Chapter 655 [Don’t talk about feelings] (Part 1)

There is another more important reason why everyone is optimistic about Liu Yanhong. She and Governor Song Huaiming are old classmates. Song Huaiming must spare no effort in supporting her. Moreover, every change in the Standing Committee is actually related to Pinghai's future power division. The more people there are in the Standing Committee, the more say they have. Qiao Zhenliang is a kind person on the surface, but he is a very domineering person in his bones. Song Huaiming advocates rule of law. In the past, when he was in Beiyuan, he was known for his toughness and iron fist. Neither of these two people would give in easily, which determines that there will inevitably be a competition between the two of them in this Party Congress.

Zeng Laizhou spoke on behalf of the old standing committee members who were about to retire. He smiled and said: "Since the reform and opening up, Pinghai has developed rapidly like never before. Although we are trying our best to keep up with the pace of this era, the years are unforgiving. The age is here, and many work is no longer enough. The Party Central Committee repeatedly stated that our cadre team should be younger and that our party should always remain fresh and vibrant."

Qiao Zhenliang smiled and said, "Old Zeng, don't be too busy expressing your feelings, don't rush to put aside your responsibilities. You old comrades still have to use your remaining energy."

Zeng Laizhou said: "I didn't rush to put aside my responsibilities, but just retreated from the front line to the second line. Taking this opportunity, I first need to review myself. During the years I have been the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, I have not done my job properly. The recent incident in Nancy shows that the discipline inspection work in our province needs to be strengthened. Without a strict discipline to restrain our cadres, there will be a lot of corruption and violations of discipline. I deeply apologize for my mistakes in my work." Zeng Laizhou said this and calmed down and said: "Now the work of the Discipline Inspection Commission has basically been handed over to Comrade Liu Yanhong. From these young cadres, I have seen the passion that our older generation of cadres lacked. I firmly believe that their generation of young cadres will better fulfill their responsibilities." Zeng Laizhou's remarks are equivalent to publicly nominating Liu Yanhong as his successor. Although it is not a formal nomination, the candidates for successors must be presented for the Standing Committee to discuss. If the Standing Committee can decide, it will be basically sure to win after the recommendation.

On the issue of Liu Yanhong, Song Huaiming is not convenient for Song Huaiming to speak more. He and Liu Yanhong are classmates. Since he came to Pinghai, they have been very close. It is precisely because of this that the outside world has made some bad words about their relationship. Although Song Huaiming has a clear conscience, people are terrifying. Even his wife Liu Yuying has complained about his relationship with Liu Yanhong. He must consider the possible impact. Therefore, in recent times, he has been alienating Liu Yanhong intentionally or unintentionally. The distance between them is not reflected in work. Song Huaiming is a person who is very separate from work. How should he get along or how to get along at work? But outside of work, he tries to avoid having more contact with Liu Yanhong. Liu Yanhong is also an extremely wise woman. She quickly noticed this and rarely went to Song Huaiming except for work. However, this did not affect her support for Song Huaiming. In her heart, Song Huaiming is an extremely perfect image, and she can do anything for Song Huaiming.

Song Huaiming also admired Liu Yanhong very much. In his heart, Liu Yanhong was a natural candidate for the secretary of the Pinghai Discipline Inspection Commission.

Zeng Laizhou has always been good to Liu Yanhong. He knew that Song Huaiming absolutely supported Liu Yanhong to be his successor. He found an opportunity to hint at Qiao Zhenliang several times. Qiao Zhenliang did not express any objection, so today Zeng Laizhou mentioned this matter again in front of all the Standing Committee members.

After Zeng Laizhou finished speaking, all the Standing Committee members turned to Qiao Zhenliang. If Qiao Zhenliang expressed his approval at this time, it would mean that the final decision of the Secretary of the Pinghai Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. As long as the province passes and recommends it to the upper level, there will generally be no problems.

Qiao Zhenliang seemed not to notice the eyes of everyone. He picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea slowly, cleared his throat and said, "The review of comrades in Laizhou is very sincere and practical. The Nancy leadership has such a big problem, which proves that our discipline inspection work is not perfect. In the future, the Organization Department and the Discipline Inspection Commission must have stricter requirements on cadre recommendation and review. When I went to Beijing two days ago, I met with the leaders of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. They were not very satisfied with our Pinghai discipline inspection work, and gave me a lot of them.

