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"Thank you, Guoxing. I heard from Comrade Shi Liang, Secretary of the Hongzhou Provincial Party Committee, that Dongfang has done a good job in Hongzhou. You can also visit Dongfang when you go to Hongzhou this time. If you feel that he is still a usable talent , I have no objection to you using him, if it is mud that cannot support the wall, you don't have to take my face into consideration, after all, we must put the interests of the party and the country first, and we cannot discredit the old chief."

Mu Guoxing understood that Shan Shixu has been suppressing his son Shan Dongfang intentionally or unintentionally for the past few years, and now that he is about to retire, he no longer has any scruples in this regard.This is also human nature. Is there any father who does not want his son to make progress?But there is another premise in this, which is to put the country's interests first. In the final analysis, it is not possible to discredit Elder Mu.Everyone knows that Shan Shixu is from the old Mu's family. If his son has no ability and insists on promoting him, it will have a bad impact on the old Mu's family.

The current situation in Hongzhou Province is very delicate. Since the last time Mr. Mu and his three elders took Mu Guoxing's three sons to inspect the incident in Hongzhou, Ge Songbai, the former governor of Hongzhou Province, was quickly arrested. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection made double regulations, and then found out that he had committed major crimes, and was finally sentenced to 15 years in prison.Fang Qingling, secretary of the provincial party committee, was responsible for neglecting the cadres under his command because of his poor implementation of the central government's policies, so he was also adjusted by the central government. Now he works as a ministerial inspector in the Ministry of Agriculture.

Although this incident was not a big deal, and it was only caused by Ge Songbai's son shooting and wounding Mu Guoxing's second son Zhong Zhenhai, the consequences caused by it were very serious, and it can be seen that the central government The struggle between the top is also very sharp.It is easy to say that a person has not made any mistakes. Once a problem occurs, the people behind them will have a life-and-death contest. At this time, it depends on which side has the most power.

If the power of the person behind Fang Qingling surpassed the old Mu's family, he would be criticized by the central government at most, and he would definitely not be removed from the post of secretary of the provincial party committee.The question now is, which family in China can be more powerful than the old Mu's family, so Fang Qingling's job has been adjusted, which is the inevitable result.

This time when Mu Guoxing visited Hongzhou, if he could meet Shan Shixu's son Shan Dongfang, the new secretary of the provincial party committee and governor of Hongzhou Province, how could he not understand the meaning of this? After severely punishing a group of guys who didn't listen to greetings, who would dare to say anything at this time?I'm afraid they themselves will put forward suggestions to the central government as soon as possible, and if they want to add burden to Shan Dongfang, you must know that the opinions of the province are very important when a department-level cadre is promoted to the deputy provincial level.

The conversation between Mu Guoxing and Shan Shixu naturally didn’t need to be hidden anymore. The two walked for a while, and Mu Guoxing said again: “According to the report of Governor Liu Wenfeng, in the past year, Guangdong Province has The economy is doing pretty well.”

Shan Shixu nodded: "Comrade Liu Wenfeng is very capable at work, and he is also very good at arranging his position. He pays great attention to the unity with his comrades. The work cooperation between the two of us is pretty good."

"This time the central government decided to place the financial center in Dongfang City. Some people may have opinions."

"This is normal. Although Guangdong Province is the frontier of reform and opening up, if compared with Dongfang City, there is still a big gap between Guangdong Province and Dongfang City. At least Guangdong Province lacks the profound culture of Dongfang City. The background. Dongfang City was the financial center of Asia more than 100 years ago, and it is by no means comparable to Guangdong, a late star."

Mu Guoxing smiled: "So I feel relieved. This is another purpose of my coming to Guangdong Province. Number three is also worried that the comrades in Guangdong Province will have emotions."

On the way to Hongzhou Province, Mu Guoxing and Daniel had another in-depth conversation. Through what he had seen and heard in the past few days, Daniel deeply realized that the pace of China's rise was unstoppable by anyone.

