Li Wei asked Lu Xuemin to take him to the door of the county government. He got off the car and went to County Magistrate Liu's residence. He saw a pair of sunglasses and a pair of black-rimmed glasses in front of Magistrate Liu. When he saw Li Wei, he smiled and said: "Let's
I went out to investigate something privately today, take a look, it would be better if I brought those glasses."
Li Wei said: "In the winter, wearing sunglasses is a bit conspicuous."
County Magistrate Liu nodded, put his sunglasses in the drawer, put on his black-framed flat glasses, and said to Li Wei: "Let's set off right away. You will be my driver today."
The two drove out of the county government, and County Magistrate Liu said: "Go to Baoping Township."
Only halfway down the road did County Magistrate Liu explain the whole story.
It turned out that yesterday was the day that County Magistrate Liu received the visit. Just when he was about to get off work, an old farmer in tattered clothes came. He talked nonsensically for a long time, and then Magistrate Liu understood that it turned out that this old man's family was very poor and he had been enjoying the subsistence allowance.
But this year is about to celebrate the New Year, and I haven’t received a single cent of this year’s subsistence allowance.
County Magistrate Liu asked him if the person who distributed the money made a mistake in his work, why didn't he go to the township government to ask? The old man said angrily that he went to the township government to ask, but the township government said that this matter was under the jurisdiction of the village committee and asked him to ask.
At the village committee, he went to ask the village chief. The village chief said that the government would distribute the money before it even pulled out the money, but other places had already distributed it. Isn’t this deceiving people?
County Magistrate Liu asked him again if there were many people like him who did not receive subsistence allowances. The old man said, at least more than half. I heard that the money was spent by Murakami.
After sending the old man away, County Magistrate Liu did not say anything. He called Yu Zhendong, the mayor of Baoping Township, to inquire about the distribution of subsistence allowances in their township. Yu Zhendong swore that all the payments had been completed ten days ago, and he guaranteed to transfer the poor households.
A good year.
County Magistrate Liu felt that there must be something wrong here, so he decided to take Li Wei to Baoping Town for an unannounced visit today.
Li Wei has been the secretary of County Magistrate Liu for almost a year, and this is the first time he has done this with a leader. He was very excited and said, "Can this be considered a private visit incognito?"
County Magistrate Liu smiled and said: "This is considered a private visit, but there is no need to dress incognito, because now the clothes of officials are no different from those of ordinary people. This can be regarded as a great progress in history."
Baoping Township is 25 kilometers away from the county seat. It is one of the most economically backward towns in South China County. The living standards of farmers are very low, the insured area is large, and the natural contradictions are also prominent. This is why County Magistrate Liu pays special attention to the subsistence allowance there.
The reason is that the new year is approaching, and if the minimum living allowance policy is not implemented properly, big trouble will happen.
Half an hour later, they came to the county-level highway leading to Baoping Township. County Magistrate Liu decided to go to Zhangping Village where the old man was to check first. They did not know the road to Zhangping Village and saw a man beside the highway.
Li Wei went down to the canteen and asked about it.
Zhangping is the largest village in Baoping Township, located in the north of Baoping Township. They drove on the village road heading north, and after walking for two or three miles, they saw an old man preparing land by the village. When they asked, this was Zhangping Village.
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Li Wei drove the car into the village and saw a group of women chatting in the square. County Magistrate Liu asked Li Wei to stop the car, came to the women, squatted down, had a chat with them, and then asked: "What is this?"
It’s the end of the year, have you received your subsistence allowance?”
A fat auntie said quickly: "Have you got it? The head of our village is so kind. He delivers it to every household."
County Magistrate Liu asked several other women, and they all said they had received it. The fat lady also took out a red book from her arms and handed it to Magistrate Liu and said, "Look, they all have red stamps."
County Magistrate Liu took the red book and opened it. Sure enough, this year's subsistence allowance was signed on it. The payment date was January 20th, which was twelve days ago.
County Magistrate Liu and Li Wei got in the car and drove forward for a while. They met several people chatting and asked, and they all said they had sent them. Some even brought red books for Magistrate Liu to read and asked some questions.
nothing.
They also went into two houses and asked, and they both said that they had sent it. County Magistrate Liu became confused. Did the old man tell a lie yesterday? It’s not like that. Such an honest old man is unlikely to be a grown-up man.
He went as far as the county government to tell lies.
But what I saw was like this, which was really puzzling.
Li Wei took a quick look and saw that there was something fishy about it. He found that many people's doors were locked. Now that the New Year is approaching, most people who go out have come back. Besides, rural people rarely lock their doors.
It's so abnormal. Also, most of the people they asked had red notebooks with them, as if they were waiting for them to ask. This was obviously a fraud.
