"Xiao Chang, next, the situation in your Jinjiang City will be very complicated, there are so many things first, and now there is a situation where the first and second leaders have jointly failed, and the adjustment of the leadership group is inevitable, but the competition for the number of members of the Standing Committee is basically settled, that is to say, the matter of your entry into the Standing Committee has basically been decided, there is nothing to doubt about this, a person with the support of a strong basic force must be willing to raise the face, and the will of the people is the will of the party."

Chang Ning said with some uneasiness: "Hatred, I'm breaking with the first and second leaders now, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to cooperate with the work in the future." ”

Qiu Xinghua said: "Well, it's good to have concerns, but you don't have to worry too much, you don't have to swallow your anger, whether it is your Ning family or myself, I hope you can do a career in Jinjiang City, just like in Markham County, if you don't make a sound, you can make a splash, of course, the image of the first and second leaders must also be taken into account, and what should be respected or respected, this degree is up to you." ”

Chang Ning understood what Qiu Xinghua meant, nodded and said, "Qiu Ji, with your instructions, I know what to do." ”

Qiu Xinghua smiled and said: "For what I said today, if you go back and think about it carefully, you won't be able to understand it for a while, and it's okay, but the key thing you have to remember is that you work in Jinjiang City, which represents the image of your Ning family and me, do a good job, we will have the confidence to help you speak, and if you don't do a good job, it means that we have no face." ”

"Thank you, I will remember your words."

Qiu Xinghua continued: "There is another thing to remind you, not only to do a good job, but also to work hard to unite the comrades below, you have done a good job in Markham County in this regard, like those of us who work in the provincial party committee, we also need some supporters below, as a person, the number of supporters below represents how far and deep the power he holds, the people below need the people below, and the people below also need the people below, for you, It is also one of your important tasks to do a good job with the officials at the department level and the departments below, especially the cadres at the department level. ”

Chang Ning smiled embarrassedly, "This is what everyone often calls the Guanito network." ”

Qiu Xinghua nodded and said: "Well, it can also be said that there is no faction in the party, there are all kinds of strange things, this guanxi network, you must seriously solve it, and you must unite some people who really support you together, when your guanxi network reaches a certain level, it will actually become your powerful protection network, every leader, especially the main leader of the ruling party, should have a group of loyal subordinates, as long as you have these subordinates, no matter what you do in the future, you can be handy and easy to do." ”

Hearing this, Chang Ning was greatly benefited in his heart, he had already known this truth, this is like those who owe debts, borrow less, and there will be people chasing you for debts, but one day when you borrow a huge amount of debt, those creditors will provide it like a father and mother.

"Alas, don't say it, don't say it, I'm confused, I said something that shouldn't be said, Xiaochang, your task now is to work hard to lay a solid foundation, do what you should do well, build a good network, and you don't have to worry about other things."

Chang Ning glanced at Qiu Xinghua, and stopped talking.

Qiu Xinghua asked with a smile, "Do you have any questions?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

"Feud, I'm sorry, you, why are you so nice to me, to me?" Chang Ning finally expressed his doubts.

"Oh, am I good to you?" No mistakes, no word skipping.

"yes."

"I really want to know?"

"Yes."

Qiu Xinghua groaned for a moment and continued to walk slowly in the woods.

"Xiao Chang, do you know my past?" No mistakes, no word skipping.

"Hmm...... After graduating from junior high school, you joined the Ningzhou Detachment of the Southeast Guerrilla Column, and persisted until the liberation of the whole country, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the organization sent you to study at Moscow University in Russia, and after returning to China in 1954, you first worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1959 you were transferred to the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, and in 1963, you were transferred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and in 1968, you began to be transferred to local work, first in Donghai City, and then to Ansan Province, starting in 1973. You have been transferred to Tay Giang Province to work until now. ”

Qiu Xinghua smiled and said, "I know it in detail." ”

"Hehe, when you came to work in Xijiang Province, you were originally in the United Front Work Department of the Provincial Party Committee, so Minister Sang still has a copy of your file."

Qiu Xinghua nodded, "So, did you find any valuable clues in my resume?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

Scratching his head again, Chang Ning smiled: "If you want to say that there is, it is that you have been in Ningzhou, Jiangjiang for more than ten years, Ningzhou and Qingyang are neighbors, and you and I are at least half of our fellow countrymen." ”

"Haha, worthy of being a little half-immortal, let's continue, let me ask a question, for you, how many old men do you have?"

Chang Ning's heart moved, "There are four old men in my family. ”

"Oh, which four?"

