The 10th anniversary celebration of Chunjiang City's withdrawal of land and the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the ** office building was both warm and grand, and of course there was no lack of luxury. This is a stubborn disease that cannot be cured at present, and although the central government has repeatedly issued orders and the province has repeatedly emphasized it, once it is carried out below, it will still be vigorous.

As a guest of honor, Zhou Zhengqun is inconvenient to say anything, everything has already been prepared, the specific ceremony and the scale and cost of the celebration Chunjiang City reported to the provincial party committee as early as a month ago, when the provincial party committee discussed, the provincial party secretary Pang Binlai only emphasized one sentence: "If it can be simple, it will be simple, don't make the people scold the street." On the first day of their arrival in Chunjiang, Chunjiang reported that the celebration plan had been greatly adjusted on the basis of the original, cutting half of the items and cutting the cost by half. Zhou Zhengqun did not express any opinions, this celebration, the four major teams of the province came to six leaders, plus the heads of ministries and commissions, a delegation was formed, led by the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, he was only one of the members of the delegation, it was inconvenient to talk more.

The celebration lasted all day, starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m., with only an hour's break at noon, and just like that, there were still five shows left unperformed. Zhou Zhengqun roughly counted that Chunjiang mobilized 10,000 people, half of whom were students, as well as officers and soldiers of the armed police, workers of industrial and mining enterprises, and four elderly song and dance troupes, about 500 people. It seems that the recreational activities for the elderly in Chunjiang City have been carried out well.

The dinner was more grand, and the hall on the first floor of Chunjiang Hotel was full, saying that it was a working meal, but in fact, the standard of this meal was definitely not low. I heard that there are two hotels outside that hold a celebration banquet at the same time. This expenditure alone is enough for him, the vice governor, to feel distressed, but he can only follow the local customs, and this is the time now.

Zhou Zhengqun and the others were arranged in the VIP hall on the third floor, accompanied by city leaders. Sitting in the noisy VIP room, Zhou Zhengqun suddenly felt annoyed, the six leaders who came with him were the most spiritless, and he actually stuttered when he spoke at the celebration ceremony, which was almost unprecedented in his many years of political career.

How could you implicate me? He thought about it again. The day after Kong Qingyun was taken away, Secretary Pang made an appointment to meet him alone. Secretary Pang did not evade or dodge, and said straight to the point: "I can't imagine that Kong Qingyun will also have this kind of problem." ”

"I can't think of it, but it's ......"

"But what, don't believe me?"

Zhou Zhengqun nodded, Jin Ziyang suddenly called on the way to the banquet that day, asking him if he was going to attend Kong Qingyun's father-in-law's birthday banquet? He said yes, and Jin Ziyang followed suit: "You better not go, so as not to embarrass you when you get it." This was inexplicable, and he asked, "What the hell is going on, please explain it more clearly." Jin Ziyang said politely: "Even if I say hello to you, let's talk about the details." ”

He hesitated that day, and intuitively, he had expected that Kong Qingyun was going to have an accident, not because he had any evidence, but Jin Ziyang's tone, and Jin Ziyang's politeness on the phone. Among the members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, everyone knows that he and Jin Ziyang are at odds, and there are no public arguments at the venue once or twice. When the trouble was the most awkward, the two had a record of not speaking for three months, and it was Secretary Pang who came forward to mediate, and the two sides put down their attitudes. Why was Jin Ziyang so enthusiastic as to greet him in advance?

Facts have proved that his hunch is correct, thinking of the rumors between the top leaders of the provincial party committee before, as well as the two diametrically opposed evaluations of Kong Qingyun, he has to worry that Kong Qingyun is in a catastrophe this time.

What shocked him was that three of the eleven questions that reported Kong Qingyun were related to him! Although until now, he didn't know what the specific content of these three articles was, but from Secretary Pang's words, he had heard a layer of deep unease.

"Zhengqun, I didn't expect this, I was going to talk to you in advance, but when I thought that three of you were reported in the letter, they were still very fatal, so I asked them to bring people."

