Chapter 2781 Why didn't you report to me?

“Although there is no conclusive evidence to prove this, based on my years of experience as a police officer and my intuition, I believe that the car accident that Comrade Qi Yaqiu suffered was not an accident, but a carefully planned murder,” Jiang Yunpeng said through gritted teeth. He was going all out today.

"Can you confirm that it was the Yang family who did it?" Qin Feng asked again.

"I can't be 100% sure, but the Yang family is the most suspicious." Jiang Yunpeng hesitated for a moment before carefully choosing his words in his reply.

"That's good. Like I said, now that we have a conclusion, I will report it to the leaders in Beijing tomorrow. You know what that means. So you must hurry up and find solid evidence to prove the conclusion you gave today."

"Whether it's to confirm the conclusion you've reached today to the leadership, or to overturn the verdict against Comrade Qi Yaqiu and convict the Yang family in the future, you must produce solid evidence."

"At the same time, you must keep this a secret. Remember, what we're saying today is only between the two of us," Qin Feng instructed Jiang Yunpeng as a final instruction.

That morning, Tang Zeyan called as scheduled. As the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, Qin Feng still had to give Tang Zeyan some face, but he couldn't give him too much face.

If Qin Feng completely disregards Tang Zeyan, he will offend Tang Zeyan, which will cause many problems for Qin Feng's future work and also make him politically isolated.

However, giving Tang Zeyan too much face will only embolden him and give him the illusion that Qin Feng listens to him. Especially since Tang Zeyan is very close to Yang Zhijie, he will put pressure on Qin Feng no matter what happens, which will make Qin Feng's future work very troublesome.

Therefore, Qin Feng must be careful in his dealings with Tang Zeyan.

In the end, Qin Feng followed the method he had previously told Jiang Yunpeng: he wouldn't budge on the publicity issue, but he changed the punishment for Lixin Hotel from suspension of business to rectification within a specified period. In reality, it meant that the hotel would not be shut down and would just be fined.

Tang Zeyan was satisfied with the final conclusion, but he also felt indebted to Qin Feng.

Whether Tang Zeyan came to plead for mercy or to exert pressure, it was all within Qin Feng's expectations. However, what Qin Feng did not expect was that he would receive a call from Jiang Longjun himself that afternoon.

"What instructions does Secretary Jiang have?" Qin Feng chuckled as he answered the phone.

"Mayor Qin, did you check the Lixin Hotel last night?" Jiang Longjun's attitude was very unfriendly when he answered the phone this time.

Jiang Longjun's accusatory tone made Qin Feng very uncomfortable.

There's a saying that succinctly explains how a municipal party secretary and a mayor should coexist peacefully.

This means that a mayor cannot treat a municipal party secretary as an equal, while a municipal party secretary cannot treat a mayor as a subordinate.

The words are plain and easy to understand, but they contain profound political wisdom.

"Secretary Jiang, the Public Security Bureau did conduct a routine inspection of the Lixin Hotel last night," Qin Feng said calmly. He emphasized that it was the Public Security Bureau, not him, Qin Feng, that inspected the Lixin Hotel. This was to tell Jiang Longjun that if he had a problem with his temper, he could go to the Public Security Bureau instead of acting arrogantly in front of him.

"Why? Why do you suddenly want to go to the Chalixin Hotel?" Jiang Longjun's tone remained unyielding.

"Is this your first day as mayor? Is this your first day in Shazhou? Don't you know who's behind the Lixin Hotel? If you rashly investigate the Lixin Hotel and things go wrong, who will take responsibility? Are you a three-year-old?"

"Don't you have any sense of the bigger picture? Do you even know what it means for stability to override everything?"

"I ask you, why didn't you report such a big matter as the Cha Lixin Hotel incident to the Municipal Party Committee in advance? Why did you act on your own without consulting me?"

Jiang Longjun was very aggressive, and his tone and words were very sharp.

Qin Feng held the phone in one hand and lit a cigarette in the other, leaning back in his chair as he listened to Jiang Longjun scolding him on the phone, his face ashen.

Qin Feng understood why Jiang Longjun was angry. There were two reasons. First, Qin Feng lacked a sense of the big picture. Cha Lixin Hotel was a provocation against Lixin Group and an open war with the Yang family, which would disrupt the stability of Shazhou.

Qin Feng understood Jiang Longjun very well on this point, which was also Jiang Longjun's core political philosophy: stability and tranquility. In Jiang Longjun's view, Qin Feng and Yang Zhijie could fight to the death in secret, but on the surface, they had to ensure the stability of Shazhou.

Secondly, Jiang Longjun was upset that Qin Feng acted without reporting to him. At this point, Qin Feng had disregarded him and slipped out of his control, which was something Jiang Longjun could not tolerate.

Jiang Longjun called Qin Feng today to reprimand him in order to set rules for him.

"Secretary Jiang, if you've called to inquire about the reasons for the Public Security Bureau's inspection of the Lixin Hotel, I'll take a look and report back to you."

"The reason why the Public Security Bureau conducted an inspection of Lixin Hotel in accordance with laws and regulations is because they received an anonymous report about Lixin Hotel, in which someone reported that gambling, prostitution and other activities were taking place in Lixin Hotel."

"The police's operation against the Lixin Hotel was a completely lawful and routine public security management action. I don't think there was anything wrong with it, nor do I think there's any need to make a big deal out of it."

"Does that mean that the Public Security Bureau is politically insensitive and undermines stability if it receives a report and inspects businesses within its jurisdiction? If so, I suggest that Secretary Jiang, in the name of the Municipal Party Committee, submit a proposal to the Provincial Party Committee, the Central Committee, and the National People's Congress, suggesting the abolition of the Shazhou City Public Security Bureau, because it is completely unnecessary to exist," Qin Feng said calmly.

"Qin Feng, what do you mean by that..." Jiang Longjun was furious.

However, Qin Feng did not give Jiang Longjun a chance to continue speaking, interrupting Jiang Longjun and saying, "If Secretary Jiang's purpose today is to question me about why I did not report to the Municipal Party Committee and why I did not seek your consent before agreeing to the Public Security Bureau's request to inspect the Lixin Hotel, then..."

"Secretary Jiang, why don't you submit another report to the Provincial Party Committee and ask the organization to appoint you as the mayor of Shazhou City as well?" Qin Feng teased.

"Qin Feng, is that what I meant? Since you came to Shazhou, what have I interfered with you? Yes, it's a trivial matter for the Public Security Bureau to investigate a hotel, but you need to know that behind the Lixin Hotel is the Lixin Group, the Yang family. In Shazhou, anything involving the Lixin Group is a huge deal. Don't you understand this principle?"

"Such a big matter, and you didn't report it to the organization or ask for my opinion before ordering the Public Security Bureau to carry it out. Do you have any organizational discipline? Do you have any political principles? Do you have any sense of the big picture?" Jiang Longjun's voice became sharp.