Chapter 15 Chapter nine

For two weeks, there have been tortuous and complicated conflicts between Li Xiangnan and Gu Rong. On Li Xiangnan's first day in Guling, as soon as he got off the jeep, Gu Rong came up with a dozen members of the Standing Committee, with an elder's intimacy in his smile.As soon as he held Li Xiangnan's hand, he shook it vigorously: "Xiangnan, how is your father now? It's been so many years, and I haven't had the chance to visit him in Beijing again. He hasn't forgotten Xiao Gu from decades ago, right?" ?” He said with a witty and moderate smile to the Standing Committee members around him, “Now I’m Lao Gu, and I’m going to take over soon.” This moderateness shows that he has an authoritative and high leadership position.Everyone also smiled moderately.This moderation shows their customary respect and obedience to Gu Rong.Gu Rong held Li Xiangnan's hand, and then patted the back of Li Xiangnan's hand affectionately with his left hand: "I visited your father in Beijing in the past five or so years, and I met you at that time. You grew up in Guling when you were young. When you first arrived in Beijing in 2010, everyone called you Xiao Nannan, and you were being mischievous. Now you are the majestic county party secretary and the seventh-rank parent official."

Li Xiangnan smiled respectfully. "This is the entire team of the Standing Committee of the Guling County Party Committee. No one is missing, and all of them have arrived." Gu Rong introduced the dozen or so Standing Committee members behind him to Li Xiangnan one by one, "In the future, you should discuss more with everyone and ask for their opinions , They know more about the situation in Guling than I do." When Gu Rong spoke, he fully demonstrated his elder kindness to Li Xiangnan and his reliance and trust on other standing committee members, which is the unique trust that old superiors have on their subordinates.

"Work depends on everyone. I'm just here to call everyone for a meeting." Li Xiangnan said. "Everyone, we need to help Comrade Xiangnan more," Gu Rong ignored Li Xiangnan's words, and continued to talk to the standing committee members, "I have a lot of things to ask our secretary for instructions. You are almost all old ancient tombs, you have to get used to it and the new ones. The secretary of the county party committee is here to cooperate." Then he turned around again, "Xiang Nan, I was your father's old subordinate in the past, and now I will be your subordinate again. Oh, don't shake your head, everyone at work You can’t be polite if you have a superior relationship.”

Li Xiangnan is not a simple young man.In this intimacy, he faintly felt something opposite: the other party didn't seem to really welcome him.However, when he saw his father's old colleagues, he had a natural intimacy.Having such a relationship is beneficial for carrying out work. "Get familiar with the situation in the county first." After the other standing committee members left, they sat down in Gu Rong's office, and Gu Rong made suggestions like an elder.He took out a cigarette and handed Li Xiangnan one at the same time. After Li Xiangnan struck a match for him to light, he leaned comfortably on the sofa and took a puff of cigarette. The map of Guling County, and said slowly and methodically: "Use two months to familiarize yourself with the county party committee and the county government. You must be familiar with the work procedures of up, down, left, and right. Normal procedures are the most important. Does a leading cadre have any experience?" , It is often manifested from the proficiency of the program. There is a lot of knowledge here." He took a puff and exhaled the smoke, "Then, it is very important to get acquainted with the cadres. Talk to them more. It’s not enough just to be at the conference table. Don’t be lofty, be humble, and listen to them more. The democratic style is very important, which is the most important thing to gain prestige. As a leader, don’t make up your mind about everything. The less you come out, the better. The main thing is to use people to unite people. I would rather do less than do wrong things. Say less wrong things, less express wrong attitudes, and less make unrealistic determinations. This is the first rule to ensure prestige.” He slowly puffed out another puff of smoke, and leaned back on the sofa, "When a leader arrives in a unit, for a year, if he doesn't say a single wrong word, it will be terrible, and his prestige will naturally be established. Otherwise, you can do it." If you do a hundred things, if you do one wrong, you may be untenable. The worst thing is to be young and aggressive. I learned this lesson when I was young. Especially when you first arrived in Guling, you must be very cautious in expressing your position. The general manager of Guling County The situation is good."

