Zhang Qingyang had just left, almost leaving on the front foot, and Zhou Ke, the president of the Municipal Court, arrived on the back foot, and Zhou Ke almost stepped on the city government, and hurried to Chen Xing's office when he came.

"Mayor, are you looking for me?" In Chen Xing's office, Zhou Ke, the president of the city court, also asked directly.

"Well, Dean Zhou is here, please take a seat, please take a seat." Chen Xing got up with a smile, compared to his attitude towards Zhang Qingyang, Chen Xing was much more enthusiastic and respectful of Zhou Ke.

Zhou Ke nodded, sat down under Chen Xing's greeting, Chen Xing saw that Zhou Ke asked directly, and also straight to the point, and said with a smile, "Dean Zhou, I came to you to learn about Zhou Yan's case, I heard that it will be held in the city court in the near future, I want to know about the situation of Zhou Yan's case, is the evidence sufficient?" ”

"Zhou Yan?" Zhou Ke was stunned by Chen Xing's question, not to mention, he didn't know who Zhou Yan was, there were so many cases to be tried by the city court, unless it was a particularly serious case, it was impossible for him, the dean, to ask, and there were all relevant people in charge below.

"It seems that Dean Zhou doesn't know about Zhou Yan's case." Chen Xing was slightly surprised when he saw Zhou Ke's expression, and was immediately relieved, either Zhou Ke pretended not to know, or the case was not put on the desk of Zhou Ke, the dean, and continued, "Dean Zhou, someone reacted to me, saying that Zhou Yan's case has some grievances, and the current investigation results are to be discussed. ”

Chen Xing looked at Zhou Ke's reaction as he spoke, when he said this, it was obvious that Zhou Ke frowned slightly, Chen Xing didn't know what Zhou Ke thought, but Zhou Ke himself didn't like the judgment of leading cadres meddling in the case, and finally affected the fairness of the case.

Chen Xing couldn't guess what Zhou Ke was thinking, but he still smiled, "Of course, I don't want to interfere with the court's trial, judicial independence still needs to be supported, I mean that since some people have raised doubts, our judicial organs should be more convincing, and there must be no unjust, false and wrongful cases, which will discredit our party and government, and will also make people question the credibility of the judiciary." ”

Zhou Ke didn't interject, quietly listening to Chen Xing's words, he didn't know about Zhou Yan's case, he hadn't even heard it, Chen Xing said so, he didn't want to make any comments, now Chen Xing's words are reasonable, Zhou Ke can only say, "Mayor Chen, I don't know about this case, I really can't tell you anything, otherwise, I'll find out after I go back, if there is a situation like Mayor Chen, if there is a situation like Mayor Chen, our court will reject it on the grounds of insufficient evidence, and it will definitely not cause any unjust, false and wrongful cases." ”

"President Zhou, it's not the situation I said, but someone reacted, and I, the mayor, am not just a messenger in the middle, I mainly hope that our judicial organs can be fair and fair, and will not be interfered by any external factors when adjudicating cases, and will not let judicial independence become an empty word." Chen Xing smiled and waved his hand.

Zhou Ke nodded, Chen Xing's words surprised him, listening to the tone of the young mayor in front of him is to strongly support judicial independence, but whether it is hypocritical is difficult to say, as a veteran judicial cadre who has worked on the judicial front for more than 20 years, Zhou Ke actually hopes to see the day when the country can have real judicial independence, but he himself knows better than anyone else that the difficulty of this is no less than the long march, even if the country's legal system has become more and more perfect over the years, As a member of the system, Zhou Ke could not be clearer that if the country does not fundamentally carry out the reform of the political system and clear the institutional obstacles to the rule of law, the so-called rule of law will always remain only a slogan.

