In the spacious and bright office on the top floor of the Ministry of Agriculture, sitting on the sofa opposite Tang Yi, Minister Sun smiled and drank tea, listening to Tang Yi's eloquent conversation.

Tang Yi thought deeply, and did not ask the Tang family to support his heavyweights, nor did he invite Minister Sun's three relatives and two good matchmakers, such as Long Gongzi, Tang Yi knew that Minister Sun and the Long family were good friends, and Long Gongzi, the nephew, was also very popular with Minister Sun, but these relationships Tang Yi was useless, and people who reached Minister Sun's status had their own ideas about ideas involving the national economy and people's livelihood, and it was not good to pull relations indiscriminately.

And judging from the tone of Minister Sun's previous phone conversations with him, he is still very interested in the concept of the big farm.

Tang Yi also tried his best to expound his ideas in the shortest possible time, "It has been more than 20 years since our rural reform, and before the reform, our rural people's communes were an economy of 'state control and peasants bearing the consequences of control'. In effect, this means that the peasants are only severely restrained and receive little security from the state. Under these circumstances, the initial period of economic transition was a good thing for the peasants at almost no cost, and to paraphrase the old adage, they 'lost only chains' in the reforms. However, with the passage of time and the progress of science and technology, the drawbacks of this small-scale peasant economy have become more and more obvious, and now the infrastructure of big cities is changing with each passing day, but the burden on peasants is increasing day by day, so that there is a cry that 'the countryside is really miserable, the peasants are really poor, and agriculture is really dangerous'.

In the early days of reform, the situation in which the peasants 'lost only chains' was markedly reversed, and the peasants became the main losers in the new round of development. ”

Minister Sun nodded slightly, "The central government has also realized this problem, and it has been discussed in several rural economic conferences, and I will give you a thorough explanation, the exemption of agricultural taxes is not just your voice, and it should be implemented soon." ”

Tang Yi smiled: "It's a good thing, but I don't think it's enough, Minister Sun, the root of the problem in the countryside is not whether to exempt agricultural taxes, but the uneven distribution of the pie while we make the economic pie bigger and bigger. However, with regard to contradictions of interests, it is undoubtedly very dangerous to repeatedly suppress the game of various strata, and the more severely it is suppressed, the more acute the hidden contradictions become, and in the long run, it is necessary to bear great risks. ”

Although Minister Sun felt a little harsh, he looked at Tang Yi approvingly, he and Tang Yi were obviously not very close, and it was because of this that Tang Yi was able to say these words, which was commendable. Because Tang Yi did not start from the aspect of factional struggle, but talked about grassroots issues with himself, the Minister of Agriculture, as a local leader, and talked very thoroughly, so that Minister Sun couldn't help but have a good impression of him.

Tang Yi said: "To alleviate these contradictions, it is necessary to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor in all strata and establish a harmonious and just society, and thousands of peasants, the lowest class, are what we should be most concerned about, agriculture is the foundation of the country, this sentence is the truth, whether it is now, in the past or in the future, it is the truth, how to make the peasants rich, we have to use our brains to open up a road, how to go this road?" It can only be done step by step. ”

The new type of collective farms can not only promote mechanized production, but also establish real welfare and security measures for the peasants in the form of company management, and can solve some new problems and contradictions in the rural areas to a great extent. This is not an alternative big pot of rice, and company-style management can ensure the principle of distribution according to work. Of course, the establishment of a new type of collective farm may not be able to solve the problems I mentioned, but we must explore and experiment. If you are not afraid of failure, you are afraid that you don't have the courage to try. ”

Minister Sun kept smiling and nodding, and the phone on the table suddenly rang, Tang Yi stood up and said with a smile: "Minister Sun, let's talk another day." Hearing his own argument at first glance, Minister Sun naturally did not express his position, and Tang Yi was not in a hurry.

Next, Tang Yi visited several heavyweights of the Tang Department one after another to explain his views, and met frequently with the responsible comrades of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Finance, and the Office of Poverty Alleviation.

Looking at the green mountains and green waters outside the window, Tang Yi sighed softly.

"Discouraged?" Bao Heng looked at him with a smile.

This is Bao Heng's reception room, Tang Yi is not the first time to come, the environment is quiet, giving people a peaceful enjoyment.

