Yanjing, Yuquan Mountain.

On a clear morning, when Qu Lao came back from a walk and birds, Qi Rongying, the deputy head of the guard regiment, immediately greeted him, took the bird cage and hung it carefully.

After Qu Lao washed his hands, he sat down on the old bamboo chair in the courtyard, picked up the hot tea that had just been brewed and drank two sips, and his old face became a little comfortable.

"Elder Qu, your spirit is getting better and better!"

Qi Rongying respectfully put the internal reference document that had just been sent on the coffee table, and presented a pair of reading glasses.

"It's rare to be idle for a while, and your mentality is naturally relaxed."

Qu Lao did not rush to see the internal reference documents, put down the porcelain cup, habitually rubbed the agarwood carving, the vivid Pisces wood carving after nearly a year of polishing, the appearance is becoming more and more rounded, faintly shining with a bit of simple and restrained luster, but the refreshing fragrance has not faded at all.

Over the past year, the dignitaries and nobles who came to meet the country's elders have found that Qu Lao has such a habit, and I don't know if the Tao is a hundred years old agarwood really has such a miraculous effect, so that Qu Lao's complexion is getting better day by day, and even the spleen and stomach diseases that have plagued most of his life are not cured with medicine, with the circulation of rumors, the antique industry in Yanjing City has set off a boom in agarwood collection, down to the merchants and gentry, up to the senior officials of the ministries and commissions, competing to have the honor of having the best agarwood for the identity.

After rubbing for a while, listening to the white magpie's clear song, Qu Lao suddenly asked, "The girl of the Mu family has returned to Yanjing again?" ”

Qi Rongying nodded and replied, "I just arrived yesterday, I'm afraid it's for the recent things." ”

"Come to think of it, the situation is so confusing, at this time, she is needed to come to town." Qu Lao sighed: "Don't look at his Mu family, which is full of talents, but he can really do great things, except for the second child of the Mu family, this is also this girl, his old Mu left such a posthumous daughter before leaving, which can be regarded as the creation of his Mu family." ”

Qi Rongying understood that Elder Qu's appreciation for the third lady of the Mu family was from the bottom of his heart, and Elder Qu even made it clear that if Mu Jiayin was a man, his achievements would probably be far above that of political heroes such as Mu Dingyin!

And the purpose of Mu Jiayin's trip, he also knows that it is probably in the process of the change of power between the old and new ruling groups, and some of the following families will stand in line again.

Standing in line is an eternal topic in political officialdom from ancient times to the present, and it is also the most important lifeline that cannot be ignored. The Mu family can stand at the top of China for a hundred years without falling, naturally has his unique rules of standing in line, how to harvest more political benefits in this change of power, is undoubtedly a checkpoint that Mu Jiayin, Mu Dingyin and other clansmen must be cautious!

One is the undiminished power of the emperor, and the other is the new monarch who has just ascended to the throne, which is already destined to be a long-lasting and unpredictable situation.

After a long silence, Qi Rongying added: "With her, there is also the grandson of Old Mayor Chen. ”

Old Mayor Chen, it is Chen Rongting, the old man of the Chen family, because he was the mayor of Zhonghai, so many old people in Yanjing are used to calling him so.

Qu Lao smiled lightly and said: "I saw some clues at the beginning, it's really true, the Mu family girl will not do a loss-making deal when she is young, but for Chen Rongting's grandson, she has paid a lot, rare, really rare......"

"Yes, it can be seen that Miss Mu San attaches great importance to that person, and this time she even did not hesitate to disobey the family's intentions." Qi Rongying glanced at the small building of the same style not far away, and said in a low voice: "I got the news in the past few days, it seems that the old lady of the Mu family and the old man of the Kou family have nodded about the marriage......

"It's Kou Beiyan's kid, right?" Elder Qu raised his eyebrows, and when the teacup was pressed against his lips, he muttered, "That kid...... It's very talented, but it's not a good match after all. ”

After speaking, he shook his head with some regret.

After several poverty alleviation projects in the west of the county were on the right track, Chen Mingyuan could finally breathe a sigh of relief, taking advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, he went north to Yanjing, and the first thing he did was to visit Ning Lizhong.

In early summer, Yanjing Xiaoming Lake, with blue waves and lotus fragrance, is the residential area of the Standing Committee of Yanjing Municipal Party Committee.

Chen Mingyuan made an announcement at the sentry gate, and after about a cup of tea, a beautiful girl walked out, and when she saw Chen Mingyuan, she raised her hand with a smile and shook it, but it was Ning Qiqi.

"There are more people walking around the house this year, and others are rushing to come, but it's good for you not to come for half a year!" Ning Qiqi led the way with a smile, looking back from time to time and reminiscing about the old narratives with a smile.

Chen Mingyuan smiled, Ning Lizhong was promoted to a member of the Political/Bureau Committee, and his family was naturally in a good situation, so he smiled and said, "Secretary Ning and Mrs. Zeng have been doing recently?" ”

Ning Qiqi smiled: "It's all good, you know that you are coming, and you are still talking in the morning!" ”

The two turned a few corners, and then stopped in front of a small courtyard, the so-called gate, which was just a simple iron fence.

