In the process of roaring forward, history is constantly deleting laggards and losers, and deletions are never forewarned when they occur. Many of the leading figures in China's modern and contemporary history have been mercilessly erased by the evolution of later history, and today, those who were once prominent and the illustrious era they created have become a joke after dinner, and the so-called past is like smoke. The same is true of the 26-year history of the reform and opening up of the Han River, and many influential figures have also been deleted in different historical periods, and Zhao Anbang was almost deleted twice.

As far as Pei Yihong knows, the first deletion of Zhao Anbang took place in 1986. At that time, he was the director of the first division of the secretary of the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee and the secretary of Liu Huanzhang, secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Zhao Anbang, the deputy head of agriculture in Gulong County, Wenshan, quietly emerged from the political horizon of Hanjiang Province, although no one could have predicted that they would become the top party and government leaders in one of China's major economic provinces 16 years later. Yu Huabei also appeared at that time, and he was also the leader of Zhao Anbang, serving as the secretary of the county party committee and acting county magistrate in Gulong County. In Pei Yihong's memory, if it weren't for the later land division turmoil, Zhao Anbang would have taken over as the county magistrate.

The young Zhao Anbang was too imprudent, and at the support and instigation of Bai Mingming, deputy secretary of the prefectural party committee, and Qian Huiren, then secretary of the township party committee, carried out a pilot project of land division in Liuji Township, Gulong County. Yu had a mind in North China and knew that the collective ownership of the means of production must be upheld, and when he learned of the situation, he immediately stopped it and reported to Chen Tonghe, secretary of the prefectural party committee. Chen Tonghe was extremely shocked and decided to delete Zhao Anbang: expelled from the party and removed all positions inside and outside the party! Pei Yihong had seen Wenshan's report with his own eyes, and his feeling at that time was: The deputy county magistrate named Zhao Anbang is finished now. On the one hand, he fully affirmed the principled stand of Chen Tonghe, Yu Huabei, and the Wenshan Prefectural Committee, and on the other hand, demanded that the Wenshan Prefectural Committee "punish the former and punish the latter, and treat the sick and save the people" in accordance with the party's cadre policy. Because the deletion right was in Liu Huanzhang's hands, the deletion was suspended, and Zhao Anbang, Bai Tianming, and Qian Huiren left Wenshan and Gulong with their respective punishments, and then Liu Huanzhang was transferred to Ningchuan and put in another position to charge.

Chen Tonghe, who was highly praised by Liu Huanzhang, was inadvertently deleted, and it was also deleted by Liu Huanzhang. When Wenshan changed the city, the provincial party committee let Chen Tonghe take up his idle post and retire to rest. This incident made Yu Huabei angry, and he still sighed when he mentioned it, saying that Huan Lao had made a bad start. The old man wrote in his memoirs in his later years: "The first time I noticed Zhao Anbang, Bai Tianming, and Qian Huiren, these comrades, was because of the division of Wenshan in 1986. These comrades have all made mistakes, even very serious mistakes, but reform is exploration, and exploration allows mistakes, otherwise, who will dare to explore for reform in the future! ”

This is the old man's consistent thinking. In Pei Yihong's memory, the old man once said not only to him, but also to his leading cadres at all levels: "We are in a great era of drastic changes, and in a position to charge for the prosperity and strength of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation, we must not be afraid of making mistakes, afraid of dismissal, afraid of this, afraid of that, and we can't do anything!" Of course, it can't be easily deleted, if it is really deleted, the future direction of history will be decided by others! ”

Hwang Lao is the one who decides history, or at least the one who decides the history of the reform of the Han River. This politician's courage and political wisdom are very comparable, even as the secretary of the provincial party committee, Pei Yihong is still in awe of the old man. In those years when he crossed the river by feeling the stones, the old man strategized in the wind and rain and tenaciously supported a hot land.

