Black Horse Mayor

Author: Hu Xiaolin
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The inner journey of a directly elected prefectural-level city mayor; being an official is hard, being an incorruptible official is even harder, and being an incorruptible official who does good for the people is the hardest of all. [Editor's Recommendation] Being an official is hard, being an incorruptible official is even harder, and being an incorruptible official who does good for the people is the hardest of all. The People's Congress of Linjiang City held a meeting to elect a mayor, and everyone thought it was just a formality. However, to everyone's surprise, the only candidate, Yu Xiaoyang, lost, while Wei Qunshan, who was not a candidate, was elected mayor by a landslide vote. Yu Xiaoyang was unwilling to accept defeat and, with the support and encouragement of the former party secretary Zhao Wannian, set up numerous obstacles for Wei Qunshan, causing many of Wei's reform plans to nearly fail. With the help of the beautiful vice mayor Ma Xiaoqian, Wei Qunshan gained the support of the provincial governor Ye Weigu and achieved significant success in the reform of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises. As Yu Xiaoyang's group's conspiracy failed, their crimes of corruption and bribery were also exposed one by one. The different outcomes of Wei Qunshan and Yu Xiaoyang demonstrate: one must first be a good person to be a good official; and under the current system, electing a good person can bring blessings to the people of a region, while electing a bad person can bring disaster. Therefore: good people should be officials.