Behind the scenes

Chapter 35

Tian Zai nodded.When the young man walked to his side, he suddenly shook the black cloth in his hand and wrapped it around his face.His eyes were suddenly dark, he struggled, but was hugged tightly by the young man, and then several people came up, pushed him down, and beat him with fists and feet, he wanted to cry, but the black cloth wrapped his mouth and couldn't make a sound Come.A wooden stick was thrown hard at him, and one of them yelled, "I'll let you go, I'll let you go." He heard a click, and the wooden stick broke, and he also said "Oh my god", and it hurt. You have to have golden flowers in your eyes.He desperately shouted: "Come on! Come on!"

At this time, someone from the neighbor's house happened to come out. Seeing this scene, he hurriedly shouted: "Someone has been beaten, someone has been beaten!"

When the young men heard this, they left Tian Zaisheng and turned around and ran away.After several neighbors came out, they came over with a flashlight and took off the black cloth from Tian Zai's head, only to find that his face was covered in blood and his body was covered in mud.Hearing the shouts, Jiang Siping ran out of the house, looked at Tian Zaisheng who was being beaten, and was about to help him up when Tian Zaiping shook his head, "Director Jiang, my leg was broken by them. It hurts, it hurts." what!"

Tian Zaisheng's wife ran out of the house, and seeing this scene, she burst into tears, "Oh my God, what's wrong with you, who is so cruel!"

Jiang Siping gritted his teeth with hatred, and his eyes were burning. He asked others to find a taxi, and then went home to get the money. He sent Tian Zaisheng to the emergency center. After being examined by the doctor, he found two severe fractures in his legs. Immediately on the operating table, after two hours of surgery, the fracture was finally connected.The doctor sent him to the hospital, but Tian Zai shook his head, "I can't stop, I want to go home."

Jiang Siping knew that he couldn't afford the hospitalization fee, so he paid the surgery fee, and sent Tian Zaisheng back home with his neighbors.It was already past eleven o'clock at night. Under the dim light, Tian Zai was lying on the kang, unable to move. His wife's eyes were swollen from crying.Jiang Siping silently smoked two cigarettes and threw the cigarette butts on the ground vigorously, "I, Jiang Siping, have died several times during the Liberation War, and I have lived for nothing all these years. Go, let me know when I was the director of the factory. The retired directors and team leaders have all come here, and I have something to say to them.” The dozen or so neighbors who went to the house immediately dispatched, and by twelve o’clock, more than 50 people had already been called.Everyone crowded the room.Seeing Tian Zaisheng being beaten, they felt very sad and even more angry.

Jiang Siping looked at these former subordinates and said, "I have no choice but to bring everyone here tonight. Everyone has seen that the second brother is for the benefit of our workers. When the government reported the situation, the house was smashed, people were beaten, and his legs were broken in two places. Who is he for? He is for all of us. We can’t just watch him being beaten like this. I will take the lead in the matter. If something goes wrong, I will be responsible for everything. You just listen to me. After you go back, each of you will connect ten workers in series, and you will arrive at the city hall at 07:30 tomorrow morning. Anyone who wants to ask, just say that I notified you. I, Jiang Siping, organized it."

"Yeah. Okay, don't say ten, twenty will do."

"Everyone is already full of anger!"

"We are not afraid, not of anything."

Several old workers said firmly.

"Then you go to inform, but there is one thing, it must be kept secret, and discipline must be observed tomorrow." Jiang Siping ordered.

At 07:30 the next morning, more than 600 machinery factory workers from all directions surrounded the gate of the city hall.More than 400 workers among them blocked the north and south sides of Guangming Avenue in front of the government gate. More than 200 workers sat on the avenue at each end of the north and south ends. This main road of the city was immediately blocked.In front of the government gate, more than 200 workers surrounded the gate. 66-year-old Jiang Siping, wearing a black jacket, the front and back of the jacket are written in white paint: "Communist Jiang Siping" in seven large characters.Tian Zaisheng was carried by the workers to the front of the government gate on a stretcher. His leg was covered with a bandage and his face was pale.

07:30 is the rush hour for going to work. When Guangming Avenue is blocked, the city traffic will be in chaos.The Public Security Bureau dispatched personnel urgently, and the deputy chief who went to Tian Zaisheng's home rushed to the gate of the government. When he saw Tian Zaisheng lying on a stretcher, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Siping said: "I am Jiang Siping, a member of the Communist Party. Our workers went to the government to report the situation. Their homes were smashed, people were beaten, and their legs were broken in two places. May I ask the chief of the public security bureau, do you care?"

