Chapter 8 Street sweeping

On Monday, I returned to Qinglin Town.From Shazhou to Qinglin Town, Hou Weidong feels like returning from the second world to the third world.Sitting in the office, Hou Weidong tried his best to drive Xiao Jia out of the country, and then his thoughts returned to Qinglin Town. The reform of funeral and burial will not be implemented until May 1st. During this period of time, the focus of the work is to find out and publicize the village by village; the comprehensive management of social security has no hard tasks, and there is an office to support it, so I don’t have to worry about it; There are no big tasks.

Hou Weidong sorted out his work ideas, and it was time for the regular meeting on Monday. In the regular morning meeting, the heads of each department will speak first, summarize the work of last week, then talk about the plan for this week, and raise the problems encountered in the work. The mayor of the town, Su Ming, finished talking about the routine matters, and said: "Qinglinchang Town is an old town with a long history, and it is also a town that is dirty, chaotic, and poor. Governance of dirty, chaotic, and poor is the focus of this government. At work, I met with Secretary Zhao and decided that Comrade Hou Weidong would be in charge of managing the sanitation of the town. We will try to make a big change in the sanitation of the town within one month, and do something that can be seen and touched for the common people. fact."

Town sanitation management is a costly, time-consuming job that is not easy to achieve.Originally Zhong Ruihua was in charge, but when he heard that Hou Weidong was going to hand over this troublesome matter, he was secretly happy and naturally he would not object. After the meeting was over, Hou Weidong called Fu Jiang, the director of the comprehensive management office: "Director Fu, let's go around the town and see the sanitation of the town." Fu Jiang served as the secretary of the Youth League Committee. After the term of the secretary of the Youth League Committee expired, he was transferred to the director of the Comprehensive Management Office and a judicial mediator.He is actually quite handsome, but his hair is disheveled and he doesn't look so neat and energetic.He played mahjong all night last night, and he was still sleepy at this moment. He yawned and said, "Why did you entrust the management of the town to you? This matter has always been in charge of the deputy mayor who is in charge of the country. Why do you bother?" Take all these troubles on you?"

"It's not me looking for trouble, it's trouble looking for me." Hou Weidong is the deputy mayor of bounced tickets, but he is more sensitive psychologically than the two deputy mayors Tang Shugang and Zhong Ruihua. When he saw Fu Jiang's carefree attitude, he thought of the lukewarm Su Yajun, which made him very uncomfortable. .It's just that his foundation is not stable. If the relationship with the only two subordinates becomes stagnant, it will be a joke on the one hand, and on the other hand, he will be a standard polished commander in the future. The two walked east along the path.There is rubbish along the way, especially white plastic bags, which are scattered in every corner of the town, which is particularly dazzling.

Hou Weidong said: "Looking up at the green hills, looking down at the garbage, the sanitation of this town really should be tidied up." Fu Jiang is used to this kind of living environment, and said: "Villages and towns are different from cities. The objective reason is rushing to the market. No matter how clean the sweeping is, it will become dirty and messy when it comes to rushing to the market; the subjective reason is the quality of people. Residents are different from urban residents. Although they are non-agricultural population, they are not much different from farmers - they have poor hygiene awareness. What is it to throw garbage everywhere? When it gets dark, some people still defecate indiscriminately. This is the history of rural people for thousands of years The habits formed are very stubborn, so managing the sanitation of the town is a thankless task."

Hou Weidong had already reached a consensus with Su Ming, seeing that Fu Jiang was not motivated at all, he said: "Living in this place full of rubbish is visually uncomfortable and easy to get sick. The ancients said, 'If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world', paraphrased This sentence, 'If you don't sweep a town, how can you sweep the world'." Fu Jiang smiled and said: "I have no intention of sweeping the world, I just want to have breakfast now. Have you eaten, I invite you." Hou Weidong let out a snort: "Morning is not considered a main meal. If you want to treat yourself, please treat yourself to lunch."

