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Chapter 78 Who Should the Knife Be Given To?

7:50 p.m.

Tu Yuan sat on his own sofa, and next to him lay on his back with his limbs up, snoring loudly.

The TV was playing product placements before the evening news broadcast.

However, the TV volume was not turned up very high.

Tu Yuan looked at his notebook where he recorded intelligence.

The pages were turned one by one.

Next to the notebook were several sheets of paper with a list of names and their relationships with Hu Jiawen or Shen Xin.

These people were all relatives of the two individuals.

The paper also contained information about these people's properties, schools they attended, and current workplaces.

The civil affairs section of the public security bureau may seem inconspicuous, but it can play a significant role at certain times.

If Tu Yuan were just an ordinary person.

He wanted to find out who Hu Jiawen and Shen Xin's relatives were, as well as their properties, schools they attended during their student years, and workplaces, but it was completely impossible for him to find out.

Even if you try to find someone, let alone whether you can find them, even if you do, you can't be sure how much of the information you get is true and how much is false.

And since this information can be found within the public security and civil affairs system, it is accurate and reliable.

Now, Tu Yuan has thoroughly investigated Hu Jiawen's mother, Jia Huijing, as well as Jia Huijing's older brother and sister.

Speaking of which, the reason Jia Huijing was able to marry the city magistrate as his third concubine was because her family, the Jia family, was considered a top-tier merchant family in Shengyun City.

In particular, Jiayun Port, one of the three major riverside ports in the Three Gorges area of ​​Shengyun City, is one of the Jia family's businesses.

The Xiajiang River runs through the entire Donghua Prefecture, with a width of up to 1,000 meters and an average depth of 13 meters.

It can accommodate heavy cargo ships of 30,000 tons or even 50,000 tons.

It can be said to be an important waterway transportation hub in the entire Donghua Prefecture.

Many cities are built along the gorges.

For example, this is the case in Donghua Prefecture and Ziyun City, both first-tier cities.

This also includes Shengyun City, where Tu Yuan is located.

The daily cargo throughput of the Three Gorges is astronomical.

The daily profits generated by the three ports in the Three Gorges are considerable.

Therefore, the Jia family, who controlled one of the ports, were naturally extremely wealthy.

The head of the Jia family also holds a position in the Martial Arts Association, and several members of the family across three generations hold public office in the federal government.

However, most of them were not in Shengyun City, except for one named Jia Chunhui, who served as the deputy director of the central office of the Shengyun Municipal Government.

Hu Jiawen's arrogance is partly due to the Jia family.

After considering this information, Tu Yuan fell into deep thought.

"Hu Jiawen is actually just a paper tiger. She probably doesn't even rank among the second-generation rich kids in Shengyun City."

"His mother, Jia Huijing, must not have had a high status in the Jia family, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to become the third concubine of the city magistrate."

"Furthermore, because she was only the third concubine of the mayor, none of her children were born to the mayor, which made Hu Jiawen's position very awkward."

"They probably won't be valued by the Jia family, nor will they be considered important by the city magistrate's family. The Jia family probably just wants to use this marriage to win over the city magistrate of Shengyun City."

"The mayor also needed the Jia family's financial support, so they hit it off immediately. Jia Huijing was just a tool to connect the two parties."

After figuring this out, Tu Yuan actually felt sorry for Hu Jiawen.

Hu Jiawen has developed her current style of doing things.

It's probably because of her awkward position at home, and her unwillingness to become a tool for arranged marriage like her mother.

This can lead to a "what's the use" mentality, and they may even have the idea of ​​trying to gain more attention from their family by ruining their reputation.

However, Hu Jiawen pitied Tu Yuan but did not sympathize with her.

If Hu Jiawen were a smart person, she would understand that although being born into such a family brings many limitations and troubles.

However, there are also many advantages that ordinary people simply cannot reach, giving them a significant head start over many ordinary people.

Whether a person can make decisions about their own affairs ultimately depends on their own capabilities.

If you lack ability, even your family won't respect your personal thoughts and opinions.

If Hu Jiawen demonstrates the ability to shoulder great responsibilities, even though she is the third wife's illegitimate daughter.

They will likely receive some preferential treatment in terms of resources and be raised at home.

After all, no matter what, she is surnamed Hu and is the daughter of the city magistrate.

Tu Yuan shook his head slightly.

Continue reviewing the intelligence.

Suddenly, Tu Yuan's hand, which was about to turn the page, paused.

He suddenly saw a name that appeared in intelligence a month ago, and it matched the names of Shen Xin's family members.

Shen Jing, Shen Xin's aunt!

