Leaving the office, Qi Tongwei began to ponder his next move.
It was clear that trying to turn his image around solely through stellar performance or attempting to shift Ping Hongzhen’s attitude was a dead end. Unless he could identify the root cause of Ping’s support for Fanzhi Wen and secure intervention from above, defeat was inevitable.
Could it be that in this new life, he would simply let Zhao Lichun continue his reign as a powerful regional satrap? Absolutely not. No one would stop him, Qi Tongwei, from ascending to the central government.
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