On the afternoon of January 19, the twenty-seventh day of the lunar calendar, Chu Tianqi embarked on the return journey back to his hometown. This time, he didn't take the train, but drove back to his hometown directly by Lijian. All the department level and deputy department level of the municipal party committee and government take the car home, and if they don't bring it with themselves, it will become their own "special", and they will become an alternative in the eyes of everyone, and they will be excluded and ridiculed by everyone.

Chu Tianqi set off today, not to go home directly, but to Dingye City as the first stop. Stay in Dingye City for one night and come back tomorrow.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Tianqi went to the Dingye Public Security Bureau and went directly to see Zhou Zikai, executive deputy director of the Public Security Bureau.

After knocking on the door and entering the house, Zhou Zikai was in the house, and Chu Tianqi called out: "Zhou Ju." ”

Seeing the former little brother and today's deputy director-level Standing Committee Deputy Mayor, Zhou Zikai was very happy, and his unsmiling face was also full of smiles: "Mayor Chu, welcome, welcome!" With that, Zhou Zikai had already walked out from behind the table and stretched out his right hand.

Holding the other party's right hand, Chu Tianqi said: "Zhou Bureau, the Spring Festival is coming soon, I have come to pay you a greeting for the early years, and I have brought you a little Chengkang's local products." ”

"Mayor Chu, you are so busy with work, you can still remember me, it's too polite. Zhou Zikai said as he put the other side on the sofa, "Please take a seat." ”

"Zhou Ju, don't always call me 'Mayor Chu', call me 'Xiao Chu'. Chu Tianqi said as he sat down on the sofa.

Zhou Zikai smiled even more, he must have been happy for the little brother's "benevolence and righteousness", but he said: "Can't you call it that? ”

Seeing that the other party insisted on this, Chu Tianqi had no choice but to comply with the other party's wishes. The two naturally talked about work, mainly Zhou Zikai's understanding of Chu Tianqi's work, and Chu Tianqi briefly answered each other's questions.

"It's better to call Brother Tianqi, it's more comfortable. Zhou Zikai laughed, "Brother, I've heard for a long time, you haven't been there for a long time to open up the situation, especially you have led several important matters, it's not simple, the future will definitely be promising." ”

Chu Tianqi hurriedly said: "Zhou Bureau, don't make fun of my brother, if you say that again, I won't be able to find the north." ”

"Let's be honest!. Zhou Zikai was obviously happy, took out two cigarettes from the drawer, and handed them forward, "Take it, the old classmate brought it." ”

"Hehe, you're welcome. Seeing this kind of internal special smoke, Chu Tianqi was still very excited, and directly smiled.

"Let's go, let's eat. Zhou Zikai greeted Chu Tianqi.

Li Jian sent Zhou Zikai and Chu Tianqi to the restaurant, and he found a reason to go to other places to eat.

Of course, Chu Tianqi knew who Li Jian was looking for, so he smiled and fulfilled the other party.

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At half past eight in the evening, Chu Tianqi came to the home of Cheng Aiguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Dingye Municipal Party Committee and head of the Organization Department, which was the time agreed with the other party in advance.

When Chu Tianqi arrived at Cheng's house, Cheng Aiguo had just returned. handed over the souvenirs he brought to Cheng's wife, and Chu Tianqi followed Cheng Aiguo to the study.

After staring at Chu Tianqi for a while, Cheng Aiguo nodded: "Not bad, not bad." ”

Chu Tianqi was stunned at first, and then immediately understood that the other party knew all the things he had done, which showed that the other party had been paying attention to him. He was both flattered by this concern and apprehensive about being watched by the leadership. So he hurriedly said: "Minister, I can't grasp many things, please give me more guidance and teach me more." ”

Cheng Aiguo waved his hand lightly and smiled slightly: "Not bad." Then he said slowly, "Everything happens at a specific time and in a situation, and the objective environment is different, and there is great uncertainty in the occurrence and development of things. Although many things can be set in advance, the outcome cannot be set in advance, and even if the result is as expected, it is only because the development form of things is in line with the assumption, not because of the subjective setting.

To do anything, we must grasp a degree, to grasp the proportion and boundaries, to have a standard, 'the moon is full of loss, the water is overflowing', and the extremes of things must be reversed. There are many things that should not be perfected, but it is not a middle way or a compromise to make them as perfect as possible. In many cases, this degree is not static, but must be flexibly adjusted according to the objective situation. Of course, there are times when 'degree' does not allow flexibility and is subject to principles, but the way in which it is adopted within the limits of principles is still not static, it is a dialectical thing.

Speaking of the dialectical relationship of degrees, an example can be given. For example, we absolutely cannot tolerate a corrupt element, still less can we go along with it, and we must resolutely struggle against it to the end; this is the principle that we must abide by. However, in the course of the struggle against corrupt elements, the methods we can adopt are not set in stone, and we can either be tough or soft, or we can be moderately soft. There is no standard for rigidity and softness, but it is necessary to serve the most desirable possible result, to see whether this result has the least loss and whether it has the greatest effect. Many things must not only be judged by the immediate results, but also by looking at the long term, not only to seek the gains and losses of one city and one region, but also to seek the overall situation, and small battles must be subordinated to the grand strategic ......."

