Yue Haohan returned home from Wulong Township to learn that early in the morning, Zheng Ziyan and his two younger sisters went to Licheng County, which is more than 200 kilometers away from Jiangyang.

Licheng County was the State of Li in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was the Liyi of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Warring States returned to Qin, which belonged to the fiefdom of Shang Ying, and Qin set up Licheng County. Licheng County has the most well-preserved county-level official yamen in the feudal period; Opened to the public in 1984, the county government has attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists with its unique historical, scientific and artistic values and its own charm. Yue Haohan has thought of Licheng County many times to see the Licheng County Ya; But there was never a chance to make the trip.

Yue Haohan, who felt bored at home, was ready to talk to his godfather Deng Xuanchang after taking a lunch break; When passing by the school's duty room, Teacher Wang in the duty room held a few letters in his hand, shouted Yue Haohan, and said: "Haohan, wait a minute, there are a few letters from your family, it seems that the admission letters of your two younger sisters have arrived, congratulations!." ”

Yue Haohan took the three letters handed over by Mr. Wang; Take a look at the above two envelopes for the admission notice of Central South Normal University, one recipient writes Yue Chunfang, and the other recipient writes Yue Chunxia, Yue Haohan opened one and looked at it, sure enough, it was the admission notice of Central South Normal University.

I took out the letter at the bottom and looked at it, and saw that the sender's address read: "Party and Government Office of Qingshuiwan Township, Xinyu County, Central South Province." Yue Haohan said in his heart: "This letter must have been written by Zhang Jianjian. ”

After thanking Mr. Wang in the duty room, Yue Haohan opened the letter sent by Zhang Jianshe while walking, took out the letter inside, and saw Zhang Jianshe write in the letter: "Haohan, hello! You and I have been separated for more than a month since the end of the party school training, how are you doing recently? ”

"Haohan, after I returned to Xinyu, I was assigned to work in the party and government office of Qingshuiwan Township in our county; What about you? Which township in your county have you been assigned to? ”

"Vastness, good news for you; This year, our Xinyu County was designated as a pilot county for reducing the burden on farmers in the province, and Qingshuiwan Township, where I am located, is also a pilot township in our county; In the party and government office, in addition to being busy measuring the peasants' burdens in each village every day, I also had to follow the township leaders to the village groups below to supervise the implementation of the above-mentioned 'burden reduction' policy. ”

"Vast, I don't know what the situation is in your Jiangyang countryside? Is the burden on the peasants? Are all kinds of arbitrary apportionment and fundraising serious? I am writing to you today, first, I miss you, although we have only been in the training class for a short period of half a month, but I feel that the friendship between us cannot be measured by that half a month. ”

"The second reason why I am writing to you is to tell you that the specific practice of the 'pilot project of reducing the burden on farmers' carried out by the province in our country may be enlightening for your work."

"Vastly, since Xinyu County has been designated by the province as a pilot county for 'reducing the burden on peasants in the whole province', the county party committee and county government have attached great importance to the work of lightening the peasants' burden, and our township has attached even more importance to this work."

"I'll give you a brief overview of the main practices of our pilot. After the pilot, we here, before each department submits the overall plan for the year's retention every year, the county will first select a township to conduct a comprehensive investigation on the farmers' affordability, the priorities of various undertakings and the required funds, etc., and the main leaders of the county will work on the spot to discuss and determine the township's overall plan for retention. Through the pilot to grasp the first-hand information, for the accurate review of the plan of each department and the formulation of the county's plan to provide a basis. ”

"In accordance with the plan formulated by the county, the leading groups of all districts and townships have collectively studied the implementation plan for the retention of farmers, conveyed it step by step, and implemented it to households. The township economic management station collects and manages the whole system, establishes a strict accounting system, and has a basis for collection and support. The township economic management station has the right of veto on projects that do not meet the requirements to prevent indiscriminate spending and indiscriminate collection. ”

"The county party committee and the county government also organize personnel from time to time to conduct a major inspection of all aspects of the county's townships and towns to retain the overall funds, and require all districts and townships to conduct a self-inspection every quarter. The county agricultural economic committee convenes a business meeting of the grassroots managers every quarter to discover problems in a timely manner, improve measures, and plug the loopholes of indiscriminate apportionment and fund-raising. ”

"In the use of the collected reserve funds, our county adheres to the general principle of ensuring the key points and taking care of them, and gives priority to education, civil affairs preferential care, subsidies for village and community cadres, and agricultural production, so that the three mentions and five unifications that have been collected can better give full play to the maximum benefit of the funds."

