Rebirth of the Rising Sun

After Hou Zhennan left the Kyoto Municipal Committee, his face was filled with a frosty cold expression, which made the driver and secretary in the car dare not breathe loudly.

"This Zuo Zhongqing is simply shameless." Hou Zhennanfang finally breathed a sigh of relief after a long time. As soon as he calmed down, he loudly rebuked Zuo Zhongqing for his wrongdoings.

In Hou Zhennan's opinion, the Zuo family was nothing. They just had a member of the Central Political Bureau. Such a family would be very impressive in the eyes of other people, but it was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Hou family.

But such a person who is not taken seriously actually dares to go against the good intentions of the Hou family at this moment. In other words, they are about to have a head-on confrontation with the Hou family. Are they worthy of it?

"Go to the Commission for Discipline Inspection." Hou Zhennan ordered the driver in anger. He wanted to find Lu Guodong. The Hou and Lu families had always maintained a good relationship. Recently, Lu Xingye, the most promising company of the third generation of the Lu family, had indeed been invested in his son. So in Hou Zhennan's opinion, the Lu family already had a strong interest relationship with the Hou family. Now that the Hou family needed help, the Lu family should be willing to help.

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At seven o'clock in the evening, Feng Sizhe and his grandfather sat together in the main hall of the courtyard watching the national news broadcast.

Even when the news ended and the commercials began, Mr. Feng still had a fascinated look on his face, and it was obvious that he was thinking about something.

In the afternoon, Zuo Bing called him and told him what happened when Hou Zhennan went to Secretary Zuo's office. When Feng Sizhe learned that the condition offered by the Hou family was only a position of vice governor of Gansu and Longnan Province, he sighed in his heart at the Hou family's tyranny and stinginess.

Businessmen often say that everyone makes money, and this is the highest purpose of money-makers. It is not good to always want to have everything to yourself. Just like this time, the Hou family wanted to occupy the position of deputy secretary of the Capital Province, and also wanted to keep the position of deputy governor of the Guangdong Province. How is that possible?

You've taken advantage of everyone, do you think others are fools?

Feng Sizhe really didn't know how to comment on the Hou family's arrogance. He just knew that Hou Zhennan definitely made a bad move this time and offended the Zuo family. For the Hou family, this was definitely not worth the loss.

"Zhe'er, what are you thinking about?" Old Zhao noticed that his grandson was obviously absent-minded today. Even when he was watching the news, there didn't seem to be any change in his eyes. That could only prove one thing, that he was not paying attention to the things in front of him at all.

"Oh, I didn't think anything." Feng Sizhe hurriedly explained after hearing his grandfather's call.

"No, that's impossible. Haha, Zhe'er, don't hide anything from grandpa. Maybe if you tell me, I can give you some advice." Old Zhao said with a smile. He was particularly relieved about his grandson. What was especially valuable was that Feng Sizhe had rarely asked him for advice since he grew up. He even rarely got help from him. Most of the time, he took the initiative to help him. He felt guilty about this.

Nowadays, the Zhao family's heavy burden is on Feng Sizhe, and Mr. Zhao always wants to do something for him. Now seeing that Feng Sizhe seems to be in trouble, he immediately wants to help him, which can be regarded as repaying his debt and making himself feel better.

"It's really nothing, Grandpa." Feng Sizhe didn't want his grandfather to worry about his affairs at such an old age, so he didn't want to mention it.

But this time, Mr. Zhao seemed to have made up his mind and refused to give in. "Zhe'er, do you think that grandpa is old and doesn't want to tell me something?"

After Mr. Zhao said this, Feng Sizhe really couldn't avoid it. After thinking about it, since grandpa must listen, he might as well tell him a story. Therefore, Mr. Feng told him the news he got from Zuo Bing.

"Grandpa, this time it seems that the Hou family has identified the position of deputy secretary of our Ducheng Provincial Party Committee. If this is the case, then it is very likely that our Ducheng Province will fall into internal strife again. Although the great leader said that fighting with others is endless fun. But I think it depends on when to do it. Now that the economy of Ducheng Province is about to get on the right track, the cadres of the province are united as one, and everything is ready. If someone like Lianfa, who comes with obvious political purposes, comes to Fujian at this time, I am afraid that our Ducheng Province will fall into internal friction again, which is not a good thing for the economy, the development of the province, and the cohesion of people's hearts. And now I know clearly that such a thing is going to happen, and I can't play a role in changing it, so I am really distressed." Feng Sizhe said with a bitter face. Although he wanted to help Zuo Bing, judging from the current situation, it seems that his chances of winning, or the Zuo family's chances of winning, are too low.

