The knock on the door interrupted He Ping'an's thoughts.

"Enter"

"Deputy Director He, the chiefs of ten police stations have all arrived and are waiting in the conference room! What do you think?" Liu Dachuan asked after he came in.

"Let's go meet him," He Pingan said as he straightened his wrinkled clothes.

When He Pingan led Liu Dachuan to the meeting room, they could hear the conversation from outside. He Pingan was not angry when he saw everyone smoking and talking loudly inside.

"Dear directors, this is Deputy Director He Ping'an who has just arrived at our branch." Liu Dachuan took the lead in introducing He Ping'an to everyone.

"Deputy Director He!" Ten people quickly stood up and saluted.

"Everyone sit down, I'll say a few words!" He Pingan walked to Secretary Hu's seat in the morning and sat down. Then he continued

"I called you all here today for two reasons. One is that the bureau has a task that requires everyone to be alert. The second is to get acquainted with everyone and understand the situation and work of each of you."

"Secretary Hu is personally in charge of this mission. Let me give you a general idea first. The department requires us to investigate the situation of the families of soldiers in our jurisdiction to see if any of them are being bullied. The bureau needs people from each police station to assist comrades in the bureau in investigating their respective jurisdictions. You must be attentive!" He Ping'an said directly without too much courtesy.

"Yes," everyone should drink

"Okay, everyone is prepared. Now tell me about the situation in your police station and whether there are any difficulties!" He Pingan asked

"Deputy Director He, our office is too short-staffed, and many people haven't had a vacation for a long time."

"Deputy Director He, we only have a few bicycles, and it would be too troublesome to respond to the call!"

"Deputy Director He..."

Everyone saw an opportunity to complain.

"I understand. It's probably because the workload is intense, there's a shortage of manpower, and there's a shortage of vehicles for police dispatch. Is that right?" He Pingan said as he listened to the complaints of the crowd below.

"Yes" Ten directors nodded

"Regarding the issues you raised, the personnel issues require a meeting to be discussed in the bureau. They are difficult to resolve at the moment and require your help. As for transportation, I'll think of a way." He Ping'an thought for a moment and replied.

We were not fools. As soon as we heard about the meeting discussion, we knew that it would be impossible to find the manpower. However, we were still happy to hear that He Ping'an could solve the transportation problem.

"Deputy Director, Secretary Hu is here and in his office. What do you think?" Liu Dachuan came in and said.

"Everyone, Secretary Hu has asked comrades from outside for help today. How about you all wait outside the meeting room?" Although He Ping'an was asking, his tone was unquestionable.

"Yes." When they heard that there was an outsider, everyone agreed without saying a word.

"Secretary Hu, can I come in?" He Ping'an walked to the door of Hu Desheng's office and found that the door was not closed, so he asked directly.

"Don't be so polite, come in!" Secretary Hu said

"Come, let me introduce you two. This is He Ping'an, the deputy director of our branch. He was the one who proposed today's matter!" Secretary Hu said directly to the two people in front of him when he saw He Ping'an come in.

"Ping'an, these two comrades are from the newspaper and the court..." Secretary Hu was about to introduce the two to He Ping'an when he was interrupted by one of them.

"Hello, my name is Yang Yiyi, and I'm a reporter," a lady in a Lenin suit interrupted Secretary Hu and walked straight up to He Ping'an to introduce herself.

The girl in front of me was about twenty years old, about 1.65 meters tall, with an oval face that was fair and rosy, a figure that was neither thin nor fat, but plump, long fingers, and eyes full of pride and confidence.

He Pingan smiled and took the woman's right hand which she stretched out to him and praised her.

"When I went there, the willow trees were swaying. When I come back, it is raining and snowing. A good name is a better person!"

"Deputy Director He is so good at praising people, I guess girls must like him very much!" Yang Yiyi's face flashed with a trace of embarrassment, and she replied angrily

"I just gave you a simple compliment. If you feel offended, I can apologize." He Pingan bowed slightly to express his apology. Although Yang Yiyi grew up in her own aesthetics, thinking about the next ten years, He Pingan declined the offer.

"Come on, let me introduce you. This is Judge Zhou Wen from the court." Secretary Hu saw that the two men were a little embarrassed, so he pointed at the middle-aged man next to them and introduced them.

"Hello, Judge Zhou." He Pingan stepped forward and shook hands with him.

"Hello, Comrade Ping'an," Zhou Wen replied politely.

"Could you please tell us more about your proposal, Deputy Director He?" Yang Yiyi said

"Secretary Hu, I believe Director Qian and Deputy Director Chu should be back by now. Ten police station chiefs are waiting at the door of the conference room. What do you think?" He Ping'an did not answer Yang Yiyi's words directly but looked at Hu Desheng and said

"You two, how about we go to the conference room?" Secretary Hu thought for a moment and looked at Zhou Yang and said

"Okay," Zhou Wen nodded in agreement

"Okay," Yang Yiyi agreed reluctantly.

