Yue Haohan got up and poured Wang Wenjie a cup of tea and handed it over, and said: "Township Chief Wang, you said that what you just said was a lie, so how can I see that the content of the various reports from the township government to the county is the same as those just now, how can I explain this?" ”

"Secretary Yue, who will write the truth on the report materials these days?! They all report good news but not bad news, and who really cares about the weal and woe of the masses? The above repeated orders do not allow the peasants' burdens to be increased, but the shouting of the mountains shows that the peasants' burdens have not only not decreased, but are increasing every year. This is like the fairy tale of the emperor's new clothes, everyone is pretending to be confused! Wang Wenjie took two sips of tea and said with a sigh.

Yue Haohan said: "Township Chief Wang, since you say so, then I will listen to your truth now." ”

Wang Wenjie said: "To tell the truth, the burden rate of farmers in our township is very high, in fact, it has exceeded 12% of the average net income of our villagers, and I am not counting the annual temporary fund-raising and apportionment, as well as the fees of various functional departments, if these are added, it will be higher." ”

Yue Haohan was silent for a while, looked at Wang Wenjie, and asked, "Where does the data of people's average income come from?" ”

Wang Wenjie said: "Where did you come from?" Make it up! ”

Yue Haohan said: "Editor? How did you make up such an important figure? ”

Wang Wenjie said: "Secretary Yue, another day, you can call Jia Dewang, the statistical officer of our township, to ask him how to report the statistical annual report of our township every year, and the root cause is in the statistical annual report." ”

Yue Haohan agreed with Wang Wenjie's statement, nodded, and then asked: "Township Chief Wang, didn't the county introduce a pilot plan to reduce the burden on farmers at the beginning of the year?" And notified the townships that if they are willing, they can try to reduce the burden of the pilot in accordance with the county's pilot program, and the townships and towns of the pilot project will be rewarded in terms of funding at the end of the year if they do well; Why didn't our township carry out a pilot? ”

Wang Wenjie said: "After I received the pilot program of burden reduction from the county party committee and the county government, I read it in detail several times, and I was very excited, and the design of the program was also very realistic; I took the plan to find Township Chief Li, but Township Chief Li poured a scoop of cold water on me, Township Chief Li said, our Guihuaping Township is not suitable for the pilot work of burden reduction for the time being, what is the burden reduction? It can't be that the money that should be collected is not collected, even if the burden is reduced, and the budget at the beginning of the year cannot be collected, how can the various undertakings of the township develop? “

Yue Haohan asked, "As a result, the pilot work was shelved?" ”

Wang Wenjie replied: "The main leaders of the township do not agree, how can they implement it?" Besides, the county party committee and the county government are the next document, and a leading group was established, but there was no follow-up, and it is estimated that the whole county, that is, Wulong Township, has really implemented it, and it has done better. ”

Yue Haohan stared at Wang Wenjie and continued to ask: "Township Chief Wang, then do you say that if our township implements the pilot work of reducing the burden of farmers at this stage, the conditions are ripe?" Will there be resistance? Or is it welcomed by the common people? ”

"The people will definitely raise their hands to welcome, resistance, I'm afraid it is still on the cadres, especially the village cadres, the cadres of the management area, and some of the leaders in our township, whose vital interests are involved in reducing the burden, who will of course oppose it, as for Secretary Yue said that the conditions are ripe or not, I think this is a false proposition, the burden on farmers is too heavy, to be reduced, as long as the policy allows, it can be reduced at any time." Wang Wenjie took out a cigarette and lit it, took a hard puff, and replied.

In the afternoon, the secretary's office meeting was held as scheduled, Yue Haohan and the three deputy secretaries of the party committee sat down in the small conference room, and the opening remarks first said a few digressions, Yue Haohan said: "Township Chief Li, Secretary Hou, Secretary Zhou, you are all older than me in terms of age, and your experience is much richer than mine. As we all know, my parents are teachers, I grew up on campus, little contact with the countryside, my original ideal was to be like my teacher Zhang Haiming, to be a historian, but when I was about to graduate from university, I was selected by the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee as a selected student, and I came to the administration by mistake, after returning to Jiangyang, I was assigned to work in Wulong Township, and when I arrived in Wulong Township, it was the beginning of my real contact with the countryside and farmers, maybe because of the big contrast, through contact and understanding, I was surprised by the current situation of the countryside, farmers and agriculture. After so many years of founding the country, why is the countryside still like this? ”