Although the state has been improving the independent power of the courts and procuratorates, for example, the top leaders of the courts and procuratorates are all high-level, deputy department level, which is not available in other departments, but no matter what efforts are made, it is nothing more than to stay on the show, the so-called government, the courts, and the procuratorate refer to the government, the courts, and the procuratorates, nominally speaking, the government, the courts, and the procuratorates are in a parallel relationship, each performing its own duties and responsibilities, and they are all produced by the people's congress at the same level, responsible to the people's congress, and supervised by the people's congress. Therefore, theoretically, the court and the procuratorate are not under the leadership of the government, and the courts are even more independent from each other, to take the simplest example, there is no leadership relationship between the provincial high court and the municipal intermediate court, only the relationship of professional guidance and supervision.

There is a jurisdictional relationship between the procuratorate at the lower and lower levels, but both the court and the procuratorate belong to the judicial system, while the government is the administrative system, and the administrative system and the judicial system are independent of each other, and the government does not have the power to lead the courts and the procuratorate, but what about the truth? In fact, the courts and procuratorates are still subject to the government, because the courts and procuratorates do not have the right of financial independence, and they have to be funded by the government. Moreover, the appointment and dismissal of the leaders of the courts and procuratorates are fundamentally appointed by the government, and it is impossible for the courts and procuratorates to be truly independent from the government due to these factors.

At present, leading cadres at all levels are shouting for judicial independence, maintaining judicial fairness, impartiality, and independence, and putting an end to any phenomenon of substituting power for law, but the attitude of high-sounding people who shout on their lips is completely another matter in private; if the judiciary is truly independent, it is actually the leading cadres who will be the first to be challenged to their authority, and no one wants to let their interests be harmed.

Zhou Ke glanced at Chen Xing deeply, if the young mayor could really do what he said and support judicial independence, then he would definitely be the first to jump out and support it.

"Mayor Chen, if there is nothing else, I will go back first to find out about the situation of this case." Zhou Ke stood up and said.

"It's fine." Chen Xing nodded and smiled, and looked at the time, he would have to inspect the construction of the affordable housing later, and he didn't have time to keep Zhou Ke down, and sent Zhou Ke to the door, Chen Xing glanced at Zhou Ke meaningfully, and said with a smile, "Dean Zhou, then let's contact at any time?" ”

"Regarding the situation of the case, I will contact Mayor Chen at any time." Zhou Ke said solemnly.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Chen Xing led the Municipal Finance Bureau, the Municipal Construction Committee, the Municipal Housing Security and Real Estate Administration Bureau and other relevant departments to the construction site of the Nanyuan Lijing project located on the edge of the central urban area, which is a low-rent housing construction project undertaken at the municipal level.

At present, the construction site has been temporarily stopped, Chen Xing listened to the introduction of Jiang Chaoyang, director of the housing bureau, because of the shortage of financial funds, the wages of the workers have been in arrears for several months, the workers have stopped working, and they have gone on strike, demanding that the construction be continued only after the wages are paid, so the construction site can only be temporarily stopped.

"How many low-rent houses are built at the municipal level?" Chen Xing frowned slightly and looked at Jiang Chaoyang.

"This year, the province has given us 921 low-rent housing task indicators, 700 units at the municipal level, and 201 units in the following seven counties (cities)." Jiang Chaoyang has long memorized these figures.

"In total? How many types of affordable housing are there? Chen Xing asked as he walked towards the construction site.

"The task index given to us by the province is to build 33,521 sets of various types of affordable housing, including 921 sets of new low-rent housing, 1,100 sets of new affordable housing, 11,000 sets of new public rental housing, and 20,500 sets of new price-limited housing, so far, the city's completed affordable housing construction projects are 530 sets of low-rent housing, 900 sets of affordable housing, 9,500 sets of public rental housing, and 18,000 sets of price-limited housing." Jiang Chaoyang guessed that Chen Xing would ask how many sets of the project had been completed later, so he simply said it one by one, and was able to explain the specific figures so clearly, not that Jiang Chaoyang knew that Chen Xing was going to inspect the affordable housing project this morning and deliberately worked hard last night to remember it, but that Jiang Chaoyang was concerned about the progress of the construction of affordable housing all the time, and he was already familiar with these boring figures.

Chen Xing couldn't help but look at Jiang Chaoyang twice, and the other party's concise answer left a good impression on him.

