Chapter 1747

In January, several eye-catching personnel changes occurred in the political scene of Changshan County.

First, Xue Xingyuan no longer served as the Secretary of the Changshan County Party Committee and was transferred to the position of Director of the Changshan County People's Congress. His position as County Party Secretary was taken over by Ling Anguo.

This news was very sudden, but upon closer reflection, it was also within reason. Xue Xingyuan was about to turn 58, and this year was a transition year; his age had reached the point where he should retreat to the second line. Ling Anguo was a few years younger than him, and over the past year, Ling Anguo's work in the county government had been highly effective. Changing the Changshan County Party Secretary to Ling Anguo would not affect the various tasks of Changshan County.

The former Executive Deputy County Magistrate of Changshan County, Shi Ronghuai, was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Changshan County Party Committee and Acting County Magistrate. After the election at the People's Congress in the near future, he would be able to officially become the County Magistrate of Changshan.

In the second half of last year, Shi Ronghuai had been very supportive of the work of the County Party Committee and the county government, and he had cooperated well with Su Xinghui's work. Especially when Su Xinghui was under investigation, he had publicly expressed his support for Su Xinghui. Coupled with the fact that he was already the Executive Deputy County Magistrate, he became the best candidate to succeed as County Magistrate.

After Shi Ronghuai became County Magistrate, Su Xinghui logically succeeded to the position of Executive Deputy County Magistrate that he had left behind. Now, among the deputy county magistrates in the county government, he was the only one who was a member of the County Party Standing Committee. If he didn't take over as Executive Deputy County Magistrate, who would?

After this round of adjustments, three deputy county magistrate positions were vacated in the Changshan County government. Subsequently, the Yulin Municipal Party Committee also announced the list of these three new deputy county magistrates. They were the former Director of the Changshan County Transportation Bureau, An Dachang; the former Mayor of Xiongshan Town, Guo Qikai; and the former Director of the County Government Office, Zhu Tie. An Dachang was simultaneously appointed as a member of the Changshan County Party Standing Committee.

Among these three deputy county magistrates, the first two were recommended by Su Xinghui to both Xue Xingyuan and Ling Anguo. Of course, at that time, he did not know that Xue Xingyuan would retreat to the second line and that three deputy county magistrate positions would be vacated; otherwise, he would likely have recommended Zhu Tie as well, as Zhu Tie was also a capable cadre.

Among these three, only Guo Qikai could be considered an exceptional promotion. He was promoted directly to the position of deputy county magistrate without going through the step of being a town party secretary. However, given his ability, there was no problem with him serving as a deputy county magistrate. Su Xinghui just hoped to quickly promote young cadres like him to important positions.

After these three deputy county magistrates reported to the county government, Shi Ronghuai also convened a county magistrate's office meeting to discuss the division of labor among the deputy county magistrates.

This division of labor was much simpler. Su Xinghui handed over the work he had previously been in charge of to An Dachang, Guo Qikai, and Zhu Tie respectively. Among them, An Dachang was in charge of transportation, urban construction, and the work previously handled by Zhao Yangang; he came from a background as a transportation bureau director, so handling these things was his specialty.

Guo Qikai was in charge of agriculture, animal husbandry, and forestry, and the water conservancy work was also handed over to him. He had long held leadership positions at the grassroots level and was very familiar with rural work, especially since he had a lot of experience in developing animal husbandry in Xiongshan Town; therefore, letting him be in charge of these tasks was familiar territory.

Zhu Tie took over the cultural, educational, and health work previously handled by Fang Qing, while the work handled by the other deputy county magistrates did not have any major changes.

As the Executive Deputy County Magistrate, Su Xinghui naturally took over the work previously handled by Shi Ronghuai. His most important responsibilities were finance, banking, and the administrative aspects of the county government. It could be said that he held the financial power of the county, and basically all future expenditures of the county government required his signature for confirmation.

At this county magistrate's office meeting, the attendees had mixed feelings. The old-guard deputy county magistrates all had very complex feelings. They hadn't expected that Su Xinghui, who only became a deputy county magistrate last year, would become the Executive Deputy County Magistrate this year, while the two deputy county magistrates who had fought him the hardest last year had now fallen.

Not only that, but among the three newly promoted deputy county magistrates, two were recommended by Su Xinghui and had an extraordinary relationship with him. This proved that as long as one followed Su Xinghui, there were great benefits to be had.

