In name only: The land of Handong, I shall rule its fate.

Liang Qunfeng gritted his teeth and hissed, while giving the security guards who had brought him over a look, telling them to hurry up and drag this scoundrel away.

Otherwise, the news would spread.

Will Lao Liang still be able to hang out in the neighborhood tomorrow?

His mortal enemies, from now on, would greet him with, "Oh, here comes Old Liang, the one who forced this young comrade to kneel and beg for mercy! Everyone get ready, kowtow to Old Liang!"

As for something even more exciting…

He's too old for that to even think about!

Secretary Ye, who was pulled up by a strong security guard, rolled her eyes and considered the situation. She decided it was best to take the easy way out.

"Old Party Secretary..."

Xiao Ye looked at the old man in front of her again with her eyes full of tears and red eyes.

"Okay! Okay! Okay!"

Liang Qunfeng waved his hand, "Come in with me first. If you dare to cause any more trouble, I'll have someone kick you out."

Xiao Ye nodded repeatedly, obediently following Liang Qunfeng step by step into the small room on the first floor.

"Are you a cadre from Handong?"

Liang Qunfeng looked at the loud and boisterous young man and asked.

"Yes, old Party Secretary."

Xiao Ye handed over her work ID. "I am Xiao Ye, the secretary of the current Organization Minister of Handong. I have come here specifically to see you, former Secretary."

"Wu Chunlin?"

Liang Qunfeng shouldn't know him, but the love-hate relationship between Chang Qing and his student at Peking University, which has also involved Qingdao University, has recently attracted a lot of attention.

That old fellow naturally overheard the gossip.

"you…"

Liang Qunfeng put down the military overcoat he was wearing, revealing his casual home clothes, but his eyes narrowed immediately, which, combined with his tall and thin figure, gave him a unique sense of pressure.

"You're not trying to poach our talent, are you?"

"Although I taught for a few years in my early years and trained a few cadres, the youngest of them are like your Secretary Gao Yuliang, who is nearing retirement."

"The old man has no talent to send back to Handong."

But when this topic comes up...

As if a switch had been flipped, Xiao Ye's expression, which had just calmed down, became excited again. Liang Qunfeng, though old, was quick-witted and nimble, and pressed Xiao Ye down onto the sofa.

"That's all I'm saying, but don't repeat what you did before."

Liang Qunfeng warned.

"Old Secretary, I'm not here to ask you for people, I'm here to ask you for help. Handong needs cadres... our minister has already gone to recruit them."

Xiao Ye spoke in a tearful voice.

"To save the day?"

Liang Qunfeng became more and more confused as he listened.

He's been retired for almost twenty years, a half-buried old man. Asking him to save the day is no joke.

"Old Party Secretary, the sky has fallen over the political and legal system in Handong."

Xiao Ye let out a mournful cry.

what?

Liang Qunfeng was stunned. Gao Yuliang hadn't informed him about such a big matter! Could it be that something had happened to Gao Yuliang?

"Xiao Ye, right?"

"Don't get excited, tell me in detail, I'll listen carefully."

The poor octogenarian personally brewed tea and served water to the clueless 30-year-old man, trying his best to appease him.

"The Yao family and the Lin family, along with others, have sidelined an entire city."

Secretary Ye's words were startling and relentless, but what truly tugged at Liang Qunfeng's heartstrings was the latter sentence: "Secretary Liang, these two companies grew rapidly during your tenure, you must take responsibility."

Liang Qunfeng wanted to get angry, but he was speechless because it was the truth.

Back then, talent was scarce, and outstanding talent proficient in political and legal regulations was even scarcer. Yao Lin and the Zhao family, who had an advantage in knowledge, were indispensable to him.

Take Gao Yuliang for example.

What's the relationship between the Wu and Lu families? Does he really not know? He didn't even know Wu Huifen married Gao Yuliang?

He knew all of that.

They even knew Wu Huifen's purpose in befriending Liang Lu.

But in that era, the number of capable and useful people was very limited, so he had no choice but to use them.

Hey!

Liang Qunfeng sighed deeply; the disaster had come to pass.

He had foreseen this back then.

After all, the cycle has repeated countless times, and history has already told future generations the final outcome.

Otherwise, the Zhao family wouldn't have been targeted so miserably by Zhao Lichun; there were reasons why he let it go.

Even his later transfer to the capital and taking the Zhao family with him was a calculated move, serving as a warning to the other families and also demonstrating his trust in Gao Yuliang.

But now…

He couldn't say whether Gao Yuliang didn't want to manage it, or whether these institutions had already reached a point where they were beyond his control before Gao Yuliang took over the political and legal system.

How serious is it?

Liang Qunfeng took off his reading glasses, rubbed his face, and seemed to have aged several years in an instant.

"Their collaborator is Chen Guohua, the former chairman of the provincial association."

Xiao Ye's answer was completely irrelevant.

Liang Qunfeng's heart sank. He had thought that "fusing a city into the void" was an exaggeration, but now it seemed to have become a reality.

"I…"

Liang Qunfeng opened his mouth several times, but could not utter a single word.

"Comrade Chunlin, what do you want me to do?"

There was a long silence.

Liang Qunfeng finally spoke again, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"Handong needs political and legal cadres at the bureau level or above who are not local."

Xiao Ye revealed his true colors, his mouth snarling like a demon about to devour a child. "At least ten, they must be able to withstand the test, have strong professional skills, and be ambitious."

"Add another vice-ministerial level official."

"The more other things, the better."

fart!

Liang Qunfeng was so angry he was blowing his beard and glaring at him. "Where am I supposed to find so many people from you?"

"Huh? No?"

Secretary Ye switched expressions in an instant, her face full of frustration and dejection. She got up like a walking corpse and walked towards the door. "Then forget it. Let the sky over Handong remain broken."

"Anyway, our organization department is definitely the culprit."

"Xiao Ye, it seems I can't go back to Handong. What's the point of me living? Don't worry, old secretary, I definitely won't die at your doorstep. I'll hang myself at the entrance of the residential area."

"I'll go now."

"I want to atone for my mistakes at work."

Where did these reckless fools come from? They're always threatening to kill themselves; are they trying to threaten this old man?

Right?

"Stop right there!"

Liang Qunfeng pressed the limp, unresisting man back onto the sofa and snapped, "What's the rush, young comrade? There's a way. I'll look for connections. Ten is too many; I can't guarantee the quality. I'll send two or three of you back first."

"Fifteen!"

Xiao Ye suddenly said.

What the hell?

Liang Qunfeng was getting old and didn't react for a moment.

"Twenty!"

Xiao Ye added more people.

"Twenty? Do you know what that means, twenty bureau-level officials in the political and legal system?"

Liang Qunfeng understood, and he was furious. "You dare to ask for twenty? I'll find you half of that right now!"

"thirty!"

Xiao Ye is like a number-reporting robot.

Liang Qunfeng: ?

Is it because he's old, not because he's become more tolerant? Even a lowly secretary is bullying him, isn't it?

But when he turned his head, he saw Secretary Ye's calm and unwavering gaze, which extinguished his anger instantly, and his lips trembled uncontrollably.

The other party didn't seem to be joking.

"Ten! Just ten!"

Liang Qunfeng swallowed hard, then covered Xiao Ye's itching mouth with his withered, chicken-claw-like hand. "No more!"

"I'm willing to risk my reputation and beg ten bureau-level officials and one vice-ministerial-level official to get everything in place within five days, no, three days at the latest."