually an inevitable result. Old man Wu's political gamble, if you win, you will lose. This is the law of the casino. Years ago, this old man was so invincible, with such a strong fulcrum, he failed to leverage the power base of this person, but crushed the fulcrum, broke the lever, and ended a power struggle with the political freeze of a young cadre. Now it is finally the turn of old man Wu. As expected, the angry miners blasted this old and rotten figure off the stage of history. Then, as a young cadre who has been under pressure for a long time because of his principles, is there no reason to accept it? Have you passed the scepter in this hand? The applause of history is about to ring out, for a young politician who was born in Pingchuan and grew up in Pingchuan."

Accompanied by the applause of history echoing in his ears, Xiao Daoqing ran around after the operation. He never expected that the applause of history turned into a thunderclap: the results of the research by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee not only did not let him do Pingchuan The top leader, on the contrary, transferred him to one of the most modest cultural offices in the provincial capital, and he was actually the seventh deputy director in charge of the office! Xiao Daoqing is very clear that in today's real politics, the ladder of power is deformed in a sense.There is a huge difference between the deputy secretary of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee and the deputy director of the Provincial Cultural Bureau, who are on the same level of power.In Pingchuan City, a deputy secretary of the municipal party committee means that he has almost supreme authority over 28,000 square kilometers of land, and can almost do whatever he wants.In the Provincial Cultural Bureau, the actual power of a deputy director is not as good as that of a small township chief. It is difficult to get a car when going out, and there is no place to reimburse someone for a meal.And on the steps of the deputy director and deputy director, there are so many white-headed palace ladies who long for the power of the emperor to visit.If all these departments and bureaus were put down, the provincial party committee could form 135.8 Pingchuan municipal party committees overnight.

Seeing the gloomy political prospects clearly, Xiao Daoqing cheered up again in the extreme depression, and gave up the extravagant hope of being the top leader of Pingchuan in pain and helplessness, dreaming of influencing and changing the leadership of the provincial party committee before the provincial party committee finally finalized the team of Pingchuan. He decided to stay in Pingchuan as the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, or even the deputy mayor, in order to seek new development opportunities in the future changes in Pingchuan's political situation. ... With this almost obsessive thought, Xiao Daoqing started his second round of official running, starting from the home of Xie Xuedong, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee as usual.

In the past two years, Xie Xuedong had less contact with Xiao Daoqing in consideration of the influence, and there were not many topics in the occasional meeting. 10 days ago, when Xiao Daoqing came to run for the first time, Xie Xuedong criticized him and told him that Pingchuan's team had been roughly settled. Now that this person is running again, he really has no self-knowledge. Therefore, as soon as he saw Xiao Daoqing, Xie Xuedong frowned, and did not allow Xiao Daoqing to make a request, so he said bluntly: "Comrade Daoqing, don't say anything more to me, it's useless. You Leaving Pingchuan is an organizational decision and a work requirement. As a deputy department-level party member cadre, I advise you to stop haggling with the organization, okay?!"

With a modest smile on his face, Xiao Daoqing patiently explained: "Secretary Xie, you...you may have misunderstood me, I...I'm not here to bargain this time, and I don't want to be the leader of Pingchuan. I think I'd better be the deputy. Secretary, even if you are still in charge of family planning and workers and young women. You know, I have been working in Pingchuan, I have feelings for Pingchuan, and I am familiar with the situation." Xie Xuedong took a long breath and said, "Comrade Daoqing, let me see that you are not familiar with the real situation in Pingchuan. Don't look at you staying in Pingchuan all the time, I still have to say that you are very unfamiliar with Pingchuan's situation! Pingchuan The changes are too great. Secretary Qian Xianghui commented that it is a 'revolutionary change'. I also said at the provincial party committee work meeting a few months ago that what Wu Mingxiong and the others have done in the past three years is indeed more than the past 30 years!" Xiao Daoqing said: "I know all of this. Aren't we all doing the work in Pingchuan together? In the Standing Committee, who has spent less effort? Who has contributed less effort? They are all exhausted. That's why I said I have feelings! I’m reluctant to transfer me away! For example, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, isn’t it the first investigation that Comrade Wu Mingxiong and I went down to do together? It took more than ten days of travel and dust, and I was also the person in charge during the preparation period of the project! Of course, later Comrade Wu Mingxiong pushed me aside and made Chen Zhongyang the commander-in-chief, so now I won’t take credit for it.” Xie Xuedong was very disgusted when he heard this, and asked bluntly: "Since you support the South-to-North Water Diversion so much, why did you have such troubles with Wu Mingxiong and Chen Zhongyang? Why did you threaten to sue the central government?" Xiao Daoqing argued: "The difference between me and comrades Wu Mingxiong and Chen