Ou Yangming once heard a friend from the procuratorate say that when Li Li was interrogated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, he confessed: In the past two years, in order to revitalize the steel plant, he had accepted 1 million yuan from Li Botang for "hardship fees" each time, a total of 2 million yuan on two occasions, and 200,000 yuan in "Heart to Heart Supermarket" shopping coupons; Chen Weiping, as a matchmaker, received a total of 400,000 yuan in "intermediary fees" and 100,000 yuan in "heart-to-heart supermarket" shopping coupons twice. [Full text reading]

Li Li took the initiative to confess to these acts of accepting bribes, and Chen Weiping was also bitten out by Li Li for his "meritorious service." However, because Li Botang resolutely refused to admit that he had given money and shopping coupons to the two of them, the procuratorate could not find any evidence at all, and someone above greeted him and said that he should not pursue the bribery of the Zhenxing Iron and Steel Plant, so the matter was closed......

At that time, the friend from the procuratorate also sighed to Ou Yangming: Li Botang is really righteous and sent money to his friend, even if the bribe-taker confessed, he still did not admit it, and tried every means to reduce the other party's responsibility, not to fall into the well, not to take advantage of the danger of others, and he is indeed a good man worthy of deep friendship.

Ou Yangming also deeply believes in Li Botang, and feels that he is indeed a reliable man at a critical moment, capable and responsible, and should be very reliable and reassuring to make friends and deal with such a person.

It is precisely because of this idea that when Li Botang clearly asked him to help with income tax reduction and exemption, and hinted that he would give him and Ye Ming "hard work fees" and "benefit fees" like Li Li and Chen Weiping, he couldn't help but be moved, staring at Li Botang with his eyes, and waiting for his next words with great anticipation.

In fact, when he first walked into this box and saw Li Botang's father and son, Ou Yangming was still a little vigilant. Because during this period of time, he has always remembered Ye Ming's reminder to him at the beginning, and he has also warned himself many times: On the issue of clean government, you must hold on to it, and don't fight with you, otherwise it will be a catastrophe!

However, when he saw that Li Botang was preparing to send money to himself, especially after listening to his theory about "everyone should earn money", the already weak line of defense in his heart began to waver: Li Botang is the provincial ** representative, and he has a deep relationship in the province and the city. If you take his money, nothing will happen. Take 10,000 steps back and say that even if something happens, he can settle himself - the matter of Li Li and Chen Weiping is the best example.

The bottom line is this: he needs money urgently! Because he knew that Ye Ming had broken up with Chen Mengqi, and he still owed Chen Mengqi more than 100,000 yuan. He really wanted to pay back this money before the Spring Festival. Moreover, he didn't want to owe the money of those cadres in the sub-bureau for too long - since he blocked the bullet for Ye Ming last time, the bureau, from the members of the party group to the ordinary cadres, now looks at him with admiration, and feels that he has now been reborn, completely changed his previous bad habits and vices, and is a very promising and capable middle-level leader.

Therefore, in order to further consolidate his good impression in the eyes of leaders and colleagues, he wanted to pay off the money owed to the cadres in the bureau as soon as possible, so that he would be a clean and clean person from now on, and strive to be like Ye Ming, and get the respect of the leaders of the bureau and the respect of the cadres. He felt that being affirmed and respected in a unit was indeed a very wonderful feeling, which was far happier and more comfortable than winning tens of thousands of dollars when playing cards......

Therefore, if Li Botang can send a sum of money to himself, he can use this money to pay off the account, and from now on he will never accept any taxpayers' gifts, nor will he play cards and gamble, be a good cadre, a good husband, and a good father, and closely follow Ye Ming's career to seek a bright future for himself......

He also knew that as Li Botang himself said, their application for tax reduction and exemption for the revitalization of steel mills would have to be approved sooner or later, even if he and Ye Ming resolutely opposed it, it might not be useful at that time. Because Li Botang is in the three departments of taxation and administration of the provincial bureau and the three departments of the municipal bureau, they have all cleared the way. If the Xinleng County Bureau presses his application for tax reduction and exemption and does not report it, the leaders of the provincial bureau and the municipal bureau will definitely interfere, and when the time comes, the leaders of the county bureau will say hello, and the first sub-bureau will have to obediently report the information.

Rather than this, it is better to make a good one yourself and persuade Ye Ming to sign their application for tax reduction and exemption and get a little benefit: Anyway, the leaders above will get this benefit. Even if something happens, there will be a large number of leaders involved, and they will naturally find a way to make it difficult, and Li Botang will definitely find a way to extinguish the fire, and nothing serious will happen......

Li Botang observed his words and knew that Ou Yangming was starting to be tempted, so he smiled slightly and said, "Xiao Ou, I know that you once saved Xiao Ye's life and were kind to him. I also know Xiao Ye, a character who is soft and not hard, and he is very moral, emotional, and will repay his kindness. He may not listen to what others say, but if you, the benefactor who saved his life, go to him to intercede, it is estimated that he will give you full face. Moreover, I won't let you and Xiao Ye help us with this in vain. We will pay according to the rules. ”

Ou Yangming heard him make his words clear, so he no longer hid it, and said a little worriedly: "Uncle Li, I understand what you mean. It's just that there are two difficulties in this: first, I know Director Ye well, he has always been honest and self-controlled, and he never accepts any benefits from taxpayers. Although it was you who came forward this time, with his temperament, I am afraid that he will not accept it; Second, to tell the truth, the matter of Li Li and Chen Weiping has just happened in our bureau, and the bureau's party group has paid very close attention to the issue of building a clean and honest government. If something happens, not only will Director Ye and I fight, but I'm afraid that you and Brother Zhi will be implicated at that time. So, I'm still a little bottomless in my heart. ”

Li Botang raised his head and smiled, and said, "Director Ou, you are too worried!" I know that Xiao Ye turned out to be very incorruptible. However, the so-called 'dwelling and qi nourishing the body' means that people sing the song of the mountain wherever they go. Xiao Ye is now the actual person in charge of a sub-bureau, and he usually knows a lot of unspoken rules and rules of your tax bureau. I estimate: if he wants to climb up now, if he wants to further close the relationship with leaders at all levels, he must also have economic strength as a backing - after all, now he is embarrassed to go to any leader's house without a gift that he can get, right? And I also know Xiaoye's economic situation, and it is not very rich at present. As long as he is sure that my hard-earned money is safe and there is no hidden danger to him, what is he afraid to take? ”