Chapter 2720: Chatting for a While

Zhao Desan, who was sitting on the side, had always wanted to chat with Su Qing for a while, but in such an environment, it was not convenient to take the initiative to say anything to her, so he listened silently on the side. It was Wu Min who knew that Zhao Desan had a "relative" relationship with Su Qing, and took the initiative to bring Zhao Desan into the topic. She said to Su Qing with a grin: "Secretary Su, this time coming to the district, do you think the changes in the district are big?"

Su Qing nodded and said with a smile and approachability: "The changes are quite big. It can be seen that the work in the district has been done very well during this period. This is all your credit, District Mayor Wu."

Wu Min looked at Zhao Desan and said to Su Qing with a grin: "The changes in the district are inseparable from the credit of the leaders in charge, especially Director Liu. After he came to the district, he completely reversed the work situation of the Construction Committee and played a powerful role in promoting the development and construction of the district."

Zhao Desan then joined the conversation, feeling a burst of joy in his heart, but pretended to be forced, and said with a humble smile: "Where, District Mayor Wu is too praised."

Hearing Wu Min say this, Su Qing glanced at Zhao Desan with the corner of her eye. How could she not want to sit with Zhao Desan and chat properly? But in front of these leaders in the district, it was not convenient to show that she was too close to him. "Comrade Xiao Zhao is still too young after all, lacking work experience and accumulation. If there is anything done poorly, District Mayor Wu should criticize and guide more."

Wu Min said with a grin: "Young people have a vigorous side in their work. Comrade Xiao Zhao has done a good job in all aspects of work. What we lack in our governing units now is young and promising leading cadres like Comrade Xiao Zhao."

From Wu Min's words, Su Qing could hear that this District Mayor Wu also valued and appreciated Zhao Desan, which also showed from the side that Zhao Desan's work in the district during this period was indeed done well. She smiled lightly and turned her head to look at him with a look that only Zhao Desan could understand.

At this time, Liu Deliang had poured half a glass of white wine into the two-and-a-half-tael high-footed glass for everyone present. Seeing this, before moving chopsticks, according to the rules of the officialdom dinner, Wu Min picked up the wine glass and proposed: "Come, let's leaders in the district toast Secretary Su first, thank Secretary Su for being able to stay and continue to guide our work in the district."

"Let's toast Secretary Su together." The second-in-command of the district, Liu Deliang, followed Wu Min's words and picked up the wine glass.

Others immediately picked up their wine glasses and raised them to Su Qing.

"Everyone is too polite, come, let's drink together." Facing so many people toasting at the same time, Su Qing naturally couldn't refuse. As she spoke, she raised her wine glass, touched the glasses of everyone gently, and drank all the white wine, which was more than one tael, in one gulp. In China, being an official is a science. This science can be divided into many sciences, such as the science of interpersonal communication, the science of flattery and fawning, and drinking at a dinner party is naturally a science, and a science with many requirements. Even if the alcohol capacity is not good, when eating with leaders at a dinner party, you must never not drink, especially when toasting leaders. Cadres who cannot drink are not good cadres, and people who do not understand drinking will sooner or later be kicked out of the officialdom.

Putting down the wine glass, Su Qing continued the topic just now: "Actually, there are quite a few young people in various government agencies now, and some young people also occupy very important positions. However, to be honest, most of these young people are children of some leaders, and they have gone up by relying on relationships."

Wu Min nodded in agreement with a smile: "Yes, there are quite a few such young cadres. However, there are almost few who are as talented as Comrade Xiao Zhao. Those second-generation officials are another matter."

Zhao Desan listened to the praise of the two women for himself on the side, and his heart was so proud that it was hard to describe in words.

"Come, Secretary Su, I toast you." Just now the leaders in the district toasted Su Qing together, and now Wu Min toasted Su Qing alone.

Su Qing couldn't refuse, so she picked up the wine glass, raised it to touch Wu Min's wine glass gently, and drank the half glass of white wine in the high-footed glass in one gulp.

"The problem of second-generation officials is indeed a big problem in current society. I don't know how to eradicate this problem." Wu Min put down the glass and made a sigh following the topic just now.

Putting down the cup, Su Qing also said with great emotion: "To eliminate the problem of second-generation officials, at present, this is a difficult problem faced by our government. To solve this problem, it is easier said than done! Let alone a deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee like me, even our Provincial Party Secretary and Governor have no way. This is caused by the system. Actually, such a situation has been the case since ancient times. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, China has been a country based on officialdom, which is a fact. Bureaucrats occupy the most social resources and also occupy the most glory in society. In layman's terms, it means that if you are an official, you have everything; if you are not an official, you have nothing. But at the same time, bureaucrats are also the leaders of politics and the operators of government affairs. The prosperity of the country and the quality of society largely depend on the quality of officials and rely on the efficiency of the bureaucracy. According to the logic of the bureaucracy itself, this system must constantly draw new excellent people from the common people to ensure the efficiency of the bureaucracy and maintain national stability and social benign development. Therefore, the selection of officials in all dynasties has always been the core issue of the political system. However, China is also a country with the family as the core value. Officials and their families are a community of interests. People who have become officials have an obligation to bring benefits to their families, including their descendants, of course.

