Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Yeah." Jin Dake nodded. How could he not know that his status did not allow him to have any say in the appointment of local cadres? But since it was about Feng Sizhe, he had to speak up, otherwise how could he face Mr. He. Besides, Feng Sizhe was a good young man, and his work was well organized, which suited his taste. Even out of personal feelings, he had to say a few words. "Comrades, although I am a military cadre, I don't have much say in the selection of local cadres."

When Jin Dake said this, several members of the Standing Committee nodded. These people thought to themselves, it seems that Jin Dake is not stupid. He knows that this matter has nothing to do with him.

"But..." The word "but" immediately attracted everyone's attention and everyone knew that the main topic would come after this word.

"But I still know Comrade Feng Sizhe. Yes, as everyone said, although he is young and has little experience, he works just as well as older cadres, and is even better than many people. First, agricultural reforms made farmers in Dahu County earn money. Then he set an example in flood control and almost lost his life to save an ordinary citizen. Later, there was a county-wide road repair project, and he spent a lot of effort on it. There is also the establishment and use of Pengfei Peanut Processing Factory, the reform and establishment of the foundry and lighters. These are inseparable from Comrade Feng Sizhe. Are these achievements not enough? I have been to Dahu County. The living standards of the people there are gradually improving, and the economic work there is thriving. The main reason for these changes is the arrival of Comrade Feng Sizhe. Of course, we don't like individualism now, but I have to say that the work Comrade Feng Sizhe has done for Dahu County can be set up as a model and benchmark for the whole city to promote."

Jin Da was very excited when he said these words. He was also very excited when he talked about everything Feng Sizhe had done. These were not his boasts, but all of them were real achievements. With these achievements, would it be excessive to promote him? At least he didn't think so.

After Jin Dake started talking about what Feng Sizhe had done, the Standing Committee meeting became lively. Everyone began to discuss privately. Indeed, Feng Sizhe had done a lot of work in the past year, and there were even more things worth mentioning. If it weren't for his age and qualifications, such a cadre would have met the conditions for promotion.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet. Do other comrades have any opinions?" Cai Xingmin saw that everyone was talking in a low voice and was afraid that the meeting would get out of control, so he quickly spoke up to stop them.

After he finished saying these words, the conference room fell silent again. Obviously, although Jin Dake's words had resonated with everyone, no one wanted to offend Secretary Liu Wenyu by actually speaking to Feng Sizhe.

Liu Wenyu's position in the provincial party committee is number three. He is the deputy secretary in charge of personnel, second only to the provincial party committee secretary and the governor. In other words, the future promotions of the standing committee members at the municipal level are in his hands. Faced with such a great man, who would dare to ignore him or speak recklessly?

Seeing that everyone was sitting here without saying anything for a long time, Cai Xingmin had no choice but to point out, "Mayor Chang, what do you think about this matter?"

Chang Ning was originally thinking about how to say it. After all, he has a straight bone in his body, and he is also a person who has a clear distinction between love and hate. At least he will not tolerate someone slandering such a capable cadre in front of him. Now listening to Secretary Cai calling his name, he nodded, "Okay, I'll say a few words."

"I haven't seen the Zhongzhou Daily, but I can imagine what's written in it. I can only say that some of it is true and some is false. So what is true? It's about the work done by Comrade Feng Sizhe. What's false? I think it's what Secretary Cai just said, that he was promoted to county magistrate. It's false."

After Chang Ning said this, several people present changed their expressions. All of them were members of the Municipal Party Committee who had a good relationship with Feng Sizhe. They had communicated with Feng Sizhe before and knew that he was preparing to become the county magistrate. Originally, whether Feng Sizhe could become the county magistrate depended on Mayor Chang Ning. But why did he suddenly change his words? What did this mean?

Deputy Secretary Qiu Fugui also had the same reaction. When he heard Chang Ning say this, he was also confused. What did this mean? Did he back down just because Deputy Secretary Liu had just spoken? If so, Chang Ning was not as tough as he thought.

Chang Ning paused here, carefully observing everyone's performance, and then continued slowly, "The reason why I said that the promotion of Comrade Feng Sizhe to be the county magistrate is false is because our municipal party committee has not yet held a meeting to discuss this issue. Do you agree?"

