Xiao Daoqing never imagined that the "12.12" incident occurred in Pingchuan, and at the historic moment when Wu Mingxiong had made it clear that he wanted to step down, the provincial party committee would transfer him out of Pingchuan and let him take up a post in the provincial cultural bureau.

In his diary just a few days ago, Xiao Daoqing also wrote proudly:

This seemingly accidental event is actually an inevitable result. Old Man Wu's political gamble, there are wins and losses, this is the law of casinos. Two years ago, this old man was so invincible, such a powerful fulcrum, failed to pry into this person's power base, but crushed the fulcrum, broke the lever, and ended a power struggle with the political freezing of a young cadre. Now it's finally Old Man Wu's turn. As expected, the angry miners knocked this old and decrepit figure off the stage of history. So, as a young cadre who has been under pressure for a long time because of his adherence to principles, is there no reason to take over the scepter of this number one? The applause of history is about to ring, for a young politician who was born and grew up in Pingchuan. ”

With the historical applause echoing in his ears, Xiao Daoqing ran around after the operation, but he never expected that later, the historical applause turned into a thunderbolt: the results of the research of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, not only did not let him be the number one in Pingchuan, but transferred him to one of the lightest cultural yamen in the provincial capital, and he was also the seventh deputy director in charge of the office!

Xiao Daoqing knows very well that in today's realpolitik, the ladder of power is in a sense deformed. There is a world of difference between the deputy secretary of the Binh Chuan Municipal Party Committee and the deputy director of the Provincial Cultural Bureau, who are on the same power ladder. In Binh Tram City, a deputy party secretary means almost supreme authority over 28,000 square kilometers of land and can do almost anything he wants. In the Provincial Bureau of Culture, the actual power of a deputy director is not as good as that of a small township head, and it is difficult to go out to ask for a trolley, and there is no place to reimburse someone for a meal. And on the steps of the deputy director and deputy director, how many white-headed palace maids who are eager for the emperor of power to patrol are there. If these departments and bureaus are placed below, the provincial party committee can set up 135.88 Pingchuan city party committees overnight.

Seeing this gloomy political prospect clearly, Xiao Daoqing cheered up again in great frustration, painfully and helplessly gave up the extravagant hope of being the number one leader in Pingchuan, and fantasized about influencing and changing the decision of the provincial party committee before the provincial party committee's team on Pingchuan was finalized, so that he would remain in Pingchuan as deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and even deputy mayor, so as to seek new development opportunities in the future changes in the political situation in Pingchuan.

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With this almost obsessive idea, Xiao Daoqing started his second round of running official journey, starting from Xie Xuedong, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, as usual.

In the past two years, Xie Xuedong has taken into account the influence, and his contact with Xiao Daoqing has been relatively small, and there are not many topics to meet occasionally. Ten days ago, when Xiao Daoqing came to run for the first time, Xie Xuedong criticized him and told him that Pingchuan's team had been roughly settled, and this person was running again now, and he was really too self-aware.

Therefore, as soon as he saw Xiao Daoqing, Xie Xuedong's brows furrowed, and he didn't allow Xiao Daoqing to put forward his request, so he said bluntly: "Comrade Daoqing, don't say anything more to me, it's useless to say it." Your departure from Pyongcheon is an organizational decision and a work necessity. As a party member and cadre at the deputy department level, I advise you not to bargain with the organization anymore, okay?! ”

Xiao Daoqing smiled modestly and patiently explained, "Secretary Xie, you ...... You may have misunderstood me, I ...... I'm not trying to bargain this time, and I don't want to be the leader of Pingchuan anymore. I think I'm still the deputy secretary, even if I still take care of family planning and workers' young women. You know, I've been working in Hirakawa, I have feelings for Pyeongcheon, and I'm familiar with the situation. ”

Xie Xuedong let out a long breath and said, "Comrade Daoqing, if you want me to see, you are not familiar with the real situation in Pingchuan. Don't look at you staying in Pyeongcheon all the time, I still have to say that you are very unfamiliar with the situation in Pyeongcheon! Hirakawa has changed too much. Secretary Qian Xianghui commented that it was a 'revolutionary change'. I also said at the work meeting of the provincial party committee a few months ago that Wu Mingxiong and his team have done more than three years, which is indeed more than 30 years in the past! ”

Xiao Daoqing said: "I know all this. Isn't our work in Pingchuan all done together? In the Standing Committee, who has worked less? Who is less productive? I'm tired enough. That's why I said I have feelings! I can't bear to transfer me away! For example, for example, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, wasn't it the first investigation that I went down with Comrade Wu Mingxiong to investigate, and I ran around for more than ten days, and I was also the person in charge during the preparation of the project! Of course, later Comrade Wu Mingxiong insisted on squeezing me out and letting Chen Zhongyang be the commander-in-chief, and now I will not fight for this credit. ”

