Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Second, after De Xingmin and others left Zhuangcheng, their words and actions here were instantly spread in the circle of Kyoto. After receiving the news, Zu Jie also came to Zhuangcheng. Zu Jie has always been a staunch supporter of Feng Sizhe, but because Feng Sizhe didn't need his help much, he didn't show it. Now that the positions of De Xingmin and others have become very clear, Zu Jie has no choice but to do something. For this reason, he found an opportunity to call Feng Sizhe, thinking about keeping in touch, but Feng Sizhe directly asked Zu Jie to come over on the phone, so he took the opportunity to come.

Zhu Yongzheng was the oldest, but his position was indeed at the bottom. However, he did not look angry at all. On the contrary, his face was flushed, and it could be felt that he was very happy.

As a propaganda cadre, who wouldn't want to make friends with the Zu family, which has the strongest ability in propaganda? And today Feng Sizhe gave him such an opportunity and invited Zu Jie, the prince of the Zu family, to come in person, so Zhu Yongzheng had to be happy.

Zhu Yongzheng first worked in the propaganda department, and served as a propagandist, propaganda officer, section chief, deputy director and director of the county party committee's propaganda department, deputy director and director of the municipal party committee's propaganda department, and then came to Zhuangcheng City to work in the propaganda department and became a director-level leader. It can be said that his work experience is all in the propaganda department, which has led to a very narrow path for his development. Now that he is older, it seems that if he wants to develop, he has to work in the propaganda department until retirement. For such cadres, it is naturally very important to have a good backer in the propaganda department. In contrast, if he can use the relationship of his ancestral family, it will be very beneficial for him.

"Minister Zhu, please have some tea. This is very good Longjing tea, which Master Zu brought specially from Kyoto." Feng Sizhe said to Zhu Yongzheng with a smile.

"Yes, yes, the tea brought by Zu Shao is naturally the best tea, the best." Zhu Yongzheng said flatteringly. This is not to say that this person is a person who wants to climb up the social ladder. It's just that when he saw Zu Jie, he was too excited. He didn't know what to say and was a little incoherent.

"Haha, whether the tea is good or not depends on your mood and who you drink it with." Zu Jie also laughed. He talked to Feng Sizhe on the way from the airport to the teahouse and knew what role he needed to play today. To be honest, Zhu Yongzheng's age and work ability alone did not attract Zu Jie's attention. He was indeed a department-level cadre, but because of his age, he was not worth training. This was also why Zhu Yongzheng went to Kyoto several times a year but could not find anyone willing to train him. I think this has a lot to do with his age.

But since Feng Sizhe thinks highly of this person, Zu Jie will give him this face. The Zu family has considerable influence in Kyoto, but this also depends on who you are comparing with. Zu Youjing, the father of the Zu family, and Zhu Yongzheng have many similarities in their resumes. Comrade Zu Youjing has also been working in the propaganda department. He does not have as many transfers and resumes as other cadres of the same level. He has only been the propaganda minister of a local city once, and then he has been working in Kyoto. He has never served as a provincial official, let alone a frontier official. It is really not easy for someone like him to continue to rise in the propaganda department, and it is even more rare to be a member of the Central Political Bureau, a secretary of the Central Secretariat, and the Minister of the Central Propaganda Department. For an official like him to reach this position is basically the peak of Zu Youjing.

After all, Minister Zu will be old one day. When he is old, what will the Zu family do? Zu Youjing can not think about that problem, after all, he can't manage his affairs after his death, but Zu Jie must think about it. If he still wants to have the current treatment and respect, he must have a style, or form an alliance with someone, so that his status and rights can be fully guaranteed. Obviously, he has figured out this truth and set his sights on Feng Sizhe. The two have known each other for so many years. Zu Jie has seen every step Feng Sizhe has taken. Seeing that the former deputy county magistrate has now become a deputy ministerial official, what is more important is that Feng Sizhe is only 36 years old. Zu Jie has to look up to all of this. Especially De Xingmin, Xi Meidan, and even Duan Yunpeng have reached out. If he doesn't reach out and grab it at this time, he is afraid that he will not have the opportunity to grab it in the future. For this reason, Zu Jie lowered his status and received Feng Sizhe's invitation. He came to Zhuangcheng City to strengthen Feng Sizhe's reputation.

He understood deeply that this time his purpose was to help Feng Sizhe win over Zhu Yongzheng, so naturally Zu Jie was hinting at something when he spoke. For example, what he said now, good tea should be shared with different people to drink it, was a very obvious truth.