Tang Yi looked back and smiled, "I can't talk about it, things always have to be done little by little." ”

Bao Heng smiled and nodded, "It's okay if you're not in a hurry, your plan is good, don't rush, take your time." ”

Tang Yi knew that Bao Heng was a pun, and the "plan" he said was not only the plan itself for the reform of the big farm, but also the fact that he had recently frequently met with the leaders of the different political views and different factions of the ministries and commissions. Maybe his own proposition will be supported by the leaders of the ministries and commissions of the real power, and it will be passed by chance, after all, it is only a small town as a pilot, and if it fails, it will not have much impact.

But Tang Yi was disappointed, and the result of the meeting was obviously far from Tang Yi's expectations.

Tang Yi drank saliva, shook his head and said, "It's really difficult to do something." ”

Bao Heng smiled slightly, "You, why can't you see that the old comrades love you and do things?" What you do in the past may trigger a line struggle, and now that we don't talk about ideology, it doesn't mean that we don't want ideology. ”

Tang Yi knew that Bao Heng was referring to the voice of opposition within the Tang family, so he smiled, it is difficult to do things, from ancient times to the present, even during the period of imperial power, how difficult is it for the emperors of all dynasties to really do something? This is true in both Chinese and Western societies, it is not about democracy or not, the huge bureaucratic class always implements the policies of the upper echelons according to its own understanding, and in the developing country stage, if you really want to do things, the centralized model may be more efficient than the democratic model.

"Take a break these two days! If you want to do something, you have to be clear-headed. Bao Heng patted Tang Yi's shoulder, and Tang Yi nodded slightly.

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As Bao Heng said, Tang Yi and his cousin He Lei spent a whole day on Blue Island on Saturday, of course, they didn't forget to call Sister Lan during the period, they have been in Beijing for a few days, Xi'er should not take the opportunity to escape.

This time I came to Beijing on a business trip, Xiao Wu and Hu Xiaoqiu followed, Hu Xiaoqiu had heard of Blue Island earlier, and he had never had the opportunity to see it, but now he got what he wanted, but he could see that Tang Yi was not in a good mood, but he honestly did not cause trouble, and even was stepped on by a fat businessman without punching him, which is really commendable.

On Saturday night, Tang Yi asked Xiao Wu to send him to Huada, and on Sunday morning, Tang Yi tried not to skip class, one was to talk about what Tang Yi really wanted to hear, and the other was so as not to embarrass himself from the two rigorous tutors, if he had to intercede by intercession or expose his identity in the end, it would be too much

No face.

In the graduate building, Tang Yi met an unexpected acquaintance, whom he met when he was studying MBA at East University of Technology, and I forgot what his name was, at the entrance of the building, the beautiful girl greeted Tang Yi with a happy face, and it could be seen that Tang Yi didn't remember her name, she didn't care, she introduced herself with a smile, and told Tang Yi that her name was Zhao Ping.

When Tang Yi was studying for an MBA at Tokyo University of Technology, Zhao Ping tutored Tang Yi's study group in English ability. Zhao Ping was originally a rich girl, and then her father's business failed, in order to keep the vanity of her proud daughter, she secretly went to the bar to sing, originally thought that after knowing Tang Yi was an opportunity for her, she has been pleasing Tang Yi, who knows that Tang Yi has a bad impression of her, and she has ignored her until graduation, no one helps to find a job, after working in a certain company for a period of time, Zhao Ping gritted her teeth and was admitted to the graduate school of Chinese Language of BGI, this effort, but was admitted with high scores, and now the graduate students are about to graduate.

Seeing Tang Yi again, Zhao Ping naturally felt a little resentful in her heart that Tang Yi didn't care about her at the beginning, although she knew that it was natural for people to ignore her, but she finally helped him to please him, judging from the circle that Tang Yi made at that time, arranging his work was just a matter of one sentence, which was not helpful and a little unkind, but Zhao Ping didn't show it, just chatted with Tang Yi affectionately, and heard that Tang Yi also lived in the school, and asked Tang Yi if he had any clothes to wash.

Although he knew Zhao Ping's thoughts, he was so diligent, and he didn't pay attention to the few text messages that Zhao Ping sent him when he was about to graduate, and Tang Yi was slightly ashamed.

