Chapter 26 twenty four

Ten minutes later, a temporary dialogue table was erected. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, but the crowd still gathered more and more.This situation made Xia Zhongmin suddenly feel a burst of indescribable excitement: With such ordinary people, why worry about corruption, poor people, and discord among the people! After a few simple opening remarks, the conversation officially began. The first person to speak was a young man in his twenties from Weihe Township.He said that the young people in his village were all working outside. When they came back to prepare for the summer harvest not long ago, the town suddenly made a rule that all villagers who worked outside should pay a management fee of 80 yuan per month. It must be handed in once through December.How much money do you actually earn every month?When it's good, it costs five or six hundred yuan a month, and when it's bad, it's only two or three hundred yuan.This is not counting food, drink, housing, travel expenses, illness or anything.Do you think we migrant workers are still alive?

Because the secretary and the mayor of Qihe Town were not present, Xia Zhongmin only said a few words when answering, charging migrant workers indiscriminately, no one has the right to do so!If this problem is true, we will definitely deal with it resolutely and give you an answer as soon as possible. The second speaker was a female villager in her thirties from Yuya Village, Lishui Town.She said that these women all put on birth control rings on time at the town hospital.But last year, the town suddenly issued a notice that every woman in Sheung Wan must go to the hospital for an X-ray examination every six months.And you have to pay 80 yuan to do it once.In the past, family planning was implemented free of charge by the state. Why has this policy changed now?Mayor Xia, do you know about such regulations?

Xia Zhongmin asked Zhan Xinyu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Lishui Town, and Zhan Xinyu shook his head and said that the Town Party Committee did not know about this.Xia Zhongmin couldn't help being furious. The secretary of the town party committee and the mayor would not know anything about such a typical and bad thing!So he turned to the masses and said categorically, if the problem reported is true, it must be dealt with seriously!All fees collected in the past must be returned to everyone in full! There was a burst of warm applause and cheers from the audience. The next speaker was a farmer from Lishui Town who was almost forty years old.He said that at the end of last year, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government issued a document saying that the various fees and taxes for farmers this year must not exceed 200 yuan, but in less than half a year, our various taxes and fees have already exceeded 200 yuan.We asked the town leaders, and they said that after paying 200 taxes and fees, they had to submit a deposit. This is the policy of the municipal party committee and the municipal government.Mayor Xia, does the municipal government also mean this?

Xia Zhongmin's answer was very straightforward. The per capita burden of farmers this year should not exceed 200 yuan, including all kinds of taxes and fees!Increased firmness will be cleared immediately!Never ambiguous! Xia Zhongmin once again felt unable to continue, the cheers and applause from all around completely drowned out his voice. Until the evening, this protracted and heated conversation finally came to an end. When Mu Yongji sent Xia Zhongmin to the car, he seemed to ask involuntarily, "Mayor Xia, there is a sentence that I have endured for a long time, and I don't know whether I should ask."

"Am I really going to be transferred, right?" Xia Zhongmin asked back. "Do you think it's better for me to transfer away, or to stay in Dianjiang?" "From an emotional point of view, I certainly don't want you to go." Speaking of this, Mu Yongji paused, and then said a little harshly, "But from a rational analysis, let's go. Mayor Xia, don't look at you so determined , confident, but I have a hunch that we really can't beat them." "Do you think this will really happen?" Xia Zhongmin was trying to chew on the meaning of Mu Yongji's words.

"Yes." Mu Yongji slowly shook his head, "They are too powerful, at least we can't beat them now." "Yongji, are you a little too pessimistic?" "It's not pessimism, it's the truth." Mu Yongji shook his head again, "If you insist on staying, maybe you will see the outcome soon." "You mean the People's Congress?" Xia Zhongmin asked. "I'm even worried that there will be problems at the party congress. Mayor Xia, it's really dangerous. I don't believe you won't feel it." Mu Yongji's words were clear and unequivocal.

Xia Zhongmin was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Even if it's really dangerous, that's the only way to go. "I understand, Mayor Xia, you have no way out now." Mu Yongji said, "A few days ago, there might have been, but not now. Including your speech today, it will soon be used by others, Dianjiang City All cadres, big and small, will hear rumors worse for you." "Then tell me, did I say something wrong today? Can I not say it?" Xia Zhongmin asked back, "Facing the seven or eight thousand people who will collectively go to the Dian River to petition and parade tomorrow, can I avoid it? Can I?" Silence? Yongji, actually it wasn’t just a few days ago, since the day I came to Dengjiang, there has been no retreat.”

"Mayor Xia, everyone knows that you have done nothing wrong. Your only fault is that what you say is the truth and what you do is the truth." "Because of this, you have to leave Dianjiang?" "Mayor Xia, the leaders of the Haozhou Municipal Party Committee have noticed it. Otherwise, why would you be transferred at this time?" "In this case, let me do an experiment. Yongji, let me tell you what I really think. I will never leave, and I will never leave Dianjiang. If I can see it even in the organization, I don't even know the organization. If there is no way, then I will not be able to leave. At my expense, let the organization wake up once."

"Mayor Xia, I want to tell you that people like you, I am convinced! There are cadres like you in Dianjiang too! Please rest assured, as long as you insist on staying, we will definitely support you..." "...Thank you." Xia Zhongmin originally wanted to say something, but at this moment, he felt that there was no need to say anything. After the two broke up, Xia Zhongmin got in the car for a long time before he suddenly felt an indescribable touch.