Xia Yuze didn't answer Lu Tao's question directly. Instead, he asked, "My sister said that you have a good relationship with Minister Fu and Secretary Xie, right?"
Lu Tao was a little surprised. "Who did she hear that from?"
Xia Yuze smiled. "Before my dad passed away, he was the political commissar of the County Public Security Bureau. The current deputy director, Zhou Youliang, was my dad's old subordinate. He used to walk around my house often. He was the one who told my sister that you have a good relationship with Minister Fu and Secretary Xie. "
Lu Tao asked again, "Deputy Director Zhou has a good relationship with Minister Fu and Secretary Xie. Why didn't you ask him to ask for help from them directly?"
Xia Yuze sighed and said, "Deputy Director Zhou has already looked for Minister Fu and Secretary Xie several times about my sister's promotion, but they were always vague and unwilling to accept it directly. Later, Deputy Director Zhou analyzed it and felt that they also had their difficulties. Because the current Taolin County Committee is actually Secretary Luo Qiulin's' home world '. He has the final say in everything, especially in the selection of cadres. No one dares to oppose him when he wants to promote someone; no one dares to say anything when he wants to fire someone. I guess Minister Fu and Secretary Xie know that Luo Qiulin wants to promote Zhang Yaling, so they don't dare to agree to help my sister. "
Lu Tao was a little confused. "Luo Qiulin is so dictatorial and overbearing. Are the other leaders of the County Committee so willing to be his puppets? There must be a few righteous and courageous leaders who will stand out to oppose him. I don't believe that so many members of the County Committee are cowards who will resign themselves to their fate! "
Xia Yuze smiled bitterly and said, "There are definitely courageous leaders. I heard from my sister that the previous Deputy Secretary of the county committee and Executive Deputy Head of the county committee were both retired officers from the army. They have character and guts. They couldn't stand Luo Qiulin's autocratic style and contradicted him many times. They even slammed the table and argued with him in the County Committee. In the end, the Deputy Secretary was transferred out of Taolin City to Songshan City's Cultural Bureau after only a year. The Executive Deputy County Head was investigated by Songshan City's Commission for Discipline Inspection and was later sentenced to three years in prison. "
Lu Tao asked in surprise, "Is Luo Qiulin that capable? He can also get rid of the County Committee members? Isn't this too ridiculous?! "
"Brother, this is the basic ecology of the current officialdom. It's not absurd at all. Why was Luo Qiulin so capable? In the end, it was because he had someone above him. The former Secretary of Songshan Municipal Committee, Gong Hangao, especially admired Luo Qiulin. He thought that Luo Qiulin was courageous, bold, and enterprising, so he protected him in every way. The mayor, Li Haiping, used to be the Secretary of Taolin County Committee. There was a rumor that Li Haiping and Luo Qiulin were brothers-in-law. Their lovers were two sisters, Liu Shuangyan and Liu Feiyan, the daughters of the O 'Neal Group's Chairman Liu Hong. "
When Lu Tao heard the three words "Liu Shuangyan," he suddenly remembered the story that Huang Zeke had told him last time about Li Weijun being the "taker." He was shocked and asked with his eyes wide open, "Brother Xia, what did you say? Liu Shuangyan was Li Haiping's mistress? Who told you that? "
"This matter is practically an open secret in the peach forest! Ten years ago, Li Haiping was the Secretary of the Taolin County Committee, and Luo Qiulin was the Director of the County Committee Office. Luo Qiulin first found Liu Hong's eldest daughter, Liu Feiyan, to be his mistress, and then introduced Liu Shuangyan, Liu Feiyan's younger sister, to Li Haiping. At that time, some people who knew the inside story joked that Li Haiping was Luo Qiulin's superior in the County Committee, and in private, Luo Qiulin was Li Haiping's brother-in-law. Haha! "
After laughing twice, Xia Yuze went back to the topic at hand. "Because of the support of the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and the mayor, Luo Qiulin had absolute authority since the first day he became the secretary of the county party committee. If the other leaders of the County Committee didn't listen to him, he would use his relationship with the Secretary of the Municipal Committee and the mayor to find ways to get rid of that person. Therefore, for the sake of their own career and their own lives, the standing committee members of the county committee could only flatter him against their will and obey him obediently. In the end, it formed a situation where he had the final say in the entire county committee. "
Lu Tao frowned and said, "If that's really the case, even if I went to Minister Fu and Secretary Xie, I wouldn't be able to help your sister! Now that Luo Qiulin clearly said that he wants to promote Zhang Yaling, according to what you just said, Minister Fu and Secretary Xie can only listen to Luo Qiulin and support promoting Zhang Yaling according to his intentions. What's the use of me going to them? "
Xia Yuze looked at him meaningfully and said carefully, "Brother, the situation is different now. The Secretary of the Municipal Committee, Gong Hangao, who was the most protective and appreciative of Luo Qiulin, has been transferred out of Songshan, and he has lost his most solid and stable backer. I heard from my sister that the new Secretary Zhou Yihong is more upright, and he definitely won't like an arrogant and despotic subordinate like Luo Qiulin. Also, the most important thing is that you have a very good relationship with Secretary Zhou. I heard that your father is Secretary Zhou's comrade-in-arms and saved his life before, right? "
Lu Tao nodded and showed a trace of confusion on his face. He asked, "Does your sister want me to go to Secretary Zhou for help? I'm afraid that's not a good idea! First of all, your sister is being promoted to a deputy section chief, and the selection and appointment power is completely in the hands of the county committee. Second, Secretary Zhou is new here, and he definitely won't be willing to talk to Luo Qiulin about the promotion of a deputy section chief. I don't want to trouble him for such a thing. "
Xia Yuze hurriedly said, "Brother, you misunderstood me. The reason why I mentioned Secretary Zhou is mainly to tell you that the situation has changed. Luo Qiulin has lost his most important backer, and it will be difficult for him to kill whoever he wants like before. So my sister wants you to go to Minister Fu and Secretary Xie and ask them to make up their minds to help her. Also, Su Yetai is now bent on currying favor with Secretary Zhou. He also knows that you have a special relationship with Secretary Zhou, so he wants you to speak to him and hope that he will let bygones be bygones and support my sister on the promotion issue. As long as these three people are willing to speak up for my sister, there is an 80% chance that this matter will succeed. "
Lu Tao was a little puzzled and asked, "If Secretary Luo Qiulin insists on not promoting your sister, it will be useless even if Mayor Su, Minister Fu, and Secretary Xie support him! As far as I know, when it comes to the selection and appointment of cadres, the Secretary has the final say. "
Xia Yuze smiled and said, "Of course I know this. However, there is a new situation that you might not know. Just two months ago, someone wrote an anonymous letter to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, complaining about many problems with Luo Qiulin. The most important one was that he was a dictator and had the final say in the selection and appointment of cadres, which violated the principle of democratic centralism.
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