Chapter Fifty-Three

  February 5th, in the meeting room of the Central Revolutionary Committee. Wang Qifu sat on a chair waiting for Deputy Director Yao's reception. He felt a bit sudden and excited about this meeting. His work at Ma Tie Gai had been going very smoothly, and he had received praise from his superiors over the past two years. He wondered if this meeting might be to promote him to a higher position. Just as he was lost in thought, the door of the meeting room opened, and Yao Chunyuan, the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Committee, walked in. After he entered, the door of the meeting room was closed again. Yao Chunyuan sat down at the main seat in front of Wang Qifu, who then remembered to hastily stand up and respectfully say: "Director, hello!"

  Deputy Director Yao grunted in dissatisfaction, but didn't say a word. Wang Qifu was left standing there, neither here nor there, mentally scolding himself for his rudeness. As the minutes ticked by, the sweat on Wang's forehead grew thicker. Only then did Yao Chunyuan glance at him again and say, "What are you standing there for? Sit down!"

  Wang Qifu hastily said: "I can better accept the director's guidance by standing."

  Yao Chunyuan said gloomily: "Let you sit down and sit down."

  Wang Qifu listened and hurriedly sat down, saying repeatedly: "Yes, yes."

  Yao Chunyuan said: "I still recognize your performance over the past few years, but it's not very good, at best it's just barely satisfactory."

  Wang Qifu didn't dare to ask, and still showed great respect. Yao Chunyuan said: "This time the organization wants to transfer you to a new job position." After finishing speaking, he looked at Wang Qifu again, seeing that he had no intention of speaking up, and heavily said: "It's going to be in charge of work in a province!"

  Wang Qifu's face lit up with joy as he thought to himself: "It turns out I'm being sent to preside over a province, a branch, a branch!" He respectfully said: "I will definitely do my job well, resolutely complete the tasks assigned by the director, and follow the director's instructions in my work."

  Deputy Director Yao listened and calmly said: "This time, let you transfer from a small border town to the provincial capital to preside over the work of a province. Originally, many comrades opposed it, but I actively spoke for you! The organization agreed only then!"

  Wang Qifu hastily said: "Thank you, Director, for your trust and promotion."

  Deputy Director Yao looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Don't you ask which province you will be working in?"

  Wang Qifu was taken aback and thought to himself: Wherever I go, isn't it all the same? I'm already the director of the provincial committee. He said aloud: "Wherever I work, it's all the same, what matters most is that I can better serve the Party and the people!"

  Deputy Director Yao finally smiled and handed him a material bag on the table, saying: "This is the detailed information of the province you went to, take a look."

  Wang Qifu took over and opened the bag to look at the materials. As soon as he saw "Xi Zhong Special Province", he felt a pang in his heart, thinking how come I didn't think of this? Then he saw "Tang Ning" again and felt another pang. Tang Ning was still the team leader when he dared to call me out, and in the capital city, he even captured a group of young generals, and now they don't know whether they are dead or alive. The directors all knew about it but didn't see them do anything to him, on the contrary, Tang Ning is already the commander of the Provincial Military Region, and now he's at the height of his power! At this time, sending me there isn't making me cannon fodder? Thinking of this, Wang Qifu still tried hard to calm himself down and said: "Director, are there any specific instructions for this trip?"

  Deputy Director Yao said: "Your main tasks for this trip are two points: 1. Think of a way to get Tang Ning to stand on our side; 2. Find the little general who was caught by him last time, see if he is dead or alive, and gather more evidence to use against Tang Ning in case he doesn't stand on our side in the future, got it?"

  "I understand."

  "Alright, and this time you have to be careful with your approach, don't force it! He has troops there, if something really happens, you report back to me, got it? After all, this is still the Communist Party's territory, can't let him run wild!"

  "Yes, sir!"

  "This time you go bring up comrades, must be lean and mean, know? Lean and mean!"

  "Yes."

  "Alright, you can set off today and start work early."

  "Alright, I'm leaving then."

  "Alright, waiting for your good news."

  "Yes."

  After Wang Qifu left, Yao Chunyuan picked up the phone on the table and said: "Director Hu, the person has been sent." "En, are there any problems with the comrades who were sent over?"

  "We've investigated everything, there's no problem, now it depends on Tang Ning's actions."

  "Well, it's best if he comes over, what if he doesn't? Hmph!"

  "If he dares to move against this comrade from the past, we will have reason."

  "Now the situation is very delicate, we must have our comrades in the military, and cannot let Lin Gang monopolize power."

  "I know that now Shanghai comrades have already started working, I believe soon there will be good news."

  "Now we must seize every opportunity, muddy waters make it easier to catch fish!"

  "Yes, Director is right."

  "That's it then." With that, the phone hung up.

  Yao Chunyuan hung up the phone and went out after tidying up his clothes.

  Wang Qifu arrived at the organizational department of the committee and set off with 15 comrades who had been waiting for him to leave for Xizhou Province. On the way to the airport, he thought about the risks of this trip. He smiled wryly and said to Du Ming, who followed him from Matou: "This time we're going to Xizhou Province, the organization has me go there to preside over the work of the committee."

  Du Ming said: "Ah, leader! Congratulations on your promotion."

  "Alright, let's talk about it when we get there."

  "Alright."

  The chairman's office. The chairman was reading "Dream of the Red Chamber", when his secretary came in and whispered, "Chairman, the committee members have just set off."

  "The chairman listened and said: 'Alright, I know, you can go out now.'"

  "Yes."

  After Secretary Qi went out and closed the door, Chairman put down the book and thought: I wonder what ideas that little devil Tang Ning will have? Let's see if he is a genuine Communist Party member.

  At the same time, Lin Gang also learned about the Revolutionary Committee's departure. He smiled and said to the secretary who came in to report the news: "They think Tang Ning is too simple!" At the same time, he thought to himself: To move Tang Ning, it still depends on whether the old generals like Lao Zong will agree or not. If something really happens, I can also take advantage of the situation and make Tang Ning completely stand on my side.

  The old general learned of this and said to Ye Shuai and those with him: "A committee has just sent someone to Xiao Tang's place."

  "It's better if he goes, I won't have to worry."

  The old man nodded and said: "Well, young people should experience more storms, this can make them mature faster! Let's not talk about him anymore, come on, let's continue drinking our wine!"

  "Okay, come on, come."

  At this time, I was talking to Old Xing, the deputy commander of the 7th Army, at the army headquarters. I said to him: "Old Xing, I estimate that after the committee members arrive, things will not be peaceful. You have been investigated before, so tell Old He and others to be careful."

  Lao Xing said: "Alright, I'll talk to them."

  "Alright, also send a guard company to protect those committee members, after all we just had peace! The security is still not good, need to take good care of these precious darlings, if anything happens the higher-ups will come looking for us."

  Lao Xing listened excitedly and said: "With your commander's words, I can rest assured. I will take good care of them and guarantee their personal safety."

  "Alright, nothing else, I'm leaving."

  "Alright, Commander, take care."

  "Good."

  After I walked out, I thought again: In three days, the headquarters will be established, and I don't know if the other two military commanders can get along.