Chapter 529: The confidence of a prominent family, bad news
After the show, Aoyama Hidenobu was still excited when he returned home. He hugged his sister-in-law and gave her a big kiss.

The success of this usurpation of power made him more excited than any previous promotion, because the promotion was awarded to him by others, but this time he had snatched it himself!
He doesn’t like to be a freeloader, and prefers to earn corresponding rewards through his own hard work.

“What’s wrong? What good thing happened that makes you so happy?” Haruko Aoyama asked puzzledly.

“Haha, you won’t understand even if I tell you.” Aoyama Hidenobu didn’t explain anything to her. He let her go and called Hikokawa Juro, “Grandpa, this is Hidenobu.”

“Hidenobu, what’s going on?” Juurō Hikokawa had already guessed that he was going to talk about Takayoshi Fujimoto.

“Thanks to Grandpa, I have accomplished my mission.” Aoyama Hidenobu said with joy in his tone, “Thanks to your kindness, I have convinced all the department heads and section chiefs not to be instigated by Fujimoto Takaei, and forced Fujimoto Takaei to agree to go to Tokyo to report on his work.”

“Good! Good! Good!” Hikokawa Juro applauded when he heard this, and laughed, “Hidenobu still didn’t disappoint me as always!”

If Takaei Fujimoto mobilized the local police to confront the National Public Security Commission, the situation would be difficult to handle. However, Takaei Fujimoto’s initiative to go to Tokyo to report on his work has not only enabled the Public Security Commission to achieve its goal of transferring him, but also maintained its own authority.

“But in order to convince him, I also agreed to one of his conditions without his permission.” Seeing that Hikokawa Juro was in high spirits at the moment, Aoyama Hidenobu said cautiously.

Hikokawa Juro asked casually: “What are the conditions?”

“The only thing we agreed to is to let him retire early and not hold him accountable for any other responsibilities,” Aoyama Hidenobu replied.

“No problem. We can’t let you, Hidenobu, break your promise.” Hikokawa Juro agreed immediately. After all, the original purpose of their Public Security Committee was to transfer Fujimoto Takayoshi, not to bring him to justice.

That’s too much trouble.

We even have to investigate Takaei Fujimoto’s crimes.

“Thank you for your understanding, Grandpa.” Aoyama Hidenori breathed a sigh of relief, his tone became cheerful again, and then he continued, “I know that the Public Security Committee transferred Fujimoto Takaei to clean up the Hokkaido police system, but in order to convince everyone to join me in forcing Fujimoto Takaei, I promised to protect them, so can you please wait a little longer before taking action on this matter?”

“You sly fellow, how could I not know what you are thinking?” Yanchuan Juro snorted and said in a neutral tone: “Since they all follow your lead now, of course you have to protect them!”

The reason why the National Public Safety Commission wants to clean up the Hokkaido police system is because Takaei Fujimoto has been running the local area in an ironclad manner for many years, condoning his subordinates to do evil, resulting in scandals one after another.

It has seriously affected the image of civil servants.

The most important thing is that he didn’t listen to what he said!
But now that Aoyama Hidenobu can control the Hokkaido Police Headquarters, it is equivalent to the Hikokawa family directly controlling the Hokkaido Police Headquarters. How could Hikokawa Juro weaken his own power then?

“Hi! Thank you, Grandpa. I promise to make the Hokkaido police obey the Hikokawa family!” Aoyama Hidenobu finally let go of his worries and continued, “To facilitate this goal, I hope Grandpa can appoint Yamashita Hisato, the deputy director of the Hokkaido Police Headquarters, to replace Fujimoto Takaei. Since the director has an accident, it is reasonable for him to be transferred from the deputy director to the director. The key is that this person is not good at abusing power and has a very good relationship with me.”

“I’ll try my best. Although I’m the chairman, I can’t make final decisions. After all, from a public-spirited point of view, Yamashita Hisato is not suitable for this position.” Hikokawa Juro did not say anything final.

He didn’t want to continue to clean up the Hokkaido police system because that had become his power, but this had nothing to do with the other committee members, so those people would definitely oppose his unreasonable proposal.

