Rebirth of the Rising Sun

By saying this, Tang Jingui only wanted to deepen Wang Guoguang's disgust towards Feng Sizhe. Besides, it was true that Feng Sizhe had indeed recently arranged a lot of time to go to various directly-managed departments of the city to guide their work, which really caused a stir for a while. At least more cadres knew that Feng Sizhe, the city's new mayor, was a cadre who wanted to do big things.

When Tang Jingui said this, Wang Guoguang's face was gloomy. It was obvious that this sentence had irritated him. "Humph, what's the point of just the cadres below saying good things about him? Things in this system are not decided by the people below, but by the people above."

Although Wang Guoguang's voice was low, Tang Jingui heard it clearly because there were only two of them in the office. Hearing Wang Guoguang say this, Tang Jingui's face lit up. Well, this is the effect he wanted. As long as Wang Guoguang was not satisfied with Feng Sizhe, the new acting mayor's job would definitely not be easy.

"Well, Xiao Tang, I wonder what your municipal government thinks of Comrade Feng Sizhe during this period?" After Wang Guoguang complained in dissatisfaction, he gradually led the topic to a deeper level. He asked what day it was just to test whether Tang Jingui knew about General Zhao Mingyuan's departure from the Military Commission. Now that he already knew the answer, there was naturally no need to say too much on that matter.

"Well, generally speaking there are results. Many cadres in the municipal bureau still believe in him, and many have even expressed their willingness to surrender." Tang Jingui said with a hateful look. In fact, this sentence is a bit exaggerated. Although Feng Sizhe can show his face in front of some people through research and spread his political ideas, the top leaders of the bureau below are not so easy to fool. They will not surrender to you if you give them a few words of advice. It takes a period of observation and adjustment.

"Oh, then I wonder who they are?" Wang Guoguang was also shocked to hear that Feng Sizhe was able to win over a large number of the city government's department heads so quickly. However, he was not in a hurry when asking this question, as if he was just curious and just wanted to ask casually.

"Oh, among them, naturally, the director of the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau Su Zonglin and the director of the Municipal Audit Bureau He Zhongjun are the ones who are closest to him." Tang Jingui knew that the time was almost right, so he threw out two candidates in a coherent manner.

The former was decided by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, so it was naturally difficult to change it casually. The latter was the key person, the one who could think of ways and find opportunities to break through. After figuring this out, Wang Guoguang asked Tang Jingui, "You just said that Mayor Feng and He Zhongjun were very close?"

"Not very close, but very close. As far as I know, He Zhongjun is the first person to surrender to Feng Sizhe." Tang Jingui said with a gloomy face.

It is said that He Zhongjun was the former mayor's man. Later, the former mayor left and Tang Jingui was in charge of the city government for a while. However, he did not make things difficult for He Zhongjun because he knew that this guy was a big shot and quite capable. He wanted to recruit such a person for his own use. What was hateful was that this guy had been pretending to be nice to him. Now, all of a sudden, he joined Feng Sizhe's camp. How could he not be angry? It was obvious that He Zhongjun had been fooling him until Feng Sizhe came and he joined him directly.

Tang Jingui was not able to win over the man, and even felt a little teased, so he hated He Zhongjun. Naturally, when Wang Guoguang asked him about it, he would expose this person. The most important thing for people in the officialdom is face. Now that his face has been trampled underfoot, how can he not do something to save the situation?

Hearing what Tang Jingui said, Wang Guoguang also pretended to be angry, "Oh, I wonder what Xiao Tang is going to do." In fact, he had heard about this matter before, and he even thought that this happened because Tang Jingui's ability was limited. It was just that now he needed to find an excuse to suppress Feng Sizhe, so he thought of Tang Jingui and wanted to use the conflict between the two to make a fuss. As long as the article was done well, it would not only reduce Feng Sizhe's face, but also make Tang Jingui more incompatible with him. In this way, he would naturally stand on his side in the future.

Seeing that Wang Guoguang was going to support him, Tang Jingui narrowed his eyes and thought quickly. Although he knew that he was being used, there were different things to use him for. If it was good for him, he didn't mind being used by the other party. At least it would be a win-win situation. What's more, he didn't want to follow the path of others in Zhuangcheng. Although his wife and the Chang family could be said to be relatives, the Chang family was mostly related to the military and had little influence in local politics. Besides, distant water cannot quench near thirst, right?

