d Xiao Zheng a fresh cup. At this moment, Chen Qingshan asked: "Comrade Wang Yu, how is it going" Wang Yu glanced at Deputy Mayor Ou Yangqing, who nodded for him to speak. Then Wang Yu said, "Secreta...Xiao Zheng hung up the phone and looked out the window. Unexpectedly, a flock of birds flew in from over the mountain, covering the sky and swarming over their car! At times it was like a blanket covering the sun, at other times like a whirlwind swirling in the air. It lasted for half a minute, leaving everyone watching with hearts pounding. 。Liu Shisen thought to himself, the "Nine-Clawed Tripod" of the Hua Jing Xiao family probably truly predicted aftershocks! But there was still no response from the Sichuan Earthquake Bureau! Liu Shisen turned to Luo Dalin, deputy director of the Provincial Committee Propaganda Department, and Zhou Huamin, head of the Rou City Propaganda Department, who were in the car with him: "Director Luo, Director Zhou, you saw it too, those birds just now were a bit strange, right There might really be aftershocks, you should report this to your leaders immediately!"Luo Dalin and Zhou Huamin had also witnessed the scene of the flock of birds flying erratically. Added to that, with Liu Shisen's words, Luo Dalin felt a knot in his stomach. He said: "It is indeed unusual. I will report to Director Ding." 。Zhou Huamin also said: “I would also like to report the situation to our Party Secretary.” 。“The provincial committee received a phone call and said: “Regarding the response to aftershocks, we are not the competent department, but I will call the secretary and remind him.” 。Zhou Huamin called the secretary of the city committee of Rou City. Soon, the phone was connected. After listening to Zhou Huamin's report, the secretary of the city committee asked, "Minister Zhou, where are you now" Zhou Huamin said, "I am accompanying the leaders of the Hua Jing Propaganda Department to Chuan County..." 。“You’re going to see Ma Hanshan” the Roushi City Party Secretary said.Zhou Huamin admitted, “Yes, Secretary...” 。"I knew it! The leaders accompanying you now are friends with Ma Hanshan. He must have told them there would be aftershocks and asked them to call me! Comrade Ma Hanshan, while he is serious and responsible in his work, sometimes he is too subjective. He issued earthquake warnings and evacuated the people without instructions or deployment from above. This could lead to criticism from higher authorities, even disciplinary action!"

Earthquake forecasting in a region includes long-term, medium-term, short-term, and imminent (seismic) forecasts. These forecasts are to be issued by the provincial government; if a region has already issued a short-term forecast, and discovers abnormal seismic activity, the municipal or county government can issue an imminent earthquake forecast for within 48 hours in emergency situations. 。However, Sichuan province has not issued a short-term earthquake forecast at present because the municipal and county governments do not have the authority to issue forecasts. They must report to the provincial government, and relevant provincial leaders and functional departments convene a meeting on earthquake information and put forward earthquake forecasting opinions. 。If municipal or county governments conduct forecasts without approval from the provincial government, they will be held accountable!

Currently, the province has not issued a clear forecast, which is the concern of the mayor of Roushi. 。"Secretary, you are absolutely right." 。“However, there are indeed some abnormalities in Chuanxian,” Zhou Huamin said. 。“I understand the situation you’ve reported! But as provincial committee-appointed cadres, we must listen to the province and follow the rules. Otherwise, we'd be going against the province! Stay calm. If there really is a problem, as long as we strictly follow the province's requirements, there won't be any major issues! But if we come up with our own set of rules, we’ll be in trouble.” 。"Minister Zhou, you need to understand this clearly: Ma Hanshan is an official transferred from Ninggan. If he messes things up, he can just go back to Ninggan. But what about us We are different. Where can we go if we fail We can only go back to our hometown!"

The words of the Secretary of the Joushi Municipal Committee came straight from his heart. 。Zhou Huamin naturally had some concerns. 。"Toiling for decades, only to be back to square one overnight," There is nothing more tragic for leading cadres than this. 。Although Zhou Huamin held a high position as a member of the city committee, he couldn't even stand losing to the secretary of the city committee. Let alone him! He sighed and said, "Understood, Secretary" 。After hanging up the phone, Liu Shisen asked, "How did it go Did your municipal party secretary listen" Zhou Huamin, not wanting to offend Liu Shisen, said, "Liu Director, our secretary said he understands the situation and will consult with the provincial government and strive for the power to issue warnings." 。However, whether the provincial government ultimately agrees is indeed unknown at this point. 。Liu Shisen nodded and then turned to Luo Dalili: "Minister Luo, you heard it too. This is very important for the province. You'd better report the situation here to your minister again." 。Lu Dailu said: “Okay, I’ll wait for our department head’s feedback. There might be good news.” 。Luo Dailin and Zhou Huamin are after all staff of the Propaganda Department, not government departments responsible for earthquake defense. Liu Shisen also can't pressure them too much. 。A group of people continued on their way to the Sichuan County Government. 。In less than half an hour, Liu Shisen, Xiao Zheng, He Xinliang, Hao Qi and Luo Dailì, Zhou Huamin and other leaders had arrived at Ma HanShan's office. 。The liaison officer made tea for everyone, but no one was in the mood to drink it. Xiao Zheng asked, “Secretary Ma, what will Chuan County do next Has a decision been made” Ma Hanshan said: "Our county has already submitted a request for approval to issue aftershocks forecasts to the municipal and provincial governments. We haven't received a reply yet." 。I'm also very anxious! I hope the provincial government will approve it soon!”

