Chapter 45 Chapter Thirty-Nine

On Monday morning, the entire county party committee and county government were shrouded in an abnormal atmosphere.At nine o'clock in the morning, Zheng Dali, secretary of the prefectural party committee, will personally preside over an enlarged meeting of the standing committee of the county party committee to "solve problems in the work of the Guling county party committee". At this time, Zheng Dali was having a private conversation with Li Xiangnan in the "Guest House" of the small guest house of the county party committee. In the room where he stayed, Zheng Dali walked slowly with his hands behind his back.He is of medium build, neither fat nor thin, plainly dressed, with a short crew cut, kind-hearted face, honest image, a bit of an intellectual, and a bit of a peasant, and when combined, he is a well-cultivated cadre. .The feet in the pointed black cloth shoes slowly landed on the soft carpet thoughtfully.

"Xiangnan," he stopped slowly, looked at Li Xiangnan who was sitting on the sofa, and smiled as if remembering something, "You said to go to the district, I was waiting for you, but you never came." "Secretary Zheng, I want to get busy for a while, open up a little bit of work, and then report to you." Li Xiangnan quickly leaned over and explained. Zheng Dali didn't say anything, and took another two steps slowly.When he criticizes others, he never talks too much, and his words are not serious. "In some cases, now it seems that I should have come a few days earlier." Zheng Dali said again as if criticizing himself.

Li Xiangnan naturally felt the weight of these words.He respectfully said, "I should have reported to the district earlier." Zheng Dali walked slowly in the room again: "I just arrived yesterday, and I have listened to a lot of opinions in one afternoon and one night. It is worth considering." Li Xiangnan didn't know what to say. "I decided to convene this enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee, do you understand?" Zheng Dali stopped and asked in a deliberative tone. "Understandable." "Let's discuss with the comrades and summarize your work in the Guling for more than a month. If the comrades have any opinions, you should be able to listen to them."

"yes." "A person, the most important thing is to be modest and prudent, and treat others equally." "The day before I came to the ancient tomb, I heard you say this to me in the area." Zheng Dali glanced at Li Xiangnan slightly dissatisfied: "The truth is not afraid of repetition." "I'm not saying you repeat, I mean, I'll always remember what you said." Li Xiangnan explained.Talking to the prefectural committee secretary, Li Xiangnan felt psychological pressure because he had to play a cautious role all the time. "This is the most important thing to be a human being, and this should be our motto."

"yes." Zheng Dali stopped in front of the writing desk, and saw eight brush characters written on a piece of white paper pressed against the glass plate: "Be modest and prudent, treat others equally".He was satisfied with Gu Rong's careful arrangement.The layout of the reception room in this room is exactly the same as the office he used to have when he was the secretary of the county party committee in Guling.He looked up at the wall, and there were two large banners in official script with fresh ink on them, one on the left and the other on the right.One is: "only true color".One is: "Careful independence".This is his favorite banner to hang wherever he goes.Gu Rong did not forget this.It makes him feel respected.

He slowly sat down on the sofa: "Xiangnan, have you seen the two banners on the wall?" "Ah, I see." "Do you know what it means?" "A person needs his true colors." "Yes, the most valuable thing about a person is his true colors, without publicity or arrogance. What about this one?" "Shen Du? I... don't quite understand." Li Xiangnan said, "Secretary Zheng, tell me." "Careful alone, that is to say, even if you are alone, you must be cautious and self-respecting, and don't be presumptuous and forgetful. Only in this way can you develop a habit, be modest and prudent on any occasion, and act according to the rules."

Li Xiangnan nodded, but at the same time, he felt a seemingly mild but powerful pressure on his chest.This mild-mannered and silent secretary of the prefectural party committee seems to represent a reality that is bigger and rounder than the current situation of the entire ancient tomb. "What I am most opposed to is a person who is arrogant and arrogant." Zheng Dali leaned slightly on the sofa and said slowly, "Ten out of ten people like that will stumble." He paused for a while, sighing slightly Earnestly warned: "A person cannot have personal ambitions. With ambition, coupled with a bit of limelight, patriarchal style, like to do one's own way, and one person has the final say, it will inevitably collapse."

"Yes." Li Xiangnan could not object to such a principled statement; but he felt oppressed by the specific targeting implied in it. "Being a leader requires self-cultivation. Xiangnan, you are still young, so you have to hone it slowly. Self-cultivation is difficult, and you have to pay attention everywhere. For example, I am usually at home, what do I eat on Sunday, and my wife asks me, and I also Never one person has the final say, always say: What do you all say to eat?" Zheng Dali slowly took a puff of cigarette, "It is a bad practice to make decisions by one person. Don't do to others what you don't want. It’s especially important in politics.”

