Qian Xiangzhong is here. [Ran^Text^Library] This is what Liu Tangzi said on the phone just now.

Qi Tianxiang and Qian Xiangzhong are not very familiar with each other, and they have not had much contact, but they have only met a few times when they accompanied the secretary of the old Commission for Discipline Inspection to Qinghe for investigation two years ago.

At that time, Qian Xiangzhong was still the deputy secretary of the Qinghe City Municipal Party Committee, and had just stepped down from the post of mayor and was about to take over as the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, temporarily in charge of discipline inspection and supervision work. The government is handing over, and the municipal party committee is waiting for the succession, which is very busy. Luan Shi, deputy secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, was very embarrassed.

In fact, such a research meeting, the leader in charge is just to show etiquette, arrange a time to discuss, and then have a meal together. It not only shows attention, but also appears thoughtful.

But such a time has never been implemented, and it was not until the afternoon before leaving Qinghe to the plain that there was such a meeting.

Hurriedly entering the door, looking at his watch from time to time, looking like he was in a hurry, although he also shook hands politely, but everywhere he was condescending and arrogant.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, the provincial leaders have been here for two days, and they haven't found time. Sorry, sorry! As soon as Qian Xiangzhong entered the door, he apologized again and again, and seemed to have infinite apologies, but in fact, it can be seen that this is just a performance.

"It's okay, you're busy, it's good to see each other, we're grateful." Secretary Zhang said lukewarmly, but his face was full of smiles.

"In this way, Secretary Zhang still cares." Qian Xiangzhong explained with a smile, "There are too many things in all aspects, and I can't figure it out for a while, it's really embarrassing!" Qian Xiangzhong smiled and pointed at Luan Shi and said: "This Comrade Luan Shi can prove that I still care about and support their work." ”

"This is true, Secretary Qian still cares about our work." Luan Shi responded hummingly.

"I always believe that as a leader, you should take the initiative to accept the supervision of the discipline inspection and supervision department, and you should be an upright person and do things cleanly." Qian Xiangzhong said with great feeling: "To do a good job in anti-corruption and clean government work, we must grasp two keys: 'top leader', grasp 'top leader', and supervision starts with me. In the selection and employment of personnel, engineering construction, the use of rights, etc., take the initiative to accept supervision and inspection. He said a lot of confessions, as if he was proving his fairness and integrity, until the phone rang, he stood up and answered and said apologetically to Secretary Zhang with a smile: "I'm really sorry, there is something to deal with below, at night, let's sit together at night", after speaking, he explained to Luan Shi, "Arrange Secretary Zhang's itinerary well, and don't make any mistakes." After saying that, he performed again and left in a hurry.

Qi Tianxiang looked at it coldly, maybe this performance was demonstrated to Secretary Zhang, because he knew that Secretary Zhang would retire soon, so he showed this arrogance. In Qi Tianxiang's view, arrogance is a manifestation of ignorance, an advantage generated by comparing one's own advantages with the disadvantages of others, and he doesn't know that his own disadvantages are more ridiculous in the eyes of others. From this, I also better understand the meaning of Secretary Zhang's gentleman. "The meaning of a gentleman, in ancient times, referred to a person with a high status, and later referred to a person with a noble personality, a person with a high level of knowledge and cultivation, can be called a gentleman. In fact, the gentleman should be looked at separately, in ancient times, the man was called the king, and the virtuous man was the son. Xiang has a country monarch, a countryman, the son of great virtue, there is a monarch is not strange, there is a high son to come to the four seas, Yashi gathered, the typical example is nothing more than the Spring and Autumn Period of Qilu two countries, Qi for the overlord, the country is rich and the people are strong, Lu is a small country, the country is weak and the people are sparse, but the Lu country has Confucius, the Quartet Gaoshi gather to learn, the momentum is better than the strong Qi.

For the gentleman, Confucius has the definition of 'nine thoughts', Zeng Shen has more specific interpretation standards, the gentleman's cultivation, style, and temperament are meticulously interpreted, so that the gentleman and 'benevolence, righteousness, Tao, and virtue' form a common whole, reflecting a very high standard, and there is Zilu 'sacrificing life and crown', Kong Rong 'virtue and let pear', Tian Heng's 'self-righteousness', Zengzi's 'daughter and one promise', and the gentleman has become the height and realm of ancient and modern men yearning for and cultivating.