Zhu Yongzheng was working in Zhuangcheng City, and as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, how could he not understand the current situation in Zhuangcheng City? Now, after hearing what Zu Jie said, he immediately understood what he meant. Indeed, he was from Shen Yaping's faction before, because they had all worked in Zhuangcheng City for a long time, and their temperaments were similar, so they naturally formed an alliance. However, this alliance was based on mutual benefit, and now Shen Yaping had joined Wang Guoguang, and it was obvious that he was going to compete with Feng Sizhe. At this time, whether he should still get close to this person was a matter worth discussing.

"Master Zu is right. Drinking tea does depend on one's mood." Zhu Yongzheng's eyes rolled around and he responded casually.

"Haha, Minister Zhu has a good understanding. In fact, think about it, sometimes drinking tea is the same as life. When you are in a good mood, you can taste the flavor of any tea. The same is true in life. People with vision will have a smooth life, otherwise it will be difficult. Maybe he will not only fail to get what he wants, but also lose what he has. I just don't know what choice Minister Zhu will make?" Zu Jie looked at Zhu Yongzheng and said some so-called life philosophy with a smile, but he was actually asking what Zhu Yongzheng's choice was.

Feng Sizhe just smiled at Zu Jie's impatience. This was actually not his style of doing things. Feng Sizhe liked mutual consent and did not like to use power to pressure others, because in this way you may get other people's support, but it is not sincere. Such people may betray you at any time because others offer higher conditions.

"Haha, Master Zu, Minister Zhu is an expert at publicity. Many tasks in our municipal government depend on the support of Minister Zhu." Feng Sizhe didn't want to force Zhu Yongzheng to express his opinion immediately. He was afraid that if things got urgent, Zhu Yongzheng would feel pressured, which would affect his own goals.

This time Feng Sizhe was indeed wrong. Facing Zu Shao's reminder, Zhu Yongzheng was indeed more anxious than Feng Sizhe thought. Before Feng Sizhe could continue to say anything, he directly expressed his position, "Well, supporting Mayor Feng is my job, please rest assured, Zu Shao."

What Zhu Yongzheng said was that he supported Feng Sizhe's work, not the work of the municipal government. This is quite interesting. At least he directly stated that he would stand on Feng Sizhe's side in the future.

In fact, you don’t need to say much to a smart person. The fact that Zu Jie was able to meet Zhu Yongzheng once and have tea with him is proof of this.

After drinking tea, Zu Jie got into Feng Sizhe's car and headed straight to the airport. For them, this meeting was still a secret, and Zhu Yongzheng was just a hidden card of Feng Sizhe. He didn't want to show it until the situation was clear. In this way, Zu Jie couldn't stay in Zhuangcheng for long, but was directly sent to the airport by Feng Sizhe.

Back in his office, Feng Sizhe began to think about the balance of power in the Zhuangcheng Municipal Committee. Among them, those belonging to the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Wang Guoguang included Organization Minister Sun Meiqing, Municipal Party Committee Secretary-General Lin Gang, and Zhuangbei District Party Committee Secretary Jia Wenxiang, with a total of four votes. Those belonging to Deputy Secretary Shen Yaping included Propaganda Minister Zhu Yongzheng and United Front Minister Mao Shiming with three votes. If they had united, they should have had seven votes, which would have accounted for half of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, but because Feng Sizhe pulled Zhu Yongzheng over, they only had six votes.

Looking at Feng Sizhe's side, the Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary Feng Xijun, the Executive Vice Mayor Ji Fatang, the Standing Committee Vice Mayor Hua Weimei, the Military Sub-district Political Commissar Wu Gang, plus Feng Sizhe himself, make up five votes. Even if Zhu Yongzheng is included, there are still six votes, which is exactly the same as Wang Guoguang's faction. In this way, the key vote actually lies with the Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Yu Shuwen.

The relationship between Yu Shuwen and Feng Sizhe was just average. Although Feng Sizhe had once flattered him and the two had some experience of cooperation, that was only limited to the fact that the conditions proposed by Feng Sizhe satisfied Yu Shuwen, and then the two sides would cooperate. However, it seemed very difficult to convince this person to support him unconditionally.

Yu Shuwen is already over 59 years old and will retire in less than a year. At this time, he can afford not to give face to anyone. It can be said that the more hopeless a person is about his future, the more difficult it is to manipulate him. At the very least, it is difficult for you to lure him with benefits.

He picked up the phone and dialed a number, "Secretary-General Wang? Come to my office." After thinking about it, maybe he could get more information by asking Wang Yawen. After all, this man has been the deputy secretary-general of the municipal government for some years. He should be clear about the situation of this cadre.

After a while, Wang Yawen, the acting secretary general of the municipal government, came to Feng Sizhe's room and said, "Hello, Mayor."

"Well, come on, Secretary Wang, please take a seat. Actually, there is nothing important that I called you here for today. I just wanted to chat with you." Looking at Wang Yawen, Feng Sizhe said with a smile. This man is the father-in-law of his secretary and is someone he can trust.

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