Chapter 24 The new city party secretary is here

On March 6, Hou Weidong participated in a small meeting for the first time with the participation of the new secretary of the municipal party committee, and the participants were all members of the municipal party committee.Since Zhu Minsheng was going to attend the meeting, the members of the Municipal Party Committee arrived at the venue early in the morning. No one dared to be late, let alone asked for leave. There is an oval conference table in the middle conference room. Zhou Changquan liked to sit on the oval table in the past, and everyone thought that this position was the chairman's position.The new Secretary Zhu Minsheng had different tastes. He chose to sit in the middle of the conference table, and added a few party flags behind him, which looked both dignified and solemn.

While waiting for Zhu Minsheng, Hou Weidong said to Zhao Lin beside him, "Secretary Zhao, when will I come to Wuhai County to study?" When Hou Weidong graduated from Shazhou University, Zhao Lin was already the deputy secretary of the Yiyang County Party Committee. In terms of qualifications, Hou Weidong was far behind.When he reported to the Yiyang Personnel Bureau, he ran several times but failed to implement it. Fortunately, he met Zhao Lin by chance, and he completed the very simple registration procedures. Zhao Lin handed out a cigarette to Hou Weidong, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, I was still telling Lao Cui of the Propaganda Department that Chengjin County has often appeared in provincial newspapers and provincial TV stations in the past six months, and Wu Hai is far behind. Lao Cui is coming soon. Chengjin came to learn the scriptures, so don't hide your secrets then."

Hou Weidong said modestly: "Wu Hai is the big brother, and Chengjin is the younger brother. What experience can Wu Hai learn from?" As the two were talking, Ma Youcai, secretary of the Yiyang County Party Committee, also walked in.He put down his handbag and started answering the phone.It wasn't until Zhu Minsheng, secretary of the municipal party committee, walked into the venue that he stopped talking, nodded to Hou Weidong, and stared intently at the new secretary of the municipal party committee who entered the venue. Zhu Minsheng is an old bureaucrat, with a suit, tie, white shirt, and neatly parted hair in the middle, making him look well-mannered.When he entered the door, he had a serious and cold face, quite official.

The deputy secretary Huang Zidi presided over the meeting. He looked around the venue and said enthusiastically: "These days, everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the new secretary with excitement. First of all, I propose that everyone welcome Secretary Zhu with warm applause." Suddenly there was thunderous applause, Secretary Zhu didn't smile on his face, he just raised his hand and pressed it down to show humility. Huang Zidi said again: "Next, I invite the Secretary of Minsheng to give an important speech. Everyone is welcome." The applause in the arena flew up, like a bomb falling from an airplane, booming.

Zhu Minsheng glanced at everyone, and said, "Although I'm new here, we are old friends. I can recognize more than half of the comrades present by name." He paused, took a sip of tea, Dao said, "Because the time in Shazhou is still short, I haven't conducted investigations yet. Without investigations, I have no right to speak. Therefore, today I will not be pragmatic. I will first retreat and review democratic centralism with my comrades." Under normal circumstances, officials in office have to talk about their basic policy programs or viewpoints.Zhu Minsheng's democratic centralism is actually his point of view, and all the gentlemen here listened with bated breath.

After explaining the basic concept of democratic centralism, Zhu Minsheng emphasized: "Scientific, complete, and accurate, these six words are the key to our understanding of democratic centralism. Without these six words, democratic centralism is fake and false. "And said, "Democratic centralism is always improving and developing. At the Seventh National Congress of the Party, democratic centralism was defined as centralization on the basis of democracy and democracy under centralized leadership... The party constitution adopted by the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China It stipulates that democratic centralism is the combination of centralization on the basis of democracy and democracy under the guidance of centralization..."