And with the standard of a gentleman, the ancients preached this standard on popular occasions, and the "Three Character Classic" and "Disciple Rules" are all instilling the way and cultivation of being a gentleman, so that knowing etiquette and shame have become the rules that everyone must abide by, which has lasted for thousands of years, with the change of dynasties and the renewal of concepts, but the status and standards of the gentleman have not changed.

In modern times, anti-tradition and anti-etiquette have blurred the standards, and new ideas and concepts have made Junzi like unearthed cultural relics, and Junzi is as rare as a giant panda. Competition and self-interest have made the gentleman a self-proclaimed after defeat, the society is filled with boredom and immorality, the loud shouts on the streets, the scenes of competing for public transports, the flow of people leaving the theater before the end of the theater, and the farce of the shopping malls boasting about the riches and broads, actually make people wonder -- where is our gentleman? Do we still have tradition and morality? After speaking, he seemed to be unfinished and said: "Think about Lao Tan, being in Ling County, receiving a call from Lao Luan, he put down the matter in his hand and ran back, and rushed back to Ling County after eating, nearly 200 kilometers back and forth, is that for a meal?" That's a kind of respect, a gentleman's bearing. ”

The old secretary's words also moved Qi Tianxiang, yesterday afternoon, Luan Shi, who really couldn't contact the leader as an accompaniment, reluctantly called Tan Pingshan. Tan Pingshan was arranging public security linkage work in Lingxian County below Qinghe City, and without waiting for Luan Shi to finish his call, he took the car to rush back, and rushed back to Lingxian County after eating with Secretary Zhang and others, which actually showed a bearing and a gentleman's responsibility, which was in stark contrast to Qian Xiangzhong.

After that, although I met with Qian Xiangzhong a few times, I was in a hurry, I didn't have a deep impression, and I didn't have any friendship, so I didn't care much about Liu Tangzi's phone call, and I didn't want to meet Qian Xiangzhong. But Liu Tangzi's tone is not only weird, but also unquestionable, and the implication will be known at night.

When Qi Tianxiang and Liu Tangzi walked into the large private room of the hotel, Qi Tianxiang immediately understood the meaning of Liu Tangzi's words. In the private room, Qian Xiangzhong was already sitting on the sofa in the leisure area chatting accompanied by Zhao Wei, director of the county people's congress, and Qiao Shang, director of the county party committee office, and Liu Li, director of the government office, were chatting over tea.

"The Standing Committee is being held, and there will be more people in the meeting." Liu Tangzi whispered beside Qi Tianxiang's ear, and blinked quietly.

"The old leader has arrived early, rude, rude." Liu Tangzi walked a few steps, grabbed Qian Xiangzhong's hand, and accompanied him while shaking it.

"We are all idlers, that is, sitting and chatting, sitting in the office, coming here to sit, all resting!" Qian Xiangzhong snorted, stretched out his hand to hold Qi Tianxiang's hand, and joked: "Isn't this Secretary Qi also idle!" ”

Qi Tianxiang smiled slightly, looked at Qian Xiangzhong without speaking, shook hands warmly with Zhao Wei, director of the County People's Congress, and said slowly: "What are you talking about?" It's so lively. ”

"They are all evaluating Lao Zhao's jade, and Secretary Qi will also come to see it." Qian Xiangzhong took the jade in Zhao Wei's hand and played with it, handed it to Qi Tianxiang, and said quite sophisticatedly: "I think Lao Zhao's piece is an old thing, but his old man is still modest, saying that it is a stall, which is only worth a few hundred yuan, and I said that he would shrink back when I gave him a thousand yuan, it seems that he is afraid of revealing his wealth!" ”

Qi Tianxiang took the jade handle and looked at it seriously, "It's really good, the size, the moistness, the skin color, the texture, the carving, especially the white color, is a good Hetian seed jade, and the time is not short, it's a little interesting." ”

"You see that Lao Zhao didn't tell the truth, Secretary Qi knows how to do it, and he knows that it is a good thing and has collectible value at a glance." Qian Xiangzhong took the jade from Qi Tianxiang's hand, played with it, and said.

