After talking to Tang Wei on the phone, Li Xiaoning was walking aimlessly on the road, when suddenly a cheetah SUV stopped beside him. The window of the car was lowered, and a middle-aged man in his thirties with no messy hair showed his face and said, "Li Xiaoning, get in the car, Minister Liu wants to see you." ”

"Minister Liu?" Li Xiaoning was stunned for a moment and didn't react.

"It's the original Secretary Liu." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

Hearing that it was Liu Qifeng who wanted to see him, Li Xiaoning hesitated for a moment and got into the car. In the officialdom, Liu Qifeng can be said to be his Bole and guide, and it is unreasonable not to see him. But the reason why Li Xiaoning hesitated was because he knew that Liu Qifeng must persuade himself to make a comeback, and he was really a little tired of officialdom. So he had mixed feelings.

The cheetah SUV drove unhurriedly to Beer Street and stopped in front of a nondescript night market food stall.

The middle-aged man took Li Xiaoning to a round table on the side of the road, on the white plastic round table were salted peanuts, boiled edamame, and on stainless steel plates there were kebabs, tendons, squid claws, etc., Liu Qifeng did not wear glasses, and he was dressed very casually, so he sat there. The diners next to him didn't care at all that this inconspicuous old man was the original leader of Binhai City.

After the middle-aged man took Li Xiaoning with him, he left on his own. Li Xiaoning didn't make a sound, and sat down on the stool, and the food stall owner came over with a pair of greetings and asked, "What to drink?" ”

"Beer. Fresh beer, green beer, dark beer, pure raw, and puree are the same as first. Liu Qifeng said with a smile.

The boss was stunned, "Do you still have anyone coming?" ”

"It's gone. Just the two of us. Liu Qifeng said with a smile, "Don't underestimate him, he's a wine fairy." That's just enough for him to get an appetizer. ”

Soon, three catties of five-draft beer were delivered, and Liu Qifeng personally poured wine for Li Xiaoning and himself, distributed it equally, poured it full, and then picked up the wine glass and said, "It's the first time for the two of us to drink alone." Come on, let's go! "Tilting his neck, he finished drinking.

Li Xiaoning was not ambiguous, and the cups were three by two.

"Good. Sure enough, it's still that Li Xiaoning! Speaking of which, I haven't drunk it in a long time. Liu Qifeng picked up the disposable chopsticks, broke them and handed them to Li Xiaoning.

"Because you haven't had to drink like this in a long time." Li Xiaoning said lightly, and ate a peanut.

"yes." Liu Qifeng sighed with emotion, "When I was as young as you, I was just as daring to fight, and I drank without reservation. But as the position gets higher and higher, the drinking is not so fierce, but it is still so enjoyable. ”

After that, it was full again, "The second." ”

So I drank a second glass.

Li Xiaoning finally couldn't hold back and said, "Chief, take it easy, you have a bad stomach, it's not appropriate to be too fast." ”

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

Soon, Wuzha wine went down to Sanza, and Liu Qifeng got down to business, "How are you doing now?" ”

"It's better to die than to live, make do." Li Xiaoning took a big sip of wine and said, "I don't have to be an official. ”

"Listening to your tone, the love is quite big?" Liu Qifeng asked.

"How dare you?" Li Xiaoning puffed out his cheeks and said, "In the revolutionary ranks, I am just an inconspicuous grass, where is there any qualification to make trouble." ”

Liu Qifeng suddenly put the wine glass on the table and said angrily: "Aren't you still making trouble? It's all made me look so bad! ”

"Don't get me wrong, chief. I'm not rushing at you! Li Xiaoning hurriedly explained. His personality is relatively upright, and if others used this tone to talk to him, he would have choked back a long time ago. But for Liu Qifeng, he has not been tough.

"You can't rush anyone!" Liu Qifeng said angrily, "You're quite wronged, aren't you?" Look at what you've done. The county government compound has been built into a garden, and a charlatan is called a brother, drinking famous wine, smoking famous cigarettes, wearing famous brands, as a party member, as a national cadre, there is no consciousness and discipline at all, you are still quite aggrieved? ”

Looking at Liu Qifeng like that, Li Xiaoning really couldn't say anything to refute for a while, so he had to keep his head down and not speak.

Liu Qifeng continued: "Do you think that all the money was obtained by you, and you can spend it as you want?" You call it embezzlement, you know? This is a matter of politics and principle. Do you think you're right? According to me, it is light to remove you from your office. ”

Li Xiaoning did feel aggrieved, but he couldn't refute Liu Qifeng's words. As Liu Qifeng said, he, the county magistrate, is too high-profile. The high-profile makes many people look at it, and the reason why he was punished today is not too much to blame.

Liu Qifeng paused for a while, his tone softened, and he said earnestly: "Xiaoning, you are still young, you have few things, and there are indispensable tribulations in your life, and what you are encountering now is actually nothing."

