Chapter 42 thirty-nine

At four o'clock in the morning, Xia Zhongmin was suddenly awakened by a hasty knock on the door. Xia Zhongmin opened the door, and four or five veteran cadres of the neighborhood committee who were drenched all over were standing at the door with anxious faces. One of them said in a panic: "Mayor Xia, it's bad, it's raining too much, and the four dilapidated buildings in our Xiangyang community have problems. It seems that we must immediately mobilize the housing units to move out. In addition, we must quickly find a place where we can temporarily resettle these housing units. Mayor Xia, after much deliberation, such a big matter can only be resolved if you come forward in person."

Another older lesbian said, "Mayor Xia, among the cadres in Dianjiang, we all know that you are the most exhausted and the hardest, but the situation is too urgent, so we are here to disturb you..." Xia Zhongmin asked while holding an umbrella and rain boots, "How many residents are there in the four buildings?" One of them replied, "We have a general understanding. There may be about 200 households with a population of more than 900. There are more than 30 children under the age of two, more than 90 elderly people over the age of 70, and the number of seriously ill people." There are nearly twenty of them, and there are several disabled people. Mayor Xia, it’s mainly a temporary place to live. With so many people and such heavy rain, we must arrange it as soon as possible, otherwise there will be big troubles.”

While putting on his rain boots, Xia Zhongmin said to them, "Call Director Ma of the Education Bureau right away, and tell him that I said it, and ask him to notify the subordinates immediately, and use the fastest time to free up two schools, and then give them back immediately. Urban construction director Gao Yuhong called..." At this moment, Xia Zhongmin suddenly froze and froze there. what are you doing?A cadre who has not even been elected as a committee member, at this moment, what right do you have to command these bureau chiefs? You are no longer a leader at all, you are not even from Dianjiang anymore, you have become a commoner out-and-out!

He rubbed his numb forehead vigorously. From now on, you have to start adapting to another life and give up the work habits you have formed... So, what about the cadres of the neighborhood committees in front of us?Looking at their extremely anxious and worried looks, they must not know that he has lost the election.Otherwise, they would never come to him at this moment. The thunder outside the window sounded again, and the downpour poured down. Okay, let's go, I can't take care of so much anymore, the residents in the dilapidated building are important. In any case, whether it is Director Ma or Director Gao, they can only do this in the current situation.

Looking at a few old comrades who are dripping wet, what else can you say? Thinking of this, Xia Zhongmin didn't say anything, and hurried downstairs with the cadres of the neighborhood committee, and plunged into the heavy rain... It is the darkest time before dawn.In the wind and rain, the clothes on my body were soaked in an instant.Xia Zhongmin gasped, lowered his head against the wind and rain and walked forward vigorously. It wasn't until about eleven o'clock in the morning that the residents in the four dangerous buildings were escorted one by one to the two nearby schools.

The weather gradually cleared up, and the temperature began to become dull again. At this moment, Xia Zhongmin's face was purple and blue, his body was covered in mud, and his rain boots were completely filled with sand.He found a cleaner place, took a bowl of lunch, and ate slowly. After eating half of it, the deep sleepiness hit me in bursts.Forget it, he hasn't had a good rest for several days. He leaned on a table and fell asleep all of a sudden. It was as if he just blinked his eyes, and was suddenly awakened. When he opened his eyes, the sunlight projected from the gap in the clouds was too dazzling. Xia Zhongmin couldn't help closing his eyes again, but then, his eyes widened again.

There are so many people standing in front of me!one slice! The cadres and masses of the neighborhood committees, and hundreds of residents of dilapidated buildings who have just been transferred out! It's so dark that you can't see the end at a glance! All the people watched him silently, and many, many people were weeping and weeping. It was still the cadres of the neighborhood committee last night, and one of the female directors said while crying: "Mayor Xia, I'm so sorry, we don't know anything about what happened at the party congress yesterday. Mayor Xia, we really don't know..."

... The other cried loudly, "Mayor Xia, what's going on? Why did they do this? Why..." An old man at the back yelled loudly, "God! You are so blind! Why are you so unfair..." ... Before Xia Zhongmin stood up, the driver Xiao Liu hurried over: "Mayor Xia, let's go back quickly, something happened! Something big happened!" Xiao Liu told him the news that tens of thousands of people had already gathered in front of Xia Zhongmin's apartment and in the compound of the city government.There are tens of thousands of people who have already surrounded the site of the party congress, and more and more people are gathering.

... The just-elected municipal party committee team, as well as all the municipal party committee members, including all the staff, were sitting in the conference room stiffly at this moment, no one spoke or moved. The shouts, curses, and shouts of tens of thousands of people outside the venue were deafening and earth-shattering. Didn’t there still be people throwing bottles, fruits, tomatoes, and Coke cans at the gate and windows of the venue... Wang Siji's face was livid, and he was sitting in a small room in the middle of the meeting room, talking on the phone. He is reporting to the Haozhou Municipal Committee, asking the Haozhou Municipal Committee to immediately notify the anti-riot brigade and the armed police to come for emergency reinforcements, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!

