The old man slapped the table and stopped, Song Bingsheng was still angry in his heart, so he could only stop talking first, and then he scolded Shen Huai.

You continue. The old man quietly let Shen Huai continue.

Shen Huai asked the old man directly: "Grandpa, let me ask you a question." When you led the team to rebel against the national government, did you ever think that the consequences of doing this would be very serious, and did you ever think that you were so dishonest, unruly, so nonsense, and committed crimes at every turn, regardless of how many pounds and taels you had, and after failure, it was very likely that you would not be able to mix with the national government for the rest of your life, and you would not be promoted for the rest of your life?"

Hearing Shen Huai say this, Song Hongjun couldn't help but laugh out loud. He also asked Sun Yalin why he didn't come to Yanjing to help Shen Huai this time, but Sun Yalin replied simply, saying that as long as Xie Zhi's girl didn't stir up the situation, no one in the Song family would be Shen Huai's opponent - this dare is true.

"You are pure nonsense," the old man couldn't help but be amused by Shen Huai's nonsense, he wanted to make a face but couldn't stand up, waved his hand to let him sit down and talk, and said, "In our era, it was a contradiction between the enemy and me, and if you take half a step back, you will have no way to live, so you can only pin your head to the waistband of your pants and fight with the enemy." Can you be the same now as we were in that time? Calling you back is not to teach you a lesson, nor is it to make you bow your head, you don't have to be resistant, you can tell us any grievances. Are you still afraid that our family will give you little shoes to wear?"

Shen Huai said: "I have a relatively twisted personality, and to say something unpleasant, I can't rub sand in my eyes. There is a grudge to repay the grudge, there is a revenge to take revenge, whoever wants to offend me, I will take back the festival on the spot, and I will not stay overnight. So if you want to ask me what grievances I have suffered outside, I really haven't suffered any grievances. ”

"If you still have this attitude, there is nothing to talk about," Song Bingsheng saw that Shen Huai still had an attitude of not being able to splash oil, so he rolled his eyes angrily and said, "Your wings are hard now, anyway, you can't listen to what we say." Don't think that Tan Qiping really has no means to clean you up, you go back to Donghua, the basket you poked this time, and what baskets you will poke out in the future, don't expect anyone to help you carry it. ”

Shen Huai ignored his almost hysterical roar, and looked at the old man and the second uncle Song Qiaosheng very calmly. He knew very well what the outcome of this return to Beijing would be, although he had disrupted Tan Qiping's position now, it was not enough to drive Tan Qiping away from Donghua, and he still needed to take a step back to induce Tan Qiping to reveal greater flaws. Therefore, this time the Song family wanted to spank him for outsiders to see, and he was also mentally prepared to pout his ass and cooperate - it was just a trick to sell pity and compete for sympathy points.

Song Bingsheng saw that Shen Huai seemed to be a ** who couldn't be splashed with oil, and the more angry he became, he said to the old man: "I'll just say that it's in vain for you to call him back." His skinny appearance was not cultivated in a day or two, and there was no cure. You talk to him well, can he not wring his temper with you one day? I think things have to be handled very simply, everyone doesn't have to care about this splash, just let Tan Qiping clean him up in Donghua, and he will understand that this world is not what he wants to do. ”

"What did Shen Huai do wrong, the one on your left said that he was incurable, and the one on the right said that he was a scoundrel?" Song Wenhui couldn't help but interject and retorted, "Since the beginning of the summer, he has let go of local affairs, concentrated on the development of Meigang, and tried his best not to have anything to do with Tan Qiping, isn't it enough? Who did Meixi Town, as long as you have eyes, you can see that Tan Qiping must be capable, and nearly 200 towns and towns in Donghua City can make Meixi Town stand out? Shen Huai is good-tempered, and we didn't know him on the first day. However, this time, it was someone else who rode on his neck first to and pee. Tan Qiping was also at the venue at the time, he didn't say a word, and he had an attitude? Could it be that you expect Shen Huai to ride on someone else's neck to and and take care of the overall situation, then our Song family will have a long face outside?"

"Little sister, don't stand up and make trouble for this splash," Song Bingsheng said, "Is there anything wrong with this splash, if someone else says a joke at the venue, he will be able to react so much? Even if Tan Qiping is negligent for a moment and does not stop others from making jokes about him in time, he will be able to make a big fuss at the venue and publicly point at Tan Qiping's nose in front of so many people? If he has the slightest point of view of organization and discipline in his heart, and if he respects Tan Qiping as the secretary of the municipal party committee, he will not have such an outrageous behavior. I think he just used the topic to play, pretending to be crazy and stupid, and he was dissatisfied with quitting the place before, so he found an opportunity to make trouble. His bastard behavior has made Tan Qiping extremely passive and embarrassed in Donghua, if we still want to continue to shield him, it will only make others deviate from our Song family......"

