Epilogue
Hu Jiao nodded. "Let me inform you all. Before the meeting, I have already reported to Secretary Chen of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary Guan of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee. Due to the incident at Longtong Public Security Bureau and the serious problems within the public security team, the provincial party committee leaders attach great importance to it and have already dispatched armed police and supporting police from the Provincial Public Security Department. They should be able to arrive in Longtong before dawn and will participate in the comprehensive investigation of the poisoning incident."
Zhao Mingfang nodded, "Oh, Secretary Hu has already informed the provincial party committee. That's good, I feel relieved with the support of the provincial party committee. How about this for now? Adjourn the meeting."
After saying that, he picked up the teacup and stood up to leave. When he reached the door, he paused and turned back to greet Hu Jiao, "Hu Jiao, come to my office."
Hu Jiao nodded, put away his teacup, and followed Zhao Mingfang slowly.
The secretary's office was decorated plainly in a simple style. Hu Jiao brought his own teacup, took the hot water from Zhao Mingfang, and sat quietly opposite him.
Zhao Mingfang's expression was very gentle. "Work is work, friendship is friendship. You are the Secretary of Political and Legal Affairs. You have only been in office for a few days, but you have encountered problems one after another. The Standing Committee members have many thoughts. Sigh... The world is in decline, and people's hearts are no longer the same as before."
Hu Jiao nodded, not knowing how to refuse with Zhao Mingfang, so he simply kept silent and just answered whatever was asked. After making up his mind, he looked at the cup in his hand, with tea mist floating in the air.
Zhao Mingfang quieted down. The atmosphere in the whole office was somewhat dry. After about two or three minutes, he said to Hu Jiao solemnly, "Jiaojiao, I hope you can seriously consider it. Look beyond the surface to the essence. Don't trust people easily. I know Qiuquan and the people behind him better than you do. Why did your father and his people send you to Longtong? There are more than a dozen prefecture-level cities in the southwest with better environments and conditions than Longtong. Some things are not as beautiful as they seem on the surface. Go back and take some time to call your family to talk."
Hu Jiao frowned. It was obvious that Zhao Mingfang's words were not from the capacity of a top leader, but in the tone of an elder.
After returning to the office, he picked up the phone several times and finally put it down. The situation in Longtong is very chaotic now. If Zhao Mingfang did not forge the information, then what is Qiu Quan's real purpose?
Of course, everything depends on the evidence. Hu Jiao is not a three-year-old child who can be fooled by a few words.
I called Wang Haixing. A while ago, I heard Wang Haixing talking about an old classmate who, after retiring from the army, was assigned to be the director of a police station in the urban area of Longtong.
Wang Haixing introduced an old classmate to Hu Jiao. "Gao Yinfu, we were high school classmates. His aunt married to Sanmei, so Gao went to school there. After graduating from high school, there has been no news. If we hadn't met at a dinner, we would have missed each other for the rest of our lives."
Gao Yinfu was skinny, short, and spoke with a strong local accent. He was a bit dull and obviously not good at dealing with leading officials. "Hello, Secretary Hu..."
That’s it. After the word “ok”, there was no sound for a long time like “um” or “ah”. Hu Jiao nodded. There must be a reliable person to intervene, but his rank is not high, just the chief of the police station under the district bureau.
The three of them drank tea, and with the cooperation of Wang Haixing, Gao Yinfu quickly got rid of his restraint. Hu Jiao and Wang Haixing exchanged glances and confirmed that it seemed that Gao Yinfu had not had any contact with any powerful people since he changed his career.
He has simple family relationships and is a simple person. I learned from him that many of his comrades who joined the army at the same time as him are doing well. He also knows quite a few people in the public security system, some of whom are his junior high school classmates, some of whom are his colleagues who went to work and training in the police academy, and so on.
There are two people with whom we can guarantee a close relationship and with whom we can be open-hearted. We should give it a try now. One is the captain of the economic investigation team of the district bureau. He is Gao Yinfu's comrade-in-arms and classmate of the same period. They started working at the same time and have a very good relationship.
The other one is in the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Municipal Bureau and is the deputy captain of the second squadron. The three families often get together. Gao Yinfu was able to become the director as a result of the help of the two.
One becomes three, and the other two become more die-hards, which is enough. Hu Jiao thought secretly, agreed with Gao Yinfu on the time and place, and sent the gift out.
