Liu Jun told Wang Youfu that the director of the No. 1 Guest House of the County Revolutionary Committee could not do it at the end of the year, and that it was calculated according to the time of the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee. At the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, the current theoretical guidelines will be formally rejected. Who knows that this estimate is still too conservative. By June, the situation had reversed.

Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai's performance in a guest house made Wang Benqing hate itchy. said that it was an isolated review, but these two guys were stunned and didn't write a word about the review, and every time they grinded their teeth and quarreled with the cadres of the organization department, they were speechless. The Organization Department had no choice but to ask Minister Wu Qiuyang to come out in person, but to no avail.

Minister Wu is a veteran organization cadre, who has worked step by step from the grassroots level to the position of organization minister, and his experience can be described as very rich. However, the level of education is not high, and when it comes to the theoretical level, it is a big gap with Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai, and it is even inferior to some young cadres in the Organization Department.

Zheng Xingyun was in charge of organization and personnel work in the county revolutionary committee, and Wu Qiuyang, the head of the organization, was regarded as a member of the Wang faction. Mainly because Wu Qiuyang was promoted by Wang Benqing. It is probably also a chess piece used by Wang Benqing to restrain Zheng Xingyun. However, Wu Qiuyang is relatively upright and a native of Xiangyang, so Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai both gave him considerable respect and did not show his tongue in front of him. The conversation with Wu Qiuyang was more like a comrade-like heart-to-heart exchange.

After several conversations, Wu Qiuyang was almost persuaded by Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai. Later, every time Wu Qiuyang came to a guest house, he basically chatted and chatted, and the surname Suo left the "theoretical dispute" behind.

Wang Benqing didn't know about this situation. No one has fought for such a good opportunity for "meritorious service." It can be seen that among the ordinary cadres in Xiangyang County, the concept is also quietly changing.

But Wang Benqing obviously couldn't tolerate Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai's endless delay in confrontation, and through Wu Qiuyang, he issued an ultimatum.

On June 3, 1978, Wu Qiuyang came to a guest house, made an exception and summoned Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai together, and accompanied by Wang Benqing's secretary and an organization cadre, conveyed the notice to the Xiangyang County Revolutionary Committee to the two parties concerned who were being examined in isolation with a serious expression.

"If Comrade Yan Yucheng and Comrade Liu Jincai adhere to their erroneous political viewpoints, do not have a correct and sober understanding of the serious mistakes they have made, and fail to make a profound written review before 5 June, the Xiangyang County Revolutionary Committee will impose more severe party and government discipline punishments, up to expelling them from the party and from public office!"

It's finally time to see the poor dagger.

Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai both looked solemn.

Wu Qiuyang knew in his heart that Wang Benqing now had no way to retreat, and it would be difficult to ride a tiger at that time, so he would really pass a resolution by the Revolutionary Committee of Zongzong County to double open Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai.

"Lao Yan, Lao Liu, I think, you can do a review......

Wang Benqing's secretary glanced at Wu Qiuyang a little strangely, how could this organization minister seem to be begging for his subordinates who had made a mistake?

Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai glanced at each other, took a deep breath, and said, "Minister Wu, this is not a battle of will. We have no personal grudges with Comrade Wang Benqing. This is a battle of truth, a battle of lines, and there is no room for compromise! He Wang Benqing could expel us from the party and public office, and even throw us into prison, but it is absolutely impossible for us to give up truth and justice! ”

Wu Qiuyang nodded meaningfully, and shook hands with Yan Liu and said goodbye.

On the morning of 5 June, Wu Qiuyang came to a guest house again.

Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai were neatly dressed and waiting for the final decision of the county revolutionary committee.

Seeing Wu Qiuyang striding over, Yan Yucheng said to Liu Jincai with a smile: "I didn't expect that your stinky boy was right." ”

Liu Jincai also smiled slightly: "Yes." ”

"Jincai, the world is impermanent, I originally wanted to invite you to do a big job......"

"Hey, don't tell me anything like I'm sorry...... They are all farmers, and they can't starve to death when they go home to plow the fields! ”

"What starves to death? Who is starving? ”

Wu Qiuyang answered with a smile.

Yan Liu and the others were stunned for a moment, why did Wu Qiuyang look like this? It's not like it's going to be double-opened!

"Minister Wu, what are you so happy about? Divorced wife and married a new daughter-in-law? ”

Yan Yucheng made a joke.

"Go, go, make me happy."

Wu Qiuyang scolded with a smile, then his face turned straight and said solemnly: "Comrade Yan Yucheng, Comrade Liu Jincai, Director Long Tiejun of the Baozhou Regional Revolutionary Committee wants you to rush to Baozhou City immediately, and Director Long wants to talk to you in person." ”

……

Baozhou City, the third floor of the office building of the Reform Commission, Long Tiejun's office.

