Chapter 21 Chapter Eighteen

8 o'clock in the morning.Gongs and drums on the pier were noisy, and the voices of people were boiling.The "immigration boat" consisting of more than a thousand people is about to leave the Xiajiang River and go eastward with the water of the Yangtze River. Immigrants all wear their own "immigration labels" on their chests, which have their names, their original village and town addresses, and their new home addresses.From this small label, we can see the meticulous work of the relevant departments.The moment of boarding the boat is unforgettable: the elderly in their eighties and nineties need several people to carry them; the brothers in their sixties and seventies will hug each other and cry bitterly at this moment. Usually, one of them stays in the reservoir area and the other moves out. Immigrants; the cries of women are almost uninterrupted, and the infected children are also crying non-stop, carrying schoolbags or leading puppies and cats.Only those men in their twenties and thirties are silent at the moment, they cast their eyes on the old houses, the old city, and the Yangtze River rolling east...

The township cadres are here, and the leaders of the county party committee are here.Most of them traveled with the boat, and some came to say their final goodbyes to the immigrants. "Folks, you used to be our Sanxia people, and you will still be our Sanxia people in the future! The Three Gorges will always be your natal family, and we will always be your natal family! I wish you a safe journey! I bow to everyone!" The county magistrate and secretary respectfully He bowed down to every immigrant and shook hands. The eyes of these parents were also filled with tears. "Woo--" The huge ship carrying the immigrants from the Three Gorges and the magnificent picture scroll of history is about to leave.Immediately, there was a sound of "goodbye" with a crying voice.

The boat was far away, and the relatives who said goodbye to each other were still waving to each other until they couldn't see each other's figure clearly.Only the boundless torrential water of the Yangtze River connects their hearts together, whispering the endless farewell words of "safe voyage"... This is the first trip out. Immigrants who are accustomed to sleeping on the top of the mountain at night and facing the loess in the sun, have a sense of novelty to strangeness, and then turn from strangeness to fear of the giant ship in the water.Coupled with the monotonous and cramped life on board, some immigrants became restless——

The first restlessness started from the fifth class cabin. "Mayor, please explain clearly: Why do the immigrants from other villages take the second, third and fourth class, but the immigrants from our village can only take the fifth class?" Is the bowl of water uneven? Do you intend to bully people?” An immigrant surnamed Luo came towards the mayor aggressively. The mayor hurriedly explained: Originally, the immigrants were not arranged to take the fifth-class cabin. It just so happened that dozens of people who were originally scheduled to work in Guangdong went directly to the receiving point and returned to the reservoir area. They proposed to go with the brigade, which disrupted the plan. , had to have a few immigrants and the cadres of our escort group to sit in the fifth class.

"I don't care what class you officials take. We only compare with immigrants from other villages. They can take second, third, and fourth class, and we have to treat them equally. Otherwise, everyone will never reach their destination!" The immigrant turned and rushed straight for the bridge. "Old Luo, you have something to say! Come down first, let's discuss it slowly, shall we?" Seeing this, County Magistrate Wang hurried over to persuade him. "There is nothing to discuss, there is only one condition: we will not fly in fifth class!" The other party did not leave any room for it.

"Lao Luo, this is considered a special situation. If there are still seats in other cabins, I will definitely let you sit, but there is really no way to squeeze them out now! Why don't we discuss it and give you some extra money?" someone said. "Money? Money is nothing! What we want is fair treatment!" There was no room for negotiation in the tone of the surname Luo. The atmosphere in the cabin smelled of gunpowder. County Mayor Wang called the cadres back to the "command center": "The migrants can't be blamed for this incident. They have emotions that are understandable. Now our task is to discuss with the ship as soon as possible to obtain their support. Mayor Wang, There is also Lao Li from the Public Security Bureau, the three of us will go to the captain immediately and buy time to solve the problem as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll take a step to find the captain first." Lao Li from the Public Security Bureau turned around and left the "command center". "You guys pay attention to the emotions of the troublesome immigrants, we will come as soon as we go." County Magistrate Wang and the mayor immediately went to the captain's cabin after finishing the order. "Immigrants are no small matter. Don't worry, County Magistrate Wang, we are all for a common goal, to send immigrants safely to the place of relocation. Since the situation is as you said, then I will do the work of the crew and let them put themselves Get out of your bunk..." said the captain.

