Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 808 Teacher Qi

All Zhao Mengsheng heard every day were problems, as if everything would be fine as long as everyone handed the problems over to their superiors. The more senior the cadre, the more they valued their reputation and the less they dared to express their political views. It was rare to find a cadre like Qi Tongwei who had reached this position and was still so courageous.

Zhao Mengsheng looked at Qi Tongwei, hoping that Qi Tongwei could give him some surprises.

"Tell me, is there any method?"

"Boss, do you want me to speak as a discipline inspection cadre or as an ordinary party member?"

After hearing this, Zhao Mengsheng knew that Qi Tongwei had the answer. Perhaps this young cadre would be able to surprise him in the future.

"What difference does it make?"

Qi Tongwei sat up straight.

“If I were to speak from the perspective of a discipline inspection commission official, I would say to crack down severely, to treat some phenomena in a one-size-fits-all manner, and to force a restoration.

A number of officials must be severely punished, relevant regulations must be issued, and strict prevention and control must be implemented to ensure the red line of cultivated land. "

Zhao Mengsheng lit a cigarette and threw down the lighter.

"What would the ordinary party members say?"

“Boss, an ordinary party member would say.

We should change the way we evaluate local officials in these major grain-producing provinces.

Now everyone uses economy as the assessment standard. For the sake of GDP, the cadres below will definitely use any means necessary.

This contradiction is unsolvable when official hats are determined by GDP. No matter how hard we wield the butcher knife, there will always be officials who will commit crimes against the wind for their own interests.

The positioning and situations of various provinces and cities vary greatly, and a one-size-fits-all approach is definitely not a long-term solution.

For example, the terrain of Jiangdong Province, which consists of seven mountains, two rivers and one piece of farmland, leaves almost no way out except developing industry and foreign trade.

When I was working there, the per capita arable land in the entire district was only one and a half mu, and even less in the entire city, so no matter how much we farmed, there wasn't much food.

The common people there also know why they took the initiative to do business in the 1980s. It was because they could not make a living by farming. How much food could be produced from one and a half acres of arable land? At most, it was enough to feed one person for three or four months.

Therefore, vigorously developing industry and commerce is the right way out for Jiangdong Province, because there is really no land for farming.

But even at that time, when I was building the first affordable housing in the country, I had no land, so I forcibly fenced off a piece of land, which was only about 100 acres. The Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau came and said that I occupied one-tenth of the farmland in the entire district.

I had no choice but to ask a company to spend money to develop a hill, build terraces and increase the amount of arable land.

In major grain-producing provinces like Zhongjiang Province, a large plain province, the per capita arable land area is 20 or 30 mu.

Now everyone hopes to convert it into construction land to increase income. This is the common hope of farmers and local governments.

But once their provinces occupy the land, it will not be just a few hundred or a few thousand acres, it must be at least hundreds of thousands of acres.

This momentum must be stopped.

They can't even start this. If they do, those daring local officials will dare to convert half of the county's land into construction land.

However, simply using punishment as a means of supervision will be like pressing a flea with ten fingers. When one head is pressed down, another head will jump up. This will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

It is better to clear the way than to block it. The father and son Li Bing, the prefect of Shu County, gave us a good example when they built the Dujiangyan Irrigation System.

Using drainage instead of blocking, there is no need to build dams. Water can be naturally diverted through the fish mouth, and the Feishayan will automatically discharge floodwater.

Only such a design can stand for two thousand years.

If we just ask the Discipline Inspection Commission to continue to advocate war and killing, it will only work for a short period of time, or even for two years.

It is imperative to change the way provincial officials are assessed.”

Zhao Mengsheng looked at Qi Tongwei and suddenly wanted to tease him.

"Why don't you take this chair? You are so talkative."

This scared Qi Tongwei, although he really wanted to sit down.

"Boss, please stop scaring me."

"I know what's going on. It's almost time. Tongwei, Yuliang, you two need to come up with a complete plan.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development took the lead, and the Commission for Discipline Inspection cooperated throughout the process to investigate the occupation of arable land across the country.

However, this matter has not been officially confirmed yet. You should make preliminary preparations first. The official document still needs to wait for the committee to finalize the tone. I will report to the senior leaders first."

That's how it happened. In the second half of 2011, in order to demonstrate the central government's determination on the issues of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, Qi Tongwei's political views were fully supported by his superiors. This also gave Qi Tongwei great prestige and influence within the Commission for Discipline Inspection.

In the Party School.

This year's three-month department-level study class has entered its second month.

Zhang Shan, 55-year-old member of the Lin'an Municipal Party Committee, is chatting with his roommate, Li Wei, secretary of the Songhu District Party Committee of Jiangzhou City.

"Old Li, it's better to be young. You are less than 50 years old. I heard that the leaders of Jiangzhou City are planning to promote you to deputy mayor when you return this time."

Zhang Shan and Li Wei were both Qi Tongwei's deputies in 1996, fifteen years ago. At that time, Qi Tongwei was the mayor of Jiangbei New District, and they were deputy mayors.

Li Wei knew that Zhang Shan's official career was almost at an end. Zhang Shan had applied many times to be the secretary of the municipal party committee in other prefecture-level cities, and he was even willing to be the mayor.

Although it is easy to be promoted in the sub-provincial city of Lin'an, the provincial party committee will rarely consider promoting cadres who have only served as deputy positions to sub-provincial levels with real power if they have no experience as the top or second-in-command.

But age is a big problem. In another three to five years, Zhang Shan will definitely go to the CPPCC to retire, which means he will hold a deputy ministerial-level honorary position in the CPPCC.

The difference in their current status all stems from the fact that seven years ago, Li Wei decisively followed Qi Tongwei from the position of mayor of Dong'ou City to Jiangzhou City. This decision allowed Li Wei to skip the position of district party secretary and be promoted to the deputy-department-level position of director of the Jiangzhou City Branch.

Then in the next few years, Li Wei worked hard, won the recognition of Qi Tongwei, and was promoted rapidly, breaking through the sky and the earth. The most direct manifestation was that Li Wei lost weight from 220 pounds when he first came to 160 pounds. He was a fat man for decades, but he was able to lose weight. Now everyone who sees him will say that he is a capable cadre.

After Qi Tongwei was transferred, Zhang Shan quickly turned to the arms of the new district leader, just like he had turned to Qi Tongwei at the first opportunity. In fact, this is also human nature. Although Qi Tongwei's career was like bamboo shoots in spring, it was rising step by step and making continuous progress.

But he was eventually transferred to another province, out of reach. The group of cadres who had followed Qi Tongwei in Dong'ou City were either transferred along with him or marginalized by the new leaders, just like Li Wei in those years, who moved around in many county and department-level positions unless they took the initiative to join the new leaders.

Li Wei was the marginalized person who sat on the bench, while Zhang Shan was the first person to join the new leader. In the first seven or eight years, Zhang Shan did make rapid progress and was even transferred to Lin'an City and promoted to the deputy department level.