When Zhou Jiqing heard the words "Central Inspection Team" and heard Secretary Lu say that the materials he had in his hand were all Li Qian's confession and evidence, he couldn't help but be frightened to death. He knew very well: an official, Once caught by the central inspection team, it will be "directly heard by heaven", and the central government's current anti-corruption efforts are so strong that several provincial and ministerial-level officials have been investigated and sentenced, and some have even been sentenced to death, like myself In such a situation, the amount of bribes accepted is so huge, and the circumstances are so egregious. According to past cases, if the sentence is strictly enforced, I am afraid that I may be sentenced to death...
Thinking about this, the fear in his heart became stronger and stronger, and he stared at the pile of materials in Secretary Lu's hand with a look of despair in his eyes.
After being stunned for more than ten seconds, he suddenly stood up from the chair and stepped up the steps to the left of Secretary Lu's desk. Before Secretary Lu could react, he suddenly kneeled down Kneeling on the ground, he begged with tears streaming down his face: "Secretary Lu, I admit my mistake to you and review it with you. You don't have to ask. The situations you just mentioned are all true, and the questions Li Qian explained are also true." Really, I plead guilty, Secretary Lu, please save me, please say a few good words to the Central Inspection Team, and don’t report my situation. If you do, I will die... Secretary Lu , I know that you have broad connections and strong connections. The leaders of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection all buy into your favor. Just do it and help me. From today on, I will listen to you and do everything according to your instructions. …”
Secretary Lu was startled when he saw Zhou Jiqing suddenly kneeling on the ground at first. Later, he heard him uttering a lot of words of begging for mercy and begging for mercy. The more he listened, the more disgusted he became, and the more he listened, the more contemptuous he became. I never expected that Zhou Jiqing, a dignified member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, would be such a big idiot without any backbone or determination. I had not had much contact with him before, but I always saw him looking arrogant. , with an arrogant look, I thought he would be a tougher and more difficult man, but I didn't expect him to be so strong on the outside and weak on the inside.
Seeing Zhou Jiqing kneeling on the ground in front of him, begging for help, Secretary Lu suddenly remembered an anti-corruption audio-visual film he saw a few years ago. In that audio-visual film, he only recorded a deputy governor of a certain province. The process of being investigated and sentenced to death.
The case of the deputy governor named Hu ** was similar to that of Zhou Jiqing. They were both responsible for keeping a mistress. The incident was eventually revealed. The circumstances of his case were also quite bizarre: Hu ** was the deputy governor in charge of culture, education and health in that province. Once As the leader of the province's delegation, he led a group to a flower expo in a southwest province. After arriving at the expo, because their province's exhibition would not start until the next morning, in the afternoon of the same day, this bold man The deputy governor actually flew to Guangzhou overnight to visit his mistress and provide her with advice on buying a house there.
As a result, the deputy governor got too drunk during dinner in the evening. He may have spent a lot of energy having an affair with his mistress at night. Therefore, he slept until ten o'clock in the morning the next day, which resulted in a delay. I got off the plane and couldn't make it back in time to host their delegation's exhibition.
And his subordinates who stayed in a certain province in the southwest to participate in the exhibition saw that the exhibition was about to start, but their leader could not find anyone and could not get through on the phone. They thought he had been kidnapped and hurriedly reported to the exhibition organizing committee. , the organizing committee pursued it all the way and finally found him in Guangzhou and figured out the reason for his delay in the exhibition.
As a result, he was double-divided by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that day and was eventually sentenced to death.
What impressed Secretary Lu the most was that the deputy governor surnamed Hu, like the current Zhou Jiqing, was very spineless and had a particularly strong desire to survive. It can be seen from the video that because he knew that he was guilty of a serious crime, he was in court On the forum, the deputy governor's attitude was very humble. Before or after each speech, he would say "Thank you, the presiding judge," "Thank you, the prosecutor," or "Thank you, the lawyer." Moreover, he had a strong desire to survive. Driven by this, whether in the shuanggui stage or after being transferred to the judicial authorities, he would kneel down and beg for mercy when he met everyone, begging the organization to give him a way out, begging to "let me go." He also kept saying: "I am a calligrapher. Family, please don’t kill me, I will stay here and write for you for free, every day, and I will write you one piece every day.”
And now, the ugly look of Zhou Jiqing in front of him is exactly the same as that of Mr. Hu back then...
Thinking of this, Secretary Lu suppressed the extreme contempt and disgust in his heart, stood up from his seat, and shouted to Zhou Jiqing, who was still kneeling on the ground with his head bowed: "Zhou Jiqing, stand up first. Fortunately, you are still a leader of the Standing Committee. You Don’t you know that there is gold in a man’s knees? We are all still comrades in the party. Regarding your problem, you can appeal, defend, or plead guilty. There is no reason to kneel down at every turn. Stand up quickly. "
Zhou Jiqing, however, still lowered his head and said in a pleading tone, "Secretary Lu, please promise me first. If you don't agree to save me, I will kneel here and not get up."
Secretary Lu was dumbfounded by his rogue-like behavior, but he had no choice but to say: "Get up first. I came to talk to you today just to give you a way out, but the prerequisite is: you You must first frankly explain all your problems to me without hiding anything. If you have a good attitude and explain it thoroughly, I can consider asking you to talk to Team Leader Jin of the inspection team and ask him not to disclose your information for the time being. Report the problem to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Central Committee. However, I want to make it clear: I am not trying to cover up your crimes, but I am proceeding from the overall situation of maintaining political stability in Tianjiang Province. I don’t want to disrupt it because of your problems alone. Our Tianjiang Province is in a good situation of stable development and stability. Therefore, I would suggest that the Central Inspection Team not punish you for the time being and give you a chance to change your ways and make meritorious deeds. However, if you do not cherish this opportunity I have given you, continue If you are domineering and act recklessly, then you are doing your own evil and no one can save you. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand, I understand, Secretary Lu, thank you, thank you."
When Zhou Jiqing heard that Secretary Lu promised to give him a chance to change his ways, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He quickly got up from the floor, wiped the dirty tears from his face, and then respectfully greeted Secretary Lu. Bowed several times.
Secretary Lu waved his hand to him, sat back on the chair behind his desk, and said to Zhou Jiqing in a stern tone: "Now, you will tell me all the things you did during your time in Dezhou, including your time at the Provincial High People's Procuratorate and the Provincial Committee's Political and Legal Affairs Committee. I will give you a thorough explanation of the violations of discipline and law. I hope you won’t take any chances and won’t hide anything.”