Spring is coming quietly, and after the annual leave, the provincial party committee compound has returned to its former busyness.

After Wang Lei went to Yongcheng to take office, Chen Mingyuan officially served as the secretary of the provincial party committee, and experienced the hot in the early days of his duties.

There was an occasional ripple in the calm.

In this regard, Chen Mingyuan has long been mentally prepared, while being familiar with the explicit and unspoken rules of the officialdom system, while observing the power structure of Dongjiang Province.

This is in line with Ning Lizhong and the old man's expectations for him, hoping to use this platform to integrate him into the circle of lineage bureaucrats.

At the same time, taking advantage of the relatively relaxed environment and time, he also went to the library of Dongjiang University to get a library card, and often took a few books in the office, and read them whenever he had free time.

Although the two lives of being a human being have given him more maturity and wisdom in dealing with the world, he understands that if he wants to go further in the future, it is necessary to keep charging and learning!

On this day, Chen Mingyuan finished handling his daily affairs, and listened to the quiet corridor outside, so he read the book.

The door is open, and from time to time there is a clear spring breeze blowing in the face, which is leisurely and comfortable.

At first, Chen Mingyuan felt that this work was really cumbersome, and then Wang Lei's words and deeds taught him, and gradually realized a set of tricks: no matter who or how many people, even if they walked to the door, they should not look up, pretend to be engrossed in their work, until people walked to their desks, and they suddenly woke up to greet and show politeness!

Don't underestimate this trick, the secretary of the provincial party committee has every opportunity, I don't know how many people I have to meet with every day, if everyone comes, Chen Mingyuan has to get up and walk to the door to greet him, I don't know how many 'wronged roads' I have to walk every day, who can stand it over time?

Therefore, when Chen Mingyuan got used to the work of a secretary, he was even more handy in dealing with this matter, sitting in the office, as long as he listened carefully, he could basically judge the footsteps of acquaintances such as Lu Bonian, Shang Wenbin, and Wen Haichen, almost to the point of hearing all directions.

At this moment, he was looking at the book comfortably, there was no footsteps outside, but there were abrupt footsteps inside, and when he looked up, Ning Lizhong was already standing in front of him unconsciously, staring at himself with blazing eyes!

"Secretary Ning!"

Chen Mingyuan hurriedly got up and gave a salute.

Ning Lizhong stood with his hands in his hands, full of majesty: "Have you contacted the Beijing Office?" ”

"I have been contacted, the itinerary has been arranged, and I am waiting for Secretary General Song to review it."

"That's good, you can prepare yourself, this is the first important occasion you have experienced since you took office, and you must cheer up!"

Chen Mingyuan was busy agreeing, and in two days, Ning Lizhong and Governor Bai and others would go to the capital Yanjing to participate in the ********, and he had to accompany him.

Ning Lizhong nodded, glanced at the book resting on the table, picked it up, glanced at the title, and smiled silently: "The Way of Being an Official, I didn't expect you to read this kind of book." ”

He flipped through it a few times and said, "But do you think that if you want to be a qualified bureaucrat, you can learn the essence from books?" ”

Chen Mingyuan shook his head and said, "Of course it's impossible, and you can't even learn the fur." ”

"And you still watch?"

"There is no harm in reading it, after all, if you want to be like a fish in water in the system, in addition to understanding in continuous practice, you also need the assistance of some theoretical knowledge."

Chen Mingyuan glanced at the book and said with a smile: "I flipped through this book by chance, and I thought the analysis of bureaucrats in it was very interesting, so I used it to pass the time." ”

Ning Lizhong smiled: "I know the Tao of this book, and I have read some of it, compared to the officialdom textbooks made up by those township cadres, there are still many unique opinions, you take a look, it is indeed not bad." ”

He sat down on the chair in front of the table and said casually: "Since we all think this book is okay, then I will test you by the way to see how many layers of meaning you understand." ”

Chen Mingyuan couldn't figure out where he got his leisure, but he still waited for a question calmly.

Ning immediately pondered for a moment and said, "I'll ask you a little bit, what do you think is the difference between a good official and a bad official?" ”

Chen Mingyuan smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, Secretary Ning, I can't answer this question." ”

"Do you not know the way or don't want to say it?"

"It's you, there's no answer to that question."

Chen Mingyuan said unhurriedly: "In my opinion, whether it is our country, or the countries of various systems in the world, there is no clear distinction between good officials and bad officials, as if there are no absolute good people and bad people, if you must define it, there is only the difference between hard-hearted and soft-hearted, so in this world, the best people are those who are soft-hearted, and the worst people are those hard-hearted mediocre people!" ”

Ning immediately said with interest: "It's a little interesting, then do you think that as long as a person has enough ability, is not too greedy, and occasionally sympathizes with the people, he can become a qualified good bureaucrat?" ”

"Secretary Ning, useful and useless are actually relative, and corrupt officials and clean officials are just compared with each other."

