Qian Fanxing noticed that Zhong Mingren, the big boss in a hospital gown, looked much older, with thinning hair, loose skin, tired and haggard face, and suddenly looked not like a provincial party secretary who was full of words, but like an old middle school teacher who had accumulated hard work. However, as long as you pay a little attention, you will find that the big boss is always the big boss, and the eyes of this old man are by no means those of a middle school teacher, shining brightly, revealing a kind of determination, a kind of will, and a kind of inviolable majesty.

Zhong Mingren stared at the moonlit flower bed outside the window for a long time, before slowly turning his thin body and saying to Qian Fanxing in a calm tone: "Fanxing, it's so late, it's not a big deal to call you over, I just want to chat with you." This afternoon, Commander Liu of the Grand Military Region came to talk for a long time, persuading me not to work so hard, to rest for a few days, and to be safe when I come. But I can't settle down, this economically underdeveloped Xichuan, we have been engaged in reform and opening up for 21 years, and now how can we do it? The economy is still underdeveloped, and the central government is not worried! That's why I said, I, Zhong Mingren, am not a reformer, I feel ashamed in my heart, I'm sorry for the central government, I'm sorry for the people! What to do? The level is limited, and the ability is limited! ”

Qian Fanxing sensitively heard the words from these words, and said with a smile: "Big boss, if you want to evaluate yourself like this, then I'm afraid we all have to go home and pick up the children!" Everyone knows the situation in Xichuan Province, it is a poor province in history, which dynasty and which generation have done it well? The feudal emperors did not do a good job, the Kuomintang did not do a good job, and they did not do a good job before the reform and opening up. It is the 21 years after the reform and opening up, your big boss took us and the people of the province to fight with their lives, and there have been earth-shaking historical changes, and no one can deny this basic fact on the land of Xichuan! ”

Zhong Mingren's angular face did not have any expression, and the topic suddenly changed, and when he talked about Li Dongfang, it was like talking about a friend from a long, long time ago: "Comrade Li Dongfang was the one I met more than 20 years ago. Specifically, I can't remember it for more than 20 years, but I still remember it. It was on the water conservancy site of Taiping Commune in Shayang County, Xiajiang Region, under a faded red flag of a youth commando. I remember that it was winter, it was very cold, and the northwest wind was blowing, and I and Comrade Long Zhenyu, the county magistrate at that time, wore big red flowers for these advanced assaulters. When I shook hands with Comrade Dongfang, his calloused and blood-blistered hands caught my attention. I could never have imagined that a rural child would sharpen such a pair of working hands. The hands were as thick as tree bark. On the way back, I told Comrade Zhenyu that I should train this young man as a typical example. Later, Comrade Dongfang grew from a rural youth to a secretary of the municipal party committee -- oh, by the way, I was also Comrade Dongfang's introducer to join the party, and I served as the secretary of the county party committee in Shayang County for four years, and he was the only comrade I introduced to the party. ”

Qian Fanxing said with a smile: "Big boss, in this way, you are still the political guide of the Eastern comrades!" ”

Zhong Mingren waved his hand, his face was still expressionless: "I can't talk about his political guide, his political guide is the party organizations at all levels, and it is also the party organizations at all levels that cultivate him." In his later work, Comrade Dongfang was still reasonable, no matter where he was, he could always put himself in a correct position, and the children who came out of the countryside were very simple and had no backers, they were very cautious, they were more responsible in their work, and they had also suffered a lot of. In 1984, when the Shayang leadership was reshuffled, we were ready to arrange for Comrade Dongfang to be the county magistrate and deputy secretary of the county party committee. The small landmen in Shayang County were very clever in making bad moves, and they engaged in non-organizational activities at the county party congress, but they did not say a bad word about the Dongfang comrades. As long as we don't elect him, he will not be able to join the Standing Committee, and he will not be able to serve as deputy secretary of the county party committee or county magistrate, so he will be able to return to Xiajiang City for development as soon as possible. At that time, Comrade Dongfang's family had moved to Xiajiang City. ”

