Riverside police

It's late at night, but the lights are still on in the teaching building built just last year at Sanhe Senior High School. Students who will take the college entrance examination after the Chinese New Year are still studying in the evening.

Han Yu did not eat and drink as much as Comrade Lao Ge thought tonight. After holding a branch meeting in the branch, studying the division of labor among the branch leadership team, having dinner in the branch canteen, he came to the Linghai Port Project Construction Command, which was temporarily located at the old party school. Department attended the meeting.

The heads of the Waterway Bureau and Navigation Engineering Bureau, which undertook the Linghai Port project, have already left, but Vice Mayor Shen is still standing at the door of the party school looking at Sanhe Senior High School diagonally opposite.

Han Yu walked up and whispered: "Mayor Shen, Mayor Shen..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I got distracted." Vice Mayor Shen turned around and asked with a smile, "Where are Director Miao and the others?"

"Director Miao and the others saw you talking to Gong Lu just now, so they went back first."

"Are you going back to the branch or Bailong Port?"

The city leader in front of me has moved his bedding to Sanhe. He must lead by example and treat his work as his home.

Han Yu was embarrassed to say that he was going back to Bailong Port, so he bit the bullet and said, "Go back to the branch."

Vice Mayor Shen patted him on the shoulder: "It's just on the way, let's go for a walk."

The market in Sanhe Township is very small, with only one street.

As soon as the sun went down, the shops along the street closed one after another. There were only a few dim street lights and few pedestrians could be seen. The whole street was deserted, far less lively than the Fourth Factory.

Seeing the leader walking and looking back at Sanhe Senior High School, Han Yu sighed: "Mayor Shen, my biggest regret in this life is that I never went to high school and failed to enter college. I really envy college students like you. .”

"The biggest regret in my life is that you are only this year. As long as you want to go to college, you will definitely have the opportunity in the future."

"I have been working for eight years and have children."

"What's wrong with having children? You can go to university to study even if you have children. Few cadres in party and government agencies go back to study for further studies, but more medical workers go back to study for further studies. If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask your mother-in-law, your sister-in-law, and your uncle. There must be some in their units. Colleagues take postgraduate entrance exams or go to medical school for further studies.”

Vice Mayor Shen smiled and then changed the topic: "As for going to high school and taking the college entrance examination, there is really nothing to envy. Thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge, except for those geniuses, ordinary people like me will not be able to do it once. Will want to come again a second time.”

Han Yu asked curiously: "It's very hard and difficult to take the exam?"

"Do you know how many years I have been re-study and how many times I have passed the exam?"

"have no idea."

"I repeated the exam for three years and took the exam four times before I managed to pass."

"It's so difficult!"

"You are smarter than me, otherwise you would not have achieved sixth place in the county in the high school entrance examination. If you had chosen to go to high school instead of a technical secondary school, you should have been able to pass the exam in one go and be admitted to a prestigious university. "

Han Yu did not dare to be smarter than the leader, and said quickly: "Mayor Shen, I am not as smart as you think. Besides, good grades in elementary school do not mean good grades in junior high school, and good grades in junior high school do not mean good grades in high school."

Seeing the children studying in the evening, Shen Fan was filled with emotion when thinking about the work he had to do next.

Thinking that among the members of the Port District Party Working Committee, Xianyu was not a farmer's child and had never worked in a township, Deputy Mayor Shen felt that it was necessary to teach Xianyu a lesson.

"The situation you mentioned does exist. Some people are very talented, but if they don't study seriously or work hard, they still can't get into a good school."

Vice Mayor Shen paused and then continued: "In addition to talent and personal efforts, whether there is a good learning environment and good teachers are also important factors that determine whether a person can achieve academic success.

For example, although I am not as smart as you, I am not stupid either.

But I was born in one of the most remote villages in Yungang City. When I was a child, my family was very poor and we didn’t even have enough to eat. The primary school in the village is even more shabby. The highest education level of the teachers is junior high school graduation. There are also a few teachers who have graduated from primary school. You can imagine the quality of teaching. "

Han Yu didn't expect him to say this, and was stunned for a moment.

