Provincial Party Committee

Chapter 1

Before becoming the deputy secretary of the Xijiang Provincial Party Committee, Wang Yiming had been a Beijing official for eight years.

As the saying goes, if you don’t go to Beijing, you don’t know the official school; if you don’t go to Guangzhou, you don’t know how much money you have;These few simple jingles of the common people have outlined the most distinctive features of the three cities, and they are so vivid.

Before entering Beijing, Wang Yiming had created several officialdom myths. At the age of 29, he became the youngest deputy department-level cadre in his hometown Qingjiang Province; at the age of 31, he became a department-level cadre; The Organization Department of the Central Committee focused on training as a vice-provincial reserve cadre, and went to the Central Party School to enter the training class for young and middle-aged cadres, and studied for a year off-duty; at the age of 32, he finally entered Beijing smoothly as everyone predicted, and served as a member of the party group of Department S, The director of the general office became one of the youngest senior officials at the deputy ministerial level in the country at that time.

In his hometown, Wang Yiming became one of the most discussed topics in the entire county, region, and even the provincial capital.From elementary school to university, all the teachers who taught him tried their best to recall what he was like at the beginning, and used his stories of hard work and studious to inspire the younger students one after another.His promotion experience has also become a topic of discussion among everyone.When talking about Wang Yiming, some teachers and classmates always had excited smiles on their faces, as if getting to know Wang Yiming was an extremely glorious thing.Many people even predicted optimistically that according to this rate of promotion, Wang Yiming might one day enter the central government and become the leader of the country.

But when he actually entered Beijing, Wang Yiming realized that as a deputy ministerial official, he was really nothing here.

Department S is the country's comprehensive economic department. It has one minister, six deputy ministers, chief economist, chief auditor, and head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Ministerial cadres, ten deputy ministerial cadres.He was the lowest in the ranking, and he was also the director of the general office, and he was the youngest, so he naturally became the chief clerk of these old men.

The oldest is of course Minister Yuan, 63 years old, his hair is all gray, and his forehead is also bald, short and fat, and he looks blessed at first glance.According to his age, after two years of working, he will retire.Every time I saw Wang Yiming, I always yelled "Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang".For so many years, few people have dared to call Wang Yiming "Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang" in front of him.

After graduating from university, because Wang Yiming performed well in school, as the No.1 student in the whole grade, he was assigned to the Secretariat of the Provincial Party Committee Office as he wished, and worked as a text secretary.At that time, everyone called him "Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang".

After he was lucky enough to be favored by old secretary Zhao and became the top secretary of Qingjiang Province, everyone started calling him "Secretary Wang".Those who dared to openly call him "Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang" were several major leaders of the provincial party committee, who were the secretary-general of the provincial party committee at the time. When they met Wang Yiming, they sometimes called him "Yiming" politely.

After that, he became the deputy secretary of the League Provincial Committee, and people began to call him "Secretary Wang" again.After he became the mayor, he started calling him "Mayor Wang".Now, there are only two people who dare to call him Xiaowang Xiaowang in person, one is Mr. Zhao and the other is Minister Yuan.

Mr. Zhao is already more than 70 years old, and he completely retired from the position of deputy prime minister a few years ago.He has less and less influence on today's politics, and Wang Yiming's promotion speed has suddenly slowed down.

In eight years, Wang Yiming went from a member of the party group of the ministry and director of the general office to deputy minister and executive deputy minister. He moved every two or three years, and his position became more and more important, but his rank was still at the deputy ministerial level. In terms of rank, It's like eight years of no progress.

For his career, no matter what others say, Wang Yiming has his own views.He believes that he was born as a poor child in the countryside, and his ancestors have been farmers facing the loess and their backs to the sky. It is only in his own generation that they have the conditions to receive good school education.Relying on his diligence, intelligence and eagerness to learn, he was successfully admitted to a university in the province.At that time, based on my own grades, even if I applied for a prestigious school in Beijing, I might be admitted, but to be on the safe side, I chose to study at a university in this province.When I graduated from university, I was catching up with the era when college students were popular. I didn't find anyone, so I entered the provincial party committee office based on my grades. The full-time secretary of the secretary of the provincial party committee, he was even more fortunate in the future. At a young age, he became a department-level cadre and became the first person in the history of the old Wang family to succeed in politics.All these are enough to show that God is very kind to me.Many of the primary school classmates in my hometown are honest farmers.Even those college students, some of whom have returned to the county and worked for more than 20 years, are only cadres of section chiefs and deputy section chiefs.Compared with them, I am extremely lucky.

Of course, contentment does not mean complacency.Wang Yiming still has the ambition to do something big.I am only satisfied with being a deputy minister in the ministry, doing my own duties, going abroad several times a year, going to the provinces below for research and research, and wasting away my talents and ambitions in Wenshan Huihai. Wang Yiming felt that such a day was still meaningful to those retired old ministers, but he seemed not interested at all.

