Chapter 53 Ambition

Style: Historical Author: Recording events and joining the armyWords: 2492Update Time: 24/01/12 06:33:35
The sun was setting in a very secluded tea room.

Lu Ming and Wang Qiande sat opposite each other.

While sipping the tea, Wang Qiande sighed deeply, "Qianxing, your steps are indeed a little too hasty, your sharpness is too exposed!"

Lu Ming smiled, "Maybe."

"Governor Chuxon is in poor health and is recuperating. No one else can take care of Mr. Wang." Looking at Lu Ming, "Qian Xing, be careful and don't make everyone unable to step down."

After the closing meeting in the morning, although Hu Deyao was reluctant, he had to follow Wang Zheng and others to the hotel where Wang Zheng and his entourage were temporarily staying.

But soon news came that a certain battalion of the border guard division had set up checkpoints at all passages and railway stations in the provincial capital to strictly check people and vehicles entering and exiting, saying that they were looking for some rebel party.

Wang Qiande's intention is obviously that he doesn't want Lu Ming's people to try to pass the test. If both sides test each other's bottom line, it may end up being unmanageable.

"Wait a minute." Wang Qiande shook his head helplessly, "Don't take Hu Deyao to Montenegro. Wouldn't it be good to make a record here?"

Lu Ming smiled and said: "Brother Wang misunderstood, I'm not here for Hu Zizheng's matter. An hour ago, Hu Zizheng was already taken on the helicopter to Montenegro, and he should be halfway there now."

Wang Qiande was startled: "The airport in our provincial capital hasn't been built yet, right? Is it already capable of taking off and landing planes?"

Lu Ming smiled, "Helicopters don't need a specific airport, just a relatively flat area."

It is rumored that Longgang in Montenegro already has an airport, and an airport is also starting to be built in the suburbs of Montenegro.

Subsequently, the provincial capital of Jiangning and two larger cities also began to plan the construction of airports. Let’s not talk about whether they are useful or not. There will naturally be money for the projects.

One of the cities has collected airport donations from the city's industrial and commercial community and built an airport to serve your industrial and commercial community.

After all, a city like Heishan that is full of gold mines is unique among the five Jiangnan provinces.

Especially since the martial law was lifted and the Montenegro camp was lifted, the fiscal revenue of Montenegro City has increased linearly. In the past, the Mining Management Bureau even lost money every year on its books, and the Tax Police Bureau did not collect much tax on its books, just like factories, mines, etc. It was in a state of loss, but it is completely different now. Last month, Montenegro City's fiscal and tax revenue exceeded 30 million yuan. Of course, the expenditures in all aspects are also astronomical.

The special fund allocated to the 325th Division is a huge expenditure, and the monthly expenditure for the salary of the city's civil servants is in the millions.

Nowadays, the market for coal and various ores from Montenegro to the south has become much smoother.

The construction of the steel plant of Jiuzhou Iron and Steel Group invested in Longgang is in full swing. It is also a huge magnetic field. Manpower, material resources and various resources, etc., circulate and operate under the attraction of this huge magnetic field.

The provincial capital is somewhat dwarfed by Montenegro's massive construction. The airport project has been hastily launched, but it is not expected to be completed until next year.

But obviously, Director Wang Qiande has no special research on airplanes, and mistakenly believes that helicopters can only take off and land at the airport.

After hearing what Lu Ming said, Wang Qiande was startled, then smiled bitterly, "Okay, that's fine."

In this way, Wang Taishan only lost face a little, at least he didn't force the two sides to quarrel.

Moreover, from the outside world, the establishment of checkpoints at the border camp may not be a direct order from Wang Taishan.

Except for those who participated in the closed-door meeting, they would not think of the higher-ups.

Wang Qiande added: "A special fund for the border guards that the Financial Secretary was reviewing was approved at noon." He gave Lu Ming a meaningful look.

Lu Ming smiled, thinking that Wang Taishan was very shrewd. According to the intelligence department's understanding of him, he was not the kind of person who would eat nothing at all. He might not have expected that his side would take Hu Deyao away via air transport.

Wang Qiande should also know Wang Taishan very well, but he did not remind himself that in fact Wang Taishan might not really want to confront him, but was more of a showman.

But the words hinted at the behind-the-scenes deal between Wang Taishan and Hu Dingjin.