"Your democratic style has been implemented at home." Li Xiangnan smiled like a junior.He hoped to bring the atmosphere together, to be able to talk frankly about something. Li Xiangnan's words obviously aroused Zheng Dali's interest.He slowly rubbed the ashtray off the ashtray little by little, and at the same time looked at Li Xiangnan's long and thin fingers like steel bars. At this time, this hand was flicking the ash vigorously.He went on to play up his words, "For example, playing cigarette ash, some people have a style when they become leaders, and Lao Gu has this problem, which is not good. Such details also reveal a person's character and style. Have you noticed the really self-restraining leaders? Especially some senior leaders, they generally don’t flick the soot like this, but slowly wipe off the soot like me. This detail can also show a person’s true modesty, Approachable."

Li Xiangnan was a little shocked.He looked at Zheng Dali, but involuntarily flicked his hand on the ashtray again. Zheng Dali glanced sideways in displeasure. "Secretary Zheng, look, I played it again in front of you. I can't change this habit." Li Xiangnan looked down and quickly explained. Zheng Dali smiled gently: "Of course, everyone has their own habits about these small things. I never force others to do the same. Because you are the child of my old chief, let's talk casually." He then Slowly rubbing the cigarette ash, "Xiang Nan, I said these words back and forth, can you accept it?"

"acceptable." Zheng Dali nodded, "If you can accept it, I think the problem of the ancient tomb can be solved." Zheng Dali said, and began to get into the essence, "You have enthusiasm for work, and you are also very energetic. But now you have a lot of problems. The problem, I think the biggest problem is that it's a bit arbitrary." He paused and looked at Li Xiangnan. Li Xiangnan lowered his eyes and smoked. "Going to the countryside for two days, dealing with so many problems, you didn't even say hello to Lao Gu. It's not normal to have such a relationship between the first and second in command." "Secretary Zheng, regarding the problems to be solved in the countryside, I had discussed with Lao Gu twice in advance, but he didn't listen to me at all. He didn't come to the meeting." "Then you have to consider whether there is a problem with your attitude and method." "Secretary Zheng," Li Xiangnan tried to keep his tone as calm as possible, "it's not that simple. Old Gu completely disagrees with my work policy of implementing reforms in Guling, so I'll tell you frankly that he is actually He adopted an attitude of non-cooperation and opposition. I wanted to persuade him, but he was difficult to persuade. I can’t stop working because of him alone. I am the secretary of the county party committee, and I should be responsible for the 500,000 people in the county first.” "If you can't even be responsible to your colleagues, how can you be responsible to anyone else?" "Secretary Zheng..." "Okay, let's not talk about it for now," Zheng Dali waved his hand unhappily, "let's talk with comrades at the meeting." Li Xiangnan opened his mouth and closed it again. "I came to Guling this time, on the one hand, to hear some feedback from comrades in Guling; No, for the work of Guling and for your own good, the prefectural committee has to make some organizational arrangements for Guling." Zheng Dali looked at Li Xiangnan gently when he said this, "What do you think is better?" Li Xiangnan glanced at Zheng Dali, lowered his head and smoked.He didn't expect things to develop so quickly to this point.Now, is he going to have to choose between giving up his mind or being removed from office? "Secretary Zheng," he pleaded, "can you listen to me describe the whole situation of the ancient tomb in detail?" Zheng Dali looked at his watch and stood up, "Okay, let's go to the county committee meeting." Li Xiangnan shut his mouth, sat motionless for a while, and then slowly stood up. That's the horror of politics.It has been stored for a long time, and it will be released very quickly.The opposites that I had violated for more than a month suddenly converged at a certain time and at a certain point, and it really dealt a comprehensive blow to myself. What should he do?It is absolutely necessary to show humility and obedience in front of the prefectural party secretary, which is absolutely necessary to win his understanding and trust; at the same time, he must speak frankly and insist on his bold and hard-working line.No matter how hard he tried, it would be difficult to resolve this contradiction. As soon as I got out of the small guest house and went to the street, I ran into Xiao Li who was walking in a hurry. "Little Li." Zheng Dali greeted affectionately. "Secretary Zheng, I heard that you are back, but I haven't paid attention to you yet." Xiaoli