What frightened and worried him the most was that the reporters from the radio stations, TV stations and newspapers that he had originally arranged all took to the streets and walked into the crowd! Their presence in the crowd is sure to add fuel to the flames! The chief of the public security bureau standing in front of him had just reported the situation to him. Except for the hundreds of public security personnel from the Municipal Bureau who were still on duty, the police officers from other local police stations all refused to carry out the order with various excuses.The law and order in the entire Dianjiang River has been completely out of control!

Tens of thousands of farmers from Jiangyin District and Jiangbei District, maybe even more, are rushing to Chengjiang city! Thousands of migrant workers from the gravel field in Dongwang Village are also rushing to the city! More than 20,000 workers and migrant workers from municipal companies and urban construction companies are also rushing to the urban area! Taxis start at twelve o'clock in the morning, and the whole line is on strike! Thousands of sanitation workers from the Sanitation Bureau have also gone on strike! Eighteen bus lines of the city bus company were all interrupted! At present, the number of people gathered at the site of the party congress and the gate of the municipal government is close to 100,000! ... Wang Siji was a little stunned in shock, he never dreamed that the situation would suddenly become like this! Last night he had arranged everything overnight: after the first National Committee meeting at noon today, a huge press conference will be held, followed by a grand celebration! He has arranged all the streets in the urban area Okay staff, let’s set off firecrackers at the same time! He wants to make the people of Dianjiang feel like sending off the plague god, and wants to send Xia Zhongmin away amidst the wild and exciting firecrackers! He also urgently dispatched a batch of high-end fireworks, which will be held at night A 30-minute fireworks show will be held on the high ground next to the Dianjiang Bridge. Let the festive fireworks illuminate the Dengjiang River and the sky above the entire Dengjiang urban area! Xia Zhongmin's defeat was an unprecedented victory for him! He wants all Dianjiang people to celebrate this unprecedented victory with him! He must let Xia Zhongmin leave Chengjiang disheartened amidst the sound of joy! He has to do this, because only in this way can an atmosphere in which the Party Congress truly represents public opinion be created! Only then can Dianjiang come out of Xia Zhongmin's shadow completely! After the fireworks show, he will also hold a reception banquet, entertain his meritorious ministers with the best food and wine, and he will get drunk with them! Although all of this was opposed by Chen Zhengxiang, at this moment Chen Zhengxiang had lost control.Chen Zhengxiang, the nominal secretary of the municipal party committee, had no way to restrain him.Power is rapidly concentrating on him, and in this place of Dianjiang, there is no power that dares to challenge him! Everything went very smoothly and satisfactorily, everything was well-arranged and stop-and-go, and he experienced the satisfaction of being slightly drunk with the winning ticket in hand and full of ambition. However, he did not expect, or even realize, that everything would become like this in this instant! Before the morning session of the National Committee was over, he had not had time to start his celebration, and even the press conference Before it even started, all of this was disrupted by a huge crowd that seemed to suddenly emerge from the ground! The speed of the news, the great action, the large crowd, the ferocity of the reaction, the agitation of emotions...the pressure on him was like an avalanche, and under the panic, he felt that the power he had was so fragile! Finally set foot on the pinnacle of power, but suddenly found himself sitting on the crater! In a situation completely out of control, all power seems to be lost, non-existent. Immediately there will be hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Dianjiang, and there will be more and more! No matter how many armed police and public security are called in, what will happen to such a huge crowd? He closed his red eyes tightly, thinking about his next step. What should he do now? What can he do? Wu Ying, Liu Jingfang, Yu Yangtai, and Chen Zhengxiang were sitting in another room, discussing urgently what to do next. Wu Ying's face was horribly severe, and his tone was equally stern and trembling, "...Comrade Zhengxiang, did you never realize that such a situation would happen?" Chen Zhengxiang stammered, "...It's not that I haven't thought about it, but I didn't expect it to be like this..." When Wu Ying heard this, her eyes seemed to be on fire, "That is to say, you never realized that Xia Zhongmin would have such an influence among the masses, did you?" Chen Zhengxiang didn't know how to answer, "...that's not the case...Xia