I don't know when, the small conference room in Building 4 is already brightly lit.

The atmosphere of the meeting was already quite tense at this time, and Zhong Mingren was facing a frontal attack rarely seen in his political career, this attacker was not an enemy, nor an outsider, but a comrade whom he once valued considerably. This comrade's name is Zhao Qigong, and he is the deputy mayor who was transferred from Qinghu City when he first took office as secretary of the Xiajiang City CPC Committee. At that time, Deputy Mayor Zhao was very gray, made a mistake in life in Qinghu, could not work, and asked to come to Xiajiang. Not only did he accept him, but three years later, he also recommended him to the provincial party committee to make him mayor. How did he, the mayor, become the mayor? It was he, the secretary of the municipal party committee, who risked violating the principles of democracy and smashed it with an iron fist on ***. Zhao Qigong has little qualifications, and he has made life mistakes in Qinghu, who will obey him? So many city **** inside and outside the party oppose Zhao Qigong as the mayor, and there will be a dark tide at the meeting. Seeing that the situation was not right, he sent the party member representatives to a meeting, slapped the table and announced: Anyone who does not carry out the organization's intentions and participates in the "reverse Zhao" activities will be expelled from the party, and Zhao Qigong, the mayor, cannot be elected, so this meeting should not be dispersed! In this way, Zhao Qigong was reluctantly elected mayor, and after the meeting, some city **** made a report to the provincial party committee and the provincial people's congress, and he was also seriously criticized by the leading comrades of the provincial party committee at that time. Zhao Qigong is not unaware of these circumstances.

Of course, he has a bad temper, and he criticizes him less, he criticized more in his early years, and he has criticized less in recent years, but he is all for his good! Just like this time, when he heard the report of Wang Peisong, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, he was so annoyed, but he was still protecting him. Well, now a story of a farmer and a snake is repeated, and there is such a fierce artillery fire in the camp of the comrades, what to do? There is no good way, so let's brave the fire of comrades! Comrade Zhong Mingren, secretary of the Xichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, has no habit of retreating!

Zhao Qigong was frighteningly cold: "...... The international industrial park has become an international garbage park, and it has been polluted for 15 years, and no one dares to say it, no one dares to take care of it, why? Comrade Akihito, just because it was a political achievement project that you single-handedly grasped back then! Let me ask: Comrade Akihito, do you know any of these circumstances? Have you been to an international industrial park in recent years? ”

Zhong Mingren knocked on the table: "To answer your question, Comrade Qigong: I go to the International Garbage Garden you mentioned every year, and I went there not long ago, and I went with Comrade Fan Xing." As for the problem of continuous pollution in the past 15 years, I have personally investigated it, and it is not so serious! It is caused by poor management and lax law enforcement, and it has nothing to do with who catches the performance project! ”

Wang Peisong took it over, and his views and attitude were very clear: "Comrade Qigong, if we talk about the projects of political achievements, Comrade Akihito has many projects for political achievements, and there is by no means only one Xiajiang International Industrial Park, but two state-level development zones and seven provincial-level development zones in our province, and Comrade Akihito has grasped them to varying degrees. In addition, the outer ring road of the Xiajiang River in the 80s, the rise of township industry in our province in the early 90s, and the large-scale migration of 180,000 poor people in the Xiushan area today are not also Comrade Akihito's political achievements? Comrade Akihito has made great contributions to our Xichuan Province and is one of the commanders of the province's reform and opening up in the past 21 years, and Comrade Akihito's body is also so exhausted and broken, and his political achievements and the evaluation of him by the people of Xichuan are by no means something that can disappear with a few words from Comrade Qigong! ”

Zhao Qigong calmly waited for Wang Peisong to finish speaking, and continued: "Comrade Peisong talked about the issue of Xiushan immigration, which is what I want to talk about next. Comrades all know that just the day before yesterday, a dust storm occurred in Xiushan, and six students of Wudaoliang Primary School fell under the dangerous wall of the campus. What is the main reason for this incident? It turned out to be an immigrant, which is the latest political achievement of Comrade Akihito that Comrade Peisong just mentioned. The secretary of the Xiushan Prefectural Committee, Chen Xiutang, took Comrade Mingren's words as a holy decree, ignored everything, and was full of immigrants, and the district did not even do an official article to supervise and inspect dilapidated houses! Speaking of this, he took out a report, "Please circulate this report, comrades, and make your own judgment!" It must be noted that my criticism of this catastrophic incident is still a criticism of the phenomenon of the top leader and a narrow view of political performance, not a criticism of the immigration work itself. ”

