Last year, Jiang Cheng received an "Excellent" rating in the official evaluation. Among the four Governors, he was the only one to receive such a distinction, and at the previous assembly, Commander Pang Ban commended him by name three times in public. He even praised him as a mainstay of the Xuanqing Guard.
This kind of situation is quite rare; at the very least, Pang Ban had never before shown such direct appreciation for anyone—Jiang Cheng was the first.
This also allowed Jiang Cheng to obtain significant bureaucratic credentials at the beginning of this year, which was extremely important for someone like him who had almost no support left. It meant that as long as he continued to follow Pang Ban and did not make any major mistakes, and as long as Pang Ban did not fall from power, his political career would again show promise.
