Li Zijian came out of the big office of the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, holding a stack of materials with a smile on his face.

Originally, the office area of the municipal administrative center building had a unified layout, with independent offices at and above the deputy section level, and the rest of the ordinary cadres and staff were concentrated in one large office.

"Zijian, what are you doing there, what are you doing?" Xu Haodong had an agreement with Li Zijian, he was afraid that he would say the wrong thing, so he needed Li Zijian to stay by his side and remind him to correct it at any time.

"You're right, I'm listening." Li Zijian pointed to the headset stuffed in his ear.

Xu Haodong suddenly understood, this was a new experiment between him and Li Zijian, the two of them used headsets to keep communicating, Xu Haodong had just talked with Li Sanzheng and others, he had been listening.

"What are these materials?" In Xu Haodong's impression, the documents and materials of various departments will eventually be summarized in the Municipal Party Committee Office and the Municipal Government Office.

"These materials are related to your Secretary Xu." Li Zijian smiled and said: "Three months ago, your Secretary Xu published a small article in the "Party Newsletter", calling on everyone to read more books in their spare time, and now in the city administrative center building, the reading fever is quietly rising. I dare to say that the amateur reading activities of the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau are the best, but those young men have written a lot of reading experiences, but they don't share them with you. Today is a good opportunity, and I use your name to bring their reading experience. ”

Xu Haodong nodded, he already understood Li Zijian's intentions, "You want to be a model, right?" ”

"The leader is really wise." Li Zijian said: "I want to set up a "reading column" in the "Party Newsletter" to publish the reading experience of the cadres and guide the reading activities of the cadre team. If you agree, I would also like to apply for a grant to reward departments and individuals who do well in reading activities. ”

"If you make a report, I will strongly support it." Xu Haodong said: "In addition, I suggest that you recommend some books on the "Reading Column", you are a big talent, it is not a problem to recommend a few good books." When the conditions are ripe, we can hold some reading contests, which are not limited to cadres and can be open to society. Let the people and the cadres PK, so that the cadres can't afford to lose, and consciously go to study, then this reading activity will be a great success. ”

Back in his office, Xu Haodong asked Li Zijian, "What do you think is wrong with the conversation I just had with them?" ”

After thinking about it, Li Zijian said bluntly: "Regarding the old saying, instead of giving them fish, it is better to give them fish, this is a consensus of poverty alleviation work, you think that you will give them fish first, and then give them fish, your statement subverts the consensus." ”

"I know, my words are not mainstream." Nodding, Xu Haodong said: "However, I have always thought that instead of giving them fish, it is better to teach them to fish, and the people who say these two sentences are standing and talking without backache." Some people are born without the ability to work, some people are not adapted to modern life, and some people are not capable of working enough to support themselves, this is an objective fact, some people you can teach them to fish, but more people you have to teach them to fish. ”

"Haodong, some people will say that you are protecting backwardness."

"Definitely." Xu Haodong said: "Big V and elites can criticize me, because they live in nothingness, they measure the world with half-baked theories, and they can never see the bottom." As the ruling party and the government, it must recognize the objective existence of backwardness while affirming the advanced, and it has the responsibility to help the backward. What can be done by Western countries, socialist countries should do it all the more, and they must do it better, and only in this way can the superiority of the socialist system be manifested. ”

Li Zijian nodded and said: "A leader is a leader, stand tall and see far." ”

"Change the subject." Waving his hand, Xu Haodong said: "I originally wanted to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau, you know more about the Civil Affairs Bureau, and your wife works in the Civil Affairs Bureau." Tell me whether there is some overlap between the functions of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and the Civil Affairs Bureau, and whether these overlaps are necessary. ”

Li Zijian thought for a while, "The functions of the Civil Affairs Bureau and the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau do overlap somewhat, and some are still the same. For example, it is responsible for the implementation of the minimum subsistence security system for urban and rural residents, the support of poor rural households, the streamlining of the management of decentralized workers and the hardship subsidies for retirees and survivors in other places managed by the civil affairs, the investigation, supervision, coordination and guidance of the construction of the city's old revolutionary base areas and the support of the old areas, the management of the three old people (i.e., old party members, old guerrillas, and old traffic officers), and the implementation of the policy of protecting the rights and interests of disabled employees of welfare enterprises. Responsible for the relief and management of vagrants and beggars in the city, responsible for formulating relief policies for the support of rural five-guarantee households and regular relief, temporary subsidies and other special relief targets for urban and rural households with social difficulties, and responsible for the management of the reception and resettlement of retired conscripts, demobilized non-commissioned officers, demobilized cadres and retired military cadres, disabled servicemen of the first class, conscripts suffering from mental illness during their service, retired and retired employees without military status, and employees. In my opinion, the above-mentioned work is suspected of overlapping between the Civil Affairs Bureau and the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. ”

