Chapter 21 Chapter 21

It has been more than a month since Mao Binggui took office as the director of the district education committee.For more than a month, he reported to the deputy secretary of the district committee in charge of ideology, listened to his instructions, reported to the deputy district chief in charge of culture, education and health, and listened to his opinions on the work of the education committee.Then I went to middle schools, primary schools, and kindergartens for investigation and research, held discussions with teachers, looked at school buildings, teachers' housing, and student cafeterias.The more I looked at it, the heavier my heart was, and the more I looked at it, the less confident I was, just like a person who can't swim enters the water. The water slowly rises from the chest, panting more and more heavily, and feeling more and more panicked.Three nooses were around his neck, and each one was slowly being tightened.The mother's condition has not improved, and it is still getting worse. The monthly medical expenses are more than 1,000.The wife can't go to work, and she takes care of the elderly, so she stopped paying her wages early.He calculated the accounts and asked his wife to go to work. The salary was only seven or eight hundred yuan a month, and it would cost more than six hundred to hire someone to take care of the old man.These days, the old man is still unwilling to take medicine, saying that she should go to see the old man earlier. The disease cannot be cured, and spending so much money has dragged down her son and caused her grandchildren to work outside the home. This is also true. The old man has a heart disease.Mao Binggui had a plan. He wanted to arrange for his daughter to be a librarian or something in middle school.When a girl works outside the home, her parents are always on tenterhooks.But if I arranged for my children as soon as I went to work, would I still be able to gain a firm foothold in the Education Committee?He doesn't feel bad.The old man has worked hard all his life, no matter what, Mao Binggui must be filial, even if he sells everything, he must try his best to prolong her life.The old mother's illness has always been a stone on my heart.In order to enter the city, he gave Liu Wangming 70,000 yuan.It's all made by friends, how can I pay it back?He regretted that he shouldn't have listened to Zhu Chunping's "bad" idea.Maybe Liu Wangming is so generous, he can help without giving money?Of course, as Zhu Chunping predicted, "Go ahead and dream".Because that day when he gave a big bag of money to Liu Wangming's wife, Li Ying, his own heart beat violently, but Li Ying seemed as natural as taking a glass of boiling water from him.Prove that such things are commonplace for her.Without the 70,000 yuan, would Liu Wangming have such humane instructions?This is not the first time he has written a report requesting to enter the city, not a hundred times, and no less than fifty times.From the organization department of the district committee to every member of the standing committee, from the district chief to the secretary of the district committee, every application report is written into the leader's wastebasket.It is right to go to the city, you can see your old mother every day, and you can serve her tea and water after get off work, and show a little filial piety.But where can I find the 70,000 yuan?What do you give back to your friend?And what Liu Wangming told him to do before leaving Guanshan made him feel uneasy in his conscience.The more I think about it, the more I feel sorry for the people in Guanshan.I heard that some people are already preparing to appeal to the provincial government. They know that this matter is related to Liu Wangming, so they will not go to the city government.Mao Binggui was worried that this matter would become a big mess and it would be difficult to deal with it.He has worked in Guanshan for so many years, and he has always protected the interests of farmers, and has never done anything to infringe the interests of farmers.Before leaving, he provoked the anger of heaven and earth, and he was always uneasy.Most of the more than 1,000 mu of land fell in Wangjiaba Village, Guanshan Township, the hometown of Lingxi County Party Secretary Wang Dongsheng.It involves more than 300 mu of cultivated land and more than 600 mu of mountainous land.This means that the per capita arable land in Wangjiaba Village will be reduced by more than half, and the mountainous land will be reduced by more than one mu.The common people here are located in the suburbs, and their main source of income is land.At first, the common people heard that foreign businessmen were coming to invest, and they were very happy, thinking that they were setting up factories here, and some employment could be arranged for them.Later, after listening to a meeting in the town, I realized that it was a cemetery, and the land price was too low.The average land price in the suburbs is more than 16,000, and that in the suburbs is more than 20,000. Although it is a public welfare undertaking, it is not worthwhile for the people of Wangjiaba to contribute to the hundreds of thousands of people in the city.In particular, more than 300 mu of arable land has been reduced by half of the per capita arable land.directly affect the lives of farmers.In addition, building a cemetery of such a large scale in the east of Wangjiaba will undoubtedly affect the Fengshui of Wangjiaba.Since the liberation of Wangjiaba, in a village with a population of more than 600, no more than ten people eat "commercial grain". have to!This is unacceptable to the common people.

