Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"What?" Feng Sizhe was shocked. Just now at the meeting, Executive Vice Mayor Du Tianhe was still talking about safety issues. He was also saying that if there was a safety problem in any county, the county governor would be held responsible. He didn't expect that the matter would fall on him so soon. If this was the case, wouldn't it be indirectly saying that he should take the blame?

"What's going on, Comrade Feng Sizhe?" Standing Committee Deputy Mayor Sun Zhongping appeared behind Feng Sizhe. He was also entrusted by Mayor Chang Ning to come out and take a look. He and Chang Ning both believed that something serious must have happened in Dahu County.

"Mayor Sun, you're here just in time. I need to ask for leave to go back to Dahu." Feng Sizhe nodded when he saw Sun Zhongping appear, and then he asked for leave. Dahu County couldn't do without him at this time, otherwise the situation would only get bigger and bigger, and eventually become unmanageable.

"Huh? What happened?" When Sun Zhongping heard that Feng Sizhe wanted to ask for leave, he asked his reason.

"It's like this, Mayor Sun. The county just called. There was an explosion at our Dahu County lighter factory. One person died and four were injured. If I don't go back to take charge of the situation now, I won't trust others." Sun Zhongping still admired himself very much. Besides, he was also from Changning's faction and was someone Feng Sizhe could absolutely trust. So he told Feng Sizhe the story.

"What? It's like this?" Sun Zhongping hadn't expected something like this to happen. After thinking for a while, he said, "Well, Comrade Feng Sizhe, I'll grant you leave. You should hurry back to Dahu. If there's any progress, you must contact me in time. I'll inform Mayor Chang of the incident later."

"Thank you, Mayor Sun. I will keep in touch with you." After Feng Sizhe made a phone call gesture, he took Wang Ruihua and headed straight towards Dahu County.

In Dahu County, the county party committee members were holding a standing committee meeting under the chairmanship of Fang Xianzhi. The meeting was chaired by Fang Xianzhi, the county party secretary.

"Comrades, I believe everyone knows what just happened in the lighter factory. Now let's talk about what we should do next?" Fang Xianzhi said with a heavy face. If there is a problem with the safety of the county and there are casualties, he, as the county party secretary, cannot escape responsibility, but he is not the first person in charge. He Wenbao is the first, Feng Sizhe is the second, and he can only be regarded as the third person in charge. At this moment, he will definitely not jump out and say anything. If the decision is wrong, it will be a mistake on top of a mistake. So what he needs to do now is to wait and see what everyone thinks about this matter.

"I think we should let the county public security bureau launch an investigation first to find out the cause of the accident, and also order the hospital to do its best to save people. I heard that there is still a comrade on the operating table, and his life or death is unknown. These are our top priority. As for how to deal with this matter, I have already called County Magistrate Feng who is in a meeting in the city. After he got the news, he has returned to the county. I think what to do next should be decided after listening to what County Magistrate Feng says after he comes back." Deputy County Magistrate Jia Bin knew that Feng Sizhe was rushing back, so he had a backbone. Thinking of his trust in Feng Sizhe and thinking that there was no problem he could not solve, he proposed to wait until Feng Sizhe came back before dealing with the problem.

"That won't work." As soon as Jia Bin finished speaking, Wei Xiang, the head of the United Front Work Department, spoke up. "This incident is not a small matter. People died. If our county committee doesn't think about how to report such a big thing to the municipal committee, what if the municipal committee asks about it? Wouldn't that put us in a passive position? Therefore, I don't agree with Deputy Secretary Jia's opinion."

"That's right, the death cannot be concealed. As the Minister of Propaganda, I can't just report good news and not bad news to my superiors. I think since the leaders of the county party committee are here, we should hold a meeting first to study how to report to the superior municipal party committee and come up with a result first, so that we won't be too passive." Propaganda Minister Song Dawei responded immediately after Wei Xiang.

The words of Song Dawei and Wei Xiang struck the ears of the Standing Committee members. For a moment, no one had an idea. After all, this was not a small matter. Someone had already died. It was impossible to conceal this matter. The next question was how to report it to the higher-ups. Many people had originally thought of waiting for Feng Sizhe to come back and listen to his opinions, but seeing the performance of Song Dawei and Wei Xiang, they did not intend to do so and wanted to come up with a result now. Thinking whether casually interrupting at this time would cause trouble, all the people in the Feng faction were silent for a while. This was because they did not want to cause trouble, and secondly, they did not know what to do. Of course, the most important thing was that they did not know what Feng Sizhe was thinking. Under these concerns, the ideas of Song Dawei and Wei Xiang prevailed.