"Tan Qiping is not a capable person in the first place, so he wants to deviate from morality and let him go. Our Song family didn't treat him badly, it was because he had a small amount of energy and couldn't tolerate Shen Huai, should we still help Shen Huai tie him up and send him to fight?"

"Little sister," Song Qiaosheng frowned slightly, and spoke out to stop the seventh and fourth from arguing again, he glanced at the old man, and saw that the old man squinted his eyes, as if he was about to doze off, and said calmly, "It's not a problem between Tan Qiping and Shen Huai now, the key is that many people are staring at our Song family." In this matter, it must be said that Shen Huai did something wrong, and I don't think so. Shen Huai's personality is a strong point, but a strong personality has disadvantages and benefits. Meigang can have the current situation, and it is also a world where Shen Huai's personality is strong, and if Hongqi changes his past, he may not be able to make this career. However, what the fourth child said is not unreasonable, sometimes he reaches out to hit his own children, and there is no way to ......"

Speaking of this, Song Qiaosheng looked at Shen Huai and said, "I asked you to come back this time, but I also want to discuss with you, and this time I may have to grieve you, which can be regarded as making some sacrifices for the overall situation-what do you think?"

"Second uncle, if you want to say that, I have nothing to say," although Shen Huai knew that there would be such a result, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, and said, "This time I will be beaten and scolded, and I will never shout injustice everywhere, but next time I will not be angry like this." ”

"Can't you say a good word?" Song Bing was angry and asked, "Your second uncle has a good discussion with you, what do you owe you?"

"Okay, don't talk nonsense with me," the old man saw that things were about the same, and opened his eyes to bombard, "What should you do, don't quarrel with me." If you are afraid of telling others to see jokes, you will quarrel with your own family members first, and you will not be afraid of other people's jokes if they spread the word? This matter has been decided, and it is nothing to let Shen Huai suffer some grievances first; young people, it is not a big deal to suffer some setbacks in the locality. ”

"It's rare for the fourth child and the little sister to go back to Yanjing, and they all come to my place for dinner today," Song Qiaosheng saw that the old man was about to bombard, stood up and said, "Come with me now." ”

Shen Huai didn't want to go to the second uncle's house so early, and didn't want to listen to these senseless "lessons" anymore, so he looked at his watch and said, "I made an appointment with a friend to talk in the afternoon, and I'll go over later." ”

"You stay," the old man pointed at Shen Huai and said, "You can help me write a pair of words before I go to meet any friends." Everyone else let me go, don't stay and bother me. ”

Song Hongjun and Song Hongqi all left the mansion first, and Shen Huai stayed, not knowing what the old man wanted him to stay and write, so he could only follow him honestly to the study.

There is no need for the help of the life secretary, the old man spreads the rice paper by himself.

Shen Huai was not in the mood to study ink, so he directly opened a bottle of ink and asked the old man: "What kind of characters to write?" I haven't practiced calligraphy for several days, and I'm afraid that my words will be written without roots. ”

"Just write it. The old man took out a note, took a pen and wrote four words and handed it to Shen Huai.

Shen Huai took the note, slightly stunned, and couldn't figure out the old man's intention of asking him to write these four words for a while, and after thinking about it for a while, he picked up the pen and ink, and wrote the words "Hidden Dragon in the Abyss" on rice paper.

"The hidden dragon is in the abyss", the words of the "I Ching, Qiangua", which means that the gentleman should wait for the time to move.

"If you don't write well, you have anger in your heart," the old man turned to the bookcase, hugged his chest with both hands, supported his chin with one hand to look at the four characters on the paper, shook his head to express dissatisfaction, and said, "There is more than enough, and the calm is insufficient, and the spirit of writing is not too much - you can write another one and take a look." ”

Shen Huai took off the rice paper on it, picked up the pen and ink to write again, but he couldn't grasp the feeling in his heart, tried twice, couldn't put down the pen, and said to the old man: "It seems that I can't write these four words today." ”

The old man didn't blame Shen Huai, but nodded, motioned for him to put the pen down, and said: "Cui Xiangdong, that old guy, he doesn't praise people easily, and he ignores me when he sees me." I met him a month ago, and he rarely took the initiative to say something to me, saying that there are so many people in the Song family, and the only one who has a little human flavor is you. Do you think he will scold our old Song family when he gets the opportunity?"