Zhou Changquan never dropped his book bag in meetings. He talked about things when he had something to say, and ended the meeting when there was nothing to do. He was very straightforward. The new municipal party secretary Zhu Minsheng has a high level of theoretical literacy, one set of theories follows another: "Whether an opinion is correct or not cannot be determined by the subjective judgment of a certain person...Only the principle of the minority obeying the majority can only be implemented...The squad leader has no personal responsibility. Right to go against the opinions of the majority to make decisions on their own... At the same time, we must prevent decentralization and extreme democratization. A big party like ours, without a unified will and leadership, will inevitably go its own way and be disorganized. Obedience to the majority, lower-level organizations to higher-level organizations, and the entire party to the party's National Congress and Central Committee, these four obediences must be fully implemented in Shazhou..."

Zhu Minsheng's theoretical knowledge is extremely proficient, and the level of this speech is indeed very high, with history and reality, China and foreign countries.After talking about the theory, he changed the subject and returned to reality from theory, saying: "Secretary Zhou Changquan is a typical example of implementing democratic centralism. Many of the procedures of the Standing Committee he formulated were adopted by the provincial party committee. This is Shazhou's theory. It is one of the contributions made by the government to the whole province, which is remarkable. I would like to express my opinion here, I will not try to be unconventional, and the Standing Committee’s procedures must be implemented without compromise.”

Zhu Minsheng stroked his hair parted in the middle, and said: "Yesterday, Secretary Huang told me that there are several important matters to be finalized. I mean don't be too busy, and you have to follow the spirit of democratic centralism and the terms of the procedure. , Do not discount the operation. I said three times that there is no discount. What is the point? It is the matter decided by the Standing Committee, and all cadres in Shazhou must implement it. They must implement it if they have opinions. You can’t engage in yin and yong, and you can’t set it up for the benefit of small groups. Ignore the decision of the Standing Committee. When this kind of thing happens, it must be strictly dealt with by the organization!"

In the last few words, he spoke very harshly, worthy of being a cold-faced minister. It took only forty minutes to finish this speech, and then Huang Zidi said a few more specific things, which took 20 minutes, and then Huang Zidi said: "This is the end of today's meeting, the meeting is adjourned." Out of the venue, Hou Weidong carefully pondered Zhu Minsheng's policy declaration: "From this speech, Zhu Minsheng has a lot of meanings inside and outside the words. When talking about democratic centralism, he is actually talking about discipline. Four obedience and three no compromises should be It is the key to the speech. The rules of procedure of the Municipal Standing Committee organized by Secretary Zhou are beneficial to the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee in terms of form and content. Zhu Minsheng is very smart and accepts this system in its entirety. You can grasp the course of Shazhou City."

