Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Feng Sizhe finished reading his self-criticism in five or six minutes, and the number of words was not small in general. Seeing Feng Sizhe finish his self-criticism, Shao Hai and Fan Ming nodded, and then looked at Mou Guoyang who was presiding over the meeting, waiting for him to continue the next topic, that is, to ask the provincial party committee leaders to make a summary.

Mou Guoyang was feeling the most uncomfortable at this time. He had not reported to the Gansu faction about the faction he would be making a self-criticism with Feng Sizhe at this meeting. That was because he knew that once he reported it, the Gan faction would definitely disagree. And he had to do so because this was an agreement he had reached privately with Feng Sizhe, and he did not dare to tear it up privately. So at this moment he could only act on his own and do it later.

After clearing his throat, Mou Guoyang finally spoke, "Governor Shao, Secretary Fan, fellow Tongda comrades, regarding the mass visit of thousands of people in front of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee two days ago, as the deputy secretary of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee, I also bear some responsibility. I did not cooperate well with Secretary Feng, which led to the occurrence of this incident. Although the Provincial Party Committee did not talk to me directly this time, I do know that I also have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter, so I am here to publicly review with Secretary Feng. This is the review I prepared, and I will read it to you now."

While he was speaking, Mou Guoyang had already taken out a self-criticism from his pocket and read it publicly to everyone sitting in the meeting.

Mou Guoyang suddenly did this, which was something Shao Hai and Fan Ming had never expected before. Seeing that Mou Guoyang had already started to read the self-criticism, the smiles on the faces of the two men disappeared. Just now, when they saw Feng Sizhe reading the self-criticism, they were very happy, thinking that they could finally suppress him, but now it was their turn to read the self-criticism, and their cheerful mood immediately fell to the bottom.

They really couldn't figure out why Mou Guoyang did this, but before they could figure it out, after Mou Guoyang finished reading his self-criticism, Liu Xiangang, member of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, began to read his self-criticism. His reason was that as Secretary of the Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, he did not do a good job of prevention, which led to such a thing happening, so he was also responsible.

Unexpectedly, two people read out their self-criticisms one after another, which immediately made the huge conference room lively. The cadres below were naturally confused by these sudden events, because this was not the case in the notice they had received previously.

Also sitting there in confusion were the other members of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, especially the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Ru Honghai, who was already stunned at this moment.

He knew that Feng Sizhe had to make a public self-criticism, and he also knew that this was the opinion of the provincial party committee, so he had no objection to this issue. However, he was a little puzzled when he saw that Mou Guoyang and Liu Xiangang, two Gansu faction members, also made self-criticisms. He was thinking about his own identity, should he also stand up and make a self-criticism? Although he was the leader of the municipal government, wasn't he also the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee? Even Mou Guoyang had made a self-criticism. If he didn't do it, wouldn't it show that he was out of place and had no political awareness?

Thinking of this, he wrote something on the small notebook temporarily, and then after Liu Xiangang finished reading the self-criticism, he took the initiative to stand up and read the notebook in a serious manner. Of course, his eyes were looking at the notebook, but the number of words on the notebook was indeed pitifully small, so he could only improvise on the spot and say something casually.

Feng Sizhe sat there with his face still maintaining its original calm and indifference, but he was extremely happy in his heart. He did not expect that Mayor Ru would be so thoughtful and would join everyone in reviewing the incident. In this way, the nature of the incident changed and it became a joint review by the Tongda Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. In this way, I believe that the Gan faction would not be able to proceed with this move.

Indeed, Shao Hai and Fan Ming were a little confused by the fact that there were people who made self-criticisms without any prior notice. They had seen cadres who took credit before, but it was the first time they had seen someone rushing to make self-criticisms. Seeing that the leaders of several important departments in Tongda City had made public self-criticisms, the two were helpless. They knew that this time, the possibility of using Feng Sizhe's self-criticism as an excuse did not exist.

Although Shao Hai and Fan Ming missed their subsequent speeches, the meeting still ended at the scheduled time. This was of course due to the fact that several leaders suddenly started to review themselves together, which disrupted the progress of the meeting. So in the end, this meeting, which was originally intended to make Feng Sizhe embarrassed, ended in a muddle.

After the meeting, Shao Hai and Fan Ming were very angry and directly rejected Feng Sizhe's invitation to lunch. The two of them took a car back to the provincial capital.

Mou Guoyang had just returned to his office after the meeting when the phone on his desk rang. He picked up the phone reluctantly and was immediately scolded by Li Bo, the Organization Minister of the Provincial Party Committee.

