Author: Wen Yu
Publisher: Workers' Publishing House Publishing Date: 2008-10-1
Word Count: 210,000
Pages: 220
Open: 16
Paper: Offset
I S B N : 9787500841456
Packaging. : Paperback
Pricing: ￥ 28.00 Thursday, August 8, 1998 Cloudy
Peng Shelleng, secretary of the Northwest Provincial Party Committee, is in critical condition.
Originally, what Secretary Peng Sheinkeng was suffering from was only an upper respiratory infection. Under today's medical conditions, this kind of disease is too trivial, and can be effectively treated in any medical institution in urban and rural areas, and will recover quickly.
But the nurse accidentally used the wrong medication when giving Secretary Peng an infusion. As a result, Mr. Peng, who was already suffering from a number of age-related illnesses and was not in good health, suffered a sharp deterioration in his condition and continued to run a high fever.
The situation is very serious.
As the secretary of the provincial party committee secretary Peng Sheung Keng, I was stunned by this sudden change, and I was so anxious that I didn't know what to do.
This situation really should not have happened.
This is because the first hospital attached to the Western Medical University is the best hospital in the province in terms of medical conditions, and the high-level outpatient clinic located here is specially designed for the health care of provincial leaders in the Northwest Province, and its medical equipment and health care personnel are all first-rate. Peng Shell plow secretary and is the incumbent secretary of the provincial party committee, on his health care, should be to strive for excellence, foolproof. Who would have thought that, a hundred close, a thousand things should not happen in the end still happened.
The quiet courtyard of the First Hospital of Western Medical University's Gao Gan Clinic was filled with small license plate vehicles. The entire compound was cordoned off. The guards at the gate, as well as the stairway, corridors and other important locations, have been guarded by armed police soldiers who have been urgently deployed. Learning the news of Secretary Peng Shell Plow's critical condition, the provincial party committee standing committee, the provincial People's Congress, the main leaders of the provincial CPPCC, the head of the Grand Military Region, as well as the leaders of the provincial military region, and the provincial directors of the National Security Department, the Public Security Department, and the Department of Health all hurriedly rushed to the scene. The atmosphere at the scene was both tense and somewhat heavy.
Inside the ward, the provincial medical experts, who arrived urgently, were still studying the resuscitation plan, and the medical staff were also nervously carrying out the experts' medical advice, taking various measures to control the continued development of Secretary Peng Shell Plow's condition.
Outside the ward, in the spacious parlor, the leaders are anxiously waiting for news.
I could feel the concerned gaze of Governor Cheng Yuanfang's secretary, Lu Yang. Although, he showed a standard type of calmness, even indifference, to this suddenness. However, I know very well that as my friend, his heart was equally terrified.
Governor Cheng Yuanfang sat in the center of the long white sofa. I realized that at this moment, he was in deep thought. As far as I know, Governor Cheng Yuanfang was originally not a big smoker, but today, he had already smoked up half a box of Lu Yang's Chinese cigarettes in not too long a time.
Governor Cheng Yuanfang is undoubtedly the highest-ranking among the provincial leaders waiting here. I can imagine that his feelings at this moment must be the most complicated.
It's an open secret that Governor Cheng Yuanfang is not on good terms with Provincial Party Secretary Peng Shell Plow in the Northwestern Province official circle. Privately, some people divided the province's leading cadres above the municipal level into "Peng faction" and "Cheng faction". According to individual standards, the "Cheng faction" is naturally large in number and powerful; while the "Peng faction" is relatively weak. An important reason for this is that Secretary Peng Shelleng is a cadre sent by the central government, an outsider, and has only been in charge of Northwest Province for about two years. The governor of Yuanfang is a native of the local people, from the commune, county, city leaders, a step by step to the position of the governor of a province. This somewhat domineering governor, working in the northwest province for too long, operating history is too long, has formed a huge network from top to bottom. It can truly be described as disjointed and y rooted.
Governor Cheng Yuanfang was born in the mountainous region of Northwest Province, and his parents died early. That small county with year-round drought and water shortage has an incredible name: Shui Cheng County. I have never been there, but I have heard some stories about Shui Cheng County and water. Legend has it that many years ago, ShuiChengXian County was known as a watery country in the northwest. But then, for some reason, ShuiChengXian seems to have broken with water.
