At about 5 pm on September 2, the motorcade led by Fang Lao and his entourage passed through the streets of Mingzhu City.
This time, it did not disturb the local traffic too much. Ye Kaitong, the internal security guard of the Central Police Station, and Deputy Director Bai Jianming of the Municipal Bureau met in advance and unanimously approved the plan of tightening externally and loosening internally.
That is to say, traffic control was carried out about one kilometer outside the entire convoy to allow vehicles to detour. At the same time, observation posts were set up on high-rise buildings at various important intersections. Six helicopters were also coordinated with the Southeast Military Region as an emergency response.
purpose.
As for Mr. Fang and Comrade Gu Jianrong, Ye Kai was personally accompanying them. With his unusual sense of touch, there was no need to worry about anything unusual happening.
In fact, Ye Kai is now in a very strange state. No one outside can see anything abnormal about him. Only he knows that after being hit with a stick, his entire physical condition has changed.
Great changes have taken place.
This trip lasted about two hours, and when they returned to the hotel, the sky was still bright.
However, after all, Mr. Fang was old and prone to sleepiness. Even though he was riding in a car and watching the scenery in the afternoon, he also spent a lot of energy. Therefore, after everyone returned, they ate early and dispersed.
Ye Kai naturally stayed in the hotel and lived in the room next to Fang Lao so that he could take care of him at any time.
The entire hotel has been temporarily cleared for the convenience of security work.
Ye Kai met in the hotel with Colonel Ji Bin, who led the team from the Central Police Bureau, and Deputy Director Bai Jianming from the Municipal Bureau, to discuss some problems that existed during today's inspection and what improvements should be made when traveling tomorrow, etc.
Waiting, the three of them made a series of arrangements based on the traffic map of Mingzhu City, and only gave up after they felt that everything was safe.
At this time, Ziping came out from Fang Lao's side and came here.
Ji Bin and Bai Jianming took the initiative to leave after greeting Zi Ping.
Ye Kai and Ye Ziping, father and son, were immediately left in the room. Ye Kai made a cup of tea and handed it to Ye Ziping.
The two naturally talked about what Mr. Fang said today, and Ye Ziping said, "Abolition of privileges is not easy. Although our power comes from the people, it is just empty talk. In fact, officials come from the top, no matter where they sit.
Son, we need to think carefully about it. From the top position, we might as well discuss some things, but from the perspective of grassroots cadres, it is not appropriate to mention them, otherwise it will be considered a betrayal of the current power system."
"Isn't it just to protect vested interests? I understand this." Ye Kai replied with some disapproval.
Ye Kai has a clear view of the current situation, and what he knows even more is that once the power rent-seeking model is rapidly promoted in the country, this disguised hereditary system of the powerful class will reach its peak and cannot be stopped.
In fact, Ye Kai can be regarded as a beneficiary of the hereditary system in disguise, but he feels that what he has done is worthy of others. After all, there are very few people who can make such a big contribution, so give him a deputy
Hall, I don’t feel blushing at all.
"At present, the central government has a relatively firm attitude towards eliminating local forces. This can be seen from the work adjustment of provincial and ministerial leaders." Ye Ziping said to Ye Kai, "There are many provincial leaders who are from other provinces.
Or even though they are natives of this province, they work in Beijing all year round, etc., so they can no longer be regarded as local forces."
In fact, this matter has been done since the Nanmen Incident.
At that time, in order to cope with the situation, the senior officials mobilized armed forces to Beijing, but some people actually refused to accept the call. The performance of the forces in the provinces was also very inconsistent, with many waiting and watching, and some even disagreed with the central government's attitude. This made the senior officials very angry, so in the matter
After that, I dealt with a batch of them ruthlessly.
However, despite this, the local forces in each province are still strong, so in the past few years, the central government has been unswervingly pursuing this policy to dismantle and divide local forces and factions, such as tightening the noose around the necks of local officials through the tax sharing system.
Make them more obedient.
Otherwise, the lack of compliance with central government decrees will always be a big problem.
"This is also natural. When Taizu was in power, political orders could not even leave the capital for a time, and even the capital was like an iron barrel. I had to leave the Pearl and issue a big-character poster." Ye Kai said, "
Therefore, breaking the political monopoly of local forces is of great significance. If nothing else, just talking about Comrade Fang He's trip to the Pearl River last year can illustrate the problem. The degree of openness of freedom of speech is still not enough, and even politicians cannot speak freely.
, which is very harmful."
"Domestic affairs are very complicated. Generally speaking, the supervision mechanism is insufficient and power is over-centralized." Ye Ziping also said, "The advantage is that it can reduce disputes and concentrate on doing some major things, but the disadvantages are also obvious, and it can easily be disguised.
