Chapter 96: Cheng'en County is about to change its sky

  I thought Chen Jun's side should be fine, but unexpectedly gave him a big news. It turned out that his leader, Mayor Wang, has been confirmed to take over as the Director of the Provincial Agricultural Department, and as a full-time department-level cadre, it is impossible to bring a secretary with him - this is a privilege only available to those at the ministerial level. Therefore, Secretary Chen must be transferred out. She is two years older than Liu Siyuan, but has been working for only one year more. After working for three years, her rank is already at the deputy department level, just like him, and was recently promoted. It seems that Mayor Wang also attaches great importance to her, and before leaving, he managed to resolve her ranking issue no matter what.

  As it is only a deputy department level, even if placed in the vice-provincial Hanjiang City, two street office directors cannot be appointed. At least they are regular section-level cadres. Even if Mayor Wang's face is big and the activity intensity is sufficient enough to help her apply for a deputy section level, at most it would only be a deputy director of a street office or a deputy department head in a municipal bureau.

  So Mayor Wang also told her directly that if she wants to go further in her official career, the best choice is to be transferred to other prefecture-level cities in Qianhu Province, and let her consider it herself.

  Qianhu Province's economic strength is second only to Hanjiang, and Ziwai City is obviously a good choice. Moreover, Mayor Wang and Xu Yingjie, the head of the Organization Department of the Ziwai Municipal Party Committee, are both female provincial-level officials, so they have some connections.

  Chen Jun then said that she didn't want to leave Hanjiang originally, after all, the prosperity and convenience of life in the provincial capital can't be replaced by other cities. However, she later thought that since Liu Siyuan is also in Ziwai City, and it's close to her hometown of Nanyang City, if she could transfer over, she would reluctantly accept it. So, she hoped he would pay attention to whether there are any good positions available in Ziwai City or its subordinate counties and districts, so that with a clear goal in mind, Mayor Wang can make a phone call to Minister Xu to arrange things.

  Chen Jun rarely asked him for help, so Liu Siyuan naturally couldn't refuse and agreed right away.

  The next afternoon, Liu Siyuan attended the county party committee meeting for the first time. As he walked into the county party building, almost every ordinary staff member would stop far away and greet him with respect. This treatment was something he had never enjoyed as a town party secretary before. No wonder many people are so fascinated by power and reluctant to give it up even when their term is over. It can only be said that the sense of superiority brought by power is too strong, making it impossible for people to let go.

  Liu Siyuan was the first to walk into the small conference room of the county committee, where nameplates were placed on the table with positions and names, so he easily found his own seat, which was the last one.

  On the table are the materials for today's meeting, mainly three agendas. The first is to convey and study the spirit of the recent speech by Secretary Zhang of the Municipal Party Committee. The second is about the establishment of the county development zone. The last one is a personnel proposal regarding the appointment of the deputy director of the Water Conservancy Bureau.

  Other standing committee members walked into the meeting room one after another, and they all exchanged polite pleasantries with him.

  Fan Yugun walked in last, about five minutes later than the scheduled meeting time. Of course, no one would question the county party secretary's tardiness. After entering, he sat in the central seat, with his back against the party flag and national emblem, exuding an air of authority.

  He first expressed a welcome to Comrade Liu Siyuan with an expressionless face, just saying a few words, and the sparse applause from the delegates was over. Then he began the first agenda item.

  The first agenda was to convey the spirit, naturally there was no controversy, it's just that Comrade Siyuan Liu was dozing off. It wasn't until the second agenda about the establishment of the county economic development zone that Fan Yugun asked each standing committee member to express their opinions. Liu Siyuan didn't know anything about the development zone and could only ramble on, expressing support for the county party committee's decision and believing that the establishment of the development zone would become an important pillar for the takeoff of Cheng'en County's economy.

  Others also sang praises, the only discordant voice came from Zheng Gaofeng, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, who said that the location of the economic development zone in the suburbs poses a great challenge to public security. Of course, his voice was soon drowned out by the chorus of praise, no one took his words seriously, so Zheng could only cast a resentful glance at Liu Siyuan when others were speaking enthusiastically.

