Chapter 1152: Tea tasting and talking about the truth

Mei Shengping's voice was very stable and powerful, obviously, not a joke!

With Mei Shengping's current level, the major changes he mentioned must have happened.

Mei Shengping only said one sentence and hung up the phone. Xia Xiang knew it, it must be inconvenient to say it on the phone. Moreover, Xia Xiang had known Mei Shengping for several years, and he had always been used to being calm and had never been so serious.

Without further ado!

Xia wanted to explain to Liang Qiurui, and called Peng Yong to hurry to the capital - he did not bring Xu Ziqi, and Xu Ziqi stayed in Qin Tang, which was more useful than going to the capital with him, because he met Mei Shengping, half public and half private.

Xia Xiang kept Xu Ziqi in Qin Tang as a correct move, because something happened to Xiaokui during his departure from Qin Tang...

More than three hours later, Xia Xiang came to the Spring and Autumn Tea House located in Dongcheng District, Beijing.

The decoration of the teahouse is very distinctive, named Chunqiu, and it is also antique and imitates the ancient style of the Spring and Autumn Period, with unique characteristics. As soon as Xia Xiang enters the door, it feels like he has moved from modern to ancient times. Even the waiters are dressed in ladies, and the ancient costumes are quite romantic. With their tall and outstanding figures, they give people a pure and beautiful enjoyment.

Because it was Mei Shengping, it was not appropriate for the driver to follow him, so Peng Yong found a place to sit down and wait. Xia Xiang walked along a corridor full of ancient costume murals, following a corridor full of ancient costume murals, and three big characters were written on the room - Feng Yasong.

Mei Shengping's style is not low. Xia Xiang praised Mei Shengping for a few words in his heart. He pushed the door and was shocked when he looked up. There was a person sitting opposite Mei Shengping, which was Guan Yuanqu.

Xia Xiang was very surprised. He didn't expect that Mei Shengping kept saying that there was a major change. He rushed over and it turned out that Guan Yuanqu was there.

Xia Xiang felt very complicated about Guan Yuanqu, because it was rumored that Guan Yuanqu was the designated successor of the first person in office, and the route was different from the current General Secretary. Moreover, Guan Yuanqu was a veritable princeling. Unexpectedly, he should be a supporter of the family power.

In the past, Xia Xiang was not good at guessing Guan Yuanqu’s political line. After several contacts, and the close relationship between Guan Yuanqu and Mei Shengping was beyond his expectations, he had a clearer and clearer thoughts in his mind. Guan Yuanqu’s political stance was basically inclined toward family forces.

In addition, Wu Caiyang served as the Minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee some time ago. After Guan Yuanqu came to power, the family's power may further grow.

After Xia Xiang came in, he first rushed to Guan Yuanqu and asked, and then greeted Mei Shengping. Guan Yuanqu and Mei Shengping were sitting and did not get up, but nodded slightly. Mei Shengping smiled very well, while Guan Yuanqu looked at Xia Xiang for a few glances: "Xia Xiang has lost weight and has become a little darker."

Mei Shengping smiled: "Xia thoughts never went in vain."

The two of them laughed together, just like the elders were kind to the younger generation.

Xia Xiang is also very helpful. Mei Shengping is fine. After years of friendship with him, Guan Yuanqu has a good impression of him. No matter what, it is a good thing for him to be proud of.

After taking the seat, Mei Shengping said: "Xia Xiang, what do you think about the future development of Qin and Tang dynasties?"

Asking about Qin and Tang’s situation in front of Guan Yuanqu was obviously a test. Xia Xiang naturally knew the direction of Qin and Tang, so he simply said: "Building a famous cultural city, building an economically strong city, creating a livable and beautiful city, and building a coastal new city is Qin and Tang's long-term goal. The short-term goal is that we currently use one-third of the province's energy consumption to create one-fifth of the total economic output of Yan Province. In the future, we will achieve the goal of "one increase and one decrease" through several years of efforts, that is, the total economic output must strive to increase from one-fifth of the province to one-quarter of the province, and the total energy consumption will drop from one-third to one-quarter of the province..."

Xia Xiang said it very general and very general, because he knew that Guan Yuanqu didn't have time to listen to him discuss the future development of Qin and Tang dynasties in detail. It was neither Guan Yuanqu's responsibility nor he would be interested. From another perspective, he was the secretary of the Qin and Tang municipal party committee. The secretary controlled the overall situation and the overall direction. The specific one, two and three steps, how to implement it in detail is the responsibility of the mayor. If he said it too detailed, it would seem that he had not yet escaped the limitations of a mayor.

What does the secretary need? He pointed his hand and headed eastward. As for how to go east, crossing the river and building bridges in the middle to open the road, that is the mayor’s concern. He only needs to lead the general direction correctly. If he cannot grasp the big and let go of the small, then he will be a failed position in Qin Tang’s position as secretary.

Guan Yuanqu nodded slightly, as if he agreed, but did not express his opinion. He just picked up a cup of tea and signaled to Xia Xiang: "Come on, Xia Xiang, try the tea here, it is really good tea, and it is made from mountain spring water. It is soft and long in the mouth and has endless aftertaste."

