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

The way everyone looked at Gao Yuliang was a mixture of admiration, worry, and curiosity. Gao Yuliang had never been this crazy before; it seemed that he had truly crossed a line here.

The Gao Yuliang of the past was not like this.

That's true. If it really comes to fruition, Handong University will be disgraced, the Handong Department of Political Science and Law will be ashamed to face anyone, and those who followed Gao Yuliang or were once protected by him will be branded.

Sha Ruijin wanted to regain control of the meeting, and now Tian Guofu was no longer in control, at least not at this meeting.

Completely lacking any enthusiasm, Tian Guofu suffered a crushing defeat.

Sha Ruijin said two things during this conversation: one was "mountains stand in clusters," and the other was "apology and forgiveness."

"We don't have any mountain strongholds in Handong. Handong is a plain area. I must have misremembered earlier! My geography is terrible." Sha Ruijin directly admitted his poor geography skills. He didn't want to talk about the "Handong University Clique" or anything like that in Handong.

If this definition is invalid from the very beginning, then these people can no longer use the Han University gang as a pretext; doing so would be defamation.

Who knows what Gao Yuliang will say later? Since the Han University faction is no good, then you can't refute the fact that the officials in Handong are corrupt!

Besides, the social atmosphere in Handong is bad, that much is clear! There's no way to argue with that!

"During my inspection tour, I discovered some things that I have to speak out about. While Handong has made great achievements in its development, I have also found some significant problems in Handong. These problems are the result of Handong's rapid development."

"Some of our cadres know nothing about the scientists in Handong, but they know a lot about our female cadres. They can even call them by their childhood nicknames, and they have unclear relationships with these female cadres."

"Besides, some cadres in our provincial agricultural department don't even understand the agricultural distribution and structure of Handong, but they know all about which restaurants in Handong are good, and they even know exactly where wild game is found in some mountain villages in Handong."

Sha Ruijin looked at the people and saw that no one refuted him, which meant that everyone still respected him as the provincial party secretary.

Gao Yuliang knew who they were talking about: Hua Xingfu, the head of the Organization Department of Jingzhou, and Li Shengli of Yantai! He didn't have any intention of defending himself; as long as it didn't involve him or his territory, it was none of his business.

The Standing Committee members present were all keeping their eyes down, seemingly oblivious to everything. These are objective problems; no one can guarantee that their subordinates are all clean. Who would dare to pat their chest and guarantee, like Gao Yuliang, that their people won't run into trouble?

Nobody dares to do it.

"In addition, I know that after many people in Handong learned about my relationship with Old Chen, they went directly to my door to deliver flowers and birds. There were hundreds of people who came to visit, and from what I understand, the flowers and birds they delivered amounted to tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of yuan."

"Has the political environment in Handong deteriorated to this extent? Some corrupt officials I know are on this promotion list. I propose that this list of 250 cadres be suspended immediately." Sha Ruijin's move was ruthless; he planned to suspend the promotion list directly.

Having seen and known this list, and knowing the details, I found it included Gao Yuliang, Zhao Lichun, and Wu Chunlin, the Minister of the Organization Department. Many of these individuals were people Zhao Lichun had communicated with privately with these members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee.

It's just a matter of who can be promoted and who can't under my command, and even if you were given this list, it would take time to investigate.

As Li Dakang listened to the number of people, he felt something was off. He remembered that Wu Chunlin's list only had 125 people. He quickly looked at the list. Many of the people on the list were good cadres who had made achievements, while some were just there to gain experience or had connections.

In officialdom, who can completely avoid connections? Only a few can be promoted after serving a certain number of years, but most people stagnate in one position for several years, or even more than a decade, before they can be promoted.

This list includes many officials at the provincial or ministerial level, as well as many at the division level.

If it's really suspended, I wonder how many people Sha Ruijin will offend.

He originally thought that the promotion of the old Party Secretary Zhao Lichun was just a nominal position, and that the appointment of the Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary and then the Provincial Party Secretary was intended to settle scores with the Zhao family. However, this Secretary turned out to be even more unreliable.

