Chapter 632

On July 30, Lu Fan reported to Secretary Li Xingyuan that the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission will launch a special internal work‑style rectification campaign.

as discussed.

We must list every named entity / coined term in these lines: characters, places, sects, official & sect ranks/titles, techniques, cultivation realms/pills/treasures, named beasts/items, fan-fiction names.

We should exclude common words/objects, generic forms of address (not ranks), real-world brands/apps/celebrities, internet slang, bare generic genre words.

Thus we need to list Lu Fan, Li Xingyuan, and the title Governor (which appears in line 5 as part of the title Governor Luo Shiyu); since the glossary already includes Governor as a term, we will include it.

Deputy Secretary appears in line 30, where it is mentioned as the Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary, Provincial Discipline Inspection Committee Secretary, and Provincial Supervisory Commission Director Lu Fan; therefore we include Deputy Secretary.

Yingjiang does not appear in line 10; it appears in line 22 as the statement "I am from Yingjiang". As a place name, we include Yingjiang.

Discipline Inspection Committee appears multiple times.

Municipal Party Committee does not appear in line 1; it appears in line 15 as the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee. Therefore we include Municipal Party Committee.

Public Security Bureau appears in line 15 as the Public Security Bureau Director. Thus we include Public Security Bureau.

Zero Tolerance appears in line 28 as the phrase "with a zero‑tolerance attitude". Therefore we include Zero Tolerance.

Additionally, we have the names Jiang Yizhong, Ma Qiang, and Du Wenlong; the term 'grassland' may refer to a region, but when used as 'Grassland Province' it is a proper place name, so we should include Grassland Province; similarly, Yingjiang is already listed as a place, and Huayuan Province appears.

Similarly, Yingjiang is a place and has already been included.

Huayuan Province appears in line 22; as a proper place name, we should include Huayuan Province.

The term 'grassland' also appears as a region, but we already have Grassland Province listed.

The Provincial Prison Administration Bureau is an organization; although not a proper name, it is an official title, so we should include it in the list.

Similarly, the Provincial Justice Department should be included.

The Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau should be included.

The Provincial Party Committee should be included.

The Provincial Discipline Inspection Committee should be included.

The Provincial Supervisory Commission should be included.

The Municipal Party Committee should be included.

The term 'City League' appears in line 26; we will include it as a place/organization.

The term 'County District' is not a proper name, so we do not include it.

Clean Wind Action is a campaign name and should be included as a proper term.

The phrase 'Dragon Tiger Dog' refers to three execution blades named Dragon, Tiger, and Dog; as a named item, we should include it.

Zero Tolerance is already in the glossary.

Five Guard Five Talks is a phrase: 'Five Observances, Five Talks'. Might be a named concept. Should we include? It's a slogan. Might be considered a named term. We'll include 'Five Observances, Five Talks'. But it's not a person name, place, sect, rank, technique, pill, treasure, named beast/item, fan‑fiction name. It's a slogan. Might be excluded as generic? The instruction says include techniques, cultivation realms/pills/treasures, named beasts/items, fan‑fiction names. Slogans maybe not. Safer to exclude.

Self‑purification is a generic term.

Two‑faced people is a generic term.

Darkness under the lamp is a generic term.

Carpet‑style is a generic term.

Blade inward is a phrase.

Blade toward self is a phrase.

We need to decide what to include in glossary. The instruction: "List every NAMED entity / coined term in these lines: characters (incl. the protagonist & minor ones), places, sects/clans/factions/peoples, official & sect ranks/titles, techniques, cultivation realms/pills/treasures, named beasts/items, fan-fiction names."

Thus we include:

The characters mentioned are Lu Fan, Li Xingyuan, Luo Shiyu, Jiang Yizhong, Ma Qiang, and Du Wenlong; note that Ma Qiang appears again, Luo Shiyu's name includes the component Shiyu, Li Xingyuan's name includes Xingyuan, Lu Fan is Lu Fan, Jiang Yizhong is Jiang Yizhong, Du Wenlong is Du Wenlong, and Ma Qiang appears once more; Yingjiang and Huayuan are places, not personal names.