Zhongmin has always been popular among the masses, in fact...the night before yesterday, I also thought that something might happen...but..." Wu Ying abruptly interrupted Chen Zhengxiang, "But what! You are the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor, and whether your judgment is correct or not will affect the entire political situation! You have been a secretary for more than ten years, so you don't even understand this ? Do you know how much negative impact the current situation will have on the party and the government! When did you seriously report and remind Xia Zhongmin's influence among the masses?" Chen Zhengxiang said in great pain, "Secretary Wu, I thought about it just now. This is indeed the most serious dereliction of duty in my life. I request the organization to give me the most severe punishment..." Wu Ying abruptly interrupted Chen Zhengxiang again, "Punishment! You are the leader. You have been in Dianjiang for more than a year. How much do you know about the situation in Dengjiang? How much do you know about Xia Zhongmin's situation? Look outside. Is it possible to evade the sentiment of the masses with just the word dereliction of duty? Just a few days ago, you ran up and down and asked to leave Dianjiang. I now understand that you chose to leave Dianjiang before the party congress. What is the reason for Jiang? Punishment! You put it lightly, have you thought about what kind of punishment can be used to recover the current loss! Comrade Zhengxiang, you are mainly responsible for the current situation in Jiangjiang! And you You are also responsible for Xia Zhongmin's defeat and the turmoil in Dianjiang! Even you, the secretary of the municipal party committee, lost the election by a few votes, haven't you seen the seriousness of the situation? Shouldn't you be sober now?" Chen Zhengxiang said with a serious expression, "Secretary Wu, you are right. Even if I am exempted, revoked me, and expelled my party membership, the bad influence on the organization will not be undone. But I think it is time to stabilize the mood of the masses. After that, the first move can only be my public resignation. Secretary Wu, Minister Liu, and Director Yu, you are all here, and I will formally request your resignation now..." Liu Jingfang said at this time, "Secretary Chen, at this time, wouldn't you add chaos to the organization by doing this? The key point now is not your resignation, but that you should immediately take responsibility and find a way to appease the masses." Emotions. Can your personal resignation replace the masses' dissatisfaction with Xia Zhongmin's defeat?" Yu Yangtai interjected, "Yes, Secretary Zhengxiang, Secretary Wu has told you so much, why don't you understand? If you didn't fulfill your responsibilities to the organization and Xia Zhongmin before the party congress, then What you need to do most now is to stand up, turn the tide, and take responsibility for stabilizing the political situation in Dianjiang." Chen Zhengxiang pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Secretary Wu, Minister Liu, the new team has just been elected, and the secretary and standing committee members are all here now, as are the leaders of the four major teams and the bureau-level leaders of the municipal party committee and government. I suggest Immediately convene an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee.” Wu Ying looked directly at Chen Zhengxiang and asked, "Talk about your thoughts." Chen Zhengxiang pondered for a moment and said, "First, in the name of the expanded meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, immediately announce to the masses that there are serious mistakes and problems in the election of the Party Congress, and the Municipal Party Committee will immediately conduct a serious investigation; Representatives from all walks of life will account for more than two-thirds; third, the progress and results of the investigation will be announced once a day, and the major media will report publicly; fourth, those who are directly responsible for the mistakes in the election of the party congress will be seriously deal with……" Seeing that Chen Zhengxiang stopped talking, Wu Ying asked, "That's all?" Chen Zhengxiang glanced at Wu Ying and said, "There are other issues that I am considering further. During the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee, you will have other ideas and opinions." Wu Ying said, "I'm not referring to this. What I have to remind you is that you still forgot one of the most critical questions, that is how to answer Xia Zhongmin's question to the masses!" Chen Zhengxiang said, "Secretary Wu, I have thought about this issue, but the issue of Xia Zhongmin's fate cannot be decided by my level organization..." Before Chen Zhengxiang finished speaking, Wu Ying said, "Don't worry about it. I have discussed it with Minister Liu Jingfang just now, and I have also consulted Secretary Wei Yu. The Haozhou Municipal Committee can give you this right now! As long as You can respect the wishes of the