The people who came to the county government to ask for an explanation went straight to Deputy County Head Fang Xiao's office. It was unknown who said that Fang Xiao was the county leader in charge of the Civil Affairs Bureau. It was unknown whether these people were instructed by an expert or not, but they quickly found out where Fang Xiao's office was and blocked him in front of the office.
Outside Fang Xiao's office, the corridor was already packed with people. It was not a lot, but it was not a small number either. There were more than 20 people in the corridor. Several people from the county's security department were closely watching the people who had rushed to the county government building. The chief of the security department, Yang Wu, had come after hearing the commotion. He brought two people with him to protect Fang Xiao. He was afraid that these unreasonable people would cause trouble and accidentally hurt Fang Xiao, the county's leader.
There were guards from the security department at the door. If outsiders wanted to enter the county government, they must go through registration. They could not be let in casually, let alone more than 20 people at once. No matter how stupid the guards at the door were, they would not dare to let more than 20 people in, who were obviously here to "make trouble" for the leader. However, these people were not ordinary people. The guards were dumbfounded when they learned a little about them. These people were either the families of martyrs or the "Three Old Men".
The so-called "Three Old Men" referred to village cadres, old Party members, and old role models who were over 60 years old. They were collectively referred to as the "Three Old Men".
Therefore, even if these people were ordinary people, they could not be treated as ordinary people. If they wanted to use some rough means to stop these people from entering, they had to consider whether it would cause any bad influence. What's more, many of them were elderly. If they were to push and shove roughly and cause someone to get hurt, these guards wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.
Therefore, when more than twenty people rushed in, the two security guards in the security room at the door couldn't stop them at all. They hurriedly reported the situation to the leader. When the chief of the security department, Yang Wu, heard the situation, he immediately rushed over.
Fang Xiao looked at the more than 20 people face to face. After a brief understanding of the situation, Fang Xiao already knew what was going on. He could not help but smile bitterly in his heart. These people's requests were reasonable, but he did not dare to agree casually. This matter was related to Chen Xing. Fang Xiao comforted the people and hurriedly walked to Chen Xing's office.
Chen Xing stayed in the office and talked with Lu Ming. The door was closed. Chen Xing did not know what happened on Fang Xiao's side. It was not until Fang Xiao came in that Chen Xing knew what was going on.
Hearing Fang Xiao's explanation, Chen Xing was stunned for a moment. He stood up without saying anything and called Fang Xiao out. Seeing this, Lu Ming was not in a hurry to go back. He followed Chen Xing and Fang Xiao out.
More than 20 people gathered outside Fang Xiao's office had been invited into a small conference room of the county government by the staff under Fang Xiao's instructions. Otherwise, it would be really inappropriate.
In the small conference room, the chief of the security department, Yang Wu, personally sat here. To put it nicely, it sounded like he was comforting these people. In fact, he was monitoring these people in case they ran out again. This was the office of the county government. It would be bad if these people were allowed to run around. Yang Wu had just glared at the two guards on duty, so he had no time to criticize them. But then again, it was impossible for two guards to stop more than 20 people. Moreover, these people could not be treated as ordinary people.
The conference room was not quiet. After a while, these people began to get impatient. From time to time, someone said something. If you listened carefully, you could still hear it clearly. Someone was saying whether Fang Xiao would not come back and leave them here. Yang Wu stared at these people without blinking. Some people wanted to go out and have a look, but Yang Wu asked someone to stop them. As for what these people said, Yang Wu directly pretended not to hear it.
It was not until Chen Xing and Fang Xiao walked into the conference room that the conference room quieted down a little. Chen Xing had learned the situation from Fang Xiao and knew the identity of these people. They were the families of the martyrs and the three old people. Every year, the County Civil Affairs Bureau would pay a certain amount of extra subsidies and pensions to these people. This time, Chen Xing intercepted a part of the financial allocation from various units, which naturally made the units below complain incessantly. They were very dissatisfied, so the Civil Affairs Bureau secretly made some small moves to express their dissatisfaction. The Civil Affairs Bureau paid the pensions to the families of the martyrs and the three old people with the funds from above. If Chen Xing intercepted the funds, the Civil Affairs Bureau would have less money. Therefore, the Civil Affairs Bureau sent someone to tell these people that there was no money in the Bureau this year, so the subsidies and pensions should be delayed until the Bureau had money.
Originally, such a notice by the staff of the Civil Affairs Bureau would not arouse such a big reaction from these people. Coincidentally, after the notice was issued by the Civil Affairs Bureau, someone privately spread the news that the Civil Affairs Bureau did not intend to give this subsidy this year. The money of the Civil Affairs Bureau had been deducted by the county, so there was no money to give this subsidy. It would be a lie to say that the Civil Affairs Bureau did not intend to give this subsidy at all. As soon as this news came out, many people became anxious. Ximen County was poor, and the subsidy given by the Civil Affairs Bureau might not be a big amount of money. However, for the families of the martyrs, their families had lost young and strong laborers. The men had sacrificed their lives for the country, and the remaining women, children, old and young, could not earn much money even if they went to work. They could only count on the annual subsidy from the government to help them maintain the family. As for the three elders, needless to say, they were all elderly people who could not work by themselves. Although they had children to support them, some of them had unfilial children. Their children did not care about the life and death of the elderly, so the elderly had to count on the government subsidy to live. Even for the elderly who could get by, no one would complain that the government subsidy was extra money.
