Chapter 1157: Huimin Bus Pilot County!

The next day at work, as soon as Chen Ning entered the office, the phone began to ring incessantly.

Chen Ning cursed under his breath!

Who the hell was calling to pester him so early in the morning!

It was a call from the director of a subordinate county's Transportation Bureau.

The tone was ingratiating,

"Director Chen, the City Bureau has arranged eighteen new energy buses for Yechuan County; could you arrange some for our county as well?"

Chen Ning inwardly thought the other party was touching a sore spot, and frowned, "Those eighteen vehicles were originally intended for the city's public buses; they were only temporarily transferred there because the Yechuan County minibus service stopped operating."

Director Cao said in surprise, "Director Chen, how come I heard that the vehicles were given directly to Yechuan County? Furthermore, Yechuan County has become a pilot county for the Huimin Bus village-to-village service, and all minibuses will be banned. In the future, will all transportation routes from the county seat to the townships be uniformly managed by the bus company?"

Chen Ning said, "That is just hearsay. Yechuan did indeed propose the Huimin Bus, but the higher-ups have been holding it back and haven't approved it."

Director Cao said in surprise, "Director Chen, you can't fool me! Our County Party Secretary is watching me, demanding that I must apply for the same support from the City Bureau. You cannot favor one over the other!"

Chen Ning said with a depressed mood, "Understood, don't worry!"

Following this, more calls came in; they were also people from below who had seen the news and were coming to Chen Ning to ask for support.

Chen Ning suddenly felt a headache, because the matter of Yechuan County was completely outside his control.

The desk phone rang, and Chen Ning answered the call.

A voice came from the other end, "Is this Director Chen? I am Lu Tianming."

Chen Ning immediately reacted.

Lu Tianming was Jiang Jing's Secretary.

"Secretary Lu, may I ask what the matter is?"

"Has Yechuan County submitted application materials for the Huimin Bus village-to-village service?"

"Yes! They submitted them before, and we have been studying the feasibility."

"Bring the materials; Mayor Jiang wants to see you!"

Chen Ning hung up the phone, hurriedly rummaged through his drawer for a while, finally found the application materials, and then rushed to the Mayor's office without stopping.

There was not a trace of expression on Mayor Jiang's face.

This made Chen Ning feel anxious and uneasy.

"Mayor Jiang, these are the application materials submitted by Yechuan County."

Jiang Jing took the materials, flipped through them quickly, and pointed to the last page, "The time these materials were submitted was the beginning of last month; two months have already passed, why haven't they been reported up?"

Chen Ning had already prepared his excuse, "We attach great importance to these materials, but because there are too many things that need to be considered, we are still in the discussion stage. We are preparing to invite several Experts to hold a symposium together..."

A cold look appeared at the corners of Jiang Jing's mouth, and she interrupted, "The application materials have been stuck in your department for several months, and as a result, various problems have emerged.

The minibus owners in Yechuan County gathered together and stopped operations, leading to a standstill in county transportation and causing such severe consequences.

Have you never reflected on the reasons?"

Chen Ning was stunned, "I'm sorry, Mayor Jiang, it is my dereliction of duty."

Jiang Jing waved her hand, "What is the use of apologizing? I need to see change."

Chen Ning said, "We will next carry out a rectification of the private minibus industry throughout the city, requiring them all to make rectifications. If they do not meet the requirements, we will persuade them to withdraw and rectify."

Jiang Jing's tone was also changing, "Director Chen, I hope you can seriously reflect on yourself.

As the Transportation Bureau Director, you must have foresight and cannot remain stagnant.

The Expert symposium is completely unnecessary.

In my opinion, the Huimin Bus village-to-village service should be piloted in Yechuan County first; if it doesn't work, then cancel it.

If the common people support it, after the operation model matures, other counties and districts can be allowed to try it."

Chen Ning raised a concern, "Those dozen or so new energy buses were originally intended to phase out some old buses in the city. Should we replace those phased-out buses with the new energy buses?"

Jiang Jing shook her head, "Yechuan County is going to carry out the Strategic Eastward Expansion next, so let these dozen or so buses be the support from the city!"

Chen Ning almost couldn't suppress the shock in his heart.

He thought to himself, Tang Ye is indeed Mayor Jiang's favorite.

A dozen or so buses worth millions were just given away like that.

Jiang Jing said in a deep voice, "Although Yechuan County handled the minibus strike incident appropriately this time, it also exposed problems."

Chen Ning listened to the subtext and knew that this was about holding people accountable.

"I will issue a circular of criticism to the Yechuan County Transportation Bureau."

Jiang Jing glanced at Chen Ning indifferently, "I'm afraid a circular alone will be hard to achieve results. Why did the County Transportation Bureau protect the interests of the minibus owners and choose to stand on the opposite side of the general public? Is there a conflict of interest involved? I have received news that during holidays, many owners run to the homes of certain cadres very frequently!"

Fine beads of sweat broke out on Chen Ning's back, "Mayor Jiang, you are right; I think we must take necessary measures to hold the relevant personnel accountable!"

Jiang Jing said expressionlessly, "Take this as a warning!"

He walked out of Jiang Jing's office.

Chen Ning subconsciously wiped the sweat from his forehead.

At this moment, he was certain that he had done the wrong thing before.

Recalling his previous behavior of deliberately cold-shouldering Tang Ye, thinking about it now, it was truly childishly ridiculous.

He had always believed that with Yang Guoxiong as his backer, he could disregard Tang Ye.

But looking at it now, Tang Ye had Jiang Jing as his backing.

More importantly, Tang Ye's handling of the minibus strike incident this time not only demonstrated a powerful ability to plan but also achieved a bountiful harvest.

Tang Ye had secured eighteen new energy buses for Yechuan County and also became the pilot window county for Xiyang City's transportation reform.

This was a solid political achievement!

Tang Ye met Li Yongan in the office.

Li Yongan's face was piled with smiles, "County Magistrate Tang, everyone saw yesterday's news. The county-wide minibus strike, and the eighteen buses that appeared out of thin air—it was simply a stroke of genius."

Tang Ye smiled faintly, "The matter seems to have ended, but in reality, it has only just begun. In this incident, the County Transportation Bureau not only failed to fulfill its due responsibilities but also feigned compliance while secretly inciting the private minibus owners to commit wrongdoing. This matter must be pursued further. Especially the Transportation Bureau Director, Zhang Lei; does he have any collusive interests with certain people?"

Li Yongan's face was full of gravity, "County Magistrate Tang, through the government administrative capacity rectification platform, we have indeed discovered that Zhang Lei has very serious problems, and we have collected quite a few complaint materials regarding him."

Having said this, Li Yongan placed the materials at Tang Ye's side.

Zhang Lei's problems were indeed quite serious.

The County Transportation Bureau is a department with real power.

The entire county's transportation network is completely decided by this department.

Over the last ten years, Yechuan County has invested a large amount of capital into transportation infrastructure.

Therefore, Zhang Lei's problems are not just a lack of administrative management ability, but also involve corruption and graft.

Tang Ye picked up the materials and read through them once, his expression becoming grave.

"I am going to find Secretary Han now to discuss how this should be handled!"