people, and we will also respect your choices and decisions. In a word, as long as the people are satisfied, the organization will also be satisfied. At the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee, you can ask everyone for their opinions. At the same time, I also hope that, You can immediately send staff to the masses to listen to their voices and demands earnestly and sincerely, and you must make it clear to the masses that the organization’s ideas are consistent with the masses’ ideas...” ... Liu Shibei called Wang Siji several times before he got through. Once he got through, Liu Shibei said bluntly: "Siji, I know you are very busy, but I still want to remind you that under the current situation, you must not appear to be in a hurry, let alone appear worried or flustered. You must be calm, especially wide awake." Wang Siji said a little anxiously, "Secretary Liu, you are not at the scene, so you can't feel that the situation is too bad and there are too many things to deal with. I also want to calm down, but can I calm down?" Wang Siji's words were somewhat disrespectful, but Liu Shibei was unmoved, "Siji, I heard that you are going to hold an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee right away, and it is at the meeting site. Before the enlarged meeting, you will hold a meeting with the secretaries, isn't that true?" Wang Siji couldn't help being surprised, he had just received the notice of the secretary's meeting almost two minutes ago.Liu Shibei knew it was so fast! He paused and said, "Yes, Secretary Liu, your news is really fast." Liu Shibei asked directly, "Have you ever thought about why an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee is suddenly held at this moment?" "Then what else should I say, tens of thousands of people surrounded the venue. In addition to the team members and all committee members, there were leaders of the four major teams, as well as Secretary Wu and Minister Liu of the Haozhou Municipal Party Committee. If you don't go, you won't even be able to eat lunch, so we have to hold a meeting to discuss a solution." Wang Sizji said dejectedly. "Siji, are you thinking too simply?" Liu Shibei suddenly became a little rude, "Based on my experience and feeling, this enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee is not just about trying to get everyone out of the venue. Ji, what I want to tell you now is that first, you must cheer up immediately! What is your current identity? Your current position is the core, the morale of the army. Do you understand? Second, you must be calm and sober. For you, the key now is that you must understand what you can do and what you cannot do. You must do what you can do, and you must not do what you cannot do Do it. You have to go into battle immediately, and you have to be prepared for a long-term battle. You have to understand that the battle you are facing now will be very difficult. Well, think about it right now. At the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee, Chen Zhengxiang and the others are most likely to What is the problem being asked? What is the problem they most need to solve?" Wang Siji was stunned, he didn't expect Liu Shibei to ask such a question. Liu Shibei then asked, "To calm the situation down as soon as possible, for Chen Zhengxiang, what is he most likely to do and what will he say to the masses?" Wang Siji was taken aback for a moment, "You mean, Chen Zhengxiang might raise Xia Zhongmin's question at the meeting?" Liu Shibei asked rhetorically, "It's not a possibility, but a certainty! The issue of Xia Zhongmin's defeat must be raised, and the issue of the party congress election must be raised. Then, if you think about it, after this issue is raised, what will happen next?" what is the problem?" Wang Siji seemed stunned by Liu Shibei's deduction, and said in a daze, "...What's next? What's next?" "There are so many problems, why don't you pursue them?" Liu Shibei seemed really angry, "Why are you still so confused now? Once the Standing Committee makes such a decision, think about what will be waiting for you ?Since the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee decided to investigate, it must make a promise to the masses to investigate to the bottom, and immediately form an investigation team. At that time, wouldn’t you, the deputy secretary, become the target of public criticism and the root of all evil?” Wang Siji seemed to have finally come to his senses, "...Secretary Liu, I understand." "What do you understand?" Liu Shibei asked. "This enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee must never make such a decision, let alone make such a promise!" Wang Siji said resolutely. "Then what are you going to do?" "Do your best to stop it. Once someone raises these issues at the meeting, firmly oppose it!" "No, you want to strike first, understand? You can't wait for them to bring it up, you have to bring it up first!" "Preemptive attack?" Wang Siji asked, "What first?" "Listen to me, first, you must let everyone's attention shift