Rebirth of the Rising Sun

The content of the meeting was very simple, just introducing two things.

First, Feng Sizhe returned to Ducheng Province and resumed his post as governor. Regarding this, the Provincial People's Congress also held a meeting to discuss and pass the restoration of Comrade Feng Sizhe's post as governor of Ducheng Province.

The second is that Wang Zerong came to Ducheng Province, saying that he wanted to investigate some things before the earthquake and some personal problems of some leading comrades.

Ji Xi and others in the audience were all feeling overwhelmed. They all felt that Wang Zerong had come with bad intentions this time, but without Ji Quanyong's protection, these people didn't know what to do.

The meeting did not last very long, and not long after it ended, a shocking news came that Li Mi, secretary of Provincial United Front Work Department Minister Mei Guolong, was suddenly taken away by Wang Zerong's investigation team, saying that they wanted to verify some circumstances.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that Li Mi was taken away clearly for Mei Guolong.

As the Minister of United Front Work of a province, he not only failed to play the positive role he should have in the Xichuan disaster relief exercise, but on the contrary, he obstructed the exercise in every possible way and even put under custody Xichuan United Front Work Minister Ya Yunlong, one of the anti-earthquake heroes. Just because of this, his position was unstable.

As soon as Li Mi was taken away, or at the moment he was taken away, Mei Guolong was completely panicked.

Originally, he thought that Wang Zerong would not act so quickly, or that he would not necessarily be the first one to be attacked. As long as this was not the result, he would do everything he could to please Feng Sizhe. As long as he could get Governor Feng's forgiveness, he believed that Wang Zerong would not make things too difficult for him.

But he never expected that before he could do anything, the other party took action first, and they even arrested his most close secretary. How could he not be panicked in this situation?

The first thing he did was to drive to the provincial government, hoping to meet Feng Sizhe, so that he would have the opportunity to show his loyalty and be saved.

However, he couldn't see Feng Sizhe at the provincial government. The staff left behind in the office of the provincial government told him directly that the governor had already taken people to Xichuan to visit the people in the disaster area.

Unable to meet Feng Sizhe, Mei Guolong had no choice but to come to the provincial party committee, hoping to meet Xu Chaoqi. He didn't believe that others would ignore the important vote in his hand.

But the fact is, Xu Chaoqi really didn't take it seriously, and he was not in the provincial party committee. The staff under him just said that he had gone out, but did not tell him where he had gone.

Li Mi's arrest had long been reported to the provincial party committee, and the staff here also guessed that it would not be long before Mei Guolong fell. If so, this man would be finished in a short time. Would he still have votes in his hands? Without votes, there was no need to pay too much attention to this person.

Not meeting the person he wanted to meet, Mei Guolong left the provincial party committee building disappointed.

On the ninth floor of the building, Xu Chaoqi watched this scene silently, thinking, "Mei Guolong, Mei Guolong, it's not that I don't want to protect you, it's just that I'm lucky enough to be able to protect myself. There's nothing I can do for you."

Obviously, Wang Zerong and Feng Sizhe were going to start with Mei Guolong, and at this time, how could they possibly give face to others? So if Xu Chaoqi was smart, he should not interfere in this matter at all.

When Li Mi was captured, Feng Sizhe was already on his way to Xichuan City.

On the one hand, he could avoid Mei Guolong from looking for him, saving himself all the trouble. On the other hand, he could tell others that Li Mi's arrest had little to do with him, because he had already left the provincial government.

Secondly, Feng Sizhe has always been very concerned about the affairs of Xichuan. The quality of life of the people there, their conditions, and whether their food and accommodation have been properly arranged have always been his biggest concerns in Kyoto, so he chose Xichuan as his first stop after returning to be the governor.

When Xichuan City learned that Feng Sizhe was coming, both officials and people were very excited, because everyone knew that it was this man's persistence that saved most of their lives. And for this man who saved their lives, the people here naturally supported him very much.

Even Feng Sizhe did not expect that as soon as his convoy entered the Xichuan toll station, he would immediately see countless people on the roadside. Some of these people were holding large signs that read "Welcome our good Governor Feng Sizhe."

Others held banners that read Feng Sizhe, the eternal good friend of the people of Xichuan.

Some even said, "Hello, Governor, we will always love you."

In short, it was a warm and grand welcome scene.

Looking at these scenes, Feng Sizhe frowned. Personal worship is not popular nowadays. Would doing this bring about some unnecessary trouble?