Zhong Mingren responded: "Comrade Qigong, I didn't misunderstand, do you mean that the accident in Xiushan should also be responsible for me, the number one, I admit this account, I, Zhong Mingren, as the secretary of the Xichuan Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, will be responsible for all the problems that occur in Xichuan, and will be responsible, including your problems!" ”

Governor Bai Zhiwen interjected: "Comrade Qigong, aren't you responsible for the division of labor?" ”

Zhao Qigong spread his hands: "This is a misunderstanding, comrades!" I'm talking about the issue of first-hand politics, not about holding one thing or one person accountable. As a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, of course, I am responsible for the death of Xiushan, and I will never push Comrade Akihito's head. I hope that you will give me a little more time to finish what I have to say, because I think this is the attitude of being serious and responsible to the party and the people. Comrade Akihito said well in the morning, to this day, a group of harmony can no longer solve the problem, and strong medicine is needed to treat serious diseases......"

Bai Zhiwen nodded: "Okay, okay, Comrade Qigong, you say, but I hope it's not a tiger and wolf medicine." ”

Zhao Qigong spoke again, and he was very moved: "My criticism of the phenomenon of being the number one leader and the narrow view of political achievements is not only a criticism of Comrade Akihito, but also a kind of self-criticism. For example, on the issue of cadres and personnel, they could not listen to the different opinions of others, and used the wrong people, not only Chen Zhongcheng, but also Deng Shuanglin, president of the court, and Tian Zhuangda, a criminal, and so on. During this time, I wondered: How did I make these mistakes? This is without mentioning the negative influence that Comrade Akihito had on me. This negative effect is only now being seen and was not known before. When I was first transferred from Qinghu to Xiajiang, I admired Comrade Akihito's work style and regarded him as a brave reformer and pioneer. Secretly, I learned from Comrade Akihito. As a result of this study, after Comrade Akihito left Xiajiang, I became another Comrade Akihito. How many top leaders like Comrade Akihito are there in the cities, counties, and regions of our province? I don't know, but what I do know is that Chen Xiutang, secretary of the Xiushan Prefectural Party Committee, should be counted as one, and this comrade is the true inheritance of Comrade Akihito, who is arbitrary and arbitrary, and does not tolerate the dissenting opinions of anyone in the team......"

At this time, a crisp sound came from the venue.

The participants noticed that Zhong Mingren's face was extremely ugly, and he subconsciously broke a pencil in his hand.

Wang Peisong stood up involuntarily: "Comrade Qigong, according to this, Comrade Mingren should be responsible for the mistakes you made when you presided over the work of Xiajiang?" You have a negative influence in one bite, is there a positive influence on Comrade Akihito? How many are there? Comrade Qigong, to put it mildly, you don't have the kind of fiery work enthusiasm in Comrade Akihito, and the dedication to carrying out reform at the risk of his life! You, comrade, may have never studied! ”

Zhong Mingren waved his hand: "Comrade Pei Song, don't be in a hurry, listen to Comrade Qigong's words!" ”

Zhao Qigong was not polite and continued: "There are still a few last words, of course, you have to finish them, speak freely, this is advocated by Comrade Akihito." Of course, Comrade Akihito's positive influence is many, but it is not something to be discussed at this meeting, which is a meeting of criticism and self-criticism, and I hope that this meeting will set a successful example of practicing intra-party democracy in our province. I hope that Comrade Akihito will not make nonsense and interpret my comradely and well-intentioned criticism as something else. I hope that Comrade Akihito will ideologically face up to the negative influence of his paternalistic style on the cadres of the whole province, correct this negative influence in action, and truly implement the party's principle of democratic centralism in his future work. I hope that Comrade Akihito will listen carefully to the reports of the responsible comrades of the Xiajiang and Qinghu authorities on the pollution problem of the international industrial park, and that it is best to travel to the lower reaches of the Xiajiang River for a few days by car to listen to the voices of the common people. ”

After Zhao Qigong finished speaking, the venue fell silent, and the eyes of several Standing Committee members were focused on Zhong Mingren.

