Rebirth of the Rising Sun

After resolving the doubts in his mind, Hong Tao finally made a choice. Everyone will pursue self-interest. Even if it is for his own benefit or for the sake of justice, Hong Tao should choose to stand on Feng Sizhe's side.

"Haha, very good. Come on, I propose a toast. Let's drink to the full for Comrade Hong Tao's new life." Feng Sizhe looked at Hong Tao and finally made the right choice. He also raised his glass happily. From the moment Hong Tao agreed to stand on his side, he knew that the end of the Gan faction in Tongda City had begun.

Taking advantage of the infighting between Yang Chao and Hong Tao in the Gansu faction, Feng Sizhe successfully turned Hong Tao over through the fake surrender of Commander Li Pwei. Together with the city's Propaganda Minister Wang Shiguang and United Front Minister Wang Lixue who had previously defected to him, as well as Organization Minister Duan Hewei and Deputy Mayor Deng Lei who had long been on his side, Feng Sizhe now has seven votes in his hands and can completely control the situation of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee. Faced with such a situation, Feng Sizhe is naturally very satisfied, but he is a calm person. He knows that now is not the time, and it is not the time to launch a strike against the Gan faction. He still needs time and needs to obtain more evidence of cadres' violations of law and discipline from Hong Tao. Only with ironclad evidence in hand can he, as the secretary of the municipal party committee, exercise his sovereignty with justification and catch those country's resident insects in one fell swoop.

The Spring Festival of 2002 arrived as expected. This year was very peaceful in the city. No one did anything special. Everyone was busy with their own things. Ru Honghai was busy with the city people's congress election after the New Year, hoping that the title of acting mayor would be removed from his head.

Mou Guoyang was busy building connections in the provincial government, and he was determined to get the position of full-time deputy secretary of Tongda City.

Gan Hao was busy avoiding debt and was using all his previous connections to borrow money from everywhere. The end of the year is often a difficult time for those who owe money.

As for Feng Sizhe, he was watching others busy and occasionally listening to the work report from Hong Tao. It must be said that Hong Tao was indeed worthy of being the former secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Tongda City. He knew very well about the deeds of the Gansu faction cadres in Tongda City, especially the investigation of the Executive Vice Mayor Yang Chao, which was proceeding in an orderly manner. Perhaps there were personal feelings involved, anyway, the first person from the Gan faction to be targeted was Yang Chao.

It was mid-March 2002, and during this month, several major events occurred in succession in the stock market.

First, the Municipal People's Congress was held as scheduled, and Acting Mayor Ru Honghai was passed with more than 80% of the votes, successfully removing the word "acting" from his title.

Secondly, the order regarding Mou Guoyang as the full-time deputy secretary of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee was issued by the province. After the state reformed the power of deputy secretaries, Mou Guoyang became the first full-time deputy secretary of Tongda City who was in charge of both personnel and economy. It can be said that his power was greatly increased.

Finally, Hong Tao finally got enough evidence to conduct an open investigation of Yang Chao according to the law.

Just when Ru Honghai and Mou Guoyang were feeling proud and satisfied, the first Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee of the new year initiated by Feng Sizhe was held as scheduled in the No. 1 Conference Room of Tongda Municipal Party Committee.

Ru Honghai, Mou Guoyang and others, who had no idea what the meeting was about, walked into the meeting room with smiles on their faces. Although the overall situation of the Gan faction is not very good now, because there is a problem with Gan Hao's economic chain, which will directly lead to the economic interests of the Gan faction cadres in Tongda City, but as some of them, they still got what they deserved from it, so their complexions are still good, at least there is no problem on their faces.

Except for the executive vice mayor Yang Chao, everyone else arrived one by one. Only then did Feng Sizhe walk into the venue. Following behind him was his secretary Chen Guangming, who was already the deputy director of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee Office and currently enjoyed the treatment of a deputy director.

Feng Sizhe walked into the meeting room, sat at the first seat, glanced at everyone present, and said bluntly, "Everyone is here, let's start the meeting now."

Feng Sizhe said that everyone was present. Ru Honghai and Mou Guoyang were still very curious. It was clear that the executive vice mayor Yang Chao had not arrived yet, so why did they say that everyone was present? Could it be that Yang Chao had some private matters to attend to and asked Feng Sizhe for leave? With this doubtful mood, the meeting officially began.

At the beginning of the meeting, Feng Sizhe first congratulated Comrades Ru Honghai and Mou Guoyang.

The two accepted Feng Sizhe's congratulations with a smile, and also spoke and made some assurances, such as that the burden on them was heavier, and they would work harder to contribute to the future construction and development of Tongda City.

