Chapter 13 Chapter VII

It is also Gu Rong's habit and enjoyment to go around the county town every morning. When he walks slowly from one street to another in the clear air with his hands behind his back, he can feel a kind of authoritative status and psychological satisfaction of being a parent when people greet him with smiles and respectful greetings.This is the spiritual exercise he must do every morning.No matter how drowsy and tired, once you do this set of mental exercises, you will feel refreshed and refreshed.However, Li Xiangnan has been here for the past two weeks, not only infringing on his interests in various aspects, but also competing with him for this privilege.When Gu Rong was walking around the county in the early morning, he collided with Li Xiangnan from time to time.It annoyed him.Because as soon as they met, he thought of the huge reality that Li Xiangnan was the top leader of the county party committee.Although he, Gu Rong, is an old ancient mausoleum with deep roots, lush leaves, and high authority, people's respect and smiling faces for the top leader will never be less than those for him.

Of course he won't back down.He takes a walk every morning, not missing a day, earlier. He met Li Xiangnan face to face, and the more he met, the more he realized the necessity of going out for a walk in the morning.In order to pick up Xiao Li at the station this morning, he got up at four o'clock.When he got home now, although he was a little tired, he looked at his watch, and it was not yet seven o'clock, and he left the house again with his hands behind his back. As soon as he left the yard, Feng Yaozu came to meet him with his fat head down: "Secretary Gu, I'm looking for you."

"What's the matter, are you in a panic?" Gu Rong criticized dissatisfiedly. "At the panel discussion this morning, they got it right!" "Who are they?" "Li Xiangnan, Zhuang Wenyi and the others. Oh, that Lin Hong is back too." Gu Rong looked at him dissatisfied again: "That's all?" "That's all." Feng Yaozu looked at Gu Rong carefully. "What's the matter?" Gu Rong was a little impatient, and walked out with square steps while talking. "Then... what should I do?" Feng Yaozu asked cautiously after following two steps with his waist slightly bent.

"What should I do?" Gu Rong glanced at Feng Yaozu coldly, a trace of disdain appeared on his big face full of powerful wrinkles, "Eat when you should eat, and sleep when you should sleep. Let's do it like this." Feng Yaozu stood there in a daze. Gu Rong took two steps and stopped, looked back at him, reprimanded impatiently: "Braking the brakes with silence, do you understand?" Feng Yaozu nodded his head half understanding. "Aren't you learning Taijiquan these two days? Do you understand how to use the situation to make the best use of it, to use the situation to transform energy, and to move a thousand catties?"

"...Understand, understand." Feng Yaozu still half understood. "Be calm, look at the situation, and don't be a hindrance. Can you understand that?" "I understand." Now, Feng Yaozu really understood. "That's enough." Gu Rong's face softened.Combining kindness with power is a necessary means for politicians. "No conditions, the situation is immature, I'd rather sit there quietly, don't be frizzy." He taught earnestly, "It's not very interesting to engage in gossip and gossip, don't mess around with those clever people. Don't you know how to play chess? Sometimes the situation is deadlocked and you need to take two idle moves."

"I understand, I only start when there is a chance." "What do you mean by 'strike only when you have a chance'? Is this the language of the Communist Party?" Gu Rong raised his eyes slightly again, and said with a little dissatisfaction. "Ah..." Feng Yaozu's face was full of smiles, "You should make the best use of the situation and seek truth from facts." There are many ways to say the same meaning, which is the language art of human beings.High-sounding words are more subtle and therefore more terrifying than explicit ones. With criticism in his eyes, Gu Rong looked at Feng Yaozu lovingly but sarcastically, and walked forward again.These people have lived in politics all their lives, and have not learned how to be leaders.

What about Gu Rong himself? Participated in the revolution in Guling in 1945. At the beginning, he worked as a clerk, and he was also a vigorous youth.After liberation, I worked as a cadre in the county, left and right, up and down, and worked in many "yamen" in the county, with some ups and downs.After decades of campaigns, in his words, there are both positive experiences and negative lessons.He finally really understood China's national conditions and understood that the subjective must conform to the objective.Every time he thought of this, he was overwhelmed with emotion.Now he has a whole set of habitual experiences, a whole set of political rules and conditioned reflexes.He has always been able to adapt appropriately to every situation.In terms of ability, he may be able to manage a region, or even a province, and he is very confident in this deep in his mind.However, he also has all kinds of twists and turns that cannot be explained in a word, and he has never been able to use his ability.In politics, conditions and opportunities are often more important than talents.For this, he also has his theoretical explanation: conditions and opportunities are objective, talents are subjective, and objective determines subjective.Isn't this the conclusion of materialism?