"Vast, although I think that the pilot approach is only a palliative but not a cure; However, from the perspective of the implementation effect, compared with the previous time when the pilot project was not carried out, the burden on farmers has been reduced a lot, and a lot of standardization has been carried out; In particular, it has blocked the convenient door of the 'three disorder's 'three disorders', namely, arbitrary apportionment, arbitrary fund-raising, and arbitrary fines. ”

"Haohan, although you are not a pilot there, I think that many of our practices here are of great reference significance to you; You can talk to the leaders of your township about the specific practices I told you, and you can try them in your township in combination with the specific situation of your township; Blaze a trail for your township to lighten the peasants' burdens. ”

"Vastly, I also look forward to you coming to us to visit and learn. Well, it's not too early; It's time for me to rest, and I'll get up early tomorrow and go down to the village; We will have time in the future, and we will have a good exchange together."

Standing on the edge of the school playground and reading Zhang Jianjian's letter, Yue Haohan felt a lot in his heart; It is also a county in Central and South Province, since Xinyu can respond to the call from above to effectively reduce and standardize the burden on farmers; Why can't Jiangyang County? The central policy is good, but why is it so difficult to implement it below? It seems that the key issue is that the interests of all parties are at fault.

Yue Haohan thought again; Since I have embarked on the road of administrative work, I must do more good things for the people. However, after all, he is a college student who has just gone to work, and he is soft-spoken! Even the driver of a township government can shout in front of him without scruples; Not to mention wanting to do something good for the farmers. Thinking about it, Yue Haohan gritted his teeth and said in his heart: "It seems that if you want to make your ideas come true, you must have the right to speak, what is the right to speak?" The right is the right to speak! Without rights, no matter how good an idea is, it can only be a fantasy, it can only be a fantasy! You must have the right in your own hands! ”

Zhang Jianjian's letter stimulated Yue Haohan's desire for power in the depths of his heart for the first time. Thinking of rights, Yue Haohan thought of Zheng Haifeng; When I thought of Zheng Haifeng, I remembered that when I received the dispatch letter from the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, Zheng Haifeng's secretary Chen Wenhao left the phone number for him.

Yue Haohan was pondering the issue of peasants' burdens and thinking about rights; Deng Xuanchang, who was walking towards the playground from the direction of the teaching building, saw Yue Haohan standing there contemplatively, so he shouted: "Haohan, what are you thinking about standing there?" When did you come back? ”

Hearing the shout, Yue Haohan raised his head, smiled at Deng Xuanchang, and responded: "Godfather, I rushed back at noon, and I was thinking about looking for you; I just passed through the duty room, received a letter, and just stood here to finish reading. ”

Deng Xuanchang walked to Yue Haohan's side and said with a smile: "Haohan, come to my house at night, I'll let your godmother get a few dishes, and let's talk together; I really gained a lot of insight when I went to the south this time. ”

"Godfather, I was arranged to work in your hometown, the Heiyazi Management Area, do you know?" Yue Haohan and Deng Xuanchang said as they walked.

"The day I just came back, I called Uncle Xuanfa once, and he told me. Haohan, what do you think of my hometown? You haven't been there since you were a child, and this time, I will let you be a parent there, and you have to do more good things for the people in your father's hometown. Deng Xuanchang replied with a smile.

Yue Haohan turned his head to look at Deng Xuanchang and said, "Godfather, don't say it, that place in Heiyazi is really a good place." The people there are very simple; Both sides of the Longwang River, whether on the mountain or under the mountain, are rich in resources and beautiful scenery. But the common people there were poor; I've been thinking about this question for half a month since I went to work, why do people in several villages in the Heiyazi Management Area 'hold golden rice bowls to beg for food?' 'How can we change that?' ”

Listening to Yue Haohan's words, Deng Xuanchang nodded appreciatively and said, "Haohan, you can use your brain to think about these questions, which means that you are a person with a heart; I'm so relieved! ”

While the two were talking, they arrived in the courtyard of Deng Xuanchang's house, and Deng Xuanchang's lover Zhu Xiuzhen, who was washing clothes by the pool in the yard, saw Yue Haohan, dropped the clothes in his hand, stood up with a smile, and said, "Hanzi, when did you come back?" ”

Yue Haohan replied with a smile: "Godmother, I came back at noon, and there was nothing to do in the afternoon, so I came to see you and my godfather; I just met my godfather on the edge of the playground. ”

Zhu Xiuzhen spoke, wiped her hands, hurriedly went to the living room, took out tea leaves and tea cups, poured a cup of tea for Yue Haohan, and poured a cup of boiling water for Deng Xuanchang, and then said: "Hanzi, you and your godfather will chat for a while, I will cool down the two clothes after clearing the water, and I will cook immediately, and dinner will be eaten at my house." After speaking, Zhu Xiuzhen went to the yard to continue washing clothes.

