"Secretary Wei, I will definitely do a good job!" Hu Chenghe's nephew Hu Zhijian said in a firm tone.

Wei Changrong looked at Hu Zhijian's energetic expression, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart. He did not directly say what he thought, but said encouragingly: "Comrade Hu Zhijian, up to now, your strength is to be able to complete your work. I want you to build on your strengths. ”

"That's what I can't do." Hu Zhijian replied a little embarrassed, "I can't get used to those people's style, but I can't help it." There are so many of them that it doesn't work for me to say anything alone. People still think I'm okay to look for. ”

Hu Zhijian began to recount the various blows he had suffered before, and Wei Changrong listened quietly. Those who firmly believe that they are on the right path are hit by those who take the wrong path, and of course they are extremely unhappy in their hearts. Now that he has Wei Changrong's approval, Hu Zhijian has said many things that he had held in his heart one by one.

For Wei Changrong, listening to the complaints of his subordinates is also part of his job. However, as Hu Zhijian has been complaining, Wei Changrong's evaluation of Hu Zhijian has gradually decreased. It's not that Wei Changrong doesn't understand or support Hu Zhijian's unhappy past. It's just that Wei Changrong has seen too many people, and a person who only knows how to complain about the past is actually quite scary, and they tend to indulge in the past and can't extricate themselves. Even if you can't surpass the times and stay ahead of the times, you have to keep pace with this era. Thoughts always live in the past, and that's a terrible thing.

The reason why he decided to make Hu Zhijian the governor of the province was that Wei Changrong valued Hu Zhijian's previous forbearance. It's not scary that the job isn't outstanding, and the people who excel are always in the minority. To be a competent commander, the essential ingredient is firmness. When military equipment and training methods have been determined, only by unswervingly making full use of the existing conditions to accomplish the campaign and tactical objectives can one be called qualified commanders.

Wei Changrong gradually grew up in pain. The situation of the war is changing rapidly, even if the overall situation of the battle can develop as expected, and all kinds of unpredictable news follow. In such a situation, the idea of escapism, "if you can use a certain weapon...... "if you can train specially for the current terrain......", "if the troops can be braver......", "if the leading officer can be more clever......", "if you ......", can easily occupy the minds of unqualified commanders.

Even for a person like Wei Changrong, who has been through a hundred battles, seen the red with bayonets, and has passed countless life and death hurdles, even if he has long heard Wei Ze's repeated emphasis that "anyone can only live in the present and can only live in the present", he has also unconsciously generated a lot of impulses to try to escape from reality, and has experienced a lot of painful reflections on his wrong choices.

The same is true of being a military commander, and it is the same with being a civil officer. How big a pot cooks and how much cooking, scolding subordinates, complaining about superiors, blaming peers, and blaming all unsatisfactory things on accidents. Precisely because they never want to live in the pain of the moment, such people will stubbornly hope for the eternal pause of the occasional complete success. Let success, glory, and triumph come to an eternal halt on him.

It is this kind of person that the Organization Department wants to eliminate from the organization, and the Organization Department tries to find and promote the kind of talent who admits that the future is unknowable, admits that he is not omnipotent, and can continue to move forward in this perception. Hu Zhijian, who can insist on himself in the face of all kinds of disapproval and even slander, will of course be favored by the organization department.

In addition to the choice of the Organization Department, there is really someone behind Hu Zhijian. Hu Chenghe once specifically found Wei Changrong and told Hu Zhijian's own excellence and the external pressure he encountered. Hu Chenghe did not hide his selfishness, he said clearly to Wei Changrong, "Now I will never provoke those who have problems, I am harming myself by protecting them." However, I will never give up on a comrade like Hu Zhijian. Changrong, I just ask you to focus on observing him and give him a chance. ”

Wei Changrong observed, and Wei Changrong also agreed. However, if Hu Zhijian continues to talk about old things like this, Wei Changrong will have to consider giving up on Hu Zhijian. In the purge of Guangdong, there is absolutely no need for people who only know how to complain.

Looking at Hu Zhijian, Wei Changrong had to appreciate Wei Ze's vision. Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong are indeed very outstanding comrades. After listening to Pang Congcong, he frankly admitted that his efforts stemmed from the fear of being eliminated. Wang Mingshan also said the basis of his efforts, "Zi said: A gentleman has three fears: fear of the mandate of heaven, fear of adults, and fear of the words of saints." The villain does not know the destiny of heaven and is not afraid, and the lord insults the words of the saint. For me, participating in the revolution was originally Shen Xin's pulling me, which was providential. The governor is a great man, a saint. Therefore, I fear the destiny of heaven, the adults, and the words of the saints. ”

What Confucius thought back then, Wei Changrong was not interested in knowing, and he did not have the strength to research and research. What he cares about is what Wang Mingshan said when he quoted Confucius, which is the idea of reverence and obedience to the organization, reverence and obedience to Wei Ze, and loyalty to the party. This in itself is the attitude of a good comrade.