"Fatty, there can't be any mistakes this time, otherwise, I will be kicked out of Longtong."
Wang Haixing was unusually serious. "I understand. That's why I've been investigating Gao Yinfu these days. Judging , he's absolutely reliable. He's also a special person. He's a good hand at his job and has won two second-class merit awards. It's a pity that he's not good at socializing. Otherwise, he'd be more than qualified to be the director of a branch."
Hu Jiao had no choice. He was unfamiliar with the place and had no one to help. If it weren't for Wang Haixing, he wouldn't have a police station chief, let alone a trustworthy police officer.
"When it comes to investigating cases, you and I are outsiders. We need to grasp the general situation , and we can let other people do the specific work. Fatty, you have to stay alert over there and don't let anything go wrong. Over here is an internal struggle between the political and legal department and the municipal party committee. Your side is still stable for now." Hu Jiao was always uneasy. Zhao Mingfang's attitude today was very strange.
Wang Haixing smiled, "Secretary, are you worried that they will escalate the war? However, if they really want to do it, I can't do anything. You know how chaotic the teachings in Longtong are. A few days ago, our discipline inspection office received a report that a family member of a teacher in a township middle school abducted a junior high school girl to the city to sell her virginity."
Hu Jiao was speechless. Is there such a thing?
Wang Haixing shook his head and sighed, "It should be true. This is another main reason why I came to see you today. Preliminary investigation shows that more than a dozen junior high school girls have been victimized."
Hu Jiao quickly calmed down. This was another troublesome matter. If it was exposed, Long Tong would be infamous. However, this fame was chilling. "Have the relevant personnel been identified? What level is involved?"
"As far as I know, only our Education Bureau is secretly investigating. The Tengliang County Public Security Bureau and the Discipline Inspection Commission have received reports, and it seems that they have sent the report back to the township for investigation."
"Tengliang County again?"
Wang Haixing nodded. "The Education Bureau lacks the discipline inspection force. I have secretly asked Gao Yinfu for help in the current investigation. The people involved are a bit complicated. A few local bosses are not a big deal. I heard that... there are a few cadres. I can't name the boss who contacted them. I guess the problem is a bit serious. Do you think it is related to the recent events?"
Hu Jiao's fingers were tapping on the desk. This incident came suddenly and was of a bad nature. If Zhao Mingfang knew about it, he would definitely interfere and disrupt Qiu Quan and others' deployment, and make a big fuss about it.
If that happens, the work of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission will probably become passive.
Therefore, this matter can only be handled by himself for now, and must not be spread. At the same time, he must also pay attention to Teng Liang. If it is exposed through other channels, Hu Jiao will definitely not be able to control it.
Qiuquan must be reminded to hurry up!
After Wang Haixing left, Hu Jiao discussed with Qiu Quan again in secret, but he did not reveal the circumstances of the "selling virginity" case. He only explained Zhao Mingfang's attitude in detail, thereby forcing Qiu Quan and the provincial forces to cut the Gordian knot.
Then, the "selling virginity" case can be caught on the last train, thus achieving several goals at one stroke.
That night, Hu Jiao had just fallen asleep when Wang Haixing came directly to his house. He was not alone, Gao Yinfu and another person were also there.
Liu Lin, captain of the city's criminal investigation team, was holding two file bags containing magnetic tapes, videotapes, and some files.
Wang Haixing didn't say anything and followed Hu Jiao into the study. As a leader of the municipal party committee, he was equipped with a tape recorder and a video recorder.
Liu Lin looks a little frail and doesn't look like someone who works in criminal investigation. Perhaps this is what they mean by "don't judge a book by its cover".
After his explanation, I found out that there were mainly two cases in the file. One was the rape case at the No. 1 Middle School in the city that year. The quality of the audio and video tapes was not good, but I could basically hear it clearly and see the people's appearance and movements.
The audio recordings were tortured and the video recordings were also tortured. Liu Lin was originally assigned to the Municipal Bureau's Political Work Office, responsible for propaganda. He was also a literary soldier in the army. Because the case at the time had a great impact, Liu Lin had nothing to do. He had always wanted to do a show and was particularly envious of the work of TV stations. So when he was in the army, he devoted himself to studying documentaries and documentary reports, showing great talent for audio and video.
