Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 833 Arrival at Handong Province

Needless to say, Yi Xuexi has known Li Dakang for more than 1991 years. He has known Yi Xuexi since the first day Li Dakang was transferred to Jinshan County as the county magistrate in . At that time, both of them were young and energetic in their thirties, determined to do something about their careers. They got along very well, but that incident happened the following year, which caused the two to part ways completely. In the following years, Yi Xuexi was suppressed by Zhao Lichun and kept moving around at the county and department levels.

It was not until around 1999 that Yi Xuexue unexpectedly gained the favor of Governor Liu and was promoted to deputy mayor of Lincheng City and director of the Public Security Bureau. The two became colleagues in the team again, but the harmonious atmosphere of the past had turned into a completely diametrically opposed stance. This was due to their past grievances and their different political views.

Anyway, there have been countless grievances between the two over the past twenty years, which are difficult to describe in words.

The other is a cadre who Li Dakang is so jealous of that he has no connections. When he first met Qi Tongwei in 1999, Li Dakang was the executive vice mayor of Lincheng City, and Qi Tongwei was the director of Jingzhou Public Security Bureau and deputy director of the Provincial Public Security Department. The two were on the same level, and Li Dakang's ranking and influence were even slightly higher than Qi Tongwei.

At that time, it was Zhao Lichun who introduced Qi Tongwei, Governor Liu and Li Dakang to each other. The two sides were still in a state of alliance. Unexpectedly, the situation changed rapidly and the two sides would become so tense.

It has only been a short time from 1999 to now 2011. Twelve years have passed, and Qi Tongwei has risen from a deputy-department-level Public Security Bureau director to a ministerial-level official by climbing up the ranks three years each year. Now he holds great power, and it is said that he is deeply trusted by the management. It is a sure thing for him to make further progress.

Li Dakang went from being jealous and envious in the beginning to being able to only sigh and look up at others now.

Li Dakang saw a group of people coming from the parking lot. It was Governor Liu who came to pick them up at the airport. Li Dakang was glad that he had arrived in time. He immediately started jogging and headed towards Governor Liu. Even his secretary Xiao Li, who was holding an umbrella, could not keep up with him.

Liu Dexu saw Li Dakang rushing over in the rain and hurriedly waved to him to go inside.

"Comrade Dakang, go in, go in, don't get wet outside in the rain, you're here very early."

When Liu Dexu saw Li Dakang standing at the airport, a smile appeared on his face. In recent years, Li Dakang has been very diligent in his work and is considered his right-hand man.

When Li Dakang saw his leader coming into the room, he trotted forward to shake hands with him, with rain still dripping from his hair, looking very graceful.

"Governor, I just arrived too. Please come over here."

Having said that, Li Dakang gave up the main seat and stood obediently at the back.

When Liu Dexu saw this scene, he didn't say anything, and didn't even have any extra expression. Instead, he felt that Li Dakang's humble attitude was a bit uncomfortable. Qi Tongwei had analyzed this with Liu Dexu at the beginning.

"Li Dakang is a man who loves his mother. Today, even though you are in a high position, he would kneel down and cry for you at your grave when there is a funeral in your family. He would kneel down and clean your dirty shoes if he saw them.

Because when Li Dakang was young, he got promoted by working as a secretary and a puppy, and by wagging the tail of Zhao Lichun. He has formed path dependence. In the future, when he meets a leader who can decide his fate, no matter whether the leader is named Zhao, Liu, or Qi, he will be able to wag the tail of the leader.

People respect your official hat, not you as a person."

These were Qi Tongwei's original words back then, which completely exposed Li Dakang. As for Li Dakang's strengths, they are also obvious. He will do anything to achieve his job and is good at economics. As long as supervision is in place, he can still do a good job.

Although Liu Dexu has relied heavily on Li Dakang in recent years, he has always been wary of him. This can be seen from his decisive sale of the Zhao family's Crescent Lake Food City villa complex project. Zhao Lichun had just been transferred away for less than a month at the time, and the dog at home had stopped barking.

Although Li Dakang successfully got in touch with Liu Dexu through that incident, secured his position as secretary of the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee, and achieved many political achievements, in the eyes of leaders including Liu Dexu, Li Dakang will always be an ungrateful person who can never be tamed, and no matter who wants to use him, they have to be cautious.

Zhao Lichun's other secretaries were much more principled. They knew they could not betray their benefactors and that they had no future in Handong, so they decisively ran to a western province where Zhao Lichun was employed and asked Zhao Lichun to help them transfer.

Liu Dexu and Secretary Wu both respected this group of cadres and did not block their procedures, letting them go generously.

At this moment, Liu Dexu saw Li Dakang's servile appearance, and even though the person he was flattering was him, he still felt a little disgusted. How could this be the integrity of a deputy ministerial-level senior cadre?

I became more convinced of Qi Tongwei's evaluation that whoever gives you milk is your mother and you will give up anything for an official position.

Comrade Yi Xuexue is still the best. He does his work without selfish motives or compromises, and is wholeheartedly for the public good. Liu Dexu began to think about whether to find an opportunity to transfer Yi Xuexue back after the change of leadership. At this time, he would be qualified enough to be promoted to the Standing Committee member.

Secretary Cui of Jingzhou is incompetent, and this promotion to deputy secretary is the pinnacle for him. He will definitely go to the CPPCC next. Liu Dexu would feel uncomfortable if the power of Handong Province in the future was handed over to a cadre like Li Dakang who has no integrity. It would be better to transfer Yi Xuexue back as soon as possible and train him for a few years. Perhaps he can take on important responsibilities.

Seeing Governor Liu standing at the airport entrance in silence and looking into the distance, everyone present also quieted down and dared not make a noise.

The plane landed on time. Under the guidance of the crew, Qi Tongwei was the first to walk down the ladder. It was still drizzling outside. Qi Tongwei looked at the familiar Jingzhou Airport and couldn't help but reach out to try to catch the rain.

But soon it couldn't be caught anymore, because the entourage behind had already opened umbrellas to block the drizzle.

"What a bummer."

But the words were spoken softly, so that no one else could hear them.

Qi Tongwei's current position has already made him feel a little lonely at the top. His every word and action has serious consequences, and his behavior is subject to great restrictions. Even wanting to get caught in the rain in Jingzhou is a luxury.

Everyone in the inspection team got off the gangway. Qi Tongwei took his suitcase from the secretary behind him and walked forward with big strides.

The cadres following behind saw that the team leader carried his own luggage, so they followed suit, took the suitcases from the secretary or accompanying cadres, and followed Qi Tongwei.