"Mayor Xu, Minister Hu is just joking, let's not continue the discussion."

In the conference room, hearing Xu Anping's aggressive words, Li Jiaxuan couldn't help but speak up.

He and Hu Jingui have always had a good relationship, and it was Hu Jingui who wanted to help him suppress Li Li just now, so he made such a statement.

Now that the city government has taken advantage of him, of course Li Jiaxuan has to speak out to defend him.

Li Jiaxuan is the deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and the third-in-command. His weight is much stronger than that of Xu Anping, who is ranked lower.

After he spoke up, Xu Anping couldn't criticize him any more and could only hold back in frustration.

Sitting next to Mayor Zhou Jingfang, Executive Vice Mayor Tan Shuliang originally had no intention of speaking on this issue, but when he saw Mayor Jingfang's displeasure flashing away, he suddenly changed his mind.

"Secretary Li, I don't know if what Minister Hu said is a joke. However, I personally think that we, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, should be careful in our words and actions. Try not to get involved in some controversial remarks."

As soon as Tan Shuliang said this, Li Jiaxuan's face suddenly darkened.

After being transferred to Huanghai City last year, Tan Shuliang's performance on the Standing Committee has been very calm and he has never argued with others.

Basically, if there is something to talk about, he will talk about it only if it is related to his work.

But today, after he suppressed Xu Anping, he suddenly became angry. This was not a good thing.

Could it be that Tan Shuliang has completely made up his mind to side with Zhou Jingfang?

As the executive deputy mayor, Tan Shuliang plays an important role in the municipal party committee.

He disagreed with me and raised questions directly, but he really couldn't find anything wrong with it.

While Li Jiaxuan frowned slightly, Tan Shuliang continued to speak.

"I don't think I need to say more about the importance of gender equality. Everyone knows it. But it's one thing to say it. I don't think it's necessarily true whether everyone does it."

Tan Shuliang raised his eyes and looked at United Front Work Minister Ye Mingkai, who was sitting opposite him.

"In this regard, I think Minister Mingkai has done the best. The United Front Work Department probably has the highest proportion of female cadres among our municipal committees, government agencies, and departments."

After hearing Tan Shuliang's serious words, everyone was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently.

Indeed, gentle and careful lesbians are more suitable for united front work.

What Tan Shuliang said was completely true, and Secretary Li and Minister Hu could not refute it at all.

Being suddenly put on the fire made United Front Work Minister Ye Mingkai feel ashamed.

He forced a smile and said: "Mayor Tan's praise is really not worthy. Everyone knows the special nature of our United Front Department. The allocation of cadres is based on actual work needs."

Tan Shuliang groaned, smiled and stopped talking, and did not continue the topic.

His sudden offer of help just now was actually a statement of attitude - his full support for Mayor Jingfang.

During the time he came to work in Huanghai City, Tan Shuliang didn't seem to get close to any leading cadres, but in fact he had already had ideas in his mind.

Tan Shuliang's idea is to get closer to Mayor Jingfang.

As a sub-provincial city with separate planned city status, the political situation in Huanghai City is much more complicated than that of ordinary prefecture-level cities.

Tan Shuliang knew this well before he came.

Even if he comes to serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, he cannot do it alone. There will definitely be a trend.

Strictly speaking, there are only two docks in Huanghai City today.

One is Secretary Han of the Municipal Party Committee, and the other is Mayor Jingfang.

As for Li Jiaxuan, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, he is not recognized by most cadres.

Even in terms of actual influence, he is still lower than Liu Cheng, director of the National People's Congress.

After all, Director Liu has worked in Huanghai City for most of his life.

Before becoming director of the National People's Congress, he served as deputy secretary of the municipal party committee for a long time.

Compared to Li Jiaxuan, Director Liu is much stronger in terms of age and qualifications.

Of course, Li Jiaxuan is still the well-deserved third member of the Standing Committee.

The question of whether to move closer to Secretary Han or Mayor Jingfang confused Tan Shuliang before.

But as time went by, and after carefully observing the situation in the city, he gradually discovered that these two points did not seem to be contradictory at all.

The reason is simple: there is no power struggle between Secretary Han and Mayor Jingfang.

The relationship between them is even very good.

In fact, Tan Shuliang can understand this situation if he thinks about it.

After all, everyone in the entire Ludong Province knows that Governor Qiu is Secretary Han's biggest political opponent.

As for Mayor Jingfang, it is obvious that she is not from Governor Qiu.

There is really no need for Secretary Han to fight two heavyweight opponents, one above and one below.

With such considerations in mind, it becomes clear what to do.

As the executive deputy mayor, there is no doubt that I must follow the steps of the mayor.

After confirming this, Tan Shuliang naturally knew what to do.

The reason why I haven't shown my support for the mayor is because I haven't had the opportunity.

Today, Hu Jingui and Li Jiaxuan spoke successively, which gave him the opportunity to submit his "letter of nomination."

With almost no reason, Tan Shuliang immediately fought back.

And it hit the target right away.

Probably few members of the Standing Committee at the scene knew about Tan Shuliang's series of deep inner thoughts.

But Zhou Jingfang is not among these.

Because of work, Zhou Jingfang and Tan Shuliang had a lot of contact.

She also understands the thoughts of her deputy.

Tan Shuliang supports him, and Zhou Jingfang is very confident about this.

She just didn't expect that the executive deputy mayor usually seemed so amiable, but when he really wanted to be more energetic, he could really stand up to her.

The words he just refuted Li Jiaxuan were definitely sharp enough.

"Ming Kai is right. The selection and appointment of cadres must be based on actual work! As long as we have a clear conscience, we don't need to worry about strange looks."

Han Xianzhong's summary put an end to the dispute.

Hearing this, Li Jiaxuan also knew that his sniper attack on Li Li ended in failure.

In fact, he was mentally prepared for the approval of Li Li's appointment.

But it was so smooth, but it still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The key is that, after Tan Shuliang did this, he, the third-in-command, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, seemed to be pulled down from the altar and became an ordinary member of the Standing Committee.

This blow was quite a big blow to Li Jiaxuan.

In addition, Tan Shuliang's speech at the Standing Committee meeting today also confirmed his attitude - to fully support Mayor Zhou.

This means that the three standing committee members of the municipal government are in unity.

Compared with losing face just now, this fact makes Li Jiaxuan even more uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!