said, at the same time, she glanced at Li Xiangnan coldly, then turned her eyes away, and ignored him as if she didn't know him. Zheng Dali turned his head to look at Li Xiangnan, then at Xiaoli, a little strange: "You don't know each other yet? This is the secretary of the county party committee transferred from your Guling County." "Who wants to know him? I can't recognize him." Xiaoli snorted and said sarcastically. Zheng Dali scrutinized Li Xiangnan up and down, and Li Xiangnan smiled wryly for no reason. "Little Li, what are you doing in such a hurry?" Zheng Dali turned his head and asked again. "I'm going back to the provincial capital to stay for a while and complain to my father." "What are you complaining about?" Zheng Dali asked. "Me?" Xiaoli turned her face and met Li Xiangnan's eyes.Li Xiangnan was silent.Xiaoli looked at Li Xiangnan with complex and resentful eyes, "I can't stay in Guling." Xiaoli said angrily, turned around and left. Zheng Dali looked at her back, paused for a moment, turned his head and looked at Li Xiangnan with deep dissatisfaction: "Xiangnan, you have only been here for more than a month, why are there so many grievances?" A group of people were talking to Gu Rong on the street, when they saw Zheng Dali and Li Xiangnan approaching, Gu Rong waved his hand, and they all rushed over, making a fuss. "Aren't you all from the Electric Power Bureau?" Zheng Dali frowned and said, "What's the fuss about?" "I asked the county party committee to borrow money. Our wages were deducted, and life was really difficult." "What wages are deducted?" Zheng Dali asked strangely. "Director Jin of the Regional Electricity Bureau came to inspect the work. We welcomed it. Secretary Li said that we ate and drank extravagantly and deducted our salary. Some people deducted it for one month, and others deducted it for three months." "Is there such a thing?" Zheng Dali turned his head and asked Li Xiangnan. "They deducted their wages." Li Xiangnan replied.A few days later, today he suddenly came to borrow money, and he saw the political background of this matter at a glance. "Did you make the scale of your welcome bigger?" Zheng Dali looked at the crowd and asked. "When we get older, we pay for the food and drinks ourselves. How about not using public funds for reimbursement? It's like having a dinner together." "Since the county party committee has made a decision, it generally cannot be overturned casually." Zheng Dali said. "What decision was made by the county committee? We asked County Magistrate Gu and Feng Yaozu, but none of the other standing committee members knew about it. It wasn't Secretary Li's decision alone." Zheng Dali frowned slightly, and he turned his head to look at Li Xiangnan.Li Xiangnan took a step forward and looked at the crowd calmly: "We deducted dozens of people's wages, why are you seven or eight people here to borrow money?" "They don't live as hard as we do." "Why don't you borrow money from the bureau?" The eyes of the crowd flickered. "One month's wages are deducted in five months. What difficulties do you have?" Li Xiangnan asked again. "We don't have difficulties, but we have opinions." Someone in the crowd said loudly. "I have an opinion. Why haven't you heard from you for so many days? I even sent comrades from the County Discipline Inspection Commission to have a discussion with you, and you didn't express it?" "We dare not speak out when we have opinions. Now that Secretary Zheng is here, we can reflect." "Is this way of reporting normal?" Li Xiangnan glanced at the crowd seriously and asked, "I can tell you that I handled the matter. But this is based on the decision made by the county party committee in advance. Strictly deal with party discipline and political discipline, and impose economic sanctions accordingly. 'Your electricity bureau has serious eating and drinking habits, and you keep saying nothing, so this 'response' must be more serious." He knew that his stern attitude would probably arouse Secretary Zheng's dissatisfaction, but he had to quell the disturbance in such a powerful way, and at the same time demonstrate all the principles and rationality of his handling of the electricity bureau's eating and drinking problem at that time.He paused, and said in a strong tone: "The decision on handling cannot be changed. If you have opinions, you can report them to the county party committee, the prefectural party committee, or even the provincial party committee. I don't think any leader at any level will support your erroneous opinions. " The crowd was dumbfounded and looked at each other. "Okay," Zheng Dali slowly waved his hand to let the crowd disperse, "If you have any other opinions, you can talk slowly after the county party committee's standing committee meeting. Huh?" After the crowd dispersed, Zheng Dali took a few steps, turned