Rebirth of Minister Qi

The next day, Gao Yuliang just came out of the provincial government office and took a look at the sky. It was a little gloomy and it was going to rain. His face did not look good and the secretary did not dare to speak. After waiting for a long time, Gao Yuliang finally spoke.

"Return to Dong'ou."

The next day, Qi Tongwei and mayors of various districts and counties came to the municipal government to attend an enlarged meeting.

What was strange was that few of the leaders in charge came. Only the new executive vice mayor, Mayor Liu, and two deputy officials of the municipal government, Jin Xinkai, sat in their seats with grim expressions.

Mayor Ma, the former executive vice mayor and secretary of the Bailu District Party Committee, has been promoted to deputy secretary of the municipal party committee. The current vice mayor Liu was assigned by the province and was originally the deputy secretary-general of the provincial government serving a deputy governor.

These three are all members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and have relatively high status. It seems that they have received some information.

In addition to the three leaders of the municipal government, also present were the heads of several units including the Municipal Planning Commission, Transportation Bureau and Construction Bureau.

Normally, when the mayors of different districts and counties meet, they always have to exchange pleasantries, shake hands and communicate simple matters. However, there is no such opportunity today because three leaders of the municipal government arrived at the venue earlier than them.

"Comrades, everyone is here, let's start the meeting now."

The speaker was Jin Xinkai, who was in charge of many key projects. Although he did not serve as deputy mayor, as a member of the municipal government's party group, he was the de facto third-ranking figure in the municipal government.

Deputy Mayor Liu glanced at Jin Xinkai, as if he thought that the opening remarks should be made by him as a standing secretary. However, Mayor Liu was used to being the secretary-general and was used to keeping his head down. In addition, he had just arrived and had not yet figured out the ins and outs, so even if he wanted to get angry, he did not have the confidence.

Jin Xinkai has been the chief official at the grassroots level for the past few years. He has long been accustomed to having the final say. He also has a strong background and is not like the cadres who work as secretaries, who are cautious and have to judge other people's expressions before speaking.

He is impatient and says whatever he wants to say without much scruples. Besides, Gao Yuliang trusts him more and has assigned him more important tasks. He also serves as the district party secretary of the new district. His status is actually no worse than that of the executive director, so there is no need for him to pay attention to other people's expressions.

Except for Mayor Liu, almost no one in the venue thought there was anything wrong with Jin Xinkai's words. He had the ability, but as a newly arrived executive vice mayor, he had no prestige or foundation at the grassroots level, and no achievements. Who knew whether his words would work?

“Comrades, the mayors of the twelve districts and counties in our city are here.

Please take a look at the document in your hands. This is a re-audit document on major approval projects in our city issued by the Provincial Planning Commission, Provincial Construction Department, Provincial Transportation Department and Audit Department.

Do you see any problem?"

After saying that, Jin Xinkai slammed the document on the table. Deputy Mayor Liu's face became even uglier, because these were originally his words.

“You two, please explain why these two projects are exactly the same as the landscape road supporting project approved by Jiangbei New District last year!

The county town where you live is so small, why build such a long scenic road?

If you think the new district can be approved, will you just copy it?

And you, from the Construction Bureau, Land and Resources Bureau, and Municipal Planning Commission, how did you approve it?

Can these things also be sold wholesale? "

There was a barrage of scolding, and the division-level cadres present all lowered their heads and flipped through the documents they had already read dozens of times, not knowing whether they could make any sense of it.

What can they say? Can they say that they discovered loopholes in the provincial approval process? Can they say that their municipal departments asked the districts and counties to report these loopholes? And then they can get more approval targets and funds from the province or higher authorities? Can they secretly make some money out of it?

This could not be said, so one could only play dumb. Hence the silence in the meeting room, except for the three municipal government leaders who looked livid. Among them, Jin Xinkai kept speaking. He was relatively young and had a louder voice.

"The province is now auditing and thoroughly investigating these eight wholesale projects in our city."

There was a county magistrate who looked relaxed. His situation was special. The county government in his county built a white house, which was severely criticized last year. Poor counties only built face projects, so they did not follow suit and approve this batch of projects.

However, Jin Xinkai had no intention of letting him off. This white house of the county government was several times more luxurious than the municipal government and the cost was ridiculously high. The county party secretary had already been dealt with last year.

But as long as this white house is still there, the people will always criticize it and it will always be a slap in the face of the city leaders, so Jin Xinkai pointed his finger and pointed at the county magistrate.

"And you, don't gloat here. The white house in your county was built to be the emperor's palace.

Yesterday, provincial leaders criticized the work of our municipal government by name, with the focus being on your palace.

You are sitting comfortably, but the entire city has brought shame to the central government."

The county magistrate was scolded again. He didn't dare to talk back and could only lower his head.

At this time Gao Yuliang stretched out his hand and pressed down, and Jin Xinkai sat down obediently. He was Gao Yuliang's substitute, and in fact, the one who bore the direct pressure was the mayor Gao Yuliang.

Yesterday at the provincial government, Governor Li and Executive Director Zhao criticized his work style in person. They felt that he was a bit lax in his work and did not discipline his subordinates strictly. He said that he should not allow the districts and counties below to do things boldly for the sake of economic development. Sometimes he had to put the brakes on.

This was the first time that Gao Yuliang was accused by his superiors of not doing his job well. Unlike when he was a secretary, as the mayor of a city with a large population and economy, it was difficult for him to shirk responsibility.

Anything that happens in Dongou City is closely related to the mayor, no matter if the reason is the style of his predecessor or for some other reason, or it may be that Gao Yuliang's elegant style is not to the liking of Governor Zhao.

Governor Zhao was born a combat hero, had a tough style and was a strong official. He even felt that Gao Yuliang was too soft and could not control the district and county officials who were behaving recklessly.

However, this is also personal prejudice. After Gao Yuliang left, Governor Li made a special phone call to appease him, which shows that the provincial party committee and government are still very satisfied with Gao Yuliang, because the economic development is really good. However, the several issues mentioned by Governor Zhao do need attention. We cannot allow the economy to develop too freely, engage in duplicate construction, and waste financial funds.

Although Gao Yuliang received a comforting call from Governor Li, he was still filled with frustration, mainly because he had never experienced many setbacks and criticisms before.

As soon as he came back, he found his two deputies to discuss the matter. Jin Xinkai didn't take it seriously, but he was surprised that the cadres under him were so bold that they actually approved projects in bulk. For a successful project, they directly approved eight projects without distinguishing whether they were suitable or not.