Xie Xuedong was very disgusted when he heard this, and asked very unceremoniously: "Since you support the South-to-North Water Diversion Project so much, why do you still have trouble with Wu Mingxiong and Chen Zhongyang to that extent?" Why do you still threaten to sue the central government? ”

Xiao Daoqing pleaded out: "The difference between me and Comrades Wu Mingxiong and Chen Zhongyang is not in the project itself. I, Xiao Daoqing, grew up drinking the water of the desert river, can I not support this project? At that time, I was mainly opposed to the barbaric Kuomintang style of Wu Mingxiong and Chen Zhongyang! You also know this from Secretary Xie, and I have been reporting the situation to you, and I have also received your understanding and support at that time. I'm always afraid that something big will happen if I do this. Facts have also proved that we are all right. Isn't there a big incident with Wu Mingxiong today? Eighteen hours before the incident, I warned Wu Mingxiong, but he scolded him. Director Qin of the Provincial Family Planning Commission was present at that time, and he could testify. This is how Wu Mingxiong did not pay attention to policies, did not care about the consequences, and did not listen to the kind advice of you and me, so that he came to this point. 1,800 people collectively lay on the track, and even **** and the BBC have reported it, how bad the political impact is. ”

Xie Xuedong said in disgust: "Comrade Daoqing, please don't keep pulling me and you together, okay?" I, Xie Xuedong, are not as clever as you. You just talk about yourself, do you mean that you have a share in all the construction achievements and reform achievements made by Pingchuan, and the problems that have arisen in Pingchuan have nothing to do with you, because you have seen it a long time ago, right? ”

Xiao Daoqing realized that Xie Xuedong's attitude was wrong, and he didn't dare to say anything for a while.

Xie Xuedong's face fell, and he said sharply: "I'm asking you!" ”

Xiao Daoqing said with a pale face: "Secretary Xie, I'm ...... That's not what I meant......"

Xie Xuedong asked, "What does that mean?" ”

Xiao Daoqing endured the contemptuous gaze of his old superiors, and still stubbornly reiterated: "I...... I don't mean anything else, you criticized me last time, and after you asked me to be self-aware, I never thought about being the leader of Pingchuan. I know that Shu Huaru is stronger than me, and I ...... I just wanted to stay in Pyeongcheon and continue to be my deputy secretary. If the team has been decided, and the deputy secretary is not easy to arrange, it is okay to arrange the deputy mayor temporarily, I ...... I can also accept ......"

Xie Xuedong was really angry, slapped the table, and scolded: "I think you are shameless!" ”

After being scolded so clearly, Xiao Daoqing still insisted on finishing his words: "Secretary Xie, you ...... about my situation in Pingchuan You have always been relatively clear that the '12.12' incident was made by Wu Mingxiong, not me, Xiao Daoqing, and it was unfair for me to leave the Pingchuan team with this old comrade. My demands are not excessive, and I have not asked the provincial party committee to be promoted because I have always adhered to the party's principles and policies, worked diligently, and never made mistakes. I just want to stay in Pingchuan, please reflect my situation at the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, okay? Even if...... Even if it's the last time I'm begging you, old leader. ”

Xie Xuedong couldn't imagine that Xiao Daoqing's face would be so thick-skinned, so he stood up suddenly, trembling all over, pointed his hand out of the door, and said, "Xiao Daoqing, you ...... Get the hell out of here! ”

Xiao Daoqing really did it, retreated step by step to the door, and kept saying: "Secretary Xie, no matter how you scold me, I ...... I'm still your person, and I'll always be yours, as long as ...... I ...... for as long as you need I'll saddle up and run after you......"

Xie Xuedong waited for Xiao Daoqing's feet to step out of the door, and then closed the door with a "bang".

Holding on to the door frame, Xie Xuedong asked himself weakly: "How did this person become like this?" How did it come to this point? Why don't you care about personality at all? ”

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And Xiao Daoqing, who was standing outside the door of Xie's house, silently thought with tears in his eyes: Comrade Xie Xuedong, you will pay the price for today's rudeness. I, Xiao Daoqing, am a member of the Communist Party and a state cadre at the deputy city level, and I will never forget today's shame. Comrade Xie Xuedong, you wait, you also have times when you step down like Wu Mingxiong, when you are old, and when you die!

However, the good days of holding a political funeral and a life funeral for Xie Xuedong are still too far away after all, and now, it is not Xie Xuedong, but he Xiao Daoqing is running for a change in his bleak political future. In this dark moment of life, he can only forget all this humiliation for the time being, and can only tenaciously maintain the complete personality of a politician in his noble diary. In order to continue to stay in Pingchuan, the next stop, he should go to a deputy minister of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and he has to run under the banner of Xie Xuedong......