During this time, Yuan Jinpeng was restless, like a sword of Damocles hanging over his head. Tan Yangchun smiled indifferently, the sky couldn't fall. Now, the situation has unguardedly expanded. After making trouble for so long, it is inevitable that there will be group petitions at higher levels. The problem is that time is too sensitive. With Hong Kong's return to the motherland imminent and the convening of the 15 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), organizations at all levels have repeatedly stressed the need to maintain stability and put an end to petitioning at higher levels. A few days ago, the political and legal affairs of the county party committee appointed several cadres to sit in Pingshang Village, but it was still impossible to avoid the intensification and escalation of contradictions.

The old farmers' market in Xiangyang Town is next to the town government, small and cramped, and every time the "street" is crowded, and even the stalls are constantly placed on the road, hindering the passage of vehicles. Last year, the town government built a new large farmers' market on the side of the provincial road. The old market is located on the boundary of Pingshang Village, and the new market is built on the boundary of Pingxia Village. In the past, the villagers of Pingshang Village lived on the street, and when they opened their homes, they would have a shop. Now, if you want to open a store and do business, you have to go to the new market to buy a store. At the end of last year, when the new market was built, the villagers of Pingshang Village refused to relocate and set up cards at various intersections to forcibly prevent villagers from other villages from going to the new market to "be on the street". In order to create momentum, on New Year's Day this year, the town government held a lively opening ceremony in the new market, and Zhou Qiushui personally came to speak. But within a few days, the people who came here to "be on the street" became sparse again, and most of them were still crowded in the old market. Some merchants who bought shops in the new market, seeing that the Spring Festival was approaching, were still cold, and they approached the town government one after another, demanding a return of the money they had bought in the shop, which made Tan Yangchun and Yuan Jinpeng anxious. After the Spring Festival, the town government began to integrate the two farmers' markets. The mobilization meeting of party members and cadres in the town was held, the propaganda vehicle tour was promoted, the town and village cadres strengthened the guidance, and the industrial and commercial institute focused on supporting ....... After a few months of hard work, the new market gradually gained popularity. Seeing that the old market was declining and the courtyard was cold, the villagers of Pingshang Village began to petition, besieging the county party committee and the county government three times and twice. This time, they simply went to the provincial capital.

The atmosphere of the meeting was not as tense as Yuan Jinpeng imagined, and Zhou Qiushui calmly handed out cigarettes to everyone. Yuan Jinpeng didn't smoke, but he also took the cigarette and lit the fire. At this time, he really didn't have the confidence to refuse, even if it was a cigarette. At the meeting, Tan Yangchun introduced the ins and outs of this group visit.

Deng Longsheng's family is a big family in Pingshang Village, with lush branches and prosperous people. Deng Longsheng has eight brothers, Longsheng, Fengsheng, Chengsheng, Xiangsheng, Wensheng, Wusheng, Twins, Quansheng, the name takes the meaning of "Longfeng Chengxiang" and "Wenwu Shuangquan". His father had five brothers, so that he had fifty or sixty blood relatives within three generations. As the saying goes, "there are many pigs arching walls, and many people are kings", Deng Longsheng's family first forcibly occupied a good foundation to make a house and open a shop. Then the brothers started business one after another, selling cloth, clothing, and shoes, and made a lot of money one by one. In this relocation of the farmers' market, the Deng family suffered the greatest loss, and Deng Longsheng and Deng Fengsheng took the lead in petitioning several times. Last night, dozens of people from Pingshang Village gathered again at Deng Longsheng's house to discuss how to petition and make trouble. They agreed to take advantage of the imminent return of Hong Kong to the provincial government to petition directly and strive to attract the governor's attention and intervention. In addition to those who have shops in the old market, people who do not have shops in Pingshang Village must also send one person to participate in the petition. The expenses for driving, eating, and staying in a hotel were shared among dozens of shops, and each person was paid 30 yuan in wages. At noon today, more than 100 people took three buses to the provincial capital. After learning the news, Tan Yangchun, Yuan Jinpeng, and Zhi Chaoyang immediately led people to chase after them and stopped two cars in Dongba County, but due to lack of manpower, they only brought back more than 40 people, and more than 20 people still escaped. In other words, more than 50 people may go to the provincial government to petition tomorrow morning.

