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

"Secretary, Secretary Su from the Political and Legal Affairs Commission wants to report to you."

"Su Huaizhang?"

Clearly, Ma Qiyun was also somewhat surprised. However, his expression quickly improved, and he smiled, saying, "Please invite Secretary Huaizhang in."

Jiang Yiming then brought Su Huaizhang in.

Ma Qiyun, unusually, stood up from his seat to greet him, saying, "Secretary Huaizhang, please have a seat."

"Yiming, take out that box of Da Hong Pao tea that I treasure and brew it. I know Secretary Huaizhang loves tea the most, so let him taste and judge the quality of my treasured Da Hong Pao."

Jiang Yiming skillfully took out the Da Hong Pao tea, brewed a cup of fragrant tea, and placed it on the tea table in front of Su Huaizhang.

Just as Jiang Yiming was about to close the door and leave, Su Huaizhang called out to him.

"Xiao Jiang, sit down and let's talk."

Ma Qiyun and Jiang Yiming were both somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting Su Huaizhang to keep Jiang Yiming.

Seeing that Ma Qiyun nodded, Jiang Yiming stayed behind: "I'll provide services for the two leaders."

"Secretary, I've come to report to you on two matters, one official and one personal. But I'll prioritize the official matter over the personal one. I'll start with the official matter."

Su Huaizhang smiled and said, "Qiu Tian's brother-in-law, Hao Qiang, instigated the employees of Yusha Winery to petition and cause trouble. The matter has been investigated and the evidence is conclusive. We will hand it over to the procuratorate for prosecution and sentencing."

"During our investigation of Hao Qiang, we made an unexpected discovery: during his tenure as the technical director of Yusha Winery, Hao Qiang amassed a fortune by selling off state-owned assets of Yusha Winery and pocketing the proceeds. The amount involved was as high as 300,000 yuan."

"According to his confession, some of the funds were transferred to his brother-in-law, Qiu Tian. As for whether this is true or not, we are still in the process of finding evidence. Because it involves Party and government officials, I came here specifically to ask the secretary whether to investigate Qiu Tian."

Ma Qiyun was secretly pleased, but his expression remained calm: "Integrity is the bottom line for Party members and cadres, and the foundation for their work and career development. If they cannot uphold this bottom line, they cannot uphold the political responsibility entrusted to them by the Party and the people, they cannot safeguard their political lifeline, and they cannot uphold the correct values ​​in life. Such officials are not fit to serve the people. We must kick such black sheep out of the ranks of our Party members and cadres in order to promote integrity and maintain the political character of Party members and cadres."

"Therefore, we must investigate thoroughly and get to the bottom of this. If Qiu Tian has been wronged, we must clear his name. If he has not been wronged, we must bring this scoundrel to justice!"

"Don't worry, Secretary. I will go back and quickly implement your instructions and investigate the case thoroughly."

After Su Huaizhang finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Yiming and smiled, "Little Jiang, do you have a girlfriend?"

"not yet."

Jiang Yiming answered truthfully.

Ma Qiyun's heart skipped a beat, and he smiled and said, "Secretary Huaizhang, I remember you have an outstanding niece who works in the Organization Department, right?"

Su Huaizhang thought to himself, "You're just pretending to be ignorant. My niece has been on loan to the Organization Department for three years, and her file still hasn't been transferred. Isn't it because you won't budge?"

“Secretary, my niece Su Yun is employed in a township, but she was temporarily transferred to the cadre section of the Organization Department three years ago. I plan to send her back to the township so as not to delay her future.”

Su Huaizhang said.

"Such an outstanding talent, how come the issue of his official position hasn't been resolved after three years on secondment? Old Zhao is too inefficient. I'll criticize him later."

Ma Qiyun said, "Secretary Huaizhang, rest assured. The organization has always attached great importance to cultivating and boldly appointing outstanding talents. I remember that Chen Wei, the head of the Cadre Section, was promoted to deputy minister, but he is still concurrently serving as the head of the section."

"The Cadre Section has a heavy responsibility and a lot of tasks. How can Chen Wei handle it all by himself? I'll call Minister Zhenlin later and ask him to transfer Su Yun's file to the Organization Department to take charge of the Cadre Section. When the time is right, he can be formally appointed as the head of the Cadre Section."

Su Huaizhang was surprised by Ma Qiyun's help. He had only wanted to solve his niece's employment status, but Ma Qiyun had made her the head of the cadre section. This was a good position. Anyone who left this position could at least get a substantive position at the level of a section chief, and if they did well, there was a high probability of becoming a deputy director.

He's around fifty years old and has only reached the deputy director level. If he uses his resources to give his niece a push, it's not impossible for her to get a deputy director position as well.

Thinking of this, Su Huaizhang immediately said, "I thank Secretary Su on behalf of Su Yun. I will definitely follow Secretary Su's lead and strictly implement Secretary Su's instructions."

"Why thank me? This is the organization's recognition of Su Yun."

Ma Qiyun laughed and said, "By the way, I've met Su Yun a few times. She's not only very capable, but also warm and generous. She's a great girl."

"I'll act as matchmaker and bring Yiming and Su Yun together. What do you think, Secretary Huaizhang?"

"By the way, Yiming will be appointed as the deputy director of the county party committee office in the next couple of days. He's barely a good match for your Su Yun."

"Secretary, what are you saying? Yiming's excellence is evident to all. If the two of them could be together, it would definitely be a wonderful story."

"What's more, it was the Party Secretary himself who acted as matchmaker, which is an honor for our Su family."

Su Huaizhang couldn't stop smiling.

Although Su Yun was his niece, his younger brother's family had always wanted to have a son, but instead had three daughters in a row, so they sent their eldest daughter to be raised by him.

He always treated Su Yun like his own daughter, and he was very concerned about her marriage. He introduced her to several outstanding men, but she rejected them all.

Some time ago, when the two were chatting, they talked about Jiang Yiming. He discovered that his niece had a strong liking for Jiang Yiming, so he casually mentioned that he would introduce them to each other. Unexpectedly, his niece did not refuse on the spot.

He knew that his niece had feelings for Jiang Yiming.

However, because Jiang Yiming was Ma Qiyun's secretary and had always supported Jiang Xuangui, he was in a dilemma.

After this contest, he carefully analyzed the changes that had taken place in Xinping County during Ma Qiyun's two years in power and found that Ma Qiyun had done some good things for the county. Moreover, he had previously been all alone, but after two years of planning and maneuvering, Ma Qiyun had now gathered a group of people around him.

This proves that Ma Qiyun is indeed capable.

So he started to consider whether or not to switch sides.

However, switching sides is not a simple matter; it's easy to offend both sides, which would be a big problem.

Now is a good opportunity. Jiang Xuangui proposed to convene a Standing Committee meeting to discuss the personnel appointments and removals in Qiutian. Given the current situation, it is very likely that Ma Qiyun's resolution to remove the Party Secretary of Yusha Town in Qiutian will not be passed at the Standing Committee meeting.

This would seriously affect Ma Qiyun's authority, since he had proposed removing Qiu Tian from office at the expanded meeting of the Standing Committee, but the proposal was not ultimately implemented. As a result, his words as secretary would lose their deterrent effect, and people would be more inclined to support Jiang Xuangui.