Walking on the construction site that had stopped construction, Chen Xing walked to a ten-story building and stopped, looked up, Chen Xing's tightened brows never loosened, and turned his head to look at Zhou Fangyu, director of the Finance Bureau, Chen Xing frowned and said, "Director Zhou, can't the city's finance squeeze out funds?" ”

"Mayor Chen, I can't squeeze out the money now, and the projects that Secretary Ge and Vice Mayor Li are focusing on are about to be launched, and they will need tens of billions of funds at that time, so they really can't free up money." Zhou Fangyu complained to Chen Xing, he, the director of the financial bureau, has no choice, he can't give birth to money without money, the leader hinted that the construction of affordable housing will be temporarily stopped, and if the funds are abundant next month, it will continue, but Zhou Fangyu can only smile bitterly, and the finance will never be abundant.

"Yes, what Director Zhou means is that my words are not working." Chen Xing stared at Zhou Fangyu.

"Mayor Chen, I didn't mean that, mainly because the funds for those big projects were budgeted in advance, so it was not easy to move." Zhou Fangyu's heart tightened, and seeing that Chen Xing was unhappy, he hurriedly explained that it was not a wise move to clearly contradict Chen Xing, the acting mayor.

"The task of building affordable housing this year was issued by the province at the end of last year, so isn't the funds for the construction of affordable housing budgeted in advance?" Chen Xing stared at Zhou Fangyu aggressively.

Zhou Fangyu, who was asked about the point, could only smile awkwardly, Chen Xing asked about this, what excuse did he use to prevaricate, and he really offended Chen Xing to death.

Chen Xing ignored the other party anymore, standing on the construction site and not knowing what he was thinking.

"How can the construction of affordable housing be stopped, this is a major event related to people's livelihood." Suddenly, Chen Xing sighed helplessly, he whispered to himself when he said this, and the people next to him didn't hear it clearly, Chen Xing couldn't understand why Ge Jianming wanted to sacrifice the construction of affordable housing first to ensure the launch of large projects, maybe this is the difference in everyone's political philosophy, Chen Xing can only think so.

After turning around the construction site, Chen Xing's brows never let go, and he was more helpless in his heart, in the final analysis, he still didn't have enough power at hand, all he needed was power! If he is now in Ge Jianming's position, it is just a matter of one sentence to let these unfinished affordable housing projects continue to start.

The pursuit of power and the pursuit of the official hat on the head should sometimes not only be said to enjoy the benefits and benefits brought by power, but in fact, it can also better serve the people.

Power, in itself, is a double-edged sword, which can be used well for the benefit of the people, and if it is used correctly, it will go astray.

Chen Xing's thoughts in his heart are only known to him, walking all the way on the construction site, Chen Xing's face is very strict, and the others see Chen Xing with a strained face, and they are all quiet, Zhou Fangyu, director of the Finance Bureau, looks around from time to time, he doesn't care much about the construction of this affordable housing, anyway, it has nothing to do with it, his family, friends, relatives, children and nephews, and even seven aunts and eight aunts, don't need to live in this kind of affordable housing, he doesn't bother to care, there is actually money in the city now, but it is useful, The sad thing is that Chen Xing, the acting mayor, can't move those funds, Ge Jianming won't say it, in Zhou Fangyu's place, Li Hao's batches of strips are better than Chen Xing's, and Chen Xing, the acting mayor, is still very weak.

"Chen Xing, has Huang Ming contacted you?" When he was on the construction site, Chen Xing received a call from He Li, and all morning, He Li couldn't get through Huang Ming's phone, and even He Li felt strange at this time, because Huang Ming also lived in the Nanzhou Hotel, and they were separated by one floor, and she also went up to knock on Huang Ming's door, but there was no one inside.

"No, what's the matter?" Chen Xing asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, I just can't contact him, this kid's phone has been turned off, I went to knock on his door, there was no one in the room, strange, I don't know if he came back last night."

