The distant mountains are withered and lonely, and the trees are desolate.

On the hilltop square of the empty cemetery, in front of the bronze statue of the volunteers, Tang Yi stood silently, and behind the bronze statue, there were hundreds of martyrs' tombs. A few steps behind Tang Yi was a black head, members of the Liaodong delegation from the party, government, military and other relevant departments, some members of the youth delegation of the Republic, some members of the art troupe, cadres at all levels of the Republic's embassy in the DPRK, representatives of Chinese-funded institutions in the DPRK, representatives of overseas Chinese and overseas students, and so on.

The cold wind blew people's clothes and hunted, and everyone silently watched Tang Yi's back.

After a long time, Tang Yi folded his hands and bowed silently.

A few small birds flew into the blue sky with a wail, and at this moment, it seemed that only the bronze statue of the volunteer soldier standing in the sky and the bronze statue was left between heaven and earth, and Tang Yi who was standing quietly and solemnly in front of the bronze statue.

A few days later, a huge photograph of Tang Yi dressed in a black suit and solemn face worshipping the martyrs of the Volunteers appeared in a right-controlled newspaper in Washington, D.C., which made it its mission to promote the China threat theory and threw out a frightening idea in three days.

The first cover photo article about Tang Yi was abbreviated by the newspaper's China correspondent Paul, who wrote that the red politician wearing a Tang costume to worship the martyrs of the volunteer army contained extremely rich information, the struggle between Eastern and Western civilizations, and the restoration of the power and power of that ancient empire, these may be what the red man pursued in the depths of his heart.

He also said that clasping hands together is a Buddhist etiquette, but in modern China it has gradually evolved into a pious greeting, and the movements of this red figure contain a person of Confucianism peace and benevolence, which is another signal that we should pay attention to in the Western world.

Paul's article did not make any waves in the mainstream society, after all, although Tang Yi is the target of some media in the United States, in fact, Tang Yi's position in the political sequence of the republic is far from reaching the level of serious concern in the mainstream American society.

But the Washington Resident's well-angled photo surprised many people.

The world is long, the bronze statue full of heroic atmosphere, the plain man with a solemn face, a few steps away, the black crowd stands neatly and solemnly, the whole photo is full of a sense of oppression, which makes people feel breathless.

Perhaps many people who read Paul's article carefully because of the whole picture, and they want to know what kind of message the man in the picture is bringing to the table.

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During Tang Yi's visit to North Korea, Liaodong and North Korea signed many economic cooperation agreements, and North Korea's Sinuiju began to build a large-scale mobile phone network and liberalize the supervision of mobile phones, which made Liaodong businessmen more energetic, which means that in Sinuiju, ordinary people have become easier to own mobile phones, and do not want to North Korea's interior.

On behalf of the Democratic Union Communications and the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region Government, Long Gongzi signed an agreement with the Sinuiju Communications Branch of North Korea to form a joint venture communication company, which may be more exciting than winning Pyongyang's mobile business, after all, there are too many variables in Pyongyang.

The signing of a large number of bilateral cooperation agreements has actually linked Sinuiju and Liaodong more and more closely, and Liaodong's economic policies have once again attracted the attention of other regions of the Republic, and some provinces that value regional GDP have begun to consider the changes that the rise of economic status will bring to the political and economic map of the Republic.

In the living room on the third floor of the Provincial Party Committee Office Building, Tang Yi smoked a cigarette silently, listening to Xue Chuan's violations of policies and regulations in the construction of low-rent housing on the sofa on the other side of the coffee table. Indeed, as long as it is a big project funded by the government, it is like a big piece of fat, I don't know how many hungry wolves will be on top, as powerful as Tang Yi, no matter how many orders are repeated, this situation cannot be avoided.

In fact, Tang Yi and Xue Chuan met to discuss some prospects for Liaodong's economic planning. As soon as he got off the plane, Tang Yi received a call from his second uncle, and sat in the car back to the provincial party committee, Tang Yi and the second uncle discussed for a long time, but no one knew what they were talking about.

