When the meeting went out, Xiao Chen hadn't gotten into the car yet, but he saw Zhang Pingchang in front of him walking slowly, and looked back at himself. Xiao Chen knew that he must have something to say to him, so he quickened his pace slightly and caught up.

Zhang Pingchang gave him a look of encouragement in comfort, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and smiled: "Don't think about it, work hard." ”

Xiao Chen nodded, and said lightly: "I don't care about the power of these three enterprises, the last time Minister Xu asked me about the so-called way of being an official, I said that I only want to be loyal to the party and worthy of the people, that's all." He suddenly sighed lightly, and subconsciously repeated the words of the great man before leaving: "Everything that should be said has been said, and everything that should be done has been done." I have already handed over the papers to the motherland and the people. ”

Zhang Pingchang nodded solemnly, and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw Deputy Secretary Ren Zhitong coming, and the words on his lips changed: "After Wang Leping came back, Secretary Yang scolded him bitterly, I originally suggested that Secretary Yang transfer him, but unexpectedly...... Instead, he went to the Provincial Political Axe Office. ”

At this time, the two nodded slightly with Ren Zhitong who was passing by, and said hello, after Ren Zhitong walked over, Xiao Chen asked, "He also went to the Provincial Political Axe Office?" This kind of person ......"

"Vice Governor Hao said that Director Wang's hospitality work is still very good, which shows that this person still has some skills in this regard......" Zhang Pingchang explained lightly.

Xiao Chen sighed, it turned out that Wang Leping seemed to be Yang Haoyuan's person, but in the end he was actually Hao Wenyong's person, yes, above the officialdom, many things are not at the last moment, who can really dare to say that he can see it clearly?

"Is there anything going on at noon? It's okay to have a light meal with me, I have a few things to communicate with you. Zhang Pingchang said with a smile.

Xiao Chen said with a smile: "The mayor has something to say, but I have to push it if I have something." ”

Zhang Pingchang said: "If you have something serious or urgent, or do your business first, I will just chat with you." ”

Xiao Chen smiled and said, "I don't have anything to do at noon, just to have a meal." ”

Zhang Pingchang glared at him: "Did I say that I would invite you to dinner, and I will have a meal, AA system!" ”

Xiao Chen laughed: "Otherwise, I'll invite the mayor, I'm a person who feeds the whole family and doesn't go hungry, and I don't have to support the family more than the mayor." ”

Zhang Pingchang also laughed: "Do you count this as please eat and drink?" Bribing a boss? ”

Xiao Chen laughed more and more happily: "If the mayor is a person who can be bought for a light meal, in this Langliu, I have no choice but to resign and go home to sell sweet potatoes." ”

Zhang Pingchang shook his head helplessly, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't talk about this, let's go, I'll take you to a small shop, the food there is cheap and delicious." ”

Xiao Chen was already accustomed to Zhang Pingchang's frugality at this time. He went to Zhang Pingchang's dormitory once some time ago, so to speak, whoever entered that dormitory would never believe that it was the place where the mayor of a dignified prefecture-level city lived. A small TV, a water dispenser, and two wooden chairs, that's all there is in Mayor Zhang's living room, not even a sofa. And in his bedroom, there is a single bed, a bedside table, a desk, a chair, and a wardrobe. At that time, Xiao Chen was also shocked, but Zhang Pingchang didn't feel anything abnormal at all, and moved a bench for Xiao Chen to sit on, he was also a bench, and sat like that and talked with Xiao Chen about work for more than two hours. (I remember that I should have said, Mayor Zhang Pingchang, this character has a prototype, and there is no doubt about some of the deeds in it, and people of a certain age in our city should know that there was such a good mayor in the late nineties.) Of course, the late 80s or 90s must not know, unless they listen to their parents. In contrast, even if Xiao Chen has been in Langliu for so long, even if he hasn't bought much for himself, but when he lived in the district party committee dormitory, it was a big house with all kinds of facilities. Even if he came to the old dormitory of the municipal axe now, the thing was that the district party committee took into account that Xiao Chen had no furniture here, so he directly sent the furniture over there for him to use. Xiao Chen really didn't think much about such a little furniture, so compared with Zhang Pingchang's bedroom, Xiao Chen only felt that his face was red, and he felt that he had always been consciously honest, but compared with Mayor Zhang, it was much more "[***]". He didn't say anything at the time, but the next day he called a car to send back the furniture of the district committee, and he gave Hu Yuze 2,000 yuan to buy a set of mid-range furniture and use it when he came back.

