The Official Ladder: I ascend to the pinnacle of power, wielding the power of life and death.

In the following days, relevant meetings were held on a number of issues, including Party building and social stability. Jiang Yiming participated in the meetings and delivered a speech, striving to create a new situation.

After the Lantern Festival, Jiang Yiming, along with his parents, took Xia Shining and her younger sister Jiang Qianqian back to school.

Jiang Qianqian, the younger sister, is about to join the army. Although with Long Shaolin's help, Jiang Qianqian was assigned to the Capital Military Region, it is still quite difficult for them to meet.

Upon arriving in the capital, after putting his sister and Shi Ning's belongings in the dormitory, Jiang Yiming took his family sightseeing in the capital.

"Brother, why did you bring us to visit this courtyard house?"

Jiang Qianqian asked, puzzled, "These places aren't very interesting. Why don't we take Mom and Dad to the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven?"

"Let's finish our business first, then we can have some fun."

Jiang Yiming carefully examined the house.

"Business? What business?"

Jiang Qianqian was puzzled, and so were the others.

“Since Shi Ning is planning to stay in the capital, I’m thinking of buying a courtyard house and renovating it so that we’ll have a place to stay when we come back.”

"What? You want to buy a house in the capital?"

Jiang Qianqian was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, I'll buy you one too. If you stay in the capital in the future, you'll have a place to live, and we can take care of each other."

Jiang Yiming had not previously planned to buy a house in the capital.

After all, the possibility of him living in the capital is very small. Even if he is transferred to the capital in the future, he will not need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Therefore, he never considered buying a house in the capital.

Of course, another reason is that the restrictions on purchasing courtyard houses were only lifted in 04.

Previously, people from other parts of the country and foreigners without a Beijing household registration were not eligible to purchase it.

Now that the policy has been relaxed and there are no more restrictions, and given that Xia Shining wants to stay in the capital to teach, he wants to buy a larger house for her to live in in the future.

His first choice was a courtyard house, since courtyard houses were not expensive at that time.

Behind the Yonghe Temple in the capital, which was the inner city area where only Manchus were allowed to live during the Qing Dynasty, the price of a courtyard house was less than 6,000 yuan per square meter.

After spending the afternoon shopping, Jiang Yiming bought two apartments, both around 350 square meters, for a total of 4.18 million yuan.

With the rise in stock prices, he now has more than 50 million yuan in cash. The reason he didn't buy more properties is that he doesn't need that much.

As for hoarding them to make money, he didn't have much of an idea about it.

He now has a considerable amount of money, and combined with his father's assets, it's more than enough for his family to spend for several generations.

After all, his supermarkets only started renovations and operations after he bought the store.

These fixed assets will become a huge sum of money as real estate prices rise.

For Jiang Yiming, this amount of money was enough for him to spend.

"I've never liked money, I'm not interested in money."

It would be more appropriate for Jiang Yiming to say this, since for him, having been given a second chance at life, he should live a wonderful and open-minded life, and there's no need to think about how to accumulate more wealth all day long.

That would be very tiring.

"Brother, you're still the most awesome!"

Jiang Qianqian felt warm inside as she sensed her brother's love for her.

This is truly the number one person who dotes on his sister.

"Yiming, isn't it a waste to spend so much money on these two dilapidated houses?"

Jiang's mother said with some heartache, "Why buy this dilapidated house when there are so many high-rise buildings available?"

"Those high-rise buildings are not only more expensive, but also crowded and uncomfortable."

Jiang Yiming laughed and said, "This apartment is over 300 square meters. We'll spend a little more money to renovate it, and it will be very comfortable to live here."

"With the development of our country's economy, owning such a large piece of land in a major city in the future will not be something that money can solve. Let alone in the capital where land is extremely valuable. This house is a worthwhile investment."

As time goes on, the market for courtyard houses will improve.

Around 06, the starting price for a courtyard house had risen to tens of millions of yuan, and there was even a situation where there was a price but no market for it.

Later, due to demolition and other reasons, less than three thousand courtyard houses remained in the entire capital.

Following the 08 Olympics, real estate prices in the capital city soared.

Courtyard houses have seen another surge in prices, and at this point, money alone can no longer buy them.

Owning a courtyard house is a symbol of status for wealthy people.

"Children have their own ideas, so don't stop them."

Jiang's father was quite open-minded, and he also really liked the house here.

It's similar to my rural hometown, with plenty of space, and you can even grow some vegetables in the yard. It's simply a great place to retire.

“Yiming, I also want to buy one, so your mother and I can use it for our retirement.”

Jiang's father finally made up his mind to set up a similar system.

However, Jiang's mother objected to buying such a large house, so Jiang's father eventually compromised and bought a courtyard house of about 200 square meters.

After signing the contract and paying the money, Jiang Yiming took his family for a leisurely stroll.

After playing for two days, Jiang Yiming took Ding Li back to Xinping County.

Jiang's parents stayed to spend more time with their daughter.

After returning to Xinping County, Jiang Yiming immediately threw himself into his work.

Soon, he learned that Hua Wentao, the head of the Organization Department, was bypassing him, the deputy secretary, and reporting personnel issues directly to Jiang Xuangui, the county party secretary.

In other words, he can no longer interfere in personnel matters; he can only have voting rights when the Standing Committee holds meetings.

As the deputy secretary of the county party committee, he naturally could not allow such a thing to happen.

Judging from the leaked list, some of the people assigned to these positions are clearly incompetent, and some even have serious problems.

Jiang Yiming was very dissatisfied with this list.

Not only was Jiang Yiming unhappy, but Du Zhengqiang, who was also the deputy county head and director of the public security bureau, was equally dissatisfied.

Du Zhengqiang found Jiang Yiming.

“Secretary Yiming, I don’t know if you’re aware of that list of people to be promoted, but it’s utterly absurd. The Public Security Bureau is not like other positions; if an incompetent person is appointed, it will have very serious consequences.”

Du Zhengqiang said angrily, "As the head of the Public Security Bureau, they appointed someone without even consulting me. How am I supposed to carry out my work as the bureau chief?"

“Those hardworking, capable, and contributing police officers are not being promoted, while those who flatter and fawn are being promoted. This will make them feel unbalanced, and who will be willing to do their job conscientiously in the future?”

"Director Zhengqiang, to be honest, I only just learned about this list myself."

Jiang Yiming said, "Hua Wentao from the Organization Department didn't even consult me ​​before reporting it directly to Secretary Xuan Gui."

“Hua Wentao is so unruly. You are the deputy secretary of the county party committee. According to the regulations, you should be the one to go through the process. But he went and bypassed you. This is clearly an attempt to weaken your influence.”

Du Zhengqiang said, "Secretary Yiming, are we just supposed to passively accept this?"

"Of course not. Since Jiang Xuangui is trying to take all the benefits for himself, I'll make sure he can't swallow them."

Jiang Yiming said calmly, "Director Zhengqiang, don't be too anxious. I'll think of a solution."

After Du Zhengqiang left, Jiang Yiming called Chen Xujian and invited him to his office to discuss countermeasures.

Given this situation, he certainly wouldn't let Jiang Xuangui have his way.