After waiting for the two men to express their determination, Feng Sizhe said, "Very good. After listening to the assurances of Mayor Ru and Deputy Secretary Mou, I am also deeply encouraged. I believe that as long as everyone unites and cooperates in work and pulls together, there will be no unsolvable problems in the city. Of course, not every cadre thinks this way. There are still people in our municipal party committee who have other ideas, especially those who are very selfish." While saying this, Feng Sizhe also looked at Ru Honghai and the Gan people one by one.

Everyone who was being looked at by Feng Sizhe felt uncomfortable, but they couldn't say anything. You can't just object loudly just because someone looks at you. That doesn't make sense.

After looking at everyone, Feng Sizhe continued, "For example, Comrade Yang Chao, the deputy mayor of the municipal government, is a very selfish person. During his work, he used his power to seek personal gain. Not only did he instruct his brother Yang Yong to privately open the Sunshine Coal Mine, he also accepted money from others and used his power to do things for the money-givers. Such a comrade has completely violated the ethics of a party member and cadre. Such cadres have ignored national laws and party disciplines. We must find such cadres and punish them severely."

"Wait, what does Secretary Feng mean by these words?" Hearing Feng Sizhe suddenly attack Yang Chao of the Gansu faction, Deputy Secretary Mou Guoyang was stunned for a while. He really couldn't figure out what Feng Sizhe meant by suddenly saying these words? Did he catch some handle? If not, what he said was a bit too much, and he would be held legally responsible.

"Deputy Secretary Mou, don't be impatient. Wait until I finish speaking." Feng Sizhe knew that Mou Guoyang would jump out, so he was not surprised at all. Instead, he used his power to suppress the other party. Then he continued, "The Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection has already reached a conclusion on Comrade Yang Chao's issue. Now, please ask Secretary Hong of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection to read out the results of their investigation."

After being named, Hong Tao stood up without hesitation, and then opened a folder in front of him and read, "The Tongda Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection found that during his tenure as the Executive Vice Mayor of Tongda, Comrade Yang Chao, used his power to privately open a small coal mine for his brother Yang Yong, making a huge profit of more than 1.3 million yuan. At the same time, he also used his power to inform other illegal developments of small coal mines, from which he received bribes of about 2 million yuan. At the same time, he also..."

Hong Tao read every word from the notebook for about ten minutes before he stopped talking. He just nodded to Feng Sizhe and sat back in his chair. During this time, he didn't even look at Mou Guoyang.

Hong Tao's sudden behavior really scared Mou Guoyang. He really didn't expect that Hong Tao, who was thought to be a staunch supporter of the Gan faction, would suddenly turn against him and join Feng Sizhe. What was the reason? Didn't Hong Tao know that he had made many mistakes before? If he investigated Yang Chao, would he be implicated?

While Mou Guoyang was still thinking about what went wrong, Feng Sizhe spoke up, "Regarding Comrade Yang Chao's problem, the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection only started investigating after a report was made. In order not to alert the enemy, they only reported to me, and I instructed them to investigate thoroughly. Therefore, everything the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection did was legal. I had never imagined that Comrade Yang Chao would have so many problems. It is really worrying to think that among the colleagues who have worked with us for many years, there would be such a big insect among the comrades around us. Next, I think everyone should take this as a lesson and talk about your feelings on this matter."

Feng Sizhe said that he had allowed the investigation of Yang Chao, so that others would not be able to find any fault in this matter. After all, the municipal party secretary was in charge of everything, and the work of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection was also one of his management. After he nodded in agreement, the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection had the power to investigate Yang Chao.

Hearing Feng Sizhe finalize Yang Chao's case in front of all the municipal party committee leaders, Mou Guoyang knew that the situation had reached a point where it could not be saved. It seemed that the other party had already prepared the hard evidence, and it would be unwise to speak for him at this time. This prompted Mou Guoyang not to act rashly, and then he saw Feng Sizhe asking them to talk about feelings, and he was even more angry.

"Then I'll say a few words." Seeing that Feng Sizhe had finished speaking and no one was responding, the Organization Minister Duan Hewei stood up. "I was really saddened when I learned about Comrade Yang Chao's problems. Such a cadre has done so many illegal and disorderly things, but now he has been found out. Does this mean that the supervision of the relevant departments of our Tongda City is too poor? Then can I also have the same suspicion that in addition to Yang Chao, there are other cadres like this? So I suggest that Tongda City carry out a self-examination activity to make our Tongda Municipal Party Committee more pure."

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