"Thank you so much!" County Mayor Wang and Mayor Wang were very grateful. In this way, the immigrants who were originally sitting in the fifth-class cabin were all moved to the crew cabin, and they were satisfied without saying a word. "Hey, comrade, is there any medicine? My family member may have a high fever." Just after the "cabin problem" was settled, another immigrant came to say that his family was sick. "Yes, there is. The medical team has brought medicine, can you send a doctor right away?" The cadres reassured the immigrants, and then took the doctor into the immigration cabin.

"No, the immigrants are going to make trouble again!" The cadre who had just brought the doctor into the cabin reported back to the "command center". "What's the matter? What's the matter?" Several commanders stood up anxiously. The cadre who came in to report sat on the chair angrily: "When they saw the doctor delivering medicine to the patient, they all stretched out their hands for the medicine, saying why some people can take the medicine and others can't? It's fair and reasonable! Everyone There should be a copy, and the medicine is the same!"

"It's really annoying, don't you mean to find fault!" Some cadres couldn't hold back their anger. The commander-in-chief waved his hand and said: "The immigrants have just left their homeland, and they still have emotions in their hearts. This requires a process. We can't work with emotions like them! Come on, I will go to the cabin to talk to the immigrants about the problem of medicine." Say." "Folks, it's not easy for everyone to travel far away. Everyone will inevitably have a headache, right? So our escort headquarters set up a special medical team and brought some necessary medicines. This is to prevent accidents. , so that everyone can go through this long-distance journey safely. Now we really have to distribute the medicine to everyone. It’s not a joke for someone who has a sudden illness and wants to use the medicine to run out. Besides, the medicine can’t be eaten as a meal, and it can’t be taken out. In exchange for money, we brought a total of so many medicines, and if we really want to distribute them to everyone, I’m afraid we won’t even get the money for a pack of cigarettes. I don’t think we people in the Three Gorges are so virtuous, right?” In the immigration cabin, the commander-in-chief was funny If it was humorous, it resolved the dull atmosphere of asking for medicine just now.

The migrants laughed and said, "Commander, we don't need medicine anymore, can you sing a song?" "Yes, welcome to the commander-in-chief to sing a song for everyone, okay?" "Okay!" The atmosphere in the cabin changed completely in an instant. The commander-in-chief was infected: "Okay, today I will show my skills in front of the folks. Okay, but everyone should give some applause!" "Wow—" Before the song was sung, the applause started. "Now I will sing for you a song "Send Your Relatives" adapted by Mr. Wang Yong, a famous singer in the county and deputy director of the County Broadcasting Bureau, based on "Send Your Comrades". Laughing—— "Okay—would you like another one?" "want--" In the cabin, singing and laughter resounded across the river, and the cadres and immigrants seemed to forget that they were on a migration journey.The joy awakened the apes on both sides of the Yangtze River. They jumped on the cliffs and stopped to watch. Although they didn't understand what happened on the giant ship that was slowly going away, they weaved a new "map of the Yangtze River" with their unique joyful emotions... At night, the immigrants who have been tired for many days have fallen asleep. The lights in the "command center" remained on all night. "Come on, let me hold you for a while. You have been tired for a few days, go to rest!" A cadre hugged a child with a white bandage on his arm from another cadre, humming "Baby Song" softly... … It was an unexpected incident that happened last night: Yang Yang, a 3-year-old immigrant, accidentally fell from the two-meter-high upper bunk while sleeping in the middle of the night and fractured his bones.The parents of the child were very anxious because of this. Although there was no special danger after being rescued by the doctor, the pain made the child cry all day long, which also affected the emotions of other immigrants in the cabin. "Invite the child to our 'command center', and the escort cadres will take care of it." The commander-in-chief once again made a decision, so the cadres of the "command center" returned to the lounge for more time besides patrolling in the immigration cabin. A special task: take turns caring for injured children. It was already the third night, and the cadres, regardless of gender, rushed to pick up the child as long as they were free, or made fun of him in the cabin, or gently accompanied the child to sleep on the bed. "Uncles and aunts, can I go back to the Three Gorges with you next time?" The innocent child has long forgotten the pain. His question