The Han University gang was almost humiliated by Gao Yuliang, but luckily he was targeting Tian Guofu, not Sha Ruijin.

Tian Guofu spoke up: "I strongly agree with Secretary Sha's proposal. I've heard that quite a few of the cadres on the promotion list have problems. I raise my hand in favor."

No, this is just a topic that's been raised, and you, Tian Guofu, have already agreed to it? Isn't there any need for discussion? What about us?

Qian Qingfeng and Wang Zheng also raised their hands in agreement. They looked at each other, and then Luo Mei raised her hand as well. As the head of the propaganda department, she should have been on Secretary Sha's side.

Wu Chunlin did not express his opinion. This proposal to freeze the list almost negated all the work of his organization department, and he was aware of the situation of this list.

Gao Yuliang: "See, it's just hearsay again. I've said it three times already, the secretary was right! From now on, you can stop being the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and become an imperial censor who reports on rumors. Don't you agree, Imperial Censor Tian?"

Upon hearing Gao Yuliang's words, everyone couldn't help but laugh. They had just given him a nickname, and now he had actually heard about it and had another nickname: Imperial Censor Tian.

Tian Guofu: "This is not hearsay. Our discipline inspection commission has received many reports that these promoted personnel have problems."

Gao Yuliang: "I'd like to ask, how many are there? Out of 250 people, how many were reported? And how many provided evidence, and how many were reported under their real names?"

Tian Guofu: "Eight people were reported, five provided evidence, and three filed reports under their real names. We can't just look at the number of people; we also have to look at the proportions."

As soon as Tian Guofu said this, everyone knew how absurd the proposal to suspend all cadre appointments was. However, since this was the first Standing Committee meeting convened by Sha Ruijin, Gao Yuliang couldn't target Sha Ruijin directly, so he could only target Tian Guofu.

"I can understand why Comrade Ruijin felt that the political environment in Handong was not good and wanted to improve it. However, the promotion and adjustment of these cadres are related to a lot of work arrangements in Handong Province."

"There are many positions that have been vacant for a long time, just waiting to be filled. For example, the first one, Qi Tongwei, is my student, I won't shy away from it. This time he was promoted to vice governor to coordinate the province's security and stability work and share the security work of the provincial government. The Dafeng Factory case is still fresh in my mind."

"Many deputy county heads have been promoted here to address our poverty alleviation issues. Their poverty alleviation achievements are outstanding, and this promotion is to resolve their position issues."

"In addition, the deputy mayors of cities such as Yantai City and Zhenzhou City have been vacant for half a year. They were dismissed because of their poor performance in flood control, as well as corruption and withholding flood control materials. In two or three months, we will enter the ice jam stage, and the flood season will be in about five or six months. It will take them one or two months to get familiar with the work."

"Who will take responsibility if problems arise? Besides, this list includes nearly 60 cadres who are about to retire, roughly within the next two months. These promotions are all reasonable."

"I don't really agree with directly freezing cadre appointments. I suggest separating veteran cadres and some security positions. For positions that urgently need personnel, we can approve them first, while for those that are not urgent, we can freeze them for further investigation. In addition, we should set a freeze period, with two months as the benchmark. What do you think?"

Gao Yuliang did not directly oppose the proposal, but suggested that different positions should be clearly defined and that a one-size-fits-all approach should not be taken. Sha Ruijin's first proposal was opposed by some people. Wouldn't that be disrespectful to the superiors?

However, since the provincial party secretary and the secretary of the discipline inspection commission had just formed a clique around Gao Yuliang from Hanzhong University of Science and Technology, their opposition was understandable.

However, this security position is very sensitive. Whether Qi Tongwei is promoted to the vice-provincial level or not is related to whether he belongs to the central government-managed cadres or the provincial government-managed cadres.

The provincial government has no jurisdiction over cadres under the direct management of the central government. If any of you here want to be arrested, you'll have to wait for the central government to send a procuratorial team.