For lunch, Wang Xueli's family prepared very richly, because Gu Zhengshan planned to convene a symposium of villager representatives after the meal, and everyone didn't drink much wine at noon, Gu Zhengshan only drank a bowl of rice wine made by Wang Xueli's family. Seeing that the secretary of the county party committee didn't drink, everyone was not persuaded hard, and they quickly finished their lunch.

After the meal, Sun Mingguo, the village director, went to call the villagers' representatives, and Zhu Jinshan and Wang Yunlai helped Wang Yunshan move all the square tables and chairs to a tall poplar tree by the rice field at the gate of the courtyard.

Gu Zhengshan and his entourage sat down in front of the square table, sat and drank tea and chatted, waiting for the arrival of the villagers' representatives. Gu Zhengshan took two sips of tea, said to Yue Haohan, Xiaoyue, you will preside over the symposium in a while, the procedure is simpler, the main thing is to listen to the masses' thoughts on the peasants' burdens and the development of the village economy, we mainly listen.

Yue Haohan said, Okay, I will preside over it according to Secretary Gu's request.

A little after two o'clock, some villager representatives came to Wang Xueli's rice farm one after another, and some villagers who knew Yue Haohan and Huang Jianyang greeted the two. Wang Yunshan held a pack of "Hongbaohua" cigarettes and distributed cigarettes to smokers, Wang Yunshan's lover poured tea for the crowd, and Wang Xueli beckoned everyone to find a place to sit down.

When the village director Sun Mingguo turned back, more than 20 villager representatives had already arrived in the rice farm, including Wang Hongbin, Sun Xicai, and Li Ergou. Wang Hongbin saw Yue Haohan sitting in front of the square table, stepped forward to greet Yue Haohan, and said, Director Yue, I heard that you are here, why don't you come to my house for dinner at noon, I still have a jar of rice wine for you last year.

Yue Haohan smiled and said, Okay, Hong Bin, if we don't leave tonight, I will go to your house with the secretaries of the county party committee to drink rice wine, how about it? Welcome or not?

Wang Hongbin said that Secretary Gu was able to take time out of his busy schedule to visit our Longwanghe Village to observe the people's feelings, which is the blessing of the people of Longwanghe Village.

Wang Hongbin graduated from high school, has a certain culture, and often likes to read newspapers and news, so he naturally knows Gu Zhengshan, the secretary of the county party committee, who is sitting at the square table and smiling and drinking tea. Wang Hongbin was talking to Yue Haohan, and he looked at Gu Zhengshan from time to time, and when he said the end, he said something in a crepe.

Yue Haohan was chatting with Wang Hongbin, Wang Hongbin's father-in-law, Huang Wenfu, a private teacher from the village primary school, also came over, Zhu Jinshan saw Huang Wenfu arrive, so he asked, Teacher Huang, what should you do with the children when you come? Missing classes?

Huang Wenfu replied and said, Secretary Zhu, I heard that Secretary Gu of the county party committee is here, and I have a few words to say, so let the children study on their own first, and I rushed over and went back after speaking.

Zhu Jinshan said, oh, then you can find a place to sit down.

There were a lot of people in the rice field, everyone was either standing or squatting, and those who came early sat on the chairs, Yue Haohan looked at the crowd in the rice field, and then looked at Sun Mingguo, and asked, Director Sun, the people are almost there.

Sun Mingguo looked into the rice field and replied, "All the people I have notified have come."

Yue Haohan tilted his head to Gu Zhengshan and asked, Secretary Gu, the people are almost here, can you start?

Gu Zhengshan said, okay, let's start.

Yue Haohan said loudly to the villager representatives in the rice field, "Folks, everyone lean here and be quiet; Secretary Gu of the county party committee is very concerned about everyone, and today in his busy schedule, he took time to come to our Longwanghe Village to investigate the burden of farmers and how to develop the collective economy of the village group, and we all welcome!

The representatives of the villagers applauded for a while, and after the applause fell, Yue Haohan continued, I hope everyone can speak freely today, don't have any worries, and say whatever you want. Next, we will first ask Comrade Zhu Jinshan, secretary of the village branch, to introduce the basic situation of our Longwanghe Village.

Zhu Jinshan cleared his throat and said, our Longwanghe Village is located at the foot of Heishi Mountain, on the bank of the Longwang River, in the southeast of Wulong Township, with an area of 3.5 square kilometers, bordering Heishishan Village in the east, Dengjiagou Village in the south, Majialing Village in the west, and Heiyazi Village across the Longwang River in the north. The village has jurisdiction over 6 villager groups with a total population of 2,165 people.

