Nominal: The Handong Game, the Energy System's Counterattack

Gao Yuliang elevated Qi Tongwei's act of crying at the grave to the level of Party discipline and national law.

Everyone knows that this matter has not yet reached the point of negating a department-level official.

"Hey, that's a good question." Seeing that Li Dakang was stumped, Tian Guofu, as Sha Ruijin's ally, spoke up.

"Does it have a touch of dark humor?"

"I don't think this is dark humor." After Tian Guofu spoke, Li Dakang also realized what was going on.

He felt a little uncomfortable after being stumped by Gao Yuliang's question, so he immediately began to refute it.

"If we follow Secretary Yu Liang's logic, since Comrade Qi Tongwei hasn't violated anything..."

"So shouldn't we follow the normal procedure and promote him to vice governor?"

Li Dakang went straight to the heart of the matter, pointing out that Qi Tongwei had been promoted to vice-provincial level.

He knew in his heart that, apart from Gao Yuliang, none of the thirteen standing committee members present wanted Qi Tongwei to become a vice-provincial governor.

After all, nobody wants to see that.

In the future, Qi Tongwei will become the vice-provincial governor and concurrently the director of the public security department, then the deputy secretary of the political and legal affairs commission, and finally succeed Gao Yuliang as the secretary of the political and legal affairs commission.

At that time, the Standing Committee will have Gao Yuliang and Qi Tongwei, with two members from teachers and students. Isn't that just forming cliques?

"Secretary Dakang, don't rush to question me, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Gao Yuliang interrupted Li Dakang directly, knowing that it was not the right time to promote Qi Tongwei to the position of vice-provincial governor.

Li Dakang pointed it out so obviously, yet he still did it in a sarcastic tone.

The discussion just now caused Qi Tongwei to lose face in front of all the Standing Committee members, so bringing it up now is definitely hopeless.

"Okay..." Li Dakang was interrupted, but he wasn't annoyed. He leaned back and raised his left hand, letting Gao Yuliang continue.

"Yes, Comrade Yuliang, please continue."

Watching Gao Yuliang and Li Dakang fight back and forth, Sha Ruijin was very happy, smiling as he watched the two battle.

This Standing Committee meeting was very good; Li Dakang and Gao Yuliang delivered their reprimands effectively.

The two leaders of Han Da Bang and Secretary Bang got into a heated argument, it seems that Handong isn't as difficult as he thought.

Looking at Governor Liu, who seemed to be falling asleep, and the two silent members of the provincial government's standing committee, Sha Ruijin felt even more confident that everything was under control and that the advantage was in his hands.

The other Standing Committee members watched the confrontation between Gao Yuliang and Li Dakang with amusement.

"Do the phenomena that Secretary Sha and Secretary Dakang just mentioned actually exist?"

"Moreover, in some regions and departments, it can even be said to be very serious; Secretary Sha just described it as a chaotic mess."

"This statement is accurate and to the point; it says what we've always wanted to say but haven't been able to."

"Comrades, this phenomenon of 'controlling the field' did not happen overnight."

"It's not a specialty of our Handong province either."

"So, you think we, a dozen or so members of the Standing Committee, can solve this by holding a few meetings and issuing a few documents?"

In an attempt to defend Qi Tongwei, Gao Yuliang exaggerated Qi Tongwei's act of crying at the grave, elevating it to a widespread phenomenon.

After all, currying favor with superiors is a common practice in order to advance one's career.

Everyone has seen what Qi Tongwei is doing, and Gao Yuliang can't just stand up to him.

Making a big fuss about it is a good tactic; the law doesn't punish everyone.

Little did he know that his words were exactly what Sha Ruijin intended.

In his plan, he was going to find a pretext to freeze the promotions of those 125 cadres.

He looked at Gao Yuliang with a smile in his eyes, "So, Comrade Yuliang, is there really no way to resolve this matter?"

"It can be solved, and it definitely can be solved, but it will take time."

"The situation we are facing now is very complex, and can even be described as extremely serious."

"The Organization Minister of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee only eats and drinks with female cadres." Gao Yuliang then pointed out Li Dakang's cadres in Jingzhou.

"But the organization minister who was sentenced in Yantai City last year was different; he had affairs with several female cadres."

"The impact is extremely negative."

"Hey, Comrade Guofu, what happened to those female cadres? How many were dealt with?"

Hearing this, Sha Ruijin was surprised to find that there were other things he didn't know. Why hadn't Tian Guofu told him?

He directly asked Tian Guofu about the matter Gao Yuliang had mentioned, specifically the handling of those female cadres.

"It's said that it hasn't been dealt with at all," said Tian Guofu, the third secretary.

"What do you mean by 'it is said'?" This "it is said" made Sha Ruijin a little unsure of himself. Was it really uncertain whether the matter had been dealt with or not?

Damn, even Tian Guofu was taken aback by Sha Ruijin's question.

"At that time, I hadn't been transferred to the position of Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission yet. Later, I heard from my comrades that..." This is yet another "hearsay" from the third secretary.

"These female cadres are impossible to deal with because they involve many families. If they cause divorces or suicides, etc."

"Then the social impact would be huge."

Well, in just a few words, "it is said" and "I heard" have already come out. Zhou Chuyi wondered if "someone said" was about to come out.

However, before the third person who was supposed to be the secretary could finish speaking, Gao Yuliang took over the conversation.

"After Comrade Sha Ruijin was transferred to our Handong Province to take the top position, many cadres learned about his special relationship with Chen Yanshi after the January 16 Incident."

"They frequently visit Chen Yanshi, bringing him flowers and birds. Is this a good thing?"

"It's certainly not good, but there are still bottom lines and things to consider."

Gao Yuliang may still have some expectations for Sha Ruijin, and he brought up Chen Yanshi for comparison.

"The year before last, it was different when a mayor of Iwata City celebrated his birthday."

"I just gave them money directly, since I had 368 subordinates."

"How much did you give away? Two million eight hundred and ninety thousand."

Seeing Gao Yuliang getting more and more agitated, Zhou Chuyi wanted to rush over and cover his mouth.

Sha Ruijin was just looking for a pretext to freeze this round of cadre appointments, and you've already exposed all these things in the Handong officialdom.

This is practically handing ammunition to Sarekin.

As expected, Zhou Chuyi saw that when Sha Ruijin heard this, his face was very serious and angry, but his eyes were shining with excitement.

"Huh? Has the mayor who accepted the bribe been dealt with? Hasn't he been dealt with either?"

"It's been dealt with; he was sentenced to fifteen years. There's nothing more to say about that."

No one else responded, so Gao Yuliang answered Sha Ruijin's question directly.

"But what about the 368 officials who gave the money? How should they be dealt with?"

Gao Yuliang smiled and said, "Old Chen Yanshi told me that it's easy to handle and that everyone should be dismissed."

"Secretary Sha, if we remove them all, the entire cadre system of Yantai City will collapse."

"Who will do the work? Comrade Ruijin, this is difficult."

"Secretary Ruijin, back then, there were indeed significant differences of opinion at the Standing Committee meeting regarding the resolution of these cadre issues."

Seeing that Gao Yuliang had the whole process under control, Li Dakang quickly followed up and recounted the Standing Committee's discussion on the matter.