Nominal: The pinnacle of power began in the sixth province of Handong.

Chapter 156 Yi Xuexi's Overt Strategies

Yi Xuexi seemed to have made up his mind. Seeing Tian Guofu hesitate, he quickly urged him:

"Secretary Tian, ​​we can't think about it anymore. If we don't deal with them, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will deal with us."

Tian Guofu certainly wouldn't do something like that. He sighed and said:

"Let's have a meeting and discuss this with the team members."

Soon, an internal meeting of the investigation team began.

Tian Guofu described the current dangerous public opinion environment and its negative impact on Sha Ruijin.

After that, it was handed over to Yi Xuexi to continue the explanation.

Yi Xuexi seemed eager to do this and told the investigation team members directly.

The current situation is very unfavorable, and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will soon take notice of the negative impact of public opinion.

At that time, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection would certainly have required the investigation team to provide a solution and quell public opinion.

How to resolve this? Simply investigate and prosecute those responsible to appease public anger.

Instead of waiting for the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to demand the person, it would be better to hand them over proactively.

Therefore, Yi Xuexi suggested that the deputy heads in charge of project approval and supervision departments in Lüzhou City be reported as typical cases for accountability.

In this way, public opinion can be silenced while the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection receives a satisfactory response.

After Yi Xuexi finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.

Everyone knows in their hearts that the special task force investigating the resort project is cleaning up someone else's mess.

Before we came, we agreed to find a few people who actually had problems to take responsibility.

Now they're applying a one-size-fits-all approach without considering differences, pushing all the deputy directors of these departments out to take the blame.

That's too harsh and inhumane, and it doesn't make any sense.

Naturally, the crowd was reluctant to do it.

If this gets out, it will have a very bad impact.

The first to voice their objections were naturally the deputy directors of provincial departments corresponding to these municipal departments.

The deputy directors frequently reported their work to the deputy directors, and they all had a good relationship with each other.

The deputy directors agreed to come to Luzhou City to investigate only after hearing Zhu Zhichao's guarantee that he would not arrest people arbitrarily.

Now we're going to take action against a group of people right in front of them.

Isn't this a slap in the face to them?

The deputy director-general, while on the investigation team, watched helplessly as a deputy director of a subordinate municipal bureau was punished.

If word gets out, how will these deputy directors face the public? Where will they find any authority in the municipal and prefectural government departments?

There was a brief silence in the meeting room.

Widespread opposition erupted immediately.

Deng Qiangming, who was also in the conference room, remained silent, coldly observing the chaotic scene.

He was surprised. Why would Yi Xuexi, who was always cautious and prudent, offer such an untimely opinion at this moment?

This self-destructive behavior doesn't seem like an easy approach to learn.

What does EasyLearning want to do?

Deng Qiangming was a little worried, but then he thought that Minister Xia had personally spoken to Yi Xuexi, so he probably wouldn't dare to do anything too outrageous and would definitely take care of his colleagues in the ministry.

Deng Qiangming felt a little more at ease.

Just then, Yi Xuexi suddenly looked at Deng Qiangming and said:

"Please calm down, everyone. I remember the deputy director of the Land and Resources Bureau is a former colleague of Director Qiangming, an outstanding young cadre from the Organization Department. How about we hear Director Qiangming's opinion?"

After Yi Xuexue finished speaking, the entire room fell silent, and everyone looked at Deng Qiangming.

Yi Xuexi smiled and made a "please" gesture.

Deng Qiangming looked around at everyone and realized that speaking at this moment carried a great responsibility.

After much deliberation, he slowed his speech, striving to give a flawless answer:

"Secretary Tian, ​​Secretary Yi, our department supports all the decisions made by the investigation team, but since it involves personnel issues, I would like to consult the minister first, just to be on the safe side."

Deng Qiangming had thought that these words would make Yi Xuexi hesitate, but to his surprise, when Yi Xuexi heard that Deng Qiangming was going to report on Xia Qing, he immediately became even more excited and laughed:

"Reporting to Minister Xia? We couldn't be happier! His opinions will definitely be of great benefit to our investigation team. Director Qiangming, please make a phone call to Minister Xia as soon as possible. We eagerly await good news."

Deng Qiangming was surprised by Yi Xuexi's attitude, but he couldn't investigate it further at the moment, so he nodded.

After the meeting, Deng Qiangming immediately returned to his room, dialed Xia Qing's number, and reported everything that had happened at the meeting to Xia Qing.

At first, Xia Qing was chatting and laughing on the other end of the phone, but after Deng Qiangming finished reviewing the meeting, Xia Qing's side became eerily quiet.

After a long silence, Xia Qing slowly spoke:

"Qiangming, you've fallen for Yi Xuexi's trap."

Deng Qiangming was shocked.

Falling into a trap? A trap that's easy to learn?

How is that possible? What kind of plan is that?

Deng Qiangming was completely baffled.

How did we fall into their trap when we just had a meeting?

Deng Qiangming was puzzled and asked Xia Qing for clarification.

Xia Qing recounted in detail:

"Have you noticed that the reasons given for disciplining these deputy bureau chiefs promoted by Yi Xuexi all fall into the same category? Kang Le is included in that list?"

After recalling for a moment, Deng Qiangming said with certainty on the phone:

"Yes, Minister, regulatory approvals... are essentially the same kind of problem."

"Therefore, if one of these deputy directors is dealt with, all of them must be dealt with; conversely, if one is not dealt with, none of them can be dealt with." Xia Qing frowned and said:

"He was certain that if he asked you this question at the meeting, you would definitely reply that you would report it to me. In that case, if I protected Kang Le, the other deputy directors would also be protected, and Yi Xuexi would report all of this to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, saying that I had abused my power and failed to act impartially, which would cause public opinion to get out of control."

Deng Qiangming was taken aback; Yi Xuexi actually had such a plan. After a moment's thought, he asked, puzzled:

"Minister, why don't you just ignore it?"

Xia Qing smiled wryly:

"Ignore? That means I don't even care about the comrades who have left the ministry. After a while, he will come up with some way to plead for Kang Le's innocence. If this goes on and on, my reputation in Handong will be at rock bottom."

After speaking, Xia Qing paused, then sighed:

"From the moment he proposed sending out Kang Le and his group of deputy directors to deliver results, we were already in the game. In this world, there are only overt schemes, and there's no escaping them..."

Deng Qiangming remained silent.

He never imagined that Yi Xuexi's seemingly cold-blooded and ruthless proposition was actually aimed at Minister Xia, who was far away in Jingzhou City.

Judging from Minister Xia's interpretation, Yi Xuexi's open scheme was truly ruthless!

Deng Qiangming also began to regret his decision. Why did he say at the meeting that he was reporting to Xia Qing? If he had been able to stop Yi Xuexi's next plan, Minister Xia wouldn't be in such a passive position.

Thinking of this, Yi Xuexi said with remorse:

"Minister, I'm so sorry, I didn't think of that. I should have..."

"Alright, what does this have to do with you? If you could think of this, you could be a department head. Yi Xuexi is quite shrewd; otherwise, how could he have survived over twenty years under Zhao Lichun without any trouble? He's no saint." Xia Qing jokingly comforted him, then changed the subject:

"But it doesn't matter. I'll deal with whatever comes my way. If he wants to test my skills, I'll let him see."

Deng Qiangming could hardly keep up, and it took him a long time to ask the question he cared about most:

"But Minister, didn't you call him a few days ago? How dare he plot against you now?"

Xia Qing laughed loudly and said:

"The headband is too tight; Sun Wukong wants to break free."