Chapter 6 Chapter 6: Xiaoqian falls down and sends high-ranking officials

Every official's crime has its own unique characteristics. Du Fulai's characteristic is that he was an official who "brought money down" from the China Earthquake Administration to the Beijing Municipal Earthquake Administration, but he put the money brought from the superior unit into his own crimes. pocket.Unlike other high-ranking officials at the bureau level who frequently embezzled millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan, the amount he embezzled in ink was only 300,000 yuan, and all of the money was brought from his superior unit.In addition, Du Fulai has neither bad deeds nor any pornographic news, which makes people feel that Du Fulai, a corrupt official, is a bit different.

On January 26, 2007, Du Fulai stood in the courtroom of the Beijing Higher People's Court, because the 300,000 yuan he brought when he took office did not go to repair huts for the world's poor like Du Fulai, but for the Niulanshan earthquake. The platform has been "smeared with cement".And this touch not only erased his position, but also wiped his life with 11 years of imprisonment. A small sum of money downed a high-ranking bureaucrat, and this case triggered a common concern among officials who "bring money to send down". Ascend to a high position, bring money and send the head of the government

There is a jingle among the people, and there is a sentence in it that goes like this, "If you don't come to Beijing, you don't know that you are an official."The meaning couldn't be more clear, the officials in Beijing are of high rank.Thinking about it, in other places, a county magistrate who has jurisdiction over millions of people is nothing more than a department-level cadre, and a township head who can be mixed with a department-level is considered to be smoke on the ancestral grave.Although the rank of officials in Beijing is relatively high, it is not easy to be a leading cadre at the bureau level in Beijing.However, this kind of good deed has actually come to the 45-year-old Du Fu.

Du Fulai seems to have some fate with November. He was born in November, brought money to the dispatch in November, took money that should not have been taken in November, was detained in November, tried in November, and was finally sentenced to 11 years in prison.This "11" can be pronounced as "want to want" in spoken language. It was Du Fu who came to "want" money that should not be "wanted" and put himself in prison. Du Fulai was born in November 1955 in Mentougou District, Beijing.He did not have a high degree of education, only a college degree, but his position is good. Before he became the deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Earthquake Administration, he had been the deputy director of the office of the China Earthquake Administration, in charge of administrative logistics and housing allocation.It should be said that Du Fu did a good job here, otherwise it would not be his turn to be a department-level cadre with a college degree.

In August 2001, Du Fulai, who had come and gone, was appointed as the deputy director of the Beijing Earthquake Bureau. He suddenly changed from a department-level cadre to a bureau-level official. The 45-year-old Du Fulai should be said to be a lucky star.After the appointment order was issued, because the work of the China Earthquake Administration had not yet ended, he had to complete the finishing work of the China Earthquake Administration before he could take up his post.During this period, the superior leaders gave him a "glorious and arduous" task: take 300,000 yuan to decorate the house for the leaders of the China Earthquake Administration.

In the second half of 2001, the China Earthquake Administration started the last batch of welfare housing allocation. The office of the bureau was in charge of housing allocation, and Du Fulai, the deputy director of the office, was one of the busiest people.With the joy of being a new official before taking office, Du Fu decided to "stand on the last post" at the China Earthquake Administration. After the house assignment work was over, one of Du Fu’s leaders called him to the office and said: “Recently the bureau has assigned houses to the bureau leaders, but they are all unfinished houses that cannot be lived in. Someone once suggested to me that the new houses should be allocated It is said that other ministries and commissions have done the same. I plan to assign you to be in charge of this matter, but I am afraid that it will not be good if it is done by the National Bureau. You will soon take up the post at the Beijing Earthquake Bureau. As you go to the Beijing Bureau for a sum of money, if it is decided to decorate the leaders of the National Bureau, the money will be paid from the Beijing Bureau. If it cannot be used for decoration, it will be considered a sum of money for the Beijing Bureau to support you Du Fu. work."