Seeing this situation, the chief of public security nodded sympathetically, said nothing, and hid aside to make a phone call.

A worker pasted the red road sign of Guangming Avenue in front of the government gate with white paper, and wrote four big black characters with a brush: Dark Avenue.

Standing in front of the gate of the government, Jiang Siping, who is not tall and very thin, shouted loudly at the director of the Letters and Calls Office who came forward to do his work: "I, Jiang Siping, have died many times, for the benefit of our workers. , I am not afraid of anything anymore, Jiang Dashan, if you have the guts, just point the gun at my head, do you think I, Jiang Siping, can't blink? I am a member of the Communist Party, but I also want to ask you, are you really Communist Party members, are you sincerely working for the interests of our working class? Why did the machinery factory sell? Why didn’t you pay us wages? Is the city government in collusion with the underworld?..." His loud voice echoed in front of the government .The Director of Letters and Calls Office listened and nodded repeatedly.

The cadres who went to work had thousands of people onlookers.The temporarily transferred public security officers and armed police officers and soldiers looked at these workers in shabby clothes and angry faces with sympathy in their eyes.In the government building, no leader came out.

Li Zimin stood in his office and looked at everything in front of him. He wanted to go out, but he knew that going out would not solve any problems.The farmer in Liuhe village asked for water, he went out, did it work?Tian Zai and the others appealed, and he went out, is it all right?Tian Zaisheng's home was smashed, and now he is being beaten again. He only now knows how weak his own power is. When he was the mayor, he didn't feel this way. He felt that he could do anything he wanted.From the mayor to a consultant, he feels that he is okay and can do some practical things for the people.But right now, this bloody fact really told him that you can't do it.

Looking at the gate outside the window, Tian Zaisheng lying on a stretcher on the ground, Jiang Siping who was excited, and the thousands of angry crowd, he couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes.With trembling hands, he called the office of Gu Yishun, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee... The Emergency Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee was held at nine o'clock in the morning.At eight o'clock, there was an emergency notice from the municipal party committee office. People came early and late. Everyone didn't know the content of the meeting, and all their eyes were directed at the face of the municipal party committee secretary, Gu Yishun.

It has been almost two years since Gu Yishun came to Xianghan City as the secretary of the municipal party committee.In the past two years, he has given people the impression that he is very gentle, always smiling, speaks in a quiet voice, and understands policies very well.But today, there is no smile on his face at all. He entered the Standing Committee meeting room at 55:[-]. He scanned the standing committee members sitting around the round table, nodded solemnly, but looked around him. The position of deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor Liu Rong was still vacant, and he couldn't help frowning.He asked the secretary-general sitting opposite him very seriously: "Has everyone been notified?"

The secretary-general quickly replied: "All notifications have been received, except for two members of the Standing Committee who were away from home for a meeting, and the rest were notified before 08:30."

As soon as the secretary-general's words fell, Liu Rong pushed open the door of the standing committee meeting room. He strode in hastily, sat down on his seat, put the leather bag on the table, took out a handkerchief, and wiped his forehead. sweat.

Gu Yishun didn't even look at him, he glanced at the electronic clock on the wall, the pointer was exactly pointing to nine o'clock, and he announced the opening of the meeting. "Today I temporarily invited the members of the Standing Committee to hold an emergency standing committee. This is a sudden decision of mine as the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. At 07:30 this morning, more than 600 workers from the Municipal Machinery Factory came to the municipal government to appeal. They blocked Living on Guangming Avenue has affected the city's traffic and social stability. As far as I know, the demands made by the workers are basically reasonable. Moreover, someone smashed the home of one of the petitioning workers, an old worker named Tian Zaisheng. , Last night, this old worker was beaten again and his legs were broken. For this reason, Jiang Siping, the retired deputy factory director, came forward and led more than 600 workers to petition. Now these people are still surrounding the city government, Guangming Avenue is still open There is no smooth flow, and a major problem has arisen in the city's stability. The Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee cannot ignore this major issue, and today we will specifically study this issue. May I ask Comrade Liu Rong to introduce the situation of the government first?"