Liu Jincai walked into the office building of the Revolutionary Committee for the first time, and was somewhat curious and afraid of this four-story gray building hidden among the cypress trees.

Long Tiejun was in his fifties, his hair was gray, his face had faint age spots, and his expression was elegant, if he didn't sit behind a desk with the national flag, he would be more often regarded as a scholar than a senior cadre in charge of a city or seven counties.

In the office, in addition to Long Tiejun, there were two cadres, one was in his fifties, and the other was relatively young, about in his early forties. Like Long Tiejun, they all wore gray-black wool tunics, and the younger one wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses.

The one in his fifties with a gloomy expression, Yan Yucheng knew him, and he was Long Tiejun's deputy, Zhou Peiming, the first deputy director of the Local Revolutionary Committee.

Liu Heqian introduced the two into the office, introduced their identities, poured tea, and retreated lightly, covering the door.

"You two are Comrade Yan Yucheng and Comrade Liu Jincai? I've admired the name for a long time, haha......"

Long Tiejun smiled heartily.

From Wu Qiuyang said that Long Tiejun had summoned him, Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai had been beating drums in their hearts. asked Wu Qiuyang, Wu Qiuyang also spread his hands and didn't know anything. I just told them that Wang Benqing, Zheng Xingyun and Cui Xiuhe were summoned to the area yesterday, but they didn't know what was going on.

Yan Yucheng is even more worried, could it be that Wang Benqing is going to make a name for himself?

At this moment, hearing Long Tiejun's hearty laughter, the fifteen buckets in his heart finally settled down.

"Where, where...... Hello Director Long......"

Rao is Yan Yucheng is very bold, and he can't help but be a little caught off guard at this time.

"Haha, you are great theorists, and you are talents in our Baozhou area."

Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai suddenly sighed secretly. A cadre of Long Tiejun's level will not easily praise people. That's a lot of praise.

"Come, Comrade Yan Yucheng, Comrade Liu Jincai, let me introduce you to ......" Long Tiejun stood up happily, pointed to the younger cadre and said: "This is Qian Jianjun, deputy head of the theoretical dynamics group of the Central Propaganda Department......

Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai were startled and hurriedly stepped forward.

The name of the "Central Propaganda Department" is indeed enough to make people dizzy for a while.

Deputy Team Leader Qian was a little reserved, and got up to shake hands with them and say hello.

"This person you should know is Zhou Peiming, deputy director of our Baozhou Regional Revolutionary Committee."

The corners of Yan Yucheng's eyes jumped slightly, he had heard that Zhou Peiming was Wang Benqing's backstage, but today was the first time they met. Zhou Peiming squeezed out a little smile and stretched out his hand to take a ride with him.

Liu Jincai didn't know what to do, and he still held Zhou Peiming's hand and shook it for a while.

"Comrade Yan Yucheng, Comrade Liu Jincai, sit down."

"Yes, thank you, Director Long."

Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai sat down on the sofa with half of their buttocks on their buttocks, their waists straight, and their eyes looked at Long Tiejun without blinking.

"Hehe, don't be so nervous."

Long Tiejun said kindly, quite like an elder.

"I invite you to come, first of all, I want to talk to you about the articles on "On Seeking Truth from Facts".

Speaking of "On Seeking Truth from Facts", Yan Yucheng and Liu Jin's mood suddenly became nervous when they had just relaxed a little. It was written by Mr. Zhou, and in the face of a big theorist like Qian Qian, deputy head of the theoretical dynamics group of the Central Propaganda Department, it is better not to show his stuff.

"The first article is called "On Seeking Truth from Facts", when was it published?"

"On October 23, 1977, it was published on the front page of the "N Province Daily."

Yan Yucheng replied cautiously.

"Hmm."

Long Tiejun nodded, obviously he knew. With the peripheral eye of his eyes, he could see several copies of the "N Province Newspaper" stacked on his desktop, presumably with those articles.

"You two, who wrote it?"

Yan Yucheng was taken aback, glanced at Liu Jincai, and said stubbornly: "It was Comrade Liu Jincai who wrote it, and I revised and polished it." ”

This is something they had already discussed. Although Liu Jincai's education is not as good as Yan Yucheng's, his thesis skills are above Yan Yucheng. Besides, Liu Jin is a subordinate, and it is more common sense for him to write and Yan Yucheng to revise and polish.

"Hehe, Comrade Liu Jincai's writing skills are good. What level of education? ”

"Report Director Long, I graduated from Baozhou Regional Secondary Normal School."

Liu Jincai said, quietly wiping a handful of sweat.

"Oh, graduated from the normal school, no wonder he writes a good article."

Long Tiejun's smile did not decrease, which made Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai feel very relieved.

"So why are you writing these articles? What is the starting point? ”

This question was originally difficult to answer, but during the quarantine review, I had dozens of debates with the cadres of the Organization Department of Xiangyang County, but it was not without gain.