When he entered, Ning Lizhong was standing by the pond in the yard to feed the fish, and when he saw Chen Mingyuan coming in, he threw all the fish food in his hand into the tank, then clapped his hands and said loudly: "You are a busy man, you are willing to come to see me." ”

Chen Mingyuan half-jokingly said: "No way, I'm busy serving all the evil capitalists!" ”

Ning Lizhong was in a very good mood, and replied: "He is a capitalist, but he is also an entrepreneur, and entrepreneurs have contributed to the stability and progress of society by developing the economy and promoting employment, so not all of them are evil!" ”

Chen Mingyuan quipped: "Hearing you say that, I also feel that my work is nobler!" ”

The two made a casual joke and regained some of the feeling of working together.

"Don't stand, let's talk in the room." Ning Lizhong beckoned Chen Mingyuan into the house, and said, "Your aunt Zeng went mountaineering with her friends early in the morning, and she wants to come back later, she is also very worried about you, so she will stay for dinner at noon." ”

"I can't ask for it!"

Chen Mingyuan was not polite, and handed over a few gifts to Ning Qiqi, "I know that you are not short of things, so I simply brought some pre-rain Longjing that was just picked this year, which is enough for you to drink for a while." ”

"Whoever knows me is like you boy!" Even if you are the leader of the country, in the face of Chen Mingyuan, Ning Lizhong is still amiable, made a pot of tea with his own hands, and said, "It's been going well down there recently, right?" ”

Chen Mingyuan said: "There are some small difficulties, but they have all been solved and do not affect the work." ”

Ning Lizhong bowed slightly, and arranged for Chen Mingyuan to go to Ruining, he did a lot of considerations, in addition to the relatively relaxed political atmosphere there, on the other hand, he considered that the completion of the southern highway will lay an extraordinary opportunity for the economic development of the southern part of Dongjiang Province, and he very much hopes that Chen Mingyuan can take this opportunity to do a career!

He has always believed that this is a young man who can always create miracles and surprise people.

But this time, after Chen Mingyuan went down, he opened up the situation in a short period of time, but it still completely exceeded Ning Lizhong's expectations!

He thought that Chen Mingyuan would need at least a few months to settle down and adapt to his new role, but who knew that Chen Mingyuan almost relied on his own strength to not only calm down the local underworld forces, but also effectively control the weather vane of the Standing Committee!

In all fairness, this wise and extraordinary means of scheming, Ning Lizhong was also far from sighing to himself at his age!

"If you are engaged in a construction business, there will always be more or less difficulties, depending on how you deal with them." Ning Lizhong poured two cups of tea, and said unhurriedly: "You did a very good job this time, you are well-founded, there is no radical action with will, and there is no forbearance to go with the flow, which is very good!" ”

Chen Mingyuan smiled humbly: "I just did something within my part. ”

"So what's next for you? For example, what are the new plans for the development direction of the county? For Chen Mingyuan, Ning Lizhong does not look at it all from the perspective of his subordinates, but with a kind of year-old friend, he hopes that Chen Mingyuan can say some problems, and then he can use his own experience to give some help and suggestions.

Chen Mingyuan said bluntly: "In a word, step by step." ”

Ning Lizhong was a little interested and said, "Let's talk about it specifically." ”

Chen Mingyuan pondered it and talked eloquently: "I have carefully studied the development plans of the previous officials, in a word, they are generally the idea of feeding agriculture with industry and achieving the same pace, which is very consistent with the resource conditions of Ruining in all aspects, and it is also very reasonable, since it is reasonable, I think as long as I stick to it and do it well, there is no need to stuff some new things into it......

Ning Lizhong was not only surprised this time, but as if he had rediscovered a treasure, he didn't expect that Chen Mingyuan would have this mentality of becoming proficient not long after he was in charge of the party, even the high-ranking officials and powerful people who have been immersed in the sea for many years may not have this awareness.

You must know that when you are a leader, you will inevitably have some ideas of 'leaving a name and leaving a voice', and you always feel that if you don't leave something new during your tenure, you will come for nothing, so many people can't wait to overturn the policies of their predecessors after taking office, and then follow their own ideas to break the back.

The result of the worst result is that the order is changed overnight, but the people are tossed enough.

Ning Lizhong has seen too much of these situations for decades, even some feudal ministers, they are still unavoidable, and they are ready to move all day long, planning to change the status quo, to introduce that policy, and to embark on several mega projects, so he was in Dongjiang Province at the time, trying to avoid direct intervention in local development, but trying to eliminate some of the malpractices at the top and guide the direction of reform on the right track, in order to give his successor a generous space to play.

Before, he was worried that Chen Mingyuan had stayed in the provincial party committee for too long, and it was inevitable that he would be a little ambitious, and his eyes would be low, but now it seems that he is worrying about the sky, and with a wave of his hand, he took out a chessboard from under the coffee table, and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about these for now, come, accompany me to play two games!" ”