Chapter 43 forty

"The failure of a good cadre like Dianjiang Jiao Yulu has aroused strong public outrage!" Facing the headline of the event report that had just finished the first draft, Wu Mianyun looked at the time, and it was already past seven o'clock the next night. The manuscript of more than 3,000 words was written for nearly six hours from one o'clock in the afternoon. For many years, the pen in his hand had never been so heavy. From yesterday to now, it has been a full twenty hours without seeing each other. There are five thick notebooks, more than 20 tapes, and various materials more than one foot thick. It is not so easy to summarize so much content in 3,000 words.

This is the basic skill that a reporter must possess. We must go deep into reality, go deep into the masses, go deep into life, conduct investigations and studies, grasp first-hand materials in detail, and carefully verify them, and we must not follow others' opinions and hearsay. Be sure to tell the truth, speak with facts, and take full responsibility for what you report. There must be an overall concept, and we cannot speak for the local interests of a certain region or department at the expense of the overall interests. Manuscripts must eliminate all mistakes, and must consider whether they conform to the spirit of the central government, national laws and decrees, public opinion, and work reality. They must play a correct guiding role.

It is necessary to quickly and timely reflect the major events and emergencies that occur in various places. ... As a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, Wu Mianyun is very familiar with the above-mentioned professional requirements and is very clear. But it is not so easy to actually do this. Therefore, he wrote the beginning six or seven times. Some places in the middle, especially those that analyze the reasoning, the things with conclusions, and the places where questions need to be asked, he considered over and over again, and wrote over and over again. Especially for some chapters, he has revised it more than ten times.

... ... At the new Dianjiang Party Congress, the people will recognize Jiao Yulu and Kong Fansen as good cadres, and Xia Zhongmin, deputy secretary of the Dianjiang Municipal Party Committee and executive deputy mayor, failed in the election of fifty-eight members of the Municipal Party Committee.At the same time, the Disciplinary Inspection Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee who just took office, Liang Dayong, a model discipline inspection cadre known as a "black face" by the masses, Li Zhaoyu, a decent deputy mayor, and Mu Yongji, the mayor of Jiangyin District who has the courage to speak for the masses, also lost the election.In addition, Chen Zhengxiang, the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee who was once elected as one of the "Top 100 Public Servants" in the country, was only a few votes short of losing the election, ranking last among the fifty-eight elected members of the Municipal Party Committee.Many cadres and the masses believe that this is the result of local forces, sectarian forces, and corrupt vested interest groups colluding behind the scenes to hijack and manipulate the election of the party congress.

…For the past two days, the cadres and masses in Dianjiang City, migrant workers, farmers, laid-off workers, retired veterans, and people without party affiliation from various democratic parties have expressed their strong dissatisfaction with Xia Zhongmin's defeat in various forms such as sit-ins, petitions, and petitions. .In Dianjiang City yesterday, the number of people who took to the streets to support Xia Zhongmin, excluding the onlookers, reached about 100,000 at most. At around 10:00 this morning, the number of people who flocked to the streets has exceeded 100,000, and farmers in the outer suburbs are still rushing to the streets. Come.The citizens of Dianjiang City and the staff of the municipal party committee and government put up banners supporting Xia Zhongmin on the doorways, balconies, and windows of their homes and offices to express their anger.At the same time, thousands of cadres, workers and peasants spontaneously organized and sat down to petition the Haozhou Municipal Party Committee and the Provincial Party Committee in turn, insisting that Secretary Xia Zhongmin not leave Dianjiang.More than 1,000 sanitation workers in Dianjiang City went on strike collectively, and more than 40 private enterprises also stopped work and production. A large number of employees and cadres of municipal companies, urban construction companies, and state-owned enterprises also took to the streets to protest.They held slogans such as "Petition for Xia Zhongmin, a good cadre of the party", "Return our good secretary Xia Zhongmin", "The people support Xia Zhongmin", and told relevant provincial and municipal leaders about Xia Zhongmin's political achievements in the past eight years in Dianjiang and his love for the common people. The strong emotion caused many onlookers to cry with sympathy.The onlookers were deeply moved by those who sat in front of the municipal and provincial party committees to petition in the rain. They said with emotion, "These days are all petitioning and suing officials, and I have never seen anyone petitioning for an official!" Among them, several self-employed individuals took out more than 20,000 yuan on the spot.Over the past few days, many cadres and masses, including many laid-off workers, worried that Xia Zhongmin would leave Dianjiang. Some sent two cans of Jianlibao, a few bags of instant noodles, and a few boiled eggs to express condolences, and some chatted with Xia Zhongmin. Everyone was on duty in shifts. The entrance of the apartment where he lived, the corridors, and the compound were all crowded with people to prevent someone from sending Xia Zhongmin away and leaving Dianjiang City.Dozens of retired veteran cadres above the division level in Dianjiang City also jointly signed and sealed to their superiors to report the problems in the election of the Dianjiang Party Congress.According to reports, cadres and workers of some large provincial and ministerial enterprises stationed in Dengjiang are also planning to cooperate with cadres and workers in Dengjiang to organize larger-scale mass petitions, and are planning to organize the masses to go to Beijing to appeal.

