Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

The Xinyang Municipal Party Committee compound was located at the edge of the city twenty years ago, with a courtyard of nearly 500 mu.The north is high and the south is low, the hills are undulating, and there is a water surface of nearly 100 mu in the middle.With the water surface as the boundary, the west of the lake is the living area.In the courtyard, there are houses with distinct ages, old and new.It is the dormitory building for the cadres of the municipal party committee and the municipal government.In stark contrast to these apartment buildings, there are three groups of single-family houses with more than a dozen small villas built in a well-arranged pattern on the three-story hillside in the courtyard.They are all green bricks and blue tiles, and each villa has a considerable amount of green space, surrounded by ancient camphor trees, phoenix trees, osmanthus osmanthus, and water shirts.The roads between the villas are vertical and horizontal, and the sidewalks are smooth.Although the houses can't keep up with the situation, the luxurious style of the past can be vaguely seen. Before the "Cultural Revolution", except for the three small buildings at the top where only the chief and deputy secretaries of the prefectural committee could live in, the other eleven buildings were stipulated that only cadres at the eleventh level of administration and members of the prefectural committee standing committee could enter.After the institutional reform and the merger of prefectures and cities, the old comrades all retired.In order to affirm the contributions of the old comrades who are high-spirited and generous, the Provincial Party Committee made a special rule when they talked with the new team members.This is love for new and old comrades.Therefore, the people in these villas are either over the ages, or widows and widows, full of old age.However, the air in the courtyard is fresh and sweet, and the view is emerald green. Birds play on the branches in the morning, and crickets sing in the evening. It is an urban countryside and an oasis in a busy city.

The east of the lake is an office area surrounded by green trees and several red brick houses facing south. Compared with the modern buildings in the city center, it feels like a world away.Three years ago, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government left it and plunged into the newly opened "Xiangyun" Avenue. This is a main road in the new urban area, and it is also named "Xiangyun". Construction, scrambling to remove the "auspicious cloud" above the head, accomplishing the cause, and improving the office conditions of the agency.What remains now are some insignificant institutions, such as the Archives, Earthquake Office, Letters and Calls Bureau, Endemic Disease Prevention and Control Office, etc., plus some temporary institutions, leading group offices and so on.Therefore, the scene in the east of the lake is like the desolation of an abandoned woman.The sparrows "chirp" in front of the office building, forming a strong contrast with the old vehicles queuing.In the past, the fish-scale path was clean and tidy, but now the weeds on both sides have covered the road.Those who act here like ghosts are the officials and staff of the municipal party committee and municipal government of all dynasties.They are now retired, retired, or unretired researchers, assistant researchers and the like.When they went to work in the past, they were high and low, high and low, orderly, and strictly hierarchical.Now they are all ordinary people, except for the treatment they enjoy when they are hospitalized, the specifications of the memorial service, and whether the obituary is posted in the residential area or published in the city newspaper or provincial newspaper, everything else is the same.As a result, the courtyard of the old municipal party committee became a place for old comrades to exercise, discuss current affairs, exchange health tips, and vent their dissatisfaction with their wives.Withered vines and old trees, desolate and desolate, complement each other with the old, weak, sick and disabled groups, and they are integrated into one.

