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Mao family.

A group of veterans from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics arrived together, including Zheng Yaoxian, who had been boasting in the Northwest for some time.

Mao Renfeng knew from this scene that nothing good was coming, and sure enough, after some polite pleasantries, Zheng Yaoxian, as their representative, explained their purpose:
"Chief, the overall situation is now settled, but about the list..."

They were definitely here for the list!

The so-called list refers to the list of cadres exchanged between the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Party's Information Bureau—this was Zhang Anping's doing. With one stroke, dozens of cadres from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics were eliminated. Currently, the first batch of fourteen people have gone to the Party's Information Bureau to sit on the sidelines with tears in their eyes.

It's obvious that Zheng Yaoxian and his group came here to prevent the cadre exchange from continuing.

This is a real blow to their vital interests. Those who were exchanged were at least captains, and there were quite a few colonels. Without these people, their voices would be significantly weakened.

"Seventh Brother, I've kept this matter in my heart all along!" Mao Renfeng said immediately:

"I've been going to GFB for the past few days, just for this matter."

Mao Renfeng reassured everyone, telling them to relax and that the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics was no longer under Zhang Anping's absolute control. He would absolutely not let this matter continue.

With Mao Renfeng's assurance, the elders finally felt relieved, as they were afraid that Mao Renfeng might not have taken the matter to heart.

After expressing their loyalty, the elders put down their gifts and took their leave. Mao Renfeng smiled and saw them off to the door. After watching them leave and turning to close the door, his expression instantly turned playful.

Zhang Anping initiated the cadre exchange because, at that time, he was in charge of the entire secret service, and doing so would benefit his work.

So now that Mao Renfeng has taken this position and become the legitimate director of the Bureau of Secrecy, is this personnel exchange beneficial to him?

The answer is:
Not only does it exist, but it is also extremely advantageous!
Back then, the Mao faction was on the verge of collapse. Many of Mao's loyal henchmen scattered like birds and beasts and went to find other allies after seeing that the Mao faction's ship was about to sink.

Why can they find new buyers so easily?

Because they had been in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics for a long time and were deeply intertwined with each other, it was easy for them to find new patrons and continue to maintain their power, as long as someone introduced them.

Why would a new generation like Qiu Ning be so closely aligned with the Maoist faction?
Because their relationships are relatively simple, and many of them have truly gotten to this point solely through their own abilities, without any complicated connections behind them, to put it bluntly, they have no one standing to support them. On Mao's big ship, the only outcome is that they will all sink together.

The great waves wash away the sand, the great waves wash away the sand, this is the true meaning of the great waves washing away the sand!

And key personnel like Qiu Ning are exactly what Mao Renfeng wants!
Zhang Anping liked this kind of subordinate, so how could Mao Renfeng not like him?
Therefore, Mao Renfeng was deliberately stalling for time. He wanted to wait for these people to be transferred to the Party Affairs Bureau in batches. The more than fifty powerful positions that were vacated were all filled by newcomers without any background from other factions. These people were the sharpest swords in Mao Renfeng's hands!
Isn't this how power, solid power, comes about?
Moreover, this is a purge of the old factions within the bureau—in the past, Mao Renfeng contacted these old factions to oppose Zhang Anping, but after he came to power, could he still share the country with these old factions?

Pooh!
dream!

Zhang Anping alone is troublesome enough, how could he possibly leave behind some old strongholds that could join forces and challenge him?

No matter how respectful or obedient these people are, they still have their own trusted core members whom they have personally promoted to obey them.

The crucial point is that Zhang Anping has completed all the hard work of clearing land, planting trees, watering, and fertilizing. Now he's just waiting to harvest the fruit. Is Mao Renfeng out of his mind? He cut down the trees.

He played along until the die was cast, and then all he had to do was win over the hearts of the promoted officials.

"A bunch of self-righteous old fogies, do they really think I, Mao Renfeng, will rely on you forever?"

"It's better to rely on yourself than to rely on others!"

Mao Renfeng let out a sinister laugh.

……

Inside the secret room, Zheng Yaoxian paced back and forth with a deep frown on his face.

Is this foolish Mao Renfeng really going to withdraw the cadre exchange list?