"It's not easy to get to the post of secretary of the municipal party committee!" After carefully studying Zhu Minsheng's speech, Hou Weidong expressed emotion. Back in Chengjin, Hou Weidong called Director Liang Yifei of the Propaganda Department to his office, briefly talked about the situation of the municipal party committee meeting, and said: "Chengjin Daily and the TV station must continuously publish and broadcast theories related to democratic centralism. This is Today I compiled Secretary Zhu’s speech on democratic centralism, based on this, and connected with the Municipal Party Committee Office, organized comrades with high theoretical level, thoroughly understood the spirit, combined with the reality of Chengjin, and wrote a series of level articles, focusing on published in the media." Liang Yifei understood the meaning, and suggested: "I have an idea, if the provincial and municipal newspapers can publish a few weighty articles, the county's propaganda work will take the initiative." Hou Weidong agreed with Liang Yifei's suggestion, emphasizing: "All articles on democratic centralism must be sent to me for review, and theoretical things must be cautious." County-level leaders, from the perspective of the central government, are called grassroots cadres.The main task of the grassroots cadres is naturally the front line. After discussing theoretical issues with the propaganda minister Liang Yifei, Hou Weidong led the people straight to Shuanghe Town. After Liang Yong was sent to Shuanghe Town as the secretary of the town party committee, he was very active in his work. He divided the town's personnel into ten working groups, assigned responsibility to each individual, and ensured that the construction of Chengsha Highway could start smoothly.Regardless of the effect, Liang Yong's positive attitude is incomparable to the former secretary Wen Gongcheng. Grassroots work is not high-tech. In many cases, attitude can determine everything. It only took about ten minutes for Hou Weidong to arrive at the village primary school. He said to Liang Yong who was waiting here, "When will we be able to enter the site for construction? Is there a specific time?" Liang Yong said embarrassingly: "We divided the cadres into ten groups, and each group was led by a town leader. I am in charge of the small village. Judging from the progress of my group, most of the villagers still support road construction. There are a few unreasonable people who are unreasonable." "There are no unscrupulous people in Chengjin County, only people who are temporarily unreasonable in their thinking and work." Hou Weidong saw many people around him, and a few old rural ladies were watching, thinking of the evil forces in Chengjin, he agreed with the unscrupulous people in his heart. He verbally corrected Liang Yong's words. Liang Yong knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said: "Secretary Hou, don't worry, we will definitely intensify our ideological work, rationally adjust the land, and distribute the compensation as much as possible to every villager." Hou Weidong nodded, and said: "Everyone knows the financial situation of Chengjin County. The money is hard-won, and we must ensure that it can be sent to the people. This money is a high-voltage wire. Whoever dares to withhold it, no matter who it is, will not let it go." Severe punishment at a discount." He said as he walked, Liang Yong followed closely behind, and the others followed, walking towards the small village. After entering the small village, Hou Weidong saw that there were no outsiders, and said: "For those nail households, we must take a multi-pronged approach. If it is really a reasonable request, try to satisfy it as much as possible. If it is really a mess, you can't be soft. The county party committee and the county government are your strong backing." Of course, you can't do it recklessly. You have to analyze each specific situation in detail. After a while, I will personally meet the nail households near the village to see what their requirements are." Liang Yong said in his heart: "Hou Weidong is really straightforward in his work, unlike some leaders who always talk in cloudy mountains and mist, who only make demands and refuse to take responsibility." He said: "Secretary Hou, let's go to the house of Zhang Youcai next door. A well-known vegetable grower." Hou Weidong said: "OK, let's go to Zhang Youcai's house." Liang Yong said hesitantly: "Secretary Hou, there is one more thing I want to report to you. I have been in Shuanghe for ten days. Shuanghe is a relatively wealthy town, but the situation is not optimistic. No complaints, just offer to pay some wages." Hou Weidong knew that many villages and towns in Chengjin were in arrears of wages, so he asked, "How much wages is in arrears in Shuanghe Town?" "In 1999, the salary was paid until March. From March onwards, all government officials only received a living allowance of 100 yuan. When I arrived in Shuanghe, this was what I was most worried about. A few years ago when the foundation was rectified, the town still had I borrowed money from each government cadre, and according to the level, it was 3,000 for ordinary cadres, 5,000 for middle-level cadres, and 8,000 for first-level team members. At that time, it was a forced loan, and comrades had great opinions.” Since