Chapter 33 Chapter Twenty Seven

Accidents will happen.As soon as the big car carrying the county standing committee arrived at Hengling Valley, the sky turned cloudy.It was one or two hundred meters away from the T-junction where Pan Goushi pulled the road sign in the morning, when the car was stopped by a group of noisy farmers.There were seventy or eighty people in the dark area crowded with people.Some of them shouted to the car: We want to see the secretary of the county party committee, we want to find Secretary Li.There was a tall young man with two thick black sword eyebrows, he raised a big hand and shook it desperately on the front window of the car.Some banged on the car door.Some even grabbed each other's clothes, blushing and cursing roughly.More people were divided into two groups, and they were arguing violently.

Li Xiangnan and the county standing committee members got out of the car, and he frowned and glanced at the noisy crowd: "I am the secretary of the county party committee, and my name is Li Xiangnan." "We're going to ask Secretary Li for comment." The crowd became agitated after a moment of silence. It turned out that two farmers in Shanghengling Village had a fight because they cut off the canals for watering the land.In the end, two major surnames were involved: those surnamed Ma and those surnamed Meng. Dozens of households were involved in the dispute, and they used shovels and injured people.Both sides were arguing about the process of the fight and their respective reasons, and they rushed to the front to ask the secretary of the county party committee to see their wounds.The wounded man surnamed Ma was carried by the door, with gauze tied on his head, bloodstained, he was a strong boy with a baby face.The wounded man surnamed Meng was limping and being supported by someone, with gauze wrapped around his head and feet, and one arm hung around his neck with gauze. He was a short, stocky middle-aged man with a military look.He said in a fierce voice: "Secretary Li, he cut off my canal. I should water it today, and he cursed and beat people."

"You do it first." The young man lying on the door struggled to sit up, and the crowd became commotion again. "Have you ever been in the army?" Li Xiangnan asked as he looked at the stocky black tiger in front of him. "...Yes." He hesitated and admitted. "several years?" "ten years." "Is it a party member?" "Yes." He lowered his eyes, dodging Li Xiangnan's staring gaze. Li Xiangnan looked at him with sarcasm and nodded, and said with a sneer, "I, the secretary of the county party committee, feel very honored for you."

"Secretary Li..." He was anxious to explain something anxiously. "I don't want to listen to anything." Li Xiangnan waved his hand, "Go back, report to your party branch, and say that I suggest that the branch punish you." "Secretary Li, listen to me." "What are you talking about?" Li Xiangnan looked directly at him with a stern voice, "Why did you hit someone? You said you were fighting back in self-defense, didn't you?" The middle-aged man lowered his head in a low voice.The crowd was silent. Li Xiangnan glanced at the crowd, and criticized: "The production contract is settled at the household, who will give you work points to fight?" No one made a sound.He asked again: "Where are the cadres of your brigade?"

"I can't control them." A short old man with a hunchback came out from the crowd. He was the branch secretary of the brigade. "I can't control it, what do you want this book for?" "I can't keep up with my legs." Li Xiangnan looked at him, and his tone slowed down: "Why don't you train young people to help you?" He looked at the crowd again, and turned his gaze back to the brigade secretary, "Have you looked for the commune?" "Secretary Pan of the Commune said it couldn't be solved." A trace of alertness flashed in Li Xiangnan's eyes, he naturally knew what kind of person Pan Goushi was.And the situation in front of him made him see the face of Pan Goushi standing behind.What's the use of putting on such a posture, other than asking for trouble and suffering?Based on this alone, the pus in Hengling Valley must be squeezed.It is said that he pulls out nails, and he is here to pull out nails today.He sneered in his heart: "Go and call your commune secretary."

At some point, Pan Goushi was already standing behind the crowd. "Get out of the way, what are you doing around the leaders of the county committee?" He roared a little lower than usual, "This is not the way to solve the problem." The crowd quickly parted for him, and he came in front of Li Xiangnan and the standing committee members . "You asked them to block the way and complain?" Li Xiangnan's voice was low but his eyes were stern. Pan Goushi had complicated feelings towards the county party secretary. The words "Secretary of the County Party Committee" and "Great Beijinger" made him a little in awe, but the title of "educated youth" made him somewhat contemptuous.When he came, his feet were still thumping, and he was quite angry, but now, when he stood in front of the secretary of the county party committee, and was asked a slap in the face, he suddenly became a little flustered. "No, no, not..." He stuttered again.I probably felt that it was inappropriate to say this, so I just stood up and said in a reporting tone: "Hengling Valley has a lot of slopes, broken land plots, and few wells. The contradiction of watering cannot be resolved."

