The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

Under Shi Fu's leadership, significant progress has been made in the land acquisition in Heyuan Town, resulting in the removal of three village party secretaries and two ineffective members of the secondary leadership team.

After more than a month of effort, the land acquisition was basically completed.

Diao Dalong, the director of the Land Resources Bureau, arrived at Shi Fu's office: "Secretary."

"Big Dragon, sit down."

Diao Dalong sat down and handed the documents in his hand to Shi Fu: "Secretary, the Land and Resources Bureau has released the measurement area of ​​houses occupied by the highway. I asked the staff in the office to go to each village to verify the area of ​​the houses. Everyone agreed and signed the documents."

The total demolition area in Heyuan Town is 50,000 square meters. We encountered a problem: the area occupied by the corn village is 5,000 square meters. When the staff went to each household to confirm, they did not agree and insisted on doubling the amount. For example, they said that the area occupied was 400 square meters when it was only 200 square meters. When our staff asked them to measure it on site, they refused.

They did not agree with the compensation standards issued by the county government, feeling they were too low. They argued that Yumi Village was close to the town and should be compensated according to urban standards.

It's Corn Village again. Land acquisition has been completed in all the other villages, but not in Corn Village. Not a single household agrees to sign. Shi Fu is trying to figure out how to resolve this, but now, with the demolition of houses, things are starting to get messy again.

The village of Yumi has two major surnames, Fang and Xu. The village party secretary, Fang Yao, has served as the village party secretary for more than 20 years and has a very high reputation in the village. When it comes to land requisition, Fang Yao does not listen to Shi Fu's orders and is outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant. Shi Fu wanted to remove Fang Yao from the position of village party secretary, but unexpectedly, Deputy County Magistrate Gao Rong came to Yumi to inspect the work and gave him high praise in front of him.

At this point, removing Fang Yao from the village party secretary position would be a slap in the face to Gao Rong.

Shi Fu dared not offend a deputy county head who was a member of the Standing Committee, so he had no choice but to give up.

Later, he sent people to investigate the relationship between Fang Yao and Gao Rong. Fang Yao was very close to Zhao Yongde, the director of Zhongshan Subdistrict Office. The two were like brothers in private. Zhao Yongde was also very close to Gao Rong and Zhang Kaizhi. When Gao Rong came to Yumi Village for inspection, he was supporting Fang Yao.

Seeing that Shi Fu remained silent, Diao Dalong continued, "The provincial highway passes by the outskirts of Yumi Village. About a kilometer into the village, many people have been building houses along the provincial highway in recent years. Most of these houses have not had their homesteads approved, so they are considered illegal constructions."

When the Land Bureau measured the houses, they did not classify them as illegal constructions. Knowing that the people in Yumi Village were prone to causing trouble, they wanted to settle things peacefully and offered them compensation. However, they were shameless and made exorbitant demands, wanting more.

I went to check a couple of days ago and saw that several households were laying foundations and building houses next to the highway, right where the highway passes. When I came back and checked, I found that they had only submitted their approval documents half a month ago. These households do not meet the requirements for homestead approval at all, as they already have homesteads in the village.

Next to the highway are farmlands, and farmlands cannot be approved as residential land.

One of the households is Fang Qiang, the nephew of the village party secretary Fang Yao. The construction is progressing very quickly, with construction going on 24 hours a day. The first floor has been completed, and they are preparing to build the second floor.

I told Fang Yao, but he didn't take it seriously at all. He said they had no houses to live in, and since they weren't allowed to build houses, where were they supposed to live?

Shi Fu asked, "How many square meters are the illegal buildings in Yumi Village?"

"Of the total 5,000 square meters, more than 3,000 square meters are illegal structures that were not approved, affecting more than ten households."

Shi Fu pondered for a long time. Chen Shi promoted him because he wanted to solve the land acquisition and house demolition issues.

Shi Fu has no powerful backers in the county; his patron has been transferred. Now he can only cling to Chen Shi's coattails. The problem in Yumi Village can't be solved without arresting a few people.

