There is a saying in the officialdom of Tianze County: run and send, promote and reuse; If you don't run away, you won't move in place; Don't run, don't send, downgrade.

Three months after taking office, Xue Fei found that the leaders of many government agencies, especially the first and second leaders, were older, basically over forty years old, and their abilities were very mediocre, and they had no achievements in work, but they could occupy the leadership position for a long time.

The issue of appointing cadres has always been crucial and sensitive, but no matter how perfect the system is, it depends on people to carry it out, and it must also be capable people. In order to change the atmosphere of officialdom in Tianze County, Xue Fei decided to reduce talents without sticking to one pattern, and use the new democratic appraisal method to select some young and promising cadres with a good mass foundation.

The move was met with strong opposition.

"I don't agree with the so-called new democratic appraisal method for selecting cadres." Bao Zongheng was the first to stand up and oppose Xue Fei's words: "The government has a personnel bureau, the party committee has an organization department, and we have always had a set of systems and standards for selecting and appointing leading cadres. The appointment of leading cadres is a major event, if it is true that some people who are not suitable for being leading cadres are in power, or go to a post that should not be taken, once something happens, it may be a big deal, can Secretary Xue assume this responsibility? ”

"Nothing can be static, and the higher-level government and leaders have been advocating to keep pace with the times. Because the times are advancing, and people's thinking must also be progressing, why should we stand still or even retrogress on the issue of appointing leading cadres? This does not meet the needs of the times, nor does it conform to the spirit of the superiors. Tianze is originally a remote and impoverished area, some leading cadres after they get older, although they are very mature politically, but their ideological concepts are backward, to put it bluntly, their ability is no longer good, if they continue to appoint such cadres, when will Tianze really become better? Bold attempts are not only reflected in economic development, but also in personnel appointments. Not to mention doing things, people will face all kinds of dangers all the time in life, is it because we are afraid of danger, we don't live? What did you do when you were afraid of wolves and tigers? If there is really a big problem in appointing young cadres, I am willing to take on this responsibility. Xue Fei replied firmly.

"According to Secretary Xue, the Personnel Bureau and the Organization Department will simply be disbanded, and we Tianze will not need these two departments in the future." Bao Zongheng sneered.

"Dissolution is impossible, and I have never said that the Personnel Bureau and the Organization Department are useless, on the contrary, their role in personnel matters is irreplaceable. What I mean by this is that the appointment of cadres should not always be done in a step-by-step manner, but should be taken into account. In addition to looking at the above meaning, we should also look at the meaning around us and below. If it is really like the rumors outside, you can't take over the deputy section leader before the age of 40, and you can't take over the main section leader before the age of 45, it will be too conformist. Leading cadres should still look more at their ability and less at their qualifications; it is not that the length of time you have worked does mean that you are qualified for important leadership posts, but we should still give young people more opportunities, because young people's vision and thinking are very avant-garde and they are more able to keep up with the pace of development of this era. Take me as an example, if my superiors didn't trust me, I wouldn't have come to Tianze. ”

"How can Secretary Xue's new democratic evaluation method be fair and just?" Zhan Shuping asked.

"Nothing in this world is absolutely fair and just, it can only be said to be relative. As I said earlier, the appointment of cadres should be taken into account on a comprehensive basis, not just by one party. In the cross talk, it is said that if you say you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't do it, you can do it. If you say no, you can't, and you can't. What a great irony this is, and we must resolutely put an end to this kind of thing in the future. Xue Fei replied.

"Secretary Xue is not afraid of chilling the hearts of old comrades?"

"I'm really not afraid. I believe that the ideological consciousness of our leading cadres is very high, and as long as it is for the sake of Tianze, no one will really care about personal gains and losses. ”

Wang Sansheng said with a straight face: "Using the new democratic selection method to select leading cadres, the good and bad results are put aside, and we must always consider the local situation and adapt measures to local conditions, right?" I don't think it's okay to be too quick and seek change, but it's not a good thing to change too quickly. This is like planting crops, from sowing seeds to bearing fruits, there must be a process, and pulling out seedlings to help not only lose seeds, but also waste the land. ”

"What County Magistrate Wang said is very good, and my idea is not to immediately change the leadership of all government agencies and townships and towns, but to take it slowly and step by step, and gradually make Tianze's leading cadres younger." Xue Fei said.

