The death of Guo Huaiqiu, secretary of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee, was very sudden, not to mention that the leaders in the province did not expect it, even the colleagues of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee and the city government who got along with Guo Huaiqiu day and night did not expect it. Guo Huaiqiu was in the prime of life, just 53 years old, and had only been the secretary of the Pingchuan Municipal Party Committee for two years and seven months.

Wu Mingxiong remembers the situation on the day of the accident very clearly.

It was an ordinary day, everything seemed normal, and there was no sign that Guo Huaiqiu's life was in danger. As soon as he got to work in the morning, Guo Huaiqiu called everyone to have a brief meeting between the secretary and the mayor in his office. At the meeting, Guo Huaiqiu also talked and laughed as usual, and gave an explanation of the work of welcoming the Japanese Taisho Foundation and the starting area of the international industrial park. At that time, the atmosphere was very good, Guo Huaiqiu's half chubby body was bathed in the bright sunshine of July shining in the window, and the "Hongta Mountain" in his hand rose with silky green smoke, during which he also made two jokes with Mayor Shu Huaru. Wu Mingxiong noticed that Guo Huaiqiu looked a little tired, but his mood was not bad, and he didn't look much depressed. It was not until the meeting was dismissed and everyone went their own way that Guo Huaiqiu stopped Wu Mingxiong and asked Wu Mingxiong to pay special attention to the emotions of the laid-off and waiting workers in the city, and not to have problems during the Taizheng Foundation's inspection of Pingchuan. At this time, Wu Mingxiong discovered that Guo Huaiqiu's eyes showed a trace of worry that could not be concealed, and Wu Mingxiong's heart couldn't help but sink a little.

The Japanese couldn't have come at a better time. The economic and social situation in Pyongchon is very grim. According to last month's statistics, the losses of the city's enterprises have reached nearly 500 million yuan, and there are more than 70,000 unemployed, laid-off, and unemployed people in the city, which has greatly exceeded the warning line. The textile system and mechanical system are having a hard time, and a few days ago, many workers went to the gate of the city to sit quietly. The situation of the local coal system is even worse, and the problem of feeding more than 8,000 miners at the Shengli mine can no longer be solved. These unemployed, laid-off, and unemployed workers really want to make trouble when the Japanese Taisho Foundation comes to Pingchuan, not to mention the international investment of the industrial park, and the political influence will not be bearable. It was precisely because of this concern that at the last meeting of the Standing Committee, Guo Huaiqiu proposed that Wu Mingxiong, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, who was in charge of politics and law, be in charge of the resettlement of unemployed workers.

Wu Mingxiong knew in his heart that the life of the number one in front of him was not easy, so he swallowed back some of the words he wanted to say. According to Wu Mingxiong's idea, the trip of the Japanese Taisho Foundation to Pingchuan should be postponed at least until next spring, and it is obviously too hasty to come next month. Judging from the predicament faced by Pyongchuan and the basic supporting situation of the international industrial park, international investment is very unrealistic.

Guo Huaiqiu seemed to see that Wu Mingxiong had something to say, so he asked, "Secretary Wu, do you have anything else?" ”

Wu Mingxiong waved his hand: "Forget it, don't talk about it, anyway, I'll hit wherever your Secretary Guo is pointing." ”

Guo Huaiqiu smiled bitterly: "Actually, I know what you want to say. But I still want to emphasize this point: the more difficult times we are, the more we must have confidence and not be chaotic. Regardless of whether our international investment promotion can succeed or not, it is a victory for the Japanese consortium to come. You say, don't you? ”

Wu Mingxiong nodded reluctantly.

Walking out of Guo Huaiqiu's office, Wu Mingxiong looked at his watch, and the time was 8:55.

Take the elevator to the third conference room of the municipal party committee on the sixth floor, which is exactly nine o'clock.

The top leaders of the public security, procuratorate, and courts, as well as other comrades of the political and legal committees, have all arrived, and the political and legal report meeting that was scheduled to be held last week will begin immediately. Before starting, Wu Mingxiong greeted first: "Hurry up, everyone, I will have a meeting after ten o'clock." ”

Summer is traditionally the peak time for criminal cases. Several of the reported cases are major criminal cases that have a bad impact on society. In view of the fact that the nature of these cases and the incidence rate of these cases have increased, Wu Mingxiong once again stressed the spirit of the city party committee in being serious and speedy, and especially mentioned that before and after the arrival of the Taisho Foundation, it is necessary to maintain the stability of the social and political situation, and there must be no problems in public order, but he did not say much about the specific facts of the cases.

