On that day in Dengjiashan, Pu Tiancheng had no contact with the petitioners from Guishan. When Cao Xiao'an mysteriously told him that there were petitioners at the bottom of the mountain, he pretended to glance at the bottom of the mountain casually, yes, he saw the petitioners, densely packed in front of the car, forming a landscape. He walked a little further, pretending to remember something suddenly, and said, "By the way, the other side of the mountain bag is a martyr's cemetery, let's go and have a look." ”

The other side of the mountain is indeed a martyr's cemetery, which he advocated to build back then. Before thinking of the martyr's cemetery, Pu Tiancheng kept thinking about Lu Bo in his mind, the number two person in Haidong Province, who occupied all his thoughts that day, and he was already sure that the backstage of the Dahe Group was Lu Bo, and there was no need to doubt this. If you were someone else, you wouldn't dare to do this to him. But why did Lu Bo do this, Pu Tiancheng couldn't understand. Later, in the martyrs' cemetery, Pu Tiancheng remembered the poem by King Luo Bin again, which was the one that Xiao Lihong skillfully recited when he went up the mountain. Luo Bingwang had a difficult career in his life, the ups and downs of the Huan Sea, after twists and turns, he had the ambition of governing the country and the country since he was a child, but it was a pity that he had sunk into the subordinates for a long time, and his ambition was difficult to pay. He wondered why he was fascinated by such a lifelong literati, but he clearly knew that there was something in him that he had in common with King Luo Bin, that is, unyielding.

One can submit to certain forces, but one must not succumb to them. Pu Tiancheng decided to hide his edge for the time being, and when it came to the big river and the highway, he wanted to put away his fists first and wait and see what happened.

Secretary Hanlin heard from somewhere that Pu Tiancheng had hit a nail in the No. 5 tunnel of Dengjiashan, so he called him there that day, smiled and said, "Why, someone dares to take you, the executive vice governor, seriously?" Pu Tiancheng didn't dare to repeat the description, and wrote lightly: "A small episode, they got the time wrong and were not well prepared." Secretary Hanlin smiled: "It is said that you can be tolerant, it seems that you have really become a Buddha, is that Tao really magical, let you cultivate into refinement?" "Hearing Secretary Hanlin mention the Tao, Pu Tiancheng was a little flustered, recently, Secretary Hanlin always mentioned the Tao in front of him, and once joked, can you borrow him for a few days to get a little immortal? Not only Secretary Hanlin, but even the leaders of some ministries and commissions in Beijing are secretly spreading the pottery. The last time I went to thank Governor Yue Nanni with Qiu Yanni, Governor Yue Nannan said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I heard someone in the ministry say that Vice Governor Pu has a treasure by his side, which is invaluable, and when there is a chance, let me open my eyes." ”

Governor Yue Nannan was the one who had gone to Haizhou to see Pu Tiancheng but didn't see it, Pu Tiancheng was blocked when he was the executive vice governor, and several roads were blocked, Qiu Yanni was anxious, and she dared to go to Governor Yue Nan and beg him to say something for Pu Tiancheng. Governor Yue Nannan said at the time: "Do you know why some people oppose him, it's because he has too much city and Taoism is too deep for people to fear, and everyone can't tolerate him." Seeing Qiu Yanni stunned, Yue Nannan said again, "But I understand from the side that Comrade Tiancheng is indeed a rare talent, with a solid style and rigorous work, especially ......" Yue Nannan said halfway, suddenly put away his words, and turned to smile at Qiu Yanni, "You should know him better than me, I can help him say it, but please tell Pu Tiancheng that I fancy his talent and his loyalty." If one day he can really fulfill his wish, I hope he can maintain his true colors and not let his official position change him. ”

Pu Tiancheng firmly remembered these words, although he didn't know very well what he had in him worthy of the praise of this heavyweight minister, but there was one thing he asked himself to do, that is, no matter where he was wronged or squeezed, he would not sue in front of Secretary Hanlin.

Not only does a complaint make a person obscene, but it also makes it easy to change the direction of things. It doesn't matter if you change the direction of others, if you interfere with Secretary Hanlin's judgment and let him get a wrong information and then affect the directional decision-making or trade-off, then the whole game of Haidong chess may become a stinky chess and a dead chess.

No one can afford such consequences.

Seeing that he bowed his head and was silent, Secretary Hanlin smiled and returned the topic from Nazun Tao back to the highway. Secretary Hanlin asked, "When you go down suddenly, do you feel that something is going to happen?" Pu Tiancheng was shocked, Secretary Hanlin's words sounded casual, but in fact they contained a wealth of information. No, no. He hurriedly shook his head, for fear that the slightest hesitation would make Secretary Hanlin take out the words that were lingering in his heart.

Secretary Hanlin didn't dig it out. This is the tacit understanding that the two of them have cultivated for many years, never hitting each other's mouths, and when the words have to be said, the other party will take the initiative to say them. If you don't get this kind of heat, you will be sandwiched when you take it out. Misleading words will make mistakes, and mistakes are often big things.

