Gao Yuliang's Debate with the Scholars!

"Speaking of the historical issues left by cadres, such a sensitive topic, I think among those present, Secretary-General Qian is the most qualified to speak."

Gao Yuliang pointed at Secretary-General Qian, a slight smile playing on his lips. "If Secretary Dakang's self-criticism and self-examination were profound, then Secretary-General Qian's words are nothing compared to his. They are far inferior."

Secretary-General Qian of the CPPCC seemed to realize something, and his expression changed slightly as he said, "Governor Gao, stop spreading alarmist rumors. The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection investigated the issues from back then long ago. If I really had a problem, would I still be sitting here unharmed?"

Gao Yuliang scoffed and glanced at him. "Secretary-General Qian, don't get agitated. I'm not targeting anyone, I'm just doing my job to analyze the problem thoroughly, as you requested."

Gao Yuliang turned around and glanced at the group of standing committee members present. "It's been many years, and the leadership team has changed several times. There aren't many people here who know the truth, so I'll tell you what happened back then."

"During Secretary-General Qian's tenure as the Party Secretary of Lincheng City, there was a county under Lincheng called Meixian. Back then, Meixian was not a tourist area, but a well-known coal mining area in Handong Province. The executive deputy county head in charge of coal mining in Meixian was named Li Dongsheng."

"Speaking of Li Dongsheng, he was a notorious petty official with enormous corruption. During his four years as deputy county head, he directly embezzled and accepted bribes totaling 130 million yuan through coal mining operations!"

"Moreover, there is still a 2 billion yuan shortfall in the national coal mine project that Li Dongsheng was in charge of, which has not been reconciled to this day."

"As for Li Dongsheng's background, it's even more remarkable. He's the younger brother of Secretary Qian's wife, Secretary Qian's brother-in-law!"

Secretary-General Qian frowned and said in a deep voice, "Governor Gao, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has already intervened in the investigation of what happened back then. I was completely unaware of the whole thing. The one million yuan in cash in my house was borrowed from Li Dongsheng with an IOU!"

"After the incident, when I learned that it was money embezzled and taken as bribes by Li Dongsheng, I voluntarily handed over the embezzled money, explained the situation, and made a self-criticism."

Gao Yuliang looked at Secretary-General Qian, shook his head, and sneered, "Secretary-General Qian, did you voluntarily hand over the embezzled funds? The comrades from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Provincial Procuratorate were all waiting at your door. You had no choice but to hand over the embezzled funds because you couldn't transfer them, right?"

"Secretary-General Qian, you should be glad you had that IOU, otherwise, your situation wouldn't have been as simple as just being transferred to the CPPCC."

Secretary-General Qian took a deep breath and said coldly, "Governor Gao, what do you mean? I have nothing to hide. If I have a problem, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Anti-Corruption Bureau can investigate me, instead of accepting your malicious slander!"

"hehe……"

Gao Yuliang shrugged, looked at the provincial party committee members present, and said with a helpless expression, "Secretary-General Qian said he has problems and asked the provincial discipline inspection commission and anti-corruption bureau to investigate him."

"Everyone, what is the topic of today's democratic life meeting? Isn't it about legacy issues? What, Qi Tongwei's problem is a legacy issue, but Secretary-General Qian's problem isn't? Can't we discuss it?"

"If that's the case, what's the point of this democratic life meeting? Is it even necessary to continue holding it?"

Everyone raised their eyebrows slightly. Just now, Secretary-General Qian of the CPPCC had criticized Qi Tongwei's problems without reservation, and now Gao Yuliang was saying that his problems were not problems at all.

Gao Yuliang said a few words, and Secretary-General Qian of the CPPCC got angry. He really has no class and can't handle this.

Seeing that Secretary-General Qian was completely at a disadvantage, Li Dakang, the Party Secretary of Jingzhou City, hurriedly said, "Governor Gao, I think you may have misunderstood. What Secretary-General Qian means is that after the organization's investigation, his case has been cleared."

"We cannot wrong a good cadre like this, and we must trust the Provincial Party Committee and the organization; they will absolutely not favor anyone!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Yuliang looked over and, with a forced smile, said to Li Dakang, the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, "Secretary Dakang, what do you mean? Does the fact that the organization has investigated mean there's definitely no problem?"

"Does the fact that the organization hasn't conducted an investigation necessarily mean there's a problem?"

"And what about you, Secretary Dakang?"