Well, after Chang Ning said this, everyone came to their senses. It turned out that it was not that people did not support Feng Sizhe's taking the position, but that the time was not right. Before this proposal was formally put forward, the news could only be based on word of mouth or hearsay.

"Since it's fake, the Zhongzhou Daily report is a bit distorted. Isn't it ridiculous that we are all sitting here discussing something that hasn't even happened yet? So what I mean is to reply to Deputy Secretary Liu and tell him that the Yongyang Municipal Committee has held a meeting to discuss the issue of Feng Sizhe's promotion to county magistrate. We don't know how the Zhongzhou Daily knew about this matter or through what channels. We hope they can clarify the matter and give the Yongyang Municipal Committee a clean slate."

Chang Ning's idea is to turn the tables and ask where did Zhongzhou Daily get the news from? The report is based on things that haven't happened yet. We will hold you accountable. If this is revealed, the Provincial Party Committee will not do anything to the Yongyang Municipal Party Committee, but will target Zhongzhou Daily.

This is equivalent to shifting the target of accountability. Upon hearing this, Li Lianxue, the head of the Municipal Party Committee's Propaganda Department, was the first to get restless. This matter was his initiation and if the investigation was continued, he would inevitably be implicated, which would be very disadvantageous. "Mayor Chang, you can't say that. Hasn't our Municipal Party Committee's Organization Department ever conducted an investigation in Dahu County on this issue? Doesn't this count as following the organizational procedures? Maybe Zhongzhou Daily reported this matter because they heard about it, and that's why they said that."

Chang Ning had originally suspected that this matter was not done by Feng Sizhe, because with his shrewdness and experience, he should not make such a mistake. He praised himself openly, but actually pushed himself to the forefront. That's why he tried to do this. Now, after hearing Li Lianxue's excited reaction, he was basically proved. At this moment, he knew that this matter must not be done by Feng Sizhe, but most likely the work of the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department. "Haha, is that so? As Minister Li said, the Organization Department did go to Dahu County and conducted an investigation, but there was no result, right? Didn't they report to the Municipal Party Committee? Then how can this inconclusive matter be taken as true? Don't you think so?"

Chang Ning's counterattack made Li Lianxue feel passive instantly. He didn't know whether he was feeling it or what, but he felt that everyone looked at him differently, as if everyone had guessed that the personal report on Feng Sizhe being published in Zhongzhou Daily had a lot to do with him.

"Oh, this is what happened. Our Organization Department did go to Dahu to conduct an investigation on cadres, and this matter has been reported to the Organization Department. Maybe the people below didn't pay attention when they spoke, which led to the misunderstanding by the Propaganda Department." After seeing Qiu Fugui gave him a look, Organization Minister Wu Fuliang quickly spoke up to help Li Lianxue out of the predicament.

"Well, misunderstanding, what kind of misunderstanding is this? Can we just report something that has no results? Do these people still have any organizational discipline? I think this matter should be handed over to the Discipline Inspection Commission for investigation?" When Chang Ning saw that Wu Fuliang was going to plead for Li Lianxue, he was sure that the article must have been written by the Qiu family and Li Lianxue. Their purpose was to expose the fact that Feng Sizhe was young and inexperienced, thus causing a bad influence. It would become impossible for Feng Sizhe to compete for county magistrate.

After Chang Ning asked again, the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, Geng Xiao, finally responded to him, "Well, Mayor Chang is right. It is against the organizational principles for the subordinates to make random comments on things that the organization has not yet concluded. Moreover, it was reported in the newspapers before the matter was determined, which caused extremely negative effects. This matter really needs to be investigated thoroughly, at least to clear the name of our Yongyang Municipal Committee."

After Principal Geng said this, the matter became serious. If the Discipline Inspection Commission got involved, Li Lianxue would be exposed. After all, this matter was not difficult to investigate. As long as they started from Zhongzhou Daily, they would definitely find him. Hearing that the situation was like this, Li Lianxue broke out in a cold sweat. He was about to explain something to see if he could divert the spearhead of the matter in other directions. Cai Xingmin finally spoke again and temporarily blocked the bullet for him, "Okay, okay, let's not go too far. Let's talk about this matter later. Now we are going to talk about how to respond to Deputy Secretary Liu. Let's see what we should say."