Rebirth of Corrupt Officials

The news was always ordinary, always boring. A large number of officials in Chengzhou had fallen from power, and new ones were promoted. In the news, it was all plain words.

However, even in this insipid news, Chengzhou had become the focus of national attention.

From the mayor of the provincial capital to the Deputy Secretary of the provincial party committee, from small to large, from low to high, from political circles to state-owned enterprises, one person falling from power had almost pulled the entire circle of Chengzhou out.

It could already be foreseen that there wouldn’t be a single official from capital in the next standing committee.

Chengzhou’s gangsters had lost their support behind the scenes, and because of Jiang Xiaochuan’s fight against gangsters, he was later appointed Deputy Mayor of Public Security, firmly clearing the corruption. With the example set by those before, even if the latter had great courage, they now dared not covet even a penny.

If there was sunshine after the rain, many times there would be a rainbow too.

Beautiful mountains and clear rivers.

From Chengzhou to Beijing, the National Highway crossed the provinces, with rich and poor places along the way. Some were tranquil small mountain villages with occasional rising smoke; some were high-rise buildings, steel and cement forests, and hot construction zones…

In fact, every place was good in its way.

When a place was broken, the whole country could not be blamed.

On the plane, Lian Cheng flipped over a map and drew a line with his finger from southwest to northeast, linking Chengzhou to Beijing.

“Even as deputy director, you said that this matter in Chengzhou was over just like that?” The accompanying personnel were still flipping through documents. The handling of this incident was truly a funny game, but it was also thrilling. It was the biggest case since the new century, and they were involved in the investigation and trial.

His fingers caressed a copper coin. There was a red string on both ends. The outer circle and the inner square had the word “Money.” The meaning was good, but such a small coin had made many people lose their minds, leading to the deaths of many honest officials.

What could money buy?

All material satisfaction, as well as spiritual emptiness.

For Lian Cheng, that kind of money was not what he sought.

Chengzhou’s well-known enterprises, Huaxin Group and Rongyuan Heavy Industry, were found to have committed accounting fraud during the inspection. A large amount of corruption was discovered after further investigation.

Dai Xu, the Chairman and Party Secretary, was found to have committed serious disciplinary fraud and embezzlement. He was suspended from his post, and Chengzhou authorities began the restructuring work smoothly. From top to bottom, there were no objections, making it a successful example of state-owned enterprise reform.

CEFC Group’s working capital had been difficult to turn around. It was found that there was shady operation in the bidding process for the reconstruction of the old district area. The company had colluded with foreigners and was suspected of illegally raising funds. Before they left, they had already filed for bankruptcy. Huafeng, Chairman of CEFC, had been jailed, and his current situation was bleak.

The foreign-funded Morrison Group, introduced by Chengzhou, had its operations halted due to illegal cooperation with CEFC Group, financing, and auction sites. Many cooperative projects were affected. The head of the headquarters, Qiu Yu, was investigated by the headquarters of the Lisson Group. Asked to return to verify the economic problems, all her bank assets were frozen. Desperate, she jumped from a hotel building and died on the spot, becoming notorious.

Qu Zhendong, the former Deputy Secretary of the provincial party committee, was suspended from his post to accept the party investigation. The case before the week had seen another wave. Zhang Xiaoli testified that Qu Zhendong was extremely corrupt, and the week’s evidence had been dejected. Deputy Mayor of Chengzhou, intended to praise the former acting mayor of Chengzhou City, Jiang Xiaochuan, in front of the media, but had already decided to prove his innocence. A request for Jiang Xiaochuan’s amnesty had been accepted by the City People’s Congress, but they had not yet made a reply…

The major cases that had shocked the entire province in Chengzhou finally came to light. The death of Qiu Yi and Uncle Qiu, the mystery of Qian Qiming’s vehicle being blown up, the reason why the disciplinary committee staff had had a brush with death, and the short-lived head of Rong Group being shot dead… A field officer in the military region had been shot…

On the Internet, one moment a department head was invited to Tea News, and the next moment rumours swirled about an official colluding with the underworld…

It was complex, but it had won a cheering voice.

Only Jiang Xiaochuan remained controversial, so much so that even public opinion didn’t know which way to turn.

At this point, Jiang Xiaochuan could be said to be half black and half white.

Still, he had underestimated Lian Cheng and the power of the word chess.

The last bullet had forever been stuck in the barrel.

Qiao Yusheng had said that Xue Yan would wake up, but no one had expected him to wake up so timely, so appropriately. Perhaps Xue Yan had woken up earlier, but they had kept it a secret from others.

Just as Jiang Xiaochuan was about to embark on the road of no return, Xue Yan arrived in time with Qiao Yusheng. However, he had taken the gun from Qiao Yusheng and shot Jiang Xiaochuan in the arm with his extremely bad marksmanship.

At that time, his finger had already pulled the trigger. He was one step away from sending Qu Zhendong to see the King of Hell.

Unfortunately, it didn’t happen.

People like Xue Yan always appeared at strange times.

Jiang Xiaochuan had put a silencer on the pistol, but Xue Yan did not know how to be sneaky. The sound of the gunshot almost knocked the chandelier off into Jiang Xiaochuan’s head.

Later in the graveyard, when Jiang Xiaochuan asked Xue Yan if he had practiced marksmanship, Xue Yan, who just woke up not long after Qiao Yusheng’s intensive care treatment and felt his legs go weak as he walked, replied, “During the military training at the university, I managed to shot three bullets.”

At that time, Jiang Xiaochuan looked back at him and suddenly smiled.

He said, “You’ve got some nerve.”

Xue Yan replied, “I have always been brave.”

Yes, Xue Yan’s courage had always been strong.

He had almost died, indeed as the internet and newspapers said, and brushing with death.

Jiang Xiaochuan was now in Beijing, under special investigation.

When Lian Cheng got off the plane, his men said, “Speaking of the former mayor Jiang Xiaochuan, what will be done?”

“The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has its own way of dealing with this,” Lian Cheng said after seeing his assistant carrying a briefcase and examining everything.

Once they got off the plane, there were special channels and private cars, the weather had been cold, deciduous trees were some bald.

The review of many matters would not be interfered with by elite cadres like them. The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection handled the matter slowly. The Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection had been increasing again. It set up several special offices and investigation teams, and the national team found problems all over the country. While Chengzhou’s problems were the most prominent, internal sources were going crazy.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) alone approved the disclosure of too much information to the internet. Corruption was a common phenomenon. It existed in Chinese officialdom for thousands of years. It was not easy to control what was left behind by the ancestors.

In choosing this path, Lian Cheng made it clear that it was a long battle, a drawn-out battle.

He was currently the Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Higher Inspection Bureau. This matter was mainly the responsibility of the Procuratorate. Jiang Xiaochuan should still have been there for interrogation.

He was intimately familiar with these procedural tasks. Disciplinary work had to pay attention to procedures because if the procedures were not proper, the evidence collected would probably not be of any use in court, and they would be wasting their efforts, drawing water from a basket.