Chapter 112: Take them all down

On Sunday night, after finishing a day of visiting households, Lu Fan returned to Ningyang.

The next day, just as Gao Yuanfei arrived at the unit, he saw Lu Fan waiting at the office door and laughed: "Coming so early? You're not here to ask for money again, are you? The County Head told me he gave you 2 million."

"I'm here to report on work to the Secretary, and by the way, see if you have any instructions." After being sent down, although he couldn't do morning requests, evening reports, and noon detours, at least he had to come twice a week to brush his presence.

How could the leader not know this routine? It seems like a routine, but they just eat this set. If you are close, you have to get closer often.

After entering the door, Lu Fan skillfully helped Gao Yuanfei pour tea and put down his bag, everything as usual.

Gao Yuanfei asked: "What are you busy with these two days? Have those projects started?"

"Secretary, before doing work, we must first unify the thoughts of cadres and masses to the decisions of the Township Party Committee. Last week, all cadres in the township went into villages and households to mobilize the masses and publicize industrial support policies. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Next, I want to solve the problem of the weak and collapsed two committees and solve the problem of the 'leaders' of each village well. The leader and technical problems of the 'coffin shop' have been solved. As long as the procedures are handled smoothly, it can officially start production after the spring. In the initial stage, it is expected to solve the employment of 200 people. This industry will definitely become a highlight of Baishu Bay's economic growth this year."

"Good, when the factory is set up, I will go to see it myself. I will say hello to the procedures and let them speed up the handling. If it is really as you said, the industry can reach more than 20 million, it can be cultivated as a scale-above industrial enterprise. The county is worrying that this year's tasks cannot be completed."

"Please rest assured, I guarantee I won't lose face for you! Secretary, about the road problem, can you solve it?"

"Xiaofan, I have studied your project table. I will find a way to include the road connecting to the county in the plan. Repairing and widening 35 kilometers is what I promised when you took office, and I have arranged for the Transportation Bureau to take the plan."

"But the 65 kilometers of village-level roads you proposed, connecting 81 natural villages with roads, and production roads, will not be considered for the time being."

"However, you don't have to be discouraged. Everything speaks with results. When it is necessary or worth supporting, it will naturally come to fruition. It's not that you touch your upper and lower lips, and others have to believe you."

"Secretary, I understand. Baishu Bay will definitely not let you down!"

Coming out of Gao Yuanfei's office, Lu Fan went to the offices of County Party Committee Deputy Secretary Bian Jide and County Party Committee Office Director Guo Tongyu to sit for a while, and invited Forestry Bureau Director Li Kejun to a simple meal at noon. A whole morning was wasted.

Returning to the township in the afternoon, Lu Fan continued to visit households.

In the evening, he met with the Township Head, Chairman of the People's Congress, Deputy Secretary, and Discipline Inspection Secretary to discuss the problems found in the village two committees and the handling of petition cases.

For a whole week, the Baishu Bay township government operated efficiently, and the style was thoroughly changed. In the past, except for the Secretary and Township Head, no one could be ordered around. Now everyone has a clear division of labor, one post and two responsibilities. In addition to covering the area, they must also cooperate with a certain task of the township. Every deputy section-level leader has "soldiers" under them.

On Friday afternoon, Lu Fan convened the Party Committee members to hold a Township Party Committee meeting.

After the meeting started, Lu Fan said: "Today's Party Committee meeting is to study petition problems and the rectification of village two committee teams. First, please ask Chairman Meng to report the problems existing in the two committee teams."

Meng Qingchi said: "According to the Secretary's arrangement, everyone has conducted a major bottom-up investigation and screening of the administrative villages and natural villages in the whole township for the past two weeks. I will report the existing problems from two aspects: First, work style. In fact, everyone has a certain understanding of the situation. Some branch secretaries and directors do not think or use their brains in their work, turn a deaf ear to the instructions of the township government, are perfunctory, shirk responsibility, work is not solid, not deep, and not detailed. Their professional ability is extremely poor, they do not pay attention to learning, and they handle problems brutally and rudely. Sometimes due to the repetitive nature of the work, when encountering cumbersome and complex things, they only think about escaping. The specific performance is: Xiangyang Village supports the Secretary..."

Lu Fan commented: "Attitude determines everything. If you cannot perform your duties in your post and do not solve problems, and escape when things happen, my opinion is to change people! Chairman Meng, you continue."

"Okay, Secretary. The second aspect is discipline style. At present, there is indeed a batch of village cadres who have violated discipline, changed the use of agricultural subsidy funds that should have been issued to households without authorization, and violated regulations to extract and withhold them. This kind of phenomenon has currently found 7 people and 19 cases; there are discipline-violating behaviors such as defrauding subsistence allowances, dilapidated house renovation funds, and farmer compensation, and currently 6 people and 29 cases have been found..."

After the report, Lu Fan said: "These phenomena, I also found some during the investigation. Village officials use their power to give government funds to whoever they want, or to whoever gives kickbacks, seriously damaging the image of the Party and the government and causing great unfairness, and the masses reflect extremely strongly!"