to you first, and you must characterize and set the tone of the situation in front of you, understand? This is someone taking the opportunity to incite the masses to make trouble! This is completely A non-organizational action that violates the law and is bad in nature! It can even be said to be a political incident that undermines social stability and damages the image of the party! Second, as a first-level organization of the party, such incidents must not be tolerated. This is in To challenge the authority of the party is to challenge the power of the people! Therefore, it must be put on the line. Behind this kind of inciting the masses to riot, lies the turbulent factors of liberalization of hostile forces and great democracy. We must make everyone sober Realize that if this situation is allowed to develop, it will have extremely bad effects not only in Dianjiang, but also in Haozhou, the whole province, and even the whole country! Third, on this basis, we must let the Everyone agrees that it is necessary to hunt down the black hands behind the extreme incident that incited the masses to riot. You must point the finger directly at Xia Zhongmin. Such incidents have not happened once or twice in Dianjiang! You must let everyone know that what caused this extreme incident The source of the large-scale social riots is the group of people headed by Xia Zhongmin! If Xia Zhongmin is not eliminated, Dianjiang will not be stable! Fourth, once everyone has a unified understanding, immediately report the situation to the Haozhou Municipal Committee and the Provincial Committee in the name of the organization , ask the superiors to take immediate and decisive measures against people like Xia Zhongmin, or at least transfer Xia Zhongmin out of Dianjiang as soon as possible! You must make a guarantee to the organization that as soon as Xia Zhongmin leaves Dianjiang, the situation will calm down immediately. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles, The situation can only become more and more severe and expanding. Well, here are a few issues I have considered for you. How to proceed depends on the situation. But no matter what, you must remember that you must Preemptive strikes! The first attack is the strongest, and the second attack will suffer disaster. Suffering disaster means that the whole army will be wiped out! We have no way out, do you understand, Siji!" Wang Siji seemed to be still thinking about Liu Shibei's words, and he was silent for a long time before he said, "The question is, what if Chen Zhengxiang and the others firmly oppose it?" Liu Shibei said as if cheering up, "With your current status and status, not many people will publicly stand up to oppose it. Absolutely not, absolutely not! I have already told you that if you want to go online, once you Raise the question to the level of anti-party and anti-socialism, who else dares to refute you? Remember, no matter under any circumstances, you must put yourself in the position of the organization. You are standing on the standpoint of the organization, you You are speaking for the organization. You must achieve your goals in the name of the organization! I have been doing it for decades, and this trick has been tried and tested, and it is invincible. It is an unbreakable truth, and it is very effective! You must use it. As long as he is a member of the organization, he is vulnerable to this. Not to mention the Dianjiang Municipal Party Committee, even the Haozhou Municipal Party Committee, even the Provincial Party Committee. In China, no one dares to easily deny the organization Behavior! As long as it becomes an organizational behavior, it can sweep the world and be unstoppable. In a word, you must learn how to use the name of the organization to speak for you, use the name of the organization to support you, and use the name of the organization to complete the completion of others. It can’t be done. Take a step back and say that if there is indeed resistance at the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee, that’s okay. Even if everyone opposes you, you must never compromise. You must find a way to drag the meeting indefinitely Well, the longer the time drags on, the better for you. I heard people say that there are still people throwing stones and bottles at the venue. It will be more beneficial to you if you faint a few committee members and leaders! Then you must write a situation report overnight, and then ask Qi Xiaochang to stamp the official seal of the Municipal Committee, and immediately distribute it to the Haozhou Municipal Committee and the Provincial Committee. When necessary, they can also directly report to the leaders at all levels of the central government. China is so big, and there are so many leaders, as long as there is a leader who gives instructions, the situation will immediately take a turn for the worse. What are the masses? There is no need to worry at all. Sometimes, people actually More and more bad things..." ... Wu Mianyun and a reporter from the provincial newspaper squeezed