Liu Wangming got into the car and left Qingjiang Hotel in a hurry. He hurried back.It was already five forty in the afternoon.The dog days of the sun, still hanging in the sky, scorching heat.The driver, Lao Yu, turned the air conditioner to the third gear, and there was a loud whistling sound, but the inside of the car was still stuffy. "Boss, let's go—" Lao Yu asked tentatively. "Let's go to Yunfang County on the way. The secretary and the county magistrate have something to report, and we will return to Xinyang City after dinner." "Honda Accord" was speeding on the expressway at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour. Liu Wangming began to feel the coolness in the car. He squinted his eyes slightly, lying on the back seat, putting one foot under Lao Yu's seat and the other under the passenger seat. , Stretched out the whole body, showing the owner's arrogance.Cross your hands and rest your fingers on the back of your head.

Lao Yu saw his posture in the rearview mirror, and knew that Liu Wangming was thinking about a problem again, and it must be a major problem.He knew the mayor's habits. That's right, Liu Wangming is now thinking about major issues related to the future of Xinyang City and the political outcome of his life.The chance of winning this move is that he is a "pawn" crossing the river, and there is still "play".Liu Wangming made the calculations. If he can successfully get the position of secretary of the municipal party committee during this election, five years later, when the provincial party committee, the provincial government, and the provincial people's congress change, he can definitely squeeze into one of the teams. The vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference can always do it!Most of the members of the four sets of provincial teams have worked in the post of municipal party secretary. This is the practice of the provincial party committee for many years. Climbing one more step up is a sure thing.What's more, Xinyang's position in the province is second only to the provincial capital, which is very important.To achieve such a goal, for Liu Wangming, even if he is satisfied in this life, the ancestral grave will be cleared.One must know that in the county where Liu Wangming came from, there was a state official during the Tongzhi period. Among the current cadres with the highest positions, one is Liu Wangming, and the other is a deputy division cadre of the army.From the day when he became the mayor of Xinyang, Liu Wangming's name has been spread in a wider area in his hometown. No matter who is familiar or unfamiliar, who knows or doesn't know, when it comes to Liu Wangming, everyone respects him in awe.Liu Wangming has become a mantra for the elders to teach the younger generation, and for parents to warn their children: "If you don't study, don't endure hardships, you still want to live a good life? Look at Liu Wangming's success." The elders of the Liu family are even planning to rebuild the Liu family. Spectrum, in order to carry forward the merits of Liu's ancestors, and encourage the younger generation to work hard, to win glory for the ancestors.

Once Liu Wangming's goal of becoming a provincial senior official is realized, there will be a stronger shock in the land of his hometown and in the hearts of the elders in his hometown.By that time, he, Liu Wangming, would be a political superstar respected by thousands of people in the village.Now he has to deal with Li Shusheng well, fight openly and secretly, and squeeze him away.But we must also pay attention to strategy, and even help him say some good things, so as to promote the promotion and transfer of him by the provincial party committee, but not to assign him to a key and important position.If Li Shusheng is overly evaluated and he is allowed to join the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, will there be any good fruit for Liu Wangming?drive him away?Squeeze him away?Or take him away?But this "degree" must be well grasped.He had to reconsider the work of these two months and fifteen days and make some important adjustments.Based on Liu Wangming's understanding of power and his grasp of his current situation, whether he can win this election is like a life-and-death struggle.For a person who has spent his whole life chasing power, once he loses his last chance, it will be tantamount to destroying his spiritual pillar, which is tantamount to giving him a death sentence, and he will become a walking dead.