After listening to Tan Yangchun's introduction, Zhou Qiushui asked, "Jin Peng, do you have anything to add?" Especially the response. ”

Yuan Jinpeng spread out his notebook: "Just now, Secretary Tan introduced it very comprehensively, and I will add a few details." First, Deng Longsheng went to the provincial capital to petition at this time, and it was obviously pointed out by someone, and the nature was bad, and it was necessary to deal with it strictly. Second, judging from the number of petitioners, Deng Longsheng's family does not have as much influence as imagined. There are a total of 167 households in Pingshang Village, of which 35 have shops in the farmers' market and nearby. Because of their stakes, these people are the backbone of the petition. Of the 132 households in Pingshang Village that did not have a shop, 58 households participated in the petition, and these people could not erase their feelings and follow along. After we hit the road to do work, most of them came back with a boat. The third is to adopt the method of dividing, disintegrating and coercing at the same time to get these more than 50 people back. First persuade those who do not have a shop, and then persuade those who are not very close to Deng Longsheng's family, or intersect and gradually unfold. In the end, Deng Longsheng was left with a few brothers, and if he couldn't do the job, he would take coercive measures. ”

Zhou Qiushui listened to it and nodded in approval: "Well, let's discuss it again...... Jinzhong and Jianguo, one of you is a leader in charge of political and legal work, talk about your opinions." ”

Liu Jinzhong nodded: "This problem in Xiangyang Town has been delayed for a long time, and now we have to make up our minds to solve it." I think that Yangchun and Jin Peng's work is very detailed and clear. Of course, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, while using the power of politics and law, Jianyi invited some veteran comrades with prestige who had worked in Xiangyang Town and comrades from Pingshang Village who worked in county-level organs to participate. As for which veteran comrades are useful in their speeches, and which comrades from county-level organs are appropriate to attend, perhaps Secretary Dazhong has a better understanding of the situation. Liu Jinzhong said, turning his head to look at Yang Dazhong.

"There are two old comrades who speak effectively, one is Deng Qiuzong, who used to be the director of the county planning commission, he is a native of Pingshang Village, and his prestige in the family is very high, but he lives in his daughter's house in Suzhou, and he will not be able to come for a while. Another is Zhao Sisheng, who used to be the president of Xiangyang Commune, who was the secretary of the Pingshang Brigade, and his mass base is very good and he can help. There are not many people working in county-level units in Pingshang Village, and there are two deputy section-level leaders, and there are also a few ordinary cadres from the Propaganda Department of the county party committee, the county discipline inspection commission, and the county finance bureau. Yang Dazhong has been doing rural work for many years, and he also thought of this method, and the specific personnel sifted it through his head.

Zhou Qiushui said: "Dazhong will be asked to be responsible for the implementation of this matter, and if the veteran comrades can find one and count one, all the cadres at the deputy section level and the cadres of key units must be present." The highlight is the founding of the country, you see how to arrange it. ”

Zhang Jianguo had already prepared: "This group petition incident is the worst petition incident in our Ping'an County in recent years, and it must be resolved so as not to leave any trouble." The county party committee took the lead in setting up a leading group for handling incidents, and its members were composed of the heads of the two offices, the public office, the procuratorate, the law, the letter and visit reception center, and Xiangyang Town. Twenty cadres and 100 political and legal cadres and policemen were sent to Longxing in three groups to ensure that they were all brought back by eight o'clock tomorrow morning. ”

This is the first time since the reform and opening up of Ping'an County that hundreds of police forces have been mobilized to rush to other places. Zhang Jianguo served as the commander of the operation, and the director of the public security bureau, the chief procurator, and the president of the court all appeared. As night fell, more than 100 political and legal cadres and cadres set off in several groups. Concentrated departure will not only startle the grass and snakes, but also appear too ostentatious, which is easy to cause bad effects and even extraneous branches.

Zhou Qiushui and Xie Jianping returned to the office separately, and for them, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. The relationship between people is sometimes so delicate that Zhou Qiushui hopes that Xie Jianping will take the initiative to stand up and serve as the commander of this "interception" operation, but he does not say it directly. Xie Jianping felt Zhou Qiushui's expectations, but considering the complexity of this operation, he did not take the initiative to ask for help. In fact, as long as Zhou Qiushui has a clear attitude, Xie Jianping will stand up without hesitation and take the initiative to carry this burden. As a grassroots leader with rich experience, he knew that once a serious accident occurred in this operation, the responsibilities that should be borne by taking the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the commander and accepting the organization's arrangement to serve as the commander should be different. Moreover, even if the "interception" operation is successful, it will not be able to solve it once and for all, and there will be one troublesome incident after another related to the relocation of the farmers' market. As the head of a county, he couldn't have put much effort into it.

