Director's growth history

"Fangyuan, take a look at the cup in my hand, can you see anything?" Kong Zitian raised the cup in his hand and said with a smile. 【 】

Fangyuan looked carefully at Confucius Tian's water cup for a long time, but he didn't see any special meaning in it, let alone what Confucius wanted him to see.He shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Dad, I didn't see it."

Confucius Tian said: "There is water in my cup. If you compare the curvature of the cup to a circle, do you see if the water is inside or outside the circle?" Fang Yuan said, "It is inside the circle." Confucius asked: "Is there any outside the circle?" Fang Yuan said, "There is not a drop of water." Confucius Tian said: "This is the core of Chinese official circle culture. If you compare this water to interests, it means that the interests of people in the circle Sharing, people outside the circle will get nothing." Fang Yuan felt a sudden realization.

Confucius Tian said: "In today's officialdom, some people are obsessed with circles, and they can't be closed at once. The circle of officialdom is not a simple combination of emotions, but a combination of power, status, reputation, relationship, and interests. The circle is the boundary. , draw circles for war, one prospers, one destroys all. The disadvantage of the circle is that it only talks about small unity, not great unity; it only cares about the interests of the inside of the circle, regardless of the interests of the outside; The "circle" culture has obvious characteristics of selfishness and exclusion, and its essence is division and self-seeking."

Fang Yuan seemed to have a much better understanding of the society all of a sudden, and nodded in agreement.

Confucius Tian said: "The circle culture is actually opposed to the party's discipline. For example, the Communist Party of China proposed to oppose gangism during the Yan'an rectification movement. What is gangism actually means that under the leadership of the party, many people with similar interests The pursuers formed circles one after another? Why should we take a clear stand against gangism, in fact, because it exists objectively, and it is quite serious. If it does not exist, why bother to oppose it?"

Fang Yuan said, "Didn't circle culture exist back then?"

Confucius Tian said: "Yes, it should be said that the circle culture of Chinese officialdom existed very early. With dynasties and officialdom, there was circle culture. For example, when Qin Shihuang first came to power, the entire court was actually divided into Three circles, the royal circle with Qin Shihuang and Li Si as the core, the phase circle with Lu Buwei as the core, and the queen circle with the empress dowager and concubine laoai as the core. The circle culture was most obvious in the Song Dynasty. Today I will analyze it with you Analyze the core connotation of this circle of culture: the interests of the circle are shared, and the outside of the circle is life and death. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Renzong was honest and generous, and his wife was also the same. Therefore, during the Renzong period, many writers emerged, such as Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, etc., and the ideological field also Quite broad, but because Renzong felt that people with a little talent were hired, the bureaucracy became larger and larger, and the country's finances were unable to make ends meet every year. When Shenzong succeeded to the throne, he was determined to reform and employed a group of reformist officials such as Wang Anshi to carry out Drastic reforms, at this time, the court formed two circles, one headed by reformist officials such as the emperor and Wang Anshi, and the other headed by conservative officials such as the Empress Dowager and Sima Guang. During this period , all those who were reformers were reused, and all those who were conservative were relegated to the local government as magistrates, magistrates and other local officials; Reformers such as Wang Anshi were quickly relegated, while conservatives such as Sima Guang were reused. Later, Zhezong wanted to emulate his father Shenzong and solve various domestic problems through reforms. The reformers regained power, while the conservative After several repetitions, at the time of Zhengzong, Cai Jing, a reformist figure, was appointed as prime minister. Although Cai Jing himself had no reform ideals, when he became prime minister, he still relegated the relegated reformists one by one. The local government was transferred to the central government, and the conservatives were driven to the local government again, and even persecuted to death. Like the great writer Su Shi, he was regarded as a reformist in the early days of the reformist group, but later found that the reform was not implemented well in some places, and people appeared. In the case of a heavier burden, he put forward criticisms, and as a result, he was regarded as a conservative by the reformers and was demoted to Suzhou and Hangzhou as prefects; He was promoted, but relegated to Ren Zhizhou in Guangdong and Hainan in the south of Lingnan. The root cause of his rough life was not that others were jealous of his talent, but because no matter whether it was the reformers or the conservatives who were in power, Su Shi was regarded as an outsider. People! What good is that, can you still think of Su Shi? What's bad about that, is it necessary to think of Su Shi for sure?"

Fang Yuan suddenly felt that the circle culture in Chinese official circles was really terrible.He cautiously asked: "Dad, what you said about the Song Dynasty, this circle will gain power and lose power. Doesn't this mean that if you choose the wrong circle, it is very likely that the future will suddenly plummet when the future is bright?" Confucius Tian Laughed: "Okay, children can be taught. So the choice of circle is very important. Which circle you want to enter and which circle you don't have to go through careful consideration. The culture of the circle is that all prosperity and all losses, if you choose the wrong one If you don’t circle, then you can only lose one and all.”

