Xiangyang Town in May, the flowers are red and willow green, and the grass grows and the warbler flies. As far as the eye can see, the fields are full of life and green. The seedlings that have just been planted in the paddy fields are sparse, the vegetables in the dry fields are growing happily, the trees in the distance are verdant, and the mountains are like daisies. Although he grew up in the countryside since he was a child, in the face of the beautiful scenery full of spring, Yuan Jinpeng couldn't help but sigh, this is really the season of recovery! However, his good mood did not last long. He was taken aback by the financial situation of Xiangyang Township, although he was mentally prepared for the township's financial difficulties. He didn't expect that Xiangyang Town, one of the top 100 economically strong towns in the province, would not be able to open the pot!

As a large town with more than 35,000 people, Xiangyang Town's annual financial and tax plan task is more than 2 million yuan. Among them, the county finance of Shangjie County is more than 600,000 yuan, and the salary expenditure is more than 1.2 million yuan. According to the principle of balanced storage, Xiangyang Town will achieve a monthly fiscal and tax revenue of 189,000 yuan, and if it is lower than this figure, there will be a financial tightening. The task of Shangjie County Finance is a hard indicator and must be ensured to be completed. Therefore, once the fiscal and tax revenue of the month is less than 156,000 yuan, even if the town government does not spend a penny on office expenses, entertainment expenses, and car expenses, it will not be able to pay wages. Since last year, Xiangyang Town has been unable to pay wages for a long time. Now, Yuan Jinpeng is faced with the fact that he only has more than 40,000 yuan in the financial account, and the money from the county finance has not been collected that month, let alone the whereabouts of the salary. It is really not a decent thing to be in arrears of wages when you first take office.

Lu Qiushi, director of the Finance Institute, is not a few years older than Yuan Jinpeng, and when Yuan Jinpeng used to work as a clerk in the town government, the two of them got along well. Hearing that the correspondent said that Yuan Jinpeng was looking for him, guessing that it was about talking about salary, he hurriedly put down the work at hand and took a few financial and tax statements.

"Mayor Yuan, did you think of me today?" Lu Qiushi teased.

Yuan Jinpeng put down the text in his hand: "You are the God of Wealth, leave you, the mayor of the town is an empty shell." Hey, don't be flamboyant in the future, what kind of big mayor, just call me Jin Peng. ”

Lu Qiushi laughed: "Ha! That's okay, if you ask me to scream, I don't dare. Only Secretary Tan in our town is qualified to be called so. You are not the clerk of a few years ago, and if you call your name directly, even if you don't care, others will be harsh when they hear it, and I can't do it as a director! ”

Yuan Jinpeng had no intention of dwelling on this matter: "You can call it whatever you like." I came to you to talk about wages, and in three days it will be May 15th, how will the salary be paid? ”

Lu Qiushi's eyes suddenly widened, and he asked in surprise: "Pay wages on the fifteenth?" ”

"Is it strange to pay on the fifteenth?" Yuan Jinpeng asked rhetorically.

"Since March last year, the town's finances have been tight, and it is difficult to pay wages on time. April's wages were also paid on May 2. Now, we have more than 40,000 yuan in our accounts, and we haven't collected all the money from the county finance. Lu Qiushi handed over the financial and tax statements.

Yuan Jinpeng waved his hand: "I read the report, and I know that there is not much money in the account, so I will come to you and see what tricks there are, so that everyone can receive the salary on the 15th." ”

Lu Qiushi was silent for a long time, and said: "It's not impossible to simply pay the salary. Either the money from the county finance is slightly delayed, and then a little bit of project funds are transferred, and wages are paid first. In the next step, we will organize cadres to come to collect old debts, what township co-ordination, illegal land use, illegal birth......"

"What funds were misappropriated?" Yuan Jinpeng interrupted Lu Qiushi's words, not all funds can be embezzled, and he has been a secretary by the county magistrate's side for several years, which he knows very well.

Lu Qiushi smiled: "Don't be scared. It is the final payment of the aqueduct project, and it is not a big problem to pay it two months late. ”

Yuan Jinpeng said: "Then we should first ensure my salary, and we must also pay close attention to the money of the county finance, so as not to make me suffer as soon as I take office." The matter of clearing the old debts, I will discuss it with Secretary Tan and then decide. ”

In the afternoon, Tan Yangchun presided over the meeting of the party and government team of Xiangyang Town. There is only one agenda item, and to organize cadres and workers of government organs to carry out the work of clearing up old debts in family planning, illegal land, and township co-ordination. Wang Jianghua and Zhang Qiang, deputy secretaries of the town party committee, served as the leaders of the two family planning clean-up groups, and Liu Guisheng, secretary of the discipline inspection committee, and Zhu Cailiang, executive deputy mayor of the town, respectively served as the leaders of the land group and the old arrears group. Each group has about ten people, two or three of whom are team members. The planned task of each group is 80,000 yuan, and if the final completion rate is more than 70 percent, the town government will issue a subsidy of 20 yuan per person per day.

