The Lu'an County Standing Committee Building is located in the downtown area. At the intersection of Qianfu Street and Dongjin Road. Fifty meters outside is Lu'an People's Park, and within 500 meters there are Lu'an's largest supermarket and Lu'an First Hospital.

Wei Zhe's family lives in Building No. 6 of the Standing Committee, and although Wei Lishan has withdrawn from the Standing Committee, his failure to check out means that he still has power.

As the former county magistrate of Lu'an County, Wei Lishan has not competed with Ou Chaoyang. But after a year of gambling, he found that to continue is to dig his own grave!

No matter how he made a move, how he "pushed through the old and brought forth the new", he even worked hard. But Lu An is still surnamed Ou. Even the cadres who were airborne in the province, within a few days of arriving in Lu'an, they were all obediently included in that net.

So Wei Lishan also understood, no longer to move a mountain that he couldn't move at all, it was better to change his strategy - neither to move the mountain nor to go up the mountain, but to be a river on the side of the mountain, silently to nourish the land through which he flowed. Turn around and devote all your energy to work, and don't fight for power.

In this way, he won Ou Chaoyang's respect instead. So much so that when Wei Lishan retired from the position of county magistrate, Ou Chaoyang generously recommended Wei Lishan to be the director of the National People's Congress.

Even at Wei Lishan's age, he will do it for one term at most. But you can also see Ou Chaoyang's attitude.

In a certain way, Wei Lishan is the cadre who has "cooperated" with Ou Chaoyang in the most "satisfactory". Most of the people who used to work with Ou Chaoyang did not die well. For example, Qin Dake, the county magistrate behind Wei Lishan, teamed up with Ou Chaoyang for less than a year, and it ended miserably.

Of course, Qin Dake's fall is certainly related to the power struggle in the province, and it is the epitome of the defeat of the local faction. But it has a lot to do with his own uncleanliness.

Qin Dake defeated Maicheng, and also led the local faction to defeat in Lu'an.

When Guo Xiaozhou walked into the small courtyard of Building No. 6, Wei Lishan stood in front of the houses to greet him.

After a few polite greetings, the two walked into the living room together.

Wei Lishan is tall, and the lines of his face are very rigid, especially a pair of fierce looking thick eyebrows hanging low like a short brush, coupled with a hooked nose, which gives people a strong deterrent. Even if he was smiling, he had a compelling majesty.

Wei Lishan's wife also came out of the kitchen, she received a call from her son today, so she was in the kitchen with the nanny, busy. As the wife of the former and current county magistrate, she has received too many officials at home, but there are few officials at such a young age and at the same level as Wei Lishan.

She is affectionate to Guo Xiaozhou from the heart. Because Wei Zhe has been a secretary with Guo Xiaozhou, his whole person has changed his tune, as long as he has time, he asks the old man for "officialdom secrets", and he also humbly begins to learn some secretarial knowledge.

If Wei Zhe was a little cynical before, then his current face is gradually moving towards positive energy.

Therefore, she is grateful to the entire young county magistrate for accepting her youngest son and successfully changing Wei Zhe. In just a few days, a change was seen.

After the three members of the Wei family chatted with Guo Xiaozhou for twenty minutes, the dishes were ready.

Four people sat down at the table. Wei Lishan opened a bottle of Moutai that had been treasured for more than ten years.

At the dinner table, no one talked about work, they were all short words from parents, and the most talked about was the knowledge of exercise and self-cultivation. Knowing that Wei Lishan likes to practice Tai Chi, Guo Xiaozhou said that he has a good friend who also knows a little about Tai Chi, and said that he had the opportunity to come to Lu'an to communicate with Wei Lishan.

This "good friend" is, of course, Shan Biao.

After the meal, Wei Lishan invited Guo Xiaozhou to the study, and Wei Zhe continued to act as a secretary, and after making tea for his father and Guo Xiaozhou, he silently withdrew.

This visit to the Wei family is Guo Xiaozhou's first family visit after taking up his new post in Lu'an. This not only shows Wei Lishan's status, but also an important goal for Guo Xiaozhou.