"You go and ask the front desk of the hotel and turn down the surveillance." Chen Xing smiled, "But nothing should happen, this kid may be chic, he can still lose a big man." ”

"Yes." He Li smiled and nodded, "Then it's nothing, I'll call you and ask, then that's the case first, I'll go downstairs to the hotel and ask." ”

Chen Xing hung up the phone and called Zhou Fangyu, the director of the Finance Bureau, to him again, "Director Zhou, you have to think of more ways to squeeze out funds as much as possible, and pay the wages owed to the workers first, this is a very important matter, this is the most bitter group, even if we can't pay the wages ourselves, we can't owe the wages of the workers." ”

"Mayor Chen, I try my best, the workers are indeed very bitter." Zhou Fangyu nodded, but he sneered in his heart, and said that this young acting mayor is quite good at showmanship.

Chen Xing took a group of people to walk a few affordable housing construction sites, all of which were temporarily stopped because of the shortage of funds, Chen Xing was in a heavy mood, at this point, Ge Jianming disagreed with him, without Ge Jianming's support, Chen Xing's words did not play much role in this matter, unless Ge Jianming nodded, otherwise the Finance Bureau would not lend money to the construction project of affordable housing.

Thinking of Zhou Fangyu's words just now, Chen Xing was very unhappy, he was the number one leader of the municipal government, and what he said was not as good as Li Haocheng, and the money of the city finance, he, the acting mayor, could not move, what a sad thing.

"The financial power must be grasped." Chen Xing secretly thought in his heart.

At noon, Chen Xing had dinner with Chu Rong and He Li, and all three of them called Huang Ming again, but Huang Ming's mobile phone was still turned off, plus He Li asked the hotel front desk, and went to check the hotel monitoring to see, Huang Ming didn't come back at all last night, and even Chen Xing felt a little abnormal, Huang Ming didn't come back all night, and disappeared all morning, but it wasn't to be turned off all the time, could it be that something happened? But when they thought that Huang Ming was a big man, and he didn't have any enemies or anything, and it was impossible for something to happen, the three of them were a little puzzled.

Chen Xing called Zhang Ruoming again and asked Huang Ming if he went to him last night, Zhang Ruoming's answer was also negative, he had dinner with Huang Ming at noon yesterday, and he hadn't seen Huang Ming last night, Zhang Ruoming also asked Chen Xing what happened, Chen Xing could only smile bitterly and say that it was okay, and then hung up the phone.

"Huang Ming answered Miss Lu's call last night and left, and it should be Miss Lu who saw him last night, why don't you call Miss Lu and ask, Chen Xing, you should have her phone, right?" He Li looked at Chen Xing.

"I have her phone." Chen Xing nodded, He Li was right, Huang Ming saw the last person from the Lu family last night, he should have called and asked the Lu family, he forgot about it.

Soon, Chen Xing connected Lu Xiaojing's phone again, "Miss Lu, did Huang Ming go to you last night?" ”

"Huang Ming?" Lu Xiaojing, who received Chen Xing's call, was surprised that the mayor would take the initiative to call her, and when she heard the name Huang Ming, she didn't react for a while, and then exclaimed, "Mayor Chen, are you talking about Mr. Huang?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Huang, I want to inject capital into your hotel." Chen Xing knew that his call was sudden.

"Here, Mr. Huang came to my house and left around nine o'clock, what's the matter, what are Mayor Chen and Mr. Huang?" Lu Xiaojing had already reacted completely at this time, and she could hear that Chen Xing's name was very natural and cordial.

"Left at nine?" Chen Xing had a faint bad premonition in his heart.

"Well, he left at about nine." Lu Xiaojing affirmed.

"Okay, it's nothing, thank you, Miss Lu." After Chen Xing finished speaking, he was about to hang up the phone.

"Mayor Chen, I don't know if you can take the liberty of asking, who is that Mr. Huang and you?"

"It's a friend of mine, since he answered your call and went to your house last night, there has been no news until now, the mobile phone is turned off, and the person has not returned to the hotel, so he can't be contacted." Chen Xing didn't hide anything, and this was not something unsightly.