Zhongyang does not lie in the project itself. I, Xiao Daoqing, grew up drinking water from the Damo River. Can I not support this project? What I opposed at the time was mainly Wu Mingxiong and Chen Zhongyang's barbaric Kuomintang style. Well! You know this, Secretary Xie. I have been reporting the situation to you all the time, and I got your understanding and support at the time. I was always afraid that something big would happen if I did this. Facts have also proved that our views are correct. Didn’t Wu Mingxiong have a big accident today? I warned Wu Mingxiong 18 hours before the rail lying incident, but he scolded him instead. Director Qin of the Provincial Family Planning Commission was present at the time, so he can testify. Wu Mingxiong This is how they didn’t talk about policies, ignored the consequences, and didn’t listen to your and my kind advice to get to where they are today. The 1,800 people fell on the track, and even the Voice of America and the BBC reported it. What a bad political impact this is. " Xie Xuedong said disgustedly: "Comrade Daoqing, please don't keep me and you together, okay? I, Xie Xuedong, are not as clever as you. You just talk about yourself. Do you mean that all the constructions that Pingchuan has achieved You have a share of achievements and reform achievements, and the problems in Pingchuan have nothing to do with you, because you have already seen it, haven't you?" Only then did Xiao Daoqing realize that Xie Xuedong's attitude was wrong, and he didn't dare to make a sound for a while.Xie Xuedong pulled his face down and said sharply: "I'm asking you something!" Xiao Daoqing said with a pale face: "Secretary Xie, I...I didn't mean that..." Xie Xuedong asked: "What does that mean?" Xiao Daoqing endured the contemptuous gaze of the old superior, and still stubbornly reiterated: "I... I have no other intentions. After you criticized me last time and made me know myself, I never thought about becoming the leader of Pingchuan. I know that Shu Huaru is better than me, I... I just want to stay in Pingchuan and continue to be my deputy secretary. If the team has been set, it is difficult to arrange the deputy secretary, and it is okay to arrange the deputy mayor temporarily. I... I also acceptable……" Xie Xuedong was so angry that he slapped the table and scolded: "I think you are shameless!" After receiving such a clear scolding, Xiao Daoqing insisted on finishing his sentence: "Secretary Xie, regarding my situation in Pingchuan, you...you have always been quite clear that the '12.12' incident was caused by Wu Mingxiong, not me. Xiao Daoqing made a mistake, and it would be unfair for me to leave the Pingchuan team with this old comrade. My request is not too much, and I did not ask to save money just because I have always adhered to the party's principles and policies, worked hard, and never made mistakes. I just want to stay in Pingchuan, please report my situation to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, okay? Even... even if I beg you, the old leader, for the last time." Xie Xuedong never thought that Xiao Daoqing would be so thick-skinned, so he stood up suddenly, trembling all over, pointed out the door with his hand, and said, "Xiao Daoqing, you...you get out!" Xiao Daoqing really did it, stepping back to the door step by step, and kept saying: "Secretary Xie, no matter how much you scold me, I... I am still yours, I will always be yours, as long as... as long as you need , I... I will still run with you..." Xie Xuedong shut the door with a "bang" when Xiao Daoqing's feet just stepped off the door. Holding on to the door frame, Xie Xuedong asked himself feebly: "How did this person become like this? How did he degenerate to this point? How come he doesn't care about his personality at all?"... But Xiao Daoqing, who was standing outside Xie's house, thought silently with tears in his eyes: Comrade Xie Xuedong, you will pay the price for today's roughness.I, Xiao Daoqing, am a Communist Party member with personality and a deputy city-level national cadre. I will never forget the shame of today.Comrade Xie Xuedong, just wait, you also have a time to step down like Wu Mingxiong, and a time to grow old and die! However, the beautiful days of holding political and life funerals for Xie Xuedong are still too far away. Now, it is not Xie Xuedong, but Xiao Daoqing who is calling for changes in his bleak political future.In this dark moment of life, he can only temporarily forget all this humiliation, and he can only stubbornly maintain the complete personality of a politician in his noble diary.In order to stay in Pingchuan, the next stop, he should go to a deputy director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and he had to run under the banner of Xie Xuedong... The Seventy-six Provincial Party Committee put on a show during the handover of the new and old teams of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee. The formation and the political posture presented are unprecedented.Provincial Party Secretary Qian Xianghui, Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Governor Liu Ruinian, Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary Xie Xuedong, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee Member and Organization Minister Sun Anji, the four main leaders of the Provincial Party Committee all came to Pingchuan, and all the party and government officials of Pingchuan City attended the meeting. General Assembly. The meeting was chaired by Governor Liu Ruinian, and Organization Minister Sun Anji announced the list of appointments and removals on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, and made necessary organizational explanations for the appointments and removals.In Sun Anji's explanation, neither the "12.12" incident nor Wu Mingxiong's resignation was mentioned. He only said that the provincial