Chen Ke's meeting with Li Nana soon spread throughout the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee.

The main force of the BJP has begun to shift to internal building, which is the direction recently established by the Central Committee. Since it was the strategic direction proposed by Chairman Chen and the Party Central Committee fully agreed upon after discussion, no one will oppose it. Shang Yuan, secretary of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, did not understand what this "internal construction" meant.

Chen Ke's current secretary works in three shifts, and Chen Ke usually sleeps three times a day, for a total of eight hours of sleep. After waking up, there are two hours of time to eat and other necessary life. The rest is all work. It is not so much that he is a revolutionary, but that Chen Ke is now the largest and busiest affairs officer in the base area.

"The government system has to have its own system, and building this system is a top priority. I am working hard to build this thing now, and comrades need to work together to build this system. Every time Shang Yuan advised Chen Ke to pay attention to rest, Chen Ke would say in a flat tone. At night, Chen Ke would sleep from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Then he got up and started his business. After 2 to 6 o'clock, he slept for another hour and a half, and got up at half past seven.

Shang Yuan rushed to find Chen Ke before 9 o'clock. "Chairman Chen, what do you think about this incident? Do you want to use troops against Jiangsu? ”

"Just to solve this matter, a letter is enough. There is no need to make a war at all. Chen's answer was simple. It's just that Shang Yuan, according to the rules summarized by everyone, knows that the calmer Chen Ke's expression is, the more serious the matter will be. Now Chen Ke's expression is calm and he can't see the slightest wave, which means that the follow-up of the matter is not a matter of a letter.

"So what's the problem?" Shang Yuan doesn't like nonsense, he asks very directly.

Chen Ke still asked calmly: "Comrade Shang Yuan, do you think that if no one has made things out like this, how much attention will our comrades attach to Gu Wei's forced action?" ”

"This is a civil case, not a criminal case." Shang Yuan chose a very skillful answer. The People's Party attaches great importance to criminal cases, and although it does not let go of mistakes, it has always had to "give an account." The attitude towards civil cases is completely different, and it is still based on coordination. After all, it is difficult for a clean official to cut off family affairs.

"Do you really think so?" Chen Ke finally had a mocking smile on his face.

"So how do I know that? Speak up. Shang Yuan asked.

"This thing looks like a forced marriage, and in essence there is an issue of equality between men and women. As far as our base areas are concerned, as far as our People's Party is concerned, how many comrades really believe that everyone should be equal, and that men and women should be equal. Men are human beings, and women are equally equal human beings. Chen Ke's attitude finally became intense, and his tone was full of mockery.

Shang Yuan will never despise or discriminate against female cadres within the party and government, nor will he discriminate against female workers in the base areas. However, when it comes to the issue of equality between men and women, he has no understanding of his own. "Let's be more specific." In accordance with the habits within the People's Party, Shang Yuan put forward new demands.

The People's Party stresses "iron discipline" within itself, and if it wants to maintain this iron discipline, it must have a "system." In the area of system building, especially in the question and answer session, when encountering things that we do not understand, the party demands the use of clear and unmistakable standard phrases such as "speak directly," "be more specific," and "are you talking about theory or reality?" It's like saying "hello", "thank you", "goodbye" and so on in ordinary conversation. No matter how big an official or how high a position, you have to talk like this. Opposing clichés and speculation out of thin air is an issue that the party strictly grasps.

Shang Yuan didn't understand what Chen Ke meant, so he naturally discussed it according to this standard question and answer method.

"At this stage, we oppose human trafficking, and we will kill human traffickers if we catch them in the base areas. Everybody knows that. Chen Ke also replied exactly as the conversation requested.

Shang Yuan nodded slightly, when the base area took in orphans, he was mistaken for selling children, and the lesson of that incident was too profound for everyone. Later, the base areas changed their thinking and carried out a brutal crackdown on human trafficking. After the massacre, the human trade was finally temporarily banned.

"We can ban the buying and selling of people by outsiders, and we can eliminate inequality to some extent. The masses of the people can also understand and accept the actions of our murderers and traffickers. But to what extent do the masses of the people accept that parents have many unequal privileges over their children, and what do you think, Comrade Shang Yuan? ”

Shang Yuan already knew what Chen Ke wanted to say, "Chairman Chen, do you want to say that everyone is equal before the People's Party, or is everyone equal before the law?" At this stage, it is indeed difficult for us to get the masses to accept the power of the state over the power of the family over the family members. Not to mention that family members in a leadership position are unacceptable, even family members in a leading position are difficult to accept. ”

"It's a matter of equality. Theoretically, all people are equal. In practice, the most basic unit of society is the family, not the individual. This leads directly to many practical problems in front of us. In the process of promoting equality, the government must seize much of the power that would otherwise belong to family members. In this process, our enemies are no longer counter-revolutionaries, but existing social understandings, our enemies and even the masses of the people. That's why I say it's not that simple. ”

Shang Yuan's old bureaucratic background, his life experience taught him that the people are the biggest antagonists of the government. After joining the BJP, Shang Yuan embraced the concept that the people are supporters. However, when he heard that Chen Ke put the people on the opposite side, Shang Yuan was not surprised, but felt that Chen Ke was by no means the kind of hairy boy who did not understand the world, but a real politician.

