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Chapter 73

Chapter 4 Section 13 Confronting Corruption for the First Time

Zhu Jian
When I was in school, a group of scholars talked about corruption together, and they often gritted their teeth.When there is only one person, he makes "dangerous words": You hate it the most now, just because you don't have power in your hands, and you can't even think about corruption.When you have this qualification one day, some people may become corrupt immediately! ’ I felt a chill in my heart. If there is such a day, will I be among the "some people"?

After graduating, I was assigned to the border defense and became a moderate inspector at a certain border inspection station. I really had the "qualification" for corruption. All vehicles, goods, and personnel that entered and exited through my "gate" All require me to "wave my hand" and "nod my head".It's just that the "business" at the port is deserted, and there are leading cadres following, so I haven't encountered such an "opportunity" for more than half a year.

It was the "Border Trade Day" once a month, and there was a constant stream of people passing by. The cadre in charge accidentally glanced at the opposite mountain road and found a man with a backpack hurriedly, looking very suspicious.According to the usual practice, at this time, two officers on duty should go to check and block at the same time, but everyone is too busy to take time off, so the leader of the class let me go to see it alone.I ran for a while and hid where the man must pass.After a closer look, it turned out to be Yankan, a border dweller from a neighboring country who often passes by our port and speaks Chinese very well.My sudden appearance clearly announced that he was "persona non grata". His tongue was straightened out of fright, and he subconsciously clutched the long travel bag tightly, "I... I didn't do anything, I didn't bring anything with me." When he saw that I was the only "acquaintance", the expression on his face suddenly became lively: "I, I brought a pangolin (pangolin), and I dare not pass by you... Come here, come here."

I thought he had hidden the pangolin somewhere, so I followed it.He rattled open the travel bag, and it turned out that the pangolin was lying in it. It was chubby and weighed about twenty kilograms.There was a hint of embarrassment on Yan Kan's face, as if to say: Look, friend, I'll give you the bottom line.Then he quickly took out a handful of renminbi, pulled out two hundred-yuan bills, and stuffed them into my hand, "Brother, this is the first time for me, let me go, anyway, you are the only one." The first time I encountered this kind of thing, I was not mentally prepared at all, and I pushed away the money he handed over like a fire, "No, no, don't do this, don't do this." Yan Kan may be aware of the seriousness of the problem , maybe because I thought I was too little (later he confessed that he bought the pangolin there for 25 yuan, and it can be sold for 400 yuan in Chinese restaurants), so he took out all the money at once, "Brother, you You know, I've never broken your rules, today is the first time. I was wrong.

I'm also trying to make a living, so let me go, no one will know. "My head started to get dizzy, and I finally understood exactly how tempting corruption is, and the lack of supervisory power can easily lead to corruption. Yankan knows China's "national conditions" very well. I am the only one who, from The checkpoint can’t see us, and I just say “a local commoner” when I go back, and no one will suspect me (the checkpoint is ten kilometers away from the border, and it’s common for local border residents to take detours), a few hundred yuan is easy I got it. It was only then that I realized that I was not the kind of person who would not eat the fireworks of the world and have a particularly strong will. But another voice immediately began to scold me, you bastard, scum, you can’t stand the temptation so much, why? Wearing this police uniform! Duplicity, people face to face, behind the scenes ghosts! Once there is a first time, there will be a second time, and your life is over! My brain turned a few times sharply, and finally reason took over Shangfeng, a little at a loss, clumsy, mechanical but resolutely pushed away Yankan's hand.

After that, I worked at that border station for several months, but I never encountered such a thing again, and the scene of that day has been entangled in my mind, and sometimes I was shocked.If I was really smart that day and let Yankan go, thinking that he was unnoticed, in fact he was very likely to be caught for illegal entry and trafficking of wild animals. A sad outcome? !Individuals are ruined, relatives are slaughtered, and the reputation of the unit and even the motherland is damaged!If I get away with it and taste the sweetness, then I will do it again and again, and finally, with a bang, I will go to jail and become a shameful corrupt person that I once hated.Don't stretch out your hand, you will be caught if you stretch out your hand, and if you make a mistake, you will be hated forever. There are too many such cases.

The road of life is very long, but the key points are only a few steps.In such a special position, facing the grotesque society, all kinds of bigger and more beautiful temptations, can I still do this in the future?Can I never "spoil"?I really don't dare to play my own guarantee, I can only say that the first step is that I have made a steady move.

【Together with you】

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang said: "Don't do evil because it is small, and don't do good because it is small." This is exactly what a person should do. As long as it is "evil", even if it is small, don't do it; as long as it is good, even if it is small Do good too.You know, there are only a few key steps in life, especially when you are young, if you take a wrong step, you will often make a wrong step, and the result will be farther and farther away from the destination, and even fall into the abyss completely.Therefore, at the critical point of life, we must grasp ourselves well, so that the boat of life can reach the other shore of success safely.There are many names of servility, but only one essence.It takes many forms, but the content remains the same.

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