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

The last day of December, which is also the last day of this year.

The long-vacant office of the Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission has finally come alive with activity.

"Secretary Lin!"

Sitting across the table was an uneasy Qi Tongwei, whose weathered face and bloodshot eyes revealed his deep exhaustion.

He had just returned from handling the aftermath in Hao County, but at this moment, he looked like a little devil who had secretly run away to play without his parents' knowledge.

"To participate in Governor Tianhen's plan..."

Qi Tongwei rubbed his hands on his pants, which were damp with sweat. "It's not for that position. I just really want to do something."

"Governor Tianhen explained to me in detail the devastating consequences of a P2P Ponzi scheme; the outcome would undoubtedly be terrifying..."

"Handong is developing very well now, and it doesn't need our presence."

Do you know the consequences you'll face?

Lin Zhiyuan lowered his eyes and didn't look at him. "You're different from the others. You have more criminal records than all the others combined."

"I...I know."

Qi Tongwei's voice trembled, "But I don't regret it."

"After the Chuzhou case, Liang... actually came back. He saw me, and I asked for his opinion."

"His reply was his motto from back then: 'If you want to get involved in politics and law, be prepared to risk your life.'"

"I've never been pure in my life. At first, I wanted to make something of myself and give back to my fellow villagers. Then it was for Chen Yang. Later, I succumbed to power and money..."

"I want to truly live once."

"Perhaps this time I didn't live a pure life either."

"I sent Liang Lu and Siming to the capital with Old Master Liang."

Qi Tongwei spoke haltingly, looking as if he had aged ten years, his once upright posture now hunched over.

"I only care about what you do."

Lin Zhiyuan tidied up a pile of documents on the table, slowly stood up, and paused slightly as he passed by Qi Tongwei. "A 47-year-old police chief should be full of vigor. Hold your head high, straighten your back, and look directly into the eye."

"Go to a meeting!"

Lin Zhiyuan shoved the document into Qi Tongwei's arms and walked straight out of the office.

Ok?

Looking at Qi Tongwei holding the documents, Xiao Gao felt like he was about to lose his job.

You've got a lot of tricks up your sleeve, Director Qi!

Not content with stealing Lao Zhang's job, now you're trying to steal his secretary Xiao Gao's job too. Hey, you probably don't know how powerful pillow talk can be.

I'll tell you!

You're finished, you're definitely finished.

The meeting room was packed today.

Zhang Guofeng, Chief Prosecutor of the Provincial People's Procuratorate; Zeng Jia, President of the Provincial Higher People's Court; Wei Xiang, Director of the Provincial Department of Justice; Qi Feng, Director of the Provincial Long'an Department of Justice; Song Tanming, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the 13th Municipal People's Congress and newly appointed Chief Prosecutor of the Jingzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate; and Zhao Liang, President of the Jingzhou Intermediate People's Court, have all arrived.

The provincial political and legal affairs commission system cadres included Yang Haijing, executive deputy secretary and secretary of the discipline inspection commission; Luo Mu, deputy secretary; Wu Tian, ​​secretary-general of the political and legal affairs commission; Long Yun, director of the political department; as well as the full-time deputy director of the provincial comprehensive management office, the director of the law enforcement supervision department, the deputy director of the provincial stability maintenance office, and the deputy director of the provincial 610 Office, totaling 8 people.

Qin Zhuofeng, deputy secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Han Tianzhi, deputy secretary of the Organization Department, were also invited to attend the meeting.

"Secretary Lin!"

Upon seeing Lin Zhiyuan enter through the door, everyone stood up, but Lin Zhiyuan raised his hand to press it down.

"Director Qi, please take your seat. Let's begin today's meeting."

Lin Zhiyuan rested his hands on the back of his chair and glanced at all the cadres. "This is the first time I have formally met with everyone since I took over as Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, apart from work reports. I would also like to thank Comrade Zhuofeng from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Comrade Tianzhi from the Provincial Organization Department for being invited to attend the meeting."

