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The arrest of Mao Xubin brought about a sudden change in the smuggling case in Yongcheng.

Of course, Mao Xubin was initially arrested on suspicion of indecent rape/rape. Since he was caught straight, he was almost speechless, but he knew very well in his heart that someone deliberately used Liu Ting as bait to trap himself into a trap!

The ultimate goal is nothing more than to trap oneself and find a breakthrough in the smuggling case!

As the saying goes, with a knife on Sezi's head, no matter how much unwillingness and anger he has in his heart, it can't stop the cracking of the smuggling case from gradually ushering in the dawn.

Because the police detained Mao Xubin and did not report the reason to the outside world, many small smugglers thought that the special task force was about to destroy the smuggling group, and panicked, many people started running away one after another, so that they hovered over Yongcheng. The thick layer of dark clouds was cleared away a lot, and the situation gradually became clearer.

The first breakthrough was the little snakehead Liu Bing. Originally, he was still thinking of luck. As long as he could drag the case forward, he would still have a chance to turn around. But when he learned that Mao Xubin was also arrested, he was ashamed and arrested again Jia Dalu and the others tried to coerce and lure them, and in the end they simply told the inside story of what they knew, and they were willing to act as tainted witnesses to testify against Mao Xubin.

In this way, Mao Xubin's crimes can be regarded as confirmed. To deal with this kind of silver gun and wax head, the task force effortlessly uncovered Mao Dayong, the deputy head of Yongcheng Customs, who was suspected of abusing power, covering up smuggling, and ventilating. Reporting letters and other major crimes, he is almost a veritable leader of a smuggling group!

Since customs corruption was involved, the task force directly notified the case to the Central General Administration of Customs after consulting Ning Lizhong for instructions. After receiving the instructions, they immediately launched a shuanggui investigation on Chief Mao!

The core personnel of the smuggling group have basically been uprooted, leaving only the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, Xiang Huaizhang, still resisting in the corner. Facing Director He's interrogation, he hissed ferociously: "You are framing me, Ji Mobile You will definitely uphold justice for me!"

He did have the confidence to persist. After all, he had no direct contact with the smuggling gang. He just used Liu Zhida as a pawn to give and support a series of preferential policies for Zhida Business and Trade, and indirectly escorted the smuggling activities. At most, he will be charged with corruption, bribery, and abuse of power, and he will be dismissed from office and served in prison for a few years, but if he is involved in smuggling, he may be shot!

Therefore, no matter how interrogated by the discipline inspectors, he gritted his teeth, and at the same time hoped that Ji Mingtang would give him a chance of survival.

Director He was able to deal with these discipline-violating officials with ease. He slowly consumed him and sharpened his nerves. Time passed day by day. With Director Mao, his son and others pleading guilty to the law, there was no new news from the provincial party committee. The news made Xiang Huaizhang gradually die down.

As the saying goes, everyone pushed the wall down, and Chang Shuxin, who had been careful before, suddenly jumped out and submitted several materials about Xiang Huaizhang's violation of discipline to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Who would have thought that Maitreya Buddha, who always greeted people with a smiling face, would be so cruel and ruthless when he showed his might!

Moreover, he blatantly put Xiang Huaizhang to death, which is tantamount to submitting a certificate of honor, showing that he has completely served under Ning Lizhong's banner.

"It's okay if you don't admit it, anyway, counting the crimes and punishing them is enough for you to spend the rest of your life in prison."

Director He took a picture of the stack of materials that testified against Xiang Huaizhang, and said coldly: "And your illegal activities during your tenure in the provincial department, we will continue to investigate and see who else can protect you this time. Got you!"

Xiang Huaizhang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his whole body suddenly fell off, as if his tendons had been pulled out by someone, his body became loose and wobbly, knowing that no matter what, he was already a dead end!

In order to challenge the local faction headed by Ji Mingtang and establish his authority in Dongjiang Province, Ning Lizhong will never let him go!

While these people suffered catastrophe, Liu Zhida, who was originally listed as the number one suspect, turned out to be safe and sound in the end.

Since it was found that he had no definite connection with smuggling, he was quickly pardoned, but the death penalty was inevitable. Due to the loopholes in his company's operating mechanism, it created favorable conditions for smuggling. He was severely fined by the municipal party committee, and even the qualification to be exempted from customs inspection after hard work was revoked.

At the same time, because he had bribed Huai Zhang, the procuratorate will also prosecute this matter to the court.

But no matter what, his ending is already the best.

The fall of all the core personnel of the smuggling group allowed the work of the task force to advance at full speed immediately, and wiped out all the other small snakeheads and officials in the profit network. For a while, the entire city of Yong was in turmoil, and some key positions in the municipal party committee underwent small-scale personnel adjustments. .

There is no doubt that this sudden collision allowed Ning Lizhong to achieve fruitful results. Taking the opportunity of an inspection, he completely controlled Yongcheng, an important economic city on the southeast coast, and was competing with Ji Mingtang and other local factions. It occupies an overwhelming advantage, and its prestige in Dongjiang Province is at its peak.