his head to look at Li Xiangnan, and said, "Xiangnan, even if the truth is in your hands, you don't have to say that. Comrades say you are arrogant, now it seems that It's not groundless." "Secretary Zheng," Li Xiangnan euphemistically explained, "sometimes, certain severe measures are necessary to deal with some long-standing abuses that have been taught repeatedly." "Everything has to be discussed. I have been the secretary of the county party committee in Guling for many years, and I have never issued orders like you and dealt with a single matter." Li Xiangnan smiled: "You are an old secretary, and you are highly respected. Just a few words can solve the problem. I..." "You have just taken office and you are young, so you should be more modest and prudent, and treat others equally." Zheng Dali's face clearly showed displeasure. "Yes." Li Xiangnan could only hold back his own words, and accepted it vaguely. "Xiangnan," Zheng Dali felt that his words were too serious, and his tone softened, "I may be stricter with you, you should understand." "yes." Zheng Dali looked at Li Xiangnan, he didn't like this ambitious young man from the beginning.He has been trying his best to restrain his instinctive aversion, admonishing himself to be lenient and not prejudiced.However, no matter how lenient and restrained Zheng Dali is, and no matter how cautious Li Xiangnan is, the conflict between them inevitably escalates rapidly. As soon as they entered the compound of the county party committee, several farmers were talking about something around a small officer in the county party committee office. "If you have anything to do, please come to the letter and visit reception station to report it." The little officer patiently explained to the farmers. "We are looking for Secretary Li." The farmers said. "There is a Standing Committee member on duty at the reception station, you can solve the problem there." "We are looking for Li Qingtian, no one else can control us." Someone among the farmers said loudly. Zheng Dali and Li Xiangnan, who had just walked in front of the crowd, changed their expressions when they heard this.Zheng Dali is gloomy and unhappy.Li Xiangnan felt extremely disturbed. "Secretary Li, they must look for you." The officer saw Li Xiangnan. The farmers gathered around at once. "What's the matter with you?" Li Xiangnan asked, but at the same time he felt the pressure of Zheng Dali watching coldly from the sidelines. "Secretary Li, you sent a water expert to Boss Shi's Nannao village, and send one to our village too. We are from Luotuoling." "They are almost pumping out water in Nannao," the farmers said one after another. with. Li Xiangnan smiled and said: "The experts invited this one, but not the second one. When Nannao is finished, it will be the turn of other villages." "There are dozens of villages lined up behind Nannao, when will our village come?" "Find me, the secretary of the county party committee, to go through the back door, and want to jump in line without queuing?" The farmers laughed: "Our village is remote, so we know the news late." "May I give you an idea?" "it is good." "Some villages look for water to dig wells to expand the irrigated land. I know that you Luotuoling, it is very difficult to get water, right?" "yes." "So, it stands to reason that we should take care of you a little earlier." "That's right." "Go to the Water Conservancy Bureau, tell us about your situation, and see if they can take care of you. There are queues, but there are priorities. You can also take care of the emergency department, right?" "Will the Water Conservancy Bureau listen to us?" "No, they are planning and arranging this matter. You go." "Secretary Li, why don't you write a note two fingers wide and bring it to us." Li Xiangnan smiled and said: "No need. Are you still not at ease? In that case, you can just say that I introduced you, okay? I'll give them a call later." "Secretary Li, it's great to have you come to Guling." The farmers said gratefully and left happily. Zheng Dali's disgust and unhappiness towards Li Xiangnan reached its peak.Everything is "self-centered" and establishes personal authority. What kind of style is this?It would be great to have Secretary Li come to Guling.That is to say, it turns out that Zheng Dali was not very good when he was the secretary.Qingtian, Qingtian, called Qingtian, ten out of ten will fail.Zheng Dali walked forward with a gloomy expression.As soon as he arrived in front of the county party secretary's office, the two couplets added to his disgust.If you get the right way, you will get more help, but if you are wronged, you will get little help - see if you are sober?Seek to understand the feelings of the people, and would like to hear about your own mistakes-see if you are open-minded or not?He frowned and looked up and down coldly.What is this all