Chapter 468: Raise your eyebrows

Although the Riyada incident has passed, the impact on Mangbei City has been far subsided. Fu Gangting was transferred, Qian Zhaojun was placed under both supervision, and Zhao Changfeng was appointed as the deputy secretary of the Party and Mass of Mangbei City. All of this means that the officialdom in Mangbei City is undergoing significant changes. All of this has no impact on ordinary people in Mangbei City, but for Mangbei City officials, these changes are enough to affect their choices when taking sides.

The Spring Festival in 2001 came very early. According to usual habits, the bell for the Spring Festival at the end of January has not yet ringed, but this year, January 30th, the Lunar New Year has passed and we have started working.

For Liu Chi, the New Year was very cowardly. During the Chinese New Year, he went to Secretary Ouyang's house for half a year. Secretary Ouyang did not have the smile he had at the time and was very cold, as if Liu Chi was not a relative, but a trouble. Liu Chi knew that the social security funds incident might have caused too much trouble to Secretary Ouyang. After all, in Central Plains Province, the incident of embezzlement of social security funds only occurred in the Taipei City. Although the management of special funds at that time was very chaotic and the leaders often misappropriated them at will, those who dared to attack the social security funds were the first case according to the exposed materials.

For Liu Chi, the cowardice is not just Secretary Ouyang’s attitude towards him during the Spring Festival. After the Spring Festival, the Standing Committee, which had already followed the first secretary’s office meeting in Beijing, made Liu Chi discover that his control over Beijing could no longer be as free as before.

After the Spring Festival, some changes occurred in the personnel layout of Mangbei City. The key points need to be solved are two things. First, we must decide the candidate for the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee and report to the Tianyang Municipal Party Committee for approval. Since the incident between Chai Gangchuan, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Mangbei City and Director of the Public Security Bureau, Tianyang City appointed Qiao Laoshu as the Director of the Public Security Bureau of Mangbei City. However, for some reason, we have not officially appointed Mangbei City Political and Legal Committee Secretary. At that time, because Qian Zhaojun, Deputy Secretary of Mangbei City, was in charge of political and legal work, although there was no Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Mangbei City, the Political and Legal Committee of Mangbei City. The system work is still orderly and proceeds step by step. However, as Qian Zhaojun was double-regulated by the Tianyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, a power vacuum appeared in the political and legal system of Beijing, and some problems arise in the work coordination between the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems. Therefore, the most urgent task is to solve the problem of the candidates for the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee. According to the practice of appointing cadres, the Tianyang Municipal Party Committee must first solicit the opinions of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee. This is also from the perspective of respecting the authority of the local party committee. Unless the Tianyang Municipal Party Committee has already made its own considerations, it is a different matter.

According to Liu Chi's intention, it is best for the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Political and Legal Affairs Committee to be appointed by Qiao Laoshu, director of the Public Security Bureau. Qiao Laoshu is also a cadre transferred from abroad and has no foundation in Beijing. Therefore, in daily work, he regards the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Liu Chi as his landlord, and follows Liu Chi's leader. Liu Chi has only one principle of appointing cadres, which is to see whether the cadre is obedient and useful. Now Qiao Laoshu just conforms to his principle of appointing cadres, so he plans to let Qiao Laoshu serve as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee. Hence, he becomes a member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, which is very helpful to enhance Liu Chi's authority that was weakened after the Riyada incident.

But things were far from as simple as Liu Chi imagined. At the secretary's office meeting, Zhao Changfeng proposed another candidate for the Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Committee, that is, Han Jiasen, the President of the Procuratorate. What surprised Liu Chi even more was that Deputy Secretary Bao Tailong and Bai Guoqing both unanimously supported Zhao Changfeng's opinions, so at the secretary's office meeting, a one-to-three situation was formed. Liu Chi supported Qiao Laoshu as the Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Committee, while the three deputy secretaries supported Han Jiasen as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee.

This situation is the biggest crisis that has occurred since Liu Chi became the leader of the leadership team of Beijing City, so Liu Chi naturally cannot give in. He understands that in the officialdom, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. It doesn't matter if he gives in this time, but the important thing is that after his retreat, Zhao Changfeng will probably be more aggressive and will bargain with Liu Chi in future issues, leaving no room for Liu Chi.

So Liu Chi cannot give in. Although he is at a disadvantage in the Secretary's Office, the problem is discussed at the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. It is hard to say what the result is. Regarding various possibilities, Liu Chi has already analyzed that he has lost at the Secretary's Office. At the Standing Committee, he will lose at the Standing Committee. As for him, he did not lose anything, but had an extra chance. If he wins at the Standing Committee, wouldn't this hit the arrogance of several deputy secretaries and let them understand, whose world is the city of Beijing and who is in charge of the country?