Just when Wei Changrong was thinking about other things in his heart, he heard Hu Zhijian say: "Secretary Wei, I will obey the organizational resolution, obey the command of the party committee, and do a good job in the work assigned to me by the party committee!" ”

Wei Changrong immediately came back to his senses, he actually really wanted to hear such a statement. Hu Zhijian was suppressed in the past, and if Hu Zhijian became the governor, the only requirement for Hu Zhijian in the organization was that he should complete his current work. If Hu Zhijian can't do it, or if he doesn't think about his current job at all, he is not qualified to become a provincial governor.

"Very well, Comrade Hu Zhijian. What you just said is the hope that the party committee has for you. In addition to maintaining Guangdong's existing industrial scale and production capacity, the recent work is to build a more effective organizational system, so that Party members and civil servants can understand the basic requirements of being Party members and civil servants, and let everyone understand that the first priority of Party members and civil servants is to abide by the law. In the process of establishing this system and system, we have to deal with anyone who tries to resist and destroy. Do you understand this? Wei Changrong asked.

"I understand!" Hu Zhijian replied excitedly.

Wei Changrong knew that he didn't have the ability to read minds, so he didn't know if he suspected that Hu Zhijian's excitement was because he was reused, or if he himself had the opportunity to deal with the people who had hit him. However, Wei Changrong didn't want to pursue it at this time, people always have to grow, it is the mule or the horse that has to pull it out. If Hu Zhijian does not do well, then he can only give way and let those comrades who have the potential to do a good job become governors.

After discussion and voting by the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Hu Zhijian and another comrade named Wen Changchun were handed over to the Organization Department of the Central Committee. After being reviewed by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the list will be submitted to the comrades of the Political Affairs Bureau, including the Premier of the State Council, for discussion. That's when the final decision can be made.

That is, when the report was submitted, Wang Mingshan took the lead in leaving Guangzhou and going north to Nanjing. After the central personnel arrangements are decided, Pang Congcong will also go north to Nanjing. The personnel situation in Guangdong Province will be settled.

Of course, this dust has settled only temporarily, and two years after the implementation of the First Five-Year Plan, there will be a large-scale adjustment of personnel arrangements nationwide. Weeser hoped that the major personnel reshuffle would begin after the end of the second year of the five-year plan, when the party and government leaders in the various provinces would be able to see if they were qualified.

After Wang Mingshan stepped down, he only felt relaxed, his family had long been ready to go north, and after a farewell tea party with his comrades, Wang Mingshan immediately got on the train and went north. After arriving in Nanjing, he was "lucky" to catch a mass execution.

The Manchu officials had been imprisoned in Nanjing for several months by this time, and the court had already sentenced them to death. The death penalty for women and children was not carried out in public, taking into account some repercussions. It was the department of the adult male aristocracy that was carried out openly.

The gallows that once hanged the Spaniards were pulled out and placed on the site of the mass hanging of captured Spaniards. Because of the large number of people, the hanging lasted three days before it was completed. When so-and-so prince and so-and-so minister are dragged out, a big sign will be hung up, and a piece of paper with the names, titles, status, and crimes of these people will be pasted on it.

A shout erupted among the onlookers, and it was not until they saw these Manchu princes and ministers dragged out like dead dogs and hanged on the gallows that the people really determined the fall of the Manchu dynasty.

Wang Mingshan had little interest in this kind of propaganda with great fanfare, and in the perception of the Liberation Party, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had "collapsed" as early as 1861, the only difference was whether it actually happened. Public executions are just a drama, and the lower the perception of politics, the more interested they are in this kind of drama.

Compared with the spectacle of hanging, the execution of women and children was more bloody and efficient, and the spectators did not know that a brutal execution was taking place dozens of miles away. Wang Mingshan went to see the execution, and compared with the playful performance of the Manchu high-ranking officials at the last moment, the hysterical hoarse wailing and crying were undoubtedly extremely real, and this reality gave him great stimulation. After watching for less than ten minutes, Wang Mingshan left the scene.

At this time, Wei Ze had already gone north to Beijing, and Wang Mingshan actually wanted to know what happened to the little emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the empress dowager of the two palaces, and the Prince of Liang Gong of the Manchu Dynasty, Yixin. Wei Ze is not there, and according to the secrecy system, Wang Mingshan is not qualified to receive information in this regard. Although his curiosity was very strong, Wang Mingshan could only endure and wait for news.

For Weese, none of this information was classified. After he arrived in Beijing on April 15 and stayed at the Old Summer Palace, the commander of the Northern Military Region, Ruan Xihao, told Sù Wei Ze that the Heilongjiang general Deying had received an order from the Manchu Emperor, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, and Prince Gong Yixin to surrender with his army. So far, not only has Deying not responded, but he has not even sent anyone to Shenyang to see the situation. This abnormal situation surprised Ruan Xihao.

"Have you heard anything about the German-British collusion with the Russians?" There was some anticipation in Weeser's tone.

Ruan Xihao didn't expect Wei Ze to ask this question, he scratched the back of his head, "I really haven't heard of this." ”

"Now that spring has begun, let's go and inquire." Wei Ze ordered.