He flicked the ashtray in the ashtray, and calmly wiped off the unflicked sintered ring in the green glass ashtray ash trough, and sat up comfortably: "Then, use two One month to familiarize yourself with the countryside, and go to all 20 communes. Agriculture is the main work of the county party committee. Another two months to get acquainted with industry, finance and trade. If there is anything else, just drop by. Culture and education, hygiene, public security and law Well, civil affairs, that's not too important. Calculate it this way, with half a year of investigation and research, you will have a say in the work of the ancient mausoleum." He frowned and took a long drag on his cigarette, exhaling the smoke , then put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and asked Li Xiangnan with a smile: "What do you think?"

Li Xiangnan kept leaning over and listening respectfully as much as possible, but he felt a little unnatural psychologically.Gu Rong's words made him smell a familiar but unbearable breath.He has his own blueprint, and he is unwilling to flatter and accept Gu Rong's "teaching" vaguely.This elder-like "teaching" has already begun to make him feel a certain sense of pressure and restraint. He decided to adjust the relationship. He smiled politely: "I see... I want to investigate while working, and investigate while working. Sometimes, the process of work is the best investigation. You can figure out everything as soon as you get started." He brought In a joking tone, he said euphemistically: "It's right to say less wrong things, but now we have to do as much as possible."

Gu Rong was stunned for a moment, a trace of displeasure flashed across his face.He didn't expect Li Xiangnan to refute him so implicitly, with both the modesty of a junior and the solemnity of a county party secretary.But he immediately smiled brightly: "Of course the secretary of the county party committee has to work. Can you still work if you don't work?" Why is Gu Rong unhappy?Li Xiangnan felt right next to the jeep just now: Gu Rong did not welcome Li Xiangnan.He was dissatisfied with the appointment of his superiors.After the former county party secretary moved to the area, he estimated that 95% of the appointment of the county party secretary would fall on him.Of course he had feelings for sending someone else.However, he is a "standard" leading cadre, and he is good at accepting any kind of fait accompli.Moreover, he can still be tolerant of the son of an old superior, a young man who can follow his own opinions in everything, to serve as the secretary of the county party committee.He didn't expect that the young county party secretary was not only immature, but also very sophisticated.The solemn and decent demeanor with which he implicitly criticized himself immediately revealed his political maturity and sophistication.

This weight, Gu Rong weighed it out in one go. This young man is not so easy to let others control. Two days later, Li Xiangnan submitted the investigation report "Why can't the cases that have been approved be resolved? "The printout was sent to Gu Rong.Gu Rong sat on the sofa and flipped through the investigation report.He raised his eyes: "Is this done by the reception station? The county party committee didn't let them conduct such a survey and statistics." "I asked them to do it the day before yesterday." Gu Rong nodded. "Even if the county committee doesn't arrange for them to do it, they can do it themselves." Li Xiangnan said.

"Is it the material required by the region?" Gu Rong asked while flipping through it. "no." "What do you want in the province?" "No. I think conducting such a survey and statistics will help us sum up experience and solve problems." Gu Rong nodded slightly knowingly, and continued to read the report.A faint cloud gradually enveloped his face.There are many cases here that have gone up and down many times, and some cases are directly related to him, the deputy secretary of the county party committee.For example, in a typical case, there is a case like this:

Questions about Wei Zhen, a retired teacher from Chencun Middle School Case brief: Wei Zhen, male, 65 years old, former lieutenant colonel of the Kuomintang uprising, mistakenly confiscated three of his rented houses that were not rented out during the "private house renovation" in the early 1950s.After Wei retired the year before last, he raised this issue and said that he did not ask for the return and compensation of the three houses, but only hoped that his residence problem after retirement could be properly resolved.In the past two years, he has reported the problem to different units. He has written and visited as many as 77 times.