I also got a lot of inspiration. If you want to reverse the current situation of our Pinghai discipline inspection work as soon as possible, you need to take over Secretary Zeng’s work in the future to have enough courage, courage, and not be afraid of offending others. Comrade Liu Yanhong worked very hard and had excellent work achievements. I also admired her very much, but because of the Xu Guangran case, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was not satisfied with the entire discipline inspection system of our Pinghai, and proposed that Comrade Liu Zhao, director of the Party Style and Clean Government Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, come to Pinghai to preside over the work of the Discipline Inspection Commission.”

This news was very sudden for all the members of the Standing Committee. Qiao Zhenliang did not reveal any slightest statement before. According to what he said now, he had known about this when he went to the capital, but he had never told it. Qiao Zhenliang seemed to be prepared for him to re-level the political arena.

The most shocking thing among all of them should be Song Huaiming. He thought that Liu Yanhong became the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, which was meaningless, but suddenly an accident happened. The position of Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission suddenly became Liu Zhao, director of the Party Style and Clean Government Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Airborne cadres was also a common thing in the system, but Song Huaiming didn't think so. He knew the background of Liu Zhao very well, and he and Liu Zhao were both students of the Central Party School at the same time. Liu Zhao was appreciated by Mr. Qiao, and he was also promoted by Mr. Qiao. Because of the power of literature, Song Huaiming and Mr. Qiao gradually drifted apart, but Liu Zhao had always stood firmly in Mr. Qiao's camp. Song Huaiming was quite clear about these inside stories.

He believes that the reason why Liu Zhao came from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to Pinghai as Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection was that Qiao Zhenliang played a considerable role. In Song Huaiming's view, Qiao Zhenliang took advantage of the opportunity of this Party Congress to actively cultivate his own strength and eliminate dissidents. Most of the new members of the Standing Committee in the future will be promoted by him. This determines that in Pinghai's political arena in the future, Qiao Zhenliang has the final say, and the power of his governor will be further weakened by him. Song Huaiming felt angry in his heart, and he also felt a crisis. Absolute power means absolute corruption. He always believed this. He believed that the current political development is not a good thing. If Pinghai really becomes Qiao Zhenliang's one-man show, then Pinghai's future will face a major crisis.

However, Song Huaiming could not raise objections. Qiao Zhenliang's move was very beautiful. He seized the opportunity and emphasized that the poor discipline inspection work in Pinghai Province was paving the way for Liu Zhao's airborne.

Zeng Laizhou was also surprised. He sincerely criticized himself in front of all the Standing Committee members and took the initiative to review the ineffectiveness of discipline inspection work. If it were not for the situation, he would not have done so. Among the current Standing Committee members, Zeng Laizhou is the oldest one. Whether it was Gu Yunzhi or Qiao Zhenliang in the past, he always gave him some face. But today Qiao Zhenliang's performance made him extremely depressed. He apologized for himself, but you, Qiao Zhenliang, shouldn't follow the flow and take the blame. Zeng Laizhou quickly understood the truth. Qiao Zhenliang's respect for himself was only superficial.

All emotional behaviors in the officialdom are for political service. Now that he has lost his political value, Qiao Zhenliang has no need to give himself face. He is not only targeting himself, he wants the future Pinghai political situation to develop according to his wishes. Zeng Laizhou regretted it a little. He should not take the initiative to nominate Liu Yanhong. He is already leaving anyway, so why bother meddle in other people's business? It was his nomination for Liu Yanhong that made Qiao Zhenliang unhappy, which caused the current embarrassment. There has never been any favors to talk about in politics, especially when it comes to his own interests.

Liu Yanhong's incident made Song Huaiming very depressed. He got up and left just after the Standing Committee was held. At today's Standing Committee meeting, he did not even speak to express his protest against Qiao Zhenliang. Qiao Zhenliang could also see Song Huaiming's anger. He smiled lightly. After the meeting, he got together with Zeng Laizhou like nothing happened. He did not mention the things that embarrassed Zeng Laizhou just now. He smiled and said, "Old Zeng, are you free on Sunday, go fishing together?"

Zeng Laizhou nodded with a smile. What these veterans in politics are best at concealing their true feelings.