"When I was in elementary school, I was among the best in my grades. But when I got to junior high school, I was in the middle and lower reaches of the class. I really couldn't keep up at first. I worked hard and studied hard, and my grades finally caught up. But my ranking in the high school entrance examination was quite high in our hometown. But I can’t go to a key high school in the county.”

"The teacher's teaching quality is not good."

"The teachers are actually quite good, but they don't know a lot of knowledge themselves, so how can they teach students?"

Vice Mayor Shen stopped and turned back to look at Sanhe High School again: "This is the gap in teaching quality, but this gap between us and others was not very big at that time. At least we can make up for it through personal efforts. It is different now. Yes, the gap is getting wider and wider.

If we do not make progress in this position and develop the economy of the park, the gap will become even greater. In a few years, it will be difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son. It will be difficult for children from the three towns of Sanhe, Jiangbin and Tianbu to change their destiny through hard study like you and I did. "

Han Yu was confused and asked in confusion: "Mayor Shen, what does education have to do with the economic development of the park? Besides, we Linghai people value education the most and are willing to invest in our children's education!"

"Of course parents are willing to give up, but it is far from enough for parents to invest in education. Without good teachers, or teachers who are not interested in teaching, no matter how much parents value education, it will be useless for children to work hard."

"Mayor Shen, you are saying that the government should also invest."

"Xianyu, do you know what the biggest expenditure of each township is?"

"What?"

"It's education expenditures. To put it bluntly, it means paying salaries to teachers, building school buildings, purchasing teaching equipment, etc. This accounts for more than 50% of the fiscal expenditures of each township. In order to complete the task of 'universal education', various townships even have clever names. Even with various apportionments, there is still a big gap in education funding.”

Han Yu really didn't know this, and for a moment he didn't know how to proceed.

Vice Mayor Shen sighed lightly and continued: "In 1993, the per capita funding for urban primary school students was more than 460 yuan. This per capita funding is not given to primary school students, but the total investment in education. For example, as mentioned just now Teachers were paid salaries, etc., but at that time, the per capita funding for rural primary school students was only more than 250 yuan, a difference of nearly half.

In 1993, the per capita funding for junior high school students in urban areas was more than 940 yuan, while in rural areas it was only 472 yuan. There is also a huge gap. By last year, the gap between the two had widened to three times, and this was only the urban-rural gap, with even greater regional differences. "

Education also requires input to produce output.

Han Yu suddenly reacted and couldn't help but ask: "How big are the regional differences?"

"In 1993, the per capita funding for primary school students in Donghai City, including Donghai's suburbs, was as high as 879 yuan. Director Cheng of the Education Bureau is an old educator. He said that in 1993, the per capita funding for primary school students in Linghai was only 100 yuan. Twenty-five yuan, a difference of seven times!”

Deputy Mayor Shen looked at Han Yu's astonished look and said with a wry smile: "The secretaries of the three towns of Sanhe, Jiangbin and Tianbu have tried their best to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall, and even did not hesitate to be poked in the back by the common people and fined and assessed. , various ride charges can only barely guarantee teachers’ basic salary.

It is impossible to send teachers to normal colleges for further studies, nor is it possible to improve the teaching environment. In short, since the tax-sharing system, only teachers’ salaries have been maintained in education, without any investment in other aspects. It is said that there was a Youth Cultural Palace in Linghai before. Where is the Cultural Palace now? "

Hearing what the leader said, Han Yu suddenly realized that the Children's Cultural Palace, Workers' Cultural Palace, and Workers' Cinema in Linghai seemed to be closed.

Han Yu was silent for a moment, then asked with a grimace: "Isn't it said that no matter how poor you are, you can't afford education?"

"That's what they say. Leaders not only say it but also want to do it, but first they have to have money."

Vice Mayor Shen patted Han Yu on the arm and changed the subject: "Actually, it's not just education that is poor, but medical care as well. The city has not invested a penny in medical care in the past few years, and village-level clinics have been paralyzed. , even the Bailonggang Health Center you are most familiar with is closed.

