After a month, the conclusion of the joint investigation team finally came out: although the Education Bureau has problems such as high fees for individual projects, irregular financial accounts, and lack of meticulousness and clarity, it has not yet found any serious violations of discipline or suspected economic crimes, bribery and other problems.

The Education Bureau has restored its former appearance, and what should be done? Wu Liangde's relationship with Fan Pingyuan, Duan Yonghong and Ruan Peng and others has also become closer. His position was also further strengthened.

The results of the investigation prove that Wu Liangde has no problem, so it shows that Li Xiaoning has a problem and is falsely accused. Wu Liangde took the opportunity to say how he righteously refused Yu Xinyun's request to go through the back door, and by the way, he mentioned the boiling affair between Li Xiaoning and Yu Xinyun that was uploaded on the Internet a while ago.

In the face of pressure from all sides, Liu Qifeng didn't want to speak too much for Li Xiaoning, otherwise it would be too partial. Therefore, after a brief discussion, the decision on Li Xiaoning's punishment was issued -- he was suspended from his post for reflection and awaited further investigation.

This result was because Xue Guoping did not figure out what the relationship between Li Xiaoning and Lin Guodong, Secretary of the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee, was accepted, otherwise he would have been fired directly. Xue Guoping has received the rumor, Liu Qifeng has recently won the appreciation of Secretary Lin, and has publicly praised Liu Qifeng several times, and some people are even predicting that Liu Qifeng will be elected to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee in the coming year. Who knows if there is any credit for Li Xiaoning's contribution here? After all, Liu Qifeng "cared for" Li Xiaoning so much, which is obvious to all.

But no matter what, Li Xiaoning must be punished, otherwise he will lose face in front of Liu Qifeng, he wants to firmly control Binhai City in his own hands, and resolutely cannot let Liu Qifeng's prestige, reputation and political achievements surpass himself.

When Mao Qiushi announced the organizational punishment of Li Xiaoning, and after Li Xiaoning simply cleaned up and left the office, Bai Yadan took the lead and said, "Hmph." I knew he was going to be where he is today. Look at what he usually looks like, he thinks that he has academic qualifications and knowledge, and he looks like no one cares about him, should! ”

Wu Bo said with a deep face: "Yes, I also told him a long time ago, be flexible in your work, don't be stubborn, he just won't listen." Hey, I'm still too young! ”

Wang Aimin is still holding a small notebook to write and draw as always, without even raising his head, and said nonchalantly: "Xiaoning, this kid is still talented, I have seen what he wrote, he is quick to write, familiar with scriptures, often uses allusions and fashionable nouns when writing materials, and can put forward new ideas, new ideas, and new insights, which is considered a talent." But the personality is too strong and lacks sophistication, if you want to be a reporter or editor, it may be good, but if you want to mix in officialdom, at least you have to go through some experience. ”

Kong Xiangrong didn't speak, and got up silently and walked out of the office. Then he called Li Xiaoning, "Xiaoning, I booked a place at the State Banquet Pier in the evening, and we had two drinks together?" ”

Li Xiaoning didn't expect that Kong Xiangrong, who had always been snobbish, didn't break up with him at this time, but took the initiative to invite himself to drink, and his heart suddenly became hot, and said: "It's okay to drink together, but don't go to the state banquet pier, I'll invite you to eat food stalls, how about it?" Disliked? ”

"Okay. It's up to you. Kong Xiangrong replied very neatly.

After getting off work, Kong Xiangrong didn't drive, and went out to take a taxi directly with Li Xiaoning. Under Li Xiaoning's command, the taxi twisted and then stopped in front of a messy night market food stall.

This is an old residential area, the buildings were built in the last century, and the exterior walls are covered with mosaics in the color of salted duck eggs, which looks particularly nostalgic. The original residents have long since moved away, and now it has become a concentration of foreign population, downstairs in the water of the iron processing workshop and cannon tire repair, mixed with a few small shops selling fake cigarettes, fake alcohol and sex products, at night set up food stalls for stir-frying, grilled skewers, 40 catties of barreled beer steaks dense, black smoke miasma no one cares.

Li Xiaoning took Kong Xiangrong to a white plastic round table on the side of the road and sat down.

Kong Xiangrong looked at it helplessly, then took out a paper towel and wiped the chair vigorously, and after sitting down, he wiped the desktop in front of him with a paper towel. Then, he took out a small pack of new tissues and asked Li Xiaoning, "Do you want it?" ”

Li Xiaoning laughed and said, "No." ”

The proprietress of the food stall came over and asked, "What do you order?" ”

Li Xiaoning said skillfully: "Ten pork belly, tendons, and tendons, put peanuts on the plate, and then shoot a cucumber, and then beat the wine up, let's have two first." ”

Peanuts and cucumbers were quickly delivered, and two pounds of bulk beer were also served, along with two glasses. Li Xiaoning filled the cup, and then said, "Let's do one first." ”

After speaking, he raised his neck and drank it out.

Kong Xiangrong took out a paper towel and wiped the glass violently, then poured the beer and dried it, grinning: "Why does this wine taste weird?" ”

Li Xiaoning smiled slightly and said, "It's water." But let me tell you, the wine here is good, and the water is relatively small. Here, one more. After speaking, he tilted his neck again and turned the bottom of the cup to the sky.