At that time, the Municipal Bureau had just been equipped with a micro-recorder for interviews and an imported video recorder. Due to the lack of approval from the leadership, the publicity work could only be done in the form of text reports. Liu Lin felt that this was an opportunity to truly reflect the typical juvenile crimes through audio-visual portraits.
So when he was reporting on the mission, he secretly made some arrangements. He disguised the video recorder in his bag and put the recorder in a file bag.
After that case, Liu Lin was transferred to the criminal investigation team as deputy captain and was promoted to captain two years later.
At that time, Liu Lin didn't quite understand the case handling procedures, but later she realized that that case handling procedure was wrong.
The audio and video tapes have been preserved to this day, and I dare not have any more illusions.
Hu Jiao held the document in his hand, his heart heavy and sad, as he watched the young agricultural student dressed in uniform in the video being beaten and deformed, and finally unable to bear it and forced to confess.
After arranging for a few people to leave, Hu Jiao personally found Qiu Quan.
The next day, the Public Security Bureau suddenly announced the cancellation of the large-scale military training and everyone returned to their posts and resumed their duties.
Only a few people knew that the real storm was coming.
Zhao Mingfang also breathed a sigh of relief and took the initiative to invite Hu Jiao to have lunch together. He felt that Hu Jiao must have played a role in this.
The guess was correct, but this effect was not what he wanted.
The situation was calm, the weather was calm, neither cloudy nor sunny, neither cold nor hot. After three days, Zhao Mingfang suddenly received news that his sons Zhao Xiaoxiong and Tao Qin had been arrested.
Before Zhao Mingfang could express his anger, a joint investigation team led by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection suddenly came to Longtong. The Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee announced the decision of the Provincial Party Committee to remove Zhao Mingfang from his positions as member of the Provincial Party Committee, member and standing member of the Longtong Municipal Party Committee, and secretary of the Municipal Party Committee.
Also brought down along with Zhao Mingfang was Deputy Secretary Du Chen.
At the same time, Mayor Zhou Shengling was transferred to the position of Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Government, and Executive Vice Mayor Wu Jinshan was transferred to the position of Deputy Director of the Provincial Science and Technology Commission.
The Longtong Municipal Party Committee is chaired by Comrade Yao Qisheng, and the Municipal Government is chaired by Comrade Hu Jiao.
This is only a decision of the provincial party committee. It involves local cadres in Longtong and remains to be dealt with.
Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor Hu Jiao moved to the city government. Zhou Shengling did not stay to take over from him. After the announcement, he left alone that day, and his belongings were handed over to his secretary to take care of.
Yao Qisheng is fine. He has been working in the Municipal Party Committee and is basically able to control the situation and has people he can use.
Hu Jiao was confused. He never expected that he would be asked to serve as acting mayor. Both his qualifications and age were a bit unbelievable.
Another thing that gave him a headache was the "selling virginity" case that Wang Haixing was investigating. After Gao Yinfu took over, he just received news that it has been confirmed that Yao Qisheng and two other municipal party committee cadres were involved, and Yao Qisheng himself "bought" two to enjoy.
Hu Jiao did not stay in the mayor's office where Zhou Shengling stayed, but returned to his former deputy mayor's office, smoked half a pack of cigarettes, and finally called Secretary Chen of the Provincial Party Committee.
Chen Runsheng said nothing, gently put down the phone, closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time.
After receiving a call from Chen Runsheng, Governor Wang Qingguo quickly rushed to the provincial party committee. After coordination and discussion, the two leaders finally reached a consensus.
Shen Yifu, the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Minister, has been extremely busy in the past half month. A series of personnel adjustments have far exceeded the workload of the Organization Department, and everyone has been working overtime.
The secretary and the governor have requested that sufficient preparations must be made within ten days, at the latest!
Shen Yifu kept talking to people, studying the cadres' personnel files every day, and had to grasp the intentions of the secretary and the governor. Most importantly, there was not enough time.
The entire Longtong team basically has to be replaced, but this is not enough to worry Shen Yifu, the old organizer.
What really made him suffer was Hu Jiao's arrangement.
On the ninth day, the fourth plan submitted by Shen Yifu was finally approved by the two big bosses.
Yao Qisheng was transferred to the Archives Bureau of the Provincial Party Committee, and Hu Jiao was transferred to the position of Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Provincial Youth League Committee.