Xia Xiang heard Guan Yuanqu’s implication and expressed his affirmation of his speech just now with his affirmation of tea. Although Guan Yuanqu has been engaged in party affairs, Qin and Tang, as the first and second largest economic city in Yan Province, are close to the capital, so it is normal for Guan Yuanqu to pay attention to it.

In addition, Mei Shengping is the deputy secretary of the Yan Provincial Party Committee. Guan Yuanqu’s recognition just now should not be a false confusion, but a practical recognition.

Mei Shengping also tasted a sip of tea: "I have been drinking tea for decades. I can drink good and bad tea, but the difference between top-quality tea and good tea is still not accurate. Tea tasting depends on my understanding. Haha, my taste is not good, and I can't be a tea tasting expert."

"Shengping, you can't even taste wine, so you can still taste tea? Those who really know how to taste tea are all wise men. If you can't drink, drinking will hurt your taste." Guan Yuanqu seemed to be very interested in the topic of the tea ceremony.

"Forget it, don't let me drink? I'd rather not drink tea. I have been in charge of myself for decades, but I can't quit drinking." Mei Shengping smiled self-deprecatingly, "I once whipped the horse because of drunkenness... I've misled the matter, but I just couldn't change it."

Mei Shengping and Guan Yuanqu didn't talk about serious matters, and Xia Xiang didn't ask questions. He still had this patience. Patience is the first code of conduct in the officialdom and one of the most basic qualities.

First talk about tea, then talk about history, and then talk about the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the feudal dynasty of China. Xia Xiang didn't express much, but just agreed with a few words, because history was different due to different political positions, and Xia Xiang did not understand Guan Yuanqu, so he would not talk nonsense.

Then we talked about the Tang Dynasty.

Guan Yuanqu seemed to say with great emotion: "China's aristocratic system has risen from the rise of the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it gradually declined and disappeared in the Song Dynasty. It lasted for more than 700 years. If you study it carefully, the aristocratic system actually made an indelible contribution to the advancement of Chinese history."

In the Wei and Jin dynasties, the most strict gentry system, there were no poor families at the top and no poor families at the bottom. A person’s origin determines his life’s achievements. If he is unfair, he will also lose his basic advancement. A poor family from a poor family, no matter how hard he works, he will not be able to advance to the upper class, and he will not be able to obtain a single official position, which will form a class opposition. In the long run, conflicts will inevitably arise.

As a result, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, China's national strength was extremely weak.

In the Tang Dynasty, although there were gentry families, it continued the imperial examination system that started in the Sui Dynasty, allowing poor scholars to become famous and knowledgeable, which led to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The current college entrance examination system is actually not essentially different from the previous imperial examination system. However, with the promotion of educational industrialization, the rise of family forces and the formation of the powerful capitalist class, the possibility of changing poverty through the college entrance examination is getting lower and lower. Therefore, society is also tending to form an opposition between the powerful capitalist and the civilian class.

In the final analysis, it is actually the same as the opposition between the gentry and the poor in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Xia figured it out that Guan Yuanqu used the aristocratic clans as an accomplice to the current family forces to test his political stance.

"In fact, some people concluded that the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was because while improving the imperial examination system, it adopted a policy of both enlisting and suppressing the gentry. Winning up was to set an example for scholars in the world, so that all scholars could change their destiny through imperial examinations and become one of the gentry. Suppression means to control the further development and growth of the gentry's power to avoid threatening the stability of the world." Xia Xiang also used the past to describe the present and implicitly expressed his position.

Guan Yuanqu listened, took a sip of tea, then narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was tasting tea, and seemed to be reminiscing what Xia Xiang had just said. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes: "Good tea, the taste is pure and neutral." After another pause, he looked at Xia Xiang with interest, "Xia Xiang, today I talked to Caiyang, and I happened to talk about you, are you and Caiyang also familiar with you?"

Mei Shengping smiled strangely on the side. Xia Xiang understood that Guan Yuanqu was not very clear about the complex relationship between him and the Wu family, so he pretended to be confused: "I am fortunate to know Minister Wu."

Guan Yuanqu also knew that there were some things that he couldn't ask, so he laughed them off, but Mei Shengping said half-truely: "Xia Xiang not only knows Minister Wu, but also has a close relationship."

Guan Yuanqu showed a slight doubt, but Mei Shengping jumped to the topic again: "Xia Xiang, there are two things to tell you today. The first is that the candidate for the Propaganda Minister of the Qintang Municipal Party Committee has been preliminarily drafted three people. I guess you know it too, it is Fu Xiaobin, Wu Jigen and An's friends. The second is that the team of the Yan Provincial Party Committee will have a considerable adjustment."

When Mei Shengping spoke, he did not avoid Guan Yuanqu at all. This shows that the relationship between him and Guan Yuanqu has reached a certain level. It also shows that there is a tacit understanding between Guan Yuanqu and Mei Shengping.

What did Mei Shengping say and what Xia Xiang listened to? In front of a deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, he really didn't have the same say as him.

"You don't have to worry about the first thing, you can't care about it either." Mei Shengping spoke very directly, but fortunately Xia Xiang was completely acceptable, "The second thing is that you need to come forward and run away, because it is related to your personal interests."
Chapter completed!