Behind the scenes

Chapter 38

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The reservoir was finally filled with water.But it also displeased the common people in Liuhe Village.

The reservoir began to release water at ten o'clock in the morning, and the flood gate was opened very low. The crowded water rushed out of the gate and flowed downstream along the Liuhe River.The Liu River has been dry all winter, and the dry riverbed and bottom are soaked in the trickling river water.The river is not big, and when the water is lifted from the water lifting station in Liuhe Village and flows into the main canal of the village's paddy fields, there is no flow. The hundreds of mu of paddy fields that are waiting to be soaked in the fields, relying on this little water, How can it work?The villagers stood anxiously on their own fields, looking forward to the arrival of the water.The water is thin and slowly flowing into the ground. Just as the water in front of the field has flowed in, the people behind hurried forward and blocked the canal of the previous family. The previous family said that my land has not been filled much yet The water has not been soaked in the ground yet, and the latter family said, brother, at least some water has entered your house, and there is still no water in the back of us?
Liu Tiehan, the secretary of Liuhe Village, was anxiously walking back and forth on the ground. This reservoir is not releasing water, it is releasing oil.Over the years, this has never happened before.He was so angry that he ran to the reservoir to ask, but they simply closed the gate again, saying that there was something wrong with the gate and needed repairs, so he stamped his feet and cursed in anger.But what can I do to scold, there is still no water in the field.Right now is the time to soak the fields. Since the reservoir has not released water this year, the seedlings raised by various families are not growing well due to lack of water. They need to be transplanted early. Is it all over, and the dozens of households in Liuhe Village rely on this green rice to maintain their lives for a year.Having no choice, he rushed to the county again and found the deputy county magistrate, Jin Ping. After hearing the situation, Jin Ping went to the Liuhe Reservoir again by car with him without saying a word.

Director Wang Pengcheng of the reservoir was not there, saying that he had gone to a meeting in the province, and a deputy director received her.The deputy director said: "We have released the water according to the requirements of the superiors. Just now there was something wrong with the gate. We rushed to repair it, and the water will be released in a while."

Jin Ping said, "Now is the critical moment for watering the paddy fields. Why didn't your gates be repaired sooner?"

The deputy director rolled his eyes at Bai Jinping: "Who knew the gate would break, we're not gods."

Leaving the reservoir, Jin Ping said to the driver: "You can drive back to the county. I won't go back tonight. I will live in Liuhe Village. Let's see when the water comes in." , Looking at the water, I was very anxious.At four o'clock in the afternoon, the gate of the reservoir was opened again. This time it was raised higher than in the morning, and the water flow was also stronger. However, such a flow cannot solve the problem of water use for paddy fields.

Guarding the reservoir without water, what is this?According to Jin Ping's temperament, she would also have a big fight.But she thought about it, and it still didn't work. The mayor knew about the water use in Liuhe Village, so he asked. Let it go, the reservoir is under the management of the province, and what the province wants is money, and it will not release water for dozens of families in a small village for nothing, so what should we do?Jin Ping was really anxious and angry.

She walked back from the field to the village.Liu Tiehan asked her to go to his house to have dinner first, but she said no, she couldn't eat at all.She said you take me to each house to have a look.So Liu Tiehan led her, starting from the east end of the village, visiting each family.

There are more than [-] households, none of which are rich, and they all live in poverty. When people saw the county magistrate coming home, they were very happy to welcome her, but when they saw her, they all said "water".After walking through dozens of households, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Jin Ping said that a meeting of the village party branch would be held. Liu Tiehan immediately went to inform the other four branch committees in the village. In a short time, everyone gathered Liu Tiehan's home.Jin Ping said: "I am not a member of the Communist Party, but a cadre outside the Party. According to the regulations, I have no right to organize your branch committee, but I am also a deputy county magistrate, in charge of agriculture and water conservancy, and solve the problem of water use for the paddy fields in Liuhe Village. , is my unshirkable job duty. After much deliberation, I invited you here because I want to discuss with you the solution to the problem. For the water problem in our village, from the county to the city, from the city to the province, During this period of time, everyone has been running a lot, and the consultant and the mayor have also come forward, but the problem has not been fundamentally resolved, and now it is a critical moment, and it will not work if it is not resolved, what do you think we can do?"

"I think, if it doesn't work, go to Beijing and find the central government. I don't believe that the central government will not care about us." Liu Tiehan took the lead.

"Yes. I also agree." Two branch committee members expressed their support.

