Entering the officialdom by mistake and getting promoted quickly

For the entire Qingshan Township Government, any member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee is the ultimate leader, and Minister Mei, as the Organization Minister, can be said to be an extremely important leader.

It is difficult for everyone to meet Minister Mei on weekdays.

But now, for the task of poverty alleviation in Qingshan Township, Minister Mei directly chose Qingshan Township as the supervising township. Not only did she have to stay in the rural areas below, but she also stayed there for as long as one month.

Even if Minister Mei leaves a month later and returns to the county party committee to do her job, since Qingshan Township is the township she personally supervises, Minister Mei will definitely go here frequently.

So this means that in the next year, the cadres of the entire Qingshan Township can often see Minister Mei, and everyone has the opportunity to express his intention to make progress to Minister Mei.

The future is promising!

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One characteristic of China's grassroots officialdom is that cadres are not afraid of hard work, but are afraid that no one will know about their achievements, especially the leaders.

The reason is simple. The grassroots level in townships and towns is too far away from the county party committee leaders.

Now there is a God-given opportunity, and the organization director comes to station in person. This makes everyone eager to take advantage of this opportunity to build a good relationship with the county party committee leaders.

So someone suggested that Minister Mei should be entertained well.

The person who made the suggestion turned out to be Township Chief Wang, who had no dealings with Xia Shuo.

At this time, the meeting had ended, and it was exactly noon. Township Head Wang quickly spoke and asked in a low voice: "Minister Mei, it's dinner time. Would you like to have a light meal before starting your afternoon work?"

Entertainment has always been inevitable in official circles. As the leader of the county party committee, Minister Mei is indeed qualified to accept entertainment from grassroots towns and villages.

According to official customs, Minister Mei will generally not refute others' face at this time. Even if she is not happy with Mayor Wang, she will not refuse at this time.

What was unexpected was that Minister Mei waved his hand slightly and said calmly: "Although it's already dinner time, I don't plan to eat in your village. I want to go to the countryside below, to the place called Songlin Village. …”

Mayor Wang was stunned. He didn't expect to be rejected.

Suddenly he looked a little embarrassed, and stood there for a while not knowing what to do.

Not only Mayor Wang, but also Secretary Cui began to feel uneasy.

Fortunately, Minister Mei spoke immediately and explained with a smile, "Don't worry too much. This is a normal polite refusal. It's not that I, the head of the organization, want to express some kind of dissatisfaction, nor that I want to use this to beat one of you." personal."

Minister Mei sighed slightly as he spoke, and continued: "Although a meal does not cost much, I know that Qingshan Township's finances are very difficult, so I will avoid spending money if possible."

Secretary Cui and Township Chief Wang looked at each other and wanted to continue to persuade Minister Mei to accept the reception.

Unexpectedly, Minister Mei interrupted with a wave of his hand and said in a serious tone: "I was talking with Xia Shuo in the courtyard just now. I asked casually about the situation in your village. I learned that the fines for family planning here are very serious, and most of the financial expenditures in the village are Actually relying on fines to support..."

As he spoke, Minister Mei looked at the crowd and warned earnestly: "You are already so poor, so don't engage in such spectacles as entertaining people. We can save as much as we can, so that the people can take a breather."

Secretary Cui looked embarrassed and nodded involuntarily.

However, Township Chief Wang glared at Xia Shuo, obviously blaming Xia Shuo for telling the leader the secret of the fine.

Suddenly, Minister Mei's secretary Xiao Zhou ran over and said with a hint of arrogance: "This time our Minister Mei came to station and was prepared to endure hardships. Not only did we have dry food in the car, but Minister Mei himself also brought 1 Thousand dollars.”

After Secretary Zhou finished speaking, he seemed to have some unfinished thoughts and couldn't help but added: "Before departure, Minister Mei specially told us that this trip must not cause trouble to the grassroots, especially your Qingshan Township, the whole township is very poor. …”

To be fair, Xiao Zhou's words were not over the top. His original intention was to promote Minister Mei's integrity, so as to show Minister Mei his ability to do things.

Unfortunately, what he said was wrong because of the wrong occasion, and the boy's tone was inappropriate. Although it was true that he was the leader's secretary, he was not qualified to speak to grassroots township leaders in an arrogant tone.

Because both Secretary Cui and Township Chief Wang are solid official-level cadres. Even though they are not as high as Minister Mei's standing committee member of the county committee, they are far higher than Secretary Xiao Zhou's.

Seeing his secretary talking indiscriminately, Minister Mei's eyes clearly flashed with displeasure, and he interrupted in a deep voice: "Xiao Zhou, you talk too much..."

Secretary Cui glanced at Township Chief Wang, and the two took the initiative to help ease Xiao Zhou's embarrassment, saying: "I heard that Secretary Zhou graduated from a prestigious university, and he indeed has the righteousness of an intellectual. Haha, it is a good thing for young people to dare to speak out. ."

Minister Mei still looked ugly and said without mercy: "He should learn from Xia Shuo and focus on the people. Otherwise, no matter how high the intellectual is, he will only have a diploma."

Secretary Cui was slightly startled, feeling that it was not easy to accept these words.

However, Township Chief Wang rolled his eyes and took the opportunity to say: "Xia Shuo is an outstanding young man from our Qingshan Township. His working ability is indeed better than Secretary Zhou's..."

Xia Shuo was immediately angry, knowing that this was Mayor Wang taking the opportunity to provoke him.