What's more, although he doesn't have a good impression of Zhao Ping, he suddenly met him in a strange school, but he was inexplicably more kind, this is human nature, and Tang Yi is not exempt from vulgarity.

Hearing that Zhao Ping's graduate school was about to graduate, Tang Yi smiled bitterly in his heart, it seems that there is some fate, and it will be helpful to help her when the time comes, not to mention the graduate students of the School of Foreign Chinese of Huada University, speaking of which are also full of talents, and the family is slightly better, and there are many people who have entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Before parting, Zhao Ping had to invite Tang Yi to dinner, Tang Yi had to agree, and agreed to see him at the east gate of Huada at noon the next day.

After class at noon the next day, Tang Yi went out of the classroom and lit a cigarette, and the charming female tutor finally couldn't help it when she passed by Tang Yi's side, and frowned: "Can't you go out of the teaching building and smoke again?" ”

In fact, Tang Yi paid a lot of attention to these, but in the Chengjiao Building, there were already cigarettes lit and swaying everywhere, Tang Yi obeyed the rules and did not smoke in the corridor between classes, and it was naturally uncomfortable to hold back all morning, and he didn't want to go to school to light a cigarette and was always blinded by the female tutor, and today he was robbed of a sentence, Tang Yi looked at the few "classmates" from other classes who passed by with cigarettes in their mouths, smiled, and snuffed out the cigarette.

When he left the teaching building, Tang Yi still thought, isn't he hateful recently? Why don't you recruit mentors to meet you?

At the east gate of the school, Zhao Ping had been waiting for a long time, wearing a dark purple skirt, flesh-colored stockings, black high heels, standing slim, dressed very beautifully.

Not far from Zhao Ping, a black Audi with the Huanghai brand also stopped there, and Xiao Wu and Hu Xiaoqiu got out of the car.

Seeing Tang Yi come out, Zhao Ping trotted two steps to catch up, and said with a smile: "Where to eat?" ”

Before Tang Yi could speak, he heard a man's voice behind him, "Okay, Zhao Ping!" You made up nonsense to lie to me, it turns out that you are stepping on two boats! ”

Tang Yi turned around, but saw a young man with glasses running angrily in the east gate, just now Tang Yi saw him standing in the ghost music on the wall pier, Tang Yi was still strange at that time, it turned out to be Zhao Ping's eye?

The man with glasses was very emotional and shouted: "Someone has long told me that you are restless, I don't believe it!" I'm so blind! While shouting, he rushed over and was about to pull Tang Yi's neck, Zhao Ping was so frightened that he hurriedly blocked in front of Tang Yi, pushed away the man with glasses, and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense!" Go back quickly, I'll tell you later! He turned his head and apologized in a low voice, "Brother Tang, he is not sensible, don't be like him." ”

Seeing Zhao Ping like this, the glasses man was even more angry, and as soon as he dragged Zhao Ping away, he threw himself at Tang Yi, Hu Xiaoqiu ran over early, without saying a word, when he kicked his chest, he kicked the glasses man on his back and faced the sky, Hu Xiaoqiu subconsciously wanted to touch the gun, and then remembered that this was just a student who was not a threat, and under one foot, he lay on the ground humming and chirping. For a while, I couldn't get up.

Tang Yi frowned and said to Zhao Ping: "Let's eat another day, you take care of your own affairs first." After speaking, he walked to the Audi, got into the car under the escort of Hu Xiaoqiu, and the Audi buzzed and left.

Looking at her boyfriend humming on the ground, and then looking at the car in the distance, Zhao Ping was so angry, she hated and threw the delicate handbag in her hand into the arms of the man with glasses, and said loudly: "You bought it, give it back to you!" Zhang Hao, let me tell you, we pulled down! Although Zhang Hao's family is also powerful, now Zhao Ping is angry and walks towards the campus very resolutely.

Audili, Hu Xiaoqiu was also criticized by Tang Yi, drooping his head and saying: "Brother Tang, I know, next time there is such a situation, I will pull it away and stop doing it." ”

Tang Yi frowned and said, "Next time?" "I feel a little angry in my heart, everything is really not going well these days, and I can get lace on a meal with someone, looking at Hu Xiaoqiu's expression, I also know what he thinks he and Zhao Ping have.

Hu Xiaoqiu didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and there was silence in the car.

