Ji Chang Ming hesitated and said, "Secretary Da Kang, Director Qi, this is a case handled by the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. They brought out the evidence. Is it appropriate for the provincial discipline inspection commission to investigate Ding Yi Zhen?"
The implication was that if the Handoing Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission investigated Ding Yi Zhen now, taking away the authority to investigate the Ding Yi Zhen case, it would be like picking the fruits from the Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s Anti-Corruption Bureau, which was obviously inappropriate.
Although he didn't want to offend Li Da Kang, Ji Chang Ming didn't want to offend the Supreme People’s Procuratorate either. After all, Li Da Kang was not Ji Chang Ming's direct superior. The work of the Handoing Procuratorate had to be guided by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.
Li Da Kang said calmly, "Comrade Chang Ming, if I'm not mistaken, Ding Yi Zhen should be a cadre of our Handoing. Our Handoing Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission should have the right to investigate him, right?"
Ji Chang Ming showed a troubled expression. He knew Li Da Kang was very strong and he was no match for him, so he simply passed the ball to Gao Yu Liang. "Secretary Gao, what do you think..."
Because he didn't want to take responsibility, Ji Chang Ming had reported to Gao Yu Liang. As long as Gao Yu Liang was willing to take responsibility, no matter what decision was made, Ji Chang Ming would obey.
Whether it was to detain Ding Yi Zhen and hand him over to the Anti-Corruption Bureau, or let the Handoing Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission investigate him, Ji Chang Ming wouldn't get anything out of this big peach.
Li Da Kang glanced at Gao Yu Liang. Just after transmigrating to this world where television drama and reality fused, becoming the Secretary Da Kang with the same name and surname, he encountered this big drama of Ding Yi Zhen. Li Da Kang was very interested.
In his previous life, he spent his entire life in the system. Although he only got to the level of a section chief before retirement, his achievements were far less than those of Secretary Da Kang in the drama. But Li Da Kang was very familiar with the ways of the system.
There was conclusive evidence of Ding Yi Zhen's crime. Letting Chen Hai cooperate with the Anti-Corruption Bureau's request to arrest Ding Yi Zhen was certainly no problem. Letting the provincial discipline inspection commission investigate him first was also no problem.
Normally, no matter which unit had the authority to investigate Ding Yi Zhen, it wouldn't have much impact on Gao Yu Liang, Qi Tong Wei, Ji Chang Ming, Chen Hai, and others. It would only have a big impact on Li Da Kang.
Li Da Kang was Ding Yi Zhen's immediate superior. Such a big problem had happened under him. Li Da Kang's leadership responsibility was unavoidable. Moreover, he didn't know who Ding Yi Zhen would confess to after being arrested.
If too many people were implicated and the scope was too broad, the Jingzhou officialdom would face a major earthquake as Ding Yi Zhen confessed, which would be very unfavorable to Li Da Kang's future advancement.
The key was the Guang Ming Feng Project that Li Da Kang had high hopes for. This super project with 28 billion yuan in investment was an important stepping stone for Li Da Kang to become governor.
If the Ding Yi Zhen affair got bigger, investors who had provided Ding Yi Zhen with benefits might withdraw their investment and run away, fearing that they would be implicated by Ding Yi Zhen.
This had happened before, and it happened to Li Da Kang. When he was the Party Secretary of Lin City, the deputy mayor in charge of his work had a problem.
Then, investors withdrew their investments on a large scale. More than 20 investors had given money to that deputy mayor. Some had given millions, others hundreds of thousands. They were afraid of being implicated, so they could only run away.
Even investors who hadn't given money to that deputy mayor also withdrew their investments and ran away. Although those who hadn't given money didn't have to worry about being implicated, they were worried about losing their investment.
This resulted in a large number of unfinished projects. Lin City's economy stagnated. It took several years to recover. Li Da Kang's promotion was thus blocked, allowing Gao Yu Liang to enter the provincial Party committee standing committee first.
At that time, both Gao Yu Liang and Li Da Kang were the heads of cities. Gao Yu Liang was content with maintaining stability while Li Da Kang was ambitious and eager to make progress. Zhao Li Chun, the former provincial Party secretary, favored Li Da Kang, who had stronger abilities.
