Lu Zhengdong felt that the Spring Festival of '98 seemed to pass very quickly among the newlyweds, and in the blink of an eye, it was already March, the new people's congress was closed, and the change of the central government was completed.

At the same time, the curtain of institutional reform was officially opened, and the Commission for the Reform of the System still exists, but it is no longer part of the government cabinet sequence, but has become an advisory and deliberative body, just like the staff officers in the army, only have the right to build, and have no right to decide or implement.

In fact, the continued retention of the Commission is only for the sake of transition, and eventually the Commission will still be abolished and fully merged into the National Development and Reform Commission.

At the same time, the organization also consulted Old Man Yun about his whereabouts, and was ready to arrange him to some other functional departments, but to everyone's surprise, Old Man Yun politely refused.

The Yun family also entered the ranks of the deputy minister level as Yun Wei Xishun, and some other people in the Yun family did not get a chance in this round of adjustment.

For this point, Lu Zhengdong is also in the clouds, which is tantamount to treating him coldly. But Lu Zhengdong didn't have any ideas, he believed in the wisdom of Old Man Yun......

At the beginning of the new year, the Asian financial crisis not only did not pass, but intensified, and at the beginning of the year, Indonesia's financial turmoil broke out again, and in the face of the most severe economic recession in history, the IMF's prescription for Indonesia failed to achieve the expected results. In mid-February, the Indonesian government announced that it would implement a linked exchange rate system in which the rupiah and the US dollar maintain a fixed exchange rate to stabilize the rupiah. This move was unanimously opposed by the International Monetary Fund, the United States, and Western Europe. The International Monetary Fund has threatened to withdraw its aid to Indonesia. Indonesia is in the grip of a major political and economic crisis. Affected by this, the foreign exchange market in Southeast Asia has made waves again, with the Singapore dollar, ringgit, Thai baht, Philippine peso, etc. falling one after another.

The severe consequences of the financial crisis have also aroused extensive thinking at the top level of China. In particular, the domestic stock market is very imperfect. Some economists have pointed out. The domestic stock market has been very unregulated from the beginning. If it continues to develop, it is unlikely to become a good place for investors to invest. The rampant irregularities and illegal activities in the stock market have made investors unable to obtain returns, and the stock market has become a paradise for speculation. As foreigners say: China's stock market is very much like a casino, and it is very unregulated. There are also rules in the casino, such as you can't look at other people's cards. In the domestic stock market, some people can look at other people's cards, cheat, and commit fraud. Banking, speculation, and stock price manipulation can be said to be the peak. Anything goes. Indeed, for a long time, the domestic securities market can be said to be the world of market makers, which breeds great risks, not only that, but also the huge bad debts of banks, and the financial industry has many high risks.

The high unemployment rate and the weak market are the three most difficult problems facing the government at present, and the occurrence of the Asian financial crisis will make the top management realize that the top priority is the financial problem, and the financial system has become a bottleneck for the country's economic development. Breaking through this bottleneck means that there is no other world.

The Commission is now a staff body, so there are too many less entanglements. There are a lot of things that can be suggested at the macro level.

Lu Zhengdong planned to take the stock market as a starting point, and wrote a letter of advice on some of his thoughts on the financial system from participating in the fight against international speculators in Hong Kong, and handed it to Director Lin for special submission to the high-level as a reference.

In accordance with the requirements of the leaders of the State Council, Lu Zhengdong also began to do some basic research work on vigorously developing the western region......

Time passed in a blink of an eye, and Lu Zhengdong finally knew the intention of the old man Yun to treat him coldly, and in the following months of adjustment to the local provincial and sub-provincial levels, the Yun family implemented a series of strategies and tactics, even if Lu Zhengdong was half a person in the game, he was a little unclear and breathtaking.

Among them, the most typical is Sun Weiyang's superiority.

Sun Weiyang can be said to be the leader of Lu Zhengdong in the real sense of the road, from the head of the township to the production office of the municipal government to the deputy director of the municipal development zone, the secretary of the Yilan County Party Committee, all of them were promoted by Sun Weiyang, Sun Weiyang's position is actually to escort him, which is far more affordable than him changing departments, which is the most fundamental reason why his grandfather really let him refrigerate.