At more than ten o'clock in the evening, this mighty motorcade lined up and stopped at the south end of Yingbin Avenue in Longxing City, the provincial capital, attracting many pedestrians to stop and watch. The headquarters met under the street lamps, and according to the distribution map of hotels and hostels in Longxing City that Zou Kemin had just obtained, they adjusted the specific division of labor, and focused the inventory on the hotels and hostels near the provincial party committee, the provincial government, and the provincial people's congress. At the same time, arrangements were made for Yang Dazhong, Zou Kemin, and Zuo Liusheng, director of the county party committee's letter and visit reception center, to connect with the director on duty of the provincial letter and visit reception center to win support and assistance.

In the middle of the night, Deng Longsheng was woken up by a noisy sound. I turned on the light and picked up the watch on the bedside table to see that it was two o'clock in the morning. There were many people walking around in the hallway outside the room, and the sound of knocking on the door came from far and near, as if it was a ward round. He was puzzled when there was a rude knock on the door: "Open the door, open the door!" Public security rounds! "I opened the door, and three or four policemen came in. So far, 51 petitioners have been found in this operation. Zhang Jianguo decided to arrange for personnel to send these people back overnight, leaving behind more than 20 public security officers and cadres so that the last six people could be forcibly brought back tomorrow morning.

Who would have thought that these six people almost made this operation fall short. The "fish that slipped through the net" are Deng Chengsheng, Deng Wusheng and several of their own brothers. At that time, they were eating supper at a night snack stall and luckily escaped the "search". They couldn't understand the county government's hard-line approach and vowed to petition to the end. In ancient times, it was also allowed to beat drums and voice grievances, you went too far!

In early summer, the sun has risen in the sky at eight o'clock in the morning. Zhang Jianguo and Yang Dazhong each led more than a dozen people to stand guard at the gate of the provincial government and in front of the provincial letter and visit reception center building. The two places are only more than 200 meters apart, and the two teams of people are looking at each other from a distance. In the past, the reception center for letters and visits was set up in the gate building of the provincial government, but it was relocated because petitioners repeatedly blocked the gate of the provincial government.

After graduating from high school, Deng Wusheng went south to Shenzhen to work, which can be regarded as having seen the world and being more attentive than others. Leaving others in front of a supermarket near the provincial government, he and Deng Chengsheng took a taxi to find out the news. As a result, through the car window, I saw from a distance that a group of policemen were waiting in front of the gate of the provincial government and the reception center for letters and visits, and several cadres from Xiangyang Town were mixed in. Knowing that this road was impassable, I hurried back to meet everyone. They were unwilling to go back to their homes and decided to go to the provincial party committee to try. After making up their minds, they got into a yellow-faced car and went straight to the provincial party committee compound. The compound of the provincial party committee is located on the relatively deserted Hongqi Road, two or three kilometers away from the provincial government compound. After getting out of the car, they circled in front of the provincial party committee compound. The compound of the provincial party committee is smaller than the compound of the provincial government, which stretches for more than 1,000 meters, while the compound of the provincial party committee is only 3 or 400 meters, and it is even more old. The only thing that is the same is that the armed police standing guard are holding their heads high and majestic.

was stopped by the armed policeman standing guard with a wave of his hand: "Stop, please show your pass!" ”

Deng Wusheng and the others knew what the "access card" was, and they were stunned and motionless.

The armed police asked again: "Which unit are you?" Who to look for? ”

Deng Wusheng had the courage to say: "We are the people of Ping'an County, and we have something to report to Secretary Kong. ”

The armed police sneered: "Heh! If you have any questions, please report to the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government to the Visiting Reception Center. ”

Deng Wusheng and a few people retreated to the side, they heard that the leader of the provincial party committee was in the No. 1 car, and wanted to stop the car to file a complaint, which at least could alarm the provincial party committee.

