Nominal: The pinnacle of power began in the sixth province of Handong.

Chapter 147 Deputy Team Leader

Governor Liu remained silent in response to Gao Yuliang's statement, simply observing quietly.

Xia Qing's suggestion was exactly what Governor Liu wanted to do.

If it's just a simple formality for the disciplinary committee to go through the motions and punish a few people to get by.

There's really nothing to check.

But in fact, there is a lot of information about this incident that can be investigated in Lüzhou City.

Let's see what Xia Qing has to say.

After Xia Qing finished speaking, Gao Yuliang calmly replied:

"Let me explain. The resort project's failure appears to be a decision-making error, but it was actually avoidable. From the demolition of the food court to the commencement of the resort construction, how many opportunities were there for verification and review? Every link in the special task force should have had knowledgeable people involved, so why didn't anyone raise any objections? And most importantly, Secretary Sha's relatives invested in the project, yet Secretary Sha was completely unaware of it, and not a single person noticed anything amiss and proactively reported it."

Xia Qing paused, then emphasized, "I want to stress this further:"

"Comrades, the quieter it is, the more abnormal it seems. Let's make a bold assumption: is it simply a coincidence that everyone is unaware, or have they been silenced by some uncontrollable force?"

The meeting room fell silent once again.

Xia Qing's choice of words was very bold, even somewhat taboo.

However, at this critical juncture, it is precisely Xia Qing's resounding words that are needed to reunite the demoralized Hantong Provincial Party Committee leadership!

Governor Liu immediately responded:

"That's right, Comrade Xia Qing's analysis makes a lot of sense. Comrades, from the application for project approval to the official commencement of construction, there are so many steps involved, so many participating units, enterprises, groups, and individuals, yet not a single person raised any questions. Is that normal? We can reasonably suspect that someone suppressed all of this, just waiting to frame Secretary Sha!"

Governor Liu paused for five seconds, looked around at everyone, and continued:

"Therefore, I believe it is absolutely necessary to establish a loyal, reliable, and professional joint investigation team! I propose that we follow Comrade Xia Qing's suggestion and set up the investigation team accordingly. Comrade Guo Fu, please personally take charge and serve as the team leader to demonstrate our importance to this matter."

The Standing Committee members looked at each other in bewilderment.

It's been a long time since we've seen Governor Liu with such decisive and uncompromising manner.

Those Standing Committee members who experienced the era when Zhao Lichun and Governor Liu were the top two leaders couldn't help but sigh at how quickly time flies.

I was also shocked.

Although Governor Liu is nearing retirement, he has absolutely no intention of protecting himself.

That's incredibly encouraging!

Seeing that Governor Liu had almost made the decision, Gao Yuliang thought for a moment and said:

"Alright, since the governor has said so, I agree. Here's what I'll do: after the meeting, I'll speak with Governor Qi, who's in charge of law enforcement, and ask him to arrange for the police to join the investigation team..."

"Comrade Yuliang, you don't need to trouble yourself with that." Governor Liu smiled at Gao Yuliang, but his smile carried a hint of coldness.

"I will immediately convene a government office meeting and personally assign tasks to Qi Tongwei."

Gao Yuliang was taken aback, but quickly regained his composure and said:

"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Governor."

Others also sensed the subtle atmosphere of the meeting and began to become alert.

Tian Guofu said:

"Minister Xia, is the Organization Department prepared to send the deputy minister in charge to participate?"

Xia Qing smiled and shook her head, saying:

"I won't let anyone compete for the position of deputy group leader. The cadre supervision department will handle it; they can just be group members."

"That's true. And who's the deputy leader?" Seeing Governor Liu's imposing manner, Li Dakang's mind started working again. He asked, "..."

"How about having the Secretary-General of the Provincial Government serve as the deputy head of this group?"

Upon hearing Li Dakang's overture, Governor Liu immediately gave Zhu Zhichao a wink, who understood and waved his hand, saying:

"He's busy with a key task for me recently, so he probably won't have time. Let the provincial government send someone from the Inspection Office over there to assist the leaders of the Cadre Supervision Department and learn from them."

Governor Liu's lips curled into an approving smile.

Li Dakang, disappointed, persisted:

"Then, the top officials in auditing, housing and urban-rural development, and land and resources can all be..."

"Comrade Dakang, these provincial departments can only send deputy heads; it's not appropriate for them to be deputy team leaders." Zhu Zhichao immediately declined on behalf of several government departments.

"I think we should send a deputy team leader from the Discipline Inspection Commission."

Listening to the shoving and pushing among the crowd, Tian Guofu gradually realized something was wrong, and he slowly lowered his arms that were crossed over his chest.

Damn it, after all this fuss, it turns out even the deputy team leader doesn't want to be the position.

On closer inspection, that makes sense.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) came to Handong to investigate.

Therefore, Tian Guofu and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection must step forward, take the lead, and provide a satisfactory answer to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

In other words, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection can't escape it no matter what.

Other departments are a different story.

They are not accountable to the Discipline Inspection Commission. The establishment of the joint investigation team is partly to cooperate with the investigation, and partly to obtain first-hand intelligence on Luzhou so as to make a better response.

Which of the Standing Committee members present here doesn't have a few of their own people in Luzhou?

This incident involves accountability, so we will definitely send people down to gather intelligence and see who to protect and who to abandon.

This is Xia Qing's real purpose in proposing the establishment of a joint investigation team!

As for replying to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

It can only be a matter for the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

If any department puts in effort, the credit will ultimately go to the provincial discipline inspection commission.

If something bad is found, it will offend Sha Ruijin, who could be returned to work at any time.

It would be strange if they were happy to be the deputy group leader!

Once Tian Guofu understood this, he was immediately furious.

Okay, okay, what do you take me for?

Just as he was about to speak, Gao Yuliang raised his hand and, at Governor Liu's prompting, slowly began to speak:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a candidate to recommend. But before I do, I would like to make my position clear: Governor Liu just said that he did not need me to instruct Governor Qi, so I hope that Governor Liu will give this candidate careful consideration."

Gao Yuliang's meaning was very clear: Governor Liu, you have already rejected me once. Now that I have made a new suggestion, it would be a bit against the rules if you rejected it again.

As expected, Governor Liu nodded and said:

"you say."

"This person is a cadre from Lüzhou City. He is very familiar with the situation in Lüzhou and knows Crescent Lake like the back of his hand. At the same time, he is also a director-level cadre in the Discipline Inspection Commission, and he is upright and incorruptible. By all accounts, he is very suitable to be the deputy group leader." Gao Yuliang looked at Li Dakang and smiled.

"However, getting him to take action requires Comrade Dakang's approval."

Li Dakang was stunned, and said with a bewildered expression:

"How could the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission possibly ask me for approval... You really are..."

As he spoke, his eyes widened, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

"Wait, you mean..."

"Indeed, I believe Comrade Dakang already has a good idea." Gao Yuliang looked around at everyone and said confidently:

"Yi Xuexi is the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Jingzhou City."