Chapter 9 Chapter nine

Sha Ruijin, the new secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, wears a pair of wide-rimmed glasses. He looks elegant and kind, with a smile on his mouth, but his eyes are deep and sharp.A few days after the new secretary returned to Jingzhou for investigation, he presided over the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee of Province H of the Communist Party of China.Thirteen members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, including Gao Yuliang and Li Dakang, attended the meeting. The opening remarks of Sha Ruijin's smile seem casual, but they are meaningful.He said that in order to hold the Standing Committee well, he made some preparations, traveled to eight cities in 16 days, and did some research.On the night of the end of the investigation, we caught up with the "September 16" incident in Jingzhou.He was deeply troubled when an economically powerful province broadcast a mass event live to the world for the first time ever.

The secretary of the new provincial party committee made it clear at the outset that the "September 16" incident, Li Dakang couldn't sit still, he raised his hand, and wanted to conduct a review to the provincial party committee on behalf of the Jingzhou municipal party committee.Sha Ruijin waved his hand, telling Secretary Li not to rush to review, but to first recognize the nature of the incident.Li Dakang's heart sank. Sha Ruijin believed that the "September 16" incident was not simple, and made a preliminary judgment: it was not an ordinary demolition conflict, but a vicious violent incident caused by corruption.The root of the incident lies in corruption, and it is the corrupt behavior of some of our cadres that has stimulated and intensified the widespread social contradictions.

The members of the Standing Committee nodded and whispered to each other.The new secretary's words were sharp and hit the nail on the head. Sha Ruijin said loudly: I have a basis for saying this.The Anti-Corruption Administration seized more than 200 million cash from the home of a small director in Beijing. How much did Ding Yizhen, the co-suspect who escaped from our case, embezzle?And how much are those guys who are in cahoots with Ding Yizhen greedy?If there is no corruption, how can you pervert the law?Where did the equity of Dafeng Factory employees go?For the sake of equity, a fire burned three people to death on the spot, burned thirty-eight people, and six seriously injured people are still in danger, life or death is uncertain!The matter of Dafeng Factory and the background of this vicious incident must be thoroughly investigated, and an explanation must be given to the employees of Dafeng Factory and to our people!No matter who or what level of cadres are involved!

The red and blue pencil in Sha Ruijin's hand inadvertently "snapped" and slapped it on the table.To some participants, this voice sounded like a thunderclap, expressing the new secretary's determination to fight corruption. Li Dakang's heart suddenly became cold.The new secretary took a high-level view and declared anti-corruption, linking the fire by Guangming Lake with Ding Yizhen who fled.As a local official, Li Dakang knows that his responsibilities have increased. Not only must he take on leadership responsibilities, but he may also be involved in economic issues.Secretary Sha said that no matter who or what level of cadres are involved, is he alluding to him?

Sha Ruijin's tone slowed down, and he talked about the reform achievements. Province H, like the whole country, has continued to improve economically, and its GDP has grown rapidly for 28 consecutive years. New cities have sprung up, and the urban and rural areas are changing with each passing day.The economic growth rate of Jingzhou, Luzhou, and Lincheng is not much worse than those of Beijing and Shanghai. It should be said that H province has made great achievements in reform and opening up, which is the mainstream. Although this is an official statement, it is also true.This kind of words made people feel comfortable, and Gao Yuliang, Li Dakang and the standing committee members at the meeting nodded frequently to show their agreement.When Gao Yuliang nodded, he knew that the new secretary would never let them be so comfortable. Sure enough, Sha Ruijin finished the official words that must be said, scanned the standing committee members, changed the topic, and became more aggressive!He severely criticized the work style of cadres, pointing out bluntly that the quality of cadres in certain areas and departments is far lower than that of ordinary citizens.All the members of the Standing Committee looked at Sha Ruijin with astonished eyes. This kind of formulation is really deafening.Gao Yuliang acted surprised even if he wasn't surprised, but he could predict the new secretary's thinking.

Sha Ruijin's eyes were like a torch: Comrades, don't look at me so surprised. This is a sad fact that I discovered during my research!I will talk about it in detail below.I would like to ask, if some cadres with low quality and low moral standards lead a region and a department, can this region and department still do well?Don't the masses call us blind? !Therefore, the serious problem now is not how to educate our people, but how to educate our cadres! This is so exciting!The Standing Committee members buried their heads in taking notes.In fact, they can't hold their heads up. As the top leadership of the province, no one can shirk their responsibility for these situations below.

