Chapter 30 Chapter Twenty-Four

The big car drove to the reservoir dam and stopped.Zhu Quanshan, deputy director of the Reservoir Management Office, and a dozen cadres greeted them on the dam. Zhu Quanshan is a middle-aged man of forty-one or twelve years old, of medium build, with a square face, flushed cheeks, a little fat, and always squinting his eyes as if afraid of light.He smiled a little dullly, stretched out his big hand and shook hands with the leaders of the county party committee who got out of the car one by one, his expression and demeanor, and the hand he shook with people, all showed a kind of gentleness of being content with life.The members of the Standing Committee were very polite to him.Because this Zhu Quanshan is not an ordinary junior cadre. In 1965, when he was twenty-five years old, he served as the county party secretary of Guling County. At that time, he was the youngest county party secretary in the country and was quite famous.Before that, he returned to his hometown after graduating from high school, and led a village with beggars from poverty to wealth.Now, although he is squatting by the Shanjiajia reservoir in obscurity due to inexplicable and complicated reasons, people still respect him with a certain sympathy.He shook the hand of Kang Le, who was younger than him, and nodded politely: "Director Kang, are you here?" It seemed that he had never been the secretary of the county party committee, and had always been just a submissive little Zhima cadre.Xiao Hu got out of the car, treated him coldly and unnaturally, and just stretched out his hand perfunctorily.

The wind on the dam was very strong, and it blew violently from the vast water, making clothes flutter, and people seemed to be blown away and couldn't stand still.Along with Zhu Quanshan, other cadres from the Reservoir Management Office were waiting on the dam, as well as the person in charge of the county bank, some cadres from Huangzhuang Commune, and a few others who seemed not to be locals.It was all informed by Li Xiangnan in advance. Xiao Hu looked at the situation vigilantly, with contempt showing on his brows.Seeing that Zhu Quanshan was present, he had a premonition that Li Xiangnan's behavior was not good.He felt more and more that the secretary of the county party committee who was a student was very skilled.This made him both jealous and apprehensive.Needless to say, when I come to Huangzhuang Reservoir today, there must be amazing articles.

"Let's take a look at this piece of water first." Seeing that everyone got out of the car, Li Xiangnan pointed to the surface of the water. The dam is 200 meters long, wide and straight, and the cement road at the top of the dam can run parallel to two cars.It sits east and west to block the throat of the valley. The hills on both sides are very low, undulating up and down, and the distance becomes wider as they go up, spreading out a vast water surface of several square kilometers.The waves beat the stone dam nearby, and the sparkling light in the distance.There is a row of stone houses under the hillside at the southern end of the dam, which is where the management office is located.What does it depend on?This is the largest reservoir in Guling, and most people in Guling have seen it.People stood facing the water and facing the wind, waiting quietly for the secretary of the county party committee to speak.Zhuang Wenyi was smoking a cigarette, thinking about something.Feng Yaozu chatted with other people indiscriminately, without looking at the water, to show that he didn't buy into the secretary of the county party committee.Xiao Hu walked back and forth with his arms folded, showing impatience.

Li Xiangnan saw Xiao Hu and Feng Yaozu's demeanor, but he didn't show any signs.Don't worry, take your time, the article will always be made for you to read. "Old Dragon," he said to Long Jinsheng, who was standing beside him, standing among the crowd, looking at the water, "Do you know that our county now has tens of thousands of acres of land left unused?" Long Jinsheng was lowering his head to roll a cigarette, when he looked up at Li Xiangnan in astonishment. People are also somewhat suspicious of this sentence. "That's not it," Li Xiangnan pointed to the water surface, "There are only a few thousand acres here. Our county has a total of 50,000 acres of various water surfaces, which are divided into one person and one share. They have not been utilized and are wasted."

Long Jinsheng continued to roll cigarettes disapprovingly, and said slowly, "There are also fish in this reservoir." "Let me tell you, Comrade, if one mu of water surface catches more than half a catty of fish a year, what is that? It's almost like a wasteland. If you just scatter wheat grains in the field without plowing or planting, can't you harvest a few catties per mu? "Li Xiangnan said. Long Jinsheng opened his mouth to say something, but stopped again.On the other side of Li Xiangnan, Zhuang Wenyi said angrily as if arguing with someone: "The key is that we guide agriculture or the old narrow thinking, without a big food point of view."

