Shi Dingran agreed, put down the minister's phone, and immediately arranged for the secretary to say: "Immediately draft a telegram and send it to Gannan Province immediately; because of weather conditions, tomorrow's meeting of leading cadres in Gannan Province will be cancelled and the announcement of Comrade Chen Burong's appointment will be postponed." The secretary immediately complied.

After the secretary went to do it, Shi Dingran thought about it, such a big matter, he still had to communicate with Zhou Xiliang, he personally connected Zhou Xiliang's phone, he said: "Secretary Xiliang, I am Shi Dingran, yes, I just talked to the General Office of National Defense on the phone, your flood control situation in Gannan is very serious, in view of this weather reason, tomorrow's meeting of the province's leading cadres will be canceled, and the ministry has decided to postpone the announcement of the decision on Comrade Chen Burong's appointment, and we will talk about it later." You should do a good job in Comrade Chen Burong's ideological work, and don't let him have other psychological pressures, which are caused by weather conditions. ”

Zhou Xiliang's mood sank, but Minister Shi said that he did not dare to object, and forcibly asked the minister to come. He said: "Okay, I know, please tell the minister that we will do a good job, and I will also do a good job of Comrade Burong." ”

Shi Dingran said, "I have already sent you a message. ”

Zhou Xiliang agreed.

Wang Xinhua, director of the General Office of National Defense, told the staff: "Immediately send an urgent telegram to Gannan Province in the name of the General Office of National Defense, saying that the Ula Reservoir has reached the highest warning level in history, and if it is absolutely necessary, the Ula Reservoir will be discharged." Let them Gannan better prepare for emergencies. Be prepared for the worst-case scenario. ”

Zhou Xiliang here, soon received two emergency calls, Zhou Xiliang read the two emergency calls, his body spread out on the chair, lit a cigarette.

Then, he called the secretary in and handed over the telegram to the secretary of the National Defense Headquarters, and asked the secretary to immediately mark it as a document, and in addition to the name of the Gannan Provincial Flood Control and Flood Control General Headquarters, it must be distributed to all localities in the province and to units at and above the county level. The province's flood control emergency plan has been launched to improve the level of flood prevention work. At the same time, he went on to arrange: "Notify the General Office, immediately issue a notice, cancel tomorrow's meeting, and give me all the work to flood control." ”

As soon as the secretary was about to leave, Zhou Xiliang thought of another thing and said, "Invite Comrade Chen Burong to me." ”

After a while, Chen Burong came to Zhou Xiliang's office, the two met, Zhou Xiliang said apologetically: "Comrade Burong, I will inform you of the situation, I just received a call from Comrade Shi Dingran, and I also received a telegram from the higher department, in view of the weather, tomorrow's meeting of provincial leading cadres will be cancelled, postponed, and reopened at a later date." ”

When Chen Burong heard this, he was taken aback and said, "The meeting will not be held tomorrow, so what about my appointment?"

Zhou Xiliang said: " Your appointment decision has also been postponed, considering that once it is announced that you are the deputy secretary, Minister Shi should be present, and a general meeting should be held to announce it in public, which is more prudent and in line with the organizational personnel appointment policy, of course, if you say the following directly, you can also do this, but there is no formal meeting, Tang Cheng is not here, even if we open a standing committee, the personnel are not complete, besides, the weather situation is also true, you don't need to bear too much ideological pressure, in a saying, that is, yours can't escape after all, not your fight can't fight, and when the weather improves, the situation is optimistic, and the meeting will be held again。 A good meal is not afraid of being late, you should not be impatient. Minister Shi is also very concerned about your thoughts, and has specially instructed me to let me do your ideological work. ”

Although Chen Burong was unhappy in his heart, but when Zhou Xiliang said this, he said helplessly: "I know, please tell Minister Shi that I understand the decision of my superiors and resolutely support my superiors' decisions." I don't have ideological pressure, I still do my job conscientiously. Zhou Xiliang nodded and said that would be good.

Chen Burong left Zhou Xiliang with no thoughts fluctuating in his heart, that was a lie. Chen Buyong also understands that there is indeed an element of weather reasons, but he is an old man, and he also knows the variables in this, as long as the boots do not fall to the ground for a day, the appointment decision and the cadre conference cannot be held, and his position as deputy secretary is not really obtained, and there will be changes at any time. The meat that reaches the mouth can't be eaten in the end, and this kind of thing is very common. He inevitably muttered in his heart.

He especially walked outside and looked up at the sky, the sky in the provincial capital was cloudy, but there was not a trace of rain. He secretly scolded in his heart, it must be that Tang Cheng's ghost!

He secretly said: Tang Cheng and I are incompatible!

Chen Burong hated Tang Cheng a little more. But at this time, Tang Cheng didn't care so much, Tang Cheng only had the 300,000 people in his heart, how to move to safety as soon as possible.

At this time, Tang Cheng also received an urgent telegram from the Ula Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Pingshan area, saying that the Ula Reservoir requested that the flood be discharged, and that the flood must be discharged, and that the Pingshan Reservoir should make preparations. If the Wula reservoir does not release floodwater, it will directly threaten the Yangtze River town of Wuji, in which case the cost will be even higher.

The telegram that the Ula Reservoir was to be discharged also quickly passed through several channels and also arrived at Zhou Xiliang's desk! When Zhou Xiliang saw it, he could not sit still, so he suddenly got up from his chair, and he was stunned for a long time.

Soon, the commander-in-chief of the national defense department personally called Zhou Xiliang and said: "Old Zhou, the situation is critical, the Wula Reservoir can no longer bear the pressure, and if you want to discharge the flood, the pressure on your Pingshan Reservoir will be great, and the Pingshan Reservoir has just been put into use the newly built rear dam, and I heard that this rear dam costs 1.1 billion yuan, which is very good, and it is estimated that it should be able to withstand the pressure, but you must also be prepared for what happens! We must protect the safety of the people's lives and property, and we must put people's lives in the first place." ”

Zhou Xiliang had a bitter face, nodded again and again, and said: "Certainly, we must do a good job, and we must put the lives of the masses first." ”

Putting down the phone, Zhou Xiliang notified the secretary to call Tang Cheng, and the phone was connected. Tang Cheng said: "I'm busy, please be concise if you have something." ”

Zhou Xiliang was dumbfounded, and said: "Tang Cheng, how is the situation of the evacuation of the masses? What is the situation of Pingshan Houba? Or do you have foresight." You're right, 300,000 people, but there can't be any major casualties, please. At this time, Zhou Xiliang also knew that he was afraid.

Tang Cheng didn't speak, and hung up the phone directly.

At this time, an even greater danger appeared, and Liu Haizi, who was sticking to his post on the back dam of Pingshan, urgently called Tang Cheng to report to him, saying: "Governor, governor, it's not good! The back dam, the back dam is about to collapse! There has been a large-scale landslide! There has also been a breach of more than one meter. ”