Du Fu, as the deputy director of the office, naturally did not dare to discount the leadership's instructions.Besides, it is a tacit "practice" to go to the post with the appropriation from the superior, and it is also a glorious thing for the newly appointed officials.If the leaders of the China Earthquake Administration don't need the money, and they become the deputy director of a new unit, it will be convenient to use the money.Moreover, after Du Fulai was appointed as the deputy director of the Beijing Earthquake Administration and a member of the party group, he was in charge of government affairs, earthquake emergency rescue, logistics services, infrastructure, trade unions, and veteran cadres, which were similar to those in the China Earthquake Administration, except that his subordinates changed Be a leader.

In November 2001, Du Fu came to the Beijing Seismological Bureau to take up his post. On December 13, 2001, the China Earthquake Administration planned to allocate 300,000 yuan to the Beijing Municipal Earthquake Administration for basic renovation and maintenance. After the 300,000 yuan arrived in the account, Du Fu came to greet the deputy director in charge of the Planning and Finance Department and said: "I brought 300,000 yuan from the China Earthquake Administration as a special fund, and I will use this money." Because the Beijing Earthquake Administration had previously He often receives special funds or project funds allocated by the China Earthquake Administration, which are generally used by the personnel in charge of the project, so the deputy director told the director of the Planning and Finance Department that the 300,000 yuan was used by Du Fu, and told On the 2001 plan project list of the China Earthquake Administration, indicate "Du Bureau Management" next to 300,000 yuan.

According to the practice of the Beijing Municipal Seismological Bureau, although special funds and project funds are used by special personnel, large expenditures should be discussed and decided by the bureau leadership.In accordance with the provisions of the "Measures for the Management of Expenses and Expenditures of the Beijing Municipal Earthquake Administration": payments of more than 2,000 yuan in cash, checks, and transfers must be reviewed by the Planning and Finance Department and reported to the director in charge for approval; Disbursements can only be made after discussion by the party group.However, the deputy director of the Beijing Earthquake Bureau who was in charge of the Planning and Finance Department did not know what Du Fulai used the money for. He was "inconvenient to ask", and Du Fulai never told him.

Overtly repairing the project, secretly stealing 300,000 yuan from Chencang A few days after the appropriation plan was issued on December 13, 2001, the leader of the China Earthquake Administration came to greet Du Fu and said: "Because other units did not use public funds to decorate the leader's house, we did not find a basis for decorating the bureau leader. The 300,000 yuan cannot be used for decoration, and you Beijing Municipal Seismological Bureau will keep it as funds.” Du Fu was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and he said happily, “Thank you for your concern.” Before and after that, the leader of the China Earthquake Administration neither greeted any leader of the Beijing Municipal Earthquake Administration on the situation of the fund, nor said that the money should be used by Du Fu.Because the leader felt that since it was allocated funds, he didn't need to ask how the Beijing Earthquake Bureau used it.