When chatting at Mr. Zhao's home, Mr. Zhao also reminded him that he should be prepared to work in the province.The year 2000 is about to come, and as senior party cadres who have crossed the century, the central government will consider sending a group of young and vigorous cadres to various places to make arrangements for the convening of the 47th National Congress.Three years later, it will be time for a change of term. At that time, from the central government to the local government, a large number of cadres will reach the age limit and will leave their current leadership positions. Young and middle-aged people like you will be [-] or [-] years old by then. Cadres will take up important leadership positions and take up provincial and ministerial positions.What you lack most now is the experience of the local and provincial positions. Don’t look at you as the deputy minister for eight years. That’s just the work experience in the department. Without the experience of a provincial cadre, if you work on Block for a while, you will be very passive by then.Therefore, the most urgent task is to leave Beijing quickly and choose to work in the province.The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent you to the backward areas in the west, even if it is Tibet or Qinghai, no matter how difficult the conditions are, you should not have the slightest hesitation and set off for me immediately.Don't keep your eyes on the eastern and coastal developed areas, thinking that only when you get there, you have a good foundation and it is easy to get results quickly.That's prejudice, selfish distractions at work.We Communists, from the day we took the oath, we have made up our minds to devote our whole life to the cause of the party and the people.Even if it means sacrificing your own life, as long as it is worth it, you will not hesitate.People of my generation grew up reading Chairman Mao’s books. Human beings are inherently mortal, whether they are heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather. As long as we are for the cause of the people, no matter what we do, it will be meaningful.Although it is a peaceful age, the country's economy is developing rapidly and the pace of opening up is unprecedented, but there are also many new problems and new difficulties. Although I am an old man who doesn't care about politics anymore, I can read books, read newspapers, and chat with the elderly. , I also know that there are not many problems exposed in today's society, and some problems deserve serious study and attention.To put it seriously, some phenomena can even be said to be very dangerous and acute.Comrade Deng Xiaoping said well back then that after development, the problems will not be less, and even more complicated and difficult to solve than those without development.In today's China, compared with before the reform and opening up, material products are much more abundant. People have more choices in food and clothing, but counterfeit and shoddy products are also more rampant. Pornography, gambling and drugs have begun to flood again. The life of some farmers has improved, but many people have returned to their original state overnight.A few days ago I was chatting with an old general who had participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He said a jingle: "After decades of hard work, I returned to before liberation overnight." He also talked about many things in society, all kinds of things, including laid-off workers There are workers who have no place to make money, robbing and murdering; there are laid-off female workers engaged in prostitution;

I am old, useless, and unable to do anything about many social phenomena.You are still young and have a bright future, so you can't just think about being an official, that doesn't mean much.Think more about doing things and doing things for the people.Even the officials in the feudal society can do this, let alone we are Communists.A person can only have meaning in life if he connects his own destiny with the destiny of the country and nation.I have observed you for 20 years, and I still believe in my eyes. You are passionate and ambitious, and you are willing to make a career. This is what I am most gratified about.

Some of you are about the same age as you, and some have already served as governors and ministers. This time, I will let go of my old face and go all out again. For your future, find the central leadership and ask them to consider your work situation.Let me tell you, this is the last time I will help you, and what you can do in the future depends entirely on yourself.I hope you don't let me down.

After leaving Zhao's old home, Wang Yiming couldn't calm down for a long time.A warm current rushed left and right in his body, making his blood boil.This old man is simply his own nobleman!In this life, such friendship cannot be repaid.

Sure enough, from the end of the new year to the end of February, Wang Yiming's employment documents came down.The Central Committee decided that Comrade Wang Yiming would be a member, member of the Standing Committee and deputy secretary of the Xijiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Xijiang Province is an economically underdeveloped province in the west of China. It is located in the southwest of the motherland. There are many hills and mountains in the territory. The area is more than 30 square kilometers. The plain is only one-third, but the population is more than 6000 million. There are many people and little land. Some places are even more rocky mountainous areas, where the soil cannot retain moisture and soil erosion is very serious. It is a well-known poverty-stricken area in the country. By 2000 at the turn of the century, the number of people in absolute poverty in the province was still as high as 300 million.

When Wang Yiming first arrived in Beijing, he was a member of the party group and director of the general office of the ministry. Although a deputy minister was in charge of the poverty alleviation and development work in the ministry, in fact, it was Wang Yiming, the general manager, who did the specific work.How much money is saved each year, how many projects are supported, and the budget is made by Wang Yiming and the director of the planning department.

Local comrades are also very diligent in order to get more budget and ask for more projects.At the end of each year, when it is time to formulate the budget for the next year, the secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor will bring a large number of deputy secretaries and deputy governors, as well as the directors and directors of various departments and bureaus, to the central state organs. Various functional departments will do some activities in advance and meet with the heads of various departments. The purpose is to foster relationships, accommodate emotions, and strive for more benefits for their provinces.The common people concluded that this is called "running money".

