Yanjing, Yuquan Mountain.

On a bright and clear morning, Qu Lao came back from a walk with birds. Qi Rongying, the deputy head of the guard regiment, immediately came up to him, took the bird cage and hung it up carefully.

After Qu washed his hands, he sat down on the old bamboo chair in the courtyard, took a few sips of the freshly brewed hot tea, and his old face showed some comfort.

"Old Qu, your spirit is getting better and better."

Qi Rongying respectfully placed the internal reference document that had just been delivered on the coffee table and presented a pair of reading glasses.

"It's rare to have some leisure time, and my mind will naturally become more relaxed."

Mr. Qu was not in a hurry to read the internal reference document. He put down the porcelain cup and rubbed the agarwood wood carving for a while out of habit. After nearly a year of polishing, the lifelike Pisces wood carving has become increasingly rounded in appearance, with a hint of simplicity and restraint.

The luster is there, but the refreshing fragrance has not faded at all.

In the past year, the dignitaries who came to see the patriarch of the country all discovered that Qu Lao had this habit, and they didn't know if it was the century-old agarwood that really had such miraculous effects that made Qu Lao's complexion improve day by day.

,even

The spleen and stomach disease that had plagued him for most of his life was cured by medicine. As rumors spread, the antique community in Yanjing City set off a craze for agarwood collection. Businessmen, gentry, and senior officials in ministries and commissions all competed to own the best agarwood.

It is not for the glory of status.

After rubbing it for a while, listening to the clear call of the white magpie, Qu Lao suddenly asked: "The girl from the Mu family has returned to Yanjing again?"

Qi Rongying nodded and replied: "I just arrived yesterday, I'm afraid it was because of the recent events."

"That's right when you think about it. The situation is so complicated and confusing. At this time, we need her to come and control the town." Qu Lao sighed: "Although his Mu family is full of talents, but the only ones who can really achieve great things, except the second son of the Mu family,

, this girl is the only one. The fact that his old Mu left such a posthumous daughter before he left can be considered a blessing to his Mu family.

Qi Rongying understood that Mr. Qu's appreciation for the third daughter of the Mu family was from the bottom of his heart. At the time, Mr. Qu even stated clearly that if Mu Jiayin were a man, his achievements would probably be far higher than those of political heroes such as Mu Dingyin.

He also knew the purpose of Mu Jiayin's trip. It was probably during the power change between the old and new ruling groups, and some of the aristocratic families below would join forces again.

Taking sides has been an everlasting topic in political and official circles from ancient times to the present, and it is also the most important aspect of life that cannot be ignored. If you take a correct position, an individual can rise to great heights, and a group can flourish or even prosper for a long time. But if you take a wrong position, it may be...

No way

The land of restoration. The Mu family has been able to stand at the top of China for a hundred years without falling. Naturally, it has its own unique rules for standing in line. How to gain more political benefits in this change of power is undoubtedly Mu Jiayin, Mu Dingyin, etc.

Everyone in the tribe must be cautious about the level.

One is the Supreme Emperor whose power has not diminished, and the other is the new king who has just ascended the throne. This is already destined to be a long-lasting and unpredictable situation.

After pondering for a while, Qi Rongying added: "Coming with her was the grandson of Mayor Chen.

Mayor Chen is none other than Chen Rongting, the old man of the Chen family. Since he was the mayor of Zhonghai, many elderly people in Yanjing are used to calling him this.

Mr. Qu smiled softly and said: "I saw some clues at the beginning. It's true. The Mu family girl didn't do loss-making business since she was a child, but she paid a lot for Chen Rongting's grandson.

, rare, really rare..."

"Yes, it can be seen that Miss Mu San attaches great importance to that person, and this time she even went against the family's wishes." Qi Rongying glanced at the small building of the same style not far away, and whispered: "

I have received news in the past few days. It seems that the old lady of the Mu family and the old man of the Kou family have both nodded their heads to the matter of marriage...

"Is he Kou Beiyan's kid?" Mr. Qu raised his white eyebrows and murmured to himself as the teacup was pressed against his lips: "That kid... is very talented, but after all, he is not a good match.

Na."

After saying that, he shook his head with some regret.

After several poverty alleviation projects in the western part of the county were on track, Chen Mingyuan could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Taking advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, he went north to Yanjing, and the first thing he did was to visit Ning Lizhong.

Xiaoming Lake in Yanjing in early summer is full of blue waves and faint fragrance of lotus. The Lotus West Garden on the bank of Xiaoming Lake is the residential area of ​​the Standing Committee of the Yanjing Municipal Party Committee.

Chen Mingyuan made an announcement at the sentry post. After about a cup of tea, a beautiful girl came out. As soon as she saw Chen Mingyuan, she raised her hand and waved her face with a smile. It was not Ning Qi.

Qi.

"This year, the number of people walking around my house has suddenly increased. Others are rushing to come, but it's better for you to not come for most of the year." Ning Qiqi led the way with a smile, looking back from time to time and recounting old stories with a smile.

Chen Mingyuan smiled, Ning Lizhong was promoted to Political Bureau member, and his family was naturally in a bustling situation, so he smiled and said, "How are Secretary Ning and Mrs. Zeng doing lately?"