Before and after criticism January 10, 1981: (Standing Committee Reception Day) Wei Zhen came to visit with written petition materials.Comrade Gu Rong commented: "Please refer to the Bureau of Culture and Education for research." January 25, 1981: The Bureau of Culture and Education reported: "Whether this person was a member of the Kuomintang uprising in history is unknown, and we need to know." February 13, 1981: Comrade Gu Rong commented on the report of the Bureau of Culture and Education: "Read". February 20, 1981: (Standing Committee Reception Day) Wei came to visit again with written materials.Comrade Feng Yaozu commented: "Comrade Gu Rong may have given instructions on this matter, please follow Comrade Gu Rong's instructions." March 2, 1981: The Letters and Visits Station sent Wei's two petition materials together with Comrade Feng Yaozu's instructions to Comrade Gu Rong. March 5, 1981: Comrade Gu Rong commented: "Transfer to the Bureau of Culture and Education. Is Wei a member of the Kuomintang uprising?" April 9, 1981: The Bureau of Culture and Education reported: "With regard to Wei's historical situation, we do not have conclusive information, so it is difficult to be sure. Would you like the United Front Work Department to help check it?" April 25, 1981: Comrade Gu Rong instructed the Bureau of Culture and Education to report: "Please transfer to the United Front Work Department to implement Wei's historical situation as soon as possible." May 9, 1981: Report from the United Front Work Department: "Wei is an uprising member of the Kuomintang, Lieutenant Colonel. It is true." May 25, 1981: Comrade Gu Rong instructed the United Front Work Department to report: "Please refer to the Bureau of Culture and Education. Wei's historical issues have been implemented. The housing and other issues raised by him seem to be properly resolved as soon as possible." June 7, 1981: The Bureau of Culture and Education reported: "It is possible to consider paying Wei an appropriate housing fee. But there is no such money in culture and education. Do you want to ask the United Front Work Department to solve it?" June 18, 1981: Comrade Gu Rong instructed: "Transfer to the United Front Work Department, and consider drawing up a solution according to the policy." June 20, 1981: The Letters and Visits Station reported Wei's problem to Comrade Gu Rong in writing again, asking for instructions on how to solve it.Comrade Gu Rong commented: "It has been reported to the United Front Work Department to consider a solution, please tell me to contact the United Front Work Department." July 13, 1981: The United Front Work Department reported: "This expense seems difficult to solve. It should be settled by the Ministry of Civil Affairs." July 20, 1981: (Standing Committee Reception Day) Wei You petitioned again, and Comrade Gu Rong received him.Wei: "My problem has not been solved." Comrade Gu Rong: "For specific questions, please contact the United Front Work Department." Wei: "I have contacted them, and they asked me to contact the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Comrade Gu Rong: "Okay, I will Learn about." July 23, 1981: Comrade Gu Rong instructed the United Front Work Department to report: "Should it be resolved by the United Front Work Department? It would not be appropriate to delay this matter." ... Reason analysis why it cannot be solved after being approved The situation in this case is relatively simple, unlike some cases of exposing problems that also target and involve the mistakes of a certain department or a certain leader, but the reason why it has not been resolved for a year and a half is because we have shifted the blame from top to bottom, and the responsibility is not clear. The organization is bloated and the bureaucracy is serious. suggestions for resolving the case Whether it should be considered under the auspices of a comrade from the County Standing Committee, the Bureau of Culture and Education, the United Front Work Department, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will jointly study and resolve it. …………… Seeing this, Gu Rong felt the weight of this material, and he felt his palms sweat slightly.This material seems to have drawn a caricature for itself, like a thorn in the back.He flipped back quickly, a trace of resentment rising in his heart.This material made him immediately see how powerful Li Xiangnan is.He put the materials together on the coffee table, and said indifferently as if it was a routine: "Please pass it on to other members of the Standing Committee. Take a look, it will always be beneficial." "Twenty copies were printed, one for each member of the Standing Committee, and the office distributed them to everyone." Gu Rong was stunned for a moment: "Okay, that's it." He nodded, ready to talk about other things. "I think, should