Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Tong Qing seemed to understand Feng Sizhe's thoughts even more. "Okay, Mr. Feng, you don't have to comfort me. Is there anyone who knows me better than me? By the way, let me tell you about your visit to the provincial capital this time. If I'm not mistaken, you must have something important to do this time. Otherwise, why would I invite you to come again and again, but you didn't come, and this time you came uninvited?"

Tong Qing was also a master at observing people's expressions and words. He didn't wait for Feng Sizhe to change the subject before he changed the topic.

Feng Sizhe could not refute what Tong Qing said, because it was all true. "Haha, Tong Qing, you are right. I did come here to do something. Actually, it is like this..."

"Wait, Mr. Feng, how about letting me guess?" Tong Qing interrupted Feng Sizhe before he could continue speaking, and acted as if he could read his mind.

"Hmm? Okay, then you guess." Seeing that Tong Qing seemed to know the purpose of his visit, Feng Sizhe was also very curious, so he stopped talking and waited for Tong Qing to guess.

Tong Qing, with an unfathomable look, looked at Feng Sizhe and said slowly, "Mr. Feng is now the secretary of the county party committee of Qiu County. As far as I know, Qiu County has undergone great changes in the six months since you took office. Some local factions there have been almost dealt with by you. You can be regarded as being in high spirits and in power. At this time, you will not come to the provincial party committee to do anything because of Qiu County's affairs, which means that you are not doing your own business. Besides, the affairs of a county cannot be handled by the province. Can you, Yongyang City, do it completely? Speaking of Yongyang City, we have to talk about the replacement of the secretary of the municipal party committee. The current secretary is going to be transferred, and the position of the next secretary is still vacant. Considering that Yongyang City is your immediate superior, if you want to do something in Qiu County, you must get the support of the city. In this case, hehe, the purpose of your trip is probably to see who will be the secretary of the Yongyang Municipal Party Committee?"

"You're great." After listening to Tong Qing finish his words, Feng Sizhe smiled and punched him on the chest. "Everyone says you're not suitable for politics, but based on what you just said, I think you can go to a county to train first. Maybe you have a bright future."

"Haha, Master Feng is making fun of me again. You just said that I'm not suitable for politics. Hehe, okay, I won't beat around the bush with you. Actually, what I said just now was not what I thought. It was what my father said to me last night. When you called me last night, my father happened to hear it. When he heard that you came to the provincial capital, he smiled and said that you would not come to the temple for no reason. I didn't understand what he meant at the time. Later, my father told me these words, and then I understood. How about it, is my father right or not?"

Feng Sizhe didn't expect that these words were actually said by the governor. Hearing Tong Qing asking this, he nodded truthfully, "That's right, this is the purpose of my trip. In fact, Yongyang City is the immediate superior of Qiu County, but there is no need for me to run around for the secretary of the municipal party committee. It's just that I once promised the current strong competitor for the secretary of the municipal party committee, the current mayor of Yongyang, Chang Ning, that I would run around for his affairs. As the saying goes, a real man must keep his word. Since I have said this, I must fulfill my promise, so this trip to the provincial capital is necessary. Haha, Tong Qing, since the governor has guessed my intention, what inside information did he reveal? Let me hear it quickly."

Feng Sizhe believed that since Tong Zhengcai had guessed his intention, he must have something to tell him, otherwise Tong Qing would not have said what he just said.

Feng Sizhe was a little anxious, and Tong Qing saw it all. He laughed, "Why? Master Feng, who is always calm and composed, also gets anxious sometimes?"

Feng Sizhe was a little anxious at first, but when he saw Tong Qing's current state, he was no longer anxious. He would know sooner or later anyway. Since Tong Qing had said so much, he would definitely continue to talk. He thought that he could not lose face because of this matter and become a laughing stock of others, so he was no longer anxious. Instead, he took the teapot and filled himself with a cup of tea. "Oh, you don't want to talk? That's okay. I can wait until you want to talk."

"Okay, then let's see who can last longer." Tong Qing was originally waiting for Feng Sizhe to say the word "anxious" so that he could tell him everything his father had told him. But when he heard Feng Sizhe say that he was not anxious, he shut up. He couldn't show weakness on his own initiative.

Tong Qing was in no hurry to speak, and Feng Sizhe was in no hurry to listen. The two sat opposite each other in this leisurely manner, drinking tea sip after sip, like a cow drinking tea. Soon the whole pot of tea was finished, and finally Tong Qing could not help himself. "Mr. Feng, please sit down first. I'll go to the bathroom and drink tea with you later."

