The sun never sets in America

Chapter 65
"Brother Zhou, you must come to my place for a drink when you have time. I will definitely accompany you."

"Brother Zhou takes care of everything and serves the ruling lord, which can be regarded as a contribution to our Los Angeles!!"

"Big Brother Zhou..."

In the front yard of the city government, a group of Los Angeles and Liujiabao officials gathered to prepare for the meeting Liu Peng held two days ago.

At first, everyone was chatting well, but when they saw Liu Peng's secretary Zhou Fengxiu coming out, they immediately surrounded Zhou Fengxiu. Regardless of whether they knew him or not, they greeted Zhou Fengxiu warmly.

"Thank you for your love. I'm just an errand runner for the ruling lord. I don't count." Zhou Fengxiu looked at the enthusiastic officials around him. He was not dazzled by their brother-in-law, but was very clear-headed. The reason why these people treat The reason why he is so enthusiastic is not because he is the private secretary and close minister of the ruling lord Liu Peng, so he is so enthusiastic about him. Try another secretary. Those secretaries in the secretariat who specialize in handling official documents. When have they ever been like this? treatment.

"Brother Zhou's words are too modest. You have to know that without Brother Zhou, how could we stand here..." Duo Zhou Fengxiu, a director of the Ministry of Health, praised, "Even the ruling lords can't rely on Brother Zhou." Can you handle official business?" The director of the Ministry of Health continued to praise Zhou Fengxiu, this time even more than before, and he completely added Liu Peng into the mix.

Zhou Fengxiu was a little overwhelmed and didn't know how to answer.

Is it possible that we really agree with the other party's view that the ruling adults cannot handle official affairs without themselves? ?

Isn’t this seeking death? !
"I think with Brother Zhou's ability, the ruling lord will have to lift you up sooner or later..." A certain director in the crowd followed closely and praised Zhou Fengxiu, just shy of wearing the promotion hat on Zhou Fengxiu. On the head, "When the time comes, we people, shouldn't we call you Master Zhou, haha..." The director continued to speak to Zhou Fengxiu and everyone in an exaggerated tone. After finishing speaking, he couldn't help laughing. .

"Ha ha……"

As soon as this was said, everyone burst into laughter.

"Everyone, the time is up, go in quickly..."

At this moment, someone opened his pocket watch and looked at the time. When he saw the position pointing to two o'clock in the afternoon, he immediately said hello.

Then all the waiting officials walked into the conference room in the front yard.

The conference room was originally a church for worship. Because it was large enough and open enough, Liu Peng transformed it into a conference room specially used for meetings.

In the conference room, there were rows of tables and chairs, with a seat at the top that belonged exclusively to Liu Peng and a mahogany square table.

There are some manuscripts on the table, and everyone is peeking at those manuscripts, because they all know that they not only contain future California policies, but also involve the future distribution of rights...

No one can ignore the temptation of power! !

boom……

The conference room suddenly opened, and Liu Peng, wearing a reformed Confucian official uniform, walked in with a golden sword.

"Lord in power..."

"Lord in power..."

As soon as Liu Peng came in, there were shouts of respect all around, and everyone's face showed respect, even respect.

But Liu Peng didn't care about all this. Instead, he stood in front of his seat, pressed his hand down, then looked around, and sat in his seat.

"Everyone..." Liu Peng calmed down for a moment, and then said to everyone, "Someone told me a while ago that there are always quarrels in this place because of issues in the jurisdiction... In some places, there are even fights. At that time, I was still wondering, how could we still start fighting?" Liu Peng then said angrily to the officials attending the meeting below. His words were full of sarcasm and hatred for those who were fighting for power! !

Although he knew that as Liujiabao's stall grew bigger and bigger, there would inevitably be competition for power and profit, but Liu Peng did not expect it to happen so quickly.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Peng finished speaking, all the officials below immediately fell silent, as if they were being strangled by the throat and unable to move.

Even some officials with guilty consciences have lowered their heads, and some with ulterior motives are praying not to cause trouble with him.

"Just a few days ago, two towns got into a fight over a local mining dispute." Liu Peng ignored the officials' reactions and continued to tell everyone, "It is said that it was because of the discovery of coal mines in the local area. These two towns, one They didn't report it to the Ministry of Mines, let alone their superiors. Instead, they took it upon themselves to claim it, and in the end, they got into a fight over the uneven distribution of the spoils..." Liu Peng said while looking at the bureaucrats below who lowered their heads. , there was a feeling of hatred in his eyes. After all, it was unheard of to fight for power and gain to this extent.

"It is said that several people were killed with guns at each other." When Liu Peng said this, the anger on his face could no longer be suppressed and he was ready to explode at any time.