The Han Dynasty implemented the selection system of recommendation and recruitment. Originally, the implementation was good, and most of the people recommended were excellent talents. However, after this system continued for a period of time, problems arose. First, people around high-ranking officials would inevitably look at their children with high eyes. Even without special entrustment, the children of high-ranking officials who entered the officialdom would often be treated favorably. The halo of high-ranking officials projected on their children seemed very natural. Second, because in the system, high-ranking officials have the power to recommend talents, for the recommended people, the recommender is the person who truly changed their destiny and has the grace of knowing them. When the recommended people become relatively large officials in the future and have the ability to recommend, their best way to repay their kindness seems to be to recommend the children of their benefactors. If they have already entered the officialdom, they will pull them in terms of promotion. Thus, such a situation was gradually formed. The higher the official, the more opportunities their children have to become officials. After several generations of accumulation, the gatekeeper families of the late Eastern Han Dynasty were formed. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were mediocre, but just because they were born in the Yuan family of the four generations and three dukes, their children and students were all over the world. Therefore, when they raised troops, they suddenly formed the two largest warlord groups. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, because of the implementation of the nine-rank middle-positive system, becoming an official simply became the patent of official children. The selection of the Ministry of Personnel only needs to check the genealogy of each person. As everyone knows, the division of the country and the darkness of politics are mainly because the bureaucracy has become a disguised hereditary aristocratic system. The implementation of the imperial examination system completely changed this situation. We know that the so-called imperial examination system is to take officials by examination. No matter who they are, commoners or royal families, as long as they pass the relevant examinations, they can become officials. In fact, in the imperial examination era, high-ranking officials and royal families also had advantages. Not only could their children attend better schools, but there was also a system of shade, and the children of high-ranking officials could enter the officialdom directly through shade. However, due to the relatively strict examination system, a style was formed in this era. Any official who did not become an official through examination would be considered incapable. Needless to say, the donation class who bought officials with money was looked down upon. And those who entered the officialdom through shade were often regarded as playboys and were also despised. The style reached, even the emperor didn't look down on such people, so it was difficult for people who came out of shade to be promoted. In this situation, even the children of high-ranking officials, if they had the heart to go to the officialdom, often had to take the imperial examination and take the real test. Some people studied that the imperial examination system since the Sui and Tang Dynasties could ensure that about half of the successful candidates were from small and medium-sized gentry and commoners, and the other half were mostly official children.

The problem in China now is first of all that for a long time, the country has not had a consistent selection system. The college entrance examination system once became a disguised imperial examination, but even in this case, the selection of cadres still had other ways, and even illiterate worker-peasant cadres had advantages in promotion. Even in university examinations, children of high-ranking officials once had other ways to recommend admission, making the fairness of the college entrance examination greatly discounted. After university graduates were no longer assigned, although the civil service examination system was implemented, so far, not only is this examination not a national unified examination, but there are still other ways to enter the civil service team. The academic qualifications restrictions on entering the civil service team after the reform, with the appearance of "five major" graduates, that is, TV university, vocational university, correspondence university, night university, and self-study graduates, soon became a mere formality. And for overseas students, there are special advantages. Because the children of cadres who cannot pass the university entrance examination in China can go abroad to study at their own expense and mix a degree, they can come back to enjoy preferential treatment. Now, a considerable number of new second-generation officials like to enter the officialdom directly, and while their fathers are still in office, they promote to a certain height as quickly as possible. These second-generation officials who grab officials have formed the power hereditary phenomenon that is greatly criticized by public opinion today. Secondly, because of the official-based standard, officials in office hold the most resources in society, and the traditional Chinese family concept is still strong. Regardless of whether the officials themselves participate, children of officials of a certain level, no matter what they do, as long as they are within the influence of this official, will naturally be taken care of. If these official children do business, as long as they put out the signboard of their fathers, they will often go smoothly and get conveniences that commoner children cannot reach. In the early stage of reform, many ** often liked to use the shade of their fathers to go to sea to do business and obtain economic benefits. Some of these people are official merchants, and some are private merchants, but no matter whether they are official merchants or private merchants, the way they do business often has the shadow of power. Even if a few people really do as they say, their rise or wealth is due to their own talents, but due to the general environment, it is still difficult to convince people.

Due to the prevailing environment, it is still difficult to convince people.

1484. Chapter 1467: The Target of Public Criticism

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