In some places in the countryside there, you can often see a team of animals carrying water and a group of women carrying water back and forth. The labor force in some places spends a third of its time on the way to fetch water. "I get up in the middle of the night to go over the mountain, over hill after hill, the rooster crows at dawn to find water, and the sun is setting when I get home." This is how the new folk song sings about the hardships and helplessness of water shortage.
The locals said that in the past, washing their faces was not the same as it is now, when the mother sprayed a mouthful of water on the children's faces, and each of them wiped a handful of water on their faces. Today, the situation is much better, instead of using a towel dipped in water to wipe. They think it's hygienic.
Year after year of drought, "the sky does not blow, the sky does not rain", the sky is only the sun. Whenever a drought strikes, the team pulling water will work night and day to pull life-saving water. At this time, people tend to see such a peculiar landscape: birds circling around the water trucks, swooping round and round, livestock chasing after the water trucks run. Once the water truck to release a bucket of water, livestock will occur to seize the water war, then any how you whip to drive are futile. Sometimes, people have to watch them drink, because these animals are really thirsty.
Governor Cheng Yuanfang is a bitter orphan. His parents, who had spent their lives farming hard on the barren loess slopes, never made it out of the mountain passes of their hometown. When they begged for a name for their son, they deliberately chose the word "Yuanfang" in the hope that his son would be able to get out of the misery and leave poverty far behind. However, while their son was still in his infancy, they were struck by what now seems to be a very common disease, the "pendulum" disease. Because of the lack of money for treatment, in the broken kiln home, both "waiting" to die.
Cheng Yuanfang grew up eating a hundred buns. Only seventeen miles away from the kiln elementary school for three years, because they can not afford to pay tuition, no buns to eat, poor dropout. So, in the hillside covered with footprints of both parents, a small goat herder without leaving the books appeared. Sheep in the loess in search of food, the little goat herder in chewing books. Hungry, eat a few mouthfuls of cold bread, thirsty, drink a few mouthfuls of cool water in the clay pot, bored, open throat roar a few albatrosses. The little goat herder into the far side, so began his life.
Then one day, there was a big goat herder on the hillside. The big goat herder did not have a white goat's belly towel on his forehead and could not sing the albatross. Dressed in Chinese mountain clothes, he always thinking about something, sighing from time to time. In this way, the two goat herders recognized, became friends. Big goat herder think small goat herder smart, very like him, will teach him to read and write; small goat herder think big goat herder mind too heavy, and can not control the sheep, will often help him.
On the high slope of the loess, the two shepherds, a large flock of sheep, like a watercolor painting hanging there.
One day, a year later, the big shepherd was leaving the little shepherd and the sheep. At this time, the little goat herder realized that, originally, the big goat herder is the secretary of the county party committee, is a big official. Because of the Cultural Revolution, the secretary of the county party committee was persecuted into the big goat herder.
When we broke up, the little goat herder cried his nose. He was very sad, because, he could not let the big goat herder go. He cried and said, "I won't let you go, you'll stay as a goatherd for the rest of your life. When you are old, I will give you a good old age. Yes, the big goat herder left, there was no relatives of the small goat herder, the future days, can only be alone to herd sheep, too lonely. The big goat herder is also very sad, he and the small goat herder's feelings have been very deep, it is difficult to part with. The little shepherd begged the big shepherd to stay and continue to stay on the hillside with the sheep. The big goatherd sighed again for a while, shook his head somewhat hopelessly, and went away reluctantly.
Not a few days, the county came to pick up the small goat herder. It turned out that the big goat herder was reinstated, and arranged for the little goat herder to go back to school.
Special mention should be made of the fact that the big goat herder became the little goat herder's top boss a number of years later, and introduced him to join the Chinese **** production party. The county party secretary of the big goat herder later served as secretary of the municipal party committee, and his last position as secretary of the Northwest Provincial Party Committee. For the year in trouble, this old leader is favored, all the way to promote.
The story of the two goat herders has also become a good story in the Northwest officialdom.
When the old leader died, Cheng Yuanfang was already the secretary of the municipal party committee of Fengyang city, the capital of Northwest Province. He was grateful from the bottom of his heart to this leader of his career, and regarded the old leader as the role model and goal of his life. He was also in awe of the old leader and regarded him as his elder brother and mentor. He was a bit of a grumpy character, but only in front of the old leader is very tame, obedient to the words.