The places listed are Yingjiang, Grassland Province, and Huayuan Province; the term 'grassland' may also appear as a region, but we already have Grassland Province.

Official and sect ranks/titles include: Governor, Deputy Secretary, Secretary, Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Discipline Inspection Committee, Provincial Supervisory Commission, Municipal Party Committee, Public Security Bureau, Provincial Justice Department, Provincial Prison Administration Bureau, Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau; the Discipline Inspection Committee and Supervisory Commission are already listed, and a generic Party Committee is not present.

Techniques: none.

Cultivation realms/pills/treasures: none.

Named beasts/items include Dragon Tiger Dog (referring to the three execution blades); Clean Wind Action may also be considered a named item; Zero Tolerance is a slogan but is already in the glossary.

Fan-fiction names: none.

We must output glossary after all lines, in format:

Regarding such a request, Li Xingyuan had no reason to refuse, and he instructed: "The grassland Discipline Inspection Committee team indeed needs to be straightened out; I agree. If we are to do it, we must achieve results. Strict management is a form of deep care. The Discipline Inspection Committee must always put strictness first, strictly enforce discipline and law, and strictly rectify the team, never ceasing in pure thought, pure organization, daring to struggle and being good at struggle, strict management and strict governance, and forging ahead. We will deeply advance the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work on the new journey, making a more active contribution to vigorously writing the modernization of the grassland."

Lu Fan replied: "Please rest assured, Secretary. The Discipline Inspection Committee will, with a high degree of political awareness, a strong sense of responsibility, and a solid work style, promote the special action work to achieve new results and open up a new situation."

After discussing work, Lu Fan continued: "Secretary, a few days ago, due to the case of the Provincial Prison Administration Bureau, Provincial Department of Justice Director Jiang Yizhong accepted investigation by the Discipline Inspection Committee. During the investigation, we 'unintentionally' discovered that he had privately hidden valuables worth over 70 million in a villa in the suburbs, the villa being under his wife's name. Now involving huge property of unknown source, I suggest filing a case for investigation against Jiang Yizhong and others."

"Over 70 million?" Li Xingyuan exclaimed in shock: "A director of the Provincial Department of Justice actually embezzled that much, alas! Lu Fan, go communicate with Governor Luo Shiyu; if opinions are in agreement, then bring it up at the Secretary's Office meeting!"

"Alright, Secretary, I will go to the provincial government shortly."

After Lu Fan left, Li Xingyuan sat quietly in the office, his gaze drifting to the window, looking at the tall birch tree, and he couldn't help but become lost in thought.

Recalling these years on the grassland, when he first arrived he too had lofty ambitions, but now, alas! Li Xingyuan felt a surge of indescribable loss and self-reproach, having completely betrayed the organization's trust and cultivation, regretting not having acted earlier! If time could flow backward, he would surely act like Lu Fan, but where in the world is there a medicine for regret?

As it approached eleven o'clock, Lu Fan arrived at the provincial government.

The director of the Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Ma Qiang, was just about to go in when he suddenly saw Lu Fan walking straight over, and he immediately gave a proper greeting: "Secretary Lu, please come in!"

Lu Fan nodded in acknowledgment, then pushed the door open; he did not know this person.

Luo Shiyu was reviewing documents when she heard someone enter; looking up, she instantly smiled and stood up, saying: "Secretary Lu, you are a rare visitor, please have a seat quickly!"

Lu Fan smiled and replied: "Governor, this is you criticizing me; from now on I should come more often to report work."

After the two were seated, Luo Shiyu asked: "You don't come to the Three Treasures Hall without a purpose; let's talk about work first!"

Lu Fan's expression turned serious as he said: "Just now I reported to Secretary Li Xingyuan the case of the Department of Justice. Jiang Yizhong had previously served as political commissar and commander of the Traffic Police Corps, a member of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, director of the Public Security Bureau, and director of the Department of Justice while also serving as the first political commissar of the Provincial Prison Administration. In cadre transfers he sought benefits for others and accepted money, lent funds using management and service objects' money, used his power to seek benefits for relatives' business activities, suspected of bribery, acting as a 'protective umbrella' for black‑evil forces, with serious circumstances and a vile nature."