During the interview, the reporter learned that during the discussion, nearly a hundred local cadres and the masses, in addition to naming and scolding some of the main leading members of the Party Congress representing local forces, they also cursed "the Communist Party is corrupt and incompetent." Saying that this party congress is "sectarian forces crowding out expatriate cadres, corrupt elements defeating hard-working and honest cadres, and vested interest groups defeating the general public, it is simply a rape of public opinion!" According to some cadres of the municipal party committee and municipal government in Dianjiang and retired veteran cadres, the 38-year-old Xia Zhongmin was sent by the provincial party committee to serve as the deputy secretary of the city eight years ago as an outstanding young cadre across the century.Over the past eight years, he has devoted himself wholeheartedly to his work and won the trust and support of the majority of cadres and the masses.He was recommended as a candidate for mayor by the Haozhou Municipal Party Committee for three consecutive years, and was elected as an outstanding grassroots youth leading cadre for four consecutive years; in 1999, he was named the "Top Ten Outstanding Youth Cadres" in the province; In the public selection and examination of the city, county and mayor, he ranked third among 400 candidates... Such a good cadre who is well-known among the masses will be tolerated by some local forces.The cadres and masses who were dissatisfied with the results of the party congress election concluded that there were three main reasons why Xia Zhongmin was deeply hated and repelled:

One is that too much work has been done and the political achievements are too outstanding.Xia Zhongmin has been in charge of urban construction work, petition work, and united front work for more than seven years, and then served as executive deputy mayor for less than a year. These tasks in charge of him have undergone unprecedented changes.Especially in recent years, the urban construction and urban transformation of Dianjiang City have been very fast, ranking second to none among county-level cities in the whole province. The second is decent and honest, which gives people a sense of "outstanding among chickens".In the past seven years, as the deputy secretary in charge of urban construction, he has not had a tile or a house in Dianjiang, and he still lives in a one-bedroom apartment; he has not arranged for a relative or friend, and his wife still stays in the place of origin. Do insurance work in impoverished counties.He never eats, let alone flirts and gangs.After the canteen of the municipal government was closed last year due to lack of people eating, he had nowhere to eat. For the past year, he has been eating with workers in the canteen of the municipal construction company.

The third is to serve the common people wholeheartedly, "to win the hearts of the people, to buy the hearts of the people."During the seven years in charge of urban construction and petition work, he tried every means to do practical, good and real things for industrial workers, sanitation workers, construction workers and petitioners, understand the situation, solve problems, and eliminate problems.In the past year as the executive deputy mayor, in order to reduce the burden on farmers and solve the "three rural issues", he has visited almost 28 towns and towns in the city, and has inspected more than 300 villages.On the eve of the election, he was still busy dealing with the aftermath of the casualties at the site of the gravel accident. He also contacted various parties to arrange re-employment for laid-off workers, mobilized government officials to donate money and materials, and helped the poor old workers and old model workers to tide over the difficulties.

Some veteran cadres who have worked in Dianjiang for many years pointed out that the vested interest groups formed by local and sectarian forces in Dianjiang are intricate, deep-rooted, and have a long history.Liu Shibei, the original secretary of Dianjiang, has worked in Dianjiang for more than 30 years, and has almost all inserted his children, relatives, drivers, secretaries, relatives and friends into key departments at all levels; the successor arranged by Liu Shibei is the current executive deputy secretary. Wang Siji, former Minister of Organization, was in charge of organization work for 17 years. He also inserted all his family members, children, cronies and friends into financial, planning committee, political and legal, industrial and commercial power organs.These people, large and small, are nicknamed the "Second Government" by the people of Dianjiang, but they actually control the power of the Dianjiang Municipal Party Committee and Government.Chen Zhengxiang, secretary of the municipal party committee, was just a sham and could not control the situation at all.Not long ago, Wang Siji and Ding Jiang promoted nearly 400 cadres at one time. Most of them have not been reviewed and approved by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee.Ma Weijin, deputy director of the Jiangyuan Municipal Party Committee Office, committed suicide by lying on the track. The main reason was that Xia Zhongmin had praised him at the cadre meeting, so the original director was changed from Ma Weijin to a "three-blind" cadre who had been investigated many times.After verification, in the past two years, especially when Xia Zhongmin was the executive vice mayor, Qi Xiaochang pretended to be Xia Zhongmin's handwriting, instructed the work transfer and arrangement of nearly 200 people, and ordered several tens of millions of yuan in engineering projects, causing unspeakable damage. make up for the huge loss.Ma Weijin said in his suicide note to Xia Zhongmin that Wang Siji and his like had "changed the dynasty" in Dian Jiang, and that honest cadres had "a dead end."According to Qin Kang, the deputy secretary of the Disciplinary Inspection who is still recuperating in the hospital and risking his life to rescue the investigation materials in the fire, there is solid evidence in these materials that they have robbed Dianjiang of its economy and finances over the years. empty.

During the reporter's extensive investigation, many insiders among the cadres, including some representatives of the party congress, revealed that local sectarian forces and corrupt forces have joined forces to squeeze out Xia Zhongmin's activities for a long time.The reason why he was eager to kill Xia Zhongmin this time was because the upcoming People's Congress had confirmed Xia Zhongmin as the candidate for mayor.Therefore, two months ago, the "competitors" started their activities intensively, constantly distributing black materials to the village branches to provoke the relationship between grassroots cadres and Xia Zhongmin; .Several party representatives have admitted to reporters that they received "remuneration" and "gifts" for not electing Xia Zhongmin on the eve of the party congress; To leaders at all levels; before the party congress, hundreds of complaint letters of various "revealing" Xia Zhongmin were frequently sent to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Organization Department of the Central Committee, the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Disciplinary Inspection Commission and Hao Leaders of the municipal party committee at all levels even sued the leaders of the provincial and municipal party committees for covering up the "corrupt Xia Zhongmin"; The group was not allowed to choose Xia Zhongmin in greetings; some people even released the words ten days ago: "Xia Zhongmin will definitely be killed at this meeting!"For example, before the party congress was held, more than 400 village party secretaries in the city received a leaflet "Xia Zhongmin supports Wu Guihua, the gangster in Wubao Village, who killed the village party secretary Wu Guihua", and the leaflets were signed by six village party secretaries in Wuyang Town.Regarding this, a Party representative from Wuyang Township said, “I asked all the village Party secretaries in Wuyang Township, and they said they never wrote any leaflets. I also asked Wu Guihua herself, and Wu Guihua said it was purely a Rumors."

