South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

But can Tian Hongyi be honest? The answer is definitely impossible. Yuan Mu heard that he had chatted with several members of the Standing Committee just after he took office. Although he didn't know what they talked about, he could roughly guess that it was nothing more than winning over.

But Yuan Mu didn't care about Tian Hongyi's behavior at all and let him make a fuss. In Luzhou, he, Yuan Mu, was the boss!

Time passed day by day, and Tian Hongyi did not take any other action. He also cooperated with him very well at work. This made Yuan Mu think that what Tian Hongyi said that day was true. But even though he thought so, his intuition told him that everything was not that simple.

In mid-November, Yuan Mu, along with his secretary, Gao Yuliang and a group of five people, came to the following districts and counties for investigation. The first stop was Wu County. The county magistrate at that time was Yi Xuexi and the county party secretary was Shan Yongning.

This Yi Xuexi is the same Yi Xuexi in the original drama. He was born in 1959 and is 31 years old this year. His promotion was indeed very fast. He graduated from university in 1981 and went to work in the Jingzhou Municipal Government Office. In 1983, he was promoted to the rank of section chief.

At that time, Yi Xuexi served a deputy mayor of Jingzhou. Because Yi Xuexi wrote good materials and did things meticulously, he was noticed by the other party. After working as the other party's secretary for five years, he was promoted to the deputy department level. He was then demoted to a county as deputy county magistrate. Later, he served as executive deputy county magistrate and deputy secretary of the county party committee.

The deputy mayor retired this year. Before his retirement, he gave Yi Xuexue a final push and promoted him to the position of Wu County magistrate, and his rank also reached the level of director.

Yi Xuexue must have had a benefactor, otherwise with his personality he would never have been promoted so quickly. But the deputy mayor has already retired, and there is no one to help him behind the scenes, so his future will be difficult.

In fact, Yuan Mu personally admires Yi Xuexi, because he is an honest and upright official. As for his ability, that is a question mark. In fact, Yuan Mu personally feels that he is not suitable to be the top leader of a local government. He is more suitable for work in the public security, procuratorate, courts or the Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Yuan Mu did not tell anyone about this investigation, but as expected, the Wuxian County Party Committee and County Government still knew about Yuan Mu's itinerary, and a large group of people were waiting at the junction early.

When Yuan Mu's car arrived here and he saw these people, his face suddenly darkened. Needless to say, it must be someone in the Municipal Party Committee who tipped off the other party. As expected, it was someone or some people in the Municipal Party Committee Office.

So Yuan Mu immediately turned around and looked at Gao Yuliang next to him.

"Director Gao, the work of the Municipal Party Committee Office needs to be strengthened."

As soon as these words were spoken, Gao Yuliang felt as if he had a thorn in his back. Although he and Yuan Mu had a good relationship in private, that was only in private. He was really afraid of Yuan Mu at work. He and Yuan Mu had not had close contact for a long time. During the time he had taken office, he found that Yuan Mu had a particularly strong official air and was intimidating without even getting angry.

Just this simple sentence made Gao Yuliang break out in a cold sweat, so he nodded hurriedly.

"Secretary Yuan, I'm reflecting on this. The responsibility for this matter lies with me. When I return this time, I will definitely strengthen the work of the Municipal Party Committee Office and carry out comprehensive rectification."

"Well, that's good. The Municipal Party Committee Office is the Municipal Party Committee's Municipal Party Committee Office, not the Municipal Party Committee Office of certain people. When we go back, we will find out these moles and see who is always leaking information behind the scenes!" Yuan Mu nodded.

"Yes! Secretary Yuan!"

Yuan Mu did not mean to blame Gao Yuliang. The Municipal Party Committee Office was so large and had so many people. Although Gao Yuliang was the director, it was impossible for him to take care of everything. However, the issue of rectifying the work style must be put on the agenda, otherwise how could he keep any secrets in the future?

This man hasn't even made a move yet, but everyone below him already knows what he's going to do. How can he carry out his work in the long run? What deterrent power does he still have as the municipal party secretary?

At the same time, the camera turned to the Wu County leaders in front.

"Secretary Shan, are we being too ostentatious? Secretary Yuan might not like this kind of display." Yi Xuexi frowned and looked at the county party secretary Shan Yongning next to him.

"County Magistrate Yi, what you said is wrong. We came to welcome Secretary Yuan out of respect for him. After all, it is his first time in our county, so we must show the right attitude." Before Shan Yongning could speak, a man in his thirties on the side spoke up.

This person was Li Dakang, then member of the Standing Committee of the Wuxian County Party Committee and Executive Deputy County Mayor. He was newly transferred here. He had previously been a secretary under Jingzhou Mayor Zhao Lichun. This year was his first year of demotion, and he was appointed Executive Deputy County Mayor as soon as he arrived.

Li Dakang was born in 1962. He graduated in 1984 and started working in the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee Office. In 1985, he was spotted by Zhao Lichun, then deputy secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, and became his secretary. This year marks his fifth year.

When Yi Xuexi heard what Li Dakang said, he frowned and turned to look at Li Dakang, but Li Dakang didn't tolerate him at all and looked back at him. He had a background. Zhao Lichun was at the peak of his career. He was the mayor of Jingzhou and a deputy provincial and ministerial level cadre. In the future, it was very likely that he would take over as the municipal party committee secretary, which would mean he would be a member of the provincial party committee standing committee.

For such an executive deputy county magistrate with a strong background, the county leaders would basically give him some face, including the county party secretary Shan Yongning of course, but this did not include Yi Xuexi, because Yi Xuexi looked down on him from the beginning.

"Deputy County Magistrate Li!" Yi Xuexue was about to say something back but was stopped by Shan Yongning.

"Okay! Let's not talk about this for now, Secretary Yuan's car is here!"

Seeing the two cars not far away, everyone stopped talking, and Li Dakang even put on a slightly flattering smile.

The convoy slowed down slightly when it arrived in front of the crowd. County Party Secretary Shan Yongning even smiled and walked forward to greet them, but the convoy just paused for a moment and then drove straight forward, splashing exhaust fumes in everyone's faces.

Everyone's faces froze, staring blankly at the backs of the convoy. Shan Yongning realized at this time that Yuan Mu was unhappy.

"Secretary Shan, let's hurry back to the county government. I guess Secretary Yuan is heading there." Yi Xuexi was the first to react and said quickly.

"Oh yeah, well, let's get in the car and go back to the county government!" As he said that, Shan Yongning was the first to come to his car and got in. Some of the other county party committee leaders were squeezed into one car, and everyone hurriedly chased in the direction Yuan Mu had gone.

They dared not blame Yuan Mu. He was the municipal party secretary, much older than them. What was wrong with him giving them a cold shoulder? They had to accept it, unless they said they didn't want to do it anymore. In that case, they could point at Yuan Mu's nose and scold him.