In the office.

Peng Yutao smiled knowingly, "Haiyang, your idea coincides with mine. I also think that Li Lin is not suitable to return to the Secretariat now."

Wei Haiyang smiled and nodded, feeling proud of himself for once again guessing his leader's thoughts.

"But..." Peng Yutao changed the subject, "Putting him in a county-level unit would make me, Peng Yutao, seem narrow-minded and not generous enough!"

"So what do you mean?" Wei Haiyang was a little surprised. It seemed that he still didn't fully understand his leader's thoughts.

"What I mean is that we should let him continue to serve in Weishui Township. As for what position he will take, we will discuss it later."

Stay in the township? Wei Haiyang showed an expression of disbelief on his face.

It is a foregone conclusion that Li Lin will be promoted, otherwise there will be no way to explain to Li Lan.

The section chief who stays in the township, besides the township head, is the secretary...

In the county, he is a senior official who guards one side, a real and powerful position! It is not comparable to ordinary county-level units.

More importantly, with the experience of being a village head or secretary, it is natural for one to take a step forward and directly enter the ranks of department-level cadres.

Could it be that Li Lan and Peng Yutao had privately agreed to let Li Lin stay in the township position? Was this to lay a good foundation for Li Lin's promotion to the department level?

Wei Haiyang's face turned grim when he thought of this, but he was very good at hiding it and still smiled and said, "Secretary Peng, I heard that Li Lin has a very poor mass base in Weishui Township and is not good at uniting comrades, which has caused many conflicts within the Weishui Township team. Moreover, with his current qualifications, can he convince the public if he takes up an important position in the township?"

Peng Yutao smiled upon hearing this and said meaningfully, "You have good information. It seems that I have been paying close attention to my old colleague of yours!"

Wei Haiyang smiled awkwardly. He knew that Peng Yutao was reminding him that if you always focus on other people's shortcomings, you may be jealous!

"Secretary Peng, I am also thinking about you. After all, you recommended him. If he is not competent for the job, wouldn't it be a disgrace to you?"

Peng Yutao nodded solemnly. Wei Haiyang's words made sense. "Okay, let's discuss this later. Go and do what I just arranged for you."

"Okay, leader. I'll do it right away."

...

Pingyang First People's Hospital.

He Tianming was wrapped in bandages and his face was covered with anti-swelling and pain-relieving ointment. He lay on the hospital bed with a dull look in his eyes, not saying a word.

His father He Shuping, uncle He Shutang, cousin He Tianying... a bunch of relatives surrounded his bed with solemn expressions.

"Fuck! He is just a small deputy township chief. Whose power does he rely on? How dare he beat my cousin into this state? We must not let him off easily! Otherwise, how can our He family survive in Pingyang in the future?" He Tianying said angrily.

"Brother, Tianying is right. Even if Tianming was wrong first, when has our He family ever suffered such humiliation? I think we should find a few people to beat him up first, and then you can use your connections to make sure that he can't even be the deputy village chief! Let's see who dares to mess with our He family in the future!" He Shutang's eyes were wide open.

"Dad, there's no need to go through so much trouble. I'll make a call and arrest him first. My brothers in the bureau will take good care of him!" He Tianying said with a sinister smile.

He is the deputy director of the Shannan County Public Security Bureau. With just one phone call, he can detain Li Lin on charges of intentional injury.

At that time, he only needs to say hello to the police investigating the case and find a few auxiliary police officers to beat Li Lin up!

"Brother, please tell me what we should do!" He Shutang asked.

"Humph!" He Shuping sneered, "It would be easy for a small deputy township head like him to kill him, wouldn't it? ... I have informed Secretary Peng's secretary, and I believe Secretary Peng will definitely support me. It won't be too late to take action after he responds!"

Arrogant! He thought he was a local elder and the He family was deeply rooted in Pingyang City, so he never took Li Lin seriously!

After hearing this, He Shutang and He Tianying were both impressed.

Before taking any action, they should first inform Secretary Peng. As long as Secretary Peng does not interfere, won't that little deputy township chief be able to be manipulated by them as they please?

He Shuping seemed very confident. In his impression, Li Lin was just a small-time figure from the countryside with no background.

Just then, his cell phone rang.

When he took it out, he saw that it was a call from Organization Minister Lin Zheng. He made a hushing gesture to He Shutang and He Tianying and answered the call.

"Minister Lin, do you have any instructions?"

"Shu Ping, I heard your son was injured. How is he? Is it serious?"

"He's seriously injured! He has multiple bruises and his face is swollen."

"Hey, this is really unexpected. What do you think about it?"

He Shuping's heart sank, and he realized that Lin Zheng must have come to pass on a message for Peng Yutao. Otherwise, he should have said a few words of comfort and hung up the phone, but now he was asking him what he thought?

"My idea is very simple. Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. I must make that brat Li Lin pay the price!"

There was silence on the other end of the line for two seconds, and then Lin Zheng's voice came again, "Shu Ping, I think this matter should end here. You can't touch Li Lin. Secretary Peng has important arrangements for him."

What? Can't touch him?!

He Shuping was extremely surprised. He frowned and said unhappily, "Minister Lin, what do you mean by this? If it was your son who was beaten like this, would you just let it go?"

How dare you talk to me in this manner? Lin Zheng on the other end of the phone had a gradually cold look in his eyes. He had long been dissatisfied with He Shuping, his subordinate.

Relying on his deep-rooted position in the local area, he never takes his immediate superior seriously and is simply insolent and arrogant!

Lin Zheng sneered in his heart. He wanted to let He Shuping thoroughly understand what it meant to be a high-ranking official who could crush people to death!

"Shu Ping, I understand your feelings, but I must tell you seriously that if you don't want to be the deputy minister anymore, you can use your own methods to take revenge on Li Lin!

If your actions cause any adverse impact on the Pingyang Municipal Government, you will bear the consequences yourself! "

"you...!"

Beep beep~

Without waiting for He Shuping to say anything else, Lin Zheng hung up the phone.

He Shuping was stunned. How could this happen? Why would Secretary Peng protect a minor deputy township head? Why was Lin Zheng, who was usually polite to him, so tough today? Did Li Lin have some shocking background?

A series of question marks kept popping up in He Shuping's mind. His face was gloomy and his brows were furrowed.

"Brother, what happened?"

Seeing that He Shuping looked unhappy, He Shutang asked hurriedly.

Everyone looked at He Shuping, their faces full of confusion.

"Lin Zheng called and advised me to just let it go..."

"What...what? Just let it go like that? Is there any special relationship between Li Lin and Minister Lin?"

He Shuping shook his head, "It's not Lin Zheng, it's Secretary Peng!"

Everyone was shocked again, dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.