Fangyuan wiped off his sweat: "Dad, am I already in the circle now?" Kong Zitian said: "Since you won the first prize in the provincial class, you have actually been included in the circle, but at this time , Several circles regard you as a person in the circle. But you can’t stay in several circles all the time. If so, the final result will be the same as Su Shi. Enter a circle."

Fangyuan said: "I can't see it, Dad. Where is the circle? Everyone treats me very well, whether it is the director, the secretary, the principal, or the vice principal, they all treat me very well." Confucius Tian said: "This process is The process of entering a circle in circle culture, which means that several circles are pulling you into their circle at the same time, and you are still the target." Fang Yuan said: "Then what should I do?" Confucius Tian said: "The future One day, you always have to choose a circle to join, but now, you don’t have to join a certain circle too early. As I mentioned earlier, if you choose a wrong circle, you may have not waited for your career to take off because of the circle The core figures of the Communist Party of China were down, and bad luck followed. Let me give a simple example, what just happened in September this year. The secretary of the municipal party committee of China’s largest economic center city, which is very close to our Qingjiang Province, was shuanggui. His circle The members of the village are about to be unlucky, the deputy secretary-general of the Municipal Party Committee, the director of the Labor and Social Security Bureau, the head of Baoshan District, the director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, etc., have all been shuanggui or simply double-opened? I think, in the future, with the deepening of the investigation, people in his circle, whether they are high-ranking provincial and departmental cadres or young talents with promising prospects, will all be wiped out. And the other circle The people in this circle will not give this circle any chance to reunite into a circle, because once the people in this circle gather their strength again, it means that the people in this other circle will be unlucky. This is a struggle between life and death If I let you live, I will not be able to live or live in an unremarkable way. Politics has always been a bottomless pit. Therefore, I also hope that you will not become a complete political animal in the future, but you must use professional development as the basis and become an expert. To promote political progress on the basis of

Fang Yuan's heart was extremely shocked: "Dad, I have already read the newspapers about what happened in this big city next to Qingjiang Province. Could it be that he was arrested because of corruption or misappropriation of social security funds?" Kong Zitian sighed He breathed a sigh of relief: "Speaking of **, he has it, but I am sure that there are cadres with much more serious corruption than him; talking about social security cases, there are also cases, but hasn't all the money been recovered? On the surface, or From the eyes of ordinary people, this is the rape case. Looking at it at a deeper level, it is actually the result of a contest of interests and power between one circle and another circle. This time, the contest ends with the victory of the other circle as a temporary intermission, but The matter is far from over. I saw an article written by a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and I was filled with emotion. Forget it, it’s too far away from you, and it’s no good for you to know, so I won’t say anything. You now The level of consideration, as long as you reach the level of the Secretary and Director of the Municipal Education Bureau, is enough. I just dragged it too far."

Fangyuan asked humbly: "Dad, let's just talk about our Education Bureau. Is there a circle? Why can't I see it?" Confucius Tian said: "The Education Bureau is the largest bureau in the city. It is more complicated than other bureaus. Director Han should have her small circle, Secretary Zhai should have people who are very supportive of him, and the deputy directors may have their own circle, or they are attached to one of the directors or secretaries. The more than 70 principals and more than 100 vice principals at the grassroots level are probably also members of the circles of the bureau. There must be some outside the circle, but few, because there is no one outside the circle to support you on the party committee , it is easy to be taken away as a scapegoat in exchange for benefits." Fang Yuan asked curiously: "It is not a circle, especially if it is not the director's circle, is it also easy to be taken away?" Confucius Tian said: "You can't look at it that way. Chinese politics has a characteristic called the balance of the mean. In the party committee, the director has only one vote after all. She needs the support of other party committee members. Members of the party committee support her candidate. Therefore, the so-called harmonious and good team does not mean that there are no conflicts and no circles, but that a balance of interest distribution and power distribution is formed between the circles carefully maintained. With this kind of balance, bloody political struggles will definitely kick off, and a major personnel shakeup is inevitable."

Fang Yuan thought back about the scenes he had with the leaders of these bureaus. Sure enough, there were still subtle differences between the leaders in terms of speech and demeanor.It seems that the unity of the education bureau on the surface is just like what my father-in-law said, it has achieved a kind of circle balance, and it is not a real unity!Fang Yuan asked: "Dad, I think Director Han seems to be very strong now, while Secretary Zhai and Director Zou seem to be quite low-key. If you finally choose to join a circle, is it best to join Director Han's circle?"

Confucius Tian was categorical: "No, you can't join Han Suzhen's circle. If you want to join, you can join Zhai Xinwen's circle one day in the future."