Chapter 3 third chapter

After returning from the investigation in the county, Zhang Xiao, the acting mayor of Chuxi City, returned to his temporary dormitory in the hostel of the military division and lay down for a while to relax his tired body.The research of more than half a month is called research, but in fact it is to go to the counties, recognize people, and listen to the work reports of the counties and cities along the way.He traveled through twelve counties and cities in more than ten days. The itinerary was too tight, and the vehicles and horses were exhausted. He did feel a little tired. As soon as he lay down, the phone rang. It was his daughter Zhang Yuan's call.Zhang Yuan said that she and Chen Mo had come back from Qin Town and were already on the way, asking their father to welcome them.Qin Town is a scenic spot in the city. It is said that it was an ancient town in the Qin Dynasty. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on one side. In recent years, when Qin Town started urban construction, it dug up some ancient tombs, unearthed some bronze wares and bamboo slips, and gained a great reputation. .When Zhang Yuan and Chen Mo came together, because he would not be able to come back when he went to the county for research, he suggested that she and Chen Mo go to Qin Town to have a look. Anyway, my daughter is also studying architectural design. It is not a mistake to hug the grass and beat the rabbit at both ends.After Chen Mo reported to the Municipal Party Committee Office, the Municipal Party Committee Office gave him a week off. He wanted to go home to see his parents, but Zhang Yuan couldn't stand the pestering, so he had to go with her.

Zhang Xiao got up immediately, sat in the living room and flipped through a book of "Tongjian of National History" and waited for his daughter to come back.Zhang Xiao and his daughter Zhang Yuan had a very deep relationship. Yuan Yuan loved to pester her father since she was a child, but she didn't like being with her mother because she thought she was long-winded.In his eyes, it seemed that his daughter would never grow up. After graduating from university to work, she was 1.7 meters tall, but she still wanted to ride on his lap to act like a spoiled child, just like in kindergarten.On his bedside, there is a photo of his daughter sitting in a walker when she was learning to walk. The daughter stretched out a hand, her big eyes were dark, and her small mouth with no teeth opened round, as if she was sweet , calling Dad in a childish voice.My daughter has grown up and has taken a lot of photos, but he takes this one with him everywhere. Before going to bed, he can't help but pick up the photo and put it to his lips for a kiss, as if he can smell the good smell on his daughter. Milky.

The daughter has grown up and reached the age of falling in love and getting married.But Zhang Yuan is like a child who can't grow up, laughing and laughing all day long, heartless, and there are a few boys who date her, but no matter how you look at it, they look like buddies, not in love.Any father's heart is sensitive. Although Yuanyuan's mother Peng Guizhi nagged every day and seemed to care about her daughter, only the father knew the little secret in her daughter's heart.There is someone in Zhang Yuan's heart, and this person is Chen Mo. Zhang Xiao admired Chen Mo very much, and felt that Chen Mo had an aura similar to his own, elegant, capable, and daring to do things.There is idealism.

Over the years, idealism has become a very rare and scarce quality. Highly developed material life and fierce and brutal market competition have made people more and more materialistic, and they are living more and more secular, even worldly. .Idealistic temperament is not a good temperament in the officialdom. Zhang Xiao is well aware of this. Idealism and officialdom habits are a pair of contradictions, a contradiction that is difficult to reconcile.Ideals are square, and officialdom is round. It is not a good idea to put Founder's idealism in the big real barrel of officialdom.But he still can't help but want to do this. It's not impossible for him to transfer Chen Mo's relationship to the provincial party committee's publications. If he transfers Chen Mo's work relationship to the editorial department, he will undoubtedly find himself a happy wife and son-in-law at the same time, but , he still transferred him to Chuxi City, allowing him to set foot on the threshold of politics. It would be a pity to die forever.