The more mortal enemies you have in your eyes, the more it should be in line with Brother Wang's wishes.

Politics is like this.

After taking a sip of tea, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Brother Wang, I asked you to meet to talk to you about investigating the mutiny."

"Oh?" Wang Qiande smiled, "I don't want to know too much."

Lu Ming nodded and said: "This is not a formal report, let's have a casual chat. You are the head of the province's officials, and you should know what step the investigation has reached." He paused and said: "Liu Datong, this person, likes gambling, especially I went to Jiangbei to gamble on military expenses and so on, but I lost a lot of money. I often took IOUs from the Jingyang City Finance Committee to get special funds, but in fact they were all gambling."

"After the reorganization of the 325th Division, the accounts of the Jingyang and Longhe garrison regiments will also need to be reviewed. Judging from the accounts of the Jingyang regiment, they have sufficient weapons and ammunition, etc., but the actual arsenal is empty."

"Zhang Heng, chairman of the Jingyang City Finance Committee, is an important person who helps him cover up."

"In the days before Liu Datong planned the mutiny, the two had extremely close contacts."

"Liu Datong's relatives also proved this."

Lu Ming picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then looked at Wang Qiande's expression and said, "Zhang Heng confessed that everything was instigated by Xia Liren."

Wang Qiande frowned, "What is their purpose for doing this?"

"Damage my prestige. Some people want to use this to interfere with the 325th Division. For example, Brother Wang, you also kindly reminded me that the 325th Division leads the political training commissioner of the entire military's political training system. I should not take care of them all, but Please ask Governor Chuxon to appoint a provincial official to serve concurrently. In this way, I will not be too envied by others. The military is originally to serve the government affairs of this province. It not only shows my high integrity, but also does not affect my commitment to the military work of the 325th Division. lead."

Lu Ming sighed: "What Brother Wang said was really good advice. I didn't listen at the time, and something happened."

Shaking his head, "But the matter has come to this. Now if Governor Chaxon appoints another political training commissioner, it will seem like a punishment for me. Therefore, when I had lunch with Governor Chaxon just now, I firmly refused I accepted his proposal and convinced him."

Wang Qiande nodded: "Indeed, Qianxing, no matter what, I will definitely support you."

Lu Ming nodded slightly. In fact, the man behind Xia Liren and Zhang Heng was probably Wang Qiande.

Liu Datong, who had committed suicide, made his last call to this teahouse in the provincial capital.

And this tea room is where Wang Qiande often comes to drink tea.

Wang Qiande, it's not that he wants to harm himself, but he has his own ambitions. Seeing the empire's civil strife getting worse, and the future situation, he is afraid that military power is the real reliance. Therefore, he also wants to have a place in the army.

The 325th Division, which happened to be in a newly established state, was his ideal entry point.

If he was forced by various pressures, such as the Jingyang Regiment's successful mutiny, the province would then appease Liu Datong and demote Liu Datong and investigate.

However, his prestige has also suffered a major blow, and he may have to temporarily give up his position as political training commissioner and ask provincial civilian officials to rectify military discipline and improve the military atmosphere. So, from a common sense perspective, the first candidate I might think of is really him.

However, he no longer wanted to continue investigating until Xia Liren.

Looking at Wang Qiande, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Xia Liren implicitly means that Hu Dingjin is his boss behind the scenes, but he doesn't dare to say it explicitly. I think we'll stop here. There's no point in delving deeper."

Wang Qiande smiled: "That's right, Qian Xing, you are becoming more and more like a general now! But you still have to give him a small punishment, so why is there such a thing as Hu Counseling the Government?" Wang Qiande raised his tea cup and smiled knowingly: "Think I didn't say this, come on, drink tea!" I understand the meaning in your eyes.

Lu Ming gently pressed the tea cup with his hand, "I'm too full of tea today, so I won't drink it."

Wang Qiande was slightly startled, his smile slowly faded, and he nodded and said, "Okay, then you can have some snacks."

Lu Ming picked up a piece of snow-white dragon beard cake, "This little thing should look sweet and soft on the outside. Who would have thought that there is hard meat filling inside? For many things, you can only know the true taste by tasting it slowly."

Wang Qiande looked at the small cake in Lu Ming's hand and picked up the tea cup, his eyes thoughtful.