about?Unconventional, original and unique, showing himself everywhere, without any duty at all. When he entered the door, he became even more unhappy when he saw the change in the layout of the county party secretary's office.The arrangement was completely different from when he was there.The outer room becomes a simple meeting room. "How did you make it so that you have a meeting here?" Zheng Dali asked with a frown. "Yes," Li Xiangnan explained, "the inner room is used for office work, and the outer room is used for meetings. It's more convenient." "Doesn't this make everyone revolve around you, and when you become the secretary of the county party committee, you can't take two more steps?" Li Xiangnan froze for a moment, not knowing what to say.He could only smile humbly.Accompanying the prefectural committee secretary so carefully, he felt like his hands and feet were tied up. "The meeting at nine o'clock, why haven't people come yet?" Zheng Dali looked at his watch, and it was still ten minutes away.Generally speaking, when a meeting is held, people should come one after another more than half an hour in advance, one after another. "Everyone will come on time. In order to improve efficiency, everyone has the concept of meeting on time, so as not to delay each other's time." Li Xiangnan explained again. Zheng Dali frowned again.This set of superficial articles is unconventional again. During the conversation, people all came, snoring and snoring into the house.Zheng Dali shook hands with everyone one by one.There was the sound of chairs being pulled, and a room full of people sat around the long table.Zheng Dali sat at the head of the table.He opened his eyes and slowly scanned the participants.This is an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee.In addition to the Standing Committee members, Xiao Hu, Zhuang Wenyi, Organization Minister Luo Kui, Kangle and several other relevant people were notified to come.The list was made by Zheng Dali himself.Gu Rong, who has not participated in the Standing Committee since he "fell ill" after the "Comments Raising Conference", also participated, sitting on both sides of Zheng Dali with Li Xiangnan. No matter how serious the meeting is, the opening remarks are always gentle. "Let's hold an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee today." Zheng Dali began in his usual slow tone, while lowering his eyes and rubbing the ash on the ashtray. Comrade Nan has different views on his work for more than a month after he came here. Today, on behalf of the prefectural committee, I will talk with comrades, sum up experience and lessons, so as to unify our thinking. Everyone can speak freely.” There was a moment of silence at the conference table.Just like the silence before the outbreak of all major political conflicts and wars, this silence contains all the profound content of today's meeting.Everyone reassessed the situation in this moment of silence, finally approved their goals, and once again clarified their determination.Silence is because what is about to be said matters. "Which one of you started?" Zheng Dali asked peacefully. Li Xiangnan lowered his eyes and turned the pencil slowly, he would not speak first.Gu Rong was smoking a cigarette, frowning thoughtfully, and he didn't know how to start.The others were also silent for their own reasons.But the silence will always be broken by someone. Feng Yaozu broke it. "Let me say a few words first." He raised his fat head and looked at Zheng Dali. "Okay." Zheng Dali nodded. "Let me make one thing first," Feng Yaozu said in a tone, "What I said is completely objective, and I have absolutely no prejudice." He paused, "Comrade Xiangnan came to the ancient tomb, and all of us were I am very happy. Having such a young county party secretary who has gone to college work with us may make us a little more liberated, especially Secretary Gu. I am more happy. Everyone had this attitude at first and sincerely wanted to reconcile with us. Comrade Xiangnan should work together to do a good job." He looked around, put up the dried meat on his face and smiled, "However, the situation in the ancient tomb has become very abnormal for more than a month. The Standing Committee is torn apart, and the cadres below are in chaos. What is the reason for this?" He paused, and the room was very quiet, "I think it is mainly because of Comrade Xiang Nan's problems at work, and they are caused by some serious problems." He coughed and swallowed.Everyone could see clearly that Feng Yaozu had a showdown when he came up. "I think," Feng Yaozu said in a long speech, "I think" is an inseparable mantra, "Comrade Xiangnan has two main problems. The first is to miscalculate the situation and completely negate the original plan of the Guling County Party Committee." Work." He looked up at Zheng Dali, "I think this is not