Chapter 107: Drunkenly Investigating All Sides

  In the past, Feng Si Zhe had also heard of factional struggles within the party, but he knew that most of them were caused by differences in governing ideologies. Of course, there were also people like Wen Jia who would think of ways to suppress dissidents for personal gain. However, he always thought that such things should only happen at higher levels, and did not expect that something similar could occur in a small county like Da Hu. To say that the secretary and county head were at odds was normal, as the top leaders often deliberately did not see eye-to-eye with the party-government team for better management. But it seemed that Da Hu County had more complex issues.

  "Come, County Magistrate Fang Xianzhi, Minister He Zhuba, and Minister Li Wanli. I'd like to toast you all. After the initial autumn rain, there are still many things I need to ask for your guidance on, so please don't hold back, haha." With a sincere smile, Feng Sizhe raised his cup towards County Magistrate Fang Xianzhi, Propaganda Minister He Zhuba, and Armed Forces Minister Li Wanli, who all lifted their cups in response. However, he didn't say much to Qi Hengsan.

  Another large cup was drunk into Feng Siche's mouth, and a slightly pungent feeling made Feng Siche suddenly clear-headed again. He knew that this time he came to the big lake as an air-dropped character, and would certainly block many people's path to promotion. If his guess was not wrong, before he arrived, there must have been countless people who had secretly cursed him thousands of times. But there was no way around it, this was a decision made by the organization, and he couldn't change it either. Since the person has come, then let's just follow the principle of "soldiers coming to block, water coming to cover". At least before figuring out who is friend or foe, he would still act as a neutral party, not offending anyone. Fortunately, his alcohol tolerance was good, and no matter who came, he would just smile and apologize. As the saying goes, "a slap in the face doesn't hit a smiling person", he didn't believe that even if he lowered his posture, who could still do anything to him?

  Feng Siche had just finished drinking with Fang Xianchang and others, when Qi Hengsan and several others took turns toasting him. Feng Siche couldn't avoid it and didn't want to, so he forced himself to drink a few more cups with them, which roughly added up to about 8 taels of liquor. At this point, Feng Siche's body swayed once before he fell back into his chair.

  "Oh my, County Mayor Feng is still so young. Look at him, he's already drunk after just a few drinks. Quick, someone help him down, ah. Young people can't drink then they shouldn't drink, why must they pretend to be big shots?" Qi Hengsan saw that Feng Sichao seemed to have gotten drunk and hastily called out, waving his hand. Zheng Guang, the director of the county government office who had been waiting on the side, hurried over with two others and together they supported Feng Sichao as he walked out of the private room.

  Outside the box, there were already two people preparing to leave. They saw someone being supported out and without saying a word, they came over to help. Together, they managed to get Feng Sicheng down from the second floor and all the way to a Santana sedan parked outside the Dahur Restaurant. They helped him into the back seat and then the car sped away.

  On the second floor, County Party Secretary Sun Shicun clearly saw this scene through the glass and smiled at the corner of his mouth. He turned around and said to others including Vice Minister Zhou Chunhai, "Young people are indeed young, it's a good thing to be impulsive, but they don't know their own strength, how much they can do, always thinking of relying on brute force, that won't work. Revolutionary work is not just about enthusiasm, after all."

  "Yes, yes, Secretary Sun is absolutely right." Deputy Secretary Pi Taisheng, Organization Department Minister Niu Daxin, and County Committee Office Director Li Yige all hastily responded on the side.

  "Hmm, since Comrade Feng Siche has had too much to drink, I think we can end today's banquet. I'm also tired from driving for half a day." Listening to Sun Shicun's somewhat sarcastic tone, Zhou Chunhai was visibly displeased and stood up from his seat.

  Feng Sicheng will be a county cadre, and they can do whatever they want with him. However, Zhou Chunhai is still a municipal party leader and a regular official, so naturally, everyone cannot treat him that way. Now that he has suggested dispersing, and the purpose of getting Feng Sicheng drunk has been achieved, it's only natural that everyone agrees to disperse in unison.

  Sun Shicun knew that the union chairman Lin Jianli had a good relationship with Zhou Chunhai, so he let him send the leader to rest. In the car, when the driver started the engine and was about to drive away, Zhou Chunhai said to Lin Jianli sitting next to him: "This little Feng is really too young, his drinking capacity is not good either, he gets drunk after just a few drinks, it seems that he can't be used for big things. I think you shouldn't have too much hope for Zhou Xingxing's matter either, if it doesn't work out, just put it aside for now."

  "I understand, Director Zhou." Lin Jianyi also felt that Feng Sichao was really too easy to fool, and he had been knocked down by wine at the dinner table. It didn't even come to everyone working together, which was also something he hadn't anticipated beforehand.

  At the same time, County Magistrate Fang Xianzhi also shook his head and left the hotel, along with Propaganda Minister He Zonghua and Armed Forces Minister Li Wanli on either side of him. They had originally wanted to win over Feng Sizhe, as their own strength was too weak and they were being suppressed by Secretary Sun's faction, so they thought of pulling Feng into their camp. But looking at him now, he really was a disappointment. He didn't even have the political savvy to handle a banquet, whoever came would just down a big cup in one gulp - how could that work? It was no wonder he got drunk.

  "Haha, this little Feng is still too young, I think we don't need to do anything about him at all, such a person isn't even worth our doing anything." Qi Hengsan and Sun Shicun etc. stayed on the second floor of the restaurant and didn't leave, but instead waited until Fang County Magistrate and others, as well as Discipline Inspection Secretary Wu Guangrong and United Front Minister Jia Bin left before they had a meeting here to discuss today's matters.

  "Haha, who says it's not? After all, he's still young. Everyone toasted him and he really thought everyone looked up to him, unaware that this was just a way to make him lose face, haha. Secretary Yang Chao of the Political and Legal Committee, sitting on the side, also smiled and cooperated with Qi Hengsan."

  As soon as Yang Chao said that, the others in the big hall also laughed. After everyone finished laughing, County Party Secretary Sun Shicun coughed and said, "Alright, we know this young man is not a concern, next we should give him some face, at least on the surface everyone respects him, but as for power, it depends on whether he has the ability to take it from Fang Xianzhi. There's one thing, where we need to cooperate, as long as it doesn't harm our interests, just pretend to do something, but in fact, don't let him do anything, and definitely can't let him grasp any power."

  It's the county party secretary, what he says is always well-considered. You're not a gold-plated person sent from above, are you? Alright, everyone will give you face, at least make you look impressive on the surface, but as for other powers, don't even think about getting a single bit. Just stick it out for two or three years, and once your seniority is established, that's when you'll be asked to leave.

  Actually, for these people in Dahu County, even if you are from Kyoto, so what? As the saying goes, "The sky is high and the emperor is far away." Can you still intervene in the affairs of a first-level committee member? As long as they don't do anything too excessive or unreasonable, everything will be fine. Moreover, before Feng Sicheng came to Dahu County, it seemed that none of the committee members had received any calls from above. Those who didn't even receive a call wouldn't have any status, but it was said that Feng Sicheng was highly educated and a double Ph.D. graduate from the UK. It's probably because of this that everyone thinks he became a deputy department-level official at such a young age due to his academic background. Nobody suspected that Feng Sicheng had any powerful connections. In everyone's opinion, someone with real backing wouldn't come to a poor county like Dahu County.

  But what everyone didn't know was that this young man Feng Sichu, whom they looked down on, had actually used the drunkenness to deceive everyone. After he was helped into his room at the Dalhu County Committee guesthouse and those people left, Feng Sichu immediately got up from bed and rolled over.