Since XZ is colder than the mainland, recruits to XZ have to go to the troops earlier than regular recruits.

Bao Qiang wore a new military uniform without a cockade and collar badge, and walked into the restaurant with Liu Jianchang and others. As factory children born and raised under the red flag in New China, even if they become social figures, the PLA still leaves a sacred place in their hearts. The partners around him became the People's Liberation Army, and Liu Jianchang and others kept laughing at it, but before Bao Qiang left, he deliberately arranged a heavy send-off wine.

After drinking five bottles of liquor, the six left the restaurant drunk. Bao Qiang was bound to be chaotic after drinking, so he was restricted from drinking by Liu Jianchang, and only touched five small glasses with each person, but these small glasses of wine still made his head hot and his eyes bloodshot.

Liu Jianchang and others have built a notoriety on the streets, and the restaurant owner has to admit that he is unlucky, watching his hard-earned money being swallowed up by a bunch of miscellaneous skins, and his heart is unsettled, and he keeps cursing in the hall.

There was a hotel owner sitting in the hall, who had been forced to take a few bottles of good wine by Liu Jianchang and others, and he had a lot of hatred for the enemy, so he slapped the table angrily and said: "What is the ** world now, and the miscellaneous skin can still be a soldier, so that honest people will not be allowed to live?" ”

These words are like sparks, igniting a few people who have never known each other at the neighboring table, and everyone scolds the injustices in today's society with every word you and me.

Li Hui, a reporter from Shannan Daily, smoked a cigarette and listened to the scolding of everyone, feeling that this was a good subject, but he had more important things to do, and he didn't have the energy to pay attention to this matter for the time being.

Reporter Wang Ruixue was quite interested, leaned over and said: "Boss, if we dig deep into this matter, maybe there will be fierce news, should we follow it?" ”

Li Hui stroked his hair with his hand to cover the top of his head, which was getting brighter and brighter, and said, "There is value, but we have other priorities, and taking time to do this will dilute the topic." We went to the Propaganda Department to verify the situation of the mining disaster. ”

Li Hui, Wang Ruixue, and Yu Chenglong are all reporters of "Shannan Daily", Li Hui is the team leader, Wang Ruixue is a recent college graduate, and Yu Chenglong is a photojournalist. In the past year, the three of them have done some solid work, exposed two local shady scenes, and gained prestige in the circle. Jingzhou is located in a remote mountainous area, and the ideological concepts of everyone from the leaders to the ordinary cadres are stuck in the mid-to-late 80s, and there is a natural resistance to journalists. Moreover, the mine bosses there have deep pockets and wrists to the sky, forming a tight protective net. After they went deep into Changdong County, they were strictly blocked, ran for several days without finding anything, and after returning to Jingzhou City, they contacted the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee with the attitude of treating a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Li Hui drew a picture in his notebook, handed it to Wang Ruixue, and said: "The mine boss is called Liu Qingde, there is a Minister Liu named Liu Qingcai in Changdong, and there is a director named Liu Qingfu. ”

Wang Ruixue joked: "My mother's surname is Liu, according to the generation, the Qingzi generation is one generation higher than me, five hundred years ago it must have been a family, and the old Liu family is really talented." ”

When he arrived at the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, Li Yuanchang, deputy director of the Propaganda Department, was polite as usual, made tea, took cigarettes, left beautiful female comrades to accompany the three of them, and then went out to make a phone call. A few minutes later, Li Yuanchang said with a smile: "Director Li, you wait a minute, the leaders of the Safety Supervision Bureau will come over to report to you in a while." ”

After waiting for about ten minutes, the pager on Li Hui's body rang, and it was the number of the newspaper's vice president's office. Li Yuanchang said: "Director Li, do you want to call back, come to my office." ”

At this moment, after receiving a phone call from the leader of the newspaper, Li Hui had a premonition that this interview was probably going to end here, so he went to the office of the leader of the Propaganda Department and called the deputy editor-in-chief back.

After putting down the phone, Li Hui's face became ugly, and he secretly scolded his mother.

Li Yuanchang waited outside the door, waited until Li Hui walked out of the office, handed over the cigarette, and said: "Director Li, there will be a draft from the Safety Supervision Bureau later, hehe, local affairs are not easy to organize, development is the last word, many things must be standardized while developing, and Director Wang is asked to take care of it." ”

Li Hui wanted to lift the lid on the mining disaster, but the vice president of the newspaper said the truth, "I am from Jingzhou, and I still have to rely on these leaders in the local area, and I can't refuse them if they open their mouths." He could only pinch his nose and agree to the interview.

It is said that journalists are "uncrowned kings", but journalists do not live in a vacuum, but are bound by various interest groups. Through Li Hui's intuition, he believed that what the informant said about "seven people died" was the truth, but if he went further into the interview, he would refute the vice president's face. In terms of personal relationships, vice presidents are always friends for many years, and in terms of work relationships, vice presidents are very likely to become CEOs within a year or two. Li Hui wants to make himself a social conscience, and he must think about survival before becoming a conscience. In order to survive, the conscience can be put aside for the time being, after all, the eternal saying "stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the leaders of the Jingzhou Safety Supervision Bureau finally appeared. In the small meeting, Li Hui met with the reporters of "Shannan Evening News", "Shannan Metropolis Daily", and "Shannan Legal Daily". Wang Ruixue quietly came over and said, "They want to send an envelope, do you want to?" Li Hui said angrily: "Why don't you, don't want it in vain." ”

After getting the press release from the Work Safety Supervision Bureau, no one was interested in interviewing.