This money has become money that is not mentioned at the top and not asked at the bottom.In other words, the 300,000 yuan in the account of the Beijing Municipal Seismological Bureau, except for Du Fulai, no one else knows what kind of expenditure it will be used for. At this time, a mere 300,000 yuan became a huge bait for Du Fulai.He luckily thought that since the 300,000 yuan he brought was not ventilated, it should be at his disposal.However, Du Fulai didn't want to use the money on the public, he wanted to swallow the money.He believes that he should "spend" the money he brings. After all, 300,000 yuan lying on the account is not a long-term solution, and the money must be "spent" as soon as possible.How to "spend" this money in a logical way? Du Fulai quickly remembered Boss Fu, the individual contractor. This Boss Fu was attached to a construction company. He had done some small decoration projects in the China Earthquake Administration. Interacted several times. At the end of 2001, Du Fu called Boss Fu to his office and asked him to make a project budget and contract of 300,000 yuan.Du Fu said: "The end of the year is coming soon, and the China Earthquake Administration has allocated a sum of money. The China Earthquake Administration will recover the money that cannot be spent at the end of the year. You make a budget of 300,000 yuan for house renovations, and I will remit the money to you. Here it is, and you can bring it up to me again, as for how to do the work, we can talk about it next year.” Immediately, Du Fu came to tell Boss Fu about the specific project and other contents, and the project site was the Niulanshan seismic station. Du Fu came to the Beijing Seismological Bureau to take charge of infrastructure and other work, and Boss Fu naturally needed Du Fu's "care".He quickly asked the budgeter to make a project budget of more than 300,000 yuan and handed it to Du Fulai.Soon, Du Fu came to give Boss Fu a check of 300,000 yuan.Boss Fu deposited the check in his personal account, and according to Du Fulai's request, issued an invoice of 300,000 yuan from the construction company he was affiliated with and handed it to Du Fu for reimbursement. However, Boss Fu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he will not help Du Fu in vain. He told Du Fu that he will have to pay about 30,000 yuan in taxes for invoicing.Du Fu came eager to get the cash, so he agreed without thinking. More than 20 days after the check was credited, Boss Fu still expected Du Fu to give him some work, so he kept delaying giving Du Fu money.Du Fu came to see Boss Fu and was not "enlightened" enough, so he had to call and ask Boss Fu to prepare 100,000 yuan in cash for emergency use.Boss Fu collected 100,000 yuan and handed it over to Du Fulai.After two months, Boss Fu still didn't take the initiative. After all, Du Fu came with a guilty conscience, so he had to call again to ask for it. Boss Fu gave Du Fu 100,000 yuan for the second time.At this time, Boss Fu seemed to have noticed something. He kept urging Du Fu to come and do some work for him. Du Fu came and asked him to take the last 70,000 yuan.Boss Fu felt that it was time for him to ask for work, so he took the last 70,000 yuan and met with Du Fu in a small restaurant. The two had a drink together, and Boss Fu also asked Du Fu to come and do some work. Do it, Du Fulai finally reluctantly agreed. In less than half a year, Boss Fu gave Du Fu a total of 270,000 yuan in three installments.But before and after that, he never signed any other contracts with the Beijing Municipal Seismological Bureau, nor did he do any actual projects for the Beijing Municipal Seismological Bureau.The 300,000 yuan contract for "Niulanshan Earthquake Station Maintenance" was only a false contract, and the project did not actually take place. After Du Fu came to get the invoice from Boss Fu, he immediately called the director of planning and finance to the office, handed over the contract, budget and 300,000 yuan invoice to the director of planning and finance, and asked him to report the account to the finance department. The director paid the bill according to Du Fu's request. There is a seam in the clothes, and corrupt Mexican officials become unlucky According to the financial regulations of the Beijing Municipal Seismological Bureau, the use of this fund must be discussed at the bureau's executive meeting.The expenditure of this amount requires the signature of the director in charge, the project budget, and the project contract, and all of them must be provided to the Planning and Finance Office for filing.However, this expenditure was not discussed at the bureau meeting, and it was reimbursed smoothly only with Du Fu's own signature. Reimbursement means that the project has been completed and the account has been settled.Because the 300,000 yuan expenditure was not attended to the leadership meeting, Du Fu did not report to the leadership meeting in the next few years.Since 2003, Du Fu was in charge of the bidding for the maintenance project of the Niulanshan Seismic Station and several subsequent actual constructions. However, Boss Fu was not responsible for the several maintenance projects of these projects.Du Fu never mentioned the 300,000 yuan thing again.Later, the leadership team of the Beijing Municipal Seismological