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

Li Dakang listened to Gao Yuliang's words and thought, "No, Gao Yuliang, shouldn't you be going against Secretary Sha's side? What does this have to do with me?"

Now, instead of taking action against Sha Ruijin, Gao Yuliang is talking about himself here. You old Gao, you're picking on the weak, aren't you!

Liu Changsheng maintained his usual attitude, remaining indifferent as if it were none of his business. He knew Gao Yuliang, whose methods were far beyond what Li Dakang and Sha Ruijin could handle, and besides, it had nothing to do with the provincial government.

Executive Vice Governor Wang Zheng was looking at Li Dakang and Sha Ruijin, wondering who would step in to save the day.

Li Dakang quickly replied, "I will certainly humbly accept Secretary Yuliang's suggestions and earnestly make improvements."

He just hoped the two of them would stop arguing. The person caught in the middle was undoubtedly Li Dakang, as the eldest and second eldest brothers' fight directly injured the third brother.

Sha Ruijin continued, "I wonder if Comrade Yuliang has anything to say? Secretary Dakang has already made a self-criticism, but what about the Political and Legal Affairs Commission? Yesterday's case handling process involved quite a few violations! Don't you intend to make an explanation on behalf of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission?"

Gao Yuliang looked at Sha Ruijin. Since the rat poison wants to fight, then let's fight!

"Xiao Chen, please distribute the materials I brought to the Standing Committee members present."

Upon hearing Gao Yuliang's words, everyone immediately understood that Gao Yuliang had come prepared. Could Sha Ruijin still have the upper hand next?

Following Gao Yuliang's orders, Chen Yu took out the documents from his briefcase and distributed them one by one, starting from the front.

"Many of you here have probably heard about what happened last night, but you don't know the whole story. Please allow me to make an explanation at the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee meeting."

"According to the Supreme People's Procuratorate of Beijing, a section chief named Zhao Dehan was arrested yesterday. He is a representative of a low-ranking official with huge corruption, having embezzled more than 200 million yuan. This has nothing to do with Handong. It is rumored that Ding Yizhen, the vice mayor of Jingzhou City, Handong Province, bribed him with more than 10 million yuan."

"Everyone, listen carefully, this is just a rumor! According to the information I have, this section chief in Beijing has not confessed to his embezzlement and bribery. In other words, whether Ding Yizhen actually engaged in bribery before his death has not been clearly and accurately stated."

When Gao Yuliang revealed this rumor, everyone was shocked, which meant that Ding Yizhen was never convicted before his death.

"The case last night was triggered by Hou Liangping, a section chief at the Supreme People's Procuratorate, who called his college friend and Anti-Corruption Bureau Director Chen Hai to arrest Ding Yizhen. On the way, they encountered Procurator General Ji Changming."

"Ji Changming then informed me that Governor Liu, Secretary Dakang, and several other Standing Committee members would provide an explanation, and I then decided to report to Comrade Ruijin."

For some reason, Gao Yuliang seemed to emphasize the words "Comrade Ruijin" when he said them.

"Because Ding Yizhen was responsible for the 25 billion yuan Guangmingfeng project, in order to minimize the impact, a plan was determined. Due to the Jingzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection taking him away for questioning, Ding Yizhen successfully escaped."

"Finally, under the command of Qi Tongwei of the Provincial Public Security Bureau, Ding Yizhen was successfully arrested at Jingzhou Airport. Ding Yizhen was using a fake passport and the alias Tom Ding, and planned to take a US flight to the United States. At midnight last night, the unharmed and healthy Ding Yizhen was handed over to the Jingzhou Discipline Inspection Commission."

"This morning, I received news of Ding Yizhen's death and ordered the Provincial Public Security Bureau and the Jingzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau to investigate. By the afternoon, the autopsy report had been released, and it was confirmed that Ding Yizhen's heart disease was not related to any common medications that could trigger a heart attack. However, suspicion cannot be ruled out."

"Currently, the Public Security Bureau and the Jingzhou Police Bureau are working together to crack this case. This is a brief overview of the case; I will now explain in detail the procedural irregularities and illegalities involved."

"First, Hou Liangping, the director of the First Division of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, ordered the arrest of Ding Yizhen, a provincial-level cadre, in Handong without any procedures or evidence. Xiao Chen, please play that recording, the recording of Hou Liangping communicating with Chen Hai."

Did Gao Yuliang want to deal with Chen Hai and Hou Liangping? He really wanted to punish these two people who disrespected their teacher and even tried to climb over his teacher to get ahead, but he was a teacher! He couldn't set that precedent!

It would be better to take advantage of Sha Ruijin's arrival now and use him to deal with these two people. He was betting that Sha Ruijin had just arrived and was not yet certain that Hou Liangping was the Zhong family's son-in-law, or that Chen Hai was Chen Yanshi's son.

They forced Sha Ruijin to know that he would come and deal with the situation once he learned that the two were Gao Yuliang's students.

There are over 10,000 division-level cadres in the entire city of Beijing, and nearly 1,000 department-level cadres in the entire Handong area. How could someone who took office yesterday possibly know them all? Moreover, Sha Ruijin certainly won't be staying in Handong for long, and there's a nearly 20-year age gap between them. He simply doesn't believe that the other party would know Chen Hai.

It's gambling anyway. Losing is no big deal, but winning is like Sha Ruijin cutting off his own arm!

"Chen Hai, have you arrested Ding Yizhen yet?!"

"I'm reporting to the provincial party committee standing committee right now. Monkey, do you have the Supreme People's Procuratorate's approval document for the arrest? Send it to me quickly."

"You should put Ding Yizhen under investigation first. The evidence is conclusive. Don't worry too much about the procedures. I'll handle it for you later, okay?"

"Chen Hai, I'm telling you, go there right now and arrest Ding Yizhen. If he escapes, I'll have to explain myself to you."

A series of recordings were played, which directly provoked the provincial party committee standing committee members and challenged the authority of Handong. He forced everyone to deal with these two people.

"The second violation of the law was that Chen Hai sent people to monitor Ding Yizhen without the approval of the provincial party committee and without an arrest warrant. The monitoring lasted for a total of seven days."

"Neither of these two case-handling systems are under the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. The Political and Legal Affairs Commission is a functional department of the Party Committee at the same level that leads the political and legal work. It has a political leadership and overall coordination relationship with the public security, procuratorate and courts, providing guidance, support and supervision."

"We will not interfere in specific case handling; the public security organs, procuratorates, and courts will exercise their powers independently in accordance with the law, while accepting the overall leadership of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. From the time I received the report yesterday to the time I proposed the case and coordinated the intervention of the Public Security Department, the process was swift, compliant, and without any problems."

"These two individuals were my students in the past, but it has been over twenty years since I last taught them. In order to avoid interfering with judicial fairness, I urge the Standing Committee members present to discuss and decide on a course of action. I will recuse myself."

Afterwards, Gao Yuliang left the meeting room and went outside to smoke.