154: Chapter 152 They actually dare to think about something like this?!

As soon as Cheng Duxiu finished speaking, a sharp, piercing gaze fell upon him—it was the powerful aura radiating from Liao Jiancheng.

"Ahem!"

Political Commissar Shi Zili also immediately began to cough, using his eyes to signal Cheng Duxiu not to be so tactless.

However, Cheng Duxiu was already overcome with rage. Being put on the early retirement list had caused him to gradually lose control of his emotions; after all, at his age, he could have served another term as Deputy Director.

Now that Liao Jiancheng was nominating an Assistant Police Officer to enter the County Bureau's core decision-making circle, it completely subverted the normal operating rules of the entire system. Naturally, he was ten thousand times unwilling.

The fact that things had reached this point had everything to do with Yang Tian.

He looked at Liao Jiancheng. Even though there was immense displeasure in the other man's eyes, he still went his own way and said, "County Magistrate Liao, doing this will only break the hearts of your subordinates. Take Old Cao from the Legal Affairs Section, for example—doesn't he have more right to enter the Party Committee than Yang Tian?"

Liao Jiancheng immediately glared at him and retorted sharply, "Chen Yongsheng and the other four victims were forcibly locked in the Detention Center, and the Municipal Bureau's assessment labeled it a low-quality case. Does Old Cao not bear any responsibility for failing to properly review and oversee it?"

Cheng Duxiu fell silent. After a while, he wanted to argue back, but Shi Zili immediately interrupted him.

"Chen Yongsheng and the others being detained was rated as a low-quality case by the Municipal Bureau, leading to a major point deduction for the County Bureau's cyber-supervision. Both Old Cheng and I are responsible. It was due to our inadequate supervision and failure to implement responsibilities. We will learn from this, and in our remaining terms, we will seriously reflect, take the lesson to heart, and perform our duties faithfully!"

By saying this, Shi Zili was not only dragging himself down but also reminding Cheng Duxiu to stop while he was ahead. If they truly pushed the leader too far, it wouldn't just be a matter of early retirement anymore.

"It's very commendable that Political Commissar Shi has this awareness. What do you think, Director Cheng?"

Liao Jiancheng gave Cheng Duxiu a look.

But Cheng Duxiu was completely lost in a state of frenzy and was no longer able to analyze the deeper meaning behind the two leaders' words. He blurted out, "No matter what you say, I resolutely disagree with Yang Tian entering the Bureaus Party Committee, unless you dismiss me right now!"

Everyone was shocked, thinking Cheng Duxiu had gone mad to dare say such a thing.

After all, the top leader of any department absolutely hates it when subordinates go against them.

Sure enough.

"Fine!"

Liao Jiancheng responded swiftly with a single word. Shi Zili covered his eyes in speechlessness, looking at Cheng Duxiu as if he were a pig.

"Since you have this request, I will grant it right now!"

Liao Jiancheng looked at the other members of the Party Committee and said, "In my capacity as Deputy County Magistrate, Party Committee Secretary, and Director of the Public Security Bureau, I propose that Deputy Director Cheng Duxiu be suspended pending investigation. Please raise your hand if you oppose."

The scene immediately fell into a deathly silence.

While a Director could not dismiss a Deputy Director, they could certainly propose a suspension.

Over a dozen pairs of eyes looked at each other; not a single person raised their hand.

Then, Liao Jiancheng said, "Those in favor, please raise your hand!"

At this moment, raising one's hand or not was a matter of taking a side. The people present were not stupid; no one would go against the top leader's wishes at such a critical juncture.

Consequently, everyone raised their hands in unison.

"Good, passed unanimously!"

Liao Jiancheng said coldly, but he wasn't finished. He immediately picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"Is this the comrade from the Discipline Inspection Commission?"

Hearing these words, the expressions of all the party committee members froze in shock as they looked at Liao Jiancheng in utter disbelief.

Calling over the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission—was he trying to destroy Cheng Duxiu completely??

Upon hearing Liao Jiancheng mention the "Discipline Inspection Commission," Cheng Duxiu also panicked instantly. The tension in his expression grew thicker. He hurriedly stood up from his seat and looked at Liao Jiancheng, wanting to say something, but the other man gave him no chance to speak.

"This is Liao Jiancheng from the Public Security Bureau. I want to report a situation. Cheng Duxiu, a member of our County Bureau's Party Committee and Deputy Director, is suspected of having illicit ties with Yu Zhen and others from Yucheng Hospital. I request the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission to investigate and handle this..."

Before he could finish, Cheng Duxiu collapsed to the floor with a "thud." His face was completely pale with panic, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

It turned out that the leader had already seen through everything but hadn't revealed it, only to preserve their final shred of dignity within the County Bureau.

But now.

County Magistrate Liao no longer cared about the impact on the County Bureau. He was willing to sacrifice everything to bring him down.

Cheng Duxiu snapped back to his senses in an instant and felt regret, but it was already too late.

Over ten minutes later, the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission took Cheng Duxiu directly from the meeting room. Soon after, the proposal to promote Yang Tian to Chief of the Yucheng Police Station was passed.

After the Party Committee meeting ended, the Political Commissar and Deputy Political Commissar walked out of the County Bureau building, sighing one after another.

"Old Cheng was still too foolish. Going against the superiors—isn't that a dead end?"

"Indeed! Even in the worst-case scenario, if he hadn't raised his hand, it wouldn't have mattered. Since it would have passed by a majority anyway, he could have remained Deputy Director for a while longer. But now that he's offended County Magistrate Liao, he's suspended, and with the Discipline Inspection Commission involved, it's hard to say if he can even keep his public office!"

After walking down all the steps at the entrance of the County Bureau, Shi Zili looked back at the building. Then, with a cryptic smile, he responded, "In my view, it's not that he shouldn't have offended County Magistrate Liao, but rather that he shouldn't have offended Yang Tian!"

The Deputy Political Commissar pondered these words carefully and then nodded in total agreement.

"You're right. The biggest winner in this promotion is the Yucheng Police Station. They promoted a chief, two deputy chiefs, and a Police Officer. Three at the full section-level and one at the deputy section-level. Ultimately, they're all benefiting from Yang Tian."

"How could anyone offend such a person? We should be doing our best to curry favor with him!"

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After the resolution passed, Liao Jiancheng immediately returned to his office and personally wrote a report requesting instructions to send to the County Committee and the Municipal Bureau.

The content was very simple.

"Regarding the Yucheng County Party Committee's proposal to recommend Yang Tian as a party committee member and Chief of the Yucheng Police Station, please advise if this is appropriate!"

Upon seeing it, the County Committee Organization Department and the Municipal Bureau office immediately forwarded it to Yang Zhizhe and Ye Xin.

The reactions of Yang Zhizhe and Ye Xin were almost identical: they were hesitant and found it difficult to decide.

This was because no similar precedent existed in Xijiang Province, or even anywhere in the country. It was already extremely rare for an Assistant Police Officer on the career establishment to be proposed for promotion to deputy chief. If he were promoted to a full section-level position and made a party committee member, it would be the first case in the entire country. They simply couldn't make the decision.

Consequently, both Ye Xin and Yang Zhizhe had the request documents forwarded to the Qianzhou Municipal Committee.

After receiving the request document, Zhang Qingshan did not report it further up the chain but instead immediately called Provincial Party Committee Secretary Yi Hongquan.

After listening to Zhang Qingshan's report, Yi Hongquan suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hah! This Yucheng County Public Security Bureau is quite bold! Promoting an Assistant Police Officer to a party committee member—he dares to even think of such a thing?!"