Mu Zili's habit is to go out at nine o'clock every day and walk in the yard for an hour, rain or shine, the weather is cold and the sky is freezing, and it is hot in midsummer.It has persisted for more than ten years.When he stepped down, he was 55 years old. At that time, he implemented the "four modernizations" policy of the cadre team and found a good method similar to "drawing lots", "one size fits all" according to age.Don't blame heaven or earth, only blame yourself for being born early.The city-level team "retains four but not five", counting on June 30 of that year, all those who have reached the age of 55 will be dismissed.Mu Zili was a member of the Standing Committee of the prefectural committee and the head of the organization at that time. He knew the cadre policy, and the head of the organization should take the lead, so he had to hold his nose and drink a pot.It is also necessary to show a happy, high-spirited demeanor.In fact, Lao Mu was so angry that he gradually calmed down after scolding his mother for two years at home.Lao Mu is a native of Hainan Province, a descendant of the Red Detachment of Women, and a graduate of Jinan Forestry Technical Secondary School.Because of his roots, he was assigned to work in the Xinyang Prefectural Party Committee, the Youth League Committee, the Personnel Bureau, the Supervisory Committee, and the Organization Department. Criticizing Confucianism", "Countering the right-leaning trend of overturning verdicts", and investigating people and things related to the "Gang of Four".In previous political campaigns, Mu Zili was the most trusted backbone of the organization, working in key positions such as the "five people" team, material team, and inspection team.Collect "materials", make conclusions, put forward disciplinary opinions, and put file bags.Therefore, Mu Zili is very familiar with the situation of quite a few cadres in the city.Their thinking style, work ability, and even their parents' slander, their crimes, male robbers and female prostitutes, and romantic affairs are well known.It is he who is familiar with the situation of cadres. He has worked in the organization group since the establishment of the Regional Revolutionary Committee.From institutional reform, Mu Zili has been the Deputy Minister of the Organization Department for nearly ten years.I have only been a minister for more than two years, and entered the core of the prefectural committee. I have just tasted what it is like to be an organization minister. I have started an organizational reform and a "one size fits all" policy. From the heart, Mu Zili does not scold his mother No wonder.He believes that this "one size fits all" policy is the most incompetent policy and the most divorced from reality.The work of cadres is the work of being a human being. Isn't it a matter of appointing people on their merits and having both ability and political integrity?When in the history of the party has the policy of employing cadres according to age been implemented?In this way, regardless of indiscrimination, regardless of moral integrity and quality, some cadres with strong ability and good performance but who are slightly older are "cut off".At the regional level, they are all senior party cadres. Is it easy to train one?Fifty years old, is the age of mature thinking, experience and experience, is it old?How many talents are wasted in such a big country.Especially the person who later arranged to take over as the head of the organization was a young college student who had just been promoted to the deputy director of the personnel department of the administrative office.But he can't control the stage, he is not familiar with the business, he is not familiar with the situation of the cadres, and he doesn't know if the cadres can use the cadres correctly?In short, in those two years, Mu Zili sat at home, looking at everything that was not pleasing to the eye, and getting angry at everything, even he couldn't understand the crowing of the rooster at home: as soon as he showed a domineering posture, he picked up the broom and beat it.Especially his precious daughter Mu Xiaoming, who would teach me a lesson from time to time, and he would get a headache when she saw it.Just after graduating from university, I'm still blaming that the "four modernizations" policy is correct. You people have stayed under the ultra-left line for too long, and your mind is rigid. You can't make it through reform and opening up. You have to replace a group of young and vigorous cadres Chong Chong in Xinyang.Mu Zili's hands were itchy and his teeth were ringing.It wasn't for his wife's face, he had already slapped her across the face.Has the world really changed?I have never seen such a big storm, and it is the turn of this yellow-haired girl to teach me.

Mu Zili went out on time at nine o'clock in the morning, and planned to walk two laps in the yard as usual, a distance of three kilometers and six miles.He is in his seventies, so he has a lot of problems. Atrophic gastritis, hyperplasia of the cervical spine compresses the nerves, his left hand and leg are a little disobedient, thin, with a gross weight of 87 catties, and he has lost a lot of cardiovascular problems. . "Minister Mu, you just came out?" Mu Zili looked up and saw a group of retired cadres coming towards him.The former head of the senior cadre of the government agency, the deputy director of the Letters and Calls Office, the director of the Municipal Party Committee's Reception Office, the deputy secretary of the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission, and the deputy director of construction.This group of people were all promoted from Mu Zili, and the list was in his hands several times. After retiring, they all had houses in the old municipal party committee yard, because they were all hired by the municipal party committee, and they were all about the same. Cadres at the same level also have more common languages, so they often get together to exercise, play mahjong, and croquet.When you meet Mu Zili, you will naturally follow and walk around together.

"Old Mu, did you go to the municipal government for a meeting yesterday? I heard that this government executive meeting was held very grandly, and you veteran cadres were invited to have a 'rubbing' meal, right?" The old section chief heard a lot about the government's executive meeting yesterday According to the news of the meeting, Mu Zili was arrested and wanted to confirm his information. Mu Zili slowly tore off the waistband under his belly button. This is an old habit he has formed for decades. Whether it is answering questions from leaders or subordinates, whether sitting or standing, as long as he thinks The problem is that I feel that the pants are falling down, and I subconsciously pull the waist of the pants with both hands.Maybe it's because the waist of one foot and eight inches is too thin, or maybe it's because thinking about the problem needs to mobilize the enthusiasm of all aspects, and the waist shrinks immediately.At this time, when he saw that they were all his old subordinates, the feeling of the head of the organization came up again, and he felt that he had the responsibility to convey it to them.So Mu Zili "communicated" to his subordinates in Cantonese without repentance.

