Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Three

The county party committee compound is located on the hill northwest of the county seat.It is said to be a mountain, but it was actually just a mound; when the mound is flat, it is just a highland.The highland is still a mountain—Xishan.What's going on in Xishan, what's like in Xishan; Xishan is the county party committee, and the county party committee is Xishan, and people in the county confuse the two years ago. The young generals of the "Cultural Revolution" rebelled, and at the same time brought out the "Xishan Conference faction" of the Kuomintang Zou Lu, Xie Chi, and the Communist Party Mao Zedong's famous saying that "the east wind prevails over the west wind". Revolutionary Committee)" the slogan resounded through the sky.Fortunately, it was not Xishan that was smashed. The county party committee on Xishan was able to develop from the pitiful and shabby rows of small bungalows with bluestone and red tiles to today's high-rise complex, solemn and solemn government office compound.

When people in big cities talk about the county seat, they often add the word "small" in front of it.Small county town, meaning dismissive.Officials in the county were also praised and criticized for this.There is a movie that labels the parents of dignified county magistrates as "seven-rank sesame officials", which is really amazing!No matter how dismissive the people in the big cities are, no matter how much the film directors praise or criticize, in the eyes of tens of millions of people with a radius of tens of hundreds of miles, the county seat is still roughly the same as the capital, and the county party committee still It is the place where Wei Ling Si Fang Gao Ke Ren Yun is located.Naturally, the compound surrounded by high walls on the west mountain is not where anyone can go in and leave a few footprints.

Yue Rui is not comparable to ordinary people.Walk into the reception room, name and surname, and point out the person you want to meet. In only three to five minutes, and a distance of only a hundred or ten meters, the secretary of the county party committee came to the front with a Nissan car.The car stopped, and the county party secretary Zu Yuan was already waiting for him. "Old Yue, if you have anything to do, just call and we'll go. How dare you run here!" Zu Yuan respectfully supported Yue Rui and entered the small reception room on the second floor.He just came back from a meeting in the city two days ago, and just came out of the meeting room two minutes ago.

"You are busy, not like I am idle now." After exchanging pleasantries, Yue Rui took out the letter left by Mrs. Xiao Yun.Mrs. Xiao Yun failed to fulfill the wish she personally delivered, and he was duty-bound. Zu Yuan glanced through the letter as quickly as possible, showing an extremely moved and regretful expression: "What a good senior! It's a pity that I came to Pengcheng late, and I don't know her, and I don't understand her situation in the past few years." He Put the letter away carefully, and said: "Thank you, Mr. Yue, for sending the letter in person. We will study this letter carefully and forward it to the higher-level party committee according to the requirements on the letter. Personally, I think that the problem raised by this letter is It is consistent with the central government's spirit of grasping the two civilizations together. A revolutionary veteran is still so concerned about party building at the end of his life. Our county party committee, first of all, I must learn this spirit!"

A few words warmed Yue Yue's heart.After he returned to his hometown, he met Zu Yuan for the first time, and he left a good impression.Zu Yuan's handling of Mrs. Xiao Yun's funeral and what he said just now made Yue Rui feel a special trust and closeness towards this young and gentle county party secretary. He talked about his son.Talking about how Yue Pengcheng attacked and persecuted Mrs. Xiao Yun because of his ruthlessness; how he deceived him so that he almost missed the opportunity to meet Mrs. Xiao Yun; He reviewed his incompetence and failed to educate his son well, and asked the county party committee to seriously criticize and educate Yue Pengzu.

Zu Yuan listened carefully, saying "um" and asking questions from time to time, but his attitude became very cautious. This is a very sensitive and difficult issue for him. After graduating from university, Zu Yuan worked as a middle school teacher for two years, and worked as a leader in the municipal party committee for nearly ten years before becoming a deputy section chief.Including himself, no one can see how much development he will have in his official career.Lu Guangming was transferred to be the secretary of the municipal party committee, and there was great resistance when he started to implement the production responsibility system.A survey report written by him demonstrated the necessity and importance of implementing the responsibility system in relatively wealthy and relatively developed collective economies.This caught Lu Guangming's attention.Soon he became the deputy minister of his ministry.After the Pengcheng County Party Secretary was absent, he was sent down.

