In name only: In the name of Zhao Mengsheng's son!

However, what Sha Ruijin said next excited Li Dakang again!

"I've discussed it with Comrade Zhongxin. As the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Comrade Li Dakang will no longer concurrently serve as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. And since Comrade Zheng Minghao has been transferred to the position of Executive Vice Governor, let's have Comrade Li Dakang concurrently serve as the Secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee!"

Everyone was surprised by these words. If Li Dakang held such concurrent positions, then his power had reached the pinnacle of vice-ministerial level! If the executive vice governor was the ultimate vice-ministerial level, and the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee concurrently serving as the secretary of the political and legal affairs commission was the ultimate vice-ministerial level, then the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee concurrently serving as the secretary of the Jingzhou municipal party committee was the ultimate vice-ministerial level!

Although they are both vice-ministerial level, there is a significant difference between them. Everyone wondered how Li Dakang managed to maintain good relationships with both Sha Ruijin and Zhao Zhongxin at the same time.

Aren't you afraid of being rejected by both sides if you bet on both?

Li Dakang said that he had only placed bets with Sha Ruijin, and he didn't know anything about Zhao Zhongxin. He wondered why Zhao Zhongxin and Sha Ruijin had discussed it and then agreed to give him such a powerful position. Now he was definitely going to be a vice-minister! Secretary Sha and Governor Zhao, you two have really given me a pleasant surprise.

Li Dakang had originally planned to become like Tian Guofu, and he didn't want to manage the Political and Legal Affairs Commission anymore. No, he couldn't manage it at all. What kind of place is the Political and Legal Affairs Commission? It can be said to be the most feudal and bureaucratic place. If an outside leader goes to take up a post there, he will almost be sidelined!

Who would have thought that I, Li Dakang, would one day return to Jingzhou!

Zhong Jianjun was annoyed. Li Dakang was building a skyscraper from scratch. However, he suddenly realized something. Tian Guofu was gone, leaving a vacancy for a provincial standing committee member. Although he couldn't get promoted, he could take the position. He also had a few underlings, so he could transfer them from the neighboring province. This way, he would have at least three votes in the provincial standing committee: one for himself, one for Sha Ruijin, and one for the new provincial standing committee member!

Although the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission can't control the public security, procuratorate, and courts below, he's still at least a member of the provincial standing committee. Zhong Jianjun felt a surge of excitement and was about to speak to Sha Ruijin when Zhao Zhongxin suddenly spoke up!

"As for the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, I recommend Chief Prosecutor Li Kangjian. He's a veteran in the political and legal system and has plenty of experience!"

"agree!"

Executive Vice Governor Zheng Minghao raised his hand and said!

"agree!"

Governor Liu's son also raised his hand and spoke!

"Abstain!"

This is a member of the Standing Committee of the Military Region!

Everyone else looked at Sha Ruijin. Before Sha Ruijin could speak, Zhong Jianjun raised his hand and said!

"I disagree! I object!"

Zhong Jianjun felt that Tian Guofu was his man, and he was already upset that he hadn't been able to take over the provincial third-level position after Tian Guofu left. Now you're telling me you're going to give Zhao Zhongxin a provincial party committee that rightfully belongs to my side? Impossible, absolutely impossible! Zhong Jianjun had to fight for this!

But Zhao Zhongxin didn't even glance at him. What's so interesting about a roadside stall?

Sha Ruijin looked at him and then said in a deep voice!

"agree!"

Now things are really messed up. Everyone originally wanted to do Zhao Zhongxin a favor, but since Sha Ruijin didn't speak up, they couldn't say anything. When Zhong Jianjun spoke, everyone pretended not to hear. Who do you think you are? If Crown Prince Zhao Zhongxin weren't here, we would still treat you, the heir apparent, as a human being. Only an idiot like you would object to something the Crown Prince agrees to!

So when Sha Ruijin spoke, all the Standing Committee members agreed! Tian Guofu thought for a long time and then said...

"Abstain!"

Zhong Jianjun was furious. He wanted to slam his fist on the table and leave, but he suddenly noticed that Zheng Minghao and Liu, the governor's son, were both Zhao Zhongxin's lackeys staring at him intently. If he left today, these two might turn the provincial committee meeting into a denunciation session against him!

Zhong Jianjun felt that even if it wasn't someone from his faction who became the provincial party secretary, why did it have to be Li Kangjian, that heartless bastard! He was clearly a member of the Zhong family, yet he insisted on opposing him; he could have easily secured his son's position, but he did nothing! He even attacked him, turning against the Party! Most importantly, knowing full well that he disliked Zhao Zhongxin, he clung to him like chewing gum!

Whether Zhong Jianjun was happy or not didn't matter; nobody cared. Everyone had different expressions, except for one person who was the happiest! That was Vice Governor Wang. He had no other ambitions but to become the Executive Vice Governor of the Provincial Government. Did he, as the thirteenth-ranked official, even want to be the fourth-ranked official in the province? Although there was only one word difference between the Executive Vice Governor and the Standing Committee Vice Governor, the difference was huge. The Executive Vice Governor had to be a member of the Provincial Party Committee. In the past, during the reform and opening up period, the Executive Vice Governor was the third-ranked official in the province, one rank higher than the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. He wasn't qualified. He was chosen because the Provincial Party Committee needed to have an odd number of officials. Otherwise, with so many vice governors in the provincial government, it would be a waste to choose just anyone. Back then, Zhao Donglai didn't become the vice governor because he wasn't old enough. Otherwise, how could it have been his turn? Now, he just felt that after Li Kangjian entered the Provincial Party Committee, his ranking could go from the youngest to the twelfth, no longer the thirteenth sister.

Sorry, Li Kangjian didn't come to the Provincial Party Committee to be a subservient wife. Although he was the last to enter the Provincial Party Committee, do you know who his older brother is? Zhao Zhongxin! You want me to be his thirteenth sister? You little bastard, with my relationship with Brother Xin, I'm here to be Brother Xin's henchman! But I'm not hitting you. You're not worth my punches! But don't you dare yell at me!

Li Dakang stood up and glanced at Zhao Zhongxin. Although he didn't know why Zhao Zhongxin had agreed to let him concurrently serve as the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, it meant that he now had real power and was no longer a figurehead secretary like Tian Guofu. Li Dakang had finally stood up!

"Comrades, thank you for your support. I will definitely shine in Jingzhou and live up to your expectations!"

After Li Dakang finished speaking, everyone applauded. Li Dakang seemed to have reached a climax. It was just like he said: the village (power) of the past had returned, all of it had returned!

When Li Dakang returns to Jingzhou, the first thing he will do is hold a meeting, a democratic life meeting, to tell those bastards in the municipal party committee, "I, Li Dakang, am back!"

Tian Guofu was also very bitter. "Damn it, am I a stepmother's son? Li Dakang can be the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and the secretary of the provincial capital? Back then, I wanted to be the secretary of the discipline inspection commission, and none of you were willing to let me. Is Li Dakang the biological son of the emperor? This is too damn bullying!"

Political and Legal Affairs Commission, Political and Legal Affairs Commission, holy crap, they let him serve in the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, but he's utterly useless!

Li Dakang, you have some impressive skills! You managed to be so adept at navigating between Secretary Sha and Governor Zhao, and even rose to a vice-ministerial level position that was almost at the ministerial level!

I, Tian Guofu, am completely convinced!

(This is Chapter 2 today; I'll start writing Chapter 3 now!)