Thinking that he would not lose anything by being used, and that he could even let others see his influence, those who were trying to fool him would probably be much more timid, so he said what he had prepared in his heart, "Well, He Zhongjun has been the director of the Municipal Audit Bureau for more than two years, but the work in the Audit Bureau has not made much progress, so I have been considering letting him retire in accordance with the principle of making the best use of people. Of course, it just so happens that Mr. Huang from the Municipal Forestry Bureau has reached retirement age, so I think it is entirely possible to let Comrade He Zhongjun go to the Forestry Bureau for development. Comrade Jia Liye, the executive deputy director of the Audit Bureau, is a comrade who works seriously and does things in moderation, so why not promote him to a regular position, which should effectively improve the work of the Audit Bureau."

Tang Jingui spoke out his thoughts. Jia Liye, the executive deputy director of the Audit Bureau, was very loyal to him. He would go to him to report his work whenever he had something to do. Although his words were not very nutritious, the most important thing was the attitude. Only by reporting to the leader more often, the leader would treat you as one of his own. Now that he had the opportunity, Tang Jingui certainly wanted to arrange for his own people to take the position of director, and let He Zhongjun go to the Forestry Bureau as director. His rank would not change, but compared to Zhuangcheng City, the Forestry Bureau was really a department with no power. It was almost a government office with no money. Generally, those who went to this position were marginalized, indicating that they were preparing for retirement.

Wang Guoguang didn't expect Tang Jingui to be so cruel. He wanted to send He Zhongjun, a cadre in his thirties, to the Forestry Bureau for retirement. Tang Jingui is also very cruel if you give him power. But this idea is exactly what he wants. You and Zhongjun took the lead in pledging allegiance to Feng Sizhe. Well, I will take you down from the key position and send you to the Forestry Bureau for retirement. In this way, who dares to think about getting close to Feng Sizhe in the future? As long as no official gets close to Feng Sizhe, it is a foolish dream for this outsider mayor to control the municipal government in a short time. Think about it, you don't even have a confidant, so how many people will listen to you?

"Okay, I'll think about it carefully." Wang Guoguang felt the feasibility of this matter and nodded.

Wang Guoguang nodded, and Tang Jingui was also very happy. He knew better that although Feng Sizhe did not show up last time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was Feng Sizhe who made efforts behind the scenes to get the position of director of the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau. The deputy director position was taken down just like that. Unfortunately, Wang Guoguang, as the municipal party secretary, did not know about it until the end, so it was inevitable that he was feeling empty. Now that the incident has slowly passed, Wang Guoguang is thinking about how to fight back. After all, he is the municipal party secretary in charge of hats. Now that his work has been interfered with by Feng Sizhe, it would be strange if he feels better. Now he is thinking about how to fight back again. This is a bit like a child playing house. You bullied me today, and I have to think about retaliating against you.

It was based on this idea that Wang Guoguang was ready to attack He Zhongjun and deal a good blow to Feng Sizhe's newly raised momentum. But he also knew that he was not the only one who had the final say in the personnel of the municipal party committee. Although he was the secretary of the municipal party committee and even a member of the provincial party committee standing committee, the party's construction was now more and more focused on collectivism, so he had to find certain allies in the municipal party committee. Since he was going to do this, he had to do a good job of preparation and hit the target with one blow.

In order to accomplish this task, the first person Wang Guoguang thought of was one of his deputies, Shen Yaping, the full-time deputy secretary of the municipal party committee.

In the Zhuangcheng Municipal Committee, Wang Guoguang, as the municipal party secretary, holds five votes, and Shen Yaping, as the deputy secretary, holds three votes. If the two of them can join forces, the number of their members will not exceed half of the number of members of the Standing Committee. In that case, everything will not be a problem.

Although Shen Yaping had cooperated with Feng Sizhe on Wang Zhenhuai's case, it was just a win-win cooperation, not an alliance. In the officialdom, two groups that were originally unrelated would often unite for some kind of interest. This is also a very normal thing and not surprising. So don't think that Shen Yaping and Feng Sizhe are on the same path just because they have cooperated once. This is completely wrong.

In the office of the municipal party secretary, Shen Yaping sat opposite Wang Guoguang, looking neither humble nor arrogant.

Indeed, although Wang Guoguang is the municipal party secretary, Shen Yaping has nothing to fear from him. First of all, at Shen Yaping's age, this position as the deputy municipal party secretary is basically his limit, and there will be no breakthrough. The only possibility is that before he retires, the central government or the provincial government will consider his contributions to Zhuangcheng City and let him serve as the chairman of the government and get a vice-ministerial salary. It is obviously unrealistic to want to be the secretary or mayor of Zhuangcheng City. People are like this. Once they have no ambition, their mentality will naturally be stable, and the authority of the so-called municipal party secretary will naturally be much lighter in front of them.