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

As they entered the conference room together, everyone's eyes immediately fell on Chen Luo and Secretary Aimin.

Seeing the two of them walking one after the other with smiles on their faces, everyone understood that their wills were aligned.

After sitting down, Secretary Aimin took the lead in raising Gansu Province's request.

"Comrades, I just received a letter of consultation from the Gansu Provincial Party Committee, hoping that our province can allocate some non-local personnel to support Gansu's work on windbreak and sand fixation."

Comrade Chen Luo and I have already exchanged opinions and agree with Gansu Province's request. Comrades, what about you? Do you have any opinions? If so, please feel free to speak up.

As Secretary Aimin finished speaking, the entire room fell silent!

Both the provincial first and second provincial governments have agreed, so who would dare to object? Even if they did, they'd have to keep quiet!

After scanning the room, everyone shook their heads in unison, indicating that they had no objections.

"Alright, since everyone has no objections, let Comrade Chen Luo be in charge of the handover of work with Gansu Province."

Let's use the remaining time to discuss other tasks according to the pre-arranged meeting agenda.

"Comrade Shenshi, you go first."

Wei Shenshi nodded, then cleared his throat and said, "The day before yesterday, Wang Jianning, the secretary of the Dongping Municipal Party Committee, called me and said that their municipal party committee's opinion on the removal of the director of the Dongping Municipal Public Security Bureau was directly rejected by the provincial public security department."

Comrade Wang Jianning complained that Comrade Zhao Donglai of the Provincial Public Security Department was bullying people and didn't even give a reason for rejecting his proposal.

They just want our provincial party committee to judge this matter.

As he said this, Wei Shenshi glanced at Chen Luo inadvertently.

Chen Luo didn't even bother to acknowledge the other party.

It would have been fine if Dongping City hadn't been mentioned, but once Dongping City was brought up, Jia Renli immediately became restless.

"Secretary Aimin, Governor Chen, Secretary Yu, comrades, I have something to say about Dongping City!"

"Comrade Renli, please speak freely!"

After Secretary Aimin smiled and nodded, Jia Renli calmly approached the microphone.

"Our provincial discipline inspection commission recently discovered, based on tip-offs, that a deputy provincial-level official in our province is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law!"

The relevant evidence is still being compiled, but based on the current evidence, it can be basically determined that Comrade Jiang Xudong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, has long abused his power to act as a protector of organized crime.

Abuse of power and obstruction of judicial fairness.

Fabricating wrongful convictions and forming cliques have severely damaged the rule of law and fairness in Dongping City!

Upon hearing this, several members of the Standing Committee present couldn't help but become serious, since it involved a deputy provincial-level official!

"I have also reported Jiang Xudong's violations of discipline and law to the higher-level discipline inspection and supervision commission."

Besides Jiang Xudong himself, a number of cadres, including Lan Jingming, a member of the Standing Committee of the Dongping Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, were also involved!

These people are lawless and act like tyrants in Dongping City. This information was initially revealed to us by Xu Yanwu, the director of the Dongping City Public Security Bureau, and Hou Liangping, the deputy secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Coincidentally, the Dongping Municipal Party Committee was to remove Comrade Xu Yanwu from his post as Director of the Public Security Bureau the very next day.

Minister Wei, do you think this could be a coincidence?

Chapter 422 A Circuitous Journey, Destiny at its Finest

No sooner had Jia Renli finished speaking than Tang Ning followed suit.

"Comrade Shenshi, you are the Minister of Organization. It is not against discipline for the secretaries of the prefectures and cities below to express their dissatisfaction to you. However, Comrade Shenshi, you can't just believe one side of the story, can you?"

It's not that whoever makes a fuss is right. Comrade Shen Shi, have you verified this with the Provincial Public Security Bureau?

Have you thoroughly investigated the whole story?

Without properly verifying the situation and understanding the truth of the matter, they brought this issue to the Standing Committee for discussion. Anyone who didn't know better would think that the Organization Minister of Guangdong Province was a seriously incompetent and lazy official!

Tang Ning didn't mince words; he practically blatantly attacked Wei Shenshi.

The main problem was that Wei Shenshi went too far.

Without verifying with the Provincial Public Security Department, the matter was brought up to the Standing Committee and made a big deal out of nothing. How can the Provincial Government sit idly by?

Anyone can protect their own.

These words were particularly hurtful. Wei Shenshi's face turned pale and then purple. He wanted to refute them, but he couldn't find any reason to do so. After all, Dongping really had a problem.

If you don't have a clean bottom, you won't have the confidence to speak.

Wei Shenshi looked at Yu Xiangbei, trying to get Yu Xiangbei to say something for him, but Yu Xiangbei sat upright and had no intention of helping him at all.

"Comrade Shen Shi, make bold guesses, but verify carefully. Organizational work cannot be based on blind faith. Your understanding of this point is not good enough. You need to criticize yourself and examine yourself!"

That wasn't all. Chen Luo continued, "Organizational work is of paramount importance to the development of the entire province."

Taking Dongping as an example, according to Comrade Renli's report, the entire public security, procuratorial and judicial system in Dongping City is almost corrupt, and wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice occur frequently.

This is certainly related to Lan Jingming, the corrupt secretary of the Dongping Municipal Political and Legal Committee, but what if we analyze it carefully?