Bureau was adjusted, and the director was new, and he didn't know much about the situation, so Du Fu came and said nothing. Du Fu thought that this matter was done seamlessly, but he didn't expect that all clothes have seams. On November 3, 2005, Du Fulai suddenly received news that the procuratorate was investigating the whereabouts of the 300,000 yuan, and Du Fulai panicked.He immediately found a good friend and said: "I took 300,000 yuan from the unit in 2001, why don't I turn myself in?" Then, Du Fu came in a panic and said: "Why don't I pay back the money first, and then pay back the money?" How about surrendering again? I don’t have enough money now, at least 200,000 yuan short, so please help me raise some money.” The friend quickly said that he would try his best to help, and then the friend went to change money. Immediately afterwards, Du Fu came to find another former colleague like a headless chicken. The colleague asked him if he got 300,000 yuan. It's not that simple, it's not that simple." Du Fulai gradually calmed down after his colleagues continued to enlighten and comfort him. The next day, in the early morning of November 4, 2005, Du Fu came to the director's office and said to the director in a panic: "At the end of 2001, the China Earthquake Administration allocated a maintenance fund for the repair of Niulan Mountain. For the earthquake station, I have already paid this amount to a construction company, and I want to hire them to do maintenance work. The money has not been used, but I have always been in contact with that company. This matter is decided and operated by me alone , It was implemented, and no one else participated. This is my responsibility. I guarantee it with party spirit, and I didn’t take the money. I came to you today to explain to the organization, and I hope the organization can explain it for me.” The bureau chief just took office in 2004. He doesn't know the inside story and doesn't want to get involved in this muddy water.He said to Du Fu: "I don't know anything about this matter. The comrades who heard the discipline inspection yesterday said that the procuratorate is investigating. Then you should explain the matter clearly. In addition, you can tell the secretary of the discipline inspection." Then, Du Fu turned around and ran to the office of the discipline inspection secretary. At this time, he couldn't bear his nervousness, and he said incoherently: "I made a big mistake. I have a sum of 300,000 yuan to pay Yes, it was used for the maintenance project of the Niulanshan seismic station, but the project has not been done. I have been in contact with this construction team for several years. Recently, I wanted to get the money back, so I called the other party, but the other party Said that the money has been given to me, I think this matter should be discussed with the bureau.” But no one could save Du Fulai at this time. On November 10, 2005, Du Fulai was arrested and brought to justice on suspicion of corruption. On November 24, 2006, Du Fulai, wearing a green military overcoat, stood in the dock of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court.The No. 1 Branch of the Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate accused: In December 2001, the defendant, Du Fulai, took advantage of his position as the deputy director of the Beijing Earthquake Bureau to sign a false contract with Fu Moumou and defrauded him of The unit's public funds of RMB 300,000 are kept as their own.The public prosecutor believes that Du Fulai, as a state employee, used the convenience of his position to defraud public funds. His behavior violated the criminal law and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for corruption. In court, Du Fulai made many excuses for his corruption, but even Du Fulai felt that these excuses were weak. On December 28, 2006, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Du Fulai to 11 years in prison for corruption. After the judgment of the first instance, Du Fulai filed an appeal. The reason for his appeal was: the facts of the judgment of the first instance were unclear, the evidence was insufficient, and they could not be corroborated with each other.But in the second instance, the court of second instance did not accept the defender's opinion. On January 26, 2007, the Beijing Higher People's Court rejected Du Fulai's appeal and upheld the original judgment. Another question, what else should the dispatched officials bring besides money? Du Fu needs to spend 11 years in prison to wash away the stain of his 300,000 yuan corruption in ink.If we only compare it based on the amount, Du Fulai is an "alternative" among the ranks of high-level corrupt officials at the bureau level who have been sacked in recent years, because he has too little greed. To say that Du Fu came to corrupt a small amount is just to analyze the unique characteristics of corrupt officials like Du Fu, not to advocate that corrupt officials should be more corrupt, which would be a greater disaster for our country and the people.Since the beginning of the new century, compared with the senior officials above the bureau level who have been sacked all over the country, the number of officials at the bureau level and above in Beijing is not too many. Attracting the attention of the media and ordinary