"You're using this to prove that household contracting won't work, and you're going to die, aren't you?" Li Xiangnan stared at him sternly again and asked.He wanted to hit Pan Goushi so sharply. Pan Goushi was flustered again.He hadn't thought about the purpose of the action so clearly before, but when Li Xiangnan revealed it, he himself understood it.He knows too well what it means to oppose the central government in terms of policy: "Of course not. I want to ask Secretary Li for instructions on how to solve problems like this. This happens every day."

"I don't care." Li Xiangnan said and led the Standing Committee members to the commune, and the crowd gave way.He turned his head and pointed at the crowd, and told Pan Goushi in an undeniable tone: "It's up to you to solve it. Come to the commune in ten minutes. If you can't solve it, the county standing committee can replace it with someone who can be the secretary of the commune." Listening to Pan Goushi speaking loudly to the group of farmers behind him, Li Xiangnan and the standing committee members walked towards the commune in a mighty manner.The canals under the poplar trees on the side of the road flow happily, and the chest-high cornfields on both sides exude steaming humidity, and the canal water flows into the ground one by one.Pan Goushi's bewildered look appeared before his eyes again.It seemed that the top and bottom had countermeasures against his trip to the countryside, which was beyond his expectation.Both sides are moving beyond the other's expectations, and this is a deep contest.He must act more forcefully.Thinking of this, he felt an impulse, and his pace became elastic.

When the members of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee arrived at the compound of the commune through the street between the shops, Pan Goushi also hurriedly rushed there with his waist bent and dragging steps.He's not an idiot, he's already settled for water grabbing disputes.At the beginning, he was beaten by the secretary of the county party committee, which made him feel a little terrified, and he had a premonition that there was something ominous today.He became more nervous and more determined.He nodded and bowed and invited the leaders of the county party committee to the small meeting room of the commune.The meeting room is in the middle of the west row of houses.The door is in the center, and the four windows are on both sides. It is as big as a classroom, and it has been arranged as he ordered in advance: in the middle, four maroon lacquered square tables of different heights are used to form a long conference table, surrounded by different heights. Chair stool.On the white gray wall facing him, there are five or six frames of awards hanging in a row, and there are also two pennants hanging on them.

Pan Goushi pointed at the certificates on the wall embarrassingly, wanting to introduce them one by one. Li Xiangnan waved his hand lightly: "This is all clear at a glance, no need to introduce." Pan Goushi smiled, still not reconciled, and introduced a few more words: "This spring plowing award was caught by the county magistrate Gu in Hengling Valley the year before last. He is most concerned about the greening award. Before the area was transferred, maybe the year before last, I came here to arrest. Secretary Zheng’s family is from Henglingyu, and he knows the bottom of Henglingyu best.”