Yue Haohan paused, took a sip of water from the cup in front of him, and then said: "I often think that since I have come to the administrative level, and since the work I do is to deal with the countryside and farmers, then I should use my meager strength to do something for the farmers in the countryside. Maybe you think I'm young and my thoughts are simple, but I tell you honestly that I think this way from the bottom of my heart, and I will turn my ideas into action and reality! ”

Yue Haohan's digression is very pertinent, undoubtedly declaring to the few people here that what I am doing is not something I do just by being hot-headed, and if I think about it, I will definitely take action and will stick to it to the end.

After digression, Yue Haohan turned to the topic, and then said: "Today's secretary's office meeting, there is only one purpose, I have been coming to Guihuaping Township for more than a month, and I have a basic understanding of the situation in the township. I have been thinking about the problem of farmers' burdens in our township recently, and I have been thinking about the pilot work of reducing farmers' burdens, which can be fully implemented in Wulong Township, and the results are very good, so can we carry out the pilot project in Guihuaping Township? Can it be done well? How? You can speak freely, say your true thoughts, I want to listen to the truth, I don't want to be a "one word" of the township party secretary, I always believe that the collective strength is strong, only we are united, will the township do a good job. ”

After Yue Haohan finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, picked up the cup and began to drink tea, there was silence in the conference room, Hou Ximing and Zhou Guangtao looked at the township chief Li Qinggui, and then looked at Yue Haohan, who was calmly drinking tea, and did not speak, and the air in the conference room seemed to be frozen.

Li Qinggui, the head of the township, squinted his eyes and smoked a cigarette, thinking in his heart, this Yue Haohan has a maturity that is not comparable to his age, and what he says is policy-oriented and interlocking, and he is a powerful character; is not like the original township party secretary Jia Dequan, who slaps the table and scolds people at every turn, but he is actually a person who has no opinions at work, and his work is arbitrary. Thinking in his heart, Li Qinggui suddenly felt upset, threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray, and looked towards Yue Haohan, just meeting Yue Haohan's eyes.

Li Qinggui's eyes left instantly, laughed dryly, and said: "Since Secretary Yue let everyone speak freely, then I will speak first, it can be regarded as throwing bricks and leading the way, there is something wrong, Secretary Yue and everyone criticize more, and in the end, what Secretary Yue said shall prevail." ”

Li Qinggui's opening remarks were very light on all sides, coughed twice, and then said: "Secretary Yue said just now, I want to hear the truth, then I won't go around the corner, just say what is in my heart, I don't agree with the pilot work of reducing the burden of farmers in Guihuaping Township, I don't agree, if you don't get it right, there will be chaos!" “

"Oh, what's going to happen?" Yue Haohan didn't expect Li Qinggui to raise objections so directly, looked at Li Qinggui, and subconsciously asked.

Li Qinggui replied: "Yes, if the pilot work of reducing the burden is rashly implemented, it will be necessary to re-settle the accounts and re-approve the collection standards, so that the peasant households who owe money can still say that they will be levied according to the new calculated standards, but what will happen to the peasant households who have already paid the money in full?" Do you want to give them a refund? The money that can be collected has been handed over, and the money that should have been spent has been spent, where can I get the money to return this part of the funds? If they don't retreat, these farmers will definitely make trouble. “

Hou Ximing, deputy secretary of the party committee, turned his head to look at Yue Haohan, took the words of the township head Li Qinggui, and said: "Township Chief Li, we can't waste food because of choking, I think the implementation of the pilot work of burden reduction, in the long run, there will only be benefits, there is no harm, I have learned, Wulong Township since the burden reduction this year, except for a few extremely poor outdoors, most of the farmers have paid the annual tax task in advance, because of the burden of the problem of the farmer households are almost gone; As everyone knows, Wulong Township used to be a well-known township where the masses petitioned a lot, and in the past few years, there were still masses who petitioned the central government, but this year I have not heard of anyone making trouble or petitioning because of overburdened matters. “

