Chapter 2358 Puppet Mayor

Qin Feng did not speak immediately after listening to Chen Guohua's analysis. He smoked a cigarette with one hand and tapped rhythmically on the chair with the other hand. If someone familiar with him knew, they would know that this was Qin Feng's habit when he was thinking deeply about something.

"What is the relationship between Jiang Longjun and Qi Yaqiu?" Qin Feng asked.

"not so good."

"Not so good? Why? According to your analysis of Jiang Longjun, Jiang Longjun should not deliberately suppress Qi Yaqiu." Qin Feng asked curiously.

"Jiang Longjun did not suppress Mayor Yaqiu, but the two had serious disagreements on some issues."

"What jobs?"

"Mayor Yaqiu wanted to launch a special campaign to eliminate gangsters and evil, which required the approval of the Standing Committee. However, Jiang Longjun disagreed with this, but Mayor Yaqiu was very persistent. In addition, Mayor Yaqiu had a hot temper and would do something once he saw it. Therefore, Mayor Yaqiu and Jiang Longjun had a very unpleasant quarrel over this matter."

"In addition, Mayor Yaqiu stopped several projects of Lixin Group. These projects are all landmark projects of Shazhou and are political achievements. Secondly, Mayor Yaqiu hates evil and took the initiative to expose the illegal and disciplinary problems of many important cadres and sent many people to prison..."

"Mayor Yaqiu's actions made Jiang Longjun very dissatisfied. I remember that one time Jiang Longjun personally ran to Mayor Yaqiu's office, slammed the table, pointed at Mayor Yaqiu's nose and cursed, saying that Mayor Yaqiu was a fool and really wanted to poke a hole in Shazhou. Who could bear this responsibility?" Chen Guohua recalled.

"Jiang Longjun's term will be over in two years, right?"

"Yes, and Shazhou is the most important city in Ganliang besides the provincial capital Xidu. According to past practice, the municipal party committee secretaries who left Shazhou were basically promoted to deputy ministers. Two of them even went directly from the post of Shazhou municipal party committee secretary to the ranks of provincial party committee standing committee." Chen Guohua understood what Qin Feng meant and reminded him again.

Qin Feng nodded. He roughly understood what Jiang Longjun was thinking.

Qin Feng chatted with Chen Guohua for a while, and it was basically Qin Feng asking questions and Chen Guohua answering.

"Comrade Guohua, please help me do something." Qin Feng said to Chen Guohua after Chen Guohua lit the third cigarette for Qin Feng.

"Mayor, please give me your orders."

"Please find a way to replace Tao Yun for me." Qin Feng said lightly.

Chen Guohua looked at Qin Feng dully, and after a while he asked, "Is the mayor dissatisfied with him?"

Of course, Chen Guohua asked this not just to ask whether Qin Feng was dissatisfied with Tao Yun. Tao Yun was just a secretary. The key to the problem was that Tao Yun was arranged by Peng Zhen, and behind Peng Zhen was the Lixin Group.

"Didn't you say that I was being monitored?" Qin Feng did not directly answer Chen Guohua's question.

"Mayor, if you are not satisfied with Tao Yun, just replace him. Isn't it just a matter of a word from you?" Chen Guohua asked puzzledly.

"You are wrong. It's not that I am dissatisfied with Tao Yun, but that you are dissatisfied with Tao Yun. It is you who wants to replace Tao Yun, not me." Qin Feng said to Chen Guohua with a smile.

Chen Guohua was completely stunned and didn't understand what Qin Feng meant at all.

But after a few seconds, Chen Guohua understood what Qin Feng meant, and said awkwardly: "Mayor, you also know that Tao Yun was arranged by Peng Zhen. There are some things that I don't have the final say on. A higher-ranking official can crush a person."

"If you, Chen Guohua, can't even do this little thing, you don't deserve to continue sitting in this position." Qin Feng stood up and walked back, saying, "Find a way to replace Tao Yun, and find me a smart, reliable secretary who must be a local of Shazhou. You should also replace the driver."

Chen Guohua hurriedly prepared to catch up with Qin Feng.

"It's getting late, you should go back. You don't have to see me off. I know how to get home." Qin Feng stopped Chen Guohua and walked slowly towards the villa alone.

Chen Guohua had no choice but to stop and looked at Qin Feng's back, he fell into deep thought. After more than ten minutes, Chen Guohua slowly turned around and left.

The next morning, Qin Feng went to the municipal party committee again and reported to Jiang Longjun, the municipal party committee secretary, in his office. He had just arrived and didn't understand the situation of the municipal government. What was there to report to Jiang Longjun? He came to report his work just to show his attitude.

Qin Feng not only reported his work to Jiang Longjun, but also went to meet with several members of the Standing Committee of the Shazhou Municipal Party Committee in person for two consecutive days. Most of them were visited by Qin Feng in person in their offices. It was unprecedented to see a mayor with such a humble attitude, but Qin Feng had his own plans.

After that, Qin Feng's daily work was very monotonous. He sat in the office all day and only did two things. The first was to read materials and study the past and present situation of Shazhou City, mainly the economic situation. The second thing was to listen to work reports.

In accordance with Qin Feng's request, Peng Zhen arranged for all deputy mayors, all departments of the municipal government, and heads of district and county governments to come to Qin Feng's office one by one to report to Qin Feng.

It seems like a simple task, but in fact it is a protracted process. It took Qin Feng two weeks just to listen to all the reports.

During this more than half a month, Qin Feng only participated in some meetings and activities that required him as the mayor to attend, and he let Shao Hongli, the executive vice mayor, attend the rest.

Generally, when a new mayor takes office, he or she will participate in various activities and meetings intensively and in a high-profile manner to increase his or her visibility among cadres and the masses.

But Qin Feng was just the opposite. He locked himself in his office all day, either talking to people to report on his work or reading materials. For most of the cadres and people in Shazhou City, they didn't even know there was such a mayor. Many people still thought that the mayor of Shazhou City was Shao Hongli.

The same is true at work. Although Qin Feng has taken office, he hardly participates in specific work. The daily work of the entire municipal government is also entirely handled by Shao Hongli, and Qin Feng does not ask about it at all.

When it comes to some legal documents that require Qin Feng's signature, Qin Feng will sign according to Shao Hongli's wishes and fully comply with Shao Hongli's opinions.

In the eyes of the entire city government, Qin Feng is not only a fool, but also a coward. Not only does he have no ability at all, but he is also timid and afraid of things. Because he is afraid of Shao Hongli, he would rather be a puppet.

Therefore, in the private gossip among the city government staff, Qin Feng has a new title, called "puppet mayor".

Did Qin Feng know about these rumors? Of course he did, but he didn't care. To be precise, this was exactly what he wanted to achieve.