Chapter 46 Chapter Forty

The atmosphere in the office is very dull. Li Xiangnan walked slowly while frowning.Zhuang Wenyi, Kangle, and Xiao Hu sat on chairs and single beds, smoking cigarettes in silence.What I want to say has already been said, I just look up at Li Xiangnan who is pacing from time to time. Li Xiangnan slowly stopped by the writing desk in front of the window, and put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray.The window let in the damp heat of the summer night.The electric lamp hanging from the desk magnified his shadow, casting it dimly on the ground, the wall, and the bookshelf.He looked at his shadow.His gaze flicked to the bookshelf.Among the rows of books, a title caught his eye: "The Necessity of Choice."

Everything and everyone must constantly face choices.Goals have to be chosen, directions have to be chosen, roads have to be chosen, strategies have to be chosen, tactics have to be chosen, everything is going on in constant choice.The right choice is always the most important.What choice should he make in his next move? The situation in Guling, to use the reporter's news language, is rapidly deteriorating, or it can be said to be serious. After the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee held by Zheng Dali in the morning, an investigation team from the District Disciplinary Inspection Commission came to talk to Li Xiangnan at noon.

This is another thing that Li Xiangnan completely unexpected. "Secretary Zheng, what do you need from me?" At noon, Li Xiangnan pushed the door open and entered Zheng Dali's room in the "VIP House". "Sit down, Xiangnan." Zheng Dali stretched out his hand, pointed to the sofa and said, "It's some comrades from the investigation team of the Regional Discipline Inspection Commission, I want to talk to you." There were three people Li Xiangnan didn't know sitting in the room.A chunky old cadre, a serious middle-aged man, and a woman wearing glasses.

"Talk to me?" "We asked you to find out a little bit about the situation." The chunky old cadre nodded politely and said.He is the leader of the investigation team, surnamed Dong. "What do you know?" Li Xiangnan asked. "Hmm... something about you." Old Dong said seriously. Li Xiangnan was slightly taken aback, and only then did he feel that the atmosphere in the room was a bit special.This atmosphere made him feel that he was under scrutiny. "Xiang Nan, talk to Old Dong and the others. Be calm." Zheng Dali stood up as he spoke, "Old Dong, you can talk with me. I'll go for a walk in the county." Zheng Dali left.The room suddenly fell silent.The silence lasted only two or three seconds, but the three members of the investigation team and Li Xiangnan quickly adapted to their respective positions.

"Can you talk about what happened when you jumped in line?" Old Dong was the leader of the investigation team, so he should have started. "During the queue jump?" Li Xiangnan didn't have any mental preparations. What happened more than ten years ago? As old Dong tactfully raised the question layer by layer, Li Xiangnan understood what was going on. In 1970, the third year of Li Xiangnan's team jumping in the countryside, he was elected as the team leader at a meeting of all village members, replacing the original team leader, who was an ordinary cadre of the provincial party committee who was sent down to jump in the team.This person was called Ji Hongru, and his face was very ugly at that time.Now, more than ten years later, he has been promoted to a deputy minister of the provincial party committee, but he still has a heart for that period of history.After Li Xiangnan was promoted to secretary of the county party committee, he wrote a report to the provincial party committee, exposing Li Xiangnan as a careerist with bad political qualities, who had always been good at using improper means to steal power and climb up the ranks.

"Did you not engage in any improper means at that time?" Old Dong looked at Li Xiangnan and asked. "No. The only thing I did at the time was to talk about my program at the meeting." Li Xiangnan replied. "Programme?" Old Dong frowned slightly. "It is the planning, policy, and plan for the production and construction of the brigade." Li Xiangnan explained. "Your election platform?" Old Dong unexpectedly continued to ask. Li Xiangnan hesitated for a moment, then admitted, "Yes." "Consciously formulated?" "Of course I have given it serious consideration."

"Just to run for the position of brigade secretary?" "No, it's running for the position of captain." "Not the secretary of the campaign brigade?" Old Dong looked at the black notebook in his hand again and asked in surprise. "At that time, the secretaries of the brigade were all appointed by the commune. There was no election of party members. How could there be an election?" Old Dong looked around at the other two members of the investigation team, frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "Did you say at that time that you must be the team leader?"

