Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 795: Moving the Trees to Establish Trust 2

The top leader seemed to suddenly realize something.

"Oh, you are Master Hong's last disciple. Master Hong had a very good relationship with the old man. When you were young, you worked as his secretary."

However, the two soon stopped discussing this topic and turned to discuss what to do next.

"Tell me about your initial plan for the food system. I read the report you submitted and found that your focus is on the county level and townships.

The last time you reported to me, it only involved a few high-ranking officials in the Grain Bureau."

Qi Tongwei knew that the main part of the drama was about to begin. From the very beginning when he came to Beijing to serve as an official, Qi Tongwei knew that he needed to bravely express his political views. Everyone emphasized the importance of being humble and modest, but who wouldn't want to be such an official? If a farmer's child wanted to get to the top, he had to be bolder than others.

"Secretary, corruption in the grain purchasing and marketing system is from bottom to top, which is different from other departments.

If we count the corruption figures of the Grain Bureau above, they may be almost insignificant compared with some capital-intensive departments.

A deputy director of the energy system alone could hide hundreds of millions in cash at home. Adding up all the various things, Ant Moving has moved more than ten billion yuan.

But this is actually an industry dividend derived from capital-intensive industries. If I were to judge, their social harm may not be as great as the corruption of the leaders of a grassroots county-level grain bureau.

First of all, grassroots grain stations are the first checkpoint for grain collection, storage and circulation. Their corrupt behaviors such as false reporting of inventory, passing inferior goods off as good ones, misappropriation of special funds, etc. will directly weaken the authenticity and reliability of our grain reserves. Once a large-scale disaster occurs in society, such as earthquakes, floods, etc., false grain reserves will directly threaten social stability, undermine people's confidence in the government, and directly shake the ruling foundation of our party.

Corruption at the grass-roots level is universal. It is very likely that in thousands of counties across the country, most of the corruption follows a similar pattern. If the upper echelons of the Grain Bureau are corrupt, they will not be able to manage so many grain stations below them. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beams will inevitably be crooked.

Moreover, based on my many years of experience working in grassroots governments, I know that the grain system is very independent at the local level. Although the Party committees and governments at the county and township levels have supervisory powers, they exercise that power to the point of zero. The entire grain system seems like an independent kingdom.

To give a simple example, seventeen years ago, when I was working in the Jiangbei New District of Dong'ou City, I heard that some private enterprises rented old granaries from the Grain Bureau. At that time, the district government strictly restricted the time limit and rent for leasing state-owned assets. All five-year contracts had to be modified to less than three years. Because the economic development was fast at that time, the rental price changed almost every year. However, the local Grain Bureau dared to sign a twenty-year lease contract with others. Twenty years ago, the annual rent of a warehouse of one thousand square meters was only one twentieth of the current market price. They were blatantly embezzling state-owned assets.

But I found that I couldn’t control it. At that time, I was the deputy district head, and I couldn’t control the district’s grain bureau. This is the natural barrier that the independence of the upper level brings to the grassroots grain bureau cadres. It is said that the local government has the right to supervise them, but in fact it is extremely difficult to operate, and few local governments are willing to offend these departments directly under the ministries. In fact, they are not supervised. ”

After hearing this, the top leader did not pay attention to the corruption in the grain system that Qi Tongwei mentioned, because he had handled enough cases and was familiar with all the strange situations. However, because of Qi Tongwei's words, he immediately remembered an old leader who had lamented about the Ming Dynasty cabinet selection criteria: one could not enter the cabinet without serving in a prefecture or county.

The reason is that it is difficult for cadres who have never worked at the grassroots level or at the county level to understand what is happening at the grassroots level, because there is a strong sense of separation between the overall political ecology at the grassroots level and the upper level.

If cabinet members have no experience working at the county level, they may sometimes make policies based on assumptions and force them through without regard for reality, leading to serious consequences.

We can see from Qi Tongwei that if he had not worked at the district and county level for a long time, he would not have been able to understand the horror of corruption in the grassroots food system. Only when he saw it with his own eyes did he realize how shocking it was.

"Go on."

Qi Tongwei continued to expound on his political views. He wanted to fully express that he did everything for the people and show his public spirit. This was the essence of seeking official positions at his level. Giving gifts and money were all out of date.

"Corruption at grass-roots grain stations is often accompanied by downgrading and lowering prices, withholding subsidies from farmers, and delaying farmers' grain payments, which directly harms farmers' interests and dampens their enthusiasm for growing grain.

Under the impact of the industrial economy, most farmers are no longer willing to grow crops, because they work hard for a whole year and still cannot earn as much as working as a worker. The government hopes to issue subsidies to increase their enthusiasm, but it is intercepted by these parasites.

If their behavior happened in peacetime, it would be easy to solve the problem by spending some money to buy grain internationally. But what if it happened in wartime? International grain traders would learn of our situation and start to choke us and drive up prices. This has happened before.

Eradicating corruption in the grass-roots food system is actually an important measure to solve the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers.”

The last sentence hits the nail on the head. This year's No. 1 document is about solving the three rural issues, but Qi Tongwei looked around and didn't see any content about the grain system.

The leader thought about it for a few seconds and finally made up his mind.

“There will be a standing committee meeting next week, and you can also attend.

I will have the office send you a notification."

Qi Tongwei's eyes widened.

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After the Standing Committee meeting ended, Qi Tongwei's back was still covered in sweat. At the meeting, he elaborated in detail on his overall remediation plan for the grain system. He did not rush to leave after the meeting because the cadres of the General Office had told him about it before the meeting.

"Deputy Secretary Qi, the leader wants to see you."

So after the meeting, Qi Tongwei stood obediently at the door and waited until he received the message.

In the big boss's office.

Zhao Mengsheng and the leaders of the Discipline Inspection Commission were also there, looking through the documents on hand. Of course, they met not only to deal with the grain system issue. They had already gone through several rounds of discussions before Qi Tongwei arrived.

"This Deputy Secretary Qi is really a wonderful person. He is trustworthy and will deal with the cadres who voluntarily surrender as appropriate.

Many cadres talk big but don’t know if they can actually do it and accurately understand the central government’s intentions.”

The big boss liked this sentence very much. As for the food system issue, he immediately had a complete disposal plan in the first second after hearing it to reduce the subsequent impact.