"If my son doesn't listen to me, I can't accept it. If the government is sticking a lever in it, I can't accept it. Shang Yuan said with a smile.

Chen Ke would never object to Shang Yuan's honest attitude, let alone Shang Yuan, even in 21st-century China, where parents believe that their power over their children is completely above the state and government. Opponents of the American model of society are not in the minority. Of course, Chen Ke's philosophy is not that he has privileges for his children, but that he has obligations to his children.

"So in this matter, if you just want to solve this specific problem, don't say that rescuing Comrade Gu Wei is to arrest Wang Youhong with a thousand cuts, and we can do it, and it is not too difficult. But the essence of this matter is that the issue of equality is definitely not so simple. It is impossible for us to ignore this matter, and if we deal with it, it will come into strong conflict with many basic concepts in the base areas. Wang Youhong just didn't dare to go against us in this matter, our enemy is based on the ideas and understandings that exist in the territory. ”

"Changing customs is not an overnight thing, not to mention the masses of people in the base areas, there will be no shortage of opposition comrades within the party." Shang Yuan said with a smile. He was smiling on his face, and the emotions that were revealing were the characteristic high-spirited in the face of a strong enemy.

"That's what I think, we can't put the responsibility on Wang Youhong's head. Because Wang Youhong is not a person from our base, if there is a responsibility not to find the focus of the contradiction, but according to the distance and relatives, all the responsibility is deducted to outsiders, I think it is completely wrong to do so. ”

"Then we have to deal with Comrade Gu Wei's father first?" Shang Yuan understood why Chen Ke was so emotional, and this way of dealing with it would really cause great opposition among the people.

"Wang Youhong didn't buy concubines from our base, he did it in Jiangsu. Taking the laws of our base to other provinces is really a mistake in the scope of application of the law. There was a strong sense of helplessness in Chen Ke's tone.

"Chairman Chen, don't you like to criticize Xu Dian, as far as you say now, it sounds like you talk more about the law than Xu Dian." Shang Yuan smiled.

"Comrade Xu Dian is just a bit stupid, he only pays attention to his own thoughts when he reads. In other respects, I still admire Comrade Xu Dian. Chen Ke replied with a smile.

How could Shang Yuan not hear Chen Ke's protection of Xu Dian, as well as his implicit warning. He just smiled and avoided the topic, "Then Chairman Chen, what are you going to do within the party and the base area?" There are no definite steps anymore. ”

"This matter must start from within the party, we have been advocating equality for several years, and now it is really time to be equal. It's a real litmus test. I'm looking forward to it. Chen Ke's expression finally calmed down, "Comrade Shang Yuan, you need to keep today's conversation confidential. Let's start with the Party Central Committee. ”

Shang Yuan nodded emphatically, and he changed the topic again, "How did Comrade Gu Wei convey the news back?" ”

"Knowledge is different, and I appreciate the resourcefulness of this comrade." Speaking of this, Chen Ke became happy. He took out a letter and handed it to Shang Yuan.

The letter was very normal, Gu Wei told Li Nana that she might be married, it was a good family that her parents found for her in Nanjing, and if she got married, she would not be able to see Li Nana in the future. The letter expressed his miss for Li Nana, and talked about the songs that everyone used to study together, as well as a few lyrics. The lyrics are phonetic letters. A long paragraph was written. Shang Yuan also knows Chinese pinyin, but how to pronounce this pinyin letter is not right.

"You put it upside down." Chen Ke explained to Shang Yuan, who was full of doubts.

Fighting extremely hard from the last pinyin letter, Shang Yuan finally spelled out a sentence with a guess, "My father wants to sell me to Wang Youhong, the governor of Jiangsu, as a concubine, you must let the government save me." I don't want to be a concubine. Please. ”

Seeing this, Shang Yuan nodded again and again, "Comrade Gu Wei is indeed unusual, and his wit is much better than many stupid boys in our government." This has to be saved. ”

"I think so too." Chen Ke also nodded yes.

"How to write a letter to Wang Youhong? In whose name? Shang Yuan asked.

"I write this letter in the name of Gong Anbu. Tell Wang Youhong that Comrade Gu Wei's father violated the laws of our base area. Copy this part of the law to Wang Youhong. Let Wang Youhong cooperate with us to send the criminal suspect, Comrade Gu Wei's father, Gu Renyu, back to the base area for trial. And send Comrade Gu Wei back to us together. ”