Sha Ruijin continued, looking thoughtful.Comrades, at this time, it is necessary to review the historical traditions of our party.Today I specially invited an old comrade to join our Standing Committee to tell us about history, tradition, spirit, and how to be a communist!Who is this old comrade?The big name is Chen Shiyan, the retired former executive deputy chief prosecutor of the Provincial People's Procuratorate.Some people don't like him, calling him an old rock!But I want to say, old stones are good, the foundation of our People's Republic is laid by these old stones! At this time, Lao Chen, Secretary General of the Provincial Party Committee, led Chen Shiyan to appear at the door of the meeting room.

Sha Ruijin stood up first: Let us welcome Comrade Chen Shiyan with warm applause! Gao Yuliang, Li Dakang and other members of the Standing Committee also stood up and applauded Chen Shiyan. Looking at Chen Yanyan's familiar face, Gao Yuliang couldn't help muttering in his heart, which song did the new secretary sing?I have never seen such a Standing Committee, please invite an old comrade to talk about the tradition!Today's topic is to study cadres and personnel!The former secretary of the provincial party committee left a list of more than 120 people. He thought the new secretary would not accept the recruitment, but the new secretary did.After receiving the trick, they did not follow common sense to play cards, talked about anti-corruption, and talked about the issue of the cadre team. Now that traditional education is coming, this posture is to rectify the wind!Professor Gao Yuliang was born, and he knows the power of theory, and anyone's head is in danger.So I cheered up and prepared to deal with various possible situations...

Chen Yanyan's words were very simple, and he told the story of his joining the party.The old man joined the party because the team hit the rock platform. If he is not a member of the Communist Party, he is not qualified to carry explosives and participate in the sharp knife class.Carrying dynamite packs is a privilege only for members of the Communist Party.In order to grab the privilege of carrying explosives, the old man joined the party when the team drove to the outskirts of Yantai.At that time, the old man was still a teenager, and his real age was only fifteen years old. Because he wanted to join the party, he falsely reported that he was two years old.His introduction to the party was called Sha Zhenjiang...

Li Dakang's heart moved when he heard the surname Sha.It seems that Chen Shiyan and Secretary Sha really have a close relationship!He also speculated that Gao Yuliang knew about this relationship, so he called to remind him on the night of "September 16".After thinking about it, I feel wrong, why did Lao Gao remind me of this?Gao Yuliang lost the opportunity to be promoted to the secretary of the provincial party committee, would he hope that he would successfully take over Governor Liu's class and become governor? Chen Yanyan's words were moving: ... The tough battle started. Squad leader Sha Zhenjiang led me, Er Shunzi and other 16 soldiers of the sharp knife squad, each carrying a pack of explosives weighing more than 40 kilograms, and jumped out of the trench one by one.On the city walls and in the bunkers, Japanese machine guns fired wildly.Sha Zhenjiang rushed to the forefront, and the little red flag appeared and disappeared in the smoke.Behind Sha Zhenjiang is me, and after that is Er Shunzi...

