Chapter 255

Shan Guozhi's face was not very good. He said that Zheng Jianan was the Executive Deputy Director, and in the case that the Director could not perform his duties, he should preside over the work, which was obvious.

Zhang Kaishan smiled and said: "Although Comrade Zheng Jianan is the Executive Deputy Director, he is a layman in political and legal work and is not familiar with political and legal work. Comrade Xu Shixie has worked on the public security front for twenty years and is very familiar with public security and criminal investigation. The current public security situation in the county is not optimistic, and I think it is more appropriate for Comrade Xu Shixie to preside over the work of the Public Security Bureau."

Shan Guozhi was speechless. Zheng Jianan was indeed a layman in the Public Security Bureau. He was just the section chief of the sales section of the county winery. He was called a section chief, but he had no rank at all. He served Shan Guozhi well, so Shan Guozhi transferred him to the Public Security Bureau, and within a few years, he sat on the throne of Executive Deputy Director.

Do you say Zheng Jianan doesn't understand public security business? It is not accurate to say that he doesn't understand at all. He has at least stayed in the Public Security Bureau for a few years, but if you say he understands a lot, that is also a lie. At least his prestige in the Public Security Bureau is still far behind.

Executive Deputy County Magistrate Qi Hesheng spoke: "After all, Comrade Zheng Jianan is the Executive Deputy Director. I think it is very appropriate for him to preside over the work."

Minister of Propaganda Shi Meili also spoke: "Yes, such things must pay attention to the ranking. I also think Comrade Zheng Jianan is more appropriate."

Shi Meili was a woman in her forties, who could be called a charming middle-aged woman. She was once a waiter at the County Party Committee reception house, later favored by Shan Guozhi, and also served as an announcer for the TV station, after which she was promoted all the way, serving as Director of the Radio and Television Bureau, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department, until her current position as Minister.

In Shangjun County, there were also many stories about the relationship between Shan Guozhi and Shi Meili. In short, the relationship between the two was a topic that many people talked about.

Ji Tao smiled and said: "Since everyone has different opinions, let's hold a vote between Comrade Zheng Jianan and Comrade Xu Shixie."

Shan Guozhi nodded confidently and said: "Okay. I will vote for Comrade Zheng Jianan first."

Zhang Kaishan raised his hand and said: "I vote for Comrade Xu Shixie."

Just as Qi Hesheng was about to speak, County Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary Chai Weicai spoke slowly: "I have a situation that needs to be stated."

Ji Tao said: "What do you have to say, Comrade Weicai?"

Chai Weicai took out a document bag, took out the things inside, and said: "Recently, many whistleblower letters have been sent by the masses regarding Comrade Zheng Jianan's bribery, corruption, and other issues. I am preparing to report to several leaders."

After speaking, Chai Weicai handed the materials in his hand to Ji Tao. Ji Tao looked at the materials, and his face became more and more solemn. After reading it, he slapped the table and stood up: "How can this be? Please take a look at this whistleblower letter. I suggest that the Commission for Discipline Inspection immediately organize personnel to investigate and verify the content of the whistleblower letter."

Ji Tao handed the whistleblower letter to Shan Guozhi, and Shan Guozhi looked at it. The content of the whistleblower letter was actually nothing new. Shan Guozhi had seen such whistleblower letters several times, and Shan Guozhi also knew the content reported above, all of which were true. But what if it was true? As long as Shan Guozhi didn't pursue it, it was equivalent to waste paper.

However, Shan Guozhi's feeling today was very bad. In the past, Chai Weicai couldn't have taken out such a whistleblower letter. He was an old fox and wouldn't offend Shan Guozhi. But why did he take out this whistleblower letter at this temporary Standing Committee meeting today? And at such a critical moment?

Ji Tao basically wouldn't care about such things in the past, but why was he so clear-cut today?

But since the Commission for Discipline Inspection had taken out this thing, and Ji Tao had also expressed his attitude, Shan Guozhi had to express his attitude: "Well, I also agree to investigate the content reflected in these whistleblower letters. However, the current whistleblower letters are too rampant. An eight-cent stamp makes the Commission for Discipline Inspection investigate in vain. Are there few such things? So, I suggest being cautious."

Everyone passed around the whistleblower letters and agreed to investigate the content, but they didn't take "internal investigation and detention" measures against Zheng Jianan for the time being. This was what Shan Guozhi meant by being cautious, which was to investigate from the periphery first.

Ji Tao said: "Comrade Weicai, then this matter will be handed over to your Commission for Discipline Inspection. Now, let's continue to vote on who will preside over the work of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and the Public Security Bureau."

How can we vote now? Zheng Jianan is about to accept organizational investigation. Now, whoever raises their hand to support him, once the conclusion of the organizational investigation comes out, and Zheng Jianan's corruption and bribery charges are true, then whoever supports him now will be responsible!

And now the momentum seems to be a bit wrong. Chai Weicai, who has always remained neutral, actually threw out these whistleblower letters at this critical moment. These county party standing committee members are all people who have lived into human spirits. Who dares to take this responsibility at this critical juncture?

Therefore, except for Shi Meili, who had no political wisdom and still voted for Zheng Jianan, the other standing committee members either voted for Xu Shixie or abstained. In this way, the matter of Xu Shixie temporarily presiding over the work of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and the Public Security Bureau was decided.

After the Standing Committee meeting, Shan Guozhi realized that he had been tricked by Ji Tao. He first set the candidates between Zheng Jianan and Xu Shixie and voted, making Shan Guozhi think he had a sure win, and then he let Chai Weicai throw out those whistleblower letters.

In fact, if Chai Weicai threw out the whistleblower letters before agreeing to vote, Shan Guozhi could completely introduce other candidates. There was more than one Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau. However, Chai Weicai's timing was too good, just when the votes of both sides were one to one after the vote started.

If it was thrown out earlier, Shan Guozhi could introduce other candidates. If it was thrown out later, maybe Zheng Jianan already had several votes. It happened to be thrown out at that time, which led to Xu Shixie winning the vote.

Although Xu Shixie is currently only temporarily presiding over the work, everyone knows that Tao Yan is probably difficult to return to his original position. When Tao Yan officially steps down, Xu Shixie has a very good hope of succeeding him.

Thinking of this, Shan Guozhi's face was pale. Tao Yan, Tao Yan, you are too disappointing, and Chai Weicai, this old fox, stabbed me in the back at this critical moment, you wait for me.

Shan Guozhi was ruthless in his heart, but in fact, he was very terrified. Tao Yan was replaced by Xu Shixie. This was a rise and fall. Ji Tao's side was growing, while Shan Guozhi's side suffered heavy losses. He had some bad premonitions.

Xu Shixie's movements were also very fast. After receiving the county's notice, he quickly entered the role. The first thing he did after presiding over the work was to promote Wu Jun to the Deputy Captain of the Public Security Brigade.

The original Deputy Captain of the Public Security Brigade, Gong Jianjun, had already been filed for investigation, so this position had been vacant. Because of the New Year, this candidate had not been determined.

Wu Jun had worked in the Public Security Brigade for five years, and his qualifications were sufficient. Moreover, his work performance every year was outstanding, but he was not favored by certain leaders in the bureau, so he was never promoted.

Now that Xu Shixie was presiding over the work and promoted Wu Jun, no one had anything to say. On the contrary, some young people in the Public Security Brigade were happy for Wu Jun.