Chapter 2461 "1 Horse Flat"

For officials, the most important "rule" when giving gifts is safety, and Yang Zhijie is obviously well aware of this.

Qin Feng leaned on the sofa, looking at the statue of "Pingchuan" and smoking silently.

Of course Qin Feng likes this statue of "A Flat Land". It is impossible for anyone not to like it.

However, Qin Feng was not completely depressed because of this "Smooth Road". His mind was now full of thoughts about how to deal with this "Smooth Road".

If it was simply a "generous gift", it would not be difficult for Qin Feng to handle. After working for so many years, he had received too many gifts, and Qin Feng had already developed a principle for dealing with these "gifts".

Qin Feng would not accept any valuable gifts, including cash, no matter how close the gift was.

Qin Feng and Xiao Jianan have been close for so many years, right? But Qin Feng never took any money from Xiao Jianan from beginning to end. Even the money Xiao Jianan helped him pay for Hong Yue's treatment and the house he bought was paid back by Li Jing. Now he only owed Li Jing money.

There are some money and valuable gifts that must be accepted. If you don't accept them, people will think that you have something against him or that it will affect the overall strategic layout. Qin Feng will accept them, then donate the money and leave a donation receipt. He will also let his secretary do these things to leave solid evidence.

Qin Feng generally does not accept gifts that are not that valuable. He only accepts gifts when he has no choice but to do so. After accepting the gifts, he converts most of them into money and donates them.

But the "Smooth Road" statue that Yang Zhijie gave to Qin Feng today made Qin Feng feel troubled.

The difficulty is not how to deal with this "Pingchuan" statue, but how to treat Yang Zhijie and what attitude to convey to Yang Zhijie.

Why did Qin Feng just keep the plan of relocating the No. 1 Middle School to Xinyang City on hold instead of directly rejecting it and changing the plan to move it to Nanshan New District?

Why didn't Qin Feng explicitly reject Yang Zhijie's kindness, and why did he take the initiative to inspect Lixin Group last time and invite Yang Zhijie to dinner today?

Qin Feng's goal is to stabilize the Lixin Group and Yang Zhijie, and to give Yang Zhijie the illusion that he, Qin Feng, is a man who "knows the times" and a mayor who can be bribed and corrupted by them.

For Yang Zhijie, the temptation of a mayor who can be bribed is too great, so no matter what Qin Feng does, as long as he gives them hope, Yang Zhijie will not act recklessly, will not do anything to offend Qin Feng, and will not have delusions about Qin Feng.

What Qin Feng wanted was the result. He did not want to come into conflict with the Lixin Group too early because he knew that with his current strength in Shazhou, he was no match for the Lixin Group.

The most important thing is that Qin Feng’s strategic goal in the first phase is very clear, which is to deal with Shao Hongli, overthrow Shao Hongli, and completely control the power of the entire municipal government.

For Qin Feng, only by completely controlling the power of the municipal government can he gain a foothold in Shazhou and then confront Lixin Group and Jianglong Army head-on to form a three-way confrontation.

So for Qin Feng, the target in the first stage is Shao Hongli, and dealing with Lixin Group is the second stage.

Shao Hongli is the spokesperson for the interests of the Lixin Group. If Qin Feng wants to take action against Shao Hongli, how could the Lixin Group not help Shao Hongli?

As long as the Lixin Group supports Shao Hongli behind the scenes, Qin Feng will never be able to touch Shao Hongli, and he might even be overthrown by the Lixin Group.

Therefore, Qin Feng must "establish good" relations with the Lixin Group and give the Lixin Group enough temptations and delusions to prevent the Lixin Group from choosing to side with Shao Hongli in the struggle between him and Shao Hongli, but choosing to stay out of it.

Without the support of Lixin Group, and with Qin Feng's alliance with Jianglong Army, Qin Feng is very confident that he can get rid of Shao Hongli. This is what Qin Feng is doing now, and the effect is very obvious.

Therefore, for Qin Feng at this stage, he must make the Lixin Group have enough "interest" in him, but there is a degree that is difficult to grasp. He must ensure "closeness" with the Lixin Group, but he cannot do anything practical for the Lixin Group.

If he really worked for Lixin Group, what would Jiang Longjun think? Without Jiang Longjun's support, all of Qin Feng's strategies could not be realized.

Secondly, if he really works for the Lixin Group, it would be a crime, and all his political capital in Shazhou would be gone. The political capital Qin Feng currently holds is mainly against the Lixin Group, such as Chen Guohua, Sun Yuanwei, etc. If Qin Feng really turns to the Lixin Group, the political capital he has worked so hard to build would completely collapse.

Therefore, Qin Feng needs to maintain this "close but not close" relationship with the Lixin Group. On the one hand, he needs to make the Lixin Group have enough "interest" in him, and on the other hand, he needs to prevent Jiang Longjun from becoming suspicious of him.

Before, when Yang Zhijie gave him a villa and beautiful women, he would accept them first and then find an opportunity to leave. His purpose was also to maintain this feeling of being close yet distant.

This situation is very difficult to grasp, almost like walking on a tightrope, but for Qin Feng, who came to Shazhou alone to take up the post, this is almost his only choice. This strategy was formulated by Qin Feng after he had been dormant for more than a month after arriving at Shazhou.

This is also the most practical and the only feasible strategy that Qin Feng believes.

But now this statue of "Smooth Plains" completely stumped Qin Feng. He didn't know how to deal with it.

If he refused and returned the "Smooth River" statue to Yang Zhijie, it would be equivalent to him declaring that he would not have any collusion with the Lixin Group.

The purpose of Yang Zhijie giving Qin Feng such a big gift today was actually to test Qin Feng's attitude.

So for Qin Feng, he must accept this great gift.

But if Qin Feng really accepted this "Smooth River and Flat Plains", the actual value of this "Smooth River and Flat Plains" would be enough to send Qin Feng to jail for life.

Moreover, once Qin Feng accepts it, it would be equivalent to joining Yang Zhijie, because this is the handle he holds on Yang Zhijie. If Qin Feng does not cooperate with the Lixin Group in the future, Yang Zhijie can then use the evidence of Qin Feng accepting the "Yima Pingchuan" to threaten Qin Feng.

Of course, the most important thing is that Qin Feng’s own principles would not allow him to accept this “smooth sailing”.

Qin Feng has dealt with this kind of thing before. He can secretly hand over the "Yima Pingchuan" statue to the Discipline Inspection Commission, have it filed with the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and ask the Commission for Discipline Inspection to keep it confidential. This is a win-win solution.

But Qin Feng can implement this trick in Jiangnan Province, but here is Shazhou, Ganliang, Qin Feng cannot use this method here.

Because in Jiangnan Province, the Discipline Inspection Commission has his own people, but in Ganliang, Qin Feng has no one.

For the Discipline Inspection Commission, doing so is against the rules, and the Ganliang Discipline Inspection Commission would not cooperate with Qin Feng in doing so.