the Standing Committee discuss this investigation report?" Li Xiangnan asked for his opinion, "A more consistent view on future work has been formed." Gu Rong frowned and thought for a while, then pointed at him like an elder and smiled: "You are the secretary of the county party committee, you are the third fire in the new office." His smile was even a bit beyond the moderateness he should have. After another two days, Gu Rong felt that it was not so easy for him to keep joking like an elder.Li Xiangnan personally resolved fourteen backlog cases in one day.This time, Gu Rong was not the only one who weighed his weight, it spread throughout the county.This sharply stimulated Gu Rong.Every praise for the young county party secretary is at the same time a criticism of him, Gu Rong.People talked about Li Xiangnan everywhere, and even when they walked home through the back door of the county party committee compound, they heard someone talking about the county party secretary on the road.He was a little annoyed. Unable to restrain his annoyance, he became even more angry. He walked up and down the room with his hands behind his back with a gloomy face.When his wife Guizhen asked him to eat again reproachfully, he just waved his hand impatiently.Gui Zhen was about to open her mouth to say something about him, but when she saw that her expression was not right, she gently closed the door of the inner room again. Gu Rong stopped in front of the map of China hanging on the wall with his hands behind his back.With a glance, he found the ancient tomb on the pink-yellow-grey-green map dotted with rivers and railway networks, with two small characters and a blue dot the size of a needle point.I have worked here for more than 30 years in a small ancient tomb, and now, I can't even control such a small place? However, when he sat down to eat, Gu Rong became amiable again: "I was thinking about work just now." He explained to Gui Zhen with a smile while picking up a braised red pepper from a blue flower porcelain bowl. "You should have a good relationship with Xiangnan." Gui Zhen persuaded him while feeding him. "Isn't it good?" "He has only been here for a few days, and others have already reported that you have conflicts." "Don't listen to people babbling in front of you, how many times have I told you that." "What happened to Xiao Rong?" Gui Zhen took off her apron and sat down at the table.Xiao Rong is their only son, who was reported to the newspaper by Lin Hong for smuggling silver dollars.Half a year ago, the city was full of wind and rain, and the previous period was over, and these days someone is mentioning it again. Gu Rong's heart skipped a beat.He thought of the fact that Li Xiangnan came to be the secretary of the county party committee, and connected it with his son's affairs for the first time: "Let him stay at the aunt's house in Guangzhou for a while, isn't he on a business trip for the county's Wujiaohua?" "I don't know Xiang Nan's attitude?" Gui Zhen said anxiously. Gu Rong glanced at her, bent down and put a piece of skin in front of the big tabby cat lying lazily curled up at its feet. "You're talking. Didn't Deputy Director Sun of the Public Security Bureau look for you, and didn't his wife want to be transferred to the county?" "Just tune it, what does it have to do with this? You can also intercede casually in legal matters?" Gu Rong blamed unhappily.He is best at connecting emotions and grasping political power through "concrete concern" for cadres.However, he couldn't listen to this kind of words that expose things the most, and felt that it was simply absurd.This is another characteristic of his "standard" leading cadre. "Things are here, you can't think about it." "I'm the deputy secretary of the county party committee, understand? First of all, we must consider big things." He waved his hand impatiently.When the wife brought up his son's matter, he immediately felt the seriousness of the problem.With such a blunt county party secretary, everything in Guling had to be reconsidered.Xiao Rong, Xiao Rong, if you try to mess around in the future, I will break your legs.He scolded his son in his heart.However, he wants to think about the big things first.Now that the situation is unstable, everything will be difficult to deal with.The matter is of great importance. On key issues, he must grasp the big things and carry out big actions in an open and aboveboard manner. It happened at another Standing Committee meeting.Several county standing committee members, especially Hu Fan, the deputy county magistrate, spoke admiringly about the enthusiastic response of Li Xiangnan's work among the cadres and masses. Gu Rong lowered his eyes and smoked, with a pensive expression on his face. "Okay, let me talk a few words." He frowned slightly and opened his mouth. Although his voice was