back and forth among the airtight and dark crowd.Under the scorching sun, the street, which had just had a heavy rain, was so hot that it was hard to breathe. People fainted constantly, and people were helped out constantly. But the crowd is still expanding rapidly, and people from all directions are still coming. Many people began to maintain order automatically, but the situation continued to become more and more chaotic.In fact, from about 8:00 in the morning to now, the entire Dianjiang River has been completely paralyzed from traffic to public security, from construction sites to factories, from units to agencies. Fortunately, so far, no radical behavior has been seen. Even the throwing of bottles and stones has been effectively stopped. Gradually, in some quarters, unorganized behavior is becoming organized.The crowd of petitions and solidarity began to be orderly. In the crowd, self-made banners can be seen everywhere: "The people support Xia Zhongmin!" "Xia Zhongmin is a good cadre of the party!" "Xia Zhongmin, we can't let you leave Dianjiang!" "Mayor Xia, we support you!" "Mayor Xia is a good mayor for the people!" "We will always be with Mayor Xia!" "Corrupt elements are not allowed to drive good party cadres out of Dianjiang!" "Firmly support Xia Zhongmin!" "We will never leave Xia Zhongmin!" "The party congress should represent the will of the people!" "The people's cadres are loved by the people!" ... Wu Mianyun kept recording and observing.The situation has developed to this kind of procedure, and there is no need for interviews at all. The tears of the masses, the cries of the masses, the protests of the masses, and the emotions of the masses have explained everything and proved everything! In the past few days, one after another, one after another, touching, soul-stirring, and exciting actions and deeds made him shed so many tears! And the scandals, evil deeds, and filthy deeds that happened one after another brought him back How much outrage and indignation! The night before yesterday, he talked for two full hours with Tan Kang, who was awake and able to speak normally, allowing him to learn more about Dian Jiang's inside story.Last night, he chatted with Li Zhaoyu and Mu Yongji for nearly midnight, and got more powerful evidence and materials. Yesterday afternoon, just after the closing of the party congress, he interviewed more than 30 party representatives.Among them, a party representative took the initiative to find him. He was an old party secretary in a small mountain village in a remote town. He said that he had been deceived and that someone had sent him money in advance.Those words he said are still horrifying when I think about them now: ... Wu Mianyun: "They sent you money?" Old branch secretary: "Yes." Wu Mianyun: "How much did you give away?" The old branch secretary: "Two thousand." Wu Mianyun: "You accepted it?" The old branch secretary: "Accepted." Wu Mianyun: "Why?" The old branch secretary: "Two thousand yuan, do you know how much money it is? My family has five acres of land, and the annual harvest of five acres of land is less than two thousand yuan. From planting to harvesting of these five acres of land, Exposure to the sun and rain, getting up early and getting dark, plowing, harrowing, fertilizing, sowing, thinning, hoeing, topdressing, applying pesticides, harvesting, grinding, drying...not counting the care of livestock, not counting the handling when selling grain , queuing up, looking at other people's faces, and being scolded by others, it took the family to work hard for half a year before they could get two thousand dollars. Think about it, the two thousand dollars that we got in one fell swoop, what do we do? Don't you want it?" Wu Mianyun: "But, according to the common people's words, this is money with no conscience!" The old party secretary: "How can we not know that this is money with no conscience? But think about it the other way around, why don't you take two thousand yuan? Our party representatives only do this once in a few years. Compared with those who receive gifts every day, every day What do we mean by ignorant cadres? Look at those corrupt cadres published on TV and newspapers. On average, they receive bribes of 100,000 yuan a day! Damn, 100,000 a day is still Human? Not even human anymore, what kind of conscience is there! Not even a fucking pig or dog!" Wu Mianyun: "But now, why do you say you were cheated?" The old party secretary: "We are so soft-hearted! When I saw so many representatives crying, and when I went to the street and saw so many ordinary people crying too, I immediately understood that we were still being fooled. We should elect such good cadres. Now, what hope do we ordinary people have in the future? They gave you money and asked you to stab yourself, are you still so stupid? Isn’t this being cheated and what is it? It’s not as good as pigs and dogs! After returning home, how can I have the face to say goodbye to my parents and my folks?” Wu Mianyun: "You feel regretful now, don't you?" The old party secretary: "I don't regret it, why did I ask you? To be honest, I really regret it. I regret it so much that I regret it. Let alone two thousand, even twenty thousand, two million, can't buy this regret medicine. Two thousand yuan, regret it for a lifetime, even if you die, you can’t close your eyes. Now, if you don’t look for me, I will look for you. You must reflect this situation. Two thousand yuan, When I go back, I will hand it over to the organization immediately, and we will accept how the organization will deal with it..." ... Wu Mianyun looked at the wrinkled old branch secretary in front of him with wet eyes, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.Although he received 2,000 yuan and voted against it, the fact that he can say and do this now at least shows that he has not lost his conscience as a person, nor has he lost the conscience of an old party member... On the way back to the guest house, Wu Mianyun took an extra five kilometers in order to chat with the taxi driver for a while.The taxi driver, who had never met Xia Zhongmin, cried all the way, and the most frequent thing he said was this sentence: "Is this still called the Communist Party? Such a good person can't stand in Dianjiang..." This sentence gave Wu Mianyun such a strong shock! There are too many scenes like this, scenes like this, words like this... He must write all of these, to the central government, to the top leaders of the party! Tonight, before starting to write, he wanted to meet another person, and that was Xia Zhongmin... Although Wu Mianyun knew that at this moment, Xia Zhongmin was surrounded by countless people.In order to keep Xia Zhongmin, the people in Dianjiang have spontaneously formed more than a dozen small teams, and they are on duty around the clock. They must never let Xia Zhongmin leave the office and apartment.The masses said that they wanted to resolutely protect Xia Zhongmin and resolutely keep Xia Zhongmin. When the superior leaders spoke and assured the masses, when would they evacuate from the scene.So it was not easy to see Xia Zhongmin at this time, or to say a few words to him.But no matter what, he still wanted to see him again, even if it was from afar. Wu Mianyun looked at the dark crowd in front of him, and suddenly felt that maybe even Xia Zhongmin himself didn't realize that the incident triggered by him would become a magnificent drama in Chinese political history, and Xia Zhongmin himself would also Become a man of much attention... It was already late at night, and Secretary Wei Yu was still anxiously waiting for the call. He was waiting for a call from Dingjiang, and at the same time waiting for a call from the Provincial Party Committee. Dian Jiang has called countless times, but there has been no update. The development of the situation in Dianjiang has a tendency to spread. Up to now, there are still tens of thousands of people on the streets of Dianjiang.They still surround the party congress site, and still surround the municipal government.It was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and many people took out mats, bags, and plastic sheets and lay down on the ground.That is to say, they are ready for a protracted war. Tens of thousands of people stayed on the streets at night to protest and petition, which has never happened in the history of Dianjiang. There will be more people tomorrow than today. They asked to keep Xia Zhongmin, asked to investigate the issue of the party congress, and then held a new election. However, the new municipal party committee of Dianjiang has not responded to the voices and protests of the masses until now. The enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee started at two o'clock in the afternoon and has been going on until now, but there is still no result. Just an hour ago, Dianjiang called. The meeting place where the party congress is located suddenly lost power and water. Until now, the electricity and water have not been restored. In less than a dozen hours, Wei Yu and the standing committee members of the Municipal Party Committee in Haozhou City had held two temporary meetings, and continuously reported the situation of Dianjiang to the relevant leaders of the Provincial Party Committee. At around nine o'clock that night, the Provincial Party Committee also held an emergency meeting of the Standing Committee. Wei Yu has been waiting for news from the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. He didn't know what decision the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee made. He has been silently waiting. It wasn't until ten past twelve that the phone rang suddenly. It was Gao Huaiqian, Deputy Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. "Secretary Gao, has the Standing Committee just finished?" Wei Yu asked eagerly. "The Standing Committee ended after eleven o'clock. Just now, Deputy Secretary Peng Tao and Minister Yu Jianhua and I talked with Secretary Zheng Zhibang for nearly an hour." Gao Huaiqian said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Wei Yu, on the