Besides, if this move is miscalculated, Liu Wangming's control over the situation in Xinyang will be greatly reduced, and the landmines he is stepping on may detonate at any time.Therefore, the work during this period is very important to Liu Wangming.Thinking of this, Secretary Lin of the Provincial Party Committee's speech at the full committee, especially the content about the re-election of the local and municipal Party committees, rang in his ears again-"Comrades, according to the provisions of the Party Constitution, in mid-October this year, five The prefecture-level city party committees will be re-elected. This re-election is carried out in the upsurge of the whole party to conscientiously study and implement the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is a major event in the political life of the majority of party members. On the agenda, we must pay close attention to it. The Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee will hold a special meeting tomorrow to make arrangements. Here I would like to emphasize a few points: First, the election and re-election work should be used as an opportunity to educate party members and cadres on democratic centralism, and further promote the party The second is to focus on key points. The party congress has two main tasks. On the one hand, it is necessary to summarize the work of the previous five years, discover and extract some regular experience and lessons, and on this basis, plan A blueprint for future development. In accordance with the requirements of building a well-off society in an all-round way, we must improve our development ideas and mobilize the majority of party members to move towards the established goals. On the other hand, we must follow the "four modernizations" policy, adhere to the standard of both ability and political integrity, and select and match well The new municipal party committee team. It is necessary to select people with a good style and a good style of work. Select those capable and reliable outstanding cadres into the municipal party committee team. Third, cadres at all levels must focus on party spirit, the overall situation, and discipline, and obey the organization , take into account the overall situation, correctly treat personal advances and retreats, and must not 'run away from the official position'."

Speaking of this, Secretary Lin put down the speech paper in his hand, took off his reading glasses, and glanced at the prefectural party secretary and mayor in the front row of the meeting with serious eyes. "This reelection is a test for everyone, um. Those who ask for an official are determined not to give it, those who run away are determined to win it, and those who buy an official are determined to deal with it, and they will never tolerate it. On this issue, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee has very strong opinions. Clearly, is this the attitude, old horse?"

Secretary Lin turned his attention to the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and the Secretary of the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission who were sitting beside him. "I fully agree with what Secretary Lin said on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection attaches great importance to the corruption in the work of cadres and personnel. We also want to catch one or two typical examples in this area, so as to imitate others." Secretary Ma interjected. "Of course, we don't want to punish the cadres because of this. We hope that everyone will do a good job. We must ensure that the re-election and the current economic work are correct. This is a test of our ability to control. The central government proposes to improve the level of governance. This is the most practical test. .”

Hearing this, Liu Wangming showed an imperceptible smile at the corner of his mouth, and he even thought it was a little funny.Speaking from the bottom of his heart, among the things Secretary Lin said, he felt that there was only one sentence that was valuable: the election will be held in October.Others he has heard thousands of times.It's not new anymore.How many years have you been talking about running for an official position, and you want more and more, more and more effective, only fools are fooled.Why do some people run and others want to?It was given!Why would someone buy it?That is, someone sells it and there is a market.There are no tricks in the current general election.

Liu Wangming noticed that in the past few weeks, the fourth page of the provincial newspaper has almost been reserved by various cities. Today you have a special page, tomorrow I have a special page, and the day after tomorrow he has an exclusive interview, and the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor will appear in turn.Some secretaries and mayors have the names of "inscription" and "calligraphy" with a few characters like chicken feet.They even hung up the vice-chairman, deputy secretary-general, and director of a certain Calligrapher and Painter Association, saying how disgusting it is.Publicizing a good situation, attracting investment, publicizing the development zone——, go to hell with it all, a three-year-old child can understand the tricks behind it.The goal of attracting votes and establishing political achievements is all towards the change of term, and they even focus on the change of several sets of leadership in the province next year to create public opinion and compete for positions.

Although Liu Wangming said that he was still three months away from graduating from high school, he had been involved in politics for thirty years. Can he hide it from his eyes?He is not foolish. Today's Liqiu, with the head and tail cut off, is only sixty-seven days away from the new team of the municipal party committee, and it couldn't be tighter. He must race against time, plan carefully, around the change of term, around the seat of the municipal party committee secretary, at any cost , do whatever it takes to fight hard.Just wait and see, he's going to conceive a play, and it will be grandly launched before Xinyang's change of office.

Yes, it starts tomorrow. "Dude, drive faster, the secretary and the county magistrate are still waiting." Thinking of this, Liu Wangming opened his eyes wide, straightened his waist, and kept shaking his head following the ups and downs of the car.Lao Yu knew that Mayor Liu already had an idea of ​​what he was thinking about.It is Liu Wangming's habit to call him "buddy" whenever he is happy.Sometimes when making reports at some meetings, I also say "brother". The car was speeding, and the scenery on the roadside "swished" from both sides of the car window. The sky was blue, with a few wisps of white clouds floating randomly, and flames rose from the road.Today is the first day of autumn, and the temperature is as high as 40 degrees.The large paddy fields in the distance are like a broken mirror on the ground, reflecting dazzlingly under the strong sunlight.Farmers in twos and threes bowed down to plant seedlings. As they raised and lowered their hands and moved their figures, patches of green in the rice fields slowly expanded under the blue sky.