Wu Ying, deputy secretary in charge of cadres of the Haozhou Municipal Party Committee and Liu Jingfang, director of the Organization Department, who attended the Dianjiang Party Congress from the beginning to the end, told reporters on the phone, "From a procedural point of view, there is nothing wrong with the election of the Dianjiang Party Congress. Strong behind-the-scenes activities and election bribery, the Haozhou Municipal Committee will immediately send an investigation team to seriously investigate and deal with it.” The reporter also learned from the provincial party committee that the secretary-general of the provincial party committee and the head of the organization department of the provincial party committee received Dianjiang’s petitioners many times. And made it clear that the provincial party committee will organize a joint investigation team to investigate.The Dianjiang Municipal Party Committee is currently paralyzed and has not made any decisions.But Chen Zhengxiang, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, said that he must investigate this matter to the end.As of press time, nearly 100,000 people in Dianjiang City are still petitioning on the streets, and the agitated cadres and the masses are still waiting for the investigation team to verify.Some people in Dianjiang City said that if the higher authorities did not ask about this matter, they would leapfrog to Beijing to appeal. ... After counting the numbers, it was still too long.Wu Mianyun knew that a manuscript like this should not exceed 3,000 words, even if it is a problematic internal reference manuscript that belongs to a major event.The newsletter drafts of more than 1,500 words must be reviewed and signed by the chief and deputy directors of the editorial office, and can only be sent to the ministry's manuscript center after they are deemed uncompressed. can be sent. So, he also has to compress.In some cases, he needs further verification... But no matter what, he must send it to the provincial Xinhua branch before nine o'clock this evening, and then send it to the head office.Because of similar important developments and emergencies, the publication must be published as soon as possible, and the time should not exceed three days, and the branch that delays reporting or omits major emergencies will be criticized and punished by notification... Fortunately, writing this manuscript is the one he has least disturbed and disturbed for many years. ... When Zheng Zhibang, secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, arrived at the Guest House of the Forestry Department on Shengli Street, not too far from the entrance of the Provincial Party Committee, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Following Zheng Zhibang were Gao Huaiqian, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Yu Jianhua, Minister of Organization, and five or six people from the Secretary General of the Provincial Party Committee. At the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee held overnight yesterday, even though it was known that people from Dianjiang might come to the Provincial Party Committee to petition, Zheng Zhibang was deeply shocked by the large number and scale of the petitioners this morning. .Dianjiang is 400 kilometers away from the provincial capital. Even by train, it takes seven or eight hours, while by bus, it takes about ten hours because it has to go around two mountain ranges.But early this morning, there were nearly 3,000 Dianjiang people who gathered at the gate of the Provincial Party Committee for a sit-in and petition! It is hard to imagine how these people came to the provincial capital from Dianjiang.Because what happened in the afternoon of the day before yesterday, more people only knew about it yesterday morning. From knowing the news to coming to the provincial capital today, for these ordinary people, there is only one day to prepare.From Dianjiang to the provincial capital, there were only three trains and six buses from yesterday afternoon to last night. Even if they were all full, it would be difficult to carry so many people.However, overnight, thousands of people petitioned at the gate of the Provincial Party Committee, as if they had fallen from the sky, which is really unbelievable. Judging from the reported situation, there is no sign of organized and planned actions.First of all, these sit-in petitioners do not come from certain large units or large factories and mines. Among these people, there are workers, farmers, cadres, students, teachers, citizens, government officials, etc., and they come from completely different jobs and units. What is particularly surprising is that a large part of these people turned out to be migrant workers working in