Chapter 1162

Zheng Tulu said: "No, this is the method I came up with after thinking for a whole night. With such a large procurement amount, and you played such a big trick, when the audit comes at the end of the year, it would be strange if it wasn't found out. By then, you will still be in trouble! You also know the crackdown from above. I'm afraid that if it's found out by the audit and reported, the result will definitely be much worse than the choice I gave you! At best, you won't get a penny and will be removed from your post; at worst, you will be double-regulated and go to jail! I don't want to report you to the higher-ups either! If you are sensible, choose one path. Otherwise, I'll pretend to be deaf and dumb for now, but when the audit checks at the end of the year, everything will be clear. You understand the seriousness of it after it's found out by the higher-ups!"

"Zheng! You are deliberately trying to drive me away!" Neither of these two paths meant that Ma Debang could stay at the Provincial Construction Committee, so he directly turned against Zheng Tulu.

Zheng Tulu immediately widened his eyes, pointed at him, and sternly denied: "Ma Debang! Don't talk nonsense without evidence! It's you who are greedy! You swallowed so much money through procurement! I thought of two ways out for you, and you still dare to bite me back! If it weren't for the sake of you and me working together for so many years! I would report your serious violation of discipline to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection without mercy!"

"Zheng, if you dare, I... I will also shake out all your ugly things!" Ma Debang, in a hurry, directly tore his face with Zheng Tulu, trying to make a final struggle to turn the tables.

Zheng Tulu let out a "humph" laugh, looked at him righteously, and said sternly: "Ma Debang, you have to know, I have already opened the net on this problem of yours! You want to shake out my things? You have to know that everything must have evidence. You have no evidence, this is called rumor-mongering! Called slander! Who will believe your nonsense! The ironclad evidence of your violation of discipline is all here!" Saying this, he threw a stack of receipts signed by Ma Debang onto the table with a "pa" sound, and continued: "If you are sensible, leave the Construction Committee yourself! Go to the Municipal Construction Committee or somewhere else, you can still get an official position! If you are not sensible, you know the consequences yourself!"

Ma Debang was stunned again. In this game, he was no match for the old fox Zheng Tulu at all. He had been a deputy for many years, had no real power, and didn't know any powerful big shots in the officialdom of Hexi Province. If he fought against Zheng Tulu, it would undoubtedly be like an egg hitting a rock, or like a mayfly shaking a big tree, overestimating his own strength.

"I... I'll go myself!" In order to leave himself a way out, Ma Debang finally gave up the final game, lowered his head and admitted defeat, his back teeth grinding with anger, turned around, and walked out of Zheng Tulu's office.

Seeing Ma Debang admit defeat, a satisfied, sinister smile hung on Zheng Tulu's face. As soon as Ma Debang walked out, Zheng Tulu couldn't wait to pick up the phone and call He Liping, saying excitedly: "Liping, your matter is almost done. You can rest assured and wait for the transfer order from above."

After calling his old lover He Liping to report the good news, Zheng Tulu realized that he was too proud and forgot to close the door, so he put down his phone, got up, walked over to close the office door, returned to his seat, and picked up his phone again. This time he called Li Changping of the Organization Department and chuckled: "Deputy Director Li, there's no problem with Deputy Director Ma here. You don't have to worry about him having any thoughts after receiving the transfer order. Please take care of Xiao He's matter."

As long as Ma Debang didn't have any opinions because of the personnel transfer in the province, the person surnamed Li could also issue the personnel transfer order without worry. Learning that Zheng Tulu had settled the internal problems of the Construction Committee, the person surnamed Zhu chuckled: "Fine, as long as your internal contradictions are resolved, Old Zheng, I have no concerns here and it's easy to issue documents."

"Then I'll trouble you, Deputy Minister Li." Zheng Tulu thanked him with a forced smile.

Li Changping chuckled and said: "By the way, Old Zheng, the tree you sent someone to plant for me has sprouted, but it seems to be missing something, like a rockery or something. You come to my house as a guest in two days and give me some advice."

Hearing what the person surnamed Li said, after finishing the call, Zheng Tulu immediately made arrangements for a boss who did landscaping, instructing him to go to Deputy Minister Li's house and pile a rockery in the small courtyard. That afternoon, the boss of the landscaping company personally brought horticultural engineers and workers, pulling stones transported from hundreds of miles away, to Li's house to design a rockery in the small garden.

After Zhao Desan humiliated Lan Mei to her face, he never went to find her again after returning to the office. For a whole day, Lan Mei hid in the office, unable to eat or drink, and almost cried her eyes red. Being insulted by the man she loved with such vicious words, Lan Mei's heart felt heart-wrenching pain.

Zhao Desan and Xia Jian, who were at the bottom of the power pyramid of the Construction Committee, were still secretly fighting for the position of deputy department chief, not knowing that the organizational structure of the high-level leaders at the top of the pyramid had already quietly changed. Ma Debang's position as deputy director would soon be replaced by He Liping, who was then the deputy director of the Xijing Municipal Construction Committee. And He Liping's rise would play a decisive role in the development of Zhao Desan's future career.

