Rebirth of the Rising Sun

The news that Luo Liping was brought back to Ducheng Province quickly spread.

After hearing the news, many provincial party committee cadres fell silent. They were all thinking, if Feng Sizhe wanted to take action against a meritorious cadre like Luo Liping, then what would be the outcome for people like them who had no credit during the earthquake?

Mei Guolong, in particular, was dumbfounded when he received the news. He knew that as Li Mi and Luo Liping were controlled one after another, it would be his turn next.

Originally, he and Feng Sizhe shouldn't have this kind of relationship.

At the beginning, Mei Guolong was one of Xu Chaoqi's confidants, or at least an ally. He would support Secretary Xu on major issues, and on minor matters, he would be given certain powers and conveniences, which was originally a good thing. In addition, Xu Chaoqi was also a member of the Discipline Department, so he was well-connected in the entire Ducheng Province.

However, after Feng Sizhe came to the capital province, the situation underwent a qualitative change.

Xu Chaoqi, who had always obeyed Ji Quanyong, finally started to take action and set up his own faction. At this time, as Xu Chaoqi's ally, he needed to choose a camp.

At the beginning, Mei Guolong did a good job. At least he did not get involved in some things immediately. He just watched from the sidelines. The advantage of this is that he can protect himself. In fact, Xu Chaoqi did not urge him to make any choice. This was probably because he was afraid of pushing him too far and pushing things in a bad direction.

But no one expected that after Feng Sizhe and Xu Chaoqi teamed up to do a few things, especially forcing Tang Jian, one of the die-hards of the Ji faction, to make a public review, this finally intensified the conflict between the Ji faction and the Xu faction and the Feng faction. In addition, Feng Sizhe's main energy was focused on the Xichuan disaster relief exercise at the time, which seemed to be a loophole and a good opportunity, so the Ji faction began to fight back.

With the intentional help of some people in the central government, Feng Sizhe's situation took a sharp turn for the better. Under such circumstances, when the Ji family extended an olive branch to Mei Guolong, Mei Guolong grabbed it without hesitation.

Mei Guolong thought that Feng Sizhe was no match for him, and it was obvious that Xu Chaoqi alone could not defeat the Ji system, especially since the Ji system also had Ji Quanyong, who was definitely an old fox in the government. He had been standing firm for many years, and this was not only due to luck, but more to experience.

Of course, Mei Guolong also knew that Ji Quanyong had to take care of so many people, so naturally he could not treat him specially. In fact, he did not have high ideas and did not have any ambitions. He just wanted to do his job well as the Provincial United Front Work Department Minister and see if there was a chance to get a full ministerial position before retirement. He could go to the Provincial People's Congress or the Provincial Political Consultative Conference. If so, his life would be complete.

Mei Guolong knew very well that Ji Quanyong could not take down Xu Chaoqi even if he was in the upper reaches of the country. His position must be discussed in the central government. But he was just a provincial standing committee member. If the Ji faction showed its power and wanted to take him down, would Xu Chaoqi be able to withstand the overwhelming pressure at that time? If he could not withstand it, would he sacrifice himself?

He could not be completely at ease no matter who his fate was in. On the contrary, he could only be at ease if it was in his hands. For this reason, for the sake of his own future, Mei Guolong finally made a choice and chose to join the Ji system at the last minute. His request was very simple, as long as he could keep his current position.

In order to show that he stood with the Ji faction, he even stabbed Xu Chaoqi in the back by directly finding Luo Liping, the deputy secretary of the Xichuan Municipal Party Committee of Xu's faction, and asked him to obstruct all actions of Feng Sizhe in Xichuan City. In fact, he did succeed. Luo Liping really listened to him and did something. He even used his power to control Luo Liping, the Minister of United Front Work, who had a great influence on Xichuan City, and prevented him from helping Feng Sizhe, in order to isolate him.

But he never expected that things would turn out like this. An earthquake actually occurred in Xichuan, and its scale was definitely the largest in history. In this case, everything he had done before was wrong.

Even though things are like this, Mei Guolong still holds a glimmer of hope in his heart. As long as the Ji system does not fall, his position should not change. He just did not make the right choice. But looking at the Capital Provincial Party Committee, apart from Feng Sizhe, has anyone else made the right choice?

Therefore, even if the Xichuan incident happened, Mei Guolong was still not in a hurry. If the sky fell, there would be someone taller to hold it up. Why should he worry about it?

