Chapter 2116

The next person to speak was actually the Minister of the Armed Forces, Fei Tao, who rarely spoke at Standing Committee meetings. He said, "I also do not agree with punishing these comrades. Is there any reason to hit and abuse people?"

Fei Tao came from a military background. Although he and Tang Chaoxin were not in the same unit, they were both from Chongjin County and both were soldiers, so naturally they had some friendship.

More importantly, Tang Chaoxin being abused by Pang Xingjie aroused his sense of shared hatred, so he came out to support Tang Chaoxin.

Most of the other Standing Committee members abstained, but with the three votes from Su Xinghui, He Jianpeng, and Fei Tao, the proposal initiated by Yuan Yifu to punish Jiang Zhiqing and the others did not pass.

Yuan Yifu's face was livid, looking as ugly as if someone in his family had died. However, the result of the Standing Committee meeting was just like that, and he couldn't change it. He gloomily announced the end of the meeting and left hurriedly; he still had to find a way to eliminate Pang Xingjie's opinion of him.

Su Xinghui returned to his office. Outside the door, he heard his office phone ringing. He hurried inside and picked it up.

The call was from Ke Zhifang. He was naturally also inquiring about the matter of Pang Xingjie being arrested. He was worried that this was done by Su Xinghui's subordinates under his instruction because he couldn't hold back, which would give others a handle and make him quite passive.

Su Xinghui explained the course of events to Ke Zhifang. Only then was Ke Zhifang relieved. The course of events Su Xinghui described conformed to common sense, and with so many witnesses, he couldn't be lying about this matter.

However, even so, this matter was also very tricky.

At the same time the Chongjin County Party Committee was holding an emergency Standing Committee meeting, the Jiangyou Provincial Party Committee was also holding an emergency Standing Committee meeting. At the Provincial Standing Committee meeting, Jiang Fangpin was thunderously angry. He even slapped the table and asked if Chongjin County was still under the Communist Party's world, that they would dare to arrest even the head of the investigation team sent by the Provincial Party Committee.

He said Chongjin County's behavior was a contempt for the Provincial Party Committee and a trampling on party discipline and national law. In short, he described the nature of the matter as very serious, as if Jiang Zhiqing and Tang Chaoxin were heinous people who would not be enough to appease public anger without being killed.

In fact, this matter was indeed shocking. Pang Xingjie was the secretary to the Provincial Party Committee Secretary and also the head of the investigation team sent by the Provincial Party Committee. It could be said that he represented the Provincial Party Committee. Chongjin County actually dared to arrest him? Was this openly opposing the Provincial Party Committee's investigation?

Fortunately, Ke Zhifang's mind was still very calm. He raised several doubts. He believed that this matter was somewhat contrary to common sense. The Chongjin County Party Committee had always been very steady and would not have such an incident without cause. He proposed that further investigation be conducted into this matter to determine the truth of the facts before deciding on the handling results.

Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary Zheng Yanjun also echoed Ke Zhifang's opinion. He believed that this matter also had doubts and needed further investigation.

Both Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretaries expressed the same opinion, which made Jiang Fangpin's aggressive momentum stall. Jiang Fangpin was far from having full control of the situation at the Jiangyou Provincial Standing Committee meeting. The local forces in Jiangyou Province were very strong, but there were also many factions. Jiang Fangpin could only control three or four votes out of the thirteen Standing Committee members.

Since there were now suspicious circumstances, the other Standing Committee members naturally would not rashly support either side. By comparison, further investigating the truth of the facts was a mature and steady approach. Therefore, most of the Standing Committee members agreed with Ke Zhifang's opinion. In the end, the Standing Committee passed a resolution to send another investigation team.

Comrade Jiang Fangpin was also depressed.