Behind the scenes

Chapter 40

Liu Tiehan said: "Major Jin, can the reservoir hold such a large amount of water? Didn't they keep saying that the reservoir has no water?"

Jin Ping said: "The reservoir may be in danger now. This reservoir is a dangerous reservoir. If something happens, the consequences will be disastrous. At this time, the superiors must do their best to ensure the safety of the reservoir. The flood discharge at two o'clock will not be false. The villagers think Where are you going?"

Liu Tiehan pointed to a hill a mile away from the village and said, "We want to move to Laobal Mountain, and we don't worry about the water."

"Then hurry up." Jin Ping urged.

They started from the west end of the village, mobilized each family, and drove people out.This family needs to move the TV, and the other family needs to bring food, children, and livestock. The progress is very slow. Jin Ping was sweating profusely, telling the villagers to take away money and valuables, and not to take anything else. But the villagers who are already very poor can't bear anything, they take this and that.The villagers braved the heavy rain and carried heavy things to the old bald mountain at the east end of the village.

Lao Fan's family, the fourth family at the west end of the village, is a 48-year-old widow, leading a daughter, and walking at the end of the line.Jin Ping kept urging them to leave quickly.When she reached the foot of Laobald Mountain, Jin Ping looked at her watch, it was already 01:30.She asked Liu Tiehan to check the people in the village again to see if they all came out.After a thorough investigation, it was found that the widow and daughter of the Fan family were missing. Jin Ping was so anxious that she asked to check again, but these two people were still missing.Jin Ping said: "Tiehan, you take good care of the villagers on this mountain, and no one is allowed to move. I will look for them in the village."

Liu Tiehan said: "Major Jin, you can't go, it's already 45:[-]."

Jin Ping said, "Don't be afraid, I can run fast." After speaking, she turned around and ran to the village in the heavy rain.

Jin Ping's figure disappeared in the boundless rain, and after ten minutes, the widow and daughter of the Fan family appeared in front of Liu Tiehan.Liu Tiehan asked loudly: "Where did you go, did you see County Mayor Jin?"

The widow shook her head: "We were walking halfway and our stomach hurt, so we hid by the side of the road to defecate, and when we finished defecating, we ran here."

Liu Tiehan was so angry that he stretched out his hand and slapped the widow, "You bastard, why didn't you tell me about shit? The county magistrate Jin went back to the village to find you!" Liu Tiehan blushed with anxiety, and he shouted loudly: "You guys Listen, no one is allowed to move, I will go back to the village to find the county magistrate Jin." After finishing speaking, he ran down the hillside, and just as he ran down the hillside, he heard a deafening noise from the side of the reservoir. Table, exactly two points.The huge gate of the flood gate was activated, and the silver-white reservoir water, like a roaring iron horse, gushed out of the huge gate, with a high head and a loud noise, rushing down, and for a while, there was a vast expanse of whiteness.

Liu Tiehan yelled, "It's over."His legs softened, and he sat down on the hillside...

40
Jin Ping's body was found in a row of willow trees five miles downstream from Liuhe Village.Her face and hands were scratched by trees and stones, and her raincoat and shoes were washed away.Relevant comrades from the Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau and the county government carefully carried Jin Ping's body into a car and sent it back to the funeral home in the city.

Liuhe Village was the hardest hit this time.There are 55 households in the village. Except for five houses that did not collapse, the rest were all washed to the ground by the water, and there was nothing left of them.This man-made natural disaster shocked the provincial party committee and the provincial government.On the morning of the third day, Zhao Qingming, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Xia Guangqi, Governor of the Province, led the main leaders of the relevant provincial departments to Liuhe Village.Looking at the messy ruins just after the water receded, Zhao Qingming felt extremely distressed when he saw the villagers with empty hands and angry eyes. He held Liu Tiehan's hand and said, "We are sorry for you, we are sorry for you!"