Seeing that no one was talking, Wei Xiang showed a barely perceptible smile. "Okay, since no one has any objections, I think Secretary Fang will preside over the meeting and we will vote. I agree to report this matter to the Municipal Party Committee immediately, and at the same time report Comrade Zhang Youlun and Director Huang Da to the city government. Let the city government make the final decision on this matter. This way, our Dahu County Party Committee will be proactive, and the Municipal Party Committee will not make it too difficult for us, right?"

Wei Xiang's idea was very good. Doing so would be equivalent to throwing He Wenbao and Huang Da out, and the responsibility would be left to these two people. In this way, the responsibility of the county party committee, as well as that of secretary Fang Xianzhi and county magistrate Feng Sizhe, would be much smaller.

Thinking that this would also help County Magistrate Feng to be removed from the matter, Jia Bin, Wu Guangrong, Luo Jinlong, Li Yige, Zhang Youlun and others looked at each other and fell silent. It was also a good thing to be able to remove Feng Sizhe. Now that the matter had become a big deal and someone had died, someone had to stand up and take responsibility for it. Losing He Wenbao to save Feng Sizhe was also a good thing in a way.

No one from Feng's faction objected, so Fang Xianzhi immediately approved the decision. At this moment, he was hoping that someone would take responsibility for the matter. As long as he was not responsible, he did not want to think about other things.

In this way, the meeting finally came to a decision, that is, to report the matter to the Municipal Party Committee immediately, first reporting it as a safety accident, and then sending He Wenbao and Huang Da to the Municipal Party Committee to explain the specific matters.

After the meeting, five people, including Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee Jia Bin, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission Wu Guangrong, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission Yang Chao, Executive Deputy County Mayor Zhang Youlun, and Organization Minister Li Yige, hurriedly drove to the hospital. They didn't want any more deaths here. If one more person died, He Wenbao would be in real danger.

When these people arrived at the county hospital, they found that Feng Sizhe had already arrived here. On the way, Li Shuang drove back to Dahu County, and when Jia Bin and others were holding the county party committee standing committee meeting, Feng Sizhe had already rushed to Dahu County Hospital, where he saw the other four injured people. After the hospital's full rescue, the seriously injured person has been out of danger, which means that only one person died in the incident, and it will not be expanded.

Feng Sizhe had just walked out of the ward and saw Jia Bin and others coming over.

"County magistrate." As soon as they saw Feng Sizhe, Jia Bin and others shouted and quickly surrounded him.

"You are here too." Seeing Jia Bin and the others coming over, Feng Sizhe nodded, "What exactly is going on? Who can tell me?"

In fact, the others present were not very clear about the explosion at the lighter factory. But when Feng Sizhe asked, they told him what they knew and informed him of the decision just reached by the county party committee standing committee.

"What? How can this be? Hasn't it been determined yet who is responsible for the accident? How can such a hasty decision be made?" Feng Sizhe was surprised and even angry when he heard that the county party committee standing committee had made such a decision. This was simply an irresponsible behavior.

"Leader, this is for your own good." Zhang Youlun looked at Feng Sizhe angrily, and hated himself and others for their incompetence. He didn't quite understand. They agreed to solve the problem this way in order to reduce the leader's responsibility. Did they take his kindness for granted?

"What do you mean by 'it's for my own good'? Let me tell you, what you are doing is irresponsible and disrespectful to the facts. It will also harm Comrade He Wenbao and Comrade Huang Da. It is not an act of taking responsibility at all." Feng Sizhe couldn't help getting angry when he heard Zhang Youlun dare to say this. These people only saw what was happening in front of them and didn't think about what the consequences would be if things were settled like this.

"Ah, County Magistrate Feng, you must save our Old He." Just as Feng Sizhe was scolding Zhang Youlun, a woman suddenly rushed out from the ward next to the corridor. This woman was none other than Wang Hong, the wife of Deputy County Magistrate He Wenbao. After she fainted after hearing the news, she was sent to the hospital by Zhang Youlun. She had just woken up for a while and happened to hear Feng Sizhe and others talking in the hospital corridor. When they heard what had happened, they rushed out of the ward in a hurry.

Seeing that it was Wang Hong, Feng Sizhe was also surprised. He immediately reached out and supported her. "Director Wang, why are you here?"

"County Magistrate Feng, you have to save our Old He. He has always been serious about his work. It can't be his fault. There must be other problems. You must stand up for Old He." Wang Hong was extremely excited. How could she not be anxious when she heard that her husband was going to be sent to the Municipal Bureau? When she thought of how Feng Sizhe had always taken care of her old man, she immediately placed her only hope of saving his life on her leader.