Yuwen Badu always believed that Ren Qiying was more suitable for the Organization Department than himself, but Ren Qiying had absolutely no interest in the work of the Organization Department. Since Zhang Yu, with a hint of sarcasm, asked Yuwen Badu to ask Ren Qiying, Yuwen Badu really went to find Ren Qiying. If she didn't know Yuwen Badu too well, Ren Qiying would have thought that Comrade Yuwen Badu, the Deputy Minister of the Organization Department, was deliberately finding fault. Ren Qiying was both admiring and speechless about Chen Ke placing Yuwen Badu in such a perfectly suitable position. So she told Yuwen Badu seriously, "I think you should discuss this kind of thing with Comrade Qi Huishen."

"I have never been familiar with Comrade Qi Huishen, and honestly speaking, I am a little afraid of Comrade Qi Huishen." Facing his old partner, Yuwen Badu spoke from the bottom of his heart.

Responding to Yuwen Badu's heartfelt words, Ren Qiying simply spoke frankly to the end, "If Comrade Qi Huishen wanted to punish you, even ten Yuwen Badus would be sent flying by him. Badu, let me put it this way: you are truly a good person and a good comrade, so everyone bears no malice towards you. If you had even a little bit of selfishness, you would have been sent to who knows where long ago."

It wasn't that the People's Party didn't have internal strife; the stability of the high-level leadership was entirely built on Chen Ke's iron fist. There were no personal relationships between Chen Ke and the comrades. He Zudao, Chen Ke's recognized disciple and die-hard follower, also won everyone's recognition through his own ability. At any rate, with family heritage and insight from the 21st century, Chen Ke was very sensitive to meaningless struggles. Before struggles turned into personnel battles, he used perfecting the system and formulating more detailed organizational norms to solve conflicts. The high-level leaders were not fools. In the present where interest groups had not yet fully developed, everyone could see who had selfishness and who didn't.

So the situation never deteriorated to an unbearable degree, truly relying on the power of the organization.

Yuwen Badu was certainly not a fool either. Although he couldn't understand the subtle mentality of those top-ranking superiors in the high-level leadership of the People's Party, he did possess the standard to command the grassroots. Hearing the words of his old partner Ren Qiying, Yuwen Badu was not angry at all. "Comrade Ren Qiying, let alone Comrade Qi Huishen, I can't even compare to you."

Hearing such sincere words, Ren Qiying said seriously, "I know saying it is like not saying it, but I emphasize again, Comrade Badu, don't say this about me. Everyone has their own characteristics. Many things about you, for example, your adherence to principles, I really can't compare. If you really feel admiration for me, then I beg you, don't mention me whatever you say."

"Naturally, naturally." Yuwen Badu had suffered a lot in actual work. The experience he accumulated in actual work was that most of what he said would be maliciously distorted or even deliberately used by people with ulterior motives. His words praising Ren Qiying had been used many times, causing Yuwen Badu to later firmly state that all his statements were his own thoughts and his own understanding of organizational documents when speaking. He dared not mention any specific person anymore.

Ren Qiying certainly knew what a good person Yuwen Badu was, so she advised: "Comrade Badu, I really suggest you find time to have a good talk with Comrade Qi Huishen. If you can gain some understanding after using the things he says, it will be very beneficial to you, to the work, and even to the revolutionary cause."

"Then what is the difference between Comrade Qi Huishen and Chairman Chen?" Yuwen Badu asked.

Ren Qiying didn't want Yuwen Badu to lose himself in the huge changes that followed. Sometimes, if a person can stick to themselves from beginning to end, big trouble won't happen. What is feared is the kind of guy who wants to improve himself but ends up wrongly intervening in fields he is not suitable for at all. After thinking for a while, Ren Qiying said: "The difference is that both Chairman Chen and Comrade Qi Huishen can be guides, but you and I cannot. If the two of us lead the way, it must be a blind road. And even if the road is right in front of us, the two of us may not necessarily be able to see that it is the road. So you don't have to think about immediately becoming Chairman Chen or Comrade Qi Huishen. You just follow your previous practice: when that road is pointed out, you walk forward without hesitation. When you can see that road, you walk forward yourself. Comrade Badu, I mean it sincerely. In terms of seeing the road clearly, you are better than me. In terms of commanding people how to walk like a landlord's wife, I am better than you. So, just walk along the original path like this, and that will do." Sometimes half-knowledge is more terrible and harmful than ignorance.

Yuwen Badu didn't know that his biggest advantage was being willing to listen to advice; he was a person who listened to advice. Since Ren Qiying said so, the thought of going to find Qi Huishen was also dispelled by himself. However, not long after his conversation with Ren Qiying, Qi Huishen actually took the initiative to come to Yuwen Badu's door. "Comrade Yuwen Badu, I hope you can be responsible with me for suppressing those voices of injustice within the Organization Department."

"Ah?" Yuwen Badu was a bit confused. "Suppress who?"

"Someone in the Organization Department proposed that heads of organization departments at all levels should become members of the standing committees of party committees at all levels. This is absolutely impossible. Heads of organization departments and propaganda departments at all levels are qualified to attend party committee meetings at all levels, qualified to participate in meetings, and even able to independently veto some requirements of the party committee in the fields of the Organization Department and Propaganda Department. However, this does not mean that the Organization Department and Propaganda Department are above the Party Committee. Our Organization Department and Propaganda Department still have to accept the supervision of the Politics and Law Committee. Is the Politics and Law Committee the overlord of the People's Party? We are all members of the whole organization. Anyone must accept the supervision of others, and anyone must do their own job well." When Qi Huishen talked about the problems of the Organization Department, he was full of anger.

Yuwen Badu felt every time that he might not necessarily understand specifically what Qi Huishen was saying, but Yuwen Badu knew very well the darkness of the human heart. That couldn't even be described as darkness; he felt that perhaps it should be described as "feudal power enfeoffment" or "bureaucracy." Chen Ke had said that anyone and any organization has the impulse and action to expand their coverage to infinity. Such impulses and actions generally stop only when they encounter strong resistance. Therefore, having drive and ability to act are rare and commendable qualities, but what is even more rare and commendable is restraining oneself from doing certain things.

After having the discussion with Ren Qiying, Yuwen Badu was actually also thinking about his differences from other comrades. Listening to Qi Huishen's discussion, Yuwen Badu suddenly discovered that although Chen Ke and Qi Huishen looked completely different on many things, they were quite consistent in knowing what they should not do. The only difference lay in that Chen Ke had to order the People's Party not to do certain things, while Qi Huishen, even if inferior to Chen Ke in some matters, knew very well what not to do when managing his own department.

Yuwen Badu said: "I will have a good talk with the comrades about this matter. As long as comrades come to me to talk about this, I will stop them from doing so. However, the whole discussion should still be discussed at the party meeting, right?"

"This is natural," Qi Huishen replied.

Yuwen Badu couldn't figure out whether Qi Huishen's attitude was approval or dissatisfaction, but Yuwen Badu was not the kind of person who would change his attitude towards the Party Committee because of others' dissatisfaction. At any time, Yuwen Badu firmly believed that the resolution of the Party Committee meeting was the final resolution. This was what he learned from Chen Ke, and also what Yuwen Badu had always adhered to.