Family connections: From special recruitment by the county committee to the pinnacle of power

[A genuine textbook for officialdom]

[The burial place for trolls and haters]

[Godfather's Check-in and Comments Section]

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"The defendant, Xu Hansheng, while serving as the governor of Handong Province, accepted huge bribes, embezzled public funds, abused his power for personal gain, and caused enormous and irreparable losses to the state. This court hereby pronounces the death sentence on the defendant, Xu Hansheng, to be carried out immediately!"

"The defendant, Xu Hansheng, is now escorted to the execution ground for identification and execution immediately!"

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"Xu Hansheng, are you listening to me?"

In a private room at the Hongyunlai Restaurant in Yutong County, Xu Hansheng stared blankly at the electronic calendar on the wall.

July 9, 2004!

Even though he has been reborn for three months, the scene of his final trial in his previous life is still vivid in his mind!

During these three months, Xu Hansheng was sometimes lucid and sometimes in a daze.

Even he himself couldn't believe that he would become the only corrupt official in Handong Province, or even the whole country, to be executed!

money!

that power!

status!

Everything from my past life kept replaying before my eyes.

It wasn't until a young woman in her early twenties with a face full of collagen, sitting opposite him, forcefully pushed Xu Hansheng that he seemed to wake up from a dream.

"Huh? Su Qing, I'm listening..." Xu Hansheng stared blankly at the pure and lovely face opposite him.

This girl was his wife in his previous life, and it was because of Su Qing that Xu Hansheng stepped into an endless abyss.

From helping her to helping her family, doing one or two small favors, and later, helping her brother's company to undertake water conservancy projects, Xu Hansheng enjoyed the pleasure that power and money brought him.

At that moment, he felt as if the whole world was under his control!

It wasn't until the bridge collapsed, causing the biggest tragedy since the founding of the People's Republic of China, that Xu Hansheng finally realized his mistake, but it was all too late.

"Xu Hansheng, I am truly grateful for your kindness to me, but we are destined to be different people, so let's break up." Su Qing looked at Xu Hansheng across from her with a helpless and regretful expression.

separate?

Xu Hansheng had been seeking this opportunity for a long time.

In his previous life, he was a corrupt official who met a tragic end. His accomplices and brothers who had followed him for many years were either arrested, imprisoned, or executed...

In this life, he will never be dragged into the abyss of sin by this insatiable woman before him, nor will he repeat the same mistakes.

He was going to walk a path completely different from his previous life.

In this life, he not only wants to reach the pinnacle of power, but also to be revered by all people, to be a good official, a good official who speaks up for the people, and a good official praised by everyone!

In his previous life, Xu Hansheng only learned from the bailiffs on his deathbed that he could have survived if Su Qing had simply handed over the embezzled funds that had already been transferred abroad. He could have been forgiven. However, Su Qing fled abroad with that bastard child, refusing to return the embezzled funds and displaying an extremely hostile attitude, which ultimately led to the end of Xu Hansheng's sinful life.

What Xu Hansheng regretted even more was that, until his death, he never knew whose child the bastard he cherished was.

Therefore, in this life, Xu Hansheng took the initiative to change the trajectory of his life.

Originally, he and Su Qing had agreed to take the civil service exam together, but Xu Hansheng gave up on the day before he entered the exam hall.

Just like in her previous life, Su Qing achieved the top score in the city's written exam.

"Can."

Xu Hansheng nodded in agreement without even thinking.

"Xu Hansheng, I know you must be very sad, but we really aren't right for each other, so..." Su Qing continued reciting her prepared lines, but halfway through, she suddenly snapped back to reality, looking at Xu Hansheng in astonishment and saying, "Xu Hansheng, what... what did you just say?"

"I said I agree to break up, and I hope you won't bother me anymore," Xu Hansheng said calmly.

Su Qing was completely stunned after hearing Xu Hansheng's words. She simply couldn't believe that Xu Hansheng, who had been longing to marry her for three years of high school and four years of college, had so calmly agreed to break up with her?

wrong!

What do you mean by "stop bothering him"?

Shouldn't that be my line?

All of Su Qing's sense of superiority was instantly shattered by Xu Hansheng's calm words.

From the moment she formally accepted Xu Hansheng's pursuit in her second year of high school, she had always been a person who was high and mighty and had absolute say. When did it become Xu Hansheng's turn to look down on her?

"Xu Hansheng, what do you mean I should stop bothering you? I even gave you my first time, and you... how can you talk like that without a conscience?" Su Qing's emotions instantly spiraled out of control, her gaze as venomous as a snake's as she glared at Xu Hansheng.

Please.

Xu Hansheng flicked the ash from his cigarette and said calmly, "Your father died in a fall while carrying timber at the forest farm when you were in your second year of high school. If I hadn't taken pity on you, would I have let your mother work at my family's restaurant? Ask around, which waiter can earn five thousand yuan a month just by wiping tables?"

"To put it bluntly, since the second semester of my junior year of high school, I've been supporting your whole family. Isn't it only natural for you to sleep with me? It's the most basic exchange of interests. I give you money, and you give me your body. We're all adults. Stop bringing up your first time. It's childish."

Xu Hansheng remained very calm throughout.

