Wang Songlin trotted into Li Lin's room.
He stood in front of Li Lin's desk, smiling, and asked respectfully, "County Magistrate Li, do you have any instructions?"
Li Lin didn't say anything else to him. He just looked up and asked, "Zheng Pei said she had something to talk to me about this morning. I called her this afternoon and her voice sounded strange. She's your subordinate. Do you know what happened to her recently?"
Wang Songlin could never have imagined that Li Lin would take the initiative to ask about Zheng Pei's situation.
He guessed that Zheng Pei must be dissatisfied with being sent to the village and reported her to Li Lin.
But it’s better this way. With the county governor stepping in, who’s to worry about not being able to suppress Jiang Weihua?
In this way, Zheng Pei would not have to suffer in the countryside.
But it is still unclear what Li Lin’s views and attitude are on this matter...we can only test it out first.
He sighed and said helplessly, "County Magistrate Li, Zheng Pei did encounter some problems."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Li Lin frowned, his mind sank, thinking that Zheng Pei had encountered some major difficulties.
Wang Songlin said, "It's like this... The county party committee organization department issued a document requiring all units to send people to the villages to help with poverty alleviation... Our government office decided to send Zheng Pei to the village... She may have some psychological burden..."
He didn't continue talking, thinking whether he should tell Li Lin directly that all this was Jiang Weihua's order, and the government office had no choice but to send Zheng Pei to the countryside. What if Li Lin just asked casually and didn't take it seriously, wouldn't he be a villain who betrayed his supervisor?
Besides, I don't know what the relationship between Li Lin and Jiang Weihua is. If they have a good relationship, then it would be useless for me to say anything. I would offend Jiang Weihua and leave a bad impression of "unreliable" in Li Lin's mind. After all, how reliable can a subordinate be if he speaks about his boss behind his back?
So he was worried and didn't dare to expose Jiang Weihua right away.
After saying this, Wang Songlin kept stealing glances at Li Lin's expression, trying to find any clues from his face to judge what Li Lin thought about Zheng Pei going to the countryside.
Li Lin suddenly realized why Zheng Pei was so anxious to see him. Maybe she didn't want to stay in the village. But at the same time, he also realized from Wang Songlin's helpless tone that there might be some hidden reason.
He put down the pen in his hand, pointed at the sofa, motioned Wang Songlin to sit down, and then asked calmly, "Director Wang, what do you think? Zheng Pei is a single female comrade, and she is also the deputy director of the office. Why do you want to send her down?"
These words have already shown that Li Lin is inclined towards Zheng Pei.
Wang Songlin was just waiting for Li Lin to ask a question.
In this way, he could follow Li Lin's question and naturally explain the cause and effect of the whole incident. Even if he pointed the finger directly at Jiang Weihua, it would not cause disgust.
He still looked helpless and ashamed, and sighed, "County magistrate, I also know that it is not appropriate to send Comrade Zheng Pei to the village! I have also fought for it and made suggestions, but I am not the boss, so I have no say in this matter!"
Wang Songlin kept the secret again, implying that he was forced to do so!
Li Lin looked at Wang Songlin with some confusion.
I was thinking, you are the director of a government office, and your words don’t count in the government office?
If you don’t run the government, who will?
This further proves that there is something behind this matter and it is very complicated!
Li Lin smiled and looked at him with interest. Suddenly, he stopped smiling and said, "Director Wang, don't keep me in suspense! If you have something to say, just say it! I don't like people who play tricks on me!"
Wang Songlin was shocked and quickly waved his hands to explain, "County magistrate, please don't misunderstand me. I dare not play tricks on you..."
Li Lin's expression gradually became serious. He crossed his arms across his chest, nodded at him, and continued.
Wang Songlin pretended to be embarrassed and said through gritted teeth, "It was Deputy County Chief Jiang who gave the order. He specifically asked Zheng Pei to go to the village and I couldn't stop him. He also said... If I don't follow his order, he would let me get out of the government office and retire early!... County Chief Li, you also know that Deputy County Chief Jiang is in charge of the government office and is my direct leader. How dare I disobey him?... So I had to reluctantly agree and sent Zheng Pei down!"
At this point, Wang Songlin started talking and poured out all the resentment in his heart.
He slapped his thigh and said angrily, "County magistrate, I am old and have worked in the government for my whole life. No leader has ever said that he would dismiss me and let me retire early. I think there is nothing wrong in speaking for Comrade Zheng Pei, but I don't know what Deputy County Magistrate Jiang was thinking. He insisted on letting Zheng Pei go... We almost had a quarrel over this matter, but I can't change my mind. For the overall stability of the county government and to prevent others from making a fool of me, I can only obey the order and issue the document helplessly!"
It’s Jiang Weihua again!
After understanding all this, Li Lin's face darkened, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
After Wang Songlin finished pouring out his grievances, Li Lin raised his hand to signal him to stop, and said to him word by word, "Okay, I understand. You take back the documents immediately, and re-discuss the selection of people to go to the countryside!"
Wang Songlin was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Li Lin to be so decisive. It seemed that his concerns were unnecessary. Li Lin and Jiang Weihua had no friendship. Li Lin stood on his side and was truly considering Zheng Pei.
The county magistrate has spoken, so Jiang Weihua has to stand aside.
Wang Songlin immediately stood up and said, "County Magistrate Li, I will go and take back the documents and select someone else to go to the countryside!"
Li Lin nodded and said nothing more.
When he reached the door, Wang Songlin turned back and asked, "Then...how should I respond to Deputy County Magistrate Jiang?"
He wanted to ask if he could tell Jiang Weihua directly that it was Li Lin's order to withdraw the decision to go to the countryside.
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