On the day of the winter solstice, Fengling Township held the unveiling ceremony of the "She Nationality Township". The winter solstice is the most lively day in Fengling Township, and the people in the mountains are not like the people in the city who rush to the market on the street every day, but this day is a big day that has been customary for hundreds of years. Not only are buyers and sellers gathered, but debt collection and repayment mostly occur on this day. The simple Fengling people were borrowed and delayed for a long time, and they were usually embarrassed to ask for it. On this day, you will be able to collect debts generously. It is not surprising that people who are being collected for debts, this is a custom that has been practiced for hundreds of years, called "owe money but the winter solstice". For ordinary people, the winter solstice is more practical than the return day of Macao two days ago. Yuan Jinpeng arranged the unveiling ceremony on such a day when thousands of people were empty, which could not be more appropriate. The unveiling ceremony was of a very high grade, and Vice Governor Li of the provincial government personally attended, and the region and county naturally did not dare to slack off, and a large number of leaders came. When the people of Fengling saw so many high-end cars and so many big officials coming at once, they circled around again and again.

At the end of the song, Yuan Jinpeng fell into deep thought, and he faintly felt that Zhou Qiushui was very cold to him, a kind of indifference from the bottom of his bones. On the surface, he was very polite and called him "Secretary Yuan". He knows very well what it means for the leader to deliberately distance himself from you. Previously, the county party committee suddenly arranged Lin Hao to serve as the head of Fengling Township, which was completely unexpected and made him feel unhappy. He and Lin Hao are very familiar, but they don't get along well. Lin Hao once served as the deputy director of the county party committee office, and after Wang Yeqin was transferred from the deputy secretary of the county party committee to the director of the county people's congress, Lin Hao was transferred to the director of the county people's congress office, which can be called Wang Yeqin's confidant. There is a saying that literati are light, but Yuan Jinpeng knows in his heart that he can't get used to Lin Hao has nothing to do with it, not to mention that he thinks Lin Hao can write some materials. He couldn't get used to Lin Hao's flattering ugliness in front of the leader, but Lin Hao thought that Yuan Jinpeng had a low eye and a scholar, and the two of them naturally did not agree with each other. There is another point that makes him wonder, Lin Hao is nearly forty years old, how can he be willing to come to such a poor and remote place to be the head of the township. Yuan Jinpeng once strongly recommended Bao Kaixuan to take over as the township head, and Liu Zhenji said that the township head must be of the She ethnic group. As a result, Lin Hao came, is Lin Hao a She? God knows, say you are. Wang Lide is nothing more than a small report, Lin Hao has been in the county party committee office and the people's congress office for so many years, and his foundation is very deep, or it won't be long before he will compete with you for power and profit, and sing against the stage. If you go to the top, it will be difficult for you to make any money. What is called the front door to drive the wolf and the back door to welcome the tiger, this is a living example!

For a few days in a row, Yuan Jinpeng was puzzled, with Lin Hao's qualifications and activity ability, he could go to a better unit, how could he be willing to come to Fengling to be the head of the township? New Year's Day coincides with the weekend, and there are many lively programs on TV that have stepped into the new century. But the small county town seems a little deserted, and Yuan Jinpeng accompanies the children at home and reads idle books. Feng Shida called and said to come and chat. It was only at this time that he figured out the real reason why Lin Hao came to Fengling.

A few months ago, when the county audit bureau carried out a routine audit, it found an invoice for office supplies worth more than 8,000 yuan at the county people's congress. An invoice is not worth making a fuss about, but the problem is that there is a line written on the reverse side of this invoice: Director Wang used to buy a mobile phone. Usually, even then, there is no trouble. It is an open secret that county leaders use public funds to buy mobile phones, and it is forbidden to buy them when you order them. Besides, the director of the audit bureau is appointed by the county people's congress, and a fool will hold on to such a small issue. This time, there was a mess, not that the director of the audit bureau was stupid, but that the copy of this invoice was sent to Shen Qingshan, secretary of the regional Commission for Discipline Inspection, by someone who did not know. As the old saying goes, if the people don't raise it, the officials won't be held accountable. Everyone tacitly understands the mobile phones in the hands of officials, who often cost thousands of yuan, and Shen Qingshan is no exception, and the law does not blame the public. Now that someone has sued, and the evidence is conclusive, Shen Qingshan naturally pretended to be confused again, and immediately gave instructions to investigate and deal with it. However, the results of the investigation are a bit of black humor. Lin Hao used office funds to buy mobile phones without the consent of the main leaders, and Wang Yeqin passively used mobile phones without knowing the value of mobile phones. In the end, the regional discipline inspection commission gave Wang Yeqin an intra-party notice of criticism, and the county discipline inspection commission gave Lin Hao an intra-party warning.