In addition to Li Hui being a little depressed, Wang Ruixue and Yu Chenglong were in a good mood when they got a thick envelope.

Driving back to Shannan, when passing through an intersection, the road was blocked by a large group of people, and the sound of fighting broke out in the crowd.

A group of people were fighting at the intersection, and one of the parties to the fight was actually a few ruffians encountered in the restaurant, and the young man in the new military uniform stood out in the crowd. Li Hui was very impressed by this new military uniform, and said in his heart: "The most feared thing by the local armed forces department is political retirement, and the political examination is stricter than the physical examination and academic examination. If you want to seal the lid of the mine disaster, I will expose another dark side. ”

The camera clicked, the fight was recorded, and everyone's attention was focused on the battlefield, and no one noticed that there was a camera peeping outside and recording the scene.

When the fierce battle was in full swing, three policemen ran in, and the fighters dispersed in a hurry, burrowing into the crowd, and in the blink of an eye, there were only three policemen and onlookers who refused to disperse at the intersection, and there was a cigarette butt and fruit peel on the ground.

Yu Chenglong said excitedly: "Boss, the people in Jingzhou are super strong in combat, and the fight is savage, which is exciting enough." ”

Li Hui said: "Jingzhou is an important base for Brother Pao, and one of the reasons for the success of the Wuchang Uprising was that the Qing court emptied its forces in order to suppress the Baolu Movement, and there were many Pao brothers who were active in the Baolu Movement. ”

Yu Chenglong recalled the battle scene and said: "The photos are wonderful, don't be a pity." ”

Li Hui held his breath in Jingzhou, his impression of Jingzhou plummeted, he fanned a yin wind, and said: "Shannan Daily will definitely not use your photo, but the evening newspaper and other newspapers may not." The key to whether to use it or not lies in refinement, and this fight is different from other hooligan group fights, there is an additional recruit in military uniform, and this recruit and social hooligan fight in a group fight, how to conduct a political trial, there are many articles in it. ”

Yu Chenglong is a new reporter, he only thought of the theme of "fighting", and he has not yet formed the habit of thinking of digging deep into the news behind the news. There is an old saying in Shannan, called "Immortals fight, mortals suffer", Li Hui's group was blocked from reporting on the mine disaster in Jingzhou, and was dissatisfied with the Jingzhou authorities, and met Bao Qiang wearing a new military uniform twice on the street, so Bao Qiang suffered.

A day later, Wang Miao, secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, placed an evening newspaper on his desk, with a close-up photo of the fight between the new military uniforms and the strong, which recorded the content of eating the overlord meal and the fight in one day, and finally pointed out the theme, how did this kind of person with bad deeds pass the political trial?

Wang Miao, the secretary of the municipal party committee who only took office at the beginning of the year, was full of ambition and sharp edge, he threw the newspaper on the table and asked the office to invite Chen Dachuan, director of the city's people's armed forces department, to the office.

"Minister Chen, have you seen the newspaper? The impact is so bad that it must be dealt with seriously. ”

Chen Dachuan, head of the People's Armed Forces Department, is a veteran demobilized soldier who has served as a regimental cadre in the army, and he hurriedly read the newspaper, and his head was bruised, and he said: "Secretary Wang, I will immediately investigate this matter, and if there is any trickery in the political trial, I will not tolerate it." ”

Wang Miao's tone was aggressive, and he said: "If there is a political withdrawal incident, who will be responsible?" He lowered his voice a little, and said earnestly: "Lao Chen, the responsibility of the People's Liberation Army is to protect the family and defend the country, as a local people's armed forces department, it is necessary to send the best children to the army, you are a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the head of the People's Armed Forces Department, and you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, and you can't tolerate the slightest sloppiness." ”

After coming out of the secretary's office, Chen Dachuan forcibly suppressed his anger, and only after entering the car did he begin to have a seizure, and said to the entourage in the car: "You go back and inform a few deputy ministers, and you will have a meeting in the small conference room in 20 minutes, no matter who it is, you are not allowed to ask for leave." ”

The reason why Chen Dachuan was angry was that on the one hand, he was criticized by the secretary of the municipal party committee, and on the other hand, the local armed forces department was about to face new reforms, and he himself was faced with a new choice. At this juncture, he did not want to give the impression that the secretary of the municipal party committee was ineffective.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the name of the armed forces department has changed many times, and it has been transferred from active duty to local and from local to active duty many times, and its main tasks and functions have not changed, including being responsible for the work of the militia and reserve forces within its jurisdiction, the guarding of military equipment and equipment, conscription, and the resettlement of demobilized military personnel.

Chen Dachuan has been a soldier for more than 20 years, and he has a strong military complex, and he wants to take advantage of this trend to return to active duty.

After the meeting of the Jingzhou City People's Armed Forces Department ended, Chen Dachuan called all the middle-level cadres to the office to give lectures, and scolded more than a dozen middle-level cadres to the point of blood.

Subsequently, the Ministry of People's Armed Forces and the Municipal Supervision Bureau formed a joint investigation team, which first went to the Shi'an Machinery Factory to investigate, then to the nearby streets and police stations to conduct investigations, and then visited the neighborhood committees and repeater classes. Bao Qiang is a celebrity on the street, and there are really a lot of bad deeds, and the investigation team quickly formed five pages of investigation materials.

(Chapter 38)