At the beginning of 1989, a turmoil caused by fund-raising occurred in Ningchuan, involving an amount of 800 million yuan, and the relevant central departments quickly intervened, and Liu Huanzhang and the provincial party committee were forced to take down Qiu Shaoxiong, secretary of the municipal party committee, and Shao Zexing, mayor of the city, who were responsible for the leadership. At that time, Pei Yihong had just become the mayor of Pingzhou, and he was also going to raise some funds, but when he saw this situation, he panicked, and found Liu Huanzhang's family and complained, isn't Ningchuan's fundraising called self-funded reform? There was no financial support above, and there was no policy inclination, so the comrades in Ningchuan thought of borrowing a little from the bank and making up a little from the people. As a good experience of reform exploration, the private sector has been affirmed by you and the provincial party committee! Liu Huanzhang sighed and said, "But Ningchuan is in trouble, and the relevant central departments want to investigate, which one can withstand it?" Let's learn a lesson, and all similar fundraising must be stopped, including you Pingzhou! Pei Yihong was not convinced, and argued, "Why can't you and the provincial party committee top it?" Liu Huanzhang's face sank, "What is it?" We must take the overall situation into account and have the spirit of sacrifice! He also said, "Qiu Shaoxiong and Shao Zexing have fallen, and another group of death squads will be sent up!" The provincial party committee has decided that Bai Tianming will be the secretary of the Ningchuan Municipal Party Committee, and Zhao Anbang will be the acting mayor, and I will send them to take office on behalf of the provincial party committee! There is nothing wrong with Ningchuan's self-funded reform, and the road of self-funded reform must go on, and we can't waste food because of choking. It is necessary to deal with Qiu Shaoxiong and Shao Zexing's organization, but this does not mean that I and the provincial party committee have become cautious! Comrades who only care about the black gauze hat on their heads, and who are unwilling to explore and dare not explore, the provincial party committee wants to ask you to give way; If there is a problem in the exploration, the provincial party committee will deal with it in the future! Pei Yihong said, "You and the provincial party committee want the horses to run, and you want the horses not to eat grass!" Liu Huanzhang said unhappily, "What you said is not right, horses can eat grass, but they can't eat the green seedlings in the field, and they will be punished for violating the rules!" ”

At that time, many cadres in the province were very sympathetic to Qiu Shaoxiong and Shao Zexing, thinking that Liu Huanzhang and the provincial party committee were too unreasonable, turned over the clouds, and did not protect the cadres. Pei Yihong also saw it this way at first, but later gradually figured it out: Liu Huanzhang is the secretary of the provincial party committee of a large economic province, and he cannot use the benevolence of a woman to influence the overall situation of future reform in Ningchuan and even the entire Han River. Although Liu Huanzhang and the provincial party committee at that time were sorry for Qiu Shaoxiong and Shao Zexing, they were worthy of history. Facts have proved that the team of Bai Ming and Zhao Anbang is a succession of the team, although they also fell in another political storm after that, and Bai Tianming even gave his life, but they desperately fought to open a bloody road, let Ning Chuan enter a historic dawn, and brought more than ten years of unconventional development to Ning Chuan. Today, a brand-new Danyeongcheon miraculously jumps out of the eastern horizon, constituting the most beautiful reform landscape in Hanjiang Province.

The private economy of the six cities and counties under Ningchuan has also quietly improved, and three major steps have been taken in three years, supporting half of Ningchuan's economy. This is due to the open-minded thinking and bold "confusion" of the entire leading body, and in an atmosphere where the anti-peaceful evolution tune is being sung higher and higher, and the noise is everywhere, the Ningchuan City CPC Committee has created a relaxed environment for the growth of the private economy with the appearance of "inaction." Zhao Anbang, Bai Tianming and the heads of the six subordinate cities and counties reached a tacit understanding: Some things are only done but not said, and some things are only said but not done, which has made private industry and commerce booming, and many famous private enterprises, including Wu Yaya's Asian Iron and Steel Federation, started in Ningchuan in the early 90s.