party committee decided to remove Comrade Wu Mingxiong as the secretary of the municipal party committee after careful research in consideration of his age. position, and make necessary adjustments to Hirakawa's current team. The Provincial Party Committee appointed Shu Huaru as Secretary of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee, Cao Wuping as Deputy Secretary of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor of Pingchuan City, Liu Jinping and Sun Jinyuan as Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Bai Yulong and Mi Changshan were added as members of the Municipal Committee Standing Committee, and former Standing Committee member Cheng Weiqi , the entire team is still composed of seven people.The average age of the new team is 45.6 years old. The whole new team is relatively stable and relatively young. Qian Xianghui, secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, made an important speech entitled "Continue to emancipate the mind, maintain the enterprising spirit, make persistent efforts, and strive for the full take-off of Pingchuan's economy". In his speech, Qian Xianghui, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, fully affirmed the construction achievements of Pingchuan City in recent years and the fruitful results of deepening reforms; he spoke highly of the leadership team of the Municipal Party Committee with Wu Mingxiong as the squad leader leading the 10 million people in Pingchuan The precious spirit and successful practice of working hard, not being afraid of risks, and carrying forward with heavy burdens, I have written about Wu Mingxiong, the former secretary of the municipal party committee, a few times out of script. Some cadres sitting in the front row of the venue saw that when Qian Xianghui talked about Wu Mingxiong out of the script, there were shining tears in his eyes.It's almost appalling.Doesn't a provincial party secretary know how to show his composure on a common political occasion?What's more, Secretary Qian Xianghui is usually known for his calmness.Seventy-seven is all over.Everything is gone.Those blustery days.Those hectic nights.Those endless meetings.Those piles of files.The road, the cloud and the moon that traveled thousands of miles.Those 10 million fathers and folks whom he loves so much.The 28,000-square-kilometer Pingchuan land is green in spring and yellow in autumn.The new and vibrant ancient city of Pingchuan.The mighty sunshine and the mighty moonlight whistling and blowing the wind all over the city. How quiet, and how melancholy. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the newly completed small hotel inside the Longfengshan TV Transmitting Station, Wu Mingxiong's old face was covered with muddy tears.In the eyes of tears, the city of Pingchuan at night was hazy like fog, and the brilliant lights of Wanjia turned into a brilliant star shower with swaying light tails, as if pouring down half of the starry sky. At this time, a childish voice sounded behind him: "Grandpa, Grandpa Wu!" Wu Mingxiong was in a trance when he heard the voice, thinking it was a hallucination, he held on to the window edge without moving. The milky voice sounded clearly again: "Grandpa Wu, here I come!" Only then did Wu Mingxiong turn around slowly, never expecting that Shang Dequan's daughter, Shang Hao, appeared in front of him.Holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand, Shang Hao walked up to Wu Mingxiong and said, "Grandpa Wu, these flowers were brought to you by Grandpa Chen and many uncles and aunts. Look, how beautiful they are!" Wu Mingxiong took the flowers, squatted on the ground, stroked Shang Hao's red face and asked, "Shang Hao, how do you know that Grandpa Wu is here? Where is your Grandpa Chen?" Shang Hao proudly puffed out his small chest and said, "Who doesn't know you're hiding here? Grandpa Chen and those uncles and aunts didn't dare to come, so they let me come." Wu Mingxiong asked: "Who sent you up the mountain in the middle of the night?" Shang Hao said: "It's Grandpa Chen. Grandpa Chen sent me up the mountain, watched me enter your door, and then drove away with the driver uncle." Wu Mingxiong carried Shang Hao to the sofa and sat down on the sofa, saying repeatedly: "Okay, okay, Shang Hao, it's a good time for you to come. Grandpa is worried that no one will talk to me!" Shang Hao said seriously: "I made a mistake yesterday and broke a piece of glass on the window in the classroom. The teacher asked the parents to go, but Grandpa Chen said that he would go tomorrow and bring five yuan to pay for it." Wu Mingxiong said: "Tomorrow I will pay for it. Grandpa Chen is the parent, and I am also the parent!" Shang Hao said: "Grandpa Wu, I assure you, my ball was thrown against the wall, and it was because the ball was disobedient." Wu Mingxiong said with a smile: "The ball must be disobedient, I know it! The ball is round and round, running around." Shang Hao also laughed, and then asked: "Grandpa Wu, why are you hiding here? Did you make a mistake?" Wu Mingxiong nodded and said, "Yes, grandpa is no longer the secretary of the municipal party committee." Shang Hao said, "Are you going to work on the water conservancy site of Dame River like my father did?" Tears welled up in Wu Mingxiong's eyes, and I will take you to plant buildings on both sides of Huancheng Road, so that our Pingchuan City will become very big, very big, very tall, very tall! Shang Hao corrected and said: "Grandpa, the building is not called Zai, it is called Gai." Wu Mingxiong said: "Yes, to build a building. The building we built also has a part of your father's hard work! Shang Hao, my good boy, you have a good father, and your father is in the spring of Pingchuan City today. , on the 28,000 square kilometers of beautiful land, in the clear and sweet water of our Damo River and New West Lake..."