only a denial of the leadership work done by Secretary Zheng and Secretary Gu, but also the work of our Guling County Party Committee over the past few years." "Present the facts and be reasonable. Don't go on the line at every turn." Gu Rong criticized with a little dissatisfaction, and lit another cigarette abruptly. After hearing Gu Rong's meaningful interjection, Zheng Dali cast a dissatisfied glance at him.Gu Rong is too good at controlling power, this is what Zheng Dali has always had in the past. "I've said that there are facts." Feng Yaozu took over the words and said, "Aside from other things, this time I went to the countryside and went to three places: Huangzhuang Reservoir, Henglingyu Commune, and Fenghuangling Brigade of Miaocun Commune. In Huangzhuang For the reservoir, Comrades Long Jinsheng and Zhuang Wenyi were first attacked, one leaning left and the other leaning right, and then exposing the bureaucracy of the Guling County Party Committee to suppress productivity and talent. In Henglingyu, a commune secretary was replaced, and in Miaocun commune Fenghuang The Lingda team dismissed the commune secretary and the brigade secretary at once. What if we go on? Shouldn’t we just go all the way and withdraw all the way?” He looked at Zheng Dali. "In Henglingyu, he personally dictated and issued a circular, which said," Feng Yaozu looked down at his notebook and read: "'The reason is not only in Henglingyu Commune, but bureaucracy permeates all levels of us. '." He raised his head, "All levels are bureaucratic. What is the nature of our ancient tomb? This sentence, I think, reflects Li Xiangnan's estimation of the overall situation of the ancient tomb." "This is the first question you asked. What about the second one?" Zheng Dali interrupted peacefully when he saw that Feng Yaozu's expression and tone became fierce. "Second?" Feng Yaozu was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, "Second, Comrade Xiang Nan is doing things arbitrarily, with me at the center. Regarding this point, I think that not only I think so, but other comrades may have strong opinions. Opinion. Everyone feels oppressed. Many issues are resolved by the Standing Committee on the surface, but in fact he alone has the final say. Under that kind of pressure, I raised my hand against my will. This is not true, some have been dealt with I also came here today. Like Comrade Yang Maoshan, the secretary of the commune was slapped in an on-site meeting. Can he accept it? Many cadres in the Miaocun Commune are not convinced. Are a few trees or a cadre important?" Zheng Dali looked up and saw Yang Maoshan, the dismissed secretary of Miaocun Commune, sitting in the corner of the meeting room with his head down. "There is also the old Dian of the Electric Power Bureau, who has always been honest and upright. Because he welcomed the leaders of the Electric Power Bureau above, the only time he was dragged to the dinner table, he deducted his salary and notified him, and Comrade Xiang Nan made a decision on the spot. ?” Dian Gucheng put his elbows on his knees, leaned forward, and sat with his head buried in the back of the first circle of people, smoking a cigarette without moving. "I think these mistakes made by Comrade Xiang Nan are serious." Feng Yaozu finished his programmatic speech and closed his notebook. The dense smoke filled the air, making the struggle on the conference table even more unpredictable. "Everyone will continue to express their opinions." Zheng Dali said calmly again, "Comrade Xiang Nan has anything to explain, and we can talk about it." "I'll just explain a little bit." Li Xiangnan said restrainedly, "I have no intention of completely denying the work of the Guling County Party Committee in the past few years. What I want to deny are those existing disadvantages. Two communes were left, and two One commune secretary does not mean that twenty commune secretaries need to be removed. This time I am going to the countryside to go to a few places with problems.” He tried his best to slow down the pace so as not to show his “aggressiveness” again. "I think, when I work in a place, the main task is to discover and solve problems; rather than to discover achievements and sing praises. Of course, merit must be praised, and virtue must be praised. This is also absolutely necessary." Li Xiangnan's words exacerbated Zheng Dali's unhappiness. "Only seeing problems but not achievements, isn't it dialectics?" He said coldly. "Dialectics is not the law of equals. There is always a difference between the two parties in the contradiction." Li Xiangnan explained euphemistically. "Then what do you mean, the work in Guling County over the past few years is the main problem?" "Secretary Zheng, you didn't understand what I meant. Regarding the development of Guling County over the past few years, perhaps it should