The two walked into the office. Qiao Liang motioned to Ling Hongwei to close the office door and asked: "Ling Jian, is the fire man-made?"
"There's no evidence yet, so I can't say for sure." Ling Hongwei smiled bitterly.
"What do you think?" Qiao Liang stared at Ling Hongwei.
"If you don't talk about the evidence, I personally think that the fire was planned by someone." Ling Hongwei said.
"Planned..." Qiao Liang whispered to himself, "Some people are so brave that they even set fire to your compound."
"County Magistrate Qiao, I think this is a case of internal and external collusion." Ling Hongwei said solemnly.
"Ling Jian, it seems that your control over the interior of the unit needs to be improved." Qiao Liang looked at Ling Hongwei, "As the old saying goes, how can you sweep the world if you don't sweep one house? How can you handle the case if you can't even control the inside? Yours The case handling team is probably like a leaky sieve, someone has already penetrated it."
Qiao Liang's words were a bit harsh, and Ling Hongwei blushed and said, "Don't worry, County Magistrate Qiao, I will focus on rectifying the internal situation and eliminate those black sheep from the team."
"Well, you have to control yourself. Don't do anything too hastily, otherwise it will be counterproductive. As for the engineering issues of the county hospital's inpatient building, I still leave it to you to investigate. You can handle this matter yourself, and I won't give you any restrictions. Time, in short, you can find out the truth for me." Qiao Liang said.
"Okay, I will not let down County Magistrate Qiao's expectations." Ling Hongwei nodded solemnly and said, "County Magistrate Qiao, I plan to rectify things internally first, which may require your support."
"No problem, I can arrange time to go to your unit for investigation." Qiao Liang said.
"That couldn't be better." Ling Hongwei said happily. As long as Qiao Liang came over, he would show his support with practical actions, which would be very helpful to Ling Hongwei's current situation.
The two were talking when Xu Chan, the office director, came in and said: "County Magistrate Qiao, the county party committee office has informed us of a meeting."
"At this time?" Qiao Liang checked the time. It was only around nine o'clock in the morning. The previous arrangement did not say that there would be a meeting this morning.
"Yes, it was announced at short notice. All members of the county team must attend." Xu Chan said.
"Do you know the reason for holding an impromptu meeting?" Qiao Liang asked doubtfully.
"It seems to be related to the provincial environmental protection inspection team." Xu Chan said.
"The provincial environmental protection inspection team?" Qiao Liang's eyes flashed with surprise. He really didn't know that the provincial environmental protection inspection team had come to Songbei, and it seemed a bit unusual to hold a meeting at this time in the early morning.
Without thinking too much, Qiao Liang nodded and said, "I'll be there right away."
When Xu Chan went out, Qiao Liang said to Ling Hongwei: "Ling Jian, you can do whatever you want, and I will give you the necessary support."
"Yeah." Ling Hongwei nodded gratefully.
The two left the office together, and Qiao Liang went to the county's small conference room. After entering, Qiao Liang discovered that the provincial environmental protection inspection team was already sitting in a row, and they all looked serious.
People came in one after another, and soon everyone who was due to attend the meeting arrived. Miao Peilong said to the leader of the inspection team: "Team Leader Meng, everyone is here. Please speak."
The leader of the inspection team is Meng Cong, deputy director of the Department of Environmental Protection. After hearing what Miao Peilong said, Meng Cong nodded slightly to the staff of the inspection team beside him.
Then the staff member stood up and said, "Let me borrow the projector in your conference room."
After the staff set up the projector, a video started playing.
Qiao Liang was confused at first. As he watched, Qiao Liang suddenly realized that the video played by the projector showed a picture of a plastic factory discharging sewage. Judging from the picture, the video was shot in In the middle of the night, the black and smelly sewage from the plastic factory was discharged directly into the river next to it.
As the video played, Meng Cong's voice sounded: "This is what we took overnight outside the plastic factory in Sanbei Town last night. Here, I want to say thank you to the staff of our inspection team for their hard work last night. They kept watch all night. You can watch this video. From early morning to morning, their sewage discharge never stopped. After eight o'clock, the factory's production stopped, and the factory became quiet again. Look, people who don’t know may think that the factory is really shutting down for rectification, but what’s the reality? This factory is clearly fighting guerrillas with the people of our inspection team. I don’t know if there is any protection from the county here. I want to say, Their behavior is very bad. This time they must be resolutely shut down and rectified completely until the environmental protection standards are met..."
Meng Cong knocked on the table as he spoke, with a very stern attitude, especially when he directly named the county. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had torn off the fig leaf of the county. At this moment, Miao Peilong looked a little embarrassed, and the deputy county in charge of environmental protection Chang Zhao Jiejie even wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
Qiao Liang took office as a new official. Naturally, he could not be blamed for this incident. However, after communicating in low voices with the colleagues next to him for a while, Qiao Liang also understood the whole story. It turned out that the provincial environmental protection inspection team did not come down just this time, but I came to Songbei County for inspection as early as a week ago, and found out that the wastewater discharge of the plastic factory in Sanbei Town was not up to standard. I criticized the plastic factory by name in the county and asked the plastic factory to make rectifications.