"Dalong, issue demolition notices to the villagers who are still illegally constructing buildings. Demolish them all tomorrow. If anyone obstructs, call the police station and arrest them all."

Diao Dalong said with a worried look, "The police station chief, Fang He, is from Yumi Village. I'm afraid he won't listen to me."

"Just do as I say. If Fang He doesn't listen, I'll call him myself."

After Diao Dalong left the office, Shi Fu picked up his phone and called Xu Guangqiang, the village head of Yumi Village.

"secretary"

"Old Xu, come to my office."

Xu Guangqiang received a call from Shi Fu, got on his motorcycle, rushed to the town, and went to Shi Fu's office.

"Secretary, you wanted to see me?"

"Old Xu, have a seat."

Shi Fu poured tea for Xu Guangqiang: "Old Xu, your Xu family is a big family in Yumi Village, but you are always overshadowed by the Fang family. For more than 20 years, the Fang family has been the village party secretary. Your Xu family can only be the village head, and you have to listen to the Fang family in everything."

Xu Guangqiang knew that Shi Fu was trying to sow discord. In fact, Shi Fu didn't need to stir things up. He had always been dissatisfied with Fang Yao because he was too domineering and everything had to be done his way. As the second-in-command village chief, he had become a figurehead. Many people in the Xu family said he was a coward and went to join Fang Yao, becoming traitors to the Xu family.

"Secretary, Secretary Fang has a high reputation in the village, I can't compare."

Shi Fu sneered inwardly, thinking, "Deep down, you're still afraid of Fang Yao and don't dare to provoke him."

Xu Guangqiang knew his own limitations. Fang Yao was able to invite Gao County to inspect the work in Yumi Village and even give him high praise as a leader of the town. If the village party secretary of other villages did not cooperate with the land expropriation, you would dismiss him without saying a word. But in Yumi Village, not a single acre of land was expropriated, and you still dared not dismiss Fang Yao as the village party secretary.

Shi Fu tapped the table lightly: "Old Xu, your chance has come. Whether you can seize it or not depends on you."

Xu Guangqiang was puzzled, not knowing what Shi Fu meant.

Shi Fu continued, "I called you here today to give you a heads-up: the organization is preparing to remove Fang Yao from the village party secretary position and is collecting evidence of his illegal and disorderly conduct. If you cooperate with the organization's actions and perform meritorious service, I will recommend you to serve as the village party secretary of Yumi Village."

Heyuan Town is now Shi Fu's personal fiefdom, with him controlling both the Party and the government. Xu Guangqiang's eyes lit up; his opportunity had arrived. He had been waiting for this for over twenty years, dreaming of trampling Fang Yao underfoot.

Many members of the Xu family laughed at him, saying he was always second best and a mascot in the village committee, with no real say in anything.

"Secretary, whatever you say, I'll do."

Shi Fu was very satisfied with Xu Guangqiang's performance: "Go back and tell them that the highway is encroaching on the Xu family's land. Make them sign the agreement first. Also, make them sign the agreement to demolish the house."

Xu Guangqiang was at a loss and stammered. Shi Fu said in a deep voice, "Just say what's wrong."

"Secretary, many members of the Xu family don't listen to me. They've become traitors and sided with Fang Yao. Fang Yao has been the village secretary for too long, and the villagers follow his lead and surround him, bullying villagers from other smaller families."

Shi Fu looked at Xu Guangqiang: "You've been the village head for almost ten years. There must be villagers who listen to you. Get those villagers to listen to you and get them to sign your pledge. That's your pledge of loyalty."

Xu Guangqiang said with a troubled look, "No villager in Yumi Village dares to go against Fang Yao. Secretary, to tell you the truth, the reason why Yumi Village is so united and not a single household agrees to sign is because Fang Yao arranged it in secret."

Fang Yao secured benefits for everyone, so they'll listen to him in the future, and he's definitely reaped the rewards.

Shi Fu had already suspected that Fang Yao was behind this, and said coldly, "Go down and collect evidence and hand it over to me. This is an organized and premeditated crime by criminal gangs, openly resisting the government."

Xu Guangqiang was secretly delighted. This time, Fang Yao was doomed, and no one could save him.