Tang Yi said to Xiao Wu: "Go to Zhongshan Back Street." "In the past few days in Beijing, I have only had one meal with my grandfather, and if I have time today, I naturally want to chat with my grandfather.

Xiao Wu agreed and turned the car onto Fengyang Road.

In the afternoon, Tang Yi, who accompanied her grandfather to water the flowers, received a call from Wu Fengjuan, it turned out that she participated in the logistics support meeting of various provincial and municipal organs held by the State Council Organ Affairs Administration, which is not only a municipality directly under the central government, but also includes more than a dozen sub-provincial cities. Wu Fengjuan now lives in the Beijing Office of the Yellow Sea, and knows that Secretary Tang is also in Beijing, so she naturally wants to say hello.

At the urging of his grandfather, Tang Yi had to go to the Beijing Office at night, chatted with the comrades of the Beijing Office and Wu Fengjuan, and stayed in the Beijing Office that night.

In Audi, watching Tang Yi frowning and flipping through the documents, Wu Fengjuan praised in her heart, she knew that Secretary Tang had encountered difficulties, but what difficulties did others encounter? That's unimaginable for ordinary cadres, collective farm pilots? It is also that Secretary Tang can put it forward and will make up his mind to do it, because Secretary Tang thinks that there is hope to persuade the upper echelons to change other cadres, so he just thinks about it in a dream.

It is no secret that Tang Yi wants to carry out a pilot project of collective farms in the inner circle of the Yellow Sea, and Wu Fengjuan has also heard people speak coldly behind his back, saying that Tang Yi is whimsical and must have hit a nail. At that time, Wu Fengjuan only felt that the people who were talking about it didn't have brains, and if you Huang Xiangdong or even Cai Guoping, even if you hit the nail, you wouldn't have a chance to touch the nail, because you yourself knew that it would be useless to bring it up, and no one would pay attention to you at all.

And looking at Tang Yi's frowning and thinking expression, Wu Feng

Juan's heart is a little hot, the problems that Secretary Tang considers are really not at the same level as local cadres, this even involves the issue of national policy, involving the interests of thousands of people, and the man who thinks about this kind of problem seems to be full of charm, which makes Wu Fengjuan's heart pound badly, sitting next to Tang Yi, Wu Fengjuan even feels that her horizons have also broadened.

In front of the imposing metal door of the reform commission, the armed police on the guard platform waved to stop the Audi, and the armed police ran over to lead the Audi to stop temporarily.

Tang Yi smiled: "There should be a leader." Hu Xiaoqiu hurriedly got out of the car to help Tang Yi pull the car door, Tang Yi and Wu Fengjuan both got out of the car and stood beside the vigilant armed police to watch.

A train convoy slowly drove out, all black Audis, and the solemn armed police saluted in unison, and the solemnity of this moment made Wu Fengjuan involuntarily stand up straight and salute.

The convoy suddenly stopped slowly, one of the Audi passenger seats hurriedly came down a black suit guard pulled the car door, and an elegant middle-aged man walked out of the car with a smile. saw Vice Premier Hua smiling and beckoning to Tang Yi, and the guards around him ran over and led Tang Yi over.

"Tang Yi!" Vice Premier Hua shook hands with Tang Yi with a smile, looked at the armed police around, and sighed softly: "It seems that I am also a privileged class, and I want local officials to stand guard at the gate, which is not like words!" ”

Tang Yi couldn't say anything, there was no squeak.

Vice Premier Hua patted Tang Yi's hand and said, "I have read your proposal for the reform of the big farm, and it is very well written and insightful. ”

Tang Yi smiled and said: "What has not been demonstrated in practice is afraid that it is empty talk." ”

Vice Premier Hua smiled slightly, and the wrinkles on his face became vivid, "That's right, practice is the only criterion for testing truth." He shook Tang Yi's hand again, "Young man, do a good job!" ”

When Vice Premier Hua got into the car, the convoy slowly drove away, and the martial law armed police ran into the courtyard gate in a neat queue, and the captain of the armed police came over to apologize to Tang Yi, who smiled and said that it was nothing.

When he returned to the car, he was just about to tell Xiao Wu to send Wu Fengjuan to a meeting, when his mobile phone rang, but it was Vice Premier Hua's secretary, who asked Tang Yi to come to Zhongnanhai at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, saying that Vice President Hua wanted to talk to him.