Although Wei Lishan is far less powerful than Ou Chaoyang in Lu'an, during his time in charge of Lu'an, he cultivated many leaders of county-level departments, including the current president of the Lu'an County Court, and Liu Pei, who has been promoted to Shunshan City as the director of the municipal government office, all started under him.

Guo Xiaozhou chose Wei Zhe, partly because of Wei Zhe's ability to disrupt the situation, and in addition, he may not have the intention of showing favor to Wei Lishan. However, there is never any affection to talk about, if he was naïve and accepted Wei Zhe as his secretary in the past, Wei Lishan would be "grateful" to him? No way.

It's just to help Wei Zhe raise a level, if Wei Lishan is willing, he has the ability to do it himself, and it is very easy within the scope of the sub-department.

If he wants to really win over Wei Lishan, he must give Wei Lishan benefits or benefits that he can't do on his own, and at the same time, he can't let others face risks.

Wei Lishan smiled and pointed to the teacup and said, "I heard that there is good tea in the county magistrate's office, I don't know if you are used to drinking my tea." ”

Guo Xiaozhou took a sip of the cup and muttered for a long time, "It's a little bitter." ”

Wei Lishan raised his eyebrows, "I'm not good at tea, and I don't know how to taste tea." But I've heard people say that the better the tea, the more bitter the first tea is......" Speaking of this, he picked up Guo Xiaozhou's teacup, poured out the water, and then brewed the second tea, "Try again?" ”

Guo Xiaozhou took another sip of tea, "Hmm! It tasted mellow. ”

Wei Lishan smiled, "Good tea needs to be tasted slowly, the first tea or even the second tea may have a hint of bitterness, but the more you go to the back, the more you can appreciate its mellowness." People who are in a hurry can't drink good tea. You see, these ups and downs of tea in the cup are similar to the ups and downs of life. However, the tea leaves will eventually sink to the bottom of the cup! ”

Although it sounded like a very ordinary topic of chatting about tea, from Wei Lishan's mouth, Guo Xiaozhou categorically did not dare to take it lightly. He thought to himself, is this Wei Lishan hinting to him, coming to Lu An to be an official is like drinking tea, what starts to be bitter in the mouth, you have to endure it, boil it slowly, and when you drink the second and third teas, you can taste the mellow taste?

Or Wei Lishan is his enemy who doesn't want to become Ou Chaoyang so soon, as long as he waits for Ou Chaoyang to leave Lu'an, he can wait for a second mellow tea! Such a hint was once mentioned to him by Wei Zhe without subtlety.

And Wei Lishan's "ups and downs of tea leaves in the cup are so similar to the ups and downs of life." However, the tea leaves will eventually sink to the bottom of the cup! sighed, just as his own career had to come to an end, so helpless. is also remembering himself, with Wei Lishan's age, it is useless to wait, but Guo Xiaozhou has the conditions and opportunities to wait.

Guo Xiaozhou also poured his second tea into the trash can, made the third tea himself, and said with a smile: "People can't be bound by something, this tea will be cold after waiting for a long time, and if it is brewed for a long time, it will lose the taste of tea." While the water is not cool, the tea is still fragrant, and it is refreshing to drink, and the tea taste is sweet and mellow, which makes people have an endless aftertaste. ”

Speaking of this, he took a sip of the cup and said leisurely: "Good tea!" ”

Wei Lishan sighed silently. He admired Guo Xiaozhou very much and could quickly comprehend his hints. It's a pity that Guo Xiaozhou didn't have to accept his "kindness". He got straight to the point and said, "Before you came, Xue Gaoyang called me. We are very good friends. ”

Guo Xiaozhou said: "Brother Xue is a very righteous person. He also recommended you to me. So, I'm settling down and being the first to visit you. You are the old leader of Lu An, and I have come to humbly ask you for advice. ”

Wei Lishan looked at him and slowly spoke, "Lu An's water is deep!" ”

Guo Xiaozhou said lightly: "Water is not afraid of depth. I was a very young swimmer. ”

Wei Lishan looked at him for a long time, and suddenly laughed, "Old Xue said that you will never give in, and that's true." It's good to be young and driven. But the breakthrough must be measured, and the right time and the right occasion must be chosen. There are many rules of the game in officialdom to be followed, and if you don't obey, you will be kicked out. People can't be different, especially in officialdom, this is an iron law, and no one can change it. ”

Guo Xiaozhou listened.