"Damn, I'm really convinced of you." Kong Xiangrong smiled bitterly, "I know it's fake wine, but I still drink it so violently, so I'm not afraid of stomach trouble?" After all, he still accompanied him to have another drink.

"It's a pleasure to drink like this." Li Xiaoning picked up the disposable chopsticks, broke them and handed them to Kong Xiangrong, "Drinking a glass of red wine one by one like you is not enjoyable at all." "Then fill the glass again," the third one. "As soon as I craned my neck, I was dry again.

Kong Xiangrong hurriedly said, "Brother, you are my brother." Let's take it easy, okay? Okay, I haven't eaten a bite of food yet, so let's go down for a pound of wine first. I can't stand it. ”

"Then let's slow down and eat vegetables." Li Xiaoning acted as if nothing happened, picked up the skewers and handed them to Kong Xiangrong.

Kong Xiangrong still stubbornly drained the third glass of wine, and then said: "Xiaoning, I know you feel uncomfortable, but suspension is not the same as dismissal, don't use wine to drown your sorrows." ”

"You're underestimating me. It's just such a little, and I'm going to take it to heart? Li Xiaoning laughed, "Besides, if I want to borrow wine to drown my sorrows, will I only need such a little wine?" ”

Kong Xiangrong said: "What about you, I really admire it." But I'm not talking about you, you, it's just that your temperament is too straight. ”

Li Xiaoning put a peanut in his mouth and said, "When does the straight character become a shortcoming?" Chairman Mao also taught us to learn from Comrade Lei Feng's class stance of love and hate. ”

Kong Xiangrong sighed and said, "I didn't say that being straight is a shortcoming. It's that your temperament is going to suffer in officialdom. I know you can't get used to seeing a lot of things, and I'm not used to seeing it either, but what if you can't get used to it? Many things, many phenomena, many people, don't say you can't control it, I can't control it, no matter how big an official is, I can't control it. What about Secretary Liu? It's different, there's no way, in the end, even you can't keep it. Do you think you know that Wu Liangde is corrupt, bribery, and misbehaving? Everybody knows, but they just pretend they don't know. The current environment is like this, there are too many evils in officialdom, the law does not blame the public, and officials protect each other, which has been the case since ancient times! ”

Li Xiaoning sneered and said, "Then according to what you say, just let these corrupt officials go?" ”

Kong Xiangrong said: "It's not that we don't care, it's that we can't control it!" ”

Li Xiaoning glared at Kong Xiangrong and said, "You are evading responsibility and complicit!" ”

"I'm not complicit." Kong Xiangrong smiled, "I'm good at blending into the environment. You're also full of poetry and books, why don't you understand? The water of Lang Lang is clear, and you can wet it; The water of Lang Lang is turbid, and it can wet my feet. ”

Li Xiaoning sighed and said, "Maybe what you said is right. Do you know? I'm suspended, I'm not sad at all, I'm chilling. I'm chilling to Secretary Liu, I didn't expect him to give in so easily, can't he see that Wu Liangde has a problem? ”

Kong Xiangrong took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and said, "That's because you didn't do his position and didn't understand his difficulties." There is a saying that goes, 'If you are not deaf or blind, you cannot be in charge', what does it mean? That is to say, a leader, managing a collective, a unit, must have tolerance, self-cultivation, and turn a blind eye to some problems, otherwise, not only will you be tired of living, but you will also offend people, so can the leader still let you be? 'When the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no disciples', don't you understand such a simple truth? ”

"I understand what you're saying, but I think it's two different things." Li Xiaoning drained the wine in the glass and said, "Leaders can be confused in small things, but they must not be confused in big things." Wu Liangde embezzled and took bribes and played with women, this is a major matter of Yan zhòng's violation of party discipline and state law, how can such a thing turn a blind eye? ”

Kong Xiangrong shook his head and said, "Brother, why haven't you understood yet?" Secretary Liu, it's not that he doesn't want to do Wu Liangde, if he doesn't want to do Wu Liangde, why bother to make such a big move? He can't do it. Don't look at him as the nominal leader, but the heads of all units are basically the subordinates of the one in the government. If you think about it, the joint investigation team composed of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Organization Department, the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee and the General Office of the Municipal Government can't find out the problem, what else can Secretary Liu do? This shows that if you want to investigate Wu Liangde, you can't do it by relying on the power of Binhai City alone. It's like cutting off one's own handle with an axe, and the left hand oversees the right hand, how can the axe cut its own handle? Can the left hand control the right hand? ”

"So what do you mean next?" Li Xiaoning asked with a frown.

Kong Xiangrong shook his head and said, "Don't think about Wu Liangde anymore, unless someone from the province comes down to check on him, you can't touch him." You have no one in the province, and you can't even invite people from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. ”

"Hey. Isn't your uncle a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee? Li Xiaoning's eyes lit up when he heard this, "How about asking him to help?" ”

"Pull it down!" Kong Xiangrong shook his head again and again and said, "My uncle believes in the golden mean, and he has never done anything that offends people. ”

"It looks like you're on your own." Li Xiaoning clenched his fists hard.