After Yue Haohan and Deng Xuanchang sat down on the sofa in the living room, Deng Xuanchang took a sip of boiled water, looked at Yue Haohan, and said, "Haohan, on the road just now, you asked a few questions very well; In fact, I have been thinking about these questions for so many years. Tell me, why do the people on both sides of the Dragon King River guard such good resources and don't use them to live a poor life? ”

Yue Haohan pondered for a while and said: "Godfather, although I have a short working time and have little contact with rural life before, through this short work experience of half a month, I feel that if farmers want to be rich, the key issue is the policy above and the implementation of the policy below. ”

As he spoke, Yue Haohan took a sip of tea and continued: "Just say that the few villages in the Heiyazi Management Area that I know are rich in resources, but the transportation is inconvenient, and I can't transport them out when I look at so many treasures on the mountain. Coupled with the current tax system, the burden of the people is increasing year by year, especially the many "random fundraising", "arbitrary apportionment", and "arbitrary fines", which make the people even more overwhelmed! Farmers work hard all year round to earn some money, not enough to pay taxes and fees, how can you be rich? ”

Deng Xuanchang stood up, filled the cups of the two people, sat down and said: "Vast, you see the problem very thoroughly, and know how to analyze the deep-seated reasons; Rural taxes and fees are not standardized, the peasants' burdens are not lightened, and it is really a fantasy to want the peasants to get rich! ”

Yue Haohan said: "Godfather, the letter I received today was written by a dormitory named Zhang Jianshe when I was training at the party school, and he told me in the letter that the province has carried out a 'pilot project to reduce the burden on peasants' in their Xinyu County, and the results are very good. It seems that the upper strata are also very aware of the excessive burden on the peasants and attach great importance to it. ”

Deng Xuanchang said: "Most of the policies formulated above are good, but it is difficult to implement them below!" Isn't there a saying that 'there is a policy at the top, and there is a countermeasure at the bottom'? Some people below don't do anything every day, but they do everything possible to find ways to exploit the loopholes of the above policies; Go and play the edge ball of the policy. ”

Yue Haohan glanced at Deng Xuanchang, took two sips of the teacup, and said: "Godfather, what you said is very right, I feel that grassroots officials are very important, they are the specific implementers of various policies; There is a big difference between active and passive implementation policies. Through this period of understanding of the grassroots, I truly feel that if you want to do good things for the people, you must have rights in your hands; Without rights, it's useless to say anything! Godfather, I used to take power very lightly, and only thought about research, but now I have a very strong desire to have power! ”

Deng Xuanchang took a sip of water, looked at Yue Haohan and smiled, and said: "Haohan, you must know that the right is a double-edged sword, you have the right in your hands, and use the right to do good things for the people, of course, it will have a good effect, and there will be many people benefited; But if the person who has the right does something bad, it will be very harmful. ”

Yue Haohan said: "That's the case, godfather; Take Wulong Township, for example; In order to collect taxes and fees, a special collection team was set up, the so-called pulling nails, forcibly moving the people's things after going to the village, and there was also the participation of the police from the police station, and in the long run, the contradictions between the cadres and the masses will intensify in the future; This is the improper use of power! ”

Deng Xuanchang said: "When it comes to Wulong Township, I really want to tell you a few words, Wulong Township is very complicated; Wu Youde has been working in Wulong Township for a long time, and this person has never thought of doing something good for the people in his bones, so he is all in the face of his superiors; In the entire township party committee team, the people who wear the same pants as Wu Youde account for the majority. In the party committee, Wu Tianxi and Wu Tao are Wu Youde's own family, and they were promoted by Wu Youde; Deputy Secretary Zhu Guofu and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection Ma Guohua are related to Wu Youde; There are a few people who watch the wind and make the rudder, do you say that this Wulong Township can he Wu Youde cover the sky with one hand? ”

Yue Haohan said: "Godfather, I see that Uncle Xuanfa and a few of them can't pee in the same pot, and their political views are different; It is also difficult for him to be the deputy head of Wulong Township. ”

Deng Xuanchang took a sip of water and said, "Haohan, your Uncle Xuanfa started from the secretary of the village branch, and he has suffered since he was a child; He knows the countryside very well. Don't worry, he is in Wulong Township, Wu Youde doesn't dare to do anything to him, Chen Guoyun, deputy secretary of the county party committee, and I have been classmates since childhood, we have a good relationship, and he is taking care of your Uncle Xuanfa. Haohan, another day I will take you to meet Chen Guoyun, who is also a very upright leader. ”