Gao Yuliang only saw Chen Yanyan's mouth moving, waving his hands from time to time, and talking about it. As for what he was talking about, he didn't listen to a word.Like Li Dakang, he is also thinking about things. Things don't seem right, there must be something wrong.How could he, Sha Ruijin, dare to assert that the "September 16" incident was caused by corruption?Isn't it flippant to speak like this?Where did the new secretary learn about the situation?Could it be from Chen Shiyan?The new secretary has made it clear that Li Dakang will be paid from the very beginning. Does this mean that the so-called Sha Li Pei does not exist in H province in the future?Li Dakang's governor, like his previous provincial party secretary, is just one of many political rumors? The more Chen Shiyan talked, the more excited he became: ...Under an old locust tree more than 60 meters away from the south gate of the city, Sha Zhenjiang was shot six times and died a heroic sacrifice!I put Sha Zhenjiang's explosive bag on my back and moved on.A barrage of machine gun bullets hit me and I fell down.Just as I was struggling to climb forward, Er Shunzi stood up, stumbled forward a few meters, and rolled into the city gate hole with the person and explosives, pulling the fuse.The city gate was blasted open.The charge horn of the general attack sounded... Li Dakang looked at Chen Shiyan with some excitement.Back then, the old man carried a dynamite bag, and on the night of "September 16", the old man also carried a dynamite bag!Fortunately, the old man stepped forward and let him have some scruples, so he didn't insist on forced demolition, and the situation didn't get worse.It is said that the old man runs the "Second People's Procuratorate" and is an old cynic, but the old cynic has principles and a bottom line!Veteran comrades are politically strong, and naturally have grassroots consciousness and mass consciousness.Now that I think about it, Qi Tongwei is a bit suspicious. As the director of the Public Security Bureau, why would he think of suggesting that he continue to demolish?What good will it do for the director of the Public Security Bureau to dismantle Dafeng Factory?It is said that Comrade Director and Gao Xiaoqin have something to do with each other. Could there be some tricks in it? At this time, Chen Shiyan was in tears: ...Er Shunzi was sixteen years old when he died, and he had only one day's party membership.In the history of our party, is there such a one-day party member?I have no idea.But I think, in the war years, there will never be just one case like Er Shunzi.These party members used their actions and bloodshed to fulfill their oath of joining the party! The members of the Standing Committee were emotionally excited at this time, and Sha Ruijin's eyes were moist. Chen Yanyan finally said: ...Because of joining the party, I falsely reported my age by two years, and then retired early.Comrade Ruijin asked me this time, do you regret not being able to enjoy the sub-provincial treatment after you retired early?I said no regrets.Back then, among the sixteen comrades in our sharp knife squad, nine of them were sacrificed in a tough battle. Compared with them, I was quite happy.So when Comrade Ruijin apologized to me on behalf of the organization, I said, what apology is there?Should you reach out to ask the officials for treatment after carrying the explosive bag?Carrying a dynamite bag is the privilege of a party member. When I falsely reported my age to fight for this privilege, I didn't even expect to be able to live to this day!Comrades, I have been proud of grabbing this privilege all my life! Sha Ruijin and all members of the Standing Committee applauded warmly again, and the applause lasted for a long time. After Chen Shiyan left, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee continued. Sha Ruijin was full of emotions, and smacked the table with his knuckles from time to time: Comrades, in the war years, what our party members fought for was to carry explosives, and to sacrifice one after another. It is the privilege of our Communists to struggle and sacrifice.What about now?What are some of our party members and cadres fighting for?Power and money!It is "the former rot and the successor"!In order to get promoted and get rich, they learned all the tricks of feudal officialdom, and made a whole area and department a mess!Let me give you an example. When I came to work in this province, Chen Yanyan was well-known. Knowing that he likes flowers and birds, many people sent flowers and birds to him, and only a dozen of them were given away!If Chen Yanyan likes to keep pets, I am afraid that pandas and tigers will be sent here!What a mood! The Standing Committee members looked at each other in blank dismay.The atmosphere in the conference room became visibly tense again. Sha Ruijin continued: Some cadres are not low-level, and they want to go further this time.He is a cadre in charge of science and technology. He has been the director of the Science and Technology Bureau for six years and the head of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee for five years, but he doesn't even know our agricultural scientists and academicians of the Academy of Sciences!When someone shook hands with him, he raised his face and asked which unit he belonged to?As for the pretty female cadres, he was familiar with all of them, even the female cadres in remote villages and towns, he could call them by their nicknames.Hey, what does that sound like, comrades? ! Gao Yuliang felt that the time had come and he should take the initiative to attack.Historical experience tells him that whether it is a rectification movement or a movement, the most important thing is to seize the right to speak.You can best protect yourself by actively criticizing others.Moreover, a leader needs support, and he naturally likes activists who take the lead in supporting him. ——Comrade Ruijin, I have also heard of the comrade