Tan Yangchun said: "Now is the most difficult time of the year, green and yellow, do a good job of this work can solve our urgent need, connect with the agricultural tax collection in August, survive these two or three months, we will tide over the difficulties, we must pay attention to the ways and means to do the work, not only to do the work in place, but also not to intensify the contradictions, the team leader to be flexible to grasp the proportions, once the vicious **, the relevant team members to take responsibility." ”

The special assault work was launched. In addition to Tan Yangchun and Yuan Jinpeng, the staff of the town government organs, Wang Caide, a clerk, and Xiao Zhou, a correspondent, were all assigned to several clean-up teams. The bustling compound became empty, and even the noisiest office became quiet.

There are fewer people, there are fewer things, and it's a bit deserted. Yuan Jinpeng wanted to find a book to read, relax a little, and after looking for a long time, he didn't find a wishful book. Last year, he asked someone to buy Jia Pingwa's "Waste Capital", and after his friend bought it, he took the lead to see it, and after reading it, he asked someone to send it to him, but he lost it on the way. Picking left and right, he found "Taibai" that he bought a few years ago. In fact, he has read this book two or three times, and every time he reads it, he will have different feelings, and he feels that this so-called "Zen novel" is really readable. "Taibai" is a new work after Jia Pingwa's serious illness, with the history and culture of Taibai Mountain as the background, from the perspective of Zen to observe life and people's destiny, to write fiction with reality, the meaning is profound and timeless. Among them, "The Story of Taibai Mountain" is particularly intriguing, these "little novels" mixed with white and white, short and concise, the text is far-reaching, and the whole article is filled with the atmosphere of "Zen". When I first finished reading it, I was often confused, thinking about it again and again, or I could understand it.

Yuan Jinpeng flipped through the articles "The Story of Taibai Mountain" and "Oil Moon", and jumped directly to Liu Ziyan's article on feng shui. Since he was a child, he felt that metaphysics was wonderful, and he was not only not disgusted by this kind of novel that described mysterious powers, but even liked it a little. Liu Ziyan can be regarded as a character who is proficient in the art of public opinion, and he has "stepped on the graveyard for a lifetime" for others, but he cannot control the fate of himself or his family, "I am dedicated to making holes for myself but mistaking the fake holes for the truth, my son was originally going to be a big official, a majestic official, but now he can only play on the stage." Yuan Jinpeng believes that this ending is reasonable, if the "earth immortals" who look at feng shui can not only understand the feng shui of other people's homes, but also choose feng shui treasures for their own families, then they are not emperors and immortals, at least they are also generations of ministers! Metaphysics is originally a "mysterious and mysterious" knowledge, which is unfathomable and endlessly changing.

On this day, Yuan Jinpeng read the novella "Wukui" in "Taibai", and was anxious that Wukui didn't understand women. Tan Yangchun burst into his office like a gust of wind and said eagerly: "Something's wrong, let's go!" ”

When he arrived at the door, he saw that the jeep had started, and he got into the car directly with Tan Yangchun. Tan Yangchun said to the driver Xiao Cui: "Hurry up!" Go to the police station. Judging from Tan Yangchun's expression, Yuan Jinpeng felt that something big had happened.

A few minutes ago, Tan Yangchun received a phone call from Zhu Yuan's Forest Farm, and it was Propaganda Commissioner Liao Wenhua on the other end of the phone. Liao Wenhua said that when they were collecting old debts in Kuzhu Village, they had a fierce clash with the family of villager Liu Caifa, and one of the town cadres was cut with a sickle.

When the director of the police station, Zhi Chaoyang, saw that the secretary and the mayor were coming, and hurriedly beckoned the police officers on duty to bring tea and pour water.

Tan Yangchun's face turned blue: "Old Branch, you take a few police officers to Kuzhu with me!" ”

Zhi Chaoyang asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The car said, you take my car, remember to bring guns, handcuffs or something!" Tan Yangchun walked as he spoke.

Zhi Chaoyang estimated that something was wrong, and hurriedly arranged for two police officers and three joint defense team members to follow in police cars.