"Three of a kind?" His expression must have been scary at the time, but when he reminisced about that moment, he still felt a chill down his spine.

"It's three, I won't tell you the specific content, in the face of discipline, none of us can overcome. However, there is one thing I want to warn you, from today onwards, you have to remind yourself that you should pay attention to proportions when you speak or do things in the future, and don't keep giving people a handle. Just when he was about to defend himself, Secretary Pang said: "Also, you must not intervene in this matter, and when necessary, you must also cooperate with the investigation, this is the principle." ”

Cooperate with the investigation, principle. Sitting in the VIP seat, Zhou Zhengqun pondered these words repeatedly, and the more he pondered, the more he felt that he couldn't calm down. He had no appetite for the dinner that day, and left the banquet hall without eating much, and went to the hotel.

Yang Li was waiting in the room, and he didn't attend the dinner. Seeing Zhou Zhengqun coming in, Yang Li stood up nervously: "Governor Zhou, I just received a letter. ”

"Letter?" Zhou Zhengqun looked at him suspiciously, "What letter?" ”

"A whistleblower letter."

"Report what?" Over the years, there have been countless letters of complaint and accusation handed to Yang Li through various channels, and Zhou Zhengqun did not take Yang Li's words seriously.

"Governor Zhou, you better read it yourself, the content of this letter is not ordinary."

"Oh?" Zhou Zhengqun vigilantly took the letter from Yang Li's hand.

The letter was handwritten, more than 20 pages long, and after reading a few lines, Zhou Zhengqun felt that something was not quite right. He asked, "Where did you get it from, and who wrote it?" ”

"It was an old cadre, he called me, saying that he had something important, I went back to the hotel, he handed me the letter and left."

"Old cadre, he didn't say anything more?"

"Nope."

Zhou Zhengqun thought for a while and said, "You go back first, believe me and see later." ”

As soon as Yang Li left, Zhou Zhengqun couldn't wait to read it, this letter is really a **, Zhou Zhengqun hasn't finished reading it, and the sweat on his body has come down. If over the years, he has been in a high position and has developed a good habit of being calm and calm when encountering problems, then this letter made him confused, shocked, and angry.

The letter is to report and expose the Chunjiang Municipal Party Committee, the city's entire team, the letter writer with conclusive evidence, detailed facts, exposed Chunjiang City in the new building project in disregard of the masses, forcibly demolished the Wenhui Courtyard with important historical and cultural value, destroyed more than 20 ancient trees, more than a dozen door plaques, so that this scarred Ming Dynasty old courtyard was destroyed. Zhou Zhengqun of Wenhui Yuan knows that in the urban area of Chunjiang, it is the only surviving ancient mansion of the Ming Dynasty, this courtyard is five into three axes, is the former residence of the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty Wen Kun, the original covers an area of more than 3,000 square meters. In the wind and rain of history, Wenhuiyuan has been in disrepair several times, and has fallen into disrepair, but its cultural value is extremely high. When Zhou Zhengqun was working in Chunjiang, some people also used the brains of the house, thinking that since the house was in turmoil, it might collapse at any time, so it was better to destroy it. Zhou Zhengqun shook his head repeatedly, and later he also proposed a plan to raise funds to rebuild Wenhui Academy. Before the plan was mature, he left Chunjiang. Who knew that a few years later, Wenhuiyuan would really be gone. In fact, at the celebration ceremony, Zhou Zhengqun also thought about this problem, the initial determination of the Chunjiang City ** office building is not in the current location, and later Chunjiang City ** for a variety of reasons, the building address was moved to the west for a kilometer, so that the Wenhui Institute affected the construction of the new building and the ** square. But if you really want to save it, you can still save it, but unfortunately-

Zhou Zhengqun is very aware of their psychology, in Chunjiang, there are such rumors among the people, saying that the entire leyline of Chunjiang City is in the Wenhui Academy, which is a treasure of feng shui. The former secretary of the municipal party committee was imprisoned for corruption, and the former mayor was unfortunately killed in a rescue and disaster relief and died in the line of duty. A few people have fallen into ghost thoughts in their hearts, bent on finding a piece of feng shui treasure to build a new office building. In addition, the location of Wenhuiyuan belongs to the west of the city, the terrain is open, and it is close to the wharf and port, and the fact that the west of the city has developed faster than the east of the city in recent years. But can these be justifications?

