Mr. Zongchen, a literati of the Ming Dynasty, described the gift-giver in the "Book of Reporting Liu Yizhang"; "Day and night, the door of the horse waiting for the power, so the door does not enter, then the words are fù human, and the sleeve gold is sī. That is, the door holder pierced in, and the master did not immediately come out, standing in the stable, between the horses, the evil air attacked the sleeves, that is, hunger, cold, poison and heat could not be tolerated, and I did not go. ・・・・・・ the master said; "Enter! then worship again, so it is too late; If you start to live on the gold, you will be invited; If the Lord does not accept it, then he will insist on it; Then the officials will worship again, and they will not be able to afford to be late; From the beginning, five or six will come out. ”

It is impossible for a person to live a lifetime without receiving gifts, and it is impossible not to give gifts.

Ordinary people, weddings, funerals, and festivals, have gifts that should be given and money that should be paid. Among the people, what they are worried about is not how to give gifts and "shares", but because they have no money to buy gifts and no money to make up their shares. Whether it's giving gifts, getting together as a member, people think it's human nature, and Chinese says that gifts are still exchanged! Although the current etiquette and making together are a bit tasteless, compared with the "courtesy exchange" of officialdom, it is much simpler and purer.

The etiquette of officialdom may have evolved from the folk annual rites and money, but now the etiquette of officialdom is definitely different from the folk etiquette. Just like humans, they were originally mutated from monkeys, but they are completely different from monkeys. People can even use monkeys to play, and they can pluck monkey hair and smash monkey brains to eat. If people think that they are transformed from monkeys, if the monkeys are really the ancestors of man, people will not smash open the monkey's skull and scoop out the white brains and eat them; I won't take "my eight generations of ancestors in my day" seriously. Because his eight-generation ancestors are closer to the monkey or return to the monkey's ancestor, his whole body is hairy like a monkey. If people don't think that they are transformed from monkeys, then they may have been born out of cracks in the rocks or from aliens having sex with pigs and monkeys and donkeys. That's why now there are people who are as stupid as pigs, as stupid as donkeys, and as fine as monkeys.

Many times, the etiquette of officialdom has turned into tears, blood, knives, violence. Ordinary people, when they encounter something that they have to find officialdom, they have to give gifts to the officials in charge with tears. Giving gifts is like sucking the blood of the people, and in the hands of those in power, it may become "red tofu" or even garbage. When the gift is big, the gift becomes a knife and forces the people in power to do things that they don't dare to do and can't do. If those in power do not do it or transfer them away, then the ceremony may become violent.

The etiquette of officialdom has become more and more unscrupulous since the reform and opening up. As the old man said, the windows opened, fresh air came in, and flies came in.

The gift of officialdom is a cross between domestic flies and foreign flies, and it is an out-and-out hybrid. This mongrel is constantly changing, and the more it is bundled, the more it resembles a helicopter, stirring up the miasma of officialdom and disturbing the peace of the people.

If you want to live in officialdom or do something for the people, you have to go with the market, and you have to send it to you. People give big gifts, you give small gifts; People send it openly, you send it secretly. As a result, there are often cases in the market that garbage pickers find rings and necklaces from rancid roast chickens; Buy a cigarette from the commissary, it's all about money.

For a time, the gift-giving fully demonstrated the "ingenuity" of the Chinese people. In the dead of night, the one who wanders like a ghost may be the giver of gifts; In the ice and snow, the one who stares at the gate of the authority like a detective may be a gift-giver. It's easy to receive gifts, but it's hard to give. Whoever says that "the official does not give gifts", the things you give do not meet the taste of the officials, and the amount you give does not meet the vision of the officials, you see if he will beat you or not. There is no relationship to make a "guarantee", and officials generally do not take risks. This is the reason why there is a huge army of gift-givers every day, but there are very few people who have been investigated and punished. And because of this, for some ordinary people who are eager to get out of their predicament, it has become difficult to give gifts!

For a while, the gift-giving fully demonstrated the "ingenuity" of the Japanese people.

And now, Yang Gang didn't go to Liu Jinnan to ask for an official ・ And Liu Jinnan's character is rarely unknown in the capital, no gifts, a box of tea is okay, but if you dare to give expensive gifts, then I'm sorry, tomorrow you will appear in the investigation list of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, so when you went to Liu Jinnan's house, you didn't take expensive gifts, they were all a box of tea or some fruit or something.

Yang Gang actually has no choice. Now, now he has no other way, his old leader, Mayor Huang Rui, can't help him, he can only pin his hopes on Liu Jinnan, after all, listening to Mayor Huang's meaning, as long as Secretary Liu nods, this matter can be passed.

