Chapter 110: Entering villages and households

On Thursday morning, driver Zhang Fan came to pick him up, and Lu Fan returned to Baishu Bay.

On the way, Lu Fan sighed: "There are only two days left this week, and nothing has been done in the township!"

Zhang Fan said: "Secretary, when you stay in the county, the cadres in the township are more at ease!"

Lu Fan could understand the driver's words. When their own Secretary is wandering around the County Party Committee and County Government, it is very likely that he is asking for money, projects, or running for official positions for the cadres, so everyone has the energy to work. If the Secretary stayed in the township all day, everyone would have no hope, and they would scold behind his back, "What the hell are you doing staying in the unit without doing any real work?"

Seeing the Secretary's special car drive into the gate, the cadres of the township government were invigorated. Several people chatting at the door hurriedly returned to their offices, and those with nothing to do started working in a pretentious manner. Lu Fan initially established his authority.

No matter how old he is, he is the Township Party Committee Secretary appointed by the organization, and the dignity of the organization cannot be provoked.

Arriving at the office, Lu Fan read the County Discipline Inspection Commission's "Notice on the Handling Results of 16 'Empty Pay' Personnel in Baishu Bay," and those two seriously ill patients were not included.

One person was expelled from public office, which was the troublemaker Jiang Minglin. It is said that he even went to the County Discipline Inspection Commission to make trouble. Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Luo Linghai was relentless, not only expelling him from public office but also recovering his irregular wages for nearly ten years. This is really tough.

Three people were given major demerit punishments and demoted by three wage levels; the remaining 14 were all given demerit punishments and demoted by one wage level. As for the irregular income turned over to the Discipline Inspection Commission, it was not reflected in the notice, but Lu Fan knew that the least of the cadres had turned in more than 20,000.

Before long, the Township Party Committee members received a notice from the office that an enlarged meeting of the Party Committee would be held at 9 o'clock, and all deputy township heads and heads of the seven stations and eight offices would attend the meeting.

At 8:58, Lu Fan walked into the conference room, and all the meeting members had arrived.

After sitting in the main seat, Lu Fan turned on the loudspeaker and said: "Comrades, the meeting is now starting. Please set your mobile phones to silent mode. I will not emphasize this in the future. Please strictly abide by it. Today's meeting is a bit long, but the content is extremely important, concerning the development plan of Baishu Bay in the coming years. Please be sure to understand and thoroughly grasp the spirit of the meeting.

Now proceed to the first agenda: Please ask Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Cheng Haohao to convey the County Discipline Inspection Commission's handling opinion on the 16 'empty pay' personnel in our township."

Cheng Haohao cleared his throat and said: "According to the meeting arrangement, I will convey the County Discipline Inspection Commission's handling opinion on the 'empty pay' personnel in Baishu Bay Township:..."

After conveying, Lu Fan said: "Comrades, 'empty pay' seriously violates national wage and welfare policies and belongs to the prominent 'four winds' problem that the masses reflect strongly, damaging national interests and the image of public officials. We must use 'strong medicine' and 'heavy punishment.'

Maintaining social fairness and justice is everyone's responsibility and obligation. All cadres must do their own work well, be diligent in learning to improve their professional ability, truly work hard and work diligently. The township government will always have zero tolerance for empty pay and return a clean and upright atmosphere to society. I will not emphasize this matter too much. Please be sure to take it as a warning!

Okay, now proceed to the second agenda: Please ask People's Congress Chairman Meng Qingchi to make specific arrangements for the rectification of the team style of the village two committees."

"Comrades, according to the work requirements of the County Party Committee, County Government, and County Discipline Inspection Commission, and the unified deployment of the Township Party Committee, we must visit and investigate the 13 administrative villages and 89 natural villages in the whole township one by one for 90 days, mainly targeting the collapse of style..."

After Meng Qingchi finished the arrangements, everyone felt tight in their hearts. This is to take action against the village two committees!

Lu Fan commented: "Carrying out the centralized rectification of weak and lax village party organizations is to implement the arrangements and deployments of the County Party Committee and County Discipline Inspection Commission. We must use iron determination, iron discipline, and iron wrists to powerfully rectify the prominent problems existing in the current village two committees such as loose discipline, laziness, negative work, shirking responsibility, sitting and talking, acting in compliance but opposing in secret, spreading rumors and slander, setting up private thresholds, secretly obstructing, and eating, taking, and demanding. We must discover a batch of problem clues, investigate and punish a batch of prominent problems, handle a batch of discipline-violating cadres, and report a batch of typical cases, continuously releasing the strong signal of the Township Party Committee's rectification of style and discipline, and strive to create a village two committee cadre team with strong ability, courage to take responsibility, excellent style, and enterprising spirit, providing organizational guarantee for the high-quality economic and social development of the whole township.

Okay, below proceed to the third agenda, please ask Deputy Township Head Zhang Qiang to make a specific report on vigorously developing sheep breeding."

Zhang Qiang turned on the loudspeaker and reported: "According to the development plan of the Township Party Committee, I will report on Baishu Bay Township's development and strengthening of the thyme mutton industry as follows. Please criticize and correct any inappropriateness..."