Almost after the talks, Bi Changsheng, director of the Public Security Bureau, said: "There are still cases, which are not big, but they are a little tricky. A village party secretary in Hetian County clashed with a railway hospital in the county over the issue of crowding roads. The village party secretary took a group of people to the dean's office, and impulsively broke the dean's nose bone with a glass ashtray and injured several people. The railway branch found our city bureau ......"

Wu Mingxiong didn't take it seriously, glanced at Bi Changsheng, picked up the documents on the table, and got up to leave: "You can deal with this kind of trivial matter, and I won't listen to it." ”

Bi Changsheng reminded: "Secretary Wu, didn't you say hello at the last political and legal work conference? All cases involving the Railway Bureau, the Electric Power Bureau, and the Mining Bureau, no matter how big or small, must be reported to you......"

Wu Mingxiong thought about it, he had said this, so he sat down again: "Okay, you say, you say." ”

Bi Changsheng continued to report: "This village party secretary is a four-seven-year veteran party member, and he has no previous convictions, and the Hetian County Party Committee has specially sent a deputy secretary to intercede. In order to take care of the local feelings, I think I will let the Hetian County Public Security Bureau detain him for a few days and let him go. ”

Zhao Laixue, vice president of the procuratorate from Hetian, interjected and said: "Although the impact of this incident is not good, the consequences are not too serious, and there are no deaths!" Besides, there were some mistakes in the railway in the past, and we still have to protect our grassroots comrades. There are few veteran comrades with more than 40 years of party experience who are currently in such grass-roots posts as village party secretaries......"

Wu Mingxiong couldn't listen to it anymore, put the teacup in his hand on the table, and said with a dark face: "Don't talk about it!" It doesn't make sense. It has nothing to do with how many years of party experience this village party secretary has in law enforcement. I just ask you: Did he break the penal code? What articles of the criminal law have been violated? It is necessary to take the facts as the basis and the law as the criterion, file and prosecute when it is time to file and prosecute, and sentence when it is time to sentence, and do not always engage in local protectionism! You remember, there is only one criminal law in the People's Republic of China! Feeling that his anger was a little bigger, Wu Mingxiong sighed again, "Comrades, it's not me who criticizes you, we are all responsible for many conflicts with the Railway Bureau and the Electric Power Bureau in the past. Now that we have to coordinate relations with the Railway Bureau and the Electric Power Bureau, local protectionism can no longer be practiced. If you do this, no one will be convinced, and you will sue the province and the central government, and you will cause trouble to the municipal party committee and the city! You don't want to think about it, don't we have less trouble now?! Secretary Guo was worried. ”

At ten o'clock, before the meeting ended, Wu Mingxiong left first.

When I got into the car downstairs, I saw Guo Huaiqiu's No. 001 Audi slowly driving over. Guo Huaiqiu also came down from the office on the second floor, and said to Wu Mingxiong when they met: "Go, go, come with me to the International Industrial Park and see our big deal." ”

Wu Mingxiong said: "I still have something. ”

Guo Huaiqiu asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Wu Mingxiong shouted: "Where are you going?" Secretary Guo, isn't this a good errand you gave me? Hold a meeting of a company in difficulty. I made an appointment with Mayor Cao, and we went to the Machinery Bureau at ten o'clock to talk about problems and do work, and don't let the sit-in workers block the doors of our municipal party committee and city **. ”

Guo Huaiqiu said: "Okay, good, bring a message to Qiu Tongzhi of the No. 1 Machinery Factory, just say that I said it, and ask him, the party secretary and factory director, to show some party spirit, if anything happens during the Taizheng Consortium's visit to Pingchuan, I will only ask." ”

Wu Mingxiong said: "People may be wishing you to remove him from his post, who wants to be this kind of flower head." ”

Guo Huaiqiu shook his head at Wu Mingxiong, and said with a bitter face: "You guy is complaining and complaining. After that, he was a little annoyed and put a black leather bag on the No. 001 Audi.