"How so?" Lu Xiaojing exclaimed, "He really left around nine o'clock last night." ”

"I believe Miss Lu's words, it's okay, Miss Lu is busy first, I'll call him later, nothing should happen." Chen Xing said with a smile.

"Huang Ming did go to Lu's house last night, but he left at nine o'clock, which means that Huang Ming completely lost contact at 9 o'clock last night." Chen Xing shrugged his shoulders helplessly at Chu Rong and He Li, and comforted himself, "This kid has always been blessed with a great fortune, so there shouldn't be an accident, maybe he went to have fun somewhere and fell into the happy nest." ”

After Chen Xing finished speaking, Chu Rong and He Li looked at each other and didn't say anything, and the three of them were silent for a while, but they all felt abnormal in their hearts.

"Chen Xing, your Nanzhou City is too chaotic, Sister Chu and I were almost kidnapped just two days after we came, no one knows if Huang Ming will have an accident, I think you should ask the Public Security Bureau to find a talent, after all, he is a big living person, and Huang Ming usually does things quite reliably, it is impossible to suddenly turn off the phone, and he hasn't told us yet." He Li said, seeing Chu Rong and Chen Xing staring at her, He Li hurriedly said, "Why do you look at me like this, I'm not a crow's mouth this time, it's just that this thing is unusual after all, just in case." ”

"I agree with Xiaoli's words, Huang Ming sometimes giggles, but he has always been very steady, no matter what, he will also make a phone call to Chen Xing." Chu Rong nodded in agreement with He Li's words.

"It's okay, He Li is right this time, I'm not afraid of just in case, I'm afraid of 10,000." Chen Xing rarely didn't say anything about He Li, Huang Ming was his best buddy, and Chen Xing was also afraid that something would happen to the other party.

Chen Xing pondered for a while, picked up his mobile phone and was about to call Zhang Qingyang, but before he could call, Lu Xiaojing's phone came over again, thinking if Lu Xiaojing had any news, Chen Xing quickly picked it up.

"Mayor Chen, just now I called back to ask my father, I wanted him to see the surveillance video at the entrance of the community, but he said that he heard in the morning that there seemed to be a kidnapping case not far from the entrance of the community, and he didn't go to his heart, just now I heard what I said, he was in a hurry, and said that the person who would not be tied up was Huang Ming, and he is now ready to go to the duty room of the community to ask about the situation, and call me as soon as there is news."

"Where your family lives, I'll go over now." Chen Xing stood up suddenly.

"My home is in the Fanlong villa area." Lu Xiaojing said.

"Let's go, let's go to the Lu family's villa." Chen Xing greeted Chu Rong and He Li, and stood up without saying a word.

rushed to the Fanlong villa area where the Lu family was located, Chen Xing looked anxious, he had a hunch that the person who had an accident was Huang Ming, otherwise it would be impossible to contact Huang Ming until now. ”

"This is Mayor Chen." When Lu Chenglong saw Chen Xing, he was a little excited, and because of the inconvenience of his legs, he couldn't stand up, so he could only sit and greet Chen Xing.

Chen Xing didn't have the heart to be polite to the other party at this time, and said hurriedly, "Mr. Lu, have you figured it out?" ”

"Mayor Chen, you take a look at the surveillance video first." Lu Chenglong didn't rush to answer.

Chen Xing stared at the surveillance video, on the video, you can clearly see that Huang Ming walked away from the villa community, after leaving the community, you can see a small van has been following Huang Ming, until there is a distance in the community, the minivan suddenly stopped, someone on it came down to attack Huang Ming, and then carried the car, because the distance from the entrance of the community is a little far, the short section behind is a little blurry, but it can be roughly seen that Huang Ming was attacked.

"Did you call the police?" Chen Xing's face turned pale.

"Not yet, if I hadn't come over and said I wanted to see this surveillance, the security guards wouldn't have checked it." Lu Chenglong smiled bitterly, "In the morning, the neighbor next door to me came to me for tea, saying that when I drove back last night, when I was about to arrive at the community, I saw a person who was attacked and carried into the car, I don't know if it was kidnapping, and he didn't know who it was. ”