Chapter 1910: The Power of the Official

Zhao Qiuwei sighed, "Qiu Ming, you are just saying this out of anger. The three cities of Chaojiang are all under the jurisdiction of the secretary of the Chaojiang Municipal Party Committee. Liu Fusheng has the highest decision-making power and leadership over the entire Chaojiang area. In addition, before he came to Chaojiang, he was a deputy provincial-level leader, which is much higher than me."

"so what?"

Zhao Qiu Ming snorted coldly, "No matter how high his position is, we are not afraid of him. If nothing works, let's give it a try. As long as I am here, Liu Fusheng will not be able to enter Song Village."

Zhao Qiuwei said: "Your words are getting more and more outrageous. If you really dare to attack someone with real weapons, you will die. You have a military post, so you can't talk nonsense!"

"Liu Fusheng is not an ordinary person. Have you heard of the Bai family in Yanjing? He is the son-in-law of the Bai family. If we go against him, the news will spread to Yanjing. Even Commander Xie will not be able to protect you. It may even implicate the Zhao family!"

After being scolded by Zhao Qiuwei, Zhao Qiu Ming indeed fell silent.

But his character is the type that would rather break than bend, so how could he be scared by the reputation of the Bai family in Yanjing?

After a brief thought, he said, "Brother, I don't believe in evil. Let's do this. I won't implicate the Zhao family. I will go to the Chaojiang Municipal Party Committee and talk to Liu Fusheng."

"If the conversation goes well, let's forget about this matter. If it goes badly, I'll let him know what it means when a common man gets angry, blood will splatter five steps away. In short, the descendants of the Zhao family can't be bullied by such a dandy boy!"

Zhao Qiuwei was really helpless. His cousin was already quite old, but he was acting like a young man with no sense of responsibility. If he hadn't stopped him, he might have gotten into some trouble.

"Qiu Ming, if you really want to do this, you will be happy, but who will clean up the mess that follows? Do you know how many connections the Bai family has all over the country?"

"Compared with the Bai family, the Zhao family is not even as good as an ant. When that happens, not only will I, your brother, lose my position as the municipal party secretary, but all the Zhao family members who are officials or businessmen will be suppressed. Even the entire Song Village will suffer a devastating disaster."

Zhao Qiu Ming said angrily: "What should we do? Should we just let this matter go? Or should we listen to Liu Fusheng and forget the classics, change the clan rules, and betray our ancestors?"

Zhao Qiuwei said: "Looking at the entire Guangdong Province, the only person who can make Liu Fusheng change his mind is probably Commander Xie. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhao Qiuming was silent for a long time, then said, "No, I can't go to see Commander Xie."

"Why?" Zhao Qiuwei asked.

Zhao Qiuming said: "Commander Xie has been in a very bad mood recently and has a lot of complaints about me. I dare not offend him."

Zhao Qiuwei asked, "What happened?"

Zhao Qiu Ming hesitated and refused to say anything.

Zhao Qiuwei sighed, "Okay, if you don't want to help, I can't force you. Alas, I will think of another way. I can't let my ancestors down."

Zhao Qiuming said: "Do you have any other ideas? Tell me!"

Zhao Qiuwei said, "Don't worry about it, and don't ask about this matter in the future. Anyway, I won't implicate the Zhao family."

Zhao Qiu Ming's heart skipped a beat.

He knew his cousin very well. Although Zhao Qiuwei was low-key, steady and unpretentious in his work and seemed easy to bully, Zhao Qiu Ming knew that his cousin was very strong-willed and a tough guy who could tolerate but not be humiliated.

When they were young, they had a fight with other family kids outside. Zhao Qiu Ming and Zhao Qiu Wei were both beaten with blood all over their faces. Zhao Qiu Ming was even scared and didn't dare to fight back. But Zhao Qiu Wei picked up a sickle from the roadside, chased the other party, and chopped him all the way home.

Zhao Qiu Ming shuddered whenever he thought of that blood-red murderous look.

Could it be that this cousin wants to fight Liu Fusheng to the death in order to protect the clan?

Thinking of this, Zhao Qiu Ming hurriedly said: "Brother, don't be impulsive, let me find a chance to talk to Commander Xie! If I can't do anything, let's study other strategies!"

Zhao Qiuwei said: "I know you are in a difficult situation, let me find a way to solve this matter."

Zhao Qiuming smiled and said, "This is about the entire Zhao family. We brothers have to do it even if it's difficult. Even if Commander Xie slaps me in the face, I'll accept it!"

Zhao Qiuwei thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll wait for your news."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Qiuwei sighed deeply. He never thought that he would help an outsider and plot against his cousin.

……

The next day, after walking around the room for a long time, Zhao Qiu Ming finally gritted his teeth, put on his military uniform, asked the guards to prepare the car, and went to Xie Zhenqi's residence.

At this time, Xie Zhenqi was fishing by the pond at home.

He has been in a bad mood recently and his fishing skills are poor. Every time the hook is lost or he fails to catch any fish, he gets furious and scolds whoever he catches. He even breaks several fishing rods.

No one dared to get close, and the personal guards all stood far away.

At this time, a person walked into the garden and quickly walked behind Xie Zhenqi.

The float moved slightly, and Xie Zhenqi immediately pulled in the rod. However, his strength in his hands weakened and the rod was empty.

Xie Zhenqi cursed angrily: "Fuck, even these fish look down on me? They ate my bait but refused to take the bait. What the hell!"

After saying that, he suddenly turned around and looked at the person who was approaching.

That man was Xie Zhenqi's son, Xie Zehua.

Xie Zhenqi said angrily, "What are you doing here? If you hadn't walked so loudly, how could you have scared my fish away? Are you trying to make trouble for me?"

Xie Zehua smiled bitterly and said, "Dad, please don't wrongly accuse me. After I entered the courtyard, I didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing you fishing..."

Xie Zhenqi glared and said, "What? Are you so arrogant now? I said a few words to you, and you dare to talk back?"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Xie Zehua quickly said: "I dare not talk back, you are right, I scared the fish, I was wrong!"

Xie Zhenqi snorted coldly, threw away the fishing rod and said, "What do you want from me?"

Xie Zehua said carefully: "Yesterday Hong Chengli called me and said that Liu Fusheng, the party secretary of Chaojiang City, hopes that Hong Village will revise the clan rules, emphasize compliance with national laws and regulations, and delete all the dogmas left by the ancestors that are obviously not in line with the spirit of the times."

"Oh? How did Hong Chengli offend Secretary Liu?" Xie Zhenqi asked casually.

Xie Zehua said: "They did have some conflicts in the past, and I was the one who resolved them. Liu Fusheng once came to the Xie family to find me because of this matter... Those conflicts have been put behind us."

Xie Zhenqi said, "Why are you still doing this? After all, your grandfather helped build Hong Village, so it has some connection with our family. I'll help you if I can."

Xie Zehua pondered and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult to help with this matter. Liu Fusheng is determined to make the Hong family revise the clan rules. He also said that if the Hong family doesn't obey, he will dismantle Hong Village according to the law and turn a large village of tens of thousands of people into a dozen fragmented small villages."

Xie Zhenqi was immediately interested when he heard this: "Isn't the official surnamed Liu very powerful? He uses a chicken feather as a token of authority! You are getting more and more doomed. You can't even solve this kind of thing? You still need to tell me?"

"If he is reasonable, we should be reasonable. If he is unreasonable, should we indulge him?"