Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 838: The lazy donkey goes to the millstone and won’t leave unless it is whipped

Chen Jingze walked to Qi Tongwei's side and expressed his opinion in a low voice.

"Deputy Secretary Qi, our Handong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection will conduct a thorough investigation into this matter."

Qi Tongwei felt a little amused when he saw Chen Jingze's confident look, because the script at this moment was exactly what Liu Dexu had rehearsed in Qi Tongwei's office.

Back to when Liu Dexu came to Qi Tongwei's office, they mentioned some other things besides work.

Qi Tongwei said with a smile, subconsciously feeling that the inspection trip to Handong Province would be an easy job since they were all his own people.

"Then Governor Liu, I will change it to inspect your Handong Province first, and then inspect Zhongjiang Province.

You have to be prepared, or your officials will embarrass us when I go to the first station for inspection."

When Liu Dexu heard this, there was no smile on his face. He screwed the cap on the bottle of mineral water in his hand and put it on the table.

"Tongwei, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but there really is someone on my side who might hold me back."

He shook his head as he spoke, which caught Qi Tongwei's attention.

"No way, wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to go there?

I am the deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission. If I express dissatisfaction with any department on the spot, it will probably cause a huge disturbance."

Liu Dexu's expression became more and more solemn.

“Tongwei, I really need your help this time.

Here’s what happened…”

Liu Dexu told the story slowly, and it turned out that this was Liu Dexu himself who did not do his job well.

Originally, the Department of Agriculture was not a respected unit in Handong Province. The reason was that the economy was developing rapidly, agriculture was scattered in several cities in the northeast of Handong, and the output value of agriculture was far less than that of the secondary and tertiary industries. Naturally, the Department of Agriculture became the Ningguta of Handong, that is, the place of exile.

Therefore, over the past few years, Liu Dexu and Secretary Wu transferred many of Zhao Lichun's cadres from important departments such as the Department of Economics and Trade, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, and the destinations of their transfers were, needless to say, the Department of Agriculture, the Science and Technology Association, the Writers Association and other unpopular units.

As a result, when the policy on the red line for cultivated land was about to be issued, the Department of Agriculture immediately became the leading unit and was given important tasks to be in charge of. Liu Dexu immediately prepared 5 billion yuan in funding to be distributed, making a big fuss about agriculture so that the superiors could take a good look at his attitude towards work and hope that he could smoothly take over the position of top leader.

However, as the governor, he couldn't always go to the fields to work by himself. The real work had to be done by the leading units such as the Department of Agriculture. It happened that the director of the Department of Agriculture, including several deputies, were all people who followed Zhao Lichun in the past. Even Director Yang was formerly the director of the Department of Finance, a real deputy provincial level reserve. As a result, when Zhao Lichun was transferred, Liu Dexu seized the opportunity and sent him to the Department of Agriculture.

In other words, several members of the Agriculture Department's team were sent to Ningguta by Liu Dexu himself. Although these people were very respectful in front of Liu Dexu, they had completely lost their initiative in carrying out important tasks, and they might even have resentment towards the leaders of the provincial party committee and government.

After several documents were issued, the cadres in the Agriculture Department were still half-dead and refused to move. Liu Dexu was extremely anxious and took the initiative to convene a party group meeting of the Agriculture Department. However, they only worked actively for two or three days, and then they returned to their half-dead state.

The entire Ministry of Agriculture has become a lazy donkey on a millstone. It takes two steps when whipped, and lies down where it is when you stop whipping it.

This also made Liu Dexu a little desperate, so he simply made a move and transferred the second-in-command of the Agriculture Department away, and selected a deputy secretary-general from the provincial government to take the position.

The deputy secretary-general named Wang Jing is also very capable. Upon taking office, he immediately reorganized several departments and quickly took over the tasks assigned by Liu Dexu. However, he is not the top leader after all. The remaining members of the party group are also similar exiled cadres, and are no different from the top leader of the department.

On this day, when Deputy Director Wang was trying to do the work of five people alone, his colleagues started to hold him back again.

In the conference room.

The director was chatting with other colleagues about last night's football game with a smile on his face. Deputy Director Wang was standing alone at the door of the conference room, instructing his subordinates to prepare for a trip to Yantai City's Agricultural County the next day.

The sound of the group of people discussing the game came over here, making Wang Jing very angry. He thought that after coming here, he might have to do most of the things by himself, but after actually coming here, Wang Jing was busy all night long and slept in the workplace several times, while his colleagues stayed up all night watching the game.

But after the meeting started, Wang Jing became even angrier.

“Director, even if the provincial party committee leaders will do public relations with the inspection team, we ourselves will do nothing and even hide important documents and information.

This is definitely not the right attitude to deal with inspections from higher authorities.”

The majesty of the top leader was revealed at this time.

“Deputy Director Wang, this is the resolution of our Party Committee. You can reserve your opinion if you have any.

The provincial party committee leaders will be concerned about the inspection team’s affairs. How can we expose the most unsightly information to the public?

If the inspection team saw it, it would embarrass the provincial party committee leaders, so it’s better to hide it.”

In the end, Deputy Director Wang could only write the words "reservations" in the meeting minutes.

Liu Dexu found out about this the next day. The most valuable cup in the governor's office was smashed on the ground. A group of subordinates who were exiled acted as if they had taken control of him as their leader and started to look down on him.

This allowed some policies to be implemented quickly, but Liu Dexu felt very uncomfortable with the feeling of being stabbed by those people in the Agriculture Department who were pretending to obey his orders but actually disobeyed them.

It just so happens that this group of people had just been assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture not long ago. Even if they want to be disciplined, there must be a reasonable reason. The random use of personnel power is still somewhat restrictive for Governor Liu Dexu. This is the power of the top leader, and the top leader does not support him very much.

However, Liu Dexu took into consideration that the Department of Agriculture would certainly have important work to do in the next few years, and he would need to do a good job in all aspects to gain the favor of management and successfully take over as the top leader of Handong Province.

However, Secretary Wu, the current top leader of Handong Province, does not hold such a stance. He would rather stabilize the situation in Handong Province. Liu Dexu's decision to replace a deputy in the Agriculture Department is a small matter, so he just supports it.

But Liu Dexu later proposed to replace the entire leadership team of the Agriculture Department, which could easily cause unrest. These people had already been sidelined, and if they were moved again, and on such a large scale, it would cause some people in other departments to feel grief over the loss of their loved ones.

In order to seek stability, Secretary Wu naturally could not support Liu Dexu's views.

"In other words, you want me to go directly to the Department of Agriculture as my first stop to check the historical data on illegal occupation of farmland?"