In order to complete the task assigned by Liu Wangming, Mao Binggui tried his best.He first convened the party committee, repeatedly doing the work of "a group of people", unifying everyone's thinking, and asking for a voice and a tone.Of course, he did not explain the impact of this land acquisition on his personal future, but mainly positively explained the significance of building such a cemetery.He emphasized that this project is a "popular project" of the municipal government and a public welfare undertaking involving hundreds of thousands of people in the urban area. It cannot be simply regarded as a general investment promotion project, and it has strategic significance for the adjustment of Wangjiaba's rural industrial structure.After the project is launched, a large number of migrant workers will be required to participate in the construction of the cemetery. In the future, the village can develop the funeral industry around the cemetery.For example, making wreaths, operating sacrificial supplies, organizing drummers to become a professional band, establishing several grave-digging and burial labor teams, and so on.It can arrange employment for some labor force and solve the labor force outlet, which not only contributes to urban development, but also finds a new way for Wangjiaba farmers to increase their income. It is a good project for coordinating urban and rural development.In order to implement it well, the party committee decided to set up a leading group, with Mao Binggui personally serving as the group leader.Leading groups participated by leaders from various relevant parties in the town, such as land management, police station, civil affairs office, armed forces, forest management station, women's federation, youth league committee, etc.

In terms of working methods, Mao Binggui also conducted serious research. First, he organized a working group to go to the village and held a party branch meeting. Work to ensure the smooth progress of land acquisition, and take their attitude and work situation as a political task to test party members and league members, and as a standard for democratic appraisal of party members this winter. That day, after Mao Binggui made these arrangements properly, he went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to report to his old classmate Zhu Chunping.The secretary and section chief of the Civil Affairs Bureau saw Mao Binggui's appearance as a disaster victim and blocked him.Said that Director Zhu was not there.Asked where he was, and said that he had gone to the city government for a meeting, Mao Binggui said, "Then I will wait here."The secretary and section chief couldn't say anything, so he had to let him sit and go out by himself.At this time, he seemed to hear the sound of opening the diagonally opposite door, and Zhu Chunping's familiar polite voice entered his ears.

"Hey, Boss Xiao, why don't you tell me first when you come, so I can pick you up downstairs." Then there was a "bang" sound of closing the door. Mao Binggui didn't care so much, he stood up and knocked on the door of the director's office. "Hey, old Mao, why are you here?" "I'm not welcome, but I'm still here." Mao Binggui was so angry that he was blocked by the secretary and section chief, and he had nowhere to vent his anger. "Just right, come, come, let me introduce you. This is Boss Xiao, and this is my classmate, Mao Binggui, Party Secretary of Guanshan Town."

The woman sitting in front of Zhu Chunping's desk stood up reservedly, slowly stretched out her round and plump hand, gently pinched Mao Binggui's extended hand with three fingers, and pulled the corner of her mouth slightly upwards, inadvertently He said two words: "Hello." Then he sat down, casually picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and did not look at Mao Binggui directly. "Come on, Binggui, drink a glass of water first, calm down." I knew it was the chief secretary who made him angry.Zhu Chunping poured him a glass of water, then sat down at the desk.

"Let me report to you about the land acquisition." "Isn't this just right? Boss Xiao is the developer, let's do some research together. What do you think, Boss Xiao?" He turned to the woman across from him with fawning eyes. Only then did Mao Binggui realize that he was busy running errands for her.He had to look at this woman carefully again.What kind of fairy is she?The project that Mayor Liu personally intervened turned out to be the career of the woman in front of him.What is the background of this pretty and reserved woman?Several question marks crossed his mind.If he thinks about it, he can't do it. He is only responsible to Mayor Liu. If the land acquisition is done well, he may be able to transfer work smoothly.

