Sha Ruijin: Are you coming for me?

The members of the Standing Committee instinctively looked towards the top official of Handong Province, Party Secretary Sha Ruijin, who sat at the head of the table…

Li Dakang panicked and hurriedly said, "I want to make a deep self-criticism regarding the issue of Ding Yizhen, the former chief commander of the Guangmingfeng project. I am responsible for this matter. I failed to properly select personnel and I apologize for my dereliction of duty."

As he spoke, Li Dakang looked at Sun Liancheng with a piercing gaze, "But Comrade Sun Liancheng, what I want to tell you is that the reason I can still sit here, still the Secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, is because of the trust the Party and the country have in me, because the organization trusts me completely, and there has been no cover-up."

"Come on, Li Dakang." Sun Liancheng sneered, glancing at Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin with a hidden look, and mocked, "You talk so righteously, but you're just good at bowing your head and playing the fool. You were spared because you were quick to admit it. You really think you're something special."

"puff……"

The Standing Committee members present were amused. Although Sun Liancheng was telling the truth, which was no secret in the officialdom of Handong Province, Li Dakang was, after all, a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and Secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee. It was not pleasant for him to say it so bluntly.

Li Dakang was furious, his face flushed red as he roared, "Sun Liancheng, you need evidence to back up your claims! Falsely accusing me will make you regret it!"

"Li Dakang, I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush, because you'll be even more anxious in a moment."

"We've just talked about Ding Yizhen's problem, now let's talk about your ex-wife Ouyang Jing's problem."

Sun Liancheng had no intention of stopping and continued, "Your ex-wife, Ouyang Jing, was a bank president who took kickbacks on loans. You were married for so many years, how could you not know even a little bit?"

"The provincial procuratorate just discovered she had problems, and you two divorced at lightning speed? Is it really that much of a coincidence?"

"Your ex-wife always carries designer bags worth tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan wherever she goes, and you really didn't notice at all?"

Li Dakang's lips trembled, his brows were already twisted into a pretzel, and his fists were clenched tightly as he tried his best to control his emotions.

Sun Liancheng scoffed and questioned, "Li Dakang, even if you didn't know Ouyang Jing was involved in embezzlement and bribery, where did your child's tuition and living expenses abroad come from? They couldn't just fall from the sky, could they?"

"Are you genuinely unaware of these things, or are you pretending not to know?"

"You say I'm not doing anything? What about you? Your subordinate Ding Yizhen embezzled and accepted bribes and fled, while your ex-wife was arrested for embezzlement and bribery. What right do you have to say I'm not doing anything?"

Sun Liancheng looked at Li Dakang, whose face was dark and who remained silent, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. "What? You've learned from that old geezer too? Head down, silent resistance?"

Li Dakang breathed a sigh of relief. This was the first time in so many years that he had suffered such humiliation. No one had ever dared to point their finger at him and curse him to his face. Sun Liancheng was the first!

Li Dakang slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and glared coldly at Sun Liancheng, angrily saying, "Enough!"

"Sun Liancheng, Sun Liancheng, you've said so much, isn't it all because of your laziness in governance that I dismissed you from your post and made you lose your official position?"

"Let me tell you plainly today, your issue of laziness in governance was unanimously approved by the Standing Committee of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee. I haven't wronged you at all!"

"Hehe, alright then, let's stick to the facts and discuss my issue of being lazy in governance." Sun Liancheng smiled slightly. "Li Dakang, you say I'm lazy in governance? I, Sun Liancheng, have been working in Guangming District for twenty years. Am I lazy in governance?"

"If I were lazy in my governance, why has Guangming District consistently ranked first in the city's GDP year after year? Why is a single plot of land in Dafeng Factory worth over a billion yuan? Are you trying to tell me that this is the result of my laziness in governance?"

Hearing Sun Liancheng mention the issue of laziness in governance, Li Dakang finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was genuinely afraid that Sun Liancheng would insist on pressing the issues of Ding Yizhen's escape and Ouyang Jing's bribery, because these issues were very thorny and troublesome, and if not handled properly, he himself would be implicated.

Sun Liancheng naturally understood Li Dakang's ulterior motives. He smirked slightly, "I've worked diligently for twenty years, and I haven't even been promoted to district party secretary. In Jingzhou's officialdom, who doesn't know what's going on?"