As a result, the anxious crowd gathered together to demand an explanation from the government. Needless to say, there was no need to say whether there was an expert guiding them or not. These people didn't go directly to the Civil Affairs Bureau. Instead, they went straight to the county government. They even managed to find their way to the office of Fang Xiao, the Deputy County Head in charge of the Civil Affairs Bureau. This was too interesting.
Chen Xing stood on the stage in the conference room and faced the people under the stage. Chen Xing could not get angry at all. On the contrary, Chen Xing respected the families of the martyrs, as well as the old cadres and old role models present. Chen Xing shouted to the crowd, "Brothers and sisters, the county will definitely distribute this year's subsidies to you on time. Even if the county has no money, we will squeeze out the money. Even if others suffer, we can't let you suffer. You are all people who have made contributions to the country. Even if the county has no money to pay the salaries of the people below, you will not be deprived of the subsidies."
Chen Xing's words were very straightforward. He also knew that there was no need to use those bureaucratic words to talk to these people. They might not fall for it. Direct words could better appease these people's emotions.
There was a garden area between the County Party Committee and the county government. Whatever happened in the county government would soon spread to the County Party Committee. After all, it was very eye-catching for more than 20 people to rush to the county government. This kind of thing could not be hidden. Chen Jun, the secretary of the County Party Committee Secretary Wang Dongchen, heard the news in the county government. As the secretary of a leader, Chen Jun was very competent. After inquiring, Chen Jun soon got a general idea of the situation. His efficiency was very high. After thinking for a while, Chen Jun felt that it was necessary to report the situation to the leader immediately.
Walking into Wang Dongchen's office, Chen Jun explained the situation in a few words. After hearing Chen Jun's report, Wang Dongchen stopped what he was doing and smiled to himself. Chen Xing was so radical that he would offend everyone sooner or later. Chen Jun lowered his head and said nothing.
At this time, his leader was talking about Chen Xing. At this time, he naturally did not dare to interrupt. A leader could evaluate another leader, but as a subordinate, he was not qualified to do so. However, with his insight, he could still see that there was something fishy about this matter. If there was no accident, the boss of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Chen Ming, could not get away with it. If there was no one secretly adding fuel to the fire, these people would not come to the county government to ask for an explanation.
In the Civil Affairs Bureau, Director Chen Ming got the news early in the morning. Chen Ming knew everything that happened in the county government. Basically, someone was broadcasting it to him. When Chen Ming heard that Chen Xing promised to give out this year's subsidy as usual, he secretly sneered in his heart. The county had cut off part of this year's appropriation. If the Civil Affairs Bureau kept crying that they had no money, he would see how Chen Xing could get the Civil Affairs Bureau to give out the subsidy. Unless the county increased the appropriation to the Civil Affairs Bureau, then his goal would be achieved. It meant that he had won in the secret confrontation with Chen Xing.
Director Chen, if we do this, I'm afraid that Chen Xing will easily associate it with us. If he gets angry out of shame, I'm afraid that there will be some trouble. Sitting opposite Chen Ming was Deputy Director Huang Bin, who was basically on the same side as Chen Ming.
We never expected to hide it from him. Even if he knows, so what? What did we do wrong? The Civil Affairs Bureau has no money, so naturally, we can't give out the subsidy in time. Out of respect for the families of the martyrs and the elderly, we sent someone to explain to them in time. What we did was reasonable. Even if it was brought to the city, we could stand on our side. Would Chen Xing, as a leader, criticize us for doing wrong because of his personal feelings? What would others think of him if he did that? Chen Ming smiled very proudly. He thought that he had made a good move.
Director Chen was right. Everything was under your control. Huang Bin smiled and flattered him. In fact, he knew all these things, but sometimes it was a good way to flatter the leader by pretending not to know and humbly accepting the leader's "advice". In the officialdom, most people who were too smart did not have a good ending.
Chen Xing was young and successful, but he was still too inexperienced, too inexperienced. Chen Ming smiled and shook his head, as if he had been through it all.
This time, if Chen Xing did not handle this matter well, other units would jump out. At that time, Chen Xing would know what a real headache was. Huang Bin smiled again.
Humph, if other units wanted to do well, they naturally had to contribute. If they wanted to do well, they didn't want to exert themselves. How could there be such a good thing in the world? Chen Ming snorted slightly discontentedly. This time, the Civil Affairs Bureau took the lead to express their dissatisfaction with Chen Xing's withholding of financial funds. Although other departments were also full of complaints, they did not jump out at the first time. Instead, they all waited and watched. No one dared to be the first to make a move. In the end, Chen Ming took advantage of the fact that his former leader was the Vice Chairman of the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, and he found a very good opportunity to make trouble, so he took the lead to jump out.
