Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 813 Don’t forget your original intention

There are also cadres from Jiangzhou City, including the district party secretary of a district, but the distinction between a district party secretary at the bureau level and others is a bit clear. The county party secretary of Handong Province has the most acquaintances because he has worked in Handong for two lifetimes.

In the county and department level classes, Qi Tongwei's strategy was to start the class in a relaxed atmosphere. After all, this group of people were outstanding grassroots cadres selected by the Organization Department, and the serious style of the bureau-level cadres was not appropriate. As he spoke, Qi Tongwei began to pace in the classroom.

“It is no exaggeration to say that our politics is actually director politics.”

Qi Tongwei wrote these four words on the blackboard.

“On the one hand, county and department level officials are the direct commanders at the grassroots level.

On the other hand, they are also the direct executors of the superiors’ instructions. If we follow the ridiculous calculation formula of Tian Fengyi, the former party group secretary of the Hanjiang Province Writers Association who has been dismissed,

Qi Tongwei turned around and wrote down the formula for calculating the power content of a position on the blackboard, and then circled the formula.

“Don’t laugh, although this formula is ridiculous, it also reflects part of reality in another aspect.

Your county-level commanders are actually the people who hold the greatest power in the national political system.

In each district and county, the commander at the county party committee level is the de facto direct person in charge. In fact, everyone here understands this better than I do. (It doesn’t make sense after so many changes, please forgive me)

In various ministries or provincial departments, many middle-level directors often hold the power to approve major projects, and sometimes they can directly disobey their superiors, commonly known as middle-level obstruction.

In many areas, there are problems of complicated procedures and too many levels, which leads to a backlog of many administrative tasks at the middle level. You county and department-level cadres have become the actual gatekeepers, rather than mayors or municipal party secretaries.

I heard that there is a director of a ministry who has important approval power, and many deputy provincial governors have to line up to make an appointment to see him.

Although his rank is not high, the actual power he holds is not even greater than that of a director.

In real life, you may live a much more carefree life than a deputy secretary like me.”

Although this was a joke, the county party secretaries in the audience did not dare to laugh, but instead focused on taking notes.

Then Qi Tongwei changed the subject.

“But I say you have great power, so don’t get cocky.

Power and responsibility have always been two sides of the same coin. You must have a clear understanding of the heavy responsibility on your shoulders.

Because you, the county and department-level cadres, are the first responsible persons who face the masses directly. If you indulge in the situation where you have the final say in your own territory and your power is not restricted by anyone, that will be the biggest threat to the people.

Without going into too much detail, let me give you a simple example.

Last month, a county party secretary in Jiangnan Province was dismissed.

This matter has caused a lot of uproar on the Internet. Everyone may have heard the recording of this secretary forcing his female subordinate to come out for tea in the middle of the night.

The secretary's first reaction after being reported by his female subordinate was to instruct the county discipline inspection commission to arrest the person, directly using public power for personal gain.

Although the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection later found out that both the secretary and his female subordinate were not clean and neither was better than the other.

Among the masses, people now say that these two are biting each other, but in the view of our Discipline Inspection Commission, there is a big problem with the political ecology of the local county and township.

There was a big problem on the front line facing the masses.”

As he spoke, Qi Tongwei looked around at the students. His authority as a high-ranking official for a long time made many people unconsciously avoid eye contact.

"The county party secretary is the core of grassroots command, and the township head is the front line in policy implementation and facing the masses. If problems occur in both links, these problems are not isolated, but a combination of multiple problems.

I can tell you a little inside information. I have already issued instructions to the local provincial disciplinary committee that is investigating the case, asking them to screen the members of the county's leadership team. They should not be afraid of bringing out the dirt. Even if they have to turn the local leadership team upside down, they must give an explanation to the local people.

We Party members must face the masses with a clean heart. Anyone who has something tainted in his heart should consciously report his problems to the organization. Turning oneself in may reduce one's punishment. Otherwise, when the matter is investigated, things will not look so good.

Stability that conceals problems and ignores the demands of the masses has never been the stability our party pursues."

Qi Tongwei walked back to the podium and patted the chalk dust off his hands.

“I know many people will look down on what I said above, thinking that I am just talking without any hesitation.

Just say high-sounding words, no need to deny.

I have also worked at the grassroots level for a long time. I have been working at the grassroots level since 1992 and I am well aware of the grassroots ecology.

As a farmer's son, I had no support, so I went to grassroots judicial offices and drug enforcement teams. I fought with drug dealers and shot at each other with guns. When I think of that time now, I still miss the situation where right and wrong, black and white were clearly defined.

At that time, I also felt that life was very unfair. Why were some of my classmates, whose grades and performance were not as good as mine, directly assigned to large units such as the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Provincial Procuratorate, and went directly to the Supreme People's Procuratorate after their internship? It was because they had a good father. Their father was a senior cadre, while my father was a farmer in the village. His greatest skill was that he could carry a load of 100 kilograms in one breath. So I could only go to the grassroots judicial office and to the anti-drug team where no one else was willing to go.

But in the process of work, I understood the ideals and beliefs that our generation should have.

People in our party should view the hardships and injustices they have suffered as a driving force for growth, rather than complaining about their fate or even colluding with corrupt elements, thinking that only in this way can they have a chance to succeed.

Do we still remember the oath we took when we first joined the Party? Do we still remember what we thought we would do for the people?

I dare not forget it. ”

Then, Qi Tongwei turned around and wrote on the blackboard.

“Only by keeping your original aspiration in mind can you achieve your goal.

When you face difficulties and temptations, think about this sentence and the innocent heart you had when you first joined the party, instead of giving up on yourself in this materialistic age.

I have seen many cadres who started out doing things with faith and conviction, but became corrupt in the end.

Some cadres feel that they are about to retire, and if they don’t make some money, their power will expire and become worthless.

Some cadres feel that the organization is unfair to them, that they cannot be elected as department heads or other important positions, and that they even sell intelligence to foreign forces.

I have also seen anti-drug heroes who had won first-class merit when they were young, but eventually became corrupt elements and committed suicide by shooting themselves.

The words just now, "Only by keeping your original aspiration in mind can you achieve your goal", are my personal gift to you all."