Li Dongfang hadn't heard of Li Dongfang's trip to Maicheng, so Qian Fanxing was quite interested: "What happened later?" ”

Zhong Mingren said slowly: "Do you still need to talk about the result? Comrade Dongfang let Shayang, a group of small land gentlemen, go on, and was elected as a member of the county party committee with the lowest vote, but the standing committee member was not elected. As soon as this result was reported, I really lost my temper and called the comrades of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee to scold them, asking them how they carried out the organizational support. At that time, Comrade Dongfang was in a very bad mood and asked to be transferred to the city, so I talked to Comrade Dongfang once and asked him to be the head of the organization department of the Shayang County Party Committee in the capacity of the former executive deputy county magistrate. Half a year later, Comrade Dongfang was successfully by-elected to the Standing Committee and became the county magistrate and deputy secretary of the county party committee. ”

Qian Fanxing couldn't help but sigh: "Big boss, you can really be said to be kind to Comrade Dongfang!" ”

Zhong Mingren didn't admit that he had any kindness to Li Dongfang: "Fanxing, what you said is not right, what kindness is as heavy as a mountain?" I want to use people, it is completely from the consideration of work, the secretary of the county party committee at that time was Fang Bing, and it is more suitable for him and Fang Bing to work together. Speaking of this, there was a pause, "After so many years, the strengths and weaknesses of some comrades have also been seen. To be honest, Comrade Dongfang has always done a good job, whether he was the county magistrate or the mayor later. However, this comrade's ability and courage to take charge of himself are indeed poor, and in the end, I made a big determination to put him in the post of the number one leader in Xiajiang, and I was also prepared to take some risks. Now it seems that I may have been a little emotional, and at a critical time some inexplicable personal feelings replaced the organizing principles. ”

Qian Fanxing never expected that Zhong Mingren would call him in the middle of the night and give him this truth, and his heart suddenly turned upside down: Does the big boss mean that he wants to find an opportunity to take Li Dongfang from Xiajiang's current position and make another arrangement? Who should be the new leader of Xiajiang? Should I make the necessary efforts at this critical moment in my life? He can't be blamed for this at all, it is Li Dongfang himself who has to cause this disaster.

Just thinking nervously, before he made a decision, Zhong Mingren spoke again, and his tone suddenly became stern: "--I have been the secretary of the municipal party committee for more than half a year, and the city has been open for more than a month, and I am still looking around there, and I can't even come up with a cross-century development plan!" I'm not in a hurry, and I don't know what I'm busy with all day long! It's good today, the courage is big all of a sudden, don't want history, don't talk about dialectics, deny everything, Lao Tzu is the first in the world! ”

Qian Fanxing tentatively handed over a sentence: "Some comrades say that Comrade Li Dongfang is very similar to Khrushchev......"

Zhong Mingren waved his hand: "What happened to him Khrushchev?" That is the only Soviet leader of this century who did not die on the stage! ”

Qian Fanxing plucked up his courage at this time: "Big boss, to be honest, it is really difficult to work with comrades in the East, you are so anxious that you are smoking, he is not in a hurry at all, and the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee has been delayed for more than half a month." It is also difficult for us to do something practical for the people, and I wanted to grasp the road of the times you set back then, as soon as I took office, but I still can't figure out the true attitude of the comrades in the East. He also used your banner to say that you don't advocate making the plate bigger......"

