In the inner council.
Ouyang Zhen put down his phone, raised his hand and shouted, "Let me say a few words."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at Ouyang Zhen and waited quietly for what to come.
"I think the proposal to remove Mayor Li Mingsheng is no longer up for discussion." Ouyang Zhen held the microphone and said, "He just sent me a text message saying he would resign from the position of mayor."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the room and everyone was talking among themselves.
At the front of the conference table, a Chinese leader at the ministerial level immediately frowned and criticized: "Li Mingsheng's move is to deliberately coerce the upper echelons. He is using his existing power to fight against our leaders! The more he does this, the more we must take him down and give him severe punishment!"
"I agree!"
Ouyang Zhen immediately echoed, "Beating someone in public, and beating a minister-level cadre appointed by the upper echelons, this is unacceptable. Mayor Li Mingsheng must be removed from his post immediately and severely punished! At the same time, we must immediately select someone who can handle the terrorist team, manage the various judicial units, convince the cadres of all levels in Longcheng, and manage various associations and local organizations to take over the position of Mayor Li Mingsheng!"
When everyone heard this, they fell silent again.
"It's hard for me to think of a suitable candidate at the moment, so we still need everyone to discuss and brainstorm." Ouyang Zhen intervened and said, "Whoever has a suitable candidate can mention it now."
"Let Han Xian go! I don't believe that Longcheng will be unable to function without Li Mingsheng." The Chinese minister who spoke first frowned and replied.
"Han Xian... Han Xian was beaten on the third day after he arrived. You say letting him manage Longcheng... isn't this a bit hasty?" Ouyang Zhen smiled and replied, "Of course, I insist on replacing Li Mingsheng. If the proposal for Han Xian to take over as mayor is passed at today's meeting, then I have no objection. But I need to remind you that the appointment of a new mayor can only happen once. If the person sent cannot handle the situation and causes a collapse, then all our previous arrangements will be in vain."
After that, Ouyang Zhen raised his hand and shouted, "I'll take the lead and let Minister Han take over the position of mayor. Who agrees and who opposes?"
The room was completely silent. Even the minister who had proposed to fire Li Mingsheng did not raise his hand immediately. Instead, his expression was quite hesitant.
…
In Longcheng, inside the garrison headquarters.
More than 20 senior military officers above the rank of colonel gathered together to hold an internal decision-making meeting, and the host was Crown Prince Tan Mingchao.
"It's not a solution to drag it on like this. Our commander, chief of staff, and deputy commander have been out of contact for four or five days now." An officer said solemnly, "I asked my comrades in Washington, and they said... the commander is under control, and the higher-ups have even begun discussing a specific plan to deal with our garrison."
"So what do you say we should do?"
"If we don't put pressure on the upper echelons and make some noise, we will just stand there and take the beating." The officer intervened and said, "My opinion is that we should hold a protest march and let a few regiments start a disturbance in the city. Then we can cooperate with the 55th Army to create military friction and make Longcheng completely chaotic."
"I agree. As long as the 60,000-plus armed forces in Longcheng band together to make some noise, the higher-ups will definitely compromise." A radical major general said, "This is not the time to just fight. We must show our strength and muscles. Only in this way can we force the higher-ups to compromise and make them feel firsthand that without the garrison and Commander-in-Chief Tan, Longcheng will be in complete chaos!"
A chief of staff thought for a while and then replied, "There is actually no need to create chaos and force the higher-ups in this way."
"So what do you say we should do?"
"We only need to do two things now, and the higher-ups will definitely panic." The staff officer said with bright eyes, "First, interact frequently with the Lao Li team; second, secretly send people to contact the Lao Mo army. Of course, this covert action... must be noticed by the regional military intelligence department. Compared with deliberately making trouble, they must be more worried that we will follow the example of the Third Division and rebel directly."
“That makes sense!”
"I agree!"
“…!”
After the staff officer finished speaking, at least 60% of the generals in the room agreed with this plan, because they were more panicked than anyone else, and their own situation was not much different from that of the officers involved in the Third Division.
Once Tan Hengqiang falls, the core leadership of the garrison will definitely be replaced and purged. Everyone sitting here will not be able to escape the purge of the upper echelons. So everyone does not want to sit and wait for death, nor does they want to suffer this kind of psychological torture.
After a discussion, everyone looked at Tan Mingchao.
"Ming Chao, what do you think?"
"Yes, the commander is not here, you are the head of the family, you should give everyone some advice!"
“…!”
Tan Mingchao looked at everyone, his expression was calm, but he was actually panicking inside, because the person under control was his biological father! And if something happened to the garrison, the main target of liquidation would be the Tan family!
At this juncture, it would be pure nonsense for Tan Mingchao to say that his psychological fluctuations were small.
In fact, Tan Mingchao was also inclined to make a fuss. He wanted to force the higher-ups to make a statement as soon as possible and release his father.
but!
At this moment, Tan Mingchao remembered the words his father left when he left. The activities deep in his heart were constantly fighting with his father's instructions.
After a long silence, Tan Mingchao slowly stood up and made a decision in his heart: "Not only can we not make a fuss, but we must show that although the commander and the general staff have been transferred, our garrison, from the grassroots to the top, are still carrying out their garrison missions in an orderly manner, with strict military discipline, even stricter than when the commander was here."
When everyone heard this, they looked at him in confusion.
"Ming Chao, don't you understand our situation...?!"
"I understand!" Tan Mingchao interrupted and replied, "But what I just said is the final decision and order! Everyone present here is my elder and teacher. I hope you can support the headquarters' decision at this critical juncture. But I have to say it first. If I find out that anyone is secretly making trouble and fanning the flames... I'm sorry, the headquarters will definitely give the most severe punishment and will hand the troublemakers directly over to the regional council for handling!"
Everyone was speechless when they heard this, because although Old Tan was gone, Little Tan was his incarnation and represented the highest decision of the headquarters.
"I support the Ming Dynasty's decision." The commander of the First Army, who had been silent, was the first to raise his hand and respond.
Tan Mingchao nodded slightly at him, and continued, "Tomorrow the headquarters will organize the inspection department to visit the troops within a week to check military discipline and internal affairs. That's it, adjourn the meeting!"
After saying that, Tan Mingchao left first.
This is the first time that Tan Mingchao has truly been in charge since Tan Hengqiang took over as commander of the garrison.
This decisive and unquestionable order gave Tan Mingchao a kind of aura, the aura of a true second-generation official leader...!
…
at the same time.
After the meeting with his superiors, Ouyang Zhen immediately flew to Longcheng.