Standing Committee

The following day, the Standing Committee meeting of the Handong Provincial Party Committee was held as scheduled.

Gao Yuliang sat in his car, his eyes closed as if he were dozing, thinking about his speech at the Standing Committee meeting, but his thoughts were soon interrupted by a phone call.

"Hello, I'm Gao Yuliang..."

"Secretary Yuliang, this is Zhao Guoqing. I apologize for bothering you so early in the morning."

"Zhao Guoqing?"

Upon hearing these three words, Gao Yuliang's pupils constricted, and he instantly thought of someone!

Zhao Guoqing, Vice Minister of Public Security!

Although he was a vice minister, due to the special nature of the public security department, Zhao Guoqing could be considered a ministerial-level leader and a true power holder!

"Minister Zhao, what instructions do you have?"

Gao Yuliang was quite surprised that Zhao Guoqing would call him. He and Zhao Guoqing didn't have much interaction. If it was about guiding work, Zhao should have contacted the Provincial Public Security Department, not him.

"Sigh..." Zhao Guoqing sighed deeply on the phone, "Secretary Yuliang, my surname is Zhao, and Zhao Donglai is my nephew..."

"Zhao Donglai?"

Gao Yuliang immediately realized that this powerful figure must have known about what happened last night and had come to plead for his nephew.

As expected, Zhao Guoqing continued, "Secretary Yuliang, Donglai was ignorant and caused you trouble last night. Please, could you please be lenient?"

"Minister Zhao, what are you saying? What do you mean by 'show leniency'? Everything must be done according to the law, don't you think?"

Gao Yuliang spoke with conviction, but inwardly he sneered. So what if Zhao Guoqing is a minister? He thinks he can just open his mouth and expect me to let Zhao Donglai go? He's dreaming.

"Secretary Yuliang is right..."

Zhao Guoqing on the other end of the phone wasn't surprised. He then said, "Secretary Yuliang, from now on, Donglai will only be responsible for maintaining stability in Jingzhou. He won't be involved in anything else. What do you think?"

"Minister Zhao, Zhao Donglai is the director of the Jingzhou Public Security Bureau. Maintaining stability in Jingzhou is his job, isn't it?" Gao Yuliang pretended to be ignorant.

How could he not understand Zhao Guoqing's meaning? As long as he was willing to let Zhao Donglai go, Zhao Donglai would not participate in the political struggles in Handong in the future.

Gao Yuliang's meaning was also very clear: if that's all there is to it, it's not enough!

After a long silence, Zhao Guoqing said in a deep voice, "Secretary Gao, given Qi Tongwei's excellent command during last night's operation, which resulted in the deaths of eleven drug traffickers, including internationally wanted criminal Zhang Wei, he is fully deserving of a first-class merit award. What do you think?"

"First-class merit..."

This time, Gao Yuliang fell silent. There's a saying that goes, "Third-class merits are received standing up, second-class merits are received lying down, and first-class merits are received by family members."

This is no joke; it fully illustrates the difficulty of obtaining a first-class merit. Qi Tongwei was shot three times and barely escaped death before receiving the first-class merit medal.

Although last night's event was dangerous, it was incomparable to the difficulty of Qi Tongwei being shot three times. At most, he would receive a collective third-class merit, and even a second-class merit would be hard to come by.

Zhao Guoqing went to great lengths to protect his nephew.

If Qi Tongwei receives this first-class merit medal, it can be said that he has obtained a get-out-of-jail-free card for the past year. Even if Sha Ruijin wants to take action against him, he will have to consider the pressure from public opinion!

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Gao Yuliang changed the subject and said, "Minister Zhao, I am very clear about what happened last night. It was the Provincial Procuratorate that ultimately approved the arrest of Zhao Ruilong. The Jingzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau was only assisting the Provincial Procuratorate in handling the case and was completely unaware of it."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Guoqing breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the matter was resolved. He thanked him, saying, "Then I'll trouble Secretary Yuliang to take good care of things. I will provide proper guidance to Donglai..."