Wu Mingxiong never thought that the hurried farewell to Guo Huaiqiu in front of the main building of the municipal party committee would be a permanent trick, and Guo Huaiqiu's words of reproach to him were the last words. For a long time afterward, Wu Mingxiong couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought about it.

It was 10:15 a.m. when he arrived at the Machinery Bureau, and Cao Wuping, the deputy mayor in charge of industry, had not yet arrived, and Jin Dahua, deputy secretary general of the city, who presided over the meeting, was smoking a cigarette and listening to the complaints of more than a dozen difficult enterprises such as Shengli Coal Mine and Pingchuan Machinery No. 1 Factory. As soon as he saw Wu Mingxiong coming, Jin Dahua was relieved and asked Wu Mingxiong to speak on behalf of the municipal party committee and the city.

Wu Mingxiong said: "I'm not busy, Mayor Cao hasn't come yet, let's listen to everyone first." After speaking, he asked with some doubts, "What's the matter with Mayor Cao?" Why don't you come yet? He's always been in charge of this mess, don't play tricks on me, right? ”

Jin Dahua said: "No, Mayor Cao is not this kind of person, just now Mayor Cao also came to a call from the International Industrial Park, saying that he was holding an on-site office meeting with Mayor Shu and Secretary Guo, and arrived before 11 o'clock at the latest." ”

However, until 11:15 a.m., Cao Wuping was still nowhere to be seen, and Wu Mingxiong had no choice but to speak on behalf of the municipal party committee and the city, first talking about the difficulties faced by the entire economy of Pingchuan and the eight counties and cities under it, and the main spirit of the municipal party committee on the resettlement of enterprises in difficulty, and then criticizing some leaders of enterprises in difficulty without naming them:

“…… You have your problems, and the city has its problems. You give the contradiction to the city, and to whom does the city give it? Handed over to the province? Handed over to the central government? In my opinion, the important issue is that you, the directors, secretaries, factory directors, and managers, must take responsibility for themselves. Like Shengli Mine, there are some problems left over from history, and the municipal party committee has come forward to coordinate and solve them step by step under the premise that conditions permit. As for the internal problems of the enterprise itself and the problems of the operating mechanism, you still have to solve them on your own basis in the process of deepening reform......"

Speaking of which, Vice Mayor Cao Wuping's phone call came to the venue and asked Wu Mingxiong to answer by name.

Wu Mingxiong picked up the microphone and was about to scold Cao Wuping's smooth head, but Cao Wuping's hurried voice came from the phone: "Secretary Wu, no, Secretary Guo collapsed while listening to the report in the International Industrial Park, it was a myocardial infarction, and he was ......being rescued in the Municipal People's Hospital."

Wu Mingxiong was stunned for a moment, and said instinctively: "Impossible, I saw Secretary Guo at the gate of the municipal party committee an hour ago!" ”

Cao Wuping sighed and said, "What else could be impossible? Secretary Guo is now in the hospital, and he has been in a coma, and the doctor said that the situation is very dangerous. Come here, Mayor Shu just hung up a long-distance call to the provincial party committee, asking you to meet with Secretary Xiao and Secretary Chen......"

Putting down the phone, Wu Mingxiong was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

Jin Dahua asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wu Mingxiong sighed and said: "Secretary Guo has fallen and is rescuing ......"

Jin Dahua was also stunned.

Wu Mingxiong thought for a while and said: "Secretary General Jin, I'm going to the hospital soon, you can stay for a while, I'll see if the afternoon meeting will be opened first, and when will it be opened later, until further notice." ”

After that, Wu Mingxiong didn't bother to say hello to the participants and left in a hurry.

When he sat in the car and rushed all the way to the People's Hospital, Wu Mingxiong already had a hint of foreboding, and couldn't help but silently say to Guo Huaiqiu in his heart: Secretary Guo, your brother has to hold on! You are not an ordinary person, you are the top party and government chief of 10 million people in our eight counties and cities in Pingchuan. At this time, you have to leave, but you are a little suspicious of defaulting on the debt-Hirakawa is not a mess to clean up at the moment......