On May 29, 2014 (May 1, 2014 in the lunar calendar), Zhang Zhongsheng, former deputy mayor of Lvliang City, Shanxi Province, was investigated. Zhang Zhongsheng (data photo) The reporter learned from Shanxi Province that Zhang Zhongsheng, former deputy mayor of Lvliang City, who was taken away by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in May 2014, has been transferred to the Shanxi judicial authorities. The insider said that the Standing Committee of the Luliang Municipal Party Committee had internally reported Zhang Zhongsheng's case, and the amount of bribes exceeded 600 million yuan; another source close to the Shanxi Province Procuratorate said that Zhang Zhongsheng was involved in the case of more than 2.5 billion yuan, and 11 coal tycoons were known to have paid large bribes to him. Zhang Zhongsheng, 63, who has served as deputy mayor of Luliang for 10 years and is in charge of coal work, was born in 1952 in Liulin County, Luliang, the main coking coal producing area in Shanxi. He has a bachelor's degree in correspondence from the Central Party School. In 1969, Zhang Zhongsheng served as the custodian of the Grain Bureau of Zhongyang County, which was his first job; since then, he has been deeply involved in Zhongyang County for 34 years, until 2003, when he was promoted from Zhongyang County Party Secretary to Deputy Commissioner of Luliang Administrative Office and Deputy Mayor of Lvliang City. In 2003, China began to enter the "Golden Decade of Coal." The economy of Lvliang City, which is rich in coking coal, soared. Zhang Zhongsheng was in charge of the city's coal work. His position was hot and he was nicknamed "The Godfather of Lvliang." In 2009, Zhang Zhongsheng joined the ranks of Standing Committee of the Luliang Municipal Party Committee. Official data shows that from 2008 to 2010, in accordance with the unified deployment of the provincial government, Luliang completed the merger, reorganization and integration of coal companies. Government-led resource integration has created space for rent-seeking. A cadre from Lvliang City said that Lvliang "this kind of merger and reorganization between private coal companies seems to be purely market-oriented, but in fact it has a strong color of administrative approval." In order to compete for high-quality resources and retain their dominant position, some private entrepreneurs wantonly transferred benefits to officials who have the power to decide on approval, making this seemingly fair and fair transaction finally reduced to "big fish eating small fish." In this game, Zhang Zhongsheng is one of the biggest winners in Luliang's officialdom. The above-mentioned source close to the Shanxi Province Procuratorate said that some private entrepreneurs in Luliang used large acceptance bills when bribing Zhang Zhongsheng. "The level is a fly, but the problem is bigger than a tiger." Zhang Zhongsheng made a fortune from the reorganization of the coal mine. Standing at the threshold of 60, he also began to plan for "elderly care". In March 2013, Zhang Zhongsheng resigned as deputy mayor of Luliang and built a two-story villa area on Erlangping, Zhongyang County. The villas on the second floor are Chinese-style gray tiled courtyards. More than ten buildings are lined up, stretching for hundreds of meters, which is quite spectacular. In addition, Zhang Zhongsheng has another villa in Leijiagou not far away. There, green mountains depend on each other and iron fences are tightly closed. Looking in from outside the door, you can see a courtyard covering an area of nearly 10 acres and a Chinese-style gate. Many people familiar with the matter said that both places were built by Mr. Feng Shui, which implicitly conforms to the folk saying that "two mountains sandwich a ditch, and there are many generations of senior officials (senior officials)." However, these ambitions finally ran aground. On May 29, 2014, retired Zhang Zhongsheng announced that he was under investigation and that the villas on Erlangping had not been completely completed. Many people familiar with the matter also revealed that Zhang Zhongsheng has real estate in Lishi, Luliang, Taiyuan, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhuhai and other places, has several mistresses, and his accumulated wealth may reach 10 billion yuan."The level is a fly, but the problem is bigger than a tiger."