In name only: I will break the chess game in Handong

They went in nearly a meter deep, then pressed a button to pull it out. They held the extracted grain in their hands; it was neither moldy nor damp, and was well-preserved. Shen Ping, who was standing nearby, breathed a sigh of relief, his anxiety instantly dissipating.

Jia Renli captured this scene very clearly!

"Comrade Shen Ping, could you please check it again in more detail?"

"Sure, Secretary Jia, please feel free to go down. However, you can't go down. As you know, this warehouse is about 20 meters high, and the grain is piled up like quicksand. If someone goes down without equipment, they could easily fall in and cause a safety problem."

"Okay, then let's go out first..."

Jia Renli did not continue the inspection, but instead led the way out of Warehouse No. 1 and headed to the next warehouse.

After inspecting eight warehouses in a row, and seeing that everything seemed fine, Shen Ping went from being nervous to smiling broadly.

However, just when Shen Ping thought Jia Renli was about to leave, Jia Renli returned to the exit of Warehouse No. 1.

Pointing to the grain outlet, he said, "Comrade Shenping, this is the grain outlet, right?"

"Yes, yes, Secretary Jia, but the exit cannot be opened. After all, once it is opened, countless grains will flow out through this exit. Unless there is an order from higher authorities, our grain station absolutely cannot open it on its own!"

“Really?” Jia Renli squinted. His experience told him that the other party was deceiving him.

He smelled a lie!

"Secretary Jia, it's absolutely true!"

"Once opened, the entire warehouse's grain reserves could become damp and be damaged..."

"It is indeed very important, so wouldn't the key that opens the grain outlet need to be managed with extra care?"

"Secretary Jia, you can rest assured about that. I will personally keep all the keys to the grain outlets!"

"Really? So you mean you also have the key to the grain dispenser in this warehouse?"

"Yes, Secretary Jia!"

"May I take a look?" Jia Renli asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Secretary Jia, look!"

As he spoke, Shen Ping took a key from his waist and handed it to Jia Renli.

Chapter 337 All Department Heads and Bureau Chiefs Taken Down

Jia Renli fiddled with the key.

"What if I insist on opening it to take a look?"

Suddenly, Jia Renli blurted out such a sentence.

"No! Absolutely not! Secretary Jia, without instructions from higher authorities, our grain depot must not be opened!"

"I'll take responsibility for anything that happens. Get out of my way!"

"It really won't work, Secretary Jia!"

With a single glance from Jia Renli, the disciplinary committee staff accompanying him immediately pulled Shen Ping aside, while Jia Renli took the key and went to the grain outlet to unlock it.

Upon witnessing this scene, Shen Ping turned pale and felt cold all over, collapsing to the ground. Jia Renli, on the other hand, opened the long-sealed warehouse grain outlet door.

The moment the gate opened, what came into view was not a flood of grain, but an empty warehouse.

Upon entering, a steel plate covered a height of about ten meters. The grain that was first visible was only about two meters thick on the steel plate. Jia Renli was so angry that he laughed when he saw this. How dare these parasites!

Turning back to look at Shen Ping, Jia Renli's gaze was as cold as if it had been tempered with ice.

"Is this what you call national food security?"

Embezzlement!

Shen Ping lowered his head in silence. Faced with the evidence, there was no point in denying it.

"I'm asking you, your grain depot has a total of 18 warehouses, how many of them actually contain grain?"

Jia Renli walked up to Shen Ping and stared into his eyes. Shen Ping looked away and stammered, "Three warehouses are full..."

These words made Jia Renli's face darken.

"take away!"

Having no desire to continue the conversation, Jia Renli knew that such a large-scale undertaking could not possibly be accomplished by a mere stationmaster.

Half an hour later, in the provincial discipline inspection commission's interrogation room, Shen Ping revealed everything he knew.

Throughout Jingzhou, several grain stations were in this situation. Shen Ping wasn't too greedy; he left three full warehouses. Some grain stations were even more ruthless!

Aren't you afraid of being discovered?

This is what puzzled Jia Renli.

"Secretary Jia, since you've been frank, I might as well tell you that this kind of thing is not an isolated case, nor is it an isolated case in Handong. It's a situation that exists all over the country, and it's a practice that everyone in the grain system tacitly agrees to."

We all know that grain reserves are important, but they have a limited lifespan. Take wheat as an example; the storage period is about 3-4 years. From the time new grain is purchased and stored in the warehouse, if it's kept for two or three years, the price of the old grain will be very low. The purchase price of new wheat is about 1.5 yuan per kilogram, while the selling price of old grain is 1.2 yuan or even 1.1 yuan. This results in a loss of 0.4 yuan per kilogram.

"Continue!"

Jia Renli listened very attentively.

"So we sold the new grain shortly after buying it, and were able to sell it for 1.5 yuan per kilogram. The difference in price was our profit..."

"Do you know that the purpose of the country setting up grain reserves, even at a loss, is to stabilize people's livelihoods and the foundation of the nation?"

If a major disaster or calamity occurs, will your grain station be able to provide grain?

You guys are absolutely audacious!

"Secretary Jia, don't scare me. I admit defeat, but this is not something I did alone."

