Chapter 22 Chapter Sixteen

Braving the rain in the early morning, Xiao Hu came to the county party committee office.The rain boots clattered up the steps.He took off his rain hat, showing a serious face: "I want to talk to Secretary Li." Kangle said: "Didn't you have the discussion on the rural development strategy at 10:30?" "I want to talk to him alone." Xiao Hu said coldly. "Secretary Li is full all day today. Dude, I really don't have time. How about you look for him tonight?" Xiao Hu glanced at Kang Le, but he didn't believe it. "When did I lie to you?" Kang Le patted him on the shoulder.He understood that because Xiao Hu was transferred out of the county party committee office, he must also be jealous of himself.

Xiao Hu didn't respond to his affection: "Don't hesitate, I'll only talk to him for twenty minutes." Kangle put a piece of paper in front of Xiao Hu, which was the county party secretary's work schedule for today. Xiao Hu glanced at Kang Le, lowered his eyes, and looked from top to bottom. Schedule (Monday) morning 7:00 Discuss with the county party committee office to improve work efficiency 7∶30 Convene the secretary meeting of industrial and mining enterprises 8:30 Symposium for Secretary of the Party Committee of the Seventh Commune of Xishan 9:30 Discuss party consolidation with the main person in charge of the party committee of the Electric Power Bureau

10:30 Discussion on Rural Development Strategy Research afternoon 2:00 Arrive at the rest place 4∶00 Go to the grain processing factory to check the processing and sales of comprehensive pig feed 5∶30 See the vegetable planting situation in Chengguan Commune, and go to Chengguan Middle School when I have time In the blank space above the "schedule", there is the comment made by Li Xiangnan with a pencil just this morning: that's it.It's rainy these days, and the road is not easy to walk. If the commune secretaries can't arrive on time, please arrange a replacement with the back.In addition, please hang up the phone: 1, County Coal Fuel Company; 2, Huangzhuang Reservoir Management Office; 3, County Fertilizer Factory.

After reading it, Xiao Hu bit his lip and remained silent for a while, then pulled on his rain hat with a clatter, turned and left. Hey, the fire is still not small, are you going to make trouble?Looking at his back, Kang Le shook her head with a smile, and was busy arranging the tense situation in the office.However, the sound of Xiao Hu's clattering rain boots kept ringing in his ears.What exactly are they trying to make a fuss about?He knew that Gu Rong went to the area a few days ago, in the name of going to the hospital to see a doctor, but in fact he must have gone to see Secretary Zheng.In the past, when Lao Zheng was in the ancient tomb, Gu Rong and him still had some moderate conflicts. In Kangle's experience, the first and second leaders seldom had no conflicts. Now, the first and the second have become the leader and the led , the important thing is to fight against Li Xiangnan.In the past few days, the young secretary of the county party committee has started to encounter troubles in various aspects. If the troubles are not good, there will be a fierce battle in Guling.If the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them; if they are piled on the shore, the water will rush them.What you, Li Xiangnan, are doing is so unusual, this unusualness is your greatest danger and difficulty.Come on, there's no time to think about it anymore, the few things in and out of the office make him have no time to take care of other things.Since Li Xiangnan came, the always slow-paced county party committee has become a bit busy like the staff commanding the battle.

"Is Secretary Li there?" Dian Gucheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Electric Power Bureau, appeared at the door. Li Xiangnan stood up from the table at once: "Come on, come in. Sit down." "What's up?" "Today I mainly want to talk to you about the power bureau's pilot project of party consolidation." Li Xiangnan smiled and handed him a cigarette, and let him into the back room of the secretary's office.The back room is Li Xiangnan's office and bedroom.There is a single bed against the north wall, with books and newspapers piled on the head of the bed, and a writing desk against the south wall.The two sat side by side at the desk.

"Of course the Electric Power Bureau should be on the order." Dian Gucheng said in a rough voice.After finishing speaking, he turned around, put his arms on his thighs, lowered his head and smoked fiercely. "Old Dian, you are very emotional about this matter." "How dare I have emotions?" The words came out with thick smoke. "This is emotion." Li Xiangnan looked at the pencil turning in his hand and said. "Then you can report again." Li Xiangnan was silent for a while.Regarding the various unhealthy tendencies of the Electric Power Bureau, the county party committee has recently issued a circular. "If you are not mentally prepared for the party consolidation experiment, you can bring it up." He said solemnly, "In a unit where the party secretary is not determined, any party consolidation and rectification cannot be carried out."