"It is said that Lin Hao snorted and cried in front of Wang Yeqin this time, but he was still driven out." Feng Shida said in a low voice.

Yuan Jinpeng had heard about this a long time ago, but he pretended to be very interested: "Oh, it seems that Director Wang is sad." However, it seems that Lin Hao has a few places to go. ”

Feng Shida sat on a rattan chair and leaned sideways to Yuan Jinpeng: "I said that I was going to the Cultural Bureau or the Economic Commission to be the secretary of the party committee, but later I heard that you were going to change the ethnic township here, Wang Lide was transferred, and he took the initiative to ask to be the head of the township, and found a lot of leaders." ”

Yuan Jinpeng asked: "I don't understand, will the position of a poor township chief be better than those two?" ”

"You don't understand, do you?" Feng Shida smiled meaningfully.

Seeing Yuan Jinpeng's dazed look, Feng Shida continued: "It was Huang Tao's idea, they are old classmates, and they must be considered for him." Your Fengling has been transformed into an ethnic township, and there are naturally many projects, and the township chief has risen and become a shortage of fat. ”

Yuan Jinpeng smiled: "Overestimated." I think it's still the same, nothing has changed. ”

Feng Shida lowered his voice again: "The cement highway from the county seat to Fengling is estimated to be approved, and the project will cost more than 10 million." Six of the seven ethnic minority townships in the province have been connected to cement roads, and you have just changed to ethnic townships, and according to the usual practice, the first practical thing the province has done for you is to build roads. In addition, several provincial-level units that are so rich that they will be arranged to help the poor in Fengling. ”

Yuan Jinpeng was surprised, he didn't know anything about these things: "There is such a thing, why don't I know?!" ”

"One hundred percent! That day, Vice Governor Li revealed it to Secretary Zhou in person before returning to the provincial capital. Mr. Jie, let me come over and meet with you, and he will definitely be able to get a few bids for the cement road. Feng Shida said, looking like he was in his chest.

I see! Yuan Jinpeng took most of the day to figure out Feng Shida's intention. Feng Shida has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and time is very expensive. Yuan Jinpeng suddenly felt that the quiet and comfortable life in the mountains had dulled him. When I go home and go back to the county, I just accompany my wife and children and read books, and I don't go out to visit the door, and it is rare for someone to come to visit the door, of course, the information is blocked. As the saying goes, long goodbyes to old friends. In the past, some colleagues and friends who often came and went rarely met and made phone calls. Having said that, if you Yuan Jinpeng don't take the initiative to contact others, how will people know that you are back. Last year, he was equipped with a mobile phone, but there was no signal in Fengling, and few calls came in when he returned to the county, and it became an ornament. Facts have proven time and again that when you are in officialdom, you must not stay away from the center of power, otherwise you will sit on the cold bench sooner or later.

Yuan Jinpeng had doubts and asked, "I'm afraid it's not so fast, right?" ”

"The road will definitely be built sooner than you think," said Fung said. The road is fifty-seven kilometers long, and at least six tenders are to be tendered. ”

Yuan Jinpeng was confused: "What's so important here?" ”

Feng Shida said: "Regardless of whether the owner unit is the county transportation bureau or you, the project must be taken in the name of your ethnic township, and you will also be asked to take a loan to pay for the matching funds, and your opinions are very weighty. This road is divided into several sections, which is good for coordinating the relationship. There must be leaders in the province and region to say hello, and there are more people in the county who want to repair. ”

Seeing that Yuan Jinpeng was silent, Feng Shida continued: "Chen Wensheng has been here for a short time, but he can't guarantee that he will speak, and people will beat around the bush to find him to pull a relationship." Huang Tao has been in charge of the Planning Commission and transportation for many years, and he must have stepped in. In addition, the bidding law will be implemented this year, and the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Supervision Bureau are responsible for supervising the bidding, and it is difficult to say whether Yang Dazhong will introduce someone to take over the project, after all, he wants to take over the deputy secretary, and he must pay attention to the social impact. However, after the bidding starts, maybe there are still many leaders with heads and faces, and there are fewer bids, how to balance? ”

Yuan Jinpeng admitted that in terms of project contracting, Feng Shida is an expert, and he considers the problem more comprehensively and carefully than ordinary people. But anyway, since you are determined to succeed, and under the banner of Zhou Qiushui, Zhou Qiushui must always have an attitude. This may be an opportunity for him and Zhou Qiushui to improve their relationship.

"This matter is not so complicated, Secretary Zhou's decision is, we listen to the leader!" In Yuan Jinpeng's words, he also hoped that Feng Shida would convey goodwill to Zhou Qiushui. In fact, how could the top leader of the dignified county party committee make a straightforward decision, at best, a little hint.