Zhong Mingren interrupted Qian Fanxing's words: "Fanxing, this must be made clear: Comrade Dongfang did not lie in this matter, I said this to him in person when Comrade Dongfang and I went to Xiushan!" The scale of Times Avenue must not be too large, we must seek truth from facts, and the kind of decision-making mistakes in Xiajiang New Area must not be made again! When Zhong Mingren said this, he seemed to realize something, and said solemnly, "Comrade Fanxing, I would like to make a statement: I said at the beginning of today, we chatted and talked about personal opinions, not on behalf of the provincial party committee. So, don't misunderstand, comrade, don't think that I want to oust Comrade Dongfang from power, there is no such thing! I, an old comrade and old friend, want to make up for him, and you, the mayor, also want to make up for him, and you want to tear down his platform, but don't blame me for being unkind to you. We must remember that at all times and under all circumstances, we must attach importance to the fundamental interests of the party and the people and to the overall situation of reform and opening up. ”

Qian Fanxing was shocked, and said again and again: "Big boss, I understand, I understand!" ”

Zhong Mingren said that he did not represent the provincial party committee, but his tone was instructive: "We must cherish the unity of the leadership group as if we were our own eyes, and stress principles in big things, and talk about style in small things, especially in the current situation." First of all, I should do a good job of resettlement, the provincial party committee has already decided, and the central government has agreed, and this year it will be 80,000. Comrade Dongfang expressed his stance and personally took command, which is very good. As for you, you have to cooperate with the implementation. Times Avenue can be on, but it must be done as soon as possible, and it is not allowed to increase the burden on society and enterprises. What if you don't have enough funds? I thought about it for you, and I quietly did some work: sell the outer ring road, according to my bottom of the situation, at least one billion can be sold, and if you do it well, you can sell more than two billion! ”

This is what Qian Fanxing didn't expect, just before he came to see Zhong Mingren, Qian Fanxing was still worried about the funding problem of Times Avenue, and he was still thinking about how to persuade everyone at the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee. Unexpectedly, Zhong Mingren, as the secretary of the provincial party committee, has always kept this matter in his heart, and solved the problem of funds. From this point of view, Zhong Mingren is amazing, Li Dongfang is on fire at Zhong Mingren, Zhong Mingren is still busy with the construction of the Xiajiang River, are you not convinced?

Qian Fanxing moved his true feelings, held Zhong Mingren's hand and said, "Big boss, thank you so much!" ”

Zhong Mingren said in a flat tone: "Thank me for what?" I, the secretary of the provincial party committee, am I furnishings? Don't you do real things? After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Do you know who came up with the idea of selling the Outer Ring Road?" It's He Jiaguo! This young man, who is really financially minded, thought of it as early as three years ago and got a written material to hand over to our laboratory. Not long ago, when I saw it, I brought the comrades of the Road and Bridge Group Company under the Department of Communications to talk to them, and asked them: The four toll stations on the outer ring road, which charge 50 million yuan a year, are sold to you at one time for about 30 years, are you interested? People Road and Bridge Group is interested! You have to give a credit to your comrades in your family and country! ”

Qian Fanxing immediately said: "Comrade Jiaguo is really good, not only has an economic mind, but also a sense of justice, and dares to face difficulties, and he is staring at the lawsuit in Hongfeng Mall for a while!" Choked the court president Deng and the political and legal secretary Chen Zhongcheng enough! ”

Zhong Mingren snorted: "They should also be angry, they can't always let our people be angry!" However, Comrade Fan Xing, you should pay attention, and you should also ask Comrade Dongfang and other leading comrades of the municipal party committee to pay attention: We must protect our comrades from the family and country, our young doctor is very enthusiastic and has a very good mind, but he has no experience in political struggle, and if he does not do well, he will eat other people's plots! In addition, this young comrade should not be too arrogant, don't treat Xichuan, China as Connecticut, the United States, and sharpen his edge, this is for his good, and it is also another kind of protection for him! ”

Qian Fanxing had long heard that Zhong Mingren had a good relationship with He Jiaguo's deceased father, He Mengqiang, so he asked: "Big boss, why do you have such a soft spot for Comrade Jiaguo?" Everybody's spreading the word that you're ......"

Zhong Mingren said solemnly: "Fanxing, don't follow the rumors, the appointment of He Jiaguo as the mayor's assistant was not proposed by me Zhong Mingren, it was first proposed by Comrade Dongfang, and it was studied and approved by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and reported to the Provincial Party Committee, and it was unanimously agreed by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. After thinking about it, he said lightly, "I and my father, Professor He Mengqiang, are friends of the '**', and we have stayed together in the Shayang cowshed for a while. ”

Qian Fanxing knew it in his heart: the relationship between Zhong Mingren and his father who committed suicide in He Jiaguo's "**" is by no means ordinary.

