He said: "It makes sense. However, I think if we don't care about the affairs of this society, wouldn't this society become more and more degenerate?"
I said: "Minister Wu, let me tell you a story. Among the tombstones in the basement of the world-famous Westminster Abbey in London, there is a world-famous tombstone. In fact, it is just a very ordinary tombstone, rough.
The granite texture and shape are also very ordinary. Compared with the surrounding tombstones of more than 20 former British kings from Henry III to George II, which are of high quality and excellent workmanship, as well as the tombstones of Newton, Darwin, Dickens and other celebrities, it looks like
It is insignificant and not worth mentioning. Moreover, it has no name, no dates of birth and death, and there is not even an introduction to the tomb owner. However, it is such an anonymous tombstone, but it has become a famous tombstone that is famous all over the world. Everyone who has visited it has
People in Westminster Abbey may not pay homage to the once-prominent former British kings, nor may they not pay homage to world celebrities such as Dickens and Darwin, but none of them will not pay homage to this ordinary place.
They were all deeply shocked by this tombstone. To be precise, they were deeply shocked by the inscription on this tombstone. On this tombstone, there is a passage like this:
When I was young, my imagination was never limited and I dreamed of changing the world.
When I matured, I found that I could not change the world. I shortened my vision and decided to only change my country.
When I entered my twilight years, I found that I could not change my country. My last wish was just to change my family. But this was impossible.
As I lay on my bed, dying, I suddenly realized: If I had only changed myself first, then as an example, I would have changed my family. With the help and encouragement of my family, I might have been able to do something for the country.
Things. And who knows? I might even change the world.
It is said that many world dignitaries and celebrities were filled with emotion when they saw this inscription. Some said it was a teaching on life, while others said it was an introspection of the soul.
When the young Mandela saw this inscription, he suddenly felt enlightened and claimed that he had found the golden key to change South Africa and even the entire world. After returning to South Africa, this ambitious man originally agreed to use violence to control violence.
A young black man who had overcome the racial discrimination gap suddenly changed his thinking and life style. He started by changing himself, his family, relatives and friends, and after decades, he finally changed his country. So, if you want to
To pry up the world, its best fulcrum is not the earth, not a country, a nation, nor others, but only one's own mind. To change the world, a person must start by changing himself; to pry up the world,
You must choose the fulcrum in your own heart.”
When I arrived at Mr. Liu's place, I found that the food had already been served. The table was placed under the grape trellis in the courtyard, and there was a bottle of white wine on the table. There was no label on the bottle.
Obviously, Minister Wu had already contacted the old man before coming.
When the old man saw me looking at the wine bottle, he immediately smiled and said: "This is wine brewed by Xiaozao. My relatives in the countryside brew it for me to drink. Pure grain wine, very pure."
I immediately laughed and said: "The old man really knows how to enjoy things. Everything he eats is green and environmentally friendly."
The old man smiled and said: "I am old, and I still want to live a few more years. I will not eat junk food. The vegetables I eat now are all grown at home, and there is absolutely no chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Pork is a relative from the countryside.
The ones that are delivered are not fed to pigs. The clothes I wear are all made of pure cotton. They don’t look good, but they are comfortable and close to the body.”
I looked at him enviously, "This is great."
He smiled and said: "You can't be like me. You are in officialdom and you can't be as free and easy as me."
We were all sitting at the dinner table, and the old man’s wife was still serving food, which was a bowl of fresh fish soup. The old man smiled and said, “I went to the mountains this morning and bought it from a fisherman when I came back.”
I immediately asked him: "Old man, how is the reconstruction project of that temple going?"
He said: "The progress now is very slow, mainly because many people go there every day. This has seriously affected the progress of the project."
I asked Minister Wu: "You are talking about a small problem. Is this what you are referring to?"
He nodded, "Yes. So I would like to ask you to tell the Municipal Public Security Bureau whether you can send a few people to maintain order at the scene for a long time. The old man also means the same thing. You are in charge of public security work, go out and talk to them.
OK. We will provide subsidies to the staff on duty."
The old man nodded and said: "It must be like this. Otherwise, I am very worried about safety accidents. The construction site is originally on a cliff. What if someone accidentally falls?"
I nodded and said, "Okay. I'll hurry up and tell Director Lu. The matter of subsidies should come from the Public Security Bureau, and I'll allocate some money to them."
He said: "Ensuring the safety of the project is part of the project. Therefore, I think it is okay to pay for it from donations."
I shook my head and said: "The subsidy doesn't cost much, so there's no need to do that. But Minister Wu, I think you should equip the old man with a car. It's okay to pay for the car and the driver's salary from there. After all, the old man
He is the consultant of this project. He is so old, and he always takes a car outside to go there. Firstly, it is too hard, and secondly, safety issues are not guaranteed. What do you think?"
The old man smiled and said: "I am willing to accept Mayor Feng's idea. I have never been hypocritical. Now I think my biggest difficulty is the traffic problem. In fact, if I can live on the mountain, I would rather live on it.
It’s convenient. But now there are only public sheds there, and my old bones can’t stand the weather there at night.”
I immediately laughed, "Minister Wu even joked about asking you to become the abbot of the temple."
