In name only, I, Gao Yuliang, will sink Handong at worst.

On Sunday, Gao Yuliang was sleeping soundly at home, having slept from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. the next day, finally catching up on his sleep. A phone call disturbed his peace and quiet.

It's already quite good for members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee to have only one day off a week, let alone two days off a week. It's not a legal requirement, nor is it written into the regulations; it's purely because they're busy with work.

Gao Yuliang answered the phone and glanced at it. It was Qi Tongwei calling. Qi Tongwei certainly wouldn't call for no reason.

"Tongwei, this is Gao Yuliang. What's the matter?"

"Professor Gao, the new provincial party secretary has been appointed, and it's not you," Qi Tongwei informed Gao Yuliang.

"Didn't we already know about this? And didn't we ask you to investigate the intelligence in Zhongjiang Province before?" Gao Yuliang was quite calm and composed at this moment.

He wasn't too surprised by this. Since the provincial party secretary couldn't take over, then he would take over as governor!

The provincial party secretary and the governor are both top leaders. Otherwise, what's the point of him cultivating a good relationship with Liu Changsheng? Are they just sitting around doing nothing? As for Li Dakang, based on the problems he has, he could never be the top leader.

With his daughter abroad, his wife embezzling funds, and corrupt officials frequently appearing under his command, how could a corrupt official with family members living abroad become the top leader?

As for the pairing of Sha and Li, or Sha and Gao, higher-level officials need to consider the balance. It is impossible for one top leader to actually appoint another top leader.

It's all just rumors.

"That's right, teacher. You anticipated this and asked me to gather relevant information in advance." Qi Tongwei had been instructed a month ago to help gather information about Zhongjiang Province.

He was still wondering what was going to happen. He never expected that the teacher had been preparing for this day so early.

"Please send all those materials to my email address!"

Gao Yuliang then hung up the phone, walked out of the room, and left. His computer was in the study; was he planning to go check on it now?

Gao Yuliang walked out of the room. At this moment, Wu Huifen was reading the History of Ming. There were two studies here, one for Gao Yuliang and the other for Wu Huifen, as well as several rooms for the children.

When Wu Huifen saw Gao Yuliang come out, she said, "Why didn't you sleep a little longer? I cooked some porridge over there, and also made stir-fried river shrimp and black bean dace with bok choy."

"Qi Tongwei just called me. The new provincial party secretary has been confirmed, so I have no choice but to get up." Gao Yuliang said as he walked towards the kitchen.

Upon hearing Gao Yuliang's words, Wu Huifen stood up immediately, looking at him with some worry. Last time, when Zhao Lichun became the provincial party secretary, although the whole family was not exactly in dire straits, the situation was still quite turbulent.

She later developed a relationship with him. Although Gao Yuliang didn't say it, she knew that the process must have been complicated. Gao Yuliang didn't tell her what he did, but during that time, Gao Yuliang often went out drinking at night and didn't come home at all.

She could also smell the aroma, a pleasant fragrance. She knew exactly what was going on. She remembered Gao Yuliang's words: sometimes, handing over your weaknesses to others makes them more willing to use you.

Wu Huifen immediately understood what those words meant.

In order to maintain his family, Gao Yuliang almost sacrificed two kidneys, one to Gao Xiaofeng and the other to Wu Huifen. At that time, he had no choice.

"The new secretary isn't you? I hope nothing bad has happened!" Wu Huifen came to the dining table and looked at Gao Yuliang, who was drinking porridge.

Gao Yuliang grasped Wu Huifen's hand with his left hand, finished eating, and then said, "Don't worry! It won't be like before. Before, I wasn't a member of the Standing Committee, so I couldn't decide our fate. But now it's different. I'm at the table now too."

"Sha Ruijin is here to wipe out Zhao Lichun's faction."

"Yu-liang, nothing bad will happen, right?" Wu Hui-fen held Gao Yu-liang's hand tightly, as if only in this way could she feel safe.

"Nothing will happen, don't worry! I cleaned up those messes years ago. Besides, this Party Secretary's problems are far more serious than Zhao Lichun's." Gao Yuliang placed his other hand in Wu Huifen's.

"No way!"

"Do you think an official with connections who doesn't follow the rules is more harmful, or someone who follows the rules of officialdom but uses various underhanded tactics behind the scenes?"

Gao Yuliang was giving his wife a lesson here.

"Both of them have caused big trouble. One is foolish and unaware that he might make a huge mess, while the other is silently eroding the foundation of this system. These days, it's said that a bad person's cleverness is worse than a bad person's cunning! Since you asked me this question, the new secretary must be the first type of person!" Based on Gao Yuliang's words, Wu Huifen quickly understood what Gao Yuliang meant.

"I feel that you are my most outstanding student. If you enter the officialdom, you will definitely be better than Qi Tongwei and Hou Liangping."

"What happened to them? Didn't Qi Tongwei handle a major case recently? And Hou Liangping also handled several major cases in Beijing, some of which involved vice-ministerial level officials." Although Wu Huifen wasn't in this system, she was just a professor who taught Ming Dynasty history.

However, I had heard about it.

"Qi Tongwei's political acumen is inferior to yours. As for Hou Liangping, if it weren't for the Zhong family cleaning up his mess, who knows what would have happened to him? Do you want to come with me to analyze Sha Ruijin's information?"

"Forget it! Just focus on analyzing the data properly! Don't let us end up talking about history later."

In the TV series, Gao Yuliang and Wu Huifen wouldn't do that. Now they often analyze the figures in officialdom and the history of the Ming Dynasty, trying to find the characters.

The ways of officialdom have actually been explained in history books long ago; it's just a matter of whether you can see them.

Four Nine Cities.

Sha Ruijin brought Li Shuangshuang, a beautiful woman weighing over 160 pounds, to visit her adoptive father.

Why didn't Sha Ruijin take his wife to Handong? Naturally, it was because he dared not! Even if a tigress didn't do anything, Sha Ruijin's authority would be directly diminished if she went there.

An old man sat under a grapevine, basking in the sun, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan.

"dad."

"Don't call me Dad. I've told you so many times, don't get involved with the Zhong family. The situation in Handong is complicated and you can't handle it."