Lu Guangming made it very clear: "Go down and exercise, improve your overall leadership ability, and come up again when you have the opportunity." However, the top leader of Pengcheng is not easy to do.Pengcheng can be regarded as "large land, rich resources and large population" in the whole city of counties.Huang Gongwang has been operating in a miserable state here for nearly ten years, and he has pulled together a considerable "unified front".After Huang Gongwang left Pengcheng as vice chairman of the CPPCC, the municipal party committee selected a talented and courageous executive deputy county magistrate from a neighboring county to take over.The new top leader made drastic moves as soon as he took office, eager to change the economically closed and politically conservative situation in Pengcheng.He made a fatal mistake—underestimating the power of the "unified front" formed by interests, kinship, and other complex relationships.After only working for a little more than a year, he had to leave the job.Zu Yuan accepted the lessons of his predecessors, showed great respect to veteran cadres, and dealt with problems calmly and flexibly, so that the "United Front" had no anger or grievances against him.With this premise, he grabs two things with great fanfare.One is to carry out the "civilized village" creation evaluation activities, and the other is to introduce external and internal "climbing relatives" and engage in horizontal alliances.When two things are grasped, the situation changes drastically.On this basis, he strategically took several key positions into his own hands.In doing so, it is inevitable that his ambition to build a career will be affected.But he can only do this, and he can only entrust his deeper scheming to the "leaders" of the "United Front" who have passed the age limit after they leave the field in a dignified manner.He succeeded.The practice of creating a "civilized village" and "climbing relatives" has been promoted and praised throughout the city.Steady, united, and courageous evaluations are also born from this.At the meeting of the Municipal Party Committee a few days ago, Lu Guangming made it clear that he was going to be appointed as the deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee in the next step, and he had already reported to the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee.This is a critical moment.At the critical moment, another critical piece of good news came: Mr. Xing told him on the phone that the experience of economic reform and commodity production in the big and small mulberry gardens had been reported to the provincial party committee.The leaders of the provincial party committee attach great importance to it, and plan to discuss it at the rural work meeting of the provincial party committee as the main two of several different types of ways to get rich, and to introduce and promote it at the provincial advanced experience exchange conference on rural reform.This is undoubtedly a great happy event!Not only is it a full affirmation of the work achievements of Pengcheng County, but also for his "next step", it is tantamount to winning an undoubted "trump card" in front of the leaders of the provincial party committee.

But at this time, a series of disturbances occurred in the big and small mulberry gardens.First, Shi Hengbao filed a complaint, which alarmed the provincial leaders.He learned that Shi Hengbao was indeed a "troubleshooter" and "complainer", and after Da Sangyuan's attitude was very good, he finally felt relieved.Next is Xiao Yun's wife's funeral.The big mulberry garden advocates treating it as a general funeral, while the small mulberry garden advocates treating it as a revolutionary hero.After he instructed the Civil Affairs Bureau and the Denghai Town Committee to put forward their opinions, he weighed it over and over again, and asked Lu Guangming to agree, making a decision that was different from ordinary funerals and revolutionary heroes.Things were finally resolved satisfactorily.Now, Yue Pengcheng's father, the veteran of the Pengcheng Revolution, has come to reflect on his son's problem again!

The Secretary of the Denghai Town Party Committee reported to Yue Pengcheng about some of the problems of Yue Pengcheng and Cai Heizi and others' gang formation and corruption.Regarding the issue of Cai Heizi and others, he instructed the organization to find out and deal with it as they should.Regarding Yue Pengcheng's questions, his attitude is: love, education, counseling, and support. This is not only because Yue Pengcheng is a banner set up by Lu Guangming himself, not only because Yue Pengcheng has indeed made contributions to the development of the commodity economy, but also because Yue Pengcheng's fate is more or less connected with his own fate.But how could he tell this old revolutionary man these things?The situation reported by the old people and the righteous indignation and hope expressed are in line with the facts and reasonable.Even if he stood in the position of an old man, he might have to do the same!

Hypocrisy and coping are not enough, nor is it impossible not to express one's position.But how can we handle this matter?How to make a statement that satisfies the old man—the energy of this revolutionary old man cannot be underestimated, without hurting Yue Pengcheng? People only envy this leader who sits in a small Nissan, drinks Moutai and Wuliangye, hugs each other, and never thinks about his difficulties?Did he ever think that a careless or inconsiderate statement of his might have an impact on himself, even a tragic one? A great deal, sometimes even a major part, of a leader's talent lies in his handling of such complex and delicate matters.