Liu Wangming watched them from far to near, and fell into deep thought: farmers are sweating profusely, sowing hope, can they reap the desired fruit?If the management cannot keep up, if the disaster cannot be effectively controlled, if there is a flood or drought, the hope planted will be shattered in an instant.Yes, all the sentient beings are exhausted, and everyone is sowing all kinds of hopes all the time. Some will reap great fruits, while others will despair.Farmers look forward to the harvest, businessmen long for profits, invest and pray for returns, and officials think about promotion.But it is up to God to make things happen, and it is up to people to plan things.Liu Wangming is sowing the seeds of "Secretary", what will be the harvest?He reminded himself that he must go all out and keep up with sowing, management, and cultivation to obtain the fruits he expected. The road sign on the side of the expressway reminded the driver that there was still two kilometers away from the "exit" of Yunfang County. Lao Yu slowed down and arrived at the Yunfang toll booth in a short while.A line of trains was parked next to the "exit". In Liu Wangming's eyes, a public security Santana, two red flags, and a Santana 2000 lined up in front of the toll booth. A line of people stood in line, on the side of the hot asphalt road, one by one shaking their folding fans but sweating profusely. This picture caused a contemptuous smile to flash across Liu Wangming's heart.This Li Yide was the one who hugged Li Shusheng the tightest among the county party secretary. Liu Wangming came to Yunfang to inspect the work no less than ten times, and he had never received Liu Wangming so grandly before. This kid must have 'smelled' something. Liu Wangming's car stopped almost in front of Li Yide. Li Yide quickly stretched out his hand, quickly opened the door, and stretched out one hand to hold Liu Wangming's just raised hand, with a smile on his face, "Mayor Liu, it's been a hard journey. In the end It means what you say, and it proves that you have been thinking about our Yunfang. Today, I, the county magistrate Zhu and the three deputy secretaries are waiting here." "I, Liu Wangming, don't have great abilities, but I keep my word and dare to act, unlike some people." While shaking hands with the pedestrians, Liu Wangming made a grand statement.That "someone" Li Yide knew who it was.It was inconvenient to interrupt, so I had to introduce his entourage to Liu Wangming one by one. "This is Deputy Secretary Wu sent by the Municipal Party Committee last month. He was born in 1971. You are young. We thank Mayor Liu for his concern for the construction of the Yunfang team." Cadre management and team building are the functions of the municipal party committee, both Li Yide and Liu Wangming knew it clearly.In order to win Liu Wangming's favor, Li Yide especially emphasized to thank Liu Wangming for his concern.Liu Wangming also knew Li Yide's good intentions, but in front of everyone, letting everyone know Liu Wangming's weight in the issue of the municipal party committee's appointment of cadres was something he could only wish for.Therefore, he did not stop Li Yide's flattery. "Oh, oh, I know the name of a graduate student studying quantitative economics. I was the first to raise my hand. It's just that I don't know the name." Deputy Secretary Wu expressed gratitude. "This is the assistant to the county magistrate and the county finance director." "well." "This is the comrade Zhang Liwei you are looking for. He works in the office of the County Construction Bureau. The young man graduated from Tsinghua University. He majored in industrial and civil construction for his undergraduate degree and urban planning and management for his graduate degree." "Oh, you are very young. Judging from your article, you have a solid foundation. Xinyang City is accelerating the process of industrialization and urbanization, and what it lacks is talents who are familiar with modern urban management." The young man named Zhang Liwei neither nodded nor shook his head, but smiled faintly. "Well, mayor, it's getting late, let's have dinner first, and then report to work, how about it?" "Okay, let's get in the car." "Bring the young man and have dinner together." Liu Wangming specifically told Li Yide. A group of people took their places, the police car cleared the way, a convoy slipped away, and a puff of dust sprinkled towards the county town. The county party committee guest house is very close to the county seat, but there is quiet amidst the noise.Surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains on one side.It belongs to the location of the Yamen where "the front is illuminated and the back is relied upon".The main building is located on a flat land of nearly ten acres. There are four or five small hills behind the main building, and a small building is built on each small hill. The small building has complete facilities for eating, living and playing.Although the exterior wall tiles are mottled and peeled off, the prosperity and glory of the past can