Listening to what the other party said, Chu Tianqi was no stranger to it, but he hadn't completely matched these matters with reality for a while.

Looking at the other party's slightly stunned expression, Cheng Aiguo stopped his conversation and smiled slightly: "The things you are doing so far are good on the whole, what to do and how to do it, but you have to look at the long-term." It's like playing chess, you have to eat more of your opponent's discs and win this game, but you also have to leave room for victory in the next few games, you have to take one step to see three moves, or even five moves. For similar chess games, for almost the same opponent, due to the slight change in their own conditions, due to the size of their own 'potential', the way of making moves should also be different. Of course, things are easy to say, but things are difficult to do, and I may not see far in many things. I'm just a few years older than you, and I have a little more lessons and experience, and I'm also very 'tender' compared to Minister Li. ”

The last few words were really honest enough, and Chu Tianqi couldn't help but be a little moved. But he also knows that the reason why Minister Cheng treats himself like this is mainly because he thinks of himself as Li Weimin's person.

Cheng Aiguo continued: "When I go home this time, I must go to Minister Li's, take it for me first, and then I will visit him after the holiday." ”

Chu Tianqi nodded slightly embarrassed: "Okay, definitely, definitely." ”

The topic shifted from work to small talk, and Cheng Aiguo talked about a few things that Li Weimin had an impact on him, obviously believing that the relationship between Li Weimin and Chu Tianqi was not ordinary. Chu Tianqi understood that this must be Li Weimin's words that made Cheng Aiguo misjudge when he talked about himself, and it was also very likely that Li Weimin deliberately gave Cheng Aiguo a hint.

If Li Weimin really hinted to Cheng Aiguo that he had an unusual relationship with him, he was obviously helping himself. But why did Li Weimin help himself so much? What was he trying to do? Chu Tianqi couldn't help but be puzzled again.

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Leaving Cheng Aiguo's home, Chu Tianqi changed his plan, from staying overnight in Dingye to staying overnight in Woyuan, and he was going to visit Li Weimin tomorrow.

In fact, a few days ago, Chu Tianqi thought about visiting Li Weimin. He has now realized that the reason why he was able to communicate to Dingye City, from the main section to the deputy department, and now to the substantive deputy department, and also to the standing committee, all depends on Li Weimin's support. Although the other party has an agreement with himself, the other party is not obliged to help him, no matter what the other party's purpose is, but this help is real, and he should say "thank you" in person.

But when the holiday was approaching, Chu Tianqi changed his mind again, he felt that if he came to the door now, he would inevitably be looked down upon by Li Weimin, thinking that he only had a position in his eyes, or the other party would mistakenly think that he was trapping. He wanted to fulfill that agreement in a dignified manner and win Li Weimin's recognition by his achievements.

It's just that Cheng Aiguo is now asking himself to talk, and Chu Tianqi has to go to see Li Weimin. Otherwise, he is disrespectful to Cheng Aiguo, and his close relationship with Li Weimin will also make Cheng Aiguo question. In that case, the consequences would be severe. That's why he rushed to Woyuan overnight, preparing to visit Li Weimin as soon as he got to work tomorrow.

Sitting in the car, Chu Tianqi recalled Cheng Aiguo's words, remembered the "degree" that the other party said, and remembered what the other party said, "Take one step and look at three steps". After decomposing Cheng Aiguo's words, he found a correspondence with the things he is currently facing.

Cheng Aiguo is actually reminding himself that he must properly handle the relationship with Peng Yan and Peng Cheng, not only to achieve his own goals, but also not to offend Zhang Pengfei and Zhang Pengfei's father to death, because his "potential" is still very small. This really reminded Chu Tianqi of the day, and also prompted him to reconsider the way to deal with Peng Yan and Peng Cheng.

In the past few days, Chu Tianqi has thought of several results, and the most ideal result is to completely clear the other company's Chengkang in order to prevent future troubles. He also hesitated to do that, because Cheng Aiguo had reminded him last time, and he knew that this might have serious consequences, but he was more inclined to do it ruthlessly, because this is a matter that benefits the city and the people, in fact, this "people" also includes himself. It's just that Cheng Aiguo reminded him that he should really look at two more moves.

Thinking about Cheng Aiguo's later words, although Cheng Aiguo mainly talks about Li Weimin's concern, love and support, there is one thing that seems to refer to something. The incident that Cheng Aiguo cited was about him and his predecessor. At that time, the predecessor had just been transferred, and because something was investigated by the organization, Cheng Aiguo wanted to cooperate with the organization's investigation of the predecessor in line with the principle of fairness. But it was stopped in time by Li Weimin, and Li Weimin's advice to Cheng at that time was not to protect or participate, and it was later proved that the "two noes" principle was correct.

The example cited by Cheng Aiguo is very similar to an incident he is encountering now. He is like Cheng Aiguo at that time, You Jianhui may also be similar to Cheng Aiguo's predecessor at that time, and the current Cheng Aiguo is similar to Li Weimin at that time. If Cheng Aiguo is really analogous to this matter, then he must not get involved. At the same time, he also felt that Zhang Yang's death seemed to be really not simple, at least many people thought so.

When it was nearly one o'clock in the morning, Chu Tianqi and Li Jian rushed to Woyuan City and stayed in the hotel next to the Woyuan Municipal Party Committee.