Jin Ping shook her head again and again. "No, what can I do if I go to Beijing? There are so many things in the central government. Even if they ask, the province, city, and county have to solve them. When they are resolved, it will be autumn. How will the people in the village live if they can't plant rice seedlings?" ?”

After Jin Ping said this, several branch committee members fell silent again.One by one, smoking and sighing.

Jin Ping asked: "How many days will it take to drill a mechanical and electrical well here?"

Liu Tiehan said: "If it is done quickly, it will take about four days."

"What if we do it 24 hours a day?" Jin Ping asked.

"That's about two days."

"In my opinion, let's choose a location and drill an electromechanical well. This place is so close to the reservoir. It is estimated that the groundwater resources will be very rich, and the well does not need to be drilled too deep. This is the only way." Jin Ping said.

"But digging a well requires money. It costs tens of thousands of yuan to look at an electromechanical well. Our village is so poor, where did the money come from?" Liu Tiehan shook his head repeatedly after hearing this.

"I will solve the money problem. It can be solved from the county's water conservancy funds, and I will find other ways to raise some. Everyone will act overnight. One group will go to the well-drilling team, and the other group will go to the field with me to choose Well site. Work will start tomorrow morning."

So the branch committee divided into two groups and took action overnight.Early the next morning, a well-drilling team came to the village and started to dig wells at the selected location, but they just didn't work.When I asked the reason, I found out that the fixed price for drilling the well was 4 yuan for the whole well, and 2 yuan before the drilling started. He said that others already owed him a lot of money, and they agreed to pay after the work was done, but they didn't pay after the work was done, and he suffered too much.Jin Ping said, "I'm the deputy county magistrate. You can call first. I'll send you [-] yuan in two hours."

She took the car that came to pick her up and went back to her home in Xianghan City, found her family passbook, went to the bank to withdraw 4 yuan, and took the car back to Liuhe Village. She handed 2 yuan in cash to the banker. The head of the well said, "You can finish the shooting within two days. The other 2 yuan will be handed over to Secretary Liu first, and it will be counted after finishing the shooting. You don't need a penny."

The head of the well digger took the 2 yuan in cash and checked that there were no counterfeit money, and then said, "Don't worry, the water will come out in two days."

With tears in their eyes, Liu Tiehan and the villagers sent away Jin Ping, who hadn't slept all night.

In the past few days, the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection have received several letters of report from Xianghan City.One of the report letters was written as follows: Provincial Party Committee Organization Department: I am a people's representative of Xianghan City, reporting to the organization some problems that occurred in the general election of the Municipal People's Congress this year.Before the election, someone approached me and introduced the situation of Liu Rong, the executive deputy mayor of the municipal government, hoping that I could vote for him.At first I thought he was being elected as the deputy mayor, but when I went to the National People's Congress, I found out that he was being elected as the mayor.Later, another person came to work. She was also a representative of the National People's Congress, Liu Yunna, the manager of Xianghan No. 1000 Construction Company. She invited us out to dinner and talked about how Liu Rong was the mayor. She hoped that everyone would vote for him.On the first day of the election, someone put an envelope next to my bed. I thought it was someone who wrote the petition letter. I opened it and saw that it was 1000 yuan. Later, I secretly asked others, and they all got such a letter. envelope.Because I took other people's money, I voted for Liu Rong when I voted.Now that the NPC has been held for several months, I still feel uneasy.The people elected me as a representative to uphold justice. How can I use other people's money to do things that violate my conscience?During this period of time, I have not been able to eat well or sleep well, and I have not moved a single cent of the [-] yuan. Now I send the money to the organization with a letter, and report the incident to the organization, expressing my fault.And hope that the organization can investigate this matter.

A people's representative who did not dare to name his name.

When Zhu Yunhe, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of Organization, took this petition letter and the accompanying 1000 yuan remittance slip to the office of Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Qingming, the Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection was also here.Zhu Yunhe handed the letter to the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Zhao Qingming took the letter, and handed Zhu Yunhe a letter on the table, "You let me read the letter, and I will let you read the letter."

Zhu Yunhe took the letter and saw that it was written by Zhong Xiuwen, the retired principal of Xianghan City, to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, suing Liu Yunna, the manager of Xianghan No. Backstage for her, so that this serious incident will not be known.

