What he needed to do was help Yang Qunjie secure the position of County Mayor of Guangshou County.
Doing so had two benefits.
Firstly, by helping Yang Qunjie, he could establish a connection with Tang Guozheng.
Of course, he knew that because of the Hou Family incident, both Yang Qunjie and Liu Yi harbored a natural hostility towards him.
But politics was very pragmatic.
If the benefits someone brings outweigh the disadvantages, even a deep-seated enmity can be temporarily put aside.
Chen Fang, who had always refrained from taking sides, had to change his strategy upon arriving in Shangqing City. If he were to be suppressed by both the top and second-in-command, his work couldn't proceed.
So, he chose to temporarily lean on the powerful tree that was Tang Guozheng, show his own worth, and thus, maneuver between the top and second-in-command, surviving in the gaps.
Secondly.
Once Yang Qunjie secured the County Mayor position of Guangshou County,