The former governor of Qiandong Province, Ji Weishan, was promoted to the central ministries and commissions, and the post of governor was vacant, Wang Ziming, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee of Qiandong Province, and Sun Weiyang, the new deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, all have the strength to compete, and in addition to the fierce competition within Qiandong Province, there are no longer a few people who are staring at this position from other sides. Sun's gubernatorial battle seems to have had an ending that doesn't end well. During this period, some people complained about the prince, and some people held injustice for Sun Weiyang. But everyone knows that the secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor of the province is not in line with the convention, so there is still a chance.

However, two months later, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee nominated Tiyì to appoint Sun Weiyang, deputy secretary of the Qiandong Provincial Party Committee, as acting governor, removing Ji Weishan from his concurrent post as governor.

In just a few years, Sun Weiyang has jumped three levels in a row, which is a big miracle in the political circles.

After the results came out, a large number of veteran cadres and comrades in Qiandong Province, including Ji Weishan, secretary of the Qiandong Provincial Party Committee, who had seen the development of the situation clearly, praised the wisdom of the people who planned behind the scenes and lamented the luck of Sun Weiyang's career at private gatherings.

You must know that if Sun Weiyang and Wang Ziming fought for the governor's throne before, it is not that there is no chance of winning, but this chance of winning is only between five and five.

Sun Weiyang's advantage lies in his rich experience in politics, he has worked in many places, he is in the prime of life, and he is a good hand at doing the economy, but his disadvantage is that he is transferred from other places, there is a gap between his connections in Qiandong and Wang Ziming, and he has not worked long enough in the leading post at the deputy provincial level, so it is difficult to convince the public in terms of prestige.

It is precisely Sun Weiyang's disadvantage that Wang Ziming's advantage lies, and the situation is very unfavorable to He in comparison with the two.

Moreover, with Wang Ziming's age, he has also reached the point of giving it a go, if this session can't be solved, then there will definitely be no hope for the next session.

If Sun Weiyang and Wang Ziming fight directly, they will not be able to escape the outcome of losing both. This is not what the Yun family is willing to see, nor is it what Ji Weishan is willing to see. The steady development of Qiandong Province. Smooth handover. It is in line with the actual interests of the Yun family, Ji Weishan and the background behind him.

If the Yun family comes forward. It is not that it cannot be done directly from the central government directly affecting the province, but the risks are also huge. I don't worry about anything else, I'm worried that Wang Ziming will be forced to be in a hurry, and the candidate for governor recommended by the organization department has been elected in the election, and it has not happened for nothing to happen, and the forces of all parties are looking at each other and are gearing up. The combination of these two phases makes it impossible to say whether it will eventually lead to the end of capsizing in the gutter.

Drag. This is the best strategy to delay the final outbreak of the conflict and further resolve and deal with it.

In this way, no matter how dissatisfied Wang Ziming is, it has become a helpless trend. When the wind and waves are calm, the central level will intervene strongly. Even if Wang Ziming still refuses to be relentless, the normal personnel appointment of the central government cannot be made by Wang Ziming.

And there is another personnel adjustment that has benefited Lu Zhengdong a lot, that is, Liu Zhen, deputy secretary of the Xihe Provincial Party Committee, emphasized that he was appointed deputy director of the Central Organization Department, and Liu Zhenqiang was only a flat transfer, which did not attract much attention from the outside world.

However, the weight of the ministers and vice ministers of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and other ministries and commissions is naturally different. The minister is a member of the political and political bureau, and the executive deputy minister is at the ministerial level. When he is released, he usually serves as the secretary of the provincial party committee, and even the influence of ordinary deputy minister Qi can also be seen.

From the party congress before the year to the people's congress after the year, this round of adjustments, the instructions seen by the outside world Yun Weixi rushed to the deputy ministerial level, but in fact, the Yun family's harvest was far more than that, and Lu Zhengdong finally really felt that Old Man Yun began to pave the way for him in the real sense.

Although Uncle and Yun Weixi gained more in this time, no matter what, I'm afraid Yun Weixi is not so comfortable in his heart, and he has to deal with this situation well......

In mid-to-late June, when the second basin-wide flood occurred on the Yangtze River since 1954, the State Flood Control and Drought Control General Headquarters issued an "Emergency Circular on the Work of Flood Prevention and Flood Control in the Yangtze River and the Huai He," urging leaders at all levels to immediately take up their posts and take up the heavy responsibility of commanding flood control, meet the flood peak, and defeat the flood.

