Chapter 1909 Don’t Be Used as a Gun

"Mayor Qin, I have no intention of blackmailing you, absolutely not!" Wu Shanquan's face turned pale with fright.

"Then what do you mean?"

"Mayor Qin, I, Wu Shanquan, am definitely not someone who doesn't know how to be grateful. I, Wu Shanquan, was able to rise from Yangjiaohu Town to the current deputy county magistrate entirely thanks to your support, Mayor. I, Wu Shanquan, am very clear about this."

"And I am very clear about the extent of my mistake this time. Just like you said, if it is investigated seriously, it is enough to sentence me. If you hadn't protected me, I would have been locked up in a small dark room and my life would be completely ruined."

"Mayor, in my heart, you are my great benefactor and my second parent. I, Wu Shanquan, know clearly the great kindness you have shown me."

"But, Mayor, I am grateful to you, not to Lu Yi. He was the one who insisted on dealing with me from the very beginning. This matter was not reported by someone as he said. He was targeting me from the very beginning."

"If you hadn't protected me, Luyi would have sent me to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection."

"Mayor, Lu Yi is engaging in political struggle and politically persecuting me..."

"Shut up!" Qin Feng immediately threw the chopsticks in front of him to the ground, interrupting Wu Shanquan's words.

Seeing that Qin Feng was angry, Wu Shanquan was so scared that he immediately shut up and didn't dare to continue talking.

"Did someone instruct you to come to see me today and say these words to me?" Qin Feng looked at Wu Shanquan coldly.

Wu Shanquan's expression suddenly changed again, and he said quickly: "No... No..."

"Whether it is or not, you know it in your heart, and I know it in my heart too. Wu Shanquan, in my impression, you are a smart man, not stupid enough to be instigated by a few words to stand up and be used as a pawn for others. Why didn't he come in person to sue Luyi, but let you take the lead?"

"I personally ordered Luyi to investigate the chicken farm project. What? Do you mean that I am politically persecuting you?" Qin Feng questioned Wu Shanquan.

"Mayor, I...I definitely didn't mean that."

"Wu Shanquan, I warn you, don't get involved in factional struggles between certain people in the future. It will not do you any good. I don't want to hear anyone say the same thing again today. Do you understand?" Qin Feng said coldly.

Wu Shanquan nodded quickly.

"The county does not have the final say on your punishment. Although the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection gave me this face and suppressed this matter, and did not file a case against you, and let our county committee handle it, you also have to understand that I must give the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection an explanation."

"Not filing a case against you is the best I can do. What else do you want? Do you really think that I, the county party secretary, am the municipal party secretary? Do you want me to not only not punish you, but also report your achievements to the municipal party committee?"

"I'm telling you, if you make a mistake you must accept the punishment. This is also a lesson for you. Use your brain before doing anything in the future and think about the consequences. In other words, this punishment is not only not harming you, but saving you."

"When you are given a serious warning, there is a time limit. As long as you reform yourself, work hard, and make achievements, you can still be promoted after the deadline. This is my promise to you. Do you hear me clearly?" Qin Feng stared at Wu Shanquan and said.

Wu Shanquan was overjoyed when he heard this and nodded quickly.

"Finally, I want to emphasize what I said earlier. If you are a smart person, don't get involved in those factional struggles. Otherwise... I will be the first to take action against you."

Qin Feng came out of the hotel and drove towards the yard of the county party committee and county government.

"Zhou Liang, do you think Wu Shanquan's statement about Comrade Luyi is true or false?" Qin Feng asked Zhou Liang while smoking in the back seat.

The question Qin Feng asked scared Zhou Liang. Lu Yi is a member of the county party committee and secretary of the county discipline inspection commission. How dare he make random comments?

But since Qin Feng asked, he had to answer.

"I... I don't know." Zhou Liang gave an answer that was not an answer, and it was the only answer he could give.

Qin Feng nodded and said, "In fact, you have already given your answer when you said you don't know."

Qin Feng had doubts from the beginning about whether Luyi's investigation into the chicken farm project was specifically aimed at Wu Shanquan and then Cao Changsheng. When he came back this time and saw that the struggle between Cao Changsheng and Zhu Dongliang had reached this point, Qin Feng already had an idea about the matter.

Obviously, what Wu Shanquan said today was true. Zhu Dongliang was asking Lu Yi to attack Cao Changsheng's people in the capacity of the Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary. Wu Shanquan was Cao Changsheng's right-hand man and a powerful figure in the county, so he became a hidden thorn in Zhu Dongliang's side.

Wu Shanquan must have come to Qin Feng today at the instigation of Cao Changsheng, with the purpose of reporting Luyi to Qin Feng.

There are some things that Cao Changsheng is not suitable to say. Everyone knows that political struggle exists, but they cannot say it openly. They must pretend that it does not exist. This is the red line.

Political struggle has existed for thousands of years and will never disappear in the future. However, as it has developed to today, political struggle has already had a bottom line, which is that you can fight secretly but not openly. Now Cao Changsheng and Zhu Dongliang have obviously broken this bottom line, so Qin Feng must take action to stop it, otherwise if it is allowed to develop further, it will definitely cause a big mess.

The car drove into the courtyard of the county party committee. After Qin Feng got out of the car, he went upstairs and said to Zhou Liang: "Take a look at my work schedule and notify Comrade Zhong Kai to come to my office today."

Qin Feng's work schedule is very tight. A lot of work had been arranged half a month ago, but was pushed back to today.

Therefore, even though He Zhongkai was a member of the county party committee and the head of the Organization Department, he was only allowed to enter Qin Feng's office at the end of the afternoon.

Because of the tight schedule, Qin Feng did not say too much nonsense to He Zhongkai. He asked He Zhongkai directly, "Has your Organization Department come up with a plan for the personnel adjustment you reported to me last time?"

"This is our inspection plan." He Zhongkai handed the document to Qin Feng.

"I won't look at the specific plan. I only focus on two important positions this time. One is the mayor of Shanghe Town, and the other is the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau. Regarding these two positions, who are the preliminary candidates for investigation? Or let me tell you directly, which comrades have recommended them to you?" Qin Feng asked, leaning back in his chair.

Regarding this personnel adjustment, especially the selection of candidates for these two positions, He Zhongkai first called Qin Feng to inquire. Naturally, he would first ask Qin Feng for his opinion on such matters. If Qin Feng proposed a candidate, then He Zhongkai would naturally give priority to the candidate proposed by Qin Feng in the list of candidates for investigation, and this was basically an internal decision. As for the candidates selected by other leaders and the Organization Department itself, they were basically just runners-up.

However, Qin Feng did not propose any candidates last time. The meaning of Qin Feng not proposing any candidates was very clear, which was to give the power of promotion this time to other comrades. Therefore, the candidates proposed by He Zhongkai for investigation this time were selected after fully listening to the opinions of several other leaders.