Dianjiang, laid-off workers, and college graduates waiting to be assigned. What surprised Zheng Zhibang the most was that among these people, there were dozens of disabled people!There is also a critically ill patient who is dying! They even made a special trip to support Xia Zhongmin, to complain for Xia Zhongmin, and hope that Xia Zhongmin can continue to stay in Dianjiang! There is a horizontal sign that is more than ten meters long, and the large characters on it are crooked and eye-catching: "Secretary Zheng, please keep Xia Zhongmin, a good cadre of the party, for the people of Dianjiang!" In Zheng Zhibang's decades of political career, this is the first time!Impressive and shocking! Xia Zhongmin, a city management cadre, as the secretary of the provincial party committee, is not ignorant of him.He was familiar with this name, but he never thought that this name would be so famous among ordinary people! Just a few days ago, he also gave an instruction about Xia Zhongmin, the deputy mayor of Dianjiang City, insulting workers: Incidents like Xia Zhongmin's brutal treatment of workers must be seriously investigated and dealt with seriously!He also ordered that the full text of the provincial newspaper be published, and a large discussion be held across the province, so as to start with this and further improve the relationship between the cadres and the masses.However, just a few days later, before the big discussion started, thousands of ordinary people came from Dianjiang, sat quietly at the gate of the provincial committee, and asked him to leave this good party cadre Xia Zhongmin for Dianjiang! This pair of banners was like a heavy punch, hitting his chest hard! As for Dianjiang, which is hundreds of miles away, at this moment, it is said that hundreds of thousands of cadres and masses are standing on the street to petition for Xia Zhongmin, insisting that Xia Zhongmin not be allowed to leave Dianjiang! This is a great irony for his own criticism! As a secretary of the provincial party committee, how should I understand the cadres under him, what channels should I use to understand, how deeply can we understand, and how much can we understand?It seems that this is really a problem, a big problem, a looming problem! Just going from document to document, from instruction to instruction, from material to material, from meeting to meeting, how can we know what the cadres are doing, what they have really done, and what they have accomplished?Whether the masses are satisfied or not, whether the people like it or not, and whether the common people agree or not, how can you really know and understand? Every year there are tens of thousands of research materials on the status of cadres, and the report on each cadre's situation is written in a hype. As long as they are not investigated and dealt with, and no problems occur, almost all the materials submitted to the cadres are flawless and clean. It can be completely understood and forgiven, and it is an insignificant, trivial flaw.Almost all of them are gleaming gold, all of them are role models of Huaijin and Yuyu, and all of them are perfect candidates for promotion.Is this phenomenon normal?Except for the cadres who were investigated and dealt with, and the cadres whose problems were exposed, the rest are all excellent cadres. Is this situation too worthy of deep thought and disturbing? He remembered that an old secretary of the municipal party committee who was about to leave office once told him from the bottom of his heart that over the years, we have inspected and promoted cadres, and the objects of our visits and inquiries are almost all cadres.Therefore, the cadres we promote can only be cadres that the cadres agree on; the cadres we want to promote can only please cadres in all aspects.If this is the case at all levels, then besides representing the interests of cadres, who else can our cadres represent? In the process of promoting cadres, when have we listened carefully to the voices of the common people?In recent years, although we have been constantly improving the cadre appointment mechanism, the methods we continue to use are basically the same as in the past.Some of our cadres always think that if there is a procedure, there will be democracy, so they only work hard on the procedure, but never work hard on democracy.Although we have made many improvements in form, there are no more changes in substance.Almost all of our party deputies are cadres; most of our deputies to the National People’s Congress are actually cadres; the vast majority of our CPPCC members are actually cadres; the elected representatives of the masses are often representatives appointed by cadres.So, where are the channels for us to listen to the voices of the common