Before leaving, Feng Shida put down a piece of Pu'er tea cake and said that it was brought over by President Jie, which was produced in 1985 and was very precious. Yuan Jinpeng politely excused himself and put it on the coffee table. Looking at this black and valuable tea cake, he suddenly remembered, isn't this the most suitable gift for County Magistrate Chen Wensheng? Chen Wensheng has been in office for so long, and he has been looking for an opportunity to visit privately, but he has not been able to do so, but he can't find a suitable meeting gift. It is said that Chen Wensheng is a bit of a maverick and never meets guests in the dormitory. Whoever comes to visit the office and has something to say, if he plays haha for a long time, he unceremoniously orders the eviction of customers. There were also people who gave him money and cigarettes and alcohol when they met for the first time, but they were all turned away by him. Which bureau chief gave him a set of original "Golden Vase Plums" published in Hong Kong, and he accepted it without saying a word. When Chen Wensheng first came to Ping An to take office, he and Wang Lide came to report to the door once. Later, Chen Wensheng also went to Fengling Township once, that's all. Zhou Qiushui was lukewarm to him, so he had to find another backer. There is a popular saying that feelings come out of trouble. Yes, you don't bother me, and I don't look for you, but no matter how good the relationship is, it will slowly fade. If you have trouble a few more times, even if there is no common interest, at least there will be more contact and mutual understanding, and the relationship will naturally get better. He tried to find Chen Wensheng several times to pull the alumni relationship, and also asked the teachers of the Chinese Department of Qingchuan Normal School to come forward to speak, but he had difficulty in giving gifts. Since you have taken an alumni relationship to visit, you naturally can't go empty-handed, but what can you send, at least you can't be returned. Looking at it now, this tea cake is more suitable, no matter how you say it, the tea is quite elegant.

With a decision, Yuan Jinpeng pulled out Hou Xuefeng's BP machine. Hou Xuefeng used to drive for Xie Jianping and partnered with Yuan Jinpeng for a while. After a few minutes, Hou Xuefeng called back and said that County Magistrate Chen was in the office, in a good mood, and there were no guests at this time. Yuan Jinpeng listened, carefully put the Pu'er tea cake into his handbag, and went out of the house. After just a few steps, he returned to take a pair of superb Jinsheng cigarettes from the cabinet and brought them, ready to take them to Hou Xuefeng. Hou Xuefeng has a lot of addiction to smoking, and he quit a few times, but the addiction is getting bigger and bigger. Yuan Jinpeng doesn't smoke, but someone still delivers cigarettes to the door. In the past, when I was a secretary and deputy director, someone always stuffed a pack or two of cigarettes when I went out to eat, and took them home, and Deng Qiong took them to the commissary to exchange for some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. As the mayor and secretary of the town, it is impossible to exchange the whole cigarette for these things, so I have to give it away. Sometimes there are seven or eight cigarettes pressed in the cabinet, and I don't know if it's moldy. Not to mention that Yuan Jinpeng and Hou Xuefeng have worked together for a few years, even if they have a general relationship, they have to take some cigarettes for Hou Xuefeng to smoke. These people follow the leader all day long, and they may not be able to help you with any big things, but they will harm you, but they will not worry about not having a chance. Besides, now that Yuan Jinpeng and Chen Wensheng have not yet caught up with each other, Hou Xuefeng can come in handy.

Chen Wensheng was reading a book, and when he saw that it was Yuan Jinpeng, he put down the book and stood up, as if he wanted to pour tea himself. Yuan Jinpeng hurriedly said, I'll come by myself. First fill up Chen Wensheng's tempered water cup, and then pour yourself a glass of boiled water.

Chen Wensheng said with a smile: "Why didn't Secretary Yuan put some tea?" It is said that you are a genius, how can a genius not drink tea? ”

Where is Yuan Jinpeng not drinking tea, but it is a bit cumbersome to make tea leaves and pour boiling water for himself, which seems to be disrespectful to the leader, but he can't explain it like this, so he said: "County Magistrate Chen made fun of me, what kind of genius am I." I have long heard that County Magistrate Chen is one of the four talents of the Chinese Department of the 84th class, which of the college students at that time was an idle person, and the four talents were even more incredible. ”

Chen Wensheng shook his hand: "The four geniuses are just fooling around." With that, he picked up the tempered cup, took a deep sip of tea, and stopped talking.