Tang Yi also knew that there were different voices in the high-level of the Republic on the establishment of the Sinuiju Special Zone, and now that Liaodong and Sinuiju are getting closer and closer, it will make the high-level opinion team more acute.

From the perspective of the national interests of the republic, at this stage, if the DPRK is fully opened, it will definitely be harmful and useless, but Tang Yi hopes to take a more long-term view, first of all, in the short term, the DPRK will not be fully opened, unless there are major changes in the third generation of the leadership collective, and stabilizing the situation in the DPRK and making the DPRK succession smoothly should actually be a priority for the republic, as long as the leading dynasty thinks that it can survive with the support of the republic, they will not deliberately approach the United States, If we blindly exert pressure on the DPRK to open up, it is just a political fairy tale shouted by visionaries.

As for the livelihood of the North Korean people, they are only disregarded at this stage, this is the sparkling state politics, not to mention, the life of the North Korean people is not as unbearable as the news spread on some small islands in the country, and many posts circulating on the Internet are either old posts from the suffering march of the DPRK, or they are just grandstanding.

Despite this, Tang Yi should also pay attention to these voices in China and meet with Xue Chuan to communicate, Tang Yi hopes that the economic policy of Liaodong and attracting Zhou will be supported by Xue Chuan, but he did not expect Xue Chuan to raise the issue of low-rent housing.

"Songping Hongfa real estate construction of low-rent housing in the concrete chat seriously does not meet the national standards, security personnel asked when their staff said in a loud voice, low-rent housing is this quality, the government allocated money is so little, low-rent housing, is a slum!" The more Xue Chuan spoke, the more atmospheric it became, and he raised a pointed question, will the mass-built low-rent housing area become a slum in the center of the city? If it is a new slum, how can such housing give people a sense of belonging? How to give people happiness?

Songping, no matter what region it is in now, as long as there is a major problem in the construction of low-rent housing, it means that there is a mistake in the housing supply policy formulated by Tang Yi.

Tang Yi nodded slightly, although Xue Chuan was talking about housing construction, he also reminded him that how to avoid low-rent housing settlements from becoming slums should be put on the agenda.

"The problem of Hongfa Real Estate will be transferred to the Anti-Corruption Bureau." Tang Yi snuffed out the cigarette butt and said, "Tomorrow, I will meet with Director Liu Jin and the comrades of the Construction Department to discuss the issue of strengthening the supervision of low-rent housing construction." ”

Xue Chuan was stunned for a moment, he stated for five minutes, but Tang Yi simply ended the normal discussion with a single sentence, which caught him off guard.

However, Xue Chuan quickly regained his smile, nodded, and said, "Okay, discuss it tomorrow, you just came back from North Korea, pay attention to rest." ”

Tang Yi smiled and didn't squeak.

The courtyard is deep in the Standing Committee, and the red bricks and green tiles are faintly visible under the cover of pine and cypress.

On the way home, Tang Yi received a phone call, Xiao Tan saw clearly from the rearview mirror, Secretary Tang's brows frowned slightly, and the words seemed to be from Secretary Li, Secretary Tang had never frowned because of Secretary Li's work in the past, could it be that Secretary Li made a mistake? Xiao Tan thought about earning a little, and he didn't think about it.

In the living room of the European pastoral picture, Han Dongmei, the magistrate of Kuancheng County, was sitting on the sofa waiting for Tang Yi with a little cramped, she was forced to hold the third cup of tea, and Zhou Yu sat with her, but the two couldn't find anything to talk about, and then Han Dongmei would ask her a few words about work and life. The current Han Dongmei is no longer the former Wuxia Ameng, she is the head of a county, with a tough wrist and extremely strict laws, and she is very atmospheric outside.

But when she came to Xishan, especially sitting in the living room of Xishan No. 1, coupled with the obedience and awe of Tang Yi, who had already formed in her heart, Han Dongmei was always a little unable to let go.

Wearing a well-tailored black peony flower button casual suit, reflecting his beautiful face, he is really more delicate than flowers.