This bastard really can't tell what's important. In order to deal with Zhang Anping, he's not even using the tactics of a top leader!
His previous visit to the Mao family was to test Mao Renfeng's intentions.

Zheng Yaoxian thought that Mao Renfeng should make excuses at this time, but he never expected that Mao Renfeng had been working hard for this matter all along—isn't that ridiculous?
With such a solid foundation laid by Zhang Anping, why would he want to dig up the tree?
You could simply wait and reap a bountiful harvest of fruit in the fall.

As he paced back and forth, footsteps sounded outside. As the door was pushed open, Zhang Anping stepped into the secret room.

But Zhang Anping's first words upon entering were tinged with sarcasm:
"You shameless Zheng Laoqi, while I'm scheming and plotting in Nanjing, you actually went to the organization—where's your face?"

Zheng Yaoxian was previously in charge of the strategic secrecy work of digging out the heart, and later he was responsible for providing intelligence support to Hu's Northwest Army.

Official documents repeatedly mention that Zheng Yaoxian took the lead, disguised himself to collect intelligence on many occasions, and even infiltrated the Communist Party ranks at one point.

But Zhang Anping interpreted these words as:

This Zheng Laoqi, shamelessly went to an organization he'd never even been to before...

Of course, that's not the case. To ensure Zheng Yaoxian's safety, Sister Qian and Comrade Li needed him to provide accurate intelligence. They met with Zheng Yaoxian several times to discuss this, and with the cooperation of the First Field Army (later the Northwest Field Army), they managed to get the Kuomintang army to "bite" them a few times.

However, the outcome was unfortunate for the National Revolutionary Army—they tried several times to entangle the First Field Army with their elite troops, but failed each time. On one occasion, they were even turned around and badly beaten by the First Field Army.

The fact that the Nationalist army was beaten was naturally unrelated to Zheng Yaoxian, who was in charge of intelligence.

Faced with Zhang Anping's jealousy, Zheng Yaoxian immediately became reserved, and then said in a pretentious manner, "Do you know that I specially wore the new military uniform this time and took a set of photos."

Zhang Anping was even more envious now.

He knew about this, and the photos were even brazenly circulated to headquarters. The title of the photos was:
Director Zheng is in the Communist army!

On the surface, it appears to be a photo taken by Zheng Yaoxian to promote his claim of penetrating deep behind enemy lines and to boast about his achievements.

But Zhang Anping knew very well that it was simply that this guy couldn't forget those few photos from back then.

After the Battle of Shanghai, Zhang Anping, Zheng Yaoxian, and Zeng Moyi went to the territory controlled by the guerrillas for "negotiations." The three of them happily took a picture wearing New Fourth Army uniforms.

However, the three were of low status at the time, and such photos could not be kept. After they were developed, the three admired them for a long time, but in the end, they had to destroy them along with the negatives.

Not only Zheng Yaoxian couldn't forget this matter, but Zhang Anping and Zeng Moyi also couldn't forget it. This time, Zheng Yaoxian even took the pretext of infiltrating for reconnaissance to brazenly produce a set of photos titled "Director Zheng in the Communist Army".

Zhang Anping was so jealous he was practically flailing his arms. Seeing Zhang Anping about to pounce on him and fight, Zheng Yaoxian quickly said:
"It's important! It's crucial!"

The sourness on Zhang Anping's face faded. According to his own plan, he had no hope of wearing our army uniform openly and legitimately...

"Speak, what did you call me for?"

Zhang Anping sat down dejectedly, looking sullen. Then, as if he had thought of something, his expression suddenly turned strange, and a peculiar light flashed in his eyes.

Zheng Yaoxian felt a chill run down his spine. His intuition told him that Zhang Anping was probably "plotting against him."

"Hey, you're not trying to trick me, are you?"

Zhang Anping rolled his eyes: "Why would I betray my own people?"

He thought to himself, "Old Zheng, don't blame me for messing with you, I'll definitely prepare a grand return ceremony for you..."

"Stop rambling and get to the point!"

Zheng Yaoxian composed himself and said seriously, "I went to see Mao Renfeng. He's using his connections at the GFB to try and get the cadre exchange list removed."

