After New Year's Day, the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, and the entire provincial government compound has fallen into an extremely busy period.
Various year-end summaries, various project settlements, various visits and receptions.
Liang Jiangtao follows the governor every day, either visiting veteran cadres, receiving comrades from central ministries and commissions and city leaders, or going to various places for inspection and guidance. He is extremely busy every day.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, work units start sending out stuff like crazy.
All budget funds at the end of the year must be spent, otherwise the finance department will reduce it in the coming year.
As an absolutely central agency like the General Office of the Provincial Government, although it can usually spend money, there is still a lot of money that cannot be spent at the end of the year, which makes Cheng Haotian, the director of the General Office, very worried.
Who can understand the trouble of not being able to spend money?
We have no choice but to spend money and buy various things in the name of improving everyone's welfare.
Send out mobile phones, laptops, and all kinds of weird electronic products...
There are also clothes, shoes, sneakers...
Sea cucumber, abalone, bird's nest and other high-end gifts...
As long as it can be related to work and life, I can buy it and send it with a stroke of a pen...
For example, ordinary staff members can be given an IBM laptop that costs more than 10,000 yuan, and the price for high-level leaders is even more expensive.
The mobile phones are all big brands like Nokia and Samsung, with the latest styles and models, all kinds of slide and flip covers...
Liang Jiangtao's establishment is in the Secretary's Division of the Provincial Government General Office, so he is only the deputy chief clerk.
But of course the General Affairs Office cannot treat him as a general deputy chief staff member, but puts his treatment standards on the same level as those of department-level leaders at the level of secretary-general and director of the general office.
The laptop he got was very high-end. After checking, it cost more than 30,000 yuan!
Seeing all the money being spent like this, he felt a little distressed, but there was nothing he could do about it. Changes like this could not be achieved overnight.
At this stage, he is just a secretary. He must keep his integrity. When one day he has a certain right to speak, he must take action on it!
In addition to these things issued by the agency level, which one of the various departments, bureaus, local municipal committees, and municipal governments did not come to visit? Who doesn’t come to deliver something?
The items delivered are all high-end goods, similar to those issued by agencies at this level.
It’s basically a bunch of stuff every week.
He heard from the director of the First Secretariat that most of the young cadres in the department would buy a car after one year.
It's not because of anything else, it's just because of the need to transport these things.
I have to pull a car every week, so it’s so inconvenient not to have a car!
Liang Jiangtao was speechless.
This extravagant trend obviously did not develop overnight.
In his previous life, he was just a county civil servant. Although the overall atmosphere at that time was the same, the main problem at the county level was food and drink.
During the holidays, various bureaus, offices and towns in the county will definitely come to visit and give gifts, but they are nothing more than some tobacco, alcohol and local specialties.
For a small clerk like him, the things he receives every year are very limited.
At that time, he also heard that extravagance in higher-level agencies was very serious, but he did not expect it to be like this...
That’s it for a provincial government office, but what about ministries?
Recently, Cheng Haotian, the director of the general office, has a very important task, which is to connect with the director of the Beijing Office to see how to visit relevant departments in the capital.
On key festivals like this, the visit must be very grand, and it is best to leave a deep impression on the other party.
The things I bought were absolutely dazzling, unique and eye-opening.
Not only does the thing have to be good, it also has to have a name.
Shopping card, gas card, spa card...
They are all of large denominations...
In fact, the big leaders don't care about these things, the key is the people below.
The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with.
The more people below you are doing things, the more you need to give them enough face and things, so that they won't get stuck on you and make things easier for you.
This is the way of being an official in China from ancient times to the present, and it is also an unspoken rule.
Of course, these things given during the holidays are just for emotional lubricants and are not for errands.
When it's time to do things, you have to follow the rules.
Liang Jiangtao was thinking about when to report to Minister Yan Qing. He couldn't stand looking like this anymore.
These are the blessings of the people!
It's wasted and squandered like this, it hurts my heart!
Since knowing his life experience, his sense of responsibility has become stronger.
How to put it, it seems to be the feelings of family and country, or the spirit of the protagonist.
The red country has no room for people.
Unexpectedly, Governor Yan Qing talked to him about this issue first.
He was also extremely sad when talking about these extravagant trends and hedonism.
"Governor, if that's the case, why don't we start with the provincial government first? Kill this unhealthy trend!" Liang Jiangtao suggested.
"Jiang Tao, it's not that easy! First of all, this doesn't involve one person, but almost everyone! It's not about offending people. If we can really stop this unhealthy trend, no matter how many people we offend, it won't matter. No matter what!"
"But the problem is, if the provincial government does this, what will the provincial party committee do? What will the various cities do? It affects the unity of the team, which is the big problem!"
"Also, it's one thing to not allow the units below to send gifts. Do you want to send them to the units above? If you don't send them, the relationship will not be in place and the work will not be carried out. What should I do? The main contradiction now needs to be clarified!"
"What's more, if you are determined to do something, you must be absolutely sure! You must persevere! Stop it completely! Let everyone be alert from top to bottom. I am afraid that the leader will act as soon as he slaps his head. Without long-term planning and determination, it is like changing orders day by day. Hesitating and losing ground! There will definitely be a rebound in the future, and it will definitely get worse and worse than before! So if you want to do it, you have to do it, otherwise, don’t do it yet and wait for a better time!" Li Yanqing said.
"I understand, Governor, it's like losing weight. Either you have to completely reduce it to a suitable weight and establish a good lifestyle. Otherwise, if you get fat and thin, you will rebound, which will damage your metabolism and become Getting fatter and fatter! It’s getting harder and harder to lose weight!” Liang Jiangtao gave an example.
"Haha, Jiang Tao, your statement is very interesting, almost. You see, when I was in the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, I could say that I completely stopped this trend. You also spent a few years in the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, where Don’t you have some of these?”
"Yes, Governor, it is indeed true. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there didn't seem to be any visits. The work only sent out some symbolic holiday gifts, nothing more than rice, noodles and oil, which are normal benefits for comrades." Liang Jiangtao thought for a while and said.
"Yes, it took me three full years to get the improvements almost done. If it were to be rolled out across the province, I don't know how much resistance there would be. So don't worry, wait until later. When will you become the top leader in the province? Consider these issues. Otherwise, I would rather not do it." Li Yanqing said sincerely.
Liang Jiangtao understood what the governor meant.
In fact, this extravagant style was completely stopped in later generations.
Systematic rectification was carried out across the country, and it took several years to completely clear up this matter.
Now, it's obviously not time yet.
Even if one province takes the lead, it may not last long.
What's more, Governor Yan Qing is about to be transferred to the National Development and Reform Commission. There is no way to keep an eye on this matter, so let's leave it like this for now.
There is strong political wisdom behind this.