"It's good if nothing happens." Secretary Hanlin said. As he spoke, he handed him a letter of material, Pu Tiancheng took it, sat on the sofa and looked at it seriously.

It was a letter of accusation, and the report in the letter was Luo Gucheng, the former director of the Department of Transportation. Luo Gucheng has been sitting in the position of director of the Department of Communications for six years, which can be regarded as a relatively long time among the cadres at the department level in Haidong. At that time, Pu Tiancheng insisted on changing Luo Gu City, not because he found that there was anything wrong with him, but because he was not used to Luo Gu City's way of working. Director Luo's shelf is really too big, in addition to being able to put Song Hanlin and Lu Bo in his eyes, other leaders in the province have to respect him when they want to respect, and when they don't want to respect, others have to look at him. This is one of them. Some people say that the director of transportation is a "high-risk group", which is not true at all, and has not successively exposed the news of many traffic directors, and there are even three directors of transportation who have had accidents one after another, and the cool comments on the Internet say that it is "the former rot and the successor". Secretary Hanlin supported him at that time and resolutely agreed to move Luogucheng, but at the Standing Committee, Lu Bo suddenly expressed a different opinion and refused to agree to adjust Luogucheng. This was the first time this situation had occurred since Song Hanlin took charge of Haidong, which made the Standing Committee members very embarrassed, and Song Hanlin was even more embarrassed. Song Hanlin didn't come hard, but only said that since Comrade Lu Bo had different opinions, let it go first. This was followed by a discussion of candidates for other departments. But a week later, Lu Bo took the initiative to find Song Hanlin to review, saying that he was too impulsive that day, he didn't take care of his mouth, and he shouldn't have problems at the Standing Committee. Song Hanlin said that this is a problem, this is a normal democracy, and I also hope that the governor can help me correct it more in the future, so that I will not make the mistake of autocracy and turn Haidong into a hall.

As soon as Song Hanlin said the word "autocracy", Lu Bo's face changed, and he immediately said in a critical tone: "I humbly accept the secretary's criticism, and I must be a good assistant in the future, and I must always check myself and never make other sounds." Song Hanlin didn't enjoy listening to Lu Bo's seemingly inexplicable review, but he was by no means incomprehensible. He smiled and said in a very friendly tone: "Governor Lu, what's wrong today, don't make me nervous, come, please sit down, someone here happened to send a can of oolong tea, I want to invite the governor to taste it." ”

Song Hanlin really made a pot of oolong tea for Lu Bo, and in the curling aroma, Lu Bo tortured the word "oolong" so painful and itchy, and his heart was indescribably bitter. While tasting tea, he tasted Song Hanlin, and said in his heart, Song Hanlin, Song Hanlin, your trick is too ruthless, oolong, you can come up with this word!

Pu Tiancheng later learned that after the Standing Committee that day, Song Hanlin called Huang Xiaoni, the newly appointed secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and took out two letters from the cabinet that had been blocked for a long time, saying, You should study this, come up with a plan, and submit it to the meeting for study.

That night, someone rushed to Lu Bo and said that Song Hanlin had instructed the Commission for Discipline Inspection to take measures against Luo Gucheng, the director of the Department of Communications. When Lu Bo heard this, his face changed greatly, and he regretted that he shouldn't have argued with Song Hanlin on the Standing Committee, he really lifted a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

Luo Gucheng finally left the Department of Communications, Song Hanlin was determined to arrange Luo Gucheng to the National People's Congress, but in a hurry, Lu Bo asked Beijing for help, someone came out to intercede with Song Hanlin, Song Hanlin changed his mind, at the next Standing Committee, Lu Bo took the initiative to speak, proposed to reform the personnel of the Department of Transportation, and he also found a position for Luo Gucheng, Director of the Department of Science and Technology and Secretary of the Party Group.

It was also during that time that as long as the Standing Committee was convened, Song Hanlin asked the General Office to serve oolong tea to the Standing Committee. Pu Tiancheng was very puzzled, and quietly asked Tan Xiaolin, who replaced him as the secretary general of the provincial party committee, what was going on, but Tan Xiaolin smiled but did not answer. Pu Tiancheng asked again, and Tan Xiaolin gave Pu Tiancheng a sentence: "Governor Pu should know football, right?" ”

A cup of oolong tea made the Haidong Standing Committee members sweat one by one, and no different voices could be heard at the Standing Committee.

Although Pu Tiancheng didn't know why Lu Bo wanted to protect Luogu City, he still clearly felt Lu Bo's other intention. Lu Bo is using Luogu City to test Song Hanlin!

