On Thursday morning, Gu Zhengshan took Hou Shuquan, deputy director of the county party committee office and director of the policy research office of the county party committee, and Tao Chunxiao, secretary, and his party to Wulong Township to investigate the burden of farmers.

He Anqing, secretary of the Wulong Township Party Committee, attached great importance to Tao Chunxiao's telephone notice on Tuesday morning, and in the afternoon held a special meeting of the township party committee to discuss and study the reception arrangements for Gu Zhengshan's investigation.

The secretary of the county party committee wanted to come to the township for research, which made He Anqing's heart very excited, He Anqing thought that this was the county party secretary Gu Zhengshan to give him a platform to improve his prestige in Wulong Township; But what puzzled him was that Tao Chunxiao repeatedly explained on the phone that during the two days of Secretary Gu's investigation, he must arrange for Comrade Yue Haohan, deputy director of the Party and Government Office, to accompany him throughout the process.

He Anqing secretly wondered in his heart, this Yue Haohan is not a person from Chen Guoyun, deputy secretary of the county party committee, why is he suddenly stuck together with Secretary Gu now? Tao Chunxiao repeatedly explained that he wanted Yue Haohan to accompany Secretary Gu throughout the investigation, which was definitely not what Tao Chunxiao meant, it must be the meaning of Gu Zhengshan, secretary of the county party committee. Thinking about it, He Anqing felt a little tired and jealous in his heart.

At nine o'clock in the morning on Thursday, He Anqing summoned members of the party and government team to wait for the arrival of Gu Zhengshan and his party in the government compound that had been cleaned up. waited until after ten o'clock, Gu Zhengshan's car slowly drove into the Wulong Township Government compound and stopped in front of He Anqing and others.

He Anqing stepped forward with a smile on his face, ready to help Gu Zhengshan open the door, but he didn't know which side of the car Gu Zhengshan was sitting on, and was hesitating, the secretary Tao Chunxiao pushed the car door and jumped out of the car from the front passenger seat, and quickly opened the car door in the back, Gu Zhengshan bent down and got out of the car, took a step forward with a smile, and shook hands with He Anqing, who was standing in front of the car.

He Anqing bent over, holding Gu Zhengshan's right hand with both hands and shaking, grinning and saying, Secretary Gu is good, Secretary Gu has worked hard! Welcome Secretary Gu to Wulong Township to inspect and guide the work!

Gu Zhengshan didn't speak, nodded with a smile, shook hands with He Anqing, stepped forward to shake hands with Lin Ping, Deng Xuanfa, Ma Guohua and others in turn, when shaking hands with everyone behind Lin Ping, Gu Zhengshan passed by more symbolically, and never spoke.

Standing at the end was Yue Haohan, when Gu Zhengshan stretched out his right hand to shake hands with Yue Haohan, he raised his left hand and patted Yue Haohan's wrist lightly twice, saying, Yes, Xiao Yue is good!

After Gu Zhengshan shook hands with everyone in Wulong Township, He Anqing and others greeted Hou Shuquan, deputy director of the county party committee office, and Tao Chunxiao, Gu Zhengshan's secretary, and shook hands.

After greeting in the courtyard politely, headed by He Anqing, everyone hugged Gu Zhengshan, walked into the township government building, and went to the reception room on the second floor, He Anqing asked Gu Zhengshan to sit down on a single sofa in the reception room, and the others sat around Gu Zhengshan.

After Gu Zhengshan sat down, he first glanced at the members of the party and government team in Wulong Township, and then, from time to time, he looked at Yue Haohan, who was sitting opposite him by the door, Yue Haohan found that Gu Zhengshan had been observing himself, so he smiled, met Gu Zhengshan's gaze, and thought to himself, Gu Zhengshan is a little strange today, how can he keep looking at himself like a photo, could it be that Gu Zhengshan saw the paper he published at the party building in Zhongnan?

When Yue Haohan was thinking wildly, Gu Zhengshan looked around at the team members of Wulong Township again, and said, everyone is here, I came to Wulong Township this time, mainly to investigate the burden of farmers in our county, so don't mobilize the people, Comrade Anqing and Comrade Lin Ping, you have a lot of things, and there are other things in the township, so don't accompany me, let Comrade Xiaoyue follow me and lead the way, let's find a few villages to visit the farmers and understand the situation.

After Gu Zhengshan finished speaking, He Anqing took over and said, first of all, on behalf of the Wulong Township Party Committee and Government, I warmly welcome Secretary Gu to our township to inspect the work! This is the care and love of our Wulong Township! Our Wulong Township is located in the southeast of Jiangyang County, with an area of more than 180 square kilometers, five administrative districts, 21 administrative villages, and a population of more than 52,000 people......

He Anqing began to report to Gu Zhengshan according to the routine, Gu Zhengshan listened and listened, frowned, interrupted He Anqing's words, and said, Comrade Anqing, I understand all this, I came this time mainly to investigate and understand the burden of farmers in Wulong Township. What is the per capita income of the whole township? What is the method of expropriation?