Long Jinsheng said slowly, "Guling people are not used to eating fish." "Living habits are determined by production. If there is no fish, how can we get used to eating fish? Besides, we can sell it." Zhuang Wenyi said. "Where you are not used to eating fish, you are often not used to raising fish. This is often a rule." Long Jinsheng rolled his cigarette, lit it slowly, raised his head and said, "I am not against raising fish. They have to do it. Guling fish farming, said no, more or less. But it’s like some areas in the south, I’m afraid it won’t work. Many problems are not enough. How many times have I done it in the past, and every time It fell by the wayside at the beginning.”

"My director of the Science and Technology Committee," Li Xiangnan turned to look at Zhuang Wenyi and asked, "You advocate the idea of ​​big food, and now you have full authority to be the secretary of the county committee for a few days, what should you do?" "First of all, the county party committee must be determined and have a clear policy." Zhuang Wenyi said. "In the past, the county committee held a meeting and made a resolution." Long Jinsheng said slowly from the side. "Okay, this is the first." Li Xiangnan looked at Zhuang Wenyi with a smile, "What about the second?"

"Secondly, it should be implemented organizationally. Someone in the Standing Committee should be in charge of fish farming." Zhuang Wenyi said. "I was in charge of fish farming in the past." Long Jinsheng was still on the sidelines, adding in a leisurely way. "Okay, this is the second. What about the third?" Li Xiangnan ignored Long Jinsheng's words, and then asked Zhuang Wenyi. "Third, in order to guarantee sales, a fishery and aquatic products company can be established." Zhuang Wenyi said. "Okay. Where's the fourth?" "Aren't we talking about streamlining the organization now?" Long Jinsheng said as if talking to himself.

"The failure of fish farming in the past, I think, was mainly due to technical reasons." Zhuang Wenyi continued as if he hadn't heard what Long Jinsheng said, "Now the county should strengthen its strength in this area and establish a technical center to support the entire county. The communes and teams that have the conditions for fish farming should establish a technical guidance network. In addition, they need to be guaranteed in terms of funds and conditions. In addition, corresponding scientific research centers should be established to carry out systematic and comprehensive research based on the hydrological conditions of our county to study the water conservancy. Comprehensive management and comprehensive development of fish farming. In addition, there must be corresponding policies and measures for the relationship between fishery and comprehensive water conservancy development and utilization, the relationship between fishery and reservoir management, and the relationship between fishery and agriculture. Suggestions on the development of fish farming , How many times have I mentioned it in the past, why don't you do it all the time, what's the use?" The more Zhuang Wenyi said, the more excited she became, her face flushed red.

"You're not just the fifth, sixth, and seventh. Articles 10 and 20 are so complicated, why are you making trouble?" Li Xiangnan laughed. "The problem is originally very simple, but the complexity is complicated..." "Don't avoid it, explain it boldly." Li Xiangnan said seriously. "The complexity lies in our current system and bureaucracy. It suppresses productivity." The smile on Li Xiangnan's face disappeared, and he frowned. Feng looked at Zhuang Wenyi, and said coldly, "With your cumbersome routine, can you break the complicated bureaucracy?" Everyone was stunned, I don't know why the secretary of the county party committee is so angry suddenly.Zhuang Wenyi adjusted his glasses, not knowing what he said wrong.Even Xiao Hu stared at Li Xiangnan in astonishment.Who is going to clean up today? "Since bureaucracy suppresses production, when you consider developing production, you should first consider breaking bureaucracy." Li Xiangnan said.