When the four returned to the conference room, they found that Qian Anbang and Chu Jiansheng had returned with their people, and a group of people were reminiscing at the door.

"Secretary Hu, long time no see. How are you? Please forgive me for disturbing you without permission!" A middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure and flushed face, who looked like a frequent drinker, greeted Hu Desheng.

"I'm fine. I'd be even better if you didn't come!" He glanced at Chu Jiansheng who was bringing the man over.

Chu Jiansheng shrugged and didn't care.

"There's no other way. Deputy Director Chu wants ten street office directors to come to your place for a meeting at once, so I, the deputy district chief, have no choice but to come along." The middle-aged man was not angry. He answered with a smile and helped Chu Jiansheng explain.

"The conference room is too small, let's go to our branch cafeteria to talk!" Secretary Hu said as he looked at the crowded corridor. After that, he turned around and led the way.

Secretary Hu introduced the middle-aged man to He Pingan halfway. Coincidentally, the deputy district chief also had the surname Chu, Chu Jianjun. He Pingan glanced at Chu Jiansheng and found that he was also looking at him. The two smiled at each other and looked away.

"I believe everyone is aware of what happened this time. On behalf of the Dongcheng Branch, I would like to thank the comrades from the district, newspaper, court and armed forces for their help. Let's all applaud and welcome them." Secretary Hu spoke first.

He Pingan couldn't help but sigh in his heart when listening to Secretary Hu's words: After all, he is an old revolutionary, and the old ones are still the best. He easily determined the primary and secondary positions with just one sentence. Thinking of this, he glanced at the deputy district head Chu Jianjun who was sitting in front of him. After all, it was easy to talk to other people, but Chu Jianjun was the only one who could be seen by everyone with a discerning eye. He was here to grab the initiative and take the first credit.

"Secretary Hu, there is no need to thank us. If anyone should thank us, it should be the street office that thanks the public security comrades. After all, the lives of the martyrs' families have always been the responsibility of the street office. The street office has a small number of people and a lot of things to do, so it is impossible to take meticulous care of the martyrs' families, especially since many martyrs' families are unwilling to trouble the government and do not say a word when they are wronged. Now, with the help of our public security comrades, we can deter the bad elements who bully the martyrs' families, and our street office is much more relaxed." Deputy District Mayor Chu Jianjun said.

Looking at Hu Desheng's sharp gaze, Chu Jianjun kept smiling and showed no sign of withdrawing from the group. However, he felt helpless in his heart: This concerns his future, he has to join in!

He Pingan knew why Chu Jianjun wanted to take the lead in this matter, and he also understood what he meant by "deterrence". If there were few people involved in this matter, it would be fine, but if there were many people involved, would the leaders doubt the character and work ability of the district and the street office? Maybe they would have to deal with a large number of them.

He Pingan also thought of this after the meeting, so he wanted to suggest to Secretary Hu that Zheng Yong from the Political Security Department also participate in the supervision. Who would have thought that someone from the district would come directly. If he brought it up again now, he might offend a lot of people. But when he thought of the martyr's family, he was a little unwilling. It was difficult to deal with it. He Pingan sighed and decided to wait and see the situation. He couldn't let the martyr's family continue to suffer.

"This matter is a task assigned by the Ministry of Public Security. I require that we must handle it strictly and severely, not wrongly accusing a good person but also not letting a bad person go." Secretary Hu ignored Chu Jianjun's words and directly took out the documents from the ministry.

"Taking care of the families of martyrs is the task assigned to us by the central government." Chu Jianjun did not retreat at all.

"If our superiors find out that we are being lazy, I'm afraid we will be punished! (If I can't take the lead, I will complain to my superiors)" Hu Desheng knew Chu Jianjun's purpose and threatened him directly.

"Since it is a task from the Ministry of Public Security, then our district will definitely provide assistance!" Chu Jianjun agreed reluctantly, cursing in his heart: Hu Desheng, you are so cruel.

Seeing Chu Jianjun compromise, Hu Desheng stopped targeting him and turned to He Pingan.

"Deputy Director He, you were the one who proposed this suggestion. Can you tell us what we should do specifically?"

"It just suddenly occurred to me. I just came back and I'm not clear about the situation. I think we should discuss what to do with Secretary Hu and other comrades!" He Ping'an looked at Hu Desheng who directly pushed him out to attract Chu Jianjun's anger. Thinking that he really didn't know the situation, he directly refused.

"Hey, the fact that you can come up with such a suggestion is enough to prove your ability. If you have something to say, just say it directly and don't be afraid of making mistakes." Secretary Hu pressed on.

"Although we are the leader in this matter, we still need the help of our sister departments. We should ask for their thoughts and opinions first. What do you think?" He Ping'an made up his mind not to accept the challenge and kicked the ball directly back to Chu Jianjun. Just because he didn't want to say it, it didn't mean Chu Jianjun didn't want to say it.

Chu Jianjun, who had originally been dissatisfied with He Ping'an after hearing Hu Desheng's words, was less dissatisfied with him after hearing He Ping'an asked him to give his opinion.