Cheng Yuanfang has been working as a provincial governor for seven years. As an official governor of a province for such a long time, in the country's horizontal comparison, in recent years has been rare. Further, the desire to rank the provincial party secretary has been a long time. Even, has become a pain buried in his heart.
The expectation of the unattainable goal is very torturous. This is not only the feelings of people in the officialdom.
The sea of people, all the people, the official to a township, a county chief of the people should be called the hero, not to mention the governor of a province? Who can live in such a high level? With few as morning stars to this analogy, in fact, is not excessive. Life is so, should be enough. However, the desire for endless, may be an essential feature of human nature. Especially in the career of people on the promotion of that stubborn thirst. Each other as much as possible.
It should be said that, on the ability, prestige, political achievements, Governor Cheng Yuanfang is very outstanding. If he can take up the post of secretary of the provincial party committee, from the big aspect, he can play a better role; from the small aspect, he also realized his life's long-cherished wish. I think that what Governor Cheng Yuanfang longs for must not only be the provincial party secretary's command of the four directions of the momentum, majesty, he is in pursuit of, certainly a unified province, the achievement of a great life.
More than two years ago, the central government adjusted the leadership of the Northwest Provincial Party Committee, the provincial party secretary Wen Chengye transferred to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. However, surprisingly, Governor Cheng Yuanfang failed to take over the position of provincial party secretary in accordance with the usual practice, and remained in the position of deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and governor of the provincial party committee to press on. The central government sent a new provincial party secretary, Peng Shell Plow walked to the northwest province.
In the western region of China, Northwest Province, as a major industrial and resource province, both the strategic location and economic status, are very important. If you can serve as a provincial party secretary in such a province, not only can you make your own leadership skills can be fully demonstrated, to build a career on a larger stage, but also to make their own life goals and political aspirations that politicians diligently seek, can be realized. However, this long-awaited goal of Governor Cheng Yuanfang has never been realized, and the opportunity has once again passed him by.
Governor Cheng Yuanfang, whose career has always been relatively smooth, must have felt a setback that he has never experienced before. Although the surface does not see anything, but the heart of the resistance must be very strong. Because, from the later work, Governor Cheng Yuanfang showed a state of inactivity, can be seen one or two ......
Governor Cheng Yuanfang's heart contradictions at this moment is normal. The sudden accident of Secretary Peng Shell Plow has actually pushed both opportunities and challenges to Governor Cheng Yuanfang. According to the general judgment, Peng Sheung Keng, secretary of the sudden serious illness, if not cured, it is likely to be out of the Northwest Province political circles. The reason is naturally poor health, difficult to handle the heavy workload of the provincial party secretary position. In this way, the governor of Cheng Yuanfang to take over the position of provincial party secretary, should be the water to the end of the line. I guess the central government is not good to send people to serve as secretary of the provincial party committee, that would be in the sense of reason, seem to be unable to say. This can not be said to be a godsend.
But, the Northwest Province, the economic and social development of the severe situation, I think Governor Cheng Yuanfang should be well aware of. In such a large industrial province, industrial prosperity is the province of prosperity and wealth, industrial decline is a thousand difficulties. The current situation is that large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises generally face difficulties, economic development is in a cyclical recession. Up and down the province, in all aspects, due to the difficulties of economic development and many contradictions, some of the contradictions for a time is also very difficult to resolve.
In this time of crisis, Peng Shell Plow Secretary if the withdrawal, even if it is due to illness temporarily withdrew from the position, Governor Cheng Yuanfang have no choice but to be pushed to the front line, inevitably in the wind and waves of the position. If the burden of the Provincial Party Secretary is truly placed on his shoulders, he will naturally have to work in his position. Frankly speaking, this kind of critical orders, need to have the courage to dare to go up the mountain and down the sea of fire.
But, according to my official experience, while Secretary Peng Shelleng is recuperating from his illness, Governor Cheng Yuanfang will most likely be able to steer the overall situation and carry out his work in the capacity of presiding over the provincial party committee and the provincial government. This role does not need to be announced and emphasized by the central government, it is a natural development, more or less inevitable.