and smile made the parents and other immigrants in the cabin feel a sense of safety in the long journey. "Report to the commander-in-chief, Zhang Lan, a female immigrant with 71 beds in the third cabin, requests the ship to dock!" The officer on duty came to report panting. "Docking? Why?" The "command center" became nervous again. "She said her baby was out of formula and needed to go ashore to buy formula." "This...how can this be done? There are more than a thousand immigrants. The entire route and time are determined by several levels of commanding agencies. Up to Beijing, they cannot be changed casually!" A few small bags of milk powder can hold The escort cadres were stumped. "Immediately broadcast it on the radio to see if any immigrant has milk powder for their babies. If so, Amitabha!" someone suggested. "This is a good way, broadcast immediately!" Commander-in-Chief ordered. But after more than a dozen broadcasts, no one responded to the more than 1,000 immigrants on board.Apparently out of stock. "Immigration is no small matter! See, it's such a small matter, but it stumps us!" Some people could not help complaining. The "command center" held a temporary emergency meeting specially for the milk powder.After repeatedly checking the wharf along the ship and the time, it was decided to temporarily moor at the Wuhan wharf after reporting to the superior. "Hello, are you Lao Wang of the immigration advance team? I am Liu Haiqing, the deputy county magistrate of the Yunyang Immigration Headquarters. Now there is an urgent need for 5 bags of milk powder for babies on board. Our 'immigration ship' will arrive in Wuhan at around 7:00 tomorrow morning. The pier docks for 10 minutes, please prepare milk powder and wait at the pier in advance! Please remember the docking time and the required 5 bags of baby milk powder!" "Understood. Arrive at Wuhan Wharf at 7 o'clock, need 5 bags of baby milk powder!" In the early morning of the next day, an "immigration boat" full of immigrants from afar appeared at the Wuhan wharf.When the cadres who had been waiting there delivered 5 bags of baby milk powder to the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief Liu Haiqing delivered the milk powder to the immigrant Zhang Lan, all the immigrants in the cabin couldn't help cheering: Long live the Communist Party!Long live the motherland! This scene brought many to tears. Maybe others can't understand why the immigrants are so excited, but I know. Liu Fuyin has served as the first director of Chongqing Municipal Immigration Bureau since 1997.Before Sichuan and Chongqing separated, he served as the executive deputy director of the Three Gorges Immigration Office of the Sichuan Provincial Government for 4 years, and has been a department-level cadre for 15 years.This immigrant cadre who was born as a farmer has special feelings for the Three Gorges and farmers. Therefore, when he was selected by the organization from the post of secretary of the prefectural party committee to gnaw at the "hard bone" of the Three Gorges immigration, it was his ability that he valued. and talent.In Liu Fuyin's own words, the organization may think that he is "more capable, more down-to-earth, more reliable, and more desperate."And I know that Liu Fuyin's concept of being "a little better" than others contains too much content.Let's just say "be more down-to-earth". Back then, Liu Fuyin was admitted to the Department of History of Sichuan University, but someone "switched" him to Sichuan Agricultural University.Many people feel sorry for him, but Liu Fuyin, who has been a production team leader for several years, said with a smile: "Nongda is good, I am willing." As for "reliable", it is more perfect in him.Everyone knows that the director of immigration is the "big steward" of the entire immigration work, and the immigration funds in charge are several billion.In the eyes of some people, such a place with "fertile water" is a "treasure land of geomantic omen", even if you "stretch your hand" everywhere, it may not be conspicuous.Liu Fuyin is an "iron cock" who doesn't drink a drop of water and doesn't waver after a thousand good words. In order to manage the "immigration funds", people in the know know that Liu Fuyin has to spend so much lip service that several ships can't finish it.As for the specific immigration work, he, the head of the Chongqing Municipal Immigration Bureau with millions of immigrants on his shoulders, has two important responsibilities: one is the policy of the state and the central government, and the other is the actual interests of every ordinary immigrant.Neither of these two ends can be tilted, and there will be problems if it is tilted to either end.For this, Liu Fuyin, a "young veteran cadre" with 15 years of department-level qualifications-he is not yet 50 years old this year, will pay a high price.Just look at the division of his work in a year: no less than two-thirds of his time in the reservoir area; on average, he attends more than 100 