China's economic development momentum is very good and healthy, the spirits of government officials at all levels are also high, and the lives of ordinary people are very happy. It is far from being as dark as some foreign media describe, and it is not as dark as some people hiding in the United States. The dissidents say so badly that Daniel now thinks more and more that the adage that seeing is better than hearing a hundred times is true.

During this period of time, Daniel was also thinking about the conversation between Mu Guoxing and him last time, and gradually a clear idea appeared in Daniel's mind.He believes that if the U.S. government wants to get the support of Huaxia and stop selling U.S. debt, it must meet the conditions mentioned by Mu Guoxing.

These conditions proposed by Mu Guoxing can also be said to be difficult for the U.S. government to meet. First, the U.S. government must reduce its overseas military presence, especially in Asia.This has seriously violated the fundamental interests of the U.S. government. It is in the interests of the United States to preserve U.S. interests in Asia, and it is what successive congresses and governments have tried to do.

Second, the U.S. government cannot interfere in the territorial disputes between China and its neighbors, let alone continue to sell arms to Taiwan. In this way, it actually means that the U.S. government recognizes that China is the leader in Asia. Once the U.S. government does this, It also means that the global contraction of the US political strategy is going on. It is easy to leave Asia, but it is difficult to come back.

The third is that the U.S. government must regard China as a partner rather than an enemy. Not only can it not continue to wield the big stick of economic sanctions, but it must also agree to each other's choice of their own paths according to their own national conditions.

It can be said that any one of these three conditions is crucial, and the more Daniel thinks about it, the more headache he feels.He knows that American politicians will never agree to these three conditions, but once this happens, it means that Huaxia will definitely continue to sell US debt.Under such circumstances, the U.S. economy will be in a long period of severe depression.

The U.S. government is only temporarily suspending medical insurance payments, cutting education expenses, and no longer increasing scientific research funding. This has caused a wave of protests in the country. If Huaxia continues to sell U.S. debt, it will be difficult for the U.S. government to sustain itself without economic resources. Yes, the country doesn't know what kind of chaos it will look like?

What Daniel didn't expect was that Mu Guoxing added a new condition in this conversation: "Mr. Daniel, the US economy has affected the whole world. Now that the interest rate of US treasury bonds has fallen sharply, it is difficult to get It has recovered, and the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar is also falling rapidly, and it is nowhere in sight to recover. This means that the credit of the U.S. government has dropped to the lowest point, and the dominance of the U.S. dollar can no longer be maintained. At this time, there needs to be a first Two currencies to help the world economy grow."

Daniel is depressed. He feels that Mu Guoxing is making progress. The first three conditions are enough, and this brings up the condition of making the RMB the second world currency. These four conditions will never be met by the US government. Agreed, the question is even if the US government does not agree, can they have any good solutions?Do you still dare to launch a war against China?

Daniel shook his head. He thinks this is absolutely impossible. Not to mention that China is still a nuclear power, even if it is not, the US government would never dare to take this next step in the face of the already strong China and the strong man in front of it. The worst policy, if that happens, the United States may die a little faster.

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Daniel was thinking quickly in his heart, canceling the sanctions against China, and no longer selling arms to Taiwan. This issue is easy to talk about. Originally, the mutual sanctions between the US government and China did not take advantage of this time, and now it can be solved smoothly. On this issue, everyone can do business with peace and equality in the future.

Although the issue of not selling arms to Taiwan is somewhat difficult and involves the interests of the US government in Asia, judging from the current economic situation of the United States, it is clear that the latter is more important. Mu Guoxing is right, national interests also follow suit As the situation continues to evolve and adjust, Daniel also believes that he will persuade Congress and the President to agree to do so.

As for the other two issues, Daniel believes that there is really no certainty. Not interfering in the territorial disputes between China and neighboring countries and reducing the garrison in Asia involves the core interests of the United States. The problem now is that the gang in Congress Can one agree to do this?