For some time last year, Song Hanlin took advantage of the "prostitution" incident and the rectification of party style and party discipline to vigorously launch a campaign to unify thinking in the team; unifying thinking is of course a saying, and the real purpose is to eliminate noise, and Song Hanlin insisted on establishing absolute authority in Haidong. Pu Tiancheng cooperated with Song Hanlin, with the help of rectifying party style and party discipline and the "321" project, he played a set of combination punches one after another, and really eliminated some discordant sounds. In particular, Ma Chaoran, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, is obviously much more "regular" than before, according to the folk saying, he no longer dares to "make times", and he does not dare to argue with Song Hanlin. Secretary Hanlin even warned Ma Chaoran in person, if he cooperated well, he would continue to build a team and handle Haidong's affairs well, and if he had too many ideas in his heart, he would ask Ma Chaoran to leave. When Secretary Hanlin said this, Pu Tiancheng's appointment document had been issued, the overall situation in Haidong had been decided, Ma Chaoran no longer had the strength to fight back, and his rotten arms and legs were all cut down by Song Hanlin with the help of the "prostitution door", and he could only bow down and be a subordinate.

A team cannot always be a voice, a voice is easy to make people dull, and it is easy to make people have some other ideas or impulses. Governor Lu Bo obviously couldn't bear it, in the past, there was Ma Chaoran, and from time to time he would sprinkle some pepper noodles in Song Hanlin's bowl, although it didn't play a big role, but at least it would make Song Hanlin choke, and he himself was happy to beat the Taiping drum on the side to see the excitement. But now it's different, Ma Chaoran is completely like a different person, nodding at Song Hanlin all day long, and even being a little respectful to Pu Tiancheng. The situation was one-sided. Especially years ago, Song Hanlin seized the favorable situation, and when he was defenseless, he suggested to the central government, recommended and promoted the former member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the secretary of the Haizhou Municipal Party Committee to other provinces, and helped the mayor of Haizhou to the position of secretary. This change is tantamount to completely taking away his control of Haizhou, and taking away Haizhou, which he has worked hard for more than ten years. Haizhou is Lu Bo's base camp, as soon as Haizhou is lost, Lu Bo is equivalent to clenching two fists empty, and he can't make a force if he wants to. Seeing himself being isolated, his own strength falling apart day by day, surrendering to sincerity, betraying to betrayal, Lu Bo couldn't eat and couldn't sleep, thinking that if he continued to be silent, he, the governor, would really become a commander of the light pole. Song Hanlin is unhappy one day, and it is not impossible to force him out of Haidong!

The officialdom struggle is nothing more than the struggle between people and territory, and power is reflected in the control of people and things in the final analysis. Of course, Lu Bo is not Ma Chaoran, he will not surrender willingly, he is looking for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity. Luo Gucheng's little episode is equivalent to Lu Bo's first card tentatively playing to Song Hanlin. Although Song Hanlin easily blocked back, it did not prove that Lu Bo would admit defeat.

Who would easily throw in the towel?

Pu Tiancheng finally finished reading the report letter, which made him feel chills down his spine and his heart was furious. Luo Gucheng, the director of the Department of Transportation, had so many things on him, which was too unexpected for him! I just thought that this was a person who occupied a seat and didn't want to ......

Pu Tiancheng held back the turmoil in his heart, slowly raised his head, and his inquiring gaze rested on Secretary Hanlin's face.

"Done?" Song Hanlin asked.

"I'm done." Pu Tiancheng nodded heavily.

"Any thoughts?"

"This ......"

The air in the room was a little depressing, Pu Tiancheng didn't know what to say, Secretary Hanlin didn't seem to be in a hurry to let him say, the two were silent, their eyes met, separated, then touched, and separated. Later, Secretary Hanlin spoke: "Tiancheng, many things are more serious than we imagined, I suspect that the person who wrote this letter only has a little bit of it, and I really want to check it down, I'm afraid that Haidong will have big news again." ”

Pu Tiancheng's face was completely bloodless, and he couldn't help but stand up, looking at Song Hanlin with a little horror: "What does the secretary mean, do you really want to check?" ”

"No!" Unexpectedly, Song Hanlin waved his hand decisively, and said in a loud voice, "Can this matter be investigated?" No! ”

Pu Tiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Song Hanlin would be excited and say something excessive. Fortunately, Song Hanlin is quite sane. No matter what Luo Gucheng did, and no matter who was standing behind him, if he mobilized the army to fight now, it would inevitably cause chaos in other aspects, at least a new round of panic in the cadre team that had just stabilized. You know, corruption is no longer a point, let alone an isolated case! Just grab a check, you can find a lot of problems, and you are still the director of the Department of Transportation! And what do you say about the above, you can't let the above think that Haidong is also corrupt and dark, right?

"Tiancheng, let's not care about this person first, but you have to use your brains in the traffic stall, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that this industry will make them rotten, and at that time, I won't be able to pay you or you, I can't pay the difference......"

Song Hanlin's words suddenly softened, and there was an unprecedented layer of helplessness inside, which was rare for many years.