He realized Chen Mo's ability three years ago. After he wrote his graduation thesis "Reflections in the Post-planned Economy Era" in the senior seminar of the Central Party School, he sent it back to the editorial department for scholars to take a look.A week later, Chen Mo faxed more than ten sheets of materials to him alone, contributing a lot of opinions and solid arguments, and he couldn't help but look at this young man with admiration.More importantly, he realized his potential political qualities from Chen Mo's actions.Chen Mo has his own thoughts on his thesis, but he doesn't make it public. He passed it on to him when all the editorial staff are off work, which shows that he knows how to restrain himself and is good at balancing relationships.

After that, he paid attention to this young man who was temporarily working in the editorial department. This attention made him more determined in his thinking. This is a talent that can be created.Chen Mo has a quick mind, a wide range of knowledge, and handles the relationship with superiors and subordinates very well.He is taciturn, but he is not afraid of doing things.What's more, he doesn't have the rashness and arrogance of the literati, and he doesn't have the decadence of insight into the world.Chen Mo lives a strict life, does not smoke or drink alcohol, does not go to entertainment venues, and reads and writes whenever he has time.Once, he went to Chen Mo's rental house without saying hello. There were only a few simple furniture in the rental house, and there were many books, literature, philosophy, law, and economics.Although it is not spotless, it is neat and orderly.It was also this "Weifu private visit" that he confirmed his opinion.

Zhang Xiao could see his daughter Zhang Yuan's feelings for Chen Mo.Although the daughter is also careless towards Chen Mo, but as a father, she can see the little Jiujiu in her heart at a glance. The daughter is just using an illusion to cover up her love for Chen Mo.He believed that Chen Mo also liked Yuan Yuan, and when the two young people were together, Yuan Yuan often talked a lot and Chen Mo talked less.However, Chen Mo's occasional glance at Yuan Yuan made Zhang Xiao see the deep affection in it. However, as a father, Zhang Xiao had a premonition in his heart that Chen Mo and Yuanyuan would not get together. These two children, like two stars reflecting each other, shone brightly, but they would never meet.When he decided to bring Chen Mo back to Chuxi City, he had this feeling. Chen Mo is an idealistic person, and Chen Mo is a person with a big chest. Chen Mo will not let his official career be more involved. Suspected tie tie.

Sometimes, Zhang Xiao felt confused about the decision to bring Chen Mo back to Chuxi City, especially, letting Chen Mo enter politics would undoubtedly speed up his escape from Yuanyuan.The reason why he brought Chen Mo back was of course his admiration for Chen Mo, and he did not rule out the fact that he was in a poor place in Chuxi City and lacked a helping hand. No big deal for him.But after all, he can at least have a consulting object who will be completely considered for him, a figure like an aide.Based on Chen Mo's quality, he also believes that as long as the conditions are met, Chen Mo can give him a helping hand.

After waiting for an hour, Zhang Yuan called him again, saying that there was a traffic jam on the road and it might take an hour or two to get through. Zhang Xiao put down the phone and decided to buy some vegetables to cook a meal for his daughter and the others.Everything in the kitchen is very complete, refrigerator, induction cooker, chopping board, and even beautifully woven baskets for grocery shopping, it is completely like living at home.Zhang Xiao couldn't help but feel grateful for the arrangement of the office.When he was in the provincial capital, he liked to cook a meal with his own hands, stir-fry a few dishes, and the family happily ate around the table, enjoying the family happiness.Compared with him, his wife Peng Guizhi has become a hands-off shopkeeper.Unexpectedly, when you come to Chuxi City, you can still enjoy this kind of fun.