"These scum cannot play any positive role, but cause public anger. What is the use of them? My opinion is to investigate and punish one case for every one discovered. We will absolutely not tolerate evil, investigate and handle it strictly, and resolutely take down those who should be taken down to deter the petty!"

Township Head Cui Mingliang followed suit and expressed his support for the Secretary's opinion, clearing the harmful horses out of the village two committee team.

The Secretary and Township Head reached a consensus, and others naturally had no opinion. Lu Fan handed over this work to Discipline Inspection Secretary Cheng Haohao, requiring him to handle it quickly, strictly, and heavily. Baishu Bay cannot wait.

However, People's Congress Chairman Meng Qingchi raised a worry, saying: "Secretary, in the process of investigation, I found such a problem. When the accounts cannot be balanced, some village branch secretaries proposed that it was all supported by entertainment expenses, entertaining various inspections and research, meaning that our cadres ate it all!"

This kind of problem objectively exists, but it absolutely cannot be an excuse for their violation of discipline, and even more so cannot be a reason to threaten the Township Party Committee!

After considering, Lu Fan said: "Everything must be based on facts. It is human nature for us to entertain when inspections come from above. There may be phenomena of exceeding standards. When investigating and collecting evidence, this part of 'entertainment expenses' can be excluded. If it exceeds the standard, it should be supplemented, and the township government is responsible for 'filling the hole.' We cannot let cadres do the work and still suffer from these unwarranted disasters. Focus on letting those discipline-violating personnel explain other problems!"

Cheng Haohao said: "Secretary, I know what to do!"

A top leader who does not protect cadres is not a good leader. Lu Fan knows that if this problem is not handled well, cadres will be afraid, and even become alienated from the unit. Besides, as long as you do the work well, eating and drinking a bite is a fart!

When discussing petition problems, Lu Fan said: "Petition problems must arouse everyone's sufficient attention. Now the masses have a concept: big trouble big solution, small trouble small solution, no trouble no solution, the more petitioners, the better the effect, so they start to carefully plan and connect with each other, organized and large-scale petitioning, entangling petitioning, making trouble petitioning, and petitioning across levels, which is easy to cause bad social influence."

"Ultimately, it is because we do not act and do not solve. Some leaders have brutal styles and simple methods and cannot resolve contradictions and disputes in a timely and effective manner, leading to the accumulation of problems and the intensification of contradictions."

"Baishu Bay's petition problems include: homestead disputes, doctor-patient contradictions, law-related cases, cadre-mass contradictions, sequelae of village two committee elections, and land demolition. These problems are actually not difficult to solve, but we haven't put in the effort to solve them."

"I set a goal. Everyone must take the initiative. Petition problems should not go out of the township. All problems should be resolved at the township and village levels. This year, we will create a petition 'three-no' township. For these 58 petition problems, you pick 6 each, and I will take care of the rest. They must be solved before the New Year. If there are problems that need to be coordinated in the county or need the township government to take money, you can report to me at any time."

"This year, our focus is on economic development. We must create a good social environment and entrepreneurial atmosphere, let villagers have work to do, and use energy and time on getting rich, instead of staring at those trivial, dog-shit things all day."

"Also, the subsistence allowance problem will be solved immediately. Secretary Meng is responsible. 'Retire as much as possible' for objects that do not meet the conditions. All subsistence allowance objects will be re-evaluated and re-publicized, accepting the supervision of the masses. We must establish a style that the township government handles things fairly, justly, and openly!"

After the meeting, Discipline Inspection Secretary Cheng Haohao did not rest on the weekend and immediately started acting, drawing 12 cadres to investigate and collect evidence on the 7 village branch secretaries and 5 village directors involved in discipline violations. The village two committee teams were panicked, and the masses were talking about it.

Lu Fan returned to the county town, let the driver speed up, and arrived at the County Party Committee Office before Secretary Gao Yuanfei got off work.

Seeing Lu Fan, Gao Yuanfei laughed: "Work needs a combination of work and rest. I have to go back to rest. If there is anything, we will talk on Monday."

Lu Fan laughed: "Secretary, I'm not here to report on work. I have to rest too. I just happened to see you on the way back. If you have any instructions, I can run errands." Presence must be brushed often.

"It's the weekend, what can there be? Accompany your family. Oh, by the way, prepare some mutton for the twelfth lunar month. You must carefully select it. It must be authentic Baishu Bay sheep. Just 80 portions, almost enough. Let the reception office settle the account. In a while, you go to Chang'an with me to gather with Secretary Han. I heard he is going to be sent down, very likely to our Yingjiang!"

"Ah? Secretary, isn't there a principle of local avoidance?"

"This problem depends on how the organization considers it. Secretary Han's ancestral home is in Yinzhou, but he grew up in Yingjiang. In principle, he is not a Yingjiang person. This depends on whether the organization wants to use you!"

"Okay, Secretary, if you have anything, call me at any time. I am on standby 24 hours a day."

After sending Gao Yuanfei into the car, Lu Fan returned to Baishu Bay. The township started to "handle" people. Some people might jump over the wall in a hurry, so he must go back to sit in town to prevent accidents.

Without the entanglement of feelings, Lu Fan put all his energy into his work, determined to make the greatest achievements in the shortest time. ===== CHAPTER 113 =====