Chapter 9: Undercurrents

Haifeng County Party Committee is located at No. 36 Fuqian Street. At this time, it was the rush hour for work, and there was already a lot of traffic in front of the solemn and sacred gate. As the morning sun gradually rose, the compound of the county party committee, which had been silent all night, became commotion again.

One by one, the well-dressed and energetic civil servants walked to their offices with briefcases in their hands. But there were also a few well-informed people, standing under the trees, whispering something to each other? Occasionally, there will be a burst of sighs.

At this time, a black Passat quickly passed through the garden-like courtyard and stopped abruptly in front of the county party committee office building, Zhu Qing and Zhang Feng got out of the car and hurriedly walked into the office building.

"Secretary Zhu, Secretary Wang has been waiting for you in the office for a long time, knowing that you are busy over there, I am not allowed to call to urge you." Wang Gang's secretary Ma Wen, as soon as he stepped out of the elevator with his front foot, saw Zhu Qing on the opposite side, and took the initiative to say hello. Zhu Qing is the secretary of the county political and legal committee and the director of the public security bureau, and everyone is commensurate with his highest position, except for the police officers.

"I'm sorry, Secretary Wang Gang has been waiting for a long time." Zhu Qing, who looked tired, walked into the elevator with Zhang Feng one after the other while talking. The office building has a total of four floors, which is an old building built in the 80s of the last century, and Wang Gang works on the top floor.

Zhu Qing stepped out of the elevator and saw a few rays of sunlight shining in through the window glass, dividing the spacious corridor into a golden curtain wall. The door to Wang Gang's office was open, and he was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

"Secretary Wang, Secretary Zhu Qing has arrived!" Marven looked at his back and reminded softly.

When Wang Gang heard this, he immediately stopped, turned around eagerly, looked at Zhu Qing's bloodshot eyes, and said with concern: "Old Zhu, I haven't closed my eyes all night, right?" There's no hurry, let's sit down and talk slowly. ”

"Thank you for your concern. With such a big move, there is pressure in my heart! Fortunately, I got used to it many years ago. Zhu replied gratefully.

Wang Gang is in his early forties, of medium build, with a rectangular face and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. Since Wan Jinyou was transferred to work in the city, he parachuted from the position of secretary of the Municipal Youth League Committee to Haifeng County as a leader. When I first arrived, I struggled to make progress in my work everywhere, and the main reason was that the relationship between the party and the government was not smooth.

Before Wan Jinyou was transferred, he recommended Liu Baichuan, the county magistrate, to take over as the secretary of the county party committee, but the organization department failed to pass the inspection, so he had resentment in his heart, and used his connections and geography to often disobey Wang Gang. The result can be imagined, which directly led to the discord between the two sets of teams, and the relationship became increasingly tense. Later, at an executive meeting, the upright Zhu Qing said a few fair words, offending Liu Baichuan, but won Wang Gang's appreciation and respect.

After Wang Gang listened to Zhu Qing's emotion, he waved his hand and motioned for Marven to take Zhang Feng to the next room to rest. He personally poured a cup of tea for Zhu Qing, and said with a solemn expression: "Old Zhu, I received a few calls about Operation Sword just now, and I deeply feel that the burden on our shoulders is not light!" But in the face of justice, no evil has a place. I will always be your strong backing, so take out last night's harvest and dry it! ”

Zhu Qing nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, opened the briefcase on the coffee table, took out a document and solemnly handed it to Wang Gang.

"Secretary Wang, first of all, I want to review with the organization, I have an unshirkable responsibility for slaying the dragon this time. The main reason was that the planning was not thorough, the command was improper, and the suddenness of the incident was not fully understood, resulting in the main arrest targets slipping through the net and two people being seriously injured. For this reason, we sincerely ask the party committee to give a serious punishment. Zhu Qing rubbed his red and swollen eyes and said in a heavy tone.

After Wang Gang took the report materials, he ignored Zhu Qing's speech, buried his head in reading carefully, and after a while, his brows were twisted into hemp ropes, and his face sank like water.