Afterwards, the inspection team went back. Everyone thought that this kind of thing was just a gust of wind and just dealt with it. The plastic factory did not really make rectifications. Instead, it changed production from daytime to nighttime production and continued to discharge sewage in its own way. , I thought I would not be discovered this way, but who knew that the inspection team actually responded a week later and stayed up all night to capture the video that is being played now.
After taking the video, the inspection team came to the county without stopping and communicated directly with Miao Peilong. Therefore, the current meeting was held.
It’s no wonder that the people in the inspection team all had sullen faces and bloodshot eyes, as if they were trying to eat people. I wonder if the people in the inspection team wouldn’t be angry when they stayed up all night to find out such a result?
After Meng Cong, the leader of the inspection team, finished speaking, it was time for Miao Peilong to express his position. Miao Peilong cleared his throat and said: "Leader Meng, this matter may be due to the negligence of our county. On behalf of the county, I On the outside, we will strictly investigate the relevant responsible persons and order the plastic factories to shut down and make rectifications. If they do not meet environmental protection standards, we will never allow them to start operations."
"Secretary Miao, I believe what you say. I am afraid that there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. I know that this plastic factory is not small in scale and is a major profit and tax owner in the county, but we cannot let it pollute the environment just for this reason. The last time we came down, we visited the people around the plastic factory. The local people were complaining a lot. Because of this plastic factory, the surrounding farmland soil was not only polluted and the grains were harvested, but even many people in the surrounding areas suffered from it. Cancer, if such a heavily polluting factory is not shut down for rectification, we will feel sorry for our conscience." Meng Cong said with a sad look on his face.
Hearing Meng Cong's words, Miao Peilong looked a little unhappy and said: "Team Leader Meng, if people get cancer, it doesn't necessarily have to do with the factory. Everyone gets sick, and the causes of cancer are also very complicated. It's not necessarily related to the factory. It has an inevitable connection with the factory."
"Secretary Miao, chemical pollution like this can cause cancer in people. This is scientifically based," Meng Cong said bluntly.
Miao Peilong smiled unnaturally and did not argue with Meng Cong anymore, but he felt a little unhappy in his heart. Meng Cong was just the deputy director of the Environmental Protection Department. Although his rank was higher than him, the other party had no control over him, and The Environmental Protection Department was still a relatively weak department at that time. Miao Peilong really didn't take Meng Cong seriously. He was choked by the other party. Miao Peilong felt very embarrassed, but when he thought that the inspection team represented the province Coming out, holding Shang Fang's sword in hand, Miao Peilong finally held back and did not continue to confront Meng Cong. He wanted to show respect to the other party openly.
At this time, Meng Cong continued: "Secretary Miao, I hope your county can take real action this time, instead of turning a blind eye and continuing to go through the motions, allowing polluting companies to continue producing."
"Captain Meng, you are joking. Our county has never tolerated these polluting companies. It's just that these polluting companies are too cunning. As you said, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. They shut down during the day and shut down in the middle of the night. They gave birth secretly and we were all deceived." Miao Peilong said helplessly.
"This shows that your measures are not in place yet, which gave them the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole. In my opinion, it is not difficult to solve this problem. First, you can send staff there, and second, you can seal off their production equipment. Drag it away and let’s see how they can produce it.”
Miao Peilong laughed when he heard this but did not respond directly.
Looking at Qiao Liang, Miao Peilong's heart moved and he said: "County Magistrate Qiao, I think you can personally take charge of this matter and urge the chemical fiber factory to make rectifications."
Qiao Liang didn't expect that Miao Peilong would suddenly call his name. He frowned slightly and did not refuse, because this was the scope of government work. It was right for Miao Peilong to name him and make him responsible. The inspection team had an explanation. Secondly, it also showed that the county really took this matter very seriously. However, when Qiao Liang saw the look in Miao Peilong's eyes, he felt that Miao Peilong didn't have any good intentions.
When Miao Peilong called Qiao Liang's name, Meng Cong's eyes also focused on Qiao Liang. The last time they came down, Qiao Liang had not yet come to Songbei to take office, but now Qiao Liang is already the county magistrate of Songbei. Well, Qiao Liang cannot shirk responsibility for this matter, and Meng Cong still has some vague expectations for Qiao Liang. He has seen the publicity system's publicity about Qiao Liang a few days ago. Meng Cong also really wants to see this person who was taken by the province. Secretary Zheng personally praised the young cadres who were used as benchmarks by the propaganda system for publicity, whether they were really capable and responsible.