Zhang Anping said with a faint smile, "Don't worry, he's not stupid, he wouldn't do that."

For the first time, Zheng Yaoxian felt that Zhang Anping had been too careless, and hurriedly said, "Don't be careless. In Mao's mind, you are a huge threat. He would probably be willing to pay any price to deal with you!"

Zhang Anping laughed: "This time, after being promoted, he's probably seen things completely." Completely seen things?!
Zheng Yaoxian looked completely bewildered.

Zhang Anping said leisurely:
"The Bureau of Secrecy must not be dominated by one entity. Moreover, the Bureau of Secrecy cannot do without me—he can become the director, but I must work in the Bureau of Secrecy."

Zheng Yaoxian was completely confused, but he quickly understood.

"Damn, you mean you knew Mao was going to promote someone else because you made such a fuss this time?"

He stared at Zhang Anping in horror:
"Was it because you saw that you had made the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics so airtight that you deliberately promoted Mao Renfeng to the top position?"

In the eyes of most people, in the eyes of normal people, Zhang Anping is a person who gets things done. Under Zhang Anping's leadership, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics must be an organization that gets things done—this is the thinking of normal people and the majority.

But in the eyes of those in power, the stability of power is the top priority!
Zhang Anping shrugged: "What do you think?"

Zheng Yaoxian was speechless. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"Are you sure Mao Renfeng would think of this? What if he didn't?"

"If he couldn't have thought of it, I wouldn't have chosen him to be this idiot."

Zheng Yaoxian was speechless again. He heard a strong sense of confidence in Zhang Anping's words, and usually Zhang Anping's confidence was never unfounded. So there was only one possibility: Mao Renfeng's current Mao faction was probably all white on the outside but red on the inside!

He naturally wouldn't ask Zhang Anping about this, so he could only say, "Then you should still be careful."

"Don't worry, I bet Mao will be looking for me in the next few days!"

"Looking for you?"

"Old Ye is going to cause trouble. He'll have to put a stop to the list. Mao Renfeng will definitely have to beg me to step in."

It took Zheng Yaoxian a lot of effort to realize that "Comrade Ye" referred to Ye Xiufeng. He looked at Zhang Anping with horror and fear.

"You're dreaming," Zhang Anping said irritably. "How could he possibly be one of us? I'm just grateful for his help."

It must be said that Ye Xiufeng really helped Zhang Anping a lot. The purge of the Party's intelligence bureau kicked out many spies who posed a significant threat to our party comrades. And this cadre exchange allowed Zhang Anping to finally extend his reach into the Party's intelligence bureau—nearly 20% of the more than 50 cadres exchanged were his own comrades, and these people would definitely be absorbed and given important positions by Ye Xiufeng in the future.

Of course, Ye Xiufeng also did a great favor without anyone noticing – with his endorsement of Su Mosheng, Qingsong was able to firmly establish itself.

In conclusion, it's not unreasonable for Zhang Anping to address him politely as "Comrade Lao Ye," is it?

Zheng Yaoxian thought to himself, "How many good shows have I missed during this time?"
Despite being well-versed in the rules of secrecy, he felt a strange urge, like a cat scratching at his heart, really wanting to know just how many good deeds Ye Xiufeng had done.

After thinking about wearing a military uniform for a while, Zheng Yaoxian finally suppressed his restlessness and then said inexplicably:
"I'm wearing a military uniform."

Zhang Anping was immediately soured that he went crazy.

Zheng Yaoxian immediately returned to normal:

What should I do next?

Zhang Anping rolled his eyes:

"Let's just do whatever we want—eat, sleep, fight the Zhang faction, and while we're at it, investigate Wang Tianfeng. We'll find him out when it really matters."

Zheng Yaoxian, who had been feeling quite pleased with himself for having Zhang Anping on his toes, exclaimed in surprise, "What do you mean?!"

"Old Wang is alive."

???

How many great shows have I missed?!
Zheng Yaoxian finally understood that he hadn't been flirting at all; this guy was actually flirting with him instead.

He must be retaliating against me for brazenly showing off the photo album titled "Director Zheng in the Communist Army"!

