Cheng Lutong's real name is Cheng Lutong, 53 years old this year, although he is the oldest in the Ninth Standing Committee of the county party committee, but his position is in the middle, he ranks fifth, according to the local people, is the fifth in command. In front of him, in addition to the secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate, there are also deputy secretaries who are also secretaries of the discipline inspection commission and deputy secretaries who are also secretaries of the political and legal committees.

Compared with several other county leaders, Cheng Lutong's disadvantage is not only reflected in his age, but more importantly, there is no one above him. So even if Cheng Lutong does a good job, he still flatters the blind man, not to mention the effort, and he puts so much thought into it.

After six years in the position of deputy secretary, Cheng Lutong finally figured it out: sometimes a hit must be there, and a hit is not rich and not forced. It's not yours, so it's useless to fight.

Since then, Cheng Lutong no longer cares about any promotion issues, when several secretaries in the county are fighting for a position, Cheng Lutong can be detached, and finally hide in the office, and after dealing with normal work, he began to practice calligraphy. Since there is no conflict of interest with all parties, the relationship between several leaders in the county is tense, and even in public they do not buy each other, Cheng Lutong is quite rare to maintain a good relationship with several parties.

When others ridiculed Cheng Lutong for not being ambitious, Cheng Lutong just smiled faintly. He knew very well that a cadre like him, who had nothing to do with the above and was over 50 years old, had almost no hope of jumping to the level of a regular county before retiring at the age of 60 according to the normal cadre rotation system, and the best situation would be to suddenly take up an idle post at the county level before retirement, and then enjoy the treatment of the regular county level after retirement.

Originally, Cheng Lutong's life trajectory might go on as he envisioned, but a major event happened in the county a few days ago that broke his originally peaceful life. Wang Fengming, secretary of the county party committee, died in a car accident while going to a meeting in the city. Wang Fengming's death suddenly changed the balance of political forces in the county. Mao Youcai, the county magistrate, and Liu Qisheng, who was also the secretary of the county discipline inspection commission, began to fight for the vacated position of secretary of the county party committee after Wang Fengming's death. Fang Tianming, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Qin Chuan, executive deputy county magistrate, and other members of the Standing Committee of the county party committee also chose to join the small clique of Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng according to their own interests, and began a struggle that was almost life-and-death. At the same time, the two factions said to the top at the same time, the number one leader in the county can only be produced from these cadres in the county, and if someone else is sent from above, these cadres in the county guarantee that he will roll back with a blanket roll in less than three days.

The political forces of Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng are evenly matched, and there is no difference in terms of the relationship between the above and the support of local powerful figures in the county. Even the brightest prophets have judged which side will emerge victorious in this battle for county party secretaries.

Cheng Lutong originally watched the struggle between the two political forces of Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng with the mentality of watching jokes. For him, this is just a dog-eat-dog, two-mouthed trick, no matter which of the two factions wins, there is no essential difference for Cheng Lutong, anyway, he still worked as his deputy secretary until he retired at the age of sixty. However, the political struggle is cruel, and even section-level cadres such as the bureau chief and township chief below cannot stay out of the matter, let alone a dignified deputy secretary of the county party committee?

Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng's lobbyists came wave after wave, and in the end, even Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng went into battle in person. They came to find Cheng Lutong for nothing else, just to get Cheng Lutong to support them in this battle for the secretary of the county party committee. Although Mao Youcai and Liu Qi spoke very well and sounded polite, the information that came out of the words was a threat and a temptation.

For Cheng Lutong, the lure of County Magistrate Mao and Secretary Liu will not have any effect. Cheng Lutong is now the deputy secretary of the county party committee, and in terms of official position, he is the same as Deputy Secretary Liu, who is also the secretary of the political and legal committee, but his position is slightly lower, even compared with Mao Youcai, the county magistrate, Cheng Lutong is only half a level lower. In this case, even if Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng lure Cheng Lutong, what weight can they come up with? Could it be that they will take the initiative to give up the position of county magistrate and county party secretary to Cheng Lutong? If you use other things to tempt Cheng Lutong, I'm afraid it won't be enough.

Cheng Lutong could ignore the temptation of Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng, but he couldn't ignore the threats made by the two people. Because both sides were fighting for red eyes, they simply put away their polite masks and directly issued a **naked danger. Which side is your old Cheng on, you have to make up your mind quickly. If you want to pedal two boats, it is not so cheap to be the grass on the wall that falls downwind. In short, it's either our friend or our enemy. Whether you support me as the secretary of the county party committee or not, it depends on your words!

This can make Cheng Lutong embarrassed. As mentioned earlier, Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng are about the same strength, whether it is the relationship above or the local strength, they can fight on a par. It is really impossible to see who wins and who loses on both sides, and who can finally become the secretary of the county party committee. Now that both sides are forcing Cheng Lutong to make a choice to join their respective camps, what should Cheng Lutong do?

For those lads who haven't been in officialdom, what's so hard to choose? Isn't it just a gamble? Just choose one of the options to join. Or simply no one supports both. In this way, even if one aspect wins in the future, it will not be too difficult for Cheng Lutong. But as a political veteran who has been in the officialdom for many years, Cheng Lutong knows that these two attitudes are completely unnecessary.

Let's start by saying that neither side is supported. On the surface, Cheng Lutong is flattering on both sides, and he is left and right, and no matter who comes to power in the future, it is acceptable to Cheng Lutong. But is that really the case? Not to mention that Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng have blocked the way for Cheng Lutong to step on the two boats. Even if Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng didn't say anything, Cheng Lutong would not have any good results after doing this.

Let's take a typical example, Su Dongpo during the Northern Song Dynasty. When the two major political forces of the reformer Wang Anshi and the conservative Sima Guang fought to the death, Su Dongpo did not support anyone. As a result, when Wang Anshi was in power, Su Dongpo was treated as an alternative and was not reused. After the conservative Sima Guang came to power, the fate of Su Dongpo was still to be demoted.

So how about Cheng Lutong using the bet method and casually choosing one side to join Mao Youcai and Liu Qisheng in public? When the time comes, you are betting on your luck, and you are betting on the right and wrong. This is just as scary for Cheng Lutong. If the bet is wrong, then the winner's revenge on him in the future will be even stronger than the revenge of the loser's hardcore forces.

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