Since the other party was causing trouble, Xia Shuo naturally refused to suffer, and immediately counterattacked: "Mr. Wang, please stop talking nonsense, I can't compare with Secretary Zhou. I only have a diploma from TV University, and what I admire most are famous college students like Secretary Zhou. ."

Xiao Zhou's face was a little ugly at first, but after hearing these words, he suddenly felt better. He even looked at Xia Shuo specifically and nodded at Xia Shuo.

However, Xiao Zhou's action caught the attention of everyone, and made the official officials present secretly shake their heads. Comparing the two, they all felt that Xia Shuo was much better than Xiao Zhou.

Seeing that the scene was not happy, Secretary Cui, as the top leader of the township, must be responsible, so he could only make urgent remedies and said to Minister Mei: "We know that you understand the financial difficulties of Qingshan Township, that's why you don't want to stay. If you accept the entertainment, then I will pay for it myself and treat the leader to a casual meal, okay?"

Minister Mei frowned slightly, seemingly hesitant.

Secretary Cui quickly winked at Xia Shuo.

Xia Shuo could only speak, and also made a request to Minister Mei: "You have come all the way from the county party committee, and you must be empty now. Even if you don't plan to eat in the countryside, you can't work hungry when you get to the village, right? If you then If you want to have a meal, the person responsible for hosting it is the Songlin Village Committee..."

Xia Shuo paused slightly at this point and continued in a sincere tone: "Minister Mei, Songlin Village is too poor. If they entertain you, their village committee's finances will be even more difficult."

These words were so sensible that everyone present brightened their eyes and looked at Xia Shuo, nodding secretly in praise.

Secretary Cui was very pleased and took the opportunity to continue the conversation again, saying to Minister Mei: "Listen, leader, Comrade Xiaoxia is not lying. He runs in the countryside every day and is familiar with every village."

Minister Mei finally nodded and said: "I did not consider this matter carefully and did ignore the reality of poverty in rural areas. In this case, let's have lunch in the countryside."

Secretary Cui immediately answered the conversation and said loudly: "Don't worry, this meal will not cost the government money. And it will not be extravagant or wasteful. It is guaranteed to be just a simple meal."

Minister Mei nodded again, suddenly looked towards the yard, pointed to the small vegetable garden not far away and asked, "I heard Xia Shuo tell me, is that the vegetable garden planted by you yourself, Secretary Cui?"

Secretary Cui said quickly: "This is a habit I developed in the army. I can't help but want to plant some land. It can save money and make use of the land in the yard."

Minister Mei was very appreciative and solemnly commented: "This is very good. You set an example. It can be seen from this that you, the secretary of Qingshan Township, are really honest in style."

He paused slightly and then added with a faint smile: "Since there are vegetables grown by Secretary Cui himself in the yard, I propose to have this for lunch today. And after my stay is over, I plan to pick some vegetables and take them back!" "

Everyone was a little curious and secretly wondered.

Ordinarily, as Minister Mei, there should be no shortage of these vegetables.

Minister Mei smiled and said: "I am going to give these vegetables to other county party committee leaders to try, so that they all know that Qingshan Township has a good secretary who is dedicated to farming vegetables..."

Secretary Cui was immediately overjoyed, his eyes flashed with excitement, and he hurriedly urged Xia Shuo: "Comrade Xiaoxia, don't just stand there stupidly, hurry up and pick some vegetables from the vegetable garden, Minister Mei asked for this treat."

Xia Shuo deliberately 'played a trick' and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Secretary Cui, you have shown your face in front of the county party committee leaders."

Secretary Cui raised his foot and kicked him, laughing and scolding: "Hurry up and pick vegetables."

As the top leader of the township party committee, he kicked a young staff member with his foot. This gesture is said to be inappropriate. If he goes to the line, he will be criticized for not being calm enough.

But no one expected that Minister Mei actually smiled slightly and said: "Secretary Cui did the right thing, this kid needs to be beaten hard."

The interaction between the three people caught the attention of everyone. Mayor Wang's face was gloomy, and the faces of several other party committee members were also not good-looking.

Even secretary Xiao Zhou turned blue at this time, staring at Xia Shuo's back with jealousy in his eyes.

Secretary Cui laughed and said, "Don't blame Minister Mei. This is an old habit I developed in the army. I can't help but kick the little soldiers I admire."

Minister Mei smiled calmly and asked meaningfully: "Does Secretary Cui want to use this to hint to me that you also admire Xia Shuo?"

Secretary Cui's face became serious, and he nodded solemnly and said: "To be honest, I am really satisfied with Xiaoxia. This kid has a good character. If he is placed in the army, he will definitely be a good soldier. Therefore, I have to train him well."

Minister Mei nodded and did not continue. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Get ready to eat. After eating, I will go directly to Songlin Village. From today on, I will be stationed in the village..."

Secretary Cui said quickly: "We will resolutely obey the leader's instructions. I will ask Xia Shuo to go to a small store later to help you buy some daily necessities that you need in the village."

Xiao Zhou suddenly spoke and hurriedly stopped him: "There is no need for him to buy it. I have already bought it for Minister Mei. Toothbrush, soap, towel, washbasin...all the daily necessities are in the car."

After Xiao Zhou finished speaking, he looked at Minister Mei with some anxiety and said in a low voice: "Minister Mei, this is all my own initiative, but I think these things must be prepared in advance because the products in the grassroots township stores are too poor. Like As a leader like you, daily necessities cannot be too cheap."

Minister Mei's face turned cold and he said almost every word: "Get ready to eat. After eating, go directly to the village."

Almost everyone present could see that Minister Mei was very unhappy with this secretary.