Zhou Zhengqun smiled bitterly, in some places, the saying of paying attention to feng shui and earth's leylines is very popular, and the practice is even more strange. Of course, this is secretly, and it is clear that they will find a reason for it. Zhou Zhengqun also heard more absurd things in the investigation of the countryside, when the newly appointed county magistrate of a county settled in his office, he actually invited Mr. Feng Shui, and when he chose an auspicious day for him, he played and played for a long time, and finally heard that how to set the table in the office, which direction people sit, where the flower pot is placed, etc., all listen to Mr. Feng Shui. This kind of thing, if it is seriously investigated, I am afraid that there will be too many to investigate.

An ancient courtyard was destroyed like this, Zhou Zhengqun couldn't tell whether he was sad or angry, and the content of the report he saw next made him have to be thrilled.

During the construction of the building, the construction party dug up the pottery, a total of more than 20 pieces, who knew that overnight, these pottery mysteriously disappeared, and when the cultural relics department heard the news, the construction party denied it and refused to admit that there was any pottery. Experts from the cultural relics department later found fragments from the excavated soil, and according to the identification of the fragments, these pottery are thousands of years earlier than the pottery that has been unearthed in Jiangbei Province, which is a rare cultural relic, and is of great value for the study of the history of the Chunjiang River and the history of civilization in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Now the pottery case has become an unsolved case, some say yes, some say no, the director of the Chunjiang Cultural Relics Bureau, who initially negotiated with the construction company, was removed from his post half a year ago because he played Mark Six in Shenzhen. Several other experts have also been transferred out of the Cultural Relics Bureau.

Zhou Zhengqun gently closed the letter, and intuitively, he believed that the letter writer did not tell a lie, let alone fabricate it out of thin air, spread rumors and framed him. Because he is not facing any person, but Chunjiang**. But it is precisely this point that makes Zhou Zhengqun feel the complexity of things. Chunjiang is an economically and culturally backward region in northern Jiangbei, and when he was secretary of the prefectural party committee in Chunjiang, Chunjiang's comprehensive economic strength ranked second to last in the province. After the withdrawal of the land and the establishment of the city, the situation in Chunjiang has improved, especially this session, several major projects have been carried out, and five major strategies have been put forward, which has promoted the great economic development of Chunjiang, and the province ranked fourth in the province last year. The provincial party committee has a positive attitude towards this session, and Secretary Pang has also said at many meetings that it is necessary to popularize the experience of Chunjiang in the whole province, improve the five major strategies of Chunjiang, and make it a model for guiding the economic work of the whole province. At this time, a "pottery incident" will undoubtedly have a great impact on the political stability and economic development of Chunjiang, and will also have a negative impact on the next development of the province. Moreover, the author did not specify which construction engineering company it was. According to Zhou Zhengqun's understanding, all those who bid to participate in the construction of the Chunjiang ** relocation project are the construction giants in the province, and if this thing is not done well, it will cause a large chain reaction.

Zhou Zhengqun was stumped. Later, he thought, why did the writer hand over this letter to him, he could have sent it to the Commission for Discipline Inspection, or ......

No, there must be some article in this!

That night, Zhou Zhengqun secretly made an appointment with a person, who was a figure in Chunjiang and was known as "a jack of all trades". When Zhou Zhengqun was working in Chunjiang, he had some friendship with him, and at that time, he also relied on this person to dig out a corruption case in Chunjiang, and found out five corrupt elements in the two sets of teams of the Jianglong County Party Committee and the county **. It was with this incident that Zhou Zhengqun's political prestige was established, and he stood out among several competitors and was promoted to provincial leadership.

