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

After Gao Yuliang left the meeting room, everyone realized that he had given them permission to deal with their students.

Liu Changsheng immediately understood the reason. These two students were not on the same side as Gao Yuliang. Yesterday, Gao Yuliang was still teaching Chen Hai, but Chen Hai immediately felt that they should be arrested instead of having a meeting.

Gao Yuliang is using them to clean house! Since that's the case, the provincial government will naturally lend a hand.

Li Dakang harbored deep resentment towards these two men. Gao Yuliang had managed to absolve himself of all responsibility by leveraging the authority of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. Now that Gao Yuliang was in danger, Li Dakang was determined to take action.

For Tian Guofu, how could he let such a good opportunity to kick someone when they're down pass by? The more stains Gao Yuliang had on his record, the faster he could improve himself.

Secretary Sha found Chen Hai's name somewhat familiar, but since the other party was Gao Yuliang's student, he must be a member of the Han University clique. On his first day in office, he had dealt a heavy blow to Gao Yuliang's prestige.

As for Hou Liangping, he was just a son-in-law, so the news wouldn't even reach his ears. He was working with Zhong Zhengguo, who was his peer! He didn't know him at all.

Sha Ruijin: "I propose that Chen Hai, the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Handong Province, be demoted from the provincial level to the division level. As for that monkey from the Supreme People's Procuratorate, our Handong Provincial Party Committee should send an inquiry letter to the Supreme People's Procuratorate to ask if the people there have violated regulations in handling the case, and attach all those recordings and such."

When Sha Ruijin sent the inquiry letter, he felt that Gao Yuliang shouldn't have interrupted Hou Liangping back then, and shouldn't have said those arrogant things. He was just too protective of his student.

Sha Ruijin didn't remember Hou Liangping's name, only that he had a nickname: Monkey.

All eyes turned to Sha Ruijin, who was actually going to send an inquiry letter to the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Why not just report this irregularity to the head of the anti-corruption bureau? Why send an inquiry letter? Where does that leave his dignity?

Tian Guofu couldn't help but speak up: "Secretary Sha, shouldn't we consider the impact on the Supreme People's Procuratorate? The people at the Supreme People's Procuratorate made a mistake and should be punished. But should we reconsider this approach?"

Sha Ruijin looked at Tian Guofu and couldn't help but think: Tian Guofu, since you know about the punishment, don't you know that the punishment might be suppressed? If it's just a demerit, then it won't hurt at all.

If an inquiry letter is sent, then it has to be dealt with.

Li Dakang then spoke up: "Secretary Guofu, I think your understanding is wrong. If there were no written report or explicit inquiry letter, the Supreme People's Procuratorate might not have punished them. Moreover, the root of all this lies with the General Anti-Corruption Bureau. We just want an explanation."

"I firmly support Secretary Sha in taking the lead in sending an inquiry letter to the Supreme People's Procuratorate."

Li Dakang has found another place to shift blame, and naturally he's going to do it.

Since Sha Ruijin took the lead and was the proposer, they simply voted in favor.

Thus, with everyone harboring their own ulterior motives, they directly dismissed Chen Hai and demoted him to section chief. As for Hou Liangping, since he was from the Supreme People's Procuratorate, they directly sent him the relevant irregularities in handling the case and the corresponding statement.

They'll handle it internally.

When Gao Yuliang had his second cigarette, his secretary came out and called him back. He wasn't surprised by this outcome.

This is a very standard procedure. In addition, a joint investigation team composed of the public security bureau, the procuratorate, and the court was established, mainly to investigate Ding Yizhen's death.

Sha Ruijin was smug because he had dealt a blow to Gao Yuliang's students, and Tian Guofu followed suit with the rat poison.

Because Gao Yuliang was involved, as soon as the meeting ended, Sha Ruijin and Tian Guofu immediately used the fastest process to settle these two matters, hoping to avoid any unforeseen changes.

In this process, some things are very slow, requiring you to follow procedures and go through processes at every step before the task can be completed. Other things can be very fast, with a dozen signatures and stamps collected in no time.

Tian Guofu personally went to the procuratorate and stood on Ji Changming's side, urging Ji Changming to handle this matter.

The meeting ended at 3:30 p.m., and the demotion notice and accountability measures were issued before 5 p.m.

Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Before leaving get off work, Chen Hai received news of his demotion and rushed over to find Ji Changming, barging in without knocking.

Ji Changming didn't leave work. At his level, how could he leave work so early?

"Old Ji, Old Ji, look at this announcement, isn't there a mistake? How could I have been demoted to section chief?" Chen Hai pointed to the announcement on his phone.

Ji Changming already knew about this matter; one of the signatures was his.

"That's right, the Standing Committee meeting today dismissed you from your post."

