Chapter 1257

Gu Shanmin took a sip of tea, his tone softening as he said, "However, the considerations of Comrade Chengzhu and Comrade Shaojun are not without reason. The situation in Qingyang City needs to be stabilized. Qingyang City is an economic hub of our province and plays an important role in our province's economic development. Only when the situation is stable can they put down their burdens and move forward lightly."

Gu Shanmin said to Hao Yucheng, "Comrade, regarding those criminal gangs, we must pursue the victory and strike hard. We cannot let them have a chance to make a comeback, creating a good environment for the economic construction of Qingyang City."

Hao Yucheng nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Secretary. We will definitely deploy strictly and not let those criminals have a chance to catch their breath."

Gu Shanmin looked at Sheng Zhizhong and said, "Comrade Zhizhong, regarding the corrupt elements already uncovered, they must be severely punished. However, also pay attention to the stability of the situation. Do not expand the scope of the strike infinitely, causing panic."

Sheng Zhizhong nodded and said, "Secretary, I understand."

Gu Shanmin's words made the hearts of Tian Chengzu and Lu Shaojun feel like they were on a roller coaster, suddenly falling from mid-air to the ground.

Gu Shanmin said, "However, the leadership team of Qingyang City also needs a major adjustment. For this matter, they need to bear leadership responsibility. This leadership team has been proven not to be a leadership team with fighting capacity."

Hao, Sheng Zhizhong, and the Organization Department Head all nodded in agreement. Tian Chengzu and Lu Shaojun could only nod in agreement.

The leadership team of Qingyang City this time indeed performed poorly. With such a major event happening in Qingyang City, they were hard to absolve of blame, and being adjusted was only right and proper.

Moreover, Gu Shanmin had just given them face, so how could they immediately oppose Gu Shanmin?

Besides, those remaining in the leadership team of Qingyang City who had come to the province to lobby this time were only seeking not to be implicated in the case. Being adjusted in their positions should be considered satisfactory.

In such a huge storm, being able to escape unscathed—what more could they ask for?

Next, they began to discuss which leaders needed to be adjusted. The Qingyang Municipal Party Secretary and the Mayor were certainly the first to bear the brunt. As the heads of the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the responsibility they needed to bear was the greatest. Besides them, three other members of the Municipal Standing Committee and several other municipal leaders also needed to be adjusted in their positions.

In this way, more than half of the Qingyang Municipal Standing Committee would be replaced. Everyone perked up, preparing to compete for these positions.

The first candidate to be discussed was the Municipal Party Secretary. Gu Shanmin said, "I nominate Comrade Lu Xinhua, Deputy Head of the Provincial Organization Department, to serve as the Qingyang Municipal Party Secretary. This comrade has strong party spirit and adheres to principles, and can stabilize the situation in Qingyang City."

Once the name Lu Xinhua came out, everyone had nothing to say. This person was the Deputy Head of the Provincial Organization Department, which was originally one of the most valuable positions among ministerial-level cadres. His ability was also famously strong; he had served a term as mayor in Yanzhou, had made remarkable achievements in Yanzhou's economic construction, and had also served as county magistrate, county party secretary, and other positions. He had rich grassroots work experience and rich organizational work experience.

Of course, Lu Xinhua was not yet fifty years old. If he transferred to serve another term as Qingyang Municipal Party Secretary, as long as he achieved obvious results in his work and stabilized the situation in Qingyang City, that would be a great contribution, and he would likely move up a step further in the next step.

Everyone recognized this candidate. Gu Shanmin unexpectedly said, "The next candidates will be discussed by everyone."

Tian Chengzu couldn't help but look at Gu Shanmin. Gu Shanmin's appetite wasn't big, but the Municipal Party Secretary was the one who controlled the overall situation. If he secured the position of Qingyang Municipal Party Secretary, he would occupy the commanding heights.

Of course, this was also Gu Shanmin's consistent style. His way of eating wasn't ugly; as long as he could control the situation, he was very careful to maintain the unity of the team members. Under his superb skills, the party and government team of Hudong Province had always maintained balance.