people?Over the years, many cadres who have just been promoted have problems one after another, which is really worrying!If there is a circle of interests in a place that goes against the will of the people and the principles of the party, and this circle of interests combines with corrupt people in the circle of power to form a corrupt power in the power circle, they will definitely make full use of our existing cadres Imperfections in the regulatory regime to serve their various economic interests and political ends.What kind of cadres will the cadres elected and selected by them be?How can it represent the fundamental interests of the people?If this situation continues to develop like this, it will be too dangerous, and the party and the country will really die! In fact, many leaders, cadres and the masses have said similar things to him.Yes, the perfection and improvement of our cadre supervision and appointment mechanism should indeed be further strengthened and stepped up.If a leader is only responsible for the interests of cadres, how can he be responsible for the interests of the people?How can we be responsible for the interests of the people? So, what about the current situation in Dingjiang?In a city with a population of over one million, more than one hundred thousand people took to the streets to petition.Not to mention the way it is expressed, and there is no need to figure out their thoughts and feelings, no matter from which angle you look at it, it is also an expression of public opinion.At least it can also explain one point, cadres like Xia Zhongmin are cadres welcomed and supported by the common people! To be honest, for so many years, especially in the past two years, it has almost become a common occurrence for people to sit in and petition in front of the provincial party committee, and they will come here every now and then.Corruption issues, engineering issues, demolition issues, and judicial issues are either appealing for grievances or suing corrupt officials.However, such a long-distance, high-speed, and large-scale petition as today is for the purpose of retaining a good official. In Zheng Zhibang's many years of political career, this is indeed the first time he has encountered it! Is it an organized and planned behavior?No way.No one can mobilize so many cadres and masses in such a short period of time, and plan so thoroughly and act so quickly.At the same time, no one has the strength, ability, financial, material and human resources!There is only one situation where this can be done, and that is the blood-and-blood relationship that is deeply rooted among the common people! How can a 38-year-old young cadre allow so many ordinary people to travel thousands of miles to petition for him?And there are dozens of disabled people and one critically ill patient among them! Zheng Zhibang originally wanted to go to Dianjiang tomorrow to meet the masses directly.But after hearing the news, he couldn't sit still for a moment. Just tonight, he had to go and see these petitioners in person.He really wanted to meet them, sit down with them, and learn from these people what kind of cadre this Xia Zhongmin was. He didn't notify anyone, he didn't bring police officers or armed police with him, and he didn't say hello to these petitioners in advance. Just a few leaders of the provincial party committee and secretaries from various places quietly came to the petitioners. One of the gathering places, Forestry Department Guest House. This is a very general guest house with a relatively cheap price.According to people here, there are at least several hundred petitioners living in this guest house. The first room Zheng Zhibang walked into was a double room in the basement.As soon as the door was opened, several people were all stunned.In this room of less than ten square meters, there are sixteen or seven people living in it!Before anyone could go in, a sultry air rushed towards their faces, so hot that it was almost breathless!And the people who live there are almost all elderly women. There is no air conditioner, only an electric fan is running. Although it has been turned on to the maximum, the air in the room must be at least 35 degrees.There was no place to sit, and everyone had to stand facing each other.Within a few minutes of entering, Zheng Zhibang's shirt was soaked with sweat. When I asked, all the people in this room were sanitation workers sweeping the streets.At first, they were still a little dazed, but when Nao realized that it was the secretary of the provincial party committee who came in, all of them cried in bewilderment. The secretary-general hurriedly persuaded, "Don't cry, don't cry, Secretary Zheng takes time to visit everyone, and if you have anything to say, hurry