In August 1999, the working group of the State Council's Office for Rectifying Work Styles went to various localities to investigate and study the work of standardizing education fees and curbing the indiscriminate collection of education fees in various provinces.

The working group led by Tang Yi came to Jiangnan, the fundamental place of the Tang Dynasty.

Liang Yu, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Jiangnan Provincial Party Committee, personally met with all members of the working group of the State Council's Office for Rectifying Work Style, and hosted a banquet to welcome Tang Yi and his party at the Nanzhou Hotel.

Liang Yu is nearly sixty years old, but he is in good spirits and very powerful, just sit quietly, and the people next to him can feel the coercion coming to his face.

After the banquet, Liang Yu and Tang Yi came to the VIP rest room at the side door of the grand banquet hall, the red carpet was paved, the furnishings were luxurious, and the beautiful waitress sent a white hot towel, Tang Yi hastily wiped his face, then turned his head to Liang Yu and smiled: "Secretary Liang, Nanzhou is developing better and better, and the changes compared with when I came last year are really earth-shaking." Looking at the situation, I think Jiangnan's economy will reach a new level next year. ”

Liang Yu smiled: "Perhaps, next year's GDP can rank second." Then he sighed lightly and said: "Speaking of which, it is a real achievement to close the gap between the rich and the poor and really improve the lives of the majority of the people. ”

Tang Yi nodded lightly.

Liang Yu said with some embarrassment: "Our generation will be able to do this step, and in the future, it will still depend on you!" ”

Tang Yi said softly: "Uncle Liang, you have done a good job. ”

Liang Yu smiled with satisfaction and said, "You, your words seem sincere, aren't you wearing a high hat for me?" ”

Tang Yi shook his head silently, Liang Yu, who is an upright official, has always been one of the banner figures of the Tang family, and his prestige in the Tang department is very heavy, but the years are not forgiving, and in the blink of an eye, Secretary Liang is also getting old, and the once surprised and heroic spirit has become a sigh: "Look at your generation in the future." "It's heart-wrenching.

Liang Yu patted him on the shoulder and didn't speak.

After being silent for a while, Tang Yi asked, "Uncle Liang, kill the chess?" ”

Liang Yu smiled: "If you have time, you have a lot of people to meet today." Saying that, he looked at his watch and stood up: "I won't wait, Secretary Changguo will come later, you can have a good chat with him." ”

Tang Yi nodded lightly.

Liang Yu patted Tang Yi on the shoulder again, turned around and left, Tang Yi sent it to the door of the lounge, watching his dignified figure gradually fade away, he had mixed feelings for a while, and sighed softly.

The secretary of Changguo that Liang Yu said in his mouth is Song Changguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangnan Provincial Party Committee, deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and secretary of the Nanzhou Municipal Party Committee, who is in his early forties and is the successor cultivated by Liang Yu.

Ten minutes later, Song Changguo hurried in.

His face was white and clean, he was very sven, shook hands with Tang Yi with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Director Tang, we must have a thorough conversation today." ”

Tang Yi nodded slightly.

Song Changguo laughed.

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After meeting with the provincial leaders, Tang Yi and his entourage, accompanied by Yu Xie Jun, director of the Provincial Work Style Correction Office, went to various cities to inspect and listen to the work report of the local Work Style Rectification Office.

Tianyang City is the transportation hub in the south of the Yangtze River, several railway arteries have passed through it, Tang Yi and his entourage listened to the report of the Municipal Rectification Office, and stayed at the Tianhe Hotel in Tianyang City that night, that is, the original municipal axe guest house.

Tianhe Hotel is an 18-storey building, the 17th and 18th floors are the political axe reception floors, and the working group of the State Council Rectification Office lives on the 18th floor.

When night falls, the street lights hang high, the traffic is like weaving, the flickering neon, and the high-rise buildings like stars outline the prosperous night scene of Tianyang City.

Tang Yi looked out the window, silently lit a cigarette, and felt inexplicably sad about leaving home.

"Ding Ding Ding" The door was knocked, Tang Yi walked over and looked out from the cat's eye, it was a waitress in a red uniform, about thirty years old, very beautiful, white and clean.

Tang Yi opened the door and asked with some doubts: "Something?" ”

The waitress looked around, then quickly took out a letter from her pocket and handed it to Tang Yi, stammering: "Yes, someone else entrusted me and entrusted me to you." ”

Tang Yi hesitated for a moment, took it, and the waitress immediately left quickly.

