dognovel Chapter 116 The situation is very bad
Chapter 116 The situation is very bad
After seeing Wu Qi and the others off, Qi Tongwei officially began his work in Biyun Township.
Qi Tongwei first investigated the corruption problem in Biyun Township.
Although Wu Qi, the executive deputy minister of the Organization Department, had told him about it, Qi Tongwei did not know the specifics.
The cadres in Biyun Township were in a state of panic. Qi Tongwei needed to understand the situation as soon as possible in order to appease everyone and stabilize the situation.
“Committee Member Zhang, I heard from Minister Wu that before I came here, most of our leaders had been removed from their posts due to corruption.”
Could you explain it to me in more detail?
Qi Tongwei first called over Zhang Feiyang, the propaganda and united front committee member.
"Yes, Mayor!"
Our township is relatively underdeveloped and lacks industry, resulting in a tight budget that often leads to the inability to pay wages.
But everyone needs to make a living, and without wages, life becomes extremely difficult.
So some people started looking for ways to make money.
Ordinary people have to pay money to get things done, otherwise they won't get their services done.
For marriage, you have to pay 20 yuan for a premarital checkup. You need to bring a receipt before the health center and family planning service station will perform the checkup for you.
The health center and family planning service station charge 100 yuan for a check-up.
After the premarital checkup, the civil affairs office requires another 100 yuan before they will issue the marriage certificate.
In other words, it costs 220 yuan to get a marriage certificate.
To hold a banquet, you need to pay 50 yuan and get a receipt.
To build a house, you have to pay 50 yuan for a permit before you can start.
To give birth, you have to pay 3000 yuan, and even if you don't meet the requirements, you can still give birth; if you do meet the requirements, you have to pay a 500 yuan fine, otherwise you won't be able to register the child's birth.
To register a household registration, you have to pay 100 yuan to the family planning office to get a certificate, and then you have to pay another 100 yuan at the police station to register the household registration.
If a child is not registered in the household registration system, they will be treated as having an extra child and fined 5000 yuan if it is discovered.
For private school teachers and substitute teachers to be promoted to permanent positions, male teachers need to pay 2000 yuan.
Female teachers who are good-looking have to pay 1000 yuan plus sleep with the teacher a few times to get a permanent position, while those who are not good-looking have to pay 2000 yuan, just like male teachers, to get a permanent position.
"You have to pay 100 yuan to register your child for school."
Zhang Feiyang slowly began to explain.
"The township's financial situation must have improved significantly, right?"
Qi Tongwei didn't react much after hearing this. In this day and age, many towns and villages did it this way; the only difference was how much money they collected.
Townships have had a tough time these past few years, and it's understandable that they've come up with all sorts of ways to collect money in order to improve their fiscal revenue.
After all, the county doesn't have the money to allocate to the townships.
The only thing that surprised Qi Tongwei was that for private school teachers and substitute teachers to become permanent teachers, good-looking female teachers not only had to pay money, but also had to sleep with the teachers several times in order to become permanent teachers.
The practice of charging money to get teachers officially hired has also occurred in Gushanling Township. Liu Jiahao and Wan Jiaxian did just that.
However, Qi Tongwei had never heard of any pretty female teacher who was going to sleep with Liu Jiahao and Wan Jiaxian.
Later, after I took charge of education, I abolished the practice of requiring private school teachers and substitute teachers to pay money to become permanent teachers.
Biyun Township is collecting money rather aggressively. According to Qi Tongwei's analysis, this approach should greatly increase their fiscal revenue.
"No, this money did not go into the township's finances; it was embezzled by them."
This has led to increasingly strained township finances, with many cadres complaining about not receiving their salaries and becoming complacent in their work.
This led to a complete mess of many tasks in the township.
Not only that, they also embezzled funds allocated by higher authorities, misappropriated foundation funds, and resold public grain!
They embezzled all the funds allocated by higher authorities, misappropriated all the money from the foundation, and resold most of the public grain from the granary.
These individuals include the Party Secretary, the Township Head, the Chairman of the People's Congress, the Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, the Deputy Township Head of the Party Committee, the Organization Committee Member, the Political and Legal Affairs Committee Member and Minister of Armed Forces, the Director of the Party and Government Office, and three Deputy Township Heads;
Most of the people, including the police station chief and instructor; the owners of the family planning office; the owners of the civil affairs office; the owners of the urban construction office; the owners of the education office; the vast majority of the people, including the director and deputy director of the land management office; a portion of the people, including the director and deputy director of the enterprise office; a portion of the people, including the director and deputy director of the health center; most of the people, including the director and deputy director of the finance office; the vast majority of the foundation; and the vast majority of the people of the grain station.
Later, many people reported them to the provincial and municipal authorities, who sent people to investigate, and then they were all arrested.
Not only were they all taken down, but many county leaders were also implicated.
The county party secretary, county head, executive deputy county head, secretary of the discipline inspection commission, head of the organization department, secretary of the political and legal affairs commission, several deputy county heads in charge, as well as leaders and some cadres from several bureaus involved, were all removed from their posts.
Now, not only in Biyun Township, but also throughout the county, people are filled with anxiety.
Zhang Feiyang continued, his tone a mixture of hatred and joy.
"It's good to get rid of these pests, so they can stop harming the people!"
Qi Tongwei said angrily, "These people don't stand up for the people; instead, they prey on them. They should be dragged out and shot."
He finally understood why it was Wu Qi, the executive vice minister, who spoke to him when he was in the Organization Department.
It turns out that the head of the organization department was also implicated and removed from office; he was the one in charge of the organization department's work.
Afterwards, Qi Tongwei asked Zhang Feiyang some questions about Biyun Township, and Zhang Feiyang answered them in detail.
This gave Qi Tongwei a general understanding of the situation in Biyun Township.
Afterwards, Qi Tongwei summoned Hu Zhengyi to inquire about the corruption issues and the situation in the village.
Hu Zhengyi's account of the corruption issue was similar to Zhang Feiyang's, but Hu Zhengyi gave Qi Tongwei a detailed explanation of the debt problem in Biyun Township.
Biyun Township owes 500 million yuan in debt. The borrowed money was not invested in the township's development, but was embezzled by the former secretary and township head.
In addition, the township has been in arrears with the salaries of its cadres for a total of four years.
Qi Tongwei's mood also became heavy after hearing this; the situation in Biyun Township was more serious than he had anticipated.
The reason he was appointed as the mayor of Biyun Township and also in charge of the township party committee's work was to clean up the mess.
The situation in Biyun Township is even worse than that in Gushanling Township when Qi Tongwei first started working.
Gushanling Township only owes wages to its cadres; it has no outstanding debts or other problems.
Wan Jiaxian and his group also make money, but they don't do it recklessly.
Next, Qi Tongwei called in people from the finance office to learn about the financial situation of Biyun Township.
Qi Tongwei was greatly disappointed by the financial situation of Biyun Township; there wasn't a single penny in the account.
Moreover, since January, the cadres have not received a single penny of their salaries, which has caused them great dissatisfaction.
Qi Tongwei was completely bewildered. How could these people go through the trouble of not paying a single penny of salary for six months?
Are these officials gods? Don't they need to eat or live?
Qi Tongwei asked the township finance office to ask the county finance bureau for some money. He couldn't pay salaries, but he wanted to make sure everyone had food to eat.
Just like what was done in Gushanling Township back then, the township government canteen provided everyone with two meals a day so that everyone wouldn't have to work on an empty stomach.
Afterwards, Qi Tongwei called in people from several departments to understand the situation.
Having learned enough, Qi Tongwei convened a meeting of the cadres to reassure them.