Ning Qiqi smiled and said: "It's all good. I knew you were coming and I was still talking about it in the morning."

The two of them turned a few corners and stopped in front of a small courtyard. The so-called gate was just a simple iron fence.

When he entered, Ning Lizhong was standing by the pond in the yard feeding the fish. When he saw Chen Mingyuan coming in, he threw all the fish food in his hands into the tank, then clapped his hands and said loudly: "You are such a busy person, you are so willing."

Come and see me."

Chen Mingyuan said half-jokingly: "I have no choice but to serve the evil capitalists as much as I can."

Ning Lizhong was in a very good mood and replied: "They are capitalists, but they are also entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs develop the economy, promote employment, and contribute to the stability and progress of society, so they are not all evil."

Chen Mingyuan joked: "Listening to what you said, I also feel that my work is nobler."

The two casually joked and regained some of the feeling of working together.

"Stop standing around, let's talk in the room." Ning Lizhong greeted Chen Mingyuan into the room and said: "Your Aunt Zeng went hiking with her friends early in the morning and will be back later. She also misses you very much, so she will stay at noon.

Come down to eat

"What you want"

Chen Mingyuan was not polite, and handed over several gifts he brought to Ning Qiqi, "I know you are not short of things, so I just brought some Yuqian Longjing just picked this year, which is enough for you to drink for a while."

"No one knows me better than you." Even though he was a national leader, Ning Lizhong was still amiable when facing Chen Mingyuan. He made a pot of tea with his own hands and said, "Is everything going well down there lately?"

Chen Mingyuan said: "There were some minor difficulties, but they have been resolved and will not affect work."

Ning Lizhong nodded slightly and arranged for Chen Mingyuan to go to Ruining. He had made many considerations. In addition to the relatively relaxed political atmosphere there, on the other hand, he also considered that the completion of the South Province Expressway would greatly improve the economy of southern Dongjiang Province.

Development has created an extraordinary opportunity. He hopes that Chen Mingyuan can take advantage of this opportunity to start a career.

He always firmly believes that this is a young man who can always create miracles and surprise people.

But this time after Chen Mingyuan went down, he opened up the situation in a short period of time, but it was completely beyond Ning Lizhong's expectations.

He originally thought that Chen Mingyuan would need at least a few months to settle down and adapt to his new role. Unexpectedly, Chen Mingyuan almost single-handedly suppressed the local evil forces and effectively controlled the Standing Committee.

weather vane

To be fair, Ning Lizhong was far inferior to Ning Lizhong at his age with this extraordinary wisdom and power.

"In construction, there are always more or less difficulties. It depends on how you deal with them." Ning Lizhong poured two cups of tea and said calmly: "You did a good job this time.

, maneuvering vertically and horizontally, advancing and retreating in a well-founded manner, acting radically without any willpower, and drifting with the crowd without tolerance, very good.”

Chen Mingyuan smiled modestly: "I just did some things within my duties."

"Then what are your plans next? For example, what new plans do you have for the development direction of the county?" Ning Lizhong looked at Chen Mingyuan not just as a subordinate, but with an element of old friendship. He hoped that

Chen Mingyuan can tell some problems, and then he can use his own experience to give some help and suggestions.

Chen Mingyuan said straightforwardly: "In one sentence, step by step."

Ning Lizhong became more interested and said, "Let's talk about it in detail."

Chen Mingyuan thought about it for a while and spoke eloquently: "I have carefully studied the development plans of previous officials. In a word, they are generally based on the idea of ​​​​feeding back agriculture with industry to keep pace with each other. This is consistent with Ruining's various resource conditions.

They all fit together and are very reasonable. Since it is reasonable, I think as long as I keep doing it and do it well, there is no need to forcefully stuff new things into it..."

Ning Lizhong was not only surprised this time, but as if he had rediscovered a treasure. He did not expect that Chen Mingyuan would have such a mature and sophisticated mentality not long after he took power. He was a senior official who had been immersed in the officialdom for many years.

The powerful may not have this awareness.

You know, when you are a leader, you will inevitably have the idea of ​​​​"leaving your name when others pass by, and leaving your voice when the goose passes by." You always feel that if you don't leave something new during your tenure, your trip will be in vain, so many

After taking office, people are eager to overthrow the policies of their predecessors, and then use their own ideas to create a new one.

The final result was that orders were changed day after day, and the people were tortured quite a lot.

After decades of ups and downs in the officialdom, Ning Lizhong has seen too many of these situations. Even some ministers of the border areas are still unavoidable in this custom. They are ready to act all day long, planning to change this status quo, to introduce that policy, to have a few super big officials.

project, so he was in Dongjiang Province at the time and tried to avoid directly interfering with local development. He only tried to eliminate some of the shortcomings and cancers at the top and guide the reform direction on the right track, hoping to give his successor a generous space to play.

Before, he was worried that Chen Mingyuan had stayed in the Provincial Party Committee for too long, and he would inevitably be a little too ambitious, with high ambitions and low hands. But now it seems that his worries are unfounded. With a wave of his hand, he took out a chessboard from under the coffee table and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about it for now.
Chapter completed!