No. 070 We also have democratic elections

Thinking about it carefully, although Wei's father rarely expressed his regrets, combined with his occasional amazement and bragging, he was obviously obsessed with the position of village party secretary.

Perhaps, the village party secretary is Wei's father's ideal.

After Wei's father was discharged from the army, he worked in the village committee, before he got married, after he got married, before he gave birth to a child, and after he gave birth to a child, he stayed in the village committee, and his qualifications were older than Wei Dongsheng's. Thinking about it, Dad Wei dedicated the most important 20 years of his life to the village committee, and he has some obsession with the village party secretary, isn't it a matter of course?

Wei Dongsheng briefly asked about the general situation, and probably weaved a silhouette impression.

The state policy stipulates that villagers' committees are mass autonomous organizations elected by villagers in administrative villages under the jurisdiction of local townships and townships, and no organization or individual may designate, appoint, or replace villagers' committee members.

Some netizens often complain that Huaguo has no votes, there is no election, and Wei Dongsheng feels that it is purely a blind eye. The vast rural territory is clearly full of democratic elections, and it is by no means subject to the will of the Workers' Party.

Wei Dongsheng's hometown is named Weijiazhuang in Shikang Village, Shikang Village is an administrative village, and Weijiazhuang is a natural village under the administrative village. Under the influence of the geographical environment and historical evolution, Shikang Village has a vast jurisdiction, covering a full 15 natural villages. If you want to participate in the election, candidates need to go to 15 natural villages to canvass for votes and get a superior vote before they can officially join the village party secretary of the villagers' committee.

Don't be dismissive and say that the ballot is useless, at least here in Shikang Village, the number of votes is the only criterion that can convince the public.

If you want to get the position of village party secretary, you must get a sufficient number of advantages.

Of course, how the ballot papers are taken is another matter.

The United States elects a president, relies on the plutocracy to fund campaign funds, and various promotion activities are aimed at voters. The democratic election in Shikang Village is another simple and crude style, in front of the ballot box, red envelopes are exchanged for votes, and the election is bribed in the open. If you have high morals and are unwilling to bribe the election, it will attract the criticism of the vast majority of villagers: "If you can't even get together the money for the red envelope, what is the use of us choosing you!" ”

It is said that it is a bribery election, but it is difficult for the local government to characterize that this is a bribery red envelope, because bribery red envelopes have various aliases: "ticket money", "tea money", "lost work expenses" and so on.

Wei Dongsheng vaguely remembers that one year, a certain candidate A recruited cadres from the Xiangshan District Party Committee to help him stand on the platform, and obstructed another candidate B from bribing the election with red envelopes in the name of fair and impartial supervision. Undaunted, candidate B ordered his nephew to bring a cart of red bricks and unload them near the ballot box. Villagers do not take red envelopes when they vote, but when they leave after voting, they pick up a red brick and throw it 20 meters away, and they can go to candidate B's nephew to receive a "brick moving fee". Candidate A angrily accused Candidate B of bribing the election, and Candidate B Zhenzhen retorted: "Look at what you said, my nephew can't ask someone to move bricks?" ”

The election of the villagers' committee in Shikang Village is simpler and crude.

However, red envelopes alone are not enough.

Shikang Village is a dilapidated village in the interior, no one is rich, and the current market price is only 5 yuan or 10 yuan for bribing red envelopes. Even if the rules are broken and the red envelope increases tenfold to 100 yuan, it is difficult to decisively influence the villagers' choices. If it increases by a hundredfold to 1,000 yuan, it may be able to really interfere with the villagers' choice, but the election cost is obviously too high. Random battles such as "moving bricks" can only happen between evenly matched opponents. If a candidate only has a small amount of money in red envelopes, he will definitely not be able to go to the point of chaos in the "brick moving fee", and he will be eliminated early.

The U.S. elects a president, and the influence of TV network ads and Twitter topics is part of it, and the efforts of the grassroots of the Democratic and Republican parties cannot be ignored. The same is true for the election of villagers' committees. The first step in winning the election in Shikang Village is not to shout political slogans with loudspeakers, but to convince the leaders of the villages. If these leading figures are willing to support a certain candidate, they will definitely lead the villagers of the natural village to become the vote base of a certain candidate.

seems to be Wei's father, who is one of the leading figures in Weijia Village. If he can persuade Wei to support a particular candidate, Wei can persuade three-fifths of the villagers in Weijia Village to vote for the candidate. The other two-fifths of the votes depend on the agitation of the other two leading figures.

As a result, the election of the villagers' committee in Shikang Village can be simplified into three stages.

In the first stage, invite the leaders of each natural village to eat, drink and have fun, and if you can get seventy or eighty percent of them, the election will be basically safe.

In the second stage, if the public opinion of the leading figures of each natural village is not unified, and they split into several camps to support their favorite candidates, the candidates will start preparing for the vote war. It was at this stage that the chaotic war of "moving bricks" took place.

The third stage is fraud during the counting of votes.

Naturally, the election of villagers' committees cannot be 100 percent fair and just. In order to ensure that the candidates they support receive a sufficient number of votes, each count is full of sordid intrigues between fraud and anti-fraud. For example, if a competitor is selected for a ballot that is not properly written, it will be considered invalid on the spot. For example, the legal ballot papers of some long-term migrant workers confirm that their families support them, and they immediately sign their names as their ballot boxes. Determined that his family supported a rival, he refused to allow anyone to vote on his behalf, citing the fact that he had been away from home for many years and had no clear evidence of his political views.

