"I have heard from the Commission for Discipline Inspection that the comrades in the four northern provinces have heard that I am going to Beijing to directly guide the work. I think about it myself, and I discussed this with the comrades here. I would now like to discuss with my comrades why this is the way it is. Wei Ze said slowly to the comrades of the Political Bureau, the Chang Committee and the Military Commission.

If a few days ago, this issue did not make any waves at the top, it was just a question of whether everyone agreed or opposed Wei Ze going to Beijing to preside over the work in the north. Now these comrades have become extremely ugly, they have all been notified, there has been a very strict leak in Lan Phuong province, the fleet has been attacked, the ironclad ship has sunk, and hundreds of naval officers and men have been killed and wounded. Hundreds of casualties, mostly killed in action or missing after the ship sank. A battle is often just a small loss.

At the same time, I got the news that the "Spanish fleet" counterattacked China, and I don't know how many European countries were involved in this counteroffensive. For a while, the good situation turned out to have the smell of mountain rain coming and the wind full of buildings.

Wei Ze didn't want to chase after the matter itself, he continued to say slowly: "What I want to talk to you today about is the issue of the party constitution. Do any of you have a party card? ”

These high-level people looked at each other, who would have nothing to do with the party card. Wei Ze waved his hand to the staff, and the staff immediately took out a stack of paper, on which was printed the party's constitution. Wei Ze took out his party card from his pocket, and after everyone got the contents of the party card, he opened his mouth and read: "Support the party's program, abide by the party's constitution, fulfill the obligations of party members, implement the party's decisions, strictly abide by the party's discipline, keep the party's secrets, be loyal to the party, and work actively......"

If the high-level leaders didn't care about Wei Ze's approach in the past two years, they all looked at the party constitution seriously at this moment. More than ten years ago, during the Second Northern Expedition, the status of a military tribunal was gradually established, and the first case at that time was a leak case, and the final sentence was the death penalty. So what will be the result this time? Can it be concluded that the traitor's staff officer will die if he is caught, and the others will be completely unresponsible?

Three days later, on February 27, Nguyen received a letter about the likely betrayal of military secrets by his cousin, Nguyen Youcai. After reading the letter, Ruan Xihao sat on the chair and was speechless for a long time. There are many things that cannot be associated, that is, the more you associate, the more afraid you are.

When the news spread that Wei Ze was going to Beijing to preside over the work, his cousin Ruan Youcai betrayed military secrets, and several of his main warships were sunk or injured. It takes a lot of money to build an ironclad warship, and the officers and men of the navy belong to the technical branches, and the training is very hard. Hundreds of naval officers and sailors were killed or missing in battle, and if anyone dared to cheat Ruan Xihao like this, Ruan Xihao would kill that person's entire family.

The Commission for Discipline Inspection still continues to investigate who spread the news, and for Ruan Xihao, at least in Ruan Xihao's own view, it is now a domestic and external dilemma. The net has been opened, and it is waiting to be convicted of the crime and begin to close. Ruan Xihao himself is very grateful to his brothers in Nanjing for being so righteous and sending the news to Beijing in advance. can think of Wei Ze's strictness in governing the army, and then think about the problems he caused, Ruan Xihao felt that everything was lost.

Lei Hu led his troops to conquer Hunan, marched into Anhui, and then hit the city of Beijing. When Lei Hu was about to take Beijing, Ruan Xihao took over the position of political commissar of Lei Hu, thus gaining great merit in conquering Beijing. Then he was entrusted with the important task of taking charge of the Northern Military District Command. No matter how you look at it, they are all promising guys, and there are even many people who believe that Ruan Xihao is likely to become the first general with his future merits. But all this qiē came to naught because of some trivial things that had nothing to do with military affairs.

Sitting in the office, Ruan Xihao stared at the desktop, but he didn't see anything in his eyes. What to do? Just waiting to be removed from his position after being convicted? This soldier, who joined the Liberation Army in 1852, can be said to have felt hopeless for the first time in his life.

But the soldiers killed in the 10,000-horse army are still soldiers after all, and Ruan Xihao finally struggled out of despair. Since you already have to face these problems, it is better to face the results directly than to be killed. He first convened a meeting of the Northern Command to arrange the work for the time being, and then told everyone in a relatively calm voice that he was going to Nanjing. Everyone has to work hard until he returns.

Ruan Xihao is not the only one who has felt irritated recently, many people in the upper echelons have been investigated, and everyone thinks that this is the discipline inspection department playing prestige. Everyone started talking about it as soon as they arrived.

"Political commissar, when you go to Nanjing, you must tell the governor of the Discipline Inspection Commission that the chicken feathers are used as arrows. They did it on purpose! ”

"That's right, even if we pass the word, we don't mean anything else!"

But although the voice is loud, it is not so reasonable. This matter is purely logically speaking, and it is these guys who are responsible for the rumors. Everyone is a high-ranking cadre, and no one is willing to shamelessly say nonsense such as "no one can assassinate the governor", and those who have the courage to say such nonsense have long been eliminated.