"Director Long, we are doing grassroots work, and we usually encounter some problems in practice, try to integrate theory with practice, and gradually have some superficial views, so we decided to write them......

After all, in the face of the first and second leaders of the local revolutionary committee and the leaders of the Central Propaganda Department, Yan Yucheng did not dare to be as fierce as when he debated with the cadres of Xiangyang County.

As soon as these words came out, I caught a glimpse of Qian Jianjun, the deputy team leader, bowing slightly, and his heart was reassured, and it seemed that he was on the right path.

"What's the deal with that 'rice field fish farming' you did in Hongqi Commune?"

Long Tiejun's words changed.

Speaking of this, Yan Yucheng was a little more relaxed. After all, it is on the "rice field fish farming", and there is no suspicion of fraud.

"That's right, Director Long. We are also doing a practice, the 21 brigades of the Hongqi Commune, each brigade raised 20 acres of paddy fields, stocked 1,000 carp fry and crucian carp fry per mu, and stocked them after the early rice transplanting......"

"Can you elaborate on that?"

Qian Jianjun suddenly interjected and nodded to Director Long, as if sorry.

"Okay......

Yan Yucheng saw Long Tiejun nodding, so he gave a detailed introduction to the situation of fish farming, and heard that an average of fifty or sixty kilograms of fresh fish were harvested per mu, Qian Jianjun was moved.

"So much? So how much to invest? ”

"It's not a lot of investment. That is, the fish fry cost two or three yuan per mu, a total of forty or fifty yuan. After that, the members caught some earthworms and insects and put them in the paddy fields, all of which were recorded as work points, and no cash was spent. ”

Qian Jianjun nodded, recorded it in his notebook, smiled at Long Tiejun, and stopped talking.

"I heard that your county has given you an intra-party punishment for this?"

Yan Yucheng thought for a while and said, "Yes, Comrade Liu Jincai is a warning from the party, and I am an administrative demerit ......."

"What is the reason for the sanction?"

Qian Jianjun interjected and asked again.

It seems that the identity of the "Central Propaganda Department" is very effective, and Long Tiejun did not express displeasure after interjecting into questions so frequently.

"The main reason is that it breeds corruption, speculation, and the rise of productive forces and capitalist ideas...... Several leaders, in all fairness, this punishment is not exaggerated. ”

"Oh? Tell us what you think. ”

Long Tiejun asked with interest. He originally thought that Yan Yucheng would take the opportunity to give Wang Benqing eye medicine, but he didn't expect Yan Yucheng to come up with such a sentence, which was a little unexpected.

Yan Yucheng looked at Liu Jincai, as if he wanted him to say a few words. It is also a little inappropriate for the superior leader to ask them to talk together, and he always shows off alone.

Liu Jincai nodded and said, "That's the case, Director Long, this rice field fish farming is also the first time for us, I don't have much experience, I didn't expect the harvest to be so big." As for how to distribute, they did not give timely guidance to the major teams, and when they were distributed, some problems occurred, and individual cadres ate more and took more money, and gave favors to others with public things. In addition, there are also a small number of members who buy and sell the fish they get without permission, and there is a suspicion of speculation, which has caused some bad effects. As the head of the Red Flag Commune, we should take responsibility. ”

"Well, party members and cadres should have this style, which is called seeking truth from facts." Long Tiejun nodded again and again, turned to Zhou Peiming and said, "Comrade Peiming, what is your opinion?" ”

Zhou Peiming smiled faintly and said, "I don't have anything to say, everything is arranged by Director Long." ”

"Hehe, you are the first deputy director in charge of organization and personnel in the region, and the appointment of cadres is still up to you."

Cadre appointments?

Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai's hearts jumped, with their own ranks, what cadre appointments need to be announced by the first deputy director of the Local Revolutionary Committee?

Zhou Peiming did not shirk, picked up the folder next to him, opened it, cleared his throat, and said: "Comrade Yan Yucheng and Comrade Liu Jincai, according to the investigation and understanding of you by the Baozhou Regional Revolutionary Committee, I think that you two comrades are down-to-earth and hardworking, have a firm political stance, and dare to uphold the truth, and have decided to revoke the decision of the Xiangyang County Revolutionary Committee to suspend you for reflection......

Speaking of this, Zhou Peiming paused, his eyes glancing at Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai. The two of them couldn't help but straighten up.

“…… At the same time, the Committee has decided to adjust your work. Comrade Yan Yucheng was appointed as the director of the Xiangyang County Revolutionary Committee, and was fully responsible for the work of Xiangyang County; Comrade Liu Jincai was appointed deputy director of the Xiangyang County Revolutionary Committee and head of the Propaganda Department, and Comrade Yan Yucheng was assisted in taking charge of the county's propaganda work! ”;