Rebirth of Minister Qi

The four of them got up and left. Liang Qunfeng glanced at the empty table on his side and the three cups of tea opposite him, smiled, and picked up the antihypertensive medicine on the table.

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In August 1999, the sun was shining brightly. The cicadas in the trees were screaming. No one knew how their tiny bodies could make such penetrating sounds. Other creatures, including humans and police dogs, were hiding in the shade of the trees because of the heat, sticking out their tongues in an attempt to dissipate the heat and get a little coolness.

The Provincial Public Security Department is arranging rotation training for the police throughout the province. Vice Governor and Director of the Provincial Public Security Department Liu Dexu was giving a speech on the large playground of the Provincial Police Academy. The police officers below stood under the scorching sun without moving an inch, and they didn't even dare to wipe the sweat off their cheeks.

"All members of the Party Committee of the county-level public security bureaus must participate in this rotation training. In order to effectively improve the level of grassroots public security in Handong Province, we have invited professors of public security from the Public Security University to participate..."

Qi Tongwei was whispering with the professor invited by the People's Public Security University. Both of them were members of the compilation team of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law at that time and were old acquaintances.

Both of them were so hot that they wanted to stick out their tongues, and they had to wear thick police uniforms, with maps printed on their white shirts.

"Director Qi, I heard something big happened in Handong."

Qi Tongwei responded with a smile. Actually, he was too hot to talk, but he did so out of politeness.

"What? I don't know. You've heard about it in the capital."

The professor wiped the sweat from his forehead and tilted his head slightly to speak.

"The secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Handong Province was suspected of falsifying his age and was ordered by his superiors to retire on the spot and resign from all his positions.

The Handong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection also wrote an internal reference based on this case, and the higher-ups are now studying whether to conduct a nationwide investigation into the age falsification of senior leaders.

Now your Handong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has become famous, and has achieved effective peer supervision of officials at the provincial party committee standing committee level. "

The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection took the greatest credit for Liang Qunfeng's incident, and it made a name for itself in the eyes of the higher-ups. But this is also a good thing, at least Qi Tongwei and the other two can no longer be in the limelight. The reputation of overthrowing the superiors is not a good thing to hear, so it is most appropriate to give the credit to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, which is responsible for this.

Qi Tongwei and the other person did not want to bear the responsibility of overthrowing their leader again. In addition, the credit given to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection would be of great help to them in the future. This could be considered a mutually beneficial thing.

"I know nothing about my leadership, Professor Nan, you should just focus on teaching.

If you ask me about these gossips, I don't know the answers. Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you. It's useless to ask.

After you settle down at night, I will welcome you at the best hotel in our Jingzhou City.

The conditions here are much better than when Team Leader Hong brought us here to conduct research.”

Professor Nan also recalled.

"Yes, back then, Team Leader Hong was very strict about the reception rules, strictly forbidding us to eat the local reception meals or stay in the high-end places they arranged.

I heard that Team Leader Hong will retire this year. His superiors originally asked him to serve another term in the Ministry of Justice, but he felt it was too tiring and applied to return to the NPC Legal Affairs Committee.

In contrast, some leading cadres are of high moral character and only think about making contributions, and they retire decisively when it is time to do so.

In order to stay in power longer, some leading cadres keep changing their age. I heard that they get beauty injections and dye their hair every few weeks because they are afraid that others will notice.

Everyone knows who the following example refers to. Qi Tongwei just shook his head. People like Teacher Hong feel that they have not made much achievements while in office, so they will not cling to that little bit of power. For him, academic achievements make him more happy than official positions.

He also advised Teacher Hong to work for another term. The leaders even planned to let him go one step further and become a second-rank official. However, the workload of a third-rank official alone made Teacher Hong very upset. He regretted very much that he had agreed to the leaders' request to go to the Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

He worked as a part-time worker at Renmin University, focusing on his favorite academic research and living a carefree life. Suddenly, he was asked to take on a full-time job. He was afraid of making mistakes and disappointing his leader. After finally completing a full term, he just wanted to return to his easy job.

"I think our team leader Hong has done such a good job that the higher-ups may not want to let him go.

Otherwise, would we let someone like Liang go up?

That would be a big deal.”

There are cadres like Mr. Hong who are unwilling to be officials but do their job well, have no selfish motives, and do not like to cultivate supporters and form cliques. Mr. Hong is especially liked by the superiors. The superiors do not want to promote an ambitious person who stirs up trouble to an important position, so they pull Mr. Hong and try desperately to keep him.

In contrast, Liang Qunfeng frantically seized power and even changed his age several times for his own future. Not to mention other illegal acts, there were many others. As a result, he was forced to retire. Whether he will be brought down in the future depends on the results of the follow-up investigation.

"Director Qi, you are right. The less you want to be an official, the more the leaders like you.

The more ambitious people are, the more leaders will be on guard against them. These people are more selfish than public-spirited, and are harmful to both the people and the country. "

After the meeting.

Qi Tongwei greeted Liu Dexu happily.

"Governor Liu is here. Welcome, warmly welcome to the Jingzhou Public Security Bureau for inspection."

"Okay, okay, why are you talking about this? I'm busy."

The two of them sat down, and Liu Dexu's melancholy had not dissipated. It seemed that he was under more work pressure than when he was deputy director.

"What are you doing here, is this a formal work inspection?

You have just taken office, so you should first visit the old cadres and conduct research at the public security bureaus in every prefecture-level city."

Liu Dexu did not give a direct answer.

"I have made arrangements for those, of course. But there is one thing I still need to confirm with you."

Qi Tongwei didn't take it too seriously. The situation in Jingzhou City was getting better and better. Now his work focus was entirely on the security of the two international conferences.

"What? Are you adjusting the division of responsibilities of the Public Security Bureau? Is it so urgent?

Let's make it clear in advance. I don't have the energy to take care of so many things. You can promote a few deputy department-level captains. Now the others are also leaning towards you, so there is no need to make a big move."

"Don't keep saying that you don't have the energy. Everyone knows that Jingzhou's work has slowly gotten on track.

Your job now is only about the security of a few meetings. You are not allowed to refuse this time. I don't have a suitable candidate, so I can only promote a captain to be the deputy director for the time being.

This time you will serve as the executive deputy director, and I can only delegate some of your responsibilities to you."