Dictatorship leads to more terrible consequences, just like what happened in those ten years."
"It feels like the current situation is a bit like a return to the old ways." Ye Kai said.
"Return to the land?" Ye Ziping heard this, thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "Don't tell me, it's still a bit similar, but the target is different."
The so-called "reforming native officials to return to local officials" means changing the official system of native officials to the official system of "liu official officials".
After the Ming Dynasty pacified the southwest, it implemented the chieftain system based on the characteristics of the ethnic minorities in the southwest. Later, as time went by, the disadvantages of the chieftain system became more and more obvious, seriously hindering social and economic development and going against the unification of the country.
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Therefore, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, some places with relatively mature conditions first abolished the chieftains and replaced the native officials with Liuguan, and implemented the reform of Tuguiliu. However, the large-scale reform of Tuguiliu was mainly carried out during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.
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Nowadays, the fragmentation and disintegration of local factions is a bit like the reform of the past, so Ye Kai couldn't help but think of the consequences of this incident, which was the strengthening of centralization of power.
It seems that whether it is the official transfer system or the tax-sharing system, the starting point is the same, which is to strengthen the authority of the central government.
With an official hat in one hand and a money bag in the other, are you still afraid that the local princes will not obey your orders obediently?
"How is the situation in Mingzhu City recently?" Ye Kai asked.
"That's it, let's make do." Ye Ziping said, "Now I'm focusing on economic construction with one hand and cadre management with the other. I'm actually quite busy, especially since the Discipline Inspection Commission has recently caught a few corruption cases.
, various cases are shocking and make people angry."
"This is normal. There have been too many infrastructure projects in Mingzhu City recently. We can't stop them, we can only guide them well." Ye Kai said, "In fact, being a leading cadre is nothing more than letting officials do what they want.
Just work hard."
"Having said that, it is worth paying attention to the specific appointment methods. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that anyone can become an official?" Ye Ziping said.
"Haha, Li Hongzhang said back then that the easiest thing in the world is to be an official. If Shang Shi can't even be an official, it would be of no use." Ye Kai said, "Now it seems that this statement
It also makes sense. Although the country has carried out many institutional reforms, the number of personnel has increased instead of decreasing, and work efficiency has not seen any significant improvement.
In particular, taxpayers' money has been used to support a large number of idlers, mediocre people, lazy people, and evil people, and the masses have long been dissatisfied. The inaction and random behavior of some powerful leading cadres are also the cause of social instability.
The country is naturally inseparable from the management of leaders at all levels, but the building of governance capabilities does need to be strengthened. If it still only stays in slogans and media, it is empty talk that will never see results.
When officials feel that it is difficult to become an official, the risks are too high, and there are no benefits, and therefore they dare not easily become an official, then the domestic officialdom will see hope."
"When appointing cadres, it is actually not that easy to keep the entrance tight." Ye Ziping said, "Many people are honest and upright when they are not in office. Once they are in office, everything changes, and it changes very quickly, which is unexpected. The recent
Several cases are like this, which makes people feel incredible after reading them."
"Actually, corrupt officials are not a big deal." Ye Kai said, "Integrity officials are useless, but those who want to do things have to rely on corrupt officials."
"What kind of argument are you talking about?" After hearing this, Ziping felt a little bit dumbfounded.
He was often surprised by his son's strange remarks, and this time was no exception. He wanted to hear what he had to say.
"It's an old saying." Ye Kai said, "As a superior, it's nothing more than six words: use corrupt officials and fight against corrupt officials."
Seeing that Zi Ping was in a daze, Ye Kai said, "If you want others to work for you, you must give them benefits. And if you don't have so much money to give them, then you have to give them power and ask them to use the power in their hands."
If he goes to plunder people's wealth and people's anointing, won't he get benefits?"
"What good does that do to me? Have I become the main backer of corrupt officials?" Ye Ziping immediately expressed his disdain.
"Of course there are benefits, because he can get benefits because you gave him power. Therefore, in order to protect his own benefits, he must maintain your power. Then, isn't your ruling foundation solid?" Ye Kai said
, "Everyone wants to take the position of municipal party committee secretary. If no one protects your power, how can you consolidate your position?"
"That makes sense, then why do you want to rebel now that you have used corrupt officials?" Ye Ziping asked.
"This is the essence of political power." Ye Kai replied, "If you want to use corrupt officials, you must fight against corrupt officials. Only in this way can you deceive the people and make everyone think that you are a good leader, so that they will worship you even more wholeheartedly."
"Be more specific and let me study hard." Ye Ziping said with a smile.
"I'm really not afraid to tell you this. It's because the territory of Shengwang New District is too small and there are too few people that I can't practice this theory. Otherwise, I can really do it with ease." Ye Kai said seriously.