393: Go through the back door

Early the next morning, as dawn broke, Lin Zhenqiang and his grandson Lin Zifeng got out of bed.

Under Lin Zhenqiang's guidance, Lin Zifeng practiced a set of Eight Extremities Fist seriously.

When they entered the room, Zhang Chunhua had already prepared breakfast, knowing that Lin Zifeng had to rush back to work.

The family finished breakfast happily, and Lin Zifeng drove away alone.

On the way, he called Wang Zhongyu, telling him not to pick him up today and to just go straight to work, then continued driving toward the City Level.

Over half an hour later, he drove into the Municipal Party Committee Compound.

It was exactly time for work, and many staff members were walking into the Municipal Party Committee Compound; upon seeing Lin Zifeng, they respectfully greeted him one after another.

Lin Zifeng was already accustomed to this phenomenon; with a warm smile on his face, he nodded in response to everyone.

When he walked into the Office, Wang Zhongyu had already finished cleaning and brewed tea for him.

Seeing Lin Zifeng walk in, Wang Zhongyu quickly said with a smile, "Good morning, Secretary."

Lin Zifeng nodded with a smile and asked, "Zhongyu, what's the work schedule for today?"

“Secretary, this morning you are to receive the Vice Mayor and Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau; Mayor Zhu has work related to politics and law to report to you.

In addition, Secretary Yu of Gangou Township and Secretary Li of Xiangyang Town will also come to report their work to you this morning.

In the afternoon, you have no other work arrangements; your friend from the capital, the Investor, will arrive in our Yushu City this afternoon.

Although you won't participate in the cooperation negotiations, you must show up to welcome them, and you also need to attend the welcome party in the evening, so I have rescheduled your afternoon work itinerary to tomorrow.”

Wang Zhongyu reported in an organized and clear manner.

Hearing Wang Zhongyu's report, Lin Zifeng nodded with satisfaction; just then, there was a knock on the door.

Wang Zhongyu quickly went to open the door; seeing Zhu Yushan standing outside the Office, Wang Zhongyu hurriedly said, "Secretary, Mayor Zhu is here."

Lin Zifeng said, "Let Mayor Zhu come in!" and sat behind the executive desk.

Now, except for the Standing Committee Members of the City Level, when other Cadres came to report work to him, he no longer sat on the sofa with them, except in special circumstances.

In officialdom, one still had to pay attention to the hierarchy; a proper distance could also be more conducive to carrying out his work.

Wang Zhongyu responded and stepped aside, saying respectfully, "Mayor Zhu, the Secretary invites you in."

Zhu Yushan nodded and smiled at Wang Zhongyu, then walked into the Office, stopping only when he was not far from the desk, and called out formally, "Secretary."

Lin Zifeng nodded and said with a smile, "Mayor Zhu, please sit down and talk!"

Zhu Yushan then sat on the sofa; Wang Zhongyu poured him tea and then left the Office.

Zhu Yushan began to report the recent political and legal work of Yushu City to Lin Zifeng.

Over half an hour later, Zhu Yushan's report reached its conclusion.

“Secretary, the political and legal work of our Yushu City is generally operating perfectly and well, creating an environment for living and working in peace in Yushu City, ensuring the safe development of all walks of life, and playing a role in safeguarding the development of Yushu City.

However, with the rapid development of all aspects of our Yushu City, the police force has become somewhat stretched thin.

Therefore, our Municipal Public Security Bureau Party Committee has studied and decided to recruit an additional one hundred and twenty police officers this year, and we ask the Secretary to give our Municipal Public Security Bureau strong support.”

Hearing Zhu Yushan's report, Lin Zifeng nodded thoughtfully.

“With the continuous development of the times, strengthening the team to crack down on crime and maintain stability is imperative; the decision made by your Municipal Public Security Bureau Party Committee is very timely and well-judged.

I fully support it.

One hundred and twenty police officers mean one hundred and twenty civil servants; this is not a small matter for our Yushu City.

We must ensure openness and fairness in the public recruitment, avoid the phenomenon of favoritism and behind-the-scenes manipulation, and put a stop to any irregular behavior of going through the back door or using connections.

If power-for-money transactions occur, they must be dealt with severely and swiftly.

I will have the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection participate in this work at that time.

We must also strictly control the political review process and absolutely not allow people with bad records or moral corruption to infiltrate our ranks.

Academic assessments and interviews cannot be the only options for this recruitment; priority should be given to character and morality, and certain care should be given to the descendants of military and police martyrs and those who have performed meritorious deeds and received awards.

A while ago, wasn't there an Auxiliary Police Officer in the Traffic Police Detachment who was injured while on duty at a school gate to save a primary school student? It was on the news at the time; a good Comrade like this can be directly converted to a regular officer this time.”

Hearing the instructions given by Lin Zifeng, Zhu Yushan nodded, looking a bit hesitant.

“How is it? Is there any problem?”

“Secretary, it's like this: that Auxiliary Police Officer Comrade, Li Zhisheng, is already forty years old this year and only has a junior high school education; after his injury last time, our Municipal Bureau has already commended him.”

Zhu Yushan didn't say the rest, but Lin Zifeng already understood his meaning.

Lin Zifeng said calmly, “What's wrong with being forty? As far as I know, this Comrade Li Zhisheng has been working conscientiously in the Traffic Police Detachment for more than ten years, and his work experience is richer than that of some regular officers.

Let him enroll in a correspondence junior college course to enhance his cultural knowledge; I think there will be no problem at all. What do you think, Mayor Zhu?”

Hearing Lin Zifeng say this, if Zhu Yushan were a fool, then he would say something in opposition! So he quickly said, “The Secretary is right; we cannot let honest people who work conscientiously suffer a loss.

I will definitely implement your instructions one hundred percent.”

Lin Zifeng nodded and spoke again, “Don't misunderstand; I'm not openly going through the back door for this Comrade Li Zhisheng.

To tell you the truth, I haven't even met him, nor have I had any interaction with him.

I only learned a bit about him through the news of him bravely saving the primary school student.

His family situation is very ordinary for our Yushu City!

He has been able to work conscientiously on duty in front of a school for ten years as if it were a single day, being liked and approached by batch after batch of children, and praised by parents as the most beautiful scenery on the zebra crossing, always putting the safety of the children first; he deserves such treatment.

Today, you can consider it as me, the Municipal Party Secretary, going through the back door for him!

For the remaining one hundred and nineteen spots, no pulling of connections or going through the back door will be allowed; let me be overbearing this once for this matter!”

Hearing Lin Zifeng's words, Zhu Yushan quickly stood up.

“Secretary, you are not going through the back door. Speaking of which, I am ashamed! As the Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, I don't even know as much about Comrade Li Zhisheng as you do.

Hearing your analysis just now, Comrade Li Zhisheng is fully qualified to become a regular officer; it was my work that was not done well enough.

Please rest assured, for the remaining one hundred and nineteen spots, there will absolutely be no favoritism or pulling of connections through the back door.

Our Municipal Public Security Bureau will definitely cooperate with other departments to formulate a strict and reasonable assessment and recruitment plan to ensure the implementation of your instructions.”

Lin Zifeng nodded with satisfaction and said, “If there is pressure from other leaders or higher-level departments, you can just push it to me; just say that I am personally taking charge of this work.”

Hearing Lin Zifeng's words, Zhu Yushan was delighted; with Lin Zifeng as his backer, he would have no pressure.

So he quickly said, “Thank you for the Secretary's support. I won't disturb your work any longer; I'll go back now to arrange this work.”

Lin Zifeng nodded and stood up to see Zhu Yushan to the door.