Looking at the comrades of the party committee, Ruan Xihao could only smile bitterly. Although he felt that Wei Ze would not really engage in the alliance and push Ruan Xihao to the end, Ruan Xihao's future would definitely be greatly affected. Rather than being cleaned up like that, it is better to go to Wei Ze to admit his mistake, but to get a clear result. So when I saw Wei Ze, it wasn't him at all, Ruan Xihao wanted to sue the discipline inspection department for doing too much, not to mention that it was not unreasonable for the discipline inspection department to do things.

On March 4, Ruan Xihao arrived in Nanjing. Before entering the city gate, he still went directly to Wei Ze, but he really had to face an unlucky situation, Ruan Xihao still felt a little flustered. In the end, he chose to meet Lei Hu first.

Lei Hu is still a lieutenant general, and he is in charge of the merit evaluation at this time. If he is not responsible for the evaluation, he is afraid that he has been promoted to a shang general at this time. Everyone also has a deep understanding of Lei Hu's temperament. At least Lei Hu will never be unforgiving, let alone deliberately make things difficult.

Seeing the guards bring Ruan Xihao in, Lei Hu just sighed first. After the guards came out of the house, the expression on Lei Hu's face was uncontrollable. His brow furrowed, but not angry, but a very disappointed expression. After a while, Lei Hu spoke: "Say, who is suing you this time!" ”

Ruan Xihao sat down in a chair in a daze, and he replied: "I came to the governor this time to admit my mistake, and I want to beat, scold, and punish, and let the governor deal with it." ”

Hearing this rather sincere words, Lei Hu became even more angry. He stood up, pointed at Ruan Xihao and asked, "Do you know about your cousin?" ”

Ruan Xihao raised his head, "I see." ”

"I specifically asked the governor before if you would like to call him to Nanjing. The governor said, what is it to call Ruan Xihao back? Is this to investigate him, or to punish him? When Lei Hu said this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Ruan Xihao's heart warmed after listening to Wei Ze's meaning, it seems that Wei Ze is indeed extremely important to Ruan Xihao, if he had changed someone else, he would have stopped working a long time ago.

However, that relieved expression angered Lei Hu even more, and he couldn't help but raise his voice, "You think you came to Nanjing to see the governor and ask for punishment, you are a man, right?" But do you know or not, the governor said that this matter needs to be kept secret and investigated by investigators. But until there are further changes, it must not affect your work. Now it's good, when you Ruan Xihao arrived in Nanjing, you first delayed your work, and then the governor must ask who told you the news. Ruan Xihao, do you dare to tell the governor that you don't know? ”

This analysis completely frightened Ruan Xihao, and if he just dealt with him, he would admit it. didn't expect that even the brother who wanted to provide the news was implicated, which was definitely beyond his bottom line.

"Or ......," Ruan Xihao swallowed the rest of the words back into his stomach after saying two words. He wanted to say why don't I go back to Beijing first? But after thinking about it, it was impossible for Lei Hu to tell nonsense to Wei Ze. If he leaves again, what will Lei Hu do? If he tries to evade responsibility, then even Lei Hu will be sold.

With confusion and remorse in his mind, Ruan Xihao said in a dry voice: "Tiger, what should I do now?" ”

Lei Hu saw that Ruan Xihao finally understood, he sat back on the sofa and closed his eyes and thought for a moment, "Now let's go directly to see ......, go see Shen Xin." ”

"Shen Xin?" Ruan Xihao wanted to ask Lei Hu if he had made a mistake, and Shen Xin, who was in charge of political work, resolutely supported Wei Ze's party building line, and everyone was very unhappy with this extremely principled comrade. It's not that Shen Xin really did something that annoyed everyone, but when he talked to Shen Xin, he could always get a conclusion that was in line with party discipline and state law, but he didn't have an answer that could make a private person feel comforted.

Lei Hu sighed, "I originally wanted to accompany you to find Wei Changrong, but think about it, what does it mean to find Wei Changrong?" You Ruan Xihao can't bear your current official position? ”

"I didn't think so!" Ruan Xihao hurriedly replied, if he was really worried about his official position, Ruan Xihao could shrink to Beijing and wait for news. In fact, looking at it now, it may be the best choice.

"I just know that you don't mean that, and if you have this intention, you will stay in Beijing and send people to Beijing for activities. Lao Ruan, if you really regard your official position as higher than the sky, I may not want to help you this time. Lei Hu said indignantly. After finishing speaking, Lei Hu let out a long breath, as if he wanted to vent all the unhappiness in his heart. After the situation calmed down a little, Lei Hu continued: "Lao Ruan, I'll tell you. The governor is not the kind of person who can't tolerate mistakes, but people who have problems with their thinking. If you have any ideas, just say it, you have your own reasoning, even if it is crooked, you have to say it directly to the governor. Even if you still want to continue to work in your current job, you have to tell the governor directly. If you want to deceive the Governor...... You can't fool you! ”