"That's what I mean." Zhuang Wenyi explained. "Sometimes, we go straight in and make a breakthrough, but we are still blocked. You list dozens of ideas, where is the edge? As long as there is one, and you are presented with two practical problems, your suggestion is a piece of waste paper. Besides, what's the use of the last twenty items?" Everyone was awed by the severity of the county party secretary. Li Xiangnan looked at Long Jinsheng and Zhuang Wenyi again. "What's the conflict between you two? Each has its own one-sidedness. One is because of past experience and lessons, getting used to that set of old things, thinking that it can't be done, so don't do it; the other is not facing up to the complexity of things, just relying on imagination , think that everything should be done, but in fact, what is the use of talking on paper just to complain about bureaucracy and conservativeness? Isn’t it difficult to move an inch in the end?” Li Xiangnan turned his gaze to Zhuang Wenyi. He pointed to the members of the Standing Committee present, "If the county committee is bureaucratic, what should you do? Should the reform be completed before farming and fish farming, or should the reform be carried out during farming and fish farming? Without reform, fish farming cannot be done. This may be the case. Your logic. But in fact, you will understand that we can promote reform only by grasping specific things like fish farming and concentrating on breaking through one by one.” Li Xiangnan glanced at the crowd, and his eyes fell on the two of them: "Let's be honest, the first purpose of coming to the Huangzhuang Reservoir today is to target the two of you, that is, to use your thoughts." Xiao Hu glanced at Li Xiangnan coldly. Li Xiangnan searched the crowd, and said to him, "Old Zhu, come here." Zhu Quanshan walked in front of everyone. "Talk about your plan." Li Xiangnan said to Zhu Quanshan. Zhu Quanshan still smiled bluntly, as if in a difficult situation, and then opened his mouth.In just a few words, he explained the matter in an orderly manner: the Huangzhuang Brigade of Huangzhuang Commune had been preparing to sign a contract with the Reservoir Management Office since the year before last to rent water for fish farming;Seven points go to the brigade, and three points go to the management office.In addition, the brigade is responsible for contracting out all the maintenance of the channels, culverts, and dams of the reservoir free of charge, and the management office will provide technical guidance.The brigade is also responsible for planting trees and afforestation on the hillsides around the reservoir, which will be fully afforested within five years to prevent soil erosion and reduce reservoir siltation. "Is this your idea for the brigade in secret?" Li Xiangnan asked with a slight smile. Zhu Quanshan smiled honestly. "It's Lao Zhu's plan and plan for us." Gao Dashu, secretary of the Huangzhuang brigade branch, replied from the side.He lived up to his name, he was a head taller than others, his voice was not loud, and he was a little hoarse, he looked about thirty or forty years old.While smiling with his arms open, he opened a pack of "Peony" cigarettes and scattered them in everyone's hands naturally. "Fish farming is a very complicated matter. Natural conditions, technical problems, and sales problems have always been difficult for our ancient tomb." Li Xiangnan said and glanced at Long Jinsheng lightly. "We have already hired fish farming technicians from other places." Gao Dashu gestured with open fingers, "We have also negotiated a contract with them. We signed a contract at both ends, one for renting the reservoir, and the other for hiring technicians There is no problem with the market, we have already contacted; the transportation is done by ourselves. Now as long as we rent the water surface, we can make the reservoir produce more than 200,000 catties of fish every year within three years." "Are you realistic?" Li Xiangnan asked knowingly, "What can you give us to believe? We people only believe in reality. Otherwise, you can't do it if you say it's impossible." "We have been raising fish in the small reservoir of our brigade for four years. The annual yield of 30 catties of fish per mu is real. We need to improve it." "Such a sure thing, why didn't the contract be signed?" Li Xiangnan continued to ask. "I don't approve it." Gao Dashu spread his hands and said, turning his face to look at Zhu Quanshan.Zhu Quanshan turned his head knowingly, and a technician standing behind him immediately handed him a stack of materials, which he handed over to Li Xiangnan. Li Xiangnan weighed it thoughtfully, and then handed it to the county water conservancy director who came in the same car: "I have read these, now, please pass it on to everyone. Take a look, and think again." This is a dozen application reports jointly issued by Huangzhuang Commune, Huangzhuang Brigade, and Huangzhuang Reservoir Management Office in the past two years, asking the county to approve the contract between the two parties.The blank spaces of more than a dozen reports were almost completely filled with various instructions written in pens, brushes, ballpoint pens, and red pencils.The edges of the report were curled, and some of them were crumpled.The report was passed on in people's hands, and Li Xiangnan slowly walked back and forth by the stone railing of the dam with his hands behind his back.People finished watching it quickly.Originally, they had passed through more than a dozen reports, and they recalled them clearly after flipping through them.Many people have seen their own approval documents on the report.Director Ma of the County Water Conservancy Bureau was a short, fat man with a beard. It might be a little hot at the moment, so he took out a wad of handkerchief and kept wiping the sweat off his forehead.The rustling sound of paper turning stopped, and there