If you ask him what characteristics he has, it is almost difficult to say what outstanding characteristics he has.The characteristic is the edges and corners, and having so many edges and corners is not suitable for engaging in politics.Or he is very comprehensive, or he has no characteristics.Not only have a certain culture (yes, but not too much. This measure is very important for a real image of leading cadres); but also have considerable experience.Moderate patience, moderate decisiveness, moderate kindness, moderate sternness, moderate wit, moderate humor, moderate modesty, moderate majesty, moderate principle, moderate flexibility and easy-going.Everything is moderate, it can be said that he is a standard leading cadre.

Isn't moderation a sign of political sophistication? This Gu Ronglian's behavior, voice, appearance and appearance, including the way he speaks in meetings, the posture of smoking and drinking tea, the way of shaking hands, and the friendly way he shakes hands and pats each other's shoulders when he sees young people, is called a little ghost. The law, and the demeanor of caring when asking for warmth, are all like the standard image of leading cadres on our movie screens.He naturally has to use this "standard" to measure others. His home is behind the county party committee.After leaving the small courtyard and entering the large courtyard, we arrived at the county party committee.Kangle and Li Xiaoqin, the secretary of the library of the county party committee, each came over with a large pile of books and periodicals on their chests.

"Secretary Gu." Kang Le stopped and greeted. Gu Rong smiled and nodded.He was always kind to everyone except his own cronies. "This was posted by Xiangnan?" Gu Rong looked up and saw the couplet on the door of the county party secretary's office, his face was a little ugly.Especially the first couplet, black and white, made him a little annoyed. "Yes." Kang Le replied, he observed that Gu Rong's face suddenly turned dark, and found it very interesting. Gu Rong snorted silently in his nostrils, and turned to leave. "This one, it will help you a lot. It was sent by Xiao Hu's emotional boss early in the morning." Only then did Kang Le have time to add.

