Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Seeing that a director of the Land and Resources Bureau could embezzle and accept bribes of three million, it is conceivable that if other cadres also stretched their hands to get involved, how big the problem would be in Tongda City. No, this trend must be stopped. For this reason, Feng Sizhe notified the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee Guan Haojiang and told him to convene a meeting of all municipal party committee cadres at or above the department level in the afternoon. He would deal with Hong Tao in public, and it would also serve as a warning to some people who were about to make mistakes or were still making mistakes.

At 3 pm, all the cadres above the department level in the city, including the heads of some deputy department-level units, came to the Tongda Municipal Auditorium. This auditorium was newly built, and it was the first time that a cadre meeting was held here.

On the rostrum of the auditorium, the members of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee entered one by one. They had also received notice of the meeting, but most of them had no idea what topics the meeting would discuss.

At five minutes before three, Feng Sizhe and his secretary Chen Guangming walked into the auditorium one after the other. As Feng Sizhe came in, all the cadres, including the members of the Municipal Party Committee, stood up. From this alone, it can be seen that Feng Sizhe is not only the secretary of the Tongda Municipal Party Committee, but also his personal influence and authority have been improved. Here, no one dares to ignore his existence anymore.

After sitting down, Feng Sizhe looked at his watch and saw that it was almost three o'clock. He nodded to Guan Haojiang, and then Guan Haojiang stood up and announced the start of the meeting, with Secretary Feng speaking first.

Feng Sizhe was not polite. He straightened the microphone in front of him and talked about the city's double examinations, then talked about the problem of cadres' work style, and finally talked about the problem of cadres' self-discipline. The topics he talked about were more serious than one another. Finally, he threw out the summary report of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection's investigation of Yu Fude. Then Feng Sizhe said, "Yu Fude is no longer worthy of being a party member, let alone a qualified public servant of the people. He personally embezzled more than 3 million yuan in bribes, which is a serious violation of party discipline and national laws. Therefore, the Municipal Party Committee decided to remove Comrade Yu Fude from his position as director of the Land and Resources Bureau, expel him from his public office, expel him from the party, and hand him over to the judicial authorities for handling."

As soon as Feng Sizhe announced this decision, the people below were in chaos. Everyone present knew that when a cadre reached the department level, there would be no danger of being taken down. Even if they did something wrong, at most they would be given a warning within the party. But now Feng Sizhe had directly expelled Yu Fude from his public office and party membership, which was equivalent to beating him to death with one blow. Such a punishment was indeed too harsh.

Hearing Feng Sizhe's announcement, Ru Honghai was stunned. Didn't Feng Sizhe say before that he would handle it according to circumstances? But why was the result so severe? Didn't he know that Yu Fude was his man? Thinking that his man was dealt with in public by Feng Sizhe, he was extremely upset.

What Feng Sizhe did immediately made the cadres below see his determination to clean up the officialdom of Tongda City. Everyone knew that Secretary Feng was serious this time. If they worked hard, it would be fine. But if they were not careful and were caught by Secretary Feng, they would very likely become the next Yu Fude.

The meeting ended not long ago. Although the meeting was not long, it left a great shock on everyone. The handling of Yu Fude this time can be said to have demonstrated Feng Sizhe's ruthless approach. Therefore, everyone has a clearer understanding of how they should work in the future. Everyone will no longer dare to be careless in their work, and the enforcement of the financial and fiscal disclosure system promoted by Feng Sizhe will be even more forceful.

A week had passed since the cadre meeting. After listening to He Wenbao's report, Feng Sizhe was very happy that all units had begun to pay attention to this matter. He did not take it to heart that Ru Honghai had come here to make trouble with him after the meeting.

After the cadre meeting that day, Ru Honghai came to Feng Sizhe's office very angrily and questioned why Yu Fude was punished so severely. He also said that Yu Fude had made contributions to overthrowing Gao Renyi, the former secretary-general of the municipal party committee, and such a cadre should be given a chance.

Feng Sizhe did not bother with what Ru Honghai said in anger. He just said that merits cannot outweigh faults. The Municipal Committee considered arranging jobs for Yu Fude's family, but for a party resident like Fude, he must be dealt with seriously.

Ru Honghai was helpless about Feng Sizhe always using the law. In his opinion, Feng Sizhe was just looking for trouble with him, or he was afraid that if he expanded his business, it would threaten his influence in the municipal party committee. Feeling aggrieved, Ru Honghai returned to his office.

Feng Sizhe did not take the matter seriously. He thought that the Municipal Party Committee would discuss the issue of the Director of the Bureau of Land and Resources again soon, and by then, he would give the position to Ru Honghai. He wanted to use facts to tell Ru Honghai that he did not want to occupy the Bureau of Land and Resources, but was purely targeting the matter and not the person.

