Official Way: Starting from Township Civil Servants

About seven or eight minutes later, the phone on Wang Yi's desk rang.

When I picked up the phone, Governor Xiao's voice came: "Please ask a comrade to come in."

"Okay." Wang Yi replied with these two words again, then quickly came to the lounge and led Director Zhao to the governor's office.

After Director Zhao entered the office, Wang Yi poured him another cup of tea from the receptionist's cup and then exited the office.

Wang Yi didn't know what the Finance Department reported to the governor and what the governor asked, and he didn't need to know it. It wasn't until 10 minutes later that Director Zhao walked out of the office and Wang Yi entered immediately.

He went in ostensibly to clean up the tea cup that Director Zhao drank from, but actually to see if the leader needed to invite the next person immediately.

"Invite other comrades to come over." Governor Xiao and Wang Yi had a tacit understanding, and he took the initiative to say it before Wang Yi asked.

Then Wang Yi went to call Director Tu from the Development Planning Commission. He didn't stay in the governor's office for long, only a little over 10 minutes.

It was a similar process again, and soon Wang Yi called the last director of the Work Safety Bureau, but the director stayed in Governor Xiao's office for a long time and did not leave until half an hour later.

After Wang Yi entered this time, Governor Xiao asked Wang Yi to take out the previous documents. Naturally, the governor had already reviewed these documents. Whether he agreed or disagreed, they had to be returned and informed to the relevant departments.

At this time, it was already eleven o'clock, and there was still a while to eat. Under the fixed schedule every day, it was Governor Xiao who arranged and handled some things on his own.

There was no need for Wang Yi to be around at this time. After he handed those documents to Sun Yunli, he returned to his office.

However, he did not have free time to make arrangements at this time, because the first office had made Governor Xiao's itinerary for tomorrow. Wang Yi had to go through this daily schedule again, and had to take the time to ask Governor Xiao if he needed to adjust it.

At [-]:[-], Wang Yi appeared in Governor Xiao's office. He first asked about tomorrow's schedule. Sure enough, after hearing this, Governor Xiao had his own arrangements. Under the original situation, Governor Xiao We also need to go to the Water Resources Department to learn about the flood control situation in the province this year.

Wang Yi can decide on such small adjustments, move some things that don't need to be stuck, and take an hour to go to the Water Resources Department as much as possible.

Then he transferred the new arrangements to another place, and basically tomorrow's schedule was settled.

"Boss, we're going to leave at [-]:[-], shall we go have lunch now?" Seeing that the time was already at [-]:[-], Wang Yi reminded Governor Xiao to go to the opening ceremony at [-]:[-], and now it's time to go to dinner. .

The canteen starts serving meals after [-]:[-] and lasts until two o'clock. Of course, this is only an official rule. If the leaders miss the meal, they can still eat in the canteen.

As for whether the provincial governors and ministers have small private rooms, Wang Yi knew when he came here that in fact they did not.

He and Governor Xiao came to the canteen together, and they all served the buffet with their own plates. The dishes were quite rich, but there were no particularly expensive ingredients, and most of them were home-cooked dishes.

Wang Yi and Governor Xiao were sitting in the corner. At this time, many provincial government staff came to eat one after another. No one deliberately came to approach the governor, but they all deliberately kept a certain distance.

Governor Xiao and Wang Yi both ate very quickly. After more than ten minutes, they cleared their plates.

"Xiao Wang, you should exercise moderately after eating. Come with me for a walk in the back." After the meal, Governor Xiao offered to ask Wang Yi to take a walk with him.

The back that Governor Xiao talks about is the garden behind the General Office Building. This used to be the site of the ancient Yamen. Although the buildings of the Yamen have long since disappeared, the garden is still there.

This garden is quite small, with a pool and rockery. Lotus flowers are planted in the pool. Now is the season when the lotus blooms. There is a bit of a Jiangnan garden in it.

Because everyone is very busy at work, there is usually no one in the garden except for the occasional person taking a walk. After all, if you wander around from time to time, it is equivalent to telling others that you are fishing again. No one in this kind of institution would be that stupid.