When township leaders generally report their work to their superiors, they seem to have a fixed format and template, and they start by introducing the geographical location, territorial area, number of administrative villages, population, etc.; Gu Zhengshan estimated that he had listened to too many official reports like this, and when he heard that He Anqing was reporting in such a mode, he was a little impatient, so he interrupted He Anqing's words and asked a few questions in a row, which made He Anqing at a loss, blushing, turning his head to look at Lin Ping, the township chief sitting next to him, and seeing that Lin Ping smiled and did not answer, he raised his eyes and looked in the direction where Yue Haohan was sitting, with a look of asking for help.

It stands to reason that He Anqing has been the head of Wulong Township for several years, such as the township's annual special agricultural taxes, three mentions and five unifications, per capita income, etc., these basic data should be kept in mind, even if you can't remember the exact number, it is probably reasonable to remember it, by the way, it should be no problem.

When most township and town leaders report their work to their superiors, they will casually state some of the figures involved without careful preparation, and some township and town leaders will even accurately report the figures to two decimal places. In fact, people who really know the township understand that most of those numbers are approximate numbers that the leaders said casually, but the discrepancies are not very large, accurate to two decimal places, in order to prove that the numbers they say are true and credible, not made up nonsense; Most of the township and town leaders have this skill of fooling the higher-level leaders. The numbers I said, it is impossible for the superior leaders who listened to the report to check them at the time, maybe the leaders turned around and forgot about it, and they could still have the impression that they were familiar with the business and had a solid work.

But He Anqing didn't dare to say nonsense today, first, Gu Zhengshan was going to investigate Wulong Township for two days, and he would definitely have to look at the report for these figures; Second, Gu Zhengshan also brought a director of the Policy Research Office of the County Party Committee Office who likes to be more real in numbers; He Anqing was afraid that the numbers he said were inaccurate and inconsistent, and if Gu Zhengshan knew about it, he would have bad thoughts about himself, so he didn't dare to report it rashly.

In fact, Yue Haohan only counted all these data yesterday, printed them into a table, and asked Huang Zijian to report a copy to He Anqing and Lin Ping. Lin Ping has just been in office for a long time, so he must not have remembered these numbers much, so it is inconvenient to interject at this time.

Yue Haohan looked at He Anqing stunned, a little embarrassed and anxious looking at himself, he had to bite the nail and come out to help He Anqing break the siege, fortunately, Yue Haohan had a very good memory, and a few days ago, he carefully analyzed the number of tasks assigned to him one by one, and compared them with the number of tasks in previous years, so the specific and accurate numbers were all in his mind.

After a short period of coldness, Yue Haohan looked at Gu Zhengshan and said, Secretary Gu, the number of tasks for this year's special agricultural two taxes and three mentions and five unifications has just been issued to the township this week, and the number of tasks assigned by our party and government office according to the county has been broken down to the various management areas and villages in the township, and we have not yet given a detailed report to Secretary He and Township Chief Lin.

Gu Zhengshan smiled, looked at Yue Haohan, and said, Okay, Xiaoyue, tell me, what are the number of tasks in your township this year? Is it an increase or a decrease compared to last year? What is the situation of the average income of the whole township?

Yue Haohan said: Secretary Gu, the number of agricultural tax tasks in Wulong Township this year is 1.15 million yuan, which has remained unchanged for three consecutive years as last year and the year before last, the number of special product tax tasks is 600,000 yuan, an increase of 20 percent over last year's 500,000 yuan, the three items of retention this year are 1.0835 million yuan, an increase of 8 percent over last year, and the number of five overall plans is 926,800 yuan, an increase of 6 percent over last year's number of tasks; in total, the number of peasants' burdens in our township this year is 3.7603 million yuan. According to the statistics of the annual report submitted last year, the per capita net income of the whole township of Wulong Township was 380 yuan last year, and it is planned that the per capita net income of the whole township will reach 420 yuan this year.

Yue Haohan fluently reported the detailed numbers of several questions raised by Gu Zhengshan in one breath, and Hou Shuquan and Tao Chunxiao looked at each other and quickly recorded them in their notebooks.

He Anqing saw Gu Zhengshan's satisfied smile, and did not blame himself, he looked at Yue Haohan very gratefully, and then, looking at Gu Zhengshan, and then reported, saying, Secretary Gu, to collect taxes and fees, we mainly take the two taxes of agriculture by the township finance office, and the township economic management station is responsible for the collection of the three mentions and five unifications. The problem is that the collection of agricultural tax can be said to be unchanged for three years, and the common people also know that the "imperial grain and national tax" cannot be in arrears, and it is a matter of course that "farming and raising children on errands" is a matter of course; It is difficult to collect the special product tax, and the tax burden is a bit too heavy, and it is increasing every year according to a certain ratio. In particular, it is even more difficult to collect the three mentions and five unifications, and last year our task of three mentions and five reunifications had not yet been completed, and at that time, Wu Youde set up a special expropriation squad and asked the police officers at the police station to work together to forcibly collect the requisition, and as a result, the masses had great opinions.