Li Wei seemed to have figured it out, but there was no evidence and it was inconvenient to say it clearly, so he could only hint: "It seems that our whereabouts have been exposed. This way we can't find out the truth."
County Magistrate Liu said: "No, I came here today to protect the peace, and no one knows about it. How could my whereabouts be exposed?"
Li Wei said: "I guess the problem lies with this car. Many people know the car number of your county magistrate."
County Magistrate Liu said with some reluctance: "What should we do? Is it just like this?"
Li Wei said: "Get in the car, I promise to let you see the truth of the matter today."
After the two got in the car, they drove all the way past the Baoping Township Government and arrived at the adjacent Sanbao Town.
Today is the market in Sanbao Town. Li Wei honked the horn and drove to the east end of the market. That area was the flea market. Li Wei got out of the car and came to a pile of old clothes. He bargained with the boss for a while.
I paid ten yuan and bought two sets of old and wrinkled suits and two tongue depressors, and went to the car.
County Magistrate Liu asked puzzledly: "Why did you buy these used clothes? The unit has not held any clothes donation activities recently."
Li Wei smiled and said: "This is for our 'incognito' use. Although it seems that there is not much difference between the clothes of officials and ordinary people nowadays, in fact, the difference is huge. Look at the clothes like you and me.
Cadres, if they want to truly hear the truth, they have to be 'incognito'."
County Magistrate Liu also thinks it makes sense.
Li Wei called Lao Song from Sanbao Police Station, and Lao Song happened to be at the police station. Li Wei drove into the police station, and Lao Song was already waiting at the gate. Seeing County Magistrate Liu, Lao Song was a little panicked. County Liu
The chief said: "I have a private matter today and am not here to check my work. You don't need to be nervous and don't tell others."
The three of them came to Lao Song's office. Li Wei closed the door and poured out a large bag of clothes. County Magistrate Liu and Li Wei took off their coats, put on the two old suits, put on their hats, and took a picture in the mirror.
It really looks like hawkers running all over the street.
County Magistrate Liu said happily: "You really need to be 'incognito', so that you can look like a farmer."
When Li Wei came in, he found a diesel tricycle parked in the yard of the police station and asked Lao Song: "Can the tricycle parked in the yard be driven?"
Lao Song said: "Of course it can be driven. This car was illegally pulling people over the day before yesterday. We happened to encounter it. The driver's attitude was arrogant and we impounded it. The car is in good condition and the fuel is full."
Li Wei said: "I wanted you to find a car. This one is very good. Let us borrow it."
Lao Song said it was no problem and went to the police to get the car keys and gave them to Li Wei. Li Wei and County Magistrate Liu drove their three-wheelers all the way to Zhangping Village, Baoping Township. It was time to eat.
They drove all the way into the village and found that the door of the house that had been locked just now had been opened, and smoke was coming from the house.
Li Wei drove to a natural village he had never been to before and shouted in the local dialect: "Collect food, collect food."
After a while, a large group of people came out, including men and women. When asked how to collect the food, Li Wei deliberately kept the price very low. The group of people bargained with him. Li Wei seemed to say casually: "Damn, now this
The grain business is not going well. I went to several towns and couldn't even get a tael of grain. Now that they have received the minimum living allowance, they are not willing to buy grain anymore."
When a man heard this, he said angrily: "Other places are ruled by the Communist Party, but our place is ruled by the Kuomintang. They issued the subsistence allowance half a month ago, but we still don't provide it here. We want to starve people to death."
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A woman said in a high voice: "Yesterday I went back to my parents' house. It's been a month since my parents' house was home. We haven't seen Qian Ying yet. How have we spent this year?"
A middle-aged man said mysteriously: "There's no hope. I heard that bitch Zhang Baojun paid our village's subsistence allowance for his wages."
Li Wei took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and said: "No? The subsistence allowance money is life-saving money. The country has policies. Who dares to embezzle it?"
An old man said: "Don't dare? Zhang Baojun is very courageous. He dared to seize the emperor's money to buy the horse because he had someone above him."
County Magistrate Liu was sitting in the car. When he heard the complaints from the people below, he understood the truth of the matter and was so angry that his face turned black. He knocked on the side of the car. Li Wei knew that Magistrate Liu was angry and wanted to leave.
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Li Wei said: "It's not that I have a bad heart. I will lose money at the price you said. Forget it, I won't accept it today."
Li Wei got in the car, and County Magistrate Liu said with a dark face: "Let's go to Baoping Township Government."
Li Wei drove the car out of Zhangping Village and said carefully: "Should we go to Sanbao Town to change the car and clothes first?"
County Magistrate Liu said: "No! Go directly to the township government. I want to see what Yu Zhendong has to say."