It turned out that in addition to a brief description of the case and an analysis of the arrest failures, there was also a long list of violations and crimes, involving 8 officials, 76 social personnel, and 64 prostitutes, and a large number of drugs were seized at the scene.

The list of officials includes Sun Fulu, director of the police station, Yan Qing, deputy director of the Taxation Bureau, Gao Xiaodong, director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, Jiang Yongnian, deputy head of the county traffic police brigade, Chen Cheng, deputy director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, Yang Qingfeng, director of the Office of the Environmental Protection Bureau, Li Jian, president of the civil division of the court, and Cai Kejun, mayor of Hot Spring Town.

Faced with this huge list of officials, Wang Gang suddenly fell into deep thought, he slowly stood up, habitually pacing back and forth in front of his desk. Zhu Qing on the sofa, seeing that Wang Gang did not make a clear statement, suddenly had doubts in his heart, Secretary Wang, who has always been fair and upright, does he still have any concerns in his heart?

After a while, Wang Gang stopped and sat back on the sofa, and said in a firm tone: "Lao Zhu, I won't tell you, early this morning, I received a call from two leaders, one is the county magistrate Liu Baichuan, who asked me about my actions last night, why didn't he know?" I heard that the main leaders of many units have been arrested, and I am advised to think twice before acting, and not to artificially create an earthquake in officialdom, so as not to affect everyone's career.

The second call was from Vice Mayor Wan Jinlu, and after a period of false greetings, he asked me to unite the masses, concentrate on economic construction, and increase Haifeng's GDP. Lao Zhu, I have been working in the Municipal Youth League Committee in the past, and I have little contact with local administrative matters and lack of experience. However, our organization is highly principled and regards national interests above all else.

In recent years, the sea breeze has become corrupt, the fish and the dragon are mixed, and the social order has deteriorated, and it is necessary to take drastic measures to rectify the situation, and this is also the real intention of the city party to appoint me to take up my post. I hope that you will take advantage of the spirit of the central authorities to crack down on criminal syndicates and eliminate evil, go to work with confidence and boldness, arrest criminal suspects as soon as possible, and bring to justice those who collude with inside and outside and obstruct the handling of cases. Punish evil and promote good, promote righteousness, and return the sea breeze to the people a clean blue sky. ”

After listening to Wang Gang's generous speech, Zhu Qing suddenly had a backbone in his heart, he knew very well that in the era of Wanjin Oil's rule, he was flying high, buying and selling officials, not only making the two worlds of Haifeng, politics and business into a miasma, full of holes, but also let some people who sloppy and flattering people get benefits from it, they unscrupulously amassed wealth everywhere, engaged in corruption and corruption, and nourished many moths that were popular, and now it may be time to clean up the mess.

"Secretary Wang, don't worry, I resolutely support and implement the decision of the county party committee, and arrest the dragon slayer and the ghosts in the police station as soon as possible." Zhu Qing looked at the weak scholar in front of him, who was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and a heartfelt admiration suddenly ignited in his heart.

"Good! Just waiting for your words. The Standing Committee will be convened in the conference room at two o'clock in the afternoon, and you will immediately go back to arrange your work and have a good rest! Wang Gang looked at Zhu Qing's pale cheeks and said pityingly.

"Yes, see you at two o'clock in the afternoon!" After Zhu Qing finished speaking, he slowly stood up and walked out of the office side by side with Wang Gang. At this time, Zhang Feng had been waiting in the corridor for a long time, and when he saw Zhu Qing walking out of the door, he hurriedly ran to the elevator room and pressed the downstairs button embedded in the wall.

Walking out of the office building, a gust of autumn wind hit me, and the yellow leaves on the row of poplar trees in front of the door fluttered down one after another in the sound of clattering. Zhu Qing looked at the way they fell, and a belief in victory spontaneously arose in his heart, and on his haggard cheeks, he couldn't help but show a knowing smile.