"How about this, Director Zhu, you discuss it, and I made an appointment with a friend at ten o'clock. It's still the opinion I discussed with you yesterday. I don't care about the specifics of land acquisition, and you are in charge. I will make capital after completing the procedures. In case you It doesn't matter if you have difficulties, there are several cities in your province that want to attract funds to carry out such a project." The words came out of the woman's lipsticked mouth, but they were loud and there was no room for negotiation.After saying that, she stood up and said goodbye, and she nodded to Mao Binggui.

"Boss Xiao, don't worry, this matter is on my shoulders. Don't consider investing in other places." Zhu Chunping got up quickly, followed her with a smile, and sent her out.He kept saying good things.Mao Binggui thought, Zhu Chunping has always been a man of one word, so why is he "deficient in calcium" in front of a foreign businessman or a woman.He despised his virtue from the bottom of his heart.So, he didn't get up. Zhu Chunping ignored Lao Mao's mood and sent Boss Xiao out.He was explaining something while walking. In Mao Binggui's memory, Zhu Chunping had never shown such filial piety in front of his old mother.The car horn downstairs sounded for a long time before Zhu Chunping came in out of breath.

"Old Mao, do you know who this woman is?" "Didn't you introduce who it was? Isn't it just a foreign businessman, scaring you like this?" "You don't understand." Zhu Chunping smiled slyly. "I don't want to play charades for you. Seriously, I have to go to the hospital to get medicine for my old lady at eleven o'clock." "Is the old man feeling better? I have been so busy that I have not had time to see the old man." Zhu Chunping and Mao Binggui are from the same village. friend.Later, Zhu Chunping went to university, and Mao Binggui went to Xinyang Normal School. After graduation, he first taught in the town middle school, then worked as a clerk in the town party committee office, and then climbed up from the lowest "official rank" in China, "climbing" and bending over. , "crawled" sore legs, climbed to the secretary of the town party committee.Like a person who can't swim, he plunged into the water and was exhausted, but when he looked back, he just left the shore.It can be regarded as "only after suffering hardships can one become a master".Perhaps because of the degree of education, the environment in which they grew up, the experience after work, and the people they met, they both felt the difference in each other.Mao Binggui felt that Zhu Chunping was too slippery, too oily, too empty, like wind and fog, and he couldn't figure it out.Zhu Chunping felt that Mao Binggui was too real, too honest, too naive as a peasant.Of course, this is all in the heart.The childhood friendship between the two was still deep. Zhu Chunping knew each other outside, and Mao Binggui kept his word in the village.

Zhu Chunping refilled him with some water and sat down to listen to him about the land acquisition.Mao Binggui predicted the work he had arranged in the previous period, some measures he had taken, including possible problems. "The most difficult thing is two things. One is that the price is really too low, just enough to compensate young crops. The common people will compare it with the price in the suburbs. The other is that the work of 'feng shui' is difficult to do. The villagers said that it will be bad. Feng Shui in the village. This second problem is more complicated than the previous one.”