side of Dianjiang How's the situation?" Wei Yu wanted to ask about the situation of the Standing Committee, but Gao Huaiqian's tone didn't seem to mean to tell him anything, so he replied, "The situation is still the same, but there are still a lot of people." Gao Huaiqian asked in surprise, "Now? There are still many people?" "Yes, I just called, and there are still many calls." Wei Yu answered truthfully. "Now there are tens of thousands of people on the streets of Dianjiang?" Gao Huaiqian asked. "Yes, I'm afraid it's more than that." "That is to say, there will be more people tomorrow?" "Yes, there will definitely be more if there are more or less." "How much is it estimated?" Gao Huaiqian asked very carefully. "It's estimated to be more than 200,000." Wei Yu said cautiously. "As far as I know, a large number of farmers from the outer suburbs will flood into the urban area tomorrow, and there will be a large number of industrial workers who have not stopped production today. In addition, the managers of private enterprises seem to have unified their actions and will all stop work and production tomorrow. They actively ask employees All in the streets." Gao Huaiqian was stunned, and asked after a long time, "Wei Yu, tell me the truth, is it really so serious?" "Secretary Gao, I think it may be more serious than this." Wei Yu said seriously, "This is indeed a serious mistake on my part. My judgment has gone a long way. I never thought that the public's reaction would be so intense. Too much Careless, it is indeed out of control." Gao Huaiqian was silent on the phone for a long time, and I don't know how long it had passed. Gao Huaiqian asked again, "Is there any other situation? Including what you estimated." “据比较可靠的消息，明天可能会有几千嶝江人，也可能会有上万人，专程到昊州市委市政府门口请愿。”魏瑜轻轻地说道，“据嶝江方面的估计，也许还会有嶝江的群众到省委去请愿，人数最少也会有数百或者上千人。” “消息确切吗？” “应该是确切的，刚才有人给我作了汇报，昊州市委门口，现在已经有人在静坐了。今天晚上嶝江到省里的火车和汽车挤得水泄不通。嶝江的长途汽车站已经增开了十七辆，仍然还有很多人没有乘坐上。我估计大部分都是到省城请愿的群众。” “那嶝江方面呢？嶝江市委到现在还没有做出什么举动？” “由于一个小时前突然停水停电，嶝江市委常委大会被迫中断，直到现在仍然没有做出任何决定。” “会议争议得很激烈？” "yes." “争议的焦点是什么？” “有人认为群众的请愿是非组织的违法行为，要求昊州市委和省委立即做出决定，对这一行为的幕后策划者进行严肃处理……” 高怀谦听到这里，猛地打断了魏瑜的话，“好了，不要说下去了！吴盈和刘景芳还在嶝江吗？” “在。他们一直在会议现场。” “群众还没让他们出来吗？” “群众说了，出来可以，但要给群众一个答复。” “那就是说，直到现在，他们还没有给群众任何答复？” “是。”魏瑜顿了一下说，“在目前的情况下，大家都在等上级的决定。” 高怀谦突然愤怒地嚷了一句，“这是在推卸，在逃避！到现在了，仍然在一级推一级！所有的责任都是上级的责任，于是任何人都没了责任！但没有个人的责任，那还有组织吗？好了，一会儿让吴盈直接给我来电话。” “是。”良久，魏瑜才问道，“高书记，我还是想问，下一步我们应该怎么办？” 高怀谦沉吟了一下，放缓语气问道，“你为什么不问我省委常委会的决定？” “……高书记，我不知道该不该问。” “那我就告诉你，明天上午省委组织部和省委纪检委将组成一个联合调查组，马上进驻嶝江。如果明天你们和嶝江方面还是拿不出解决的方法，还是平息不了群众的情绪，那么后天，省委书记郑治邦，纪检书记彭涛，组织部长于建华，还有我，都一起到达嶝江，郑治邦书记要直接同群众对话……” ... 凌晨一点多了，夏中民仍然毫无睡意。 群众都非常自觉，没有人来房子里干扰他。成百上千的群众，就坐在他的公寓门口，坐在楼道里，坐在政府大院里，甚至连他公寓的后院也坐满了群众，他们担心夏中民会从公寓的后面被什么人接走。 怎么劝也没用，群众就是不走。他们说了，只要看到夏中民，他们心里就踏实了。群众还给夏中民说是，嶝江的老百姓都知道了，全都行动起来了，他们还要去昊州，还要去省里，还要去北京。群众说了，整个嶝江有一百多万人口，现在至少也会有几十万人愿意站出来为夏中民说话！ 群众说了，几十万人站出来要留住夏中民，不信上面没态度！ 群众说了，几十万人站出来一起呼喊，不信全中国没有人听见！ 群众说了，几十万人站出来表达心愿，不信中央看不到什么是民心！ 平时夏市长替老百姓说话，现在老百姓要替夏市长说话！ 每逢看到这些，听到这些，夏中民总是止不住地热泪盈眶，心潮难平。自己究竟做了什么，值得老百姓这样对待自己！ 看到今天老百姓这样的情绪，自己做得实在太少，太不够了！ 只有一点他坚信不移，只要你心里装着老百姓，老百姓给你的将会是这个世界上最丰厚的回报！ 他甚至还听到人说，各个媒体的记者，还有一些党员干部，正在挨个地走访那些党代表，询问他们究竟为什么要把夏中民选下来？到底是哪些人投了反对票！群众说了，这些人都是嶝江的罪人！ 党代会的代表们，此时此刻，成为人们质疑的对象！ 刚开始时，是人们在劝慰夏中民，而现在，则是夏中民在劝慰这些干部和群众。 他不断地给清运队和清扫队的工人和干部打电话，不断地给建筑工地的工人和经理打电话，不断地给各地的公安干警和领导打电话，要他们千万不要停工停产，一定要好好工作，好好值勤，维持好嶝江的社会治安和社会环境…… 他给清扫队的队长在电话里说，“现在刚刚下了大雨，嶝江街上一片泥泞，又有这么多群众，一天不打扫不清理，嶝江就会成为一座臭城。你给工人们好好做做工作，在这种时候，怎么能不干活？你告诉大家，如果大家真的支持我，那就好好干活。咱们是工人，靠的就是干活，不干活怎么养家糊口？千万不要为我影响情绪，影响工作……” 清扫队长在电话里说，“一听说你落选了，就像天塌了一样，大家都一个个哭得拉不起来，不是不想干活，实是干不成呀。好了，夏书记，既然你这么说了，我们就听你的，我们现在就干，马上就干，别人的话我们不听，但你的话我们听……” 覃康从医院打来电话，用沙哑的声音给他说道，“……中民，你为什么阻止我去参加选举？为什么？只要我去了，就我一个人，至少也可以给你增加三十票！你以为你的落选只是一个人的事吗？如果我死了，也就算了，可我还活着，只要我活着，我就绝不能让你离开嶝江！我真是后悔死了，千不该万不该听了你的话，那天就是爬也要爬到会场去！中民，你一定要听从大家的意见，绝不要离开嶝江！只要你能留在嶝江，老百姓就有希望。那天晚上我拼死要保住那些材料，其中的一个原因，就是为了让你留在嶝江，如果你离开了嶝江，第一个对不住的就是我……” ... 电话铃声再次响了起来。 So late, who could it be? “我是武二，夏市长，你还记得吗？武二。”一个好像从峡谷深处冒出来的声音。 夏中民怔了一下，很快就记起来了。“武二，记得。” “本来我要去见见你的，但看到你住的地方那么多人，只好给你打电话。”武二说到这里，停顿了一下，问，“我给你的那两盘录音带，你听了吗？” 夏中民回忆了一下，拉开抽屉看了看仍然放在里面的录音带，说，“对不起，还没有，这两天太忙了。” “你呀，夏市长，说一句不算夸大的话，你要是早点听了我的录音带，早点见了我，说不准党代会你就不会出事，你们几个就不会落选！我说的是实话，到现在了，我没必要骗你！” 夏中民一时竟不知道该怎么回答。 “夏市长，不过现在我觉得还不算太晚，我这里还有几盘新的录音带，对你绝对有用。”武二的语气急切而认真，一点儿不像开玩笑。 “我现在真的没时间，以后我会听的。”夏中民说道。 “我知道你现在没时间，但我已经下决心了，我必须帮你！你知道录音带录的都是什么吗？我只给你说一件事，你就知道我没有给你撒谎。齐晓昶你认识吗？还有刘卫革，你也知道吧？他们两个都失踪了好几天，这个你也知道吧？他们为什么失踪，这个你就不清楚了吧？他们在党代会前都干了些什么事情，你可能也不清楚吧？但这些我都清楚，他们都一五一十地给我交代了，交代得清清楚楚，全都在这些录音带里。包括你们那个沙石场的事故，也都是他们干的！这方面的情况也都在这些录音带里。夏市长，他们太坏了，坏得你都想象不到！” 听了武二的这些话，夏中民感到说不出的震惊，他不禁问道，“武二，你现在哪里？” “夏市长，我知道你脱不了身，有些事情我可以替你干！我现在要将功赎罪，但我现在的处境也非常危险，一旦让他们发现了我，你可以想象得到我会有一个什么样的结果。” “那你现在想怎么办？” “我只要你做一件事，你马上给我找个记者，必须是大记者，可靠的记者，你信得过的记者，然后让他来找我，我会把所有的这些情况全都反映给他。而后再让这个记者把材料反映给调查组和上面的部门。在事情没有明了以前，因为我不能直接出面，你也不好出面，只有通过记者，这些情况才能真正披露出来，才能反映到上面。我想了好长时间了，只有这样做，才最妥当。” 夏中民想了想，觉得确实有道理。于是问道，“你是让这个记者直接跟你联系吗？” "yes." "How to contact?" “我给你一个电话号码，让他尽快来找我。越快越好，什么时候都可以。” “现在也行吗？” "Of course." “那好，你等着吧，我会尽快让记者跟你联系。” “我会一直等着。” 就要挂电话了，夏中民轻轻说了一句，“武二，谢谢你。” “不，夏市长，我要谢谢你。看到那么多人为你请愿，我很受教育。其实我早就知道你是个好干部，有你这样的好干部，坏人也会变成好人……” ... 夏中民默默地放下电话。 一个记者的名字闪现在他的眼前－吴渑云。 是的，只能是吴渑云。 此时此刻，吴渑云在嶝江吗？ 他略略思考了一下，开始拨打吴渑云的手机号码。 ...