Rebirth of the Rising Sun

The small conference room of the Capital Provincial Party Committee three minutes ago.

Ji Quanyong was presiding over the meeting. Under his chairmanship, the positions of the new Xichuan Municipal Party Committee Secretary, the Standing Committee Deputy Mayor, and the Minister of United Front Work had just been decided.

Seeing that these three people were all his confidants and were from the Ji system, Ji Quanyong showed a satisfied expression on his face. This result was very much to his liking. He believed even more that after Feng Sizhe left, Ducheng Province would usher in a peak period for the Ji system. He would use this time to place people from the Ji system in various departments and corners. In this way, even if the central government parachuted in more cadres in the future, he would not be afraid, because with these nails, anyone who wanted to work in Xichuan and develop the situation had to give him face, otherwise, this person would have difficulty moving forward.

"Comrade Xu Chaoqi, why haven't you said anything? What do you think?" Seeing Xu Chaoqi keeping his head down and looking completely shocked, Ji Quanyong asked happily.

It is said that you can know a person’s face but not his heart.

In the past, Ji Quanyong always believed that Xu Chaoqi was the pillar of the Ji faction after himself. That was why he recommended this person to the Central Government to take over his position when he had to abdicate. But who would have thought that after Feng Sizhe came, this person would actually join forces with others to deal with him.

He had provoked him several times. But at that time, he had to focus on dealing with Feng Sizhe, so he didn't have time to deal with the person who betrayed him. But now, Feng Sizhe was obviously going to fall, and it was time to deal with this person.

Listening to Ji Quanyong's roll call, Xu Chaoqi had to raise his head, but everyone could see that their secretary looked very bad, his eyes were full of decadence, and it was obvious that he had suffered a serious blow. It was true that as the secretary of a province, he had no influence on personnel matters. It would be hard to find such a secretary in a thousand years.

"I...I..." At this time, facing Ji Quanyong's oppression, Xu Chaoqi could only admit defeat, so what he wanted to say was that he had no opinion.

However, before Xu Chaoqi could finish his words, his feet suddenly trembled, and then he felt that the whole office was shaking. This shaking lasted for more than three seconds.

"What...what happened?" Ji Quanyong's eyes widened, his body trembling. What happened just now? Is it World M Day?

Yang Dawei, Secretary General of the Provincial Party Committee, was the first to react. He quickly rushed to the window of the conference room, pulled open the dark curtains, and looked into the distance.

When he saw the sky in the direction of Xichuan was already filled with dust, he immediately turned around and said with some trembling, "Secretary Ji, it is...it is an earthquake. It is...coming from the direction of Xichuan."

"What?" Ji Quanyong was stunned when he heard Yang Dawei's words. Then he felt as if something had dug out his heart. He felt a black screen in front of his eyes and fainted.

Ji Quanyong had always wanted to suppress Feng Sizhe, but he had no better way. It was not until his opponent finally started to turn his attention to Xichuan that he felt that the opportunity seemed to have come.

Xichuan was going to carry out a disaster relief drill, and Feng Sizhe put a lot of thought into this matter. For a while, he had to put the work in the province aside. It was during this time that the Ji people started a frantic counterattack. First, they took advantage of the sale of transport materials to attract the attention of the upper echelons. Then, one method after another was used by the Ji people.

Frame-ups, traps, false evidence. The methods were endless. Finally, Feng Sizhe was investigated under the infinite pressure. This also made the Ji family breathe a sigh of relief. They believed that Feng Sizhe would definitely lose this time. Some of them even thought that Feng Sizhe's defeat was thanks to Xichuan, because if this person hadn't focused all his attention on Xichuan, they would not have found such a good opportunity to deal with him.

Almost everyone believed that it was because Feng Sizhe attached too much importance to Xichuan and always said that an earthquake would occur there that he finally fell. It can be said that this was also the main reason.

But no one expected that when Deputy Director Zheng arrived to hold Feng Sizhe accountable, Xichuan actually had an earthquake. And judging from the extent of the earthquake that hit the provincial capital, the earthquake level in Xichuan should have been very high, because a small earthquake would not have caused such a large-scale tremor.

It can be said that the sudden earthquake was a serious blow to the hearts of the Ji family members who wanted to kill Feng Sizhe. The first person to fall was Ji Quanyong, which was enough to explain the problem.

