Chapter 3171

There were several more such receipts, issued by different traffic police officers. Although these officers were very vigilant and generally didn't issue receipts, human greed is insatiable; for the sake of money, these few officers violated their own principles and left behind evidence.

Zhao Yichen said, "This is also easy to understand: greed blinds the mind."

Tang Wenyao nodded and said, "That's the only way to understand it. Secretary Zhao, what do you think should be done about this?"

Zhao Yichen said, "I intend to convene a meeting of the Party committee secretaries right now. In addition, I will also call Comrade Aimin to the meeting so we can all discuss what should be done about this matter."

Tang Wenyao nodded and said, "I agree."

Zhao Yichen then called Chen Gang in and told him to call Mayor Wei Ziming, Municipal Party Deputy Secretary Liu Qirui, and Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Committee Secretary Gu Aimin, asking them to attend the meeting of the Party committee secretaries.

It was already close to the end of the workday, and Chen Gang knew that if a meeting of the Party committee secretaries was being convened at this time, something major must have happened. He nodded solemnly and said, "Secretary Zhao, I will call them immediately."

A few minutes later, Chen Gang came in and said, "Secretary Zhao, I have called Mayor Wei, Secretary Liu, and Secretary Gu, and they all said they would come immediately."

Zhao Yichen said, "Fine, then let's go to the small conference room and wait for them."

The group went to the small conference room together. They didn't wait more than a few minutes before Gu Aimin arrived first, followed by Liu Qirui and Wei Ziming. Zhao Yichen tossed a cigarette to each of them and told them to sit down. They all accepted the cigarettes and thanked Zhao Yichen.

Although their faces were full of smiles, they were all on guard because Zhao Yichen was convening a meeting of the Party committee secretaries at this time, and Su Su Xinghui was also present. They all felt it couldn't be anything good.

Sure enough, Zhao Yichen said, "I invited everyone to this meeting today because Comrade Wenyao and Comrade Su Xinghui both received a piece of report material. I feel the problem is quite serious, so I invited everyone to discuss it and see what should be done about this matter."

Zhao Yichen tossed the two file bags to Wei Ziming and Liu Qirui respectively, telling them to take a look.

As soon as Gu Aimin saw the two file bags, his eyelids twitched. He said, "Secretary Zhao, I also received such a file bag today. I was just about to come and report to you when you convened this meeting of the Party committee secretaries."

Zhao Yichen said indifferently, "Oh, and what was the content of the file bag you received?"

Gu Aimin said with a pained expression, "Secretary Zhao, it is my dereliction of duty. In recent years, I have managed the specific affairs of the Public Security Bureau less and have not grasped the ideological work within the bureau as tightly as before, allowing such a major incident to occur in the bureau—that there are actually traffic police collecting some 'monthly fee' from truck drivers."

Gu Aimin could naturally see that the two file bags Zhao Yichen brought out were identical to the one he had received, and since Zhao Yichen had urgently convened a meeting of the Party committee secretaries at this time, the contents of these two bags were likely the same as what he had received.

Originally, Gu Aimin didn't want to report this to Zhao Yichen, but under the current circumstances, if he didn't know how to take the initiative, he would have wasted decades rolling around in the officialdom.

Zhao Yichen naturally wouldn't say anything. He nodded and said, "So you also received this report material. Then you don't need to look at it; Comrade Ziming and Comrade Qirui can just take a look."

Wei Ziming and Liu Qirui had already flipped through the two pieces of report material as quickly as possible. After reading them, they were also extremely shocked.

In fact, they had heard rumors about some violations and disciplinary issues within the public security system, such as traffic police and public security police officers engaging in misconduct. Incidents of traffic police collecting arbitrary fees and public security police arbitrarily arresting people for gambling or prostitution and not handing over the fines occurred from time to time. They had also received report letters before.

However, at that time, such report letters were very scattered, and such matters were considered minor, so they didn't take them seriously, only letting Gu Aimin handle them internally. And how could Gu Aimin handle them? The Public Security Bureau was full of his old subordinates; he would just scold them a few times and that would be the end of it.

In addition, there were reasons for this situation in the public security system. Because the municipal treasury had been tight in the past, the funds allocated to public security were seriously insufficient. Sometimes, the Public Security Bureau couldn't even pay salaries, so the city let them raise their own funds.

How could public security raise their own funds? They didn't know how to do business. In the past, the Municipal Public Security Bureau ran a "Golden Shield Explosion-Proof Equipment Factory," which also went bankrupt due to poor management, leaving behind millions in loans from the Municipal Bank of China that hadn't been repaid.

Speaking of which, there was a bit of a mess at the time. The Municipal Bank of China demanded the loans from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and since the loans for the Golden Shield factory were mortgaged against the salaries of all the Public Security Bureau staff, their demand for repayment was reasonable and fair.

But at the time, Gu Aimin pulled out his own service pistol, slapped it on his desk with a bang, and said, "You want money, right? There is no money. Either you take this gun back, or you take this office building back; it should be worth a few bucks."

What could the people from the Bank of China do in the face of Gu Aimin's style? They could only return in defeat.

Since the Public Security Bureau didn't have the ability to revitalize the economy, they could only rely on fines. Fines came from three sources: traffic fines, gambling arrests, and prostitution arrests. After they collected the fines, they had to issue receipts, hand them over to the municipal treasury first, and then the treasury would return a certain percentage to the Public Security Bureau. This portion of returned funds allowed them to pay salaries.

Later, the fine revenue of the Public Security Bureau not only satisfied their own salary and daily expense needs but also subsidized the municipal treasury, becoming one of the important sources of municipal revenue.

Precisely because of this, the municipal government couldn't speak firmly in front of the Public Security Bureau. Who told them they had no money? They knew the Public Security Bureau had some violations and disciplinary phenomena, but they couldn't say anything and could only let Gu Aimin handle it.

And Gu Aimin naturally indulged his subordinates to some extent. He had previously owed many police officers their salaries and felt some guilt toward them, so he turned a blind eye to these violations and disciplinary phenomena.

This time, he received this report material and was also prepared to handle it internally. Who knew that this report material had also been sent to several other people? Then he had no choice. Now he could only hand the initiative over to Zhao Yichen.

Gu Aimin was making a self-criticism to Zhao Yichen, but he was seething with hatred inside. Who the hell sent these report materials everywhere?

Seeing Wei Ziming and Liu Qirui lift their heads, Zhao Yichen said, "Comrade Ziming, Comrade Qirui, what are your views?"

Wei Ziming said, "Secretary Zhao, this is indeed a very serious matter. It makes me feel deeply shocked! I think this matter must be investigated thoroughly."

Liu Qirui said, "Yes, Secretary Zhao, this matter needs to be investigated thoroughly. This is too shocking. How could such large-scale violations and disciplinary behavior occur in the Public Security Bureau? It must be investigated clearly!"

They naturally didn't dare to be negligent about such matters. If they didn't take a firm stand, the fire might burn them.

Gu Aimin also expressed his determination to investigate this matter thoroughly. Tang Wenyao and Su Su Xinghui naturally held the same opinion. Therefore, this meeting of the municipal Party committee secretaries did not last until late at night; it only lasted until after eight o'clock, and everyone reached a consensus: this serious case of violations and disciplinary behavior must be investigated thoroughly.