Chapter 652: with translation of chapter title

Ye Xianggao also reacted: "Yes, yes, yes, if you hadn't said it, I almost forgot; just now Vice Mayor Bai was asking about the situation here, and the Municipal Government side has already started preparing disciplinary documents."

Looking at it now, this document cannot be issued; we really can't drive Su Yang to desperation.

But at the same time we also need to figure out how to explain things to Geng Miao's side; this is bound to offend someone.

Besides, if we don't arrest a few people today, it definitely won't work.

Wen Qiren's eyes shifted as he said: "Arresting people would be even more disgusting; Lin Zhinan is still in the city, right? Then let Sun Chengjun come over to make the arrests."

Anyway, they were originally together; whoever takes on this villain, it's the same.

After the two of them conferred, they also brought the other members of the standing committee leadership downstairs together.

Anyway, since this has happened, if we're going to suffer, we'll suffer together; it's impossible for only the Daoist friend to die while the poor Daoist lives.

Although the crowd below was still restless, the cursing and blame continued, but Su Yang's face had become much calmer; he had already anticipated what might happen next.

Because someone is even more anxious than he is, and someone is even more reluctant to lose their position.

Perhaps his behavior might later be mocked as rash hotheaded youth, not understanding priorities, but on second thought, he is only twenty‑five; should he act as worldly as those old, crafty so‑called politicians? That's impossible.

What ought to be done at this passionate age must be done now; if we wait a few more years until he becomes supposedly mature in politics, he would not resort to such extreme measures.

Of course, all of this was forced upon him by Geng Miao.

Sure enough, before Ye Xianggao and Wen Qiren even came downstairs, several dozen fully armed public security officers had already arrived at the scene, with Sun Chengjun leading them.

Sun Chengjun had known about this matter early on, but without an order he could not act on his own, and moreover he had no one he could mobilize from the Lie Shan Public Security Bureau.

But after receiving a call from Secretary Ye just now, the entire bureau moved at his command.

However, he did not act rashly; upon arrival he merely organized everyone to surround the rioting crowd in a semicircle, rather than immediately making arrests.

He would wait for Su Yang's decision: if Su Yang said to arrest immediately, he would give the order; if Su Yang remained silent, he would do nothing, merely maintaining order at the scene.

Regardless, these people's actions constitute a siege of the County Party Committee and County Government; as Deputy Director of the County Public Security Bureau, he has both responsibility and duty to maintain order, which is understandable.

When Sun Chengjun arrived with the police, Ye Xianggao and Wen Qiren all came downstairs.

Especially Ye Xianggao, who asked with a stern face: "What on earth is going on? Early in the morning, why are so many people gathered here? Where are the public security officers? Why weren't they sent earlier to maintain order at the scene?"

Wen Qiren then directly aimed at Su Yang: "County Magistrate Su, what exactly is happening? Why did I just hear them shouting your name? Have you done something somewhere that lets down the common people?"

This is the first time in our Lieshan Xian; what exactly have you done to provoke heaven and resentment, making them so furious?

We were just about to convene a standing committee meeting to investigate and study today's series of events, but instead they came to besiege the county government because of you.

Before, everything was fine; why does everything go wrong as soon as you arrive?

So what exactly are you planning to do now? With so many people surrounding us, this can't just continue indefinitely.

Although they might constitute illegal behavior, with several hundred or even a thousand people at the scene, are we really supposed to arrest them all?

We are public servants of the people, cadres of the Party; we should speak for the interests of the common people, not stand opposed to them.

Today's incident, you must give everyone an explanation; otherwise, even if I and Secretary Ye step in, we may not be able to persuade these people to leave.

Su Yang inwardly snorted repeatedly; this Wen Qiren, as a county magistrate, is really overqualified for such hollow, righteous posturing—he's a master at it.

Even though the situation is urgent, he still righteously blames himself, even taking a leader's stance and standing with the entire county's common people to condemn himself.

If he had previously not thought of a countermeasure, this time he might already have been made to blush and feel ashamed by what they say.

Who wouldn't panic over such a big matter? Besides, they are specifically calling out Su Yang by name.

But still, Su Yang is Su Yang; he cannot let Wen Qiren grandstand here.

He said: "County Magistrate Wen, I actually don't know what happened either; as soon as I entered the compound I saw a dark crowd gathered here, and then I heard them shouting my name."

As for what you just said—coming up with a solution, we can't let them keep surrounding us, or have me give them an explanation—I've already thought it through; I said earlier that within ten minutes I'll have them send representatives to talk with me.

At the very least I need to know why they've mobilized en masse against me, what their purpose is, and whether someone is behind it pulling the strings.

Of course, if they refuse to talk, seeing how emotionally charged they are, having the public security officers suppress them would be inappropriate; better to invite a few media outlets to come and livestream the scene, letting them vent all their dissatisfaction.

We are the people's government, we are also Party cadres; everything we do is blameless before the people and worthy of the Party.

So I also want to talk face‑to‑face with all of them; I understand their demands and their goals, which would make solving their problems more convenient and efficient.

At the same time, it counts as open‑door office work on the spot, letting the common people truly feel that we have them in our hearts, rather than shutting the doors and doing shady, unsavory things behind their backs.

I couldn't possibly do those bastardly things, even if I had to go against my conscience.

Wen Qiren's face turned purplish‑red from being rebuked by Su Yang's tirade; he had merely wanted to put on a show, but in such a grand setting Su Yang wouldn't let him back down.

This way he could also conveniently help resolve the problem; thereafter, in meetings of the County Party Committee and County Government, Su Yang would only be able to follow behind him and echo him, thus maximizing the authority of his position as the head of the county government.

But in fact he was indeed given a resounding slap.

Ye Xianggao had been watching the two of them; seeing Wen Qiren thoroughly refuted, he knew he had to say something or it would definitely not work.

He stood up, took the loudspeaker, and said: "Folks, I am County Party Secretary Ye Xianggao; you can raise any demands you have with us."

But with so many people surrounding us, we certainly can't solve the problem; we must send representatives to come and talk with us.

If you don't trust us, you can also supervise us on the spot; we can talk right here in the courtyard—let me know if that works for you.

Here, as County Party Secretary, I make it clear: for any matter involving us cadres, I will not shy away; what needs to be handled will be handled on the spot, what needs to be resolved will be resolved on the spot, and there will be no such thing as officials covering for each other as you allege.

How does that sound to you?