Chapter 2357 3 forces

"Lixin Group is very smart." Qin Feng sighed after thinking for a while.

"Indeed, no matter how the political forces in Shazhou fight, it will not affect his control over Shazhou. And they will be safer standing behind these forces." Chen Guohua sneered.

"I roughly understand what the Lixin Group is thinking. Let's not talk about the Lixin Group for now. Answer my second question. Among these three forces, who is the most powerful?" Qin Feng asked.

"It goes without saying that the Jiang faction is definitely the most powerful. The entire Shazhou is basically controlled by Secretary Jiang. But Secretary Jiang doesn't pay much attention to the internal affairs of the municipal government." Chen Guohua said.

"So Secretary Jiang doesn't care about the conflict between Qi Yaqiu and Shao Hongli at all?"

"Yes. But the premise is that the struggle between the two can only be limited to the municipal government. It cannot be brought to the municipal party committee or the standing committee. If it gets too big, it will cross the line. This seems to be the tacit understanding and bottom line of the three." Chen Guohua nodded.

Qin Feng nodded again, and then said: "Then tell me about what happened between Qi Yaqiu and Shao Hongli."

"Shao Hongli is a localist who has worked in the municipal government for many years, so his influence in Shazhou is deeply rooted. However, no matter how powerful his position is, he is only the deputy mayor. After Mayor Yaqiu came, he found that Shao Hongli had done a lot of illegal operations, especially secretly transferring benefits to the Lixin Group."

"Mayor Yaqiu is too tough, so he wants to suppress Shao Hongli's arrogance and bring him to justice. This is why Mayor Yaqiu and Shao Hongli are so incompatible."

"And because Mayor Yaqiu is the mayor after all, this is something Shao Hongli cannot shake, so slowly the two of them became evenly matched in the city government, but Shao Hongli still has a slight advantage, after all, he has the Lixin Group behind him, so it's probably 70:3 or 60:40."

"The Lixin Group didn't interfere too much in the conflict between Mayor Yaqiu and Shao Hongli. As I said before, this is where the Lixin Group is smart. It doesn't directly participate or rarely participates in the political game on Shazhou."

"The bad thing is that Mayor Yaqiu was secretly investigating the evidence of Lixin Group's illegal and criminal activities. This completely angered Lixin Group. I think this is the reason why Mayor Yaqiu eventually got into an accident. Maybe he really touched the core secrets of Lixin Group." Chen Guohua continued to analyze.

"Has Qi Yaqiu found any evidence about the Lixin Group?"

"I don't know. Even if Mayor Yaqiu really found some evidence, he would not let me know." Chen Guohua shook his head.

Qin Feng didn't know whether Chen Guohua really didn't know or was pretending not to know, and he couldn't act like he was too eager to know the evidence.

"After Mayor Yaqiu's accident, Shao Hongli took charge of all the work of the municipal government. The entire municipal government became his world. His power in the municipal government increased greatly, and his power in the entire Shazhou political situation also increased a lot. He was in a situation where he could compete with Jiang Longjun."

"After all, he is in charge of the city government, and he is a native of Shazhou. Most importantly, he has the support of the Lixin Group."

"After Mayor Yaqiu's accident, Shao Hongli was determined to get the position of mayor. I guess Lixin Group must have made a promise to him, so during that time Shao Hongli almost regarded himself as the mayor and thought that it was a sure thing for him to take over the position of mayor. After all, everyone knows that Lixin Group is also influential in the province."

"But no one expected you to come. You don't know how angry Shao Hongli was when he found out you were coming to Shazhou. He almost smashed the office." Chen Guohua laughed when he said this.

"I was wondering why you acted like you had a blood feud with me from the first moment you saw me. Turns out it's because of this." Qin Feng also laughed.

"Director Chen, I now have a general understanding of the political landscape of our Shazhou, but there is one last question. What is the relationship between Secretary Jiang and the Lixin Group? Is he also the person behind the Lixin Group?" Qin Feng asked the most core question.

"I... don't think so." Chen Guohua hesitated and said.

Since Chen Guohua hesitated, it meant that he was not sure either.

"Why do you think so?"

"If Secretary Jiang was also the person behind the Lixin Group, Mayor Yaqiu would not have died." From the way Chen Guohua addressed Qi Yaqiu, it can be seen that Chen Guohua respects Qi Yaqiu very much.

"Oh, I don't understand this logic yet." Qin Feng was a little confused for the first time.

"If Secretary Jiang is also a member of the Lixin Group, then why would the Lixin Group take such a big risk to kill a mayor? As long as Secretary Jiang stands on the side of the Lixin Group, Mayor Yaxin will not be able to do anything, let alone pose any threat to the Lixin Group," Chen Guohua explained.

Qin Feng looked at Chen Guohua in surprise, then nodded. He had a new respect for Chen Guohua. This was not something that everyone could understand.

"On the contrary, Mayor Yaqiu's death has made people believe that Secretary Jiang and Lixin Group should not have much connection. However, Secretary Jiang is definitely not standing on the opposite side of Lixin Group. If he had stood on the opposite side of Lixin Group, Lixin Group would not be what it is today, and Shao Hongli would not have the power he has today."

Qin Feng nodded again. This was certain. As the municipal party committee secretary of Shazhou, Jiang Longjun possessed power that no one could challenge. If he really wanted to take action against the new group, the power would be enormous. At least it would be easy for him to suppress Shao Hongli.

"So what position does Secretary Jiang hold?" Qin Feng asked with some confusion.

"Secretary Jiang is the only person I don't understand. However, after Mayor Yaqiu got into trouble, I carefully studied Jiang Longjun's behavior over the years. I roughly guessed what he was thinking, but this is just my personal guess." Chen Guohua was very cautious when talking about Jiang Longjun.

"You've already said that Qi Yaqiu was killed by the Lixin Group. What else do you have to worry about? Comrade Guohua, it's difficult to accomplish anything great if you are always hesitant." Qin Feng was very dissatisfied with Chen Guohua's hesitation.

Chen Guohua also understood what Qin Feng meant, and quickly said: "Jiang Longjun has always adopted evasive tactics. He has been in Shazhou for so many years, and he knows better than anyone the evil things that Lixin Group has done. At the same time, he must also be well aware of how powerful the forces behind Lixin Group are. So on the one hand, he doesn't want to have any intersection with Lixin Group, and doesn't want to stand in the same camp with Lixin Group. On the other hand, he doesn't want to touch Lixin Group, let alone stand on the opposite side of Lixin Group."

"So he chose to be blind and deaf in all matters related to the Lixin Group, pretending not to see or hear anything."

"As the municipal party secretary, it is difficult for him to completely avoid the actions of the Lixin Group, so he deliberately ignores the affairs of the Shazhou Municipal Government. In this way, the things done by the Lixin Group are only related to the municipal government and have nothing to do with him, Jiang Longjun."

"This is also the reason why he completely turned a blind eye to the struggle between Yaqiu and Shao Hongli, and also the reason why he allowed Shao Hongli to have absolute control over the municipal government." Chen Guohua looked at Qin Feng after he finished speaking.