Liu Shisen looked at Luo Dalì and Zhou Huamin again: “Leaders, do you want to help ask about it” Luo Dalì and Zhou Huamin looked at each other. They felt a little embarrassed. After all, earthquakes were really not something the Propaganda Department could handle, but since Liu Shisen asked them to, they could only grit their teeth and call the leaders. 。Zhou Huamin's phone was answered first. After inquiring about the situation, the city committee secretary on the other end sounded a bit annoyed: “Minister Zhou, you should really focus on doing a good job with propaganda work.” 。As for earthquake matters, the city government will handle them. 。"That's it!" Zhou Huamin hung up the phone. He couldn't tell Liu Shisen the truth about what the municipal Party secretary had said, or he would certainly cause dissatisfaction with Liu Shisen, who was someone he couldn't afford to offend. He could only say, "Director Liu, our city has already requested instructions from the province, and we are just waiting for their reply." 。

"That way, it's less likely to be exposed."

Today's frustration doesn't come from social injustice, but rather from the risk-averse mentality of some people within the system, and the incompetence and inaction of certain institutions! This kind of frustration is even more torturous than getting a good beating. 。At this moment, Liu Shisen truly wished he was in a position to make decisions, raising his arms and shouting: "Immediately start evacuating the people!"

However, he wasn't in that position!

Just then, a resounding voice called out: "Issue an aftershock forecast and activate the evacuation plan!" The voice came from Ma Hanshan!

Everyone turned to look at Ma Hanshan. As just a member of the municipal standing committee and the county party secretary of Chuan County, he was taking on enormous political risks by doing this! Hao Qi was still a bit worried for Ma Hanshan: "Secretary Ma, are you sure about this What if the provincial government punishes you"

Ma Hanshan looked out the window. The sky over the county town was flashing with an eerie blue light at this moment, which was definitely abnormal. Ma Hanshan said: "Perhaps many people care a lot about their positions, of course, I do too, but if because of caring about my position, delaying the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and causing major casualties, then I would be a sinner in history." 。I will regret it for the rest of my life, forever unable to escape the guilt and torment in my heart! If I truly have to take responsibility, let me bear it alone!”

Xiao Zheng looked at Ma Han Shan, feeling a sense of sympathy. 。Liu Shisen's heart felt a sense of relief, like a hole had been punched through it. He couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth. No wonder He Xinliang and others came to Shu to bring Ma Hanzhan back. It was because Ma Hanzhan had blood in him! Liu Shisen said, "Comrade Ma Hanzhan, go ahead boldly!" Ma Hanzhan turned to them and said, "Leaders, then I'll be leaving. I'm going to deploy earthquake prevention work now!" Xiao Zheng said, "It's boring for us to sit here. We'll participate in your meeting later! If there's anything we can help with, we'll do it together!" 。"Thanks everyone, let's go." 。To Liu Shisen, Xiao Zheng and the others' surprise, when they entered the venue with Ma Hanshan, it was already crowded. 。In fact, Ma Han Shan had already notified the leaders of all townships, government departments, and institutions to attend a meeting. He had already made his decision beforehand. 。Even if the province and city disagree, he will still release the forecast and evacuate the people! It can be seen that he has long put his future aside!

The meeting began, and Ma Hanzhan and the county magistrate of Chuan County made a mobilization speech together. The main points were three aspects: First, issue a warning to every village, household, and person; second, evacuate the people, students to the playground, civilians to the earthquake shelters, miners out of the mines, workers out of factories, all must be implemented; third, do earthquake knowledge publicity while evacuating, keep up with supplies such as food, drink, and warmth! The meeting was concisely compressed to 20 minutes! After the meeting, everyone went down to mobilize. 。Even though Liu Shisen and others were listening from the side, they couldn't help but be stirred with excitement. 。After the meeting, Xiao Zheng immediately called Fang Ya: "Fang Ya, all of Chuan County where we are has been mobilized for earthquake prevention!"Fang Ya was taken aback: "Really But we just arrived at a gold mine! We're going to go down the mine later to visit."Xiao Zheng's heart tightened: "Don't go down there, it's very dangerous!"At this moment, Ye Sheng, along with his entourage, had already gotten out of the business car. Accompanied by local leaders and Huang Zhanfang, they were heading towards the gold mine, intending to descend into the well for inspection. 。Fang Ya ran forward and said, “Governor Ye, the Chuan County side has already issued a seismic warning! It’s not safe to go down into the mine.” 。When Sima Yue heard this, he turned to Fang Ya and said, "We have the secretary-general of the provincial government here. I haven't heard anything about earthquake preparedness!" At this moment, the secretary-general of the provincial government said, "I know that the Chuan County side is requesting the province to issue an earthquake early warning, but neither the national nor provincial seismological bureaus have issued such a warning, and the province has rejected their request! It is said that they heard some rumors and it's not reliable." 。Now all sorts of rumors are spreading in our Shu territory. If the leaders over in Chuan County release anything without authorization, they'll probably face punishment later!"

Sima Yue said to Fang Ya, "Did you hear that Minister Fang..." 。... a deep sense of insight. 。This is Xiao Zheng after all these days! Yang Guang obviously felt that as his position rose, Xiao Zheng seemed to have a more introverted charm than before, yet it was even...