Entering the officialdom by mistake and getting promoted quickly

The Qingshan Township Party Committee is very poor, and its offices are all tiled houses. If it is an ordinary meeting, the meeting venue can be set up in the tiled house.

But if the number of participants is slightly larger, then no one tiled house can satisfy it.

Therefore, we can only adopt open-air meetings.

The venue is directly located in the township government compound!

It's summer now, and everyone is sweating under the scorching sun. It seems a bit hard to hold a meeting in this environment.

Fortunately, Minister May did not express any displeasure.

The reason is simple, this is the characteristic of this era. (In the early 90s, this was indeed the case for township meetings)

In fact, this is not just the case in Qingshan Township, but also in many grassroots towns in China.

The office is poor and the office location is shabby. Once a large meeting is held, there is no suitable place at all. The only option is to use an open-air method to accommodate a large number of people attending the meeting.

Meetings held in the open air test the endurance of cadres.

The summer season is considered good. After all, it's just hot. If you tolerate it a little, you can bear it.

It would be difficult to hold a meeting in winter. The north wind was blowing fiercely, and sometimes it was snowing. Not only did the leaders' hands and feet become stiff from the cold, but the participants below were also shivering.

But it is precisely because of this kind of hardship that it tempered the tenacity of grassroots cadres. Most of the grassroots cadres in that era were able to do practical things.

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In fact, this meeting was not considered a large meeting, because Minister Mei only asked the heads of each unit to be present, but despite this, there were still a lot of people.

After all, this is a township. It is the most basic level of the party committee and government in the system. Although it is small, it has all five organs. There are many administrative departments throughout the township.

Party and Government Office, Ministry of Armed Forces, Publicity and Unification Office, Organization Office, Family Planning Office, Township Trade Union, Finance and Economics Office, Taxation Office, Discipline Inspection Office, Letters and Calls Office, Civil Affairs Office, Judicial Office, Land and Resources Office, Cultural Station, Agricultural Comprehensive Station...

There are all kinds of things, there are more than 2 dozen departments in total. Even if only the department heads attend the meeting, the number of people reaches nearly 30.

Coupled with the seven members of the township party committee and deputies from certain important departments, the total number of people attending today's meeting has exceeded the 7-person mark.

There were more than 40 people sitting in the open air. Because of the hot weather, many people brought their own large teapots.

Obviously, these are experienced veterans who know that meeting time is difficult to control, so they are ready for a protracted war.

It was the first time for Xia Shuo to participate in this kind of meeting and he had no relevant experience at all, so when he was sweating under the scorching sun, he couldn't help but admire the advance preparation of these veterans.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he realized that there was no water glass on Minister Mei's table. He stood up quietly and secretly glanced at Secretary Cui's special clerk, Lao Liu.

Director Liu's expression remained unchanged, but he quietly moved over and asked in a low voice: "Director Xiao Xia, what are your instructions?"

In fact, Xia Shuo is not the person in charge of the Family Planning Office at all, and his rank is only deputy stock level. Although Director Liu is a director, his rank is actually full stock level.

According to official rules, Officer Liu was of a higher rank, but he complimented Xia Shuo in turn and even asked Xia Shuo what instructions he had.

Today, Minister Mei supported Xia Shuo in public. Everyone knew that Xia Shuo had a strong backing, so even though Director Liu was a direct descendant of Secretary Cui, he did not dare to be arrogant when talking to Xia Shuo.

However, Xia Shuo did not bother to deepen his friendship with Director Liu. Instead, he quietly pointed at Minister Mei's table and said in a low voice: "The weather is so hot, but Minister Mei did not prepare a water cup. Can we provide one to prevent the leader from getting thirsty?" There was no water to drink at that time..."

Liu Gan was startled at first and subconsciously looked at Minister Mei's table. Then he was startled and said with sweat on his forehead: "This is really a big mistake. We didn't prepare a water cup for the leader."

After saying that, he glanced at Xia Shuo and complimented: "Thank you for reminding me in time. You are worthy of being a direct descendant of Minister Mei."

Xia Shuo did not answer the question and changed the subject: "I was inspired by chance and found that everyone had brought a big teapot, so I suddenly realized that you would definitely be thirsty after a long meeting... After all, it is too hot. ”

Director Liu nodded and lowered his voice again: "I'm going to prepare now to get a cup for Minister Mei, but Brother Xia, I have to ask you for a favor. You will come forward later and give the cup to Minister Mei." ."

Xia Shuo was slightly stunned and said in astonishment: "Why do you let me go?"

Director Liu was a little embarrassed, with a faint look of fear on his face, and whispered: "I didn't prepare water for the leader. This was a mistake on my part. Although it can be corrected after you remind me, the mistake will be noticed by Minister Mei after all... "

"As the leader of the county committee, Minister Mei may not blame me for being careless, but where is Secretary Cui, Township Chief Wang, and several other party committee members, will anyone use this matter to beat me?"

"So, brother Xia Shuo, please help me. Is it appropriate for you to step forward in this matter?"

As Officer Liu spoke, he looked at Xia Shuo eagerly.

However, Xia Shuo still didn't understand and couldn't help but said: "Why can I do it?"

Director Liu had no choice but to tell the reason directly, saying: "Because you are the person that Minister Mei admires the most, it is most appropriate for you to send a water cup to Minister Mei. Even if it is to make up for the mistake, everyone will praise you for your carefulness."

Xia Shuo finally understood and couldn't help but laugh: "In this way, no one will notice your work mistakes, right?"

Officer Liu nodded quickly and said: "Yes, yes, that's it. Brother Xia Shuo, please help me. You should be able to understand that you and I are on the same line. We all belong to Secretary Cui's faction, you can't just turn a blind eye Are you going to watch me being beaten by Township Chief Wang and the others?"

Xia Shuo nodded sharply and said happily: "Okay, I'll take care of this."

Officer Liu was overjoyed and said quickly: "I will treat you to dinner after get off work today. I will get a water glass now, and you can help me bring it up quietly."

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After a moment, Xia Shuo stepped forward slowly.

The layout of this open-air venue was to use a row of tables to form a rostrum. Xia Shuo held a thermos bottle in his hand and pretended to pour water for the leaders. He approached Minister Mei and quietly handed over a water glass.

Although his movement was concealed, it still caught everyone's eyes. Immediately, everyone's eyes showed a look of enlightenment, and they silently exchanged glances with each other.

"Did you see that the rumors are true? This guy is definitely a relative of Minister Mei, otherwise he would never dare to remedy this mistake."

It turns out that these experienced veterans who attended the meeting had long discovered that there was no water glass on Minister Mei’s table. But everyone pretended to be dumbfounded and no one took the initiative to expose this mistake.

Minister Mei seemed a little surprised. He looked at the water glass that Xia Shuo sent, and suddenly smiled slightly, and said in a gentle tone: "Since you brought the water glass, please fill it up for me by the way. The weather is very hot, I will definitely be thirsty later... …”

Such a gentle tone immediately confirmed everyone's guesses. A group of old officials below exchanged glances again and secretly said: "Did you see? They are definitely relatives. They are just like sisters. They treat their younger brothers tenderly. "

The whole place was filled with envy and jealousy.

Xia Shuo did not dare to say anything and quickly filled Minister Mei's water. After thinking for a while, he whispered: "After you finish drinking, I will come over and fill it up for you..."

Minister Mei smiled and said warmly: "Okay, I'll call you when I'm thirsty."

Everyone below was filled with envy and jealousy again.

After a small interlude, the meeting officially began.