up and talk to Secretary Zheng, okay?" "It's okay, speak slowly, don't worry." Zheng Zhibang said with a smile. "Are you all sanitation workers?" More than a dozen people answered in a hurry, "Yes, we all are." "Are you too?" Zheng Zhibang asked one of the female workers who looked very old, "How old are you and what's your name?" "I am also a sanitation worker. I have been sweeping the streets in Dianjiang for more than 40 years. I am 66 this year. My name is Shan Yulian." "Sixty-six? You should have retired for many years?" Zheng Zhibang asked. "Our Secretary Xia said that the cleaning team is my home. People in the family, why are they retired or not? As long as I can move, I will keep cleaning." "Is the secretary Xia you're talking about Xia Zhongmin?" Zheng Zhibang asked a little incomprehensibly, "Why does your secretary Xia let you sweep the streets at such an old age?" "We are all used to it. Secretary Xia is Xia Zhongmin. Secretary Xia has long stopped letting me sweep the street, but Secretary Xia is so kind to us, we really can't bear to just sit at home like this. We clean the street, which is considered a kind Secretary Xia is a bit supportive." Shan Yulian couldn't help wiping away her tears when she said this. "It's such a hot day, you all rushed here, will your work not be affected?" Zheng Zhibang asked. Shan Yulian hurriedly said, "Not affected, not affected, less than half of our cleaning team has come. Our secretary Xia has already called us and said that we must not affect our work because of him. Our cleaning team said Well, we work overtime at home, and share the living expenses and travel expenses when we go to the province. Nothing will be affected, and for the sake of Secretary Xia, we will not be afraid no matter how hard or tired we are.” Zheng Zhibang couldn't help asking, "Then you came here for only one purpose, which is to prevent Secretary Xia from leaving Dianjiang?" "Yes, Secretary Zheng, you must not let Secretary Xia leave Dianjiang like this!" Shan Yulian said while crying, "We really cannot do without Secretary Xia! If Secretary Xia is promoted , transferred away, no matter how sad we are, we can only let him go. Such a good cadre, he can't stay in Dianjiang for the rest of his life. But now let Secretary Xia go like this, we don't agree, and we really don't agree. I am willing! Over the years, Secretary Xia has done so much for our sanitation workers. Just like me, I lost my parents when I was a child, and I have no children or daughters in my life. Ken. Later Secretary Xia found out and came to see me. He said you should take a break after sweeping the streets all your life. You don’t have to worry about anything. The cleaning team will always be your home, and the sanitation workers are your relatives. If you don't feel at ease and feel unreliable, just recognize me as your son..." Speaking of this, Shan Yulian cried until she could no longer speak.All the workers in the room were sobbing. One of the middle-aged women cried, "Secretary Zheng, just promise us, Secretary Xia is really a good cadre of the Communist Party, you must let him stay..." ... Disabled people live on the ground floor. There are also more than a dozen people crowded in one room. Among them was a girl who was only sixteen or seventeen years old and could not stand at all due to the sequelae of polio. Zheng Zhibang asked her, "You have such a body, such a hot day, and such a long journey, why do you want to come?" The girl looked at Zheng Zhibang, and said in a tone that was so calm that it made people miserable, and so stubborn that it was not commensurate with her age, "I told my mother, even if you lift me, you must carry me here. Mom is a laid-off worker, and I am a Disabled people who can’t stand up, without Secretary Xia, maybe my mother and I would have passed away. My life was given by Secretary Xia. If anyone wants to drive Secretary Xia away, I will die for him! Uncle Zheng, I’m telling the truth. If Secretary Xia was just driven away without knowing why, I would really die. In the year when my father died of cancer, my mother and I committed suicide. Criticized me, saying that you just died like this, is it worth it? If you want to die, you must die vigorously, like a hero. Today I die for Secretary Xia, even if I die vigorously, in the eyes of ordinary people, I must be a hero. Zheng Secretary, I’m not going to tell you a lie, it’s not easy for a person like me to live, but it’s not difficult to want to die. I want to die, and no one can stop me. I have no plan to go back this time.” Zheng Zhibang said, "Little girl, why do you have such an idea? If you really die, Secretary Xia will be so sad. Besides, if you die, will you be worthy of Secretary Xia?" The little girl replied