"In my opinion, Liu Wangming, the mayor, is still a man of facts. Listening to his report is more realistic. The development of Xinyang in the past two years is still good." "He said that it's normal for cadres to accept bribes of 50,000 yuan. It's not a big deal. Everyone has it, right?" asked the former deputy secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. "I heard that he has a 20% stake in Xinda Company. This time, Xinda will make a net profit of more than 200 million yuan from the development of the Municipal Plaza, and he will get 40 million yuan. It is said that he also asked his mistress to develop the Guanshan Cemetery. "

"He has a military leader who is now a big leader, and now he is trying to find a way to become the secretary of the municipal party committee." "There are people above, send a municipal party secretary to him, it's not as simple as you arranged a section chief back then." "We heard that this person's quality is the worst among the previous mayors. There are several mistresses alone." Before Mu Zili could go on, the group of retired cadres started talking. "Xiangyun Avenue spent 40 million yuan to pave the asphalt road last year. Last year, it was said that it would be transformed into a concrete road surface, and another 70 million yuan was spent. This year, it was said that it would be greened and brightened, and a part of the cement road surface was dug to create a green belt from the middle. , decorated with lights on both sides, cut down the sycamore trees that are about to become shaded, and replaced them with large camphor trees as street trees. It is said that each tree cost more than 900 yuan, guess who did it?"

"Who did it?" "From laying asphalt roads last year to changing cement roads last year, to digging cement roads to add green belts this year, including selling a street tree for more than 900 yuan, it is all a boss, Liu Wangming's nephew." The speaker is the retired Construction Bureau. Deputy Director. "No, seeing that the construction units of the three renovations are different, how could it be the same boss?" "Three renovations are not good for a construction unit, it is a boss who used the construction qualification certificates of three units to participate in the bidding."

"Then since it's a bidding process, you can't say anything?" "It's obvious that the tricks of project bidding are lice on the head of bald people." "I see, you are all hearsay, and none of us know the truth. If it is true as you said, let alone the Communist Party, even the Kuomintang will not accept such people." Mu Zili paid attention to the evaluation of cadres. An old tradition based on facts. "Old Mu, Elder Mu, Auntie told you to go back quickly, and said that the city leaders have come to see you." When the group of people were having a lively conversation, the nanny of the old Mu's family chased after him panting.

"The leaders of the city see me?" Lao Mu felt that something was wrong. It wasn't the year or the festival. Who would come to see me at this time?Since retiring, the city leaders came to visit them every year before the Spring Festival as a 'routine' visit.There will be no leaders coming at this time! "Go to Mr. Mu, maybe yesterday's meeting hasn't finished yet." Someone joked. When Mu Zili staggered to the gate of his house, a group of people were already waiting for him at the gate, and he didn't know any of them. "Old minister, I am Wang Daoguang, the director of the municipal government office. When I was transferred to the government office, you were the one who drew the circle." The man who called himself Wang Daoguang stood in the front, his black hair was combed slickly, and his face was flushed. Light.Mu Zili smelled a chemical smell as he walked past him.Oh, it's like the smell that the little girl's head often emits.