large and small immigration work conferences and bureau meetings every year; Under the leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, more than 100 people visited and inspected the reservoir area; personally handled more than 100 immigration petitions.These "100" days are arranged in a plane, so Director Liu's year can be at least two "365 days".When I interviewed him that day, it was originally scheduled to take half a day, but after queuing up and down, I could only spare an hour before noon.He said that this hour of "free time" was also carefully planned by him to "escape" from the office.Later, because we talked more and more speculatively, he decided to take me to a very popular street to eat "Chongqing hot pot". It was an authentic road stall, with pedestrians coming and going, and we ate and chatted on a small table propped up.The meal took two hours, but we both still felt it was too short.Back in Beijing, I sorted out the recordings, and found that Director Liu had to answer the phone almost every less than five minutes.From the number of times he picked up the phone for this interview when he "escaped" for this interview, I have already deeply appreciated how busy he is at work!He said that his status as the director of the Chongqing Municipal Immigration Bureau is too special.The total number of migrants in the entire Three Gorges Reservoir area is about 1.2 million, and Chongqing alone has as many as 1 million.What do you think is the burden on him as the bureau chief!Because of this, Liu Fuyin lived in an extremely contrasting situation for many years.Maybe in the morning, I shook hands with a group of migrants on the pier to bid farewell, and wished each other peace; after breakfast, I had to accompany a central leader to inspect the reservoir area.Before he had time to take off his suit at noon, he was called to deal with an emergency.Experts and reporters from all walks of life can only conduct consultations or interviews at the dining table.The evening time is to convene the cadres of the bureau system to study and discuss the work-the immigration bureau has meetings every day, and the cadres are used to being "night owls" under Director Liu.How many times did he, Liu Fuyin, stay up all night in meetings.Feel peaceful when you sleep?No also.In the reservoir area, I heard that there is such a rule: all immigration officials are not allowed to turn off their mobile phones.If it is found that the shutdown lasts for more than one hour three times in a row, it will be notified and criticized. The reason why this system is stipulated is that the responsibilities of immigration work are not trivial, and problems may occur at any time.Of course, leaders like Liu Fuyin have to turn off their mobile phones when attending some important meetings, but his secretary's mobile phone must be on.Director Liu Fuyin's home is in Chengdu, and it takes only three hours to drive from Chongqing to his home, but he usually doesn't have time to go home and get together with his relatives.The year before last, his wife and son had broken their legs and feet in accidents and were seriously injured. His wife, who had always supported his work, couldn't help crying on the phone and begged him to go back to Chengdu to have a look. Liu Fuyin agreed.But he couldn't actually go back at all, and he was on the scene dealing with an immigrant group disturbance.The immigration cadres at the grassroots level have not even drank their saliva for two days and two nights. How could he, the dignified director of the city bureau, walk away and go home!Besides, the transportation from the reservoir area to Chengdu is very inconvenient, and it takes at least 20 hours to go back and forth. "It's not that I don't want to go home, but it's impossible for you to leave once you arrive in the reservoir area." Liu Fuyin told me with emotion.He said that he had been the secretary of the county party committee, the district commissioner and secretary, and the leader of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, but being the director of the immigration bureau was much more difficult than these positions! "Usually you can't talk too much—because the policy is too strong; you can't do private affairs—almost all affairs in the reservoir area are related to immigration work, and every move of your immigration director affects the overall situation; you can't be lazy at work—sometimes a little If you take a nap, you may miss a big deal." Wang Aizu, secretary of the county party committee.A knowledge-based county party secretary with a master's degree in management, wisdom and thoughts flicker behind those glasses from time to time.When he first arrived as a new county secretary, people saw him as bookish and thought he was just a person who could move his mouth but not his feet.That time he took immigration representatives to Anhui to do business matching. The immigrants who had selected a few points were not satisfied.Wang Aizu said: Don't worry about this matter, I