still be seen. Yunfang County is very close to the provincial capital, and many provincial leaders come here for research, investigation, and inspection.Those who are working, retired or retired, those who sneak in from busy schedules, those who make trouble while busy, those who have ideological problems, and those who are angry with their wives, all live here.One is that there are people to accompany, the other is that there are people to serve and eat, and the third is that it is close to home, which is considered a suburb of the provincial capital.There is something urgent or something, and I will be home in a few minutes. Don't look at the leaders sitting together in a meeting, what you see on the TV is kissing, talking and laughing.As soon as you arrive here, you will hear about each other, and you will not communicate with each other until you die.Each does his own job, each lives in his own house, and each eats his own house.And you have to tell the service staff, don't tell who lives here.If the service personnel don't know the rules and leak the "secret", there will be various reasons to tell you to pack up and leave the next day. Liu Wangming came to Yunfang County and rarely lived here.If the county arranges it here, he will ask the secretary to notify the county to change the place, on the grounds that "this place is too wasteful."The idea in my heart is that I don't want to meet those heads here from the province who are not important to Liu Wangming's official career.When Liu Wangming came to the county to inspect, he should be the supreme one, and there should be no one in front of him.If you meet someone with a higher position than him here, and everyone revolves around him, then what am I, Liu Wangming? "Is there anyone living here today?" Liu Wangming asked Li Yide after getting off the car. "An old vice chairman of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference has been resting in Building No. 4 for half a month. Today I sent the director of the office to accompany him to go fishing in a township, and I will return tomorrow." Li Yide knew what Liu Wangming was referring to. "Old comrades need to make good arrangements. They laid the foundation for our work and made contributions to the revolution. We should care about them even more when we retire. 'Iron-clad officials', everyone has a time when they retire. The people in power should care about them." Liu Wangming spoke very slowly, and deliberately turned his face to the people behind him, showing them a bodhisattva's heart full of humanity. "Good evening, welcome." The No. 1 banquet hall was brightly lit, and seven or eight ladies in cheongsams and welcome ribbons bowed down in unison to salute. Liu Wangming and his party took their seats.Huh la la two tables.Cups and bowls are served, the food and wine are served, and the banquet begins.Li Yide stood up and raised his wine glass: "Comrades, it is a great honor today. Mayor Liu has just finished the provincial committee meeting and rushed to Yunfang non-stop. In the evening, he has to listen to the county committee work report and start to solve the financial division that we have reported for many years. Proportion issue. This is a concern for the more than 400,000 people in our county. On behalf of the four teams of the county, I would like to express my gratitude, and with this glass of wine, I would like to toast Mayor Liu's smooth work and promotion." Everyone took turns clinking glasses with the mayor, each with their necks raised, their cups bottoming out. "Mayor Liu, it's not easy for the comrades in the county to meet you, and it's even rarer to have the opportunity to have a meal with you. Can you say a few words to encourage everyone?" Li Yide leaned into Liu Wangming's ear while serving food for Liu Wangming. "Of course I want to talk about it. Dude, you all saw that Secretary Li reached into my pocket to take out money before I even moved my chopsticks, you know? That is to say, I still have to praise you, proving that your secretary and county magistrate used their brains and seized the opportunity. This provincial party committee plenary session focused on promoting industrialization, accelerating urbanization, delegating power and benefiting, and invigorating the county economy. Province The government is going to make some adjustments to the current financial system, mainly at the county level. This is an important adjustment of interests, and it is not easy to be a mayor. According to the report you wrote, I have to reduce my income by 38.5 million .Who will fill this hole? I want everyone to understand. Come on, cheers for understanding!" Next, everyone took turns holding the cups, walked up to Liu Wangming respectfully, protected the wine glass with both hands, and talked about various reasons to persuade Liu Wangming to drink. He smiled and took a sip. He felt very good tonight. In Yunfang County, he found the feeling of "the mayor of a city", found the majesty of power and position, and found the joy of "one party's dominance".In Xinyang, I, Liu Wangming, is