Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Zhao Mingyuan had been listening attentively. When his second daughter finished speaking, he turned his gaze to his grandson Feng Sizhe, "Zhe'er, what do you think?"

"Grandpa, we can't tolerate this kind of people anymore. Although you are very popular in the military and have a lot of experience, because you are kind-hearted and don't want to use this power to do something, some people have dared to ignore you. They arrogantly think that you are old and don't want to be in charge, or that you are weak. Well, let's use this incident today to establish your authority and tell them that the crazy Zhao on the battlefield is not old, and anyone who dares to mess with the Zhao family will definitely suffer the most crazy blow."

Feng Sizhe was very decisive when he said this, without the slightest hesitation. In fact, he had already thought about it. This time he injured Chang Sheng. Once the news spread to the Chang family in the northwest, they would definitely fight back. And now his main focus was on the capital province. As for all possible external factors, he would try to avoid them if possible. To get rid of these troubles, the best way was to beat the Chang family into submission at once and for all and let their power collapse as quickly as possible. Only in this way would they not be able to threaten him.

Seeing his grandson's heroic attitude, Zhao Mingyuan suddenly slammed the table and said, "Well, you are worthy of being a son of the Zhao family. Zhe'er said exactly what I wanted to say. Haha, just as Zhe'er said, this time let them see what I, Crazy Zhao, look like when I come back again."

Mr. Zhao agreed with his grandson taking control of Changsheng first. This was called seizing the initiative and control of the war. He believed that the Chang family didn't know anything yet, and they had enough time to plan what to do.

During the war years, Zhao Mingyuan was nicknamed Crazy Zhao because he was so fearless in battle that the enemy would retreat dozens of miles away when they heard his reputation. Now, after so many years, as the older generation gradually faded away, fewer and fewer people can call him by this nickname, and many people don't even know about it. So let's take advantage of this incident today to show our power and let others know how majestic Mr. Zhao was back then.

With Zhao Mingyuan's words, Feng Sizhe felt more confident. He knew that the Chang family had really hit a wall this time.

Zhao Mingyuan then said that this matter would be fully under the charge of his grandson Feng Sizhe, assisted by his second daughter Zhao Lishu. They were allowed to use all available forces to attack the Chang family, and when it was necessary for Old Zhao to personally show up, he would definitely not be stingy.

Thus, before the 17th National Congress, some subtle changes had taken place in the political situation in Kyoto and the Northwest.

For example, the deputy commander of the Northwest Military Region, Major General Chang Ziwu, was suddenly summoned to Beijing by the Military Commission. Then the Central Committee announced that Chang Ziwu’s military post would be resolved, and his status as a military representative to the 17th National Congress would be resolved. As for where he would go, a decision would be made after the 17th National Congress. At the same time, Chang Ziwen, the seventh deputy director of the State Financial Bureau, was also investigated by the Z Discipline Inspection Commission for economic issues, and twelve hours later, it was announced that he would be placed under double supervision. (Given Feng Sizhe’s experience working at the Z Discipline Inspection Commission and his connections there, it was not a big problem to investigate a vice-ministerial official who was originally problematic.)

The two sons of the Chang family were suddenly hit hard, which made the Chang family suddenly scared.

Kyoto Chang family.

Inside the villa of former Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Chang Shengzheng, his only daughter, Chang Aiying, then Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of Shaanxi Province, was sitting next to her father.

Looking at her father whose face was already very old, Chang Aiying suddenly felt a lump in her throat and she wanted to cry.

As children, she and her two brothers were very ambitious. For example, the eldest brother Chang Ziwu entered the military very early and rose rapidly to become one of the young and vigorous factions in the military. The second brother Chang Ziwu used what he learned to enter the financial sector of the central government ministries and commissions and also made a good living. Even her younger sister also developed well. In her forties, she became a national department-level cadre and a powerful figure in the propaganda department of a province.

If things had continued to develop normally, perhaps in ten years, the Chang family would have become a first-class family in the Republic. But all this changed because of the Qin Tian case a few years ago.

At that time, the Lu family and the Wen family found Chang Aiying, promised her great power, and asked her to cooperate in putting pressure on Feng Sizhe, who was sent by the central government to investigate the Qin Tian case. It was from that time that the Chang family made the first wrong move.

In the following events, Feng Sizhe withstood the pressure and successfully solved the Qin Tian case, while Chang Aiying failed. Because of this incident, his second brother, Chang Ziwen, who was originally the first deputy governor of the National Bank, was transferred to the National Financial Bureau and became the seventh deputy director. This was the warning given by the Qin family to the Chang family.

