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

Gao Yuliang still held the same old ideas. Although there was no such thing as surrendering and losing half the battle in this world, Sha Ruijin was under a lot of pressure. If Gao Yuliang surrendered to him halfway, it would be helping him control Handong. That would not be surrendering, but surrendering!

But Gao Yuliang had his own pride. "You've taken the place that rightfully belongs to me, and you expect me to be loyal to you? Impossible! I'm not Li Dakang! I can lose this game, I can win it, but I can't back down!"

In the end, neither of them reached the desired deputy provincial or ministerial level. Zhao Zhongxin didn't speak up again, because he had spoken up for Qi Tongwei out of consideration for their fellow apprentices. However, Chen Hai might now be the work of either Hou Liangping or Qi Tongwei, and he wouldn't stop Sha Ruijin from suppressing cadre promotions. He had to clean up this faction!

"Today we are appointing only one person. Comrade Wu Linchun, the Organization Minister, could you please read it aloud?"

Sha Ruijin said with a smile, "Everything is still under control."

"Yes, Secretary Sha!"

Wu Linchun also opened a file!

"Li Kangjian, male, Han ethnicity, 41 years old..."

Sha Ruijin was unaware that the sword in his hand truly belonged to the Han University gang. Li Kangjian might not understand politics, but he knew how to choose sides. There was a principle at play here: What right did Sha Ruijin have? "I'm the son of a high-ranking official, why would I side with a third-rank official instead of a first-rank one?"

"Li Kangjian? The Political and Legal Affairs Committee of Handong University?"

Li Dakang felt a chill run down his spine. He felt surrounded by enemies. First, he had fallen out with Gao Yuliang, which he didn't care about—after all, Gao Yuliang was a vice-ministerial level official, and he wasn't far behind. But today, because of Qi Tongwei, he had offended Zhao Zhongxin, which was quite upsetting! Now, another graduate from the Department of Political Science and Law at Handong University had been appointed as the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Li Dakang felt utterly besieged! For a moment or two, he even considered surrendering to the Handong University faction, but whether they wanted him was another matter entirely!

After the meeting, Gao Yuliang's smiling face suddenly changed; he had made a phone call to Hou Liangping.

"Hou Liangping, hello there, you're doing great! You and Qi Tongwei, I told you not to go to the old chief prosecutor's office, but you insisted. Fine, I don't want to talk about it on the phone anymore. Come to my house right now!"

After saying that, Gao Yuliang angrily hung up the phone. Looking at Zhao Zhongxin beside him, he shook his head helplessly. It was a good thing that Zhao Zhongxin came to Handong, otherwise he would have had a hard time today. How would he have ended the situation?

"Zhongxin, if Sha Ruijin hadn't come and I had become the provincial party secretary, the first thing I would have done was sacrifice Hou Liangping, and I would have investigated Qi Tongwei for all the dirty deeds he's done over the years! They've disappointed me so much! They're utterly despicable!"

Gao Yuliang spoke with murderous intent, while Zhao Zhongxin glanced at him and spoke calmly.

"Teacher Gao, didn't I say before that Chen Hai would get into trouble? Now I have two suspects!"

Upon hearing Zhao Zhongxin's words, Gao Yuliang looked at him in disbelief.

"You mean one of them? How could that be? They're best friends, this..."

That's what they said. Gao Yuliang recalled that day when Ding Yizhen ran away. He felt that Li Dakang was the most suspicious, as were his two students. Moreover, Zhao Zhongxin must have been confident to speak like that, otherwise why would he have said it?

"Even my best friend, Teacher Gao, can rust!"

Zhao Zhongxin lit a cigarette and said!

Upon hearing this, Gao Yuliang murmured to himself!

"If that's the case, let's clean house! Clean house!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhongxin got into his car, while Gao Yuliang stood there for a while before getting in.

At 2 PM, Qi Tongwei called. Zhao Zhongxin knew that Gao Yuliang had scolded him, and he had also learned about what happened at the provincial committee meeting today! Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Zhongxin answered the phone, he heard Qi Tongwei say...

"Brother Xin, I'm truly grateful to you for speaking up for me at the Standing Committee meeting today! Otherwise, my political future would be ruined, and I might never be able to get promoted again!"

"Tongwei! You can discuss this with me. You and Hou Liangping were at Chen Yanshi's house... well, never mind, what's done is done. I just want to say one thing to you: if I hadn't come to Handong, do you think your political future would still be there? How is Teacher Gao going to clean up this mess today?"

Qi Tongwei remained silent after hearing Zhao Zhongxin's words. Zhao Zhongxin paused and then spoke again.

"Your relatives need to be dealt with. Don't leave any more leverage against them. I'll say it again: you have a history of heroic deeds. If you had protected your reputation properly, Teacher Gao would have already promoted you. You've seen how Teacher Gao has treated you and these students over the years!"

"But my relatives, they've all helped me financially, I..."

Gao Yuliang just scolded him, and he even said that classic line!

"Qi Tongwei, the saying 'when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven' has come true for me. Are you planning to bring all the stray dogs from your village to the police station as police dogs next, so they can also enjoy a government salary? Do you want that?"

So, Qi Tongwei's Dao Heart was a little broken just now, and only Gao Yuliang said this to him, which he could accept. If it were anyone else, I would have shot them!

"I can understand the idea of ​​the wealthy helping the needy. They've all funded you; you could build roads, do charity work, or set up a school in the village. Why do you need to put people in the police system? People are never satisfied. What if they commit rape and murder someday? Are you planning to cover for them too?"

Zhao Zhongxin was giving Qi Tongwei a heads-up. If Qi Tongwei was protecting him after that gang rape case, then he really wasn't far from being relegated to the second tier! Although Zhao Zhongxin could protect him, he wouldn't do it that way; he also wanted a clean reputation!

"I...I understand!"

Qi Tongwei remained silent, only able to say "I understand!"

After hanging up the phone, Hou Liangping spoke!

"Senior, why don't you ask why Brother Xin didn't speak up for me? I was just digging, is it really necessary to make such a big deal out of it? Didn't Sha Ruijin ever use connections or flatter him before? Since we can't be friends, let's go after Sha Ruijin. Secretary Lichun is a second-level official, Teacher Gao is a full-time deputy secretary, and Brother Xin is the executive director, fully in charge of the provincial government. We control the public security system, so the advantage is on our side!"

If Zhao Zhongxin heard Hou Liangping say this, he would be speechless. It's the same old story: if you've achieved anything, I can help you clean up the mess, but you haven't done anything. I have no rice in my hand, how can I catch a chicken? And you still say the advantage is in my hands? The last person to say this is already playing Boom Beach!