Chapter 2881

Su Xinghui concisely and clearly introduced to everyone the incident where those minban teachers blocked the entrance to the municipal government building yesterday, and he also stated his proposed resolution.

Su Xinghui said, "I feel that the situation reported by these minban teachers indeed has suspicious aspects. According to their qualifications, they should absolutely be given a chance to take the exam for conversion to public status. Why is it that even this opportunity is denied to them, and they are all dismissed in one fell swoop? Therefore, I suggest that after verifying the situation, those who should be allowed to take the exam must be allowed to do so."

After Su Xinghui finished speaking, he scanned everyone present. The expressions on the faces of the other vice mayors remained unchanged; in fact, they had already learned about this matter through various channels long ago. However, this matter did not have much to do with them, and as the saying goes, "if it doesn't concern you, hang it high"—why should they jump out to express an opinion?

How could they express an opinion on this matter? If they opposed it, they would offend Su Xinghui; if they did not oppose it, they would offend Miao Leshan. Wei Ziming might not be willing either, after all, solving this problem would require a large amount of funds.

Miao Leshan let out a cold snort and said, "Vice Mayor Su, you really are a 'Su Qingtian' (an upright official). Didn't those minban teachers call you that yesterday?"

The expression on Su Xinghui's face remained unchanged, and he asked indifferently, "I don't understand what you mean, Vice Mayor Miao."

Miao Leshan said, "You don't even understand this? You are acting as the champion for those minban teachers—is it because you want to gain the reputation of a 'Su Qingtian'? This can increase your personal prestige. If you find a few more media outlets to report on it, you, Vice Mayor Su, will become famous again!"

Miao Leshan's words were almost a direct accusation that Su Xinghui's actions were for the sake of fishing for fame. However, Su Xinghui still did not get angry. He said, "I have no intention of inviting any media to report on this matter; this is not a glorious matter."

Miao Leshan said, "Then I don't understand, Vice Mayor Su, why are you so concerned about this matter? We are following national policy in this matter. National policy requires that the problem of minban teachers be basically solved by the year 2000, and there should be no more minban teachers. Is there anything wrong with doing it this way? Are you trying to overturn the case now?"

Miao Leshan's words were already quite filled with gunpowder.

Su Xinghui still said indifferently, "I remember that regarding the handling of minban teachers, the province issued several standards. The first is for those who have failed their annual assessments for two consecutive years or a cumulative three years; the second is for those who have violated family planning policies and received administrative sanctions; and the third is for those with poor professional ethics or who have engaged in illegal or undisciplined behavior."

"These three standards are clearly defined. Only those who are incompetent in their teaching work can be dismissed. If they are competent in their teaching work, why can't they be given a chance for assessment? Among these minban teachers who were dismissed in one fell swoop, how many meet these three standards? If they do, can evidence be produced? Can they be made to accept it wholeheartedly?"

Miao Leshan laughed, "Haha, if everything were done according to standards, then nothing would ever get done. Do you understand how many things cannot be done according to standards?"

Miao Leshan's words were actually not wrong; there are too many unwritten rules in officialdom, and it is impossible for everything to be done according to standards.

If things were done according to standards, these vice mayors would not be able to have dedicated cars, dedicated drivers and secretaries, be able to eat and claim expenses as they please, and all live in large houses.

If the vice mayors are like this, the cadres below them are even more so; many cadres enjoy treatment that far exceeds the standards.

And other matters are the same. China is a society based on human relationships; it is impossible for everything to be done according to standards. If everything were done according to standards, this society might fall into chaos.

Many people hate unwritten rules, but many people also rely on them. The dividing line between hating and relying on them lies in whether these unwritten rules are beneficial to oneself.

Therefore, Miao Leshan's words were still quite philosophical. He saw through such matters very thoroughly. He used a lecturing tone to say "Do you understand," believing that Su Xinghui was still too young and had not yet seen through such matters.

In fact, Su Xinghui's understanding of these unwritten rules was absolutely no less profound than anyone else's. His experience from two lifetimes allowed him to understand these unwritten rules just as thoroughly, but he did not believe that these unwritten rules were reasonable just because they existed; he believed that many unwritten rules must be changed.

Su Xinghui said, "Vice Mayor Miao, then is this situation reasonable? Is it fair to those minban teachers? They have dedicated their whole lives to the educational cause of Baozhou City, working conscientiously, but in the end, they are kicked away without even being given a reasonable explanation. I feel this is inappropriate."

Miao Leshan snorted coldly, "Are you lecturing me? If you feel it is inappropriate, then go raise the funds. As long as you can raise enough funds, even if you convert all the minban teachers in the city to public status, I won't care about you."

Su Xinghui said, "Vice Mayor Miao, I dare not lecture you, but I feel that such matters should be resolved. Originally, our Baozhou City is already short of teachers. If we dismiss all these minban teachers in one fell swoop, who will teach in those rural schools?"

Miao Leshan spread his hands and said, "I am not opposing you, but let me tell you, the municipal finance department has no money to provide. Originally, the annual fiscal revenue and expenditure is a deficit; you have to find the money yourself."

Miao Leshan already had an opinion about Su Xinghui because of the previous incident, and this time regarding the minban teachers, he had even more of an opinion. You, Su Xinghui, are you not looking for trouble for the sake of your own reputation? When the time comes, your image in the hearts of the minban teachers will be elevated, but what about the city's finances? You have added such a huge burden out of thin air.

Therefore, after learning about this yesterday, he made up his mind not to let Su Xinghui get his way. That is why he was the first to jump out and oppose it today; he knew that few people would support Su Xinghui on this matter.

Su Xinghui said, "This year, many state-owned enterprises are undergoing shareholding reform. After the reform is successful, the city will save a large amount of expenditure and also increase a large amount of revenue. This adds up to potentially hundreds of millions, so I believe that as long as we work together, we can still squeeze out this expenditure."

Miao Leshan said, "So you were eyeing this money. There are too many places where the municipal finance department needs to use money. Now that we finally have some money, you want to spend it all on your cultural and educational sector? Vice Mayor Su, you really have a good plan!"

Miao Leshan's meaning was that Su Xinghui was using the city's fiscal money to add to his own political achievements. This move of playing the "common enemy" card was very smooth; his words could make other vice mayors have opinions about Su Xinghui. Ask yourself, in Baozhou, which sector is not short of money? Everyone hopes that the sector they are in charge of will receive more funding.

As soon as Miao Leshan said this, the expressions of several vice mayors indeed changed. Yes, if this money were all divided up by the cultural and educational sector, what would happen to the sectors they were in charge of? However, they still did not speak up; they were also unwilling to offend Su Xinghui too severely.

Cai Jianguo also did not speak up. According to his own thoughts, he was certainly unwilling to deal with the problem of those minban teachers, but recently Su Xinghui had helped him with several things. The excellent results in the economic sector he was in charge of were inseparable from Su Xinghui's help. He was very grateful to Su Xinghui, so he could not speak out to oppose him.

Wei Ziming was leisurely drinking tea. He was very happy to see Miao Leshan and Su Xinghui clashing. He looked down on both of them; they were both intentionally or unintentionally trying to challenge his authority as mayor. If these two tigers fought and both were injured, Wei Ziming would be the happiest.