"Professor Gao is the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and he's a provincial-level official. Is there nothing he can do?" Chen Hai thought of Gao Yuliang at this moment.

Ji couldn't help but think to himself yesterday: You're thinking about your teacher now? But yesterday you didn't treat him like your teacher at all; you were practically pointing at him and cursing him.

Ji Changming spoke up: "Secretary Gao Yuliang couldn't do anything either. Today, the newly arrived Party Secretary of Handong Province is going to investigate procedural irregularities. How could you, Teacher Gao, possibly stand up to the top leader? He had to go to the corridor to smoke to avoid suspicion, and this has already spread throughout the Provincial Party Committee building."

Do you know how you got this paperwork done?

Chen Hai suddenly realized, "That's right! It takes at least three or four days, and sometimes more than ten days, to process this kind of demotion."

"How did you get it approved?"

"The secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission personally came to the procuratorate to urge them to finish the job, and said that if it wasn't done today, he would stay here and not leave. No matter what happens in the future, he has to leave with his head held high and not let anyone find fault with him."

Chen Hai knew that the new secretary was trying to punish him, and even Teacher Gao couldn't do anything about it. Who would send a secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission to supervise the process of issuing this demotion notice?

Chen Hai started the car and returned dejectedly to the small courtyard of the Chen Yanshi couple's nursing home.

"Hai Zi, I caught the little ball and made your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs."

Chen Hai looked over and saw Xiao Piqiu doing his homework inside. Usually, his mother would pick him up from school, as he was too busy with work to do so.

Chen Yanshi was tending to his flowers and birds.

"Dad, I've been demoted. I'm now a section chief."

"Aren't you the bureau chief? How can you become a section chief? I'll call Gao Yuliang right now, and if Gao Yuliang doesn't work, I'll call the new provincial party secretary." Chen Yanshi was overjoyed when he saw the name of the new provincial party secretary.

He still remembered when his old squad leader Sha Zhenjiang died. In order to prevent the old squad leader from dying out, a group of people went to the old squad leader's village to look for any of Sha Zhenjiang's descendants.

After searching the entire village, they found an orphan with no parents. It was unclear whether he was Sha Zhenjiang's son, so they simply adopted him and named him Sha Ruijin. His comrades took turns caring for him.

Later, several of his comrades went to Beijing, but Chen Yanshi stayed in Handong. For the sake of his child's future, he sent Sha Ruijin to Beijing.

It's been so many years since we last met. Now that Sha Ruijin is the provincial party secretary, just imagine everyone else having to respectfully call him "Secretary Sha," while I can just call him "Little Jin." That kind of pretentious display would be incredibly satisfying.

Moreover, with Sha Ruijin serving as the provincial party secretary, his child's future is secure.

He didn't even have time to tell his child the news. How could Chen Hai have been demoted? In his anxiety, Chen Yanshi quickly asked.

"Tell me, how did you get demoted?"

Chen Hai recounted his violations of regulations in handling the case.

Chen Yanshi frowned. "How can this be allowed? You were just doing this for the sake of the case. Wouldn't it have been enough to have you write a self-criticism and make amends? Why make such a big fuss and insist on demoting you?"

"Your initial intentions were good, I'll call Gao Yuliang right now and reason with him!"

Often, if you see a child with a problem, it's likely that their illness is the least serious in the family. Chen Hai's disregard for procedures and rules was cultivated in such a family environment.

"Stop hitting him. Gao Yuliang can't do anything about it. This decision was made by the new provincial party secretary. I don't even know what I did to offend him." Chen Hai thought that if Gao Yuliang couldn't do anything about the provincial party secretary, what could his father do?

"Is the new provincial party secretary named Sha Ruijin?"

"His name is Sha Ruijin! What's wrong, Dad?" Chen Hai didn't care that his father knew who the visitor was. This kind of news was nothing special. It was announced by the higher-ups and broadcast on the Handong News. It really wasn't news.

"I really need to ask Xiao Jinzi how he acted as an older brother, dismissing you from your post?"

Upon hearing the names Xiao Jinzi and Ge, Chen Hai immediately thought of Sha Ruijin. Could it be that the person who suspended him was the Ge that Chen Yanshi mentioned?

"Dad, do you know Secretary Sha?"

"Of course I know him. He's the kid that several of my comrades raised. You can call him brother without any problem," Chen Yanshi said.

"Since he's my brother, why would he treat me like this? You don't know, Teacher Gao didn't speak up for me to avoid suspicion, and handed it over to the Standing Committee for a decision. It was Secretary Sha who made the decision on this demotion application."

"I'll call and ask what's going on!" Chen Yanshi was also angrily about to call Sha Ruijin, only to realize that he didn't have Sha Ruijin's phone number. He could only go to his old comrade-in-arms first, ask for his number, and then call Sha Ruijin.