"This is Deputy Director Chen of the Municipal Government Office, this is the chief of the administrative section, this is the deputy director of the Veteran Bureau, this is the secretary and section chief of the Organization Department, and this is Mayor Liu's secretary." Following Wang Daoguang's introduction, Mu Zili kept nodding "heh, heh, heh". A group of people surrounded him, came to the house and sat down. "You are all so busy, still find time to see me?" "Old Mu, the day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mayor Liu sent us to see the old comrades. He was going to come in person. Because of the demolition around the municipal square, some citizens had objections to the compensation for the demolition. They petitioned collectively. He went to deal with the matter. We have to ask some of our representatives to express our holiday greetings to you. This is what Mayor Liu asked us to bring to you, and it is not a tribute.” At this time, Wang Daoguang took a gift bag with the words of the city government from the secretary. Send it to Mu Zili. "Mayor Liu said that the achievements of Xinyang's work are due to the foundation laid by old comrades. I also hope that Mr. Mu will continue to support the work of the city government and Mayor Liu as always." Although Mu Zili has seen a lot of things in the world, he has been away from the organization for many years after all. He is really flattered by such a grand treatment and warm concern. He really appreciates the care of the organization from the bottom of his heart. These old comrades.He came and went, up and down, since he stepped down, at least six or seven mayors. Like Liu Wangming, it is the first time that someone like Liu Wangming has specially sent someone to come to express condolences during the Mid-Autumn Festival.Something even sprang up in his throat, and the Cantonese accent of the few words he squeezed out became heavier. "I'm sorry He (si), we old things (comrades) can't do much, and we still care about Mayor Liu Liu. You thank him on my behalf. Our old comrades feel that Mayor Liu is a real (thing) and said To be honest, Yin (people), we listened to his report yesterday, and he was very honest. He did a better job than us.” Secretary Liu Wangming struggled to listen to Mu Zili's Cantonese Mandarin. Wang Daoguang took out a golden "cow" from the gift bag, put it on the coffee table beside him, and introduced the cow to him. "This is an old scalper specially designed by Mayor Liu. It has several meanings. One is to praise you old comrades who have made indelible contributions to the development of Xinyang, and you are old scalpers of the revolution. The second is to encourage young Comrades should learn from old comrades, contribute silently, and be willing to be old scalpers. Third, as long as the old and new comrades in the city work together, Xinyang's work will be like a 'bull market', full of bullishness." "Okay, okay, okay, this is a good idea." "Old Mu, there is another good thing. This cow is made of precious metal, and it is plated with 24k pure gold on the outside. It will be destroyed after casting only a thousand. It is very valuable for collection. It is not available in the market. In eight years, it might be worth 100,000 or 80,000." "How dare I accept such a heavy gift?" "Old Mu, don't disappoint Mayor Liu's wishes." The group hurriedly withdrew and bid farewell to Mr. Mu.He ran from house to house on several hills in the yard again, and so on, his mouth was dry, Wang Daoguang took the trouble to explain how Liu Wangming cared about the veteran cadres, and how he did not forget what the old seniors had done for Xinyang in the midst of his busy schedule. Contribution, for two days in a row, Wang Daoguang ran around non-stop, and left thirty-three veteran cadres above the sub-prefecture level, only four who took refuge in their children resting in other places and five who were hospitalized in Shanghai and Guangzhou did not make it. With a solid tongue and a sweaty body, Wang Daoguang forced these veteran cadres to look at Liu Wangming with admiration.Wang Daoguang reported the results of the visit, especially the compliments and evaluations of the old comrades, to Liu Wangming, thinking that the matter had been successfully handled and could come to an end. "You have worked hard, but the work is not finished. For those veteran cadres who are being treated in other places, your office will arrange a deputy director to visit them one by one on my behalf. In addition to gifts, you also need to send condolences. Those who are resting in other places The old comrades also want to visit, and greet them on my behalf, and report on the changes in Xinyang in the past two years, and solicit their opinions on the work of the city. Will you? Do the work in detail, huh." Liu Wangming waved his hand, unable to say anything . "Mayor Liu, this Mid-Autumn Festival visit gave me a lot of inspiration: we should establish a system for city government leaders to visit veteran comrades. This is very helpful for communicating the thoughts between the government and veteran comrades and gaining the support of veteran comrades." There are benefits." "System?" Liu Wangming looked at him in surprise. "yes!" "You don't understand, Daoguang. What kind of system is a fool." This time it was Wang Daoguang's turn to be dumbfounded.Liu Wangming couldn't explain it to him, so he laughed at Wang Daoguang's innocence from his heart.What is the system? It is the rope that binds the hands and feet of the leader.Those who don't know how to be leaders like to use the system to manage people and affairs; those who can be leaders like to manage at will.Besides, the system allows leaders and ordinary people to have as much space for activities, so what is the difference between leaders and the masses?Who wants to be a leader.Think about it, if the Mid-Autumn Festival condolences are stipulated by the "system", then who would thank you Liu Wangming.Without a system, Liu Wangming can watch it or not; he can watch it this month or next month; he can watch it with or without a gift according to his own needs.Next year, Liu Wangming will become the secretary of the municipal party committee, is it still necessary to go to such trouble? Wang Daoguang doesn't understand politics!Liu Wangming said in his heart.