If my judgment is accurate, Governor Cheng Yuanfang's role is actually like a jedi. Because, in the officialdom, there are times when the role of presiding over the work on the verge of danger is very difficult to be. As the name suggests, presiding over the work is temporary in nature, and is not the real meaning of a hand, more or less some name is not right, not a word. In terms of the current situation in the Northwest Province, the provincial party secretary Peng Shell Plow, after all, has not unloaded his duties, therefore, no matter how much he is sick, the big things still need to be determined by him to clap. This is the working procedure, but also the principle of organization. Therefore, the actual power is still in his hands. And the one who is charging in the front line is Governor Cheng Yuanfang, who is presiding over the work. In a word, out of the division, in and out of the dilemma. This role, more or less a bit of working for others flavor. That is to say, do a good job, the achievements are still the provincial party secretary Peng Shell plow; out of the problem, the responsibility to be borne by Governor Cheng Yuanfang. This is an extremely special period of time, how to carry out the work, how to bring the cadres, how to dispose of some urgent problems, the difficulties are too many.
In fact, in the quiet waiter, everyone's mood can not be calm. It can be said, is each with the heart of the matter, because, a province commander-in-chief of the safety and security of the whole situation, affecting the tent of the rise and fall of the generals.
I can feel that the provincial leaders are most concerned about the development trend of Secretary Peng Shell Plow's condition. For this **** about two years of the old team leader, in general, everyone is still very recognized. Secretary Peng Shell Plow is recognized as an excellent captain. Northwest Province this critical ship, is drifting traveling in the waves. In fashionable words, "Reform has entered an offensive stage and development is at a critical period". At such an important moment, the fate of the captain of the ship is self-evident in its impact on the sailing ship. Therefore, anxiety and worry hang on everyone's face and weigh heavily on everyone's heart.
Right now, Secretary Peng Shell Plow's condition is critical and his future is unpredictable. How long can the marquee of Northwest Province wave in the storm? Will the power structure change as a result? How should we respond to the changes? Should there be a shift in focus? Although only a small person in the high officialdom, but I can understand the difficulties around these senior officials, understand the pain of their choice.
Seeing Ma Liangyu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary General of the Provincial Party Committee, coming over, I quietly asked him whether he should notify the family of Secretary Peng Shell Plow of the current situation.
Secretary General Ma Liangyu thought about it and shook his head without saying anything.
I realized my folly.
Friday, September 9, 1998 Sunny
It was 3:31 a.m. at this time.
The silence in the parlor was suffocating to me. The leaders were still sitting on the sofa, their eyes slightly closed. However, no one has gone to sleep. Because, so many "snorers" gathered together, but did not hear a snore.
Suddenly, the parlor door opened, two armed police soldiers assisted a gray-haired old man, slowly walked in. Everyone was awakened and stood up unanimously. Eyes have admiration, there are surprised, there are also puzzled.
The leaders in the parlor were too familiar with this old person. She, is the old Red Army, the old leader Comrade Su Feng, who is already eighty-nine years old this year. I don't know who startled this old man in the middle of the night. Her arrival made me feel bright.
Su Feng has a legendary life. She took part in the famous 25,000-thousand-mile Long March in Chinese history, and was one of the few female Red Army soldiers in that team that endured thousands of dangers. Later, Su Feng served as the commander of the Northwest Detachment of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army and was a famous old woman with two guns. After the founding of the country, Su Feng has been serving as the leader of the Northwest Province, reaching the rank of director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress. Only a few years ago, she retired from her position as the head of the Advisory Committee of the Northwest Provincial Committee of the C***. She had a great influence in the Northwest Province and even the whole country, and there were many of her old subordinates, who are still in leadership positions at all levels in the province, as well as in the central leadership organs, holding important leadership positions.
For many years, in the official circle of Northwest Province, no one has ever dared to belittle the existence of this old man.
Su Feng has lived a bright and daring life, and has been described as a 100 percent Bolshevik. To this day, her many moving stories are still in circulation. Her husband was the political commissar of the Northwest Detachment back then, a handsome young man. During the liberation war, in a fierce battle, due to the political commissar's command errors, resulting in the troops in the Qilian Mountains, surrounded by the iron wall of the Majestic Army, facing the danger of total annihilation. At this time from the field rushed back to rescue Su Feng, pulled the gun and shot the headstrong political commissar husband, led the troops to kill out of the siege, saved the northwest detachment.
...... Wen Yu, male, Liaoning people in the 1960s. Born on the banks of the Yalu River and the Yellow Sea. Graduated from graduate school. Was in high official positions for many years, and is still in the service today.
Published two novels right out of high school, but dropped out of politics. Now, several full-length novels depicting the unique life of the career has been completed, and will meet with readers successively.