you mentioned. He just likes to hang out with female cadres. He often drags a group of female cadres around to drink at night.As long as one drinks it, one or two female cadres will definitely be drunk and sent to hang water. The impact is very bad, and everyone calls him Huashuai behind his back. Sha Ruijin said angrily: Can we recommend Hua Shuai, who only drinks flower wine and does not do business, to the central government for a position at the deputy ministerial level?Are we really treating our National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as vases? The meeting has been held up to now, and no member of the Standing Committee has spoken yet.Gao Yuliang was the first to speak, and inserted the words of the new secretary, which was impressive.However, he has this qualification, after all, he was a popular candidate for the former provincial party secretary!Gao Yuliang interjected humorously: Comrade Ruijin, I think we can consider arranging him to visit the provincial women's federation to take advantage of the strengths and residual heat of this handsome man. Li Dakang glanced at Gao Yuliang dissatisfied.As a senior politician, Li Dakang has already seen the situation clearly - the new secretary is not here to target "September 16", but to make a big article.Of course he knows the importance of speaking and expressing his views, and he also knows the skills of criticizing others to seize the opportunity, but Li Dakang, who was born as a secretary, disdains to follow the leader and kick the tiger's ass to death like Gao Yuliang.He has to wait for the opportunity to write an extraordinary pen, with a crested head and a leopard tail, to help the new secretary write the opening article... Sha Ruijin continued to speak: There is another comrade, the director of the Public Security Department of our province, who shoulders the great responsibility of maintaining social order and stability. Fortunately, he quits so many business and suddenly ran into the small garden of Chen Shiyan Nursing Home Digging!Tired and sweating profusely, almost shirtless! After returning to Jingzhou for research, the first thing Sha Ruijin did was to visit Chen Shiyan.After entering the gate of the nursing home, I saw Qi Tongwei, director of the Public Security Bureau, and Chen Yanyan digging holes and planting flowers together.Sha Ruijin's heart suddenly "thumped": Last night, a sudden mass incident occurred by the Guangming Lake, several people died, and many others were burned. Why does the director of the Public Security Department still want to be a flower farmer here?It was only later that I found out that not only was he the director of the Public Security Bureau, but since he parachuted into Province H more than 20 days ago, the nursing home where Chen Shiyan is located has become lively!Sensitive information spread like the wind: Sha Ruijin's uncle was Chen Shiyan's party introduction and monitor.After liberation, Chen Shiyan often helped the families of martyrs, and Sha Ruijin was offered by Chen Shiyan until he graduated from university.After Qi Tongwei learned the news, he no longer had the performance opportunity and stage like Li Dakang, so he had to hurry up and become a flower farmer. The smile on Gao Yuliang's face froze.He didn't expect that Qi Tongwei would go to Chen Shiyan Nursing Home to dig the ground, nor did he expect that the new secretary would directly point the finger at Qi Tongwei, so he was a little confused for a while. Sha Ruijin lifted the weight lightly, talking and laughing happily.I suggest that this year's evaluation of model workers at the grassroots level in rural areas should only evaluate our Director Qi. Anyway, I will vote.Good comrade, a good hand in farm work! At this time, Li Dakang made a move without losing the opportunity.You have to be ruthless when you write, you have to grasp the bones, and you have to hit the fatal point!He interrupted loudly, "Okay, Secretary Ruijin, I agree with your opinion, and I will vote for it too!"This comrade got it by blowing and blowing.At that time, I was the secretary of Comrade Zhao Lichun, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Qi Tongwei was the chief of the political security section of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.Qi Tongwei really did it. When he arrived at Zhao’s grave, he knelt down and cried, tears and snot all coming down... Li Dakang’s vivid expression and lifelike voice caused the standing committee members to snicker. Gao Yuliang's anger started from his heart - this is a face-to-face slap!Who in the standing committee doesn't know that Qi Tongwei is his student?What does Li Dakang want to do?At the first meeting of the Standing Committee chaired by the new secretary, Qi Tongwei was sent up to sacrifice the sword?Regardless of the minimum rules and bottom line?Even if you beat a dog in the water, you have to look at the owner's face, right?So he asked Li Dakang with a smile: Comrade Dakang, what do you want to explain by crying the grave?Said that Qi Tongwei is not a good thing?Should he be pulled out and shot?That's not enough, is it? Sha Ruijin played wittily: No, no!Lenin did say that those braggarts should be pulled out and shot, but this was a momentary remark.In the history of the International Communist Movement, there is no precedent for shooting a sycophant.Therefore, Director Qi's life is not in danger. Gao Yuliang clung to his opponent: Comrade Dakang, today is the Standing Committee to discuss cadre and personnel issues.I think your evaluation of Qi Tongwei is biased.You said that you saw him cry at the grave with your own eyes, I don't doubt that this is true.But Comrade Dakang, did Qi Tongwei think of any of his relatives?Which relative died during that time?Have you understood? Li Dakang said: I have learned that Qi Tongwei's parents are still alive, and his family is a long-lived family! Gao Yuliang said again: Even so, so what?Comrade Dakang, which article of