was silence on the dam.Only the sound of waves beating against the granite dam can be heard. The secretary of the county party committee stopped in front of the crowd.His voice was not loud, and he could even say in a low and peaceful voice: "Is this a crime?" No one said anything.In this atmosphere, Xiao Hu didn't dare to show his contempt for Li Xiangnan's authority by casually strolling as he did just now.He was not reconciled, so he crossed his arms and stretched one leg obliquely, using this posture to express his resistance. Li Xiangnan didn't pay attention to Xiao Hu, he frowned and stared at something in front of him. "In two years, signing approval documents and traveling with official documents, I threw away hundreds of thousands of catties of fish. It affected the promotion of 50,000 mu of water surface fish farming in the whole county, and I don't know how much was thrown away. The national economy and people's livelihood are not on our minds?" He paused and looked at everyone, "You all have your share of these approvals, right? Such a clear application report, such a clear benefit to the country, the people, and the collective, has not seen its rationality." ?” No one spoke. "Old Dragon, here are your several approvals, right?" "yes." "Okay, let's not pursue the responsibility now, let's solve the problem of the approval of this contract first." He paused and said: "The county standing committee and the county government are all here except for a few comrades. Several directors of the Water Conservancy Bureau have invited here today. Now let's hold a meeting to discuss this matter. The Standing Committee of the County Party Committee will study the feasibility of this matter from a policy perspective, and the county government and the Water Conservancy Bureau will study the approval of this contract in detail. If there is anything that needs to be discussed, it is here Meet on the spot. Look, can this work?" It couldn't be more clear.In less than ten minutes, all aspects of the contract, from policy aspects to specific matters, were approved.No one can raise an objection. "Do you need a loan?" Li Xiangnan asked Gao Dashu. "We can raise funds by ourselves." Gao Dashu rubbed his big hands vigorously and said with a blushing face. "I know that your brigade has money, but you also have a lot of projects. If you have trouble with turnover, want to make it easier, and need a loan, I have already invited the God of Wealth." Li Xiangnan pointed to the county finance and county bank. said a person in charge. "That's good. Loan us tens of thousands, and pay off the principal with interest in two years. Our team dares to borrow, spend, and earn." Gao Dashu said boldly. "You go down to discuss the specific matters related to the loan. The contract procedures also go down to sign and sign." Li Xiangnan handed the stack of reports to Kangle and said to everyone: "Comrades, why are we delaying such a matter with clear pros and cons? Two full years? Why can’t it be approved? Let’s talk frankly and summarize the reasons.” "We are afraid of being responsible, so we push it up." The chunky Director Ma of the Water Conservancy Bureau admitted in a hoarse voice. "And push each other." Another person said. "The county is pushing down." "I don't know who should decide this kind of thing. The bureau asked its superiors for instructions, and the county pushed it to the bureau. They are afraid of taking responsibility." People are talking. "Individuals don't make mistakes, but the result is that the collective makes big mistakes." Kang Le said with a smile. "This is also a big pot of rice, and it needs to be reformed. In the future, we need to implement some responsibility system." Li Xiangnan took everyone's words in agreement, paused and said, "Comrades, is there any specific agreement on whether to approve this contract? What's the reason?" People fell silent, dozens of pairs of eyes flashed with different gazes.Xiao Hu felt his nerves tremble, and quickly glanced at Zhu Quanshan who was standing at the back of the crowd. "To be more specific, the contract proposed by Zhu Quanshan was not approved. Is there any specific background?" Li Xiangnan looked at everyone inquiringly. Now everyone understood, lowered their eyes and tried to avoid the gaze of the county party secretary.The wind on the dam became stronger, and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore became louder one after another.The driver in the big car more than ten meters away poked his head with great interest, watching this unique "stand-up meeting" condescendingly. No one wants to answer this question, which involves Zhu Quanshan's special situation.The history of Zhu Quanshan over the past ten years is a tragedy. In 1965, at the age of twenty-five, he served as secretary of the county party committee for a year, and caught up with the political turmoil that began in 1966.He was first imprisoned in a black prison, and then sent to a small coal mine to crawl and carry coal like a dog. In 1977, China entered a new historical turning point. He was brought up by the trend and became the deputy director of the County Revolutionary Committee. A face-to-face argument broke out at the conference table.If the subsequent practice proves that he is wrong, maybe it will be better; but the practice has more and more proved that Gu Rong is wrong, so it is even more difficult for him to get Gu Rong's forgiveness.Zhu Quanshan was first demoted to the Water Conservancy Bureau as the deputy director, and then was demoted to the Huangzhuang Reservoir Management Office as the deputy director with appropriate reasons. "Don't you all know?" Li Xiangnan broke the silence and asked. No one answered. "Old Zhu," Li Xiangnan slowly approached Zhu Quanshan who was standing behind the crowd, "Others don't know, you should know." Zhu Quanshan looked around and smiled awkwardly. "You can tell me alone, why