not high, it immediately silenced the meeting place. "Personally handling letters and visits from the masses, this kind of enthusiasm is what everyone should learn from." He paused, "But on the other hand, Comrade Xiang Nan's approach is somewhat inappropriate." The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly changed.Some people showed surprise expressions; some people looked at each other and exchanged glances; some people were calm and watched the changes of the situation quietly, and Gu Rong had a brief discussion with them beforehand. "Let me mention a few points by the way, not necessarily right." Gu Rong flicked the cigarette ash, simply put the cigarette butt out in the ashtray, raised his eyes and said: "One point, Comrade Xiang Nan knew about the letters and visits from the masses, so he called Xiao Zhou directly , of course. However, there are three floors in the middle. The first floor is the director and deputy director of the petition station. The third floor is Comrade Hu, who is in charge of culture, education and letters and visits in our Standing Committee." He pointed to the person sitting across the long table. Hu Fan, deputy county magistrate. Hu Fan waved his hands again and again: "It's okay, it's okay, everything starts with work." "There is another layer, which is our county standing committee." Gu Rong ignored Hu Fan's explanation, and continued, "Sometimes, it seems very convenient for us to leapfrog to direct the subordinates like this, but in fact it has a lot of side effects. One Comrades at lower levels will say that we don’t respect them. There is a premise that subordinates obey their superiors, that is, superiors pass subordinates, and superiors respect subordinates. If you don’t pass them now, they will obey you in the future? Two, it will cause conflicts among subordinates. The comrades in charge of the letter and visit station will have opinions on Xiao Zhou, which is a rule; as for Xiao Zhou, it may be difficult to carry out work in the unit in the future. These situations should be thought of by the comrades below." He paused, Pushed the teacup forward slightly, looked at everyone and Li Xiangnan kindly, and then continued calmly: "Second point, Comrade Xiangnan is the secretary and the squad leader. Your main job is to gather everyone's wisdom and fully Give full play to the role of a group of members of the Standing Committee. Handling cases in person, of course, should be in contact with the masses. But there is no better reliance on the collective, which is one-sided. Over time, it is easy to break away from a group of people. Of course, comrades can treat it correctly That's right. But the opinion should be sincerely put forward to the monitor." He looked at Li Xiangnan and smiled. "The third point is that the secretary of the county party committee should grasp the main contradiction. Two years ago, three years ago, the central government asked the main leaders of the party committees at all levels to take command, implement policies, and arrest the masses to petition. Now, the work of the center is not like this. As soon as you take office, you will It is easy to cause the center to shift. Moreover, some things should be trusted at the grassroots level. The county standing committee covers everything, and all big and small sesame seeds flock to the county. After the couple fights, they also go to the county party committee. Secretary, can you bear it? That will definitely hurt the enthusiasm of the cadres below. What else do you want them to do? We handle everything by ourselves. Move, how many things can we do by ourselves?" He spread his hands and smiled amusingly, took out another cigarette, struck a match and lit it, exhaled the smoke, looked up at everyone, and then at Li Xiangnan: "Speaking of it, it's an old saying, let's do the work , rely on the strength of organizations at all levels." No one laughed.Most of the dozen or so Standing Committee members sitting around the long table looked down at the teacups and the notebooks in front of them.Gu Rong's words are undoubtedly very serious.Its weight, in its sufficiency and force, seems almost irrefutable. "What Old Gu said is very reasonable. Comrade Xiang Nan can seriously consider it..." Feng Yaozu raised his swollen round face and said. "Let's discuss it. It is the tradition of our county standing committee to express our opinions freely." Gu Rong said with a smile, calmly promoting the situation and atmosphere. Li Xiangnan did not expect that Gu Rong would say such a thing on the spot today.Although Gu Rong spoke calmly and with a smile, and even showed affection to Li Xiangnan like an elder, it clearly made him feel pressured.These words cleverly put myself against the entire cadre system and traditional concepts, and made all my innovative work just cause my own