"Can you send a working group?" "That's not necessary. Whether the main person in charge of the party committee is capable or not is a very important factor in this selection." "Why isn't it necessary? The Electric Power Bureau has the most problems." "How many? One question, you were notified about Wangcun's acting. Another one, the cadres were having fun, and the first one notified the Electric Power Bureau. Right?" Dian Gucheng leaned over and smoked a cigarette, silent. "Why was it reported to the Electric Power Bureau twice? Did someone say that you belonged to Lao Gu, and Li Xiangnan took the knife on you first?"

Dian Gucheng moved slightly, put one foot forward, and still lowered his head to smoke. Kangle came in through the door from the outer room: "It's time to get through - the coal fuel company's phone number." "Okay." Li Xiangnan stood up, walked to the outer room and picked up the phone, "Is it the fuel company? Is it your big manager? I'm Li Xiangnan. I'm still asking about that. Li Village School needs to solve the two tons of drinking water." Have you approved the coal? You can’t always let the children drink cold water...Approved....Have they taken it away?...Not yet? Will you help out to the end, will there be a car to take it to them? ...Is there any difficulty? Already thought about it like this? Okay, then I am very grateful. What? I am thinking about this matter? Oh, the Seventh Grade Sesame Officer is going to catch the Sesame matter."

Li Xiangnan put down the phone and went back to the back room, walked around the room for two steps and stopped. "Let's continue talking." He sat down and said, "The reason why I chose the Electric Power Bureau as a pilot is because I saw this one." He put the pencil on the table, and there was a soft crisp sound on the glass of the desk, " At this opinion-raising meeting, the masses put forward a lot of opinions on the specialization of cadres and violation of laws and regulations. However, they did not put forward a single such opinion on the Party Secretary and Director of our Electric Power Bureau, the most lucrative government official. There is no size. That’s a rare thing.”

"That's what they don't understand." "In 1979, the Infrastructure Division of the Electric Power Bureau planned to build you an exclusive small courtyard, and told you to scold me. The masses didn't spread rumors, did they?" in silence. "However, on the other hand, in the Electric Power Bureau as a whole, the problem of improper party style is quite serious. Why does the top leader only care about himself and ignore his subordinates?" Li Xiangnan stood up again, walked around the room for two steps, and faced Dian Gucheng stopped: "Not only did you not manage that banquet, but you were also involved in it because you were afraid of getting angry with your subordinates?" Li Xiangnan pondered for a while, and said seriously: "This just shows the seriousness of the problem. Although the party secretary I know where the principle is, but I can only discipline myself, not others. If I control others, I may not be able to stand up, so I can only laugh and play sloppy." Li Xiangnan continued with a stern look: "We must rectify the party style of the Electric Power Bureau. In the process of this, the secretary is weak. If he can’t become stronger, the top leader should be replaced. It doesn’t matter who he is, it depends on whether he does things for the people.”