Liu Tiehan said: "You are the secretary of the provincial party committee. You should be the master for us farmers. In order to build the reservoir, we emigrated and moved. After the reservoir was completed, we were not allowed to release water. In order to plant paddy fields this year, we begged grandpa and sued us. Grandma ran to the reservoir, the city, and the province, but she refused to release water, saying that there was no water in the reservoir, and the water was for the city people to drink and sell for money. We had no choice but to live. It was Jin Ping, the deputy county magistrate. I took 4 yuan of my own money from home and built an electrical well for us, so that we can soak in the fields and plant seedlings, hoping to have a good harvest this year, and we can pay back the county magistrate’s well-drilling money after collecting grain, but you , said to release the water, just release the water like this, now, our home is gone, and she, the county magistrate, died for us..." Liu Tiehan couldn't continue, he knelt at the feet of the provincial party secretary, woo He burst into tears.As he knelt and cried, more than 200 people in the village also knelt in front of the provincial and municipal leaders, and the sound of bitter crying resounded.

Zhao Qingming wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and stepped forward to help Liu Tiehan who was kneeling at his feet. Other provincial and municipal leaders also stepped forward to help more than 200 villagers who were crying bitterly.Zhao Qingming looked at the tearful villagers and said loudly: "On behalf of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, I would like to express to you that this flood is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. We must seriously investigate those responsible for this incident." , Comrade Jin Ping who died, we will posthumously recognize her as a revolutionary martyr. We will double the compensation for the economic losses caused to the village.” He said to the provincial civil affairs director standing beside him: “Please organize a special team immediately First, set up temporary tents for the villagers. Food, housing, medical care, and utilities must be covered first. We will study how to do it in the future. But within two days, every temporary home of the villagers must be built. .”

The Director of Civil Affairs nodded while recording.

Coming out of the village, they came to Liuhe Reservoir.On the way, Zhao Qingming's iron-blue face remained silent.As soon as he sat down in the conference room of the reservoir, he slammed the notebook in his hand on the table, "Gao Zhiwei, please tell me the situation!"

Gao Zhiwei, director of the Provincial Water Resources Department stood up cautiously, "Our Water Resources Department has a major responsibility for this matter, and I will review it."

"Review, can you just do a review? Why don't you release the water for farmers in spring? Don't you know that the reservoir has such a large capacity? How did you become the top leader?"

"I, I really don't know. The water storage capacity reported by the reservoir in the past was very small, and I didn't check it on the spot. After they reported the real number, I felt that the problem was serious, so I came here and told Xia The governor asked for instructions and opened the flood gate." Director Gao said while looking at the governor sitting next to the secretary of the provincial party committee.

Governor Xia said: "It is right to open the floodgates, otherwise, there may be major problems in this reservoir. The question now is, why do we not release water to farmers by making false reports?"

"Wang Pengcheng, come here and talk about it." Director Gao shouted at Wang Pengcheng, who was sitting in the back row with his head down, in front of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary and Governor.He no longer had the arrogance he had a few days ago, lowered his head, and said hesitantly: "We didn't release the water, but we wanted to save more water so that we could sell it for money."

"Money, money, you know money. What do you want so much money for?" Zhao Qingming asked sharply.

"We also talk about economic benefits. Besides, the money is not all ours. I discussed it with Liu Rong, the mayor of Xianghan, and I will give them 100 million when I earn money at the end of the year." At the critical moment, Wang Pengcheng still took Liu Rong threw it out.He thought that if Liu Rong could become the mayor, he must have a close relationship with the secretary of the provincial party committee or the governor. With Liu Rong's face, things might be easier to handle.But how did he know that by saying this, he made things worse.

When Zhao Qingming heard this, he slapped the table angrily, "Liu Rong, tell me, what's going on?"

Liu Rong groaned inwardly, cursing in his heart: Wang Pengcheng, you bastard, you grab a back when you die.He stood up slowly, his mind was spinning rapidly, "Secretary Zhao, there is no such thing, this is the two of us having a drink at a wine table, chatting after drinking too much."

"It's just nonsense. You agreed at the time. I have a record. I'll go get the notebook." Wang Pengcheng said loudly.

Zhao Qingming looked at these two people and said angrily: "As cadres of the Communist Party, you don't do things for the common people sincerely, but always for the benefit of individuals and small groups. Seeing the results like today, your Can the conscience be at peace? Ah?!" Speaking of this, he glanced at all the people in the venue again, "I told the villagers just now that this is a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster, and the person who caused the man-made disaster must be Take it seriously. The Provincial Party Committee is going to punish Gao Zhiwei, the head of the Provincial Water Conservancy Department. Anyone who violates the law must be brought to justice. Next, let’s study the aftermath of Liuhe Village. Let’s first ask Comrade Gao Zhiwei, the director of the Provincial Water Conservancy Department who is still in office, to share your opinions. You have so much water and so much water. Money, rushed to the common people, what do you do?!"

