Niu Tiangou was bent on transferring back to Xinxing Town, where he had his roots, his land, his parents and brothers, his villagers and their children.

One afternoon in July, Niu Tiangou came to the teaching and research department of the county education bureau to find Niu Dehua.

"Coming?" As soon as they met, Niu Dehua hurriedly greeted him and led him out of the door.

"I have reported your situation to the head of the personnel unit a few times, and he basically agreed, and it is estimated that it will not be a big problem for you to be transferred back to Xinxing Town this year." Niu Dehua got straight to the point and whispered to Niu Tiangou.

"Thank you so much for that." Niu Tiangou believed in this kid's activity energy and ability to do things, and said busily.

"You don't have to say kind words to me." Niu Dehua smiled faintly, turned closer to Niu Tiangou, lowered his voice and asked, "Did you bring the money?" ”

"Brought." Niu Tiangou hurriedly replied. The 2,000 yuan was his savings over the years, and he felt distressed for a while when he put the money in the envelope, but in order to transfer back to Xinxing Town, he could only endure the pain. The twists and turns of the transfer over the years have made him understand that he has no choice but to be "submerged" by the unspoken rules.

"Okay, you go downstairs and wait, I'll take you directly to the white chief's house after work in a while."

“……”

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After getting off work, Niu Dehua led Niu Tiangou to the house of the white chief.

The white chief opened the door, saw Niu Dehua, and quickly let them in.

"This is what I told you about Mr. Niu Tiangou." Niu Dehua entered the door, turned his head to look at Niu Tiangou, and introduced to the white chief with a smile.

"Oh...... Come in and sit, sit. The white chief glanced at Niu Tiangou and nodded.

After sitting down, the chief's wife hurriedly poured two cups of tea.

After greeting Niu Dehua for a while, Chief Bai hurriedly got up and said, "I'll go get a pack of cigarettes." ”

"No, we'll leave right away." Niu Dehua stood up and hurriedly signaled to Niu Tiangou. Niu Tiangou understood, and hurriedly took out the envelope containing the money and put it next to the sofa.

The head of the white unit and his wife pretended not to see it, and politely sent them out.

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Downstairs, Niu Tiangou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go to the small restaurant and have a little bar." ”

"Forget it, it's not easy for you." Niu Dehua excused. He knew that Niu Tiangou had a difficult life in a rural school.

When passing by a small restaurant, Niu Tiangou insisted on pulling Niu Dehua in. As an old countryman, old colleague, and old classmate, Niu Dehua is really helping him, and he doesn't even drink a small drink, he really can't help it.

Niu Dehua saw that he couldn't refuse, so he had to sit down. Niu Tiangou asked for a few side dishes and 4 bottles of beer.

They just drank and talked.

"Uh, why don't you let me hand over the money to Chief Bai in person?" Niu Tiangou and Niu Dehua touched another cup and asked.

"Officials are no better than ordinary people, and they can't be so straightforward." Niu Dehua drank the wine in the toast and said, "They want to collect money and save face." It's too good to give money in person, and they can't save face. Otherwise, they will not only refuse to accept your money, but they will also pretend to reprimand you. ”

"That is, I want to be a biao and set up a memorial arch?" Niu Tiangou asked bluntly.

"Otherwise, how can it be called an unspoken rule? Of course, they know that this is not to be done on the stage, and taking bribes by taking advantage of their power or work is a hot potato that officials love and fear -- they love to accept bribes and receive money, and they are also afraid of the East Window incident, after all, in this society, there are still the vast majority of people who hate **. ”

"If they don't know or mistakenly think that someone else gave it, wouldn't they mess things up?"

"You're old-fashioned, aren't you? Who is the official? They're all very shrewd, and they know what you're here for as soon as you walk through their door. Don't look at them not paying attention to you on the surface, when you leave, they will carefully check the place where you have sat and stood, where will they not know? ”

Thinking about it, Niu Tiangou couldn't help but ask again: "Then every year when teachers are transferred, the cadres in charge of personnel have to charge a lot of money, right?" ”

"Cut, these chiefs and directors in charge of teacher transfers are a fart compared to the director? That's a big deal. ”

Niu Dehua was a drunken chatter for a while, and said: "A director of education, in charge of the county's more than 5,000 faculty and staff personnel transfer, job arrangements, professional title evaluation, in charge of the county's more than 100,000 primary and secondary school students' promotion, school selection, enrollment and graduate work arrangements, in charge of the county's many school construction costs, etc., you want to get things done, you have to send money, how much do you say he will charge a year?" ”

"......" Niu Tiangou really couldn't imagine it.

"Some directors of education meddle in the transfer of teachers, the competition for posts of teachers, the distribution of graduates, etc., and at the same time meddle in the appointment of principals of key schools. Behind their backs, the people said, "Send three thousand, and go into the city; Send 10,000 and enter the city; Send tens of thousands of dollars to buy an official; The director's gate is open to the south, and there is no money to enter. ”

"Aren't they afraid of being investigated by the top of the list when they do this?"

"Upper? Do you think that the boss will not take money or bribes? Niu Dehua put down his chopsticks, poured another glass of wine, and said, "Let's start with you." If you want to be transferred, you have to send money to the head of the unit or the directors before the transfer; If the head or director wants to be promoted, he must send money to the bureau chiefs; If the bureau chiefs want to be promoted, they must send money to the county party secretary or mayors; If the secretary of the county party committee or the mayor wants to be promoted, he must also send it to the top...... Haven't you heard of it? Gifts and gifts, one level to one level, all the way to the provincial and ministerial level! ”

"Wouldn't it? This is too a**, right? ”

"Che, you're so rare and weird. Now in some places, a first-class ecological chain has been formed from top to bottom. Do you think, can an official who has fallen from power have nothing to do with his subordinates? Can he complete the process without accepting bribes from many lower-level officials and 'subjects'? Similarly, the fall of this official is also related to his direct superiors, can he climb to today's ** 'position' without 'paying tribute' to bribe the superior officials with real power? Of course not. Therefore, in my opinion, the fall of a corrupt official can dig out a string of corrupt officials with unclean butts from the bottom to the top! ”

"According to you, a certain climate has been formed in some places?"

"Is there any need to be suspicious?" After Niu Dehua finished speaking, he smiled lightly, "Didn't you also make a contribution of 2,000 yuan to this great cause?" In a sense, you are also involved in the **, facilitated**, and you are also an inconspicuous little link in this **chain. Even people like you are unconsciously fueling **, do you say that it can not form a certain climate? ”

"I ...... There's no way I can't do it, otherwise, I'll never be able to go back to Nova Town. Niu Tiangou felt that his reasoning was short, and his face was astringent.

"That's right, you can't do it, and others can't do it, so everyone passively participates in the team that promotes **. Although everyone hates ** now, in fact, everyone unconsciously participates in it. ”

"The root of this ** is still in the officials, they can do things according to the obvious rules, so I am reluctant to give them my hard-earned money."

"Therefore, the key to governing the country lies in the governance of officials, and the importance of governing officials lies in the control of corruption. Although our country has spent a lot of effort on fighting corruption and anti-corruption, reporting one and investigating another, it is still very difficult to eradicate it, because anti-corruption and anti-corruption is, after all, a worldwide problem, and there is still a long way to go in this regard......