Dian Gucheng didn't say a word, just lit another cigarette. "I did some public opinion surveys." Li Xiangnan continued, "Ninety-five percent of people now regard the party's improper conduct as a big problem. Shouldn't we pay attention to it? Let the task of taking a step forward to explore experience be entrusted to You, why are you guessing here and there?" Dian Gucheng squished his chair and sat up straight, put out the cigarette butt on the leg of the desk, lowered his eyes and said in a rough voice: "I can accept the task." Li Xiangnan glanced at him, and said with a serious expression: "No, you go back and reconsider, and the county party committee should also reconsider." He opened the drawer, took out a few pages of manuscript paper and handed it to Diangucheng: "This is After the county party committee notified the Electric Power Bureau, you did the inspection, and you took it back.” Diangucheng looked at the young secretary of the county party committee in astonishment. "Return it to you." Li Xiangnan said, "I don't want this kind of inspection." Dian Gucheng was silent, and cut off the cigarette he just smoked.Kangle pushed the door open and came in, and stopped when she saw this scene. "My words are all written on your inspection." Li Xiangnan said, "Whenever you rectify the unhealthy practices in the Electric Power Bureau, then you will inspect and sum up your experience." Dian Gucheng grabbed those few pages and stuffed them into his pocket, and stood up: "I'm leaving, Secretary Li." He said simply, bent down to pick up the umbrella leaning against the corner, opened the door and walked heavily up. "What happened to him?" Kang Le asked. "It's nothing." Li Xiangnan stood in front of the window and said thoughtfully. "Xiangnan, the atmosphere is not right these two days." Kangle said carelessly as he slumped down on the chair and crossed his legs.When there is no one else around, he treats Li Xiangnan as casually as he does among his classmates. "Why not?" Li Xiangnan asked. "Gu Rong went to the district, he..." "I know that, what else?" "Some people say that you can stay in Guling for a year at most, and the province will let you exercise, and you will leave after a year. This is to make the cadres afraid to rely on you. Don't underestimate this rule." Li Xiangnan looked out the window and nodded. "Stay a while," Kang Le pointed to the outer room, "There will also be a conflict at the meeting. Both Long Jinsheng and Xiao Hu will participate." "It doesn't matter if you are mentally prepared." Li Xiangnan said. The rural development strategy research seminar was held to the end, and it really clashed. It was purely a difference of opinion. "I think," Zhuang Wenyi adjusted his glasses, pulled out a chair from the long table made of two square tables and stood up, pointing to the topographic map of Guling County on the wall behind and said to everyone, "Our Guling is like China. The west is a mountainous area; the middle is the hills with half mountains and half rivers; the east is plains. Generally speaking, the whole county can be divided into three parts: east, middle and west. Our agricultural development should adopt a relaxed policy for the western mountainous areas In agriculture, it is enough to grow a wide variety of crops and have a low harvest. Let the farmers solve the problem of eating and filling their stomachs. The main funds are invested here to carry out intensification and increase the commodity rate of grain and economic crops here. For the central part, this is the junction between the western mountainous area and the eastern Sichuan area. In recent years, we can maintain the status quo and develop Policy. There is great potential here. After a few years, we should transfer most of our funds to this place. In general, from a geographical point of view, the strategic policy should be: focus on the development of the eastern part now, focus on the development of the central part in the future, and use relaxed policies and appropriate investment to develop the western part. .” He took off his glasses, wiped the sweat from his brow, and sat down. "I don't agree with this policy, it's not practical." Long Jinsheng, who was sitting opposite him, said while rolling a cigarette with his eyes downcast. "This is a strategic study, not a determination of the investment amount." Zhuang Wenyi blushed a little. "That's not practical." Long Jinsheng was still slowly rolling the cigarette in his hand. "Why is it not practical? One is the intensive management of existing cultivated land, and the other is the comprehensive utilization of resources for diversified management. These two are the directions of agricultural development." "I don't understand intensification. I only understand being practical." "If you don't even understand intensification, what kind of agricultural development strategy do you need to study?" Zhuang Wenyi said. "No strategy can be researched by sticking to the map." Long Jinsheng said stubbornly.He has been engaged in agriculture for decades, and he is used to and familiar with a set of old experiences. Possession of experience and knowledge is also a kind of wealth, and the violation of it can cause as much resistance as the violation of one's economic interests and positions of power. "Old dragon, don't be emotional," Zhuang Wenyi felt that what she said just now was a bit extreme, so she tried her best to restrain herself and said, "Your family is on the west mountain, and you may be