"Why, are you officials or bandits?!" Liu Peng couldn't bear it any longer and shouted loudly, scaring everyone into silence and not daring to say a word.

"It is said that some people in the local area are the boss and the second child. I don't think this is a problem between the boss and the second child. This is a problem of lawlessness!!" Liu Peng scolded all the officials with a straight face, "It is said that one of our The mayor surnamed Hao married five daughters-in-law, four of whom are local white women. I can’t help but ask, are all these women voluntary?" Liu Peng continued to tell everyone in the audience gloomily. The official said, with a hint of insidiousness and cruelty in his tone, as if he was about to kill someone in a moment, and he did not give these officials any face at all.

An official named Hao in the audience, after listening to what Liu Peng said, could not help but tremble. He sat on the chair, neither sitting nor standing. His legs could not help but tremble...

"Some people say that it doesn't matter how many wives you have, as long as you do a good job." Liu Peng looked at everyone present playfully and said, "I think so too. After all, I have married two, but We haven't passed the door yet." Liu Peng told a joke appropriately to cool down the tense atmosphere. After all, as a superior, you can't always use authority and words to oppress the subordinates. At least let them take a breath. After all, what is going on? It’s not good to overdo it! !
But there was no sound of laughter from underneath, and there were even very few smiling faces. This clearly shows how strong the sense of oppression Liu Peng had just given them... and how uncomfortable it was for them.

"Of course, it's still the same saying, everything is too much, and nothing is too much... You should remember what I said." Liu Peng looked at everyone present and asked meaningfully, "Don't you think so, Mayor Hao? , Mayor Hao Maocai!!" Liu Peng suddenly called out to Mayor Hao who had just been named, a middle-aged man named Hao Maocai.

"Yes...yes, yes..." Hao Maocai stood up nervously and echoed to Liu Peng, not even daring to look at Liu Peng's face and his warning eyes, "I will definitely change it when I go back, I will change it now. Divorce all those white women, divorce them all..." Hao Maocai replied to Liu Peng incoherently. In his opinion, the most important reason why he was named and targeted by Liu Peng was that his wife married a wife. There are many, and most of them are white women. Maybe this is what angered Liu Peng.

"What do you mean? You make me look like a demon king beating up mandarin ducks..." Liu Peng was a little surprised, and said to Hao Maocai with satisfaction, "Women don't need to divorce, but as an official, I think it's better not to do it. , five women are too busy, how can they be busy with official duties? It's better not to do it. After returning home, hand over the official duties, I will send someone over..." Liu Peng took this opportunity to directly transfer Hao Maocai's As long as he holds the official position, he doesn't care about what the other party thinks. In his opinion, if such a guy stays at the top, it will only do no good to the people above or below. On the contrary, it will damage Liujiabao's officialdom. atmosphere.

"Lord Consul, I..."

"Okay, you are no longer our official. There is no need for you to participate in this meeting." Hao Maocai wanted to explain a few words, but was immediately interrupted by Liu Peng, "Come here, please get this Mr. Hao out." ..." Liu Peng shouted towards the door.

"Lord Ruling, you are wronged..."

"Lord Ruling, you are wronged..."

Soon, several soldiers took Hao Maocai out. As Hao Maocai was being taken away, he shouted. The piercing shouts made everyone in the conference room sit on pins and needles and remained silent. They carefully looked at the expressionless man. Liu Peng kept beating the drum in his heart, wondering what Liu Peng would do next.

"As well as those officials who were fighting, take them away together to save trouble..." Liu Peng ordered the soldiers standing outside the door.

"Lord Ruling, no..."

"Lord in power, we know we were wrong. For the sake of the blood we shed for Liujiapu, please bypass us. Please bypass us!!"

During the dragging process, there were deafening shouts and begging for mercy. When the officials below saw this scene, their faces turned pale with fright. As long as some of them were innocent, showed no fear, and were even interested. They looked at the several offending officials who were dragged out. In their view, these people brought it all upon themselves... They deserved it! !
"Everyone, I was not willing to say hello to you in the rough way just now..." After the door was closed again, Liu Peng spoke earnestly to the officials below who had not committed any crime, or it was not serious. He said, "Don't think that after entering Los Angeles and driving the Mexican white ghosts out of California, you will be complacent and forget about it after achieving such a small feat..." Liu Peng said with a complicated expression on the officials below. "Just a few hundred years ago, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a guy named Li Zicheng, known as Chuang Wang, broke into the capital and forced Emperor Chongzhen to death..." Liu Peng told the audience the story of Chuang Wang Li Zicheng. Everyone said, "What happened to Li Zicheng in the end? He was defeated and died. We also invaded Los Angeles, drove away the Mexican whites, and took over the fertile California. But don't forget, the Mexican Republic is not dead yet." , there is an America to the north!!" Liu Peng loudly reprimanded everyone present. In his opinion, before the great cause was accomplished, he began to forget about it, compete with each other for power, and even fight over a coal mine. In his opinion, this is completely a rogue bandit style...