"Regarding your recent self-criticism and self-examination, as well as the issue of your ex-wife Ouyang Jing's corruption, the organization hasn't investigated you. Doesn't that mean you have a problem?"

As soon as Gao Yuliang uttered these words, Lu Zhenguo, the full-time deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, immediately said, "Governor Gao, I do not agree with your statement!"

Tian Guofu retorted, "Governor Gao, I also disagree with your statement!"

What Gao Yuliang least expected was that Wang Zheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor of the Provincial Government of Handong Province, also spoke up, saying, "Governor Gao, I also disagree with your statement."

The statement by Executive Vice Governor Wang Zheng also surprised the members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee of Handong Province present. The Executive Vice Governor is subordinate to the Provincial Government and should, in principle, stand firmly on the side of Governor Gao Yuliang.

Everyone looked at Governor Gao Yuliang. It seemed that Gao Yuliang was facing trouble at home!

When Gao Yuliang saw Executive Vice Governor Wang Zheng's statement, he realized that Wang Zheng had sided with Sha Ruijin. Instead of being angry, he was extremely happy.

After his rebirth, Gao Yuliang clearly remembered that Wang Zheng had a major problem that was destined to explode!

Now that he's siding with Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin, that's double happiness!

When Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin saw so many people surrounding Gao Yuliang, he finally smiled, pointed at Gao Yuliang, and sneered, "Governor Gao, your understanding is not good enough. Whether our cadres have problems or not needs to be investigated and verified by the organization."

"We cannot make hasty conclusions about whether someone has problems without having investigated them, so as to avoid having a negative impact on our cadres."

Unexpectedly, Gao Yuliang remained unperturbed. He smiled at Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin and countered, "So Secretary Sha and everyone else understand this principle? Then I'd like to ask, has our Vice Governor Qi Tongwei undergone an organizational investigation?"

"Which article of the Party Constitution did Qi Tongwei violate? Which clause of the national law? What makes everyone have such a negative opinion about him?"

Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Tian Guofu began, "Our Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission..."

Gao Yuliang's tone grew colder, and he interrupted without any politeness: "Comrade Tian Guofu, I advise you to think carefully before you speak. Qi Tongwei is the vice governor and a cadre under the management of the central government. The provincial discipline inspection commission has neither the qualification nor the right to investigate him."

"Your investigation into Qi Tongwei must be completely suspended from the moment he became vice governor!"

"Do you realize that every single thing you say about Qi Tongwei is illegal and violates regulations?"

Tian Guofu immediately fell silent. He dared not say anything more, or he would get himself into trouble.

Seeing that Tian Guofu had shut up, Gao Yuliang turned his gaze back to Secretary-General Qian. "Secretary-General Qian, the provincial government recently received a formal complaint from a coal mine owner alleging that during your tenure as the Party Secretary of Lincheng City, your wife accepted over 20 million yuan in bribes from coal mine profits. Is this true?"

"Also, your nephew's exam scores were below standard, so how did he get a job at the General Office of the Hantong Provincial Political Consultative Conference? Can you explain this in front of everyone?"

"When you attended the provincial party committee's democratic life meeting last time, didn't you repeatedly say that Yi Xuexi was a good comrade? Do you think Yi Xuexi is still a good person now?"

"You were so eager to promote Yi Xuexi, did you take any of Yi Xuexi's expensive tea from his home, Secretary Qian? Was there any corruption, bribery, or transfer of power between you involved?"

"You..." Secretary Qian clutched his chest, his brows furrowed.

Seeing that the stand-in he had invited was rendered speechless by Gao Yuliang's rebuttal, Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin immediately came to the rescue for Secretary-General Qian, saying, "Governor Gao, I haven't heard about these issues of Secretary-General Qian's. Where did you learn about them?"

Gao Yuliang glanced at Secretary-General Qian, then at Sha Ruijin. With Sha Ruijin's interruption, he figured his plan to send Secretary-General Qian to the hospital was going to fall through.

Gao Yuliang wasn't persistent. He turned to look at Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin and said, "Comrade Ruijin, what have you heard? Back then, Yi Xuexi's tea business was selling so well, didn't you choose to turn a blind eye?"

"Not only did you not investigate, but you also promoted Yi Xuexi exceptionally, praised him highly at the democratic life meeting, and even recommended the exorbitantly priced tea from Yi Xuexi's home."

"Comrade Ruijin, since today's meeting is a democratic life meeting to criticize the problems left over from the cadres, shouldn't you, as the provincial party secretary, also engage in self-criticism and self-examination?"