Rebirth of Minister Qi

Gao Yuliang's three major moves as a new official this time were all big ones. In fact, the cadres below were not optimistic about this. The reason was very simple. There was no wind direction from the province and the central government. As a mayor of a prefecture-level city, and an acting mayor at that, you wanted to directly cancel an important tax. This is something that has been collected for thousands of years and is engraved in the genes of every government. Our country is still a big agricultural country. If you do it rashly now, what if the higher-ups don't agree?

Who should take responsibility? Gao Yuliang is relatively young and comes from a university background. He lacks local experience. His deputies and cadres can feel that Gao Yuliang doesn't understand the grassroots well. Although the policies he has formulated are beneficial to the country and the people, it is still unknown whether they are made on the spur of the moment and whether they are suitable for local conditions. Many people are just waiting to see the fun and let this parachuted cadre mess around. Even if the higher-ups hold them accountable in the future, the main responsibility will be Gao Yuliang's.

Qi Tongwei could also feel the tremendous pressure Gao Yuliang was under. The cadres below all had their own ways of dealing with their leaders. On the surface they maintained their authority, but in private they used delaying tactics, frequent reporting, and procedural lazy governance. There were many ways to deal with their leaders.

Especially for cadres who come directly from ivory towers such as universities, they lack experience in struggling against these old-school local cadres and are easily led by them. The principle is just like the protagonist in the British TV series "The Minister", using all kinds of formalism and rules they are familiar with to manipulate the leaders.

Gao Yuliang has this feeling. Although the two deputies next to him seem to be cooperative, he always feels that something is not right with the implementation of the policies. Maybe it is something they did behind the scenes. However, on the surface, they both always praise the mayor and the mayor's instructions.

Qi Tongwei watched Gao Yuliang leading the team away in a hurry, sighed, then turned around and called Jin Xinkai to report the situation.

Jin Xinkai was called by the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee to attend a two-month training course at the department-level party school, and he just left yesterday.

As soon as the phone was connected, a sleepy voice came from the other end.

"Who is it? Who is the murderer?"

Because the call was to Jin Xinkai's personal number, he must be a good friend, so he had this attitude.

"Brother, why are you sleeping in the middle of the day? I have work to report to you."

"Oh, didn't I tell you that if you have something to ask for permission, don't ask for permission. Just make your own decision.

It took me a whole day to get here by car. When I got off the car today, a group of friends forced me to drink and told me to have a good rest at the Party School.

It’s really annoying.”

"I have something serious to say, don't hang up, don't hang up.

In this case, didn’t we give Teacher Gao some advice last time, saying that the city should just pay for the agricultural tax, which would reduce the burden on farmers and also reduce conflicts between officials and the masses?”

"That's what happened. What's the matter?"

Maybe he wasn’t fully awake yet, Jin Xinkai seemed to be still confused.

“He’s already taking action.”

Jin Xinkai, who was on the other side of the microphone, must have sat up directly, and his voice was different.

"Are you kidding me? It's been just a few days. There was no consultation, no hearing, no publicity or argument.

Just start doing it right away?

What if there is responsibility, what if the province has any ideas?

Mayor Gao is too reckless."

It will take at least three or four months to complete the above procedures, but these procedures are very important for shirking responsibility.

Soliciting opinions, holding hearings, and inviting experts to the media for discussion can all create momentum. The vast majority of farmers certainly hope to abolish this tax. As for whether the city helps pay it, they cannot control such details.

They have started to speak out, which is absolutely politically correct. Perhaps the central government will form a discussion and the province will not have any extra opinions. The few months of going through the procedures are also precious time for communication with superiors.

Gao Yuliang started fundraising directly, which was indeed a bit reckless, because as a mayor who wanted to implement a policy, the difficulty of his work was to communicate with his superiors and obtain approval. As long as the superiors agreed, the cadres below would always do it under pressure. Now the situation is reversed. He started fundraising directly without first communicating with his superiors. No wonder the cadres below felt that he lacked grassroots experience.

Maybe a leader verbally agreed to Gao Yuliang, but within the system, verbal promises are just farts, farts without even a sound. One must go through a complete procedure and obtain formal approval from superiors before one can completely shirk responsibility.

“Just as you said, he didn’t do any of these, and he moved incredibly quickly, bringing people directly to the new district and asking us to give him four million to support him.

This situation seems like a snap decision made under duress, just like the people in the Policy Research Office before.

Alas, I feel that Mr. Gao may be in need of a consultant in the city, one with more grassroots experience.”

The person on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment.

“You’re right. Mayor Gao lacks grassroots experience after all. There are some traps he hasn’t stepped into before. We can’t let a good thing turn into a bad thing.

I will go and talk to Mayor Gao, and then talk to Minister Jin of the Organization Department, and ask Chen Chao to be the deputy secretary-general of the municipal government. That old guy is doing very well in the Planning Commission now. He is actually very smart, and Mayor Gao has a good impression of him.

With him around to help fill in the gaps, I think things will get much better.”

Qi Tongwei was a little surprised that Jin Xinkai had the same idea as him. He always knew that Jin Xinkai was quick to react, had excellent communication skills, and good work ability, but his psychological endurance was still a little weak.

"I think so too. Otherwise, Mayor Gao would be in a passive position in the city government. Didn't other people remind him? They all blindly supported him. Those two deputy mayors must have something to hide."

"The two men surnamed Chen and Li, they are both cunning and sly. They are just waiting for Mayor Gao to make a mistake, and then take the opportunity to gain his trust and do more important work.

Without further ado, I immediately called Mayor Gao.

This matter is still in the remedial stage, and we should slow down a bit, give the districts and counties a little more time, and give the higher authorities a little more time, send a few inquiry letters and reply letters, and things will fall into place naturally. "

Jin Xinkai's current status is similar to that of Jiangbei Street Party Working Committee Secretary Li Wei. Both of them are concurrently members of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, members of the Municipal Government Party Leadership Group and District Party Committee Secretary. So it would be more appropriate for him to make the call in terms of his status. However, he is not saying it in person now, so the effect may be discounted.

Qi Tongwei's current identity does not allow him to talk about this, mainly because he has just taken out several million yuan on behalf of the new district to support this matter. Turning around and talking about this matter again in private would make his position seem unclear.

But there were still things he could do here, so he called Chen Chao out.