"Cheng Yi went back to Donghua to play, and I asked her to send two cans of Yuanshan old tea to Cui Lao. Cui Lao is probably a man with a short mouth and a soft hand. Shen Huai said.

"Hehe," the old man shook his head and smiled, and asked again, "Do you still have resentment in your heart, do you think that this old guy of mine is old and confused, and I have nothing to do to arrest you back to Yanjing to teach you a lesson?"

"Actually, there is no resentment," Shen Huai didn't know what the old man was going to say to him for a while, so he just shook his head and said, "I can't just enjoy the benefits that the Song family has brought me, and I don't have any responsibilities and obligations at all." My dad and my second uncle think about the overall situation, although I have some small ideas, but I can generally accept it. ”

"You, you," the old man stared at Shen Huai's eyes and said, "Can't you tell me the truth?"

"......" Shen Huai was silent.

"Your second uncle, your father, give them a team and let them lead it, they may still have the ability to lead it, but if they want to pull a team out with their bare hands, this is beyond their ability," the old man sighed and said, "I am not old and confused, in the final analysis, your second uncle and they suffered when they were young, and their mental head has not completely collapsed, but they have been in the agency for half their lives, and they have a bureaucratic temper." We have to talk about overcoming bureaucracy all day long in our party, but those who say these things have the smell of bureaucracy all over them. Do you think I'm so confused that I can't understand some things?

Listening to the old man's sudden discussion, Shen Huai stood there in shock, thinking in his heart that the older generation of characters is still clear about the current shortcomings in China, but they also know in their hearts that some shortcomings are stubborn diseases that are difficult to overcome in the process of reform, and they need time to digest them, and they can't try to eradicate such drawbacks at the beginning.

Shen Huai didn't know how to answer, there were some ideological issues to discuss, and they couldn't be discussed well for a few days and nights, but he just said: "I sometimes think that we should jump out of the view of friends and factions and take a longer-term view." ”

"Yes," the old man sighed softly and said, "When Tan Qiping's father was alive, he was an old comrade-in-arms with me for decades, so everyone thinks that I have some due obligations and responsibilities to Tan Qiping. Another one, after your father was transferred to Huaihai, he lacked support, and it was natural to think that Tian Jiageng would not deal with our Song family, so he had to huddle with Tan Qiping and them more and more to keep warm. This time, your father is so angry, and he also thinks that you only want to be happy, but you have ruined the overall situation of the Song family in Huaihai Province - I know that some people outside now call us 'Song family' and say that I am the boss of the mountain, these are the views of the friends and factions, and I didn't want to do this. We have been making revolutions all our lives, and from beginning to end, we have been fighting against mountaineering, and we still cannot overcome mountaineering in the end. I'm old, and I don't have the ability to break down some barriers, so I can only think and do them anymore. For example, when your second uncle and Tian Jiageng competed to be the secretary of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, I didn't agree very much. The position of secretary of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, to be honest, Tian Jiageng is more suitable than your second uncle, even if Cheng Wenguang goes to be the secretary, he will have more experience than your second uncle. But my son can't help it, just like your father can't control you, I'm a lot older, in fact, I can't control anything, and what I say may not be able to be listened to by others, sometimes I talk too much, I know that they are also scolding me in their hearts for being an old immortal. For another example, I disapprove of your father's appointment as vice governor of Huaihai Province, but what's the use? Your father has the opportunity to become vice governor, and he can still listen to me, an old immortal? Alas, your second uncle and Tian Jiageng lost the battle for the secretary of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, and I would have to bear some responsibility for this, and then immediately after, your father was transferred to serve as this vice governor -- when these two things are put together, others will only say that I, Song Hua, am insatiable. Now, some people are too good to be able to do it, so I want to live a comfortable life for a few days. This time, whether you are wronged or not, I can only bring you back to play the board......"

Shen Huai stood there in surprise, he didn't expect that the old man would talk to him about these words this time.

He always felt that when he was transferred to Huaihai Province as the vice governor, it seemed that others compensated the Song family on the surface, but in fact, it put the Song family in a more disadvantageous situation.

Now that it was confirmed from the old man's mouth, Shen Huai knew that the old man understood in his heart, but it didn't work if he understood, in the face of this trap against the Song family, the old man failed to persuade him Lao Tzu to give up that promotion.

zhongyāng is far from being as calm as it seems on the surface, and the Song family is caught in the undercurrent, and in fact there is a lot of helplessness and powerlessness. After all, the Song family can't be regarded as a first-class faction. At the upper level, whether it is the Ji family, or the veterans behind Wang Yuan and Hu Zhicheng, as long as the aftermath of the struggle between them involves the Song family, it will have a great impact.