She is also Shen Yongli's younger sister.

Today, Shen Jing purchased apartment 301, Building 5, Lijingyuan, Guhe Community, Xingsheng District, with full payment. She then hid her gift-giving and banquet records in a celadon vase in her study before leaving Shengyun City to buy a house and settle down in Donghua Prefecture.

Tu Yuan had some recollection of this information. At the time, he simply made a guess as to why this woman named Shen Jing would hide the gift ledger in a vase.

Tu Yuan's first reaction was that there was something wrong with the ledger.

However, he did not know who Shen Jing was, nor did he know what was recorded in the ledger.

It has little to do with him.

So they simply ignored this piece of information.

But looking at it again today, I have a different feeling.

Tu Yuan immediately compared the information he had found about Shen Jing.

Shen Jing owns six houses.

There are three sets in Shengyun City, two sets in Donghua Prefecture, and one set in Ziyun City.

Of these three properties in Shengyun City, one is apartment 301 in Building 5 of Lijingyuan in Guhe Community!

Then this Shen Jing is not just a coincidence of names, she is Shen Xin's aunt!

"Banquet and Gift Account Book..."

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Tu Yuan began to ponder.

Hiding a gift-giving ledger inside a vase is enough to indicate that the ledger is not ordinary.

The person who hid the account book was Shen Xin's aunt.

Is Shen Yongli among the people mentioned in this ledger?

If so, this ledger might even have an impact on Shen Yongli, who is the deputy mayor!

If Shen Yongli is affected, then Shen Xin, as his son, will inevitably be implicated as well.

"What could I do with this ledger?!"

"Report it directly to higher authorities?!"

"I don't know how many people's attention that will attract, and my small body definitely can't handle it."

"But Shen Xin has been causing me trouble through my family all day."

"Now that I have a chance to fight back, I can't let it slip by!"

"The main thing is how to make good use of this ledger."

"I can't do it myself; it would be best to leak this information to Shen Xin's father's political enemies."

"Send them to get this knife!"

Thinking about this...

Tu Yuan's spirits lifted.

He really didn't expect to find such information from his previous intelligence reports.

Now it seems that much of the intelligence he had previously overlooked might actually be very valuable.

He simply didn't understand the people involved in intelligence, so he felt that intelligence was useless to him.

That's why they shelved those intelligence reports.

Tu Yuan then immediately began investigating online.

Because he remembered that Shen Yongli was promoted to deputy mayor within those two months.

Although Shen Yongli's father held a high-ranking official position, he had not yet reached the level of deputy mayor.

Tu Yuan wanted to find out who had been nominated for the deputy mayoral position.

These people must all have their own backgrounds to be nominated.

He is also certainly Shen Yongli's rival.

Tu Yuan checked on the official website of the Shengyun Municipal Government.

It was discovered that, in addition to Shen Yongli, two other people were also nominated at the time.

Three people competed for the position of deputy mayor, and in the end, the Donghua Prefecture government decided to promote Shen Yongli to the position of deputy mayor.

The other two nominees are Chan Ying-yuen, the current deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, and Wan Tze-shing, the current director of the Industrial and Construction Bureau.

The Municipal Public Security Bureau is a powerful department, while the Industrial and Construction Bureau is also a department with real power.

Because the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau is concurrently held by a deputy mayor, while Chen Yingyuan is the second-in-command of the Municipal Public Security Bureau and also the deputy director in charge of the daily affairs of the Public Security Bureau.

In comparison, Chen Yingyuan, the deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, actually held a slightly higher position than Wen Zicheng, the director of the Construction Bureau.

However, after confirming the identities of the two, Tu Yuan did not immediately decide who to secretly pass the message on to.

Instead, they first checked online which departments of the central leadership of the Shengyun Municipal Government were mainly responsible for.

He now knows that the mayor and the executive director of Shengyun City are likely to be adversaries.

Besides these two, there are eleven other people in the central leadership team.

Among them were the full-time deputy mayor of Shengyun City's federal government and seven deputy mayors.

The remaining three are the commander of the Shengyun military, the president of the Shengyun City Spiritual Masters Association, and the president of the Shengyun City Martial Arts Association.

These people form the core of the Shengyun City Federal Government.

At the same time, all kinds of policies, big and small, in Shengyun City are finalized in the meetings of this central leadership team before being arranged for implementation.

Among them, the city magistrate is the top leader, and the city executive is the second-in-command.

The third-in-command is not the deputy mayor or deputy mayor.

Instead, he is the president of the Mentalist Association, while the president of the Martial Arts Association ranks one place lower than the president of the Mentalist Association.