“Hi!” Aoyama Hidenobu responded, and then said confidently: “Grandpa, don’t worry, even if a tough guy is sent in the end, I will definitely protect what belongs to our Yanchuan family.”

“Yeah.” Hikokawa Juro responded indifferently.

Aoyama Hidenobu knew it was time to hang up the phone, “That’s it, I won’t disturb Grandpa’s rest for now.”

Juro Hikokawa hung up the phone casually.

“Grandpa, this incident was probably caused by Aoyama Hidenobu in an attempt to usurp power. He knew that he would not be promoted in a short period of time, but he was unwilling to be limited to the power of the minister.” Hikokawa Kentomo, who had listened to the entire conversation between the two, said incisively.

The more he got to know Aoyama Hidenobu, the less he liked this man as much as he did at the beginning. This man was too ambitious, too bold, and did not follow the rules.

Hikokawa Juro nodded, “I know.”

At first, he didn’t know what role Aoyama Hidenobu played in this matter, but as he learned more and more information, he saw through everything.

“You know?” Yanchuan Xianyou was stunned, then frowned in confusion, “Then why…”

“As long as he is still my grandson and is weaker than the Hikokawa family, the power he controls will always belong to the Hikokawa family. Why should we stop him?” Hikokawa Juro asked back.

Yanchuan Xianyou was suddenly speechless, “I…”

“You’re afraid.” Hikokawa Juro saw through his grandson’s thoughts at a glance and concluded, “You’re afraid that he’s too ambitious, too bold, and too capable. You can’t help but think that if he dares to usurp the power of the minister today, will he dare to do the same to you in the future?”

“Hi!” Yanchuan Xianyou lowered his head in shame and embarrassment, finding it difficult to look his grandfather in the eye.

Hikokawa Juro exhaled and taught his grandson earnestly, “Xianyou, you have to understand one thing, the reason why Aoyama Hidenobu was able to do all this was because of the Hikokawa family! As long as his strength is not greater than the Hikokawa family, he will never be a threat to you. Do you think his strength can surpass our Hikokawa family?”

“Of course not!” Hikokawa Kentomo answered without hesitation, and said proudly: “Our Hikokawa family has accumulated a profound foundation after several generations of hard work. Even if Aoyama Hidenobu is powerful, he can’t surpass us with the efforts of his generation! Even if he becomes prime minister, he is still not as good as the Hikokawa family, and he can’t become prime minister without the support of the Hikokawa family!”

This is the confidence of being born into a wealthy and prestigious family. Even if there is only one son for three generations and the family is sparse, the connections, money, etc. accumulated by several generations through intermarriage and exchange of interests are not something that can be caught up with in a short period of time. These things must take time to settle.

“Yes, in that case, what are you worried about?” Hikokawa Juro nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip, “You can punish him, but you can’t restrict him, otherwise you will be restricting the expansion of the Hikokawa family, and it will also turn kindness into hatred.”

“Hi! My grandson has learned a lesson!” Yanchuan Xianyou said, holding his hands on his knees and bowing respectfully. ………………………………

The next day, Takaei Fujimoto temporarily handed over his work to Hisato Yamashita and set off for Tokyo.

Yamashita Hisato led all the police officers to see him off at the gate. After watching his car drive away, he turned to Aoyama Hidenobu and said, “During the time when the chief is reporting on his duties, I will leave all the affairs of the headquarters to Chief Aoyama. I am not good at handling government affairs, so I’d better focus on the specific cases.”

Although he was not present last night, he had no shortage of sources of information due to his image as a good guy, so he knew what happened. This was a public statement that he had no intention of competing for power with Aoyama Hidenobu, and also a warning to others to go to Aoyama Hidenobu if they had any problems, and not bother him.

To be honest, because he had always been a dining partner of Aoyama Hidenobu, he had a very good impression of him and never dreamed that he would do such a thing. As a result, he inevitably felt a little more distant and fearful towards him.