as if she had thought about it a long time ago, "I know that Secretary Xia will be sad if I do this, but I am a disabled person, so I can only repay Secretary Xia in this way. In Dianjiang, no one treats us with disabilities. People have cared so much, we disabled people will never forget Secretary Xia. I died for him, and it was worth it. After I die, Secretary Xia will be sad for a while and will not be sad. But if Secretary Xia is just let go , I will be sad for the rest of my life. I don’t want to live sad for the rest of my life, I don’t want to.” Two lines of tears slowly flowed down the little girl's face, and then she quickly wiped them away. ... On the fourth floor of the guest house, twenty people crowded into the largest room. This is a room full of migrant workers from other places, all migrant workers from Sichuan, all shirtless due to the hot weather.When I heard that the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee had arrived, the room was in chaos, everyone was busy looking for clothes and getting dressed. The secretary-general waved his hand and said, "No, no, no need to wear any clothes. In such a hot day, you can do whatever you want. Secretary Zheng just came to see everyone." Zheng Zhibang looked at everyone, and suddenly said in an authentic Sichuan dialect, "I am also from Sichuan. The weather is so hot, what clothes should I wear? We are all fellow villagers, so why not be polite." In one sentence, everyone's nervousness was gone. One of the older migrant workers asked, "Secretary Zheng, are you really from Sichuan?" "It doesn't look like it?" Zheng Zhibang asked back, "My hometown is Mianyang, and I'm an authentic Sichuanese." "Oh, that's great, we are all from Mianyang too. Secretary Zheng, then you have to speak for us!" The migrant workers suddenly became excited. "Speak for you?" Zheng Zhibang asked, "What are you talking about? Do you want Xia Zhongmin to stay?" The older one said, "Secretary Zheng, to tell you the truth, we couldn't sleep and were discussing what we should do next." "Aren't you all migrant workers, Xia Zhongmin is so important to you migrant workers from other places?" Zheng Zhibang asked. "Secretary Zheng, you don't know. Over the years, we have gone to many places to work, but we have never seen such a good leader as Mayor Xia. He really didn't say anything to us migrant workers. When we work here, we are guaranteed everything. " said the older migrant worker. "In other places, we migrant workers live like dogs. We live in kennels and eat dog food. Those local hooligans beat us like dogs. To be honest, sometimes even dogs are worse. Do it One year, at the end of the year, the salary has never been cashed out, and there is no money at all. Only with Mayor Xia, we can live like human beings. Mayor Xia specially arranged a place for us to live , the cafeteria sends people to check every few days. In March and April this year, I ate in our cafeteria for two months! In Dianjiang, no one dared to deduct our wages. If we can’t pay wages on time, we will be cleared Clearly mark the time, and when the time comes, the interest will be calculated together. Secretary Zheng, Mayor Xia is so good, I can’t finish talking for three days and three nights! Such a good mayor, Secretary Zheng, you have to keep him, but Can't let those bad guys drive him away!" Another migrant worker next to him interjected, "Secretary Zheng, you are on the top, which cadre is good and which cadre is bad, you may not be able to see clearly. We migrant workers can see clearly. Mayor Xia is really a good mayor." Ah! The year before last, when we expanded Wuyi Road in Dianjiang, the time was tight and the construction period was short. It had to be completed in three months, and all of us migrant workers worked overtime. Mayor Xia was busier than us in order to ensure the quality. He has to walk two or three times a day on the eight-kilometer-long street. He can't take care of a haircut for three months. There is more mud on his body than our migrant workers. Seven or eight pairs of socks are worn out, and the leather shoes can never be seen. What color. One day a leader from the province came to inspect, and the city asked Xia Zhongmin to report. When he arrived at the hotel, the secretary of the leader almost dismissed him as a liar. People said that he was obviously a migrant worker. How dare he say he was a city worker? Mayor! People from above don’t think he’s a mayor, but in the eyes of us migrant workers, Mayor Xia is the best mayor in the world. It would be great if the mayors of the Communist Party can be like Mayor Xia. Isn’t this the kind of cadre I’m looking forward to! Secretary Zheng, since we are fellow villagers, let us tell you something from our hearts. If such a good cadre can’t stay in the party, is the Communist Party still the Communist Party? The workers are gone, so who else is left..." Zheng Zhibang didn't say a word, and just listened silently.Zheng Zhibang is not from Sichuan. He worked in Mianyang, Sichuan for several years.He said that he is from Sichuan, and he just wanted to hear the thoughts of these migrant workers. ... 