"Lao Hu, what time is it, and you still haven't slept yet?" The voice of his wife complaining came from the bedroom.

Hu Zeng looked at the quartz clock in the living room on Monday, and smiled dumbly, Xia Xiang made him excited for a long time with a phone call, and before he knew it, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening.

At noon the next day, after getting off work, Xia Xianggang walked downstairs and was about to drive to Hu Zengzhou's house by himself, and happened to meet Zhuang Qingyun. Zhuang Qingyun smiled, rubbed his hands and said, "Secretary Xia, I'll rub a car, okay?" ”

It's not the car, it's the relationship, Xia Xiang nodded and smiled: "It's no problem to rub the car, next time you have to invite you to dinner and pay me back the gas money." ”

Zhuang Qingyun laughed: "Okay, no problem, invite Secretary Xia to dinner, how many people want to invite can't come, the leader took the initiative to let me invite, it's my honor." ”

As soon as the joke started, I felt that the distance between the two was much closer. Xia Xiang also knew that Zhuang Qingyun was not passing by accidentally, he didn't have a car, he never came to the parking lot, and today he was waiting for him.

Sure enough, as soon as he got on the road, Zhuang Qingyun said with a serious face: "Secretary Xia, I have found a noteworthy problem, and I must report it to you." ”

Xia wanted to see Zhuang Qingyun and report to work, but he didn't know what attention he was calling, whether he wanted to hit someone else's small report, or did he want to take the opportunity to get closer? He asked, "What is so serious?" "Minister Mu has somewhat violated discipline in the promotion and appointment of cadres." Zhuang Qingyun's expression was very serious, obviously not joking.

Xia Xiang was taken aback, he was very clear about the relationship between Zhuang Qingyun and Hu Zengzhou, and also understood the fact that Mu Yunshan and Teng Fei were also Hu Zengzhou's descendants, so there was a natural intimacy between Zhuang Qingyun and Mu Yunshan and Teng Fei, but according to his secret observation, after Zhuang Qingyun took office, he had little contact with Mu Yunshan and Teng Fei, and he always thought that Zhuang Wuyun was deliberately putting on a posture of alienating the two of them to outsiders, but now Zhuang Qingyun suddenly hit Mu Yunshan's small report, which made Xia Xiang secretly wonder about Zhuang Qingyun's true intentions.

Zhuang Qingyun also saw Xia Xiang's speculation, and did not explain, and continued to talk about Mu Yunshan's problem: "A few years ago, there was a promotion of a group of deputy section-level cadres, and Minister Mu reported to me according to the usual practice. At that time, in order to take care of his emotions, I agreed to the instructions on the materials, but emphasized that it should be reported to Secretary Xia for approval...... I thought he would report to you for a later date, but I didn't expect to find out yesterday that the Organization Department had issued a document approving the appointment. ”

The Organization Department of the District Party Committee approves the promotion of deputy section-level cadres, which is within the scope of authority, Xia Xiang, as a secretary, does not have the energy to look at them one by one, Mu Yunshan's approach is also a normal move, which is beyond reproach. But when Zhuang Qingyun deliberately proposed to let him hand it over to himself, Mu Yunshan did not send the newspaper to be approved by himself, and there was no mistake in doing so, but from Zhuang Qingyun's position, Mu Yunshan's move obviously had two things to find fault with.

First, Mu Yunshan's contempt for Zhuang Qingyun's authority. Zhuang Qingyun is the deputy secretary, mainly focusing on personnel, in charge of the organization department, Zhuang Qingyun's opinion, Mu Yunshan must be treated carefully, no matter whether Mu Yunshan has a personal relationship with Zhuang Qingyun or not, but business is business, and no one allows others to challenge authority within the scope of authority.

The second is Mu Yunshan's ignorance of Xia Xiang. Ming Ming, the deputy secretary reminded Mu Yunshan to submit Xia Xiang's review, but Mu Yunshan turned a deaf ear, not only did not ask Xia Xiang's review, but also approved the appointment on his own initiative, obviously not taking the secretary's authority to grasp the overall work in his eyes.

Of course, this matter can be big or small, if Xia wants to ask, Mu Yunshan will also have a bunch of reasons, and he can even use words within his authority to push him off. Also, it is true that the secretary is in charge of the overall work, but he cannot intervene in everything. Even the promotion of secretaries of deputy section-level cadres has to be decided, so what's the use of the organization department? Is it that the secretary of the provincial party committee must review the promotion of department-level cadres in the province one by one, then don't do anything else, and you can be tired of reading materials every day!

In other words, there is no problem in this matter from a procedural point of view, and the problem is Mu Yunshan's attitude. Did he do it on purpose, or was it unintentional negligence? It will definitely not be negligence, people in the officialdom can neglect their wives and children, they can neglect their lovers, they can neglect the people, but they must not neglect their superiors. Whoever neglects the superior leaders will have no future and will be neglected by the superior leaders. Then it is safe to say that Mu Yunshan is obviously targeted in doing this.