Gu Shanmin's performance was also highly praised by high-level bigwigs. With his performance and age, plus the strong support of the Yu family, it was almost a foregone conclusion that Gu Shanmin would enter the highest decision-making level during the next leadership transition.

There was a small disagreement over the nomination for Mayor of Qingyang. The candidate proposed by the Organization Department Head was the current Deputy Mayor of Qingyang City, Li Jun, while Tian Chengzu and Lu Shaojun each proposed a candidate.

However, during the vote, Li Jun had a clear advantage. Li Jun was the Standing Committee Deputy Mayor in charge of economic work in Qingyang City and had performed prominently in economic construction. He had only been in Qingyang for a little over a year and was not implicated in the corruption case. After the outbreak of this corruption case, he performed very calmly and did a lot of effective work in stabilizing the situation in Qingyang City.

Li Jun passed the vote for the mayoral nomination at the Secretary's Office Meeting. Although this result still had to be discussed at the Provincial Standing Committee meeting the next day, it was unlikely that the results decided at the Secretary's Office Meeting would be changed at the Standing Committee meeting.

All the secretaries and deputy secretaries attended the Secretary's Office Meeting. They could not raise objections at the Standing Committee meeting to things they had unified their opinions on; otherwise, what was the point of this Secretary's Office Meeting? Did they still want organizational principles?

Other standing committee members generally would not raise objections to things passed at the Secretary's Office Meeting. Even if someone raised an objection, it could not form any effective resistance. After all, the several secretaries and deputy secretaries attending the Secretary's Office Meeting were the core decision-making level of the Provincial Committee, and there were eight standing committee members attending today, which was already more than half.

This was the essence of our Party's democratic centralism. Although democracy is required, concentration is also required. Unifying opinions in a small-scale Secretary's Office Meeting first avoids endless arguing at the Standing Committee meeting. Wouldn't that look bad?

The subsequent other candidates also reached results one by one. The attendees basically all had gains. However, one point was that these candidates were still very excellent cadres, and their abilities and integrity were very prominent.

Even Tian Chengzu and Lu Shaojun dared not recommend those unreliable cadres to serve in Qingyang City again. If something happened again in the short term, they would not only lose face but also be held responsible.

Next, after going through the Standing Committee, the Provincial Organization Department would launch an investigation procedure for these candidates and let them take office as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in Qingyang City. The vacancies left after their transfer would be discussed in another Secretary's Office Meeting, and a new round of games would begin.

After everything was basically settled, everyone discovered that the one who gained the most this time was still Gu Shanmin. The most important position of Qingyang Municipal Party Secretary was decided by him, and although Li Jun didn't have a clear faction before, some people discovered that he had gone to the province to report his work to Lu Zhenghong a few days ago.

The one who suffered the heaviest losses was naturally Lu Shaojun. Qingyang City was originally his base camp, and his influence was the strongest. This time, several of his people fell or were adjusted, and the political ecosystem of Qingyang City was completely reshuffled.

The other several giants in the province all had their own gains, which was enough to be satisfied.

From the position Lu Shaojun was in, he naturally knew the cause of this Qingyang storm, so he hated Su Xinghui. You little township head, isn't your hand reaching a bit too far? What does the Qingxi County matter have to do with you?

Of course, Lu Shaojun couldn't do anything to Su Xinghui now. He knew Su Xinghui wasn't an ordinary township head; even Tian Chengzu had suffered a big loss at his hands before. However, Lu Shaojun was still very patient. A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late.

Su Xinghui naturally didn't know that he was hated by a high-ranking Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Committee. But even if he knew, he wouldn't regret what he had done.

Could he not save Jiang Chaoyang because he was afraid of a Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Committee? Could he sit idly by and watch the serious quality problems of the Qingyang embankment?

On this day, Jiang Chaoyang came to Pengjiawan Township. When he found Su Xinghui at the edge of a field in Xiaohu Village, Su Xinghui said with surprise and joy, "Senior Brother Jiang, why are you here?"

Jiang Chaoyang smiled and said, "I'm here specifically to find you for a drink!"

Su Xinghui laughed loudly and said, "Is it hard to find a drink? Let's go, let's go back to the township to drink now."