It wasn't that he wasn't angry about Su Qing's betrayal, but rather that his past life experiences had cultivated in him a top-notch ability to control his temper.

Having weathered many storms, the betrayal of a woman was no longer a big deal to him.

In his eyes now, there are only the stars and the sea, and only the ambition to be reborn and reach the top again.

Having tasted the power, in this life, he not only wants to enter the province, but also the ministry!

Hearing Xu Hansheng recount her shameful past, Su Qing became enraged and said in a sharp voice, "Xu Hansheng! I never imagined that the sacred love I held in my heart would become a complete transaction in your mouth!"

"Ha ha……"

Xu Hansheng couldn't help but laugh, sizing up the woman who had pushed him step by step into the abyss in his past life, and said calmly, "Is it love? I remember, when we were in the first year of high school, didn't you agree to be with Xu Shuai? If you hadn't been after our family's wealth, would you have been with me?"

At this point, Xu Hansheng looked up at the private room, which was quite luxurious in 04, and said calmly, "From your second year of high school onwards, everything you and your mother ate, wore, used, and lived in—wasn't it all provided by our family?"

After saying that, Xu Hansheng pointed to the white Adidas tracksuit Su Qing was wearing and said, "This outfit, wasn't it bought for you last autumn? Spending my money and enjoying the benefits our family brings to your family, you just got your written test results and you want to cut ties with the past? You call this sacred love? No, I should say, is your love sacred?"

Upon reaching shore, first eliminate your beloved, hehe...

Just then, a pleasant telephone ringtone sounded.

Su Qing pulled out a Nokia 9500. Don't underestimate it just because it's a tablet phone. In later years, nobody would want it for fifty yuan, but in 04, it was a luxury phone worth 8000 yuan!

"I bought this phone too."

Xu Hansheng smiled, his tone calm and composed, without any sarcasm, but to Su Qing, it sounded full of irony.

"What are you so smug about! I'll give it back to you!" Su Qing screamed fiercely, then casually pressed the answer button.

Perhaps because she was too angry, her finger pressed the speakerphone button.

A young man's voice came quickly from the other end of the phone: "Xiao Qing, your second sister's birth certificate is ready. I'll bring it to you right away. Where are you? I'll come pick you up."

Upon hearing the young man's voice, Xu Hansheng smiled.

That voice belonged to Xu Shuai.

"I'm at Hongyunlai."

After saying that, Su Qing hung up the phone. Anger made her fair face flush red, and she stared intently at Xu Hansheng, saying, "Is this funny? I admit that your family is rich, but so what? Someone just put in a word and got my second sister's birth permit sorted out, but what about you? I gave you a month's chance, and what was the result?"

At this point, Su Qing seemed to have regained her former sense of superiority. Arms crossed, she sneered, "Xu Shuai's family may not be rich, but his father is the deputy director of the county government office. See? That's the allure of power!"

At this point, Su Qing raised her chin arrogantly and said, "I'll be joining the government soon too, so from now on, we're from two different worlds! So what if your family is rich? You still have to bow and scrape to the director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau, right? Even a simple birth permit can stump your whole family. I can't live that kind of undignified, low-status life with you!"

At this moment, Su Qing had completely torn off her disguise, revealing the ruthlessness she had shown in her past life.

"Alright, you can go now. Remember, don't bother me again." Xu Hansheng was too lazy to waste any more words with her, so he waved his hand and dismissed her.

"Hmph!" Su Qing stood up, glanced at Xu Hansheng with disdain, and said coldly, "Who do you think you are? Hate me? That's laughable. Wait until I'm in a leadership position, then you'll be begging me!"

After saying that, she stood up, quickly walked out of the private room, got into a Jetta, and drove away.

At this moment, Xu Hansheng's father, Xu Weidong, pushed open the door and entered the private room, frowning as he said, "Hansheng, even if you don't want to be with her anymore, you can't offend her. She's right about one thing: our family is in business, and we can't afford to offend the people in the county government office."

Upon hearing this, Xu Hansheng sighed softly and said, "Dad, don't worry. There's a reason why I'm not taking the civil service exam. Our family has a natural advantage, so there's no need for us to squeeze onto the narrow bridge like everyone else."

"Government-sponsored recruitment is more direct and more reliable."

After saying that, Xu Hansheng picked up the cigarettes from the table and quickly walked out of the private room.

In his previous life, Xu Hansheng was the biggest corrupt official in Handong Province. He knew all the shortcuts and ways to get ahead of him.

Civil service exam?

That's a perpetually arduous journey prepared for cattle and horses!

Wouldn't it be better to be admitted through special admissions?

Even if I'm reborn and don't become a corrupt official, I, Xu Hansheng, can still reach the pinnacle of power!

"Special admission?"

Xu Weidong stared at Xu Hansheng's retreating figure with a complex expression. After a long while, he turned to his wife, Li Xiuru, who was leaning against the doorframe of the private room, and asked, "Have you ever heard of anyone being specially recruited into the county government?"

Li Xiuru shook her head repeatedly. She knew many bureau chiefs' wives and the like, but she had never heard of any family whose son was specially recruited into the county government.

Xu Weidong sighed deeply, watching his son drive away in his newly bought Audi, a deep sense of doubt creeping into his eyes…

Should we start a new account with the child's mother?