Han Jianguo, Zong Weixin, Wen Wan, and Pang Ruiwu did not look surprised by Zhou Yi's words. They had already had their moment of shock.
Before Yuan Jiangjun arrived, Zhou Yi had already reported the situation.
At that moment, no one could understand how Yuan Jiangjun felt when he heard Zhou Yi say that Fan Shiyuan had named Jiang Tao-the tangled surge of shock, anger, resentment, and other bitter emotions churning inside him.
As the County Party Secretary, had he really known nothing about the conduct of Jiang Tao, a member of the County Party Committee's standing committee, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Public Security Director?
Of course not!
He had simply turned a blind eye.
Because Jiang Tao was just so obedient.
Once, an out-of-town businessman who had come to discuss an investment was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. Yuan Jiangjun had ordered Jiang Tao, who was not yet a standing committee member, to offer the man a toast in apology and sing "It's All My Fault" on the spot.
Jiang Tao had meekly complied.
Another time, a deputy secretary of the provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission led a delegation to Kunshan County on a research visit. Yuan Jiangjun put Jiang Tao in charge of hosting them, but the provincial leaders were unhappy with the venue he chose. Yuan Jiangjun then ordered Jiang Tao, by then a standing committee member, and An Wei, the executive deputy County Magistrate at the time, to each down half a jin of baijiu in one go as an apology.
In short, he was the one who had promoted Jiang Tao. Now that trouble had surfaced, he was bound to be implicated. The crucial question was how deeply.
Yuan Jiangjun watched the secretary's and mayor's expressions out of the