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Chapter 3005 You are a hero, I am a sinner

Qin Feng spoke very sincerely, placing Jiang Longjun in a very high position.

Those who don't understand will only think that Qin Feng is showing "loyalty" to Jiang Longjun, but that's not the case. Qin Feng is negotiating with Jiang Longjun and trying to win him over.

Qin Feng was telling Jiang Longjun that as long as he didn't side with the Yang family, Qin Feng would never challenge his position in Shazhou.

This is Qin Feng's purpose in meeting Jiang Longjun today. Although he judged that Jiang Longjun was unlikely to side with the Yang family at this time, Qin Feng could not completely guarantee that Jiang Longjun would not suddenly have a mental breakdown. Moreover, Yang Guoqiang was no pushover. What if Yang Guoqiang used some means against Jiang Longjun?

The fact that Ma Shanming had been secretly corrupted by the Yang family gave Qin Feng a great sense of crisis, because Qin Feng knew that Ma Shanming was Jiang Longjun's absolute confidant. If Ma Shanming had been corrupted by the Yang family, then Jiang Longjun was in great danger.

Therefore, Qin Feng decided to meet Ma Shanming in person today in order to win Jiang Longjun over to his side. At the very least, he wanted to tell Jiang Longjun the current situation and his thoughts in full, so that Jiang Longjun would remain rational and not be brainwashed by the Yang family and Ma Shanming to make the wrong choice.

For Qin Feng, whether Jiang Longjun is on his side or not is not important, but he must not let Jiang Longjun side with the Yang family, that would be a huge problem.

Qin Feng started by talking about Pei Qinglin, mentioning that he had met with Pei Qinglin a few months ago. He hoped that Jiang Longjun would understand that eliminating the Yang family was the will of the top leadership and a true trend of the times, and that he would not try to stop it.

However, there are some things that cannot be said openly, even if it's just the two of them sitting here; they can only be expressed implicitly.

"Mayor, the personnel adjustments in the province are none of our business. We're only talking about the matter of Shazhou," Jiang Longjun said slowly.

"You just mentioned two points. First, the Public Security Bureau suspects that Yang Zhihao has been hiding in the Yang family's old house, so they plan to search the old house. Second, regarding the Lixin Hotel, they suspect that the Lixin Hotel is directly related to the underground casino, so they also want to investigate the Lixin Hotel."

"First of all, let me state my position to you. I am the Party Secretary of Shazhou City. I will always stand with the government and the Public Security Bureau, and I will always stand on the opposite side of illegal and criminal activities." Jiang Longjun said to Qin Feng with righteous indignation, and then looked at Qin Feng.

After Jiang Longjun finished speaking, Qin Feng, the guest, took the initiative to pour tea for Jiang Longjun.

“However, I must also be responsible to the organization and the people, so the stability of Shazhou is always the top priority.” Jiang Longjun changed the subject.

“You know what the Yang family’s old residence is, and you also know what the Lixin Hotel represents in our Shazhou. If we rashly search the Lixin Hotel and the Yang family’s old residence, it will bring great social instability and negative impacts, and may even impact the overall stability of our Shazhou.”

“If you don’t have solid evidence to prove that Lixin Hotel is involved in underground casino activities, I will not allow you to conduct an investigation on Lixin Hotel rashly. If you also don’t have solid evidence to prove that Yang Zhihao committed a crime and can prove with 100% certainty that Yang Zhihao is hiding in the Yang family’s old house, I will not agree to your search of the Yang family’s old house,” Jiang Longjun said.

As Qin Feng listened to Jiang Longjun speak, he puffed on his cigarette and then smiled and said, "Okay, I understand Secretary Jiang's opinion."

Jiang Longjun made his stance clear to Qin Feng: he would never side with the Yang family, but he also disagreed with Qin Feng taking action against them.

"Mayor, there's something I've never understood: why have you always insisted on disrupting the stability of Shazhou? You're the mayor of Shazhou, and stability is the best option for you," Jiang Longjun retorted to Qin Feng.

"To put it more broadly, it's for the development of Shazhou and for the people of Shazhou to have a better life. Secretary Jiang knows better than anyone how serious Shazhou's problems are. Even if it's well covered up on the surface, it's already rotten inside. It will never get better without surgery and medicine. Covering it up with a band-aid is just deceiving ourselves. It's the people of Shazhou who are in pain and bleeding."

"To put it simply, what I've never wanted is stability in Shazhou. If all the higher-ups wanted was stability in Shazhou, why did they transfer me here in the first place? Wouldn't it have been better to make Shao Hongli the mayor? So, Secretary, you've always known that what I want isn't stability in Shazhou."

"Secretary Jiang may think that stability in Shazhou is the best option for you, but I don't see it that way. The wound in Shazhou wasn't this serious to begin with. If you had applied some medicine and treated it while enduring the pain when it was first discovered, the wound would have healed long ago."

"But you chose to cover it up with a band-aid so that others couldn't see the wound and would think he wasn't injured. And what was the result? The result was that the wound festered, got bigger and deeper, and you had to use more and more band-aids to cover it up."

"A band-aid can cover up a wound, but it can't heal it. It will only make the wound worse and make the sandbar more painful. There will always be a day when the wound can't be covered up anymore, and there will always be a day when the sandbar can't hold on and collapses. Some things can't be stopped. Doing this is just deceiving yourself."

"Besides, if you wear too many band-aids, people will naturally suspect that there is a big wound under the band-aid, which is why I came to Shazhou."

"I've now peeled back the bandage and seen the wound inside. The higher-ups have decided to operate on the sandbar to completely heal this wound. This is an inevitable trend that no one can stop."

"Secretary Jiang, if I may be so bold, it's not a wise choice for you to keep covering your face with a band-aid and prevent the doctor from operating at this point," Qin Feng continued to persuade Jiang Longjun.

“Mayor, I have underestimated you ever since you came to Shazhou. This may be the biggest mistake I have ever made. Of course, the Yang family’s mistake is even bigger than mine.”

"You are very capable, with first-class abilities, intelligence, methods, and courage. However, in terms of experience, you are still inferior to me. How could I not understand the principles that you can see? It's just that understanding things in this world and making choices are two different things, because we are in different positions and have different perspectives on problems."

"For you, operating on the sandbar is like bringing it back to life; you're a hero. But what does that mean to me? Shouldn't someone take responsibility for this huge wound on the sandbar? Am I the biggest sinner?"

“You say this is an inevitable trend, and I don’t deny it, but it’s too early to draw conclusions about when this trend will truly take shape. Moreover, the situation in Gansu and Liangzhou is far from clear. I won’t make any decisions rashly before the situation becomes completely clear; that’s just my personality.”

"Therefore, before the situation becomes completely clear, I still need to maintain the stability of Shazhou. That's my stance." Jiang Longjun stubbed out his cigarette.