Tang Yi was stunned and hurriedly agreed. Cadres at the level of Wu Fengjuan know that Vice Premier Hua is the premier's favorite, but Tang Yi knows that if nothing else, Vice Premier Hua will definitely be the new helmsman of the State Council, and the giant ship of the Republic's economy will henceforth move forward with great difficulty in the stormy seas under his leadership.

After getting on Audi, Wu Fengjuan didn't dare to ask no matter how curious she was, but seeing the scene of Tang Yi and Vice Premier Hua shaking hands and talking and laughing was undoubtedly a huge shock to Wu Fengjuan.

Tang Yi thought about it, and asked Xiao Wu to drive Wu Fengjuan directly, and said to Wu Fengjuan with a smile: "I will also send you, and I won't go to the National Development and Reform Commission today." ”

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When she returned to the Yellow Sea, Wu Fengjuan took a hitchhike from Beijing to the Yellow Sea all the way at a high speed, and the speed was fast, only four or five hours away.

Wu Fengjuan didn't know the result of the conversation between Tang Yi and Vice Premier Hua, but seeing Tang Yi's brows, she knew that the conversation might not be very good, and she didn't dare to say anything, and there was silence in Audi.

Finally, Wu Fengjuan couldn't stand this breathless silence, picked up a can of drink and handed it to Tang Yi, "Secretary Tang, give it." ”

Tang Yi subconsciously waved his hand, and then said: "When I go back, remember to arrange time and hold a meeting with the cadres of various towns in Taizhou City, and the pilot must be selected." ”

Wu Fengjuan exclaimed, "Secretary Tang, has Vice Premier Hua approved your proposal?" ”

Tang Yi came back to his senses at this time, turned his head and smiled lightly: "Alas, I thought you were Liu Bing." ”

Wu Fengjuan chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I'll help you write it down, Secretary Tang, do you really want to do a pilot in our Yellow Sea?" ”

Tang Yi smiled, "Be prepared, there are many things that Vice Premier Hua can decide alone." ”

The result of the conversation between Tang Yi and Vice Premier Hua was not bad, in fact, Tang Yi knew that night that Vice Premier Hua had visited his grandfather the night before he met him, and took the initiative to mention his own farm reform idea, Vice Premier Hua was still very interested in this idea, and his grandfather did not express much opinion, and even criticized himself a few words, in fact, this statement was already his support.

Of course, although in the conversation with Vice Premier Hua, the premier agreed in principle that the concept of collective farms is a new way of thinking for the construction of a new countryside, and it has a certain degree of feasibility. But Tang Yi knows that even after the change of office, many things are not something that the prime minister can decide alone, the ministries and commissions have their own mountains and opinions, and it is difficult to coordinate the different political opinions between the factions, not to mention that the prime minister has not clearly expressed his support.

Now I can only say that I have seen a glimmer of hope, and I still have a lot to do, and the road is very long, but with such a glimmer of light, Tang Yi is still very excited, and then we must do a good job in follow-up work, first of all, we must inspect the situation of various towns in Taizhou City, and see which town is more suitable for pilot.

Well, it's time to talk to the second uncle, if you can get the support of the second uncle, in the Tang department, the resistance will be less. As for the grandfather, in addition to really feeling that he is old and does not want to participate in the discussion of the national policy anymore, why not hope to exercise his ability to coordinate the faction forces with the second uncle?

It's a long road, Tang Yi sighed softly.

Wu Fengjuan finally couldn't help but ask: "Secretary Tang, since Vice Premier Hua supports you, seeing that you are still preoccupied, is it difficult to change Vice Premier Hua this time?" ”

Tang Yi just smiled, glanced at Wu Fengjuan, this woman who was keen on power, Tang Yi knew how to gain her loyalty, and smiled: "It's basically decided." ”

Wu Fengjuan was stunned, thinking that Tang Yi would not pay attention to her stubble at all, so she immediately whispered: "Don't worry, Secretary Tang, I, I won't say it." His voice trembled with excitement.

Tang Yi smiled, this is not a secret, there are rumors among the people, of course, the weight of his own mouth is different.

And Wu Fengjuan remembered the secret conversation between Secretary Tang and the future prime minister just now, sitting next to Secretary Tang, she trembled with excitement, but she couldn't help herself.