Agriculture is not much better. Has farmland water conservancy construction been carried out in recent years? The promotion of agricultural technology has long been in name only. To put it bluntly, the reason is that there is no money. You may not believe it, but Secretary Ye and Mayor Qian worry about where to find money to pay cadres and teachers every day. "

In the past few years, I have relied on water and I have never worried about running out of money.

Although I also worried about money, it was first to repair the ship, and later to build a new ship.

Han Yu suddenly realized that the situation on the shore was completely different from that on the river, and asked in a low voice: "Is the city's finances so tight?"

"very nervous."

Vice Mayor Shen sighed softly and said solemnly: "Linghai people respect teachers, value education, endure hardships and stand hard work, and have a business tradition. In recent years, those with good academic performance have been admitted, and those with average academic performance have been admitted. Work part-time, be smart and bold enough to run a business and open a factory.

Although the people's living standards have improved and they can afford the rising agricultural taxes, three mentions and five unifications, various administrative fees and even apportionments, and they feel that the burden is not particularly heavy, the government still has no money.

The reason why it can be maintained until now and the wages of cadres like you can be guaranteed is largely related to the fact that many people have opened factories in the past few years. After all, opening factories requires space, and the government can sell the land, but that is not possible now. "

Han Yu asked eagerly: "Why not?"

"It is said that superiors compared satellite images of 35 cities in 1986, 1990 and last year, and found that urban expansion in the past ten years has occupied land very much, which has affected food security. The central government decided to implement the most stringent land management system.”

Vice Mayor Shen paused and added: "I don't know how strict the control will be next, but we have implemented two suspensions, that is, suspending county changes to cities, and suspending land approval for one year. It is said that approval is suspended for one year, but in fact No one can tell how long the conference will stop."

Han Yu pondered: "So we, Linghai, are very lucky. At least we turned Linghai County into Linghai City before the two pauses."

"Withdrawing counties and establishing cities is the last train, but it's useless to just have face, you also need to have dignity. If you want to develop the economy, you must first have land. We have received approval before, and there is only so much land that can be developed, so we have to do it when we have it." And this is the only industrial land indicator to maximize benefits."

Seeing Han Yu's thoughtful look, Vice Mayor Shen said very seriously: "Bureau Zhu said that when you were at the Yanjiang Police Station, you were in control of the most valuable fixed assets of the Quanlinghai Public Security Bureau, and the same was true after you were transferred to the Changhang Branch. .Now, we also hold the most valuable asset in Quanlinghai, which is precious industrial land.

This determines that we port cadres will not only be party members and cadres, nor just managers, but also operators. Only by running the port area well can we make money, and only by making money can we increase investment in education, medical care and agriculture. "

The Port Management Committee is really like a company, and it really needs to be run next.

Han Yu understood as if he was enlightened and was about to speak when Vice Mayor Shen smiled again and said half-jokingly: "Only by developing the port area, your daughter can go to a good school and receive a better education. I won’t lose at the starting line like I did back then.”

"I can send Hanhan to school in Binjiang."

"..."

"Mayor Shen, I'm just kidding. If you don't make decisions for the people as an official, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes. Now that I'm a cadre in the port area, I can't just think about my own children, but also the children in the three towns in the port area. "

"That's pretty much it."

Vice Mayor Shen smiled, thought about it and then said: "We will not only increase revenue but also reduce expenditure. The reason why township finances are so tight and the burden on farmers is so heavy is that too many people are eating supplies is also an important factor.

The reason why the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government included the two towns of Jiangbin and Tianbu into the port area was to prepare for the withdrawal and merger of the towns. However, before annexing towns and villages, dozens of villages must be annexed. The transformation of several villages into one involves the vital interests of many village cadres. You, the police, must play your role next to ensure social stability. "

"yes!"

"By the way, the invitation letter was handled beautifully. The Shuzhou Municipal Party Committee Office may have considered that just sending out an invitation letter was not formal enough, so they issued a new invitation letter yesterday afternoon. Secretary Ye is very happy and praised you again this morning."

"I just asked for a few invitations from others, what's there to praise?"

"Of course I need to praise you, at least I can't get it by running over."