Zhong Mingren asked again: "Have you found Professor He's "Manuscript of the History of the Xichuan Kingdom"?" I asked Comrade Dongfang to care about it, and asked my country to sort out the manuscript and publish it as soon as possible, but I don't know how it happened. ”

Qian Fanxing said: "Big boss, I really don't know about this matter, you have instructions, you should do it, right?" ”

Zhong Mingren said: "Ask Comrade Jiaguo to take the time to come here to see me, and I will talk to him again!" This comrade, like his father, is Qinggao, as long as I stay in the post of secretary of the provincial party committee, he will not come to see me! ”

At the end of the conversation, Zhong Mingren explicitly asked about the international industrial park: "Fan Xing, Comrade Dongfang said in his speech that the international industrial park was a mistake in decision-making back then -- the pollution problem did not arise now, and the pollution control did not start today, and the sewage treatment system in the park was put up a year before I left Xiajiang. Let me ask you: Have you done any research on the pollution of the international industrial park? How serious is it? Is this a problem of insufficient environmental awareness, lax supervision, or something else? ”

Qian Fanxing knew Zhong Mingren's thoughts too well, so he was stunned and said, "Big boss, do you need to say this?" It is the problem of lax supervision, for this matter, I have criticized the responsible comrades of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau and the Park Management Committee. Of course, I, the mayor, am also responsible! As for how bad the pollution is, we haven't found out yet, but we have to be realistic! ”

Zhong Mingren's face sank, grabbed Li Dongfang's speech and raised it: "So, I said that Comrade Dongfang is firing artillery indiscriminately!" There is nothing wrong with attaching importance to environmental protection, the problem is that we must really pay attention to it ideologically, not just talk about it! When I go back, please read the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China to me a few more times! Here, I have a specific request: "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", you and Comrade Dongfang should each read it to me three times, and the leader in charge should read it five times! I also have to send the law to the door, and every company involved in environmental protection will send me a copy of the past! ”

Which level to read the book several times Zhong Mingren has stipulated, this is a specific instruction, and Qian Fanxing wants to record.

Zhong Mingren stopped: "Comrade Fanxing, don't remember, I have criticized these few sentences in Comrade Dongfang's speech, you can take them back and ask Comrade Dongfang to dispose of them!" In addition, I will bring two more sentences to him: the first sentence is that the reform and opening up of Xiajiang City has been carried out for 21 years, and today's situation is not easy to come by, and everyone should cherish it; The second sentence is that there are many grievances and grievances in the history of Xiajiang, and the situation of the cadre contingent is rather complicated, so he is asked to be cautious when expressing his stance on some things, and not to do things that are happy for relatives and enemies. Speaking of this, the anger of Chongtian suddenly came up, not to Li Dongfang, but clearly pointed, "Some of our comrades are very old and have a lot of problems!" If you don't want to do things, you don't allow others to do things! People are doing things there, what is he doing? He's shooting cold, firing in the back of his comrades, and settling accounts after the autumn! Fortunately, I, Zhong Mingren, are not dead yet, and I haven't gone to see Comrade Xiaoping yet, and it's too early for them to conclude that I will be coffined! ”

Qian Fanxing was already about to leave, but it could be seen that Zhong Mingren was angry, and he didn't dare to move, so he hesitated for a moment and took the initiative to change the topic: "Oh, big boss, this matter of buying out the outer ring road, should I go directly to the traffic department?" ”

Zhong Mingren's face was pale and he gasped: "Well, go to Director Wang, and go with your comrades from your family and country, this young man has an economic mind and is a good settler." After that, he waved his hand tiredly and motioned for Qian Fanxing to go back.

Qian Fanxing cautiously exited the door, and when he went out, he found that the shirt he was wearing was soaked with sweat.