The news brought by Liu Qifeng is that there are now two positions waiting for Li Xiaoning, both of which are at the department level. One is that the Guan family asked him to work at the Yanjing Ministry of Commerce, and the other is the post provided by Binhai City - assistant to the head of the Economic and Technological Development Zone.

Although Liu Qifeng didn't say how the second position came about, Li Xiaoning knew that Liu Qifeng must have made a lot of effort in it.

Li Xiaoning didn't want to go to Yanjing to serve, because he wanted to be a military general who could take charge and expand his territory, not a civil servant who sat in the office all day. But he also has certain concerns when he goes to Binhai City, that is, the current leader of Binhai City is Xue Guoping, and Xue Guoping has a lot of contradictions with him. In addition, Duan Yonghong and others also have no good impression of Li Xiaoning. Li Xiaoning is not afraid of these people, but with these people beside him, his fists and feet will definitely be restrained.

As if seeing Li Xiaoning's concerns, Liu Qifeng said quietly: "This time, Xue Guoping strongly agrees with you returning to Binhai." ”

"Will he approve of my return?" Li Xiaoning was taken aback, "This is really the sun coming out in the west." ”

Liu Qifeng took a sip of wine, and then continued: "You haven't been in Binhai in the past few years, so there are some things you don't know. If you know the current situation in Binhai, especially the situation in the Economic and Technological Development Zone, you will understand why Xue Guoping wants you to come back so much. ”

"Oh? Is something wrong? Li Xiaoning frowned and asked.

"It's not a special thing, but it's a big deal." The corners of Liu Qifeng's mouth flashed a slight sneer and said, "Soon after you left, Xue Guoping made his secretary Zhang Hui the head of the development zone. This Zhang Hui is a talented and talented person. After coming to power, in order to make some political achievements to show his political ability, he blindly worked hard in the name of 'benefiting the people' and 'developing the economy'. He saw that you had built a new ecological zone, so he made up an international industrial park by himself, but this so-called international industrial park is simply a beautiful bubble, tens of billions of funds are set on an empty city, and people are overwhelmed, and it is estimated that the financial affairs of the development zone have gone bankrupt. Xue Guoping also saw Zhang Hui's ability clearly, but Zhang Hui is his descendant, and he must be scolded in private, but he still has to choose to protect Zhang Hui on the surface. This requires someone to wipe Zhang Hui's buttocks, you have the ability, and you are not his person, you can give it up at any time. Naturally, he was the best candidate. ”

Listening to Liu Qifeng's words, Li Xiaoning couldn't help but smile bitterly. When he left Binhai, he had already worried about this, but now it sounds okay, at least the new ecological area he painstakingly managed back then has been preserved. It's just that now the entire economic and technological development zone has been dragged down by Zhang Hui's political performance project.

People hate official corruption, but performance projects are even more terrible than corruption and bribery. The terrible thing about the performance project is that it is carried out on high-sounding grounds, and no one bears disciplinary or legal responsibility for it, despite the harsh and terrible consequences it brings. What is even more terrifying is that when the manipulator of the merit project takes up a more prominent position, everyone will please him. The project of political performance has become a yardstick for judging the ability of leading cadres to engage in political work.

Liu Qifeng said very bluntly, if Li Xiaoning returns to Binhai, he will wipe his buttocks. Li Xiaoning doesn't like to wipe other people's buttocks, but he often has to do it. There is no other reason, that is, because he thinks more about himself than about the vast number of people. If he is for his own sake, of course, he can ignore the mess left by others, so that he will not have any loss, but it is the common people who suffer. And for the sake of the people, you can only wronged yourself and do some thankless things.

Liu Qifeng knows Li Xiaoning very well, he knows that Li Xiaoning will not go to Yanjing, and he also knows that although Li Xiaoning knows that he wants to wipe Zhang Hui's ass when he returns to Binhai, the obsession in his heart will eventually let him be the assistant to the district head, to burn himself and warm the people.

Early the next morning, Li Xiaoning drove to the building of the Management Committee of the Economic and Technological Development Zone. He wanted to talk to Zhang Yuqiang, secretary of the development zone, to understand the situation, and seek support by the way.

Far away, Li Xiaoning saw that the building of the management committee was surrounded by people who were full of people, and it was estimated that there were people who were petitioning. Seeing this scene, Li Xiaoning couldn't help but smile bitterly, as if no matter where he went to take office, he would be surrounded by the petitioning masses. I really don't know if it's my bad luck or if I'm just a broom star.

After smiling bitterly, Li Xiaoning couldn't help but shake his head again. In fact, this happens neither because of bad luck nor because I am a broom star, but because this situation is all too common nowadays. There are countless mass petitions in all provinces, cities, and counties across the country, and countless people are petitioning almost every day. The reason why people don't notice this situation is because they feel that this situation is far away from them and don't pay attention to it. If you have friends who happen to live near the government, you can pay attention to it, and you will find that there are really too many such things to count.