Xu Haodong asked, "Do you need to adjust?" ”

"Don't." Li Zijian said seriously: "At the beginning, this was advocated and set up when you were the executive vice mayor, and your intention was to promote the two departments to check and balance each other, which is quite important. The Civil Affairs Bureau is the guiding department, whose main responsibilities are to formulate policies, supervise the implementation of policies, and inspect the implementation of policies. The Human Resources and Social Security Bureau is not responsible for formulating policies, but only for implementing policies, and complements each other with the Civil Affairs Bureau, which not only cooperates with each other, but also supervises each other, which is an effective constraint on power. For example, the Civil Affairs Bureau is responsible for the city's disaster relief work, investigating, verifying and reporting the disaster situation, distributing disaster relief funds and materials, receiving and distributing disaster relief donations, inspecting the use of disaster relief funds and materials and the lives of disaster victims, and guiding disaster areas to produce and save themselves; Carry out disaster reduction activities, manage the city's urban and rural social relief, and be responsible for the city's casualty compensation for the staff of state organs, militia and migrant workers participating in the war. At first glance, these works have nothing to do with the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, but in the entire disaster relief work, the funds belong to the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and if the Civil Affairs Bureau is at fault, the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau can object, and if the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau delays its work, the Civil Affairs Bureau will not remain silent, and naturally form mutual constraints. In the structure of power, the mutual restraint between departments is a key part, and this is exactly what you intended. ”

Xu Haodong nodded and said: "There is one more thing to ask, I have a not lofty but very practical ideal, that is, all government departments to achieve zero fees, and take the Civil Affairs Bureau as a pilot department, do you think it can be done, can it be realized." ”

Li Zijian smiled, "Haodong, your ideal is too ideal. ”

"Less nonsense, just talk." Xu Haodong waved his hand.

Li Zijian thought for a while,

"The realization of zero fees for government departments is the goal of reform, and more importantly, if all departments are to achieve zero fees, at least a considerable part of the power rent-seeking can be reduced, and our clean government construction can be promoted. Taking the Civil Affairs Bureau as an example, there are not many charging items, and it is possible to achieve zero charging, and the key lies in financial investment. For example, tens of thousands of marriages and divorces every year, as long as the financial investment of 1 or 2 million yuan in marriage and divorce certificates, the cost of marriage and divorce can be exempted, and zero fees for marriage and divorce can be realized. There are also adoption registration work, funeral management work, community registration work, etc., in fact, as long as a small amount of financial expenditure is invested, the goal of zero fees can be achieved. ”

Xu Haodong snorted, "Send you to the Civil Affairs Bureau to be in charge of the pilot work, what do you think?" ”

"I can't, I definitely can't." Li Zijian shook his head and said: "My wife works in the Civil Affairs Bureau, and you asked me to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to squat. Moreover, this pilot work should be under the management of the municipal government, I am a person from the municipal party committee office, and it is not justifiable for me to go, and the city government should send someone to go. ”

It makes sense, Xu Haodong nodded, "Then you are responsible for communicating with Yao Xingbin, director of the municipal government office, and asking him to choose three people to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the pilot work started as soon as possible." ”

"I'll do it as soon as possible." Li Zijian nodded and said: "Actually, the biggest problem with the Civil Affairs Bureau is the funeral management work, that is, the problem that the people say they can't afford to die." Crematoriums charge for rides, funeral products are sold at high prices, and graves are even speculated to 50,000 or even hundreds of thousands, I think we should focus on this aspect. ”

Xu Haodong said: "So I often say that not all industries can be handed over to the market, like the funeral industry, if you want the dead to afford to die and not cause trouble to the living, the funeral industry must be brought 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. ”

Li Zijian said: "Haodong, I have a suggestion, here send a working group to the Civil Affairs Bureau to carry out a zero-fee pilot, and there can be led by the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervision Commission to carry out an inventory action for the funeral industry, and forcibly implement the goal of zero profit in the funeral industry." ”

Xu Haodong praised: "Forcibly implement, forcibly said the word "forcible." ”

Li Zijian said: "Haodong, this is also good for you, if the problem of being able to afford to die is solved, the people of the city will applaud you." ”

"You wait." Xu Haodong smiled: "What is also good for me, Zijian, when you say this, I am panicked, haha, I feel like I'm going to go soon." ”

"It's good for everybody, it's good for everybody." Li Zijian also smiled and said: "You are feudal superstition, I advise you not to misunderstand, otherwise I will hold a meeting on democratic life within the party to criticize and self-criticize you." ”

Xu Haodong put away his smile, "However, your forcible suggestion is very good, and I will implement your suggestion immediately." ”