Zhang Anping explained Wang Tianfeng's situation. Upon hearing that Wang Tianfeng had brought 400 jin of explosives, Zheng Yaoxian was stunned. After hearing Zhang Anping's handling of the matter, he asked in confusion:

"Are you just going to 'leave' him like this?"

“When the opportunity comes, we won’t need it anymore. Let’s leave it at that for now. If things get out of hand, you can go and investigate him. That will buy us some more time.”

"Alright, but you should still be careful not to get back at him—otherwise, you'll just be taking a beating?"

"Hmm, once I've built up enough rage, I'll unleash it in the Northeast."

Zheng Yaoxian didn't think much of it, assuming that Zhang Anping meant he would cause a scene with Minglou later.

At that moment, Zheng Yaoxian never imagined that in the blink of an eye, there would be thunderous sounds from the Northeast!
……

Mao Renfeng was stalling for time, waiting for the cadre exchange to continue, but unexpected trouble arose!
The Party Affairs Bureau actually wants to suspend the cadre exchange; to put it bluntly, the Party Affairs Bureau is not going to do it.

This infuriated Mao Renfeng.

I'm so damn stupid! I've been playing along here, just waiting to get these guys out of here as soon as possible. Ye Xiufeng, you bastard, you actually want to cut off the connection at this crucial moment?

He quickly and secretly sent someone to inquire, and only then did he learn the whole story:

It turns out that the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics turned the tables and arrested Su Mosheng. Although they quickly released him later, Zhang Anping did not give Ye Xiufeng an explanation. Ye Xiufeng then used the list to stall the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

[Damn it, that bastard Zhang Anping is definitely waiting for me on purpose!]

Mao Renfeng wasn't stupid; she immediately realized that the reason Zhang Anping hadn't given Ye Xiufeng an "explanation" was because he was certain that she was happily watching the show and waiting to reap the rewards.

Although that was exactly what he thought, and he even planned to pin the blame on Zhang Anping after the cadre exchange was over, how the hell did Zhang Anping manage to predict my plans?

What about swollen?
Mao Renfeng sighed. "That bastard Zhang Anping, his calculations are absolutely spot on. What should I do?"
This guy is obviously waiting for me to come to him. Should I go to his door or not?
Just as Zhang Anping had predicted, Mao Renfeng, after being promoted to the position, fully realized the importance of maintaining balance in the role of the chief attendant.

In fact, he had suspected this before, otherwise he would not have been willing to be Zhang Anping's dog. When Mao joined the Special Service Department, Zhang Anping was still washing stones in some corner. How could Mao Renfeng be willing to be his "dog"?
Zhang Anping wanted to do things, so he wanted to thoroughly purge the power structure of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. His cooperation allowed the Zhang faction to rise to prominence and flourish. Because the exchange of a large number of cadres from various factions to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics was a foregone conclusion, he was able to be promoted to the top position.

Given Zhang Anping's disastrous example, how could Mao Renfeng dare to exclude Zhang Anping from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics?

Besides, he doesn't have that ability!

Therefore, Mao Renfeng believed that the safest situation for the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics was that he, Mao Renfeng, would restrain Zhang Anping, and Zhang Anping would restrain him, Mao Renfeng. As for the other factions, it was better to eliminate them all, lest the scales tip in one direction.

But Mao Renfeng's shrewdness lay in his refusal to take matters into his own hands; he let Zhang Anping play the villain.

But now, Zhang Anping has clearly seen through my plans and is waiting for me to come and compromise.

In the arena of power, it is always the one who loses their temper first who gets slaughtered.

If he goes there, he'll just be waiting to be ripped off by Zhang Anping!

"But if I don't go, how will my men get back up? And if they can't get back up, how will I strengthen my forces?"

After much deliberation, Mao Renfeng decided to have a serious talk with Zhang Anping.

Now we all know the chief attendant's bottom line. If neither side can defeat the other, is it necessary to fight to the death?

The key is to get rid of the troublemakers and make the power system more stable!

While he was formulating his explanation to Zhang Anping, he instructed his secretary to arrange a meeting with Zhang Anping. (End of Chapter)