Whether it is aimed at Zhuang Qingyun and deliberately does not take Zhuang Qingyun's instructions seriously, or is it aimed at him, the number one, ignoring the authority of his secretary, it is worth intriguing.

Xia Xiang turned his head and glanced at Zhuang Qingyun, and saw that Zhuang Qingyun had regained his calmness, thinking that Zhuang Qingyun's move was to sow discord, or to show loyalty to him? Or both? Thinking of Zhuang Qingyun's serious face just now, and now with a calm face, Xia wanted to understand that Zhuang Qingyun wanted to use this matter to win his favor, and asked him to take the opportunity to properly beat Mu Yunshan.

Mu Yunshan has indeed gone a little too far, not to mention whether the two deputy section-level cadres with problems are worth his eyes as the secretary of the district party committee, but at least he must show an attitude, and it is also necessary to make a show. How many things in officialdom are not deliberately made? If you don't make a show, how can you show your respect for your superiors? Sometimes there must be more than necessary, and if you have, maybe the leader will blame you for many things. If not, the leader will blame you for being ignorant.

Between the two conclusions of "troublesome" and "ignorant", many people would rather choose "eventful" than "ignorant"0 The implication of ignorance is that it cannot be reused.

I'm afraid it has something to do with the relationship between Zhuang Qingyun and $$ Mu Yunshan, in the final analysis, in fact, Mu Yunshan is still demonstrating to Zhuang Qingyun, which is a small provocation against Zhuang Qingyun.

It should be related to Zhuang Qingyun's disconnection with Mu Yunshan, Xia Xiang didn't want to get involved in the trick between Zhuang Qingyun and Mu Yunshan, but Mu Yunshan's move did have a point of loss, so he gave Zhuang Qingyun a fairly positive answer: "I will talk to Comrade Yunshan when I go back, and I must put an end to free and loose thoughts in my work." ”

Zhuang Qingyun saw that Xia Xiang just responded painlessly, so he nodded and smiled, said no more, and diverted the topic.

When he arrived at Hu Zengzhou's house, "Hu Zengzhou lives in the Standing Committee building behind the Municipal Party Committee compound, which is very close to the Municipal Party Committee compound. Zhuang Qingyun is the deputy secretary, and it is said that with the respect of the deputy secretary, there is no need to open the door for Xia Xiang diligently, but when Xia Xiang saw Hu Zengzhou and Mu Yunshan and Jiang Tengfei standing at the door, he had a deeper understanding of Zhuang Qingyun's actions. Zhuang Qingyun is for people to see, for Hu Zengzhou, but also for Mu Yunshan and Teng Fei.

Xia Xiang somewhat understood the reason why Zhuang Qingyun, Mu Yunshan, and Teng Fei's relationship was about to separate, although the three of them were all descendants of Hu Zengzhou, and they had the basis and possibility of joining forces, but they might not necessarily have the inevitability of joining forces. There are thousands of differences between people, Zhuang Qingyun has a complex personality and is calm. Mu Yunshan is calm, fickle, and has a side of playing with power, it is estimated that Zhuang Qingyun does not like Mu Yunshan's personality very much.

Interestingly, Hu Zengzhou finally installed three descendants in the dismount area, but the three of them were not in harmony, presumably Hu Zengzhou was also very depressed.

However, seeing Hu Zengzhou descending to greet him and giving him enough face, Xia Xiang walked forward quickly, holding Hu Zengzhou's hand stretched out from afar, with a smile on his face: "The morning sun is warm in spring, and the greetings are in my heart." Wen Tao draws a blueprint, and aspires to be high and far-reaching, Mayor Hu, I wish you a steady progress every year, and a horse and a flat river every year! ”

Xia Xiang carefully prepared the greetings are both elegant, but also lofty, Hu Zengzhou was originally a literati, secretly boasted of being a calligrapher, Xia Xiang celebrated his birthday with poetry, won his heart. Thinking that Xia Xiang was the only one who knew that he was a calligrapher, and kept it secret for him for several years, and never leaked half a point, it made him take a closer look at Xia Xiang's character.

Hu Zengzhou held Xia Xiang's hand tightly, and his face was full of spring breeze: "It turns out that Xiao Xia still has the talent to compose poetry, which is admirable, hehe." When we have time, we drink tea together, talk about poetry, and steal half a day of leisure, which is also a great joy in life......

Hu Zengzhou's cordiality and enthusiasm fell in the eyes of Mu Yunshan and Teng Fei, and it had a different meaning, Mu Yunshan and Zai Tengfei glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.

Zhuang Qingyun stood behind Xia Xiang with a calm face, about half of his body, with a hint of a smile in his eyes. His attitude is thoughtful, and his posture is also very respectful, which really makes people unable to find any fault, but in Mu Yunshan's eyes, the more he looks at Zhuang Qingyun, the more unpleasant he becomes.