the chief executive, the "top leader", so I should have absolute authority.He felt good and was in a good mood. What made him most proud was that Li Yide's body suddenly lacked "calcium", and all the bones in his body seemed to be picked off.Li Yide, who faced him in the past, often looked at him from the corner of his eye behind the lenses of the gold-rimmed glasses, and he never looked directly at Liu Wangming.He once gritted his teeth "creaking": One day, I will deal with you, Li Yide!Of course, Li Yide's performance today can't eliminate the old grudge in his heart, and it can't explain that Li Yide has thrown himself from Li Shusheng's banner to Liu Wangming's embrace. The established goal of "cleaning up" Li Yide has not changed.Not reporting from time to time, the day has not arrived.Liu Wangming is a person who does great things. For the enemy, he will kill the grass and root out the root, and absolutely leave no trouble behind.When he was a soldier in the army, he disapproved of the idea that the army gave preferential treatment to prisoners on the battlefield and would not kill if they surrendered their guns. He often argued with his comrades in red.But right now, he could only greet Li Yide politely with a smile on his face.Although it feels "sour" and awkward, it has to be done. snort!Power, including expected power, is magic.Liu Wangming thought to himself. "Mayor Liu, the work of Yunfang depends entirely on your support, and at the same time, I also express my admiration for your ability and personality. I only respect you for this glass of wine. I hope you will save face and do it!" "You, Li Yide, are a capable person. You should know who works in Xinyang. Based on your words, I will do it!" This conversation was carefully considered by both parties, and it was well-thought-out. "Yunfang's work depends entirely on your support." There are words in the "full", and he admires my character and ability, which shows that he does not admire "who".Of course Li Yide understood who Liu Wangming was referring to when he said "whoever works and who doesn't". "Mayor Liu, I'm very excited and I have to toast you with a glass of wine." Deputy Secretary Wu walked up to Liu Wangming. "You are a graduate student, you have to study the ins and outs of everything, why should you toast me?" "Mayor Liu, you manage a lot of things every day, and you are in charge of eating, drinking, drinking, drinking, and messing with more than six million people in the city. They are born, old, sick, and dead. You will win thousands of miles by planning the weft house. For a cadre like me, there are at least a thousand people in the city. Can you remember me? My name can still tell my situation, do you think I can not be moved?" "Xiao Wu, to be honest, I have high hopes for young cadres, especially you young people with high education. You say, who is the future of Xinyang? Don't you have to step back?" Liu Wangming's demeanor of an elder made everyone nod in admiration. "Young people are awesome, I'll drink this wine." Liu Wangming drank it all in one gulp. "Secretary Wu, I suggest you offer another toast to Mayor Liu. Think about it, if you can get into the mayor's sight, you must have a bright future." The atmosphere of the banquet had reached a climax, and the county magistrate Zhu Chunping, who was sitting on Liu Wangming's left, spoke. "Yes, yes, let's have another drink." Everyone booed. Liquor is really a good thing, and no one will lose his temper if he gets entangled with it.After drinking a few glasses of wine, the brain becomes active and the tongue becomes flexible. People who usually don’t speak can talk a lot when they pick up the glass of wine. Those who are usually timid when they meet the leader will immediately feel swollen when they drink this thing into their stomachs.Today, everyone took advantage of Liu Wangming's happiness and said all kinds of good things, taking turns to persuade Liu Wangming to drink. County Magistrate Zhu said, "The housekeeper has hated it for three years."The financial money is the eggs of the ancestors, all of them are related by blood, and all of them feel that the county magistrate is stingy.There is a large stack of "funding application reports" on the desk, each of which has very sufficient reasons, and it is impossible to satisfy all of them. As a result, the people behind each "report" will have opinions.Therefore, Mayor Liu's solution to the county's financial difficulties is not only concerned about the people of Yunfang, but also about me personally!County Magistrate Zhu's words were sincere and infected everyone present. "Of course I am the one who directly benefits, and I should respect Mayor Liu even more." said the assistant to the county magistrate and the director of the finance bureau. "Brothers, you have made a lot of toasts, and I have to toast too. I have done a good job in Yunfang in the past two years. I am very satisfied with the work of your secretary and county magistrate. You two cooperate very well. This It's called 'unity produces productivity'. Xinyang is