Chapter 354: One mouthful of noodles and one mouthful of garlic

Chapter 354: One mouthful of noodles and one mouthful of garlic

Qi Tongwei knew what was going to happen in Handong, so after taking office, he met with the members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and went down to conduct research.

He did not bring Tian Guofu with him on this investigation, only his secretary. He was waiting for the other party to approach him.

Although he also hated the provincial disciplinary inspection commission secretary, this did not affect his ability to use him and let him stand up and compete with Qian Huimin, Li Dakang and others.

Only by letting all the evil spirits jump out can he sweep away all obstacles that affect Handong's development, and then come to Shanghai with great political achievements and finally achieve his grand goal.

Of course, he did not do nothing. Before leaving for Handong, he had sent capable bodyguards to secretly monitor Ding Yizhen closely.

He demanded that no matter where Ding Yizhen went, they should keep a close eye on him and be prepared to arrest him at any time.

The reason for not arresting Ding Yizhen immediately was to spark a struggle within Handong over this case.

Qi Tongwei dared to do this because the political environment in Handong gave him great opportunities to operate.

Governor Liu is about to leave his post, and the position of governor will be vacant. Not only Qian Huimin and Li Dakang want it, but Tian Guofu also wants it.

Keeping Tom Ding gave Qian Huimin, Li Dakang and others a glimmer of hope, thus prompting them to fight each other in order to get close to him.

For the sake of achievement, Tian Guofu would spare no effort to deal with the two, while he could calmly clean up the mess on the side.

In fact, Qi Tongwei knew that the governor would most likely be parachuted in, and the central government would not allow Handong to become a place where they have the final say, even if he was identified as one of the successors.

What these people are doing is just a waste of effort, but no one is willing to give up even if there is only one percent of hope.

In short, no matter how they fight, the only one who benefits is Qi Tongwei, just like Sha Ruijin in his previous life.

While Qi Tongwei was conducting in-depth research in various cities and counties, the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuratorate also received a letter of complaint, which detailed the various illegal acts of Zhao Dehan, director of the State Energy and Coal Department, in embezzling tens of millions of yuan.

These cases eventually fell into the hands of Zhong Xiaoai's husband Lu Tao, which shows that Hou Liangping was not very capable in his previous life.

There is one and only one reason why he can be so successful in Handong, and that is that he is Zhong Xiaoai's husband and Zhong Zhengguo's son-in-law.

Speaking of Lu Tao, he and Hou Liangping are really similar. Both of them are good-looking but have average abilities.

Why was Zhong Zhengguo willing to accept a son-in-law with average ability? There is a reason for this.

After graduation, Zhong Xiaoai was assigned to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Zhong Zhengguo originally planned to let her marry into another family, but that time happened to be a difficult period for the Zhong family.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many people began to oppose reform. The Zhong family was one of them. Although his family did not oppose it openly, they did not support it either.

The wind direction changed completely after 1992. The Zhong family, who did not explicitly support the reform, kept a very low profile politically in those years.

The reformists did not want to marry into the Zhong family, and the conservative Zhong family was unwilling to do so either.

There are some lower-level families that have ideas. After all, the old man of the Zhong family is still around and has a say in the central government. The Zhong family will rise again sooner or later.

However, Zhong Zhengguo thought that it was not worth marrying into a family of lower status, so he simply gave up the idea of ​​using Zhong Xiaoai for marriage and let her choose her own husband.

If Zhong Xiaoai were to choose for herself, she would of course choose the one who is good-looking. For her, it is enough for her husband to be good-looking, and he does not need to be very capable.

Because there was no Hou Liangping in this life, Zhong Xiaoai met the handsome Lu Tao.

Zhong Zhengguo also has requirements for his son-in-law, that is, he must be obedient, not too capable, and not too ambitious, because the Zhong family has its own successor and cannot spend too many resources on the son-in-law.

People who are too ambitious are prone to get into trouble. Anyway, as long as you have the support of the Zhong family, it is not difficult to become a deputy minister.

Just like Hou Liangping in his previous life, he was suppressed by Zhong Xiaoai everywhere, so naturally he had no ambition. With the Zhong family's reputation, even if he did nothing, he would definitely have no problem becoming a deputy minister, and it was even possible that he would become a full minister.

Back to the topic, although Lu Tao did not get much support from the Zhong family, as long as he was still Zhong Zhengguo's son-in-law, others had to give him face.

The case of Zhao Dehan was actually very simple. The clues reported were very detailed. No matter who went there, they could get the credit. However, because Lu Tao was Zhong Zhengguo's son-in-law, the credit ultimately went to him.

Lu Tao brought several of his men to a government-funded building built decades ago. Zhao Dehan lived on the seventh floor. When they pushed the door open, Zhao Dehan was eating.

Zhao Dehan guessed the purpose of their trip just by taking a look at Lu Tao. Although he was panicking inside, he still pretended to be calm.

"Who are you? This is my home. Who allowed you to come in without saying hello? Do you have any manners at all?" Zhao Dehan said angrily, holding half a clove of garlic in his hand.

Lu Tao didn't say anything, but looked at the old residential building with a squint, as if he didn't expect that there would be housing with such a poor environment in the capital.

"Put it down! Who told you to rummage through my things? If you don't put it down, I'll call the police." Seeing that Lu Tao and others didn't say anything, Zhao Dehan continued.

"This is a search warrant." Lu Tao slowly showed the search warrant.

"Search? No, there is nothing to search here." Zhao Dehan felt sweat on his forehead. To hide his inner panic, he took a bite of noodles and a mouthful of garlic.

Then he said to Lu Tao who remained silent: "No, you can't bully an ordinary person like me, right?"

Zhao Dehan continued, trying to speak in a calm tone so as not to seem timid.

"You are not an ordinary citizen, you are the director!" Lu Tao showed a contemptuous smile.

Before, whether at his father-in-law's house or at his own home, he was always the one being ruled, and lived cautiously, which led to a certain mentality in him.

He liked to look down on people, and what he wanted to see most was the officials he had captured begging for mercy, which made him feel a sense of accomplishment.

"Director? Director is nothing. In Beijing, one brick can hit a lot of directors." Zhao Dehan said self-deprecatingly. It was both a response to Lu Tao and a self-mockery of his own situation.

Zhao Dehan was one of the earliest batch of college students. He was very talented and was assigned to the Ministry of Energy, a central government department, after graduation.

Logically speaking, with his qualifications and talents, he should have been promoted long ago, but like Qi Tongwei in his previous life, he also came from the countryside and had no support so he could not be promoted.

However, he is different from Qi Tongwei, because he is in a central ministry, even if he stays there, he can slowly be promoted to the level of director or even bureau chief.

Zhao Dehan started serving as director of the Coal Department in 2008. Originally, the position did not have much power, and he was able to take on this position because it was the one left after others had been selected.

But he didn't expect that not long after he took office, affected by the dual-track system of coal prices, coal prices continued to rise, and his "power" as the director also continued to rise.

Zhao Dehan had lived a hard life for the past few decades. Born in the countryside, he particularly loved money, so he soon fell.

This does not mean that he has a low moral bottom line. If you put 100 people in his position, I dare not say that of them will be corrupt, but % will definitely be corrupt.

"But you, as the director, are different. You have great power. I've heard from people that even if you were offered a ministerial post, you wouldn't change, right?" Lu Tao said sarcastically.

"No matter how big or small the power is, it is all for serving the people!" Zhao Dehan turned and said to Lu Tao.