When you encounter benefits, you will become complacent, and when you achieve a little success, you will be complacent and forget about yourself. You don't know your surname. You are not encountering difficulties now. Once you encounter difficulties, you don't know what will happen to these people? ?
A trace of worry flashed across Liu Peng's face.

Everyone present, including those who usually consider themselves smart, couldn't help but fall into deep thinking.

"If we don't want to be Li Zicheng, let alone Zhu Wen, if we want to do it, then we can sit in the world..." Liu Peng revealed his ambition to everyone for the first time, "If we want to sit in the world, we can sit in the world of America. All the heavens in the world..." Liu Peng said loudly and energetically.

"The ruling lord is wise..."

"Yes, the ruling lord is right."

"Fuck Mexico..."

As soon as Liu Peng finished speaking, the officials who were infected by Liu Peng's emotions loudly echoed, and some even shouted slogans to destroy the Republic of Mexico. Of course, no one dared to shout to destroy the United States... It's not that they don't want to, but reality and fantasy, or There are some differences.

Of course, what these officials don't know is that Liu Peng not only dares to think, but is also willing to take action. However, the premise of all this is ability. Can Liu Jiabao's future ability be comparable to that of the United States in the vast land of America? Go up and keep pace with each other, this is the most important point.

"And to do this, we need a clean government, which must act efficiently..." Liu Peng continued to tell everyone, "So I decided to set up a department specifically to supervise hundreds of officials, and I named him For the Inspectorate..." Liu Peng announced in public that he would set up a new department, and it would be a surveillance officer, and even an investigation officer, which shocked all the officials present.

"Zhou Fengxiu will serve as the first president of the Inspectorate and will be directly responsible to me..." Liu Peng appointed his personal secretary Zhou Fengxiu as the president of the Inspectorate in front of everyone. This shows how much Liu Peng trusts Zhou Fengxiu. .

"Thank you, Lord Consul, for your trust..." Zhou Fengxiu stood up and said to Liu Peng with some disbelief, "Feng Xiu is very talented and has little knowledge. He may not be able to take on a big job. Please, Lord Consul, choose someone else..." Zhou Fengxiu then said to Liu Peng in the eyes of everyone in disbelief. Liu Peng refused.

"If you are told to do it, you should do it. I am a very good judge of people." Liu Peng waved his hand to Zhou Fengxiu and said, "As long as you do a good job as the director of the Inspectorate, I will do it again if there are better opportunities in the future." Thinking of you..." Liu Peng made a promise to Zhou Fengxiu in public, making everyone present envious. Some even wondered whether they should become Liu Peng's secretary to get a better future.

Even some smart people's eyes lit up when they saw the secretary position that had become vacant after Zhou Fengxiu became the president of the Inspectorate, and they were already thinking about how to become Liu Peng's secretary...

So you can take this step to reach the sky! !

Of course, these people are all whimsical. The reason why Liu Peng made Zhou Fengxiu the first president of the Inspectorate was not only because he was his secretary, but the most important thing was Zhou Fengxiu's attitude towards work and life...

These two attitudes constitute the reason why Liu Peng recognizes Zhou Fengxiu, not just because he is his secretary.

The most important point is that he is capable. Zhou Fengxiu can do it better than the previous secretaries. This is why the others have been transferred away, transferred back to the secretariat, or transferred to other places, but only Zhou Fengxiu can do it until now. And he rose to the top in one step, from Liu Peng's personal secretary to the Inspectorate, a dean who oversees hundreds of officials and has supervisory powers...

Liu Peng asked himself that when looking at people, he only looks at talent without regard to morality. However, when selecting people, he will often consider his character as appropriate. Either you did it well, or you did it unscrupulously and caused public dissatisfaction...

Of course, it is wrong to only focus on virtue without regard to talent. After all, if a person only has virtue but no ability, he will often be in a mess when doing things and eventually screw up everything...

Liu Peng basically emphasizes both ability and political integrity when employing people, but the main thing is to have more talent and less virtue, and not to care about merits! !
"Feng Xiu, come up and say a few words to everyone..." Liu Peng then greeted Zhou Fengxiu.

"Yes, your lord in power..." Zhou Fengxiu looked at Liu Peng who waved to him and nodded in agreement, then quickly walked onto the stage, with his back to Liu Peng, facing the officials below and his acquaintances.

"call……"

"Colleagues..." Zhou Fengxiu took a deep breath and greeted the officials below with a smile, "My name is Zhou Fengxiu, Zhou from the Zhou Dynasty, windy wind, Xiu from the monks... I believe everyone Get to know me." Zhou Fengxiu made a brief self-introduction.