As for the U.S. government regarding Huaxia as an equal partner, and no longer trying to impose its own views on Huaxia, this is not difficult. This is like two families living together. It is the family's business to manage the way the other family lives, and outsiders should naturally not interfere.

"Mr. Vice Premier, through my visits to China in the past few days, I have realized that China's rise cannot be stopped by any force. Last time you told me on the plane not to rush to answer, wait until after visiting several places. , Now I can tell you clearly that many of the conditions you mentioned have touched the core interests of the United States, and even if Mr. Ofergues can agree, he may not be able to convince Congress."

Mu Guoxing smiled: "Mr. Daniel, it seems that you have grasped the core content of my speech. Let's first analyze what are the core interests of the United States. I think that the core interests of a country are not static and change. There are historical reasons why the US stationed troops in Asia, and it was in the core interests of the US at the time, but it may not be so now.”

Mu Guoxing motioned for Daniel to have tea together, and after a while he said: "Mr. Daniel, whether you agree with my point of view or not, the law of historical development is like this. The United States is an amazing nation, and there is no shortage of political leaders with strategic vision." Home, Mr. Lincoln is the most representative of the American presidents. Didn’t he also receive great resistance when he abolished slavery? But the facts have proved that Lincoln’s decision at that time was correct.”

Daniel did not speak, he was thinking, is Orpheus a politician with a strategic vision, is there such a person in the US Congress, can they see the future through the fog in front of them?What Mu Guoxing said is also very reasonable. Now the core interest of the United States is not to continue to play the role of the world's policeman in the world, but to turn its attention back to the country. This is the most important thing for the US government to do now. It is also the biggest core interest of the United States.

Mu Guoxing looked at Daniel with a smile. He knew that it would be difficult for Daniel to accept what he talked about today, but he also believed that Daniel, a pacifist, would gradually understand, at least partly. This will be very beneficial to the development of the relationship between China and the United States in the future.You must know that Daniel is the chairman of the Federal Reserve, and he has a lot of influence in the US Congress. Even those big consortia also attach great importance to his opinions.

The conversation between the two people still didn't convince anyone, but no matter what, both parties understood each other's demands. Huaxia would not continue to sell U.S. debt and give the U.S. economy a chance to breathe. This is the most basic goal of the U.S. government. conditions, but Huaxia has more conditions, which Daniel did not expect.

After Mu Guoxing finished speaking, Daniel did not speak again. He secretly weighed in his heart whether the US government could agree to the conditions proposed by the Chinese government.As long as the U.S. government can agree, Huaxia will also agree not to sell U.S. debt.If the U.S. government fails to agree, Huaxia will definitely continue to sell U.S. debt.The debt of more than 4000 billion US dollars weighs on the head of the United States like a mountain. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for the US economy to get out of the predicament.

Mu Guoxing was drinking tea and looked at Daniel with great interest. He knew very well what Daniel was thinking now. It seemed that Daniel had lived in China for so many years and claimed to be an expert in China, but he still didn't know much about Chinese culture. .There has been a famous saying in Huaxia since ancient times, which is called paying back the money on the spot. In fact, Mu Guoxing did not expect the US government to agree to all of his conditions. As long as he can bring them to the negotiating table, it will be a good start. .Mu Guoxing also absolutely believed that through negotiations, Huaxia would definitely be able to get what he needed.

The special plane came to the sky above Hongzhou Province. Looking through the window, the mountains of Hongzhou Province were ups and downs, and many mountains were bare of vegetation, exposing large chunks of maroon soil.It was only at this time that Mu Guoxing understood why this place was called Hongzhou Province. It seems that when the ancients named this place, they also fully referred to the landform characteristics of this place.

Hongzhou Province is still one of the poorest provinces in southwestern China. In the past, Guangnan Province was also included in the poor provinces. However, after several years of development, Guangnan Province has been lifted out of poverty and entered the ranks of developed provinces. Mu Guoxing thought secretly : It seems that they want to find a way to get rich quickly for Hongzhou Province.

