Chapter 195: Lu Rongting's Ambition
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"Since the commissioning ceremony of the new ship of the People's Army Navy, in the past few days, the new atmosphere of our navy has aroused tremendous repercussions among the people of the whole country."
"Under the great attention of our party and government, and with the continuous struggle of our heroic road construction army, the Baocheng Railway, which starts from the Baoji area of Shaanxi Province in the north and reaches Chengdu in Sichuan Province in the south, has been officially completed and opened to traffic on April 6, 1913. Shen Bingkun, premier of the autonomous government, attended the opening ceremony in Chengdu and delivered an important speech. The Baocheng Railway is connected with the Chengdu-Chongqing and Chengdu-Kunming lines, with a total length of 669 kilometers, which is the first railway trunk line connecting the northwest and southwest regions, and is also the ······"
Lu Rongting turned off the radio, got up and walked to the window and opened the window. Breathing the earthy air in the morning after the rain was originally a refreshing thing, but at this time, Lu Rongting's face was more sad.
In the past three months, since he was dismissed from the post of vice governor of Guangxi Province and accepted the arrangement of his superiors to study at the Central Party School, Lu Rongting has been listening carefully to lectures every day and studying hard to improve himself. The style of study in the party school is very rigorous, and it is not a place of leisure as some people describe, but a place to train high-ranking cadres for the Communist Party, and the students' words and deeds are strictly demanded. Lu Rongting is in a provincial-level cadre training class, and its requirements for students are even more ordinary. Frankly speaking, he has learned a lot in these few months, and in terms of vision, insight and connections, compared with the previous months, it has simply changed dramatically, and it is a word that is not the same as before.
It stands to reason that this is a good thing, and you should be happy, but Lu Rongting is not happy at all. The reason is very simple, that is, the study is coming to an end, but among the people who study together, they have not yet arranged their own positions.
After more than a year of fighting in the system of the Communist Party of China, Lu Rongting still has some clarity in his heart about the meaning of studying in the party school. Generally speaking, most of the high-ranking officials like him come for further training in two situations. One is good, that is, they are ready to be promoted and reused, and these people will soon be in more important positions after participating in the training course; The other is of course not good, arranging you to study, often has the flavor of turning the tiger away from the mountain and checking the problem. Of course, such a situation is rare. As far as he knows, since the establishment of the party school, there has been only one such example, Liu Xianshi, vice governor of Guizhou Province, who was not long ago.
Speaking of Liu Xianshi, Lu Rongting couldn't help but sneer at what he had done. As a vice governor, he didn't want to assist the governor in his hard work, but he actually embezzled and accepted bribes, and tried in vain to take advantage of the advantages of local officials to set up the provincial governor to confront the secretary of the provincial party committee. Even people like themselves who came from a reckless background know that they have to tremble and walk on thin ice for officials, and this kind of person really bears the reputation of being born in an official family for nothing.
"Ganqing (Lu Rongting), don't be foolish, there must be special arrangements for your affairs."
It was Luo Changqi who spoke, and like Lu Rongting, he was specially transferred back from Tibet to participate in the party school for further study. Perhaps because he had the experience of resisting the French on the Sino-Vietnamese border when he was young, Lu Rongting admired Luo Changdi, a classmate who braved the hardships and dangers as a Confucian student and fought thousands of miles to resist the British. During the study period, the two lived in the same room, and although they had not intersected in just a few months, they still had words and smiles between each other, and when they spoke, they naturally had less of the kind of estrangement between ordinary people.
Lu Rongting was able to go from a reckless official to a provincial governor in the pre-Qing Dynasty, and then became the vice governor of the autonomous government after Xinhai. He also understood the strangeness of this, so he smiled bitterly at the moment and changed the topic: "Don't talk about me." It's you, retreat from fasting (Luo Chang 裿字), serve as an official for one term, benefit one party, and return to Hunan as governor in the future, which can be regarded as returning to his hometown and benefiting Sangzi. ”
"Okay, you Lu Ganqing, your affairs haven't settled yet, but you're making fun of me!" Luo Changbei held a book in his hand, sat at the desk, shook his head and smiled when he heard the words, obviously not care. Over the years, he has worked hard and risky, and now he can work in Hunan, which can indeed be regarded as a return to his hometown.
Seeing this situation, Lu Rongting still wanted to say something, but he didn't want to hear a knock on the door at this time. Lu Rongting hurriedly walked over, opened the door and saw that it was a staff member of the party school, who had come to send a message to him to report to the director of the education department.
The Department of Academic Affairs? It was directly under the leadership of Xiao Mubai, the principal of the party school, and was responsible for the teaching management of the whole school. Lu Rongting was a little puzzled in his heart for a while, he really couldn't understand what he had to do with the Department of Educational Affairs. It was also thanks to Luo Changdi reminding him on the side, which made Lu Rongting regain his mind, and rushed to the Department of Education after sorting out his clothes.