Chang Ning said: "Ning Ruifeng, my grandfather in the capital, Yang Beiguo, my wife Yang Yang's grandfather, and the other two are my grandfathers, one is Fan Dongping, a former Kuomintang general, and the other is Chang Deming, a grandfather who is now also living in Hong Kong. ”

"Which of the four old men has had the greatest influence on you?"

Chang Ning said without thinking: "Of course it's my grandfather Chang Daxian, without his old man adopting my mother, maybe there would be no me, his old man's physiognomy can be called a god, he began to be famous at the age of eleven, I was from the age of five or six, followed his old man to walk the rivers and lakes, to give people face to face fortune telling for a living, he is the first mentor in my life." ”

Qiu Xinghua nodded and continued to ask, "Then there must be a lot of people who know him?" ”

"That is, he began to accept apprentices at the age of eighteen, as far as I know, there are ten beginner disciples alone, and now many of them are very famous in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and there are also some friends and close friends in the rivers and lakes, three religions and nine streams, black and white, I don't know how many friends he has, anyway, he knows too many people."

"Does he have a sworn brother?" No mistakes, no word skipping.

"Yes, he used to talk about it, he used to have six sworn brothers, the seal of Qingyang, the old white shark of Longmen, the mute of Haizhou, the grass fly of Qingzhou, Jin Xiucai of Hucheng, and the little nine sons of Ningzhou."

Qiu Xinghua said with a smile: "That little Jiuzi in Ningzhou is my Qiu Xinghua, and the nickname of Xiaojiuzi was given by your grandfather, because there is a nine-character in my surname." ”

"Vengeance, this, what's going on?"

Qiu Xinghua said: "I haven't seen your grandfather for nearly forty years, all these years, I have been looking for him, when his **** was interrupted, I was also losing my freedom, and then I asked someone to inquire, and they all said that he was long gone, and I also saw it from your file not long ago, and I knew that Chang Deming was your grandfather." ”

"How did you meet my grandfather?"

"It was still during the Liberation War, I was the commander of the Ningzhou detachment of the southeast guerrilla column led by my party, I was only seventeen years old that year, and the detachment wanted to establish an intelligence station in Ningzhou City, because I grew up in Ningzhou since I was a child, and I was familiar with the situation there, so the organization sent Huang Ningsheng and me to Ningzhou, Huang Staff Officer was a teacher in a primary school, and I was in charge of the account in Hongbin Restaurant, and the main task was to transmit information, the owner of Hongbin Restaurant was called Chen Qinglong, he was your grandfather's elder brother, and every time your grandfather came to Ningzhou, he lived in Hongbin RestaurantI remember that in those two and a half years, your grandfather has been to Ningzhou more than ten times, the short stay is ten days and half a month, and the long one or two months, during the day in the lobby of the Hongbin Restaurant to tell fortunes, and at night he secretly took the wine of the elder brother, and hid in the room with me, drinking and bragging, until he was drunk. ”

Chang Ning smiled and asked, "Qiu Ji, does my grandfather know your true identity?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

"Haha, Xiao Chang, you got to the point, I just participated in the revolution for less than a year, and I just turned seventeen years old, and I was a rookie when I engaged in underground work, how could I escape his Chang Daxian sharp and wise eyes, the last time we met was in October 1949, on the eve of the liberation of Ningzhou, I was ordered to withdraw from Ningzhou City and return to the army, it just so happened that your grandfather came again, the last night before I left, your grandfather pulled me to drink again, and gave me all the ten oceans he carried, he said to me, Xiao Jiuzi, Don't pretend in front of me, you kid, when I came for the second time, I could see what you were doing, my senior brother and I both knew that you were sent by the mountain, I was taken aback, and he said, Xiao Jiuzi, don't worry, I am running the rivers and lakes, no matter this party or that party, you are my brother, I can't help you, but I won't betray you...... That night, we drank until the second half of the night, and when we were about to break up, your grandfather was half-drunk and half-awake, and gave me four words, Pengcheng Wanli......"

Chang Ning took Qiu Xinghua's arm and said excitedly: "Qiu Ji, when I go back, I will call to report to my grandfather that the little nine sons he often talks about are still alive." ”

Qiu Xinghua walked towards his car and said: "Don't worry, we will meet again, I still owe him ten oceans, your grandfather calculated it for me once back then, saying that I will definitely live to be eighty years old, so of course he knows that I am still alive, but he is an idle cloud and wild crane in the world, and he doesn't want to see us ordinary people." ”

Seeing Qiu Xinghua's car disappear outside the grove, Chang Ning sat on the bamboo recliner.

Chen Maoyun walked over, "Leader, you won't go back to Jinjiang tonight." ”