Who said that he is rough but not detailed, this is the score he thought of in advance and put it out. Li Xiangnan slapped him with a single sentence: "Is this to support you? What happened three years ago doesn't matter now." The layout of the meeting room, Pan Goushi's words, reminded Li Xiangnan that when he entered the gate of the compound just now, Facing Pan Goushi's "Seven Wonders" of "Family Planning is Really Good" that I saw on the screen wall newspaper. The song "Seven Uniques" is perfect enough. The words "truth" and "the will of the party" made people smell the smell of Pan Goushi.The members of the Standing Committee looked around for a while under the screen wall, and Li Xiangnan noticed a hint of sarcasm on Xiao Hu's face after finishing the song Qijue.Kang Le smiled at Li Xiangnan while watching: "It's really a character. It's hard enough. It's really poetic. You see, the headline of the wall newspaper is the standard." The screen wall is made of blue bricks, about three meters high and four meters wide, and the front is painted red.On the right wall where the newspapers did not take up, a large white character "Village" was faintly exposed under the red paint.Presumably the full text is "learning from Dazhai in agriculture".Where the mottled areas fell off, white ash stubble was exposed, and under this layer of white ash, a layer of older red surface was exposed, and the word "rudder" in a yellow Lin's font was faintly discernible.Presumably it is "sea sailing depends on the helmsman".After a thousand years, if you carefully peel off the archaeological layers, you will definitely see the rich historical layers recorded in this screen wall.Now the posters are copied and pasted on colorful thin glossy paper brushes.There are excerpts from newspaper articles, some praise good people and good deeds, and there are questions and answers on the prevention of intestinal infectious diseases, which have long been wrinkled and torn by the rain.Only Pan Goushi's "Seven Wonders" was copied on the red paper specially used for writing Spring Festival couplets, and the characters were five or six times larger than the other characters, prominently crowning it.This unique specification reveals the smell of an earth prince. Facing such a screen wall of "historical vicissitudes", together with such an empty square compound under the mountain and an old trailer of a walking tractor parked in the compound, Li Xiangnan felt a little sighed in his heart.This remote mountainous area is far away from Beijing politically, economically and culturally.If there were such people at the bottom of the vast majority, China would fundamentally have no civilization and progress. At this time, the members of the Standing Committee all sat down around the long table.Pan Goushi also took his seat at last.Although he hated Li Xiangnan, he followed the rules.Seeing that Li Xiangnan was sitting still, he spread out the materials and asked carefully: "Secretary Li, shall I report first?" "There is no need to report on the overall work, and we will not conduct a comprehensive inspection today." Li Xiangnan waved his hand lightly, "There are summary materials, give them to Comrade Kangle." Pan Goushi was stunned: "Secretary Li, what aspect should we check?" "If you have any questions, let's talk first." Li Xiangnan waved his hand, took out a cigarette, lit it, then turned his head and whispered a few words to Kang Le. Pan Goushi took out another material prepared by Secretary Tuo: "Problems... um... We have many practical problems, and we don't know how to solve them. They are all connected with policies." "The fight over water just now is also the question you want to ask?" Li Xiangnan looked at the pencil spinning in his hand habitually, then looked up at Pan Goushi and asked. Pan Goushi was a little embarrassed, and sweat gushed out from his forehead.He had been going to throw some questions bluntly.However, the few words of the secretary of the county party committee seemed to make him lie. "Let's talk about how you solved the problem." Li Xiangnan pointed to the "problem list" that Pan Goushi spread out on the table. Pan Goushi's dark red face turned purple-black, and sweat dripped from his forehead. It was Xiao Hu who saw this situation clearly.He sat opposite Pan Goushi across the long table.Li Xiangnan came to Hengling Valley today, clearly intending to clean up Pan Goushi.Xiao Hu's psychology is extremely contradictory.He naturally understood that Pan Goushi was Gu Rong's horse and cannon in Gu Ling's game of chess, at least he was also a pawn.He should stand on his side.However, when he saw Pan Goushi's dark red face and bloodshot eyes, he felt intense hatred in his heart.He had a long-standing feud with him. When Pan Goushi was working as the secretary of the general branch of the agricultural machinery factory, Xiao Hu was doing trade union work in the agricultural machinery factory.Because he didn't think much of Pan Goushi's two things, and because he could write and speak, Pan Goushi always disliked him and tried every means to punish him.Unexpectedly, when they met today, Pan Goushi would be very affectionate to him.cheeky!People who are