"What I said at the time was: If I become a brigade captain, I must increase production and the income of commune members. You can go to the village to investigate this. My purpose is to change the appearance of the countryside." "Do you think that's what you can change?" "I think my idea is more realistic than that of the captain Ji Hongru at that time." Old Dong turned his head and exchanged glances with the other two comrades from the investigation team.While recording, the lesbian looked at Li Xiangnan sympathetically from time to time. "The members of the club support you after listening to one of your speeches?" Old Dong asked again.

"I had been the team leader for a year before that. In that year, our team's dividend was doubled." This answer is powerful.Old Dong pondered for a moment. "The situation at that time was to crowd out and attack veteran cadres everywhere. As a young man, what was your attitude towards veteran cadres at that time?" He asked calmly. "I respect veteran cadres." Li Xiangnan replied, thinking of Ji Hongru, an "veteran cadre" who only joined the work in the early days of liberation, "I have always respected Comrade Ji Hongru. However, we have always been in rural policy There was a conflict."

"What conflict?" Old Dong noticed. "He single-handedly focuses on grain production. I advocate that we should also develop economic crops, forestry, animal husbandry and sideline fishing, and run enterprises in teams to develop in an all-round way." "You opposed the 'left' line at that time?" "At that time, everyone in Dazhai had to learn. But I have my own explanation, and I have to combine it with the reality of the village." Li Xiangnan smiled sincerely, "I have been the team leader for two years, and the dividends of the members have doubled."