As for Huaihai Province specifically, the contradiction between Tian Jiageng and Zhao Qiuhua was the dominant one, and the Song family was actually marginalized; it was only in Donghua City that it was suddenly magnified.

Shen Huai can also understand why his father is angry this time, originally his father and Su Weijun and Tan Qiping formed an iron triangle in Huaihai Province, and they can win a place under the shadow of Tian Jiageng and Zhao Qiuhua's struggle, so that the Song family can find a strong presence in Huaihai Province.

This is probably the highest achievement that his father can achieve in his life, and such an achievement has made him staggered and drowned in the "uncompetitive" and "disregarding the overall situation".

Shen Huai sighed softly in his heart, in his opinion, this so-called iron triangle is so vulnerable, it is better not to use it. However, there are some truths that he can understand in his heart, but he may not be able to convince everyone, and there are some temporary benefits that he can let go, but he may not be able to persuade others to let go.

"The board is going to be played, but I'm afraid that you won't be able to figure it out, so I called you back to talk about it. Now that the idea of employing people is becoming more and more clear, your second uncle should be able to work for ten or eight years, or even longer. If you and Hongqi make up their minds to engage in politics, don't think about having the opportunity to enter the provincial ministry in ten or eight years. That's too eye-catching, and it's not up to speed, why are you promoted so quickly? You are still young now, and it doesn't matter if you toss at the bottom for ten or eight years, or fifteen or six years, it's just convenient to lay a good foundation. I'm an old immortal, that's my idea, I want to communicate with you, you won't think I'm nagging, right?" The old man narrowed his eyes and stared at Shen Huai and asked.

"No," Shen Huai said, "for the future development, maybe my father is more concerned about the promotion of others, saying that my temper is so big, in the end it will only cause the dilemma that no one dares to promote and no one dares to use; I have a different point of view than he does, we have to keep our eyes on the top, but at the same time we have to look down. If the strength that supports you below is strong enough and strong enough, in fact, there is no problem of whether the top is promoted or not. It's just that my road may be a little more difficult and a little longer. After listening to your words, old man, I had a bottom in my heart, and I didn't think that I could be a governor or minister at the age of thirty or forty, I just thought that I would honestly toss in the place for fifteen or six years, do my own thing well, and it doesn't matter if I toss for a lifetime. ”

"I'll just say, after your kid came back, I didn't think your kid really suffered any grievances, did you just think about stirring up the situation this time, even if you sat on the cold bench for two or three years, it doesn't matter?"

The old man asked directly, but Shen Huai found it difficult to answer.

"You don't like to talk about pulling down," the old man waved his hand, and did not force Shen Huai to answer his question, and said, "I still say the same thing, you guys, you can toss as much as you like, as long as you don't disregard party discipline and state law." Then again, you are tossing outside, poking the sky out of the hole, playing a wrench for others, you can be next to each other, kicking aside to sit on the cold bench, and don't be like a child, crying and crying at every turn to run back to find comfort, then you have no ambition. ”

"I don't want to deal with you, old man," Shen Huai thought for a while and said, "I just thought that in the next thirty or fifty years, maybe there will be some changes and repetitions in the domestic line, and maybe the struggle will be more complicated and intense, but the main line of national construction and development will not change." I believe that in everything we do and when we choose a strategy of struggle, we must focus on this main line, so that it is possible to ensure our own fundamentals to the greatest extent. ”

"Yes, you are more knowledgeable and ambitious than your stupid father. If your father had your knowledge, I wouldn't have such a headache," the old man laughed and said, "However, I will tell you these things in private, and I will not admit them when I go outside." You must know that just like your son can't stand you, sometimes your father hears something and comes to me to rebel, and I can't stand it. ”

"Don't worry, old man, my mouth is very tight," Shen Huai didn't expect the old man to be such an interesting person, and said with a smile, "But with your words, old man, I am much more relieved." What holes will I poke out next time, old man, if you beat me and scold me, I also have the bottom in my heart. No matter how beaten you are, no matter how much you scold, I can stand it. ”

"Nonsense," the old man scolded with a smile, "you can't poke a hole with the intention of deliberately poking a hole." And these tricks of yours, you can use them less in the future, or use them as little as possible, and you can't just destroy them and not build them. ”