the party constitution did Qi Tongwei violate?Which one is the national law?Which one of the cadre appointment regulations?ah? Sha Ruijin couldn't help being startled. Isn't this Deputy Secretary Gao too blatant, almost shameless?After thinking about it, he is qualified. After all, he has deep roots in province H and almost became the secretary of the provincial party committee.Then he clapped his hands exaggeratedly: That's a good question, it's very black humorous! Li Dakang said: Isn't it black humor?According to the logic of Comrade Yuliang, since Qi Tongwei has violated nothing, shouldn't we normally recommend him as the deputy governor? Gao Yuliang smiled: Comrade Dakang, don't rush to ask questions, I haven't finished talking yet. Sha Ruijin said: Then, Comrade Yuliang, please continue. Today's meeting, we must hold a clear and clear meeting. On matters of principle, we can no longer be confused and unclear... Gao Yuliang began to speak.He put down Qi Tongwei and turned to the macro aspect—Comrade Ruijin talked about many problems in our cadre team in H province. Do these problems exist?It definitely exists, and some departments in some areas of our province are even more serious.Hua Xingfu, the head of the organization department in Jingzhou City, just drank with the female cadres under him. What about the head of the organization department who was sentenced in Yantai City last year?what's the situation?You all know that adultery with more than a hundred female cadres has extremely bad repercussions! A member of the Standing Committee added: Some female cadres opened a room and waited for the minister to go to bed, and some gave her body and money.What's even more shameless is that the husbands of individual female cadres personally pimp out horses! Sha Ruijin was very surprised: Did these female cadres deal with it later?How many have been processed? The member of the Standing Committee smiled wryly: Almost nothing was dealt with.How to deal with it?More than 100 families are involved, and if there are a lot of divorces and suicides, the social impact will be even worse! Gao Yuliang continued: After learning that Comrade Ruijin came to work in our province, many cadres went to Chen Yanyan's place. It's not good to dig the ground and send birds, but there is still a bottom line and scruples. After all, they didn't directly send money to him!It was different for Mayor Lin Nan's birthday the year before last. Three hundred and sixty-eight cadres of his subordinates went directly to donate money. How much did they give?2.89 million! Sha Ruijin asked: Has the mayor dealt with it?Didn't deal with it either? Gao Yuliang said: It's dealt with. The mayor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. There is nothing to say.What about the 368 cadres?How to deal with it?Comrade Chen Shiyan told me that it is easy to deal with and all dismissed.Full dismissal?The entire cadre team in Linnan will collapse, and there will be no one to do the work! The Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection said: At that time, the Standing Committee was very controversial about the handling of these cadres. Sha Ruijin understood it—the speeches made by Comrade Yuliang and everyone gave me a lot of new information, which also confirmed my judgment.How to solve it?It's very simple, follow the party discipline and state laws!For example, the more than 100 female cadres you mentioned slept with the head of the organization department, and they were promoted from section chiefs to directors. Then I ask, what will happen to those who have worked hard for ten or twenty years? Are cadres fair?It's not fair, if you don't deal with it, everyone will follow suit, and the party style, government style, and social atmosphere will be ruined!I propose to temporarily freeze the promotion and appointment of cadres, whether it is the deputy provincial level to be recommended to the central government, or the department or bureau level to be promoted and appointed, all of them should be discussed after an in-depth investigation! Sha Ruijin set the tone, and the Standing Committee members agreed unanimously.Li Dakang's heart is like a mirror, and Sha Ruijin has achieved his goal.Anti-corruption, rectifying the administration of officials, and strengthening the construction of the cadre team, these are the opening articles for the newly appointed secretary of the provincial party committee.Li Dakang sincerely supported it, and the grand goal attracted Sha Ruijin's attention, which made him temporarily escape the catastrophe in front of him.But Li Dakang is sick in his heart and still feels uneasy. Ding Yizhen, "September 16"... Is his wife's butt really clean?These are all problems! At this time, Gao Yuliang also understood that the new secretary is a master at playing political chess. He invited an old comrade to talk about the tradition, and easily pressed a group of cadres to be promoted.I thought that a few could be mentioned in the big list left by the former secretary, including Qi Tongwei, but unexpectedly all of them were frozen.Qi Tongwei was even more useless, so the new secretary caught the example.But they deserve it, the troubles are all brought on by themselves! Sha Ruijin finally made a concluding speech: Today's meeting was very good, reviewing the history and fine traditions of the party.Especially the party member mentioned by Comrade Chen Shiyan who has only one day of party membership, I think comrades will not forget it easily.I urge comrades to remember them firmly, to remember their bright red blood on the brightly colored party flag of our party, to remember the words in the "Internationale", to fight for the truth! The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee made the Standing Committee members a little dizzy.But one thing is clear, the new secretary Sha Ruijin will blow up a new wind in the political arena of H province, and life can no longer be the same as in the past...