Song Huaiming can do it, even if he is unhappy, he can show it without any leakage. However, at this time, he must show some emotions. Otherwise, others would think that he has completely succumbed to Qiao Zhenliang's power. He is the governor of Pinghai Province and has not gained any advantage in the appointment of Pinghai Standing Committee member. It can even be said that he has retreated step by step. At the beginning, he nominated Rong Pengfei as deputy director of the Public Security Department. At the last moment, Qiao Zhenliang transferred his beloved general Gao Zhonghe from Yun'an Province. He thought that Liu Yanhong's secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission was for sure, but there was a change. This was not because he protected Liu Yanhong, but from a fair perspective. Liu Yanhong's work ability is obvious to all. Moreover, she has been working in the Pinghai Discipline Inspection Commission for many years. Song Huaiming does not think that a director of the Party Style and Clean Government Office who is in the office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection would have any understanding of Pinghai's specific work.

Song Huaiming returned to the office with a gloomy face. When he saw Zhang Yang, he remembered that he asked Zhang Yang to come here to see him. What happened at the Standing Committee today disrupted his mood to a great extent, and he almost forgot about this.

His secretary Zhong Peiyuan was talking to Zhang Yang. When he saw Song Huaiming coming in, he quickly made a cup of tea for him. Song Huaiming nodded: "Xiao Zhong, go ahead and go."

Zhong Peiyuan left the office in a sensible way, and after going out, he brought the door with him with his backhand.

Zhang Yang held the teacup and politely called Governor Song. He always called Song Huaiming this way at work. As soon as Song Huaiming entered the door, he could see that Song Huaiming's expression was very serious, and it seemed that he was not in a good mood.

Song Huaiming said: "Have you been here for a long time?"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Just come here, I heard Secretary Zhong talk about the situation in Pinghai."

Song Huaiming finally showed a smile on his face: "What is the situation he understands again?"

Zhang Yang said: "Governor Song, what's the matter with me today?"

Song Huaiming said: "I heard that you were investigating Wang Junyao's affairs, so I asked Xie Zhiguo to help you check some information for 66 years, which may be of some help to you." He opened the drawer, took out a thick file bag, and handed it to Zhang Yang.

Only then did Zhang Yang remember that Xie Zhiguo was the director of the Public Security Bureau of Jingshan City, Beiyuan Province and an old friend of Song Huaiming. When Wang Junyao and Xu Changde went to the countryside, they were in Xiaoshiwa Village, Lujialiang, Xishan County, Jingshan City. Zhang Yang held the document in his hand and patted it gently: "Thank you, Governor Song."

Song Huaiming said: "Actually, there is no meaning to investigate this matter now. Zhang Yang, I also have some understanding of your affairs in the United States. No matter what happened, the matter has passed. I hope that you can forget everything that happened in the United States as soon as possible and devote yourself to your work again."

Zhang Yang nodded: "I understand!"

Song Huaiming said again: "Did you meet Yanran in the United States?"

Zhang Yang said: "I have caused so much trouble, and she and grandma have helped me a lot."

Song Huaiming pursed his lips and said, "Is she okay?"

"Fortunately, I've matured and grown up than before!"

Song Huaiming leaned back and whispered: "People always have to grow up, don't they?"

Zhang Yang didn't say anything, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Song Huaiming looked at Zhang Yang with his eyes, and he finally said, "What are your plans between you and Yanran?"

Before Zhang Yang came here, he had expected that Song Huaiming would ask this question. Although he had been considering how to answer it, when Song Huaiming really asked, Zhang Yang found that the question was not easy to answer, and he was still not ready. He coughed dryly and answered honestly: "I don't know..."

Song Huaiming sighed: "No matter whether you can come together in the end, I just hope that you can all be well. Feelings are just a small part of life, not all, do you understand?"

Zhang Yang nodded and changed the subject: "How is Xiaoxin?"

Song Huaiming said: "The fever has subsided. It seems that the prescription you prescribe is very effective."

Zhang Yang put a paper bag on Song Huaiming's desk. Inside the paper bag was the dry powder he ground with the roots of Yunguan. Zhang Yang said: "This is some medicine to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the primordials. It is divided into three parts and rinsed for him, which will be of great benefit to his recovery."

Song Huaiming carefully put it away.

Zhang Yang didn't want to stay here, so he stood up and said, "Governor Song, I'm going to rush back to Nancy in the morning, let's go first!"

Song Huaiming said: "Let's have a working meal together."
Chapter completed!