"This kind of employment method is not in Tianze County before, and whether it meets the relevant regulations remains to be discussed. Originally, our situation was not good, to be the first person to eat crabs, the risk was too great, although Secretary Xue said that he was willing to take responsibility, but after all, this is a matter related to the whole Tianze, if something really happens, what should I do if the above blames it? The bad influence goes out, and it is not something that can be eliminated by whoever takes responsibility. Rather than seeking change, it is better to maintain the status quo. Zeng Jinlong, head of the Organization Department, who has never spoken much at the Standing Committee, said.

Zhan Shuping listened to it and immediately said: "What Minister Zeng said is very reasonable, if you have to engage in the rejuvenation of cadres, it is not impossible, my suggestion is that it is better to reflect the situation to the city first, and see what the superior leaders mean, what do you say?" Zhan Shuping patrolled everyone with her eyes.

Bao Zongheng immediately responded: "I agree with what County Magistrate Zhan said, you can't be too blind, let's take a look at the above meaning first." ”

Wang Sansheng said: "I also agree, we are already very poor, so don't be poor anymore." ”

Other members of the Standing Committee also expressed their positions and attitudes, and all of them stood on Zhan Shuping's side.

Xue Fei knew in his heart that if he really reacted to the city, if the city learned that he was the only one who wanted to rejuvenate cadres, and everyone else would oppose it, this matter would be successful.

Therefore, Xue Fei's heart was crossed, and he said despite everyone's objections: "I will definitely report to the city, but not now, let's get younger locally and see the effect first." This matter is settled. ”

After Xue Fei settled the matter under pressure, some young cadres around 30 years old, highly educated, capable, and with a good mass foundation were promoted to important posts such as the director of the county medical administration bureau and the director of the county radio and television bureau, which was unprecedented in the history of Tianze County. In the words of some cadres, it means that in the future, when you become an official, you will not look at the "antenna" but at the "ground wire."

Since Xue Fei took up his post in Tianze County, because of his honesty and integrity, he has received more anonymous report letters than the county Commission for Discipline Inspection, and there are more and more of them, it can be said that he can receive them almost every day, and there are all kinds of reactions, Xue Fei obviously can't solve all the problems that everyone reacts to, but he will pick those problems that have relatively more reactions to investigate.

In the past two days, Xue Fei found that a person who made a lot of anonymous reports and real-name reports was Bai Ping, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tianping Town, who reacted that he manipulated the project to eat kickbacks.

Last year, there was a small watershed comprehensive treatment project in Tianping Town, and Huo Ruifan of Longteng Construction found Bai Ping after learning about it, promising that if the project was done for him, he would give him a heavy reward. Bai Ping said at that time that he could give the project to Huo Ruifan, and afterwards Bai Ping got 500,000 benefits, and the deputy secretary of the county party committee who was specifically responsible for the project took 200,000, and then the town government got 200,000 management fees, that is to say, Huo Ruifan gave 900,000 yuan just as a gift, and this is just a 2.5 million project.

Xue Fei was very angry, and he instructed the county discipline inspection commission and judicial organs to deal with it seriously, and absolutely not to be soft on such leading cadres.

After Bai Ping was sentenced to shuanggui, in order to strive for leniency, he confessed another thing, which was shocking, and this matter was the problem of the Tianpingba embankment project.

The total investment of the Tianpingba embankment project is 40 million, although it is through bidding, but in fact it is a formality, it is a complete collusion, bid-rigging, bidding, selling, is a typical tofu slag project, completed less than two months, that is, a month before Xue Fei took office in Tianze, it was washed away by a big flood.

For this reason, Xue Fei also rushed to the scene to take a look, and found that the quality of the embankment was like paper paste, and it would be a big hole if he stomped down, and it would be strange if such an embankment was not washed away by the water. And the construction unit of this project is still Longteng Construction.

Huo Ruifan's news has always been very well-informed, after learning that Bai Ping had an accident, he hurried to Tianze Hotel to find Xue Fei, but unfortunately Xue Fei didn't see anyone after work now, Huo Ruifan had to go to the county party committee and county government to find Xue Fei.

"Secretary Xue, Huo Ruifan of Longteng Construction wants to see you." The water source entered Xue Fei's office and said.

"Let him in, and then notify the people from the Public Security Bureau." Xue Fei said with a calm face.

After the water source went out, Huo Ruifan came in with a bag and smiled: "Secretary Xue is busy?" ”

Xue Fei said in a cold tone: "It's not as busy as Mr. Huo." Longteng Construction's business is so good, how can Mr. Huo still have time to come to me, what is the cost? ”

"Hey, Secretary Xue is angry with me, is it because I report to you too few times? Rest assured, I'll be coming back more often in the future. As Huo Ruifan spoke, he put the bag in his hand on Xue Fei's desk.