Zhu Chunping listened carefully to his analysis and nodded from time to time. "Then what are you going to do?" Zhu Chunping asked. "I asked the land expropriation leading group to do the work first. If I can't do it, I really have nothing to do. Didn't I come to hear your idea?" "Binggui, I'll tell you the truth about this, don't be careless. You know what it means to you. I also want to tell you why this woman spoke so hard just now? He has an unusual background. Besides, you have already invested tens of thousands of yuan into the city, are you going to waste money?" Zhu Chunping's words made his scalp tingle. "What's the background of that woman?" "Although I haven't fully figured it out yet, I have a hunch that she is unusual. Think about it, how much painstaking effort did Liu Wangming put into developing this cemetery? Tang Zhanhai, the Director of Civil Affairs, originally had a very high voice, and the plan of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee is Tang Zhanhai. It is said that it is Tang was ineffective on this issue, so he transferred me here. He even skipped the district committee and talked to you directly. Think about it, when did a mayor directly talk to a township mayor? Also, I heard that the planning of the cemetery was also planned by Liu Wangming. He personally reviewed it. In order to ensure the return on the operation of this cemetery, he is going to issue a municipal "government order" to close the Changqingyuan cemetery under the Civil Affairs Bureau. The name is to let private funds and foreign capital participate in the construction of urban public welfare undertakings, and no one knows what is behind it. I don't know. You can't be sloppy about this matter." "But the job is hard to do. Tell me, the price gap is so huge, and I can't do anything about oppressing the common people." "Let me give you an idea, don't the common people believe in Fengshui? You secretly go and find a Fengshui master for them. First tell the Fengshui master, give him some money, and ask him to make up a plan to build a cemetery here for the Wang family. If the dam is good, go and convince the people.” "Mr. Feng Shui will say according to our intention?" "Mr. Feng Shui, you don't know yet, look at money divination. If you are dead, you can live, if you live, you can die. Just give him money and tell him your intentions." "Can the common people we invited believe it?" "Of course they don't believe you when you come out publicly. If you plan secretly and recommend it to farmers in the village who mean what they say, and let them come forward, won't the common people believe it?" Mao Binggui nodded. "In terms of compensation for land acquisition, it must be at least 10,000 yuan per mu." "Mayor Keliu said that it should not exceed 8,000 at most." "There are several ways to find a solution. One is that the township finance needs to spend some money, and I will take a few million. I will also allocate a little from the opening of the civil affairs department. Then, squeeze a little from the water conservancy funds in your town, and make up two yuan. One million, wouldn't it reach ten thousand yuan per mu?" "How can this work? This is equivalent to sending money to foreign businessmen. Besides, the water conservancy funds are the money of the central government, so it can pass the customs? The money from the township finance is used to expropriate land for Singaporean businessmen, how to explain to the masses?" "Isn't it a public welfare undertaking? What's wrong with the township financial support?" "The problem is that this is an operational investment by a foreign businessman. My payment is equivalent to giving her a personal gift." "Binggui, I didn't say that, you're just a brain! You always compete with yourself. Farmers' interests, you protect the farmers' interests? Just your principles? Liu Wang Mingguan is older than you, and knows more principles than you. Look at him. You are smarter than you. In terms of ability, morality, and quality, you are better than him. He climbed from a driver to the post of mayor. He has endless money, changing women like changing clothes, sitting in the city during the day The chief's office directs the police, the procuratorate, and the law. At night, he can command a group of underworld gangsters. Before going out, he shouted and hugged him, and he said the same thing when he went out. There are people at the top who support him, why? Is this the result of principles? Is it the result of safeguarding the interests of the common people?" Mao Binggui was a little shocked when he heard this. "There are two heads in the city, Li Shusheng is a good cadre, decent, capable, and he acts according to principles. But he can't eat, people are afraid of his principles, and can't afford to provoke him. He has almost become a loner. Liu Wangming is just the opposite. Solaka wants to deceive others, win people's hearts, and become a fish in water, and become popular. I can guarantee that he will get high votes in public opinion polls, believe it or not?" Mao Binggui is the most grassroots cadre, and he also knows some grassroots reflections.He agreed with some of Zhu Chunping's comments. "Binggui, don't be stupid. A good man doesn't take immediate losses. Throw away the principles and face the reality. I didn't like Liu Wangming's way, but I can't understand that there is a useless thing! He still acts as his mayor. I If I think about it wrong, it’s because I’m against myself, and I have to adjust my thinking. I just helped him with a little thing, cough, this person is really loyal.” In fact, Zhu Chunping just sent people to follow Li Yide, and found out that Li Yide was fake when he went home to see his wife, and it was true that he went to Li Shusheng's house to make a "small report", which was nothing more than reporting