Zhou Zhengqun's conversation with the "know-it-all" lasted until more than 12 midnight, and no one knew what they talked about, including the secretary Yang Li.

The next day, according to his work plan, Zhou Zhengqun left Chunjiang for Jianglong County. Jianglong County is Zhou Zhengqun's point of contact, and he has to come down once a year. As the leader of the baodian, Zhou Zhengqun went to Jianglong not only to inspect the education work, but also to all aspects of Jianglong's production and life. During the torrential rains, five river embankments burst, flooding 200,000 mu of farmland, destroying more than 2,000 houses, sweeping away six villages, leaving more than 10,000 peasants homeless, and causing direct economic losses of tens of millions of yuan. The rainy season is coming soon, and as soon as June begins, there will be continuous rainy weather in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with heavy rainfall and sometimes light rainfall, and sometimes even heavy rainfall. Last year, we failed to take precautions and were paralyzed ideologically, which resulted in a catastrophe. This year, we have to prevent everything we say in advance. In addition, the main stream of Jianglong County is meandering, and the river is extremely unstable, which is a key river section. This time, Zhou Zhengqun will inspect the management and reinforcement of the "two heavy and one dangerous" problems in key embankment sections, key projects, and dangerous rivers, and must get a good grasp of resolving the conspicuous problems existing in flood prevention and shipping.

The car arrived in Jianglong at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, where the leaders of the four major groups of Jianglong County were waiting, and the secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate also arrived in the morning after attending the celebration. After a while of greetings, the convoy rushed towards the A5 embankment section in the county. The A5 embankment section is the most worrying section of the embankment, with a total length of 26 kilometers, which is the confluence of three rivers, and the embankment is just Jianglong County. This section of the embankment has been focused on since Zhou Zhengqun was the secretary of the local party committee, and until now, the hidden dangers have not been completely eliminated. In the flood last year, the A5 section almost broke the embankment, but more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the army swore to defend it, reinforced it day and night, and later used human bodies to build the embankment, which can be regarded as saving Jianglong County. It was really a thrilling battle to defend, and when Zhou Zhengqun thinks about it now, he still feels that his heart is beating wildly.

The car took the lead in coming to the construction site of the Zhujiatai flood diversion project, which is a key control project proposed by the Jiangbei Provincial Party Committee during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, and a number of flood storage areas based on the Zhujiatai flood diversion project will be built in Jianglong County and Chunjiang River, and the effective flood storage capacity of Chunjiang City will be expanded by 5 million cubic meters. At the same time, we should pay close attention to the completion of the construction of reservoirs with flood control functions such as Wulongzui and Tianxian Gorge, and together with the construction of culvert gates, the flood control capacity of Jianglong and Chunjiang will be increased by two times.

The construction site is stepping up construction, Zhou Zhengqun inquired about the progress of the project, looked at several sections, and made some exchanges with the project construction personnel, and repeatedly told that the quality of the project must be guaranteed, and the tofu slag project must not be allowed to appear. The person in charge of the construction of the project was an old engineer in his fifties, who said excitedly: "Please rest assured that the governor of the province will guarantee the quality of the project." Zhou Zhengqun smiled with satisfaction, according to the current progress, the Zhujiatai flood diversion project should be completed before the flood season. Back on the embankment, Zhou Zhengqun looked at the group of farmers in front of him who had strengthened the embankment and said, "Are they the farmers who were affected by the disaster last year?" ”

Xu Dalong, the county magistrate, hurriedly said: "It's them, and now the young and strong labor force has been expanded to the engineering team, and they are very motivated. ”

"What about life problems, how do you solve them?"

"The houses have been built in the county, and they will be distributed to the farmers this month, and a total of 6 new villages will be built, with 260 households in each village."

"What about the source of livelihood?"

"The county distributes living security funds every month, provides necessities such as grain and oil, and other income comes from the projects they have undertaken."