"What's in there? It's Hong Kong dollars again? No one recognizes Hong Kong dollars in Tianze, and I can't spend it if you give it to me. ”

"Secretary Xue's criticism is that it was my mistake last time, so this time I carefully selected a small gift for Secretary Xue." Huo Ruifan took out a small box from the bag and handed it to Xue Fei.

"What's in there?" Xue Fei looked at the box and asked.

"A watch, I see that Secretary Xue is not wearing a mobile phone, so I will give you a time." Huo Ruifan took the watch out of the box.

"What brand?"

"Vacheron Constantin."

"How much?"

"It's not expensive."

"How much is not expensive?"

"It's only hundreds of thousands, it's all small money." Huo Ruifan took out ten thumb-thick and two-finger-wide gold bars from the bag and put them on Xue Fei's desk, shining, Xue Fei's face became even more ugly when he saw it.

"Secretary Xue rest assured, this is not bought with cash, but with a card, and it was bought in other places, not in Tianze." Huo Ruifan's implication was that Xue Fei was safe to accept.

"Mr. Huo is really generous." Xue Fei knew that Huo Ruifan was a bloody capital.

"It's nothing, as long as Secretary Xue likes it. If Secretary Xue has any needs, he can also tell me, as long as I can do it, I will do my best. Before Huo Ruifan could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Xue Fei said come in, and saw two people in police uniforms walking in and saluting Xue Fei, Huo Ruifan was dumbfounded when he saw it: "Secretary Xue, this ......"

Xue Fei looked at Huo Ruifan and said: "Business should be done in a proper way, the ill-gotten gains obtained by illegal means are not yours after all, you will not be down-to-earth in your heart, and the public security organs will not let you go." ”

Xue Fei waved his hand, and the two policemen took Huo Ruifan and all the watch gold bars on the desk.

Huo Ruifan is the "winning king" of Tianze County, as long as he wants to get the project, he has almost never missed. Huo Ruifan was arrested, and 10 section-level cadres who had had interests with him were also investigated and punished one after another.

After Bai Ping and Huo Ruifan's matter was reported in the newspaper, Xie Changshun called Xue Fei and asked him to go to his home for dinner.

During the meal, Meng Desheng looked at Xue Fei and said with a smile: "It is said that the new official took office with three fires, and when you kid arrived in Tianze County, he didn't burn the fire, but set off the cannons, one after another, and each one was more dynamic than the other." ”

Xue Fei shook his head with a smile and said: "Actually, this is not my intention, Tianze County is a national-level poor county, I used to want to vigorously develop the economy and take off the hat of poverty as soon as possible, but there are too many chaos, and the collusion between officials and businessmen is particularly serious, and I can't do what I want to do wholeheartedly." And I suspect this is just the tip of the iceberg, and maybe something bigger is yet to come. ”

Xue Fei was very worried about the current situation in Tianze County, and he was not optimistic at all.

"Your work in Tianze County shouldn't be going well, right?" Xie Changshun asked.

"Well, there are still a lot of obstacles." Xue Fei nodded.

"What you have done in the past few months in Tianze is logically not wrong, but many times things in officialdom cannot be measured by ordinary standards. If you have been transferred from abroad, there will certainly be many people in the local faction who are not convinced by you, and now that you are making such a big move, there will definitely be people who oppose you in your work, and this will be very unfavorable to your work in the future. After Xue Fei arrived in Tianze County, Xie Changshun has been paying attention to Tianze County and Xue Fei's every move, he is happy for what Xue Fei has done, but he is also very worried.

"You mean I shouldn't have done that?"

"You Uncle Xie didn't mean that," Meng Desheng took over and said, "What he means is that you shouldn't be too anxious, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and your mouth will definitely burn if you eat it." ”

"It is very difficult to be in charge of the political side, as the secretary of the leader, you should not be limited to a certain point when considering the problem, but should look at the whole picture and consider it comprehensively. If I were you, I would probably have a good relationship with the local faction first, and then I would think about it in the long run. Because the relationship between any local faction in the local area is complicated, if you don't straighten out the relationship first, it is very easy to offend people. Fortunately, you haven't been there for long, and there is still a chance to make up for it. Xie Changshun said.

"To be a man, you should pave more roads, build fewer walls, don't have to do it as a last resort, and it's best not to tear your face." Meng Desheng reminded.

Xue Fei sighed and nodded, he thought that what Xie Changshun and Meng Desheng said was very reasonable, maybe he was really a little too eager for quick success.

This novel comes from reading books