emotionally opposed to this strategy. But if we want to develop modern agriculture, we must You can’t be petty. You must have a strategic vision from the overall situation.” "What are you talking about?" Long Jinsheng felt insulted, "You don't understand the reality at all." "Who are you referring to?" Zhuang Wenyi also became a little excited. "Okay, everyone, don't get too excited." Sitting at one end of the long table, Li Xiangnan raised the pencil in his hand and said with a smile, "It's all about doing a good job in agriculture. It's normal to have differences in understanding and viewing issues. But Don't get into gay relationships. I'd like you to go further and discuss your points of view and argue." Neither of them spoke. "Let me say a few words." Xiao Hu, who had been sitting face to face with Li Xiangnan at the other end of the long table, broke the silence at this moment.He bit his lips, his eyes fell on the table in front of him, and he was silent for a while unnaturally, "Why does the relationship between comrades have to be involved when talking about problems? Why is there such an abnormality in Guling?" The unusual words and unusual tone made the atmosphere suddenly tense. "Little Hu, I'll talk about things that have nothing to do with the content of today's meeting later." Kang Le dissuaded. "Isn't the discussion almost over, can I make some comments?" "It's better to talk about it under the meeting." "Say it at the meeting, in front of everyone, what's wrong?" "You are a bit like a surprise attack." Kang Le still said with a smile. "What's a surprise attack? Do you need a program preview to make an opinion?" Xiao Hu was annoyed all of a sudden. He turned to Li Xiangnan and said, "Secretary, can I tell you?" The momentum was quite strong and he didn't want to stand up and leave. "Let's talk." Li Xiangnan slowly turned the six-edged pencil in his hand, and looked at Xiao Hu broadly, "It seems that you are prepared. But it is best to put aside your preparations and let go. The more frank you are, the better you will be." Well, don't worry about it." Unexpectedly, Xiao Hu's eyes flickered hesitantly behind the glasses, but immediately became determined again, "I only need to mention seven whys." He said, throwing away one "why" after another plausibly. Come out: "First, why did you completely negate the previous work in Guling County? Second, why didn't you trust the cadres in this area? Third, why didn't you respect the old comrades? Fourth, why did you get off the bus? Why is it that one person has the final say? Sixth, why do gangsters? Seventh, why don’t you respect the actual work experience of other comrades?” Every time he finished saying “why”, he paused intentionally to emphasize his tone, “ Finally, as a leader, you should think about it, why do the cadres have such a big opinion of you now? ... You get more help than you don’t. I’m going to finish.” He closed his notebook, stood up, pulled out his chair and went outside Walk. "Hey," Kang Le stood up, pointed at him, and criticized jokingly, "What's your attitude?" "My attitude is not excessive at all." Xiao Hu took off his raincoat from the wall, slammed the door open, and left. There was an awkward silence in the office. "What kind of emotion is this?" Kang Le shrugged helplessly, shook his head and sat down.He used this carefree attitude to help Li Xiangnan resolve the embarrassing atmosphere. "Let's continue discussing. Xiao Hu, I'll talk to him after the meeting." Li Xiangnan said. As soon as the seminar ended and the people left, Zhuang Wenyi couldn't restrain herself: "It's not that they jumped out. The more you accommodate, the more stubborn they become." There were only three people in the office: Li Xiangnan, Kang Le and him. "Then what do you think?" Li Xiangnan asked while holding a cigarette, looking at him thoughtfully. "Don't make a move here, stop there, and push it away in an all-round way. If the overall situation does not change, all partial reforms will not change." "But no matter what the reform is, it starts from the local area." "You have to have overall determination." "Of course there is determination." "I don't think so." Zhuang Wenyi said and stood up, took the match in front of Li Xiangnan across the table, and lit a cigarette for herself, "Xiangnan, I'm not polite, you are also not thorough in your determination, while carrying out reforms , on the one hand, I was afraid of offending those people, and I was always worried about the conservative sentiment among some cadres." "In reform, we must always consider many aspects of the situation, and we must always estimate the balance of forces." "The common people all support reform. This is the most fundamental strength. As long as you make bold reforms and the common people benefit, they will firmly support you." "Go on." Li Xiangnan said with a frown. "I think there are several main points to do a good job of reform now: one, to be resolute and decisive, not to procrastinate; two, to replace administrative means with economic means, boldly streamline the organization, eliminate redundant staff, and eliminate a large number of people with specialization, knowledge, and youth. Poor officials. Factories also need to fix staffing, streamline workers, and increase labor productivity; the third item is to focus on intellectual investment, and I agree with you on education, and you must be willing to spend money; the fourth item is to strengthen the legal system. Another item, internal