The Yao restaurant in Xiaqinglinchang Town is actually not as good as the Yao restaurant in Shangqinglin, and the sanitary conditions are not good. The dishwashing water was poured directly into the water hole on the street, leaving a puddle of oil, and there was a pile of vegetables outside the door. leaf. Hou Weidong sat at the door waiting for Fu Jiang who had breakfast, and said, "Boss Yao, you have to pay attention to hygiene when opening a restaurant, and clean up the inside and outside of the house. Your brother's restaurant in Shangqinglin is much cleaner than yours."

Boss Yao held Hou Weidong's cigarettes in his ear, and said, "Xiaqinglinchang Town is divided into two halves by the road, and there are dozens of cars every day. The dust is so big that it won't be clean no matter what you do. My frontage doesn't have a sewer, and there are people with slop. No, the dirty water can only be dumped on the street, there is no other way.” After breakfast, Fu Jiang stood outside the restaurant smoking a cigarette, and people kept saying hello to him.Hou Weidong patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go to the neighborhood committee to find Director Yin."

Director Yin is the director of the neighborhood committee, in his fifties.The eldest son was admitted to the middle school and taught in Qinglin Town Primary School; the younger son stayed at the Construction Bank of Lingxi Province after graduating from university.His family situation is very good in Qinglinchang Town. "Director Yin, what are you busy with?" Fu Jiang is the director of the Comprehensive Management Office and a judicial mediator. He deals with gossip every day, and is very familiar with the cadres of villages, communes, and neighborhood committees. Yin Rong is wearing a pair of presbyopic glasses, and the presbyopic glasses are tied with a rope.Glasses hung on his chest as he spoke.He saw the person coming, and said: "Hou Zhen, Director Fu, rare visitor, rare visitor, come in and sit down."

Hou Weidong cut to the chase and said, "Director Yin, there was a meeting this morning, and I will be in charge of sanitation in the town. Just now, I walked around with Director Fu. The town is typically dirty, messy, and poor. Do you have any good ideas? " "The sanitation of the town has made our neighborhood committee brain-dead, and we have thought of various ways. Because the basic conditions are too poor, there is no way." Yin Rong has lived in Changzhen for decades and participated in countless patriotic health campaigns.During the exercise, the environmental sanitation of the town did have a big change.But after the end of the patriotic sanitation campaign, environmental sanitation is like a high-quality spring with full elasticity, and it has recovered its original appearance at an extremely fast speed.He has no confidence in doing a good job in sanitation work in the town.