"Let me first state that this is just my personal intuitive feeling, and it does not represent a conclusive conclusion." Qi Tianxiang hurriedly declared, and said with a smile: "I don't understand the collection, and I don't dare to deny the saying of 'gold in troubled times, collection in prosperous times', but with my simple understanding of 'swords to heroes, flowers to beauties', collecting must be what collectors are doing, that is to say, people who understand are doing it." Because throughout the ages, the owners of any good thing are mostly users, not collectors, so there was no real meaning of collectors in ancient China, or people who collected for the sake of collecting. What Mr. Zhang Boju did was to rescue the national treasure, not to collect, because Mr. Zhang Boju's era could not be regarded as a prosperous era. Rong Bao Zhai or Gu Xiangju, all of them are sold at a price, for business and making money, how many treasures are there in the end of these famous places? If you want to talk about collection, you have to say that it is the emperor of others, and people are appreciating, researching, and really liking. Everything else has a purpose or a motive, and that's what I said, collectors who have no real meaning in China throughout the ages, that's what it means. Qi Tianxiang said lightly, as if he was talking casually, and as if he was referring to something. Seeing that everyone's eyes were looking at him intently, he continued: "Because the first China is in turmoil, it is not suitable for collection, and the second China is too fast in reality, and it is not rich for three generations. And when have you ever seen the national collection, and when have you heard that collecting can become a fashion and enthusiastic trend. I haven't seen it anyway, and I don't think anything that is a national participation will last long. Don't talk about it, let's talk about the stock market, when the whole people speculated in stocks, even the old lady in Shanghai came in with the pocket money to buy side dishes, and what did she buy and earn, and how many years did it last? China's stock market is a policy market, and the original intention of issuing shares is not to create value for shareholders, but to circle money. Many, many such examples, the most typical is the deep development, when a little-known local commercial bank in Shenzhen, when it was listed, it was only tens of millions, but it could be issued every year, swelled like bread, from Shenzhen to the whole country, and became one of the few joint-stock commercial banks, and CITIC, Everbright, and people's livelihood are different, people are still from industry, and Shenzhen Development is completely a bank created by the stock market out of thin air, and how much is it worth when it was transferred to Ping An a few years ago, hundreds of billions, how did it come about, China's economic bubble blew out, China's stock market is raised by thousands of people. Not to mention the bank, but also to say that the national collection, once the formation of the national situation, the appreciation is certain. A vase, whether it is Yuan Qinghua, but also said that modern high imitation, only professionals can understand its value and significance, brother, Yu, Jun, official, Ding, the five kiln mouths of the things in the eyes of experts and researchers are extraordinary, but in the eyes of ordinary people there is not much difference, and even Yuan Qinghua has not yet been modern high imitation bright, but in the eyes of experts and collectors is priceless. But once it enters the national collection mode, the value will increase exponentially, and it can be sold for hundreds of millions, is it really worth so much? No, it's the expected value that's at work. It's like a drumming game, as long as the drum is beating, the flower has been passing down, everyone who participates in the game is confident, anyway, I won't be the last, but in the end the game will always have an end, and the flower will definitely fall into the hands of someone, no one will pick it up, this is the end of the national collection. But the capital speculation is not worried, porcelain is followed by mahogany, red sandalwood, huanghuali, after the mahogany is jade, jade, seeds, and even inkstones, calligraphy and paintings, or Pu'er tea, black tea, no matter how bad mung beans, garlic, ginger, can be used for speculation. The purpose is not to eat, but to make money, to beat the drum and pass the flower game. In the final analysis, the national collection is a comprehensive hype, and the purpose is not the collection itself, but money. ”

"It's so well said, it deserves to be a scholar-type leader, and looking at the problem is comprehensive." Qian Xiangzhong praised Qi Tianxiang, and his mood was also very good, watching the jade pass in the hands of several people, he turned back to Qi Tianxiang and said cordially: "What you said, you basically said everything that a few of them could say."