Liu Rong only knew to notify him to hold an emergency standing committee, but he didn't know what the meeting was about.He also saw so many workers petitioning in the morning.He asked the director of the Letters and Calls Office and the deputy secretary-general Ma Guanjun. He knew that he was a worker in the machinery factory. He couldn’t pay for the sale of the company. The workers who petitioned insisted on seeing the mayor. He sneaked out through the back door of the government. The member of the Standing Committee had just finished wiping the sweat off his forehead when the secretary called him by name and asked him to introduce the situation. He was not prepared at all, but Secretary Gu's face was very ugly, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak. "I just ran out from the back door of the government for a meeting. There were indeed more than 600 workers petitioning in front of the government, and the government was completely surrounded. According to the report of the comrades in the petition office, the leader was Jiang Siping, the retired deputy factory manager. A worker named Tian Zaisheng said that he was injured at home last night, and that’s how it is.”

"We know all these things. We want to know why the workers petitioned? Who beat Tian Yousheng? What effective measures did the government take?" Gu Yishun asked Liu Rong sternly without looking at Liu Rong's face.This kind of attitude and way of asking questions is something he has never had in the past two years in Xianghan City.

"This... I haven't figured it out yet at this moment." Liu Rong had to answer truthfully.

"You can't figure it out! This is a major issue related to the reform and social stability of Xianghan City. Since you don't know it, let someone who knows it talk about it." Gu Yishun cast his gaze on Li Zimin, who was attending the Standing Committee, " People, you are a consultant, report what you have learned to the Standing Committee."

Li Zimin told the standing committee members in detail what he had experienced and learned in the past two days.In the end, he said: "The situation of the machinery factory is very complicated. A company of this size is sold as soon as it is sold, and there are no safeguards. Maybe there will be accidents in the future."

Liu Rong was very upset when he heard this, so he replied, "What does the workers making troubles have to do with selling the company? If all the troubles are like this, there is no need to carry out the reform of the company?"

When Gu Yishun heard this, he gave Liu Rong a serious look, "Comrade Liu Rong, what you said is wrong. Enterprise reform and the interests of workers are not opposed, but should be consistent. The purpose of our reform is to make workers We live a better life. There is a question I have always wanted to say, but I have never said it, and now I have to say it. I have read some central documents and leaders’ speeches recently. There are many forms of enterprise reform, not just Selling an enterprise is a kind of thing, once it is sold, how can this work? In the previous paragraph, I saw that the government deviated from the direction of the central government on this issue, and only highlighted the word "selling", but what about selling? The machinery factory is A living example, I don’t care what the background of the person who bought the company is, but it’s absolutely unacceptable to destabilize the factory and take the workers to the streets.”

When Gu Yishun said this, he picked up the water glass in front of him, took a sip of water vigorously, and then looked around at the standing committee members. The standing committee members were all listening carefully, and some of them were still taking notes seriously.He went on. "This part of the government's work should be said to be unsatisfactory to the municipal party committee and the people of the city. You can count the things that happened in this part. First, the chemical plant exploded, and then the school building collapsed. These two things have just stopped, and now the company is selling. There are also a large number of petitions, and there is also the issue of water for farmers' paddy fields. I heard that the farmers in Liuhezi Village have no water for raising seedlings, and now they have no water for soaking fields. Why don't the reservoirs release water? Are they not under the control of the Communist Party? Coordinate well with the reservoir, if it doesn’t work, report it to the province immediately, you can go to the governor!”

Upon hearing this, Liu Rong hurriedly whispered aside: "Secretary Gu, this problem has been solved. I went to the reservoir yesterday, and Director Wang said..."

"It's already too late to solve it. The county, township and village all have opinions, and I have received several appeal letters." Gu Yishun interrupted Liu Rong before he could finish speaking, and he also said: " Some people reported to me that the specifications of your investment promotion group to Hainan were too high. You chartered a special plane, went to so many people, and held such a grand investment promotion meeting. But what happened? How many agreements were signed, or How many companies have been sold? Doing economic work must be done in a down-to-earth manner, how can you put on airs like this? How much did you spend this time to attract investment?"

No one answered, and the venue was very quiet.

"It's okay to spend a little money. People who do economic work need to spend money, but it must be spent wisely. You must not be so extravagant and wasteful!" Speaking of this, Gu Yishun also felt that the criticism was a bit too much, and then pulled the words back. "I may have a bad temper today, and my words may be a little too much. This is all because of the petition of the machinery factory workers. In order to handle this matter well, I offer the following opinions for your reference.