the reform of the fiscal and taxation system, the financial resources of townships have become increasingly tense, and Hou Weidong is well aware of this.He didn't have a good way to untie this knot for a while, and said: "You write me a detailed report, try to be as accurate as possible." Secretary Du Bing came over with his mobile phone and said, "Secretary Hou, just now I received a notice from the Municipal Party Committee Office. Secretary Zhu asked you to go to the Municipal Party Committee immediately." "This is not a good thing." This was Hou Weidong's first reaction.He sat in the car and called Yang Liu. "Yang Liu, just now I received a notice from the Municipal Committee Office asking me to go to the Municipal Committee, did you hear anything?" According to common sense, Zhu Minsheng talked to Hou Weidong. way. Unexpectedly, Yang Liu really knew about this matter: "Just now Zhang Zhu, the son of Zhang Yongtai, the Chengjin County Party Committee, came to the Municipal Party Committee Office to report the situation." She was a little embarrassed and said, "I was planning to call you, but I was entangled in trivial matters. I'm really sorry to think that you were notified so soon to come to the municipal party committee." "Which office is Secretary Zhu in?" "It's the former reference room, which has been renovated." Hou Weidong smiled and said, "Then who uses Secretary Zhou's former office?" "No one is using it for the time being, it is empty. However, the layout of Secretary Zhu is different from before. The secretary's office is directly opposite to the secretary's office. Each room is a separate room, not a suite like before." In Zhou Changquan's era, the leaders of the municipal party committee shared a suite with the secretary.In Zhu Minsheng's era, the secretary's office was completely independent. Hou Weidong was very familiar with the Municipal Party Committee Office, and he accurately imagined the new situation in his mind. Hou Weidong asked again: "At the meeting today, I saw that the Secretary-General accompanied Secretary Zhu in person. Has Secretary Zhu's secretary been selected now? Who is it?" Yang Liudao: "There is a Zhao poet in the Organization Department, Zhao Chengyi, who is usually reticent and polite to others. He is now Zhu Minsheng's secretary." "It turned out to be Zhao Chengyi, and we have to build a good relationship with him in the future." Hou Weidong thought of the thin young man who always walked against the wall. Zhao Chengyi Poet Zhao is a young cadre in the Organization Department. He graduated with a major in Chinese language and literature. He often publishes articles in newspapers and periodicals and is well-known in the municipal party committee.Hou Weidong used to be by Zhou Changquan's side, caring about major issues, and he was in contact with leaders of a certain level.People of Zhao Chengyi's age and level didn't have much to say, they just nodded when they met each other occasionally in the aisle and stairs. Hou Weidong leaned on the soft chair, watching the mountains and trees on both sides of the road receding quickly, thinking silently: "The county party secretary's car accident is a natural disaster, it's normal, but being murdered is a serious matter anywhere. It’s a big deal. It’s reasonable for Zhu Minsheng to respond quickly. He used to be the executive deputy director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, so he must know about Zhang Yongtai. What’s his attitude towards this matter?” The car entered the territory of Shazhou. After much deliberation, he finally made up his mind: "Except that Zhou Changquan has reservations about the mission that he specifically assigned, the rest are all factual statements." After entering the municipal party committee compound, Hou Weidong went directly to the reference room because of the information provided by Yang Liu.Zhu Minsheng's office was closed, and the door to the opposite office was open. Inside was a young man wearing glasses and thin cheeks, who was concentrating on looking at the documents. Hou Weidong knocked lightly on the door. Zhao Chengyi looked up to see Hou Weidong, stood up, and said, "Secretary Hou, hello, please come in." When Hou Weidong sat down opposite him, he said, "Secretary Hou, Secretary Zhu is talking to some leaders in the small conference room. Come here soon, sit down for a while." Hou Weidong has worked as a secretary for two times and pays great attention to details.When Zhao Chengyi put the paper cup in front of him, he thought to himself: "Zhao Chengyi is still inexperienced, how can he use a paper cup to receive guests?" When it comes to making tea, paper cups always have a peculiar smell. The better the tea, the more obvious it is, not to mention that paper cups are not hygienic.Therefore, when Hou Weidong was Zhou Changquan's secretary, he had a special tea cabinet with six high-grade white porcelain cups, which were sterilized every day.There are also several tubes of tea in the tea cabinet, which include Tieguanyin, Longjing, Yiyang new tea and other varieties for the leaders to choose. Hou Weidong and Zhao Chengyi hadn't had much contact before, and Zhao Chengyi was famous as a poet. Poets are always sensitive, so he didn't remind them hastily, and took a paper cup to drink.The paper cup really smelled bad, and the tea