Next, the six directions planned by Lu Fan for Baishu Bay were passed one by one at the Party Committee meeting. Anyone could see that this young Secretary was ambitious. This was definitely a good thing for everyone. The vast majority of cadres didn't want to muddle through their days, but they didn't know what to do.

Everyone knows that only by working can one get real benefits. There is no big money, but there is definitely no worry about eating and drinking. If the six tasks arranged by the Secretary can all be realized, how much capital will have to be invested? At that time, Baishu Bay will be awesome, and many people started to calculate their own small abacus.

Finally, Lu Fan concluded: "Comrades, in 2013, we must seek major breakthroughs in these six tasks. I hope everyone can lead the cadres and masses of the whole township, have the courage to 'open roads when encountering mountains and build bridges when encountering water,' face problems directly, look at contradictions squarely, dare to chew hard bones, and with the sense of responsibility of seizing the day, the spiritual state of being enterprising, and the work style of seeking truth and being pragmatic, take responsibility and grasp implementation, and truly become the backbone leading the people of the whole township to overcome difficulties.

You are all leaders and the role models for the cadres and masses of the whole township. You must have the responsibility and action of leaders, and you cannot just want to be an official without doing things. The Township Party Committee will judge heroes by their achievements, will truly support and encourage cadres who dare to take responsibility, and will insist on the excellent going up, the mediocre going down, and the inferior being eliminated. You just work, and if you have achievements, I will naturally recommend you to the organization.

Ugly words are said in front: whoever dares to shirk responsibility, doesn't want to be responsible, is afraid of taking responsibility, is not enterprising, is in a position without doing anything, or ignores the mission of the post in these tasks, the Township Party Committee will absolutely take you down, and there will be no place for you in Baishu Bay!"

After the meeting, the atmosphere of the township government was different. Everyone was not as idle as before, and all they talked about was work.

At three in the afternoon, the whole township cadre meeting was held, conveying the six major resolutions formed by the enlarged meeting of the Party Committee.

The most nervous were those responsible for the village two committees, which could even be described as panic-stricken.

At the meeting, Township Party Committee Secretary Lu Fan requested that the plan for the year lies in the winter. If the ideological work of the masses is not done well now, the decision-making and deployment of the Township Party Committee will become empty talk. He requested all cadres to sink into each village group starting from today.

After the meeting, Lu Fan, accompanied by Deputy Township Head Zhang Qiang and document clerk Li Yanxin, went to Xiangyang Village to visit households, and Su Xiaoyi also rushed to Baishu Bay to investigate together.

Familiar with the road, they arrived at Old Cao's house. Unexpectedly, Cao Tianma was also there. Lu Fan said with a smile: "Old Cao, I'm back again!"

Old Cao said happily: "I knew it early, the whole township knew it. It's great that you're back. You are a person who does practical work. Our Baishu Bay has hope."

"Old Cao, don't put a high hat on me, but I definitely won't muddle through my days. Look, the first one I came to is your capable person's house."

Cao Tianma brought in a tea tray with melon seeds and peanuts in it, and said happily: "Brother Fan, let's drink tea first, my mom went to cook."

"Okay, I'll bother your family today! Old Cao, I came here today with a request."

"Secretary Lu, what request or not? If you have something to do, just order it, I, Old Cao, will definitely do it!"

"The township plans to support a cooperative specifically for making coffins. After this cooperative is established, you don't have to worry about materials. I want you to mobilize the 'craftsmen' in the ten miles and eight villages to join the cooperative and specifically make coffins."

"This is a great thing. Everyone will definitely be willing to do it. If it can really be done, we don't have to do it secretly and be afraid! Secretary Lu, I dare not say anything else, but when it comes to craftsmanship, I dare to say that I am second, and no one dares to claim to be first; when it comes to prestige, I can shout to the end in the 'craftsman' circle in Ningyang. Don't worry, as long as this cooperative can be set up and the wages can be paid in place, I will definitely be able to gather them. In fact, it's interesting for a group of people to work together, and they can learn from each other."

The technical problem was solved. Lu Fan said excitedly: "Old Cao, with your support, I can rest assured. This cooperative is a company + forestry household operation model. I want you to put in some money to buy shares. Also, after the cooperative is established, you have to bring out some apprentices for Baishu Bay. Such good craftsmanship must be passed down."

"Secretary Lu, in fact, we 'craftsmen' will not hide our secrets. We definitely don't want the craftsmanship to be broken, but there are not many young people nowadays who can endure hardship, and there are rules for bringing apprentices. It depends on fate. As long as the person is suitable, there will definitely be no problem."

Lu Fan achieved the purpose of this trip, and both sides talked happily.

Before long, the brigade secretary and director heard the news and rushed over. Old Cao turned his head and didn't want to say a word to them. It looked like something was wrong.

Lu Fan unceremoniously sent the village cadres away. Old Cao started to talk about their contradictions. First, he couldn't stand them giving all the subsistence allowances to their own relatives; second, there were contradictions when approving homesteads; third, the village's finances were not public, and he didn't know what they were doing.

Old Cao is also a party member, often arguing with them at branch meetings and elections. It has reached the point of not seeing each other until death.

Lu Fan instructed document clerk Li Yanxin to let Chairman Meng Qingchi focus on the situation of the two committees in Xiangyang Village. The base of the cooperative will be placed here in the future, and no one is allowed to make trouble. ===== CHAPTER 111 =====