In November 2022, Lei Zhengxi, former member of the Standing Committee of the Yulin Municipal Party Committee and secretary general of the Municipal Party Committee in Yulin, Shaanxi, was arrested by the Shaanxi procuratorate. When the news came, the local people were jubilant.
During Lei Zhengxi's reign, there was anger and resentment in the local area, and the masses were miserable.
He not only embezzled and accepted bribes, but also squandered state funds, tossing a total of 90 billion yuan during his tenure, but in the end he only got a chicken feather, which really made the local people hate.
Lei Zhengxi is not in charge of the local leader, but he has caused such huge losses to the country and the people.
As a "huge greed", Lei Zhengxi debuted just a teacher, and finally became the secretary general of the municipal party committee, how did he step by step scourge the huge amount of 90 billion yuan?
A teacher's gorgeous turn
Lei Zhengxi was born in September 1960 in Suide, Shaanxi. The young Lei Zhengxi's family was very poor, because Shaanxi, especially his hometown of Suide, was notoriously a traditionally poor area.
At that time, Lei Zhengxi loved to learn very much, because Lei Zhengxi heard the people in the village say that knowledge can change destiny. The young Lei Zhengxi did not understand the meaning of this sentence, but he knew that as long as he studied hard, he might not be able to live this kind of poor life in the future.
Gradually, Lei Zhengxi grew up, and when he grew up, Lei Zhengxi had a refined and handsome appearance, after all, the old saying is that Mi Fat's mother-in-law is Suide's Han. As a Suide native, Lei Zhengxi was admitted to university, and he was like a fish in water in college.
Lei Zhengxi, who went to college, was very able to endure hardships, often insisting on studying in the classroom after others had gone to sleep, and at the same time he was very polite to teachers and classmates, and everyone liked this handsome young man.
The teacher also often opened a small stove for him to improve his grades, so Lei Zhengxi's academic performance was very good. Lei Zhengxi also asked the teacher many times that his family is poor, and the tuition fees for college are all made up by relatives and friends, how should he choose a better job after graduation?
The teacher is blunt, pointing out Lei Zhengxi, after graduation, you can choose to also be a teacher, so that there is a fixed salary, and there are winter and summer vacations, and they are also very respected, and can inherit knowledge and culture.
Lei Zhengxi listened to his teacher very much, so after graduation, he returned to his hometown of Suide, and in July 1982, he became a teacher at Suide No. 2 Middle School.
Lei Zhengxi, who has just become a teacher, works very hard, diligently researches every educational topic, and cares about students' learning and psychological state.
The students and other teachers also liked the elegant and handsome Teacher Lei very much, and the school leaders also recognized Lei Zhengxi's work very much, and rated him as an excellent teacher of the school.
Lei Zhengxi originally thought that he might become a gardener who taught and educated people in his life, but in February 1984, his superiors transferred him to the teaching and research department of the Suide Education Bureau as an officer.
Lei Zhengxi, who was separated from the front line of education, maintained his style of hard work, sorted out the problems that needed to be investigated in his work into categories, and took the lead in overcoming several teaching and research problems. Because of his outstanding performance, Lei Zhengxi joined the Communist Party of China in January 1985.
Lei Zhengxi, who became a party member, worked more assiduously and conscientiously, and felt that he should repay the trust of the party and the organization with excellent work results, and as a party member, he should fully practice the party's purpose of enduring hardships first and enjoying later.
The superiors felt that Lei Zhengxi was indeed a talent, and it was a pity to put it alone in the education system, so in June 1985, a year later, Lei Zhengxi was transferred to the office of the Suide County Party Committee.
On the road to politics, there were also glory and dreams
Lei Zhengxi, who just entered the Suide County Party Committee, was a little confused, after all, he had been working in the education system before, and he was suddenly transferred to the office of the county party committee, and he had a feeling of blackness in his eyes.
The higher-level leaders trusted him very much, so they told him that the core of this work is to take party discipline and serving the people as the purpose, and strive to improve the professional skills and experience of the study post.
Lei Zhengxi made up his mind, he constantly asked his old colleagues for advice, and he also took the initiative to work overtime many times to observe how other colleagues worked, and he accumulated a lot of experience in the process.
At the same time, he adhered to the previous serious and responsible spirit in his work, worked hard to challenge and overcome the problems encountered in the work, and quickly became familiar with the various processes and aspects of the new work.