After listening to Yue Rui's words patiently and carefully, Zu Yuan personally poured water for him, comforted him intimately, and said at the same time: He was surprised by what Yue Rui said, and he understood the clear heart of being a father and a revolutionary predecessor.I came to Pengcheng late, and I was a bit bureaucratic. I heard about some problems with Yue Pengcheng's work style, but I didn't understand other problems. Yue Pengcheng had his achievements, so he should be sure.However, there are problems in dealing with the revolutionary predecessors, the masses, and the party's organizational principles, which should also be criticized, educated and corrected.This is not a question of whether the father is competent or not, or whether he has educated his children well, but a question of the party's higher-level organizations and leading cadres lacking education and management of their subordinates.Yue Lao's hopes and demands for the county party committee showed the trust of the elders in our county party committee.We are very grateful for this trust.Regarding the handling of Yue Pengcheng's problems, as well as his own criticism and education, I communicated with other comrades of the county party committee and took measures as soon as possible.Elder Yue can rest assured.If Mr. Yue has any other ideas and requests, and if he has any comments or hopes for Pengcheng's work, please let us know.The county party committee, first of all, my squad leader, promises to accept it sincerely and resolutely follow through or make corrections. Zu Yuan's estimation was completely correct.After he finished speaking these words very sincerely, Yue Rui stood up and left contentedly.When escorting Yue Rui down half way down the stairs, Yue Rui even told him about the changes in the relationship between Yue Pengcheng and Shuzhen. "Old Yue, don't be angry about this kind of thing. You can talk to Pengcheng if necessary. You are his father after all. It can be regarded as support for our work!" Zu Yuan said kindly and meaningfully. Returning to the office from Hebin Park, after Yue Pengcheng called the manager of the shopping mall, he was stalked by two associate professors from the Management Department of Shandong University who came to recruit students.They heard that Yue Pengcheng's business was doing well, and they wanted to invite him to introduce his experience in management and at the same time hire him as an "honorary professor".Yue Pengcheng has never been interested in the so-called "modern management science" of the university. "Management science has no management! You go to those universities to see if there is a decent one? The professor of management is still in the kindergarten class in my company!" Yue Pengcheng often reprimanded.Naturally, there is no way to introduce the experience.As for social honorary positions, Yue Pengcheng has no less than a dozen of them on his head. At first he felt honored, but now it has become a burden and a burden.Just as he was so worried about expulsion that he couldn't get out, the manager of the mall called and said that he got an imported fully automatic drum washing machine with original packaging, put the dirty clothes in it, press the switch, and wait for the clean clothes to be put on him.Feeling the novelty, Yue Pengcheng immediately took the opportunity to get rid of the two associate professors and return home. Although the washing machine is not as magical as the manager of the mall, it is indeed extraordinary.Yue Pengcheng was happy for a while and closed the door to leave. Seeing a familiar small Nissan driving this way, he thought that the secretary of the county party committee had something to look for, so he stopped and waited.After seeing clearly that it was Yue Rui who got on and off the car, it was too late to slip away. "Dad, you're back." He said hello and hurried to leave. After Yue Rui learned of Xiao Yunsao's true love, he kept trying to find him to settle the score, and Xiao Yunsao died at this time either sooner or later.Yue Pengcheng could imagine how angry the old man would be.So I had no choice but to stay away, hoping to wait for the old man to calm down or go back to the city, and then talk about it slowly.Being caught by accident at this moment, he naturally didn't want to be the old man's prey obediently. "Where are you going? Come back! I have something to say!" Yue Rui naturally refused to let go of the opportunity. "I have something to do!" "Nothing will work!" There is no escape.Well, it's a matter of weight sooner or later.Listen to the old man's advice, let him vent and avoid trouble in the future.Yue Pengcheng felt calm when he thought so, and followed Yue Rui back to the courtyard. Caesar was rewarded with a plate of pork liver and a few pieces of wine sweets when he was pleased with him earlier, but now he rushed over to have fun again, and was kicked away by Yue Pengcheng.It barked aggrievedly and lingered aside, at the same time squinting at its yellow and black eyes, wondering why this master who always doted on him was so moody today. Yue Rui sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, trying to calm his mind.Perhaps Zu Yuan's words just now had an effect, or perhaps it was because he knew that all excessive actions were of no value at all.At this moment, he just wanted to seriously talk about his thoughts with his son. "Sit down." He gestured to his son. The son didn't appreciate it, and still stood aside. "Do you know how many times I've been looking for you?" "I know." What the son was waiting for was thunder and storm. "Why don't you come home?" "busy." "Is it that busy?" "yes." "Do you have anything to say about your Aunt Yun?" "No." "No?" "I shouldn't hide it from you, I shouldn't let you..." "that's it?" "right." "Do you remember how I told you that?" "Remember." "Did you do what I said?" "Done." This is a strange phenomenon: the smoother and calmer Yue Rui's voice is, the more intimidating and intimidating Yue Pengcheng feels.He couldn't stand this kind of coercion, even from his own father.His intonation involuntarily rose an octave. "Did