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It's not that he wanted to target Qiu Tu. The main issue was... Qiu Tu's development was too fast, so fast that even today, upon reflection, it startled him.
Moreover, the Head of the Political Department of a city might not matter to Huang Shangzong, the State Speaker, but it mattered to Yan Chen, the Investigation Bureau Chief of the city.
You see, the Head of the Political Department is one of the highest ranks in the Investigation Bureau, eligible to join senior meetings.
And among the nine senior members, the Head of the Political Department ranks just below a few bureau chiefs, making it the top post among the directors.
Moreover, the Political Department controls the Investigation Bureau's intelligence system, and if Qiu Tu were to gain control, then Yan Chen would be left blind and deaf.
That was why Yan Chen had been persistently persuading Huang Shangzong to check Qiu Tu's rise today...