"On the last day of this year, looking back on the province's work, it can be said that our Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission has achieved a negative score on a test paper with a perfect score of 100."

The blunt and cruel words fell.

Many officials lowered their heads, while many others turned their attention to the representatives from Jingzhou, Lüzhou, and Chuzhou.

"There are many problems, some of which have been identified, and some that haven't."

Lin Zhiyuan tapped the back of the chair. "I only have two points to make: First, those who haven't been caught will come to me voluntarily after the meeting and be dealt with leniently; those who are stubborn and unyielding will be dealt with severely. Second, I don't know how Secretary Yuliang coordinates the work of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, but from now on, follow my lead."

Kara!

The sound of the chair being pulled out echoed harshly against the floor.

Lin Zhiyuan took his seat.

"First, effective immediately, a provincial-level, province-wide oversight task force will be established, with personnel divided into permanent and rotating staff:"

I will serve as the group leader, with Comrade Hai Jing, Comrade Luo Mu, Comrade Tong Wei, Comrade Guo Feng, Comrade Zeng Jia, and Comrade Wei Xiang serving as deputy group leaders. The secretaries of the 13 municipal political and legal committees will serve as group members, and the provincial discipline inspection commission and the provincial organization department will also send a deputy to participate. In the early stages, we will hold discussion and coordination meetings once every half month, and after things stabilize, at least once a month.

This is a permanent rule.

The heads or deputies of each rotating unit hold a work meeting every two weeks, led by the public security, procuratorate, court, and judicial departments.

This is the duty roster.

"Second, establish a rigid scheduling mechanism."

The area is divided into four geographical regions: east, south, west, and north. Each deputy secretary is assigned a specific region to oversee. Comrade Haijing will take on two regions, and Comrades Luomu and Tongwei will each take on one. If a batch of problems or particularly serious issues arise in a region, a supervisory team will be dispatched from the provincial level to oversee the matter.

If you're short-handed, come to me, and I'll add more people for you.

"Third, establish a unified system for collecting all leads across the province."

Based on the four major categories of ledgers—public security, procuratorate, court, and judicial—daily leads are sorted and reported to establish a general ledger.

"The above three points aim to coordinate the organizational system."

Lin Zhiyuan glanced at the cadres who were writing furiously, seemingly taking notes of something, and said, "Next are three points for comprehensive supervision and verification."

"1. A permanent, comprehensive supervision task force will organize joint unannounced inspections on an irregular and unscheduled basis."

Second, establish a unified expert database for political and legal evaluation, conduct random cross-city and cross-system surveys, and ensure that all local experts are recused.

Third, in conjunction with online government service platforms, create a dual-platform (internal and external) integrated digital supervision system for law enforcement and judicial affairs, requiring that all data, regardless of whether they originate from the same source or share the same platform.

"In addition, this includes comprehensive rectification tasks across the entire chain, covering the integrated advancement of investigation, prosecution, trial, enforcement, criminal punishment execution, and legal services; joint governance of the entire criminal punishment execution chain, with closed-loop collaboration among public security, procuratorate, court, and judicial authorities; standardized rectification of grassroots governance and legal services, with judicial administration embedded in the overall political and legal governance; a cross-departmental mechanism for collaboratively resolving bottlenecks; an integrated accountability system, implementing the same accountability standards; and the normalized construction of integrated coordination among public security, procuratorate, court, and judicial authorities."

"You're more familiar with these things, so I won't go into detail."

Lin Zhiyuan's voice revealed undisguised murderous intent, "What I want you to talk about is performance appraisal."

"It is quite foolish and arrogant to quantify workload and work effort as performance-based."

"but…"

"When a system experiences a series of problems, including collective problems, and work progresses stagnates, it may be worth trying to establish performance evaluation standards."

P.S.: Has anyone done book cover testing? How effective was it? The data has been a bit poor lately.