people, Bi Yuxi, chairman of Beijing First Development Company at the deputy department level, once attracted national attention.Because the amount of money involved in the current sacked officials is often tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, and even a small accountant dares to embezzle hundreds of millions of dollars to pick up girls.Huge amounts of money and women, this should be a must-have label for corrupt officials in the new century, especially fallen high-ranking officials. But Du Fu didn't have these characteristics, maybe he just had "temporary greed" as he justified.But how can we believe this justification?Du Fulai's corruption case has unique characteristics. He actually represents a corrupt group that we rarely pay attention to, that is, officials who "bring money to send down". People with a little common sense and those who are familiar with our cadre and personnel system know that in our cadre promotion and appointment rules, middle-level cadres in higher-level units are usually assigned to lower-level units to serve as main leaders.In the process of this kind of appointment, in addition to the promotion of the position, the leaders of the superior unit often give care to the officials sent down in various aspects in order to show their concern for the subordinates. Among them, "bringing money to send down" is a kind of usual method.Because officials have to carry out their work when they go to work, if the higher-level unit has the power to allocate funds, it is very common to find a special fund under the name and designate it to be used by the officials sent down.Moreover, no matter the superior or the subordinate, everyone will tacitly understand this.Generally speaking, the allocated funds will eventually be used in the units where the dispatched officials work.If the money really benefits the common people, there is nothing to say.But in many cases, these "special funds" are often "specialized" by the dispatched cadres, and even when they are not used for official duties, some money is directly put into the pockets of the dispatched cadres. At this time, we can also think of words such as "running the department for money" and "poverty alleviation cadres".Qian Jin, who runs the department, seeks special funds from his superiors, and the most popular in various places are often the poverty alleviation cadres who bring the funds.The higher-ups allocated the money, and generally speaking, the higher-ups seldom asked how to use the money.And there is a noteworthy phenomenon, all the cadres sent with the appropriation funds, or the officials who can ask for money from their superiors, in terms of money management, everyone often follows this rule, that is, whoever wants the money will control it. , at least part of it can be controlled, and it is difficult for others to say anything.After all, in the subconscious mind of most officials, whoever brings the money should be at their disposal, as if the money does not belong to the country, but someone got it through their relationship, so it seems that those who can get the money should control the money , Others asking is talking too much.This so-called "hidden rule" gave Du Fu and these people room for corruption. The way to eradicate this kind of corruption is actually very simple, that is, no matter who wants to come or bring money, as long as it is used strictly in accordance with the organization's approval procedures, it can be eradicated.However, it is very difficult to "follow the organizational procedures" in actual operation.How to solve this problem depends on the leadership and systems of units at all levels, so we will stop talking. What we need to pay attention to is that in addition to bringing funds and projects, the dispatched cadres should bring what can benefit one party.This question is actually very simple. It is enough to take office with a public heart.However, officials like Du Fulai have thrown away their public aspirations and only have a selfish one. Throughout the ages, corrupt officials have been despised by the world, and all dynasties and dynasties have ruthlessly cracked down on corruption. No official understands why corruption should not be done, but corrupt officials have never been eliminated.China's corrupt officials have Chinese characteristics, that is, they have a strong sense of small farmers.From the old lady in the countryside to Du Fulai, a senior cadre, they seem to like to take advantage of the public. The old lady in the countryside can only secretly dig a vegetable in the vegetable field of the production team, and Du Fulai, the deputy director, transfers the money from the public company to his own pocket. , This method and principle of taking advantage of the public are the same. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Du Fulai is not as hated as the corrupt officials we usually see, and some people even feel sorry for Du Fulai who ruined his career for only 300,000 yuan.There seems to be nothing wrong with this kind of regret, but we should also see that corrupt officials and thieves are the same, they both get something for nothing, and they are both parasites and vampires on the social body. 300,000 yuan in exchange for 11 years in prison is really not worth it for Du Fu, but the punishment is indeed equivalent!