This has led to a controversy over "surnames, societies, surnames". After inspecting the building, Zheng Lao, an authoritative figure in Beijing, said that Ningchuan's reform surname is not the surname of the society, and apart from the national flag, there is not much smell of socialism! Liu Huanzhang is once again faced with a soul-wrenching and heart-wrenching choice: Bai Tianming and Zhao Anbang are besieged by a terrible political situation, should he and the Hanjiang Provincial Party Committee be ruthless in letting this miracle-creating team fall down and remove them? What happens when it's taken down? Do you want to send another group of death squads? As far as Pei Yihong knew, Liu Huanzhang and the provincial party committee had considered sending him and a deputy director of the provincial economic commission. However, the situation at that time was really invisible! With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the socialist camp in Eastern Europe, political and social forces representing two different directions of choice are openly facing each other, with rigid and conservative political forces gaining the upper hand. After repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Liu Huanzhang did not dare to act rashly and decided to send a containment team first. Therefore, according to the instructions of that Zheng Lao, he presided over the convening of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee to study the Ningchuan issue, and dismissed Zhao Anbang and Bai Tianming from their posts and transferred them from Ningchuan, and arranged other work; Yu was sent to North China as the head of the working group of the provincial party committee to Ningchuan to carry out rectification, and at the same time concurrently served as the acting secretary of the municipal party committee to temporarily preside over the work in Ningchuan. In the eyes of many people, Zhao Anbang is really finished this time, he and Bai Tianming's Ningchuan team made a mistake in direction and line, and even Liu Huanzhang and the provincial party committee failed to protect them, and it is a foregone conclusion that they will be deleted.

In that political climate, Zhao Anbang and Bai Tianming also thought that their mission was over. After the dismissal and return to the provincial capital, Qiu Shaoxiong and Shao Zexing took the wind and washed the dust for them, and the four main members of the two downfall teams, in the atmosphere of seeking the same spirit and cherishing each other, drank four bottles of liquor, and one by one burst into tears in the fierce Zhuanghuai. According to Zhao Anbang's later recollection, Bai Tianming did not hesitate to say at that time that Huan Lao was blind, and he couldn't get Ningchuan in North China!

In fact, Liu Huanzhang was not blind, and he never thought of handing over the future Daningchuan to a housekeeper who could only read from the book. Pei Yihong saw at that time that since Yu Huabei was sent as a containment team, it was decided that it was impossible for him to serve as the future secretary of the Ningchuan Municipal Party Committee, and Liu Huanzhang did this just to cope with the current situation. Sure enough, as soon as Comrade Xiaoping's speech on his southern tour was published, Liu Huanzhang and the provincial party committee asked Zhao Anbang to come back with the "homecoming group". Zhao Anbang was also really bold, and in the presence of Liu Huanzhang and two members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, he addressed the comrades of the new team, saying: "...... In this conference room, there have been two sessions of the Ningchuan team: one is the team of Comrade Shaoxiong and Mayor Zexing, and the other is the team of me and Bai Ming, Bai Ming died of cancer, died of depression, and died blindly! Today, our team has come up again, starting on the basis of the previous two teams, and history has put the responsibility for the development of an oriental metropolis in our hands, and we will not tolerate it if we don't do well! I'm sorry for Comrade Bai Ming, who died of depression! I'm sorry for the political blood and tears that the first two teams have paid! It is said that Liu Huanzhang actually applauded Zhao Anbang's passionate speech with implicit resentment.

This is Huan Lao, a politician who deeply understands China's political characteristics and is good at judging the situation and sizing up the situation. This politician has had antagonisms at different historical stages and under different circumstances, but he has never had a personal enemy. Because of this, Hanjiang Province has immortal birds like Zhao Anbang and a steady counterbalance like North China. These two different types of cadres are played in rotation in the old man's hand like cards, and when each card is played, there will be people who do not understand, and after all the cards in his hand are played, you will be surprised to find that this economic province under his rule has completed a spiral from the trough to the peak. Huan Lao said, don't believe in linear motion, historical development never takes a straight line!