be said: good is mainstream, and problems are non-mainstream. However, for my work, discovering and solving these problems should be It is the main aspect; summing up the achievements and singing praises are relatively secondary aspects.” "What do you mean 'maybe you should say'?" Zheng Dali's unhappiness became more and more obvious. "Secretary Zheng," Li Xiangnan paused without explanation, and said earnestly, "You have presided over the work here, and you may be very sensitive to this, I..." "What do you mean?" Zheng Dali lowered his face. Li Xiangnan stopped the interrupted words and lowered his eyes: "Okay, I won't say anything. Let's listen to the comrades." There was silence.People can clearly see Zheng Dali's attitude towards Li Xiangnan. "Okay, who will talk next?" Zheng Dali said. Xiao Hu made up his mind and said, "Let me say a few words." Zheng Dali and the people stared at him. "I think we must look at issues objectively." He bit his lower lip and paused, adjusting his glasses nervously, "Comrade Feng Yaozu said that he talked about issues objectively, but I don't think so. His comments on Comrade Li Xiangnan's Attitude is mixed with personal emotions from the very beginning." "What personal emotion?" Zheng Dali asked. Under Zheng Dali's gaze, Xiao Hu's eyes flickered behind the glasses: "As soon as Li Xiangnan came to the ancient tomb, he dealt with the smuggling of cadres' children seriously. This involves Feng Yaozu, and... Secretary Gu's children." Gu Rong lowered his eyes and smoked, coldly silent. "Xiao Hu, don't talk about this issue at today's meeting." Zheng Dali said, "When children make mistakes, parents are responsible for lax education. But when children grow up, no matter how big the problem is, they are responsible for it themselves. These are left to the legal system. Solve it. At today’s meeting, we will only talk about the work of the Standing Committee. As a parent’s lesson, Comrade Gu and Comrade Yaozu should really sum it up.” "I don't think it's just a matter of teaching the parents a lesson." Xiao Hu said stubbornly. "I'm not going to talk about this issue. I won't discuss it at the meeting." Zheng Dali said unhappily, "What matters should be separated from what matters. The problem of children making mistakes, I have already criticized old Comrade Gu and Yaozu in a separate talk yesterday. Comrade." "Aside from this background, I also disagree with what Comrade Feng Yaozu said just now." Xiao Hu insisted, "This time when going to the countryside, Comrade Xiangnan chose the places with the most serious problems. But in these places, While he exposed the ills, he also unearthed the positives, positives that no one of our leaders has ever seen." "What positive factor?" Gu Rong asked with a hint of sarcasm. "In Huangzhuang Reservoir, he discovered talents like Zhu Quanshan, affirmed and promoted the typical experience of renting reservoirs to raise fish. In Hengling Valley, he exposed the problem of Pan Goushi alone, but found Xiao Tingting, Song Ansheng, Jia Erhu and Tu Xiuxiu, a group of advanced figures and production experts, commended Xiuxiu's technical guidance and contracting. In Fenghuangling, we found and highly appraised the old forest watcher like Uncle Man, a model of greening." "You also discovered your talent, Hu Xiaoguang, right?" Gu Rong asked dissatisfied. Xiao Hu was silent for a while, then said, "Yes." "Little Hu, your opinion probably has some personal factors involved, so you made a 180-degree turn?" Gu Rong said again. Xiao Hu lowered his head and bit his lip, his face twitched slightly: "Yes. I was mixed with personal emotions." He raised his head and became a little excited, "Secretary Gu, Secretary Zheng, we sometimes have prejudices when we look at problems , the position is wrong, first of all it is influenced by personal interests. I have learned this lesson, so I have the right to speak. I think Comrade Li Xiangnan's work is very good. He should not only not be blamed, but should be commended "Secretary Zheng, as a superior leader, you should look at the issue objectively and comprehensively." Xiao Hu's words irritated Zheng Dali, and he sullenly lowered his face: "Comrades have some opinions on Comrade Xiangnan, are they prejudices? My local party secretary also has some opinions on Comrade Xiangnan's work, which is also mixed with personal opinions. Interest?" Although Zheng Dali's voice was not high, the words were too heavy.The conference room fell silent. Xiao Hu wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and restrained himself. Zheng Dali looked at all the people sullenly: "Comrades have some opinions on a certain person in charge, and they say it's prejudice and personal emotions. It's not normal for Guling to be like this now." His face calmed down a little. , and then said, "Of course, for this abnormal atmosphere, the