and external To open up, we must develop enough and boldly introduce foreign capital. As for agriculture, the key point is to have the concept of large-scale agriculture and large-scale food. Not to mention anything else, there are probably hundreds of millions of mu of water in the Bohai Sea alone. If one mu can produce 50 catties Fish, just these billions of catties of fish can be equivalent to a lot of food." "What's the point of saying what if? How can one mu of sea produce fifty catties of fish? Dude, is that just a joke?" Kang Le couldn't help interjecting. "Those specific issues are easy to solve, the key lies in the courage to make bold reforms." "On the contrary, it's just that many specific issues are difficult to solve." Li Xiangnan showed a thoughtful look in his eyes, "You say that the factory can fix the number and increase labor productivity, but where will the redundant workers go? The pressure of universal employment is holding you back from getting the number. .China's affairs are mutually restricted in this way. If you want to cause 10 million people to lose their jobs, let alone reform, even the political situation will be unstable." "The extra people can engage in labor export. They can go to Europe, Asia and Africa to take over construction, repair railways, and engage in infrastructure construction. They can do whatever they want." "That has to be done step by step, it's not that simple." "Truth is always simple." Zhuang Wenyi adjusted his glasses and argued stubbornly. "Nowadays, many problems are artificially complicated. Reform is needed, and a bloated system must be taken into account. Just like you, obviously He is advocating reform, but now that he is in a position of power, he must first consider his own position. Thinking about it, spending time with people like Xiao Hu and Long Jinsheng, and being restrained." "No," Li Xiangnan said seriously, "China's national conditions are much more complicated than we imagined. We have to consider many aspects, and reform is under pressure." "There is pressure, of course everyone admits it." "Not many people really know. Many people just see one or two points. Some people see a certain difficulty in the economy, and some people see a certain resistance in politics. But in fact, our Reform is facing a general pressure." Zhuang Wenyi looked at Li Xiangnan, and the hand that flicked the ash stopped on the ashtray. He had never heard of this concept. "Economically speaking, we are under a lot of pressure." Li Xiangnan said, "The shortage of funds, the shortage of resources, the employment problem, and many other aspects put pressure on us. The pressure is far from just economic. The reform of the economy , because it affects interests, both material interests and power status, and also caused political contradictions. Didn’t the new rural economic policy once arouse strong resistance among some people in the party? Although it has been greatly eased now, it cannot It is said to be completely eliminated, but it still exists to a certain extent, and it is always connected with many unresolved problems in the countryside. Isn’t this what Laolong’s mood is? Another example is the current system reform, replacing some Administrative management, acting in accordance with economic laws, has impacted a considerable number of cadres in terms of actual power and management. You have just proposed a reform plan, and people like Lao Luo, the Minister of Organization, are very emotional? As for streamlining the organization, it is inevitable If we want to eliminate cadres, this will cause confusion among these cadres and their relatives. I just streamlined the office of the county party committee, so Xiao Hu will have a lot of trouble? There are still many kinds of pressure, and they are working with us Some of the mistakes, the traditional force of habit, and the influence of "Left" ideology are all connected, including the dissatisfaction caused by social issues such as the party's unhealthy style, social security, and youth education. Together, they form an overall pressure. This is the status quo we are facing." He seemed to be holding a heavy object in his hands and gestured, "If we can't see the seriousness of this overall pressure, we can't follow the social pressure. If we examine the situation from the overall strategic perspective of economy, politics, and ideology, reforms may be ruined if there is no policy with foresight.” "The reform is not so pessimistic, at least one county is not so complicated." "Although the sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs. A county is the same as a country." Li Xiangnan said. Zhuang Wenyi was silent for a while, then stood up: "You didn't convince me. You are too conservative, this may be the result of your politics." He took off the raincoat hanging on the wall with some disappointment, "My words may be too bookish, you I can’t listen to it anymore. In China, there is too little bookishness and too much officialdom.” After speaking, he opened the door and was about to leave. "Oh, I forgot to mention something." He said at the door, "Someone spread rumors about you, saying that you and Lin Hong used to be classmates." "It's a classmate." Li Xiangnan replied. Zhuang Wenyi glanced at him: "It's not just that I'm a classmate, some words are ugly." He didn't say what he wanted to say, closed the door and left. Li Xiangnan frowned, facing the rain and fog outside the window: "Did you hear what Zhuang Wenyi said just