"Your reminder is very timely and necessary, and I only have ideas for many issues, and I haven't had time to refine and carefully consider them, but with your guidance, it will be clearer." Qi Tianxiang's hanging heart finally let go, and his eyes looking at Lin Dongsheng became much more relaxed and cheerful, and his words became naughty, "With your support, especially specific guidance, the next step will have a clearer direction." ”

Lin Dongsheng looked at Qi Tianxiang with a little dissatisfaction, as if he was not very satisfied with his words, but he still said implicitly: "No matter what you say, I know your ambitions, institutional reform is a big topic, involving many fields and departments, I hope you think about it more comprehensively, and be more fully prepared, even if there is no opportunity to apply, it is much better than trying to find a way for temporary emergency." ”

"But I'm not worried about the emergency response when there is a problem, your comrade Tianxiang himself is an emergency expert, and he has the demeanor of a general who is not chaotic and unfazed when things change!" Lin Dongsheng teased with slight approval, and then said solemnly: "Even so, you should think about the difficulties enough, or what I just said, you are not suitable to be the leader of the leading group, and the leading group should not just be the two top leaders of our party and government, the heads of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, all of them are pulled into the leading group, no one wants to stand on the dry shore to watch the excitement, let alone take advantage of the fire to rob." ”

From Lin Dongsheng's stern expression and serious words, Qi Tianxiang could certainly hear what he was referring to, and he also understood what he was worried about, so he responded seriously: "This is necessary, since it is a major system design in the province, it is related to the political, economic and social development of the province in the next few years, of course, it must be completed with the strength of the whole province." Now that you are in charge of the leading group, the standing committee members of the provincial party committee and the vice governors of the provincial government should of course do their part to escort this important event. ”

Seeing Lin Dongsheng nodding with slight satisfaction, Qi Tianxiang felt that Lin Dongsheng had expressed his intentions and began to enter the stage of his own expression, so he readjusted his thinking, looked at Lin Dongsheng and said: "Just like you just prompted, choose a few more ways and prepare a few more plans, the starting point of this institutional reform is not simply to reduce staff and reduce expenditure, but to improve the mechanism and system, and truly reflect the management concept of small government and big service, so we must try our best to make changes as much as possible, but not to hurt the muscles and bones, and not to hurt the backbone." , which is the basic principle. ”

"Top-down change, multi-channel and multi-side design, in principle, it is necessary to reasonably divert personnel, to achieve the harmony and unity of improving efficiency and ensuring life, without this, any good design is imperfect, and it is difficult to sustain and be supported." Qi Tianxiang seemed to be explaining to Lin Dongsheng, but it seemed to be more like making up his mind to himself, "The measures taken in the early stage must be gentle, and to a large extent, it is still between stripping and separation. ”

Qi Tianxiang saw the encouragement from Lin Dongsheng's gentle gaze, and then explained: "The problem of streamlining and diverting personnel at the provincial level is not very big, which can be seen from the plan of the Department of Transportation, just the adjustment of the management system and the stripping of public institutions, more than 3,000 people can be easily eliminated, and this is just a department. The province's 25 functional departments and bureaus, and 12 directly managed departments and bureaus, have all been abolished accordingly, and it should not be a problem to easily reduce the burden by 10,000 people, of which even 5,000 people need financial support, and each person's annual expenditure of 100,000 yuan can also reduce the expenditure of 500 million yuan. More importantly, among them, the personnel of public institutions who rely on self-collection and self-support can collect 500 million yuan less in fees, and although these fees from the society are not much, the social impact they produce cannot be underestimated. ”

"Especially in the industries and departments with a high degree of marketization, such as education and health, as well as units of literature and art, culture, and cultural preservation, after so many years of dual-track operation, there are already conditions for de-administrativeness, and it is no longer very difficult to push them to the market." Qi Tianxiang's thinking gradually became clearer, and his expression when he looked at Lin Dongsheng became calm, "There are also some public institutions with a high degree of socialization, such as law firms, accounting firms, auditor firms, etc., which can be de-administratively planned, and what will be reduced is not only administrative expenses, but the fairness and justice of services and social order." ”

"Just say that you haven't thought it through, and you haven't thought about it perfectly, I see that this game of chess in your heart has been tightly planned, which means to make me happy and happy, take care of my face!" Lin Dongsheng glanced at Qi Tianxiang obliquely, smiled slightly and said, "Since I said that I will not intervene, I will not get to the bottom of the specific details, just organize and implement it according to the ideas you set!" When you think about it, you can go to the meeting, and when you need my cooperation, you can just let me know. ”

As if he felt that his statement was not strong, Lin Dongsheng coughed dryly twice and added: "According to your thinking, the work of stripping and streamlining several departments on the side of the provincial party committee should also be carried out simultaneously, and some extended public institutions, as long as they do not involve the ideological field, can enter the market, so that the market can choose the advantages and disadvantages." ”