"You, Li Dakang, are Zhao Lichun's secretary, Chen Hai is Chen Yanshi's son, and Hou Liangping is the Zhong family's son-in-law. You all have political resources, and your promotions are like rockets, unstoppable."

"I, Sun Liancheng, have worked in Guangming District for twenty years and achieved the best performance in the city, yet I am not even as good as Ding Yizhen, the corrupt official who fled the city. What an irony!"

Li Dakang frowned. Sun Liancheng's words were getting strange again. Zhao Lichun had already been placed under investigation, so why was he talking about Zhao Lichun again, and why was he bringing up Ding Yizhen's issue?

Moreover, Sun Liancheng's words were full of veiled criticism, implying that he was able to become the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee because of his political resources, which he certainly did not agree with!

Li Dakang looked at Sun Liancheng and said in a serious tone, "Sun Liancheng, what political resources are you talking about? The promotion and demotion of all officials must go through organizational review and be submitted to the provincial party committee for discussion and approval. It is strictly controlled."

"Strict control? Hahahaha..."

Sun Liancheng looked at Sha Ruijin, the top official of Handong Province and the provincial party secretary, as if he had made up his mind. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "I think the so-called organizational review and submission to the provincial party committee for discussion on the issue of cadre appointment is a joke!"

"A while ago, the province announced a freeze on the appointments of 125 cadres. They said it was frozen, but is it really frozen?"

"Freeze my ass! The province froze the appointments of 125 cadres, and then immediately promoted Yi Xuexi, the Party Secretary of the Luzhou High-tech Zone, to a higher rank. Li Dakang, tell me, with the province-wide cadre appointments frozen, is it reasonable, compliant, or legal to promote one person three levels?"

Li Dakang was stunned. Sun Liancheng wasn't really targeting him this time, but he didn't dare to say anything because the matter was decided by Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin.

Sun Liancheng, completely reckless, pressed on, "Li Dakang, didn't you say it was an organizational investigation that would be submitted to the provincial party committee for discussion and approval?"

"Then I'd like to ask, how did the organization investigate Yi Xuexi, and how did the provincial party committee discuss Yi Xuexi? If Yi Xuexi has no problems, why was he taken away by higher-ups for investigation?"

"Li Dakang, answer my question. Didn't you say that the promotion and demotion of all officials are strictly controlled?"

Li Dakang turned his head away. He couldn't say anything, and he shouldn't say anything, otherwise, where would the provincial party secretary Sha Ruijin put his face?

Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Tian Guofu hurriedly spoke up: "Comrade Sun Liancheng, there was no problem with the provincial party committee's procedures regarding Yi Xuexi's promotion and important appointment, but no one expected this to happen."

"The provincial party committee's supervision and control of this matter were not strict enough, and there are indeed many areas for self-reflection."

Sun Liancheng glanced at Tian Guofu. "You think you can just turn the page with a simple 'nobody expected this,' or 'the provincial party committee's supervision and control weren't strict enough'? Tian Guofu, could it be that Yi Xuexi's three consecutive promotions in his official career were your idea?"

Now, Tian Guofu fell silent. He realized that Sun Liancheng had gone mad, completely mad.

Sha Ruijin, who had been sitting calmly, could no longer remain still. He was in a precarious situation and could no longer keep his composure. He said in a low voice, "Comrade Sun Liancheng, you are a hero of our Handong Province. The Provincial Party Committee originally wanted to return you to Guangming District and appoint you as the Secretary of the Guangming District Committee."

At the Standing Committee meeting, everyone secretly praised Sha Ruijin's clever move of promising the Party Secretary of Guangming District a position of appeasement.

First, it appeased the agitated Comrade Sun Liancheng; second, it promoted the hero who rescued people from the fire, which was also a positive response to public opinion and further demonstrated the fairness and justice of Handong Province.

"Hahahaha..." Upon hearing this, Sun Liancheng suddenly laughed, then stared disdainfully at Sha Ruijin: "Sha Ruijin, aren't you just afraid I'll mention your problems, and you want to get rid of the district party secretary to shut me up?"

"I'm telling you, not a chance!"

"I'd rather grow old and die amidst flowers and wine than bow and scrape before carriages and horses!"

"That official!"

"I quit!"

"I just wanted to ask you something today..."