Qi Tianxiang smiled slightly and shook his head, Qian Xiangzhong's sudden enthusiasm and kindness, he knew very well in his heart that he wanted to pull him together to attack Peng Qun, in order to repay the embarrassment and resentment of being left out. I really don't understand that a person in his status still has such a strong revenge mentality, and he secretly smiled in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

"Actually, I don't understand, I just think it's good, as for what's good, I really can't say one or two." Qian Xiangzhong saw that Qi Tianxiang didn't speak, so he said to himself.

"Who is so modest!" Before the words fell, Peng Qun strode in, and walked in front of Qian Xiangzhong with a smile, "Director Qian, is this going to throw bricks and lead jade?" Or is it clumsy? ”

"If you don't understand, you don't understand, and you don't dare to pretend to understand, you're old, and you don't have this self-knowledge, doesn't it make people laugh and humiliate yourself?" Qian Xiangzhong slowly stood up and shook hands with Peng Qun, Hao Han, Li Zheng, and Deputy Secretary Hong behind him.

"I'm sorry, I just held a standing committee to arrange the reception and security work of tomorrow's Zaoxiang Festival, it's late, and the leaders have been waiting for a long time." Peng Qun didn't seem to care about Qian Xiangzhong's insinuating words, and said in a loud voice: "In order to welcome Director Qian, today is a high-level reception for all members of the Standing Committee. As he spoke, he pulled Qian Xiangzhong to the position of the guest of honor, and neatly arranged the seats, "Today we respect the elderly, your city leader sits in the position of the guest of honor, Secretary Qi, the provincial leader, is the deputy guest, Director Zhao is the main accompaniment, and I am the deputy accompaniment. ”

Everyone did not give in, they all walked from the leisure area to the wine table and sat down, Peng Qun saw that everyone was seated, looked around, and said with satisfaction: "Say the rules before drinking, first you can't talk about work, start going to the battlefield tomorrow, relax tonight; Second, we can't say that Huang Duanzi, County Magistrate Hao is a lesbian, we must know how to respect it; Third, you can't just eat food and not drink alcohol, because wine is more expensive than food, and you can't do business at a loss. He raised his voice as he spoke, "Waiter, serve the wine." ”

Qi Tianxiang watched all this silently, clearly seeing the anger and helplessness in Qian Xiangzhong's eyes, as well as a kind of stubbornness that was unwilling to admit defeat, he exchanged glances with Liu Tangzi on the other side, and they smiled heartily.

"What are you laughing at?" Hao Han, who was sitting on the left side, gently pounded Qi Tianxiang with his elbow, "What's the funny joke again?" ”

Qi Tianxiang smiled slightly and shook his head, signaling Hao Han to be quiet and patiently waiting for Director Zhao to speak. Director Zhao saw that the dishes on the table were almost there, so he cleared his throat and said: "In order to welcome Director Qian, Secretary Peng specially approved me to be absent from the Standing Committee and specially accompany Director Qian", looking at Peng Qun as he spoke, and said in an inquiring tone: "This dish is almost on the table, I think let's start." After getting Peng Qun's nod of approval, Director Zhao said: "Let's have the rules of the river and sea, I will mention one, drink it six times, come, let's have one collectively first." ”

Everyone picked up their wine glasses and took a sip, and the banquet was officially started, after drinking a few glasses, Peng Qun looked at Qi Tianxiang and asked meaningfully: "Just now, County Magistrate Hao asked why you were laughing, now you can talk about it." ”

Qi Tianxiang knew that Peng Qun's words to him meant that he was deliberately snubbing Qian Xiangzhong, but he couldn't say it, so he said lightly: "Actually, I didn't say anything, but when I was walking with Secretary Liu just now, I suddenly thought of saying goodbye from drinking, thinking of farewell to the overlord, and also thinking of the form and tragic meaning of farewell." ”

"Oh, let's hear it." Peng Qun urged with interest, and everyone stopped all their movements, looked at Qi Tianxiang, and waited for him to speak in detail.

