With the arrival of the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the captain of the Traffic Police Brigade was naturally on high alert. The captain, who was less than 40 years old, respectfully invited the secretary into the office. Before Zhou Zhengxiong said anything, the captain hurriedly said, "Secretary Zhou, we have already sent more traffic police to the entrance of the provincial party committee. There will be no more traffic jams at the entrance."
The traffic jam caused by the Provincial Party Committee made the traffic police feel ashamed. But during the Spring Festival, the police also hoped to have a good Spring Festival, so the lack of police officers on the streets was inevitable. Overtime pay could be earned at any time, but there was only one Spring Festival every year. Therefore, during the internal meeting, the captain requested to increase the police force near the key departments during this season. Since the captain said so, the traffic police team could only obey. What's more, the next Spring Festival would be a year later. No one wanted to be unlucky at this time.
Seeing that the traffic police captain responded without any instructions, Zhou Zhengxiong felt much better. Actually, from Zhou Zhengxiong's point of view, he didn't think it was wrong for the police to take a break during the Spring Festival. Zhou Zhengxiong couldn't rest during the Spring Festival because of his position. As for ordinary policemen needing to rest, Zhou Zhengxiong thought it was normal.
"Such a big thing happened this time. How should we punish those guys who caused it?" Zhou Zhengxiong directly stated his purpose of coming here.
The captain was stunned. Although the incident this time was huge, there were no casualties. The traffic police didn't have any ill feelings towards the workers who were asking for their wages. At most, they thought that this group of people going to the entrance of the provincial party committee to ask for their wages was really adding to everyone's troubles. The response strategy was just to increase the police force. As long as it could be cleared in time, the ten-lane road would not be congested. If there was no traffic jam, the work of the traffic police was done. What does a worker asking for wages have to do with the traffic police?
"We will strengthen the police force to prevent this from happening again," the traffic police team leader replied according to his job.
Zhou Zhengxiong furrowed his brows. "That's a matter for the future. I just want to ask, does your traffic police force have no punishment for this?"
After hearing the Provincial Party Secretary's words, the Traffic Police Team Leader finally understood that the Party Secretary was not here to interrogate the Traffic Police Team, but hoped that the Traffic Police Team would come forward to arrest the person. This time, the traffic police brigade captain felt that he had fallen into a difficult problem. The traffic police could arrest people, but the premise was that the person had violated the traffic law. However, the people who were blocking the road were the onlookers on the street, not the workers who were kneeling on the wide sidewalk asking for wages. Therefore, the traffic police did not think of arresting anyone at all. Now that he heard that Zhou Zhengxiong was going to arrest the workers, the traffic police brigade captain was momentarily at a loss.
Since he couldn't figure it out, the traffic police captain said hesitantly, "Secretary, we don't think this is against the traffic law."
"Pa!" Zhou Zhengxiong banged the table angrily after hearing this. Seeing that Zhou Zhengxiong's face had turned so ugly and his actions so fierce, the traffic police captain and several cadres next to him were really scared. They all tensed up. Zhou Zhengxiong's gaze swept across these people's faces. After meeting Zhou Zhengxiong's gaze, these people from the traffic police team couldn't help but shiver. Zhou Zhengxiong was also a person who had fought and killed on the battlefield. The fierce murderous aura in his eyes scared the traffic police in peacetime.
"How do you know they didn't deliberately cause congestion? These people waved banners and even encouraged the people on the roadside. Could it be unintentional? They must have been prepared. They used the government's newspaper to attack the government. If they didn't do this, why would the people watch?! " When Zhou Zhengxiong described the actions of the workers, he was full of emotion and his statement was powerful. It was really quite convincing. This was because Zhou Zhengxiong really hated the workers to the bone. When did these workers ever feel grateful when they received their wages from the factory? Could it be that the factory in the province deliberately didn't want to pay the workers? If they had money, of course they would pay. The problem now was that the factory really had no money.
What annoyed Zhou Zhengxiong the most was that this group of workers actually dared to use the government's propaganda to attack the government. The news that the province wanted to be responsible for the provincial enterprises and the news that the Military Governor Of Vaize asked the province not to delay the wages of the enterprise's workers appeared in the same newspaper. Zhou Zhengxiong felt that the editor was up to no good. Of course, this was not the time to settle the score with the editor.
Even though the commander-in-chief's decision to give preferential treatment to the revolutionary heroes had brought a lot of trouble to Zhou Zhengxiong, Zhou Zhengxiong had no intention of overturning this rule. First of all, this rule was beneficial to Zhou Zhengxiong. Second, Zhou Zhengxiong was very clear about the huge resistance and backlash he would encounter if he tried to overturn this rule. If he really did that, he was doomed to not be able to overturn this rule. Under the backlash of tens of thousands of his old comrades, Zhou Zhengxiong was destined to be smashed to pieces. Not to mention his old comrades, but a group of workers actually dared to use the commander-in-chief's words to pressure the Hubei Provincial Party Secretary. Zhou Zhengxiong felt that this kind of evil practice must not be encouraged.