It is foreseeable that after this inspection is over, the reformers headed by Ning Lizhong will focus on rectifying the foreign trade market on a large scale across the province in response to this smuggling case. Based on this, they will carry out in-depth and comprehensive reforms. Relevant policies formulated with this goal will be brewed more smoothly.

As for Chen Mingyuan, in addition to gaining Ning Lizhong's trust, he also gained an unexpected benefit.

After Chief Mao was sacked, the position of deputy chief of Yongcheng Customs was left vacant. Since the customs is vertically managed, the power to appoint personnel mainly rests with the General Administration of Customs. However, as Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Ning Lizhong still has a lot of power to make suggestions. .

When many people thought that Ning Lizhong would definitely install his cronies, no one expected that he would recommend Xia Sihai, the director of Dongpu Customs in Zhonghai City, and the son-in-law of Mr. Chen in Zhonghai!

This is an unbelievable result. After all, the political factions behind the Zhonghai Chen family and Ning Lizhong have different stances, and they are in the stage of changing the old and new regimes. However, Ning Lizhong handed over such an important customs position. Did the factions reach a settlement or a deal?

Only Chen Mingyuan understood that this should be regarded as a win-win cooperation.

The Chen family is now in a critical period of rise, and any one of the core members will play an inestimable role.

If Xia Sihai can gain a firm foothold in Yongcheng, not only will he have a prosperous official career, but his family will also reap huge benefits from Yongcheng and ocean trade.

But Ning Lizhong will not suffer any losses. After all, Yongcheng Customs has experienced this turmoil and urgently needs a stable transition period. Putting Xia Sihai in there, and with the echoes of Chang Shuxin and Wang Lei, at least it can guarantee a short period of time. There will be no chaos inside.

When he knocked on the door and walked into the room, Chen Mingyuan happened to see Ning Lizhong sitting on the sofa, looking at the open ink and bamboo landscape painting on the coffee table, his eyes were a little lost, and he reminded softly: "Secretary Ning, the car is already waiting downstairs ..."

Ning Lizhong nodded slightly, but did not get up, and continued to stare at Mo Zhuhua.

Chen Mingyuan knew that he thought of Qiao Lao's regrets again, and comforted him: "Secretary Ning, the deceased is gone, so don't be too sentimental."

Ning Lizhong shook his head and said, "It's not sentimental, it's just some emotion."

Chen Mingyuan hesitated for a while, and said, "Old Qiao, actually left a last word..."

"Do you want me to be an official?"

Ning Lizhong chuckled, and said with emotion: "This sentence, Qiao Lao told me before he retired and returned to his hometown. Over the years, I feel exhausted every time, but when I think of this sentence, It's like being poured with cold water, and I dare not slack off in the slightest."

"Actually, the matter between me and Qiao Lao can't be explained clearly in a few words. I can only say that in that chaotic situation, that was the only choice I could make. I couldn't advance and retreat with him. Feeling guilty, but honestly, I did it with a clear conscience."

Chen Mingyuan was stunned and speechless.

Ning Lizhong smiled slightly and said: "Speaking of which, the reason why I chose you as secretary at the beginning was that what I liked the most was that when Guan Congyun was in trouble, you would never leave him and help him turn the tide with one hand. In terms of this friendship, it is enough to make many people feel inferior."

"Of course, in terms of emotional intelligence and strategy, you are far ahead of your peers. Although you are not as cautious and tactful as Wang Lei, you are better than smart, courageous and resourceful. In all fairness, it will help me even more, just like this This case, you should have done a great job!"

Chen Mingyuan said with a smile: "Actually, they are all clever, and it's hard to be elegant."

"These are naturally difficult to enter the hall. If the situation is not forced, I will not let you do this secretly."

Ning Lizhong smiled and said: "But as the saying goes, you should treat a despicable person with despicableness. From our standpoint, you did the right thing, but I still have to remind you that there is no shortage of cleverness in this world." People, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the president of our country and the president of the United States are the smartest people in the world.”

"You have great potential. As long as you maintain the current momentum, you will surely achieve great things in the future. But today, I hope you understand a truth. Although the officialdom has its own unique rules, there is another inviolable rule. Big right and wrong, if you want to be the master of the highest peak, it is not enough to just act according to some official rules. It is far from enough to seek morality and wisdom, and blindly adapting to the environment with small cleverness may help you go higher and have a smoother road. smooth, but without a heart to embrace the world, even if you stand on the highest peak, you will still fall heavily in the end."

"I understand."

Chen Mingyuan said solemnly, through this grassroots inspection, his ambition to pursue power has not been subtly changed.

"It's getting late, let's go back, there are still many things waiting for us to do."

Ning Lizhong packed up the scroll, and when he got up and walked to Chen Mingyuan, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Since we have embarked on this path, we must enlarge our mind and vision."

Chen Mingyuan smiled and nodded.