Chen Mingyuan replied freely: "To put it arbitrarily, in my opinion, after a stupid good person takes power, he is far more harmful than a smart bad person!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ning Lizhong's smile quickly converged, and his demeanor changed to that of a voice, but motioned for him to continue.

After getting along for a while, Chen Mingyuan knew that Ning Lizhong had become completely serious, and if he dared to fool him, not only would he be easily exposed, but he would also have to be disgusted, so he pondered for a while, and said: "As the saying goes, although the Yellow River is turbid, it can also be irrigated; Although the Yangtze River is clear, it is also flooded. So I think that instead of worrying about the corruption of officials, it is better to worry about whether the officials have done something, otherwise it is useless to be honest, but it will bring disasters to the people, just like a big man who moves goods, if he can take on the work of ten people and give him the amount of food for five people, it will be worth it. ”

"Hai Rui of the Ming Dynasty is well-known for his honesty and integrity, and I did admire him when I was a child, but now that I think about it, what did he do for the community? Not to mention the fight against Yan Song, it is a nature to fight Qin Qiong with Guan Gong, it is pure nonsense, he is more famous in history, that is, his daughter accepted a stranger's baked cake, and he starved her to death, it is undeniable that his quality is worthy of respect, but I still have to say that he is not suitable to be a high-ranking official who controls the overall macro situation. ”

Ning Lizhong's eyes flashed brightly, and he said in a condensed voice: "Then Yan Song is a good official?" ”

Chen Mingyuan shook his head and sneered: "He is the most shameless kind, he is just greedy, he hasn't done anything yet, and Xu Jie, who knocked him down, is also greedy, but he is the only few capable and practical officials in the Ming Dynasty at that time, and his contribution to the country's social affairs is far stronger than Hai Rui!" ”

"There is another example, that is, the Jiajing period of Jinshi Yin Zhengmao, although he was a civilian official, but very military talent, many times led the troops to battle, never defeated, but until the rebellion was in jeopardy, he was entrusted with a heavy task to quell the rebellion, because he was too greedy, originally when he was a magistrate to eat the peasants' taxes, to the army and eat the soldiers' salaries, the Ming Dynasty corruption is not new, but this brother is greedy to the world, recommended his first assistant Gao Gong said a classic sentence, 'I allocated a million taels of military pay to Yin Zhengmao, he at least half of the embezzlement, but with his talent, it is enough to quell the rebellion, if I send an honest and mediocre man, maybe he will not be greedy for one or two, but if he can't do it, the court will have to increase the military salary, and if it drags on like this, a few million taels will not solve the problem, and in the end it will be the people who suffer'. ”

"To put it bluntly, everyone has selfishness, a political group, also has their selfishness, at the meeting of some democratic countries, a group of people will slap the table and scold their mothers for policy differences, fists and feet, at this time, many people will sigh that they can do it for the interests of the people to the point of selflessness, but tear off the surface of democracy, it is not difficult to find that what they want to pursue is nothing more than to formulate policies that meet the interests of their respective groups, as for public opinion, it is nothing more than a bargaining chip for them to fight for power and profit, and the bargaining chip, It's often foolable! ”

Ning Lizhong stared at him like a torch, as if he wanted to see him clearly, seeing that he was calmly looking at himself, after half a ring, he suddenly smiled, nodded and said: "It's rare that you are young and can see the deep water of politics so thoroughly, which is not bad." ”

He stood up, let out a long breath, handed the book back, and said: "Let me teach you one more sentence, if you want to achieve a great cause in the future, you must remember that engaging in politics is different from the morality of the people, in the political circle, the interests of the group are always above all else, when you stand at a certain height, you will understand that whether you can do a thing or not depends on personal preferences, only on whether it is in line with the interests of the group behind it, to put it mildly, that is the interests of a country!" ”

The words were serious, and Ning Lizhong undoubtedly had high hopes for Chen Mingyuan.

Seeing Chen Mingyuan nodding solemnly, Ning Lizhong smiled with satisfaction, turned around and walked back to the office, didn't take two steps, and turned back and said: "But I have to remind you that Hai Rui is certainly a little old-fashioned, but as a generation of honest and honest officials, he is deeply loved by the people, and he is also worthy of the admiration and learning of all modern officials, and you can't be slandered so much." ”

Chen Mingyuan smiled awkwardly, saw Ning Lizhong close the door, and muttered with emotion: "It's a pity that good people don't live long, and disasters will be left for thousands ......of years."

It's a pity that the crack in the door hasn't been completely closed, and Ning Lizhong on the other side can't help but roll his eyes when he hears this, and pouts in frustration.