"Anyway, I feel that I am not suitable for officialdom now, so I better live my own life." Li Xiaoning toasted Liu Qifeng again.

Liu Qifeng took a sip of wine, sighed, and said, "You are indeed not suitable for officialdom. Because you don't understand the rules of officialdom at all.

Do you think you're capable? But you have the same problem as those students who have just come out of school, that is, they have been going from school gate to school gate, they have been in school for more than ten years, they have stayed for more than ten years, they have little social experience, and their practical ability is poor, especially the lack of understanding of complex interpersonal relationships, and their ability to deal with interpersonal relationships and cultivation need to be greatly improved.

Society is society, and it is rich to say that the literary point is rich, and to say that the straight point is complex, and this is especially true of officialdom. In society, you must learn to adapt to society, enhance social adaptability, adapt to officialdom in officialdom, and understand and follow the rules of the game here. ”

"Chief, you have a point. I really don't understand the rules of the game in officialdom. Li Xiaoning honestly admitted, "But I think everything I do is for the people, is this also wrong?" ”

"If you just want to be a town mayor or a county magistrate, it may be true, but if you want to have a better development, it is a big mistake." Liu Qifeng said in a deep voice, "To put it mildly, your current level is at best a town mayor, so you, the county magistrate, have not done it." Don't be in a hurry to refute me, listen to me. Do you think you're all for the common people? In fact, you are harming the people, because of your immaturity, you can't do it, you can't do it, you can't do it, and your ambitions can't be realized. Because your successor will surely make you lose all your efforts. ”

Li Xiaoning fell into deep thought, he really hadn't thought about this issue before that. Oh, yes. No matter how good your ideas are, no matter how good you are, but if you can't be on stage, isn't it all in vain?

After letting Li Xiaoning reflect on himself for a while, Liu Qifeng continued: "Why did I say that you are making a fuss? Because you still want to continue to work in the officialdom in your heart, it's just a hard mouth. Don't be convinced. You were born to be an official, and your ambition and ability compelled you to want to benefit more people, to help the world, not to be alone. ”

Liu Qifeng's words made Li Xiaoning's heart ripple again. He didn't expect Liu Qifeng to know himself so well. As Liu Qifeng said, although he said that he was tired of officialdom and had been self-hypnotizing, he really wanted to continue to walk in officialdom in his heart. Because he has so many ideals and ambitions to achieve, his greatest pleasure is to watch the people under his rule live a good life, rather than earn their own money. Even if it's to earn billions, or even tens of billions.

Let Li Xiaoning calm down again for a while, Liu Qifeng continued: "In the future." In case of trouble, we must be stable and look at people accurately. When encountering things, you must not be impatient, you must be calm, 'suddenly come without being surprised, and do not be angry for no reason', you must be cautious in words and deeds, say less and do more, be down-to-earth, accumulate experience and qualifications bit by bit, enrich experience, and increase ability.

People who have a city government can not only see his external and current situation, but also see a lot of things in his heart and the past, who can be trusted, who can not be trusted, who can be used, who is not available, who can be deeply acquainted, and who cannot be deeply acquainted. ”

Li Xiaoning didn't speak, but he was listening very carefully. He knew that these were all valuable experiences that Liu Qifeng had summed up over the years, and they were truths that could save him many detours. Although he doesn't agree with some experiences, he also knows that it's not that these experiences are wrong, it's just that he is not mature enough. And what I have to do in the future is to mature as much as possible. Not only to be an official, but also to be a politician. Because only politicians can really gain a foothold in officialdom, and only when they can really stand firm in officialdom, can they turn their ideas into reality and truly seek benefits for the people. Otherwise, if you can't keep yourself, how can you talk about working for the benefit of others?

Looking at the change in Li Xiaoning's face, Liu Qifeng knew that Li Xiaoning had listened, his tone calmed down a little again, and said slowly: "In the officialdom, you must know the golden mean, the Chinese people have pursued this way of life since ancient times, it is indeed a realistic choice for people to survive and develop in a complex society, this is good for you, otherwise, you will even have a problem with survival, what kind of ideal revenge are you talking about?" What else do you want to talk about? For those things that you are not used to, if you can't change them, and you don't have the responsibility to take care of them, just pretend not to see them, open your eyes and close your eyes, don't always think about letting the world change according to your own ideas, besides, what you can't get used to must be unreasonable? Hegel said: 'Everything that objectively exists has its own rationality', which is a rational reason, not a ceremonial principle, and there are many things that seem to be unreasonable, but in fact they have their own reason, and that truth may not be consistent with morality or even law, but it is indeed an objective truth, a truth that cannot be determined or changed by man. ”

If Li Xiaoning had listened to these words before, he would have even scoffed, but now he listens to them, because he has already suffered the loss of not understanding these truths. And now he has understood that some truths are not truths, but the truth of this world. Only by understanding these truths and following them can we really do things well.

So, Li Xiaoning's head slowly lifted up, and his chest slowly straightened up.

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