But what was unexpected was that the central government suddenly decided to send Feng Sizhe back to the capital province. In this case, a problem arose. The Feng faction and the Ji faction had been fighting for such a long time. Now that the Feng faction has returned, the Ji faction will obviously have to make certain concessions.

As expected, Ji Quanyong, the pillar and spiritual leader of the Ji faction, the so-called tall man, directly announced his resignation as director of the People's Congress of the Capital Province and went to work in Kyoto.

The Ji department suddenly became leaderless. Things took such a turn that not only Mei Guolong, but all the people in the Ji department were stunned.

But things happened so fast that there was no time for others to move and prepare. Feng Sizhe returned to the capital province the day after they received the news, and he was accompanied by a big shot, Wang Zerong, the first deputy secretary of the Z Discipline Inspection Commission.

Things suddenly changed like this, and Mei Guolong finally felt scared. Although he had done some work before, such as asking his old leader Xu Chaoqi to speak for him at a critical moment, of course, his reward condition was to follow the other party without any conditions, rather than in the form of an alliance.

But the effect was not good that time. Maybe it was because of his previous actions that made people feel disappointed, or maybe Xu Chaoqi was also in trouble. In short, the effect was extremely bad that time, and people did not give him a definite answer.

This time when Feng Sizhe returned to the capital province, Mei Guolong felt that the situation was not good.

But what Mei Guolong least expected was that Wang Zerong would actually target him first and directly take away his secretary Li Mi. Before this incident, there was no news at all, and he arrested people without even saying hello.

If the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection did this, Mei Guolong could certainly come to the door. No matter what, if you arrest my people, you should also say hello to me. This is the most basic respect. But he didn't dare to face Wang Zerong, who was the leader of the Z Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Secretary of the Z Central Secretariat. In terms of rank and status, he was much higher than Xu Chaoqi and Feng Sizhe.

So, after this happened, Mei Guolong had a very bad feeling. That is, he was afraid that this time, after Ji Quanyong, he would be the first person to be unlucky.

And then when he heard that even Luo Liping, who had the halo of a shock warrior, was arrested, he knew that everything was over. The two people arrested by the investigation team at the beginning had a close relationship with him, so there was no need to think too much, they really wanted to attack him.

In the capital province, even in the upper echelons, Mei Guolong did not have any strong connections. Although he knew some leaders in the central government, they were just nodding acquaintances. People only knew him. He only had one backer, Xu Chaoqi. And Xu Chaoqi was obviously unable to save him now.

It was not until this moment that Mei Guolong suddenly realized that he had originally thought that he was a dragon, that he had strong connections in official circles, and even that he had a different vision from him. However, it was not until things developed to this point that he realized that all that was just his self-righteousness. In fact, there was no one above him, and his vision was also very ordinary. If his vision was really strong, and he had fully cooperated with Feng Sizhe in this earthquake drill, what kind of situation would it be now?

But there are too many cases of being wise after the event, and facts have proved that such people usually don't do very well, and this time it is finally Mei Guolong's turn.

Mei Guolong is now like a lamb to be slaughtered. He has no means of resistance at all. All he can do is wait and pray whether Wang Zerong will show mercy and spare his life.

But Mei Guolong himself knew that his idea was just a dream. Things had come to this point, and blood would be shed. Who would hesitate? Just like if he gained power, he would not show mercy to Feng Sizhe and others.

The decision to use Mei Guolong as Wang Zerong's first accomplice when he arrived in Ducheng Province was actually the result of careful consideration by Feng Sizhe and others.

Mei Guolong is different from other provincial standing committee members. Strictly speaking, he cannot be considered a die-hard member of the Ji faction, because he used to belong to Xu Chaoqi's camp and had a very ordinary relationship with Ji Quanyong. It was only when he saw that Feng Sizhe seemed to be losing power that he switched to the Ji faction.

In fact, no leader likes such a fence-sitter, because in the eyes of this person, there is only his own interests, as if others are fools and he can use them at will. Little does he know that he thinks he is taking advantage of others, but the reality is that he is being used by others.

In the case of the Xichuan earthquake, the United Front Work Department is a key department with a great relationship. If it weren't for Ya Yunlong's efforts, the social order in Xichuan would not be so good. It is very likely that when the earthquake really comes, there will be chaos there, and with the continuous aftershocks, what kind of consequences will be caused by the chaos can be imagined with just your big toe.