Seeing Tang Yi walking in from outside, Han Dongbei hurriedly stood up, and smiled sincerely with a delicate face, "Secretary Tang"

"Ahh It's been a long wait! Tang Yi changed his slippers and gestured to Han Dongmei to sit.

"No, just a moment." Han Dongmei's words are a little insincere, he came to the provincial capital for a meeting, and he came to the Standing Committee at five o'clock in the afternoon, relying on this time will not receive too much attention, and there is nothing to do in the provincial capital.

When Tang Yi came out of the bathroom with his face clean, Zhou Yu retreated silently, and when it was not suitable for him to appear, Zhou Yu could do not exist and would not attract anyone's attention. And when you need her, she seems to be there for you forever.

"How's it going, what's the direction of the meeting in the Department of Agriculture?" Tang Yi smiled and picked up the hot tea from the nanny Xiaoli.

Mao Zhu, director of the Department of Agriculture, was promoted by Tang Yi and was also a strong promoter of agricultural reform, but the internal relationship between the Department of Agriculture was extremely complicated, because the National Development and Reform Commission and the Department of Agriculture were the departments that Secretary Zhao Fa tried to control, and the personnel relationship between these two departments is still relatively chaotic.

Han Dongmei smiled lightly. "The points document of the National Development and Reform Commission was conveyed, and nothing else was said. ”

Tang Yi nodded slightly, and his eyes fell on the two cardboard boxes stacked in the corner, looking at the packaging, it was a box of Wuliangye and a box of Chinese cigarettes.

Tang Yi smiled and said, "What? The little days are getting more and more prosperous? ”

Han Dongmei's pretty face was stunned, she had expected that sending these things would definitely be criticized by Secretary Tang, but after the New Year, she remembered that she had received Secretary Tang's care a few years ago, and she gritted her teeth and took out her savings to break a fortune, although the tobacco and alcohol company gave a big discount, these two boxes of tobacco and alcohol still cost nearly 10,000 yuan.

Han Dongmei also knew that Secretary Tang would not say anything about China, so she asked with such a smile, which made Han Dongmei very embarrassed, and said hard: "I know you don't lack this, but this is my heart, a few years ago, you and Mr. Xia gave me more than this money, I later learned that those coupons can be cashed out and people outside......

Tang Yi interrupted her with a smile: "What, you want to draw a line with me?" ”

Han Dongmei waved her hand again and again in a panic, "No, no, I, I just want to thank Secretary Tang for taking care of ......"

Looking at Mo Yang, who was at a loss for this thunderous female county magistrate who was rumored to be at a loss, Tang Yi was amused for a while, and waved his hand, "I understand your intentions, okay, I'll accept it!" He raised his hand to make a gesture to Xiaoli and said with a smile: "Take apart the cigarette, the hard-earned money of the county magistrate of Dongmei can't be wasted." ”

Seeing that Tang Yi really lit a Chinese cigarette that he sent by himself, Han Dongmei was a little happy, and even asked, "Is it easy to smoke?" After asking, I felt a little abrupt, so I hurriedly picked up my peers and drank tea to cover up.

Tang Yi took a few puffs of cigarette and asked, "There is a secretary surnamed Qiu in Kuancheng Chengguan?" ”

Han Dongmei was stunned, she didn't expect Secretary Tang to be so clear about the affairs of this small place in Kuancheng, and nodded, although Secretary Qiu was the most powerful person who did not cooperate with her work when she first went to Kuancheng, but Han Dongmei never sued in front of Tang Yi, nor did she have a round of rights and wrongs of grassroots cadres.

Tang Yi also knew Han Dongmei's temperament, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't ask, you can rub those thorns flat, those thorns generally have a few frankness, and they are good at work." ”

Han Dongmei pursed her lips and smiled, she has been following Tang Yi all the way since the Yellow Sea, she can be regarded as Tang Yi's absolute own person, Secretary Tang sometimes does not avoid much taboo when he speaks in front of her, it can be said that he always mentions his life.

"In life, there is nothing difficult, right?" In fact, Tang Yi knew that the current Han Dongmei was no longer the embarrassed female mayor when she just went to the Yellow Sea, although she would not have any gray income, but her small life was bound to be prosperous.