When the other people from the Ji family saw that their backbone, Ji Quanyong, had fainted, their faces immediately turned gloomy. They knew that with the earthquake, all the achievements that the Ji family had just made would be wasted. It was ridiculous to think about it. Just now they were sitting here in a meeting to discuss the new personnel changes in Xichuan, but with the earthquake, this meeting was completely meaningless.

Deputy Secretary-General Yang Ding quickly rushed to the side of leader Ji Quanyong, then loudly called several provincial party committee staff members, who quickly sent Director Ji to the nearest hospital.

None of the other provincial standing committee members moved, because they all knew in their hearts that after this incident, Ji Quanyong might really collapse. Although many of them were also from the Ji faction, they really could not take care of Quanyong at this time, because there were still many important things that needed them to do.

The earthquake is a disaster, but for some people, it is indeed an opportunity. If they can take advantage of this opportunity to perform well, they may be able to make meritorious service through this incident, or even be promoted to a higher position.

Xu Chaoqi, who had a depressed look just now, was now fully alert. "Comrades, comrades, Xichuan has been hit by an earthquake. From our city, the earthquake is very strong here. As you can imagine, the situation there must be very bad. Now is the time for us to step up. As a member of the Communist Party and a state cadre, our responsibility is to rush to the front line when it is most dangerous. So I decided that with Comrade Yu Chunhao, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, in charge, I will personally organize a rescue team to go to Xichuan."

The arrival of the earthquake gave Xu Chaoqi a new hope. He thought Feng Sizhe would fall, the Ji system would become stronger, and he himself would be suppressed. But unexpectedly, this prediction came true. In this way, he had a new opportunity, and now was the time for him to perform well. Think about it, he had signed the document allowing Xichuan to conduct disaster relief exercises before. This is the function.

Xu Chaoqi instantly felt like he had arrived from hell to heaven. For a moment, he was in high spirits and his expression was extremely excited.

Watching the changes in the expression on Xu Chaoqi's face, no one would say that he was a villain who had succeeded. All they could think of was envy, jealousy, and even hatred. If they had known this would happen, they would have stood up and agreed to Xichuan holding a disaster relief drill. But it was too late to say anything now.

"Secretary Xu, I will go to Xichuan with you." Provincial Political and Legal Committee Secretary Tang Jian was the first to react. He was also the first to raise the flag and began to support Xu Chaoqi.

"I'm in good health. I'll go with Secretary Xu." Standing Committee Member and Vice Governor Zou Anlin, as one of the younger people in the meeting room, quickly stood up. At the same time, he also said that he was in good health, which seemed to give him an extra layer of security and hope.

"I'm going with Secretary Xu too..."

"I will also follow Secretary Xu..."

After a while, almost all the provincial standing committee members, except for the provincial CPPCC chairman Guan Denggui and the military district commander Wo Lingming, took the initiative to stand up, and each of them called out Secretary Xu, as if Xu Chaoqi was their real leader.

Even Yu Chunhao, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee who was named by Xu Chaoqi to stay at home, stood up and said, "Secretary Xu, my body is weak. I'd better follow you. Let other comrades do the work at home."

Xu Chaoqi looked at the expectant eyes of the crowd, and suddenly he felt that from this moment on, he was the real Secretary of the Capital Province. In the past, he only had an empty position, but how many people really looked up to him? But now it was different. Everyone really wanted to follow him. Although this was also the main reason why they wanted to make meritorious deeds, no matter what, now every one of them looked at him sincerely, which had never happened before.

"Well... okay, in that case, then Chairman Guan, I'll have to trouble you to stay at home. After all, your health is not particularly good." Xu Chaoqi was just trying to take advantage of this moment to win people's hearts, so naturally he didn't want to refuse anyone. After thinking about it, he decided to take everyone with him and only leave Guan Denggui, who was impossible to win over and there was no point in winning him over, at home.

"Okay, Secretary Xu, I'll stay at home then." Guan Denggui also nodded. In fact, he didn't want to go. First, his health was not very good. He had just been discharged from the hospital not long ago. Second, he didn't agree with Feng Sizhe when he was in the most dangerous time. Now even if he went to Xichuan, he didn't know how to face him.

Seeing that Guan Denggui really agreed to stay, Xu Chaoqi nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Wo Lingming who was still sitting there without saying a word, "Commander Wo, please assemble the troops immediately and follow us to Xichuan for rescue."