After getting to know each other, Zhao Xiaobei took Peng Yuhao into the official car arranged by Secretary Niu, a Beijing Jeep. Then we started to drive towards the village group below.
In order to keep this secret this time, Peng Yuhao also refused the interview car assigned to him by the newspaper. At the beginning of the 21st century, cars were still a very luxurious luxury.
It was precisely this decision of Peng Yuhao that the propaganda department below did not take him seriously. In the past, when reporters from provincial newspapers came down from the interview vans and photographers followed them, he, Peng Yuhao, was alone when he came down. Either he is not well-liked by the leader in the workplace, or he does not get along well in the workplace.
The officialdom's attitude of favoring the superior and suppressing the inferior was most vividly reflected in this interview incident. Along the way, Peng Yuhao, the biggest leader he saw was Niu Qun, the secretary of the town committee. In the city, he didn't even see the chief of the business department.
But he didn't have any grievances. The second generation who was born into a family of officials has long been accustomed to this kind of snobbishness in officialdom, and has long understood that everything is just a cloud, and only the hat on the head is real gold and silver.
"Brother Bei, are you a strong man captured by Secretary Niu to accompany me, a young reporter, to do this hard work!"
Peng Yuhao knew that the young man next to him was also a newly transferred college student and he definitely had no position. It's not good to call the leader yourself. It seems a bit like deliberately making fun of Zhao Xiaobei.
But calling him by name seemed impolite. After all, it was Peng Yuhao who came here for the interview. It was Peng Yuhao's job, not Zhao Xiaobei's. Zhao Xiaobei was here to help. You don't respect others if you can't use it yourself. So he always calls me brother when he opens his mouth or shuts up.
"Reporter Peng, we are all of the same age. If you don't mind, just call me Xiaobei. This will make me look old-fashioned to everyone else!"
Peng Yuhao laughed out loud at this sentence, and instantly got closer to Zhao Xiaobei.
"Now that you've said that, don't call me Reporter Peng. Just call me Yuhao. I won't call you brother either. This way neither of us will look old-fashioned."
"That's right, we are all vigorous successors to the motherland. Don't be led astray by the secular world." Zhao Xiaobei said jokingly.
His two simple conversations made Peng Yuhao feel that the young man in front of him had a different feeling from the old fritters in the officialdom.
In fact, Zhao Xiaobei said these words deliberately to follow Peng Yuhao's character, because Zhao Xiaobei had contact with Peng Yuhao in his previous life.
Even after Peng Yuhao's identity was exposed, he visited Nantu Town once. That time there were many more people surrounding him than now. At that time, Zhao Xiaobei's grassroots work was solid and he had a good reputation among the masses. So the leader arranged for him to accompany Peng Yuhao down for the interview.
Of course, he was accompanied by a large group of people including the Propaganda Department Director of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, the Secretary of the Town Party Committee and so on. He, Zhao Xiaobei, was a bag carrier, and he helped him contact the masses for interviews.
Zhao Xiaobei got to know Peng Yuhao's character traits through a busy day. I just don’t like the hypocrisy in official circles, and I don’t have many true friends around me. At work, he is just like his old man, he considers the people especially and everything he says and does is for the people.
"You just asked me if I was a young man captured by Secretary Niu? I can tell you clearly that Secretary Niu did go to our office to arrest young men, but I was not captured by him. I came here voluntarily."
Peng Yuhao became interested when he heard what Zhao Xiaobei said!
"Why did you volunteer?"
"Let's put it this way, I regard the provincial newspaper's interview report on us as an opportunity. Although I know that it is difficult to solve some problems with a few photos in one report, it does not mean that it is impossible. I can't let any one go. Opportunity. As long as it is for the good of the people, I am willing to do it no matter how hard it is."
If you say this in front of the leader, the leader will definitely think it is a high-profile statement. But speaking in front of a young reporter like Peng Yuhao who has an equal status now, there is no point in singing a high profile. On the contrary, he has an innocent heart. Peng Yuhao is also very helpful, because this is what he thinks and does.
"Xiao Bei, I can't tell that you have such awareness just after you started working. I thought you were caught by young men."
"Yuhao, I think our people are much better off now, but it's not enough. I think our country's agricultural tax is a big mountain that weighs on farmers."
Peng Yuhao almost slipped off his seat when he heard Zhao Xiaobei's shocking argument. Zhao Xiaobei also knew that his view was a bit sensational in 2003, but he knew it.
Jiangbei Province has started a pilot reform of agricultural taxes and fees in March 2000. In 2005, 22 provinces across the country began to exempt agricultural taxes. In 2006, China completely abolished the (Agricultural Tax Regulations), which means that from that time on, farmers were no longer able to grow grain. It's time to pay taxes, and the 2,600-year-old ancient tax has ended its mission.
Zhao Xiaobei has already made his shocking conclusion, and what he needs is more evidence to prove his point of view (actually these are all established facts for later generations).
"Yuhao, what I say is well-founded. Our country has been a major agricultural country since ancient times, so agricultural tax has always been one of the main sources of tax revenue for our country. In the past, it was because our country was newly established and had a weak economic foundation, and agriculture is our As the main industry, agricultural taxation has become an important source of our country's fiscal revenue, but it has also brought great pressure to countless working farmers.
As long as the family has a field, they need to pay taxes regardless of whether they grow food or not. This is caused by the limitations of our country’s economic development. dont you agree? "
Peng Yuhao didn't answer. A second-generation official like him was very cautious about such political issues. Zhao Xiaobei also noticed it, and he didn't wait for an answer. continued:
“The benefits of abolishing agricultural taxes include:
1. It is conducive to increasing farmers’ income and developing rural economy;
2. It is conducive to alleviating rural social conflicts;
3. It is conducive to the establishment of a harmonious society.
A socialist harmonious society is based on the coordinated development of the socialist market economy, socialist democratic politics, and socialist spiritual civilization. The abolition of agricultural taxes will help increase farmers' income, develop the rural economy, narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, and ease rural social conflicts. etc., thereby promoting the comprehensive and coordinated development of socialist economy, politics, and culture, and accelerating the construction of a harmonious socialist society. "
"Moreover, the abolition of agricultural taxes has brought tangible material benefits to hundreds of millions of farmers, greatly aroused farmers' enthusiasm, and once again liberated rural productivity. It has accelerated the process of urbanization. Of course, this is just my superficial talk. , I am currently writing an article, which is about the road to agricultural tax reform. But I guess no newspaper will dare to publish it." After saying this, Zhao Xiaobei also gave Peng Yuhao time to digest it.
Peng Yuhao did not answer Zhao Xiaobei, but he still agreed with Zhao Xiaobei's conclusion. He also feels that Chinese farmers have paid too much. But regarding this kind of political issue, he didn't dare to express his true thoughts in front of a young man he had just met. He wanted to discuss this issue with his old man. But no matter what, the seed of Zhao Xiaobei has been planted in his heart.
Zhao Xiaobei also knew that his judgment had left a deep impression on Peng Yuhao. What he needed to do now was to let him sprout and grow up slowly, and finally break out of the ground.
