钟正国在那头沉默了片刻，语气里的恳切淡了些，却仍没鬆口：“李权同志，我知道省直机关工委有自己的职责范畴，但你是省直机关工委书记，在纪检方面上说话有足够的见解，田国富同志那边，你们总归是要打交道的，侯亮平这么一位好同志，要是真受了重处，往后怕是很难再抬起头，还望你能多帮著说句公道话。”
李权说道：“钟书记，公道话得凭事实说，侯亮平同志的事，汉东纪委自有核查流程，我要是贸然插手，反倒坏了规矩，再说，真为他好，更该让他在这事里好好反省，这比旁人说多少话都管用。”
他顿了顿，又补了句，语气里多了几分分寸：“您放心，汉东不会冤枉一个好同志，也不会放过任何违规的行为，一切都会按章程来。”
这话既没应下求情，也没把话说死，算是给钟正国留了面子。
电话那头的钟正国听出了话里的分寸，轻嘆了声：“罢了，我明白不该强人而为，只是做岳父的，难免多掛心些，那这事就拜託汉东费心了，不耽误你工作了。”
顿了顿，他又突然想起什么，连忙说道：“李权同志，还有件事我漏了提，关於侯亮平『越职』的说法，其实不准確，他並不是没有反贪总局指示就越权指挥汉东省检反贪局，反贪总局当时的安排是先临时通知，后续再补寄正式通知书，当时情况紧急，他也是照著指令做的。”
李权说道：“钟书记，反贪总局的指令流程，汉东省检那边应该会跟纪委核查时说明，具体情况以他们的书面材料为准，至於『紧急』，工作里难免有非常情况，但程序上的衔接，终归是要理清的，这不是挑错，是为了后续工作少出紕漏。”
他没戳破这话里“补解释”的意味，却也没顺著台阶下。
电话那头的钟正国又沉默了两秒，声音里的急切褪去几分：“是这个理，程序上確实该捋清楚。我也就是提前跟你提一嘴，免得后续核查时，因为这点误会，给汉东纪检留下落实不到位的话柄。”
“汉东核查案子，向来以事实为依据，不会因误会下结论。”李权应道，语气里已带著收尾的意味，“您要是没別的事，我这边还有几份机关党建材料要赶，就先不跟您多聊了。”
京城，钟家老宅。
钟正国听出他要掛电话，就应道：“没別的事了，耽误你时间了。”
话音刚落，电话那头便传来了忙音。钟正国放下座机，抬手揉了揉眉心。
他確实忌惮李权，但要说忌惮的是背景，倒也不全对。
李权拥有的，早已不是简单的“背景”二字能概括的了，而是与生俱来的身份与地位。
家族光环或许算不上传统意义上的背景，却实打实成了他身份与地位的象徵。
这种与生俱来的身份与地位，分量远比单纯的“背景”更重，势头也更盛。
“爸，汉东那边现在怎么样了？”钟明功凑近了些，语气带著几分谨慎地问。
钟正国缓缓摇头，只吐出四个字：“公事公办。”
钟明功心里猛地一紧，眉头皱起来：“要是侯亮平最后落个降职处分，对我们来说可不是件好事，他一旦降了职，汉东那些高层级的事，就再也没法多插手调查了。”
钟正国指尖在沙发扶手上轻轻摩挲，目光沉了沉：“降职不是没可能，但也未必是最坏的结果，汉东那边没把话说死，田国富跟沙瑞金的態度都透著分寸，只要不摘他的职，留著位子就还有余地。”
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钟明功急得站了起来，来回走了两步：“可留著位子又怎么样？降了职，手里没了领导权，之前盯著的那些事不就断了线？我们在汉东埋的钉子，不也等於废了一半？”
钟正国抬眼看向他，语气里带著点反问的冷意：“你倒说说，想怎么办？要不我把你调到汉东去，让你跟李权直接斗法，你敢去吗？但提前是，你必须跟钟家断绝关係！”
钟明功刚要开口的话猛地卡在喉咙里，愣是一句话都说不出去。
李权在汉东的势头他早有耳闻，先不说李家的背景，单是李权这些年在汉东的势头，连老资格都得让三分的手腕，就不是他钟明功能扛得住的。
“既然你不敢，那你急什么。”钟正国抬眼瞥了他一眼，声音压得更低，“反贪总局那边，我已经打过招呼，让他们把当时『先通知后补函』的记录找出来，只要能证明侯亮平是按指令行事，处分就能再轻些，至少保他个现职待遇，问题不大。”
钟明功听出父亲话里的冷意，也敛了情绪，乖顺道：“我都听您的。”
……
……
汉东，李权的办公室內。
“李书记。”卫书记敲了敲门，手里攥著需提交的报表，推门而入。
李权放下手中的笔，点头道：“进来坐。”