Zhong Mingren squinted his eyes and thought about something, so that the silent atmosphere in the venue continued for a while, before he opened his eyes and asked unusually calmly: "Comrade Zhao Qigong, have you finished speaking?" ”

Zhao Qigong nodded: "That's it, Comrade Mingren." ”

Zhong Mingren stood up slowly, his hands trembling against the table, tears flashing under his torch-like eyes: "Comrades, Comrade Qigong has taught us all a lesson!" It's very vivid, and I'm afraid it's hard to hear how much it costs! Of course, I was the one who started it. I didn't know until today that I, a person, have not done much good in the 21 years of reform and opening up! What a serious problem, I have never practiced the party's democratic centralism, and I have created a phenomenon of being the number one, which has led to the destruction of the entire Xichuan cadre team, especially those large and small leaders in the province! This made Comrade Qigong miserable, and after Comrade Qigong woke up, he came to help me with comradely kindness. So, I said comrades, don't praise me in the future, what kind of boss, what kind of life, it's not like that, Zhong Mingren's level is low, his quality is poor, he should have stepped down a long time ago! ”

Big tears fell from Zhong Mingren's eyes and dripped loudly onto the conference table in front of him.

Zhong Mingren let tears flow on the old man's painful face, his eyes turned to Zhao Qigong, and his voice suddenly raised an octave: "However, I must make one thing clear, I, Zhong Mingren, will step down and let Xian, and I will not give you Zhao Qigong!" You, a comrade, have been the secretary of the municipal party committee in Xiajiang for eight years and the vice governor of the province for eight months, but your political level has not improved, but your political skills have improved a lot! Are you really responsible for the fundamental interests of the party and the people today to make such a well-intentioned criticism? I think you have ulterior motives, you are blaming others, and you are trying to muddy the waters! If the problem of Xiajiang had not been exposed, and you had become executive vice governor as you wished, or if you had been transferred to Beijing to become a minister, you would not have made such a well-intentioned criticism, and you, a comrade, have never been responsible for the party and the people! Never! ”

Bai Zhiwen persuaded kindly: "Comrade Akihito, don't get excited, don't get excited!" ”

Zhong Mingren didn't seem to hear Bai Zhiwen's words, and knocked on the table with his knuckles, knocking loudly and powerfully: "As for who I Zhong Mingren is, it doesn't matter what you Zhao Qigong said, the party and the people have their own evaluation of my merits and demerits in the 21 years of reform and opening up, and history has its own evaluation!" Standing in front of Comrade Xiaoping 100 years later, I dare to report to Comrade Xiaoping: I, Zhong Mingren, secretary of the provincial party committee, have done my best, tried my best, and fought hard in a remote province in the central and western regions of China in the 21 years since the rise of the country and the nation! I have made many mistakes in my work, and I will inevitably make one more mistake or another in the future, but there is one thing that I am worthy of, that is, I have worked hard for the fundamental interests of the country and the people in the past 21 years, and I have never betrayed the political and historical conscience of a senior leading cadre of the ruling party! ”

Zhao Qigong smiled: "Comrade Mingren, do you mean that I betrayed my conscience?" ”

Zhong Mingren slapped the table: "Comrade Zhao Qigong, who are you, you know it in your own heart!" ”

Zhao Qigong shook his head, looking helpless: "Comrade Mingren, what should I say about you?" We are now holding a democratic life meeting for senior leading cadres in Xichuan Province, and you look at you, and you are slapping the table again. How much democratic spirit do you have? Is there a little bit of grace to listen to different opinions? Comrade Akihito, let me stress again, it is very dangerous to go on like this, not to the danger of my personal political future, Zhao Qigong, but to the fate of the party and the country! If I really only think about my personal political future, I don't need to say these things to you today! ”

This condescending tone of lesson, like a burst of fierce artillery fire, finally knocked Zhong Mingren down.

Zhong Mingren's tormented heart could no longer bear it. When Zhao Qigong finished speaking, Zhong Mingren seemed to be ready to fight back, but he only suppressed and said the words "Comrade Qigong", and his thin body staggered and couldn't stand. Wang Peisong, who was sitting next to him, felt that the situation was wrong, and when he stood up to support Zhong Mingren, Zhong Mingren suddenly collapsed in Wang Peisong's arms and immediately lost consciousness.

Including Zhao Qigong, the six members of the Standing Committee at the meeting were all panicked at once......

This was the most thrilling meeting of the provincial party committee's high-level democratic life in the history of Xichuan Province, which lasted for 13 hours and 20 minutes. A member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee gambled on his own political future, while a Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee may have to pay the price with his life.