When Zhu Jinshan introduced the situation of the village, Hou Shuquan and Tao Chunxiao were lying on the square table and recording carefully, Gu Zhengshan listened attentively, Zhu Jinshan paused, and then said, our Longwanghe Village is 22 kilometers away from the seat of the Wulong Township Government, there are 523 households in the village, and there are 102 poor households whose annual per capita income is less than 450 yuan per capita income in the village; There are 132 migrant workers in the village, 8 Wubao households, and the area of 972 acres of paddy fields in the village is distributed by the Longwang River, with a slope area of 1,035 acres and a mountain area of 5,675 acres. The village collective has an area of 386 acres of tea developed in the seventies, but it is basically barren and has no income. The village collective owes a total of 13,216 yuan in foreign debts, mainly for the loans owed to the credit cooperatives the year before last, and the reason for the loans is clear to everyone, which is the advance payment for the construction of the township government office building the year before last, and the township was forced to let the loan money at that time.

Zhu Jinshan introduced the situation of the village in one breath, drank two sips of tea, and continued: The favorable factors for the economic development of our Longwanghe Village are that the labor force is sufficient, the soil is fertile, and the mountain farm area is large, which is suitable for the development of the tea industry and the fruit tree industry. The unfavorable factors are that the villagers have low cultural quality, do not understand the advanced business philosophy, especially the backward transportation, and the inconvenience of travel hinders the development of our village. Another point is that there are too many funds raised and apportioned, the masses are overburdened, and there are also arbitrary fees and fines that also restrict the development of our village and suppress the enthusiasm of the villagers to get rich; That's all I have to say.

After Zhu Jinshan's introduction, Yue Haohan glanced at Gu Zhengshan, Gu Zhengshan nodded at Yue Haohan, Yue Haohan said to the villager representatives in a loud voice, Secretary Zhu just introduced the basic situation of the whole village clearly, and everyone is free to speak below, one by one, when one person speaks, others do not interject. Let's see, who will start talking first.

After Yue Haohan finished speaking, there was a quiet below, no one spoke, everyone was silent for a while, and there were a few bold people sitting in front of Wang Hongbin, whispering, let Wang Hongbin say, Wang Hongbin pushed and let others say first, look at it for a while, when Yue Haohan was asking for Wang Hongbin's name, Li Ergou below stood up and said loudly, Yue Cadre, we ask Wang Hongbin to say, Wang Hongbin understands policy and is educated, let him say it first.

After Li Ergou finished speaking, Yue Haohan smiled and said, Hong Bin, then you should make a speech first, tell your thoughts, tell the truth, just say what you think in your heart, Secretary Gu just wants to listen to the truth.

Wang Hongbin stood up with a red face, and at first his voice was not very loud, and said, since Director Yue called my name, I will say a few words in front of Secretary Gu, Secretary Gu is our parent official, even if I am wrong, Secretary Gu will not blame me. Just now, Secretary Zhu of our village also said that the first thing that restricts the development of our village is transportation, and secondly, the burden is too heavy; Speaking of heavy burdens, I often like to read newspapers and news, and the above has repeatedly emphasized the need to reduce the burden on the peasants, but the more we are below, the heavier the burden, in addition to the reasonable burden, there is also the fund-raising and the fine, we have worked hard all year round to earn some money and pay taxes, and there are still households in the village who are forced to have no choice but to pay taxes with loans.

The more Wang Hongbin said that the more excited he became, the louder and louder his voice became, he paused, swallowed his saliva, and then said that the reasonable burden of the state, we are all willing to pay, no complaints, as the saying goes, "farming to save grain, leading children to be errands" This is a matter of course since ancient times, and everyone understands this principle, so no matter how difficult it is for us, since we are planting the country's land, we will never default on the agricultural tax due. However, later a special agricultural product tax was added, I specially studied the regulations on the collection of special product tax, the special product tax is levied in the production link and the acquisition link, the production link will be levied at least when the production of special products is produced, and the purchase link should be who buys the special products and who is taxed, which is not wrong in itself, but our township has the special product tax evenly distributed to every household, and the households with special products and no special products are equally shared, is this reasonable?

Sun Xicai, who was next to Wang Hongbin, handed Wang Hongbin a cup of tea while Wang Hongbin was speaking, Wang Hongbin gulped down the tea in the cup, and continued, We have ideas about this kind of equal distribution of agricultural special product tax, so we are in arrears and do not pay, and if we don't pay, we will be charged for late payment and fine. Director Yue knows that when I was not at home last year, my mother, who was a little disabled, was at home, and the "nail household" in the township came to pull out my "nail". I heard that the walnuts were eaten by the people in the collection team, and my family's black and white TV is still in the duty room of the police station, and the people at the police station are watching it when they are on duty.

When Wang Hongbin said this, Gu Zhengshan turned his head to look at Huang Jianyang who was sitting in front of Yue Haohan, Huang Jianyang's face turned red in an instant, and he hurriedly said to Gu Zhengshan, Secretary Gu, I was transferred to Wulong Township after the New Year, I don't know the previous situation, if that TV is really Wang Hongbin's family, I will arrange for someone to send it back to him tomorrow.

Gu Zhengshan nodded and didn't speak, Yue Haohan said loudly to Wang Hongbin who was standing there, Hong Bin, Director Huang has just been transferred, and I don't know a lot of things, so he will arrange for someone to send you your TV back tomorrow. Director Huang has said that in the future, whether the police or the auxiliary police in Wulong Township will definitely not participate in the collection of taxes and fees from farmers, and anyone who violates them will be dealt with seriously.