"No, I tell you, Tong Qing, let's drink like this, you take a glass and I take a glass, neither of us should stop. And if you can't help it first, I'm sorry, just make it clear. Similarly, if I can't help it, I won't listen to what you say. Is that okay with you?" Feng Sizhe stretched out his hand to stop Tong Qing from leaving.

Tong Qingke had never thought that Feng Sizhe would actually play this trick. Seeing that the other party really did what he said, and thinking that he couldn't bear it, he finally shook his head and surrendered, "Forget it, forget it, let me go to the bathroom first, and I will definitely explain it to you when I come back, what do you think?"

Tong Qing finally surrendered. Feng Sizhe laughed and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Tong Qing felt relieved and quickly stood up. He really had to admire Feng Sizhe. He actually used such a trick to make him talk. It was really beyond his expectation.

It would be a lie to say that Feng Sizhe was not anxious. He came to the provincial capital just for this matter. Now that he knew that the truth was about to happen, he had to wait for Tong Qing to come back from the toilet. His impatience was imaginable. Fortunately, he was a reborn person. Although he was young, his character had been tempered. He could still wait for a while.

Five minutes later, Tong Qing walked back to the private room leisurely, and then he told his father what he had heard from him.

The situation was like this. Originally, Yongyang Municipal Party Committee Secretary Cai Xingmin's term of office had expired. He was to be transferred to the province to work. It was said that he would be the deputy governor, but not a member of the Standing Committee. His matter was set in stone. The province had already decided on the candidate for Yongyang Municipal Party Committee Secretary, and that the current Yongyang Mayor Chang Ning would take over. Originally, it was normal for the mayor to take over the position of Municipal Party Committee Secretary. The provincial documents were all prepared, but at this time, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Director of the Public Security Department, Yuan Sheng, suddenly proposed a different candidate, saying that Comrade Wang Guoguang, who was working in the central government, was also a suitable candidate for Yongyang Municipal Party Committee Secretary. He asked the Provincial Party Committee if they could also consider it.

When the provincial party committee heard Wang Guoguang's name, they had to hesitate, because everyone knew that Wang Guoguang was one of the most powerful people in the Lu family, and a young man that the Lu family focused on training. Of course, he was young, but he was in his forties. Who could compare with Feng Sizhe?

Wang Guoguang was a member of the Lu clique, and Yuan Sheng was also a member of the Lu clique. Therefore, it can be seen that he must have received hints and permission from the upper Lu clique when recommending Wang Guoguang. Thinking that the Lu clique was going to intervene in this matter, the provincial party committee had to pay attention to it and put the matter of Chang Ning's succession on the back burner.

This is the variable. Because Wang Guoguang's appearance interrupted the provincial party committee's personnel appointment. In fact, in the matter of local appointments, it is common to say that the central government parachutes cadres, which is not surprising. In general, in such cases, the local government obeys the central government. After all, maintaining a high degree of consistency with the central government is also a manifestation of political maturity.

Feng Sizhe had heard from Chang Ning before that someone might be parachuted in to take this position, and now after hearing what Tong Qing said, he confirmed this statement. "Wang Guoguang? What position does this person hold now, and are his qualifications qualified for this position?"

Feng Sizhe, who knew nothing about Wang Guoguang, wondered if he could get some useful information from Tong Qing. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

"I've heard of this person before when I was in Kyoto, but I don't know much about him. I only know that he's working in a central ministry now, and his position seems to be at the deputy department level. Normally, deputy department level cadres are promoted half a level when they move from the central government to the local level. It's not a big leap for him to come to Yongyang as secretary from a deputy department level. It's just that it's still difficult for him to directly become the municipal party committee secretary. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any accurate news about this matter until now." Although Tong Qing was not very familiar with Wang Guoguang, he could still talk about some situations that everyone knew.

"Oh, so that's how it is." Hearing Tong Qing say this, Feng Sizhe felt relieved. At least the other party's qualifications were still sufficient, which proved that Chang Ning still had a glimmer of hope. However, it was really difficult to prevent Wang Guoguang from being parachuted into Yongyang. He was a deputy department-level cadre, a capable man of the Lu family, and a leader of a central government department. How could he have the final say on the orders of such a person? Besides, he was just a small county party secretary, how could he influence this matter? Should he ask the Miao family for help because of this matter? With the authority of the Miao family in the central group, it was still possible to block the appointment of this person. But was it possible for the Miao family to go against the Lu family just because of him?