Xiao Chen was about to get into the car, but Zhang Pingchang pulled him and said, "That's a small shop, let's not drive, just take a taxi." ”

Xiao Chen smiled, walked out with Zhang Pingchang, turned back to Hu Yuze beside him and said, "You go to my office first to help me sort out the documents, and we will continue to rush to Jingjiang City to negotiate tomorrow." "In fact, there is nothing to say about the negotiations, but it is natural to say the same thing on the face. Hu Yuze answered.

Zhang Pingchang and Xiao Chen took a taxi and stopped in front of the Northeast Dumpling Restaurant not far from the overpass on Danyang Road, and the two of them got out of the car and walked into the dumpling shop together.

The dumpling shop is doing very well today, and it is rare that there is a big sun in early spring today, and it is warm outside, and even people who wear a little more are still a little hot. The owner of the dumpling shop refused to give up the opportunity to make money, and set up a few tables outside the storefront, of course, this is also a common practice of many small shops, and the space that can be used should be used as much as possible.

However, the business in the store was too good, but it was full, Zhang Pingchang took Xiao Chen in, ordered a few dumplings, a plate of cold dishes, and ordered two bottles of beer, to see that there were no seats inside, so he asked Xiao Chen to sit down at the open-air table outside.

Xiao Chen looked at the Tingjiang dry beer that Zhang Pingchang handed over with a smile, and said with a smile: "I have seen this new bottle once at Minister Xu's place, but today is the first time I have drunk it." ”

"If you don't know how to drink, drink less, give me more, it doesn't matter." Zhang Pingchang didn't see anything outside, and he didn't deliberately want to pour Xiao Chen's wine.

Xiao Chen smiled: "Okay, then I'll drink half a bottle, my alcohol consumption really can't stand the test." ”

Zhang Pingchang got up with a smile and took two plastic cups with the surname of one time, handed one to Xiao Chen, and then said, "Pour me a cup of yours, and blow the bottle on mine." ”

Xiao Chen laughed, opened the bottle cap with the bottle opener hanging on the table, and then poured a glass for Zhang Pingchang, and then said, "Mayor, don't drink too much beer, it seems to say that you want to have a big belly." "Zhang Pingchang is relatively thin now, Xiao Chen just said it casually.

"Where did the saying that beer has a big belly come from? Is there a scientific basis for it? Zhang Pingchang obviously hasn't studied this issue carefully, the mayor, taking off the mayor's hat, is actually an ordinary person.

Xiao Chen shook his head: "I don't know about this, but the beer is made of maltose...... Is it made or is there a lot of maltose? I'm afraid that the big belly is because I drink beer and eat at the same time, and I think it has too many calories. ”

Zhang Pingchang waved his hand: "No matter it, I have drunk beer for so many years, and I haven't seen long meat, if I grow some meat, it will be a good thing, come, eat dumplings, the dumplings in this place are very authentic, they are Northeast dumplings, and there are not many Langliu now." ”

At this time, Langliu's economy is not like that of the future, and some special snacks from all over the country can not be eaten in Langliu, this Northeast dumpling restaurant is considered to have seized a head, and even the mayor has been recruited.

Xiao Chen and Zhang Pingchang drank some beer, and the topic gradually returned to business, Zhang Pingchang slowly became serious, and asked Xiao Chen: "Secretary Yang took the three companies to the city like this, you say...... Well, what do you think in your heart? ”

Xiao Chen stopped his chopsticks, groaned for a while, and said, "It's nothing more than that I fell in love with three fat sheep, so I want to borrow my knife to kill them." Xiao Chen faced Zhang Pingchang, but he didn't hide it at all. To be honest, among the 11 members of the Standing Committee of the current municipal party committee other than him, there are a few who have confessed, but the only one who reassures him is Zhang Pingchang.

"It's not possible to kill." Zhang Pingchang also sighed a little: "But maybe I have to let some blood." ”

"State-owned enterprises are originally like deer raised by the emperor, and it is not surprising that if they are raised, they will let some blood and drink." Xiao Chen's chopsticks moved again, and he grabbed a beef and green onion dumpling and chewed it.

