Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Chapter 381 Wang Family Doomsday Cleanup

Three days later, Su Zhengyang directly issued a decree through the central administrative organ of the Northern Xinjiang government. From that day on, all local appointed officials would be cancelled. In the future, local officials would have to undergo a comprehensive examination of their identity background, ability, and moral character by the Central Review Bureau before they could be formally appointed. The governors of various provinces basically lost the right to cultivate their own direct lineage in the local government system.

Su Zhengyang's decree was like throwing a stone into a calm lake, causing a huge uproar.

Starting with military power and then to the current political power, the power of provincial governors can be said to have been weakened on an unprecedented scale. Unfortunately, they no longer have military power, and now face the decrees issued by Su Zhengyang, they don't even have the qualifications to stand up and oppose. Those who understand Su Zhengyang's temper know that if they jump out at this time, they will most likely face an irreparable end.

In Hanshui City, Liu Ze, the new governor of Hanzhou, frowned and walked into the office of the director of the Provincial Government Affairs Department with a serious face. His steps were firm and powerful, and every step seemed to carry a heavy determination.

Liu Ze walked straight to the desk and stared sharply at Wang Ming who was sitting on the chair. Wang Ming raised his head and smiled, as if he was very friendly to Liu Ze. He smiled and said, "Hey, how come Governor Liu has time to come to our government affairs office for inspection? It really makes our provincial government affairs office shine."

Facing Wang Ming's words that seemed polite on the surface but were actually full of sarcasm.

Liu Ze said in a low but firm voice: "Wang Ming, from today on, you are officially dismissed!" There was no hesitation or room for negotiation in his tone.

Wang Ming was slightly startled, then he put down the teacup in his hand, shook his head and sneered, "Who do you think you are? Do you have the final say in dismissing me, Wang Ming? Don't think that Governor Wang has left and I, Wang Ming, have no one to rely on, so you can manipulate me at will. I tell you, Liu Ze, I have never taken you seriously! You, a jerk who hasn't even grown all his hair yet, think that you can put on a bad face in front of me just because you got the position of governor by relying on your connections?"

Wang Ming stretched out his right index finger and shook it gently: "With just one word from me, I can immediately make you, the so-called governor, disappear from the face of the earth. Do you believe it?"

Liu Ze looked at Wang Mingdao as if he were looking at a dead person. "Your protector, Wang Jiayuan, the director of the Water Conservancy Bureau who holds a high position in the central government, has been executed on the spot by the president's personal order. The entire Wang family is finished! The He family, who have a close relationship with the Wang family, have also been dealt with. Do you still think that you can do whatever you want in the local area and ignore anyone by relying on the power of the Wang family?"

As Liu Ze spoke, he threw the decree document issued by the Northern Xinjiang Central Government on the table. In addition to the new decree issued by Su Zhengyang, the rest was the instructions on the disposal of the former director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, Wang Jiayuan. Looking at the document and the red seal on the execution book, Wang Ming's eyes were dull and he muttered to himself: "How is this possible? How dare Su Zhengyang do this! Where is the old president! Why doesn't the old president remember the old friendship and save the Wang family once!"

Wang Ming's body was trembling slightly, his eyes were full of despair and unwillingness, and the teacup in his hand fell on the table involuntarily.

"From today on! The local government system will be completely torn down and rebuilt! Borers and cancers like you! All of them will be eradicated! Not a single one will be left alive!"

Wang Ming's dazed expression gradually turned fierce. He looked at Liu Ze with bloodshot eyes and said, "Su Zhengyang is so cruel! Since he won't leave me a way out, I will drag you, the governor trained by Su Zhengyang, to be buried with me!"

Wang Ming opened his drawer and took out a Type 14 Nambu pistol. The guard behind Liu Ze rushed over quickly and punched Wang Ming in the greasy and fat face, and snatched the pistol away cleanly.

"Governor, what should we do with him?"

Liu Ze said coldly: "First, put him in jail. Two days later, he will be publicly tried and executed at Caishikou!"

"Also, have the military police take away any officials who have colluded with or had any contact with Wang Ming, and thoroughly investigate his network of relationships! I won't allow any fish to slip through the net!"

After Wang Ming was taken away amid the astonished gazes of the officials in the Government Affairs Office, just a moment later, the fully armed Governor's Office gendarmerie arrived at the Provincial Government Affairs Office and began to forcibly arrest people on a large scale. Those who were taken away were basically Wang Ming's direct subordinates promoted by him and those who had colluded with him. For a moment, all the officials in the Government Affairs Office were pale and in panic. At this moment, they finally realized that the sky above their heads was about to change.

What is even more ridiculous is that after Wang Ming was captured, the usually arrogant Wang family openly gathered forty or fifty private soldiers and servants armed with sharp weapons and guns and tried to rob the prison. Faced with the Governor's Office gendarmerie, which was armed to the teeth and had a number of 500 people, these people were no different from rotten salted fish and sweet potatoes.

Wang Ming's son Wang Jiawei stood in front of the crowd, blocking the gate of the Governor's Mansion and shouting, "Damn it, let my father go! Why don't you ask around, who dares to mess with our Wang family in this small piece of land in Hanshui City! If you don't let him go, I will burn down the Governor's Mansion!"

In the Governor's office, Liu Ze's secretary hurriedly pushed the door open, looked at Liu Ze and said, "Governor, it's bad. The Wang family has gathered a large number of idle people, holding weapons and making trouble in front of the gate. They claim that if Wang Ming is not released, the Governor's Office will be in trouble."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ze responded without even looking up: "Armed personnel attacking the Governor's Mansion is tantamount to treason. Let Captain Lan handle it."

Five minutes later, the captain of the gendarmerie, Lan Changqing, wearing a black military uniform, came to Wang Jiawei and others with dozens of fully armed soldiers. Lan Changqing, who was tall and straight with handsome looks, looked at the Wang family members in front of him, who were wearing black coats and holding 70% new and old barrels in their hands, most of whom were holding homemade spears, swords and other weapons, and revealed a look of extreme contempt.

"Do you know how serious a crime it is to launch an armed attack on the Governor's Palace?"

Lan Changqing looked at the leader Wang Jiawei with sharp eyes.

Wang Jiawei's heart trembled, but he still stiffened his neck and shouted loudly: "I don't care what Governor's Office you are. In short, if you don't let my father go, I will never let you go today!"

"You are lawless! You are lawless and wanton! Very good. In that case, you should go to the underworld and wait for your father."

Lan Changqing drew his pistol without hesitation, and a golden bullet, accompanied by a gunshot, instantly pierced Wang Jiawei's forehead.

"Kill all of these bastards! Don't leave any of them alive!"

Following Lan Changqing's order, the soldiers of the military police began to kill without mercy. Soon, these private soldiers of the Wang family who had no combat experience or skills and only knew how to bully others were completely wiped out. Lan Changqing looked at the corpses on the ground with disgust, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and ordered again: "Clean up these garbage for me, everyone, get ready, target the Wang Mansion! Raid the Wang family and send all of them to hell!"

"Yes, Captain!"