now?" He asked Kang Le. "heard." "Why didn't you tell me?" "It's all boring." Li Xiangnan was silent for a moment, then asked again: "What else is going on?" "Gu Rong used to be your father's old subordinate, right? I heard that they will write a letter to your father to report the situation." Kang Le then asked, "What are you most worried about now?" He sat down beside him and took Li Xiangnan's cigarette Pointing at his own cigarette, "The masses still understand you very well. The common people in Xishan now call you Li Qingtian." Li Xiangnan said: "This is exactly what worries me." "Why?" Kang Le asked in surprise. "The more this happens, the more antagonistic some cadres will be. Qingtian is the most difficult." Kangle straightened up: "I have analyzed it with you a long time ago. As soon as you take office, you will solve the problem in a hurry. If you win the hearts of the people, you will lose your motivation and become more and more passive. You might as well take it easy when you come up, and take your time." Slowly gather the cadres together, and push the situation away little by little." "I've thought about it over and over again." Li Xiangnan said, "One way to do it is what you said. First, don't show your edge, hold back the cadres, and then wait for the opportunity to come step by step. That is steady, but one is too slow. One may never be able to push back the situation. There is another way, which is the current method: first start the work, unfurl the banner, shake the situation, win the hearts of the people, and gain political advantages, and then go back and do some cadre work to make the situation better. Political advantage translates into organizational advantage." "But your brother is working too hard, and you have no time to take care of some cadre relations." "This is contradictory to taking care of the cadres." Li Xiangnan nodded and admitted, "But sometimes, it is necessary to focus and make decisions. Hold a meeting to raise opinions and deal with problems in a row. It is a bit aggressive to do that, and it will be touched. The cadres have emotions, but in order to break through the situation first, they must make up their minds to do it like that. In fact, you don’t know, while I am working forward, I always feel the pressure behind me. But I dare not be distracted, so I can only grit my teeth and open the situation first " "People like Gu Rong and Xiao Hu are very emotional towards you now." Li Xiangnan nodded: "Even the old dragon thinks I don't understand the reality of the countryside? But on the other hand, you see, people like Zhuang Wenyi still think I'm conservative and are becoming more and more dissatisfied with me." "It's time for you to hurry up and do their work." "How to unify? Talking about it over and over again? Long Jinsheng is still Long Jinsheng's point of view, Zhuang Wenyi is still Zhuang Wenyi's point of view. This is not the best way." "Do you want to come up with a more beautiful way?" "Yes. You will notify today, and according to the original plan, the day after tomorrow, all the county standing committee members, as well as the heads of various ministries and bureaus, all the research offices and offices, will go down for a tour together." "Is there any trick in your bag?" Kangle asked jokingly. "You will know the day after tomorrow." Li Xiangnan also smiled. The phone rang hastily.Kangle took the phone, listened to a few words, and handed it to Li Xiangnan. It was Secretary Zheng of the prefectural committee. "I'm Xiangnan." Li Xiangnan answered the phone and said. Secretary Zheng's voice came from the microphone: "Xiang Nan, I've been wanting to talk to you recently." "Then I'll go tomorrow." "There's no rush. I'm holding a regional standing committee meeting these days. After a few days, you can take the time to come over. How is Guling's work going? Have you encountered any conflicts?" "Encountered some contradictions, I..." "I know something about the situation. Old Gu came here a few days ago. Xiangnan, young comrades should pay attention to building a good relationship with old comrades. Don't be too impatient in your work, and discuss it with everyone. Old Gu still cares about your work. Very supportive, isn’t that right? We were all your father’s old subordinates in the past, and we cared about you very much. Now that the situation in Guling has formed, we must guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and earnestly sum up experience and lessons.” "Secretary Zheng, I really want to talk to you about the situation in the ancient tomb..." "Let's have a good talk at that time. No matter what the situation is, we must rely on two things. One is to respect reality and seek truth from facts; the other is to respect comrades and unite with cadres..." Li Xiangnan hung up the phone.Looking at the heavy rain outside, he was silent for a while, took off the raincoat hanging on the wall, and while putting it on, he told Kang Le: "You take time to visit Lao Gu at noon, and report the situation in the past few days and the arrangements for the day after tomorrow. Report to him and ask for his opinion." Li Xiangnan said as he opened the door and leaned against an old pigeon cart. "Okay, I'll go right away. Where are you going?" "I'll take a trip to Chencun at noon, and visit the cadre rest center. I'll also go to Chencun Middle School to visit Lin Hong." In the past two days, he told Kangle about his past friendship with Lin Hong. "It's time to see her," Kang Le said.