Zhang Pingchang took a sullen sip of beer and said, "I'm afraid that I will be ruthless and let the deer die." ”

"The emperor won't be so stupid, will he let the deer die, won't there be no blood to drink in the future?" Xiao Chen was a little unconvinced.

"Of course stupid won't be stupid, but what if the emperor doesn't know anything about deer at all, so he accidentally lets it go?" Zhang Pingchang said solemnly: "Moreover, he also thinks that this deer breeder is not very loyal to him, what if he lets the deer go one day?" Since he has such worries, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not start bleeding as soon as the deer arrives, and it will be released mercilessly with a knife, and at that time, will the people who raise the deer feel distressed? ”

Xiao Chen's chopsticks couldn't be clamped, and he took a deep breath: "But the deer is not a dead deer, if the deer screams loudly, can't the emperor see it, doesn't he ignore the eyes around him?" Besides, there is the Queen Mother and the Emperor above. ”

Zhang Pingchang shook his head: "If the emperor is determined to kill one, two, or three deer, who will have trouble with the emperor for such three deer?" Will the Queen Mother and the Emperor Taishang depose the emperor because of the three-headed deer? I think it's the deer keeper who is really anxious, right? After all, he is the one who has the most affection for deer. ”

Xiao Chen's eyes sank, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The deer keeper has always admired the Eighth Prince, if such a thing really happens, will the Eighth Prince's deer keeper sit back and watch the deer keeper's deer being slaughtered?" ”

Zhang Pingchang sighed slightly: "Eighth Prince...... It's the eighth prince who doesn't have a golden mace, he can't beat the unconscious king, the emperor wants to kill the deer, what can the eighth prince do?? ”

Xiao Chen frowned, looked at Zhang Pingchang with a helpless face, thought for a while, and said: "But the eighth prince and the emperor, after all, are the same bloodline, if the eighth prince goes to the queen mother or even the emperor to intercede for this, will the queen mother and the emperor ignore it and let the emperor kill these three deer?" You know, the relationship between the queen mother and the emperor is not very good now, but they are definitely not happy that the relationship between the emperor and the eighth prince is not good, if the relationship between the emperor and the eighth prince is too bad, their life is also boring, and the gods will be annoyed, right? ”

Zhang Pingchang smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about the immortals, where can the immortals manage this little bit of idle affairs in the world for a while?" The problem now is that the emperor is in power, and the eighth prince has no name, so he wants to do something errands, and the eighth prince has a share in everything, but if it is really a big event, the eighth prince can't say anything in the court. ”

Xiao Chen frowned slightly: "Let's go back to the issue of the deer." These three deer, now is into the eyes of the emperor and the queen mother, the emperor and the queen mother also specifically mentioned the three deer when they met this year, if the emperor suddenly wants to kill the deer, or slaughter the deer too hard, the deer keeper is anxious, he may go to the concubine to complain, to know that he can go to raise deer, after all, it is recommended by the concubine, so if the three deer are raised well, the concubine's face is also related, but if the three deer are killed by the emperor, the concubine is naturally not happy. The eighth prince is not good to ask the emperor, the deer keeper can't see the emperor, but the concubine can, the deer farmer is recommended by the concubine, and the concubine is at odds with the queen mother, and in the end he must go to the emperor...... At this time, the deer should be safe, right? ”

Zhang Pingchang shook his head slightly: "You have ignored a serious issue here. ”

Xiao Chen frowned: "What is the matter of importance?" ”

Zhang Pingchang said: "The weight of the deer keeper in the heart of the concubine is heavy, this is a little heavier, but the weight of the deer keeper in the heart of the concubine is completely different from the weight of the deer he raises in the heart of the concubine. The concubine may value the deer keeper, but she may not take the deer as a big thing, for example, the concubine may think: I have such a good deer keeper, why do I have to raise these three deer? If the emperor wants to kill, then let him kill him, and let's raise something else. ”