Zhou Zhengqun sighed and continued to walk forward. Looking at the misty river in the distance, the lush mountains, and the ships that appear on the river from time to time, Zhou Zhengqun's heart fluctuated. This area has left him with too many memories, since the day he followed Xia Wentian, his footsteps have been running on the river embankment all day long, crossing the mountains and rivers. This land has planted his dreams, grown his love, and left his pain and despair. If it weren't for Xia Wentian, he might have been trapped in this land and couldn't get out. Thinking like this, Xia Wentian's stern face appeared in front of his eyes, it was a pity, Kong Qingyun had an accident, he should be the first to stand up and help Xia Wentian find out the truth of the matter. It's a pity that he can't, he has to try to stay away from the incident, and if he is farther away, he can't even go to see Xia Wentian at this time!

A layer of coldness passed through Zhou Zhengqun's heart, and he suddenly felt that he was not a bright and upright person, at least not now. Thinking about it again, this has nothing to do with being above board, this is an organizational regulation and a principle!

Principle. He smiled bitterly, pushed away the messy thoughts in his head, and began to examine the project.

He is satisfied with the progress of the project and the quality control is also very strict. Zhou Zhengqun put his mind at ease. It can be seen that after last year's flood, the awareness of the Jianglong County Party Committee and the county has improved a lot, whether it is capital investment or mass mobilization, Jianglong County is in the forefront of Chunjiang City, which Zhou Zhengqun fully affirmed. In front of the provincial and municipal accompanying leaders, Zhou Zhengqun spoke highly of Jianglong and his party, especially Xu Dalong, the county magistrate.

"I want to see if you, the big dragon, can lower the river dragon this year." After inspecting the Wulongzui Reservoir, Zhou Zhengqun joked with great interest. Zhou Zhengqun relaxed, and the mood of the entourage also relaxed.

After three consecutive days of inspection, everyone was sweating. As everyone knows, Zhou Zhengqun's inspection work is different from other leaders, he rarely listens to reports, and he will not follow the route you have determined in advance. He was very improvised, he went to see wherever he wanted, and sometimes when the car was running, he would suddenly stop, and before the escort could get out of the car, he had already started talking to the farmers on the construction site. Originally, everything was arranged, and even the words of the peasants and the expressions on their faces were rehearsed in advance, but he wanted to make a surprise attack and pick out those who were "hard bones" and "hedgehogs" in the eyes of local officials to understand the situation. On one occasion when he went to Tongjiang County upstream, he originally arranged to inspect the disclosure of village affairs in a village called Wulongwan, but his car drove through Wulongwan and stopped at Huanglongtai Village. Huanglongtai Village was not prepared at all, and the village leaders did not know anything about the inspection situation, and the villagers were even more dissatisfied with this. That day, Zhou Zhengqun asked the villagers of Huanglongtai Village to surround them for a day, and everyone gossiped and sued for a whole day. After hearing this, the fire in Zhou Zhengqun's heart finally couldn't be suppressed, and he asked the magistrate of Tongjiang County: "How can this be explained?" The magistrate of Tongjiang County was already sweating profusely, and in the face of the masses' questioning, there was no explanation, so he could only obediently wait for criticism. In that inspection, the county magistrate of Tongjiang County lost his official position, and the secretary of the county party committee made an in-depth inspection at the city-wide meeting.

Xu Dalong, the head of Jianglong County, was readjusted from another county after the disaster last year, and he used to serve as executive deputy county magistrate in that county, and he was very young, less than 40 years old.

However, Zhou Zhengqun reminded: "It is not enough to have a lot of energy, we must control water scientifically, we must plan reasonably, and we must take into account the comprehensive management and sustainable development of the riverside area." ”

Xu Dalong nodded frequently.

The three-day inspection was finally over, and after returning from the Wulongzui Reservoir, Zhou Zhengqun had planned to have a short meeting, sum up, and put forward a few more specific requirements, and then return to the province. Anyway, he was worried about Kong Qingyun in his heart, Xia Wentian, and even more about the report letter. As soon as he returned to the hotel, he was surrounded by the villagers of Wangtian Village.