After the three-day holiday, the township personnel returned to their respective jobs.

Not long after going to work in the morning, Li Xiaohe took the fixed phone on the table and called out.

Soon, the phone was connected, and a voice came from inside: "Township Chief, are you looking for me?" ”

"Now come to my office." After speaking, after the other party gave a positive answer, Li Xiaohe hung up the phone.

Not long after, Zhang Quan, assistant to the township chief and director of the finance and taxation department, knocked on the door and entered the house, came straight to the desk, and asked directly: "Township chief, what's the matter?" ”

"Sit." Li Xiaohe gestured.

Zhang Quan let out an "oh", sat down on the chair opposite, looked at the township chief, and waited for an answer.

"Assistant Zhang, has your work been going well lately? Are there any difficulties? Li Xiaohe's tone was calm, "Since I came to the township, there have been a lot of things every day, and I haven't had time to talk." ”

Zhang Quanyi replied: "The work is okay, and it is busier at the end of each year." There are not many difficulties, just one, and the money is not enough to spend. ”

Li Xiaohe smiled "haha": "Although you only mention one difficulty, this is the most difficult to do, not only in our township, but also in the whole county, the whole province, and I am afraid that the whole country is also a difficult difficulty to solve." Of course, our township is very poor, and the money in the bag is even more difficult to dispose of. I don't know if you have any good ways to open up sources and reduce expenditure? How will this year's financial funds be allocated? How to manage the office expenses of the township government? ”

Hearing the township chief's question, Zhang Quan did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.

Li Xiaohe didn't urge, just looked at the other party very casually.

The reason why he had to think about it carefully was that Zhang Quan not only had to think about how to answer the question asked by the township chief, but also wanted to understand why the township chief had this question and what was the meaning behind it. He first thought of his own situation, and thought of his relationship with the township chief.

The Shuangsheng Township Government has a total of four deputy positions, namely Jia Xianglan, Ge Shujun, Qin Mingsheng, and Zhang Quan.

Jia Xianglan provoked Li Xiaohe many times, but ended up with a reduction in the number of people in charge, and she was disgraced and had no real power, and now she is the laughing stock of the township. Qin Mingsheng firmly took refuge in Li Xiaohe, and recently showed a few faces, as if he was already a celebrity of the township chief. Ge Shujun didn't have to take the initiative to fight for it, so he was in charge of more content - sanitation work, and the real power has increased, which is simply a pie-in-the-sky thing.

Compared with the three of them, the relationship between himself and the township chief is not far or close, neither hostile to each other like Jia Xianglan, nor as close as Qin Mingsheng, and has not yet received benefits like Ge Shujun. Since Li Xiaohe came, he neither took the initiative to come to the door to take refuge, nor did he disobey the yang and the yin to make a bad move, Li Xiaohe did not feel embarrassed or took the initiative to extend an olive branch, and the two can only be regarded as a normal relationship between superiors and subordinates.

In the few times he was approached by Li Xiaohe, except for talking about matters related to bills and statements, the other party never raised a question similar to what he had just asked. Most of these questions need to be considered by the township chief, and he only needs to act on orders or occasionally make a suggestion, how can he be asked by the township chief? Did the township chief ignore it, or did he really ask questions, or did he deliberately test it, or did he have other sayings?

Although Li Xiaohe is hated by Qiao Cheng, he has been very strong recently, and he is also solving farmers' petitions and catching liars. Zhang Quan understands that the reason why Qiao Cheng did not move must be because of the word "agent", and other factors are not excluded. Regardless of how Qiao and Li fight, but he definitely can't be the enemy of Li Xiaohe, Li Xiaohe is his top boss, as long as he is the head of the township for a day, he can lead himself for a day; And after all, Li Xiaohe has been in the township and county for many years, although he was assigned to the township, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, I heard that he dared to scold Du Yingcai to his face, he can't learn from Jia Xianglan's stupid girl.

"Ahem" sounded twice, it was made by Li Xiaohe, and it was an obvious dry cough.

Obviously, the township chief is urging himself. Before he could figure out the whole matter, Zhang Quan had to answer cautiously: "I have been engaged in financial work since I went to work in the township, and in recent years, I have been in charge of the business of the township finance and taxation office. In the specific work, they are all in accordance with their responsibilities and according to the leadership arrangement, to do ticket management and fund allocation. I don't have an open source approach, but I have only mentioned some small measures and suggestions to reduce expenditure. This year's funding situation is still not optimistic, which is not only due to the increase in spending, but also related to the shrinking tax sources in recent years. ”

"I know that the increase in expenses is mainly due to the general increase in the prices of means of production and consumer goods, which has led to a significant increase in production costs. It's just that this tax source is shrinking, and I don't know where to start? I have read the relevant information, although in the past two years there have been almost no new enterprises to enter, no new tax sources have been developed, but there are basically no business closures or exits, why has this tax source been reduced? Li Xiaohe asked.