The old man suddenly laughed and said, "Okay. I am very willing. At my age, I really hope to be able to cultivate myself and retire in a place like that."
His wife was standing next to him and scolded him: "You old man, Xiao Feng is joking with you, but you take it seriously?"
The old man laughed and said, "Don't worry, I will take you with me when the time comes."
His wife immediately laughed and asked, "Are there any monks who live in the temple with their wives?"
We all laugh.
Then Minister Wu said: "Mayor Feng is very considerate. Boss Zhong and I will discuss it and equip the old man with an off-road vehicle as soon as possible."
I said: "If she doesn't agree, I will allocate money to you. But our finances are indeed too difficult. If the government allocates money, we can only buy domestically produced cars, which cost hundreds of thousands."
Minister Wu nodded and said: "I'll discuss it with Boss Zhong before we discuss it. I think she will agree. Although Boss Zhong is a woman, she is very generous. She has invested tens of millions, and she won't care about this little money.
Besides, this is also to make the project progress faster. If you buy a car now, it will also be an asset of the temple in the future."
We chatted, drank wine and ate food. The wine was really good and the food was even more delicious.
Nowadays, many of the dishes we eat no longer have the same flavor as the ones we ate when we were young. The main problem is the quality. The dishes at the old man’s house remind me of my childhood, and I remember it through my sense of taste.
In the afternoon, I told Director Lu of the Municipal Public Security Bureau about this matter, and he said he would arrange it immediately. I told him to make a budget, and then formulate a report and send it to me, and I would transfer the personnel's subsidies to their accounts as soon as possible.
Director Lu agreed repeatedly, and then he told me something, "Mayor Feng, there is something I want to review with you. Tanaka went to a nightclub in our city last night and took a girl to a hotel to stay. We have a police station below.
The people didn’t recognize him, so they arrested him and fined him.”
I immediately couldn't laugh or cry, "This Japanese really doesn't stop. It's not wrong for the people below to arrest him. After all, he violated the law by doing so. Although he is Japanese, he must abide by our laws, right?"
He said: "That's the truth, but after all, he is the person in charge of our partner. Such things still have some influence."
I asked him: "How did you deal with it later?"
He said: "How else can we deal with it? As you said, he has indeed violated our laws. Now that it has been dealt with, we can't possibly apologize to him, right? But I still greeted the people below in private
, don’t arrest him again in the future. And I also vaguely told Tanaka this intention."
I smiled and said, "You are right to handle it this way. You don't have to ask me for anything."
He immediately said to me: "Mayor Feng, are you free tonight? I would like to treat you to a meal."
I thought to myself: I can take this opportunity to say no to Mayor Zhu. But I still asked him: "Why do you want to invite me to dinner? Who are there?"
He replied: "I just want to invite you alone."
I seemed to understand, "You want to talk to me about something important, right?"
He said: "Yes. It is very important. Now I have encountered a very hot matter, and I would like to ask you to give me some advice."
I pondered and said: "That's it...that's okay."
After five o'clock in the afternoon, I called Mayor Zhu and said, "Mayor Zhu, I'm sorry, I have a very important temporary arrangement tonight, and I really can't push it away. So I can't attend your meeting tonight."
It’s my birthday party. I’m so sorry!”
She said in a very unhappy voice, "Mayor Feng, did you promise me?"
I continued to apologize to her, "What happened today was really sudden. There was something going on at the Public Security Bureau. I have to deal with it immediately. And this matter is probably very troublesome and won't be finished in a while. I'm sorry, Zhu."
mayor."
Then she sighed and said, "Forget it, I can't do anything to you."
Director Lu personally drove to pick me up. He drove me to a farmhouse in the suburbs. Because it was a Sunday night, the business in this place was very deserted. It seemed that we were the only two guests in the entire farmhouse.
"Mayor Feng, it's quiet here and our conversation won't be heard by others. That's why I chose this place specifically," Director Lu said to me.
His words immediately made me solemn, "The matter is serious, isn't it?"
He nodded, "Yes. Let's talk while eating."
Soon, the waiter served the dishes. There were not many dishes, but they all looked quite exquisite. I didn’t expect that such beautiful dishes could be made in this farmhouse. After taking a bite, the taste turned out to be very good.
Director Lu asked me, "Isn't it pretty good? Haha! This is driven by a relative of mine."
I nodded, "That's right. Let's talk about it."
He immediately said to me: "A few days ago, a female teacher from a school in our city hanged herself. The forensic doctor also performed an autopsy and confirmed that it was indeed a suicide. Mayor Feng must know about this, right?"
I nodded, "I've heard of it, but I didn't pay much attention to it. Isn't it just a suicide? Nowadays, the pressure of competition is increasing, and the number of suicides is increasing year by year. There is nothing surprising about this."
He nodded, "That's right. But this morning, new clues appeared in this case. And this new clue makes me feel very embarrassed. I don't know whether I should continue the investigation or stop here."
I said disapprovingly: "What kind of problem is this? Now that we have new clues, we should continue to investigate immediately..." At this point, I suddenly realized something, "Director Lu, is this matter
Is it related to a certain leader?”
He nodded, with a solemn expression, "Yes. This matter involves Secretary Chen." (To be continued)