Tang Yi took the letter back to the living room of the suite, sat on the sofa, opened the letter, as expected, it was a report letter, the report was that Cheng Jianquan, vice president of Nanzhou University, accepted bribes in the name of enrollment, the whistleblower claimed to be an executive of a joint venture in Tianyang, and Cheng Jianquan got acquainted because of some chances, his son took the college entrance examination last month, and the evaluation score was very unsatisfactory, so he talked to Cheng Jianquan and asked if there was a way to let his son study at Nanzhou University, Cheng Jianquan asked him for 20,000 yuan, who knew that his son's grades would come down, The exam was very good, and he wanted to get the money back with Cheng Jianquan, but Cheng Jianquan just didn't pay it back.

Yesterday he heard that the comrades of the State Council's Office for Rectifying Work Style had arrived in Tianyang, and he was very happy in his heart, hoping that the comrades of the Office for Rectifying Work Style would seek justice for him.

At the end of the letter, the phone number and name of the whistleblower were left, and the whistleblower was called Liu Zheng.

Tang Yi shook his head when he read the letter, if it was true, the vice principal and the business executive were quite ridiculous.

But after receiving the letter, he had to deal with it, Tang Yi thought about it, picked up the phone, dialed the phone number at the end of the letter, and picked up the phone after beeping twice.

Tang Yi got straight to the point and said: "I am Tang Yi from the State Council's Rectification Office, I have seen your letter, so you are now on the eighteenth floor of Tianhe Hotel, Room 1801, and I will listen to your situation in detail." ”

"Ahh Good, good, good. The man's voice was a little overwhelmed, probably because he had written the letter based on a moment of righteous indignation, and he had not expected to hear back.

The male voice immediately reacted, and said with some excitement and some uneasiness: "But, but comrade, on the 18th floor, I, I can't go up now, otherwise, I won't ask my friend to give you the letter." ”

Tang Yi said: "Then you wait in the lobby, and I will ask someone to go down to pick you up." ”

The man hurriedly agreed, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll be there in half an hour." ”

Tang Yi went to the next door to call Lao Zheng, the deputy director, explained the situation in general, and handed the letter to Lao Zheng, Lao Zheng frowned, and said: "If the situation is true, it is best for the local discipline inspection department to deal with it." "After all, the focus of the work of the Office for Rectifying Work Style is to rectify unhealthy tendencies, not to fight corruption.

Tang Yi nodded: "Let's understand the situation first." ”

More than half an hour later, Lao Zheng led a tall and thin middle-aged man into Tang Yi's room, Tang Yi stood up and stretched out his hand with a smile: "Manager Liu, hello." ”

Liu Zheng looked at Tang Yi in surprise, hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake Tang Yi's hand, and said, "You, who are you?" ”

Tang Yi said: "Call me Tang Yi, come, sit." He pointed to the couch and sat down first.

Lao Zheng said: "This is Director Tang of our Wind Correction Room, if you have anything to say, you can talk to Director Tang." ”

Although Liu Zheng was shocked in his heart, after all, he had seen some of the world, so he sat down calmly, and Lao Zheng made tea and sent it to him.

Tang Yi took out a cigarette and handed it to him, Liu Zheng shook his head.

Tang Yi put the cigarette case on the coffee table and said, "Let's talk about your situation." ”

Lao Zheng took out his notebook and began to record.

Liu Zheng asked nervously: "Director Tang, I, am I guilty of bribery?" ”

Tang Yi said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, this depends on the final investigation results, but if the facts you report are true, under normal circumstances, you will not be convicted." ”

Liu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then became nervous again, "Then, what is the unusual situation?" ”

Tang Yi frowned slightly, but some intellectuals who had experienced the Cultural Revolution were so cautious and had no choice.

He chuckled and said, "Manager Liu, talk about your situation, okay?" All I can say is that we will not harm you, the law is just. If you are indeed blackmailed, it is not a crime of bribery, not to mention that you have taken the initiative to report it, and in principle, you will not be convicted. ”

Hearing that Tang Yi still didn't make it clear that he was definitely fine, Liu Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Then, what if I don't report him now?" He had written the letter because he was angry for a while, but he never expected that the people from the central government would act vigorously and resolutely, and immediately summon him, so that he was not mentally prepared at all, and his heart was even more worried.

Tang Yi glanced at Lao Zheng, Lao Zheng understood, and said with a smile: "Manager Liu, the report letter is not something that can be written casually, if what you write is false facts, then you have constituted the crime of defamation." ”

Liu Zheng was sweating a little on his forehead, and in desperation, he told the story as it was, which was similar to what he wrote in the letter, and he finally said that Cheng Jianquan's explanation to him was that the money was used for the school's enrollment fee. But he felt that Cheng Jianquan had swallowed the money privately.