Xiao Chen's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, but Zhang Pingchang still continued: "And even if the concubine takes these three deer seriously and goes to tell the emperor, will the emperor take these three deer seriously?" It's hard to say. Especially now that the relationship between the emperor and the queen mother is not good, and the emperor is not approaching on both sides now, in case the emperor does not allow the emperor to kill the deer and provokes the emperor, so that the emperor is angry and follows the queen mother, so the emperor is not a big loss? ”

Xiao Chen was faintly angry: "Can't the emperor abolish the emperor?" He could have made the eighth prince the new emperor. ”

Zhang Pingchang smiled: "Set up the eighth prince as the new emperor? Just because the emperor wanted to kill the three deer, the emperor patted the board with the queen mother, and wanted to abolish the emperor and set up a new king. ”

Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, pondered, and after a while, Zhang Pingchang's wine was almost drunk, and he said: "You mean, the weight of the three-headed deer is not enough for the Emperor Taishang to come out, and it may not even be enough for the concubine to come forward to intercede?" ”

Zhang Pingchang nodded indifferently: "The emperor is currently in power, although the emperor has the ability to set up a new monarch, but the emperor must also take into account the stability of the regime, considering that it cannot cause too much shock, in this way, for another new monarch, this possible surname is very small." And the concubine ...... Just if the concubine comes forward, it is also possible to force the emperor to the side of the queen mother, and the emperor does not agree, the concubine is afraid that she will not do it. ”

Xiao Chen's thumb and index finger rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "In other words, this matter can only be resolved at the level of the Supreme Emperor, and it is best to solve it within the imperial court, and not to involve the Emperor Taishang and them, right?" ”

"Yes, but it can't be solved within the imperial court, and that's the big problem." Zhang Pingchang smiled bitterly.

Xiao Chen said: "Not necessarily, the court is not necessarily monolithic, I think the key problem lies in the Eight Sages King, the Eight Sages King is virtuous, although the status is high, but there is no one around to use it, this is the reason why the emperor covers the sky with one hand." To solve the problem of these three deer, the key lies in whether the Eight Sages King has the ability to balance the emperor. ”

"The eighth prince wants to check and balance the emperor, how easy is it to talk about it? There's no gold. Zhang Pingchang shook his head.

Xiao Chen didn't think so, he drank all the beer in the cup at once, and said: "There is no one in the Eighth Prince's court, but the deer breeder finally knows a few brothers who have worked hard together, these people have passed the imperial examination, and it is estimated that they will soon enter the imperial court. As for the courtiers...... The eighth prince should also put down his body to get closer, how can he pull them into the gang with the identity of the deer breeder? ? ”

Zhang Pingchang frowned slightly: "The Eighth Prince never forms a party. ”

Xiao Chen also shook his head and said: "The eighth prince is doing this, Qinggao is Qinggao, and he seems to have a clear conscience, but in fact, it is a small righteousness, not a national righteousness." It must be known that after the emperor's family became dominant, everything he acted arbitrarily, such as killing a deer, was an indisputable wrongdoing, how could he be allowed to do it? But if the eighth prince does not form a party, if he does not form a party, he will have no power, and if he does not have power, he will not be able to balance the emperor, and the three-headed deer will only be killed. Could it be that the eighth prince watched the three deer raised by the deer keeper being slaughtered by the emperor with a knife, drinking the blood of the deer there, laughing at the eighth prince for having no ability, and laughing at the deer keeper for doing nothing? Moreover, the Eighth Lord should also think that these three deer are just the beginning, and there may be more deer to be killed in the future. ”

Zhang Pingchang suddenly hesitated, picked up the cup there and put it down, put down the cup and picked it up again, but after a long time, he didn't drink a sip, he frowned, thought for a while, and asked in a deep voice: "Can't the deer breeder come forward?" ”

Xiao Chen slapped the table lightly: "Why can a deer farmer form a party, but the eighth prince can't form a party?" Deer breeders are bad things, so they are not upright? ”

Zhang Pingchang was stunned for a moment, heard the anger in Xiao Chen's tone, and said apologetically: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, I'm confused." Well...... If there is really no way, of course the eighth prince is on the side of the deer farmer, but the eighth prince does not form a party, this is a thing known to the world, how can the eighth prince take the first step now? ”

Xiao Chen then accepted his anger and said, "You can be so ...... like this."

Zhang Pingchang nodded again and again when he heard this: "Well, okay, okay, you can do this......"

(To be continued)