Wei Lishan continued: "I retreated to the second line, and I had a lot of time to think about reading books, and I realized that I was a lot wrong, but unfortunately, time cannot be turned back. ”

Speaking of this, he got up and took out the first chapter of a book from the bookcase: Tao Ke Dao, Very Dao. The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The beginning of the nameless world; The mother of all things. Therefore, there is always nothing, and I want to see its wonders; Often, I want to see it. These two have the same name and the same name, and they are the same mysteries. Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders. ”

"My understanding now is very different from what I understood before. The original meaning of "Dao" is the road, which is derived from the meaning of the law and the truth, Lao Tzu said: the "Dao" that we can understand is not the eternal Dao, because the "Dao" we can understand is constantly changing, since it is constantly changing, then the Tao we know today is not equal to the Tao we know tomorrow, the naming of the things we know is based on the same reason, so there are two important concepts here, one is change, the other is cognition, things, naming including laws, and principles are constantly changing. They are not static, so what people knew about roads a hundred years ago is very different from what we know about roads today. ”

"What is the Word? In fact, no one can tell, not even Lao Tzu, let alone us? But you can understand your official ways. The so-called official way is about balance. It is better to keep the middle than to talk too much. ”

Guo Xiaozhou smiled slightly, "When I was in college, I read another paragraph that Confucius's student Zigong once asked Confucius: "Which one is more virtuous, Zizhang or Zixia?" Confucius replied, "Zizhang is excessive; Zixia is not enough. Zigong asked, "Then is it Zi Zhangxian?" Confucius said, "Excess is the same as insufficient." ”

Confucius said to the effect that a gentleman always pays attention to maintaining an impartial and peaceful attitude, while a villain is always unrestrained and prone to extremes. Therefore, the gentleman walks the golden mean, and the villain often acts against the golden mean. Guo Xiaozhou said to the point: "This also shows that the requirements of the mean are just right." The official way is just right, everything is about balance, and I am good when I say hello. But ......"

Guo Xiaozhou looked directly at Wei Lishan, "Li Hongzhang also talked about the golden mean at the beginning, thinking that the strength at that time was not strong enough, and he was afraid before the war, but our ancestors opposed the golden mean before the appearance of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and what is the strength of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War?" “

Wei Lishan sighed slightly, "It seems that I can't convince you." “

Guo Xiaozhou approached step by step, "I want to convince you." “

"Why?" Wei Lishan asked.

Guo Xiaozhou said softly: "I heard that you are a second-level member of the National Medical Education Association?" ”

"Hmm." Wei Lishan nodded, "When people are old, they have to think about their bodies and learn some knowledge about self-cultivation......"

Guo Xiaozhou knew he wasn't telling the truth. He occasionally heard Wei Zhe mention that his father had joined the National Medical Education Association a few years ago. Every month, I went to Wujiang for a meeting. And Wei Lishan has been applying to become a first-class member. This association is a state-level association, which is directly led by the relevant ministries and commissions of the state and registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In principle, the members are experts in medicine, but many retired leaders are eager to join. Because the senior members of the association have considerable advantages in medical assistance, all kinds of scarce expert consultations, various clinical drug trial opportunities and so on. So much so that later this association became a "privileged" association, and high-ranking officials gathered. It is not only an advantage in treating diseases and recuperating the body, but also a high-level network channel. With Wei Lishan's level, he may survive to death and may not be able to enter the first-class membership.

He remembered talking about this topic when he was chatting with a few senior brothers, saying that leaders who had taken a back seat were most afraid of loneliness, but time would always dilute their thoughts. When they return to peace, they really find out what they want, which is life. Undoubtedly, Wei Lishan's greatest desire is body and life. Other than that, there was nothing that could tempt the old man. Of course, the future of his sons is also his hope, but this is uncontrollable.

"I can help you get a first-class membership, and you can become a director of the provincial association."

Wei Lishan looked at Guo Xiaozhou in some surprise, was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Sometimes people can't ask for something in every possible way, until you don't ask for it."

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