punished are easy to forget the past, but those who are punished will always remember.It's not so easy for him to forget the viciousness of Pan Goushi.Watching Li Xiangnan beat Pan Goushi, he even felt a little relieved.However, he couldn't be more clear about the real stakes and the overall political situation.Once Pan Goushi is dealt with, Gu Rong's political foundation will be dug out, and the chain reaction will be even more unimaginable.The scene at the Huangzhuang Reservoir has already exposed Li Xiangnan's dangerous trip to the countryside.He was worried for Gu Rong and himself. Xiao Hu glanced at Li Xiangnan sideways through his glasses.I saw him frowning slightly, with a dignified expression, I don't know how he trained such a mature demeanor.Hmph, but I can make a show.Xiao Hu's eyes fell again, and he saw Li Xiangnan's hands slowly turning the "Zhonghua" pencil. The wrists were thick and the joints were very protruding;It reminds people of the word "iron fist". Xiao Hu held these hands, on the first day he came to Gu Ling to take office.Li Xiangnan extended his hand enthusiastically.His hand was very hot, and he shook it firmly like iron.At that time, Xiao Hu felt that his very thin and small hands were hurting from being held.He tried not to grin his teeth and quickly pulled his hand back, feeling a little annoyed in his heart, feeling that his masculine dignity had been insulted.Now the hands are slowly turning the pencil.The turning and stopping showed Li Xiangnan's contempt for Pan Goushi and his calmness in preparing to strike with confidence.These "iron fists" that had humiliated Xiao Hu from the beginning now stimulated him and intensified all his hatred for Li Xiangnan.Seeing Pan Goushi's distressed appearance, he couldn't help thinking that he must help him, and Li Xiangnan must not be too proud. Wherever there is an opportunity, there is an opportunity.At this time, the phone on the window sill in the conference room rang, and it was for Xiao Hu.Xiao Qiao, the telephone operator, answered the conference room.Picking up the phone, it was Secretary Zheng of the prefectural committee who was transferred from the county.Xiao Hu's eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his voice intentionally: "Is it Secretary Zheng? I'm Xiao Hu." Everyone in the room fell silent so that Xiao Hu could talk on the phone.Pan Goushi also stopped reporting and breathed a sigh of relief.Everyone turned their heads to look at Xiao Hu.Li Xiangnan glanced at the window, lowered his head without the slightest interest, and began to write with full concentration on a piece of paper.The writing is very heavy, and the marking is even more vigorous, as if writing a very important thing.But people's attention is still on the phone. "...I told Xiangnan, but he doesn't agree." Xiao Hu stood by the window, holding a microphone and said loudly, and glanced at Li Xiangnan at the top of the long table, "He is here. The county standing committee is also here. ... What are you doing?... Checking the work of the Henglingyu Commune. The secretary of the commune? It’s still Pan Goushi and Lao Pan, and he hasn’t moved. You asked about the situation in Henglingyu? I think the responses from all aspects are pretty good. Why did you come to Hengling Valley today? There is no special reason. Just take a look around....Ah, I know you care about Hengling Valley. Yes, Xiang Nan is listening to Lao Pan’s report. Me? I have no worries , Secretary Zheng cares about me directly, so I don't have any worries. Ah, you want to find him? Okay, just wait, I'll ask him to answer the phone." "Xiangnan, Secretary Zheng wants you to answer the phone." Xiao Hu turned around and said to Li Xiangnan with the receiver in front of his chest. Li Xiangnan's face was a little ugly.He fully understood the meaning of Xiao Hu's words on the phone.He restrained himself, remained calm, and said briefly: "Tell Secretary Zheng that the County Standing Committee is in a meeting to listen to a report. Wait a minute, and I'll call him." "Secretary Zheng wants you to answer the phone, so it's inappropriate for you not to answer the phone?" Xiao Hu still held the microphone in front of his chest without covering it.He faced Li Xiangnan's gaze calmly and calmly, but felt his heart pounding, and the microphone in his hand trembled slightly. Li Xiangnan was about to explode.Xiao Hu's provocative intentions were obvious, and what he said just now was aimed at Secretary Zheng at the same time.The situation in the entire conference room has changed.The grim atmosphere was broken.For the first time, Pan Goushi took out a cigarette and struck a match.Sitting there, Hu Fan almost wanted to get angry with his son.Kangle sees all this clearly.Sitting next to Li Xiangnan, he felt Li Xiangnan's anger through the conduction of the air.He was worried that Li Xiangnan would not be calm.Liu Mao also stopped writing. Just a few seconds of silence.Li Xiangnan didn't have a seizure, he stood up sullenly, walked to the window and took the phone from Xiao Hu.The handover was very natural, but both of them felt a kind of confrontation of character strength in an instant through the transmission of the