In name only: The land of Handong, I shall rule its fate.

"And then what happened?"

Facing the curious gazes of the Standing Committee members who were unaware of the truth, Fang Denggao slammed his hand down like a thunderclap, "He has nothing, no political achievements, no theoretical knowledge, and he's reached the level of a full-fledged department head at the age of thirty for no reason."

"Let's look at the job again!"

"When he took office as mayor of Luzhou, this comrade had been in the position of director of the Transportation Bureau for two whole years. As a result, the main road in the old city that was supposed to be repaired in one year was repaired and demolished repeatedly. When asked why, he said that a few holdouts were demanding higher prices. He insisted on tearing down the entire planning map and starting over.

"How much is the compensation for demolishing a few houses? How much does it cost to rebuild a highway? The original plan is also seriously outdated."

"Fellow Standing Committee members, would I dare to use such a cadre? Would I dare to promote him?"

Fang Denggao's voice grew louder and louder, "I don't deny that Yi Xuexi is a comrade with strong principles and bottom lines, but he is also a comrade who works like a donkey."

"He's like my son when he was little, even simple copying homework required his parents to guide him stroke by stroke."

"Such a comrade is fundamentally unsuitable to be a leader. If he works diligently and conscientiously, I would wholeheartedly support him being given a sinecure as a deputy director or even a director when he retires."

"Because he was really sweating and bleeding!"

"But if it is to promote him to a powerful position at the bureau level, I will firmly disagree."

"This is a case of promoting an official while disrupting the normal work of an entire unit and even the lives, economic development, and progress of the local people."

Fang Denggao's face was flushed, his eyes bulged slightly, and he slammed his hand on the conference table, making a loud thud.

"Comrade Denggao, don't get agitated."

Sha Ruijin stared at the teacup bobbing on the table, his temples throbbing.

"It's possible that Comrade Yi Xuexi is just not suited to the position of Director of the Transportation Bureau, but he does quite well in other places."

Sha Ruijin refused to give up.

"hehe!"

Fang Denggao scoffed, "When he was the county party secretary of Jinshan County, this comrade dared not change the predicament. It was Secretary Li who single-handedly planned the whole county and mobilized the entire system to build the highways one phase at a time."

"Not long ago, while serving as the director of the Luzhou Development Zone, I almost demolished the lakeside restaurants due to my personal opinions, causing huge economic losses to local business owners and triggering conflicts between the public and the government."

"The Luzhou Municipal Party Committee and Government, mindful of his hard work, did not punish him, but demoted him to district head and deputy director, and did not record it in his personnel file. As a result, it almost triggered a second conflict."

"At that time, Secretary Sha and Secretary Tian should both be inspecting Luzhou, right? Do you know that?"

Fang Denggao stared directly at the ugly face of the rat poison and said bluntly, "Furthermore, regarding Secretary Sha's mention of how he had been stuck at the level of a division chief for 25 years, and was about to be promoted to deputy director-general just because he was diligent and hardworking, I cannot agree with that either."

"As we all know, our organizational structure is pyramidal, with fewer positions at the top. It is true that good comrades should be promoted, but not every good comrade who only knows how to work hard can be promoted."

"Our province has about 40 cadres with established positions. Of these, about 20 have not been promoted for more than ten years and most are stuck at the clerk level for their entire lives. There are about 2.5 at the division level, of which only 4.4% of deputy division chiefs are promoted to division chiefs and only 1% of division chiefs are promoted to the provincial level."

"Other provinces, including Hanjiang Province and Bohai Province where Secretary Sha served, should be similar."

"Are these grassroots cadres who haven't been promoted for years really worse than Comrade Yi Xuexi? Probably not. In fact, he's already much luckier than most people."

"The reason they can't get promoted is entirely because they are not worthy of their positions!"

Before the others could fully process Fang Denggao's words, he pointed to the ten pictures and tea that Sha Ruijin had brought back, "Secretary Sha, I'd like to ask you something else."

"Spouses of cadres are not allowed to operate businesses within the cadre's jurisdiction. Did Comrade Mao Ya start planting tea in Jinshan during or after Yi Xuexi's tenure?"

"Of course, we can understand that to some extent."

"What I really want to know is, where does this Comrade Mao Ya sell her tea? In the Jinshan Tea Plantation? Or in her home covered with administrative planning maps?"

"If it's the latter, does it mean the tea seller can see the house's layout?"

"Could this involve illicit transactions involving administrative information and money, ostensibly selling tea but actually selling forward-looking information on administrative planning?"

Fang Denggao turned his gaze to Tian Guofu again. "Secretary Tian, ​​as the Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, you must have your own experience with clandestine transactions of money and power. Was my earlier guess reasonable? Have the Luzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection intervened in the investigation?"

A series of arguments followed.

Fang Denggao completed a complete crackdown, from raising opinions to rejecting the proposal outright, and then to investigating violations of discipline and law. Every step was well-reasoned and strictly followed the rules and procedures, showing no mercy to the beloved gerbil agent.

No, I still kept it.

Ultimately, it was Comrade Tian Guofu, the Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, who was held accountable.

Tian Guofu died a little bit.

It wasn't my idea, so why am I always the one who ends up getting hurt?

I am not satisfied!

Tian Guofu was filled with grief and indignation.

"This... taking administrative planning maps home is indeed against regulations, but for us cadres, work and life are inseparable, and a considerable number of city managers do this."

Tian Guofu racked his brains, trying to come up with a way to shift the blame. "Secretary Li, and even Standing Committee Member Fang, you yourself have this habit, don't you?"

"have."

Fang Denggao readily admitted, "But the planning map is in the study, no businessmen will come, and there are no businessmen or children in the house."

Fang Denggao's intentions were almost overflowing from the screen.

He not only wanted to destroy Yi Xuexi's path to advancement, but also wanted to investigate whether there were any power-for-money transactions between Yi Xuexi and Mao Ya.

This is outrageous! This is outrageous!

Sha Ruijin's face flushed red. Was it too much for a newly appointed provincial party secretary to promote someone?

They actually criticized him from beginning to end, and even wanted to send the people he brought out to prison.

Sha Ruijin was so angry that his whole body was trembling.

"Let's vote then."

Seeing that the squad leader remained silent, Liu Changsheng, as the deputy squad leader, naturally took over the conversation, "So, regarding Comrade Yi Xuexi, the head of the Luzhou High-tech Zone and deputy director of the development zone... By the way, Secretary Sha, what were you planning to promote Comrade Yi Xuexi to again?"

Liu Changsheng's seemingly casual words were far more damaging and ruthless than Fang Denggao's, practically stomping on the face of the provincial party secretary.

"Since Comrade Yi Xuexi has so many shortcomings, then let's just leave it at that."

Sha Ruijin waved his hand, forcing a smile, "In addition, there is another personnel reshuffle."

"They came from the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuratorate."