Chapter 1045: Chapter 1001: Strong-Ard Tactics Chapter 1045: Chapter 1001: Strong-Ard Tactics A bold move, definitely a bold move.
At this mont, all standing committee mbers felt sothing as they glanced sideways at the young man sitting in the central seat, exuding a calm and composed aura. Yes, compared to the fifty-sothing or even sixty-year-old provincial standing committee mbers, Nie Zhenbang, at the nominal age of 40, was indeed a young man.
However, anyone who dared to underestimate Secretary Nie would be making a grave mistake. While it wasn’t unheard of to see 40-year-old ministerial-level officials in Huaxia’s political arena, if one considers the premise that he has been serving as a ministerial-level official for almost five years, and not just in a subordinate position like that in the Youth League but as an actual leading party and governnt official, the thought alone was intimidating.
Now, all the standing committee mbers were shocked by Nie Zhenbang’s bold move; when he made a move, it involved four positions, all at the departnt level: the Finance Bureau, the Land and Resources Bureau, the party secretary position of Yuanzhou City, and the governntal head of Lujishi. Each of these four positions was significant. Each was a key duty. That was indeed what one would call a bold move.
From this, every standing committee mber saw Secretary Nie’s attitude and determination. Nie Zhenbang’s ssage was clear: you may maneuver with the deputy positions as you please, but the main positions, the core departnts, are off-limits to others.
At this mont, each person pricked up their ears, turning their eyes towards the Provincial Committee Standing Committee Organization Departnt Head Li Wei.
Following Nie Zhenbang’s words, Li Wei shifted in his seat and soon felt the fiery gazes of the other standing committee mbers beside him. This made Li Wei feel a sudden increase in pressure. Li Wei clearly understood that now, all the standing committee mbers were waiting for his assessnt to be announced.
As one of Secretary Nie’s closest and most trusted subordinates in Hongjiang Province, and aside from Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee Chen Le brought by Secretary Nie, Li Wei and Xu Hongzhuan could proudly claim to be neck and neck in terms of their position in Secretary Nie’s heart, if not slightly ahead.
Now, Li Wei was well aware of the attitudes of these standing committee mbers. They were simply waiting to see whom he would primarily recomnd, to discern if there was any point in trying to compete for support.
During personnel adjustnts, this kind of open and covert competition is the norm. Generally, before personnel adjustnts, the various forces within the province would vie for the positions likely to change. So would offer benefits or positions to make other forces stand down in exchange for support. Others might join hands with a standing committee mber to suppress a rival. In addition, they would use dia and public opinion to build montum for their candidates, to highlight moral high ground or to showcase their political achievents and strong governance.
More ruthless thods would involve unconventional forces to use scandals or evidence of a rival’s legal and disciplinary violations. Strong asures would be taken to knock the rival’s candidate out with a single blow. Such occurrences were all too common within the system. This was the covert competition.
Usually, by the ti the personnel adjustnts are made, the decisions have already been made amid this covert competition. Rarely is there a need for an open contest.
However, there are also tis when covert competition does not lead to an agreent or determine a winner, resulting in the need for an open contest at the standing committee eting.
When personnel adjustnts move to open contest, it’s usually the most headache-inducing scenario, and most of the ti, the decision is postponed to a later ti for further covert competition until a winner erges.
Li Wei, the newly appointed Organization Departnt Head, was very clear and fully aware of this.
People fight for reputation as Buddhists pray for incense, and at this level, sotis you have no choice but to compete. For example, if a standing committee mber has a group of followers, when personnel adjustnts arise, whether it is for head of departntal level or deputy level positions, or even county and division level positions, there will be opportunities. If you, as the leader of your small circle, do not fight for your people, who will follow you in the future? Naturally, no one will, because people follow you looking to advance. But if there’s no chance for advancent, why would they bother following you?
The sa logic applies to a Provincial Committee standing committee mber. If you’re all alone, with no circle of your own or loyal subordinates, who’s going to listen to what you say? Who’s going to care? The internal circles of this system are similar to religions competing for believers—it’s the sa principle.
Sotis, it’s not about wanting to compete, but about being compelled by circumstances; it’s sothing one must do.
Li Wei was clear as a mirror about the ntality of the standing committee mbers present. But inside, he sneered coldly; this ti, it seed that everyone was bound for disappointnt.
Then, collecting his thoughts, Li Wei opened his notebook, and began to speak slowly, “Secretary Nie, leaders, comrades, regarding this personnel adjustnt for the four positions, the Organization Departnt has done substantial work, including broad investigations and detailed inquiries. Overall, the Organization Departnt already has a clear assessnt opinion.”
Upon hearing Li Wei’s words, both He Yusheng and Wen Baogui were simultaneously shaken. This ti, it seed impossible to contest. Li Wei’s words represented the attitude of Secretary Nie, and the implication was already clear.
Generally speaking, the Organization Departnt would never use the word “definite” in its assessnt opinions. However, since Li Wei had used it, this indicated that the opinion of the Organization Departnt might very well be the opinion of Secretary Nie.
