Kong Zhenghao's proposal involved a lot of data, and he copied more than a dozen copies and sent them to the leaders.

The adjustment of next year's budget has several important contents, which fully reflect the guiding ideology of Xu Haodong, secretary of the municipal party committee, of putting the people first. The first is to keep the amount of direct government investment unchanged, ending the annual growth of government investment for several decades; second, the consumption of the three public enterprises has been cut by four-fifths, which is expected by everyone; third, the fiscal expenditure directly used for the people's livelihood accounts for 20 percent of the total fiscal expenditure, an increase of 57 percent over this year, reaching 16.5 billion yuan.

Local fiscal expenditure is tilted towards people's livelihood, which is the general direction and political correctness, although the intensity is a bit large, and it is difficult for everyone to say anything.

The penultimate topic, the decision to solve the problem of not being able to afford to die, was proposed by Acting Mayor Li Jiguo. Although this was Xu Haodong's idea, in order to strengthen Li Jiguo's prestige, Xu Haodong did good deeds without leaving a name.

"Comrades, let's take a look, the funeral management work, that is, the problem that the people say they can't afford to die, there are a lot of chaos. Crematoriums charge for rides, funeral products are sold at high prices, and graves are even speculated to 50,000 or even hundreds of thousands, and so on. Therefore, not all industries can be handed over to the market, like the funeral industry, if you want the deceased to afford to die and not cause trouble to the living, you must bring the funeral industry under the management of the government. For example, the area of the tombs, each 1.5 square meters, billionaires and ordinary people must be the same, and those luxurious tombs of more than 10,000 yuan must be cut down. There are also crematoriums, which must strictly implement the goal of zero profit. I have a suggestion that the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervision Commission should take the lead in carrying out an inventory operation against the funeral industry and forcibly implement the goal of zero profit in the funeral industry. ”

Everyone has a copy and buries their heads in reviewing Li Jiguo's issues.

Xu Haodong didn't look at it, because he made up this issue, he smiled and said: "Lao Li, the core of your issue lies in four words, forcibly implemented." ”

Chang Dalin, Minister of Armed Forces, said: "Mayor Li's issue, I raise my hands in favor, like the funeral industry has to be managed by the government, but it can't make money." When people die, there is nothing left, and what are you doing with such a big pomp and circumstance. In my opinion, all those luxurious burial chambers will be uprooted, and not a single one will be left. ”

Vice Mayor Chen Xiujie said: "I also raise my hands to agree, I also have a suggestion for Mayor Li's topic, that is, for each link of the funeral industry, in addition to clearly marking the price, but also to set up a special agency to conduct all-round supervision." ”

Xu Haodong nodded and said: "I also have a supplementary suggestion, the funeral industry is not only not profitable, but also subsidized by the municipal finance." Lao Li, Zhenghao, think about it, how much money can the municipal finance come up with to subsidize the funeral industry every year. ”

Li Jiguo and Kong Zhenghao muttered a few words in a low voice, and Kong Zhenghao said: "Take 10 million first, and from the next year, we will add it according to the financial situation." ”

"Ten million, that's not a small beginning." Xu Haodong said: "There are about 8,000 people who die every year in the city, plus those from other places. Starting from the body pick-up link, all the deceased within the city will be picked up by the crematorium's special car free of charge, and then to the body treatment, freezing, posthumous images, incineration and urns, all provided by the government free of charge, and at the same time, it is expressly forbidden to add additional services. ”

Chang Dalin praised: "Secretary Haodong, you are a big deal." ”

Deputy Mayor Sun Yang said: "I also have a small suggestion, if you can, you should increase the salary of the funeral industry, it is not easy to do funeral work, and dozens of people should enjoy high wages and high benefits." ”

Xu Haodong nodded and snorted, "Comrade Sun Yang's suggestion is very good, if I am the master personally, I will raise their treatment to the same level as mine." ”

Li Jiguo smiled, "I'm sure I have no opinion, but if you increase the annual salary of the funeral worker to more than 120,000 yuan, many people will have pink eye." ”

Xu Haodong waved his hand and said: "This is easy to do, whoever is red-eyed will be a funeral worker, or the secretary of the municipal party committee." ”

Everyone laughed.

Wang Weiming, the head of the propaganda department, said: "There is a problem now, there are currently more than 80 cemeteries in the city, and the management is mixed, and each has its own policy. ”

Xu Haodong pointed to Shen Teng, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, "Therefore, we must ask Lao Shen to come out and first carry out a comprehensive rectification of the funeral industry, and then bring all the cemeteries in the city under the unified management of the Funeral Department of the Civil Affairs Bureau." ”

Shen Teng nodded and said: "There is no problem, I am ready to mobilize the veteran comrades of the Municipal People's Congress and the Municipal Veteran Cadres Bureau of the CPPCC to participate in the rectification action." ”

Xu Haodong said: "Yes, the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervision Commission directly came forward to rectify the funeral industry, which seems unconventional, but in fact, I think so." At present, there are more than 80 cemeteries in the city, and the vast majority of them are run by villages, and according to the masses, most of these cemeteries are in the hands of local village cadres, who are guilty of the death penalty, and these village cadres are really hateful. So Lao Shen, let the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervision Commission come forward, and the focus is to investigate corruption in the funeral industry. ”

Deputy Mayor Chen Xiujie said: "Secretary Haodong, Mayor Jiguo, I also have a problem, after those cemeteries are managed by the Funeral Department of the Civil Affairs Bureau, there is no problem with the compensation for the local administrative villages, and the financial allocation of a sum of money is enough." The problem is the management of the cemetery after it is transferred to the Funeral Department of the Civil Affairs Bureau, which is a long-term work. ”

Li Jiguo said: "This is also easy to do, the Civil Affairs Bureau will come forward and recruit cemetery managers in a unified manner, just like recruiting sanitation workers." ”

After discussions, and with the additions of the participants, the decision on resolving the problem of not being able to afford to die was also successfully adopted.