Hearing the end, Tang Yi asked, "Then do you have any evidence?" ”

Liu Zheng began to shake his head, and when he saw Tang Yi frowning, he hurriedly said, "There is a bank remittance receipt, and there are ...... And email, does email count? He sent me all the emails, and one of the emails mentioned that if it was the school's official enrollment fee, he should have made it clear to me in the first place, instead of asking me to remit the money to his account. ”

Tang Yi nodded slightly, then turned to Lao Zheng and said, "Notify the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to see if the evidence is enough to open a case for investigation." He said to Liu Zheng again: "In the past few days, you turn on your mobile phone, keep in touch, and don't tell anyone about today's events." ”

Liu Zheng nodded again and again.

Tang Yi sighed softly, a small case, looking at Liu Zheng's speech, it was not untrue, and most of them ended up in the end.

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What Tang Yi didn't expect was that Cheng Jianquan, vice president of Nanzhou University, turned out to have some background, he was a peripheral participant in a scientific research project of a research institute in the military region, and he was a special talent who received military allowances.

Wang Xiangdong, deputy secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, personally led a team to conduct an early investigation of the case, and Tang Yi and several comrades from the Office for Rectifying Work Style were also invited into the investigation group to guide and supervise the work.

Wang Xiangdong talked with Tang Yi privately, believing that Cheng Jianquan had a special background, so it was best to talk to him before the investigation and listen to his explanations, and moreover, it was also in line with the investigation procedures of the preliminary verification. Of course, Tang Yi completely agreed.

Cheng Jianquan lives in the newly built family area of Nanzhou University, with magnificent buildings, colorful flower beds, clear pools and fountains, and the environment is extremely quiet.

Tang Yi entered the community with Director Li and Director Gao of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, saying that they were Director Li and Director Gao, but in fact they were only department-level discipline inspectors and did not have any actual positions.

When he went upstairs, Tang Yi smiled and said: "Li Chu, Gao Di, you ask according to the procedure, don't worry about me, I just want to learn about the recruitment fee with him, and I will talk to him after you ask." ”

Point enrollment fee is a new thing that has just emerged, and it is the most common and unreliable one of the "independent enrollment" of colleges and universities. There are several situations for the so-called point enrollment fee: first, students who are above the provincial control line and below the school adjustment line are admitted; the second is the students recruited by the colleges and universities within the additional mobile indicators; 3. Students with other special circumstances, such as "related households", etc. In short, point enrollment generally does not reach the admission line, and natural enrollment requires an additional "sponsorship".

Tang Yi is thinking about how to standardize the recruitment fee, and talking to the president of the university may be inspiring.

Came to the third floor, the security door was open, Li knocked lightly, after a while, the door was opened from the inside, the door was opened by a young man in his twenties, very handsome, looking at Li, vigilantly asked: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Li showed his work card and said with a smile: "We are from the Commission for Discipline Inspection, come to Principal Tongcheng to learn about the situation." ”

The young man's face changed and he asked, "What happened to my father?" ”

Li Chu smiled and said, "We're just verifying the situation, is your dad at home?" ”

The young man's face relaxed, slowly opened the door, and turned around and shouted, "Dad, someone is looking for you." ”

Tang Yi and the three of them entered the house, and on the sofa in the living room, an elegant man stood up and said with a smile: "Xiao Lei, who is it?" ”

Li Chu walked over, showed Cheng Jianquan his work card, and said with a smile: "Principal Cheng, let's find out about you, it's about Liu Zheng, you should know him, right?" ”

Cheng Jianquan's face gradually changed from confusion to abruptness, and then he chuckled: "He, I know, I also know why you came, come, let's go into the study and talk." "Looks like I'm confident.

Cheng Jianquan invited the three of them into the study, a beautiful woman with a still graceful demeanor brought tea, and moved a few chairs in, then exited, and gently closed the door, the moment the door was closed, Tang Yi noticed that the young man was looking inside with concern.

The study room is simple and elegant, and on the east wall stands a bookcase of the boss, full of all kinds of books, but Tang Yi's eyes immediately fell on the computer placed on the large desk.