卫书记走到桌前坐下，先把报表递过去，隨即压低声音问：“李书记，侯亮平那边，接下来有什么安排？”
省委会议的消息早没了遮掩，散会后没半天就传遍了省直机关，省纪委那边更是盯著这事，大家都在等说法。
李权嘴角勾了勾，带著点漫不经心的笑意：“刚巧，我跟你说一件趣事吧，方才有位『贵老爷』，竟能从千里之外打通我的私人电话，你猜他打电话来做什么？要我多担待，宽恕他女婿侯亮平，你说这事该怎么办？我偏让他的女婿受了处分，乃至降职！”
卫书记心里瞬间有了数：『除了钟正国，还能有谁？』
他隨即看向李权，语气带著点试探：“李书记，您这是真打算不给钟书记这位领导留面子啊？”
李权摇头，语气沉了下来：“不是我不给面子，而是侯亮平必须得下去，这愣头青要是还在位置上，我们的工作、底下的人，迟早得被他捅出大篓子，真等事情闹到明面上，那才是真的破坏团结。”
卫书记迟疑了下：“侯亮平应该没这么糊涂吧？他的目標是赵立春留下的那些人，跟咱们的工作本就不衝突。”
李权摇了摇手指，说道：“可他贪啊，贪功又贪名，人心不足就容易失了分寸，侯亮平这號人，又蠢又自大，还揣著点小人心思，脑子早被愚蠢占满了。
不管他是真要『伸张正义』，还是想借这事往上爬，这蠢劲迟早会让他闯祸，让他碰不该碰的线，我现在把他拉下来，不过是防患於未然。”
“啊？”卫书记愣了一下，道：“钟书记的眼光不可能这么差吧？而且侯亮平好歹是钟家女婿，焉能如此之蠢？”
李权又笑了，站起身来，说道：“歷史的滚轮早把道理碾得明明白白，嬴政够雄才大略吧？横扫六合定了大秦基业，可在此之前，他偏有个拎不清的生母赵姬，勾结嫪毐祸乱朝纲，差点就把嬴氏的江山根基给挖空了；到了他儿子胡亥，更是把『愚蠢』刻进了骨子里，信赵高、杀忠良、苛待百姓，就连大秦帝国最后的战神章邯，都被他弃之，短短几年就把一统天下的大秦帝国折腾得土崩瓦解，最后落得个自縊的下场。
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再说说西晋的晋惠帝，天下闹饥荒，百姓没饭吃只能啃树皮草根，底下人急著报灾情，他倒好，睁著眼睛问『何不食肉糜』，百姓连糠都吃不上，他竟觉得没饭吃可以喝肉粥，昏聵到这种地步，难怪西晋短短几十年就乱了套，八王之乱、五胡乱华全跟著来了，好好的江山被他和他背后的势力搅得支离破碎。
还有南朝宋的刘子业，更是荒唐到没边，登基后专宠姐姐山阴公主，为了討她欢心，竟选了三十个美男子送进公主府；对宗室长辈更没半点敬畏，把叔叔刘彧关在猪笼里当『猪王』，逼他像猪一样吃猪食，稍有不满就拔刀要杀，这般暴虐荒唐，朝堂上下人人自危，最后没坐几年皇位，就被忍无可忍的亲信砍了头，死的时候才十七岁，纯属自作自受。
更有甚者，西晋的王济，出身名门却栽在了『女婿身份』的自卑里，走了极端，他本是司徒王浑之子，家世显赫，可偏偏娶了晋武帝司马炎的女儿常山公主，按说这是天作之合，他却总觉得自己是『靠公主上位』，在皇亲国戚面前抬不起头。
为了证明自己比皇室还体面，他竟荒唐到拿人乳餵猪，办宴席时用琉璃器当餐具，还故意在武帝面前炫耀『钱帛如山』，想压过皇室的排场。
可越炫耀越暴露自卑，朝臣私下都笑他『沐猴而冠』，武帝也渐渐对他生出不满，后来王济举荐人才出错，本是小事，却因武帝对他早有芥蒂，直接被贬为庶人。
他受不了这落差，又咽不下『靠公主却仍失势』的气，整日酗酒骂街，最后不到四十岁就鬱鬱而终，明明有家世有才华，却被『女婿身份』的自卑捆住，非要用极端的炫耀证明自己，反倒把一生都毁了。
这些人，要么是身居高位却被私慾蒙了眼，要么是手握权柄却被愚蠢和暴虐占了脑子，看似离我们远，可道理是一样的，侯亮平现在就像颗没栓绳的炮仗，迟早会不管不顾地炸到我们的地盘，我现在把他摁下去，不是怕他查赵立春的旧部，是怕他这股蠢劲没个收束，最后把我们汉东的局面也搅得鸡犬不寧，重蹈那些歷史蠢货的覆辙。”
话音顿了顿，李权又继续说，条理丝毫不乱：“就连九五之尊的皇帝、皇帝的生母，还有一出生就顶著『千岁』名分的皇子，再到王济那样家世显赫的名门子弟，都能糊涂到这般地步，凭钟正国的眼光，凭那个靠钟家才有头脸的女婿，又能好到哪里去？
自卑这东西，是柄双刃剑，能推著人往上走，也能拽著人往下坠，一旦被它缠上，认不清自己，就容易变得偏执又愚蠢，最后做出极端的事来。”