Director Gao wiped the sweat off his forehead with his hands, picked up the small notebook on the desk, it seemed that he had prepared in advance, he read from the notebook: "After serious research, our party group of the Water Conservancy Department thinks this is A serious liability accident caused by our irresponsible work, we are willing to accept any organizational punishment, and put forward the following opinions on the economic losses caused: 1. Comrade Jin Ping who died in this accident , according to the standard stipulated by the state, provide economic support, and give monthly financial subsidies to their children until they become adults. If there are difficulties in work in the future, the Provincial Water Resources Department is willing to accept them as employees. 2. In view of the fact that Liuhe Village has been washed away, we I want to choose a plot nearby that the villagers are satisfied with, and re-plan the construction of Liuhe Village. The construction of the village includes new houses of a uniform standard for each household, black roads, running water, electricity, and cable TV in the village. All the funds required are provided by the Water Resources Department. Responsible. 3. According to the amount of property of the wealthiest family in the village, we will pay cash compensation to each family to purchase supplies when they move into their new home. 4. In order for our Water Resources Department to keep this historic lesson in mind, we plan to At the head of Liuhe Village, set up a stone tablet and engrave the shame of our Water Conservancy Department to show future generations."

Hearing Director Gao's words, Zhao Qingming showed a little smile on his face, and he asked Governor Xia beside him, "How about Lao Xia, are you satisfied with this statement?"

Governor Xia said: "The attitude is not bad, and the measures are okay, but there is still time to guarantee. How long are you going to let the villagers stay in the tents? Do you want to wait until the Spring Festival?"

In a word, everyone in the conference room was amused, and the tense atmosphere became much more relaxed.

Director Gao thought for a while and said, "We will go all out and try to complete it in two and a half months, and it will be completed by October [-]st at the latest."

"Well, it will be completed on the [-]th, and you, the director, can make meritorious deeds." Zhao Qingming said.

After leaving the reservoir, Zhao Qingming and his party went to the funeral parlor in Xianghan City to visit Jin Ping's body.

Jin Ping's death shocked the entire Xianghan City.Leaders of the five major groups in the city, leaders of various departments directly under the city, comrades from the five major groups in Liuhe County, as well as Jin Ping's former comrades, classmates, and relatives, hundreds of people gathered in the city funeral home.In the largest viewing hall, Jin Ping's body was lying on her back among the flowers. The body was covered with a glass cover. The wounds on her face and hands were no longer visible. After makeup, her ruddy face looked like she was asleep. , she is not a party member, and she does not wear the Chinese Communist Party flag on her body.The hall is surrounded by wreaths and elegiac couplets, and in the center hangs a black-and-white photo of Jin Ping smiling when she was young. The black banner reads: Deeply mourn Comrade Jin Ping.

Jin Ping's youngest son was already hoarse from crying. He stood in front of the glass cover, patted the glass cover with his little hands, and called "Mom, Mom".Jin Ping's husband, with red eyes, stood on Jin Ping's head, saluting everyone who came to pay their respects.The most eye-catching ones are the more than [-] villager representatives of Liuhe Village. According to the local custom, they were dressed in white filial piety clothes and stood on both sides of Jin Ping's body. The widow and daughter of the Fan family knelt for a long time In front of Jin Ping's body, she kowtowed while crying.Jin Ping's parents heard that their daughter died suddenly and had a heart attack, so both of them were sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.The funeral home was full of mournful cries.

Provincial party secretary Zhao Qingming and his party came here, and people immediately gave way to a passage.Zhao Qingming walked into the hall slowly, bowed three times to Jin Ping's body with Governor Xia, and then walked slowly around her body, looking at the heroic sacrifice of the female deputy county magistrate, his My heart is both sad and proud.He tightly held Jin Ping's husband's hand, unable to say a word, then picked up Jin Ping's youngest son, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.When he left the lobby, he took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to the secretary next to him. It was 1000 yuan, and he passed it on to Jin Ping's family as a token of his gratitude.

Gu Yishun, the secretary of the municipal party committee who was always by his side, remained silent.At the reservoir, it was the provincial department, and it was inconvenient for the city leaders to say anything. After leaving the funeral home, he walked up to Zhao Qingming and said cautiously: "Secretary Zhao, come to our hotel to have a rest and have lunch. We will have lunch in the afternoon." I want to report the work to the provincial leaders."