Qi Tianxiang looked at everyone's eyes and expectant eyes, especially when he saw Qian Xiangzhong's loneliness and disappointment, he suddenly felt a little unbearable, so he looked at Liu Tangzi and said, "Let's say it, you can get up." ”

"Okay, I'll talk about it." Liu Tangzi stood up, picked up the wine glass and motioned for everyone to toast, and slowly began to say: "Just now walking on the road, I suddenly heard the song "Farewell My Concubine" by a male singer in China. The majesty of the overlord of Western Chu in the past, as well as the helplessness and sorrow in the predicament, do not seem to be 'pulling out the mountains and covering the world, and the times are not good. If you don't die, you can do nothing, and you can cover it. There is only Xiang Yu's attachment and sorrow here, and the long-sleeved dance of the poppy beauty is just a bright rainbow of brilliant life. It's just worth savoring that the moment the overlord and the poppy said goodbye, Xiang Yu's mental journey. I believe that in the tent of the overlord of Western Chu, Yu Meiren is by no means the only one, and Xiang Yu would not have thought that this trip would be the end of his life, because although he was accustomed to drinking blood, he could put life and death aside, but it was something he was never willing to let his loved ones risk with him. The atmosphere of male superiority and inferiority of women in ancient society certainly regarded women as clothes and mustard, but as a hero, the overlord of Chu would never be so hasty and irresponsible. Without mental preparation, without psychological expectations, the pain of losing his beloved concubine may be more acute than failure, so the heart of the overlord of Chu may have been broken since the moment Yu Mei killed herself. can't protect the people he loves, can't give strong support to the weak, can't be the last glory of the hero, Xiang Yu is actually dead.

This is the highest principle of life for scholars in ancient times, you can lose your life, you can have nothing, but you can't have no dignity, no respect and trust from others, so there is 'a scholar can take his life, he can't bear to be ashamed', and there is an allusion to 'two peaches kill three soldiers'. The same case was staged again in the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years later. On the night of Ma Weipo, Li Longji, who personally created the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, faced the harshness of the escape, the lack of livelihood, and the generals in the army who wanted to clear the monarch's side, helplessly watched the concubine hang herself, and the sadness at that moment could be tolerated by a tear. I believe that Li Longji would never have thought that this trip and escape would be such a result, and he would say such a farewell to his beloved. Unlike Yu Ji, the overlord of Chu, Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei have been in love with each other for more than ten years, and their feelings are deep, and it is precisely because of the affection that the sadness of letting go at that moment has become more and more intense, and it cannot be dispersed for a long time. Love the country and love the beauty more, Tang Xuanzong can be described as a long-sleeved good dance, the glory of the Tang Dynasty, the beauty of the charming and charming, both of them are complacent, I believe that the next few years are also vivid. Heartbreak is only afraid that Ma Weipo gave Li Longji the deepest feeling, and his heart is like a knife, which may be the best interpretation of bidding farewell to the throne, whether it is the actions of the crown prince Li Heng, that is, Tang Suzong after that, or the actions of the generals, even if there is no change in the throne, Li Longji will not take care of the country peacefully.

Affectionate and ruthless, the sad thing is not the incident, but the feelings of the people who witnessed the event, although Yang Guifei can't say goodbye with a song, but the silent departure adds to Li Longji's sorrow, a throne with thousands of rivers and mountains, even a weak woman can't protect it, a giant hand that can decide the death of thousands of Li people, but can't pull the beloved, isn't this kind of sadness the best mockery of the status of power. Liu Tangzi said with emotion, "Time has been pushed back by hundreds of years, during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan, the crown prince and the young protector, was ordered to monitor Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi. In the twelfth year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui raised an army against the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Guozhi refused to surrender, and was killed after stabbing his wife and children. As Wu Sangui's soldiers, he ate it, and none of his bones remained. Such a scene makes people shudder when they think about it, what kind of juncture and what kind of crisis moment should it be, in order to make such a determination and be so resolute. And such a scene also has no aesthetic and tragic significance, that is, killing, that is, slaughter, the difference is one's own hand, or pretending to be an enemy, the result is the same, but the meaning is different.