Lei Zhengxi's diligent work attitude and solid achievements have won the unanimous recognition of the cadres and masses, and the superiors also feel that Lei Zhengxi is a good hand in this work, and he is also handsome in spirit, young and powerful, so they promoted him.
In February 1988, Lei Zhengxi was promoted to the deputy director of the county party committee office, in this position, Lei Zhengxi worked for seven years, and his superiors believed that Lei Zhengxi had tenacious perseverance, and every year in the work assessment, he was excellent, and his actual business work ability was also excellent, so he continued to be promoted.
In April 1995, Lei Zhengxi became the director of the office of the county party committee, removing that adverb, and two years later, in December 1997, he also joined the county standing committee and concurrently served as a member of the standing committee.
Lei Zhengxi worked as hard as ever, he did not compete for fame and fortune and did not take the job to take advantage of the advantage to enrich his own pockets, and some people laughed at him behind his back: "It was stupid to teach back then, and he laughed it off after hearing it and didn't care."
He believes that as a party and state cadre, his power comes from the people and fights for the interests of the people, and as the director of the office of good behavior of the county party committee, he is the "façade" of the county party committee, and he should take the lead in setting strict demands on himself. At that time, Lei Zhengxi was a great cadre favored by his superiors, praised by his colleagues, and praised by the masses.
In September 1999, the local cadre structure was adjusted, and half a year after stepping down from his post in his hometown of Suide, Lei Zhengxi was appointed deputy county magistrate of Zizhou County.
Although Lei Zhengxi has not been the head of the local government, he has accumulated a lot of experience in the county party committee office, and he is familiar with this position. So soon in November 2003, he was appointed by his superiors as the deputy secretary-general of the Yulin Municipal Party Committee.
At this time, Lei Zhengxi was only 43 years old, he could be described as rich and strong, and he was proud of the spring breeze, so he became the "big housekeeper" of the city's leading body, and he could be regarded as a success.
To open the road to making money, party discipline and state law are left behind
After taking up his new position, Lei Zhengxi felt that the new job was not too challenging, and although the level of the work was improved, the nature was similar to that of the previous director of the office of the Suide County Party Committee.
He continued to work in this position, but because of his work, he met more high-level and wealthier people in business.
These people often invite Lei Zhengxi to participate in some banquets, and at first Lei Zhengxi was more disgusted, but the nature of his work made him unable to completely refuse, so he had to participate in the invitations of these people.
These people knew that Lei Zhengxi was a government official and state cadre, and naturally treated Lei Zhengxi very well, and they also praised him to the fullest.
Lei Zhengxi fell in love with this sense of communication. Not only could he return to the delicious food and drink the old wine, but also hear the praise and flattery of those people, and slowly he began to float.
However, at this time, Lei Zhengxi was still more serious and responsible, and he was appointed by his superiors as the deputy secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate of Shenmu County in September 2005.
Lei Zhengxi, who became the chief economic officer of a county, began to change his mentality. After he met more rich bosses, his psychology became more unbalanced.
He thinks that he has made a lot of achievements in the past, but in the end he still lives a relatively poor life on his salary, while which big bosses can spend days drunk and drunk to enjoy.
He decided that he would live for himself too" and was ready to get more money for himself. At this time, Lei Zhengxi transformed from a cadre who dedicated himself to serving the people well into a corrupt element.
At first, Lei Zhengxi did not dare to blatantly make money, but only accepted money and gifts from which work objects, and went out with them more often to eat, drink and have fun.
But this can't get much money, and Lei Zhengxi, who thinks about it, often takes advantage of work, suggesting that the object of work, that is, those rich and powerful big bosses, as long as he expresses it to himself, he can get illegal care in some approval processes.
These people understood the divine understanding and immediately prepared a sumptuous banquet and high-end wine, inviting Lei Zhengxi to "appreciate the light", and Lei Zhengxi gladly went to the banquet, and after eating, he also received rich gifts and luxury gifts from the other party.
Slowly, Lei Zhengxi also accumulated a lot of ill-gotten wealth for himself, he felt that he had found a way to get rich quickly, used power to grab money, left party discipline and state law and the interests of the people behind, and took care of these people in violation of the law.
