Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 914 Poverty Alleviation Office

But he couldn't say this out loud. No one could say no to the man's efforts in poverty alleviation across the province and for the poor people. But at this time, Qi Tongwei had no choice but to speak.

"I'll talk to the provincial party committee and ask them to give him a holiday."

The third sister shook her head.

“This is his dream. Since he joined the Poverty Alleviation Office, he has always said that what he has done is more meaningful than in the previous 20 years.

These days he is worried about the local government misappropriation of special funds for dangerous building repairs. If he is allowed to take a vacation, he will regret it in the future. "

Every family has its own problems, especially for men in their forties and fifties, which is the peak of their careers and the age when their parents are getting old. It is difficult to be both loyal and filial. Qi Tongwei was just lamenting when he suddenly recalled a point he had just heard, that the local government had misappropriated special funds for the repair of dilapidated buildings.

Does this situation also exist in Handong? The local development of Handong Province is still relatively balanced, but there is also misappropriation of special funds. It seems that the local finances have begun to be in crisis.

The real estate economy has reached a critical point. In the past, local governments were accustomed to squandering the money from land sales. Now that the real estate economy has reached a stable point, their squandering habits have not changed. Next, they will inevitably have to borrow money on a large scale to continue squandering. If he sits in the main seat in the courtyard in the future, what measures should he take to resolve the huge local debts?

While I was daydreaming, the doctor came jogging over. Other patients in the hall were queuing up obediently, watching the doctor coming over.

"Ms. Shao, right? Doctor Li from the health room has already told me. Please come this way."

The third sister's surname is Shao. The doctor she found was not someone she knew, but someone she asked Qi Tongwei's health doctor to find. There were also formal procedures, but Qi Tongwei had been doing everything for more than 20 years and was used to having a secretary to take care of everything. If he was asked to do it himself, he really couldn't remember who to find. In the morning, Xiao Liang was sent away by him to work.

Several people followed the doctor to a special area for a quick check-up. Although Qi Tongwei was still of no great use, at least he felt involved.

......Dividing line.....

A county in the northwest of Handong Province.

Yu Xiaoming was walking on a dirt road towards his research destination.

"Secretary, how far is it from here?"

Yu Xiaoming was wearing a fisherman's hat at this time, and he was not wearing a suit, but simple casual clothes. There was no local cadre following him. It seemed that he was imitating Qi Tongwei's incognito visit.

"Director, it's about one kilometer further north."

The surrounding environment is incompatible with the modernization of the urban area. There are low houses in the village on the roadside. Judging from the style, they are the brick-and-wood structure houses without foundations that were popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

Yu Xiaoming walked down the dirt road and onto the small path. He looked at the houses on the side of the road. There were bamboo poles hanging at the door to dry clothes, so it seemed that someone was living there.

"Go over and have a look."

The secretary and other staff members of the Poverty Alleviation Office have also become accustomed to the leadership's style. Domineering, arbitrary, sharp-tongued and ruthless are all labels associated with Yu Xiaoming.

Most of them learned from Qi Tongwei. After working as Qi Tongwei's drivers for several years, they were accustomed to Qi Tongwei's indifference to the ways of the world, so they learned the skills in the same way.

But he is not as experienced as Qi Tongwei. Sometimes he ignores the ways of the world and does not know how to compromise at the right time. This leads to Yu Xiaoming always feeling that there are many difficulties when he wants to do something in his career.

To learn from a leader, you cannot just copy him completely, you have to learn the essence in depth. In fact, each mask and expression of Qi Tongwei is carefully crafted. Unless you get an in-depth explanation like Xiao Liang, you can decide your own approach based on the essence of things.

Like this undercover visit, if Qi Tongwei was the one doing it, he would have allowed his entourage to reveal some of the information to the lower levels, and would have given half of the face to the lower-level cadres. While he himself held the initiative, he would also give the lower-level cadres some face, being fierce when it was necessary and not hesitating when it was time to let go.

Yu Xiaoming touched the wall of the house next to him. These houses did not have foundations back then, and the quality of cement was poor. The weight of the bricks and wood on top had caused them to tilt after decades, resulting in huge cracks in the houses.

"This is definitely a dangerous building. If such a dangerous building cannot be approved for reconstruction, then the county should take the initiative to repair it. Didn't our province allocate special funds for the repair of dangerous buildings?"

The secretary answered immediately.

"Yes, Director, the special maintenance fund should be 300 million yuan for each prefecture-level city. It was in place in the first half of last year. According to the document requirements, the reporting and rectification of the number of dangerous buildings should be completed at the beginning of this year.

I will call right away to inquire about the city’s rectification status.”

Without making the phone call, Yu Xiaoming could have guessed that the documents must have stated that all rectifications had been completed. But the reality was that the houses where people lived were in such a state of disrepair and no repairs had been made.

But if this call was not made, there would be no reason to question the officials below later, so the group patiently walked forward slowly, waiting for the secretary's call to end.

After a while, the secretary came over to reply.

"Director, the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department replied that all the funds have been disbursed. It is impossible for them to withhold the money. They are keeping an eye on it at all times.

I have asked them to take a photo of the document and send it to me.”

Yu Xiaoming continued walking forward while observing the house next to him. There was another one. This group of houses should have been built in the same period.

The problems are similar, and the large cracks on the wall say it all.

“I’ll call the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department and ask whether the dangerous buildings in this county and this village have been reported, or if they have been reported, whether they have been rectified.”

The reality is that the collapse of this batch of dangerous buildings may have been caused by a rainstorm, and the rectification has not been completed. However, the city has taken all the money and reported in accordance with regulations that all dangerous buildings have been rectified.

This is a clear case of deceiving the superiors and hiding the truth from the subordinates. No matter what their reasons are, this is a very serious matter.

The longer Yu Xiaoming worked in poverty alleviation, the angrier he became about the audacity of some officials. Some of them even took a touch of the poor households' money and put it into their own pockets.

Some officials, with high-sounding excuses, embezzled poverty alleviation funds in the name of the official and used them to alleviate local debts.

Subconsciously, he wanted to call Secretary Ji Changming of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, but then he thought about how he did not report to Governor Sha Ruijin in advance last time and directly poked a hole in a place, causing Governor Sha Ruijin to be very passive.

Yu Xiaoming put the phone back and decided to observe further.