It was a little quiet in the car. Liu Jiang, the executive deputy minister of the Organization Department, closed his eyes slightly and tapped his fingers on the cushioned seat with a gentle rhythm. Glancing at Liu Jiang calmly, Chen Xing sneered in his heart. No one from Ximen County came here. No one expected that Liu Jiang would come here in person today.
If Chen Xing still couldn't guess the thoughts of those people in Ximen County, he didn't need to be the deputy county magistrate anymore. He could go back directly now. As Liu Jiang said, the people in Ximen County wanted to show their strength to him today. How could Chen Xing not see it?
"Liu Jiang just made this phone call in front of me. What is his real intention?" Chen Xing thought silently in his heart. With Liu Jiang's identity, he would not take the initiative to show goodwill to him now. Chen Xing was about to take office as the deputy county magistrate. Although he was a deputy division level cadre and seemed to have a bright future, no one could predict what would happen in the future. Some people were proud of themselves for a moment, but the next moment, they became prisoners. Others were high-spirited in the first half of their lives, but the second half of their lives were unknown.
The Organization Department had the power to evaluate cadres. As the second-in-command of the Organization Department, Liu Jiang had a great advantage in front of the county and division cadres. Chen Xing was not delusional enough to think that Liu Jiang would treat him differently after only seeing him once.
"It should be because of Minister Yuan Jiang's words. In addition, I used to be Secretary Zhou's secretary, so there should be some factors." Chen Xing thought in his heart. There was another possibility. Liu Jiang's phone call was just to show off in front of him.
"Comrade Chen Xing, in the districts and counties under Haicheng City, you are now the youngest deputy county cadre. At such a young age, your future is limitless." Liu Jiang turned his head to look at Chen Xing and said with a smile.
"Minister Liu, you flatter me. I'm not experienced enough, and I still have a lot to learn. Minister Liu, you are my senior, and I also have to learn more from you."
Comrade Chen Xing, you're being too modest. You've been following Secretary Zhou for a long time, and you've learned much more than us. I don't dare to be arrogant enough to be your senior. Besides, Minister Yuan Jiang has been giving you pointers all the time. Comrade Chen Xing, don't you think so? Liu Jiang glanced at Chen Xing and smiled faintly. When he mentioned Zhou Mingfang and Yuan Jiang, he looked solemn and awe-inspiring.
In a rural village far below Ximen County, Executive Deputy County Magistrate Li Zheng came out of the hotel yesterday afternoon and immediately took his secretary and several staff members of the government office to the village, putting on a posture of inspecting the situation of the people. In the evening, Li Zheng did not return to the county. Instead, he drank happily in a farmer's house in the town and did not get up until the sun was high in the morning.
Then, Li Zheng took his people, together with a large group of township leaders who accompanied him, and went to the villages below in a mighty and awe-inspiring manner. Today, Li Zheng was going to the most remote village in the town. The car bumped on the uneven mountain road. Sitting in the van, Li Zheng and the others felt like they were on a roller coaster, swaying up and down.
"Now, Chen Xing and the comrades from the city should have arrived at Ximen." Li Zheng looked at the time and thought to himself, "It's already past nine o 'clock in the morning. Thinking of the scene that Chen Xing was about to encounter, Li Zheng showed a smug smile.
"Yesterday, Wang Dongchen, that old fox, entrusted me to welcome Chen Xing on behalf of the county. Today, I deliberately came down and stood him up. I don't know how that old fox will react now." Li Zheng's face was a bit solemn. In the entire county, the person he feared the most and the person he feared the most was none other than Wang Dongchen. The two completely different mentalities were reflected in the same person, which was not contradictory. Li Zheng truly experienced this feeling from Wang Dongchen. The reason why he said he feared the most was that Wang Dongchen was already fifty-five years old this year. In three years, he would almost retire to the second line, and it was impossible for him to be promoted. His position as the Ximen County Party Committee Secretary would be his last term. Li Zheng was not afraid of such a cadre who was in his late years. In the officialdom, the so-called bullying the old but not the young was more or less the same. Wang Dongchen's official career had reached its end at the position of the County Party Committee Secretary. He was about to retire, while Li Zheng himself was in a period of rising. He was not even forty years old this year, and there was still a lot of room for improvement. Li Zheng would not be afraid of an old man like Wang Dongchen who was about to retire.
As for the reason why he feared Wang Dongchen the most, it was because Wang Dongchen had been operating in the Ximen County for a long time, and his influence had long been deeply rooted. Although Wang Dongchen was getting older, there were still a lot of cadres following him in the Ximen County. Li Zheng had also roped in a lot of people in the past two or three years, but he still couldn't compare to Wang Dongchen, who had been entrenched in the Ximen County for seven years. Wang Dongchen was especially shrewd, and he often caught people off guard and gave them a head-on blow. Li Zheng had a deep understanding of this, so he didn't dare to offend Wang Dongchen. After all, Wang Dongchen was the County Party Committee Secretary, and the true leader of the Ximen County.