Zhang Xiao took the vegetable basket off the wall, opened the door and went out.He has only been here for half a year, and Chu Xi doesn't know many people about him.In a few more months, I am afraid that his hobby of shopping and cooking in the street will not be realized. On the way to the vegetable market, Zhang Xiao subconsciously fell into deep thought as he walked.This survey of the twelve counties and cities under the jurisdiction of Chuxi City made him think a lot. Chuxi City governs eleven counties and one county-level city, all of which are mountainous counties and have always been national-level poverty-stricken areas.Chuxi City has a population of more than 3 million, its GDP is not as high as that of a county near the provincial capital, and its fiscal revenue is only more than 200 million yuan.Such a poor city occupies a pivotal position in the whole province. Apart from the fact that Chuxi City is the largest ethnic minority settlement in the province, another reason is that Chuxi has produced cadres.Because of the poverty and remoteness of the place, during the period of the Red Army, there was a lot of popularity here. A large number of young people joined the Red Army, went north and south, and those who survived the war became the founding heroes of the country.Chuxi City has produced a marshal, three generals and dozens of lieutenant generals and major generals.In the early days of liberation, the provincial leaders were almost all Chuxi people, and the Chuxi provincial party committee leaders also focused on training Chuxi cadres. Over the past 50 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the main leaders of the province have been almost Chuxi people one after another. Even if some of the Westerners were not from Chuxi, they had worked in Chuxi and were promoted from the Chuxi Municipal Party Committee.There has always been a saying in the province that Chuxi City is a big school for cultivating provincial cadres. For this reason, the main leaders of Chuxi City are not held by local cadres.