As soon as Yue Haohan's words fell, a burst of applause broke out in the crowd, and after the applause, Yue Haohan continued, Hong Bin, you reflected today about pulling your walnuts away, I was still working in the management area at the time, and the situation is understood, as for how the walnuts were dealt with in the end, I don't know very well, I went back to the township, I reported this matter to Secretary He and Township Chief Lin, who eats walnuts at the market price and asks who will take out the money for you, what do you think?

There was another round of applause, and Wang Hongbin said, Director Yue, I am very grateful for this treatment; But the key is, how to prevent similar things from happening again in the future, today I said something unpleasant in front of Secretary Gu, if it is really like this, then there is really no life for our people, what else to talk about to let us develop and get rich?

Wang Hongbin was about to sit down when he said this, and the candidate for the book from the Policy Research Office of the county party committee spoke, asking, Xiao Wang, what should you do to make the masses satisfied? So that there will be no resistance to paying taxes? Tell me, tell me what you think?

Wang Hongbin said, since this leader asked me to talk about it, I will talk about my thoughts, what I said is not right, you criticize more, in fact, the method I want to talk about is also seen in the newspaper, on television, we have a township practice in Xinyu County, Central and South Province, I think it is very good, that is, every year, the people should bear the various taxes and fees, according to the provisions of the national policy to calculate and decompose to the household and publicize to the masses, during the publicity period, everyone can put forward which is reasonable, which is unreasonable, and finally eliminate the unreasonable burden. After the publicity is passed, it is the amount that should be paid, and then the taxes and fees that should be borne are printed on a card, what is it called, yes, it is called "burden reduction card", the card is issued to every household, and each household pays taxes and fees according to the number on the card, and the fundraising, fines, and apportionments outside the card are all refused to be paid, and the government and the masses supervise each other.

After Wang Hongbin finished speaking, as soon as he sat down, Huang Wenfu, a private teacher at the primary school, stood up and said, Secretary Gu is good! Hello leaders! I am Huang Wenfu, a private teacher in the village primary school, if other leaders come today, I will not come to promote the excitement, and finally I heard that it was Secretary Gu of the county party committee who came, so I came, I have a few words in my heart, and I want to say it in front of Secretary Gu. I have been a private teacher in the village primary school for 12 years, and I have sent away a lot of students, it can also be said that the peach and plum are all over the world, Sun Qingfeng's grandson Sun Yonglei was admitted to Jianghan University from the county No. 1 middle school last year, and Sun Yonglei is the student I taught. My monthly salary is 20 yuan, 240 yuan a year, this salary is not as much as the money that ordinary people go up the mountain to break bamboo shoots for a few days and come back to sell, but on this money, the township still owes me three years and has not been paid, I have found the township education group many times, the education group said, the township education surcharge was confiscated, there is no money to send, but I know that the education surcharge collected has been misappropriated by the township to build an office building; My wife scolds me all day long and doesn't let me be this private teacher, but I think, what if I don't teach, what will I do if there are dozens of children in this village? You can't let the children drop out of school.

After Huang Wenfu finished speaking, he sat down, and there was a quiet moment in the rice field, at this time, he heard Tao Chunxiao's pager "drip, drip, drip" a few times, Tao Chunxiao put down the notebook and pen in his hand, took out the pager and looked at it, then went to Gu Zhengshan, and whispered, Secretary Gu, it was a message sent by Director Song of the county party committee office, saying that the province came to fax, and Han Dewei, executive vice governor of the provincial government, would go to Jiangyang to inspect the transportation construction the day after tomorrow, and the county magistrate Feng would wait for you to go back to study the reception matters.

Tao Chunxiao's words, although his voice was very low, Yue Haohan, who was sitting in front of Gu Zhengshan, heard it clearly, Yue Haohan looked at Gu Zhengshan and asked, Secretary Gu, is it over?

Gu Zhengshan said, okay, I'll say a few words right away, and we'll go.

Yue Haohan faced the masses in the rice field, and said loudly, Secretary Zhu, Hong Bin, and Teacher Huang in front of him spoke very well, and told some very representative truths and truths, I originally wanted everyone to talk about it today, but Secretary Gu just received a notice that he had to rush back to the county to have important things, so the rest of us will not say it anymore, and we welcome Secretary Gu to speak to us!

There was another round of applause, and after the applause, Gu Zhengshan said, folks, through my visits and research in the past two days, I have been deeply touched by the fact that I, the secretary of the county party committee, am incompetent! Our masses are still living in poverty, our village and collective economy is still very weak, and we still have the masses who have not even solved the problem of food and clothing

Gu Zhengshan spoke very emotionally, every sentence was loud, and the people listening below unconsciously had a good impression of Gu Zhengshan and had a new opinion, even Yue Haohan, who was sitting in front of Gu Zhengshan, also had an invisible resonance with Gu Zhengshan's words in his heart, and thought to himself, it seems that Gu Zhengshan still wants to do something deep in his heart