will handle it!Everyone knows that choosing a resettlement site for the Three Gorges immigrants is not an easy task.Is Wang Aizu, who is cramming for a while, capable?The immigrants at that time shook their heads, and the comrades in Anhui were also skeptical.Wang Aizu raised his glasses, but said nothing.On the second day, he asked comrades from Anhui to lead the way, and drove straight to the surrounding mountains and mountains. He traveled more than 4,000 kilometers in 6 days, and finally successfully completed the task of selecting points.The comrades in Anhui praised the cadres in the Three Gorges Reservoir area for their hard work, and the immigrants were moved by Secretary Wang Aizu's responsible and hard-working spirit, and signed docking contracts on the spot.When everyone happily returned to the reservoir area, they found that Wang Aizu's leg injury had reached the point where even lifting him would consume him in a cold sweat.People usually give the nickname "Desperate Saburo" to those who work in a hurry and talk like a rock. But the immigrants also gave the title of Wang Aizu, who has a refined demeanor.During the immigration process, ordinary people are not very clear about many things, and they think more profit-oriented, so they always feel that they have suffered a disadvantage.The word "losing" in my head was causing trouble, so I went all over the world to find cadres to reason.Wang Aizu’s attitude towards these thoughts and practices of the common people is very clear: it means that the immigrants believe in our government and the party. Be patient and meticulous until the people feel comfortable.As the "top leader" in a large immigrant county, he naturally received many letters and visits from the masses.Wang Aizu made a rule of his own: all letters from immigrants are handled by himself, every letter must be answered, and everything must have a result.Anyone who comes to the door from the masses must be received and dealt with in person.The secretary of the county party committee office told me that Secretary Wang Aizu handled no less than 300 letters from the masses in a year, and received no less than 100 people. "Some people can go to Secretary Wang's office to fight for a tree in their home for three or four hours, but Secretary Wang can maintain an amiable expression from the beginning to the end, which makes us admire, and at the same time learns what it means to serve the people. The spirit of doing practical things." The comrades of the county party committee told me that there were several times in their county that immigrants collectively rioted, which was resolved by Secretary Wang Aizu's gentle work style. There is a kind of personality force that can replace steel guns and cannons, money and silver dollars, and even heart-to-heart exchanges.The party's heart is reflected in serving the people wholeheartedly, and the people's heart can consciously realize that all people follow the party. Ran Shaozhi, deputy director of the County Immigration Bureau, one of the top ten "people's satisfaction civil servants" in the country, and a representative of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.The reason why he was able to go to Beijing to attend such an important congress in the history of our party is that he faithfully practiced the important thought of General Secretary Jiang’s "Three Represents" in the work of the Three Gorges resettlement in the past 10 years, and put the party and the government’s attitude towards immigrants into practice. Every little bit of kindness was turned into concrete actions and passed on to his fathers and fellow villagers.A few years ago, Ran Shaozhi was the head of an immigrant village. After the Three Gorges immigrant mission was issued, the people in this mountainous village along the river lived scattered, and it was not easy to find a good land.In order to allow his father and fellow villagers to have a new home "to live stably and get rich gradually" after relocation, Lao Ran traveled to every mountain road in the township, inspected every hill, and worn out a pair of rubber shoes in an average of 10 days. Immigrants who needed to relocate chose several good places with superior terrain and easy to cultivate.But the immigrants began to not understand the work that Lao Ran did. When organizing the relocation, they did not allow the staff to measure the land and houses; He said that he didn't want to be an immigrant even if he was killed by the bombing.In the face of these incomprehensions from the masses, Ran Shaozhi set a rule for himself: while unswervingly promoting the immigration work, he should try his best to think about the immigrants.It is necessary to "change benches" with immigrants.It doesn't matter if you say it by mouth, let's see after doing it. His "land immigration policy" not only moved the entire township's immigrants, but also became the experience of the grassroots immigration work in the entire reservoir area and was promoted. The 76-year-old