isolation.This is the most cunning blow of all reformers. In just a few days, such profound contradictions and conflicts emerged between him and Gu Rong.What he was thinking about in an instant was how to express his position on Gu Rong's speech.Whoever is not good at grasping the progress of the struggle at the conference table will be unable to grasp the development of the entire social and political situation. He lowered his eyes and slowly turned the dark green "Zhonghua" soft pencil with gold hot stamping in his hand, smiled, then raised his head and said calmly: "I will briefly talk about my thoughts in a few sentences." He pondered Slowly said: "About the central work. Our current central work is to engage in economic construction. The purpose of reform and rectification now is to improve our economic efficiency and the political and administrative efficiency that serve it. A small question, Dozens of petitions by the masses have not been resolved, which not only shows that we do not care enough about the suffering of the people, but also exposes our bureaucratic inefficiency in some links. Grasping letters and visits and touching them will have an effect on improving the efficiency of our entire work in the future. We should see the dialectical connection of things. This has been seen by many people." A sneer flashed across Gu Rong's heart: "Touch"?This is his "connection".This is the real political purpose of making a fuss about letters and visits as soon as he took office. Li Xiangnan went on to say: "As for the relationship between superiors and subordinates and levels, do you think it should be like this: As a leader, the most important thing now is to first show your subordinates how to work through your own work. The relationship between superiors and subordinates must be at work. Strengthen, improve or even rebuild on the basis of a new work that adapts to modernization. If too many levels do not make the work more effective, but hinder and affect the work, then the level should be streamlined. If the relationship between the superior and the subordinate is not normal, it must be reformed The relationship between superiors and subordinates. Finally, when it comes to the unity of a group of people, I only have one sentence: the work is highlighted, I am busy, and other distracting thoughts are gone, and everything is easy to handle.” There was silence on the long table again.This is a real confrontation between the two main leaders.The two people speak the same orthodox language, are equally exposed and serious, and have such a peaceful smile on the surface, but in fact they put forward two programs that are deeply opposed. It is often this seemingly peaceful struggle on the conference table, enveloped in the smell of smoke and tea, that determines the trend of the entire situation outside the conference table, and determines the success or failure of the intricate political forces.At this point, both Gu Rong and Li Xiangnan understood that there was no need or difficulty to argue at this meeting.Politicians have a sense of proportion in offense and defense. Gu Rong smiled and broke the silence: "Comrade Xiang Nan's thoughts are good, but sometimes, the situation is more complicated than we thought. If we don't think carefully, things will backfire." There is a kind of temporary peace in his words, Get rid of the stalemate smell. "A lot of what Lao Gu said is the actual situation. There are some relations and aspects that we can take care of in our work, and we can take care of them as much as possible, so that we can move forward more steadily." Li Xiangnan also said with a smile.There is also some accommodation and flexibility here. A few days later, Li Xiangnan went to the countryside for a run, and returned to the county town to visit Gu Rong's house and ask his opinions on some issues. Unexpectedly, there was an extremely intimate scene between the two.Gu Rong seemed very happy, talking and laughing like an elder.He rolled up his sleeves and put on an apron, tried the edge of the kitchen knife with his fingers, and prepared to cook for him himself: "Xiang Nan, let me show you my skills. My skills are at least at the level of a third-level chef." Brushing her hair with the back of her hand, she wiped her wet hands with the lapel of her apron, and smiled reassuringly at the two of them.Li Xiangnan also felt that the atmosphere was cordial.Sitting on a small bench, he helped choose beans, while chatting with them with his feelings and attitude towards the elders from the bottom of his heart.He even talked about how when he was six years old, he climbed up a big tree and called his father's name mischievously, scaring the face of his father who was walking below. "Then he spanked me," he said. Both Gu Rong and Gui Zhen laughed. "This ass should be spanked, I vote for