Chapter 52: The country’s fundamental education is the most important (1)

Wu Hao stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall and looked at Qian Hangyu and Ruan Baogen who were rushing toward the ancestral hall from the entrance of the village. He ordered Chen Xin, who had already returned, and said, "Chen Xin! Take the other two drivers to the village to borrow some chairs and other things, and then move the chairs in the ancestral hall here for use in the afternoon."

Qian Hangyu walked to Qian in the ancestral hall and saw that he was standing at the door of the ancestral hall chatting with Deputy County Magistrate Liu in a low voice. He hurriedly walked up and smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Wu Hao and Liu An, and said respectfully: "County Magistrate Wu! Deputy County Magistrate Liu! Why don't you say hello to our Huangshi Township Government in advance when you arrive in Huangshi Township? We can accompany several leaders to Huangyan Village in person."

When Wu Hao heard this, he did not show the usual modest smile on his face. He asked Qian Hangyu with a serious face: "Qian Hangyu! Now I don't want to say anything. You should first go to this so-called school and students' dormitory with me, and then I want to hear the explanation of you, the secretary of the Huangshi Township Party Committee."

Qian Hangyu's face turned very ugly when he heard Wu Hao's words, and he explained guiltily: "County Magistrate Wu! We all know the problem you mentioned. The day before yesterday, the mayor Ruan Township came to Huangyan Village when he visited various villages for investigation, but he was very anxious when he saw the situation here. When he came back, he immediately asked me to discuss whether he could ask for some funds from the county to rebuild the primary school in Huangyan Village. Today, we were preparing to report this to you in the county. On the way, we received a call from Secretary Lin. When we learned that County Magistrate Wu, you were looking for us, we immediately turned around and rushed to Huangyan Village."

Upon hearing this, Wu Hao glanced at Ruan Baogen standing behind him and said in a cold tone: "Is that true? Is it like this, Township Mayor Ruan? Why did you think about reporting to the county about the construction of primary school? Is this a coincidence?"

When Ruan Baogen heard Wu Hao's words, he quickly replied: "County Magistrate Wu! That's right! I had just arrived in Huangshi Township for ten days. I was going to run aside the administrative villages under Huangshi Township within a month. I have just walked two administrative villages. As for Huangyan Village, you heard from your cadres in the village that Huangyan Village was very long and needed to walk, so I arranged for me to come back to the end. Now I should have come to this village immediately."

Ruan Baogen's words made Qian Hangyu's face change again and again, not to mention how ugly it was. He looked at Ruan Baogen with resentment and quickly explained: "County Magistrate Wu! We do know the situation here. Our township has been thinking about solving this problem again, but because the financial situation in our township is really not good, it has been delayed until now."

Wu Hao looked at Qian Hangyu who was flustered and asked coldly: "Secretary Qian! You have heard the words of Township Mayor Ruan just now. He didn't know the situation of this school at all. In addition, judging from the environment and conditions of this school, the situation here has not happened for a day or two. And I also heard from the Education Bureau that the money for the reconstruction of this primary school was transferred to the account of your township government four years ago. If I guess correctly, Secretary Qian, you should be the head of Huangshi Township at that time. The money has been given to you, and four years have passed. Why is this primary school still like this? I hope Secretary Qian, you can give me a reasonable explanation?"

Qian Hangyu replied with horror when he heard Wu Hao's words: "Mr. Wu! This is the thing. The county did give our township 200,000 yuan to build Huangyan Village Primary School. But later, because the county said that it would build a hydropower station in Huangyan Village, he was worried that once the project of the hydropower station was established, the primary school we built would probably be flooded, and then the 200,000 yuan would be really wasted. Therefore, Secretary You was wrong at that time, it was not right that You Dapeng said that a good knife should be used for good blades, so we used this money in other places. After the hydropower station project was cancelled, the money had been used up, so this matter has been delayed until now. This time I heard that you came to the capital and asked for 400 million yuan in poverty alleviation funds, so I thought about going to the county to see if I could use some money for the construction of several primary schools in our township."

"Even the iron rod has been ground into a needle in four years, but the environment of this so-called school is getting worse every year, and there may even be major accidents at any time. I will not ask your parents' identities, but just ask your conscience. If your children are sitting in this so-called school, what will you feel in your heart? Don't worry about your children studying in the classroom here." Wu Hao asked angrily when he heard Qian Hangyu found a reason that he could not even be perfunctory.

Qian Hangyu's face turned very bad when he heard Wu Hao's questioning, and he spoke incoherently, saying, "Mr. Wu... County Magistrate Wu! When... I... I... I also mentioned this to You... Dapeng, but You Dapeng was the top leader at that time. He denied my thoughts with a simple sentence, and I had no choice."

Of course, Wu Hao understood that Qian Hangyu's words were obviously to put the blame on the former secretary You Dapeng, who had been sentenced. Anyway, You Dapeng has sentenced multiple crimes of dereliction of duty, which is nothing to him. Thinking of this, Wu Hao said to Qian Hangyu: "As for the situation you just reported, I will arrange someone to verify it, okay! I don't want to listen to your explanation anymore. Now I need you to give me an explanation, let me tell you! How are you going to solve this problem?"

"Solve it! I want to solve it too, but our township government has no extra money in finance, so I want the county to give us some support and I promise to build this school as quickly as possible." Qian Hangyu climbed up as he heard Wu Hao's words.

Upon hearing this, Wu Hao immediately asked loudly: "At the fastest speed, how many years, do you have to wait for the children here for another four years? Guarantee! How much is your guarantee worth? Now I don't want to hear what you have to make another guarantee. Find me a place to think about how to solve this matter, and then let's talk about it."

Wu Hao ignored Qian Hangyu and said to Liu An: "Let's go! Lao Liu! Although the conditions here are very poor, the environment is very good, so we will go for a walk together and talk about the topics that have not been discussed before."

Wu Hao and Liu An walked shoulder to shoulder along the small road in the field toward the entrance of the village. Wu Hao asked Liu An while walking, "Old Liu! How did you talk to Teacher Han and Teacher Geng just now? Do they have any different opinions and requirements for us to transfer students to the central primary school to attend classes?"

When Liu An heard Wu Hao's question, he showed a look of shame on his face and replied respectfully: "County Magistrate Wu! This is the first time I have been in politics for more than 20 years today that I have seen two teachers like Teacher Han and Geng who are dedicated to selflessly for students. I have previously talked to the two teachers according to your instructions, and apologized for the grievances suffered by the two teachers on behalf of the county government. At the same time, I asked them if they have any requirements for the organization, but do you know how they answered?"

Wu Hao asked casually after hearing this, “How did they answer?”

When Liu An heard Wu Hao ask him, he remembered the past when he talked to the two teachers before, and showed an expression of admiration on his face, saying, "County Magistrate Wu! When I asked the two teachers whether they needed any compensation to them, Teacher Han first stood up to oppose the compensation. He said that the reason why they still insisted on their positions when they were wronged was not to require any compensation."
Chapter completed!