Rebirth of the Rising Sun

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Fang Xianzhi, and County Chief Fang seemed to enjoy this kind of gaze. After everyone's eyes had been on him for a few circles, he slowly opened the notebook in front of him and said slowly, word by word, "The main content of today's meeting is about who will take over the position of Comrade Wang Changwu, the director of the County Finance Bureau, after he was hospitalized due to illness."

Qi Hengsan was confused when he heard this. Why did they investigate Wang Changwu's work when he had no idea about it in advance? What was going on?

The deputy secretary Pi Taisheng, the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee Yang Chao, the head of the Organization Department Niu Daxin and the director of the County Party Committee Office Li Yige all had the same expression as Qi Hengsan, and it was clear that they had not heard any rumors before.

What was different was that the others all had an expression as if they had known about this for a long time. At least, no one except them looked surprised, which was enough to explain a lot of problems.

"Well, Comrade Wang Changwu has contracted stomach problems prematurely due to overwork. The Central Hospital confirmed that Director Wang may need to rest for a long time before the disease can be cured. At the same time, the doctor also said that even if the disease is cured, one should not be impatient, irritable, or angry, otherwise there is a possibility of relapse and worsening. Think about it, comrades. The director of the County Finance Bureau has to deal with various units every day. Today he comes to ask for money, and tomorrow he comes to ask for money. This is an extremely tedious job. As an executor, it will not do if he is in poor health. Therefore, I suggested to Secretary Sun that Comrade Wang Changwu be transferred to the People's Congress. Isn't our County People's Congress short of a deputy director? Working in such a place is very suitable for Comrade Changwu's current physical needs. But Secretary Sun feels that the matter is very big. After all, it involves the problem of a section chief. This is why the Standing Committee was convened. Please discuss it here." Fang Xianzhi opened his notebook, read what he was going to say, and then looked at everyone.

Knowing that Fang Xianzhi had finished speaking, Pi Taisheng immediately spoke up, "County Magistrate Fang, Wang Changwu is the director of the County Finance Bureau after all, and he holds a special position. I think we should still think carefully about his transfer. At least we should let the Organization Department examine him first to see if Comrade Changwu is really physically unable to take it. If everything is as the county magistrate said, then the Organization Department will examine the nominees. Only in this way can it comply with the relevant regulations on the promotion of party members and cadres, right? So I think there is no need to hold this meeting today. Instead, we should conduct an investigation and make a decision only after everything is clarified."

Pi Taisheng is practicing Tai Chi.

Everyone present here knows that Wang Changwu is a member of their local forces. Not to mention that the Organization Department itself is in agreement with them, can they give a clear explanation about Wang Changwu's hospitalization? Even if there is an explanation, it still has to go through the Organization Department, and finally from assessment to nomination to the final decision, which will take at least a month. By that time, the day lily will be cold, at least the cotton and peanut planting season will be over. If that happens, agricultural reform will become empty talk, and it will be impossible to get things done at least this year.

Everyone knows that Pi Taisheng is relying on time and wants to put things on hold and slow down the process. Sometimes many problems are delayed because of this delay.

After hearing what Pi Taisheng said, Qi Hengsan also breathed a sigh of relief. It was good, at least Secretary Pi was able to withstand the pressure.

"Well, regarding Comrade Wang Changwu's condition, I don't think it's necessary to ask the Organization Department to check it, because I have already retrieved his medical information from the hospital. Here, everyone, please take a look." Fang Xianzhi changed his usual low-key approach, as if he had known that Pi Taisheng would bring up this matter. He picked up a document on the table and threw it in front of Pi Taisheng.

This case was taken out by Zhou Xingxing from the County Central Hospital at Feng Sizhe's request. Qi Hengsan had originally thought of getting this case to shut Feng Sizhe up. He thought that with the case in hand, Feng Sizhe would not urge Wang Changwu to work. But he did not expect that it would become a weapon used by Feng Sizhe to deal with them. Although the content of this case was untrue, it was indeed valid. In this way, Wang Changwu was like yellow mud falling into his pants, which was either shit or shit.

No one expected that this fake medical record, which was created to silence Feng Sizhe, would eventually become a death warrant for Wang Changwu to step down. This time, Pi Taisheng seemed to be speechless.

Pi Taisheng's silence did not mean that Qi Hengsan had no objections. He saw that the situation seemed to be unfavorable to his side, so he quickly interrupted and said, "Well... sometimes the hospital's medical records are exaggerated and not necessarily reliable."

