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

Guo Lifu covered his face and stood there stunned.

He never expected that someone would actually dare to slap him in the face.

"You, who are you?"

"Please call me a concerned citizen."

An old man, with an attitude of "no need to thank me," said, "I'm a kind person and I'm happy to help others. But seeing your smug look, I can only grant your request."

"You, you dare hit me? I'll make you regret this!"

Guo Lifu said angrily.

He was the former vice chairman of the county's political consultative conference. When he was in office, he was incredibly prestigious. Even after he retired, many people still hold him in high esteem.

When will anyone dare to hit him?

“Go ahead and sue me. Anyway, I’m 76 years old this year. According to relevant national laws, people over 75 years old are subject to lenient or reduced legal provisions. In my case, I won’t be arrested and imprisoned. At most, I’ll get a reprimand.”

The old man seemed indifferent.

"..."

Guo Lifu was immediately speechless.

"Don't think that just because I'm hitting you, it's just me hitting you alone. I'm hitting you on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people in Xichuan County!"

The old man said with righteous indignation, "In the month since County Chief Jiang arrived, our county has undergone many changes. This is evident to all! He doesn't bow down to you local officials, he upholds fairness and justice, stands on the side of us ordinary people, and defends justice for us. Everyone knows very well whether he is a good official or not!"

“As a Party member and cadre, you fail to set an example and restrain your son. When trouble comes, you try to use your position and influence to smooth things over and help your son escape legal responsibility. After County Chief Jiang intervened, you became enraged and tried to humiliate and smear him. I will be the first to object to that!”

"I won't agree!"

"We all disagree! We support County Chief Jiang!"

"You dare to throw shit at County Chief Jiang? You must want to eat shit!"

"Press him down and lick all that shit clean!"

The crowd present was outraged and condemned Guo Lifu.

Guo Lifu trembled with fear, his eyes darted around, and his body slowly fell to the side.

Pretend to faint!

Seeing this, no one dared to make a fuss anymore, lest they get into trouble.

As a medical student, Jiang Yiming was naturally able to distinguish whether Guo Lifu had truly fainted or was faking it.

He said to Tang Zhichao, "Chairman Guo is probably having an epileptic seizure. Take off your smelly socks and stuff them into Chairman Guo's mouth so he doesn't bite his tongue."

Tang Zhichao thought Jiang Yiming was telling the truth, and quickly started taking off his socks: "You all testify for me, I'm doing this to prevent Chairman Guo from biting his own tongue."

As he spoke, he was about to stuff the smelly sock into the other person's mouth.

Guo Lifu could no longer keep up the act.

"Tang Zhichao, get the hell away from me, I'm all better now."

Guo Lifu got up and ran, fearing that the crowd would bombard him again.

"Thank you all for your great help."

Jiang Yiming thanked him sincerely.

Previously, he was fighting against local interest groups alone, but now he has hundreds of thousands of people in Xichuan County standing behind him, which gives him even more confidence!

After everyone dispersed, Jiang Yiming kept the old man who had made the move behind.

"Sir, where do you live? I'll explain to them so that Guo Lifu won't cause you any trouble."

"Don't worry, he won't dare to do anything to me."

Ding Zhirong laughed and said, "I am a retired teacher from Dongjiang University of Political Science and Law. I taught law. If he dares to touch me, I will make him spend the rest of his life in jail. Besides, I also have some students who will stand up for me. If Guo Lifu were even slightly sane, he wouldn't be bothering me."

"So it's the old professor."

Jiang Yiming smiled and said, "Thank you for your help. Give me a call if you need anything."

After exchanging contact information, Jiang Yiming concluded his research visit.

The Dongjiang Provincial Party Committee compound.

Li Zhengquan maintained his long-standing habit of eating breakfast while flipping through the internal reports sent by the Dongjiang Daily.

When Li Zhengquan saw the words "Xichuan County," his gaze involuntarily lingered on them.

He knew that Jiang Yiming was the county magistrate of Xichuan County.

When Wei Shanghua reported to him, he raised the issue of Jiang Yiming's appointment. It was Wei Shanghua who suggested sending Jiang Yiming to a less developed region for training.

He had high hopes for Jiang Yiming. With him backing him up, as long as Jiang Yiming didn't make any political mistakes, he would definitely rise step by step to a higher-level leadership position.

Therefore, at this time, Jiang Yiming needs to go to a more complex and backward place to train properly, which will be of great benefit to his growth.

This also laid a solid foundation for him to take up a senior leadership position in the future.

Li Zhengquan flipped through the article titled "Agricultural Industry Projects Launched Blindly".

"Xichuan County is located in a mountainous area and is a national-level poverty-stricken county. Many people here are still living on the poverty line, and some farmers in mountain villages are even worried about having enough to eat. In order to change this situation, the Xichuan County government has secured project funds from the provincial and municipal levels to develop the agricultural industry."

"The starting point is good, but Xichuan County is located in a mountainous area with extremely poor road conditions. It is by no means easy to transport the agricultural products produced out of the area. If they cannot be transported out, what is the use of producing a large quantity or high quality of agricultural products?"

"Governments at all levels are currently focusing their efforts on urban construction. Many county towns have wide roads, but rural roads are uneven, which has caused problems for the transportation of agricultural products."

"Road construction is key to rural development and poverty alleviation. Only by accelerating the construction of rural roads can we break the natural isolation of rural areas, develop and utilize their abundant resources, and transform the advantages of land, minerals, and forests into economic advantages. At the same time, road construction can also improve rural transportation conditions and the investment environment, which will help implement the development strategies of 'bringing in' and 'going out,' thereby increasing farmers' income, broadening their income channels, and improving their living standards."

"Currently, Xichuan County does not have a clear construction plan. It is unclear whether the Xichuan County government has not considered this or if there are unspeakable difficulties. We hope that relevant departments will intervene in a timely manner and not let the farmers' hard-earned money 'rot' in the fields. Therefore, we should concentrate the efforts of the government, society, and villagers to build roads connecting the county to the outside world, so that farmers can accelerate their path to happiness and stride forward towards poverty alleviation and prosperity."

After reading the article, Li Zhengquan circled it with his pen and wrote in his annotation: "Please have Comrade Weidong take the lead in studying this matter and putting the situation into practice."

He then handed it to his secretary, who then passed it on to the relevant personnel.

Hou Weidong, the vice governor in charge of the Department of Transportation, immediately instructed the Department of Transportation to contact Yiyang City to study and implement the directive after receiving the secretary's instructions.

After the document was sent to Xichuan County, Niu Baogen frowned.

Although this article objectively narrates the facts and aims to advocate for Xichuan County, it also points out that the Xichuan County Party Committee and County Government are inactive, blindly pursuing development without considering the actual situation.

As the top leader, Niu Baogen naturally bears some responsibility.

“County Chief Yiming, Secretary Wei asked us to go to the city together to report to him on the development of the agricultural industry and the road planning issues in Xichuan County.”

Niu Baogen personally called Jiang Yiming.

"Okay, Secretary, I'll be right there."

Jiang Yiming breathed a long sigh of relief. He had been eagerly awaiting the approval from the provincial authorities.

Now, neither Niu Baogen nor Ding Nan can stop the road construction!