Zhang Quan was slightly stunned and said hesitantly: "The number of enterprises has not decreased, but some enterprises have fewer taxes and lower tax rates." ”

"Reducing taxes? Reduced tax rates? Li Xiaohe frowned, "This is not something that the township can decide, right?" ”

"I didn't make it clear. The types of taxes have not been directly reduced, and the tax rate has not been directly reduced, but through tax exemption and tax refunds, it has achieved de facto reduction and reduction. After a pause, Zhang Quan added, "The Finance and Taxation Office is completely in accordance with the rules and regulations, all abnormal tax behaviors are well documented, and the relevant approval procedures of the higher authorities have been formally filed." ”

Li Xiaohe let out an "oh", did not pick up immediately, but paused for a while before asking again: "By the way, I just raised a question, that is, how to manage the office expenses of the township government." ”

Hearing the other party's question, Zhang Quan seemed to understand that the questions in front of the township chief were all foreshadowing, and this was the real central issue. The township government's daily office expenses are under the exclusive management of the township finance department, and the finance and taxation office is only a macro guidance, not a direct leader, but the township chief just asked himself this question, which is obviously dissatisfied with the township's finances. Zhang Quan has long noticed that the township finance is still Du Yingcai's man, and he often disobeys Township Chief Li, especially cooperating with Liu Feng and others to play tricks. If the finance does not cooperate with the township chief, how can the township chief do his work, how can he give up? Be cautious about answering for yourself.

Thinking about these clearly, Zhang Quandao: "In the past, when I directly did the financial work of the township government, I also summed up some management methods, but in recent years, the nature of the work has been different, and those methods have not been fully remembered. When I got back, I immediately searched for it, reorganized it, and then reported it to the township chief. The reason why he said this was to prevent too many words from being lost.

"Okay, I'll study hard then." After a pause, Li Xiaohe said again, "By the way, there is such a thing, the township people's congress has applied for a small amount of funds for half a year, has it been allocated until now?" ”

Why did you ask this again? Zhang Quan was secretly puzzled, but still answered truthfully: "It's been half a year now, and there is a budget for that fund, but it's actually a little more than the budget." Of course, when the actual expenditure is made, the excess amount is also due to the reason, and there are also relevant supplementary approval procedures. It should have been allocated last year, but the township government added a few temporary expenses, and the cost was squeezed out. It is impossible to re-budget this year, and the township funds are already stretched, and it is indeed difficult to fulfill the allocation. ”

Li Xiaohe waved his hand: "That's not good." The budget has already been made, and there is a supplementary approval procedure for exceeding the amount, and the money must be allocated. The township government can be tight, tight, but it cannot transfer this responsibility to the relevant brother departments. ”

Zhang Quan was secretly happy in his heart, but he was also very embarrassed: "Township Chief, this is the case, but the finances are indeed very difficult, and I can't afford to allocate it for the time being." ”

"No matter how difficult it is, you must not do something that is untrustworthy." Li Xiaohe said, "In this way, if it can't be implemented all at once, then divide a few more." Even if it doesn't work in one year, it will be implemented in two or three years, but it must be planned and implemented. Reduce the government's expenditure this month, and squeeze out at least 20 percent of the county people's congress. ”

"Yes...... All right. After Zhang Quan agreed, he took the order and left.

On the way back to the office, Zhang Quan was puzzled, suspecting that his previous judgment was wrong, but he was not sure whether his current understanding was correct.

Looking at Zhang Quan's departing back, thinking of the other party's many changes in expression just now, Li Xiaohe smiled. He knew that Zhang Quan must be very puzzled today, and he didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd, but he would convey a message in time.

Before coming to Shuangsheng Township, Li Xiaohe knew that Du Yingcai had always been at odds with Zheng Licheng, chairman of the presidium of the Township People's Congress, and had always excluded each other, and it seemed logical for the government to occupy the funds of the People's Congress. After Li Xiaohe arrived in the township, he noticed that the government had not cashed in the funds allocated to the National People's Congress. But what surprised him was that he had been here for more than two months, and Zheng Licheng or other members of the National People's Congress had not looked for him. Later, he found out the reason, Zheng Licheng was probably unwilling to surrender his identity and take the initiative to mention it, or he was unwilling to contact himself to prevent getting wet, Li Xiaohe felt that it should be the former.

And if he wants to work more smoothly, he must have a good relationship with Zheng Licheng. This is not only because the other party is the director of the township people's congress, but also because he is an old double winner and has a certain amount of power in the township, and several of them are Zheng Licheng's old subordinates. The bad past between the other party and Du Yingcai is where he can take advantage of it, and he and Zheng Licheng are in line with the relationship of "enemy of the enemy".

The reason why I asked Zhang Quan to talk about this fund is not only because of his status as the "director of finance and taxation", but because of the personal relationship between Zhang Quan and Zheng Licheng - a brother-in-law. In the past, Li Xiaohe really wouldn't do this, but the cruel reality made him think about it, he could not be favoritism, but there was no need to die, and the normal relationship that should be pulled still had to be pulled. Taking advantage of Zhao Qiang's leniency now, it is very important to gain a firm foothold in the township.

Today, Zhang Quan was instructed to allocate the expenses of the National People's Congress, not only to fulfill his responsibilities as a township chief, but also to learn a few details by the way, and also to convey friendly news to Zheng Licheng. Zheng Licheng should also tell his brother-in-law about this kind of friendliness, which also increases Zhang Quan's good impression of himself, which can really be described as killing multiple birds with one stone, so unhappy.

"Ding Bang", the landline phone rang, interrupting Li Xiaohe's thoughts.

Glancing at the caller number, Li Xiaohe answered the phone: "What, not enough money?" That can't be broken either. After saying that, he hung up the phone directly.