main responsibility is not the comrades below. Xiang Nan himself should check the responsibility more. However, some comrades below sometimes support him like this, which in turn tends to encourage Comrade Xiang Nan to commit crimes. What an undemocratic mistake." He paused for a moment, his face completely restored to calm, and he looked at Xiao Hu comfortingly: "Xiao Hu, what I said just now was a bit serious. You can summarize the work in Guling yourself. When it's over, follow me to work in the area." Xiao Hu lowered his head and remained silent. "No." After a while, he replied. Zheng Dali asked unexpectedly: "Aren't you going to the region?" "yes." Zheng Dali stared blankly at the young man he once admired the most, feeling shocked in his heart.Then, he lowered his eyes unnaturally, stared at the ashtray, and rubbed the ash back and forth: "Young people tend to be emotional." After a while, Zheng Dali slowly raised his head and sighed, "In the future, wherever you transfer to the south, where will you be for the rest of your life?" Xiao Hu looked very excited: "I think Xiang Nan should never be transferred from Guling now. He is creating first-class work and typical experience in Guling." What Xiao Hu said clarified one of the most sensitive issues.The smoke instantly froze. "This meeting does not talk about whether Xiangnan's work will be transferred. Even if there is a transfer in the future, it will be due to work needs." Zheng Dali said, quickly correcting the atmosphere of the meeting, "Everyone should summarize the work of Guling for more than a month. " "Let me say something." Organization Minister Luo Kui sat up straight with his tall and fat body, raised his fat face covered with beards, and said in a loud voice, "Now the people in Guling have a name, Li Xiangnan is called 'Li Qingtian' '. I think this phenomenon is very abnormal. I have raised this issue in the past, but Comrade Xiang Nan does not accept it. I am still raising it today. Is it important to highlight the individual or the organization?" Li Xiangnan lowered his head and slowly turned the pencil.He strongly felt that his way of thinking and behavior had run into a huge traditional concept.It was as if there was a huge rubber body several stories high in front of him, clumsily blocking him, pressing on his chest. After a moment of silence, Zhuang Wenyi stood up with a flushed face: "Someone said that Li Xiangnan took my thoughts. I think he made perfect sense. I benefited a lot. I completely disagree with Comrades Feng Yaozu and Luo Luokui. What does it mean to completely negate the great situation? Some people use this point of view to attack Xiangnan, but they are just covering up their own problems and the problems of the ancient tomb.” "Wen Yi, what you said is a bit extreme." Zheng Dali criticized gently. “我不偏激。我觉得最起码是在掩盖他们自己没能发现问题、解决问题的无能。什么叫'独断专行，树立个人权威'？干事有问题，不干事倒得好。大家都谨小慎微，敷敷衍衍，糊糊涂涂，什么都别干。有人说李向南没修养，我觉得李向南那种坦率、负责、干练，看问题一针见血，做工作果断明确，就是最好的现代干部修养。老百姓不需要一帮吃饭不干事的泥菩萨坐在他们头上。” 郑达理的脸色一下变得从没有过的难看，他沉着脸狠狠地抽着烟。 “老庄，你这话可有问题呀。”罗德魁大声说。 “有什么问题？老百姓叫李向南青天，不是他有问题，是我们有问题。为什么不叫你罗德魁青天？如果我们县委领导同志过去都像向南同志那样工作有效率，就不会出现这种情况。我同意李向南的观点，一个领导要组织大家工作，首先要用自己的工作来做示范。今天有一个李青天，明天几个、十几个青天，后天，都成青天了，就没青天了。这是否定之否定的辩证法。 “庄文伊说完，推了一下眼镜，呼地坐下了。 郑达理第一次感到：李向南不仅让他反感，而且对他还有着某种本质上的威胁。因此，他更沉稳，更有修养，脸色也更快地恢复了平和：“文伊同志还是很有些血气方刚的。”他淡淡地笑着，便好像听了一篇没什么内容的讲话一样，毫不在意地把目光转向大家：“你们谁还讲点更深入、更有分析性的话啊？” 郑达理对庄文伊的讲话用的是最高明的化解法。人们静默着。 “谁接着讲讲啊？”郑达理略略浮出一丝微笑，“老顾，你讲讲吗？”他转头看看顾荣。 “我这段时间没上班，了解情况有限。还是大家都讲讲吧。”顾荣看看左右笑了笑。他的笑也包含着帮助郑达理打破这尴尬沉默的意思。 人们还沉默着。 “老龙，老胡，你们的看法呢？”郑达理尊重地问道，“你们对李向南这一个多月的主持工作，有些什么意见哪？” 龙金生垂着眼，慢慢卷着烟。 “我们这些老同志，应该关心年轻同志嘛。”郑达理笑了笑。 龙金生点着了烟，慢慢喷出烟雾来。“我觉着，年轻同志比我们干得好。”他垂着眼慢条斯理地说。 “就这一句话？”郑达理不自然地笑了笑。 龙金生依然垂着眼，“可我们还常常看不惯他们。”他接着自己刚才的话又说道。 李向南感到心中涌起了潮湿的感动。 “老胡，你呢？”郑达理又看看胡凡问道。 “我同意老龙的观点，我们应该向向南同志学习。”胡凡抖着花白胡茬的下巴，很干脆地说。 “古城，对古陵县这一个多月的工作，你还谈谈看法吗？”郑达理看着电业局党委书记典古城说道。 典古城依然双肘撑膝，俯身埋头抽着烟，让人们看到的是宽大的脊背。“我没什么谈的。”他似乎有情绪地闷声闷气地说道。 “来参加扩大会，你应该讲讲嘛。” “无话可讲，讲也没用。”典古城的情绪似乎更大了。 “有话埋在心里哪儿行啊。”顾荣鼓励道。 典古城直起腰，比满屋人高出多半个头，他瓮声瓮气地问：“让讲真话还是让讲假话？” 郑达理和蔼地笑了：“当然是讲真话啰。” “我只有一句话。我觉得今天会上，有些地方不正常。”典古城说。 “就这一句？”郑达理不满足地问。 “就这一句。”典古城又俯下身子埋下了头。 “讲具体点，哪儿不正常？”郑达理循循善诱地引导着。 典古城又坐起了身子：“郑书记，我问一个问题。” "Can." “县委书记让不让选举产生？” "how?" “要选举，我就投李向南一票。” 郑达理愣了。顾荣也愣了。 “郑书记，坦率说，古陵县这些年来的历届县委书记，我认为李向南是最有水平的。”典古城停了停，“我这话可能说了也没用。”他又双肘撑膝埋下了头。 郑达理脸色不很自然地略蹙着眉，一点点蹭着烟灰。蹭干净了，又干脆把半截烟一点点加着压力摁下去。烟像个垂直的小立柱，在压力下缩短了，弯曲了，折断了，裂开了，开花了，散成一撮烟丝，熄灭了。 他抬起眼，脸上是地委书记的沉稳、安详和威严：“同志们今天谈了不少，算是摊开了矛盾。”他扫视了一下会议室，用一种总结的语调平缓地说道，“大家对向南的工作既摆了成绩，也指出了不少缺点错误。看法嘛，当然并不统一。准确点说，是分歧很大。对李向南的工作，是一半人肯定，一半人否定吧。”他停顿了一下，理了理自己面前的文件和材料，“总的印象，在常委内，在干部队伍内，这种对立、分裂很尖锐。而且看来，这种对立和分裂在短时间内很难统一。大概我在这儿也很难统一起来。这样矛盾分裂，当然会造成很多消极因素，起码是相互分散、抵消了我们的力量。”他停顿了一会儿，看了看大家，“至于如何解决，有些情况等我回去以后还要和地委同志们一起研究一下。关于李向南同志会不会调动的问题，同志们不要乱猜测，那是组织上考虑的事情。只要向南在这里主持一天工作，大家要尽力消除隔阂，团结工作。好，今天会就开到这儿。” 会散了。李向南一个人在县委院内低着头慢慢散步。 小莉站在一辆吉普车门口。 “去哪儿？”李向南不自然地透出一丝笑来。 “火车站。” “回省城？” “不用你管。” 李向南自嘲地苦笑了笑，说道：“见了你爸爸，代我问好。” 小莉目光复杂地、充满怨恨地看了他一眼，一拉车门跳了上去：“走。”