old man He loves to be in the wrong all his life. When Ran Shaozhi mobilized him, the old man saw him from a distance and yelled: "You cadres have nothing to do after eating? I am half buried in the ground. You Do you want me to move? Let me tell you: I won’t move!” Lao Ran didn’t say anything, just followed the old man with a smile and helped him weed and fertilize the vegetable field.Old man He is notorious for his temper. When things go wrong, even a few cows can't be pulled back.Ran Shaozhi followed him for three days, and the old man scolded him for three days.On the fourth day, the old man thought that the mayor Ran had "surrendered". Unexpectedly, Ran Shaozhi smiled brighter after seeing him than the previous three days. "I accept you as a cadre. A kind-hearted person like you will never let our common people suffer. I will move, and I will also mobilize relatives and friends to respond to the country's call." After the old man moved, he found that not only did he not have Suffering a little loss, on the contrary, I got the relocation compensation issued by the state.When he saw Lao Ran's new home for him and the immigrants, "a river in front of the door, a road by the river, a row of houses by the road, and a garden behind the houses", he was very happy from ear to ear.The old man and the immigrants didn't know that Lao Ran had grayed a lot of hair in just a few months in order to help the immigrants build this new home.Once a landslide rock bent his finger, and the bones were exposed. He asked a migrant worker to straighten it with force, and the migrant worker almost fainted from fright.Lao Ran endured the severe pain and said with a smile, you are a local doctor, otherwise I will delay the immigration process as soon as I am admitted to the hospital. "Everything is for immigrants", to make this lofty slogan concrete, I feel that it is not that simple, it contains very rich and detailed content, let's say escorting immigrants to relocate, some people say it is no less than any Operational plans for local wars. At the end of August 2002, when the last batch of second-stage migrants set foot on the ship to bid farewell to their hometown, I got a copy of the Wushan County People's Government's "Guangdong Immigrant Escort Manual".This 40-page "Escort Handbook" is only a small part of the whole process of emigration, but it actually considers and arranges every detail of the emigration, which is really unimaginable to others. "Escort Handbook" has ten chapters, which include "Organization", "Itinerary and Route", "Transportation Requirements", "Immigration and Cargo Number", "Special Nursing", "Handover Procedures" , "Regulations on the Use of Signal Signs on the Road", "Fund Settlement", "Instructions for Cadres and Immigrants", "Development of Various Functional Organizations", etc., each of which has formulated detailed detailed rules and requirements.Looking at the content inside, I couldn't help but be surprised again, because it listed the detailed rules for solving and implementing the problems that may arise or be estimated during the immigration process without exception, and the responsibility rests with the people. After returning to Beijing, I showed the text of the "Escort Manual" to an old general who participated in the Huaihai Campaign. The old general was really excited for a long time, saying that he fought against hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops in Xuzhou. The combat plan during the fierce battle is far less detailed than the "Escort Manual" for the immigrants from the Three Gorges. "The Party and the government care about the Three Gorges immigrants in every possible way!" The old general was full of emotion. Heh, glorious and lucky immigrants from the Three Gorges, at the great historical moment when the whole party is working hard to implement the important thought of the "Three Represents", you can make a world-renowned migration and build a beautiful new homeland. . "Quick, look—our new home is here!" In front of the giant ship is the destination that the immigrants from the Three Gorges dream of... "It's here! It's here—!" After thousands of miles of travel, the immigrants finally look forward to the new home that they think about day and night.If they left their hometown in the Three Gorges a few days ago, they still had a constant love affair with their hometown, then what they were most worried about during this trip was what their new home would be like in the future. "Is there any chili to eat?" "Is the fish eaten fresh or dried?" "I heard that the houses there have flat roofs?" "Hee hee, you have to be quarantined for three days before you can enter the bridal chamber!" "Oh, I'm most afraid of being sent to the crematorium when I die!" "Ha, what are you afraid of? I'll go back to the Three Gorges and buy a cemetery. Anyway, if I have money, I'll do it!" "I'm not afraid of anything, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to understand and learn those 'grumbling' words." …………