The above is the chaos of the triennial election of the villagers' committee in Shikang Village.

Wei Dad has been in the villagers' committee for seventeen or eighteen years, and his connections in Shikang Village have a certain foundation, and he can firmly hold his position as a member of the committee without canvassing. But if you want to go further, it's difficult. One is that Wei Dongsheng's family is poor and can't take out the red envelopes for bribery; Second, the qualifications and prestige of other opponents are no worse than Wei's father, and the results are difficult to be optimistic about when the bayonets are red.

In his previous life, Dad Wei gave up.

In this life, Dad Wei has no family burden, but he wants to fight.

Dad Wei was a little unwilling after all.

It is better to work hard and then reluctantly accept defeat than to surrender before fighting.

As a veteran, Dad Wei still has the spirit of a soldier who refuses to admit defeat.

The election of the villagers' committee is Wei's father's ideal and obsession.

Wei Dongsheng sighed.

Since the village party secretary is Wei's father's ideal, then help him.

Wei Dongsheng postponed his return to Beijing, stayed at home, and helped Wei's father canvass votes to persuade the leading figures of various natural villages.

Splitting the stage of canvassing can be subdivided into giving gifts and inviting meals. Bo Li is a real Bo Li, carrying a gift equivalent to the Spring Festival to visit relatives, personally visit the head of each natural village, and invite him to eat together after a few days. If the leader agrees to the dinner invitation, he is inclined to support you to work; If they oppose you or prefer to support someone else, they will decline your invitation to dinner. Giving a thin gift is to explore the way, leaving a buffer room for others to refuse, so the gift can't be thick, and giving it will embarrass the head person who is unwilling to support you.

All hearts are the same.

The good or evil of a person never depends on whether you are abroad or at home, nor does it depend on whether you are in the city or in the countryside.

Although the peasants live a simple life, they will never be innocent and good. Cities have chains of discrimination in cities, and rural areas also have chains of discrimination in rural areas. The most simple and intuitive, the big surname bullies the small surname, the one with more sons bullies the one with fewer sons, the one who has the power and the rich bully the one who has no power and no money, the one who can fight and brawl the honest one, and so on.

There is also an unspoken rule that cannot be explained: the first 30 years look at the father and respect the son, and the second 30 years look at the son and respect the father.

Now, Wei's father is not yet at the age of "looking at his son and respecting his father", but Wei Dongsheng already has the capital of "looking at his son and respecting his father".

Before the vehicle started, Dad Wei looked at the female driver who was staying at home in surprise: "She stays at home, who is driving?" ”

Wei Dongsheng sat sideways in front of the steering wheel and said with a smile: "Me." ”

Wei Dongsheng took the driver's license and bought a car less than two years after graduating in his previous life, so naturally he would not be scared of the car. In this life, Wei Dongsheng is less than 18 years old and cannot get a driver's license. However, there is little to no traffic regulation in the vast countryside, and no one cares if you have a driver's license or not. Wei Dongsheng paid attention to influence and safety in the past, and rarely drove in person beyond his authority. However, today, in order to help Wei Dad canvass for votes, Wei Dongsheng decided to drive himself and take Wei Dad to visit the leading figures in various natural villages, which invisibly proves Wei Dad's economic strength and Wei Dad's confidence in "looking at his son and respecting his father".

Dad Wei had never seen Wei Dongsheng drive, so he was surprised: "You know how to drive?" ”

Wei Dongsheng said vaguely: "I learned it in Yanjing." ”

Dad Wei: "Is it difficult to learn to drive?" ”

Wei Dongsheng: "It's just a tool, what's so difficult." The transportation at home is not convenient, you run around all day, why don't you also get a driver's license? When the time comes, I'll buy you a car, and you can use it at home. ”

Dad Wei reflexively refused: "Buy what to buy, don't spend money indiscriminately." ”

Wei Dongsheng: "Let's buy cheap ones, hundreds of thousands of domestic cars." ”

Dad Wei: "More than 100,000 is not expensive!" ”

Wei Dongsheng: "Your son's monthly salary is 20,000 yuan, which is more than enough for one year." ”

Dad Wei still refused: "You are a high school student, with such a high salary, I always feel weak-hearted." The money you earn is saved first, and in case something happens, you can be prepared. ”

Wei Dongsheng saw that Dad Wei wanted to start the verbose mode, so he changed the topic in time: "Who are we going to visit first?" ”

Dad Wei frowned and thought for a long time, then hesitated to make a choice: "Let's go to the old branch secretary's house first." ”

Wei Dongsheng: "I don't know the way, Dad, you can help guide the way, don't go to the canal." ”

Dad Wei's voice was filled with endless confidence: "This road, your dad has been walking for eighteen years, don't say that you can go wrong in the car, even if you close your eyes." You can rest assured! ”

drove to the old branch secretary's house, and the old branch secretary squatted at the door and chatted with the neighbors about meaningless trivial things. Seeing the dusty business car, the old branch secretary snorted his cigarette and praised it from afar with curiosity: "This car is good." ”