Toss 90 billion without size, cub selling Yetian is not distressed
Lei Zhengxi's external disguise was still very successful; on the surface, he pretended to be upright, and often spoke on stage asking colleagues and subordinates to be cautious in their work, to put the interests of the country and the people first, and to be cautious in making decisions.
In fact, Lei Zhengxi secretly accepted bribes of money and gifts, and spent days and nights with his work partners to eat and drink illegally, completely ignoring the relevant provisions of party discipline and state law.
Because of his excellent disguise, temporarily deceived organization and leadership, in June 2013, Lei Zhengxi was transferred back to Yulin City and served as the secretary general of the Yulin Municipal Party Committee and a member of the Standing Committee of the Yulin Municipal Party Committee.
Back in the familiar working environment, Lei Zhengxi is even more unscrupulous, he has worked here, and he knows many rich bosses, so he contacts these people to seek power rent, and exchange the power in his hands for more wealth.
Lei Zhengxi, who got the money, was still not satisfied, he thought that he had been cautious for many years, and he was afraid that he would make mistakes in his work and cause losses to the country and the people, and he had no "prestige" or "face" at all.
Therefore, Lei Zhengxi also decided to experience the "scenery" of rights, and he used his gastrointestinal identity to interfere with Yulin's local economic construction and development decisions.
Lei Zhengxi is not an economics-related major, and he only directs these decisions to satisfy his desire for power and make himself appear more active, so that his position can be faster in this life and more convenient for him to illegally seize wealth.
However, his behavior interfered with the local economic development, and the final determination and decision-making of many economic and people's livelihood projects also caused directional problems.
A large amount of funds are meaninglessly consumed, and should be used to improve the local economy, water development, people's lives, as well as the national economy and people's livelihood level, invested in projects with large consumption and small or no benefits at all, resulting in great waste.
However, Lei Zhengxi himself did not feel that there was a problem, on the one hand, he illegally accepted bribes of money and gifts, on the other hand, he also believed that he was helping the local economic development and improvement just like he was dedicated to serving the people in the past.
He has gathered tens of billions of funds in the local area to vigorously develop the coal industry, and even vigorously guided the local people to participate in the investment industry. Although a large amount of coal was produced locally, the price of coal fell sharply at that time, and the industry's income was small or even unable to cover input costs.
In the end, many local people went into debt because of this, and they were very dissatisfied with Lei Zhengxi, and when Lei Zhengxi's work was transferred, tens of thousands of people went to the streets to block Lei Zhengxi, hoping that he would give an explanation, Lei Zhengxi did not explain this, but he walked very embarrassed.
Lei Zhengxi's behavior belongs to the "disorderly action" of individual cadres pointed out by the Party Central Committee, because Lei Zhengxi's original intention has deviated from the party's purpose of serving the people, but has become a desire to show off power.
After seven years of tossing and turning, Lei Zhengxi lost 90 billion yuan of local development funds, and the output of 90 billion yuan of capital input did not achieve the benefits he deserved. And Lei Zhengxi didn't care about this, he felt that he was about to retire, so he took advantage of the last opportunity to toss even more crazy.
Lei Zhengxi played well in his calculations, and after he retired, these problems became the "pot" of the next leader, and he could not find his head anyway.
Lifelong accountability begins, and retirement cannot be avoided
But Lei Zhengxi miscalculated, because the party and the state have opened a lifelong accountability system for officials, and if they do not benefit one party at any time, they violate party discipline and state law, corruption, degeneration, and tossing, and even if they retire, they cannot escape justice.
Lei Zhengxi, who retired in October 2020, felt that he had escaped the scrutiny and accountability of the organization. It is a pity that he thought wrong, and the organization noticed Lei Zhengxi's problem.
In July 2021, Lei Zhengxi, who was enjoying his "retirement time" at home, was taken away by the organization for investigation and disciplinary review and supervision for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
In November 2022, the Shaanxi Supervision Commission issued an announcement that the investigation of Lei Zhengxi had been completed, and he was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution.
Lei Zhengxi's experience shows that no matter who he is, no matter who he or she is, no matter what position he or she is, even if he retires from time to time, as long as he or she commits any behavior that harms the interests of the party, the state, and the people, he will be severely punished. Only by always keeping in mind the party's purpose of serving the people can we truly retire safely.