In recent years, the country has implemented the western development strategy, and the central government has also mobilized the eastern coastal provinces to invest in Hongzhou Province. However, most of the companies that come to Hongzhou Province are high-pollution and high-energy-consuming enterprises. It seems that changing people's ideas is the only way is crucial, and the central government still has a lot of work to do in this regard.

Perhaps it was because of how Dongfang City and Guangdong Province received the head of No. [-] Central Committee, and Hongzhou Province did not hold any welcome ceremony at the airport with much fanfare. Only the main leaders of the four major teams came to the airport to welcome Mu Guoxing and his party.It seems that the so-called conventions in the officialdom are not immutable, and can be broken. As long as the main leaders above can stick to the principles and set a good example, other places will follow suit. Everyone has done this. One A new routine is formed.

The convoy drove to the urban area. Although the city has been carefully cleaned up, judging from the buildings on both sides of the street, it is far behind that of Guangnan Province, which fully shows the huge gap between the two provinces.Some people say that a city is the business card of a local economic development, and this sentence is very reasonable.

In the same procedure as other provinces and cities, in the meeting room of the provincial party committee, the main leaders of the four major teams in Hongzhou Province made work reports to Mu Guoxing respectively.Of course, when reporting work, grades are the main thing, and problems are just a little bit. This is also the practice in the officialdom.

Mu Guoxing can't say much about this issue now. It has become a trend to report good news but not bad news. Any local party committee and government are unwilling to report their own family scandals in front of superior leaders. If they want to change this Habits are not something that can be achieved overnight, and there is still a long way to go.But at this time, the superior leader needs to have keen insight and strong judgment to find the problem. Rather than saying that the leader came down to inspect, it is better to say that the leader came down to accept the test.

Mu Guoxing said in his speech: "It seems that everyone has done a lot of preparation work for this report. I will only talk about three points here. First, the central government knows how the work of Hongzhou Province is doing. Second, the central government has repeatedly ordered that the interests of the people should be put first, and the assessment criteria for cadres should also put people's livelihood first. Third, the construction of the cadre team is the foundation of the country, and any party committee at any level must Take this matter as the top priority in your work. Today I will neither praise nor criticize, I hope you will carefully compare these three items to see how you are doing. "

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Although Mu Guoxing said on the surface that he neither praised nor criticized the work of Hongzhou Province, the leaders of the four major teams could hear it at this time, and the head of No. [-] was not satisfied with the work of Hongzhou Province.Pao-shu_ba () Provincial Party Secretary Shi Liang and Governor Guo Baolu looked at each other, and secretly sighed inwardly. The two of them have only taken office in Hongzhou Province for two or three months, and all relations have not been straightened out. How can we expect the praise from Chief No. [-]?Not to criticize is to save face for both of them.

Individual conversations with lower-level cadres are the main way for the head of the central government to understand the working conditions of a locality. As the saying goes, it is better to listen than to be able to speak. No matter how good a person is at speaking, there will always be some loopholes when speaking.

"Comrade Shi Liang, Hongzhou Province can be said to be a mess. The central government put you and Comrade Baolu here, which is the greatest trust in you. The economy of Hongzhou Province has not been able to grow. There are historical There are also human factors, and the central government is satisfied with the fact that you were able to start the work in less than three months."

Hearing that Chief No. [-] had finally affirmed his work during this period of time, Shi Liang's hanging heart relaxed a little.To be honest, Shi Liang was prepared to be criticized for the visit of Chief No. [-] this time, but he did not expect that Chief No. [-] not only did not criticize him, but also gave him some affirmation.

"Chief, Hongzhou Province did not do a good job, and I am personally responsible."

