Nominal: Who isn't a son-in-law?

Senior...

Zhu Yang's pupils contracted; this was an insult directed at him!

"Comrade Dakang, aren't you going a bit too far with your words?" he said with an unfriendly expression. "If you're talking about some veteran comrades occasionally making mistakes in their work, that's true."

"But what's your motive for calling it reckless and arbitrary action? Can I assume that you, the new leader, are trying to use this opportunity to reshuffle the team and install your own people?"

"Comrade Dakang, you are the Party Secretary of the Municipal Committee; you must be held accountable for your words!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Li Dakang immediately launched into a tirade, pointing a finger at Zhu Yang, spitting as he spoke, "You said I'm new here, so who am I supposed to assign? Who's one of my own?"

"Oh, you mean I, Li Dakang, am so capable that even when I was far away in Handong, I was able to build connections and make plans here from thousands of miles away?"

"You...you better be civilized! This is the municipal party committee building!" Zhu Yang said angrily.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Li Dakang didn't care at all and continued, "Comrade Zhu Yang, if you're talking about arranging for your own people, I think you're the one who's suspicious!"

"How many years have you been here? I, Li Dakang, have only been here a few days! Less than a week!"

"After those people reported to me a couple of days ago, I heard they started going to your place one after another. Were there the Organization Minister and the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission among them? Their offices are in the Municipal Party Committee compound. What were they going to do there? If they were reporting, what were the specifics? Did they submit a report to the Municipal Party Committee?"

Seeing that Zhu Yang remained silent, Li Dakang chuckled coldly: "Heh, what's wrong? You dare to do it but not admit it?"

"I, Li Dakang, dare to report to the provincial party committee to investigate my social circle. Do you dare?"

"Or, according to your suggestion, we should simultaneously submit a report to the provincial party committee to replace our standing committee with people from other places, so that no one knows anyone. Can you handle that?"

"Nonsense! Wouldn't doing this dishearten the veteran comrades in the leadership team?"

Zhu Yang couldn't find a point to refute for a moment, so he forced a statement.

"Oh, Comrade Zhu Yang thinks that if some inactive people are allowed to continue holding their positions without doing anything, won't the people feel disheartened? Are we doing all our work for ourselves?"

Li Dakang said in a deep voice.

"Li Dakang, don't try to pin this on me..."

Zhu Yang got impatient and slammed his hand on the table.

*Slap*

*Slap*

Li Dakang also reached out and slammed his hand heavily on the table, causing the teacups to shake and clink together.

"Comrade Zhu Yang, please watch your words. The higher-ups have repeatedly emphasized that everyone in the organization should address each other as 'comrade.' If you do not follow this rule, then according to our current work, you should also address each other by their official titles."

"You neither address me as 'comrade' nor by my official title; what are you trying to do?"

The two were speaking loudly, and passersby outside the office vaguely heard a few words. Everyone showed excitement on their faces, but dared not linger for fear of being caught in the crossfire.

Some were bolder, carrying documents in their hands, walking from one office to another, always slowing down as they passed by.

Not long after, the office door suddenly opened, and Zhu Yang, a broad-shouldered and stout man, walked out expressionlessly, as if he hadn't heard the greetings from the others, and left straight away.

The people in the corridor looked at each other, and some of the seasoned veterans keenly sensed that a storm might be brewing in the near future.

In his office, Li Dakang called his secretary and said, "Xiao Hu, please ask Deputy Secretary Liu to come over."

"Okay, Secretary Li."

……

A moment later, a middle-aged man arrived. He was tall and thin, and appeared refined and cultured. He was Liu Yuchen, Deputy Secretary of the Zhencheng Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. (Book Friend)

"Secretary Li, you wanted to see me?"

"Comrade Yu Chen is here. Come, have a seat."

Li Dakang smiled, stood up and shook hands with him, then pointed to the sofa.

"OK."

Liu Yuchen sat down in the spot where Zhu Yang had just been sitting. As he sat down, he immediately noticed the untouched tea on the table in front of him, though there were some spilled water stains next to the two teacups.

Seeing this, he seemed to be deep in thought.

It seems that what his secretary just told him—that Zhu Yang and Li Dakang had a fight in the office—is true.

He was a little curious. Li Dakang had only been there for a few days, and he hadn't heard of any discord between the two.

Moreover, people like them, no matter how much they don't get along, still have to put on a show, especially in this place. How could the two of them, as the top two leaders, be so out of control?

"Secretary Li, Deputy Secretary Liu, please have some tea."

At this moment, Secretary Xiao Hu came in, served fresh tea, took away the original tea, and wiped the table.

After he left, Liu Yuchen tentatively asked, "Secretary Li, why did you call me here?"

"Oh, there are some things I'd like to discuss with Comrade Yu Chen."

Li Dakang smiled and spoke calmly, not at all like someone who had just had a heated argument. "We're all comrades in the team, so Comrade Yu Chen, please stop calling me 'Secretary' all the time."

"Okay, Comrade Dakang."

Liu Yuchen readily agreed and secretly perked up.

The other party is being so polite, they must have something important to say.

Li Dakang got up, walked to his desk, pulled out a document, sat down, and said, "Comrade Yu Chen, you've been the deputy secretary for three years now, haven't you?"

"Yes, he served as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission five years ago, and then became the Deputy Secretary three years ago."

Li Dakang nodded and got straight to the point: "I called you here for nothing important, I just wanted to talk to you about the leadership reshuffle in Zhencheng City."

"I've been here for a few days now, and as you've probably noticed, since I'm new to Zhencheng, a lot of the work still needs to be handled by our old team."

"However, I feel that some of the older comrades' work methods and thinking are no longer adapted to the current era of development. Some individuals, even those who are of retirement age, are not focused on their work. I have been looking into this issue in the past few days. You must have heard about this phenomenon, Comrade Yu Chen, right?"

What does that mean?

Is he supposed to make a statement when Li Dakang proposes personnel changes?

Liu Yuchen pondered the meaning behind Li Dakang's words and said in a tight-lipped manner, "Comrade Dakang, I know a bit about the situation you mentioned. Some comrades have indeed become somewhat demoralized and lost their enthusiasm, especially those who want to quit. However, this is an unavoidable phenomenon, since they know that their path has come to an end."

"During the time you were away, I was in charge of the daily work and coordinating things. I also had conversations with some of the comrades."

"Um."

Li Dakang nodded slightly, showing no dissatisfaction with the evasive answer.

This person's stance is relatively neutral. His former leader was Hu Xue, the propaganda minister, who promoted him.

This response was perfectly reasonable in response to his words.