Gu Rong stopped, and immediately realized that he wanted to see everything here, and his face changed again.If you get the right way, you will get more help, but if you are unjust, you will get little help. It depends on whether you are sober or not?He looked up at the couplet again, and Xiao Hu's hostile gaze towards Li Xiangnan appeared in front of his eyes. "What does this look like?" He frowned and said, "It's simply unseemly for a cadre to go to the door of the county party secretary to post such a white pair." "Give it up to the south." "Anyone can make a post. If you have an opinion on the leader, you can raise it. What are you doing with these tricks? You tell Hu Xiaoguang, and you will tear up what you posted. After tearing it up, you are going to do an inspection... It is unreasonable." Gu Rong felt this for a moment. It is a political topic that can make a big article.This can greatly intensify the hostility of Hu Xiaoguang and a group of cadres towards Li Xiangnan.Many important opportunities are seized in an instant by experience in this way.Grasping a specific opportunity is better than a few big articles of hard thinking. "It was pasted by Xiang Nan himself." Kangle added. "Xiang Nan posted it himself?" "Yes," Kang Le looked at Gu Rong's expression and explained, "Xiang Nan said he liked this pair very much, so he posted it himself. He didn't think it was enough, so he added this pair." Gu Rong nodded unnaturally.It's been like this for a long time.He glanced at the couplet again: Seeking understanding of people's sentiments, I would like to hear about my past, to see if you are open-minded?It was as glaring as it was aimed at him again. "Secretary Gu, did you visit in the morning?" Kang Le changed the subject. What is "also" in the morning?Does Gu Rong still want to learn from Li Xiangnan?However, Gu Rong did not reveal anything.He nodded calmly: "I have been used to it for many years. The secretary of the county party committee in Guling has come and gone, and no matter how many times he has changed, my deputy secretary has been around Guling Street for many years." He said. He smiled humorously with a slightly puffed up stomach.He also tried his best to win over this young man whom Li Xiangnan personally selected.Dig out one from the opponent's camp to beat ten of your own.Besides, how deep is the relationship between Kangle and Li Xiangnan?Young people and young people are often the most difficult, this is my own experience. "You are an old ancient mausoleum." Kang Le also said with a smile. "Yes." Gu Rong casually flipped through the books and periodicals that Kangle held in his hands, "..."Economic Strategy", "Research on China's Economic Issues". These are magazines, "Economic Dynamics", "Chinese Social Sciences"...you What's going on?" He asked concerned. "These books are what Xiang Nan asked me to find for him." "Great intellectual." Gu Rong sighed faintly, then waved his hand kindly, turned and left.He can't see what Li Xiangnan does.I have only been in Guling for two days. If I want this book or that newspaper, I will order it if I don’t have it. I will go to the district or university to find it.Even if you are the secretary of the provincial party committee, you don't have to show this spectrum. He left the green brick walled compound of the county party committee and went to the street.It's almost seven o'clock, and shops and restaurants are all preparing to open.The tofu nao and fried cakes in the halal snack bar are all over the street. Through the windows, you can see the chefs in white coats dangling and busy.A black dog ran down the street, ringing its bell and wagging its white-tipped tail.People greeted him respectfully as usual. "Secretary Gu." "Magistrate Gu." He also nodded with a smile and waved his hand.The mental exercises started, and he became slightly more cheerful and gentle.However, the political situation in Guling County still lingers in his mind.What will happen to Li Xiangnan at today's opinion meeting? "Magistrate Gu, do you want to turn around too?" A middle school mathematics teacher greeted him, "Secretary Li just turned over, and you turn around again. You leaders are willing to turn around in the morning, right?" Gu Rong nodded and passed by.It turned out that the teacher's "You also turn around" also meant that he was after Li Xiangnan.Isn't it how many years he has been turning every morning in the ancient tomb?Why is it turned into "also" now?It seems that today I will run into Li Xiangnan again.It's impossible not to run into each other.A Guling County is too small to accommodate the two of them.He didn't want to run into Li Xiangnan.Do you hate him yourself?No, he wouldn't admit it that way.He doesn't hate anyone.He has been through everything and can handle anything. What kind of opponent has he never played against?Will it be defeated by this young man? He knew about Li Xiangnan's situation.A Beijing student, worked as a production team leader in the countryside for several years, and was later transferred to the provincial research office. He was admitted to university in 1977, returned to the provincial party committee after graduation, and was appointed secretary of the county party committee this time.With so little experience, how can he be so sophisticated?Besides, he has a special relationship with Li Xiangnan.At the beginning of the War of Liberation, Li Xiangnan's father served as the party secretary of the special zone including Guling and several surrounding counties. At that time, Gu Rong served as his clerk.Speaking of which, he is Li Xiangnan's uncle. Based on this, wouldn't he be able to control him better? What happened in the past two weeks showed that my estimation was too insufficient, and it was still insufficient.Looking back on what happened in the past ten days, it is simply unimaginable.He didn't have time to think back.Xiaoli just came back, why did she run with Li Xiangnan?Girls are the easiest to be confused at this age.The young county party secretary is very politically cunning.It seemed that he was using his wrist again on Xiaoli, a special chess piece. He must meet Li Xiangnan today. He also really met Li Xiangnan.In the crowd downstairs of the city gate, and in the office of the reception station above the city gate, he saw Li Xiangnan's performance to win the hearts of the people, and saw his prestige in cleaning up the cadres. Now, he will "exchange views" with himself before addressing the General Assembly. "Talk at the meeting, talk at the meeting, and some things should be discussed at the meeting." Li Xiangnan stood on the gate tower and looked into the distance, respectfully said to Gu Rong.Xiaoli took a few steps away and leaned against the door to watch the two talking. "Do you need two sets for the meeting?" Gu Rong said coldly. "It should be a set." "Then what is the need to talk about?" "It should be two sets again." Li Xiangnan smiled, "From a general point of view, it is one set; from a small point of view, there should always be two sets." Li Xiangnan paused, and said sincerely: "You are my father. My old comrade-in-arms, my senior, this relationship is always different." "This relationship has nothing to do with work. No matter what time your father is my old chief, you are the son of the old chief. This level will never change. You can stay at my house as casually as you come home , but the work in the county is another matter. You are the secretary and I am the deputy secretary, so you can do whatever you want." Xiaoli noticed that her uncle and Li Xiangnan still had this kind of relationship. "Of course you are right." Li Xiangnan said, "However, even between the secretary and the deputy secretary, we can talk individually." Gu Rong looked under the tower with his hands behind his back, "Do you think you are sober?" He thought of the two couplets. "Yes, I think I'm sober." Li Xiangnan's expression became a little stern, and he also thought of the couplet. "Do you think you are open-minded?" "I try to be open-minded." "It's you who gain the way, and others lose it, right?" Li Xiangnan was silent for a while: "Old Gu, I hope you will stay true." "I hope you don't need help." Gu Rong looked at Li Xiangnan, and said darkly but not without sarcasm, "Otherwise, wouldn't it be contradictory to have little help?" "If so, it's probably only temporary." Gu Rong raised his eyes, and the eyes of the two met coldly.A few people hurried up to the gate tower, the director of the Public Security Bureau, the president of the court, and Old Wei from the Disciplinary Inspection Commission. "Okay, I'll go to the meeting first." Gu Rong said. "I'll be there at 9:30," Li Xiangnan said.