And the ministry where Wang Yiming works, has a large number of projects and funds every year, which is the focus of the local governments' "running money into" priorities. There are countless chiefs and deputy secretaries.There were too many people waiting to meet, and it was impossible to make arrangements. At that time, Minister Yuan arranged for Wang Yiming. Except for the secretaries of the provincial party committees from various provinces, who I wanted to meet in person, the governors and deputy governors of other provinces were appointed by each of them. The deputy ministers and members of the party group of the ministry will receive them separately!Let everyone share a little bit and reduce the pressure, otherwise the work will be impossible to do.You have to attend the meetings of the State Council, attend necessary foreign affairs activities, and accompany the main leaders of the central government to go to other places for research.

Wang Yiming looked at Minister Yuan's bald forehead with a few gray hairs and tired eyes. The bags under his eyes became more and more obvious, like a silkworm lying under his eyes. He couldn't help feeling sorry for this 60-year-old man.Ordinarily, at his age, he is a grandparent in the countryside. If the child is filial and the family conditions are better, he can hardly do anything and just wait for the rest of his life.But in the officialdom, it is the golden age of a man.After decades of ups and downs in the officialdom, only at this age can he occupy a high position and reach the pinnacle of his power.

The more prominent the position, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility of work, and the more things to do.There are endless meetings, endless documents, endless signatures, endless people to meet, and endless activities to attend every day.Every year, you have to take a plane and turn the earth around a few times.There are also endless speeches, instructions, and research.If there are officials who are bigger than them in the event, they will become a foil, a decoration, sitting by the side without saying a word, with a professional smile on their faces and nodding frequently. This is called a meeting.

Wang Yiming also attends many such occasions every year.The most boring thing is this long meeting, which is simply torture to people.There was a stack of documents in front of him, all printed and proofread. What the big leader said was basically based on the script.The bigger the leader, the more he is afraid of speaking in layman's language because of the many things he is in charge of. Read on, when the time is up, the task will be completed.It doesn’t matter if you listen to it or not, anyway, it’s all in the document, in black and white, just go back and pass it on, and let the General Office’s Documents and Electronics Department forward it.

You don’t need to read the documents, but you have to stay up during the meeting, especially when you are sitting on the rostrum. You can’t smoke, doze off, slump or listless, and you have to work hard to keep up when facing the cameras of various news media. Be energetic, show a full of energy and high spirits, so as to give a good impression to the media and to the superiors.This kind of activity made Wang Yiming feel pain in his buttocks, stiff waist, chest tightness and shortness of breath at the end of the day. His whole body seemed to be tied with a rope and could not be stretched.

Every time after such a meeting, the first thing he has to do is to find a quiet place, or a park, or in the woods, or by a small river, and walk quietly for more than an hour, stretching his muscles and bones, and breathing heavily. Panting, until the body took a deep breath spontaneously, it slowed down and returned to normal.

Wang Yiming thought that a body like his own in his 40s and 60s was too much for him.As for Lao Yuan, who is in his [-]s and is still working hard like a young man, I don't know how he can bear it.

There are rumors in the office that Lao Yuan has a secret recipe.I am very particular about food in my daily life. The soup I drink every day contains many kinds of precious medicinal materials, such as Cordyceps sinensis.The tea she drank was specially brewed by the secretary according to the formula of traditional Chinese medicine.The cup is also a custom-made purple sand pot.When eating out, Lao Yuan never eats indiscriminately, and he eats lightly, regularly and quantitatively.Keeping your mouth shut will prevent many diseases.In normal times, Lao Yuan also pays great attention to physical exercise. He often plays ball and swims. He even goes to the hospital for check-ups many times throughout the year.If I have a cold or fever, I am never sloppy, and I am hospitalized for treatment. I am afraid that a minor illness will turn into a serious illness.

Although the greetings were very tight, aging is a natural law after all, age is not forgiving, and Lao Yuan is also declining day by day, obviously looking at the lack of energy.When there are too many things, I get annoyed, and when I lose my temper, I get more and more angry. From time to time, I catch people around me and scold them severely.The nanny at home, the secretary in the office, and even his wife were often scolded.

Several times he scolded the secretary enough. The secretary was surnamed Lin. He was a tall, lean young man with a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. He looked like an intellectual. He had been with Yuan Yuan for four or five years.Xiao Lin went to Wang Yiming to complain, saying that the boss is getting more and more difficult to serve, and from time to time he catches one thing and criticizes it endlessly.You can't explain it yet, the more you explain, the more tempered he will become, and he can't do it anymore.How about this, Director Wang, just let me go back to the office, and I will still be my little secretary. Although I don't have the reputation of a minister's secretary, I am not angry and quiet.

Wang Yiming himself was originally the secretary of the secretary of the provincial party committee, so he knew the twists and turns.As a secretary, although it's hard work and a little irritating, but working with the leader for a long time, you can get in touch with many things that others can't, and you can learn many things that others can't. You take a look.The most important thing is that the big leaders also have affection. Although he lost his temper with you, he still regards you as his own person from the bottom of his heart, especially his secretary. You think.In this way, as long as there is an opportunity for promotion, you will be the first to go, a big step faster than others.

(End of this chapter)