I have already suggested to Secretary Li Xingyuan that we file a case for investigation against Jiang Yizhong, with the blade turned inward, to dig deep and investigate thoroughly!

Luo Shiyu's expression remained unchanged as she lightly replied: "Now, corruption and anti‑corruption are in a stalemate; we have not yet achieved an overwhelming victory in realizing not daring to corrupt, not being able to corrupt, and not wanting to corrupt. Corrupt activities have decreased but have not been eradicated; corrupt elements have been deterred but still probe directions or even struggle like a trapped beast. Therefore, Party conduct and clean government building and the anti‑corruption struggle are forever on the road, likewise a struggle we cannot afford to lose."

If Jiang Yizhong's problems are all verified and the evidence chain is solid, there is nothing more to say; we must file a case for investigation in accordance with law and regulations.

Taking facts as the basis and discipline and law as the yardstick, we will neither wrong a good person nor let a bad person go!

"Alright, we will act according to the Governor's instructions!"

After discussing work, Luo Shiyu asked: "The grassland people are bold and unrestrained; is their character still different from the work style of cadres in Huayuan Province?"

Lu Fan gave a slight smile and replied: "I am from Yingjiang; like the grassland, we are both in the great northwest, and our personalities share many similarities. I have strong adaptability and still enjoy interacting with grassland people. Moreover, since the day I took office, I have consciously regarded myself as a grassland person, devoting all my strength to the development of the grassland."

Luo Shiyu smiled and replied: "Indeed, northwestern people are bold and righteous, straightforward, open‑hearted, warm‑hearted in dealing with others, they value momentum in doing things, are carefree and unyielding, and thus often overlook details. Especially in work, many situations find them unknowingly walking the edge of violations and discipline, which is shaped by ethnic character and historical roots. Bad habits have formed; wanting to reverse them overnight is unrealistic, requiring gradual, persistent effort."

Lu Fan naturally sensed the subtext in the Governor's words and directly stated his position: "Indeed, the carefree character also makes grassland corruption more blatant, straightforward, and unscrupulous; in many matters it has become clear‑cut pricing, simply shocking to hear, which ordinary people call 'a den of thieves'! Personal connections should not overstep the disciplinary bottom line; this causes severe damage to the grassland political ecology and serious harm to the Party's cause and image, and grassland corruption has reached a point where it must be governed. Only with the determination to scrape bone to cure poison, use strong medicine to cure illness, and turn the blade inward, daring to self‑revolutionize, can the grassland political ecology become 'clear waters and green mountains', forever retaining vitality."

Luo Shiyu sensed that Lu Fan did not intend to 'respond to the move'; having said this, further talk would be useless.

On August 1 at 9 a. m., the Provincial Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Grassland Province convened a mobilization and deployment meeting for the provincial discipline inspection and supervision cadre team titled 'Clean Wind Action', sounding the 'assembly call' for self‑discipline and self‑purification of discipline inspection and supervision cadres! Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary, Provincial Discipline Inspection Committee Secretary, and Provincial Supervision Commission Director Lu Fan attended the meeting and delivered a speech. All discipline inspection and supervision cadres of the provincial commission, heads of dispatched agencies, and discipline inspection committee secretaries of all cities and counties participated on site, with city‑league and district discipline inspection committees setting up sub‑venues.

The first agenda item: organize all discipline inspection and supervision cadres to watch a integrity education video, listen to incarcerated persons speak in person, understand the life behind iron bars within the high wall and electric net of prisoners, using cases to warn and to clarify discipline, thereby firmly establishing the ideological discipline line of discipline inspection and supervision cadres.