Not only is the Hou family more influential than the Zuo family, but the candidate they recommended this time is also much more suitable than Zuo Bing. Let's put it this way, if Feng Sizhe was the decision maker, and he had to choose one from the two recommendations, Min Lianfa and Zuo Bing, he would probably choose the former.

Precisely because Feng Sizhe knew what choice he would make, he didn't think Zuo Bing had any hope of winning this time.

When Feng Sizhe recommended Zuo Bing to be the deputy secretary, he thought that with the strength of the Zuo family and Zuo Bing's personal work ability, he would be able to take on this role. In addition, the political situation in Ducheng Province has been changing over the past year, and the central government may not want to continue the chaos here, so reusing the original Ducheng Province cadres would be the best way to settle the matter between Yu Chunhao and Yang Dawei as soon as possible.

It was under so many favorable conditions that he made that decision.

But unexpectedly, when the Hou family only recommended Min Lianfa, all of Feng Sizhe's calculations were overturned, and he seemed to have made a wrong decision.

Mr. Zhao listened carefully to Feng Sizhe's ideological report, nodded continuously, and then fell into deep thought.

As someone who had followed the great man to build an empire, and had experienced and witnessed countless struggles of all kinds, he deeply understood that Feng Sizhe's worries were not unreasonable. On the contrary, they were very reasonable, because from the current situation, it seemed that the Hou family had a great advantage, while the Zuo family was bound to lose.

"Haha, grandpa, don't think too much. I just told you about my frustrations. Now that I've said it, I feel much better. Well, it's getting late, you should go to bed early. I'll go see Sasha and Zilong." After Feng Sizhe said this, he was ready to get up and leave.

But when Feng Sizhe just stood up and was about to leave the hall, Elder Zhao suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

"Yeah." Feng Sizhe was stunned for a moment when he heard his grandfather's words. He really didn't know why his grandfather called him at this time.

"Zhe'er, please sit down first and listen to me." Mr. Zhao's face was serious, as if he was going to say something very important.

Seeing his grandfather's expression was so solemn, Feng Sizhe also became serious and sat back in his chair.

"That was when I just joined the army. At that time, Japan had not yet announced its surrender, and we defeated them with inferior equipment. We persisted for eight years, and the war of resistance finally won. Then the civil war began. At first, no one thought that we, the Communists, could win, because at that time, whether it was weapons and equipment, territory, or the number of troops, we were at a complete disadvantage. But even under such circumstances, under the leadership of a wise and great leader, and with the wisdom of countless people, we only took more than three years to complete the major changes of defeating the majority with the minority and the strong with the weak, and thus established the Republic. Speaking of this result, how many people did not expect it at the time?"

While saying these words, General Zhao seemed to have returned to that era of war and chaos.

"I still remember that many years after our victory, when I got together with my comrades and talked about the topic of the past, many people asked questions, that is, what was the reason for our victory? There are many answers to this question."

"Some people believe that the reason for our victory is that we have found the right way to govern the country. Only by following the path we have set can the country become prosperous and strong, and can it be reformed."

“Others say that we were able to win the battle because we had the support of the people.”

"Some even said that the victory was due to destiny, because the old Jiang Dynasty was too corrupt, and because of their own faults."

"But in my opinion, there is only one reason that really determines victory, that is, we persisted. We always believed that we would not lose, and we insisted on winning the hearts of the people. We always had the confidence to win. Even when the situation was the most critical, we never gave up. It was because of this reason that we finally won."

"For example, if the enemy's army could hold out like us, then even if they lost the three major battles, they still had a chance to turn defeat into victory. Because even at that time, their manpower was no less than two million. You know, in the early days of the Liberation War, our army only had more than 1.3 million. It was far less than theirs, but because they did not know how to hold out, they would eventually fail."

Mr. Zhao's words gave Feng Sizhe an understanding he had never had before.

Feng Sizhe had always believed that the victory of the Communist Party of China depended on the people's support and on standing on a platform of justice to win the people's support. But now that I think about it, if it weren't for its persistence, it would have been eliminated long ago. If that were the case, all your advantages would have been gone.