"In that case, let me say a few words. Our public security comrades are usually responsible for arresting criminals and don't know much about the martyrs' families. This is why Secretary Hu asked us to come. I think our street office can focus on the key points. Some people in some courtyard houses are really outrageous and should be dealt with seriously. These places will be under the charge of public security comrades. For some courtyard houses with good reputations, our street office will be the main one, with public security comrades as the auxiliary. This will not only combat crime, but also avoid inconvenience caused to the martyrs' families and other people during the investigation, and avoid causing trouble to the martyrs' families in their future lives."

He Ping'an listened and sneered in his heart: What a lot of nonsense, aren't you just asking us to follow your orders? You say where to check and we'll check just a few places to complete the work, and the rest of the streets will be responsible.

Hu Desheng could understand it, so he read the notice from the department without any nonsense, and then looked at Chu Jianjun. When Chu Jianjun lowered his head, Hu Desheng continued.

"Since the street office has no objection, I will just say it directly! Everyone can discuss it after listening." Then he repeated what was discussed in the morning meeting.

"I think we should just follow military law, after all, this involves the military." The comrade from the armed forces requested

"I think we should just follow the law!" Judge Zhou Wen disagreed.

"Didn't the document say that we should deal with them severely and severely?" the comrade from the Armed Forces Department replied.

"The law also has severity of circumstances. Going directly to the heaviest sentence is also a severe punishment." Zhou Wen refuted

The two sides argued until their faces turned red. No one expected that Zhou Wen, a judge, would dare to slam the table and act as if he was about to take action.

Secretary Hu and others had no choice but to persuade them patiently, and finally decided to use military law for serious cases and let the court handle minor cases.

Afterwards, everyone discussed the specific work content, and during this period, Chu Jianjun still took some power from Hu Desheng. By the time everyone finished the discussion, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

After the discussion was completed, Hu Desheng finally smiled and looked at his watch.

"It's already five o'clock. My old bones can't stand it any longer. Let's have dinner. It just so happens that today is the day when Deputy Director He takes office, so we can have a welcome party!"

The matter was settled and everyone was in a good mood. They all started to cheer, after all, they hadn't eaten lunch.

Hu Desheng had asked for lunch in the morning, but he was late, so many dishes were prepared at noon, and they were ready in no time. Except for Yang Yiyi who sat at the Women's Federation table, the rest of the people sat together. After Hu Desheng finished speaking, everyone urged He Pingan to drink.

"This time, everyone has no lunch because of me. How can a wine glass show my sincerity? Use a bowl!" He Ping'an thought about Minister Luo's words and knew that he would stay in his current position for a long time. He could only develop horizontally. Thinking about China's national conditions, he decided to make a name for himself.

After saying that, without waiting for everyone to applaud, he poured himself a bowl.

"The first bowl of wine is dedicated to the revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the new China. Without them, there would be no new world today." He Ping'an said and drank the wine in the bowl in one breath.

"What a good alcohol tolerance!" Everyone applauded when they saw this, and thought He Ping'an was pretty good. After all, in the eyes of the older generation, if he couldn't even drink, what could he do! Even Hu Desheng praised him.

"The second bowl is for all the leaders. It's my fault for letting you all go hungry!" He Ping'an said and drank it all.

"The third bowl, wine." He Pingan walked up to the twenty people selected by Liu Dachuan.

"Thank you for your hard work!" He said and drank it all in one gulp.

The twenty veterans looked at He Pingan in front of them, and were stunned at first, then they realized that the hardships he was talking about were the hard times during the war. Hearing that someone still remembered them, they were moved and their eyes were red. They stood up and drank their wine, and looked at He Pingan with intimacy.

With three words and a bowl of wine, everyone accepted the new leader.

The leader sitting in the front, Hu Desheng, just smiled and looked at He Pingan without saying anything. Qian Anbang was also smiling but it was a bit forced. When he saw He Pingan coming back, he praised him.

But everyone knew that He Ping'an, the new deputy director, had secured his position. Everyone was impressed by He Ping'an's clever tactics.

As for He Ping'an, he didn't think of using this method to win over the people's hearts, but just felt that he should toast these predecessors.

Afterwards, He Ping'an changed his wine glass and started toasting with everyone. Naturally, Yang Yiyi also noticed He Ping'an's actions. Surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she thought of what He Ping'an said at noon, and a blush flashed across her face.

Sitting in the car on the way home, He Ping'an was uncomfortable with the shaking of the jeep and asked the driver to go slower. Originally, this car should have been for Secretary Hu, but he remembered that He Ping'an had walked and had been drinking, so he asked the driver to take He Ping'an home first.

He Pingan looked at the more than ten kilograms of liquor in the space, thinking back to the way everyone looked at him just now. There would probably be a lot of people who would want to have a drink with him in the future. Thinking about his rank, he was sure that the number of people he would be drinking with would not be low in the future. As for what he could get, He Pingan smiled and closed his eyes.

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