The remaining rankings are based on the amount of authority held by the departments under their supervision.

For example, Gong Yuanyuan's father, Gong Zhenhui, ranks fifth in the central leadership.

Because there are two more words before his title of Deputy Mayor: First Deputy Mayor!

The reason for these two words is that Gong Zhenhui, as the deputy mayor, is in charge of all matters, big and small, especially financial auditing and personnel. If Gong Zhenhui disagrees with something, he doesn't even get a chance to bring it up for discussion at the central leadership meeting.

The remaining option is the deputy mayor who also heads a powerful department.

As for Shen Xin's father, Shen Yongli's ranking in the central leadership, Tu Yuan calculated that he was among the thirteen people.

Shen Yongli should only be ranked eleventh or twelfth.

Because Shen Yongli did not concurrently serve as the director of powerful departments such as the Municipal Pharmacy Bureau or the Personnel Bureau.

Moreover, the areas under their supervision involve very little authority over personnel and finances.

Tu Yuan continued to search for information on the official website.

This contains many publicly available minutes of meetings of the central leadership.

These minutes, if analyzed carefully, can reveal a great deal of information.

In particular, the people who recommended the three candidates for deputy mayor can be used to deduce the supporters behind them.

For example, the mayor recommended Shen Yongli as his nominee, and the deputy mayor, the president of the martial arts association, and a deputy mayor all supported this nominee.

The candidate nominated by Zhao Youdong, the city's executive secretary, is Wen Zicheng.

Three deputy mayors agreed with the nominee.

It is worth noting that among these three deputy mayors is Gong Yuanyuan's father, Gong Zhenhui.

This shows that Gong Zhenhui and Zhao Youdong, the city's executive, are in the same boat.

The person nominated as deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau was the president of the Mentalist Association, who also served as the deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. The deputy mayor agreed to this nomination, along with two other deputy mayors.

At this point, each of the three candidates has four supporters behind them in the city's central leadership team.

Seeing this, Tu Yuan vaguely realized that the central leadership of Shengyun City seemed to be divided into three factions vying for power!

The fact that Shen Yongli became the deputy mayor indicates that the mayor's side won this competition.

Of the thirteen members of the central leadership team, if a matter requires a vote, the mayor's side naturally has five votes.

Of course, that's not necessarily true.

After all, Tu Yuan didn't know the stories behind these three nominees.

It is possible that one of the supporters of a certain person does not actually belong to any of the three factions, but only supports the person who was nominated because of their connection with him.

No one will necessarily label anyone at this level.

Most of the time it's because of the shared interests involved.

Perhaps one day, when this group no longer serves their own interests, they will side with another group.

This kind of thing is not uncommon.

For example, Yin Kaicheng and Wang Qiang from the Xingsheng District Public Security Bureau branch had been fighting each other for a long time.

Now they've become allies.

After organizing this information, Tu Yuan pondered for a moment.

It now appears that the knife in his hand could be handed to two parties.

On one side is Chen Yingyuan, the current deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, and the forces supporting him; on the other side is Wen Zicheng, the director of the Industrial and Construction Bureau, and the forces supporting him.

But Tu Yuan couldn't predict what the other party would do after he handed over the knife.

After all, someone can stab you with a knife, or hold a knife to your neck and demand exorbitant prices.

If it were a direct incision, Tu Yuan would be happy to see it.

This would likely have a negative impact on Shen Xin.

If it's just a matter of putting it around someone's neck to demand a higher price, and then the two sides eventually agree on a price and nothing happens, it won't have much impact on Shen Xin, which is not the scene he wants to see.

After all, his main goal was to get rid of Shen Xin.

Furthermore, Tu Yuan didn't know what exactly was recorded in this ledger, or whether it could affect Shen Yongli.

But if he were allowed to retrieve the ledger and view its contents himself, an investigation later might trace it back to him.

If that's the case, then driving away jackals and wolves only attracts tigers and leopards.

The best way is for him to have zero contact with the ledger at all and to anonymously pass on the information from the ledger.

"What I am certain of now is that the struggle between the mayor and the chief mayor is very intense."

"This is evident in the minutes of several central meetings."

"On the contrary, the Spiritualist Association, as a third-party force, is the balance point in the struggle between the two sides. Perhaps the fact that the president of the Spiritualist Association, the third-in-command, has such influence in the central leadership of Shengyun City is also due to the struggle between the mayor and the executive.

"So if I hand this knife to the City Council, there's a higher probability they'll use it to stab me. While it's not certain, it's at least better than handing it to the Spiritualist Association!"

With this in mind, Tu Yuan had already made up his mind.

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