Looking at Qi Tianxiang's slightly grateful expression, Lin Dongsheng couldn't help waving his hand, and said simply: "This is also a gesture, or a kind of determination, except for the masses and the people's congress, the CPPCC and these units do not participate for the time being, the province's actions should leave no dead ends, only when we have a loud thunder here, the raindrops below can really benefit the people's livelihood." ”

Lin Dongsheng spoke, looked at Qi Tianxiang, waiting for his response, and seeing that he didn't mean to speak immediately, he slowly pierced the window paper and said: "In addition, for the adjustment of party and government leading cadres in several prefectures and cities at the grassroots level, let's follow your ideas!" We don't have to wait until the time of the change, nor do we wait until it is destructive to the overall work, so we should not bear such a price repeatedly as much as possible. ”

Qi Tianxiang admired Lin Dongsheng's keen vision at the same time, but also surprised by his courage, he seemed to know what he was going to talk about, and he was also well aware of the obstacles and problems that appeared in his current work.

"It's not a very urgent matter." Qi Tianxiang didn't think too much about it, so he hurriedly looked at Lin Dongsheng and said seriously: "This time I mainly made some contact with Shanyin City, Qinghe City and Hezhong City, although there are some unsatisfactory places, but it still basically achieves the order and prohibition, and does not have too much impact on the actual work, let's take a look!" ”

Qi Tianxiang's reaction surprised Lin Dongsheng a little, he glanced at Qi Tianxiang deeply, then sighed slightly and said, "It's up to you!" Anyway, the authorization is given to you, you seize the opportunity! ”

Looking at Qi Tianxiang's serious expression, Lin Dongsheng lit a cigarette and smoked slowly, as if he was considering the sentence, and only after a while did he say slowly: "After talking about your business, I will talk about other things, I hope to attract your attention." ”

Lin Dongsheng felt a little nervousness from Qi Tianxiang's serious demeanor, and wanted to ease his tone, but after thinking about it for a while, he gave up, and still said slowly: "Recently, a lot of discussions have reached my ears, and the central meaning is that you have a lot of criticism about the central government's reform and opening up policy, especially on investment promotion and foreign cooperation, and it is very different from the central policy. I guess these words will not only reach my ears, but will also be heard, and I want to hear your explanation. ”

Lin Dongsheng's words were slow and not very harsh, but Qi Tianxiang was shocked when he heard it. This kind of reflection will not take too long to reach Lin Dongsheng's ears, and it will not be a reflection of many people, it can only happen during his time in Guishui County, which channel and what person's mouth are reflected, Qi Tianxiang quickly filtered in his mind, trying to find clues.

As for what he said specifically, what else Lin Dongsheng didn't say, Qi Tianxiang didn't know, but he criticized the central government's policies and had a slight complaint about reform and opening up.

"You don't have to bother thinking and guessing, it doesn't matter who says it, it doesn't matter if you say it or not, the key is to look at the object and context of the speech, as well as the position you hold." Lin Dongsheng saw his troubles from Qi Tianxiang's thoughtful expression, and said solemnly: "Officialdom is political everywhere, and you are not the first day to enter the officialdom, you should be very clear about this truth, and you should always be vigilant." Some people like to take things out of context and find things they are interested in between the lines, which are often difficult to prevent, so they should be more cautious. ”

When Lin Dongsheng said this, he didn't seem to want to extend this topic anymore, so he said bluntly: "These words are said to you, in fact, they are just to remind you that you are not an ordinary cadre now, but the governor of Hehai, a major economic province, and you must always pay attention to your identity when you say and do." While stressing politics, it is also necessary to stress wisdom, and not only to go all out to safeguard and conscientiously implement the central policies, especially the major policies of reform and opening up, but also to realize with all their hearts that this is a consciousness that a local leader must have. Sometimes the central government looks not only at what you are doing, but also at what you say, or how you say it, and you have to pay special attention to this. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Dongsheng softened his tone and said gently: "Do more and say less, this is my advice to you, this is not a requirement as a secretary, but as the advice of those who have come over, I hope you can pay attention, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop!" Some people are happy to see our political situation unstable, so you and I should pay special attention. ”

Lin Dongsheng's advice was still hovering in his mind until Qi Tianxiang left his office and returned to his office for a long time.

While thanking Lin Dongsheng for his selfless advice, he was also combing through his words and deeds, thinking of his father-in-law's implicit hint yesterday, it seems that what Lin Dongsheng said is true, not only Lin Dongsheng heard these rumors, but also his old father-in-law, and perhaps many people heard it.

At first, he was still a little nervous, but then he was relieved, since he had no way to find out the reason, let alone explain, and there was no way to stop the spread of rumors, he didn't have time to dwell on these things, he still had a lot of things to do, and these things were still tricky and complicated, but they had to be done.