microphone.Xiao Hu saw those iron-like hands again. "Secretary Zheng, it's me, Li Xiangnan," Li Xiangnan said politely into the microphone, with a slight smile, "I saw your letter about Xiao Hu's transfer. I want him to think about it for a day or two... ...Yes, he himself is willing to leave, of course I gave the green light. ...The situation in Hengling Valley? I am investigating and studying it. I will report to you when I have a full understanding." Just as Li Xiangnan was about to put down the phone, Xiao Hu stretched out his hand and put it on the microphone and added: "Secretary Zheng, let's do this. I will call you whenever I have something to do. I will go to the district to see you with the county magistrate when I have time." Xiao Hu put down the phone and went straight back to his seat.Li Xiangnan glanced at his back, feeling sullen in his heart.Taking the emperor to order the princes, Xiao Hu is bringing out the first secretary of the prefectural committee to suppress him.It is a great negligence that I have not had a good talk with Secretary Zheng so far.Xiao Hu's actions undoubtedly affected the atmosphere in the conference room. Pan Goushi's rambling manner of raising his eyebrows and drooping his eyes, smoking a cigarette one after another, showed that he had gained psychological support.These people look at the front, look at the "back", and look at your backer.He caught a glimpse of Xiao Hu sitting down vigorously without looking aside, as if everyone else was watching his feat, and snorted contemptuously in his heart.He picked up the phone casually again, frowned slightly, and said in a low tone, "Get me the county switchboard." The room was quiet, not knowing what the secretary of the county party committee was going to do. "... the county switchboard? I'm Li Xiangnan. Yes, I'm in Henglingyu. At 12:30 noon today, you can connect me to a long-distance call. I want the province, the first secretary of the provincial party committee, Secretary Gu's home. Yes. Get me from Henglingyu. It's on time at half past twelve. Is there any difficulty? Then pick up "urgent" for me, and make sure to get through on time." Li Xiangnan put down the phone and returned to his seat, looking at Xiao Hu coldly.Xiao Hu lowered his head, his face was red and white, and he pressed the pen on the paper but didn't write a word.He fully understood that Li Xiangnan was paying him back.Just like he called Secretary Zheng, Li Xiangnan's call to the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee was just to show his advantage.This retaliation obviously hit his arrogance, as if he had been slapped in the face.Li Xiangnan's gaze seemed to intimidate the entire meeting room again, and Pan Goushi quietly put out the cigarette butt on the stool under his buttocks. Kang Le felt that the play was too boring and boring.He disapproved of Li Xiangnan's move.No matter what it looks like, you can't do it if you want to beat the little Hu.Consciously or unintentionally, he drew a huge "?" on the notebook, and tapped the dot below vigorously with a beep. Li Xiangnan saw it at a glance, and his face immediately became hot.When he was on the phone and hung up the phone and walked to his seat, he felt a lot of anxiety in his heart, but he didn't have time to think about it.His impulse at the time was to vent his anger.Now seeing this eye-catching "?", he immediately realized how ridiculous he was.It's just plain vulgar.It was only then that Long Jinsheng realized that there was also a trace of disapproval in Long Jinsheng's expression.Such a stupid move completely ruined the image of the county party secretary.He felt hot on his face, neck, and back, but he quickly controlled himself. A mature politician must not only have the strength to recover from external shocks, but also the ability to recover calm from the chagrin caused by his own mistakes.Now, all the regrets and self-blame are useless, only better and more decent actions can make up for it.He glanced at everyone and smiled. This smile felt a bit forced, and then he followed Secretary Zheng's phone call just now and said: "Secretary Zheng has always wanted to transfer Xiaohu to the district, and I am still a little bit reluctant. Talent It's precious." It was very quiet in the conference room.People don't know how the county party secretary will treat Xiao Hu. Xiao Hu put his elbows on the table, staring at the teacup in front of him, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth. Li Xiangnan turned his gaze to his face, and looked at him with a smile: "Let me explain to you: whether to stay in the ancient tomb or leave the ancient tomb, it is entirely up to you to make up your mind in two days. This is my county party secretary's public statement." You can rest assured. But I guess you won't want to leave then." Xiao Hu glanced at Li Xiangnan warily, and everyone in the meeting room was surprised by Li Xiangnan's attitude. Li Xiangnan said frankly: "Little Hu may not believe it yet, let's see in two days. If talents can't be kept in Guling, I, the secretary of the county party committee, will be too much of a problem." There was a heavy rain outside the window, as if it had fallen