Li Wei continued at this mont, “Regarding the candidate for the position of Director of the Finance Departnt, the Organization Departnt has inspected several individuals. The first candidate, current Deputy Director of the Finance Departnt, Comrade Li Qinghe, has a professional background in finance and accounting with extensive knowledge in finance and economics, and has always worked in the financial sector, accumulating a wealth of work experience. This comrade has solid ideological qualities and has stood the test…”
The candidate for the Director of the Land and Resources Departnt, according to the Organization Departnt’s inspection opinion, is the current Director of the Civil Affairs Departnt, Comrade Guo Nansheng…
Following that, Li Wei embarked on a lengthy exposition, analyzing Guo Nansheng’s political achievents during his tenure in the Civil Affairs Departnt and elaborating why the Organization Departnt feels that Guo Nansheng is suitable for the transfer to the position of Director of the Land and Resources Departnt. Actually, regarding the content of these inspections, the mbers of the Provincial Committee were all well aware. So-called inspections do have so objective elents, but these are not the main factors. The main reasons are subjective; in other words, if those above favor you, incompetence can suffice, and if they do not, competence will not help.
In the selection for the Party Secretary of Yuanzhou City, the Organization Departnt recomnded the Mayor of Yuanzhou City, Zhang Zhiqiang, which surprised all the committee mbers. Zhang Zhiqiang is the son of the forr Provincial Party Secretary, Zhang Tianyue. If Zhang Tianyue were to retire peacefully, the committee mbers wouldn’t be surprised, after all, the forr secretary’s prestige still holds sway. It’s like the old comrade Yan Cangsheng, although he is the forr forr head of the Hongjiang Provincial Committee, he’s still vigorous and maintains a certain prestige in Hongjiang even today.
However, Zhang Tianyue is hospitalized in the military general hospital in Jingcheng and is not even lucid, so what influence could he have? Yet, strangely, Secretary Nie decided to have Zhang Zhiqiang take over Xiong Zheng’s position, which was truly unexpected.
Finally, for the Mayor of Lujishi, the Organization Departnt’s inspected candidate is Lu Yong, Deputy Party Secretary of Lujishi, which is quite in line with the norms.
According to dostic surveys, there has now ford a rule in the selection for principal positions in both the Party committee and the governnt. Generally, those who take over the position of principal Party committee mbers are mostly from principal governnt positions, whether local or non-local. Moreover, for the selection of principal governnt officials, the majority is usually deputy Party secretaries who are full-ti in the committee and executive deputy governnt officials. Looking at proportions, there are more cases involving full-ti deputy Party secretaries. This shows that a clear promotion system has ford within the Party for the elevation and promotion of party and governnt leaders.
The promotions today are not like during the eighties, when, by chance, a vice-county head, who was not a standing committee mber, could leap to beco the top leader of the county committee. Such scenarios are impossible to occur now.
Listening to Li Wei’s words, all committee mbers were sowhat shocked. Secretary Nie’s strong-arm tactics were felt by everyone at this mont. Putting aside the background of Zhang Zhiqiang, each of the other three has their specialties. The Finance Departnt is a departnt that Secretary Nie must control without question and without further consideration. Guo Nansheng, the head of the Land and Resources Departnt, was very close to Secretary Nie during his ti in the Civil Affairs Departnt. In addition, Lu Yong of Lujishi, it is said, was a college classmate of Xu Hongzhuan.
Secretary Nie wanted to take control of everything. Furthermore, he wanted to take control without sharing a piece of the pie with anyone, an attitude of dominance that none of the committee mbers had anticipated.
Qin Guanghan’s face twitched, but at this mont, Qin Guanghan did not speak or indicate his stance, maintaining a calm deanor.
Among those present, he was not the most anxious one. With this thought, Qin Guanghan’s gaze turned toward Wen Baogui and He Yusheng beside him.
After pondering for a mont, Wen Baogui suddenly raised his hand and said, “Secretary Nie, may I say a few words?”
Having spoken, Wen Baogui, after receiving a nod from Nie Zhenbang, began, “I think the selection inspection of the Organization Departnt is very good. I personally highly agree with Minister Wei Ran’s opinions. Hongjiang is currently facing an unprecedented period of major change. It’s crucial to seize the opportunity and stride forward to accelerate the developnt of enriching the people and strengthening Huaxia. The capabilities of the leadership are very important. The abilities of the aforentioned comrades are all very comndable, and I agree with them.”
No sooner had he finished speaking than He Yusheng’s face involuntarily twitched next to him. This old fox had once again managed to show his loyalty first in front of Secretary Nie this ti.
He Yusheng also understood. Nie Zhenbang was testing the waters, probing the attitudes of the Provincial Committee mbers. If he really wanted to finalize the decisions, Nie Zhenbang could have found a much better opportunity; he did not need to choose the ti of the travel expo.
With this in mind, He Yusheng nodded and said, “I also support the inspection opinion of the Organization Departnt.” (
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