Although they were old-guard deputy county magistrates and felt a bit awkward working under the young Su Xinghui, facts were stronger than people. Those who opposed Su Xinghui had bad luck, while those who followed him were promoted. It was very clear how to choose.

After the county magistrate's office meeting, Shi Ronghuai said to Su Xinghui with a smile, "Comrade Xinghui, let's go to Secretary Ling's office together. He said he has something to discuss with us today."

Su Xinghui nodded and went to Ling Anguo's office with Shi Ronghuai.

Ling Anguo had now moved to Xue Xingyuan's former office, Shi Ronghuai had moved to Ling Anguo's former office, and Su Xinghui had not moved; he felt that his current office was quite good, and moving back and forth was quite troublesome.

Arriving at Ling Anguo's office, Ling Anguo was reading a document. Seeing the two of them arrive, he put down the document and smiled, "Is the meeting over?"

Shi Ronghuai said, "Yes, it was mainly to arrange the division of labor for the deputy county magistrates, and it has already been arranged."

Ling Anguo nodded without asking too much about the arrangements on the county government side. He said, "I called you here today mainly to discuss some personnel arrangements in the county. I want to exchange ideas with you first."

This time, Changshan County changed three deputy county magistrates, all of whom were promoted within the county. Yulin City did not send any deputy county magistrates over, which was also to maintain the continuity of Changshan County's work. Of course, the most important thing was to respect Su Xinghui's opinion.

When Su Xinghui recommended people, he naturally recommended those he was familiar with. If Yulin City had sent a few deputy county magistrates over, he wouldn't have understood their character, ability, or personality, and it would have taken a long time to coordinate. If the coordination went well, that would be fine, but if it didn't, it wouldn't form a joint force and would instead bring resistance, which would be troublesome.

Su Xinghui now understood why leaders all used people they knew; there were certain reasons for this.

After An Dachang, Guo Qikai, and Zhu Tie were promoted to the positions of deputy county magistrates, the three positions they left behind were also very high-value among regular section-level cadres, especially the positions of Transportation Bureau Director and County Government Office Director, which could be said to be among the top in value for regular section-level cadres.

In addition to these three positions, now that it was the beginning of the year, other cadres in the county also needed to be adjusted. This adjustment might involve dozens or hundreds of positions. Before the cadre adjustment, Ling Anguo naturally had to exchange views with Shi Ronghuai and Su Xinghui.

Of course, this exchange of views was informal; the Secretary's Office Meeting was formal. The Secretary's Office Meeting also required the participation of the Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee, Li Bokun, because it involved personnel adjustments, and the Minister of the Organization Department, Xu Yulai, also had to attend as a non-voting delegate. However, Su Xinghui was not the Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee, so he could not attend the Secretary's Office Meeting. Ling Anguo exchanging views with him now was to give him a certain say in personnel arrangements.

Shi Ronghuai certainly understood this, but he was not repulsed by it. He knew how he had become County Magistrate; it had a lot to do with his cooperation with Su Xinghui's work during this period. Facts proved that there was nothing bad about cooperating well with Su Xinghui, so what was wrong with Su Xinghui voicing his own opinions on personnel issues?

Didn't he see that two deputy county magistrates were recommended by Su Xinghui? What were a few positions in the county? Moreover, as long as he cooperated, he believed that Ling Anguo and Su Xinghui would not leave him without any benefits.

After Ling Anguo finished speaking, Shi Ronghuai nodded and smiled, "Okay."

Ling Anguo said, "First is the candidates for the three positions of Transportation Bureau Director, County Government Office Director, and Xiongshan Town Mayor. You should suggest candidates for these three positions."

The positions of Transportation Bureau Director and County Government Office Director were both heads of units directly under the county government, and the county government had a great say in them. Especially the position of County Government Office Director, which was the County Magistrate's chief steward; this candidate had always been decided by the County Magistrate, so Ling Anguo wanted to seek the opinions of Shi Ronghuai and Su Xinghui.

As for the Mayor of Xiongshan Town, the main work of this position also required coordination with the county government, so Ling Anguo also had to seek the opinions of Shi Ronghuai and Su Xinghui. This also represented his attitude that he would not interfere indiscriminately with the work of the county government.