Chapter 3672: Dividing the scope of power

That day, Su Xinghui met with Qian Jianan in Yanzhong City. The two had a close personal friendship over the past few years. Basically, every time Su Xinghui came to the provincial capital, he would meet with Qian Jianan and others. If there was any news in the provincial capital, Qian Jianan and others would also notify Su Xinghui at the first opportunity.

However, that day, Su Xinghui met with Qian Jianan alone. This was also the first time, and he met with Qian Jianan in Qian Jianan's office.

Qian Jianan was now the Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Committee, ranking first among the Deputy Secretaries-General of the Provincial Committee, and also served as the Director of the General Office of the Provincial Committee. He was promoted after Wu Jianbai took office, and his qualifications in the Provincial Committee were also quite old. He acted steadily and was deeply trusted by Wu Jianbai. Therefore, it was not surprising that he was sent to Linshan to serve as the Municipal Committee Secretary this time, which could be considered a logical matter.

When the super-large mining disaster occurred in Linshan before, Linshan was a place of right and wrong, and it was a time of trouble. Therefore, there were many opinions on the candidate for the Linshan Municipal Committee Secretary in the Provincial Committee.

At that time, if they wanted to stabilize the situation in Linshan as soon as possible, they had to cut the Gordian knot, find someone who could hold the scene, had ability, had means, and acted vigorously. Provincial Committee Secretary Wu Jianbai and Governor Fang Zhonglin both unanimously favored Su Xinghui. It was just that Su Xinghui's rank could not directly serve as the Municipal Committee Secretary, so the Provincial Committee sent him to Linshan to serve as the Mayor.

In order to let Su Xinghui let go of his hands and feet, the Provincial Committee decided that Linshan would not send a Municipal Committee Secretary for the time being, letting Su Xinghui preside over the work in an all-around way, and consider sending a Municipal Committee Secretary after he stabilized the situation.

The Provincial Committee did not expect that Su Xinghui would stabilize the situation so quickly. Therefore, they were now preparing to send a Municipal Committee Secretary to Linshan. And in order to better cooperate with Su Xinghui's work and stabilize the good situation in Linshan City, under the insistence of Wu Jianbai and Fang Zhonglin, Qian Jianan was decided as the candidate for the Linshan Municipal Committee Secretary.

Su Xinghui did not come to Qian Jianan's office often. They would usually gather with Feng Jiaonan, Wei Jiashu, and others. Su Xinghui rarely came to Qian Jianan's office during working hours. However, today they still met and talked here because it was more suitable for such a formal and serious talk.

Although this talk was relatively serious and formal, as soon as Su Xinghui met Qian Jianan, he still smiled and said to Qian Jianan, "Secretary-General Qian, no, I should call you Secretary Qian soon!"

Qian Jianan also smiled and stood up, personally pouring a cup of tea for Su Xinghui, "Fine, it's better for you to call me Brother Qian. When the two of us are together, there's no need to call it so formally."

Su Xinghui said, "I still have to cultivate the habit. Otherwise, when you go to Linshan, if I accidentally call you Brother Qian in any formal occasion, that would not be good; it would be too informal."

Qian Jianan laughed, "Then follow your lead."

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Qian, I heard that you are going to Linshan to serve as the Municipal Committee Secretary. I am truly happy!"

Qian Jianan said, "Actually, I am also very surprised. All along, I have never thought that the Provincial Committee would send me to Linshan to serve as the Municipal Committee Secretary. However, I am also very happy now. Being able to work with you will definitely be a very pleasant thing."

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Qian, if I do anything inadequate in the future, I must ask for your forgiveness in advance!"

Qian Jianan smiled, "Don't say that. Don't I know you? Working with you, I can be very relieved."

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Qian, after you go to Linshan, I can also put down a lot of burdens. Now that I am presiding over the work of Linshan in an all-around way, my energy is somewhat overwhelmed, and the pressure on my shoulders is too great."

Qian Jianan said, "You are indeed very tired; I can see it. You have lost a lot of weight during this period. If I go to Linshan this time, I will take over the Party Committee part. However, I don't want to interfere with the work on the municipal government side, so I will have to trouble you. Of course, if you need me to cooperate with anything, such as meeting with investors, I will fully cooperate."

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Qian, you must not say that. You should still guide the work of the municipal government if you should."

Qian Jianan waved his hand, "You must not let me guide. I have never interfered with economic work; I am an outsider. If I guide you, wouldn't that be an outsider commanding an insider? If the work in Linshan is messed up, that would not be good."

Qian Jianan's words made Su Xinghui somewhat surprised, but it was also within his expectations. He did not want to have any conflicts or misunderstandings with Qian Jianan, and Qian Jianan did not want this either. Therefore, Qian Jianan doing this was quite good. Separating the scope of power of the two would not lead to conflicts or misunderstandings.

There has always been a saying in the country—separation of Party and government, which is also an important content of institutional reform, letting the Party Committee manage the Party Committee's affairs and the government manage the government's affairs, with both sides not affecting each other but promoting each other. The original intention of this sentence was very good, but now many places in the country cannot actually do it.

Many local Party Committee Secretaries hope to manage both their Party Committee affairs and interfere with the government's work, wishing to hold all power and manage everything, squeezing out the government's main officials so that they have no real power. This has caused serious internal friction, making it impossible for local government work efficiency to be high.

And some strong government main officials want to interfere with the work of the Party Committee, especially the power of organization and personnel. Everyone wants to arrange a few more of their own people. In short, no one is willing to just toss around in their own one-third of an acre of land.

Now that Qian Jianan took the initiative to propose separating the scope of power of the two, Su Xinghui had nothing to disagree with. He said, "Secretary Qian, you overstate it."

Qian Jianan said, "This is my sincere words, Xinghui. Don't think I am pretending. You are an expert in developing the economy. Although I have also worked in the government and have some political achievements, compared with you, I am still far behind. Therefore, I dare not say words of guidance. Moreover, the separation of Party and government cannot just be an empty phrase."

Qian Jianan's sincerity moved Su Xinghui. He nodded and said, "I understand, Secretary Qian!"