Li Xiaoning sometimes wondered why there were so many petitions, and so many people went to the city, province, or Beijing to complain with great hardship and hardship. Moreover, the attitude of various units and local officials towards the petitioners is that they hate them to death and fear them to death, and they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to intercept them, crack down on them, send them to prison, and even send them to psychiatric hospitals.

In fact, if you think about it, you will see a little clue. That is, the country's economy is growing too fast, and we have been promoting that we have taken decades to complete the path of other countries for hundreds of years, and we regard this as a kind of pride. Of course, it is indeed something to be proud of, but the problems behind it cannot be hidden. On the whole, China has entered the mid-accelerated stage of industrialization and urbanization, and the economic and social structures will be transformed, resulting in an imbalance between various interest classes. Therefore, the petitions and even the occurrence of group ** cases originate from the deep grievances of the people!

The real reason for the petitioners' deep grievances is too deep! If there is no grievance, if there is no wrong, who will go on the road of visiting? Where did the resentment come from? In fact, it is very simple, on the one hand, because there is no sound and strict law, and on the other hand, there is no strict action in accordance with the law. For example, our regulations on the management of house demolition and relocation are not strict regulations of a legal nature, and for example, the various methods used in the demolition and relocation of various localities and the various bloody consequences caused are the result of not acting in accordance with the law.

The absence of the law shows that the people no longer believe that the law can solve the problem. The law can't solve the problem, so there are only two ways to solve it, one is to use violent means, and the other is to kneel and beg the Lord Qingtian for mercy, and petitioning belongs to the latter.

In fact, this is still a problem of the system, and without a good system, even if there are good officials, it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Li Xiaoning once studied the history of the Ming Dynasty for a period of time and found a very interesting phenomenon. That is, when the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not go to court for decades, that government was also functioning. And the emperor wanted to influence the bureaucracy, and that influence was very limited. Your emperor is hot-headed and wants to do a good thing, but the bureaucracy doesn't pay attention to you at all. Emperor Chongzhen is dedicated, hard and simple, and is a good emperor, but the country is getting worse and worse, and he can't control the situation at all. Hai Jui is a Qing official, but the era in which Hai Jui lived was also the most corrupt and corrupt officials in the entire officialdom. Hai Rui mentioned to the emperor that he would use Taizu's old method to kill corrupt officials and peel off the skin and grass if he embezzled more than 50 taels of silver. The emperor only smiled bitterly.

Petitioning was the last straw. The deep-seated reason why petitioners go to sensitive areas is to express their interests and demands, or to have their expressions valued and resolved. Without this, I am afraid that the petitioner itself will have no value and meaning. In reality, how many people are doing nothing? Injustice is terrible. Even more terrible than wrongful imprisonment is that it is not redressed. Even more terrible than the unredress of wrongs is the suppression of those who seek justice. Even more terrible than the suppression of those who try to redress their grievances is the complete loss of faith in justice of those who have been wronged.

Li Xiaoning was thinking like this, and at the same time sneaked into the management committee building through a small door in the back door.

When he was introduced to the door by the secretary, Zhang Yuqiang was on the phone, and it seemed that he was calling the leader in charge, and he was quite angry: "First persuade the people in the Red Star Mall to let me go, how to do the work is your business!" I'll give you another hour, and in an hour there will be another person in front of the management committee, and I'll ask you! ”

put down the phone, only then did he see Li Xiaoning, and immediately said overjoyed: "Xiaoning." You've come just in time, and if you don't come, I'll go to you myself. You hurry up to the district government to report to District Chief Zhang, and I'll let someone else handle the other formalities for you. ”

Li Xiaoning said: "Chief, do I really want to be an assistant to Zhang Hui?" Follow that guy who only talks about it? ”

Zhang Yuqiang had just been angry with others, and his anger had not yet subsided, and after hearing Li Xiaoning's words, he suddenly became angry again, and knocked on the table: "Xiaoning, how many years have it been?" Why are you getting immature now? Pay attention to the impact when you speak and do things! What kind of guy who only talks about it? This word reached District Chief Zhang, what else are you doing as an assistant to the district head? ”

Li Xiaoning sat down on the sofa and said, "I really don't want to do it with him, I came back this time to do it with you." ”

"!" Zhang Yuqiang let out a cold snort in his nose and said, "Where have you seen a secretary with an assistant?" You just have to make do with it! ”

Li Xiaoning said with a straight face: "Chief, we have to make this clear." If you want to make do, don't look for me, if I want to do it, I have to be serious, and I have to think about the development zone This game of dead chess has to be brought to life! Chief, you have been the leader of the development zone for so many years. What is the situation of the development zone, and what is the situation of the development zone today? The whole mess, the whole big international industrial park, the whole set of more than 70 billion, such a big deficit, how to make do with it......"