it. Children should be stricter from an early age..." Gu Rong said in the kitchen, but he stopped suddenly. He thought of his son who was not up to date, and a shadow passed over his face . The kitchen and the small living room are connected. While cutting vegetables, Gu Rong turned his head to talk and laugh with Li Xiangnan from time to time, and at the same time, he did not forget to say a few witty words with Gui Zhen.He didn't even forget about cats.When he greeted the cat with his skin, and the cat walked over, he looked at the cat with the same kind eyes as he would for a naughty child, and laughed jokingly.Li Xiangnan also thought of Gu Xiaorong's smuggling.He had long wanted to talk to Gu Rong individually about this matter.Today is not suitable, look for another opportunity. When the spatulas jingled and the room was filled with the smell of oil, meat and fried peppers, and they ate with affection at the full table, the atmosphere became more like a family.After some conflicts at the conference table, the two of them especially felt the value of this kind of harmony.Its appearance is beyond the expectation of both parties, but it is very in line with the wishes of both parties.They discovered the great effect of the atmosphere of family life, which reconciled everything. The stark confrontation at the conference table is now so alien and distant that it is hard to imagine. Gu Rong shook his head with a smile in his heart while eating: Why bother?Wouldn't it be enough to have a few words at home?Li Xiangnan seems to have the same idea.When two people discuss work at the dinner table, they try to avoid disputes. "I'm considering convening a 'Conference for Raising Opinions and Suggestions'." Li Xiangnan discussed. "'Comments and Suggestions Assembly'?" Gu Rong was stunned and asked in puzzlement. "It is to use democratic methods to mobilize the enthusiasm and wisdom of Guling cadres and the masses, to give opinions and suggestions to our county party committee, and to brainstorm." Li Xiangnan explained. "Let's seek the opinions of the members of the Standing Committee." Gu Rong said indifferently.Postponing anything is the best way to deal with it. However, as soon as they left the warm atmosphere of family life and entered the work field, the relationship between the two quickly entered a state of opposition. At the Standing Committee meeting the next day, Li Xiangnan put forward a proposal to hold a "Conference for Raising Opinions and Suggestions", and, completely beyond Gu Rong's expectations, this proposal was passed.Li Xiangnan gave good reasons at the meeting; and, as he said at the meeting, he discussed with most of the Standing Committee members last night.This kind of step-by-step approach is not used to Gu Rong.In fact, he had almost forgotten Li Xiangnan's suggestion yesterday.His face was very ugly.His experience more or less gave him a foreboding of what this would bring.He was sullen, covering his teacup with both hands without saying a word. Immediately afterwards, at the meeting, when Li Xiangnan tactfully told him about the public's reaction to Gu Xiaorong's smuggling, he could no longer restrain his unhappiness. "The judiciary is independent and handles cases according to the law. As a parent, I especially don't express my opinion on any situation involving this matter." He said coldly. Li Xiangnan was embarrassed for a while, and said sincerely: "However, if our county party committee can have a correct and open attitude on this matter, as you said just now, emphasizing judicial independence and supporting handling cases according to law, wouldn't it be better? ?” "I'm going to tell the court to arrest Xiaorong. Is this in line with the principle?" Gu Rong threw a sullen sentence, put out the cigarette butt, stood up and left. The conferences in the past few days have further intensified the contradictions.Many of the opinions of the delegates were directed at Gu Rong.For the first time in so many years, Gu Rong's room was lit all night. He paced up and down the room.Occasionally stop in front of the window, look at the starry sky outside the window and meditate.Years of political life gave him an important experience: probation does not work much; persuasion does not solve fundamental problems.It is a matter of interests, and only by struggle, only by means.This time, I forgot about this experience again.Decades of experience should not be forgotten.Thinking of his kindness when he had dinner with Li Xiangnan that day, he couldn't help frowning and shaking his head slightly: When he was young, he was emotional, and now he is still emotional.I will suffer for a lifetime.Lose your political mind.Lesson, there will be another lesson in the future: young people should not be underestimated and should not be underestimated. He knows how to deal with it seriously now.