Feng Sizhe didn't take it seriously, but Ru Honghai did. When he was hating Feng Sizhe for not giving him face and suppressing his power, he received a call from Mou Guoyang.

Ru Honghai was very wary of Mou Guoyang. In his opinion, this man was a monkey, and one must be careful when dealing with him, because he would often set several traps for one step. But when Mou Guoyang said on the phone that he couldn't stand Feng Guozhe's arbitrary power of the municipal party committee, his heart was moved.

As long as two people find common ground, even if they are not good friends, it is easy to talk to each other. What's more, in politics, there have never been eternal friends or eternal enemies. As long as the interests are in line, it is possible to join forces with anyone.

Thinking that the Gan faction has been severely suppressed by Feng Sizhe, if he just listened and didn't say or do anything, Mou Guoyang would be unable to do anything to him. So Ru Honghai kept Mou Guoyang's appointment and went to the restaurant he mentioned after get off work in the evening.

Mou Guoyang was very happy about Ru Honghai's arrival. He had always wanted to attack Feng Sizhe and drive him out of Tongda City, but after so much time, the Gan faction not only failed to do anything to Feng Sizhe, but also suppressed its own power. The influence of the Gan faction in Tongda City was getting weaker and weaker. If this continued, the Gan faction would really be squeezed out of Tongda City. How could he not be anxious? Recently, Ru Honghai began to listen to Feng Sizhe in everything like before, which made him very depressed. The municipal party secretary and the mayor joined forces, and he, the deputy municipal party secretary, had no use at all.

Just when Mou Guoyang felt that his future was bleak, Yu Fude's incident suddenly happened, which gave him a glimmer of hope. Deep down, he also hoped that people like Yu Fude would be severely punished. He was originally from the Gansu faction, but later betrayed the Gansu faction and pulled down the former municipal party secretary Gao Renyi, which made him very angry. Now seeing Yu Fude being dealt with by Feng Sizhe again, he was of course happy. But at the same time, he also knew that Feng Sizhe was using Yu Fude's incident to establish his authority, and he was afraid that the Gansu faction cadres in Tongda City would have a harder time in the future.

Therefore, Mou Guoyang was both happy and upset about Feng Sizhe's action to deal with Yu Fude. He was happy because those who betrayed the Gan faction would not have a good end in the end, and he also found a little opportunity, that is, Yu Fude was already Ru Honghai's man. If Feng Sizhe dealt with Yu Fude like this, would Ru Honghai give up?

With a glimmer of hope, he called Ru Honghai again. He believed that he had a chance to convince Ru Honghai. If the Gan faction could join forces with Ru Honghai next, then perhaps they could achieve the goal of restraining Feng Sizhe.

So, there was a scene where Mou Guoyang called Ru Honghai and the two of them sat together.

After a few drinks, the two of them started talking more and more. To put it bluntly, although they were the second and third leaders of the same city, they were definitely suppressed by the number one, Feng Sizhe, so naturally they had more common language.

"Mayor Ru, the current situation in Tongda City is not optimistic. I think if it goes on like this, it won't be long before no one will listen to what we two say." Seeing that the wine was almost finished and Ru Honghai's face was red, Mou Guoyang began to speak tentatively.

"Yes, Secretary Mou is right, but what can we do? It's the people below who are not up to the standard." Ru Honghai shook his head. At this moment, he thought of Yu Fude's matter. He thought that if this person had not been careless, he would not have been caught by Feng Sizhe, and naturally these subsequent things would not have happened.

"Hey, it's not easy for the officials below. What do you think they do as officials? In addition to pursuing their ideals and wanting to do more for the country and the people, don't they also want to live a better life at the same time? And Feng Sizhe let him go just because of a minor fault. That's really an exaggeration. What's more, Yu Fude is your, Mayor Ru's, man, and he doesn't give you face either. Who does he think he is? A modern-day Bao Heizi? Humph!" Mou Guoyang said with a look of indignation.

When it came to Yu Fude's matter, Ru Honghai's hands trembled noticeably, but he quickly reacted, and with a move of his hand, he poured a glass of wine into his mouth.

Ru Honghai was indeed under great pressure regarding Yu Fude's cleanup. Some cadres who had already joined him were trembling with fear, fearing that they would become the next Yu Fude, and those who were about to join him were also standing aside and watching cautiously. He knew all these situations, and he was furious when he thought that all this was because of Feng Sizhe. He came to Tongda City at the suggestion of the Qin faction, and he also boasted at the time, but now he has been in Tongda City for more than a year, and there is indeed no better progress. It must have caused displeasure to some leaders. If he can't open up the situation, he doesn't know whether he will be trusted by the Qin faction next.