Chapter 669: Poverty Alleviation: Manage the Purse Strings Well!

Accompanied by staff from the Shaan Province Organization Department and the Yanzhou Municipal Organization Department, Tang Ye arrived at Dayu County.

Dayu County has a resident population of over 600,000, so in terms of population scale, it is not a small county.

In terms of area, Dayu County counts as a large county, occupying nearly one-fourth of the entire area of Yanzhou.

However, population scale and area are not the standards for measuring whether a county is developed.

Yanzhou assigned all the worst terrain to Dayu County, and furthermore, the per capita income is at the lowest level in the entire city.

Dayu County has jurisdiction over two subdistricts, ten towns, and two townships, and it borders two provinces.

On the road, Tang Ye chatted quite well with Fang Chengxin, the Deputy Minister of the Municipal Organization Department.

Fang Chengxin spoke candidly to Tang Ye, "After you arrive at Dayu County, you will continue to serve as Executive Deputy County Magistrate, and your work will focus mainly on two points.

The first is poverty alleviation; see if there is any way to stimulate the economy. As long as the GDP goes up, more than half of the task will be completed.

Dayu County has a thin foundation and a low starting point, but it is also easy to achieve results.

The second is to change the government's current financial structure, because over the past few years, the government did not make good use of the national poverty alleviation funds and spent the money on vanity projects, which caused a huge uproar nationwide. Therefore, as Executive Deputy County Magistrate, you must manage the purse strings well and put an end to extravagance and waste."

"Minister Fang, I have understood all your suggestions. Please rest assured, I will certainly complete these two tasks well." Tang Ye knew that Fang Chengxin was the leader he would be reporting to, and if he achieved results, it would also be beneficial for him in the future.

Therefore, on this level, the two of them could be considered to have a convergence of interests and could have more contact.

Working in Dayu County in the future would also require support from the city.

Subsequently, Fang Chengxin introduced the cadres of Dayu County to Tang Ye.

In fact, in the personnel resume Cheng Lin gave him, Tang Ye had already seen the relevant information.

However, from Fang Chengxin's perspective, he could learn more about the full picture of the Dayu County officialdom.

"The Class Monitor of Dayu County is Comrade Ou Xiye. He has deep qualifications, rich work experience, and a steady style. He has worked in Dayu County for many years and is very familiar with the situation in Dayu. Last year, news broke out in Dayu County, and the Municipal Party Committee arranged for him to preside over the work of Dayu County; the results over the past half year have been significant."

The information content in Fang Chengxin's words was very high.

Saying Ou Xiye has a steady style is actually a euphemistic way of saying he lacks ambition and a spirit of reform.

It was also telling Tang Ye that Ou Xiye is a cadre cultivated locally.

The reason for promoting Ou Xiye at the time was mainly to stabilize the situation.

In addition, it also revealed a piece of information: the Municipal Party Committee is not very satisfied with Ou Xiye.

Of course, for Tang Ye, this did not have much significance.

He is an Exchange Cadre and cannot stay in Dayu County for long.

Conversely, since Ou Xiye is being questioned by the Municipal Party Committee, he should be aware of it; perhaps he could use this point to strive to achieve results and thereby reach a tacit understanding with Ou Xiye.

The reason Fang Chengxin spoke so clearly to Tang Ye was mainly because Tang Ye came to Dayu County this time in the form of a two-province cadre exchange.

He hoped that Tang Ye would have a comprehensive understanding of the situation of the leadership team and not fail to even last two years, as that would be a huge joke.

Mainly because the official atmosphere in Dayu County is not that harmonious, and it is particularly exclusionary toward outside cadres.

Otherwise, after such a big incident occurred, the Municipal Party Committee would not still be employing local cadres.

"County Magistrate Tang, there is a big difference between here and your Hanzhou, right?" After finishing the discussion about the Dayu County leadership team, Fang Chengxin started chatting with Tang Ye about the humanities, geography, and environment.

Tang Ye reacted quickly, "Minister Fang, I am also a Yanzhou person now."

Fang Chengxin realized, "You are right. Objectively speaking, how big is the gap between Yanzhou and Hanzhou?"

"To tell you the truth, at least ten years."

Fang Chengxin shook his head and sighed, "In my view, ten years is too conservative. I grew up in the mountains since I was a child, and I dreamed of walking out of the big mountains."

Tang Ye looked at Fang Chengxin, a look of respect appearing in his eyes, "Minister Fang, your life story must be very inspiring."

Fang Chengxin waved his hand at Tang Ye, "Decades have passed, and now young people not only want to walk out of the mountains, but also plan to go even further. Over these years, the population has still been flowing away in large numbers. In recent years, the speed of this population loss has become faster and faster. A large number of young people choose to leave Yanzhou, and those who remain are basically the old, the weak, women, and children. The loss of talent and population has also caused very serious social problems."

A grave look appeared in Tang Ye's eyes, "The reason young people choose to leave is because there are not enough job opportunities."

Fang Chengxin said with deep feeling, "Look at these endless mountains, and there are still a large number of common people living in the mountains. In such mountains, there is no electricity, no roads can be built, and it is even harder to manage. Social order is very poor. Many times, the number of villagers reported by each village does not match up. Many common people living in the mountains do not even have ID cards because they have no use for them."

Tang Ye nodded slightly, "Poverty alleviation is indeed a daunting task. However, through hard work, there will certainly be results."

Fang Chengxin thought to himself that Tang Ye still did not understand the specific situation, "We currently have an idea, which is to carry out a Relocation Project, to move all the common people living in the big mountains out, relocate them in concentrated contiguous areas, and then provide water, electricity, and roads."

Tang Ye's expression became grave, "It is imaginable how difficult it is to get these common people who have lived in the big mountains for generations to move out. You are really not having an easy time."

Fang Chengxin smiled at Tang Ye, "However, this time Dayu County was included in the Cadre Exchange Program, which still made us feel hope. I have studied your resume; you have strong capabilities in investment promotion and urban planning. Letting you participate in Dayu County might allow Dayu County to forge a new path and take off the hat of a poverty-stricken county."

Tang Ye suddenly felt his shoulders grow heavy, "I will work hard!"

It took more than an hour for the car to drive from the Yanzhou urban area to Dayu County.

This was only because the expressway was open.

If it were in the past, it would have taken twice as long.

When the car was about to drive into the Government Compound.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man rushed out.

The driver hurriedly slammed on the brakes.

Tang Ye and Fang Chengxin were both caught off guard and lurched forward due to inertia.

Tang Ye's forehead hit the back of the front passenger seat, and Fang Chengxin did not fare much better; he rubbed his head and cursed a swear word.

Just as Fang Chengxin was preparing to get out of the car, he saw two staff members rush out and pull the person blocking the road out of sight.

In addition, someone ran to the driver's seat and said to the driver, "Please enter, please enter!"

Tang Ye secretly glanced at Fang Chengxin.

His complexion was extremely ugly.

Tang Ye could also understand Fang Chengxin's mood!

Sending a new cadre to take up his post, and having someone block the car—this is not only a matter of losing face for himself, but even more so, it is not giving face to the Municipal Party Committee!

After Tang Ye got out of the car, he looked behind him.

Two police cars had arrived and, without a word, pushed the man who had blocked the road into the car...