The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 196: Deep Thinking

Lu Zixuan followed Lao Chen to the county office and asked for Boss Zhang's explanation. Just as they expected, Boss Zhang was visiting relatives with his wife on the day of the accident and was not in the county.

He also denied having any grudge against Li Dakuan, saying that it was just a misunderstanding back then. After it was resolved, the two had no more contact. As for the grudge between Zhang Laoer and Li Dakuan, he was not clear.

After listening to this, Old Chen just chuckled twice and took Lu Zixuan to open the door of the interrogation room.

"Uncle Chen, I really don't know what happened that day. My wife and relatives can prove it. It's been so long since the incident, and my father-in-law was implicated and lost his official position. Isn't that enough? You have to make our family be buried with Captain Li? Well, I admit that I beat him to death with my own hands. You can arrest me."

When Boss Zhang saw Lao Chen coming in, he started to vent his anger by asking questions. Lao Chen ignored his angry attitude, sat down on the stool and said calmly:

"Li Dakuan's eldest daughter's surname is Zhang, right? I just informed the provincial government that your father-in-law will be reinstated the day after tomorrow at the latest. You can look forward to it. It's up to you whether you want to tell him or not."

Upon hearing this, Boss Zhang silently lowered his head. His expression could not be seen, but his sudden clenched hands, tense legs and back pressed against the back of the chair showed his nervousness at the moment.

After a long time, seeing that he had no intention of speaking, Old Chen called Lu Zixuan to come to the office together.

Old Chen put away his smile and asked:

"Tell me what you think."

Lu Zixuan's thoughts suddenly opened up a lot, and he said:

“I seem to understand the county magistrate’s operation. He keeps collecting public grain to concentrate resources, implement a monopoly, and avoid competition.

Eliminating low prices and par prices is to unify prices, which is equivalent to setting the highest market price. By eliminating excessive profits, no one will take risks, which can stabilize public security in disguise.

There was no industry in the county, and there were no large numbers of workers. There were only small groups of employees in state-owned stores and government officials.

The salary increase for government employees is ostensibly an improvement in their benefits, but in reality it is canceling the welfare grain channel. This way, government employees, like commercial employees, have no choice but to buy their own food, and no matter how much money they have, it is useless. This is an indirect cancellation of privileges and avoids conflicts between officials and the public.

The notice issued by the province is just a notice and has no substantive effect. It is really smart! "

Old Chen frowned, slapped the table and asked:

"Is that all you can think of? Your cleverness can only be used to calculate trivial matters and petty gains? You only revolve around food? This is a typical businessman's thinking. Open your mind a little more and look at the political use."

Lu Zixuan was startled by Lao Chen's sudden seriousness. His brain was a little slow to react. He lay on the table and carefully sorted out every node. After a while, he shook his head at Lao Chen.

Old Chen picked up the porcelain bowl and drank a sip of water, then heaved a sigh of relief and reminded:

"I'll give you another idea. Why is Xiangyang Brigade the only one that doesn't implement the big pot meal system? Is it necessary for us to travel thousands of miles to investigate just because of the death of a rural cadre?"

After saying that, he walked out of the office.

Lu Zixuan felt a headache. It was just a simple reminder, but it was as if nothing had been said. When he wanted to shake his head, he felt like he had grasped something, but it slipped away again. He closed his eyes and started thinking.

The fact that there is no big-pot meal system proves that the villagers have food. Where does it come from? There may be some grain stored in the past, but not much. Does that mean that the public grain has not been paid?

He immediately wanted to look for the grain reserve account book and grain payment record, but when he stood up and sat down again, the account book had already been destroyed during the smashing and looting.

Lu Zixuan suddenly realized that perhaps the most fundamental purpose of smashing the county government was to destroy these account books, and beating Li Dakuan to death was most likely to silence him.

Because this place is rather special, except for the public security organs, all units have their offices in the county government. As long as all the account books are destroyed, no one will know which unit's account books they are targeting.

But all of these can be re-established through reconciliation, unless there is collusion between superiors and subordinates to falsify the accounts.

Lu Zixuan kept muttering the word "fake accounts" and suddenly sat up, trying to find the people who participated in the smashing and looting, but he got nothing because the scene was too chaotic and the time was too short, so he didn't catch anyone who participated in the smashing and looting. It seemed that this was the result of intentional leniency.

He fell into deep thought again. If what old man Li said was true, the biggest beneficiary of Li Dakuan's death would undoubtedly be Boss Zhang. Not only could he vent his anger, but he could also avenge his former lover's family. This was only based on personal feelings. Was there any other meaning?

When Lu Zixuan was confused, he inadvertently saw an open account book. Maybe he was too impatient before and did not put it away in time, so he put it away.

Inadvertently, I found the words "Xiangyang Brigade" in my casual glance. After careful inspection, I guessed that this must have been done intentionally by Lao Chen.

This is the account book of the commune where Xiangyang Brigade is located. It clearly states that Xiangyang Brigade has not paid public grain since 59. This is the source of the grain and also the biggest mistake.

If he was wrong but was not punished, he must have a protector. Li Dakuan's protector can only be Boss Zhang. His relationship with Li's wife alone is enough to threaten him. Then Li Dakuan's death was a matter of course. Boss Zhang planned the smashing and looting incident, and it was relatively easy for him to hire two people and take advantage of the chaos to do it.

But Lu Zixuan thought again and felt that the political purpose proposed by Lao Chen would not be aimless, so there must be other purposes.

After thinking carefully again, he started to sort out the omissions from the beginning. Lao Chen was assigned by his superiors to come here to investigate the cause of Li Dakuan's death according to the report in the letter. This was normal, but Lu Zixuan felt that there was an omission here, so he picked up the report letter again to check.

Halfway through reading, he slapped himself twice, feeling extremely regretful.

At this time, letters had to be reviewed by the post office. Such a major matter as a citizen suing an official could not be easily sent to the inner city. This was done by someone, no wonder the superiors took it so seriously.

The purpose of establishing one's own information channels is to avoid these things. This is probably the reason why Lao Chen is angry. He has forgotten his own business.

This should be for political purposes. Finding the major mistakes of Boss Zhang is equivalent to finding the mistakes of the county magistrate, and thus bringing him down.

But the county magistrate has been removed, but we can still receive reports, which means that their target is not the county magistrate. So just take down Boss Zhang, no matter what his purpose is.

After listening to Lu Zixuan's analysis, Lao Chen couldn't help but sigh:

"You still haven't thought it through. Boss Zhang was arrested, or even executed, because of his own fault. It's a foregone conclusion.

But I don't understand why he would do this. He built him up with his own hands, and then let us destroy him. It's a waste of time.

If it was a simple police case, we could stop here, but we are different. We must get to the bottom of it and look for political loopholes. No matter if it is with good intentions or bad intentions, we cannot let politics become a tool for anyone to exploit. Do you understand?"

Lu Zixuan shook his head and replied:

“I don’t plan to work in the system, so there’s no need to understand too much.

By the way, why hasn’t a new county chief been appointed since he was dismissed? "

Old Chen gritted his teeth, pointed his finger at Lu Zixuan's head and said:

"Even if you don't work in the system, you have to learn from it, so as not to be used as a gun in the future. Sit down and discuss it with me. Maybe you can help me solve my doubts.

The problem with the new county chief is very simple. The secretary does not agree to reassign him for the time being. We need to wait until the disaster situation is alleviated before making any arrangements.”