Cheng Jianquan got straight to the point, and didn't wait for Li to ask, so he smiled and said: "Liu Zheng, how to say it, he is more sensitive, he likes to think about it by himself when he encounters things, that money is like this, the two of us have known each other for a long time, after this year's college entrance examination, he found me, saying that his son did not do well in the exam, please think of a way to see if I can enter NTU to study, I told him, don't worry, wait for the results to come down and look at it." ”

"But what about him, he said that I don't help, I can't help being entangled, so I went to talk to the director of the school admissions office, and asked for a mobile index, but you all know that this kind of indicator needs to pay a sponsorship fee, I said to Liu Zheng, he said no problem, and he must call me with the money, I know, he thought that this money was used for moving around relationships, and this social atmosphere is like this, alas"

Cheng Jianquan sighed softly, and said: "I know his surname, if he doesn't accept the money first, he will definitely call or email every day, no way, just ask him to remit the money to my account, later, I handed over the money to the admissions office, who knows that the grades and scores are down, his son is doing well in the exam, so he asked me to pay back the money, I told him, the money is in the admissions office, and I will pay him back immediately when I call, but he just didn't believe it, and repeatedly called me to harass me, I was so angry, I stopped paying attention to him, Just wait for the money to call over in the past few days and explain to him, what's the matter, he still alarmed the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection? At this point, he shook his head and smiled bitterly.

According to Cheng Jianquan's account, it is very consistent with Liu Zheng's surname.

Li and Gao looked at each other, both a little helpless.

Tang Yi pointed to the computer at this time and said, "Principal Cheng, can I take a look at your mailbox?" ”

Cheng Jianquan smiled: "Of course you can, of course you can." ”

Turn on the computer, Pentium 300, but the speed of starting the hy98 system is not too slow, Tang Yi smiled: "HY? Why didn't you use Windows? ”

Cheng Jianquan said: "Windows is slower, I'm in a hurry, I can't use it." ”

The Internet has just emerged, and most Internet users use the mailbox that comes with the system to send and receive emails, and few people use web servers.

Cheng Jianquan also used the HY's own outlook, Tang Yi was funny when he thought about it, and snatched the name of Microsoft's mailbox tool.

Cheng Jianquan entered the username and password, and said, "The call records between me and Liu Zheng are there, you can take a look." ”

Tang Yi nodded, clicked on the emails one by one, and sure enough, it was similar to what Cheng Jianquan said, and Liu Zheng also obviously deleted many emails sent by Cheng Jianquan.

At this time, Li Chu smiled and introduced: "This is Director Tang of the State Council's Work Style Correction Office. ”

Cheng Jianquan was taken aback, originally seeing that Tang Yi was very young, thinking that he was a clerk who came to run errands, and he still wondered in his heart that working in the Commission for Discipline Inspection was not ordinary, he had a calm demeanor at a young age, and he had the taste of an official.

At this time, I realized that I had thought about it, so I smiled and said: "Director Tang, alas, I really don't know Taishan, forgive me." ”

Tang Yi smiled and said: "It's okay, you talk first, and when you talk about it, I have some questions about 'recruiting fees' and I'm ready to ask you for advice." ”

Cheng Jianquan sighed, "Point the recruitment fee, alas, the drawbacks, I really hope that the above can standardize the documents, I dare not say it, I really want to talk to Director Tang about this issue." ”

Li Chu smiled: "President Cheng is worried about the country and the people, and he deserves to be a model scholar." ”

Cheng Jianquan waved his hand again and again.

Over there, Li began to ask Cheng Jianquan some details again, Tang Yi clicked on the email, but unexpectedly saw Cheng Jianquan repeatedly glancing at himself from the corner of his eyes, Tang Yi was slightly stunned, pondered for a while, and gently clicked into the C disk system directory, his face was silent, his fingers were tapped, and he quickly found the outlook directory.

Like all local mail receiving tools, Outlook emails are moved to the trash box, and even after the trash box is emptied, the files are not really deleted from the hard drive, but just marked with deletion marks like the database system, but when the system needs new space to write data, these deleted marked file space may be occupied, and at that time, it is truly unrecoverable.

Of course, Tang Yi knows this, and he has also put forward some suggestions for the outlook of the hy system.

Tang Yi quickly found the hidden mail file under the outlook folder, hyoutlook system, the deleted but not destroyed email appeared as a hidden file with a changed suffix, that is, the file type, Tang Yi quickly helped the file to re-modify the name, and then import it in outlook.

There are more than a dozen letters in the mailbox, all of which are from the last few days, but the previously deleted emails cannot be found.

The sender of these letters is the same person, called "Ketty".

Tang Yi slowly clicked on these letters, and his expression gradually became serious.

(To be continued)