However, Zu Jie, the mayor of Xichuan who came to greet him, saw what Feng Sizhe was thinking and said, "Governor, I have mentioned this matter to my father. He said it is not a big deal. You have made such a great contribution. This is also the voice of the people. It is not intentional. We just need to go with the flow. I believe the central government will understand."

After hearing what Zu Jie said, Feng Sizhe nodded silently. Since Minister Zu said so, it seemed that the central government must know about this matter and had not spoken out to stop it, so nothing should happen.

"Well, since that's the case, let's not do it again. But Xichuan's propaganda department should still be more careful in the future and publicize other good people and good deeds during the earthquake. I will try not to publicize my personal role anymore." Feng Sizhe said.

"Yes." Xichuan Municipal Party Committee Secretary He Wenbao and Mayor Zu Jie both nodded in agreement.

In fact, Feng Sizhe's personal prestige is already very high, and there is no need to create momentum. However, these are the thoughts of the people in their hearts, and they can't stop them. Just as Minister Zu Youjing said, everything should go with the flow.

The car finally arrived at the Xichuan Municipal Party Committee Building, where Feng Sizhe began to listen to the earthquake-stricken area report in Xichuan.

He Wenbao and Zu Jie had no idea how many times they had reported this work to their superiors. During this period, there were always superiors from the central government coming to Xichuan City, so this kind of reporting work was commonplace for parents. Sometimes, they had to report more than twice a day.

For this reason, reporting this work to Feng Sizhe was not a complicated matter at all for them personally.

He Wenbao was reading the document aloud, and he could even recite some of the data without even looking at it.

"Governor, with your full support, we in Xichuan City did a lot of work before the earthquake..."

"Among them, tents, raincoats, medicines, convenience foods, drinking water and other items are fully prepared..."

"With the joint efforts of all departments and people from all walks of life, we have successfully withstood this super strong earthquake that reached 8 on the Richter scale..."

"Of course, with a natural disaster like this, there will definitely be some losses..."

"After this earthquake, according to statistics, the direct economic losses in Xichuan alone reached more than 452 billion, and the indirect losses totaled nearly billion. At the same time, the death toll reached , more than people were missing, and more than people were seriously injured or slightly injured..."

"Wait." When He Wenbao reported to this point, Feng Sizhe suddenly interrupted him.

He Wenbao was stunned. He didn't understand why his leader suddenly interrupted him when he was reporting well, so he looked at Feng Sizhe with wide eyes.

"You just said the death toll is 452 and more than a thousand people are missing. What's going on?" Obviously, Feng Sizhe was a little confused about this.

Before the earthquake, he made detailed deployments and even set up several teams to check in the residential buildings in the communities to see if there were any people who had not yet gone to open places such as squares and parks. This greatly reduced the death toll in Xichuan City, but even so, more than 400 people died and more than 1,000 were missing. Obviously, Feng Sizhe was not satisfied with this result.

Feng Sizhe still remembered that not long after the earthquake, the data collected by Xichuan City was not so high. There were only records of more than one hundred deaths at that time, so he went to Wanxian and Taohua Town with peace of mind. But how could so much data be produced in such a short period of time?

"Governor, this has been carefully counted and there can be no mistakes." He Wenbao saw that Feng Sizhe seemed a little unhappy, so he hurriedly explained.

"I didn't ask you if you would make mistakes. I asked why the consequences were so serious. Who of you can answer me?" Feng Sizhe certainly didn't doubt He Wenbao's intention, but the number of deaths and missing persons far exceeded Feng Sizhe's bottom line, so he was a little angry and had to speak up and ask about it.

After Feng Sizhe asked this question, there was silence in the conference room and no one dared to respond.

Seeing the silence in the conference room, Feng Sizhe said angrily, "What's wrong? No one answered my question? If that's the case, you Xichuan city leaders should prepare to resign collectively."

Suddenly, a collective resignation was announced, and the meeting room fell silent.

If it was other provincial party committee leaders who said this, or even Xu Chaoqi who said this, they might not care. But you have to know that these leaders in the office are all cadres who have just been commended by the state. These people are all meritorious officials. Can you just ask such meritorious officials to resign?

But since these words were spoken by Feng Sizhe, it is a different matter, because everyone present knows that if it were not for Feng Sizhe, these people would not only have achieved nothing, but would have been guilty.

Naturally, the authority of what Feng Sizhe said cannot be questioned at all.