Therefore, the issue of the candidates for the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee was discussed at the first Standing Committee meeting after the Spring Festival, and finally voted among all the Standing Committee members. The result of the vote was beyond Liu Chi's expectations. Except for the Minister of the People's Armed Forces Department Hao Daming and the Director of the Municipal Party Committee Office Zhang Yilei, other Standing Committee members unanimously supported Zhao Changfeng's opinions and believed that Han Jiasen, the President of the Procuratorate, was the most suitable candidate.

This voting result was a crushing defeat for Liu Chi. He really didn't expect that Zhao Changfeng would have such a great influence in the Standing Committee. Wasn't he just promoted from Standing Committee to deputy secretary in charge of party and mass work? Why did Zhao Changfeng have such great energy?

Liu Chi couldn't understand this issue, and Zhao Changfeng was a little confused. He had never expected that his support for Han Jiasen's suggestion would receive so much response at the Standing Committee.

Deputy Secretary Bao Tailong and Bai Guoqing supported Zhao Changfeng, which Zhao Changfeng thought of in advance. Bao Tailong and Fu Gangting had a good relationship. Before leaving Beijing City, Fu Gangting invited Bao Tailong and Lu Dawei and Zhao Changfeng to the teahouse for tea. This is the first time Zhao Changfeng had a private party with Bao Tailong and Lu Dawei. During this party, Fu Gangting said a lot of good things about Zhao Changfeng. Zhao Changfeng understood that Fu Gangting was actually matching Bao Tailong and Lu Dawei and Zhao Changfeng to stand together.

For Lu Dawei, he must seize this opportunity. In addition to his good personal relationship with Fu Gangting, an old leader, obeying the rules and knowing that the old leader will not harm him, there is another factor, which is to see that Zhao Changfeng is a potential stock in the officialdom. Compared with other leaders in Mangbei City, Zhao Changfeng's age advantage is too prominent, and his future development prospects are limitless. This has always been the case in the officialdom. It is better to bully the old, not the young. Although young cadres seem to have nothing now, who knows what kind of development results will be in the future? So when Fu Gangting pulled the line well, Lu Dawei immediately leaned forward. The facts also prove that Lu Dawei's choice is not wrong, because within a few days, the Tianyang Municipal Party Committee issued an appointment document, and Zhao Changfeng became the deputy secretary and became Lu Dawei's boss, in charge of party and mass work. In other words, Lu Dawei's future lifeline is in the hands of Zhao Changfeng.

Although Bao Tailong is the deputy secretary, his psychology is similar to Lu Dawei. He values ​​Zhao Changfeng's development potential, especially Zhao Changfeng's vision and wisdom. In the Riyada incident, Zhao Changfeng's ability to deal with problems was fully exposed, so that Bao Tailong saw that Zhao Changfeng not only has an advantage in age, but also has an advantage in ability. In addition, Zhao Changfeng is vaguely strong in the backstage, and he will definitely not suffer any losses in the future if he forms an alliance with such a person. Especially when Bao Tailong saw that Zhao Changfeng could be so magnanimous to Gangting, he would of course be better for his political allies. Compared to Zhao Changfeng, Liu Chi seemed too affectionate and unfaithful. Take the Riyada incident as an example, the final responsibility was almost all the burden. If you continue to work with such a person, what would be the end of the end?

Bao Tailong and Lu Dawei, who used to belong to Fu Gangting, are now following Zhao Changfeng. Bai Guoqing, the deputy secretary in charge of urban construction, and Qin Xiaoming, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, admire Zhao Changfeng's character. They usually support Zhao Changfeng in secret at the Standing Committee. Now that the situation has changed, they will certainly not hide their views and publicly support Zhao Changfeng. The Minister of Propaganda Ren Wensheng has always been a fence-bearer, and whoever has the power will support him. In this case, he will definitely choose to follow the crowd. Of course, Fu Gangting's previous lessons are also very profound. Ren Wensheng does not want to become the second Fu Gangting, and is thrown out by Liu Chi at a critical moment and become his shield and scapegoat.

The vote at the Standing Committee of the Taipei City Municipal Committee disappointed Liu Chi. Han Jiasen, the Procuratorate General, became the candidate for the political and legal secretary with absolute advantage. Liu Chi originally wanted to play tricks, but when he reported to the Tianyang Municipal Committee, he showed his opinions. After all, he was the squad leader of the leadership team of the Taipei City. When appointing cadres, the Tianyang Municipal Committee still had to respect the opinions of his squad leader. But Qiao Laoshu was not good at it.

It happened that there were two headless murders in Mangbei City, and it was impossible to investigate. Qiao Laoshu was criticized by the superior public security organs. At this time, Liu Chi nominated Qiao Laoshu as the political and legal secretary of Mangbei City, which was obviously inappropriate. Therefore, Zhao Changfeng's opinion won the final result. Han Jiasen, the Procuratorate General, was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Mangbei City Municipal Party Committee and the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, and held the leadership power of the political and legal system of Mangbei City.
Chapter completed!