……

The conference hall of the Provincial Party Committee compound in Handong.

All thirteen members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee were present, and a few more were unexpectedly present as well.

Ji Changming, Chief Prosecutor of the Handong Provincial Procuratorate.

Hou Liangping, Director of the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Bureau of the Handong Provincial Procuratorate.

Zhao Donglai, Director of the Jingzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau.

The appearance of these three people surprised the provincial party committee members of Handong Province. According to the rules, they were not members of the provincial party committee standing committee and were not qualified to attend the standing committee meeting!

Unless, of course, special circumstances occur!

After glancing at Ji Changming and the other two, Sha Ruijin gave Gao Yuliang a deep look before speaking: "This Standing Committee meeting will focus on discussing the issue of relocating the economic development center of Handong Province. Let's brainstorm and try to come up with a feasible solution."

"Secretary Sha, I have some thoughts on economic development, but I'm not sure if I should say them."

When it comes to the economic development of Handong Province, Li Dakang, the reform general, naturally raised his hand first and spoke enthusiastically.

Sha Ruijin straightened up and said expectantly, "We're all colleagues in the same team, so please speak freely, Secretary Dakang."

"good!"

Li Dakang stood up and spoke eloquently: "As everyone knows, our province has a complex economic structure, with both outdated old industrial parks and key tourism industries. However, our province's core industry is manufacturing!"

"I believe we should increase policy support, attract investment, and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, while also ensuring green development..."

Listening to Li Dakang's eloquent speech, Gao Yuliang was not in a hurry. He picked up his water glass, took a sip, and waited quietly for him to finish.

But the emperor isn't worried, while the eunuchs are!

Gao Yuliang wasn't in a hurry, because he was sitting high and mighty, while Ji Changming, Hou Liangping, and Zhao Donglai were sitting at the end of the Standing Committee meeting, feeling extremely uncomfortable and tormented.

Soon after Li Dakang finished expressing his views, Gao Feng, the secretary of the Lincheng Municipal Party Committee, also made a few symbolic remarks. However, to everyone's surprise, Governor Liu Zhendong, who had been silent all along, surprisingly expressed his opinion.

After listening to the three people finish speaking, Sha Ruijin gave a final summary and then briefly mentioned the decision to transfer Yi Xuexi from Mayor of Lüzhou City to Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Jingzhou City.

As expected, it passed unanimously at the Standing Committee meeting!

Although Li Dakang had his opinions, he did not publicly refute Provincial Party Secretary Sha in this public setting. Instead, he remained silent and compromised by choosing to support him!

The Standing Committee approved Yi Xuexi's new appointment. Sha Ruijin did not hesitate and said directly, "If there's nothing else, then the meeting is adjourned."

Gao Yuliang, who had been silent all along, suddenly reminded him, "Secretary Sha, don't rush, there's something important I haven't said yet!"

At the Standing Committee meeting, more than a dozen eyes turned to him instantly, but Gao Yuliang ignored them and looked at Sha Ruijin with a smile, "Secretary Sha, if you don't want to say anything, then I, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, will handle it for you."

Gao Yuliang shifted his gaze from Sha Ruijin and looked at the assembled Standing Committee members. "You might be wondering why Ji Changming from the Provincial Procuratorate, Hou Liangping, the Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and Zhao Donglai, the Director of the Jingzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, are here?"

"Then let me tell you all, last night, a shocking political crime occurred in Lincheng!"

"At the Lincheng International Hotel, during the provincial public security department's anti-drug police operation to arrest internationally wanted criminal Zhang Tie and his accomplices, Lu Yike and Lin Huahua from the provincial procuratorate's anti-corruption bureau, along with six criminal police officers from the Jingzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, disregarded warnings and forcibly obstructed the arrest operation, thus delaying the optimal arrest time and resulting in injuries to two police officers during the operation!"

"This illegal and criminal act involving public officials is more egregious in nature, and its political impact will be greater and more far-reaching than the 116 fire incident!"