Chapter 1847: Driving a Nail into the City Government

Just as Qin Feng was riding back to Yian, Liu Xiaoping was sitting in the office with a gloomy face and not saying a word, with the ashtray next to him full of cigarette butts.

This is Executive Vice Mayor Huang Jiancheng knocking on the door and walking into Liu Xiaoping's office: "Mayor, what's going on?"

Huang Jiancheng sat down on the chair in front of Liu Xiaoping.

"Take a look at this!" Liu Xiaoping threw a document to Huang Jiancheng.

Huang Jiancheng took a look at the document and was very surprised: "Is this an instruction made by the governor himself?"

"Yes." Liu Xiaoping nodded with a dark face.

"This... This is the first time I've heard of the province interfering with the division of labor in the municipal government. What does the governor mean by this?" Huang Jiancheng was also a little confused, and then said, "It seems that what you said last time about Qin Feng having a special relationship with the governor was true. The governor actually interfered with the division of labor in the municipal government for him and even personally issued instructions."

"If the governor made such an instruction just to promote this kid, then this is no big deal. If the governor wants him to be responsible for poverty alleviation, then let him be responsible for poverty alleviation. But what I am worried about now is that things may not be that simple." Liu Xiaoping lit another cigarette.

Liu Xiaoping hasn't put down his cigarette since he saw this document today.

"What are you worried about?" Huang Jiancheng asked.

"If the governor simply wanted power for Qin Feng, he wouldn't have to do this. He could have mentioned it to me before or asked the secretary general to give me a heads up. How could I dare not agree?"

"I went to the provincial government a few days ago to report to the governor on the progress of poverty alleviation work, but the governor never mentioned this to me."

"In addition, when it comes to money and power, poverty alleviation is indeed a popular job for Xiquan, but it is impossible to be as popular as the deputy mayor of urban construction. If the governor wants to get a popular job for Qin Feng, why doesn't he choose to let him take over the urban construction department first? Why must he let him be responsible for poverty alleviation work?" Liu Xiaoping asked again.

"It's indeed a bit strange." Huang Jiancheng also frowned.

"I'm wondering if this is a warning from the governor to me?" Liu Xiaoping asked.

"Mayor, are you overthinking this? Nothing has happened to us in Xiquan recently. Why is the governor criticizing us?"

"Don't forget that the governor first supported the priority development of Yi'an County and attached great importance to the poverty alleviation work in Xiquan. However, the deployment of our municipal government was contrary to the opinions he supported."

“How does the governor know this? Besides, didn’t you finally agree to make Yian County a key poverty alleviation county at the last Standing Committee meeting?” Huang Jiancheng was puzzled.

"I'm just afraid that someone is reporting me to the governor. The governor is deliberately using this incident to warn me not to tamper with the poverty alleviation work." Liu Xiaoping puffed on his cigarette.

"Is this impossible?" Huang Jiancheng still didn't believe it.

"What's impossible? Otherwise, there is no reason for the governor to do this. If he values ​​Qin Feng, he can just give me a heads-up about this. There's no need to publicly call me back when we have already determined the division of labor and submitted it to the provincial government for filing. I can't think of any other reason except to warn me." Liu Xiaoping said.

“How did the governor know that we don’t want to develop Yi’an?”

"I told you, naturally someone reported it to the governor."

"Are you talking about Xie Zhiguo?"

"What I am worried about now is whether Xie Zhiguo is behind this matter." Liu Xiaoping became even more worried.

"Are you saying that Xie Zhiguo actually wants to promote Qin Feng to the position of deputy mayor for poverty alleviation?"

Liu Xiaoping nodded and said, "It doesn't matter if Qin Feng is in charge of poverty alleviation. I am the mayor and you are the executive vice mayor. What's wrong with letting him be in charge of poverty alleviation? If I want him to have real power, he will have real power. If I don't want him to have real power, he will be just a decoration as the vice mayor."

"But if Xie Zhiguo wanted him to sit in this position, then... the meaning would be different." Liu Xiaoping said slowly.

"If it is true that Xie Zhiguo was secretly manipulating all of this, it means that Xie Zhiguo is determined to interfere in the affairs of our municipal government and is determined to cut off our financial resources in the area of ​​poverty alleviation." Huang Jiancheng understood what Liu Xiaoping wanted to express.

"This is what I'm worried about. Harmony brings wealth. It's not good for us to be an enemy of Xie Zhiguo, so I don't want to be an enemy of Xie Zhiguo. I tolerated what happened last time, but if Xie Zhiguo insists on inserting his hand into our city government, it will touch my bottom line." Liu Xiaoping said gritting his teeth.

"If this matter was really instigated by Xie Zhiguo, then Qin Feng is just a nail inserted by Xie Zhiguo, and it is clear that he is here to interfere with our municipal government's poverty alleviation work."

"If this nail is there, our previous plan may be difficult to implement smoothly."

"There is a poverty alleviation strategy determined by the municipal party committee, and there is the thorn of Qin Feng that cannot be circumvented in its implementation. Mayor, this is not a easy matter to handle." Huang Jiancheng expressed his concerns.

Huang Jiancheng's worries are exactly the same as Liu Xiaoping's worries.

Qin Feng alone is not scary, what is scary is that Xie Zhiguo is standing behind Qin Feng.