Yuan Jinpeng saw that Chen Wensheng was silent, afraid of being cold, and said: "The county magistrate is watching "Rong Zhai Essays"? ”

Chen Wensheng said: "On duty, it is rare to be idle today. I haven't finished reading this book for more than a year. ”

Yuan Jinpeng said: "I heard that ** likes this book the most. However, it is completely ancient, and for me, it is really difficult, I read it for two or three years before I read the first little bit. Reading the translation is afraid that it will lack the original feeling. ”

Chen Wensheng felt the same way, and with the help of annotations, he was able to understand seven or eight points: "We are not scholars and experts, and it is normal for us to read books without seeking to understand them." Of course, reading ancient books has the flavor of reading ancient books. ”

Yuan Jinpeng thinks that talking about "Rong Zhai Essays" may be a good topic: "I remember that there is an article in "Rong Zhai Essays" that writes about the same name of father and son, and the same name of grandchildren, which I think is a bit incredible. ”

"It's called "Luo Chushizhi", and I suspect it's a clerical error in the carving of the epitaph. How can a father and son name be exactly the same? However, there are some big people, who give their children a simple name, and their son will add a small word to what he is called. For example, Yang Xingfo's son is called Yang Xiaofo, and **'s son is called Xiaotong. Chen Wensheng said.

Yuan Jinpeng echoed: "I also find it difficult to understand, Hong Mai is not a mistake in the record, it should be the wrong ...... engraved on the tombstone." ”

"Lately, work has been going well, right?" Chen Wensheng asked, he felt that talking about work was the right topic.

Yuan Jinpeng suddenly felt that his face was hot, and he didn't know if it was red, what is "shame", probably this feeling. Before New Year's Day, the county's finances were "closed", and Fengling Township failed to fill a gap of more than 300,000 yuan. After a long while, he muttered: "County Magistrate Chen, I will do a review first, Fengling's work has not been done well, especially the economic work has pulled the county backwards and caused trouble to the county government and you." "What can I say? Make excuses for yourself, don't be stupid. The ass decides the head! After working in which position for a long time, it is bound to strengthen the way of thinking that matches the position. How many secretaries of township and town party committees have promoted them to be deputy county magistrates in charge of finance and taxation work, but they have been forced even more fiercely. It's not that he doesn't understand the situation and is inconsiderate, but in this position he must be blue-faced and fang-barred and ruthless. Otherwise, he is very passive, and he can only adapt to the law of the jungle in officialdom.

Chen Wensheng picked up the tempered cup, blew open the tea leaves, and said slowly: "This time, there are four townships that can't close the door, which really makes the county very passive, you can't close the door, the county government can't close the door, but fortunately, in the end, the 509 mine helped." Of course, you have your problems and have done your best. I analyzed that these towns and villages were all places where forestry resources were abundant in the past, but now that the resources have been exhausted, and no new tax sources have been cultivated, it is naturally difficult to continue. I know that on the one hand, you must do everything possible to complete the task of handing over fiscal and tax revenues, and on the other hand, you must prevent the intensification of contradictions due to the overall planning and retention of fiscal and tax collections. Some time ago, governments at all levels successively convened meetings to reduce the peasants' burdens and dealt with a number of cadres. Rural work is not easy to do, and the grassroots finances are weak, and we are indeed very difficult. However, looking at the whole country, the overall shape is still thriving, and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China is held in a grand and grand manner, and we must firmly believe that after crossing this threshold, the country will definitely have a bright future. ”

As he spoke, the phone on the desk rang. Chen Wensheng finished speaking, and then reached over to answer the phone.

After listening to the phone, Chen Wensheng said, "A few friends have come to Qingchuan. ”

Yuan Jinpeng said; "County magistrate, you are busy, I will report to you next time. A friend brought some Pu'er tea from Yunnan and asked the county magistrate to taste it. With that, he took out the Pu'er tea cake from his bag and put it on the desk.

Chen Wensheng picked up the tea cake and took a look: "Xiao Yuan, this tea cake is good, it's too polite, don't take it as an example!" ”

Saying goodbye to Chen Wensheng, as soon as he left the office building, Yuan Jinpeng saw four or five soldiers in military uniforms walking towards him, and Fu Kegang, member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee and political commissar of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, walked in the front. After a little hesitation, Yuan Jinpeng took the initiative to step forward to say hello. Fu Kegang politely shook hands with Yuan Jinpeng gently, and said, "Friends from the military division are here," and floated by. Yuan Jinpeng saw that Fu Kegang did not introduce the guests to him one by one, but he was also at ease, and was about to leave, but saw a person come straight over to shake hands and shout "Secretary Yuan is good". Only then did Yuan Jinpeng see clearly that it was Qian Xiaofeng, the Minister of People's Armed Forces of Xiangyang Town. After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but turn around, looked at Qian Xiaofeng's back and looked at it, and felt that this former old subordinate was a little unfamiliar. In his impression, Qian Xiaofeng, who was born in the military, is at the forefront of everything, is resolute and resolute, and is a good hand at rural work, but he has an upright personality and is not good at coordinating relationships, let alone finding disciples and running relationships. But this time, his intuition told him, and Qian Xiaofeng ran away.