The second agenda item: Provincial Discipline Inspection Committee Deputy Secretary and Supervision Commission Deputy Director Du Wenlong arranged and deployed the 'Clean Wind Action', using one year to target problems among discipline inspection and supervision cadres such as lack of faith, political wavering, abandonment of principles, improper conduct, abuse of power, and failure of integrity; to dig deep into the root causes, to clean out the storerooms and investigate thoroughly, resolutely eliminate 'two‑faced people', resolutely prevent and treat 'under‑the‑lamp darkness', with a zero‑tolerance attitude to purge the harmful elements in the discipline inspection system, carrying out a 'carpet‑style' comprehensive self‑purification of all provincial discipline inspection and supervision cadres!

The third agenda item: under Lu Fan's leadership, all discipline inspection cadres revisited the Party entry oath, solemnly pledging toward the Party flag the 'Five Observances, Five Speeches' commitment: observe political discipline, speak of loyalty rules; observe organizational discipline, speak of obedience rules; observe work discipline, speak of responsibility rules; observe masses discipline, speak of service rules; observe work style discipline, speak of self‑discipline rules, indicating that they would, through concrete actions, add glory to the Party flag and strive to become outstanding loyal, clean, and responsible discipline inspection and supervision cadres.

The fourth agenda item: Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Provincial Discipline Inspection Committee Secretary Lu Fan delivers a speech.

Lu Fan slowly rose, his sharp and solemn eyes scanning the hall, his voice low and powerful as he began: "Those who enforce discipline must first observe discipline; those who regulate others must first regulate themselves."

It cannot be denied that our team harbors some 'bad apples' that are eroding the marrow of this anti‑corruption force. For serious ailments we need strong medicine; to investigate and punish corruption within the Discipline Inspection Committee, we must maintain an unchanging zero‑tolerance attitude, undiminished resolve to use strong medicine to cure illness, and unrelenting courage to scrape bone to detoxify. Turning the blade inward, we will raise and wield the anti‑corruption sword, forming a powerful deterrent, leaving no room for those who rely on luck to hide.

Punishing one evil makes all evils fear; we must be like Bao Zheng, placing the three executioner's blades of 'dragon, tiger, dog' in the hall, whoever dares to test the law with their body will be shown no mercy. I hereby declare that the resolve of this Clean Wind Action is: discover one case, investigate one case; discover how many, investigate how many; no fixed quotas, no upper limit, so that those 'wood‑boring insects' abandon their thoughts and pay the price.

The 'Clean Wind Action' is an important political task deployed by the Provincial Discipline Inspection Committee according to the current situation; everyone must fully recognize it, the action must have strictness as its priority, face problems head‑on and take solid measures, so that the discipline inspection and supervision cadres of Grassland Province consciously undergo a bone‑deep revolutionary tempering and a soul‑deep spiritual cleansing, from strict forging a loyal, clean, and responsible dare‑to‑fight and skilled‑at‑fighting discipline inspection and supervision iron army, truly achieving letting the Provincial Party Committee rest easy and letting the people be satisfied.

The 'Clean Wind Action' must adhere to goal‑orientation, problem‑orientation, and result‑orientation, anchoring the tasks of forging political loyalty, eliminating harmful elements, perfecting the strict management system, and enhancing combat capability; centering on pure organization to inspect and rectify, cleaning out storerooms and comprehensively handling problem leads, turning the blade inward to proactively clarify issues, resolutely clearing the gates, advancing self‑revolution, self‑supervision, and self‑building through concrete actions, learning from past mistakes to prevent future ones, healing and saving the populace, continually gathering positive energy and invigorating spirit.

No one is a sage; who can be without fault? Party cadres are also human and will make mistakes. But knowing mistakes can be corrected is the greatest virtue! For those comrades who have erred, I advise you: stating the problem clearly is truly returning from the lost path; resisting organizational investigation is no different from wrapping oneself in a cocoon; proactively explaining the problem is the correct choice!

Facing the organization's educational assistance, you must truthfully explain the situation to the organization, basing yourself on bidding

For cadres who proactively explain problems, the organization will analyze each problem specifically, accurately grasp and apply the 'four forms' of supervision and discipline enforcement, actively guide you onto the right path, encourage you to repay the organization with concrete actions, and regain the people's support.