48: Undercurrents

As the case officers expected, Yu Hualin confessed within three hours, admitting to his malicious intentions towards Jiang Yufei, given the irrefutable evidence.

The investigators followed the clues and dug deeper, not only uncovering his crimes of harming several women through coercive means,

but other staff members also brought back a lot of investigated information the next morning.

Under Yu Hualin and his wife's names, there was over three million in cash alone, and they owned two properties, one in the City Level and one in The County Seat.

With his and his wife's salaries, even if they didn't eat or drink for a hundred years, they wouldn't have accumulated so much capital and property.

Therefore, the large amounts of funds and properties had unknown origins, and Yu Hualin couldn't explain them without confessing.

By Saturday afternoon, Yu Hualin couldn't withstand the pressure and confessed everything.

He not only confessed his true relationship with Yu Guodong and his son but also the things they had done together.

This included helping Yu Guodong falsely accuse Zhang Yuhao and pushing Zhang Yuhao out of Yushu County.

At the same time, some other people were implicated.

Over the weekend, Lin Zifeng lived a carefree life at home, but Yushu County, though seemingly calm on the surface, was actually experiencing surging undercurrents.

Those first secretly taken away were small fries, including Qian Ke, Yu Hualin's Secretary, Li Meide, the Deputy Secretary of Heping Town, Yu Shuxin, the Director of the Finance Office, Yu Guodong's Secretary, and his son Yu Dacheng.

Yu Guodong and Li Huafeng, the Secretary-General of the County Party Committee, were notified to attend a meeting in the City Level on Sunday afternoon and were directly taken into custody by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection while waiting in the conference room.

Yu Guodong and Li Huafeng had already anticipated the danger, but they had no choice; they couldn't run. They could only take a chance and brace themselves to come to the City Level.

But the outcome was as expected; they were invited to where they needed to go.

To stabilize the situation in Yushu County, Municipal Party Secretary Cao Mingxiu convened a Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting overnight.

Mayor Jiang Minghua, Deputy Secretary Jiang Shiyu, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission Gao Mingyuan, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission Jia Zhongqi, Organization Minister Li Xinzhang, Propaganda Minister Zhang Shulan, Executive Vice Mayor Jiang Donghai, Military Sub-district Commander Li Wu, Standing Committee Member and Vice Mayor Yang Dongming, and Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee Chang Hua all arrived at the conference room before Cao Mingxiu.

A few minutes later, Municipal Party Secretary Cao Mingxiu, accompanied by his Secretary, walked into the conference room.

After he sat in the main seat, he said without delay, "Since everyone is here, let's start the meeting.

Have you all heard about what happened in Yushu County these past two days?"

Seeing everyone nod, he continued, "Then let Secretary Gao of the Discipline Inspection Commission give us a detailed introduction to the case."

Gao Mingyuan nodded, picked up the prepared materials, and began, "According to the information I have, Yu Guodong, the County Party Secretary of Yushu County, abused his power for personal gain and accepted huge bribes during his tenure.

Investigation revealed that he and his family had over 100 million in assets of unknown origin.

Dacheng Construction Company, run by his son Yu Dacheng, became his front for illicit gains and money laundering.

He is suspected of serious dereliction of duty, accepting bribes, abusing public power for private gain, and other illegal and disciplinary actions.

He has been taken into custody by our Discipline Inspection Commission staff, and the case still needs further investigation before being transferred to the judicial department for trial.

Also implicated is Li Huafeng, a County Party Standing Committee Member and Secretary-General of the County Party Committee of Yushu County, who is a co-conspirator.

He also has tens of millions in assets of unknown origin, which require further verification, evidence collection, and investigation.

Additionally, some township Cadres are involved, but I won't elaborate on them here."

After Gao Mingyuan finished reporting the situation, he put down the materials in his hand and looked at Cao Mingxiu.

Cao Mingxiu looked at everyone and said with deep regret, "Comrades, did you all hear that? A County Party Secretary with over 100 million in family assets, and a Deputy Secretary-General at the deputy-county level can also embezzle tens of millions.

These two scoundrels are simply a disgrace to our ranks. This is a profound lesson that deserves deep reflection from all of us present!

Such scoundrels must be severely punished without leniency, but the various tasks in Yushu County must also be kept stable.

This is another main reason why I called everyone for an overnight meeting.

A County Party Secretary and Secretary-General falling simultaneously is no small matter.

Therefore, we need to quickly discuss the candidates for the County Party Secretary and Secretary-General of Yushu County to ensure the smooth operation of Yushu County's work.

Let's discuss it! Speak freely and express your opinions."

After saying this, he looked at Organization Minister Li Xinzhang.

Li Xinzhang knew this was his responsibility; he had to lead the way by identifying suitable candidates for everyone to discuss and research.

So, after some mental calculation and considering various interests, he spoke, "Secretary, Mayor, Esteemed Standing Committee Members, according to our Organization Department's performance evaluations,

Comrade Wan Guoliang, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, Comrade Zhou Jiancheng, the Secretary of the Municipal Youth League Committee, and Comrade Liu Haisheng, the Deputy Minister of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, have consistently received excellent evaluations for years and can be candidates for the County Party Secretary of Yushu County."

After providing the candidates, Li Xinzhang stopped speaking.

Everyone nodded, and Executive Vice Mayor Jiang Donghai was the first to speak, "I support Secretary Zhou Jiancheng of the Municipal Youth League Committee to serve as the County Party Secretary of Yushu County."

Vice Mayor Yang Dongming also followed suit, saying, "I agree with Standing Committee Member and Vice Mayor Jiang's opinion."

Seeing that the Executive Vice Mayor and Standing Committee Member and Vice Mayor, who usually united against him in the City Level government, were the first to speak, Mayor Jiang Minghua frowned slightly but remained silent.

Jiang Shiyu noticed the subtle change in Jiang Minghua's expression, so after some thought, he slowly began, "I recommend Comrade Wan Guoliang, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, to serve as the County Party Secretary of Yushu County.

I have some understanding of this Comrade. Before serving as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, he held multiple positions, including Town Head, town party secretary, Deputy County Mayor, and deputy secretary of the county party committee.

He has rich grassroots work experience and a solid foundation in both theory and practice. He is an excellent Comrade who works diligently and without complaint.

Therefore, I believe this Comrade is more suitable for this position."

"I completely agree with Secretary Shiyu's opinion. Secretary Shiyu's evaluation of Comrade Wan Guoliang is quite fair and objective."

Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee Chang Hua expressed agreement with Jiang Shiyu's opinion.

"I also agree with Secretary Shiyu's opinion and fully support Comrade Wan Guoliang to serve as the County Party Secretary of Yushu County."

Mayor Jiang Minghua clearly chose to support Jiang Shiyu.

Cao Mingxiu saw that no one else had any desire to speak, so he said, "Then let's proceed with a vote!

Those who support Comrade Wan Guoliang to serve as the County Party Secretary of Yushu County, please raise your hands."

Aside from Jiang Donghai and Yang Dongming, among the remaining nine Members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, only Military Sub-district Commander Li Wu abstained; the other eight Standing Committee Members all cast affirmative votes.

The candidate for the new County Party Secretary of Yushu County was thus decided.

At this point, the other two candidates didn't even have the qualification to be voted on.