from the sky, covering the sky and covering the earth.The yard suddenly flooded with water, gurgling densely packed blisters.Li Xiangnan frowned slightly and glanced out the window, then returned to the meeting table, and changed the topic: "Okay, let's get back to the topic. Listen to Comrade Pan Goushi's report." His eyes fell on Pan Goushi seriously. On Shi Shi, he said in a calm tone: "It's easy to list problems. It's also very convenient to ask the county party committee. But what needs you is to solve the problem. Or, what do you want the commune secretary to do?" Xiao Hu's extravagance has passed.Everything came back to Pan Goushi. "Now, there are too many policy issues that are difficult to solve," he said with a blushing face. "Then can you talk about the difficulties in solving the problem. For example, how did you solve the problem of watering the land and grabbing water?" Sweat dripped from Pan Goushi's forehead again, he didn't know what to say for a while. Li Xiangnan frowned and looked at him calmly, waited for a while, turned his gaze to everyone, and asked, "Do you know the statistics of civil disputes in our county?" People looked at each other, but no one answered.He turned his questioning gaze to Kang Le beside him. "I haven't noticed." Kang Le replied, knowing what topic Li Xiangnan was about to bring up. "Have you paid attention to the statistics of civil disputes?" Li Xiangnan asked Zhuang Wenyi and Long Jinsheng again, but neither of them paid attention. "Old Dragon, you are in charge of agriculture, why didn't you pay attention?" Li Xiangnan's eyes became more serious, and his words showed criticism, "I approved the material above, please pay more attention." "That has nothing to do with agriculture, so..." Long Jinsheng explained. "How could it not be closed?" Li Xiangnan was mildly dissatisfied, "Then what is it related to agriculture? You can't talk about the facts, just see the point under your nose." People's eyes flashed with puzzlement.Statistics on civil disputes, routine work, and annual reports have never been taken seriously.What does it have to do with agriculture? Li Xiangnan naturally understands everyone's psychology. He said: "From the spring plowing to the present, the disputes caused by watering the land and grabbing water accounted for 34% of the civil disputes in the entire rural area. Did you not pay attention to this figure? " People really didn't notice. Li Xiangnan's expression became more serious: "Then what policy vision do we have? Thirty-four percent, this ratio has now exceeded the ratio of civil disputes in several major items such as separation, property, and marriage. This is an agricultural Policy-related dynamics. We didn’t pay attention, that’s the dereliction of duty as a leader. I asked comrades to circulate the statistical materials, not to let everyone take care of the mediation of civil disputes, but to pay attention to our policies and our policy work Weak link in the system. If the problem of flooding the ground and causing conflicts is not resolved, this one alone will be enough to bring us down." He paused for a moment, then shifted his gaze to Pan Goushi's face, "Isn't it?" "Yes yes yes..." Pan Goushi didn't know how to answer. "At least I, the secretary of the county party committee, can be knocked down, right?" "No no no." Li Xiangnan looked at him, and slowly said thoughtfully: "The new situation and new problems have to be solved by leaders at several levels. The responsibility is not only at the commune level. But do you, the commune secretary, have any responsibility?" "Well... yes, yes." Li Xiangnan looked at Pan Goushi condemningly, and said to everyone: "I invite you to circulate the statistics of civil disputes, and I hope you can take a look at the status of our commune and brigade leaders behind the statistics. The numbers of disputes over water grabbing that occurred were listed on the side, and compared with the population of the communes. In units of 10,000 people, the numbers of disputes over water grabbing were listed from the most to the least, and the communes were lined up. You guys If you pay attention, you will find that the number is very related to the situation of the leadership team of the commune. Like Hengling Valley," he turned his gaze to Pan Goushi, nodding his head slightly, "the dispute rate of grabbing water is The highest. Isn’t it an honor to be the first place? Should I also give you a certificate?” Pan Goushi was sweating profusely and was extremely embarrassed. "As soon as we arrived at Hengling Valley, we were stopped by the complaining farmers. No matter whether you encouraged them to come or not, this scene left a deep impression on us." Li Xiangnan looked at Pan Goushi sarcastically and said , and then turned to everyone, "With this incident, do we have a preliminary impression of the situation of the Henglingyu leadership team?" Only then did Pan Goushi feel the real pressure, and he also tasted the intensity.He couldn't breathe. Li Xiangnan looked out the window.At this time, the torrential rain had turned into a patter of light rain.He stood up and said: "Now, I invite comrades to visit a place in Hengling Valley."