The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 335 Lin Monong’s Plot!

Chapter 335: Chapter 335 Lin Monong’s Plot!

In such a situation, Lin Feng was utterly powerless to make any changes.

He had thought he had taken control of the situation in Qingshan Town, that today he could completely isolate Xu Qianli, even force Xu Qianli to leave in disgrace.

He didn’t expect Xu Qianli to be so domineering, to easily use a "burning the bridge" maneuver, removing those like Fan Wenbin who had leaned towards him, Lin Feng, and replacing them with his own people.

Now, the heads of the main departments in Qingshan Town were all Xu Qianli’s confidants, leaving Lin Feng no room to challenge Xu Qianli.

Even if his cousin, Lin Monong, hadn’t intervened just then, he would have remained trapped by Xu Qianli, unable to save face.

What was supposed to be a dramatic coup became his own destruction, leaving Lin Feng feeling utterly humiliated, frustrated, and miserable.

Before coming to Qingshan Town, he hadn’t taken Xu Qianli seriously at all, and now he was disastrously defeated by Xu Qianli, which was an unbearable feeling!

The officials who were not implicated this time were also incredibly nervous and frightened.

Clearly, Xu Qianli had been planning for a long time, waiting for Lin Feng to make a move so he could counterattack.

Such cunning, such tactics, were truly terrifying.

They were lucky Xu Qianli hadn’t targeted them, or they too would have been finished!

For a time, the existing officials in Qingshan Town were silent as cicadas in winter, shivering all over, many trembling involuntarily, even to the point of wetting themselves, their faces extremely pale.

Including Du Rumeng and Zhang Tao, the new officials assigned to Qingshan Town were all brimming with energy.

Although small, Qingshan Town was thriving because of Xu Qianli’s initiatives, making it the place in Zhongzhou City where it was easiest to achieve political success.

Their transfer here at this crucial moment was definitely a good thing; as long as they performed well, once Qingshan Town’s economy fully took off, promotions were guaranteed.

Xu Qianli tapped on the table, drawing everyone’s attention, and began to express his views.

Disinclined to mention the detaining of people like Fan Wenbin, and even less inclined to pacify the emotions of the original officials of Qingshan Town, Xu Qianli skipped over these, discussing Qingshan Town’s economic development. He then mentioned the earlier proposal to relocate the economically challenged mountain villages.

This time, no one stood against him, and the subsequent vote was smoothly passed.

Even Lin Feng did not oppose, because he was well aware that, with his current level of influence, he stood no chance of outmaneuvering Xu Qianli.

After the vote, the discussion moved to the specifics of the relocation, including conducting surveys of all villages within Qingshan Town to determine which villages and exact number of villagers were willing to move, selecting a site for the new village, and how to arrange jobs and livelihoods for the relocated villagers, all of which required discussion.

This discussion continued until after one o’clock in the afternoon, when they finally drafted a preliminary plan. Xu Qianli commanded each department to begin actions immediately.

Especially the civil affairs office, which must visit all the villages within a short time to collect firsthand survey data.

If manpower was insufficient, staff could be reassigned from other idle departments to help, or temporary workers could be hired to share the workload.

Under Xu Qianli’s vigorous push, the work on the full relocation of many troubled villages in Qingshan Town officially began.

After the meeting, Xu Qianli grabbed a quick bite in the cafeteria and then rushed back to his office to bury himself in work.

Work in Qingshan Town was overwhelming, and now with the added task of relocation, it was even busier, keeping even him, the head, constantly occupied.

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While Xu Qianli was busy, Lin Feng was in his office, furiously yelling.

"I’m so furious, absolutely furious!"

"That scoundrel Xu Qianli, how dare he humiliate me like that, slap me in the face in public, and make me lose face? I will not forgive him!"

"Cousin, we can’t just let today’s incident slide. Phone the family, have them deal with him."

"I refuse to believe that, with the strength of our Lin Family, we can’t handle a mere town party secretary?"

"I will bring him down completely, and kick him out of office let him go penniless!"

Lin Feng was screaming furiously, he had never suffered such a huge blow in his life, and today he had truly lost all face.

The humiliation was too great to swallow; he vowed to take severe revenge against Xu Qianli!

Beside him, Lin Monong’s expression was as still as water. When Lin Feng’s words ceased, she touched his forehead gently.

"Are you being silly?"

"You know very well that Xu Qianli is just a petty town party secretary. You, the great young master of the Lin Family, came to Qingshan Town only to be utterly trampled by him. This is a matter you should be concealing instead of shaking up the family."

"The Lin Family doesn’t just rely on you; with the disgrace you’ve brought upon us, the others would rather gloat over your misfortune!"

"And grandpa, before you came, he repeated time and again not to underestimate any opponent. What did you do? You totally disregarded Xu Qianli, thinking you could easily manipulate him, and ended up bloody and beaten."

"If you can’t handle this yourself and must resort to using family power, you might indeed end up at the bottom of this generation in the family, struggling to ever receive any support from family power thereafter."

"To seek revenge on Xu Qianli by utilizing family power would be a loss not worth the gain."

Cooled down by what Lin Monong said, Lin Feng gradually calmed down, "Then cousin, what do you suggest I do? I can’t just let this go, can I?"

"You must and you can only swallow this insult!"

"For now, you need to lay low and look for another opportunity to deal with Xu Qianli."

"Don’t worry, cousin, I will help you. Sooner or later, we’ll get Xu Qianli!"

"What we need to consider now is to analyze why we lost to him this time."

While speaking, Lin Monong fell into deep thought. It was clear that the situation had been favorable, so why had they lost?

Assuming he knew the answer, Lin Feng said, "What else could it be? That guy lacks any sense of honor, having the County Disciplinary Committee take action and arrest Fan Wenbin and the others."

Lin Monong replied, "That’s just the superficial reason. The real reason, I’ve figured it out; you lost today because of one person!"

Lin Feng’s ears perked up, "Who?"

Lin Monong pointed in the direction of Jiang City.

"Jiang City County Secretary, Ge Changhong!"

"Without his backing Xu Qianli, could Xu Qianli have established himself in Qingshan Town and fiercely counterattacked today, completely defeating you?"

"It seems that to deal with Xu Qianli, we must find a way to get rid of the trouble that is Ge Changhong."

"As long as we can make Ge Changhong either too scared to help or unable to help Xu Qianli, without his backing, could Xu Qianli still dominate Qingshan Town?"

"Cousin, leave this to me. I will definitely clear all obstacles from your path!"