leaves were ordinary Yiyang tea, not the authentic Yiyang Xinmaofeng in terms of taste. Hou Weidong handed Zhao Chengyi a cigarette, but Zhao Chengyi didn't refuse. After taking the cigarette, he took the initiative to light Hou Weidong.When lighting the fire, Hou Weidong noticed that Zhao Chengyi's fingers were slender, but there was a circle of light yellow smoke trails, and he seemed to be a heavy smoker. While chatting casually with Zhao Chengyi, he observed the newly renovated secretary's office.This office was originally the reference room of the Municipal Party Committee. In my impression, there is a row of wooden bookcases in this room, which are old cabinets in old colors, and there are several rows of newspaper folders.Comrades from the Municipal Party Committee Office can go to this room to look up information and read the latest magazines and newspapers when they are resting. This time, the decoration has been done really hard. The office furniture is the brand of Sauron. The furniture of this brand is Fujian products represented by Zeng Xiangang, and it is famous for its high price.But you get what you pay for, and the quality of Sauron furniture is really good.Putting on Sauron furniture, the layout of the office suddenly changed, and the original ugly duckling became a swan. Sitting in the majestic and imposing secretary's room, Hou Weidong suddenly felt that the familiar municipal committee office had become strange, and there was a different atmosphere from the previous pattern.After waiting for half an hour, Zhu Minsheng came back from the small meeting room.Knowing that there must be a lot of people coming to report on work, Hou Weidong hurried out and went to Zhu Minsheng's office with Zhao Chengyi. Zhao Chengyi made an introduction and left the room. There is a thick stack of documents on Zhu Minsheng's desktop, and the top one says "Urgent".He glanced at the document and said, "The youngest secretary of the county party committee in the whole province, okay, okay, only young people have vigor." Then he said, "Sit down for a while." After finishing speaking, he immersed himself in reading the document. Many leading cadres like to use this trick to show their authority. Hou Weidong also often uses this trick. He knows it well and sits very calmly. Zhu Minsheng's office is very characteristic. There are two small flags on the table, one national flag and one party flag, and behind it is a long row of tall bookcases.The bookcases are full of neatly arranged books, many of which are thick tomes. The office furniture is also the Sauron brand. From color to style, it is obviously several grades higher than Zhao Chengyi's office furniture, and the price is definitely not cheap.Hou Weidong also knew a little about Sauron's furniture. According to a rough estimate, the furniture in Zhu Minsheng's room must be 50,000 yuan. Zhu Minsheng finished processing the documents calmly, and then said to Hou Weidong: "Today Zhang Zhu came to reflect on his father Zhang Yongtai's affairs. What's going on?" After hearing what happened, Zhu Minsheng said: "In your personal opinion, is Zhang Yongtai's death an accident or intentional?" Unable to figure out the depth of Zhu Minsheng's life, Hou Weidong tried not to mention Zhou Changquan's point of view in the report work: "After Secretary Zhang got into a car accident, the Municipal Public Security Bureau asked the provincial department for support, and the provincial department concluded that it was a car accident. Of course, there are other possibilities. , but from a legal point of view, the county party committee can only accept the investigation results of the provincial department.” Zhu Minsheng gently stroked his neat hair, and said: "There is a slogan in the township, which is called small things out of the village and big things out of the town. The organization of the Yongtai matter has already reached a clear conclusion, gave Zhang Yongtai a high honor, and carried out extensive publicity throughout the province, the county must carry out work according to the conclusion of the province." He pointed out solemnly: "I called you here today to give you the matter of Zhang Song and Zhang Zhu face to face. As for how to do the work, this is your business, and I don't care. Just make a little request, as the youngest in the province The secretary of the county party committee must have political acumen and the ability to deal with complex situations, this is the organization's test for you." After leaving Zhu Minsheng's office, Hou Weidong got out of the car with a sullen face. He was very annoyed and didn't speak.Zhu Minsheng's meaning included two points: first, the province vigorously promoted Zhang Yongtai, and the county party committee had to work according to the propaganda caliber, which meant that Zhu Minsheng did not necessarily agree with the investigation of this case; The issue of petitioning became a matter of the ability of the secretary of the county party committee, and had nothing to do with the municipal party committee. The ball was played cleanly. Hou Weidong analyzed the spirit of Zhu Minsheng's conversation, and suddenly his head was like a drum.Each leader has a different style, concept, and experience. If a difficult matter is being handled, it is really embarrassing to change to a different