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

"Shut it down. I refuse to believe that Xinping County is not under the control of our Party, and that we can let you people run wild."

Lu Huagang was not afraid at all.

Seeing that force wouldn't work, Wang Xuanzhong softened his tone and said, "Teacher Lu, you are a people's teacher, so your awareness must be very high. If you go to petition, it will have a great negative impact on the entire Xinping County."

"Didn't Secretary Xuan Gui already promise to pay all your salaries within three days? Why are you still here and insisting on petitioning?"

"Jiang Xuangui's words are utterly worthless!"

Lu Huagang scoffed, "I used to believe your promises, you corrupt officials, but what happened? You deceived us for a month, two months, even three months. You have no integrity whatsoever. You've completely fooled us teachers. You have no credibility left. I don't believe a word you say."

“I know your tricks. You want to take us back and keep us under strict surveillance. You don’t want to give us a chance to petition. Once the storm has passed, you’ll continue doing what you were doing. The only way to truly solve this problem is to replace you.”

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"No matter what, I must see the provincial leader and report the situation to him."

Lu Huagang laughed and said, "We've come all this way, and if we don't make things clear, we might never have the chance to come here again. If you want to take us back as soon as possible, open the door and let us go to the provincial leaders to report the problem. After we report the problem, we will definitely go back with you. Who wouldn't want to ride in a free police car?"

"Don't even think about it. I'm telling you, you're going back today whether you like it or not. I guarantee Secretary Jiang that I'll bring you back tonight."

Wang Xuanzhong stood up and said, "I'll give you twenty minutes to pack your things. After twenty minutes, we'll leave immediately. If you dare to resist, don't blame me for being impolite. You'll be the one who suffers!"

Then he slammed the door shut and stormed off.

Wang Xuanzhong instructed his subordinates to tell the other petitioners to pack their belongings and leave together later.

Just then, someone shouted, "Oh no! Lu Huagang jumped out the window and ran away!"

Upon hearing the sound, Wang Xuanzhong's expression changed, and he rushed downstairs, shouting, "Lu Huagang ran that way?"

"right!"

"Come on, follow me!"

Wang Xuan grabbed the keys, jumped into the car, and after his men got in, he stepped on the gas and chased after them.

I had only been outside for two minutes when I saw Lu Huagang running wildly ahead of me.

Wang Xuanzhong rolled down the car window and shouted, "Lu Huagang, you stop right there! No matter how fast you run, can you outrun a car?"

However, Lu Huagang ignored him completely and continued running forward.

Wang Xuanzhong had no choice but to step on the gas and speed up, intending to overtake and block his way.

Just then, a car came towards us at a very high speed.

Lu Huagang, who was running and preparing to cross the road, saw a car coming and instinctively ran back.

boom!

Just then, Wang Xuanzhong, who had just caught up, didn't have time to brake and crashed into him.

Lu Huagang's body flew several meters away.

Crunch!

Wang Xuan stepped on the gas pedal and looked at Lu Huagang lying on the ground not far away. His mind went blank, and he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Director Wang, it seems we've run into Lu Huagang."

His subordinate said in a trembling voice.

Hearing his subordinate's reminder, Wang Xuanzhong said, "What are you standing there for? Get out of the car and check!"

Then, he got out of the car and ran over quickly.

Seeing Lu Huagang lying on the ground covered in blood, Wang Xuanzhong trembled as he checked on him and found that Lu Huagang was no longer breathing.

Wang Xuan's face instantly turned as white as a sheet of paper, completely devoid of color.

"Director Wang, what should we do?"

The younger brother standing nearby asked.

"First, get the person into the car."

Wang Xuan picked up Lu Huagang and ran towards the car.

After placing Lu Huagang's body properly, he said, "No one passes by here. Xiao Mao, go get some water and rinse this place off. I'll wait for you in the car."

"it is good."

Wang Xiaomao ran away quickly, then returned with a bucket of water and splashed it on the ground.

One bucket wasn't clean enough, so I went and got two more buckets.

After finishing, Wang Xiaomao returned to his car.

"Xiao Mao, how have I treated you?"

"Director Wang, you've been incredibly kind to me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to become a permanent staff member."

Wang Xiaomao said, "Director Wang, I know what to do."

“I was driving the car, and I was the one who hit Lu Huagang. It has nothing to do with you, Director Wang.”

"Very good, I haven't raised you in vain. I will make it up to you properly after this is over!"

Wang Xuan smiled with satisfaction.

The small meeting room of the county party committee.

After arriving at the county party committee, Jiang Xuangui went straight to the meeting room. At this time, all the standing committee members were present except for Jiang Yiming.

"Secretary Yiming is unable to attend due to other commitments, so we will not wait for him and will begin the meeting now."

Jiang Xuangui said with a stern face: "I'm sure you all know about the petitioning incident that happened today. Because of this, the city is very dissatisfied with our Xinping County and has demanded that our Xinping County Party Committee conduct a thorough self-examination and take all measures to resolve the issue of the salaries of teachers and medical staff."

"We'll discuss the issue of faculty and medical staff salaries later. Let's first talk about where the problem lies and why thousands of people were able to petition openly, even going to the city and provincial levels."

"What are you relevant departments doing?"

"Chen Wei, tell me, how have you been doing your job as the director of the Education Bureau? So many teachers and staff have petitioned, and you, as the director, have done absolutely nothing? Do you even want to keep your job? If you don't, pack your things and get out! Countless people want this position!"

As an observer, Chen Wei had no right to speak and simply lowered his head, pretending not to hear.

"And your health bureau, you can't even control medical staff, what's the point of having you officials? You might as well go home and farm!"

The head of the health bureau also lowered his head, obediently listening to the reprimand, not daring to show the slightest displeasure.

Subsequently, Jiang Xuangui gave Du Zhengqiang, the director of the Public Security Bureau, a severe scolding.

After venting his anger, Jiang Xuangui said, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly and see where things went wrong. Secretary Xujian, your Discipline Inspection Commission should set up a special team, drawing on some elite personnel, to be directly responsible to me, to specifically investigate the party members and cadres who neglected their duties in this incident. We will deal with them one by one, without any leniency!"

Seeing that Jiang Xuangui did not target him, Wang Xianming felt uneasy. He vaguely felt that Jiang Xuangui had Chen Xujian set up a special task force to deal with him.

But at this moment, he couldn't say anything.

"Given the negative impact of today's petition, I propose suspending Education Bureau Director Chen Wei from his duties until the matter is thoroughly investigated before taking further action!"

"Any objections?"

Before anyone else could speak, Jiang Xuangui said, "Since there are no objections, let's settle this matter as is. Meeting adjourned!"