Hou Weidong said: "Director Yin, the sanitation of the town has indeed reached the point where it must be rectified. I plan to completely change the sanitation of the town within a month. Come up with a plan." Yin Rong said unhurriedly: "If you really want to improve the sanitation of the environment, it is also very easy. If you hire a few more people, the sanitation will be improved naturally. Hiring people will cost money. Without money, the sanitation of the town can only be like this. " "How much does the town government invest in a year?" "The township government only pays the wages of two cleaners, 150 yuan per person per month, 3,600 yuan a year. Rent a vehicle to transport garbage, 50 yuan for each pull, 100 yuan for two cars a week, The total annual investment will not exceed RMB 10,000.” "How much can you charge for cleaning the town in a year?" "Since 1991, our neighborhood committees have not collected them, and the land and resources office has collected them directly. Then they pay for people to clean the sanitation. In fact, the town sanitation has nothing to do with the neighborhood committees." After the neighborhood committee learned about the situation, Hou Weidong and Fu Jiang went around the town, and Fu Jiang was shocked by the degree of dirtiness. "The town is shockingly dirty. The people in Qinglin Town are so good, but no one has any suggestions!" Hou Weidong sighed. Only then did Fu Jiang tell the truth: "The cleaning fee of the town is actually affordable. In the past, the neighborhood committee charged more than 3,000 yuan a month, and the cleanliness of the town was much better than it is now. Later, the town became poor and crazy. , take back the right to collect cleaning fees to the village construction and land office. The land office has a lot of work, and it can charge more than 1,000 yuan a month at most. I think the sanitation of the town is the responsibility of the neighborhood committee, and the cleaning fee should also be collected by the neighborhood committee. The town government Just be responsible for checking." After this investigation, Hou Weidong had a solid foundation in his mind. He found Su Ming and said, "Mayor Su, I visited the town just now. The sanitation is really bad, and we must make up our minds to comprehensively rectify it." "I know that it needs to be rectified, otherwise I won't let you take care of this matter." Su Ming quickly sealed the words again, "Let me make it clear first, the town's finances are tight and you can't invest, you should find a way elsewhere .” "From cleaning to transportation, the whole town needs less than 10,000 yuan a year. If you don't increase the money, no one can do this job well." "Add another 3,600 yuan, and hire two more cleaners." Su Ming added, "There is a financial and economic leadership group in the town, and this matter must be discussed with them in advance. You should propose the plan at the joint party and government meeting. .” The Finance and Economics Leading Group was Secretary Zhao Yongsheng's weapon against former mayor Qin Feiyue. Although Qin Feiyue went to the development zone, the Financial and Economics Leading Group remained. Hou Weidong secretly said: "The mighty mayor doesn't have the right to sign, Su Ming can really bear it." He threw out his own idea: "There are more than 3,000 residents in Qinglinchang Town, and each person charges a cleaning fee of 1 yuan per month, which can be more than 3,000 yuan a month. In addition, you can find a booth to collect some money on the day of the market. Money, collecting 40,000 yuan a year is not a problem. "As far as I know, this money was previously collected by the neighborhood committee. They could receive more than 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. Now it is the responsibility of the village construction and land office. They can only collect more than 8,000 yuan a year. I suggest that the right to charge Return it to the neighborhood committee and give full play to their enthusiasm." It was Zhao Yongsheng's claim that the cleaning fee was received by the State Resources Office. Su Ming was the deputy mayor at the time and knew the ins and outs of the matter.He pondered for a while, and said, "I'll discuss it with Secretary Zhao." After Hou Weidong left, Su Ming wrote it down in his notebook.He can now fully understand Qin Feiyue's feelings back then. As the secretary of the town committee, Zhao Yongsheng was too meticulous in his management, and had to take care of every major and minor matter. The mayor basically became a decoration.The former mayor, Qin Feiyue, had a tough personality, and soon had conflicts with Zhao Yongsheng, which continued to intensify, and eventually became serious. The new mayor, Su Ming, used to be Zhao Yongsheng's subordinate.Now, Zhao Yongsheng is the absolute authority in the town. Under his management model, the power of mayor is in name only.However, if the town government's affairs are not handled well, Zhao Yongsheng will not take responsibility. His reason is simple: "This is what the government should do. The town party committee only cares about major policies." In the mid-1990s, small villages in Shazhou were merged into towns one after another. The population of a town is generally between 20,000 and 50,000, and the population of a larger town is 70,000 to 80,000.With a large population and a large territory, the responsibility of the secretary of the town party committee will be even heavier.Because of this, the selection