The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee read the letter, weighed the 1000 yuan remittance slip with his hand, and said with a serious expression: "The situation reflected in this letter should be said to be true. The conscience of the people's representatives found that they finally told the truth." , also sent this unjust 1000 yuan to the higher-level organization, which shows that there is a major problem with the reelection of the Xianghan City People’s Congress. We realized it at the beginning and sent an investigation team to investigate, but there was no result. Come to our investigation is not deep enough!"

The Minister of Organization and the Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection listened and nodded repeatedly.The Disciplinary Inspection Secretary said: "The situation reported by the retired principal Zhong Xiuwen and the letter from the people's representative all involve Liu Yunna. It seems that to make a breakthrough in this case, we must start with Liu Yunna."

Zhao Qingming nodded after listening, he thought for a while and said: "This time you two organize a joint investigation team, don't have too many people, choose cadres with strong party spirit and keep secret, don't communicate with Xianghan City, and don't Spreading in provincial units, as far as a few of us know, in the name of checking the school building construction, Liu Yunna's breakthrough will be opened, and some organizational measures will be taken when necessary. The two of you will discuss how to do it. My attitude is , we must make the truth about the general election of the Xianghan City People’s Congress come to light, and the truth will come to light.”

"Okay." The organization minister and the discipline inspection secretary agreed.

Liu Rong is increasingly dissatisfied with the work of Bai Zhi, deputy director of the government office.Especially when he came back with Li Zimin from Shenzhen to negotiate with foreign businessmen, let alone take him seriously, this is absolutely not allowed by Liu Rong.This is known as the government's "biggest pen", and the recent materials have become more and more unsightly.A few days ago, Liu Rong assigned him to draft a half-year work summary, and planned to make a report at an enlarged meeting of all members of the government in mid-June, but Bai Zhi sent him the draft report, and he immediately became angry and sent The manuscript was slammed onto the table, "Bai Zhi, how did you write this manuscript? In the summary of the past six months, why didn't you see any achievements in government work? It's all about problems!"

Bai Zhi rolled his eyes a few times, and said calmly: "These problems exist, how can we not write?"

"I think you have a problem with your thinking and understanding. You always see that the current government has many problems, so why can't you see the results? We have made great strides in enterprise reform, successfully held foreign investment conferences, and achieved great results in opening up to the outside world. The joint venture and cooperation of European ATC companies is a major achievement that the government has not made in the past few years. Why don’t you write it or write it on behalf? How can you do it like this?” Liu Rong criticized very seriously.

"My level is limited. I have been writing in the government for so many years, and I have reached the point where my talents are exhausted! Mayor, if it is really impossible, you can replace me!" Bai Zhi was not afraid of his criticism at all, and put on an indifferent expression. look.

Liu Rong thought for a while and said, "Okay, you can go out." As soon as Bai Zhi left, he found Ma Guanjun and asked him to revise the report drafted by Bai Zhi, and told him to write enough grades. , Write enough, just point out the questions, and encourage fighting spirit and spirit.Ma Guanjun understood, accepted the task and left.

The deputy director of the office was going to be changed, which was confirmed when Liu Rong was the mayor.Originally in Haimen, he almost made it clear that he wanted to raise Wu Qing, and she was really qualified, but that night, he didn't eat the meat that was originally in his mouth. He had already changed this decision, and he still couldn't raise Wu Qing for such a woman. .Bai Zhi couldn't use it, and Wu Qing couldn't mention it, so he turned his attention to Xiao Cao, the chief of the second department of the secretary.

The second department of the secretary is actually the secretary's office, responsible for managing the six secretaries of the six mayors, usually responsible for government affairs reception, and leading the arrangement of business activities.Although Xiao Cao Nianling is not very old, he is clever, quick-witted, and good at writing. He has only been in the government for three years, and he is appreciated by the mayors. Liu Rong also has a good impression of him.It is currently the best candidate to replace Bai Zhi who is in charge of text synthesis, but how can Bai Zhi arrange it?According to his qualifications and ability, he should be promoted, or the deputy secretary-general should be promoted from his original position, or he should be appointed as the top leader of the government department, but Liu Rong can't arrange him like this. The right place, it’s great, he doesn’t want it in his heart, it’s too bad, and he’s afraid that others will gossip, after much deliberation, he thinks it’s better to mention it first, and bring up Xiao Cao first, if there is a chance, there will be a suitable place Then drive Bai Zhi out.

He communicated his idea of ​​promoting cadres with Shi Lin, the head of the Municipal Party Committee, on the phone. Shi Lin said, since the mayor wants to nominate a deputy director of the office for work needs, our organization department will perform official duties and conduct public opinion polls in the near future. and assessment.