The last topic was raised by Xu Haodong himself, "Comrades, this issue of mine also costs money. The implementation of the zero fee pilot in the Civil Affairs Bureau, this is just the beginning, my ideal is to achieve the goal of zero charge in all departments in the city, if the trial can be successful in the Civil Affairs Bureau, the next step is to promote it in all departments in the city. In addition to embodying the guiding ideology of ruling for the people, there is also a purpose for fighting corruption and preventing corruption. ”

Chang Dalin asked: "This reform is thorough enough, Secretary Haodong, when young people come to register their marriage, don't they charge the nine-yuan cost of the marriage certificate?" ”

"Don't accept it, resolutely don't accept it." Xu Haodong said: "Marriage is a major event in life, and nine yuan is a drop in the bucket, but it reflects the government's care for the people. Our Yunling City is also considered to be wealthy, and it takes out one million a year, which is equivalent to one-eightieth, which does not affect the financial balance at all. ”

Li Ying, director of the Office of the Municipal Party Committee, asked with a smile: "Secretary Haodong, do you even have to waive the cost of the divorce certificate?" ”

Xu Haodong said with a smile: "Of course, when people come to divorce, it is equivalent to gaining freedom, and our government should give a congratulatory gift of nine yuan." ”

Everyone laughed again.

Yang Ling, director of the Public Security Bureau, asked: "Secretary Xu, will our municipal public bureau also cancel the cost of ID cards in the future?" ”

Xu Haodong said: "With this consideration, you must first prepare ideologically, and your Municipal Public Security Bureau is no exception, of course, I can also waive the cost of ID card now." This is justified from a legal point of view, and citizens who pay taxes and fulfill their obligations as citizens deserve the services of government departments. If you need financial support, I can help you come up with an idea, our city's stability maintenance funds are saved every year, and you can allocate all the expenses for canceling the cost of ID cards from the stability maintenance funds. ”

Yang Ling was puzzled: "Isn't it a violation to allocate and cancel the cost of ID cards from the stability maintenance funds?" ”

Wang Weiming said with a smile: "Yang Bureau, applying for ID cards for citizens is also part of the stability maintenance work, which is not a violation." ”

Yang Ling smiled and nodded, "Thank you Minister Wang for the reminder, I know what to do." ”

Yan Fang said with a smile: "Your public security bureau can wait for a while, but our department directly under the municipal party committee can take the first step, the party department has a fee item, which is really insulting to the party's prestige, I think it can be banned and banned at one time." ”

Xu Haodong was slightly stunned, "Comrade Yan Fang, do the party departments also have charging items?" ”

Yan Fang said: "Secretary Haodong, do you know, during Guo Tao's tenure as secretary of the municipal party committee, he engaged in a lot of projects, the core is the fee, it can be said that every department has it, although the money collected is not much, but there are many projects, and the impact is too bad." ”

Wang Weiming nodded and said: "What Comrade Yan Fang said is the truth, our Propaganda Department has seven charging items, and in a year, we can collect at least five or six hundred thousand yuan. ”

Luo Xinliang said: "Our organization department also has charging items, but I haven't grasped the specific situation yet. ”

Xu Haodong frowned, "How can this be reasonable, how can this be reasonable, the party department openly charges party members and the masses, this is simply a big scandal." ”

Yan Fang asked, "Secretary Haodong, what do you want to do, you can tell it." ”

"There's nothing to say, I'll leave this matter to you, after the meeting is over, you will immediately convene a meeting of all the heads of party departments, and within three days, stop all charging items. At the same time, a special working group will be set up, and you will personally take charge of it, and in the shortest possible time, all the illegal and illegal charges in the past few years will be cleaned up. If anyone doesn't cooperate, you tell me, and I'll clean him up. ”

Although Xu Haodong only frowned on the surface, as if he couldn't see that he was angry, he was actually very angry in his heart. This was a mistake and negligence in his work, and he never dreamed that the party departments were also engaged in "income generation" and that the unhealthy tendencies within the party were so serious that he, the secretary of the municipal party committee, could not escape the blame, and although he had just been in office for half a year, he had to bear this responsibility.

The issue of implementing a zero-fee pilot in the Civil Affairs Bureau has also won everyone's support, but Xu Haodong is not happy.

After the meeting, Acting Mayor Li Jiguo followed Xu Haodong to Xu Haodong's office.

"Haodong, you don't want to produce, let alone feel guilty, the party department cleverly set up a project to generate income, it is the poison left by your predecessor, and the responsibility cannot fall on your head."

Xu Haodong said dissatisfiedly: "Okay, you Li Jiguo, I am dark under the lights, and I can't see the problems of the party department, but you pretend to be deaf and dumb to me, and you are too inauthentic." ”

Li Jiguo asked with a wry smile: "Do you know why I don't dare to say it?" ”