How could such a corrupt official rise to the position of Secretary of the Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission? How did the organization department conduct its vetting process? Putting aside other factors, whether Secretary Wang Jianning was aware of the situation or not, he cannot escape responsibility!

Ultimately, it's unreasonable for a municipal party secretary to concurrently serve as mayor for an extended period, wielding absolute power!

Comrade Shen Shi, haven't you considered recommending a candidate for mayor of Dongping to the provincial party committee?

After Chen Luo finished speaking, the first secretary, Aimin, couldn't help but twitch slightly. The corruption problem in Dongping City's political and legal system was ultimately a problem of the top leader of Dongping City failing to supervise effectively.

Doesn't Zhang Aimin, the provincial party secretary, bear any responsibility for the personnel issues?

This is a subtle way of hinting at him!

Secretary Aimin looked at Chen Luo, and the two stared at each other. Chen Luo smiled and raised his eyebrows. Secretary Aimin couldn't help but think to himself, "This guy really doesn't take any loss!"

If Chen Luo knew that Secretary Aimin would think this way, he would surely cry out that he was wronged.

The corruption problem in Dongping City requires accountability, and Wang Jianning, the Party Secretary of the city, certainly bears responsibility.

Does the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee bear no responsibility for allowing Wang Jianning to take full control of Dongping?

It's inappropriate to place this responsibility on the provincial party committee members, and it's equally inappropriate to place it on Secretary Aimin.

Just then, Wei Shenshi stepped forward, leaving Chen Luo with no choice but to shift the blame onto him.

Of course, Wei Shenshi wasn't wronged either...

The happiest person at that moment was Yan Licheng, the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. When Jia Renli finished introducing the situation in Dongping, Yan Licheng's heart skipped a beat.

He had already prepared an explanation, and he had even thought of what he would say... but then Wei Shenshi jumped out, allowing him, the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, to disappear without a trace.

"Comrades, what Comrade Chen Luo said is very insightful. The corruption in Dongping City is inseparable from the ineffective supervision of the top leader. Comrade Wang Jianning may no longer be suitable to continue fighting on the front line."

What do you all think?

As the judge, Secretary Aimin made a characterization of the corruption in Dongping City. When Wei Shenshi heard that Secretary Aimin had not named him, he was overjoyed and quickly echoed, "Secretary Aimin, your summary is very insightful!"

Indeed, Wang Jianning is not suitable to remain in Dongping. Just a few days ago, Comrade He Jun, the Party Secretary of the Provincial Writers Association, was expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office. I think it would be very appropriate to transfer Wang Jianning to serve as the Party Secretary of the Provincial Writers Association!

Upon hearing this, Secretary Aimin nodded, not rejecting the idea.

He glanced at the others and asked, "What are the opinions of the other comrades?"

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

Who wouldn't be happy if a position for the municipal party secretary and the mayor became vacant? Who wouldn't want that?

"Comrade Chen Luo, what's your opinion?"

Secretary Aimin's gaze finally fell on Chen Luo.

Chen Luo leaned closer to the microphone: "I have no objection, but Secretary Aimin, comrades, the problem in Dongping precisely illustrates that the criteria for evaluating cadres cannot be limited to just one criterion."

Only diversified evaluation criteria can prevent the recurrence of corruption cases like the one in Dongping. Therefore, we hope that all comrades will firmly support and promote the cadre appointment and evaluation reform methods introduced by our provincial government!

"Alright, since no one has any objections, the meeting is adjourned!"

As Secretary Aimin finished speaking, the meeting came to an end, and Chen Luo followed Secretary Aimin out of the meeting room.

As soon as he stepped out of the meeting room, Secretary Aimin paused, then turned back to Chen Luo and said, "You're quite vengeful, aren't you? Were you targeting me just now?"

Chen Luo was completely bewildered.

"Heaven and earth bear witness! Secretary Aimin, how could I dare to call on you, sir!"

Secretary Aimin curled his lip upon hearing this.

"Am I old? I'm only seventy-four..."

Chen Luo's face immediately fell; whether he explained or not, there was no solution.

I might as well just shrug and let it be...

"Alright, alright, you're acting all aggrieved now. You were quite the big shot in the meeting just now, beating Wei Shenshi up like a grandson. Now you're all wilted?"

"Old Zhang, you're bullying me..."

"Yeah, a higher rank can crush you."

It's not a bad thing to tease you a little. Being too agreeable and domineering isn't necessarily a good thing. It's good to suffer some grievances sometimes. It will temper your character so that you can remain calm even when Mount Tai collapses before you.

"You're right about everything..."

The two walked straight to the elevator, and as usual, Chen Luo took the initiative to press the up button for Secretary Aimin.

Soon the elevator doors opened, and Secretary Aimin stepped into the elevator.

"Chen Luo, keep up the good work, we believe in you!"

It was only at the very end that Secretary Aimin managed to utter these words.

Before Chen Luo could react, the elevator doors closed.

Chen Luo could only shake his head with a faint smile at this.

"A sharp tongue but a soft heart, Secretary Aimin, so this is the kind of secretary you are..."

Soon, Chen Luo also took the elevator down and left the Provincial Party Committee. It was noon when he returned to the Provincial Government.

Instead of having his secretary Xu Yang bring him lunch to his office as usual, Chen Luo unusually went to the provincial government cafeteria to get his own food.

The moment Chen Luo appeared in the cafeteria, the other staff members who were getting their meals were stunned.