Mayor Li, this Longshan Village is very isolated. It is surrounded by mountains, and there are only four hundred households in the village. The only way to contact the outside world is this slightly decent dirt road. If we walk a little further, we will reach the mountain road. The road is too rugged, and the car can't drive in, so we can only walk in. Feng Shucai, the Township Party Committee Secretary, approached Li Zheng and said.
Walk in? Li Zheng frowned. He was obviously unhappy. Are there any other villages with better road conditions?
No, if we follow this road, we can only go to Longshan Village. There are no other villages around. Or we can go back and go to Xiang Lin Village.
Forget it, forget it. Let's go to Longshan Village. Li Zheng impatiently waved his hand. He picked up his phone and looked at it. At this moment, the phone's signal was only displayed on two bars. Li Zheng hoped that there would be no signal later. Just now, when the County Party Committee Office called, Li Zheng deliberately ignored it. He could guess why the County Party Committee Office called him. It must be Wang Dongchen, that old fox, calling to interrogate him. Li Zheng simply ignored him.
Feng Shucai looked at Li Zheng strangely. Li Zheng came to the village and said that he wanted to take a walk in the villages to observe the people's situation. However, Feng Shucai didn't feel that Li Zheng was observing the people's situation at all. Li Zheng was absent-minded along the way, and he didn't look like he was going to observe the people's situation at all. It seemed like he was dealing with something. On the contrary, Li Zheng suddenly became interested in eating and drinking in the farmhouse last night.
When Chen Xing and Liu Jiang's car was about to enter Ximen County, they bumped into the County Party Committee Secretary Wang Dongchen's car. Wang Dongchen had rushed over from the County Party Committee Office. Knowing that Liu Jiang would accompany Chen Xing today, Wang Dongchen couldn't sit in his office and wait for their car to arrive.
Ximen County was not rich. The County Party Committee Office and the County Government Office were in the same office building. There were two office buildings in the east and west, one for the County Party Committee Office, and the other for the County Government Office. There were two small buildings in the middle, which were about one or two hundred meters away. Before coming out, Wang Dongchen had asked the County Party Committee Office to notify all the cadres above the section level in the county to immediately come to the County Party Committee Office for a meeting.
When Wang Dongchen and Liu Jiang's car arrived at the County Party Committee Office, the Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee Li Shaotong, other members of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, and several Deputy County Magistrates were waiting in the courtyard. As soon as Wang Dongchen and Liu Jiang got out of the car, all the people greeted them.
Chen Xing looked at the people present one by one. It could be said that all the leaders of Xi Men County were here. After a careful look, Chen Xing had some doubts in his heart. Yesterday, he had seen the person respectfully addressed as County Magistrate Li beside the Cheng Gong Building in the center of the county.
At the moment, Wang Dongchen was not among these people.
The people surrounded Wang Dongchen and Liu Jiang with a smile and walked to the conference room of the office building. All the cadres above the section level in Ximen County had arrived. The meeting was presided over by Wang Dongchen, the Secretary of the County Party Committee.
Wang Dongchen took the lead to speak, followed by Liu Jiang. Today, Liu Jiang was entrusted by Yuan Jiang to escort Chen Xing. In just a few minutes of speech, Liu Jiang also pointed out the key points. Chen Xing had been recognized by the leaders of the city and hoped that the main responsible comrades of Ximen County could unite and make more contributions to the development of Ximen County.
The purpose of today's meeting was undoubtedly to let Chen Xing show his face in front of the many cadres of Ximen County. The meeting did not last long. After the meeting, Chen Xing, Wang Dongchen, and Liu Jiang walked together to the office.
In the corridor, Wang Dongchen seemed to have just explained what happened this morning. He glanced at Chen Xing and said with a smile, "Comrade Chen Xing, I originally asked Comrade Li Zheng to welcome you and the comrades from the city this morning, but I don't know what happened to Comrade Li Zheng. He went to the countryside for an inspection, and I couldn't get through to him for a while."
"Comrade Chen Xing, after Chang Yong was taken away by the people of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the city temporarily decided to let Comrade Li Zheng take charge of the county's work. Comrade Li Zheng was the executive deputy county magistrate who assisted Chang Yong in presiding over the daily work of the county government." Liu Jiang seemed to be afraid that Chen Xing did not understand, so he specially explained.
Chen Xing suddenly realized that the person surnamed Li he met yesterday was now the executive deputy county magistrate, Li Zheng. As for Chang Yong mentioned by Liu Jiang, he was the former county magistrate of Ximen County, Li Zheng, who had been taken away by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection because of Xing Tiande's case.
It seemed that County Magistrate Li was very concerned about the production and life of the people. Said Chen Xing with a smile.
Wang Dongchen glanced at Chen Xing with a smile, and something strange flashed in his eyes. Then he smiled again. "Comrade Chen Xing, the work of the government will depend on you and Comrade Li Zheng in the future."