Although the Academic Affairs Department is not far from the dormitory where Lu Rongting lives, he does not come many times. From a distance, Lu Rongting saw a car parked in front of the education affairs department, looking at this car that obviously did not belong to the school, Lu Rongting faintly felt that his trip to the education department today may not be so simple.
When he came to the Academic Affairs Department, Lu Rongting did not see the director of the Academic Affairs Department, but was taken to a reception room by a young man. After he walked into the reception room, he found that the person who really wanted to see him was not the director of the Department of Educational Affairs, but Lu Zhiyi, the director of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, who was sitting in the middle of the reception room at this time.
Seeing Lu Rongting coming in, I saw Lu Zhiyi stand up and smile slightly: "Hello, Comrade Lu Rongting." I've been waiting for you for a while, please take a seat. ”
"Minister Lu, hello, I've kept you waiting." Lu Rongting was also busy coming forward to say hello. He can still carry the weight of the head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and his authority is as strong as that of the officials in the former Qing Dynasty. Although the other party was much younger than him, Lu Rongting did not dare to slack off at all.
After seeing Lu Rongting sit down, Lu Zhiyi continued: "Comrade Lu Rongting, I have read your file before, you joined our Communist Party in October of Xinhai year, right?" ”
"Yes, Minister Lu. At that time, I was in Guilin, Guangxi, and it was Premier Shen Bingkun who personally introduced me to the party. Lu Rongting replied honestly.
Lu Zhiyi nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "I came here this time to be entrusted by Comrade Xiao Mubai, the chairman of the party. Now, on behalf of the Central Committee, I would like to formally talk to you. ”
Although there were some conjectures before, it was not until this moment that Lu Rongting really understood the meaning of Lu Zhiyi's intentions, and after being in the Communist Party system for so long, he still did not understand the meaning of the talk of the representative organization. At that moment, he quickly sat up straight and looked at Lu Zhiyi intently.
"Comrade Lu Rongting, after the study and decision of the higher authorities, you have been appointed as a member, member of the Standing Committee, and deputy secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee, and governor of the Gansu Provincial People's Government, in charge of the administrative work of the whole province. I hope that you will not disappoint the expectations of the central authorities, perform your duties, work conscientiously, and cooperate with the central authorities to do a good job in the future development of Gansu Province. After Lu Zhiyi finished speaking, he looked at Lu Rongting, who was a little stunned, and asked again: "Do you have any ideas about the organizational arrangements?" ”
Lu Rongting was indeed a little stunned at the moment, and his arrangement this time was indeed a little unexpected for him. It is indeed a happy event to become the governor of a province, but going to Gansu to be the governor of the province really made Lu Rongting a little depressed in his heart. What kind of place is Gansu, the people's livelihood is withered, barren and bitter cold, which is worse than his hometown Guangxi, and it is slightly stronger than Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang. But in an instant, Lu Rongting thought about it again, the governor of Gansu Province is also the governor, after all, in the entire system of autonomous government, there are only a handful of people who can become governors, and he is now one of the few people.
"Minister Lu, I obey the arrangements of my superiors, and I will definitely make efforts for the development and construction of Gansu. I still understand the principle of serving as an official and benefiting one party. After figuring out this, Lu Rongting immediately said.
Regarding Lu Rongting's statement, Lu Zhiyi was a little noncommittal, he really couldn't understand why Xiao Mubai nominated Lu Rongting to serve as the governor of Gansu Province. In his opinion, in terms of ability, this person can be mediocre and very modest; In terms of being a person, this person is quite slippery. I'm afraid that the only merit in his body is that he had the experience of resisting the law in his early years, and he had the courage to deal with things decisively. Because of this, Lu Zhiyi was very skeptical that in a place like Gansu, where the situation was complicated and the ethnic issue was acute, Lu Rongting would be able to control the situation.
"Comrade Lu Rongting, the conversation is over, but there are a few words that Chairman Xiao Mubai asked me to relay to you."
"Minister Lu, you say." Lu Zhiyi's words made Lu Rongting turn his mind back, and his expression suddenly looked a little solemn.
Seeing this, Lu Zhiyi nodded secretly: "The people of Gansu are complex, the place is barren, and the first problem is stability, and then development." You must remember this. ”
Lu Rongting nodded solemnly, indicating that he understood.
Walking out of the door of the Department of Academic Affairs and breathing the earthy scented air of the morning after the rain again, Lu Rongting's heart suddenly felt extremely happy. Born in troubled times, it would be a lie to say that Lu Rongting has no ambition in his heart, but ambition must also have something to match, and Lu Rongting is very self-aware and can clear his own weight. The sea has been up and down for decades, from the former Qing Dynasty to the current Communist Party, from the initial vast lintel to the current intention of doing something for the country and the people, this is Lu Rongting's transformation.
"I am very fortunate to be born in such a great era, although I cannot become the greatest person, but I will try to be a part of the greatest group of people." Lu Rongting breathed a sigh of relief and muttered.