Zhao Qingming looked at his watch and saw that it was already 11:30 noon, so he said, "Okay then, let's have a light meal in your hotel. We agreed that it's a light meal and no wine is allowed. In the afternoon, I also want to hear about your It’s not easy to come to the municipal party committee’s work report once.”

"Okay, I'll lead the way." Gu Yishun said bluntly, and got into his car.In the car, he called the hotel and also notified the secretary-general in the municipal committee building, asking them to send the printed report materials to the hotel immediately.

The convoy walked from the funeral home to the hotel for more than 20 minutes. This was not because of the long distance, but because it passed three schools on the way. It was the time when primary and secondary schools were out of school at noon. The road was very chaotic, and so were the cars. A messy feeling made Gu Yishun very unhappy.

When he arrived at the hotel, Gu Yishun's car drove past first, and he hurriedly got out of the car to meet the provincial party secretary and governor's car.The hotel attendant had already opened the door of the provincial leader's car. Zhao Qingming and Xia Guangqi got out of their Audi cars and were about to walk into the hotel gate. Tian Zaisheng, a veteran worker from the battle, rushed in front of Zhao Qingming, "Are you the secretary of the provincial party committee?"

The guard of the hotel saw them and immediately went to stop them, but was stopped by Zhao Qingming.He looked at the two and nodded, "I am."

"Secretary, you have to decide for our workers!" As planned in advance, the two old workers knelt down in front of Zhao Qingming.Gu Yishun and Liu Rong on the side were sweating profusely, but they didn't know what to say, and they didn't dare to say anything. They went to the reservoir just now, and they had already witnessed the scene when the secretary of the provincial party committee got angry.

As in Liuhe Village, Zhao Qingming stepped forward to help Jiang Siping and Tian Zaisheng, and handed him the wooden crutches, "Tell me, I am here, and there are so many provincial and municipal leaders and comrades here. Whatever you say, you can say it openly, we will listen carefully, and I will make the decision for you."

Jiang Siping wiped the tears from his eyes and spoke loudly. "My name is Jiang Siping, a member of the Communist Party. I participated in the revolution when the People's Liberation Army liberated Siping. Later, I was transferred to Xianghan Machinery Factory as the deputy factory director. I retired in the first few years. We all understand that the factory has had difficulties in production in recent years. But the head Within a few months, the government sold our large factory with thousands of people to a self-employed man named Jiang Dashan. This Jiang Dashan is a well-known underworld leader in Xianghan City. Factory buildings, selling machines, and engaging in real estate development, our workers saw it as unreasonable, so we went to the government to appeal. Tian Zaisheng led the workers to appeal, but when he came back from the appeal, his house was smashed, people were beaten, and a good leg was beaten alive In two, we petitioned the government again, demanding wages for the workers and the arrest of the murderer. The government fully agreed, but another month passed, and we still didn’t get a penny, nor did the murderer who beat or smashed the fields for regeneration. Catch, our workers said that the government and the underworld are one family, and today we heard that the secretary of the provincial party committee is coming, so we are waiting for you here, and we ask you to make the decision for us.”

Zhao Qingming asked Gu Yishun and Liu Rong with a livid face: "Do you know what he said? Is it true?"

Gu Yishun didn't speak, and looked at Liu Rong with stern eyes, Liu Rong said: "The situation, the situation is that there is such a situation, and we are, are trying to solve it as soon as possible."

Zhao Qingming didn't look at Liu Rong, but looked at Gu Yishun with stern eyes, "This is what you want to report to me, right?! As the secretary of the municipal party committee, how do you feel when you face workers' complaints? This question should be Will I, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, solve it for you?"

"No. No. Secretary Zhao, we can solve this problem, and we will definitely solve it." Gu Yishun hurriedly promised.

"Okay, I hope you can solve it as soon as possible. If you can't solve it, you can write a resignation report earlier." Zhao Qingming said coldly, got into his car, and said loudly to the driver: "Go back to province."

The secretary of the provincial party committee turned the car around and left. The governor and the heads of the various departments under the provincial government boarded the car one after another, and left the hotel and Xianghan City on an empty stomach.A large number of leaders of Xianghan City were posted in front of the hotel.

(End of this chapter)