Chen Xing personally saw them off. Before they left, Chen Xing did not forget to care about their lives, which made a good impression on Chen Xing. With Chen Xing's promise, they went home with peace of mind and waited for the county to distribute this year's subsidy.
Watching them go away, the smile on Chen Xing's face gradually disappeared. He turned around and walked to the office. After entering the office, Chen Xing's face darkened. Who was the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau? Chen Ming? Chen Xing was asking about Fang Xiao. He still had a vague impression of this name.
It was Chen Ming. Fang Xiao nodded and muttered to himself. He didn't know where to start. The Civil Affairs Bureau was under his jurisdiction. Fang Xiao knew a little about Chen Ming. It was more appropriate to describe Chen Ming as someone who had no respect for his superiors. However, Fang Xiao would not say this in front of Chen Xing. During the gap between the former County Magistrate Chang Yong's accident and Chen Xing's appointment as the acting County Magistrate, his position as the Deputy County Magistrate was quite awkward. He was pushed aside repeatedly. It was common for the heads of the departments he was in charge of to look down on him. Fang Xiao was also very helpless. After Chen Xing became the acting County Magistrate and he became close to Chen Xing, his position rose. However, Chen Ming still didn't really care about him. He couldn't remember how long it had been since Chen Ming came to report to him. The most recent time was when Chen Ming came to complain about the county's withholding of part of the Civil Affairs Bureau's appropriation. In front of Fang Xiao, Chen Ming was very dissatisfied. In the end, Fang Xiao could only pretend that he didn't hear it and sent him back.
Although the county withheld part of the funds, it didn't stop the Civil Affairs Bureau from giving the subsidy. Chen Ming was simply playing the lute. What did he want to do? Did he want to go against the county with this? Chen Xing was really angry now. He couldn't wait to scold Chen Ming. "Secretary He, ask Chen Ming to come here immediately."
"Secretary He, wait a minute." Fang Xiao shouted at He Qi.
He Qi was stunned for a moment. He turned around to ask for Chen Xing's opinion. He listened to Chen Xing's instructions. Fang Xiao's words couldn't order him. Seeing Chen Xing nodding slightly, He Qi smiled at Fang Xiao and walked out.
"What? Deputy County Magistrate Fang has something to say?" Chen Xing looked at Fang Xiao in confusion. He reached out his hand and motioned for Fang Xiao to sit down. Lu Ming, who hadn't left yet, also sat down.
County Magistrate Chen probably didn't know much about Chen Ming. If he rashly asked Chen Ming to come here, he actually couldn't do anything to him. The county did withhold part of the funds. Even if County Magistrate Chen wanted to criticize him, he could still say that he had no money. Fang Xiao said carefully, trying to persuade Chen Xing in a euphemistic way. He didn't say the rest of the words, but the meaning couldn't be clearer. It was useless to ask Chen Ming to come here. Chen Ming might even dare to talk back.
Chen Xing could read between the lines in Fang Xiao's words. Everyone present was close to him, so Chen Xing did not bother to hide his emotions. He sneered, "This Chen Ming is so daring. Does he have something to rely on?"
Fang Xiao smiled. Chen Ming had some connections with Song Ming, the Vice Chairman of the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference. Song Ming was also the old secretary of Xi Men and was the predecessor of Secretary Wang. It was said that he had some connections in the city. After he retired, he became the Vice Chairman of the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference. The city took care of him and gave him the treatment of a deputy office. Chen Ming had once been Song Ming's secretary. This was probably Chen Ming's biggest support.
"Hehe, even Secretary Song retired, it seems that Chen Ming hasn't figured out his position." Lu Ming smiled and curled his lips. He was just a retired deputy director. Lu Ming really didn't think that Chen Ming had the capital to compete with Chen Xing.
"Although Secretary Song retired, he has some connections in the city. We can't look down on him. Lu Ming, we haven't passed the division level yet. Anyway, he is a director level cadre. We really can't ignore him." Fang Xiao teased Lu Ming. They had a good relationship, so Fang Xiao spoke casually. The gap between them was like the distance between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. It was huge.
Lu Ming also smiled bitterly. Although he didn't really take the retired Song Ming seriously, Lu Ming couldn't deny the gap between him and Song Ming. At least, he didn't know whether he would have the chance to become a director in this life, let alone a deputy director.
Fang Xiao and Lu Ming made a joke and got back to business. "Chen County, even if the people from the Civil Affairs Bureau are behind this, we only have suspicions. Even if there is evidence, to put it bluntly, this kind of thing can't be done to Chen Ming. Chen Ming will definitely have a way to clear his name. The most important thing now is to find a way to distribute the subsidies. If we don't distribute the funds from the Civil Affairs Bureau, I'm afraid Chen Ming will not cooperate with us."
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