"Thanks to the favor of the ruling lord, I have been appointed as the president of the Inspectorate... It is a great honor!!" After Zhou Fengxiu finished speaking, he cupped his hands to Liu Peng. Liu Peng smiled and nodded, indicating with his eyes that he should continue, "I am the president of the Inspectorate. Dean, I am loved by the ruling lord and trusted by all my colleagues, so there are some things I have to say..." Zhou Fengxiu said a few words, and finally looked at everyone with clear eyes and said.

Everyone looked at Zhou Fengxiu's appearance, and their hearts skipped a beat. They already knew what he was going to say next.

"There are no rules without rules... Since I have become the president of the Inspectorate, I must abide by these rules." Zhou Fengxiu looked at the people in the audience and continued, "Just like the officials who caused trouble in the civil courts just punished by the Lord in Power, I don't care about the other things, and I don't want to care about the original matter. I only care about one thing, that is, as long as the Inspectorate is here, you all must be honest... don't let me get caught." Zhou Fengxiu looked at the officials in the audience. , threatened directly, which was in sharp contrast to his polite appearance just now.

When everyone in the audience heard this, they suddenly had an earth-shaking understanding of Zhou Fengxiu's usually gentle and uncontroversial character. Some people who thought they knew Zhou Fengxiu as a person and thought he would not make things such a big deal were dumbfounded at this moment. But they don't know that the real trouble is yet to come.

"From now on, our Inspectorate will visit various places and departments every once in a while. Any illegal crimes or corruption will be dealt with seriously and will not be tolerated!!" Zhou Fengxiu said to everyone with a serious expression, This sentence shocked everyone. Inspection should be done every once in a while. How much time is standard? One year, half a year, three months, or one month. No one knows where to start...

It can be said that even before Zhou Fengxiu's so-called inspection began, the city was already in a turmoil, making everyone feel unprecedented pressure.

This kind of pressure is different from Liu Peng's handling of officials. It is an occasional situation, not continuous. After all, Liu Peng has many things to do every day and cannot have that kind of time to deal with them...

But this Inspectorate is different. If there is an inspection every three to five times, if there is any flaw, it will be bad luck. This is not something that can be passed by luck.

Some officials even looked at Zhou Fengxiu in a wrong way, as if they were looking at a tiger that was smiling but could eat people. Moreover, this hungry tiger had already opened its bloody mouth and was about to swallow them all in one bite... …

"Starting from the middle of this month, I will check the accounts of each department." Zhou Fengxiu continued to throw out a bomb that made everyone uneasy. This was even scarier than the previous inspection. To know which department did not have financial problems, In fact, everyone is tacitly aware of the falsification of accounts. After all, these bureaucrats spend money lavishly, how can they keep track of it, and the money they spend is all public money, and they don't care about it...

Therefore, Zhou Fengxiu's sentence of checking the accounts basically hit these officials three inches in the face.

You know, which department didn't have bad debts, but now it's all gone, and all of them are used as evidence of crime.

"Of course, as long as the number is not high, the blame will basically be forgotten..." Zhou Fengxiu did not beat him to the end with a stick, but said to everyone in an open-minded manner. After all, if everything is true, then everyone sitting here, There is no one who is not a sinner. If this is done, many departments in Liujiabao will face shutdown. This is something Zhou Fengxiu, the new director of the Inspectorate, cannot bear.

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, as long as everything is not traced to the end, everyone will be safe and can continue to work in the future.

"Colleagues, gentlemen..." Zhou Fengxiu greeted everyone again, "Our Inspectorate is by no means an enemy of you, or disrupting the normal order, but to bring order to the chaos and eliminate the evil..." Zhou Fengxiu stood up suddenly. From the moral high ground, he gave instructions to all the officials below.

"It's still the same sentence. If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself." Zhou Fengxiu looked at everyone and said solemnly, his tone was sonorous and powerful, with a sense of cruelty, "However, if you violate the law and commit crimes, or even do things that are not allowed by law, Don't blame Feng Xiu for recognizing reason but not people." Zhou Fengxiu continued to tell everyone.

"Thank you... thank you..." After finishing speaking, Zhou Fengxiu bowed to everyone, and then returned to his seat under the stage.

clap clap clap...

As soon as he returned, there was a burst of thunderous applause, and he didn't know whether it was sincere or fake... Zhou Fengxiu didn't want to understand, and he didn't need to understand. He just needed to understand his identity, the president of the Inspectorate! !
"Now that Dean Zhou has finished speaking, let's talk about the administrative division..." Liu Peng waited for the applause to stop and then said to the crowd.

(End of this chapter)