Moreover, Li Da Kang had served as Zhao Li Chun's secretary. Li Da Kang's relationship with Zhao Li Chun was clearly closer than Gao Yu Liang's relationship with Zhao Li Chun.
If not for the chain reaction brought about by the problem with the deputy mayor in Lin City, Li Da Kang would have most likely become a member of the Handoing Provincial Party Committee standing committee earlier than Gao Yu Liang.
So, without a doubt, Li Da Kang wanted the provincial discipline inspection commission to investigate Ding Yi Zhen first, trying to keep the negative impact brought about by Ding Yi Zhen within a controllable range. The bottom line was that it couldn't affect the Guang Ming Feng Project.
Gao Yu Liang understood these logic, but he and Li Da Kang didn't get along. The two of them had a grudge from their time working together in Luzhou. Therefore, he wouldn't offend the Supreme People’s Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption Bureau for Li Da Kang's sake.
However, Gao Yu Liang was an old fox after all. He didn't want to break with Li Da Kang. So, he looked at Ji Chang Ming and passed the ball back. "Comrade Chang Ming, you are the chief procurator. Tell us your opinion."
Being named by Gao Yu Liang, Ji Chang Ming could only express his opinion. "It's no problem to arrest him or investigate him, but from the perspective of our procuratorate, we should handle it according to the judicial procedures. It would be more stable that way."
Gao Yu Liang nodded. "I understand your meaning. You still lean towards detaining him first, right?"
Ji Chang Ming didn't want to offend Li Da Kang too much. However, being pressed by Gao Yu Liang like this, he had no choice but to answer, "Yes!"
Gao Yu Liang then looked at Chen Hai. "Chen Hai, you are the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Tell us your opinion."
Ji Chang Ming had already stated that Ding Yi Zhen would be detained. Gao Yu Liang believed that Chen Hai wouldn't oppose Ji Chang Ming.
After all, Ji Chang Ming was Chen Hai's superior. No matter what, Chen Hai wouldn't openly oppose Ji Chang Ming's opinion.
As expected, Chen Hai agreed with Ji Chang Ming's opinion. "I also lean towards our procuratorate opening a case for investigation and detaining him!"
The corners of Gao Yu Liang's mouth slightly curled up. This was called using one's strength to counter one's strength, using Ji Chang Ming and Chen Hai to counter Li Da Kang.
Li Da Kang saw Gao Yu Liang's secret amusement and felt secretly amused too, but he showed an angry expression on his face.
Let Gao Yu Liang perform freely. Li Da Kang didn't need to do anything to achieve the result he wanted.
Qi Tong Wei would do what he should do. He was more afraid than anyone else that Ding Yi Zhen would be caught. He would definitely help Ding Yi Zhen run away.
This was exactly what Li Da Kang wanted. Ding Yi Zhen, that kind of corrupt official, deserved to die. It was good for him to run away and suffer first before dying.
If he stayed in the country and was dealt with according to the law, Ding Yi Zhen wouldn't have to die. At most, he would be imprisoned for ten or so years and then he could come out.
On the other hand, from Li Da Kang's personal perspective, he really didn't want the Ding Yi Zhen case to cause too much of a stir in Jingzhou.
Having just transmigrated, Li Da Kang first needed to control the situation and stabilize his position. He couldn't let people use Ding Yi Zhen to attack him.
"Comrade Chang Ming, Comrade Chen Hai, I've heard your opinions. Does this mean we're going to assist the Anti-Corruption Bureau in arresting Ding Yi Zhen?"
Li Da Kang asked with a stern face, "Are we going to transfer the authority to investigate to the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and then do nothing? Is that how it's going to be?"
Although he had the foresight of a transmigrator and knew that Qi Tong Wei would give Ding Yi Zhen a heads up, Li Da Kang still had to express an attitude that was in line with his identity.
Li Da Kang knew that if he didn't say anything, it would be too abnormal. He was always known for being strong, and for such a major matter concerning his own interests, he couldn't remain silent.
Even though he was attending the meeting with a mindset of watching a show, Li Da Kang was very cooperative in playing this role. After all, he was the main character. If he didn't cooperate, the play wouldn't go on.
If it was another play, it would be fine if he didn't act. But this play couldn't be skipped. If he didn't act, how would Qi Tong Wei have the opportunity to arrange for Ding Yi Zhen to run away?
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