The results of the opinion poll made Liu Rong very unhappy. Of the 74 cadres in the government office who participated in the poll, only 21 agreed with Xiao Cao, and the rest agreed with Wu Qing, the chief of the general section.Shi Lin found Liu Rong with the test results and asked the mayor's attitude.Liu Rong said: "My attitude is very clear. I still want to mention Xiao Cao. He is young, relatively capable, and has potential for development. People disagree with him because he has been here for a short time. There is a strong idea of ​​seniority here. This is not conducive to the rapid growth of young cadres."

After hearing the mayor's words, the organization minister had no choice but to arrange for two comrades from the cadre department to come to the government office to assess Xiao Cao.There is no impenetrable wall in the world, not to mention the government office, which is a place of right and wrong. Officials in the government already know the results of public opinion polls. Now those who get more votes are not evaluated, and those who get fewer votes are evaluated. Everyone has great opinions, so some people Guess, what is the personal relationship between Xiao Cao and the mayor, what gift Xiao Cao gave the mayor, and some people made it more rounded, saying that one day when Xiao Cao was on duty, he suddenly received an urgent telegram from the province. When the Secretary-General was not available, he went to Mayor Liu, but he couldn't find him, so he took the key to the mayor's office and wanted to send the telegram to his desk, waiting for him to come back. It's good to be approved immediately.He thought the mayor was not there, so he opened the door of the mayor's office, put the urgent telegram on the mayor's large desk, turned around and was about to leave, when he heard some movement in the mayor's inner lounge, did someone enter the inner room? Want to steal from the mayor?Secretary Cao didn't think much, walked over and opened the door of the inner room, he said "Ah!", and saw the mayor was sleeping on the bed with a woman.He quickly closed the door and quietly exited the mayor's office.When he saw it, he acted as if he hadn't seen anything. Mayor Liu was very grateful to Xiao Cao, and wanted to bring him up and seal his mouth.It is not known whether the story is true or not, but everyone knows it, and it is as if it is true.

On the afternoon of the second day after the assessment of Xiao Cao, Wu Qing knocked on the door of Liu Rong's office.Back from Haimen, this is their first formal face-to-face conversation.

"Mayor Liu, I want to talk to you." Wu Qing spoke first.

"Okay, please sit down." Liu Rong said calmly.He looked at Wu Qing while he was talking, she was visibly thinner, her big eyes appeared bigger, but her eyes didn't have the charm of going to Haimen to drink and sing, and her face also looked very haggard.

"I want to know how many votes I got for the office's nomination for the deputy director this time?" Wu Qing asked.

"This, this is a matter of the organization department of the municipal party committee, how would I know." Liu Rong said evasively.

"You really don't know at all?" Wu Qing stared at Liu Rong with wide eyes.

"This... It's impossible to say that you don't know anything. You have more votes." Liu Rong couldn't face Wu Qing's resentful eyes, so he could only say vaguely.

"Since I have a lot of votes, why not assess me and assess Xiao Cao? Compared with Xiao Cao, who is worse than him? I have worked here for eight years, he has only been here for three years, and I have been the section chief for five years. He has only been a section chief for two years, is it because of my poor working ability or poor qualifications? Is my contribution not outstanding, or something else?" Wu Qing asked Liu Rong a series of questions.

"How can I say this? To tell the truth, you should be the first in terms of ability and level, contribution and qualifications, but there are more factors in the selection of cadres. Sometimes, good cadres often have It may not be possible to get promoted immediately, otherwise, how could there be a phenomenon of burying a large number of talents? This is the society, which is our current society in China. Let’s talk about me as the mayor. When I was not elected, I wanted to , my level is no worse than that of the mayor, but why can’t I become the mayor? When I become the mayor, some people will think that he is better than my Liu Rong, and why can’t he become the mayor? In China, It is very complicated to get involved in the officialdom. The often-spoken word "willing" has very rich meanings. Only with "giving up" can there be "getting", and without "giving up", how can there be "getting"? According to The principle of economics is that only with input can there be output, and without input, how can there be output? Of course, what I mean by "sacrifice" and "investment" is not necessarily what some people think is buying an official with money. Hard work, emotional investment, etc., etc., are also "giving up" and "investing". It depends on how you understand it personally. You are so smart and beautiful, why are you so stubborn sometimes?" Liu Rong Finally said what he wanted to say.

(End of this chapter)