"Oh, so you don't want to do it? If someone else said this, it would be understandable, but I asked the hospital, and they said that this was a case that was approved only after County Mayor Qi participated in and accompanied the whole process. Does this mean that County Mayor Qi has any doubts about what he did? This kind of going back on one's word is not like the principle of our party members and cadres." Fang Xianzhi heard Qi Hengsan's rebuttal, and with a sneer, he threw out a hidden secret that many people did not know.

As soon as he said this, the other members of the Standing Committee all exclaimed, and Qi Hengsan immediately lowered his head. At this moment, he really didn't know what to say. It was obvious that Fang Xianzhi had already made all kinds of preparations for today's events. Whether it was Pi Taisheng's questions or his voice, they had already calculated them. Now it was too late to say anything. He also had to admit this case, otherwise he would really slap himself in front of everyone.

Qi Hengsan lowered his head and said nothing. Fang Xianzhi chuckled, then turned to ask everyone if anyone had any doubts or different opinions, they could raise them. If no one had any, then the matter of Wang Changwu being transferred from the Finance Bureau to the National People's Congress would be decided first.

"Wait." Seeing that Pi Taisheng and Qi Hengsan both suffered a Waterloo, Organization Minister Niu Daxin had to stand up and say something.

"Ah, I think the hospital will still treat Comrade Wang Changwu's case seriously and responsibly. But are we really going to send our good comrade to the National People's Congress just because of a minor illness? I always think it is not easy for an organization to train a cadre, so I think we should listen to everyone's opinions and let everyone vote to see if Comrade Wang Changwu must retire now."

Niu Daxin was relatively clear-headed. He did not confront Fang Xianzhi, but instead shifted the focus of the issue to all the standing committee members. He hoped to use the advantage of their local forces to veto County Magistrate Fang's proposal. As long as the local forces were united and could bring in one or two neutral standing committee members, they would win by majority vote. In the end, the debate on whether Wang Changwu needed to serve in the National People's Congress due to his illness might be interrupted. Only in this way could Fang Xianzhi's proposal today be hindered.

Niu Daxin's words gave Pi Taisheng and Qi Hengsan a glimmer of hope.

"Yes, I agree with Minister Niu's opinion. I think we should listen to more opinions from everyone." Pi Taisheng quickly expressed his opinion.

"Yes, I agree with Minister Niu's opinion. My personal opinion is that we should not remove a comrade from his original good position just because he is sick. This will discourage other comrades. So I don't agree with County Chief Fang's proposal." Qi Hengsan also took advantage of the situation and expressed his opinion by taking advantage of Niu Daxin and Pi Taisheng's words. Of course, he also wanted to create momentum and give people the impression that there were several people who would support Comrade Wang Changwu to stay in office.

If someone else said this, they wouldn't be so blatant even if they were against it. Only Qi Hengsan dared to directly say that he didn't agree with the county magistrate's opinion. In fact, this was normal, because he and Fang Xianzhi had always been at odds and were irreconcilable.

But Qi Hengsan didn't think about it. If he looked down on Fang Xianzhi, then maybe there were people who looked down on him too, such as the union chairman Lin Jianli.

"Haha, what Deputy County Chief Qi said is interesting. County Chief Fang has clearly said that Comrade Wang Changwu's condition cannot be rushed, irritated, or angry. Do you think that as the director of the county's finance bureau, he may not have these mental burdens when doing his job? So I don't agree with your words. If he is sick, he should be treated. We can't just watch our comrades get seriously ill and still ask them to do this or that. This is too inhumane."

Lin Jicheng and Qi Hengsan have been at loggerheads since the fight. Now is the perfect time for him to attack Qi Hengsan, so how could he give up such an opportunity?

Qi Hengsan was very angry after hearing what Lin Jianli said, but he didn't know how to refute for a moment. He gritted his teeth and finally endured it. He was just Lin Jianli and couldn't cause any trouble. There were still so many members of the county party committee standing committee who hadn't spoken.

Qi Hengsan had just thought of this when Propaganda Minister He Zhuhua spoke up, "Well, in order to protect Comrade Wang Changwu and to give him a good environment to see a doctor, I still agree with County Magistrate Fang's proposal. Of course, Comrade Changwu's spirit of working despite his illness is also worthy of publicity and praise from our Propaganda Department."

Well, He Zhuhua was threatening some people directly, which was very interesting. If Wang Changwu didn't come down, he would let the propaganda department write a big story about him, and eventually let the city leaders know. At that time, it would not be just a good thing. The city leaders would definitely think, is there no one left in Dahu County? Why is such a seriously ill cadre still in a key position? This is something to think about. It can be said that his speech also surprised local forces such as Qi Hengsan. Unexpectedly, He Zhuhua was also very strong.