Chapter 125: The Powerless Deputy County Head
As the third-in-command of the county government, he dared to interrupt the first-in-command of the county government and directly shouted his disagreement with the county magistrate's decision. This is a rather unusual thing, even if the two are not on good terms, this kind of thing should be passed over in silence. What's more unbelievable is that after Qi Hengsan said this sentence, at least five deputy magistrates immediately expressed their support.
Facing great pressure and public criticism, Fang Xianzhi was obviously very angry. However, as someone who had been the county head for some time, he also knew that his words didn't have much influence in the county government. So he could only swallow his anger and ask, "Oh, then Vice County Head Qi, what different opinions do you have? Just bring them up."
As a county magistrate, at the deputy county magistrate's division of labor meeting, he still had to listen to the opinions of one of the standing deputy county magistrates, which was also a big wonder.
Looking at this unique feature of Dalhu County, Feng Sizhe had already mentally sentenced Qi Hengsan to death. As a deputy county head, it's not that you can't be overbearing, but you have to know when to do so. At least on the surface, you still need to show due respect to the county head. If this gets out, your crime of usurping power will be confirmed, and by then, you won't just offend a county head, but the entire political system. You'll become notorious, and as soon as someone brings it up, everyone will join in to take you down. Even with some connections, you might still be unable to escape being punished.
Alignment is always three, and more content was learned from He Wenbao's mouth. For example, although he is just a deputy county magistrate who has entered the ordinary level, his actual power is not small, because he is not only a representative of local cadres who have risen step by step in Dalu County, but also has a background in the city. Due to his younger sister's relationship, he became a brother-in-law with the municipal party committee secretary-general in Yongyang City, which gave him a certain backing, and for this reason, he often pretended to be a tiger, existing as a representative of the municipal party committee secretary-general in Dalu County, above many standing committees.
Thinking that relying on a deputy director-level secretary can be so arrogant, what else can Feng Sicheng say? Is it suitable to call him short-sighted or narrow-minded? It seems that neither is appropriate. People like this should just let them jump, the higher they jump, the more miserable they will fall. Looking at Qi Hengsan who was proudly talking about his own theory, Feng Sicheng's eyes had a more pitiful look.
How did Qi Hengsan know what Feng Siche was thinking. He only remembered that during the meeting in the morning, Secretary Sun even deprived him of his voting rights, and he looked down on this young man who came up to grab his promotion position. With this grievance, he thought that as long as it was related to the appointment of this person, he would insert a stick, make him know difficulty and retreat, and best go directly to the superior to report and leave, so that he could regain the position of deputy county head.
"Ah, County Magistrate Fang, I indeed have a different opinion. Logically speaking, Deputy County Magistrate Xiao Feng is the deputy county magistrate dispatched by the superior authority and should be in charge of more tasks. However, I think the environment in Dahu County is complex, if we let someone who doesn't understand our county at all manage some departments according to conventional methods, it's obviously not suitable, even impossible. Therefore, I suggest letting Deputy County Magistrate Xiao Feng get familiar with the local conditions and customs of Dahu first, and understand the characteristics of this place? I think after having a basic understanding of this place, Deputy County Magistrate Xiao Feng will be more handy in doing things, at least he won't give wrong orders or take detours."
Qiheng San refused to give Feng Sicheng any tasks for the time being, citing that he didn't understand the big picture yet. From a logical standpoint, this wasn't entirely unreasonable, but his words did sound a bit forced. After all, Feng was sent by the organization and had just arrived; he could learn on the job while working. There was no reason to leave him with nothing to do, making him feel idle and useless. Yet, Qiheng San's words sounded so righteous and convincing.
Fang Xianzhi himself didn't mean to make Feng Sizhe look good, although Secretary Sun didn't even give him voting rights at the Standing Committee meeting this morning. But the more it's like that, the more likely he is to win over this person - the enemy of an enemy is a friend, and this is an eternal truth. However, if we don't understand his mindset yet and rashly speak up for him, it doesn't seem right either. So he thought of toning down, "Hmm, Vice County Magistrate Qi's words aren't entirely unreasonable, but they're not entirely correct either. Alright, in the spirit of full democracy, I'll ask again - do any other vice county magistrates have differing opinions?"
Fang Xianzhi just wanted to isolate Qi Hengsan through this question. After all, they were discussing a county committee member and the deputy county head's division of labor. Logically speaking, apart from himself, no one else should be able to interrupt, let alone arrange the leader's work. Qi Hengsan's overstepping was already somewhat unreasonable, but Fang Xianzhi didn't believe anyone else would dare to publicly comment on the deputy county head's division of labor in this setting.