Mu Guoxing smiled: "Responsibility? I am very pleased that you can think of the word responsibility. As I have said just now, the work in Hongzhou Province has not been carried out. There are both historical reasons and human factors. This has nothing to do with you. The secretary of the provincial party committee, who has only been in office for less than three months, doesn’t seem to have much to do with it. If the work in Hongzhou province doesn’t improve next year, don’t you take the initiative to admit it, the central government will also blame you.”

Shi Liang understood that the No. [-] chief gave him a one-year deadline. If he can't do his job well by this time next year, it may not be as simple as criticism.

"Comrade Shi Liang, Hongzhou and Guangnan are neighboring provinces. A few years ago, Hongzhou's economy was slightly better than that of Guangnan, but now the gap is too big. I saw it on the way here. To be honest , your provincial capital is much worse than the coastal cities, even prefecture-level cities in Guangnan. Of course, I don’t want you to do unrealistic urban construction, the main thing is to let you further Open up your mind. If you have time, you can go to Guangnan for field investigation and see how they do it."

After talking with Shi Liang and Guo Baolu individually, Mu Guoxing met with the only department-level cadre in Hongzhou Province, Qiangyi City Party Secretary Shan Dongfang.This time, Mu Guoxing talked with Shan Dongfang for two hours without any time limit. Of course, no one else knew what they were talking about.But Shi Liang saw some tricks from it. He knew that the No. [-] chief was going to reuse Shan Dongfang, the son of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Secretary.

When Mu Guoxing left Hongzhou and was about to board the plane, his judgment was further confirmed: "Comrade Shi Liang, Comrade Shan Dongfang, secretary of the Qiangyi Municipal Party Committee, is very good. I hope the Provincial Party Committee will cultivate it well."

On the way back to Beijing, Mu Guoxing and Daniel continued their long conversation. Through the first two conversations, the two sides gradually became clear about each other's bottom line, which laid a good foundation for future work.

With his economist's vision, Daniel keenly found that the economy of Hongzhou Province is far worse than that of Dongfang City and Guangdong Province. Although he still can't understand why Mu Guoxing invited him to Hongzhou Province to take a look, But he can also realize that Mu Guoxing did this for a very purposeful purpose, and now Daniel is also secretly admiring Mu Guoxing's ingenuity and long-term vision.

"Mr. Vice Premier, the economic situation in Dongfang City and Guangdong Hai Province is very good. The economic development status of these two places has proved that the reform and opening up carried out by the Huaxia government over the years is still very successful. People's living standards are constantly improving, and there is no The common problem of inflation in Western countries in the industrialization era shows that your government is still very effective in currency management and reform. But it is undeniable that the development of China is still very unbalanced, and Hongzhou Province is a very Good example."

Mu Guoxing nodded with a smile: "Mr. Daniel's remarks are from the perspective of an economist, and he has indeed pointed out the problems in our country's economic development. The imbalance of regional development is not only in our country , This is even the case all over the world, which requires us to strengthen regional or international cooperation, rich places should help poor places, so that the world economy can develop healthier, otherwise the problems will be very serious. "

Daniel understands a little bit. Mu Guoxing invited him to visit the poor province of Red State. In fact, he was telling him that the US government can no longer continue to plunder the poor countries. If this situation continues, the US government will If you are more independent in the world, the world economy will not develop healthily. "Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, I understand your intentions now. I will return to the United States tomorrow. I am very grateful that you can take time out of your busy schedule. Take a look around with me. Although I haven’t been in Huaxia for a long time this time, I can also see that Huaxia is a country full of vitality and great development potential. I will tell people in the American economic circles Let me tell you what I have seen and heard in China, maybe this will bring us a new way of thinking and explore a better development path for the development of the world economy."

Mu Guoxing smiled with satisfaction. He thought that the purpose of going out with Daniel for a walk this time had been achieved.First of all, Daniel himself has had a preliminary change in his thinking. He is no longer condescending and pointing fingers at China's economy, but is discussing with China's officials in a partnership-style friend relationship. The truth itself is a big one. progress.