The secretary of the Longtong Municipal Party Committee was replaced by the former executive deputy director of the Organization Department, the mayor was replaced by the former secretary of the Youth League Committee, Qiu Quan took over Hu Jiao's position as secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Wang Haixing was transferred to the Municipal Government as deputy mayor.
A series of dazzling personnel changes caused shock and unrest in the entire Longtong.
After Hu Jiao left, Longtong City was once again in turmoil. Due to a series of cases triggered by the Zhao Xiaoxiong case, seven directors, nineteen deputy directors, and dozens of section-level officials were eventually brought down.
The case of selling virginity was also handled quietly and low-key without causing any impact.
After arriving in Fufeng, Hu Jiao first reported to Shen Yifu, and then, accompanied by Shen Yifu, went to the Provincial Youth League Committee to formally take office.
Three months later, Li Juan was transferred to work at the Women's Federation of Southwest Province, and Hu Jiao finally settled down in Fufeng.
In September 2003, Hu Jiao became a member of the Jiuxiang Municipal Party Committee, a member of the standing committee, deputy secretary, deputy mayor, and acting mayor of Jiuxiang City, Southwest Province.
In March 2004, he was officially elected as the mayor of Jiuxiang City. In May of the same year, he launched three nationally renowned political achievement projects, namely enterprise reform, old city renovation, and administrative service transformation, and achieved amazing results.
In July 2006, the secretary of the Jiuxiang Municipal Party Committee retired to the second line and Hu Jiao took over as secretary.
In December 2007, Chen Runsheng was transferred to the central government, and Governor Wang Qingguo became secretary. Shen Yifu, who was then the executive vice governor, took over the post of governor.
In March 2008, at the age of 38, Hu Jiao became a member of the Standing Committee of the new Southwest Provincial Party Committee and served as Minister of Organization.
Hu Jianguo, then deputy secretary of the Nanzhao Provincial Party Committee, and Hu Jiao became a good story in Xinhua.
Hu Zhongzhi was elected as one of the national leaders.
In June 2009, Hu Jiao was appointed as Vice Governor of Southwest Provincial Government, and in December of the same year, he was appointed Executive Vice Governor.
In July 2010, he was transferred to the position of Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and in 2012 he was appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.
In 2014, Hu Jiao returned to Nanzhao and became the youngest governor in the country.
In 2016, Hu Jiao came to Southwest Province again. This time, he had become the provincial party secretary. His teammate was Jiang Aihua, who had been the organization minister of Longtong Municipal Party Committee. Jiang Aihua was 60 years old at that time.
In the same year, Wang Haixing, who had been staying in the southwest to develop, finally met Hu Jiao. At this time, Wang Haixing had become thinner and had become a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization.
Hu Jianguo retired after working in the central government for three years and returned to Nanzhao with Li Aiju to retire. Hu Jiao's son Hu Yunbei lived with the two elders, but this son was a complete and thorough nerd.
He has no interest in politics at all and is particularly close to Li Aiju.
On the contrary, Hu Jiao's daughter Guihua, who was secretly trained by him, showed amazing talent. After graduating from the Political Science Department of Renmin University, she was very much like her father.
Due to the appearance of Guihua, Li Juan and Hu Jiao separated secretly. After secretly discussing with He Miao, Guilan died in an accidental car accident.
Hu Jiao was furious, but helpless and could not come up with any way to deal with it.
She had to support her daughter secretly. Guihua remained in the dark. It was not that she didn't know that Hu Jiao was her biological father, but she didn't find any trace of human involvement in her mother's misfortune.
In 2022, 52-year-old Hu Jiao became a member of the Xinhua Political Bureau and secretary of the Yanjing Municipal Party Committee. In the same year, his son Hu Yunbei got married and gave birth to a son, whom Hu Jiao named Hu Rixin.
In 2027, Hu Jiao was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of Xinhua and Vice Premier of the State Council.
In 2032, Hu Jiao took over as Prime Minister.
In 2037, Hu Jiao was appointed Chairman of the Xinhua National People's Congress.
In 2055, Gui Hua became the first female prime minister of Xinhua and never married. Hu Rixin became the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of Xinhua at the age of 33, breaking the record of the youngest ministerial-level cadre.
In 2063, 41-year-old Hu Rixin became the youngest vice premier. In the same year, Hu Jiao, an outstanding political leader in Xinhua's history, died of illness in Yanjing at the age of 93.
(End of the book)