you do it? How did you do it?" Yue Rui said harshly.His son's arrogance made him heartbroken, and he also couldn't bear this kind of toughness and sophistry. "You came to scold your mother. Did you follow my advice? ah?You speak clearly! " Yue Pengcheng didn't answer directly, and said, "Dad, don't you think it's a little too much? You are my father and I am my son. I have done something wrong. You can beat, scold, and discipline me. But how much did you discipline me before? I Do you know the hardship I suffered with my grandfather? Did you ask about the crime I suffered when I came back from the army? I was almost imprisoned, did you take care of it? It’s not too late to think of doing this to me now ?" Yue Rui was slammed into a corner.This is what he feels guilty about.The eldest son was born before the army went south, and he was placed in the home of a fellow villager first. After he settled down in the south, he was picked up and lived in the south for less than two years before being sent back to his hometown.At that time, the hometown was poor, and the father was sick. How much hardship the young son suffered in serving his father, he was thousands of miles away, so it was difficult for him to take care of him.He agreed to Yue Pengcheng's military service.He had planned to take him into the city when he came back from the army.However, when his son was demobilized, he was being censored and criticized as a "representative of opportunism", and his request to meet with his son was also rejected.The daughter-in-law and grandson only met a few years later.As for the son's family, they were in trouble because of Huang Gongwang's instructions. He only listened to others as stories after he lived in the cadre rest center.The youngest son and daughter in the city, although they had suffered with his father, they were brought up by him after all, and had been nurtured by his father's love.And this eldest son who was abandoned on the land of his hometown, neither the mother who died young nor his surviving father, gave much rain and dew to nourish him.He is like a sapling thrown into the mountains. He survives entirely by his tenacity and tenacity, and grows into a big tree.Yue Rui was once proud of this son, but also ashamed of this son.Yue Pengcheng's words poked a wound in his heart. "Then, what do you mean to say, because I owe you a debt as a father, you have a reason to do evil to your Aunt Yun, right?" After pondering for a moment, Yue Rui asked back. "I didn't mean to blame my father." Yue Pengcheng dodged it cunningly, "I admit that my attitude towards Aunt Yun was a bit inappropriate. But I didn't cause the breakup with her, and it wasn't because of personal matters." "Why?" "I want to reform and make Dasangyuan rich, but she...blocks it!" "Is your reselling steel a reform?" "Yes. Township and village enterprises are just supplements. I need steel, and there are people who want to sell it. Why can't I buy it? I buy a lot, others need it, why can't I sell it? " "What a theoretician! In other words, beating people, cursing others, engaging in personal dictatorship, and engaging in those messy diplomacy are also reforms?" Yue Rui originally wanted to put "deceiving Shuzhen and messing around with women" behind the "messy diplomacy" " One is also added.But he felt that it was a bit of a mouthful, and he deleted it when the words came to his lips. "Yes, otherwise there will be no reform." "You bastard!" Yue Rui's composure and patience were broken, "You open your mouth to reform, shut your mouth to reform, what kind of reform are you reforming: people are being driven to death, and the rules and regulations of the Communist Party are underfoot! I think you are authentic It's a trick to sell dog meat!" "It's up to you to say it!" Yue Pengcheng was calm, but his words became sharp.He couldn't accept his father's interrogation-like accusation.You have your feelings and I have mine, and if you deny me, I will also deny you; I can't pretend to be a turtle and a monkey just because you are my father and I am my son, and swallow shit and urine in one gulp! "Who left the eight hundred yuan family fortune? Who created the tens of millions of businesses? 'Entrepreneur' and 'reformer' are not named by myself!The meritorious deeds of thousands of years have to let the common people speak and let the facts speak!You made the revolution, and Aunt Yun made the revolution. After so many years of revolution, the common people have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, or buy TV sets and refrigerators?How many buildings and parks were built in the big mulberry garden, or how many factories and schools were built?Who are you? " "You're a complete bastard!" Yue Rui turned into a furry lion, jumped up, and hurriedly walked back and forth. Caesar barked a few times.The wind and the carved sycamore leaves are chattering.A big red-faced rooster raised its neck proudly and let out a "clack-clack" cry. "You're an asshole!" Yue Rui stopped, pointing at his rebellious son with trembling fingers: "You created the family business of Dasangyuan by yourself? Where were you when the Japanese devils raided? You did it when the land reform was cooperative." What? You don't even want your ancestors, decades of revolution have been negated, and you still have the face to talk about reform! Credit!Let me tell you, my great reformer, as long as the Communist Party is in the world, if you act recklessly, you will be unlucky one day!If you don't believe me, just wait and see! " "I'll wait and see, Dad." Yue Pengcheng laughed dryly and said, "The Communist Party is not what it used to be. I'm afraid you can only go to the cadre's rest center to say what you said. " "Good! Good! This is my son, my good son!..." Yue Rui laughed suddenly and sat back on the stone bench; his voice was trembling, and he covered his forehead with one hand and swallowed. It seemed that after a long time, Yue Rui finally stopped swallowing and raised his head.He looked at the empty courtyard, resolutely entered the house, and packed up his washing utensils, clothes, and bedding...