The Official Ladder: I ascend to the pinnacle of power, wielding the power of life and death.

"As for pursuing projects in the city, that's a matter for later. Even if we wanted to now, there's no guarantee of approval, and even if we did, it would be a long time from now. There's not enough time."

Jiang Xuangui looked at Li Weihong and said, "God of Wealth, if we deduct three months' worth of salaries from the faculty and staff plus the salaries of medical personnel, how much money would we have?"

"Secretary, County Head Yuntao is too busy with work and doesn't remember the exact number of teachers and staff. Our county is a large county in terms of population, so we have a relatively large number of teachers and staff, about six thousand."

Li Weihong said, "The average salary per person is around 900 yuan. Over three months, that's about 16 million yuan. My personal suggestion is not to involve medical staff. The more people involved, the more difficult it will be to handle."

"Oh, when County Chief Yun Tao mentioned it just now, I felt that the number wasn't very accurate. When I was the county chief, I remember there were more than 5,000 teachers and staff."

Jiang Xuangui said, "Okay, let's go with this plan and postpone the payment of teachers' and staff's salaries for three months."

"In addition, to prevent teachers and staff from petitioning and causing trouble, a special working group for maintaining stability in the project has been established, with County Head Yun Tao as the group leader, Du Zhengqiang and Chen Wei as deputy group leaders, the director of the Letters and Visits Bureau as the office director, and the principals of each school as members. A group of elite personnel has been selected to focus on this matter, ensuring the orderly progress of the project and preventing incidents of petitioning to higher authorities or group petitions."

"Okay, Secretary, I'll have a heart-to-heart talk with Chen Wei first."

Zhang Yuntao said, "We immediately set up a special task force afterward."

“Okay, you talk to him and make him raise his political awareness. He must not hold us back. If he has any complaints, tell him to come to me and I will talk to him.”

"Okay, Secretary."

Zhang Yuntao and Li Weihong then left.

After that, Zhang Yuntao called Chen Wei over and talked with him for more than an hour.

After leaving Zhang Yuntao's office, Chen Wei called Jiang Yiming.

“Secretary Yiming, in order to promote the cultural square project and raise funds, Jiang Xuangui asked the Finance Bureau to delay the payment of salaries to all teachers and staff in the county for three months. Isn’t that ridiculous?”

"Is this happening?"

Jiang Yiming frowned. It seemed that his conversation with Jiang Xuangui had had no effect.

"Yes, the county is also preparing to set up a special working group for project stability maintenance, and has me and Director Du Zhengqiang as deputy group leaders to prevent teachers and staff from petitioning."

"Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yiming pondered for a moment.

This is indeed a difficult matter to handle.

Leaders do not like subordinates to submit reports without a valid reason, especially reports that bypass their superiors.

Moreover, this matter is still in the planning stage and has not yet entered a substantial phase. When he went to report it, there was no relevant evidence.

If this is left unchecked, it may cause dissatisfaction among faculty and staff, and could even lead to social unrest.

Just as he was thinking about how to resolve this matter, he received a notification that Mayor Luo Zhangwen, along with heads of multiple departments including the Municipal Party Committee Office, the Municipal Government Office, Agriculture, and Transportation, would be coming to Xinping County for research that afternoon, and he was instructed to make the necessary preparations.

Although the matter was sudden, since they were coming, we could only do our best to receive them.

Jiang Yiming put aside his work and focused all his efforts on preparing to receive the leaders.

In the afternoon, a Coaster bus slowly pulled up in the county government compound.

County Party Secretary Jiang Xuangui, along with County Head Zhang Yuntao, Deputy Secretary Jiang Yiming, Executive Deputy County Head Wang Xianming, and heads of relevant departments such as the County Party Committee Office, County Government Office, Agriculture, and Transportation, welcomed and accompanied them.

A related symposium was held in the conference room, where Jiang Xuangui reported on the relevant work.

About an hour later, everyone got up and went down to conduct research.

Two Coaster buses slowly drove away from the county government compound.

Our first stop was the construction site of the Cultural Square project.

"Mayor Luo, our Xinping County will combine its own characteristics, seize the opportunity, and build a cultural square for the people of Xinping County."

Jiang Xuangui smiled and said, "This is the site of the cultural square. Once the cultural square is built, it will drive the development of the surrounding culture and economy, expand the core area of ​​the county town, effectively alleviate the congestion in the old town, and help improve the happiness index of urban residents."

"Comrade Xuan Gui, your idea is excellent. You are bold in thinking and acting. We must base our development on reality and concentrate our efforts on implementation. When it is completed, I will personally attend your completion ceremony."

Luo Zhangwen smiled and said, "If you encounter any difficulties, report them to me immediately."

"Thank you for your support, Mayor Luo. With your powerful backing, I can work boldly and decisively to complete the project before National Day and celebrate the New Year for our motherland!"

Jiang Xuangui smiled.

We then visited a few more places, but it was all in a rush, and we didn't get to see them as thoroughly as we did at the first place.

At this moment, Jiang Yiming realized that Luo Zhangwen's research visit was a pretense, and his real intention was to support Jiang Xuangui's cultural square project.

With Mayor Luo Zhangwen's personal guidance and support, overturning this project would be harder than climbing to heaven.

The following day, Jiang Xuangui convened an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee, which was attended not only by the Standing Committee members but also by the heads of relevant departments such as land, agriculture, water resources, and development and reform.

The previous topics concluded quickly, and the fifth topic was the Cultural Plaza project.

"Yesterday, Mayor Luo Zhangwen visited our county to guide our work. His first stop was the site of the Cultural Square project. He asked Xinping County to seize the opportunity and make the Cultural Square a shining name card for Xinping County."

Jiang Xuangui said, "The municipal party committee and government have been very supportive and attentive to our Xinping County. Naturally, we cannot hold back. We must actively follow the instructions of the municipal leaders and complete the tasks without fail."

"County Chief Xianming and his colleagues have done a lot of work, and the preliminary work is nearing completion, and the relevant preparations have also been completed. The purpose of today's meeting is to unify our thinking, build consensus, and concentrate our efforts to do a good job in this key task. Let's start with Comrade Xianming giving his opinion."

"Okay, Secretary."

Wang Xianming said, "I have been in charge of the preliminary work of the project. Following the instructions of the Party Secretary, we have successfully completed the relevant tasks. This is a good project that will benefit 300,000 residents of the town. I personally support the implementation of the project."

"Now, let's speak in turn."

"I have no opinion."

"This was stated by Hua Wentao, Minister of the Organization Department."

"I have no opinion."

"I have no objection either."

"I abstain."

…………

Officials from the Publicity Department, the United Front Work Department, and the People's Armed Forces Department delivered speeches in succession.

Apart from the person in charge of the People's Armed Forces Department abstaining, everyone else had no objections.

"Secretary Yiming, why don't you tell us?"

Jiang Xuangui reminded everyone: "The current situation is very clear, and everyone is very enthusiastic. I hope that Secretary Yiming can stay in step with everyone and work together to promote the implementation of the project."