Yang Gang didn't think about taking refuge in Liu Jinnan before, but he was always promoted by Mayor Huang Rui, and he also served as Huang Peichang's secretary, and he has been marked with Mayor Huang's logo, and it is relatively easy for ordinary people underground to change their flags, and officials of his level have to be cautious in their words and deeds, even if they want to take refuge in the past, it is not easy to get the trust and acceptance of the village, so he did not take refuge in the past, he couldn't before, but now he doesn't dare, Everyone knows that Mayor Huang is likely to go further after the change, and Secretary Liu is a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, to that extent, they basically don't care much about the affairs of the officials below, they care about whether the officials work hard, whether they have made achievements, and how the local governance is underneath, so it is basically impossible to switch to Liu Jinnan's side now, not only Secretary Liu will not accept him, but Mayor Huang will not let him go, he basically went with a glimmer of hope this time.

It is obviously not surprising that Yang Gang's door-to-door flow is in, and it can also be said that he has already learned some information. However, Liu Jinnan was a little surprised that Yang Gang would be so calm, and came to the door of the family compound of the municipal party committee in accordance with the rules, first made a phone call politely, and only after getting Liu Jinnan's consent did he carry tea to the door.

As a strong secretary of the municipal party committee, a member of the Politburo, and a national leader, Liu Jinnan also has a place to live in Zhongnanhai, but Liu Jinnan is still used to living in the compound of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and Liu Jinnan's home is not so easy to board, not a special person, not a particularly urgent matter Liu Jinnan has always not welcomed subordinates to disturb his rest time after work, in fact, Liu Jinnan does not have much rest time, as a member of the Politburo, one of the national leaders, A large part of Liu Jinnan's events are spent on national affairs, and he is not staring at the acre and half of the land in Beijing alone.

"Secretary Liu, I'm really sorry to bother you so late!" Yang Gang's face was full of enthusiastic but not flattering smiles. People at his level must have their own reserves even if they ask for help, and they don't need to be too obvious, otherwise they will give a bad impression, especially if the other party is still their own leader.

"Xiao Yang, come and sit." Liu Jinnan didn't get up, but beckoned Yang Gang to sit down with a smile.

"It's too troublesome, hehe・・・・・・" Lu Guohua hurriedly took a few steps forward and half-bent down, and shook Liu Jinnan's hand enthusiastically without being too out of shape, and then half-sat down opposite Liu Jinnan.

In officialdom, many things have unspoken rules, and there are some things that need not to be said to be subordinates to know what to do, just like now, Yang Gang is sitting on the sofa with only half of his buttocks, although this is very tiring, but this is a sign of respect.

As soon as she sat down, the little nanny at home came in and poured tea for Yang Gang.

"Wow, this tea is so fragrant, isn't it the most authentic West Lake Longjing?" As soon as he smelled the rich fragrance of tea, Yang Gang couldn't help but be stunned and said with some surprise.

"Haha, Xiao Yang is so knowledgeable, this is indeed West Lake Longjing. Looks like you've really done some research on this. Liu Jinnan said with a smile.

"Hehe, I just know a little bit." Yang Gang responded modestly, but he was extremely shocked in his heart.

In China, officials seem to like to drink tea, as if they can't show their taste without drinking tea, so the most gifts given in officialdom are also tea. Yang Gang himself is also a tea lover, naturally knows what the most authentic West Lake Longjing tastes, the color of the West Lake Longjing will be relatively golden, the brewed tea soup is green with yellow, smelling a very strong fragrance, drinking to the mouth is also fragrant. The most important thing is that the price of authentic West Lake Longjing can be said to be sky-high, even he rarely drinks authentic West Lake Longjing. Unexpectedly, the tea used to entertain himself here by Secretary Liu was actually West Lake Longjing.

"You'd like to pack you when you're gone." Wang Peiyuan said with a smile; "This is all brought to me by my future son-in-law." Indeed, Lin Yu often comes to Liu Jinnan's house when he is fine, Liu Qianjing has also graduated from college, and now works as a teacher in a primary school, Lin Yu often picks up Liu Qianjing to and from school.

Yang Gang was stunned for a moment and looked at Liu Jinnan suspiciously, as if he didn't think that only subordinates had always come to the door to send things to their superiors, where was the reason for superiors to send things to subordinates? What's more, it's still this kind of unusually expensive authentic West Lake Longjing?

"Future son-in-law?" Yang Gang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he was a little relieved.

In Beijing, the other Standing Committee members are very consciously on Liu Jinnan's side, without the slightest desire to fight, it is not on a level, what is it to fight for? It's just that I'm not comfortable with myself.

Mayor Huang Rui is also very clear about his positioning, that is, to cooperate with Liu Jinnan's work and not to do any fighting, if it weren't for this, he, the mayor, would have done it a long time ago.