Originally, Zhang Hongyang was to assume the position of District Mayor in Jiangdong District.
This was the most crucial district government head position in all of Yangzhou City, a highly promising job. Within two years, he could be promoted to District Committee Secretary of that district and smoothly enter into the sequence of standing committee members of the City Committee.
Such an arrangement was also in line with the career path intended for the Monitor of the Youth Class at the Provincial Party School, Zhang Hongyang.
Zhang Hongyang serving as the District Mayor of Jiangdong, followed by the Executive Deputy District Mayor, the Second Deputy District Mayor Zhao Yan, and the Third Deputy District Mayor Du Man (his uncle's daughter), was a situation that really irked Liu Zhizhong. It gave Zhang Hongyang more opportunities and might have led to harassment of his wife Zhao Yan.