"Where did you get such a realistic ideological foundation at that time?" Li Xiangnan frowned and lowered his eyes in silence for a while, then said: "I had already read "Das Kapital" at that time." "Das Kapital?" Old Dong looked at Li Xiangnan observantly, "When did you start reading it?" "November 1966." "Why November?" "My father was knocked down in November 1966." Li Xiangnan replied. Old Dong nodded: "Can you tell me a little bit about your understanding of "Das Kapital" now?" Li Xiangnan thought for a while and said: "The entire development process of commodity production shows that the development of social economy, and more broadly speaking, the development of the entire society is dialectical and independent of human will. It is impossible to transcend the stages of history. .” "Isn't there often someone who wants to surpass?" "Some want to surpass, others want to delay, and their policies may even be carried out for a few days at a time. The dialectic of historical development is to bring them all down continuously, and finally manifest its own dialectics and inevitability. More broadly, even these The existence of forces that want to surpass history and delay historical development is itself a rich manifestation of the inevitability of historical development.” Old Dong looked at Li Xiangnan attentively for a few seconds, and then nodded slightly imperceptibly. The investigation team leader never showed any inclination. The conversation went on in such a question-and-answer manner.As the conversation progressed, Li Xiangnan became more and more angry with the person who wrote the exposing materials, and many things almost reached the point of fabrication.He tried his best to control himself, but finally lost control. "Have you ever been indiscreet in life?" Old Dong asked. "What's the meaning?" "That is to say, what have you had in your life style... Is there a problem?" "I do not understand." "You have been in the province for these years, including later in college. In short, check yourself in terms of life style." Li Xiangnan was angry.It seems that the whistleblowers collected "materials" extensively.Obviously, this is definitely not Ji Hongru's personal historical rift at work.He vaguely felt that some people and forces were attacking him.And the whole background, it is difficult for him to see clearly now. "I refuse to answer that question," he said. "You have to calm down and cooperate with the organization to investigate clearly." Old Dong said kindly. "The whistleblower can raise specific facts, and you can investigate. If I really violated party discipline and state laws, you can deal with me." "Comrade Xiang Nan, we are also helping you figure out the problem." The lesbian said gently at this time. "As a state cadre, as an ordinary person, I have never lost my morality." Li Xiangnan said, "This is what I want to say. As for any personal experience in my relationship, I have no obligation to explain to the society." The conversation is over.Although the investigation will not draw any conclusions immediately, the influence of the investigation itself has been unfolded in Guling: Li Xiangnan has persecuted veteran cadres in the past; Li Xiangnan is a political careerist; Li Xiangnan has a problem with his life style; The Disciplinary Committee sent the Regional Disciplinary Committee to investigate and deal with it... These public opinions suddenly spread violently in the county, and immediately caused a shock. Any public opinion can spread and expand quickly because it conforms to the interests of some people; any public opinion can cause social shocks because it touches, threatens, and destroys the interests of some people. Public opinion turns out to be a weapon in the struggle of interests. "Xiang Nan, you are talking." Kangle said sitting on the bed and couldn't hold back anymore. "What did I say?" Li Xiangnan snorted self-deprecatingly. "You should fight back first. You should write a document to expose Ji Hongru, accuse him of framing others, and ask the relevant departments to punish him for framing. Being upright is the most powerful strategy. I think you are too weak in this matter, and it is simply not in line with the Your usual style." "I still have style?" Li Xiangnan stood by the table and sneered. "I think Xiang Nan should publicly clarify this matter at a recent conference to completely smash the rumors. Once these rumors are revealed, they will be useless." Zhuang Wenyi adjusted his glasses and said. "Don't worry about it." Li Xiangnan said disdainfully, "If you want to create something, you will always be tired of spreading rumors." He sat down at the table. "Don't think that ignoring it is the way of everyone. Public opinion can kill. Do you know what rumors are being made about you now?" Zhuang Wenyi said angrily. "Stop talking." Li Xiangnan waved his hand. "Some people say that you have had four or five women in the provincial capital." Li Xiangnan grabbed and rubbed a piece of paper in his hand, and squeezed it into the palm of his hand bit by bit, the muscles on his hand bulged.He restrained himself slowly and said, "Stop talking." "I also said that you are a political careerist who loves conspiracy and power." "Stop talking." Li Xiangnan stood up furiously. The house was completely silent.Since Li Xiangnan came to Guling, no one has seen him lose control like this. "What else do you want to say?" Li Xiangnan's eyes were burning, "Say it." He looked at the three people, and the three looked at him.After a while, he sat down slowly: "I'm a little restless. Comrades, if you have anything to say, just say it." "We are mainly concerned with what action you will take next," Kangle said. Li Xiangnan stared at the "Zhonghua" pencil he was fiddling with in his hand: "You just mentioned a few plans, what other plans are there?" "There are many options, and it is mainly up to you to decide." Kang Le said. Li Xiangnan frowned and remained silent for a while: "No matter what action to take, we must first grasp the situation in the ancient tomb and promote the normal development of the work. This foundation must be stabilized. Otherwise, I will be useless." "It's hard to say whether it can be stabilized," Kangle said. "You call the Water Conservancy Bureau, the Grain Bureau, the Education Bureau...there were seven bureaus that met yesterday, and call their party secretaries." "What are you doing?" "Check out the work that was deployed to them yesterday." "Now?" Both Kang Le and Zhuang Wenyi looked at Li Xiangnan suspiciously. "Yes, it is now." "Secretary Li may want to see if the order can still be banned now?" Xiao Hu, who had been silent all the time, said something. "Let's see if the command fails first." Li Xiangnan said. Kang Le smiled, stomped out the cigarette butt and stood up: "It's really you, no wonder others want to attack you for political conspiracy." "It's not political conspiracy, it's political wisdom." Li Xiangnan said calmly. Kang Le was on the phone in the outer room of the office, and everyone in the inner room was silent, hearing Kang Le's voice intermittently.After finishing the phone call, Kang Le returned to the back room: "More than half of the people followed your instructions without error." "What about a small half?" Li Xiangnan asked. "Drag, push, push against you." This change in the political situation is inevitable. "There are two, Director Ma and Director Sun, who told me that they heard more definite news that Secretary Zheng is already planning to transfer you away from Guling." Kangle said. Li Xiangnan stood up. "Where are you going?" Kang Le asked. "I'll go find Secretary Zheng." "Talk to him?" Li Xiangnan thought for a while and said, "I think we should talk to him and adopt a frank approach." "How can you be frank and give him advice?" Li Xiangnan smiled faintly: "That's too stupid. I'm going to tell him frankly all my true thoughts, and even talk about all my experiences." "Don't take your Beijing student as an example." Kang Le said, "He won't have such a conversation with you. The more you expose your truth, the less he understands you, and the more he will hate you. question mark." "Then I'll be more frank." "You've thought about it for a long time, is this the action?" "This may be the most important thing right now." Li Xiangnan opened the door. He walked on the dimly lit county streets, thinking about how to proceed with the conversation with Zheng Dali. He's going to have a very difficult conversation.This kind of conversation may not seem noisy, but it is often more substantive than dealing with a vigorous scene.A powerful impulse welled up in his chest at the thought that he was forging a path in a difficult situation.He is willing to display and exercise his political talents in a complex environment.He wants to use the most frank and sincere approach to break through Zheng Dali's prejudiced line of defense. The "VIP House" has arrived, and the lights and windows are bright. He knocked calmly and firmly but tried his best to appear modest and cautious, and then pushed open the door of Zheng Dali's room.