Zhu Guozhi knew that there would be such a result, and was appointed as the governor of Yunnan to perform his duties under the rule of Wu Sangui, the risks and dangers were doomed, and it was impossible to change.

is also parting, the same is life and death, I believe that Zhu Guozhi's wife does not have the righteousness of Yu Meiren, and dances a song to comfort the monarch before she dies, and she does not have Yang Guifei's generosity, and she is generous to thank you for her death. I don't know how Zhu Guozhi's wife said goodbye, the wife of an official eunuch believes that she must be a lady of everyone, and she can understand the righteousness of her husband, but being a wife and a mother is not for the righteousness, let alone sacrificed for the political struggle, so the sadness is here. Three men, three farewells, but give people three different pathos. ”

Liu Tangzi finished speaking, but no one made a sound, and they may have felt a lot, so they quickly broke the deadlock and said: "It's too heavy, I'll punish myself." As he spoke, he picked up his glass and drank the wine.

"Lao Liu drank a glass of wine, so who wants to kill himself again?" Li Zhengnan said in a hurry, but it was clear that everyone could hear it, and instantly his eyes fell on Hao Han's face, and he suddenly burst into laughter.

"If you die Li Zheng, you won't have any positive shape." Hao Han's face immediately flushed, a pair of apricot eyes widened, and he glared at Li Zheng angrily, "You can't say something nice, the good atmosphere has made you stir up." ”

"Okay, I surrender, and I'll punish myself with a drink." As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and dried it up, still looking at Hao Han and smiling.

Hao Han looked at Li Zheng's naughty smiling face, and couldn't help laughing, shook his head helplessly, and said with emotion: "Aiding and abusing, this kind of collective unconscious is really terrible. ”

"My big county magistrate, the collective unconscious is not terrible, what is terrible is the collective consciousness", Qian Xiangzhong easily had the opportunity to speak, and said in a lengthened tone: "In the past, it was said that there were people shoveling the uneven road, and someone was taking care of the uneven things, but now there are people scolding the uneven road, and there are people making trouble when the road is uneven, and they all know what to do, but they don't work hard according to how to do it." Tricycles, electric vehicles, pedestrians running red lights, and motor vehicles occupying the sidewalks, whether they don't know the law, or don't understand the social rules and moral norms, and even the dangers and inconveniences caused by it, all understand and know, but they all hold the psychology of not being responsible for the law and luck, and they all think that if they can't catch it, they are lucky, and if they are caught, they are unlucky. The social chaos and traffic chaos caused by such a psychological effect is a problem of management, or a problem of social mentality, and the dissatisfied are scolded by the mother, but from another point of view, the scolding mother is not also unsatisfactory, and the nosy are often blamed for violating the freedom of others, do you not know that excessive freedom is anarchy, and the victims of chaotic anarchy are precisely ordinary people. Therefore, the pillars of the Shang Dynasty City Gate have a special significance, the letter of the same time, that is, the word must be believed and the action must be fruitful, there is a law to follow is only the basis of the legal society, there is a law to follow but it is the essence of an orderly society, just like the red light just said, motor vehicles occupy the sidewalk, not without legal constraints, but without strict law enforcement. Heavy penalties for car arrest may bring pain to some people, but it is conceivable that after such punishments, there will only be fewer and fewer violations of the law, not more and more. The strict punishment law seems to have the meaning of correcting the transgression, but it has a good warning effect on the white-eyed wolf who eats meat with a bowl, puts down the bowl and scolds his mother, especially the white-eyed wolf who puts down the bowl and does not admit it. ”

"This kind of topic is too big, I can't talk about it for a while, so let's have a bar!" Peng Qun picked up the cup with a gloomy face and said loudly: "After drinking this cup, you can move freely, and you can drink as much as you want." As he spoke, he took the lead in a glass of wine.

Talking about free activities, but because the atmosphere was still not active, in addition, Peng Qun frequently led several Standing Committee members to other rooms to toast halfway, and the leaders invited by various units also frequently came to salute back.

It was Qian Xiangzhong who suggested that everyone should be busy and not miss tomorrow's big event, so after a few more drinks, he hastily dispersed.

Although Qi Tianxiang didn't know Peng Qun's true intention of deliberately snubbing Qian Xiangzhong, judging from Peng Qun's attitude, he seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Qian Xiangzhong, but looking at Qian Xiangzhong's frustrated and lonely expression, he still felt a faint happiness, and he really understood the meaning of Liu Tangzi to let him watch the play