The so-called traitor is loyal, Zhuang Qingyun is loyal or traitorous is not important, the important thing is who he is loyal to and who he is traitor.

Being loyal to Hu Zengzhou is naturally a good thing, but if you are loyal to Xia Xiang, it will be a big trouble. Now the more Mu Yunshan looks at Zhuang Qingyun, the more he feels that he is pretentious, and his every move reveals uncomfortable hypocrisy.

Zhuang Qingyun obviously knew that he and Teng Fei would also come over, but he wanted to sit in the same car with Xia, what was his purpose? Could it be that he deliberately wanted to show Mayor Hu that his relationship with Xia Xiang was extraordinary, and that he had enough influence on Xia Xiang to increase his weight in Mayor Hu's mind?

Yes, Mayor Hu's next step is Secretary Hu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Yanshi Municipal Party Committee, who doesn't want to increase the proportion in the minds of the top leaders, so that the top leaders can take a look at it? But the problem is that the number one is also a person, and the position in the heart is limited, with Zhuang Qingyun, there may be no Mu Yunshan. Mu Yunshan's eyes were implicitly dissatisfied, and he secretly stared at Zhuang Qingyun for a long time.

Zhuang Qingyun had already noticed the dissatisfaction in Mu Yunshan's eyes, he pretended not to see it, still stood aside with a smile, waiting for Hu Zengzhou to greet him, but did not take the initiative to say hello to Mu Yunshan and Teng Fei.

The atmosphere was very subtle, and there was a hint of embarrassment that was not easy to detect, Hu Zengzhou didn't know if he really didn't notice it, or pretended, anyway, after he shook hands with Xia Xiang, he shook hands with Zhuang Qingyun briefly, and then led everyone into the house.

Hu Zengzhou's lunar birthday has not been announced, and those who come today are not outsiders, they are all the people he recognizes, trusts and has the closest relationship with. There were not many people in the room, only a few members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Su Gongchen, Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Hui Yongyi, Minister of Propaganda, Sun Aiyong, Secretary of the Shibei District Party Committee, and a few first- and second-in-command leaders from other districts and counties, most of whom Xia Xiang did not know.

At a glance, Xia Xiang understood in his heart that the people in front of him were basically all the strength of Hu Zengzhou in Yan City, and they were indeed weak and had no heavyweights. There is a secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Su Gongchen, who is also a typical political opportunist, good at finding the right and the right and taking advantage of the chaos.

Xia Xiang originally walked behind Hu Zengzhou, in front of Zhuang Qingyun and others, and when he arrived at the house, his steps were slow, and he was at the end. Everyone saw Hu Zengzhou, Zhuang Qingyun, Mu Yunshan, and Teng Fei coming in, "They all nodded and smiled, it was considered that the etiquette had arrived, and when a few people flashed, they revealed Xia Xiang, who was at the back.

As soon as Xia Xiang appeared, the atmosphere that was originally a little noisy suddenly fell silent, the atmosphere froze, and everyone's eyes fell on Xia Xiang, with questions, surprises, puzzlements, panic and dodging. Xia Xiang? How is he? How did he get here? What did he come to do? The eyes of countless questions flashed, everyone had different thoughts, and for a moment, the whole room was frighteningly quiet.

Mu Yunshan's eyes kept flashing, Xia Xiang was just a secretary of the district party committee, in front of everyone present, his level was not high, his qualifications were shallow, and his influence was too amazing, as soon as he appeared, it was even more shocking than Chen Feng's appearance.

After a moment of coldness, Su Gongchen laughed and stood up: "Xia Xiang is here, why don't you say it in advance?" I'll go out and pick you up, hehe. While speaking, he left his seat very eagerly, walked in front of Xia Xiang in a few steps, and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Xia Xiang, "I haven't seen you for a while, I have to sit together when I have time, I still have something to talk to you about." ”

Everyone opened their mouths in surprise, and the dignified Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Su Gongchen, got up to greet Xia Xiang, Secretary of the Xiama District Party Committee, Xia Xiang also had a lot of face, what did he rely on?

Everyone knows that Su Gongchen's personality is a kind of person on the surface, but in fact, he is the most snobbish, and he often speaks nicely, but if you are useless to him, or if you are down, he will definitely say that people don't do things.

Take ordinary etiquette as an example, Su Gongchen is the person who attaches the most importance to the etiquette in the officialdom, one is one and two is two, and there is no ambiguity. Usually if you snub him a little, he will show dissatisfaction. The discipline inspection commission system has considerable independence and great power, and basically everyone in the municipal party committee is polite to Su Gongchen, and they are also very polite.

Today, as soon as Su Gongchen saw Xia Xiang appear, he got up to greet him with a smile on his face, and he didn't pretend at first glance, "Su Gongchen has always had to say that he is obedient and will not take action, once he has action, it proves that he is not pretending to surprise everyone one by one, when did even Su Gongchen be so polite to Xia Xiang?"