of the secretary of the township party committee is much more sophisticated than that of the small township. Not only must they have rich work experience, but they also generally have contacts in the county. The party secretary of a very large town must be nominated by the county party secretary. Qinglin Town is not considered a very large town, but in the past two years, the economy has gradually become stronger, and its status in the county has also increased.Zhao Yongsheng is able to be the secretary of the party committee here, naturally he has connections and prestige. Zhao Yongsheng kept his word in Qinglin Town, and the dozens of cadres under him, except for the first-level team, were up and down by themselves.Even if he is a member of the first-level team, he, as the secretary of the town party committee, has a great say when organizing inspections.Now Qinglin Town regards him as the king, and he has a strong sense of psychological superiority and accomplishment. When Su Ming entered the office, Zhao Yongsheng put down "Lingxi Daily" and said with a smile on his face, "Mayor Su, I have something to discuss with you." He raised his head, leaned on the back of the chair, and turned his body from time to time while listening to his subordinates report on work, which was comfortable and casual.This is Zhao Yongsheng's favorite gesture. Compared with the restraint and tension of his subordinates, it shows the majesty of power. "I want to adjust the contact leader of Hongba Village to Hou Weidong. He is now the deputy mayor, and it is not convenient to contact Dushi Village. In addition, he is in charge of Fu Jiang, who is the resident cadre of Hongba Village. Good job discussion." Hongba Village is the farthest village in Xiaqinglin, and it is the only village without road access.Hongba Village is divided into two parts by a small river. To build roads and bridges requires a lot of funds, which has become a long-standing problem in Hongba Village.Yan Lili is the old branch secretary of Hongba Village. He has strong working ability and a good foundation among the masses, but he is a middle-aged angry youth who often sings against the town.Ordinary cadres stationed in the village can't control him at all, and instead he makes them turn around. Su Ming made a rare objection, saying: "Hou Weidong lacks qualifications and has no experience in party affairs. If he is asked to contact the backward party branch, the effect may not be good. Mayor Zhong is a member of the party committee and has been a minister of armed forces for many years. , Can you let him contact Hongba Village? Or let Liu Kun contact Hongba Village, he is a full-time deputy secretary, and he is suitable for contacting the backward party branch." Of the three newly promoted deputy mayors, Tang Shugang used to be the director of the Party and Government Office and was a confidant of Zhao Yongsheng; the other deputy mayor, Zhong Ruihua, was a former member of the party committee and minister of armed forces, and was also closely related to Zhao Yongsheng; only Hou Weidong and Su Ming walked together. Recently, that's why he didn't want Hou Weidong to get stuck in the mess of Hongba Village. Zhao Yongsheng laughed and said: "Young people have to bear the burden in order to grow up quickly. Suspicious people don't need people, and employers don't need to be suspicious. Mayor Su has to trust Hou Weidong." Say white, crooked as straight, left as right, bad as good. Su Ming was very upset. He clearly used Hou Weidong himself, but Zhao Yongsheng said that he wanted to use Hou Weidong again, and he also labeled him as distrusting young comrades.He secretly said: "Zhao Yongsheng turns his hands into clouds, and turns his hands into rain. After all, he has gone through storms and developed good political skills." After the matter of Hongba Village was finalized, Su Ming then talked about his own affairs, saying: "Hou Weidong proposed that the neighborhood committee should collect the cleaning fee for the town, and the town government will not collect or pay for it, just inspect. I think this is feasible. What is Secretary Zhao’s opinion?” It was Zhao Yongsheng’s previous decision to transfer the right to collect cleaning fees from the neighborhood committee to the land and resources office.Therefore, Su Ming took the initiative to seek Zhao Yongsheng's opinion, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. Zhao Yongsheng gave Su Ming face and said: "This is the daily work of the town government, you can arrange it yourself." After Hou Weidong received a clear answer, he came to the office of the neighborhood committee excitedly, found Yin Rong, and said: "There is already a statement about the sanitation of the town." Yin Rong was playing with his little grandson. After handing over his little grandson to the old woman, he said, "Mayor Hou is really down-to-earth in his work. As long as the town government is willing to pay, I guarantee that the environmental sanitation will improve." Hou Weidong said unhurriedly: "I personally feel that the sanitation of the town still depends on the neighborhood committee, and the town government has no money left for food and finance." Yin Rong waved his hands hastily, and said, "The neighborhood committee has only four people, and the office budget is small, so it can't manage the environment well." "Director Yin, how much do you think it will take to improve the sanitation? Tell me a real number?" "Twenty thousand yuan a year, the neighborhood