Ma Debang returned to the office as if sleepwalking, sat down heavily on the chair, picked up the cigarette case from the desk, took out a cigarette with trembling fingers, sent it to his mouth with trembling hands, picked up the lighter, and clicked it several times before lighting the cigarette. He just felt that the Zhonghua he was used to smoking seemed to have changed its taste today, and it was very difficult to smoke, but he didn't know that he was holding the cigarette in the wrong direction, and what he lit was the filter tip.

Ma Debang regretted so much that he acted rashly to make a "hard work fee" before Zheng Tulu took action against him, and as a result, he was seized by the old fox Zheng Tulu to force the palace, threatening him to give up the position of deputy director. Ma Debang really never expected that he would lift a rock only to drop it on his own feet, falling into this down-and-out situation. But the wood was already a boat, and he had no room to resist, so he could only let the fish on the chopping block be slaughtered by others. After smoking more than half a cigarette, Ma Debang realized that the cigarette in his mouth was in the wrong direction, picked it up and threw it directly on the sofa, not paying attention, just feeling chest tightness and shortness of breath from anger, not wanting to think about anything, his brain was a mess, leaning on the boss chair, not knowing what to do.

After Zheng Tulu finished calling He Liping and Director Zhu in the office, he thought about it carefully and felt that he couldn't tear his face too much with Ma Debang now. A rabbit will bite when it's anxious. Now that he had agreed to leave, he prepared to take gentle measures to ease the relationship with him, so he got up, walked to the arm, and pushed open the door of Ma Debang's office.

As soon as he came in, he smelled a burnt smell, and when he looked again, the sofa was smoking. He immediately shouted in panic: "Old Ma, what are you doing? How did you burn the sofa!" Saying this, he walked up, carried a bucket of water from the water dispenser, and extinguished the sofa.

Ma Debang was still stunned in his seat, not knowing what to do. Looking at the fire extinguished by Zheng Tulu, he looked at him with extreme unease.

Zheng Tulu wanted to scold Ma Debang again because of this scene, but thinking about it, he suppressed his anger and said gently: "Old Ma, I know you are dissatisfied, but you can't set the sofa on fire. You are playing with fire and burning yourself. If you don't handle it well, there will be trouble!"

Ma Debang never figured out when this old fox set him up. He lifted a rock only to drop it on his own feet. "Director Zheng, I don't understand, even if I fall, I want to fall clearly!" Ma Debang said with a gloomy face.

Zheng Tulu widened his eyes, suppressed his anger, and tried his best to soften his tone: "Old Ma, you still don't understand? You are a senior comrade of the unit and have assisted me for so many years. To tell you the truth, I don't want to end up in this situation either. But, you are also a Communist Party member, an old Party member. You know the Party's style and discipline very well. You have committed a serious problem in the procurement matter that is not allowed by discipline and organizational system. How tight is the investigation of these problems from above in these two years? You are not unaware. Even if I protect you now and don't let you go, what about the end of the year? When the finance and audit audit the Construction Committee at the end of the year, all problems will come out. By then, it won't be a matter of letting you go. By then, maybe you will be expelled from the Party or double-regulated. Isn't Fang Jun, the ex-husband of our Planning Department Chief Lan, an example? He only embezzled and accepted bribes of less than 500,000 and was double-regulated. Letting you go can protect your official hat. I will suggest to the higher-ups to see if you want to go to the Municipal Planning Department to continue as deputy director, or if you want to stay and be double-regulated at the end of the year. Which is lighter and which is heavier, you weigh it yourself, Old Ma." After Zheng Tulu finished speaking, he lit a cigarette and pretended to smoke with anxiety.

Ma Debang knew that he couldn't escape being rectified this time, so he could only admit his bad luck. If he insisted on staying, I'm afraid it would further deepen the contradiction with the old bald donkey. Even if the audit didn't find any problems by then, this old fox would probably think of other ways to continue to harm him secretly. At this time, he could only swallow the bitter fruit as a mute, and smashed his fist on the table, sighed, frowned, and his back teeth were tightly bitten together.

From Ma Debang's reaction, Zheng Tulu could see that he had agreed to leave immediately, so he sighed a long sigh, appearing very regretful, and said: "Old Ma, to tell you the truth, you are leaving, and I have really lost a capable general. But things have come to this, and this is the only way to solve it. I am practically considering your feelings and trying to find a way to minimize the impact on your official career. I will reflect to the higher-ups and say that you want to go down to the Xijing Municipal Construction Committee to help preside over the work of the Municipal Construction Committee."

"Alright, don't say anything. Having reached this step, I, Ma Debang, can only admit my bad luck. Who let me lift a rock only to drop it on my own feet! Wherever you tell me to go, I'll pack my things and leave!" Ma Debang said with unwillingness, and began to organize the things on his desk.

Seeing this, a cold smile appeared on the corner of Zheng Tulu's mouth, and then he pretended to be compassionate: "Old Ma, you pack your things first. As for when to leave, don't worry. The specific personnel transfer of the Organization Department still has to wait for the document from above. Before you leave, you temporarily hand over the work to... to Xiao Han of the General Office." ===== CHAPTER 1163 =====