People like him don’t like those who are so scheming and power-hungry, so it’s better for them to go their separate ways to avoid being calculated and used by them one day.

“Hi!” Aoyama Hidenobu bowed in response. He could feel that there was a thick barrier between the two of them.

He was not surprised by this. If you want to be a good political person, don’t expect to have pure friends.

Unless this friend is not a government official.

For example, Ryoichi Fujimoto who is far away in South Korea.

Yamashita Hisato turned and left without looking back.

A group of ministers looked at Aoyama Hidenobu eagerly.

“Let’s all go to work,” said Aoyama Hidenobu.

The ministers bowed to him before dispersing.

Aoyama Hidenobu stood still, feeling the breeze blowing towards him. He slowly lit a cigarette and started smoking. He looked back at the gate of the police headquarters with a bright smile and full of fighting spirit.

From now on this is his police headquarters!

Three days later, the Hokkaido Police Headquarters announced that it had verified a series of illegal and criminal acts committed by Kudo Misaki, Fujino Norihiro, and Ishida Hiroun, and formally handed them over to the Procuratorate for prosecution to pursue their legal responsibilities.

At the same time, the National Public Security Commission also issued a punishment for Takaei Fujimoto, dismissing him from all positions and ordering him to retire early on the grounds of failing to discipline his subordinates.

After these two pieces of news were reported, the public’s anger subsided a lot. After all, the government did take the attitude and action to resolve the problem this time.

Those who should be prosecuted should be prosecuted, and those who should be held accountable should be held accountable.

Kudo Misaki, Fujino Norihiro, and Ishida Hiroun were in complete despair. They had been hoping that Fujimoto Yoshiichi would be able to rescue them in the future.

Unexpectedly, Takaei Fujimoto couldn’t save himself and retired early, so they are completely finished!

After returning to Tokyo, Takaei Fujimoto visited the three of them.

And told them the truth of the matter.

The three of them couldn’t believe it. The mastermind behind this was actually Aoyama Hidenobu? And that sinister guy actually succeeded in usurping Fujimoto Takayoshi’s power?
After accepting this reality, the three of them started swearing and cursing Aoyama Hidenobu.

They have never offended Aoyama Hidenobu!

And that bastard didn’t hesitate to make them victims in order to achieve his goal, damn it!
Unfortunately, the people who deserved to die did not die. Instead, Fujino Norihiro and Ishida Hiroun were quickly sentenced to death by the court, while Kudo Mikoto was sentenced to life imprisonment.

This result made countless citizens cheer.

During this period, all the police officers in Hokkaido knew that Aoyama Hidenobu had become the de facto chief. Some police chiefs from various police stations actively came to Sapporo to pay a visit and submit their letters of allegiance to him, while others pretended to be dead and ignored what happened in Sapporo.

The nominal head of the National Public Security Commission has not been appointed because it is said to be very controversial.

At the same time, the Titans and the Beihai family completed their first arms deal. More than 600 guns and tens of thousands of bullets were sold out. When the news got back to the United States, the Titans were very excited. They determined that the Japanese market was worth cultivating, and appointed Jack as the general manager of the Japan region, responsible for all transactions.

In late June, the investigation team led by Okamura Hideyama took a group of corrupt elements in the army handed over to him by Ueda Hikotoshi and asked him to take them back to report. Several other investigation teams also achieved varying degrees of results.

The cabinet announced that the investigation had been successfully concluded and officially announced the news to the public. All soldiers investigated this time will be brought to military courts.

But just looking at the situation of the Northern Front, you can see how much water is added to the so-called “perfect”.

Three high-ranking officials of the Hokkaido Police Headquarters were sentenced to death and life imprisonment, and corrupt officials hidden in the military were caught and brought to court. The people had a vague illusion that the country seemed to be getting better.

But illusions are just illusions. With the efforts of people like Aoyama Hidenobu, this country will only get worse!
On the afternoon of June 22nd, Aoyama Hidenobu received bad news. Juro Hikokawa called to tell him that the new chief of the Hokkaido Police Headquarters had been determined, but it was not Yamashita Hisato.

(End of this chapter)