"We must arrest them!" Zhou Zhengxiong said resolutely, and his tone was full of dignity that the traffic police brigade captain could not refuse. This was not a discussion, but Zhou Zhengxiong wanted to use his authority to force what he wanted to do. If the traffic police brigade captain did not agree, Zhou Zhengxiong would use the power in his hands to remove the traffic police brigade captain first.
At this time, the traffic police brigade captain and other cadres understood what Zhou Zhengxiong meant. Although they were shocked by Zhou Zhengxiong's murderous aura, this did not mean that they were willing to submit to Zhou Zhengxiong's orders. The people in the traffic police brigade were not from powerful families. Most of them were from ordinary families. A deputy captain could not help but say in a low voice, "Secretary, we need to consider this issue again …" The deputy captain was an ordinary person from Wuhan. Two of the people who asked for pay this time were his cousins, so he naturally opposed the arrest.
"Consider what!" Zhou Zhengxiong's voice was like thunder. "Don't you know that there are the most people during the Spring Festival? At this time, you hide at home to celebrate the Spring Festival. Is this a responsible attitude towards your work? It is because of your incompetence that the current problem has arisen. Don't you think that you have seriously neglected your duties? "
Hearing Zhou Zhengxiong put such a big hat on the heads of the traffic police brigade, which was the complete opposite of his previous attitude of not caring about the work of the traffic police brigade. The group of traffic police officers also felt numb. Everyone was very clear that whether or not the traffic police officers would be punished or not, in fact, had nothing to do with their own work. It only had something to do with whether the traffic police were willing to come out and arrest people.
The provincial party secretary was not someone that the traffic police could afford to offend. Several cadres exchanged glances with each other. Judging from the expressions on the faces of their colleagues, everyone knew that there was no room for resistance. The traffic police brigade captain reluctantly found an excuse. "We can arrest people, but our detention space in the traffic police brigade is limited. We really have no place to detain so many people at once. And we don't know their names … "
Zhou Zhengxiong did not want to listen to this group of people, so he said coldly, "You don't have to worry about this! The provincial party committee will give you the list of names. Arrest the leaders first. These things are caused by them! You prepare the people first, and wait for my call! "
"… We will listen to the secretary." The traffic police brigade captain had no room to refuse, so he could only express his obedience.
Coming out of the traffic police brigade, Zhou Zhengxiong was slightly relieved. Of course, a large part of his anger just now came from the bottom of his heart, but the proportion of his acting skills was not low. At this time, he had to use a thunderous method. After so many years of war and struggle, Zhou Zhengxiong knew that if the source of the hostility could not be stopped, it would continue to expand. Just like how any small gap in the defense line could lead to collapse. This was the case with the Manchu Qing army. There was no need to completely overwhelm them. As long as they pierced through any part of their defense line, and then sent in more troops, they would completely collapse. Even if the number of enemies was far less than them, the result would not be any different.
The machinery factory was not the only one that was in arrears. Too many enterprises in the province were in arrears, and the enterprises that were barely able to keep operating could not pay their wages in full. If so many workers from these enterprises came to the provincial government with the newspaper with the commander-in-chief's words to cause trouble, then what would the provincial government be? Furthermore, once the issue of demanding wages expanded, Zhou Zhengxiong would not only have to face a few hundred workers, but tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of workers. If things really developed to that point, Zhou Zhengxiong would fall into a state of eternal damnation.
In terms of ability, reaction speed, and ability to do things, Zhou Zhengxiong was the best choice. First, he quickly confirmed the police force, and then he quickly used his connections to get the report from the Political and Legal Committee on the workers. Naturally, he did not need the conclusion that the workers were innocent, but the internal relationships of the workers involved in the operation. The leaders, instigators, and ideas were clearly written in the report. After all, this group of people were honest workers, and not those cunning scum of the city. After being detained, they would answer whatever questions were asked. Even if they were scum of the city, even the most cunning of people would obediently confess after being arrested by the state's violence.
The list of names, home addresses, and arrest targets were quickly sent to the Traffic Police Brigade. Furthermore, Zhou Zhengxiong personally appeared and contacted them over the phone. There was no need for him to personally produce any documents. After all, the Traffic Police Brigade was only the Traffic Police Brigade. They could not be like the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Zhou Sishui, who was familiar with the official documents. It was also impossible for them to have any understanding of the power distribution and checks and balances set by the Military Governor Vaize. The Provincial Party Committee Secretary was their superior, and the Provincial Party Committee Secretary controlled the fate of these people. To them, this was enough.
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