Chapter 122: Deceiving by Method: Easy to Learn
Before taking office, Qi Tongwei specifically learned about Ninghai County.
Ninghai is located at a strategic point and is the gateway to the province. It has been a transportation hub since ancient times, with prosperous business and culture. However, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to various reasons, Ninghai's business atmosphere has gradually declined and its economic development has stagnated.
After the reform and opening up, Ninghai should have ushered in new opportunities, but for some reason, it has never been able to achieve a breakthrough, economic growth has been slow, and economic development has lagged significantly behind other regions.
At the beginning of this year, the provincial party committee decided to appoint Yi Xuexue as the secretary of the Ninghai County Party Committee, hoping to use his ability and experience to reverse the situation. However, after more than half a year of efforts, Ninghai's situation has not improved significantly, and the economy still cannot keep up with the pace of the times.
Therefore, the provincial party committee had to take measures to transfer the former county magistrate and appoint Qi Tongwei as the new county magistrate.
A week later, the public announcement ended and Qi Tongwei was officially appointed as the deputy secretary of Ninghai County, secretary of the Ninghai County Party Committee, and acting county magistrate.
After politely declining the offer from the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee to send someone to escort him to his new post, Qi Tongwei decided to go to Ninghai alone. Of course, before that, he wanted to meet with the former county magistrate Gao Zhonghua.
He came from the General Office of the Provincial Government and was sent there to develop Ninghai's economy, but his mission was obviously a failure.
After meeting Gao Zhonghua, he looked very depressed and was full of complaints when talking about Ning Hai.
Through his narration, Qi Tongwei had a general understanding of Ninghai, and also knew the reasons for Gao Zhonghua's failure. The first was that he failed to unite and learn.
The number of votes in the Standing Committee is not as many as that of an executive deputy county governor, let alone the government party group meeting.
Secondly, he did not understand the strategy of struggle and was manipulated by his subordinates.
After understanding the reason behind Gao Zhonghua's failure, Qi Tongwei knew what he should do. He had to get to know this place as deeply as possible and collect information without exposing his identity.
He hopes to find out the problem through personal experience and observation and develop more effective strategies for future work.
When he arrived in Ninghai, Qi Tongwei's first impression was that the air quality was extremely poor. The air was gray, the road was bumpy, and coal was scattered on the roadside.
Looking at all this, Qi Tongwei became even more confused. With such a large amount of coal mining, the economy should be very strong. How could it not develop?
With doubts in mind, Qi Tongwei began his research journey.
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Half a month later, in the Ninghai County Party Committee Secretary’s Office.
"What's going on? Didn't they say that the new county magistrate took office last week? How come he hasn't taken office yet?" Yi Xuexi asked Liu Gang, director of the county party committee office.
"Secretary Yi, I asked someone and found out that the new county magistrate took office half a month ago. As for why I haven't seen him, I don't know. Do you want to report this to the Provincial Party Committee? In case something happens..." Liu Gang didn't dare to say anything else.
As the two were talking, the secretary knocked on the door and said, "Secretary Yi, the new county magistrate has arrived."
Yi Xuexi glanced at Liu Gang and had doubts about his work ability. Gang said that he couldn't find the person and was about to take the position, so he sent Liu Gang away.
After more than half a month of research, Qi Tongwei looked exhausted, but he did not delay and went directly to Yi Xuexi.
Going to him in this manner would undoubtedly be more convincing. He was prepared to gain Yi Xuexue's support and further leverage the Ninghai officialdom to change everything.
"Secretary Yi, my name is Qi Tongwei, and this is the appointment document." After Qi Tongwei handed the document to Yi Xuexue, he carefully looked at the person in front of him.
He had heard of this person in his previous life. In his early years in Jinshan County, he took the blame for Li Dakang and was therefore forced to transfer out of Jinshan County.
After that, Yi Xuexue's career was not smooth, and he was still hovering at the county and department level until 2014. It was not until he met Sha Ruijin that his fate took a dramatic turn and he became the acting mayor of Luzhou City.
Through the research during this period, Qi Tongwei has a deeper understanding of Yixuexi.
He found that Yi Xuexue was indeed upright and had a good reputation among the masses. But at the same time, he also realized that Yi Xuexue had a stubborn personality and relatively limited ability to develop the economy.
Qi Tongwei had already figured out how to get along with Yi Xuexi. For such a person, he could completely deceive him. As long as it could develop the economy of Ninghai County, he could even give up the power in his hands.
Looking at what happened in Jinshan County back then, it was originally Li Dakang’s fault, but for the sake of the people, it was he and Wang Dalu who ultimately suffered. This shows that Yi Xuexi is indeed a good official.
It's just that my ability is limited, so I can fully play to my strengths and keep an eye on certain people.
"County Magistrate Qi, what are you doing?" Yi Xuexue asked in confusion when he saw Qi Tongwei looking exhausted.
Qi Tongwei smiled and said, "I arrived in Ninghai half a month ago. During this period, I have been conducting anonymous research to find out why Ninghai's economy has not developed well."
As he spoke, he took out a thick stack of information from his briefcase and handed it to Yi Xuexue.
"What is this?" Yi Xuexi took it puzzledly.
Qi Tongwei explained: "This is the result of my research during this period. I found that all the coal resources in Ninghai were stolen by individuals, which not only caused a waste of resources, but also caused serious air pollution. In addition, most coal mines have safety hazards.
If these problems are not resolved, Ninghai’s economy will never be able to develop.”
Some of the information here was purchased by Qi Tongwei and is very detailed.
Yi Xuexi took the information and read it carefully.
These materials recorded in detail the conditions of each coal mine in Ninghai County, including ownership, production conditions, and potential safety hazards. The more he read, the more solemn his expression became, and his brows knitted tightly.
"I didn't expect the problems in Ninghai County to be so serious. These problems must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise we will be sorry for the 48 people in Ninghai." Yi Xuexue became more and more angry. He had also conducted research several times, and each time he went down, there were no problems.
Now that he has seen the information brought by Qi Tongwei, if he no longer understands that he has been fooled, then all his efforts have been in vain.
Thinking of this, he asked Qi Tongwei: "County Magistrate Qi, thank you for your hard work. How do you think the above problems should be solved?"
Qi Tongwei thought for a moment and said: “First, we need to solve the problem of those illegal coal miners and make them stop stealing national resources;
Secondly, we must strengthen supervision of coal mines to ensure safe production;
Thirdly, we need to investigate how these coal mines came into the hands of these people and recover the losses of state-owned assets;
Finally, we need to consider how to utilize these coal resources to promote the economic development of Ninghai County.”
"Yes, we must recover the losses." Yi Xuexi agreed. He had now completely fallen into Qi Tongwei's trap.
"However, this matter involves the interests of many people, and I'm afraid it won't go so smoothly. We must be mentally prepared." Qi Tongwei's goal is to win over Yi Xuexue.
When the county magistrate and the county party secretary join hands, their power is unimaginable. There is almost nothing that cannot be accomplished in a county. The two men immediately began to discuss how to act.