also like this. Without the close cooperation of Secretary Li and me, would we be able to get to where we are today?" A table of people listened attentively. "Working together has to be like this. Principles are important in major matters, and style is important in small matters. It is very rare to work together. This time when the prefectural and city elections change, the provincial party committee stipulates that the main leaders who have served two consecutive terms should communicate. Look, no matter how long we work together Ten years." Liu Wangming continued. "Secondly, I wish Yunfang to develop faster. If you have any difficulties, tell me, and I will try my best to solve them. Come on, cheers." Noisy, two hours passed, the atmosphere was warm and everyone was in high spirits.Only Zhang Liwei who sat opposite Liu Wangming was neither humble nor overbearing.To be honest, it was the first time for everyone present to meet Liu Wangming, but no one knew Liu Wangming better than him. After the meal, the report work was originally arranged. In fact, everyone sat in the conference room and ate some fruits. The assistant to the county magistrate reported to Liu Wangming on behalf of the county government, stating the reasons for reducing the proportion of the city's financial revenue. The proportion of 28% handed over to the city's finances is too high, and the pressure on the county is too great. Please ask Mayor Liu to consider reducing the proportion of handed over.There are good reasons: First, this ratio was set ten years ago. At that time, the total amount of the county's finances was small, only about 20 million yuan, and the total amount handed over was also small.Now the total amount is more than 200 million, and more than 50 million are distributed in a year, which is psychologically difficult to accept.Second, the city's finances are no longer what they used to be, tripled compared to ten years ago.I don't care if the county pays 20 to 30 million less.Third, compared with other counties, the total financial revenue of Yunfang County seems not small, but the proportion of available financial resources is very low.After the handover ratio was lowered, the county used the money to invest in urban construction, renovate urban infrastructure, and improve the grade of the county.It is close to the provincial capital, and building the county seat better will help establish the image of Xinyang, which is equivalent to spending money to help the city.Fourth, there are already several counties in the city whose fiscal revenue has exceeded that of Yunfang County. The city did not ask them to hand in a "subsidiary", which seemed unbalanced. The county's various aspects reflected strongly, and the county party committee and government felt that it was difficult to do their jobs. . "There is no need to give reasons. This is a problem that has been reflected for seven years. After three mayors, I am determined to help you solve it. You will formally write a report to the city government. I will hold a city government executive meeting to study and decide. This 'form' I have to go." Liu Wangming expressed his opinion. "Mayor Liu, Director Zhou of the Public Security Bureau is looking for you urgently." The driver, Lao Yu, opened the door and came in, holding the mobile phone and giving it to Liu Wangming. "Yes, yes. Say, um, um——." Liu Wangming's relaxed expression became serious.Although the people present couldn't understand the hurried words on the phone, they all felt the seriousness of the problem, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn. "Okay, I see it this way. You are the commander-in-chief now, and you are fully responsible for the on-site rescue. I will go back to the city right away. Casualties cannot be reported casually. You must be very cautious and leave room for it. I will make other arrangements immediately. Wait for the city Secretary-General Huang of the government will contact you, that’s all.” After Liu Wangming answered the phone, he looked at his watch. It was already 8:20 in the evening. "Old Yu, ask Secretary-General Huang to call me immediately." "Brother, I think this is the end of the matter. I still have something to do, so I have to go back to the city right away." Liu Wangming said to Li Yide and his party. Everyone saw Liu Wangming standing up, and there was something urgent waiting for him.Grateful and thankful, some thanked the mayor for helping solve the difficulties that he had been looking forward to for many years, some asked the mayor to pay attention to his health, and some advised Lao Yu to drive slowly at night and put safety first.Everyone surrounded him and sent him to the front of the car.Liu Wangming shook hands with everyone and bid farewell. "The county magistrate and I will take you to the highway exit." Li Yide said. "No need." Someone opened the car door humbly, put the back of his right hand on the door frame, and waited for Liu Wangming to sit down before closing the door.Everyone waved goodbye to Liu. Liu Wangming closed the window and the car started.