leader. Secretary Du Bing waited for a while, then turned around and asked for instructions: "Secretary Hou, are you going back to Chengjin?" "Go back to Chengjin." After the car drove out of Shazhou City, Hou Weidong said again, "Forget it, I will live in Shazhou tonight and go back tomorrow." After calling Hong Ang, he said, "Go to the gate of Xinyue Tower The former water, land and air restaurant." When we arrived at the Water, Land and Air Restaurant, Hou Weidong ordered a bottle of the best wine and waited for Secretary-General Hong Ang.Hong Ang came alone, and after sitting down, he said, "Today I was criticized by Secretary Zhu. I'm afraid I called you here for the same thing." Hou Weidong asked strangely: "What does this matter have to do with the Secretary-General?" Hong Ang said: "Secretary Zhu means, how can you let petitioners come to the secretary's office casually? He pointed out that there is a problem with the management of the municipal party committee. From today, a petition center will be established, and the petition office will be moved out of the municipal party committee and the office within half a year. The city government building, this is a convenience measure, and it is also a good way to quiet the city committee." Hou Weidong laughed at himself and said: "Secretary Zhu's instructions don't match Secretary Zhou's original intention. I'm a mouse in a bellows—a dilemma." In Shazhou, the competition in the catering industry is very fierce, and the business of a restaurant only has a booming period of one or two years, and the prosperity and decline are also hasty.However, the business of Water, Land and Air Restaurant has been prosperous for a long time. At first, it relied on novelty, and later on, it relied on stable quality and excellent service. This is the specific reason why Hou Weidong likes Water, Land and Air. Secretary Du Bing and driver Lao Geng accompanied Hong Ang's driver. The three of them sat in the lobby outside, ordered four or five special dishes, and tasted them with gusto. In Zhou Changquan's era, Hou Weidong was the deputy director and full-time secretary of the municipal party committee office, and Hong Ang was the standing committee member and secretary general of the municipal party committee. The left arm and the right arm beside him. At this time, facing the new boss Zhu Minsheng, the two Zhou family members are under some pressure. The pressure is invisible, but real.Hong Ang sipped the most expensive wine in the water, land and air, and said: "Secretary Zhu has worked in a large institution for a long time, with a wide vision and a high theoretical level, which is very good for Shazhou." He only mentioned the high theoretical level, and did not care about the practical ability. The term is neither praise nor derogation, it is very objective, and it means to say it after observing secretly. Hou Weidong and Hong Ang were in a similar situation, so the so-called sympathy, so he could hear the implication, and said: "For the specific situation of Chengjin, my idea is that regardless of the wind and waves, we must grasp the development principle. The main line. The decision of the Municipal Party Committee must be implemented, and the matters assigned by Secretary Zhou must also be done. The key is to find a balance between them." Hong Ang was very appreciative of his point of view, and said: "Your thinking is in place, basically consistent with my thinking, I have thought about this issue from four aspects. "First, in Lingxi, if you want to form an independent official personality, you still have to rely on political achievements. If it's just to cater to you, then you will always have to cater to it. If you are a human being, do something and don't do it, ask for something and don't ask for it. "Second, major decisions made by the municipal party committee must be implemented according to the party's principle of democratic centralism. But for specific matters, you have to stand on the bridge to urinate—flexible. "Third, the tasks assigned by Secretary Zhou in private before he left must be carefully completed. For example, in the case of Zhang Yongtai, Secretary Zhou will definitely pay attention to this matter when he arrives in the province. Now that he has changed his course, there will be no good results in the future. The methods and methods must be more particular, and there must be no violation of the rules, and they can only be done and cannot be said. "Fourth, when Secretary Zhu first came to work in Shazhou, he faced a very complicated situation. He needed someone to support him, and he needed to establish his prestige in a short period of time. This period is a precious golden period, and he can use his brains to gain the trust of Secretary Zhu. , which will be of great benefit to future work.” Hong Ang's four points of view are how to deal with Zhu Minsheng's strategy. They are full of the wisdom of the mean and conform to the dialectics of officialdom. Hou Weidong said in his heart: "Zhou Changquan commented before that in Shazhou, Hong Ang is the best in terms of Yangmou, and this comment really hit the nail on the head." He raised his glass and said sincerely: "The Secretary-General's words made my younger brother Mao Sai suddenly enlightened, and I toasted. " "Ding dong", the crisp sound of glass echoed in the room.