Chapter 1803 Interest Groups

"Two reasons. First, you didn't take office yet. Even if I reported to you, you couldn't do anything. Second, I didn't report to you because I didn't want to drag you into this. I'm a county party secretary. Even if something goes wrong, it's our Yi'an County's business. It has nothing to do with Xiquan or you. If anyone is held accountable, only I will be held responsible."

"Secondly, you want to gain a firm foothold in Xiquan, so it's not appropriate for you to fall out with Liu Xiaoping right from the start. You still need Liu Xiaoping's support in the early stages, so I don't want to involve you and put you on the opposite side of Liu Xiaoping."

Qin Feng was speaking from his heart. He never told Xie Zhiguo about this matter from beginning to end.

"Do you think there is an unspeakable connection between Liu Xiaoping and this Zhongyang Chemical Factory?" Xie Zhiguo looked up and asked Qin Feng.

"That's for sure. According to the information I have learned, the Zhongyang Chemical Factory was actually specially introduced by Liu Xiaoping when he was the deputy mayor. The reason why it was chosen to be located in Tai'an County is because Tai'an County is Liu Xiaoping's traditional territory. Most of the important leaders in Tai'an County were promoted by Liu Xiaoping when he was the Minister of Organization."

"Although Liu Xiaoping did not show up from beginning to end, it was Tai'an County Party Committee Secretary Wu Yutao who came forward to negotiate with me. But in fact, Wu Yutao was just a mouthpiece for Liu Xiaoping."

"The city government's attitude in investigating the pollution incident this time fully demonstrates that Liu Xiaoping is inextricably linked to this matter."

"In addition, Zhongyang Chemical Factory was a seriously polluting enterprise from the very beginning. The factory did not have any sewage treatment measures and directly discharged industrial sewage."

"This led to widespread illness among the people living in the areas where the Zhongyang Chemical Plants were located. The water was undrinkable and crops could not be grown. The people were miserable and could not survive at all," Qin Feng continued his analysis.

"The people didn't make a fuss?"

"No, of course there was no fuss. The people reported it in various ways, from the county to the city, and finally some even went to the provincial government, but it had no effect. Instead, the people who reported it suffered. Some were beaten, some were disabled, and their children were kidnapped and threatened. In the end, no one dared to report it anymore."

"They can't afford to offend, so the local people can only hide. Almost all the local people near the chemical plant have left the area and gone to other places to make a living. Now there are almost no people living around the Zhongyang Chemical Plant, and there are only a few elderly people."

"Two years ago, the country stepped up its crackdown on environmental protection. The province formed an environmental inspection team and found the Zhongyang Chemical Factory. They ordered the factory to stop production and rectify the situation."

"For this purpose, the city allocated 30 million yuan, Tai'an County also contributed 20 million yuan, and it is said that Zhongyang Chemical Factory invested 50 million yuan of its own money and spent 100 million yuan to carry out environmental protection rectification of the entire factory."

"The final result was that the Zhongyang Chemical Factory, which received 50 million yuan in government funds for rectification, did not carry out any rectification at all. Instead, it moved the sewage pipes from the local area to the mountains and secretly discharged sewage into the rivers in our Tai'an County."

"What's even more outrageous is that it completely passed the provincial review at the time."

"From this we can see how deep the relationship between Liu Xiaoping and Zhongyang Chemical Factory is, and we can also see how powerful Liu Xiaoping is." Qin Feng would not hide anything from Xie Zhiguo, and there would be nothing he could not say.

"Could Comrade Duan Hongyu have any connection with Zhongyang Chemical Factory?" Xie Zhiguo asked.

"No, Secretary Duan is putting pressure on me out of consideration for the overall situation. Secretary Duan has just come to Xiquan not long ago, and it is impossible for him to have any connection with Zhongyang Chemical Factory." Qin Feng shook his head.

"Tell me, what other problems does Liu Xiaoping have?" Xie Zhiguo nodded and continued asking.

"There are many problems. The public security problems in Xiquan City are related to Liu Xiaoping. Wang Jiahao, the deputy mayor and director of the Public Security Bureau, is Liu Xiaoping's direct subordinate. In addition, the chaos in the real estate market in Xiquan City is also directly related to Liu Xiaoping."

"I've heard a saying that in Xiquan City, if you want to do real estate development, you must have Liu Xiaoping's connections, otherwise no one can do it. As far as I know, Liu Xiaoping has extremely close relations with several major real estate development companies in Xiquan." Qin Feng reported to Xie Zhiguo everything he knew about Liu Xiaoping.

"The most crucial thing is that Liu Xiaoping does not represent himself alone, but represents an interest group in the Xiquan officialdom. This interest group is the one that Liu Xiaoping has managed and established in Xiquan over the years. This is also the reason why Liu Xiaoping dares to act lawless in Xiquan." Qin Feng added another point.

"The province has provided a lot of support to Xiquan over the years, but Xiquan has not seen any improvement. Is it related to this interest group?" Xie Zhiguo finally asked.

"I don't know the specifics. Through the crackdown on gangs in Yi'an and the personnel adjustments I made with the support of Secretary Xia, I have basically eradicated the interest group represented by Liu Xiaoping in Yi'an County."

"But what I can do is only in Yian County. I am not very clear about the situation in Xiquan City and other counties, and I don't have the ability to get in touch with the core of this interest group." Qin Feng shook his head.

Xie Zhiguo nodded again, but said nothing, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Secretary Xie, I came here today to ask you for something."

"what's up?"

"It is Liu Xiaoping who suppressed Yi'an County and froze all the funds of Yi'an County. The finances of Yi'an County are in great difficulty now. A large number of projects have been suspended because the city has withheld funds. If the problem is delayed any further, it will become more and more serious."

"The most crucial thing is the poverty alleviation funds and the funds that the city originally wanted to give us to develop the tourism industry. This is the big part. We are about to run out of money." Qin Feng said and looked at Xie Zhiguo.