Li Qinggui took out a cigarette, scattered it around, took out another one and knocked it on the conference table, lit it and took a puff, and said, "If the money that should be collected is reduced, what will happen to the difference?" Like the village primary school in Zhaojiazhuang Village, the new house has been built half-stretched, and the fund-raising funds are not collected, where will the project money be settled in the future? Also, the road to Zhuzilin Village is also under construction, where will the money come from? ”

As soon as Li Qinggui's words fell, Hou Ximing said: "The construction project of Zhaojiazhuang Village Primary School should not have been done by Zhao Guihua's son Zhao Jie, but now Zhao Guihua has filled in all the taxes and fees collected into the project money for the construction of the primary school, how can a primary school spend so much money?" I look at this account, and the township should check it carefully. ”

Hou Ximing's words made Li Qinggui blush for a while, most people in Guihuaping Township know that Li Qinggui and Zhao Guihua, the village director of Zhaojiazhuang Village, have an extraordinary relationship, the two are classmates, and their personal relationship is very good.

Not to mention the Tongcun Road project in Zhuzilin Village, which is also the head of the township Li Qinggui. When Jia Dequan, secretary of the party committee of Yuanxiang Township, did not have an accident, the construction of large and small projects in Guihuaping Township was basically divided equally by Jia Dequan and Li Qinggui, although the relationship between the two people was not very good, but they had a tacit understanding in the construction of engineering projects, and they had the same goal in collecting taxes and fees and apportioning various funds.

After Jia Dequan's accident, in the past few months that Li Qinggui temporarily presided over the work, Li Qinggui had the final say in the engineering projects of the whole township, and other team members had many complaints, but it was not easy to say anything, today Hou Ximing untied the lid in front of Yue Haohan, which made Li Qinggui feel extremely embarrassed and angry.

Li Qinggui calmed down the anger in his heart, took a hard puff of his cigarette, stared at Hou Ximing, and asked, "Secretary Hou, what do you mean by this?" Shouldn't Zhaojiazhuang Village be built? Shouldn't the road in Zhuzilin Village be repaired? ”

Hou Ximing replied slowly: "Township Chief Li, don't be so excited, primary schools should be built, roads should also be repaired, but the money for building schools and roads is the hard-earned money of the people, and some people can't be squandered, and the details of income and expenditure must be publicly announced so that the masses can know." “

Li Qinggui said: "Some Diao people are looking for something to do and publicize the details of income and expenditure, isn't that going to make a fuss?" ”

When Yue Haohan heard the word "Diao Min" again, he felt very harsh, his brows furrowed, and he said: "Township Chief Li, we can't call the masses with different opinions Diao Min, don't use the word Diao Min indiscriminately. ”

Deputy Secretary Zhou Guangtao sat there, smoking all the time, drinking tea, and did not interject, Yue Haohan finished speaking Li Qinggui, looked at Zhou Guangtao, and said: "Secretary Zhou, you are also an old man in Guihuaping Township, talk about your views." ”

Zhou Guangtao cleared his throat and said: "Since Secretary Yue asked me to talk about my views, I will talk about my thoughts, I am in charge of comprehensive management, politics and law, and also in charge of armed work, from my tenure as Minister of Armed Forces to the current Minister of the Navy Li, every year to vigorously support the collection of taxes and fees, but the collected militia training fees have been diverted for other purposes, resulting in the normal development of our township militia training work, other work is important, and the militia training work cannot be sloppy, in case of a flood or a fire on the mountain, it is not necessary to rely on the organization of militia emergency response?" If you don't usually train, how can you organize these people when the time comes? “

Zhou Guangtao paused, looked at Yue Haohan, and then at Li Qinggui, and then said: "I personally agree with the implementation of the pilot work of reducing the burden in our township, but the militia training fee must be guaranteed; At the same time, I am very much in favor of auditing and cleaning up the accounts of the villages, so that we can clearly see how much militia training money has been misappropriated by the various administrative districts and villages in recent years. ”

The meeting lasted for an afternoon, and in addition to the reservations of the township head Li Qinggui, everyone finally agreed to convene a joint meeting of the party and government on a certain date to study the implementation of the pilot work of reducing peasants in the whole township, and to organize a special class to audit and publicize the accounts of each village before the pilot project.