From bureau chiefs to department heads, who didn't know?

Other provinces are even more rampant than our Handong!

"You only got me because I'm unlucky; the worst that can happen is I go to jail!"

"I'm telling you, none of you will escape!"

Jia Renli left, but the matter was far from over. Staff from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection rushed to the Jingzhou Municipal Grain Bureau and the Provincial Grain Department. In this kind of situation, timing is everything.

As for reporting to higher authorities?

Jia Renli did report it, he called, but Tian Guofu didn't answer.

Time ticked by, and Chen Luo and his colleagues were still having a meeting in the provincial party committee's small conference room. Meanwhile, during their meeting, the provincial discipline inspection commissions received instructions to investigate local grain stations, arresting those who needed to be arrested without any leniency.

Even Qiu Yongbao, the director of the Grain Bureau, was taken away from his workplace by staff from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

After doing all this, Jia Renli slowly made a phone call to Tian Guofu's secretary. Yes, he also guessed that Tian Guofu and the others were having a Standing Committee meeting and could not be reached by the person in question. It was easy to contact the secretary, and usually, the secretary was contacted first.

Jia Renli had a little something to keep in mind about this.

"Hey, get me Secretary Tian!"

"What? Secretary Tian is in a meeting? But this is very important. Qiu Yongbao, the director of the Grain Bureau, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and has been taken into custody by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. You must contact Secretary Tian immediately and have him report to the Provincial Party Committee!"

After saying that, Jia Renli hung up the phone.

In the provincial party committee meeting room, everyone was discussing the candidate for secretary of the Guangming District Party Committee. Everyone felt that Qiu Yongbao could be included in the assessment list. But at that moment, there was a knock on the office door.

Secretary Bai hurriedly came to Sha Ruijin's side and whispered something. Upon hearing this, Sha Ruijin's expression turned strange.

"Comrades, just now, Comrade Jia Renli, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, brought news that Comrade Qiu Yongbao, Director of the Grain Department of Handong Province, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and has been placed under emergency control by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned and looked at Qian Zhiping, implying that the person he recommended didn't seem to be as principled as he had described.

The most dumbfounded person was Tian Guofu. He had only been in a meeting when he found out that such a thing had happened at the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Is he still the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission?

"Secretary Sha, what's the situation at the Provincial Grain Department? Should we contact Comrade Jia Renli first and ask him?"

Gao Yuliang adjusted his glasses and then looked at the crowd.

"I'll call Comrade Jia Renli right now!"

Tian Guofu didn't even wait for Sha Ruijin's consent before taking out his phone and checking. Oh, three missed calls were from Jia Renli…

One minute later, "Hey, Comrade Renli, what's the situation at the Provincial Grain Bureau?"

Tian Guofu's tone was full of helplessness. The other party had called him, but he hadn't answered, so he couldn't be too harsh in his tone.

"Secretary Tian! You finally answered the phone!"

The situation in the provincial grain department is very serious. It is a systemic corruption that has occurred from the department director down to the head of the local grain station. Everyone is involved in corruption by reselling state grain reserves. This phenomenon exists in almost all the grain bureaus of the prefectures and cities in Handong!

I called you earlier but you didn't answer. The situation is quite urgent, so I temporarily instructed the staff of the Discipline Inspection Commission to place Qiu Yongbao, the director of the Grain Bureau, and some other directors of grain bureaus under investigation for suspected violations of discipline and law.

Now, please provide instructions from Secretary Tian and the Provincial Party Committee!

There's absolutely nothing wrong with what they said. Everything was done according to regulations, and the evidence was sufficient. What else could Tian Guofu say?

"Okay, I've informed the provincial party committee!"

Tian Guofu looked helpless after hanging up the phone...

Chapter 338 Chaos within chaos, with significant implications!

Tian Guofu's call was on speakerphone, so everyone could hear exactly what happened.

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

Sha Ruijin was the first to speak out, saying that national grain reserves are the foundation of people's livelihood. In the event of a major disaster, it is necessary to save lives by the reserves. However, these guys are brazenly reselling national grain reserves. You can imagine how arrogant they are.

"Secretary Sha, according to what Comrade Renli just said, Qiu Yongbao, the director of the Grain Bureau, is the source of this systemic corruption. You can know a person's face but not his heart. Comrade Zhimin, did you really give this recommendation to be the secretary of the Guangming District Party Committee?"

Gao Yuliang looked at Secretary-General Qian, whose face immediately froze and turned pale. He couldn't help but curse Qiu Yongbao as an idiot in his heart, but what was the use of complaining now that the deed was done?

"Secretary Yuliang, I really didn't know anything about this. Qiu Yongbao is such a good liar, I just didn't notice..."

"Whether it was a momentary oversight or a deliberate act is another matter. Now, not only is the Party Secretary of Guangming District still unapproved, but the Grain Bureau also has a vacancy for a Director. Is it really that difficult for Handong to fill all the positions?"

"I think it's because the superiors are corrupt that the subordinates follow suit!"

Suddenly, Zhao Dagong blurted out such a sentence, and in an instant, Sha Ruijin and Zhou Jianjun both felt a tightness in their anuses.

"Comrade Dagong, what makes you say that?"