Zhang Xiao was the first mayor since the founding of the People's Republic of China who was not promoted step by step from Chuxi, but directly transferred from outside.Before Zhang Xiao came, Song Da, the former secretary of the Provincial Party Committee from western Chu, retired to the second line, and the new Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Huang Ming, was from Cantonese and came down from a central ministry.After Huang Ming came to the province to serve as the secretary of the provincial party committee, various rumors began to spread in various places. The most common one was that the central government was very dissatisfied with the economic development of the province in recent years. They only know how to play politics and don't understand economics, which has delayed the economic development of the province. The central government intends to send leaders who understand economics to change this situation.There is also a saying that since liberation, leading cadres from Chuxi nationality have occupied various key departments in the province, and they have formed a "Chuxi faction".Some people also specifically stated that Song Da's abdication marked the "end of the post-Chuxi era".These rumors spread so miraculously that at first Zhang Xiao thought that these rumors were nothing more than complaints from other regions about the Chuxi cadres occupying the main leadership positions in the province for a long time, until Secretary Huang Ming and the Provincial Party Committee Organization Director talked to him and asked him to serve as the Chuxi City Party Committee When he took the post of deputy secretary and acting mayor, he realized that these rumors were not groundless.Secretary Huang Ming made it very clear that the reason why he was appointed as the mayor was to solve the problem that the main leaders at the prefecture and city level would be held in different places. The economy catches up. Speaking of which, it was a bit of coincidence that Zhang Xiao served as the deputy secretary of the Chuxi Municipal Party Committee and the acting mayor. In the general office of the Provincial Party Committee, there were several deputy secretary-generals, and Zhang Xiao was ranked last. editor in chief.The reason why Zhang Xiao was able to send a prefecture-level mayor to be the main leader was nominated by the new Provincial Party Secretary Huang Ming himself.Three years ago, Huang Ming and Zhang Xiao were classmates in the advanced seminar class of the Central Party School. Zhang Xiao's younger brother left a deep impression on him.Another point is that Zhang Xiao is very bookish, which is very congenial with Huang Ming.Huang Ming valued a bit of bookishness. At the Central Party School, Huang Ming once jokingly said that the current leading cadres have high diplomas, but their bookishness is gone, let alone refined.Among the students in the advanced seminar, there are provincial and ministerial-level cadres, as well as prefectural and department-level cadres. They are all people who have been in the officialdom for a long time. Many people regard learning as a relationship, looking for opportunities to enter the ladder, and some places even explicitly require them to participate in the study. The trainees should contact the departments directly under the central government in order to obtain projects and funds for the region.Therefore, it can be said that the Central Party School Senior Seminar is both intense and lively.When there were no lectures, everyone went out for activities, but Zhang Xiao quietly read books and wrote articles in the dormitory alone, although this depended on his detached position - the Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee Office said that it was a real job and a real job It's not wrong to say that it's a false job—it's rare for him to be able to calm down. After all, studying in the senior seminar class of the Central Party School is a rare opportunity for personal career.Huang Ming also thinks that he is a person with a calm mind. Of course, no one can be so detached when he enters the officialdom, but at least he doesn't care too much about the advancement and retreat of his official career. Maybe it is this kind of indifference that allows him to eliminate distracting thoughts when he is working. , without any distractions, he swayed freely, and finally achieved outstanding performance, becoming a party official and secretary of the provincial party committee.Huang Ming was also impressed by Zhang Xiao's graduation thesis "Post-planned Economy Era Speculation". Most of the economic papers in the seminar were to clarify the role of market economy. Many people even thought that the planned economy in Mao Zedong's era was a disaster. sexual.Only this paper by Zhang Xiao expounded the role of the planned economy in regulating the market economy, and put forward the thinking that the market economy also includes elements of the planned economy.Huang Ming knew that Zhang Xiao was a doctor of literature, but he didn't expect him to have such a research on economics.This was also the reason why Huang Ming strongly recommended Zhang Xiao to be the mayor of Chuxi. Zhang Xiao is no stranger to Chuxi City. When he was in the Provincial Party Committee Office, he had to come down several times a year. Some leaders of Chuxi City sometimes used him to publish papers in provincial Party committee publications. Today's leaders all He attaches great importance to these things, as if publishing a paper in a provincial party committee journal can show his political level. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that these papers are all seized by the secretary without exception.Therefore, Zhang Xiao still had a little knowledge of some situations in Chuxi City. Due to historical reasons, the local cadres in Chuxi City accounted for an absolute majority, their relationships were intricate, and they had a very strong xenophobic concept.Among the twelve counties in Chuxi City, several factions have formed, and the relationship is intricate. Especially in recent years, Youxian County and Longshui County under Chuxi City have discovered rich reserves of manganese ore and lead-zinc deposits. Mineral development is in full swing. Disputes of interests lead to cloudy and misty interpersonal relationships, to the point of being confusing.So, before he took office, Secretary Huang Ming had a private conversation with him and said, Zhang Xiao, Chuxi's situation is very complicated. I put you on the stove this time, so you have to be mentally prepared.It was during this conversation that he made a clear request to take Chen Mo there. Secretary Huang Ming readily agreed after asking about the situation. An hour later, Zhang Xiao came back with the vegetables he bought.On the way, the mobile phone rang sharply. He took out the mobile phone and saw that it was the number of the Municipal Party Committee Office. Xiao Renfu, Secretary General of the Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Office, said on the phone, Mayor Zhang, Secretary Lu decided to convene a standing committee immediately, please come here immediately Attend, we have notified your driver and he is waiting for you at your house.Zhang Xiao realized that something must have happened, because he had talked with Secretary Lu on the phone in the morning, and Secretary Lu didn't talk about the Standing Committee.So, I tightened my feet and went back to the guest house, and sure enough, car No. 3 was already waiting there.When the driver Yang Changjun saw him carrying the vegetable basket, he was taken aback for a moment, and came over to greet him, saying, Mayor Zhang, do you still buy the vegetables yourself?Zhang Xiao said, my daughter is here, so I'll buy some food.Yang Changjun said, if you become the mayor, you still buy your own food?With that said, he took the vegetable basket and put it in the trunk.On the way to the municipal party committee, Yang Changjun sneaked a few glances at him. Zhang Xiao pretended not to know, but he was thinking in his heart, man, once his identity changes, even buying a vegetable will look abnormal to others, saying Leaders are special. In fact, it is entirely due to the special requirements of leaders. There are many things that everyone is really used to.