Wen Liang did not refuse in surprise, nor did he accept in surprise, but asked again: "Why?"
"Next year, his term will expire. When the two sessions are held in July 1998, Yu Peidong will step down and become the director of the Provincial People's Congress..."
A loud drum does not need a heavy hammer, Wen Liang understood immediately. Yu Peidong played a not very glorious role in the collapse of the Beijing clique, but politics is like this, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, and when faced with life and death decisions, not many people can stick to one path to the end.
However, Yu Peidong's road obviously ended here. Some of the old Beijing people died, some were arrested, and when the tree fell, the monkeys scattered. When disaster strikes, everyone flees. He can still stay in the position of a senior official in Jiangdong Province until the end of his term and spend his last political time in the Provincial People's Congress. In comparison, this is already an excellent ending.
This was expected. As a general of the J clique, he surrendered to protect himself. Zhuang Maoxun was suspicious and would not consider him a confidant. Yu Peidong was already a high-ranking official. Since there was no room for him to advance and he was under age restrictions, he could only retreat.
By then, Yu Peidong's influence and deterrence on Zhuang Shaoxuan will be reduced to the lowest level, and Tang Ye's special status will no longer exist, so she has to prepare for the future and come up with a perfect plan for her own safety and future!
"Zhuang Shaoxuan, with his status, won't go back on his word and cause trouble for you again, right?"
Wen Liang thought of Qi Shu, who had also escaped from Dandelion and followed Gu Shitong to conquer the world for many years, and Zhuang Shaoxuan did not harass her again. Of course, Qi Shu and Tang Ye had different values, statuses, and environments, so they could not be generalized.
"Although Zhuang Shaoxuan always thinks his words are as good as gold, he is violent and fickle. There is no point in speculating on his code of conduct." Tang Ye's thoughts were very clear. It was obvious that he had been thinking about this question a lot during this period. He said, "Will he come to trouble me? I don't have an answer. Maybe, maybe not, but I don't want to pin my life on the thoughts of others. I've had enough of the life of being a lamb to be slaughtered, trembling in fear from morning to night!"
Wen Liang fell silent again. After a few minutes, he asked, "Why me?"
Tang Ye smiled sadly and said, "There are not many people in Jiangdong Province who have the courage and strength to fight against Zhuang Shaoxuan, and there are even fewer people who have the courage and strength and do not have improper thoughts about me. Among these few people, there is no one else who can make me hate you less than you... Since you are going to sell it, you might as well find someone who is not so annoying, so that your future life will be easier, right?"
Regardless of whether Tang Ye's last joke was sincere or joking, Wen Liang kept his emotions under control and said quietly: "I don't know how much you have investigated about me, but I'm being honest. As of now, I'm not qualified to fight against Zhuang Shaoxuan."
Tang Ye shook his head and said, "I know this, otherwise I wouldn't have advised you to leave Guanshan and avoid conflict with him. Wen Liang, I am relying on you only to seek your protection and to give me some support and help at certain times, not to ask you to go to war with Zhuang Shaoxuan. It may be difficult to fight him, but if you just want to protect me, you can do it with your current strength! What's more, the day when I need you will be at least two years later. By that time, I am afraid that even you don't know how far you will develop."
"And the rewards I can give you in the next two years will be far greater than you can imagine!"
It has to be said that Tang Ye, who was a journalist, was a very good lobbyist. If Wen Liang was only satisfied with living in a corner of Qingzhou, he might remain indifferent, but his vision and ambition destined him to take over the entire Jiangdong one day. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and sooner or later there will be a conflict between him and Zhuang Shaoxuan.
If Tang Ye, who is very familiar with both Pu Gongying and Zhuang Shaoxuan, could come to join them, and she could indirectly influence Yu Peidong and get first-hand information about the officialdom in Jiangdong, it would undoubtedly be like a tiger with wings, increasing the chances of winning several times.
Sun Tzu said that the one who has the most strategies wins! What is strategy? Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you be invincible!
After Tang Ye finished speaking, she relaxed completely. She was not an innocent little girl, and she was no longer at the age where she would fantasize about a prince on a white horse saving the princess from danger one day. She did not think that she could make Wen Liang risk his life to help her by relying on her pretty face and feminine tenderness, or by acting coquettishly.
All cooperation in the world must have common interests. If you want others to pay, you must first prove your value. And women's bodies have been the most commonly used equivalent for exchange for thousands of years, and have been proven thousands of times to be the most unstable equivalent, depreciating too quickly and too unpredictably.
Therefore, since she was able to keep her chastity from Zhuang Shaoxuan, Tang Ye would never use women to serve others from now on, and Wen Liang would be more rational than emotional, and would never make rash decisions because of women. Such two people are the "match made in heaven" for cooperation of interests!
Wen Liang suddenly smiled and said, "Tang Ye, now I think about it, you went to Qingzhou for an interview before, on the one hand, it was for Secretary Yu's arrangement, on the other hand, I'm afraid you also had other intentions..."
Tang Ye's showdown with him today was definitely not an impulsive one. Anyone who had the same experience as her would be extremely cautious and serious when planning for the future. Wen Liang was sure that she must have compared multiple potential candidates before making the most beneficial or most willing choice for her.
Tang Ye also smiled and said, "During the time when Yu Peidong was stranded in the capital, Qingzhou actually became a battleground for various forces in the province, and the situation was one-sided. According to common sense, Xu Fuyan had almost no chance of turning the tables, but the result surprised everyone. So I am a little curious about Xu Fuyan's ability. I have already learned a little about him when I was in Guanshan. He doesn't seem like someone who can break out of a situation like that. In addition, your father's several articles have made him famous, so I wonder if he played a decisive role in it."
"After several contacts, I found that Secretary-General Wen is upright, honest, brave, and responsible. He is a first-class good person and a first-class good official, but he doesn't seem to be good at conspiracies and tricks. The first time you aroused my suspicion was when you confronted Dandelion and Fan Mingzhu. You were fierce and decisive, and your grasp and use of people's hearts were amazing. How could a teenager have such means? At that time, I was wondering if my thinking had entered a blind spot. The Qingzhou reversal incident was something that was impossible to happen. Shouldn't it be because of an impossible person?"
Wen Liang sighed: "So we must be low-key in life..."
"But you also know that I didn't have a good impression of you before, it can be said to be very bad, and I didn't think about it in this way. But after so many things happened, I realized that you are actually my best and only choice!"
(What happens if it fails the review? I have revised it four times. It is strange that there are no sensitive keywords. I will try again. There may still be errors.) (To be continued)