After a few minutes, a young man in his thirties with a pair of black-rimmed glasses walked up to them: "Where are you?" Is there anything to reflect? ”

Deng Wusheng estimated that this person was a secretary: "We are farmers in Xiangyang Town, Ping'an County, and we have something to report to Secretary Kong. ”

The secretary-like person smiled slightly: "Secretary Kong is busy, you wait here, I'll see which leader has time to receive you." ”

Deng Wusheng and several people were happy in their hearts, and said again and again: "Please help us, help us." ”

After a few more minutes, the secretary-like figure ushered them into the gatehouse communication room. Deng Wusheng and the others sat in the room for more than twenty minutes in a daze, and no one paid attention to them. Deng Wusheng was tired of waiting and wanted to go out to have a look, but just got up, but saw Yang Dazhong breaking in with a group of policemen.

"What a nest of snakes and rats!" Deng Wusheng scolded fiercely. The police car had just started, and through the window, he saw an Audi sedan with a license plate ending in 00001 slowly driving into the compound of the provincial party committee.

Yang Dazhong was shocked into a cold sweat, if this incident alarmed Kong Lingchun, I don't know what kind of instructions the main leader of the provincial party committee who had just taken office made. At this point, he had to admire Zhou Qiushui's foresight. Zhou Qiushui repeatedly explained that he must visit the director on duty of the reception center to obtain support. Last night, the first thing he did when he went to the provincial capital was to visit Director Yin Wenlong of the Letters and Visits Reception Center with Zou Kemin and Zuo Liusheng, and to send local products and red envelopes from Ping'an County. Sometimes, people become strange and they are completely unaware. Although he was the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Yang Dazhong did not feel that there was anything wrong with doing so, and Yin Wenlong did not seem to be interested in receiving gifts because of Yang Dazhong's status as secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. Gift-giving is commonplace, and it's strange to talk in the vernacular. Ten minutes ago, Yin Wenlong received a call from the duty room of the provincial party committee, and notified Yang Dazhong to come over to "pick up" people.

After leaving the city and passing the toll booth, Zhang Jianguo, Yang Dazhong, and Xin Guoqiang, director of the Public Security Bureau, met on the side of the road. Yesterday, Zhou Qiushui made it clear that he wanted to "kill the chicken and show the monkeys", and the public security bureau would think of the way. Xin Guoqiang immediately handed over this task to Zhi Chaoyang.

Zhang Jianguo asked: "Look, how to deal with these people?" ”

Yang Dazhong asked rhetorically: "What happened to those people last night?" ”

Deng Longsheng was thrown directly into the detention center, and the others were released. Deng Longsheng bought a second-hand motorcycle last year, but it was later found out that it was dirty and had not been dealt with, which came in handy this time. Xin Guoqiang said.

Zhang Jianguo said: "Secretary Zhou just called and said that we were intercepting the visit here, but some people in Pingshang Village were building a farmers' market at home. Deng Chengsheng and Deng Wusheng must be put in, otherwise, our efforts will be wasted. Over there, the police station is looking for a name, and I don't know what happened. ”

Yang Dazhong asked in surprise: "Build a farmers' market?" When? ”

"They are organized and premeditated, and yesterday morning some of them came to Longxing to petition, and some of them started work at home. This is purely a building code violation. Secretary Zhou said that letting them build it and then forcibly demolish it will have a greater deterrent effect. What is in a hurry at the moment is to ask the police station to find a reason to get Deng Chengsheng and Deng Wusheng in. Zhang Jianguo said.

Xin Guoqiang thought for a while and said: "I'll say hello to the Legal Department, and Zhi Chaoyang will find a reason to report it, the Deng brothers have always bullied the market and picked quarrels and provoked troubles, how can there be no problem?" ”

If you want to add sin, there is no excuse. Yang Dazhong was faintly unhappy in his heart, although this was a last resort.

Seven days later, brothers Deng Longsheng, Deng Chengsheng, and Deng Wusheng came out of the detention center, all with blue noses and swollen faces. They put these accounts on the cell bosses, but they don't know what is wrong. They were thrown into three cells where many "thugs" were held, and punches and kicks were commonplace. The "farmer's market" that had been built overtime was also forcibly demolished two days ago. It's a pity that they didn't witness the grand scene with their own eyes -- dozens of police cars and hundreds of policemen surrounded the newly built improvised farmers' market, the indestructible excavators turned the farmers' market into ruins in an instant, a dozen women crying and shouting to break up and interfere with the demolition were firmly controlled by the police, and young and strong men were violently thrown to the ground and trampled on their necks.

This protracted battle for the farmer's market ended in a resounding victory for the county government. The Deng brothers were wounded and swept away in this struggle. They finally understood that no matter how powerful the family was, once they challenged the authority of the government, they would inevitably fail.