Gu Zhengshan said: From the central government to the localities, they have always attached great importance to the issue of peasants' burdens, and your township organized a small detachment to collect taxes and fees last year, which caused such a big mess, and it is certain that the masses have ideas and grievances, and in the long run, problems will definitely arise. You must use your brains more, patiently publicize the policy to the masses, collect the burden of rationality in accordance with laws and regulations, and adopt measures to restrain unreasonable burdens, such as "arbitrary fund-raising, arbitrary fees, and arbitrary fines." In addition, you should put more thought into developing the collective economy of village groups, and don't make up your mind about the common people when you run out of money to spend. Tell me, did you build this office building with money raised from the masses? The reason why I came here to conduct research this time is to carry out a pilot project in your Wulong Township to standardize the peasants' burdens, and to explore a way to reduce the peasants' burdens in line with the actual conditions of our Jiangyang County.

Gu Zhengshan's words made Yue Haohan listen to it very deeply, and he thought to himself, it seems that Gu Zhengshan and Secretary Gu are also very clear in his heart, all kinds of indiscriminate fundraising, indiscriminate apportionment, and indiscriminate fines are the root causes of increasing the burden on peasants, and how to cut off the "three chaos" hands that extend to the peasants is the fundamental policy to reduce the burden on peasants.

While Yue Haohan was thinking, Gu Zhengshan lit a cigarette, and then said, I am here with Shuquan and Comrade Chunxiao this time to take a look and understand the actual situation.

After Gu Zhengshan finished speaking, he picked up the teacup in front of him and began to drink tea, the reception room was quiet for a while, He Anqing looked around at the members of the party and government team in Wulong Township, and after Gu Zhengshan drank a few sips of tea and put down the cup, He Anqing said, Secretary Gu, we arranged your trip this time......

Gu Zhengshan interrupted He Anqing's words again and said, Comrade Anqing, I said, I am conducting research this time, don't stir up the public, you can let Xiaoyue accompany us, Xiaoyue is good!

Gu Zhengshan suddenly said this, praised Yue Haohan in public, and asked Yue Haohan to accompany him to investigate. This made the members of the party and government teams of Wulong Township present all look at Yue Haohan with envy. Yue Haohan didn't respond to anyone's gaze, lowered his head and wrote something in his notebook, as if he was recording Gu Zhengshan's speech very seriously.

When it was almost twelve o'clock, Sun Chunping arrived at the door of the reception room, Yue Haohan turned his head and looked at the door, Sun Chunping hurriedly gestured to Yue Haohan, Yue Haohan turned his head and whispered to He Anqing, saying, Secretary He, the canteen food is ready.

He Anqing put down the notebook in his hand, looked at Gu Zhengshan, and said, Secretary Gu, it's already noon, we will arrange to eat in the canteen of the township government at noon, the dishes will be ready, let's eat first, and then we will report in detail after the meal.

Gu Zhengshan said, Okay, how about I take a look at your canteen today? This is also a research, why I went to Wulong Township less times before, busy work is one aspect, the most important thing is that every time I come, you all arrange to eat in a restaurant outside, one is not good, the other is not good at all, and the third is not very hygienic.

As Gu Zhengshan spoke, he stood up from the sofa, and everyone stood up one after another, He Anqing stepped forward to let Gu Zhengshan walk in front and walk towards the canteen of the township government on the first floor.

After Yue Haohan became deputy director of the party and government office, he simply renovated the three rooms that were originally idle from the middle, and after painting them, they were transformed into a large dining room, which can seat 17 or 8 people, and the other was transformed into a small private room that can seat 10 people.

Although Sun Chunping is young, he still has a very good set of management logistics, and after the cook Zhou Jilai changed from a casual worker to a temporary worker, he is very grateful to Yue Haohan, who is particularly hard at cooking and cooking, and when there are many customers, Zhou Jilai will call his wife to the canteen to help; Several young people in the party and government office will also help when Zhou Jilai is too busy.

Gu Zhengshan was asked to sit down at the guest of honor in the big restaurant, Lin Ping sat on Gu Zhengshan's right hand, and He Anqing sat on Gu Zhengshan's left hand.

As soon as He Anqing sat down, he stood up again and began to shout at Sun Chunping and Chen Yufeng, who were helping to serve the dishes, and said, let Zhou Jilai fry a few of the dishes he is good at first, Chen Yufeng will open the wine, and Sun Chunping can serve the dishes alone.

Yue Haohan stood at the table in the dining room, did not sit down, and saw that He Anqing began to shout and arrange again, so he walked out of the private room and went to the kitchen to arrange for Zhou Jilai to stir-fry.