The more time goes forward, the more severe the form of flood control becomes, and the raging flood has become a sword hanging over the head of many places in the Yangtze River field.

The principal central leaders all went to the front line of flood control to inspect the defense of the Yangtze River embankment, stressing that the current flood control situation on the Yangtze River is very serious, and all localities along the Yangtze River should regard the flood control and rescue of the Yangtze River as a top priority and go all out to do a good job. It is necessary to resolutely and strictly guard against the death to ensure the safety of the Yangtze River embankment, and not to slack off or waver in the slightest, which is tantamount to issuing a death order.

Subsequently, the Pearl River Basin and the Songhua River also occurred in the entire basin of the flood, which exceeded the highest record in history.

Immediately, the vigorous 98 flood relief campaign became the focal point of the whole country and the top priority of the central work; in addition to the military system, many central ministries and commissions also entered into intense work.

Lu Zhengdong also kept an eye on this menacing flood and felt the thrilling in it. According to statistics, more than 8 million cadres and people participated in the flood fight nationwide. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Armed Police Force (PAP) have mobilized 66 divisions, brigades, and armed police corps, totaling nearly 300,000 troops, and finally won victory in fighting floods and rescuing people.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided to approve the Ministry of Finance to issue an additional 100 billion yuan of treasury bonds to state-owned commercial banks to increase investment in infrastructure construction, and also approved the inclusion of 50 billion yuan in the central budget expenditure this year, expanding the central financial deficit from the 46 billion yuan budgeted at the beginning of the year to 96 billion yuan. Urgent relevance.

However, the deficit of the central government has doubled at once, accounting for almost one-fifth of the annual central fiscal revenue, which is not low, which is unique in the past, and the Asian financial crisis has occurred, and there has been a major flood that has spread almost all over the country.

In view of the fact that the increasingly rampant smuggling activities have had a multifaceted impact on the country's economy, society, and government, it has caused huge losses to the country's economy and tax revenue, impacted the domestic market and national industry, and disrupted the order of the market economy. A large number of smuggling activities have aggravated the difficulties in the reform and development of state-owned enterprises. The danger of smuggling is very great, and this year it is especially strict. A large amount of oil was smuggled into the domestic market, and the country's oil industry was almost destroyed.

Under such circumstances, a consensus has been reached at the top level on cracking down on smuggling, and the central and State Council have jointly convened a conference on cracking down on smuggling, at which the supreme leader has spoken at the meeting, raising the anti-smuggling campaign to an unprecedented height, demanding that the smuggling of legal persons be paid at the bottom of the kettle, and that the armed forces, which are the pillars of the state, stand in the forefront of the anti-smuggling work. All units of the armed forces are required to take an active part in the nationwide joint anti-smuggling operations and various special struggles, and to strictly investigate and deal with problems involving some units and personnel of the armed forces and the armed police. This is a stern warning and shows the determination of the central government to crack down on smuggling.

How to boost the economy, promote employment, and increase the revenue of the state treasury has become a problem that must be solved before the central authorities.

Lu Zhengdong didn't catch up with the flood relief, but he didn't want to miss this part.

Just when Lu Zhengdong was thinking about these and felt that he had little to do with flood fighting and disaster relief, he suddenly received a notice from the General Office of the State Council, asking him to prepare and accompany Premier Rong to inspect the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas, the control of floods, and the development of the economy.

Lu Zhengdong's heart is also moved, he is neither an official in charge of disaster relief, nor an official in charge of post-disaster reconstruction, Premier Rong went down to inspect, he must value his economic vision and ability, this is another excellent opportunity, we must grasp it well.

Along the way, Premier Rong always stressed repeatedly at the meeting: In the post-disaster reconstruction work, we should not only focus on solving the current practical problems, but also focus on the future, take a long-term view, and closely integrate the rapid restoration of production and life order with the control of river floods and the realization of long-term goals.

But in fact, Premier Rong's affection is not very good, because along the way, the responsible persons in various places are patting their chests on the one hand, and crying poor in front of Premier Rong on the other.

Lu Zhengdong was finally able to realize that it is not easy to be a big housekeeper in such a big country, even if Premier Rong is an expert in the economy, but there are too many places to use money, and there are also some boredoms with long hands and short sleeves, as well as the distress of a smart woman who has no rice to cook......

This boredom and distress finally flare-up when I arrived in Behu Province...... (To be continued.) )