South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Chapter 347: Another reversal at the Standing Committee

"Oh! So what? I still have the final say here in the Daoli." Li Zhiming sneered.

"Secretary Li, I think we should still be careful. After all, District Chief Yuan is a cadre parachuted in from Kyoto, and we are all familiar with his resume, right..." Jia Hehe said tentatively.

"Okay, Lao Jia, what are you worried about? Yuan Mu has never worked in the local government before. He will know what's going on after he falls down twice. Don't worry about this matter. We won't stop him or offend him, isn't it? This place is different from the public security. He can work in the public security, but he may not be able to do well in the local government."

"But what you said does make sense. Warn those guys to be more restrained recently. Yuan Mu also suggested to me that we should carry out a cleanup operation in the district. You should act according to the circumstances at tomorrow's Standing Committee meeting."

"Okay, Secretary Li." Jia Weihe nodded.

"By the way, Secretary Li, Cao Baosheng has always been hypocritical and not very obedient to you. Why don't you take this opportunity when District Chief Yuan reprimands him to express your opinion at the Standing Committee meeting and ask him to move to another place?" Jia Weihe continued to suggest.

Li Zhiming frowned as if he was thinking about Jia Wei's suggestion. After a while, he nodded.

"Well, tomorrow is indeed a good opportunity. Cao Baosheng is indeed not very obedient. We should replace him while Yuan Mu is still unstable. If Yuan Mu reacts and takes Cao Baosheng under his command, it will be difficult to deal with. The position of Public Security Bureau Chief is still very important."

"Okay, then I'll bring it up tomorrow?"

"Okay, that's it."

"Secretary Li, do we have to agree to all his proposals tomorrow?"

"As I said, let's just wait and see." Li Zhiming thought for a moment and then waved his hand.

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The next morning, in a conference room of the district government, there were twelve people sitting there, eleven district standing committee members and Li Zhiming's secretary, Hu Baohua. The standing committee needed to take notes, and the person taking notes was naturally the secretary of the top leader.

Li Zhiming was sitting at the top seat to preside over the Standing Committee meeting. Yuan Mu was sitting in the first seat on his left, and the first seat on his right was the deputy secretary, Hu Tian. The others sat in order of ranking.

"Today we have convened a standing committee meeting with all of you. There are several topics that need to be discussed by you. Comrade Yuan Mu, please let me tell you about it." After Li Zhiming opened his speech, he gave the right to speak to Yuan Mu.

Yuan Mu nodded to Li Zhiming and then looked at the others.

"Comrades, just a few days ago, I witnessed a very bad thing. A group of thugs were holding weapons and threatening the people. They had already placed a bulldozer in front of them, forcing an elderly comrade to pour gasoline on himself to drive the thugs away!"

"It's not just this time. I've been doing research down there in the past few days and I've seen similar things happen at many demolition sites. This demolition work should be done under the supervision of our district committee and government. Who gave them the power to do this privately?"

"This is a terrible thing. I think it must be resolved to curb this kind of violent demolition. I think it is necessary to carry out a cleanup operation in the whole area. If we want to have a harmonious demolition environment, these people must be replaced!"

"District Chief Yuan, should we reconsider this matter? The crackdown just ended a few months ago. Isn't it a bit too much to carry out another cleanup campaign?" Deputy Secretary Hu Tian frowned and said.

"Deputy Secretary Hu, I think we should have a cleanup campaign. These thugs have really gone too far. They showed up right after the crackdown ended. The top leaders have already given instructions. As long as they dare to show up, we must continue to beat them." Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary Li Zhao then spoke up to support Yuan Mu.

"Comrade Li Zhao, that's not the way it should be said. Although the top leaders have given instructions, the severe crackdown has just ended after all. The top leaders have also given instructions that economic development should be the main goal now. If we continue like this, it will inevitably delay our pace of economic development." District Party Committee Office Director Jia Weihe retorted.

Then everyone started talking one after another, some supported it and some opposed it. Li Zhiming did not express his own opinion throughout the whole meeting.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet. In this case, let's vote by raising our hands. Please raise your hands if you agree with Comrade Yuan Mu's opinion!" Li Zhiming said, tapping the table lightly.

After Li Zhiming spoke, everyone fell silent. Then Li Zhao was the first to raise his hand, followed by Propaganda Minister Gao Mingchen, Organization Minister Duan Zhengde, Executive Deputy District Mayor Xin Maoxue, and Yuan Mu also raised his hand. Currently, there are five votes in support.

"I abstain!" said Minister of Armed Forces Pei Xueming at this time.

"I object!"

"I object!"

"I object!" Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Yu Chengping, District Party Committee Office Director Jia Weiwei, and Deputy Secretary Hu Tian spoke one after another.

Currently, only Minister of United Front Work Min Anzhi and District Party Secretary Li Zhiming have not expressed their views.

"I support District Chief Yuan's proposal." Min Anzhi looked at everyone and raised his hand.

Li Zhiming had a blank expression on his face. He had no opinion on this matter. Since Yuan Mu wanted to do it, let him do it, so he spoke.

"Okay, in that case, let's follow what Comrade Yuan Mu said and carry out a cleanup campaign. Comrade Yuan Mu, who do you think should take the lead this time?"

"Of course it should be the Public Security Bureau. Cao Baosheng can be the one." Yuan Mu said.

"District Chief Yuan, as far as I know, Cao Baosheng has problems with his ability. As the Public Security Bureau chief, he was completely unaware of such a terrible thing that happened in the district. He only found out about it after you told him. I don't think he is capable of presiding over this cleanup activity." Jia Weili said to Yuan Mu with a smile on his face.

Yuan Mu raised his eyebrows slightly. What does this Jia mean?

"Oh? Then what does Director Jia mean?"

Why didn't Jia Wei answer Yuan Mu but looked at Li Zhiming instead?

"Secretary Li, I don't think Cao Baosheng is capable enough to continue serving as the Public Security Bureau Chief. I suggest that he be transferred to another position."

After hearing this, Yuan Mu narrowed his eyes slightly. Something was going on. Was this something that Li Zhiming instructed Jia Wei to do?

"Hey! Comrade He, we can't say that about our own comrades. We still need to be cautious about this matter. Maybe Director Cao has his own difficulties." Li Zhiming waved his hand and pretended to criticize.

"Yes, what Secretary Li said is profound. It is my fault. Secretary Li's criticism is right." Jia Weihe quickly admitted his mistake.

"Well, he is a good comrade if he admits his mistakes and corrects them. But what Comrade Wei said does make some sense. It is really unacceptable for him, as the Public Security Bureau Chief, to not take any action when such a big thing happened in the district. Comrades, what do you think?" Li Zhiming changed the subject.