  The third topic is personnel issues, and Fan Yugun first named Organization Department Minister Liu Dayuan to speak. The latter coughed and said that after the organization department's investigation, he recommended Comrade Zheng Bugou as the deputy director of the county water conservancy bureau and a member of the party group. Please discuss, comrades.

  He finished speaking, looked at everyone, and secretly rejoiced in his heart. Zheng Bugou's nomination came from him personally. More than a month ago, the current deputy director of the Water Conservancy Bureau retired, and Zheng Bugou, the director of the office, knocked on Director Liu's door with something in hand and left an envelope after leaving.

  Of course, Liu Dayuan has also made enough efforts for this nomination and at least got the approval of Fan Yugun. The Water Conservancy Bureau is in a middle position, and Fan Yugun's willingness to accept his nomination is obviously a kind of reward, a reward for his loyalty and dedication.

  Liu Dayuan was extremely confident at this moment. With Secretary Fan's approval, especially on personnel matters, it was almost 100% certain to pass. However, unexpectedly, someone raised a dissenting voice.

  What was unexpected was that the one who spoke out with a different tone was not the two big shots, Zheng Gaofeng and Leng Feng, but rather the usually unassuming Vice County Magistrate Wang Tingxiang. He coughed once before saying: "Director Liu, I took a look at the organizational department's files, this Comrade Zheng Bugao was born in 1970, which makes him 33 years old this year. But it's said that his son is already 15 years old, so if you calculate it, Comrade Zheng Bugao had a child when he was 18 years old. Doesn't that seem to be in violation of the family planning law? Or perhaps his actual age is worth questioning?"

  Wang Tingxiang's words shocked everyone, and the entire Standing Committee meeting fell silent. Liu Dayuan was sweating profusely, looking very flustered. Fan Yugun also had a gloomy expression and didn't say a word.

  Zheng Gaofeng was the first to break the silence, and after tapping on the table a few times, he said: "Whether it's violating the family planning law or falsifying age, such comrades are no longer suitable for promotion, right?"

  Without waiting for Director Liu to explain, Deputy Secretary Zhao Yingfeng of the county party committee spoke very seriously to him: "Director Liu, the Organization Department is responsible for evaluating the appointment and removal of cadres. How did you do it? Why didn't you discover such an obvious problem?"

  He was the deputy secretary in charge of party affairs, and it was also proper for him to be the minister of organizational department. What's more, Liu Dayuan was originally in the wrong, so he could only lower his head and admit his mistake honestly. Finally, Fan Yugun coughed and said: "It seems that Comrade Zheng Bugao's appointment and removal indeed need further consideration. As for the personnel issue of the deputy director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, let's discuss it next time. Minister Liu, go back and hand over a self-examination report to me and Secretary Zhao."

  Just as he was about to adjourn the meeting, Jian Zhiqiu suddenly interjected: "Secretary Fan, I have a proposal."

  Others said that he might have ignored it, but the county magistrate's face had to be given, and he could only patiently say: "County Magistrate Jian, please speak."

  The latter cleared his throat and said in a soft tone, "Since County Magistrate Wang has raised doubts, I suggest that the Discipline Inspection Commission should follow up and thoroughly investigate Comrade Zheng Bugou's violation of discipline."

  Fan Yugun was taken aback, thinking that this guy wasn't one of his own people anyway. He gave a cold glance at Liu Dayuan and then turned to Qu Xie, the county discipline inspection secretary: "Secretary Qu, please have the Discipline Inspection Commission follow up on this. Once there's a result, report back to me, and I'll brief all the standing committee members at the next meeting."

  The latter nodded and indicated no problem, then Fan Yugun's face turned gloomy and he waved his big hand: "Dismissed."

  He was the first to walk out of the conference room. Watching his receding figure, Liu Siyuan realized that Cheng'en County was really going to change...