committee guarantees good sanitation management." "The cleaning fee is only more than 7,000 now, and you have increased it by 13,000, which is too much." "For such a large town, only 20,000 yuan is used for cleaning, which is really not much. If it is really not possible, it can be reduced to 18,000 yuan, and our neighborhood committee can take over the sanitation of the town." Only then did Hou Weidong throw out Su Ming's decision, saying: "In the past, the town's cleaning fee was collected by the neighborhood committee, but later adjusted to the village construction and land office. If it is still collected by the neighborhood committee, the collected fee will be used as the town's cleaning fee , do you have the confidence to manage the sanitation of the town?" Yin Rong once charged the cleaning fee, knowing that there was something wrong with it, he was secretly happy, but deliberately dragged out his voice, hesitantly: "The standard of cleaning fee was set a few years ago, and the standard is too low. Qinglinchang Town People are fierce and evil, even if they charge three or five yuan more, they will quarrel for a long time." After investigation, Hou Weidong had a good idea, and said: "If it is feasible, this matter will be clarified. The neighborhood committee will collect money for cleaning, and the town will be responsible for supervision and inspection. The charging plan and cleaning plan will be reported to the town government in advance." He emphasized, "If it is not possible , I’ll try to figure it out.” Yin Rong immediately changed his attitude and said: "I didn't want to do it at first, but because of Mayor Hou's face, I agreed." "I will hand over the environmental sanitation of Qinglinchang Town to Director Yin, and it must be cleared every day." Yin Rong promised: "Mayor Hou, don't worry, I will definitely make a big difference in the cleanliness of the town." After talking about environmental sanitation, Hou Weidong brought up another topic: "Qinglinchang Town is bare, there are no street trees, it is too ugly. I plan to carry out tree donation activities in Shangqinglin on Arbor Day, and then the town will do it uniformly." Hang tag, write the name or unit of the donor." This is a reference to the practice of Shangqinglin Primary School.There are dense forests on Qinglin Mountain, so choosing a group of trees with the thickness of a bowl is cheap and economical, and can produce results quickly. Hearing Hou Weidong's thoughts, Yin Rong gave a thumbs up and said, "It's different for a college student to be a leader. If you really want to launch a tree donation campaign, I will personally donate a tree." In one day, he successfully completed the system adjustment of the town's environmental sanitation. Hou Weidong felt that his work ability was not bad, and the exposed garbage on the street was not as dazzling as before.After Hou Weidong broke up with Yin Rong, he walked around the street carefully. Before he walked back to the town government compound, the mobile phone hanging on his waist vibrated violently. Qin Gang's voice from the police station was somewhat excited: "The Shangqinglin murder case has been solved!" Hou Weidong was stunned for a moment, and said, "The murder case? The one in Zeng Xiangang's house?" "I received a call from the County Public Security Bureau this morning. The Shazhou Criminal Police Detachment cracked a case of burglary. During the interrogation, the criminal explained the case in Shangqinglin. At present, only the first criminal has escaped and is being hunted down. " After hanging up the phone, Hou Weidong hurriedly called Zeng Xiangang, but Zeng Xiangang's home phone was always busy, and it took a while to get through.Zeng Xiangang's voice was choked up: "Madman, my family's case has been solved, and the County Public Security Bureau will send a car to pick me up to Shazhou immediately." Hou Weidong breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "This case is bad in nature, someone must have been knocked on the head. God has a spirit, and finally avenged my sister-in-law." Zeng Xiangang said viciously: "I heard that the leader was not caught. If I catch him, I will beat him to pieces." "Our country prohibits lynching. It is illegal for you to take revenge. You still have to rely on the public security bureau to solve the case." "Your sister-in-law has been suffering with me. I finally got rich, but she hasn't enjoyed the blessings yet. I really can't hold back this breath. It's a turtle's fault if I don't take revenge." Hou Weidong persuaded Zeng Xiangang a few more words on the phone, but he couldn't solve Zeng Xiangang's knot. At the subsequent party and government joint meeting, the town party committee officially identified Hongba Village as a backward party branch. When determining the contact leader of Hongba Village, Zhao Yongsheng said: "Hou Weidong is in charge of the Comprehensive Management Office, and the Comprehensive Management Office Fu Jiang is stationed in Hongba Village. It is logical for Hou Weidong to contact Hongba Village." His son Zhao Xiaojun and Zhang Xiaojia are colleagues, and his attitude towards Hou Weidong has been adjusting unconsciously.A special explanation, it can be regarded as giving Hou Weidong some thin noodles. In Qinglin Township, general cadres are called resident villages, and town leaders are called contact villages.Hou Weidong had no special requirements on which village to contact, and he did not raise any objections at the meeting.