那个危重病人叫丑丑，住在最好的一个房间里，但里面也还有八九个人。郑治邦走进去一眼就看出来了，他们全都是农民。 丑丑，郑治邦似乎隐隐约约听到过这个名字，但想来想去，这个丑丑究竟是个什么样的农民，却怎么也回忆不起来了。 此时此刻的丑丑，确实是一个危在旦夕的病人。丑丑已经瘦得不成人形，连肤色都成了黑的了。 简直难以想象，这样的一个危重病人，是怎样从嶝江赶来的，又怎样在省委的门口躺了大半天! 当郑治邦下午听到这个消息时，曾让秘书给医院打电话，一定要立刻把这个病人送进医院，全力以赴地予以治疗。而救护车赶到时，却被这个丑丑拼死拒绝了。 据医院的人讲，丑丑的病确实非常危险，随时都有可能死去。但丑丑就是不上救护车。丑丑说了，他要是去了医院，就出不来了，他不想死在医院。 郑治邦默默地看着眼前这个癌症晚期的绝症患者，他只是一个农民，跟夏中民无亲无故，却会冒着生命的危险躺在省委门口，为一个落选的干部誓死请愿。 究竟是什么力量在支持着他这样做？ 丑丑像是昏迷过去一样沉沉地昏睡着。听不到他的呼吸，也看不到他胸前的起伏。输液管子里的点滴，也是那样的缓慢，干瘪的躯体里，似乎连药液也输不进去了。 他确确实实已经走到了生命的尽头。 郑治邦不想让丑丑醒过来，但旁边的一个农民只轻轻地在丑丑耳旁说了一句，“丑丑哥，省委书记来看你了。” 丑丑就像被什么惊醒了一样，猛一下子睁大了眼睛! 丑丑的眼神是那样的灰暗，浑浊，就好像在漆黑的黑夜里吃力地寻找着亮光。 郑治邦轻轻地俯下身来，慢慢地说道，“丑丑同志，我是省委书记郑治邦，我代表省委，特意看你来了。” 丑丑就像是要抓住什么似的，那只干枯的手使劲儿地伸了出来。 郑治邦赶紧握住了丑丑的手，继续说道，“丑丑同志，我们来晚了，向你道歉，请你一定原谅。” 丑丑身体枯萎了，但脑子似乎还在运转，“……郑书记，你真的是……郑书记？” “丑丑同志，你要听话，一定要去医院。”郑治邦说道，“一定要接受治疗，好好养病。” 丑丑干黑的脸上已经看不了任何表情，他仍然在吃力地说道，“……郑书记，谢谢。……夏书记十天前，就要送我去医院。我的病我清楚，到了哪儿……也是等死。……三个月前，大夫就说……我活不到一个月了。我穿上寿衣，放进棺材，都已经……好几回了。郑书记，我合不上眼呀……” 丑丑说到这里，早已上气不接下气，沙沙的嗓音，都听不出他在说什么了。 郑治邦赶忙说道，“好了，不用说了，你的心思我明白。你们反映的情况，我们回去后一定会认真研究，认真考虑……” 丑丑这时拼力挣扎着说道，“郑书记，你千万……把夏书记留下来……他不能走呀。夏书记答应我了……我那一万九千块钱，都被他们……骗走了。夏书记说，他一定把我的钱……追回来。郑书记，就让夏书记留下来吧……我们那儿的干部，谁的话我也不信，就是夏书记的话……我信。夏书记走了，我那一家子怎么过呀……我死了也不闭不上眼……” 丑丑喘了口气，对身旁的人说，“……快，快把我扶起来。” 郑治邦说，“你的身体不能乱动了，你还有什么话，还有什么要做的，就告诉我吧。” 丑丑气喘吁吁地说道，“郑书记，你让他们把我……扶起来吧……” 郑治邦说，“你要干什么，就告诉我吧，我替你做，好吗？” 丑丑拼尽全力地说道，“郑书记，你让他们……把我扶起来……就让我这个快死的人……给你磕个头吧，为我们一家子……也为夏书记……” ... 郑治邦从房间里走出来时，默默地在脸上擦了一把。他发现这次擦掉的不是汗水，而是眼泪。 ... 昊州市委常委会开了整整两个小时了，仍然没有结束。 组织部长刘景芳和干部处处长于阳泰也参加了会议。他们是在今天上午从嶝江赶回昊州的。昨天晚上停电停水后不久，围聚在嶝江党代会会场的群众，在陈正祥书记出面做了解释和保证后，终于让会场内的所有委员和与会人员安全离开了现场。 刘景芳和于阳泰分别把嶝江发生的情况给常委们作了汇报，而后副书记吴盈又做了一些补充。 嶝江的党代会虽然结束了，第一次全体会议也召开了，愤怒的群众尽管也撤离了党代会现场，但嶝江群众请愿的规模仍然有越来越大的趋势。 截至到目前，虽然已经快深夜十一点了，但据嶝江刚刚反映过来的情况，目前聚集在市委市政府和夏中民公寓门口的群众仍然有十几万人! 如果仍然没有明确答复，明天上街请愿的群众可能会更多。特别让人担心的是，直接来昊州，直接到省委请愿的群众也将会更多!据知情人讲，甚至将会有大批的群众直接赴京上访! 而且据可靠消息，明天省委书记郑治邦，常务副书记高怀谦，还有纪检书记彭涛，以及省委组织部部长于建华将会直接到达嶝江。省委办公厅在电话中明确表示，这是郑治邦书记的决定，他一定要和嶝江的群众见面，一定要当面给群众做出答复。 魏瑜书记给高怀谦书记已经通过多次电话，郑书记如何给群众答复，首先要听听嶝江方面的意见。也就是说，首先要看看嶝江市委对这一事件是个什么样的态度，又会做出什么样的决定。 于是，魏瑜书记便紧急召开了这次市委常委会议。 魏瑜首先想听听大家的意见，那就是，鉴于目前的情况，对嶝江的这次党代会究竟应该怎么看，对夏中民本人究竟应该做出怎样的处理。 等情况汇报完后，刘景芳首先做了发言。她认为，嶝江的这次党代会存在严重问题。首先在党代表的人选上，缺少民主，人为的因素很多；其次，据初步的了解调查，部分党代表存在贿选问题；第三，在党代会召开前，恶意诽谤、诬陷，矛头直指夏中民的告状材料、上访材料，四处散布，特别是一些根本属于无中生有功击夏中民的材料，竟然分发给了每个党代表，这显然是有组织有计划的行为；第四，在党代会前，有人竟然故意制造事端，在代表们中间，给夏中民本人形象造成了极为不利的影响；第五，在党代会期间，竟有人公开活动，公开拉选票，不仅在房间的安排上，在选举会场的座位的安排上，甚至在选举名次的安排上，都做了精心策划等等。所以纵观这次党代会，是存在严重问题的。所以夏中民等人的落选，是事出有因，极不正常。鉴于目前的情况，重新召开党代会，重新确定党代表，难度较大，时间也太长，对嶝江的稳定也难以保证。马上组织调查组，对这次党代会进行彻底调查，时间也一样会很长。尤其是夏中民等人的安排没有着落，群众的情绪很难安抚。目前能够迅速平息群众情绪的举措，只有两个：第一，重新任命夏中民为嶝江市委副书记，只有任命了夏中民为副书记，才能保证夏中民继续作为新一届人代会市长候选人的资格；第二，由于夏中民已经通过了这次昊州市县市长的公开考试选拔，昊州市委组织部也已经通过了对夏中民本人的组织考察，而且省市纪检委联合调查组也已经通过了对夏中民本人的审查，已经确认夏中民没有任何违法违纪问题，在这种情况下，不需要再重新任命夏中民为市委副书记，可以破例直接继续提名夏中民为人代会的市长候选人。只有这样，才能迅速平息事态，嶝江的政局才能正常运转，我们也才能腾出手来为即将召开的人代会做准备。 吴盈副书记也表示，对刘景芳的建议他们事先已经交换过意见， 这样的做法是可行的。也是符合群众意愿的，他个人也是同意的。至于夏中民在党内的职务，可以在调查组对这次党代会进行调查后，再酌情予以考虑。如果党代会确实存在问题，那嶝江的市委班子肯定要进行调整。如果没什么大问题，也可以考虑增补。 市长华中崇对此表示了不同意见。华中崇首先问于阳泰，这样做，符合不符合组织原则、符合不符合组织程序，有没有这方面的组织条例，还有，在我们的组织工作中，有没有这样的情况和先例？ 于阳泰如实回答，在现有的组织原则、组织条例和组织程序上，都没有这样的情况，也没有这样的先例，至少在全省还没有这样的先例。但鉴于目前情况的特殊性，可以破例申报，请示上一级组织。 魏瑜这时插话说，不需要申报，我们就是上一级组织，我们就可以决定。 华中崇则说，我并不是反对夏中民继续做嶝江市长的候选人，我担心的是，即使夏中民当选为嶝江市长，那他又如何开展工作？重新任命夏中民为副书记，这显然是不现实的。因为这样做，就等于向群众、向所有的党代表公开宣布这次党代会是不算数的。在目前的情况下，我们有没有这样的权力？如果夏中民在不是副书记的情况下当选为市长，那他下一步又如何开展工作？他连市委委员都不是，更不是市委班子成员，他又如何研究工作，进行工作？这对嶝江的稳定和发展，对夏中民本人，是不是负责任的态度？还有，谁又能保证夏中民在即将召开的人代会上会顺利当选？历史的经验已经告诉我们，群众的情绪在某些时候，往往是一把双刃剑，它很可能再次激起人代会人大代表们的逆反情绪。我们应该有这样的考虑和准备，假如夏中民在人代会上再次落选，那群众的情绪反映岂不是会更强烈？到了那时候，我们又能怎么办，又还能拿出什么样的举措和办法？ 另一个市委副书记这时也表示了相同的忧虑。 魏瑜这时问华中崇，那你的意见是什么？ 华中崇沉默了一下说，我的意见同景芳部长和吴盈书记的意见不同，我觉得最稳妥的办法还是把夏中民立刻调出嶝江，同时给群众宣布对党代会暴露出来的问题进行严肃查处。 魏瑜说，问题是群众能接受吗？我们又如何给群众交代和解释？仅仅只是一个落选，就让十几万人上了街。如果就这么把夏中民调出嶝江，那岂不是等于火上浇油，再次扩大事态？ 华中崇说，也确实存在这样的问题，但我想，对群众我们可以做工作，只要我们的工作做细了，做到家了，应该相信群众是可以理解的。 魏瑜问道，那让我们怎么做群众的工作？群众不让夏中民离开嶝江，而我们就是要把夏中民调离嶝江，南辕北辙么!你让大家怎么给群众解释，又如何让群众理解？ 吴盈这时说，如果这样，谁也做不了这个工作。即使明天省委书记到了嶝江，也一样做不了这个工作。首先对这个党代会群众就不答应，如果再调走夏中中，群众更不会答应。我们硬着跟群众来，只能把事情越搞越糟。让我说，如果要讲党的原则，首要一条就是要讲党的宗旨。我们党的宗旨就是绝不能脱离人民，我们的一切工作都是为了人民的根本利益。我们所有的工作，包括干部问题，都必须从这方面考虑。 魏瑜说，对，这才是问题的实质!不管是怎样的原则，不管是怎样的程序，也不管是怎样的条例，首要的一条，就是人民满意不满意，人民答应不答应，符合不符合人民的意愿，代表不代表人民的利益。 华中崇这时说，这个我怎么会不清楚？我担心的是夏中民下一步的工作，还有下一步人代会的选举。如果这个能保证，我同意吴盈书记和景芳部长的意见。 魏瑜这时对刘景芳问道，这个意见你跟陈正祥他们商量过没有？如果我们决定继续提名夏中民为市长候选人，能不能保证不出问题？ 刘景芳回答说，正祥书记也是这样的意见，他给我说了，只要组织决定了，他可以保证。但有一条，必须立刻对党代会出现的问题进行严肃查处。 魏瑜看了看大家说，那好，我也同意，同意继续提名夏中民为嶝江市人代会市长候选人。省委正在等待着我们的决定，如果大家再没有其它意见，那我们现在开始表决…… ...