not in front of everyone?" Li Xiangnan encouraged. Zhu Quanshan avoided Li Xiangnan's eyes in embarrassment. "Do you not trust the comrades, or do you not trust the determination of the county party committee to solve the problem?" Zhu Quanshan wiped the sweat from his forehead left and right, shaking his head at a loss. Xiao Hu looked at the scene full of hostility.Seriously starts here. Kang Le appraised the situation with some worry.He was well aware of Li Xiangnan's intentions, this move was unusual, but it was a bit hasty.As long as Zhu Quanshan doesn't open his mouth, everyone will be silent, that would be a big embarrassment for the boss. Li Xiangnan's eyes slowly swept across the crowd, and then fell on Zhu Quanshan coldly.Looking at the other party's body that had begun to gain weight and the locks of white hair on his head, he felt both sympathy and anger in his heart.A man who ruled a county with great power at the age of twenty-five has been made like this now.He paced back and forth a few times with his lips tightly closed, stopped suddenly, and turned to face everyone: "If a regime blocks the people's mouths to tell the truth, it will be overthrown by history sooner or later. Do you understand?" His voice was not high, but people felt the shock from his heart, "In Guling County, there is a person, who is still a cadre, who dare not speak the truth that is suppressed in his heart in front of the county party and government leaders. Our accusation." Li Xiangnan's eyes were a little moist, "Zhu Quanshan, haven't you hidden your head and exposed your tail enough? You have been delayed for more than ten years. Look at you, your hair is starting to turn gray. Can't you see it yourself? " Two teardrops rolled out from Zhu Quanshan's dull eyes. "Are you ready to live like this for the rest of your life?" Li Xiangnan's voice became calm. "I just want to say one thing," Zhu Quanshan said, "If a cadre offends the leaders of the region, he will not be able to work again for the rest of his life, and he will never be able to stand up again. This is too—feudal autocracy." Zhu Quanshan's voice was hoarse, and tears streamed down his face Some puffy cheeks flowed down.Liu Mao, who had been recording quickly at the side, wiped his eyes quickly with the back of his hand, and the bold tall tree turned around and blew his nose.The entire dam was silent. "Everyone has seen it," Li Xiangnan said solemnly, "The Huangzhuang Reservoir's thousands of acres of water, and the entire county's tens of thousands of acres of water, have been left in vain. Talents like Zhu Quanshan have been buried. Our system and bureaucracy, It not only suppresses productivity, but also suppresses talents. Don’t we reform the industry? Everyone knows that Zhu Quanshan was excluded and attacked. Whether or not he should be held accountable, and who should be held accountable, I won’t talk about it today. But there is one thing that should be I understand that the status quo of such an organization and style of work cannot continue. Do you have any opinions?" The crowd was quiet, and there was no need to answer the county party secretary's question. "I would like to propose a few things. Today can be regarded as an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee. The first thing is that the case of the Huangzhuang Reservoir is very typical. I propose to conduct an investigation report on 'what is suppressing production and talents'. A material to illustrate a point. Do you agree?" Everyone agrees, or no one disagrees. "Yaozu, what's your opinion?" Li Xiangnan's eyes stopped on Feng Yaozu who hadn't expressed his opinion yet. "Ah, I have no objection." Feng Yaozu nodded quickly. Xiao Hu cast a cold glance at Feng Yaozu, he despises this soft bone. "Okay, this matter, Kangle, Xiao Hu, your county party committee office and political research office will work together." Li Xiangnan ordered. "Okay." Kang Le nodded.Xiao Hu made no expression with a cold face. "Little Hu, do you have any comments?" Li Xiangnan turned his eyes and looked at him. Xiao Hu lowered his eyelids and did not answer.He felt everyone's eyes focused on him, and he felt a hot flash on his back, and he was sweating. "If you have any opinions, you can talk frankly. If you have no opinions, you are the deputy director of the Political Research Office. You should be more responsible for this matter." Li Xiangnan spoke calmly. Under the eyes of everyone, Xiao Hu was coldly silent for a moment, maybe only a few seconds, but he felt that he persisted for a long time.Then he said indifferently, "Okay." "After the investigation report is produced, it can be sent to the newspaper office for distribution. This is very typical." Liu Mao said. "The second thing," Li Xiangnan continued to everyone, "is about Zhu Quanshan's job. We can't decide what kind of job he is more suitable for in the future. We need to ask the district for instructions. Whether it is possible to consider it now and let Comrade Zhu Quanshan take care of it for the time being. The fishing industry in the whole county is seized?" "I agree." Long Jinsheng said, "The experience of the Huangzhuang contract should be promoted throughout the county." Everyone also agreed. "Old Zhu, then you should seize this work and do it boldly." Li Xiangnan encouraged Zhu Quanshan, "As for the situation in the past, the more I worked, the more I was hit. Don't let it happen again." Zhu Quanshan stretched out his hands and slowly held Li Xiangnan's hand. "In addition," Li Xiangnan pointed to Long Jinsheng next to him, "you can help Laolong give some ideas on the county's agricultural production, and be a staff member to assist Laolong in doing some specific work." Zhu Quanshan lowered his head and shook, then nodded again. The car left the reservoir dam and drove along the road at the foot of Hengling Mountain to Henglingyu Commune, the next designated parking spot.