Han Dongmei chuckled: "I just changed to a fifty-five-inch high-definition TV, Feiyan's," she likes to talk to Secretary Tang about family affairs, and now she understands Secretary Tang's feeling of being in a high place, she just thinks that the county magistrate, there are fewer and fewer people who can speak, so what about Secretary Tang, the No. 1 Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee? In the eyes of the cadres below, this delicate and kind man is already a symbol, an unattainable symbol.

"Feiyan's." Tang Yi smiled, once upon a time, Feiyan became synonymous with domestic high-end electrical appliances.

"Alright, let's have a meal together." Tang Yi saw Xiaoli placing dishes and chopsticks in the restaurant, and smiled and gestured to Han Dongmei.

"Okay." Han Dongmei readily agreed.

The unique chandelier softly illuminates the yellow-based restaurant, and the wall decorations and cultural bricks add a lot of color to the restaurant.

On the table covered with a white and green checkered tablecloth, there are a few light side dishes, a bowl of osmanthus and cherry soup, a bowl of crucian carp soup, and a disk of white orchids, which is a bit elegant.

Beckoning Han Dongmei to sit down at the dining table, Tang Yi smiled when he saw the cherry soup: "This is specially made for you, try it, the taste is not good." I also know that Sister Lan often asks Xiaoli to make cherry soup for herself, and says that the cherry soup is for ladies and can be beautified and whitened, so Xiaoli kept it in mind.

Han Dongmei picked up the little white jade spoon and scooped a small bite, Honghong's little cherry was chewed in her mouth, and the pretty female county magistrate suddenly became a little more coquettish, maybe this kind of coquettishness, only Tang Yi can appreciate it, in front of this strong man, Han Dongmei can behave like a little woman.

"It's delicious." Han Dongmei nodded approvingly.

Suspicious sighed, "Yes, I won't be able to drink Xiaoli's cooking in the future." Xiaoli's income is getting better and better, but there is no feast in the world, and before the Spring Festival, Xiaoli timidly agreed with Tang Yi that the object of the family urged her to go back and get married. Since Xiaoli became Governor Tang's nanny, Xiaoli's family has not agreed with this earlier marriage, and even less agreed with Xiaoli to go back to get married, but Xiaoli and her hometown object childhood sweetheart, Xiaoli is very afraid that her object will be cranky, after all, to be a nanny for such a big official as Secretary Tang, it is indeed very face-saving to return to her hometown, and even the county magistrate went to her house when she visited relatives, and told her to serve Secretary Tang well and win glory for her hometown. But in fact, there are rumors in the village, saying that the nanny's work is extremely unbearable, Xiaoli knows that if she doesn't go back, it's hard to guarantee what the object will think, thinking about it left and right, or can't let go of this childhood sweetheart's relationship, so she secretly quit her job without telling her family.

Tang Yi learned some things about Xiaoli from Sister Lan's mouth, and was also very pleased with Xiaoli's choice, it was not that she didn't know that this ordinary little girl had an excellent character, so she naturally wanted to become a good thing for others.

Speaking of which, Sister Lan's income is much better than Xiaoli's, but Tang Yi always feels that Sister Lan is too lazy and not a competent nanny, in fact, Sister Lan doesn't know how diligent she is in taking care of Tang Yi's consciousness.

Han Dongmei sighed and asked with a smile: "Xiaoli is the little nanny, right?" How do you want to quit your job? ”

Tang Yi briefly explained the matter, glanced at Han Dongmei, Tang Yi suddenly smiled and said, "In this way, how about you do me a favor and be Xiaoli's wedding witness?" Tang Yi originally wanted Li Gang to go to Xiaoli's hometown to witness the marriage, but the secretary of the provincial party committee personally attended the marriage, and it seems that something is wrong, although Han Dongmei and Li Gang are also at the department level, and in fact, in terms of the status of the party, Li Gang, who did not have a title in the general office of the provincial party committee, is obviously not as good as Han Dongmei, but the secretary of the provincial party committee and the head of a county know which is more important and which is more important, let alone in the countryside, maybe for the county magistrate and the secretary of the county party committee who can occasionally be seen, it will not be too unusual, but the first secretary of the provincial party committee went, It's bound to cause a big stir. Seeing Han Dongmei, Tang Yi suddenly had an idea.