First, take effective measures immediately to do a good job in the ideological work of the petitioning workers, so that they can return to the factory before noon and resume traffic on Guangming Avenue.

Second, immediately track down the murderer and punish him severely.For the beaten workers, hospital treatment is arranged and certain economic compensation is given.

Third, conduct a serious investigation on the situation of the sold Xianghan Machinery Factory, insist on what is right, and correct what is wrong.

Fourth, the party group of the municipal government is asked to sit down seriously, sum up the work experience and lessons, find out the shortcomings, and do better in the future work.

Do you agree with these opinions of mine? "Gu Yishun finished speaking and looked at the members of the Standing Committee.

"agree."

"agree."

The Standing Committee members nodded repeatedly.

"Since all the comrades agree, let's act according to this opinion. The meeting is over." After finishing speaking, Gu Yishun stood up, without looking at anyone, and walked out of the meeting room first.

Members of the Standing Committee, you look at me and I look at you. I know that the secretary of the municipal party committee is really angry.Everyone walked out of the conference room silently without saying anything.

Liu Rong's mood is extremely complicated.As the mayor, it was the first time for him to be rudely approved by the secretary of the municipal party committee at the standing committee meeting of the municipal party committee. According to his personality, he couldn't stand this.When he was the executive deputy mayor of the municipal government, he and Li Zimin cooperated well. Li Zimin was also short-tempered. He criticized the work he was in charge of twice at the government's executive meeting because of his work. , He thought to himself at that time, as a deputy, there is really no way, he has to work hard and wink, if he does a good job, he will be the top leader, and if he doesn't do well, he will be the deputy.Without good patience, it is not good to be a deputy.At that time, he secretly made up his mind that he must be upright, and with the energy to be criticized and talked about by others, he must also be a mayor, to truly embody the feeling of being in charge.For this reason, he secretly made up his mind, worked hard, and finally killed Li Zimin unknowingly at the city people's congress, and replaced him as the mayor of Xianghan City.When the mayor really has the final say, he really is the core of government work, he can really do what he wants to do, and others can't do what he doesn't want to do.He truly experienced the authority of the top leader.Today, however, his authority has been challenged again. This challenge has clearly told him: You are not the leader of Xianghan City, and what you say about Xianghan City does not count.His mind was really clear again.

He knew that he still couldn't beat Gu Yishun, secretary of the municipal party committee.He was sent by the provincial party committee to exercise. He was the deputy secretary-general of the provincial party committee, and he is very familiar with the secretaries of the provincial party committee. His theoretical level and ability to control the overall situation are better than his own. I am definitely not fighting against him now. object.Since he is not an opponent, he should be as obedient as he was when he listened to Li Zimin back then, and replace him when the opportunity is ripe.We should strive to replace Gu Yishun, secretary of the municipal party committee, in one or two years, just like replacing Li Zimin.Thinking so, Liu Rong walked out of the office building of the municipal party committee, got into his No. [-] car, said to the driver: "Go back to the government", leaned his head on the back of the car, and closed his eyes.

The government is not easy to enter. The petitioning masses in front of the government gate have not yet dispersed. The two ends of Guangming Avenue are still sealed by traffic police, and all kinds of vehicles are detoured.His car had no choice but to take the alley behind the government's back door, turn left and right, and after a lot of effort, he drove back to the government's back door.The car stopped, but he didn't get out of the car, and called Ma Guanjun out of the government building with his mobile phone.

Ma Guanjun looked nervous. He had never seen so many people come to surround the government, and none of the government leaders came out to explain. It was already ten o'clock, and the government gates could not go in or out.He is in charge of the industry, and he presided over and planned the sale of the machinery factory. Now everyone blames him for the problem.He dared not go out alone to meet the petitioning crowd.Seeing Liu Rong made him feel confident. "Mayor, what about this?"

"What should I do? If it should be resolved, it should be resolved, and if it should not be resolved, it should not be resolved. How many petitioners are frightened like this? Can the reform not touch personal interests? Go and invite some petitioning representatives in, and say My mayor wants to see them. Also, you should quickly call Jiang Dashan and tell him to come to the government to see me immediately." After Liu Rong gave these instructions, he entered the government compound through the small door and returned to the office.

(End of this chapter)