Liu Wangming's activities in Yunfang to Li Shusheng.He was glad that he didn't say anything outrageous in front of Liu Wangming.The next day, Zhu Chunping reported the discovery of following Li Yide to Liu Wangming.He won Liu Wangming's favor, and he was considered to have bought Liu Wangming's "boat ticket".That day, Liu Wangming held his four hands tightly and told him, Old Zhu, if you can do this, it proves that you really support me, Liu Wangming.I will definitely not treat you badly in the future, just find me if you have anything.I, Liu Wangming, will do what I say, so don't worry.Liu Wangming even specially sent him to the elevator door, which is rare for the staff around him. Under Zhu Chunping's enlightenment, the land acquisition in Guanshan was finally won, and Mao Binggui fell asleep at home and slept well for two days.I don't know whether it was Liu Wangming's intentional "appearance" or a coincidence.On the third day of work, as soon as he entered the office, the organization department of the district committee called and said that the leader of the district committee wanted to talk to him.Let him hand over the work in the town, prepare to be the director of the education committee, and officially start work after the district people's congress approves.To tell the truth, Mao Binggui also had a few job changes, but none of them was as awkward as this one.He always linked what he did with the selling and buying of officials exposed in the newspapers every day, as if those words in the newspapers were aimed at him, Mao Binggui.Thinking of this, he felt a little guilty, he felt sick, and always felt that someone was spitting at him behind his back. Now, what makes him uncomfortable is how to pay back the tens of thousands of dollars that his friends have collected.At this time, he thought of Zhu Chunping again. He had a lot of tricks and had seen a lot of the world, so he wanted to ask Zhu Chunping for advice again.It happened that Zhu Chunping said that he wanted to visit the old man and asked him to wait for him at home. "Haha, forget it, what are you paying for? When some of our classmates help the poor, let's pick you up from the sea of ​​suffering." "Don't be kidding, tens of thousands of dollars will be 'burned' just like that?" "With your salary of more than one thousand yuan, you have to honor your mother and support your wife. Will you pay it back in this life?" "Then you let me owe my friend a lifelong debt of favor, and make me unhappy for the rest of my life?" The two chatted for a while, and then coaxed the old lady, saying that people who live a long life often have "three illnesses and two pains", and those who have never been sick often can't afford one illness.The old lady will definitely get better and live to be a hundred years old. Zhu Chunping looked at his house again, looked at the utensils in the house, shook his head, half admiring, half mocking, "Binggui, you have been the township secretary for seven or eight years, and the family still hasn't changed. It's not easy." "A township cadre often can't get a salary of several hundred yuan a month, and the whole family needs to eat. The people are so poor, I just want to accept bribes, but no one offers bribes. Compared with you, 'Three Years Qingzhifu, One hundred thousand snowflake silver'." "Is that what you said? Aren't you afraid of being in debt?" "What's the matter?" "Let me give you an idea. The director of the Education Committee is a position that many cadres are jealous of. There are many people who enroll, assign, transfer, and choose schools. They are well-rounded, and they are no less than me, the Civil Affairs Bureau. Your hands The office also manages a group of cadres, large and small, after you have worked for a while, you have to adjust the leadership team of the unit you belong to." "Adjust the team?" "Yes. First hold a meeting of all cadres to let out the wind of adjusting the team, and then brew it for a while." Zhu Chunping winked, smiled secretly, and turned around, "I'm leaving." Mao Binggui's heart shook slightly, but he didn't say anything.Mao Binggui took office for more than a month, and he ran three middle schools, seven elementary schools, and several public institutions in the district.He also felt that the teams of some units urgently needed to be adjusted, but the adjustment was to get the work done.Three months later, with mixed emotions, Mao Binggui started to adjust the team of the education system, organized inspections, democratic assessments, individual talks, and solicited opinions.After nearly a month, Mao Binggui's house became lively, coming in and out, former guests give way to later guests, those who reported their thoughts, those who were entrusted by friends to recommend talents, those who came to speak boldly and confidently wanted to be promoted, and beat around the bush to get a good unit of.All kinds of people perform in turn.No one is empty-handed.The old Mao and his wife, at first, tried to persuade each other with kind words, teasing and even chasing out the door with gifts.But no matter how you push it, you will be pushed back by various reasons in the end.The reason you can't explain the most: "It's not too much to see the sick old man, right?"In this round of "team adjustment", Lao Mao grinds his mouth, fights at night with the lights on, and deals with various characters. He has lost a lot of weight and his pockets have bulged.After some calculations, in addition to recovering the "cost" invested by the director of the education committee, there was a balance of more than 20,000 yuan.Although he has unloaded the heavy debt burden on him, he has also carried a calm psychological burden. He thought of Liu Wangming and Zhu Chunping, and cursed in his heart, the world and the people in this world really "fuck his grandma".