This matter therefore continued for another two years. Just this June, the member of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi-Qin Province Provincial Party Committee and the Minister of Propaganda retired to the second line. Logically speaking, Chang Aiying had great hope of making further progress, but when the matter reached the central government, Comrade Qin Xianghua directly rejected it because the Organization Minister of Shaanxi-Qin Province was a female comrade. So Comrade Qin Xianghua said at the time that the ratio of one female cadre among the Standing Committee members of a province was enough.

Just this one sentence made Chang Aiying lose hope for further development. But in fact, everyone knew that this was because the Chang family had offended General Secretary Qin because of the Qin Tian case.

Another two years passed. During these two years, Chang Shengzheng personally took action and, relying on his old connections, persuaded many people and communicated with Comrade Qin Xianghua. Finally, with the help of this old face, the generous Comrade Qin Xianghua agreed not to pursue the matter. But it was at this time, when the Chang family had a great chance to continue to develop, Chang Sheng, the third generation of the Chang family, offended the Zhao family and provoked Feng Sizhe, who had repeatedly created miracles in the officialdom, and thus brought a heavy blow from the Zhao family.

Just this one blow caused the two brothers Chang Ziwu and Chang Ziwen to lose their power. This time, the Chang family was really at the end of its rope.

Looking at his daughter who was sitting opposite him, with her hands on his knees, Chang finally spoke, "Aiying, don't think too much. This may be fate."

It was rare that Chang Lao, who had been an atheist for decades, actually believed in fate. It was obvious that at this moment, Chang Lao really had no ability to reverse anything. Most of his relationships back then were used to repair his relationship with Comrade Qin Xianghua. Now he wanted to use his old face to beg people, but he was afraid that not many people would buy it. In addition, the Zhao family was very ruthless this time. He even heard that Zhao Mingyuan, who rarely attended the military office meeting, actually attended the meeting and pointed out the problems of the Northwest Military Region at the meeting, saying that there were people there who thought they were local tyrants and did not take some orders from the Military Commission seriously. If this happened during the war, it would be a mountain uprising and rebellion, and everyone would be punished.

Everyone knew who Mr. Zhao was referring to, but no one else could refute him. After all, Chang Sheng of the Chang family had gone too far this time. He could have provoked anyone else, but he wanted to attack Mr. Zhao's daughter. Wasn't that courting death? You have to know that Mr. Zhao now directly controls the Northeast Military Region, the Northern Military Region, and the Capital Military Region. Together with the Central Plains Military Region controlled by Feng Sizhe's mother-in-law, he controls four of the seven major military regions, and has absolute say.

All this is thanks to Mr. Bian, because the competition with the Zhao family failed, so Mr. Bian was sent out of the Northern Military Region. Now only the Southern Military Region is still within the Bian family's sphere of influence.

Mr. Zhao's attitude was a "death sentence" for Chang Ziwu. From then on, no one in the military would speak for the Chang family.

Chang Shengzheng only sighed after hearing about this. Is the fame of Zhao Crazy when he was young going to reappear? At that time, there were many old marshals and generals who suppressed him, but now most of them have passed away. Who can be Zhao Lao's opponent?

"Dad." Hearing her father say that she accepted her fate, Chang Aiying sighed again and even burst into tears.

"Okay, you don't have to cry. I know you have a good relationship with your two brothers. Don't worry, although your father is old now and may pass away soon, with this old relationship, there will be no problem in protecting the lives of your two brothers." At this time, Chang Shengzheng was ready to bow to Zhao Mingyuan. At worst, he would just hand over the power of the Northwest Military Region. He believed that this would be enough to save his life.

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The 17th National Congress ended in harmony, stability, joy and happiness.

At this congress, Vice President Xi Jianbiao stepped down and Executive Vice Premier Ke Zhenye stepped down. After the election of the congress, Tang Yi, member of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Bureau and Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, became Vice Chairman with a high vote and became a member of the Political and Legal Affairs Bureau Standing Committee. Vice Premier Zheng Zhi became Executive Vice Premier with a high vote and became a member of the Political and Legal Affairs Bureau Standing Committee.

This is a change at the top level, but there are still some changes at the bottom. For example, in Harbin Province, the former deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, Xiang Tong, retired early due to health reasons, and his successor was Xia Xiang, member of the Harbin Provincial Standing Committee and Minister of Organization. In just over a year, he was promoted by half a step, which was of course the credit of Feng Sizhe.

At the beginning, because of Yingtao's father Ying Weiquan, he had fought with Xiang Tong in Harbin Province. Now that Xiang Tong has finally retired, naturally this position must be filled by one of his own. Of course, Feng Sizhe also spent a lot of effort to do this. For example, he used a lot of methods just to persuade Xiang Tong to recommend Xia Xiang before his retirement. One of them was to let Xiang Tianliang, the executive vice mayor of Harbin, be promoted to the mayor of Harbin.