Wang Yi was half a step behind Governor Xiao. At first, he only thought that Governor Xiao was really full and needed to eat. Anyway, it was good to take a walk after dinner, so Wang Yi didn't think much about it.

But when the two of them walked to the stone bridge over the lotus pond, Governor Xiao suddenly said: "In the article you published last time in Jiangbei Daily, I felt that there were many places where I hesitated to say anything. Do you have anything to say? Didn’t you say anything?”

When Wang Yi heard this, he immediately became energetic. He understood which article Governor Xiao was talking about, which was the article about excessive staff at the grassroots level.

Without much time to think, Wang Yi could only bite the bullet and said: "Nothing can be hidden from the leadership. After all, it is published publicly, and the impact must be considered. Although those are also my views, but as a grassroots level I deeply understand We know that the actual situation is more serious and urgent than what is said.”

"Please tell me the specific situation. There is no one else here, so don't be mentally burdened." Governor Xiao gave Wang Yi an encouraging look.

And the phrase "There is no one else here" also tells Wang Yi that I don't treat you as an outsider.

"The vast majority of departments in the seven stations and eight institutes not only have overlapping and confusing management, but in fact many of them have no actual business. And these staff are all located in townships. In order to pay wages, many townships are borrowing money to survive. As far as I know There are also some towns and villages that have no debt to borrow and can only default on wages. Township fiscal deficits are getting bigger and bigger. Although the government fiscal deficit is normal, the money should be used for infrastructure construction and ensuring people's livelihood. In addition to wages, The problem is that there will be more and more retirees in the seven stations and eight institutes in the future, which is also a huge financial burden." Wang Yi did not hide it in front of Governor Xiao, and said everything he knew and thought.

At this time, Wang Yi had already vaguely guessed that Governor Xiao asked him to be a full-time secretary, perhaps because he was planning to do something big.

"Seven Stations and Eight Institutes" is just a general term. The actual number is more than that. In many towns and villages, there are even as many as thirty or more various functional departments, which has caused the problem of bloated institutions and a huge number of redundant personnel.

"Last year, the Government Affairs Council took the lead in carrying out institutional reforms at the upper levels. I went to the capital for a meeting a few days ago. In fact, the same issue was discussed. However, there is still no conclusion on how to reform at the grassroots level, and the controversy is still relatively large. After all, the following is involved With more personnel, the scope of influence will be wider, so all provinces are currently taking a wait-and-see attitude, either waiting for the central government to make arrangements, or waiting for brother provinces to pilot it first..." Governor Xiao said with a profound look, and he told Wang When Yi said this, he really did not regard Wang Yi as an outsider, and when it came to this, Governor Xiao's intention was self-evident.

The Central Committee is interested in promoting the reform of grassroots institutions, but there is no specific plan. Other provinces are also waiting and watching. Governor Xiao obviously wants to use this opportunity to take the lead in piloting the reform of grassroots institutions in Jiangbei Province.

This is the most important opportunity since he entered the ministerial level. If he does it well, he will stand out among the more than [-] provinces in the country. Everyone knows what the political weight of it represents.

However, huge opportunities often also represent huge risks. With this level of reform, one may not be able to keep his current position, but may end up in ruins and disgrace.

This risk is also the fundamental reason why secretaries and governors in other provinces are unwilling to take the risk.

"I will then communicate with my colleagues in the research office and ask them to do a survey first and get specific figures. It will not be too late for the leader to make arrangements then." Wang Yi is a very smart person. Governor Xiao told him this, It's not just as simple as not treating him as an outsider. What the governor wants is Wang Yi's full support for him in this matter, and even suggestions.

"Well, I can rest assured that you will handle the matter. Just keep an eye on the preliminary work." Governor Xiao was very satisfied with Wang Yi's approach.

There is indeed no need to rush this matter. There are tens of thousands of people involved in the province's township agencies, and tens of thousands of families are behind them.

Preliminary research, the specific number of institutions, the number of departments involved, and the detailed number of personnel must be mastered first.