Then Chen Xing went to the county government office building to familiarize himself with his office. The director of the county government office, Zhang Ming, accompanied Li Zheng to the countryside, and only the deputy director, Wang Zhong, was left in the office. Chen Xing just sat in his office for a while, and Wang Zhong brought a young comrade to him.
"County Magistrate Chen, this is He Qi, a very outstanding young comrade in the secretary department. Last year, he won the title of the top ten outstanding public officials in our county. If you need anything in the future, you can directly order him." Wang Zhong bowed slightly and introduced him to Chen Xing with a smile.
Chen Xing's eyes stayed on He Qi for a while. He knew that He Qi was the secretary prepared for him by the county government.
"Hello, County Magistrate Chen." Being stared at by Chen Xing, He Qi was a little unnatural, and he greeted him cautiously and respectfully.
Chen Xing nodded with a smile, and sighed with emotion. Once upon a time, he was still a small clerk with no future, doing the work of a pen nib. Then he was lucky enough to become Zhou Mingfang's secretary, and then he had to do the work of serving others. Now, he had become a leader, and there were people serving him.
This change happened too quickly, to the point that he still felt like he was in a dream. The young man in front of him, who was slightly younger than him, was somewhat like his former shadow. When he first met his leader, wasn't he also this reserved?
"Director Wang, did Mayor Li say when he would come back?
No, Mayor Li hurriedly left the town with Director Zhang and several staff yesterday, and didn't say when he would come back. "
"Oh?" Chen Xing slightly frowned, and said to Wang Zhong, "Nothing else, Director Wang, you can leave first."
Sitting alone in the office, Chen Xing carefully read the information of the main leaders of the Party and government of Ximen County on his desk. He would work with these people in the future, so Chen Xing had to get to know each and every one of them carefully.
In the office of Wang Dongchen, the secretary of the County Party Committee, after Chen Xing left, Wang Dongcheng invited Liu Jiang into his office. As soon as the door of the office was closed, the attitude of the two people, who had maintained a working relationship before, immediately changed. Liu Jiang said, "Old Wang, it seems to me that your comrades in Ximen County have joined forces to give Chen Xing a show of strength today.
Director Liu, you have to be careful with your words without any evidence. " Wang Dongchen was stunned for a moment, and then he straightened his face and said seriously.
"Haha, Old Wang, you asked Li Zheng to meet Chen Xing, but Li Zheng went to the countryside today. Isn't it obvious that you deliberately embarrassed Chen Xing? Fortunately, it was me who accompanied Chen Xing today. If it were other comrades who accompanied Chen Xing and saw what you did in Ximen County, it would definitely be heard by Minister Yuan Jiang when they returned.
"Why, Chen Xing has a close relationship with Minister Yuan Jiang?" Wang Dongcheng glanced at Liu Jiang with a puzzled look. His stiff face was now smiling. The familiar relationship between him and Liu Jiang was obvious.
Minister Yuan Jiang was the right-hand man of Secretary Zhou when he was in charge of the work in Hai City, and Chen Xing used to be Secretary Zhou's secretary. Based on this relationship, would Minister Yuan Jiang not treat Chen Xing with special respect? Liu Jiang smiled and shook his head.
"You're right." Wang Dongcheng nodded and sighed. "It's good for a young man to have a good leader. At such a young age, he is about to catch up with me, who has worked hard all my life to get where I am today. When I was 28 years old, I was still in the township office. At that time, I was confused about my future and muddled along. How could I dare to have today's status? However, with this status, I am about to retire. How can I be as young as Comrade Chen Xing?"
"Old Wang, everyone's fate is different. Don't sigh. I'm envious of people like you who can retire successfully." Liu Jiang smiled and changed the topic. "But Comrade Li Zheng went a little too far today. He didn't see the overall situation at all."
Comrade Li Zheng's mood was understandable. Chang Yong had an accident, and the city appointed him to temporarily preside over the county government. He was originally the executive deputy county magistrate. Everyone thought that he could smoothly take over the position of county magistrate. However, they didn't expect that Chen Xing would suddenly appear from the province. Comrade Li Zheng would naturally have some unbalanced mentality and inevitably act irrationally.
"Old Wang, you know your comrade best." Liu Jiang glanced at Wang Dongchen, and there was a faint smile in his eyes. Wang Dongchen seemed to be deliberately defending Li Zheng, but it made Liu Jiang vaguely realize that Wang Dongchen must have known that Li Zheng would have a subjective prejudice against Chen Xing, but he still asked Li Zheng to welcome Chen Xing. It was difficult to figure out whether Wang Dongchen's action was intentional or unintentional.
Subconsciously, Liu Jiang looked at Wang Dongchen. He really couldn't figure out his old friend's thoughts. If Wang Dongchen was intentional, he had played this overt scheme to the extreme.
"Old Wang, I have to go back to the city. I won't stay here any longer. Let's talk later." Liu Jiang smiled and stood up.
"Why don't you stay a little longer?" Wang Dongchen asked him to stay.
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