Han Dongmei chuckled and nodded, "Okay." For any of Tang Yi's opinions, she will never refuse.

When Tang Yi called Xiaoli and told her about asking County Magistrate Han to go to her hometown to help her witness the marriage, Xiaoli couldn't be more grateful, she had been worried about what to say to her parents after she went back, and she was even more afraid that her hot-tempered husband would beat her to death, now all the problems are solved, County Magistrate Han went to witness the marriage in person, what a glorious wedding it was, what else can parents say? Xiaoli even began to look forward to her wonderful wedding ceremony. "Thank you, Secretary Tang, thank you, County Magistrate Han." Xiaoli's face was red, and she thanked her one after another.

Han Dongmei smiled and said: "I am the first time to be a witness, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity, how about it, is the groom handsome?" “

Xiaoli blushed and didn't know how to answer.

Tang Yi smiled and waved his hand, and Xiaoli ran to the living room as if she had been pardoned.

Han Dongmei looked at her back and sighed thoughtfully, "There is no one around you who has not received your favor, right?" "Come to think of it, I think of the past when I was in the Yellow Sea.

Tang Yi smiled: "Favor? Seriously, right? ”

Han Dongmei turned her head to stare at Tang Yi and said very seriously, "At least that's what I think." He just stared at Tang Yi for a few seconds, and after all, he didn't dare to drink Secretary Tang looked at each other, and lowered his head a few pieces. In Liaodong, how many cadres can speak calmly to Tang Yi?

Both of them stopped talking and began to eat in silence.

After a while, Han Dongmei broke the silence, "I, I took my parents to Kuancheng District." ”

Tang Yi nodded, "It's also changed to let the old man enjoy the blessings."

Han Dongmei has been around for a lifetime, and she can't help but think of the change in her parents' attitude towards Li Quan with the promotion of her status, in fact, as early as when she was the deputy mayor of Fangezhuang Town, her father mentioned that she and Li Quan were looking for a family to divorce, but at that time, because the family forced her to marry Li Quan, although her father and mother regretted it, they were embarrassed to say too much. But now, almost every day, her parents whisper in her ear that she should cut through the mess and end this unhappy marriage. Especially after her parents came to Kuancheng, they called Li Quan back and forth, and finally had no choice but to let Han Dongmei rent a house outside and ask her parents to move in, and every time she went to visit them, her mother always hugged her and cried, saying that she had hurt her daughter, she was sorry for her daughter, thinking about you or, thinking of these troubles, Han Dongmei shook her head gently.

Over the years, she has been dependent on Li Quan, there is no doubt that Li Quan is like her relatives, in her most difficult time, only the stupid Li Quan can make her laugh from the bottom of her heart, and now she wants to break up with Li Quan, not only can she not pass her own level, but she is really reluctant. Not to mention accepting a strange relationship, she is not psychologically prepared.

"Mingshun Group, do you understand?" Tang Yi's culture interrupted Han Dongmei's reverie, Han Dongmei shook her head, put her worries behind, and said, "I've heard of it, but the specific situation is not very clear. ”

Mingshun Group also bought peanut processing products in Kuancheng and sold them to North Korea, and the price for several collective enterprises was very low, Han Dongmei was very strange at the time, and later learned that the CEO of Mingshun Group had a very hard relationship in Anton, and I heard that he was the guest of honor of Minister Zhang Zhen before.

Han Dongmei hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that Mr. Li and Minister Zhang have a good relationship, and Mingshun Group also has business in Kuancheng. I didn't continue, I thought that Secretary Tang also understood what he meant.

Tang Yi frowned, quickly stretched out, and asked with a smile, "What about Shida?" What does he think of Mingshun Group? ”

Han Dongmei thought seriously for a while and said, "It seems that a document has been conveyed, and I heard that it is to rectify the trading company." ”

Tang Yi nodded and stopped asking.