Mou Guoyang could only listen to Li Bo's anger without any other explanation. He could not say that he planned this group visit because the Gan faction had not been informed before. If the Gan faction knew about it now, they would not only say that he was bold, but also doubt his political consciousness. After all, it was really audacious to organize such a thing privately. Of course, he would not say that Feng Sizhe had mastered everything and that he was forced to review himself because saying that would make him look even more incompetent.

When facing Li Bo's questioning, Mou Guoyang had to explain that he made the self-criticism to let people know that he was a good cadre who knew how to correct his mistakes and to win a certain reputation. However, Li Bo obviously did not accept this answer. He cursed Mou Guoyang for being confused and then hung up the phone.

Knowing that Li Bo must be very angry at this moment, Mou Guoyang did not explain. He thought that after a few days, when the other party's anger had calmed down, he would take some good things to the provincial capital to visit the leaders. He believed that the saying "don't hit the person who gave the gift" would definitely apply to them.

What was originally a meeting specifically to criticize Feng Sizhe and undermine his prestige eventually became a review meeting of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. This made many cadres, even including Gansu cadres, realize how powerful Feng Sizhe was. The Gansu faction immediately sent two members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, but they still could not do anything to Feng Sizhe. This shows that this municipal party secretary is really not a simple person.

Feng Sizhe did not think about so many things. He would not do anything else except summarizing the experience. For him, there were still many things to do in the future. If he was proud of the little achievements now, he would not make much progress. Thinking that since the group interview incident had a result, he should consider the personnel issues of Tongda City next.

A phone call was made to He Wenbao. He wanted to listen to He Wenbao's summary of the double examinations so as to choose which department to assign which kind of leader.

As a pure descendant of Feng Sizhe, He Wenbao's loyalty is beyond doubt. After receiving a call from Feng Sizhe himself, he took some relevant documents to the office of the municipal party secretary to report.

After entering the office, Feng Sizhe threw a Great China cigarette to He Wenbao, and then the two of them smoked in the office and talked about the next personnel issues concerning the same city.

On October 30, 2002, Feng Sizhe convened a meeting of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, and the main topic was the personnel adjustments in Tongda City.

The meeting was chaired by Feng Sizhe. Based on the double assessment of Baowenbao and the assessment of cadres by the Organization Department, he made relatively large adjustments to the leadership teams of all bureaus and directly affiliated units in Tongda City, as well as all districts and counties. The specific personnel adjustments included: Ma Tianlei, the director of the Finance Bureau, was transferred to the Forestry Bureau as the director, and Du Guang, the deputy director, took over the position of the Finance Bureau director; Wang Haijian, the general manager of the state-owned coal mine, was transferred to the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, and Song Qiongguang, who had just joined Feng Sizhe's camp, was replaced as the general manager; in view of Liu Xiangang's busy work, his original concurrent post as the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau was replaced by Hu Hai, the executive deputy director; and many responsible persons in relevant departments were replaced. In a word, all the hardcore cadres of the Gansu faction were either sidelined or directly transferred to the pension department to serve as idle positions in this cadre adjustment. Of course, Yu Fude, the director of the Land and Resources Bureau, and Liu Jianmin, the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, did not change because they had already joined the mayor Ru Honghai's camp. In order to give them face, Feng Sizhe did not make more adjustments this time.

After the meeting, Feng Sizhe asked the Organization Minister Duan Hewei to immediately send the decision of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee to the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee for approval and to obtain relevant formalities. Feng Sizhe knew that although the Gansu cadres on the provincial party committee side would definitely not be reconciled, this was after all the decision of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee. Even if they had their own ideas, they could not do anything about it. The provincial party committee also needed to pay attention to the results of the standing committees of the lower-level units.

This time, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee announced that Feng Sizhe had begun to fully control the personnel issues of Tongda City, and announced that the situation of Gansu faction controlling Tongda City was basically over. Soon after the news spread after the meeting, more people came to Feng Sizhe to report on their work. Some of them were Tongda City cadres who had been promoted and used by Feng Sizhe, and some were Tongda City cadres who wanted to see if they hadn't had a chance yet.

There is already a long queue of people coming to report to him, and Feng Sizhe is helpless about this. People are like this, when you are powerful, everyone will come to curry favor with you, and this phenomenon is difficult to change. But Feng Sizhe cannot ignore these people. He can't start to be proud just after he has gained control of the overall situation, otherwise he will give others the impression that he is not calm and too frivolous.

As soon as the document from the Organization Department of Tongda City was submitted to the Organization Department of Shanxi Province, Li Bo couldn't help but get angry again. He severely criticized Mou Guoyang on the phone, because as far as he knew, at this meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Mou Guoyang and Liu Xiangang and others acted dumb. They did not object to all of Feng Sizhe's personnel adjustments, which made Li Bo very annoyed.

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