Chapter Eighty-Five: Unquenchable Fury

  Zhang Wei and Zhao Yuncai were stunned, standing there for half a day without reacting. The matter of rectifying the chaotic tolls on the road had already been settled, but it was not heard that the county government was paying attention to this matter again? If the county government doesn't pay attention, why would the township government go crazy and rectify it? Isn't it good to increase some income for the village?

  Seeing the two of them standing there without speaking, Cao Dafu was so angry that he couldn't help but get up from his seat and point at Zhang Wei and Zhao Yuncai's heads, saying: "I'm asking you two, which village still has roadblocks and random fees, report it to me!"

  After being asked by Cao Dafu, Zhang Wei reacted and said: "Now basically no village sets up a card to collect fees randomly, if there is any, it's their private collection, the township doesn't know the specific situation."

  As soon as Zhang Wei said this, Cao Dafu stared at him and asked: "You are in charge of this aspect of work. Don't you know if there is a card collection fee set up below? Are you qualified to be the deputy head of the township?"

  What Zhū Zi Chuán said about him is now being applied to Zhang Wei, although Zhang Wei is a member of the government team and not as close to Zhū Zi Chuán as he was with his subordinate. However, as the secretary of the township committee, if Zhang Wei doesn't behave himself, it's easy to take care of him. So, in front of Zhū Zi Chuán, Zhang Wei also didn't dare to talk back. After hearing this, his face turned white and then red again and again, which was very humiliating for him in front of so many members of the two committees.

  The other two committee members looked at each other in dismay, all holding a safe and philosophical attitude without saying anything. Ye Pingyu stood aside, although he felt that Cao Dafu's attitude was somewhat inappropriate, after all, they were colleagues, and criticism should not be too harsh. However, in his heart, he felt extremely pleased. This Zhang Weiping usually didn't work hard, thinking of urging him to work, but instead, he got angry with himself. Now, let Cao Dafu severely criticize him a few words, it was also what he deserved, no one wanted to help him.

  But as soon as he thought so, Zhao Yuangong looked at Cao Dafu and said: "Old Cao, what's going on? Calm down, Zhang Wei has done a lot of work too. You can't just beat him to death with one stick. What's the point of just criticizing him?"

  Zhang Wei is a member of the township government, and Zhao Yuangong, as the township head and second-in-command, seeing Cao Dafu criticize him like this, cannot help but speak up for Zhang Wei. Criticizing Zhang Wei also implies criticizing himself, and with so many people watching, if he doesn't say another word, it wouldn't be good.

  When Zhao Yuangong came to persuade him, Cao Dafu glanced at him and slowly sat down, saying: "The matter of privately setting up cards and randomly collecting fees is something that the county has repeatedly emphasized, and the township has also repeatedly emphasized it. Now the work is still not done well, and we are all responsible for this. I criticized Zhang Wei because he did not report to the party committee as required, and he did not recognize the seriousness of the problem, which led to the fact that we still have this problem of privately setting up cards and randomly collecting fees now. This is not a work problem, but an attitude problem. Is there such a thing in the village? We all know the situation, and everyone has the responsibility to do a good job. But Zhang Wei is specifically responsible for this matter, and if he doesn't arrange it, others can't do it either. Now I have to reassign this task again. All members of the two committees who are in charge of village affairs must report back by tonight whether there are any villages that still have card-setting and fee collection. All village cadres must stay in the village tonight to thoroughly investigate whether such situations still exist, and we must resolutely prevent such phenomena from happening in the future!

  Cao Dafu's resolute attitude shocked everyone, and no one expected things to become so urgent. What exactly happened?

  Seeing that everyone had no opinion, Cao Dafu said to Zhao Yuangong: "Old Zhao, tonight, we will divide into two groups and patrol the villages one by one. If there are any village cadres who have not done their job, they will be dealt with!"

  Such a strict approach has only been taken during the most intense periods of family planning, but now it's being made into such a big deal because of the chaos caused by road tolls. Zhao Yuangong listened to this and didn't have any opinions, expressing his agreement.

  Arrange this matter, Cao Dafu asked if the village cadres had arrived. Now, go to the meeting immediately and sound an alarm for the branch secretaries of each village. To do a good job in this matter, it mainly depends on the village.

  As soon as he said that, everyone dispersed. After coming out, they were all discussing it. Zhao Yuangong thought about why Cao Dafu was angry and whether it had something to do with the new secretary. Cao Dafu went to see the new secretary and came back to do this, there must be a reason for it. If that's really the case, then he must have been criticized by the new secretary, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a hurry.

  Thinking of this, he felt that he must do a good job, if the work is not done well, not only will Cao Dafu be affected, but also his position as the head of the township will be affected. Moreover, strictly speaking, this is a matter for the township government, and now that Cao Dafu has been criticized, it's likely because the new secretary thinks that the person in charge of actual power in the township is the first-in-command, and he, as the head of the township, doesn't have much responsibility anymore.

  Ye Pingyu saw Cao Dafu get so angry and thought of the phone call from Zhuo Zishen, now that Cao Dafu was so tense, he must have been pressured by Zhuo Zishen. If that's the case, Zhuo Zishen did the right thing. If he were in charge of this task, it would never end up like this.

  The village secretaries had almost all arrived, and Cao Dafu and Zhao Yuangong walked into the conference room one after the other. Cao Dafu took a glance around the room before sitting down. Everyone saw that his face was flushed red, as if he had been drinking. The village secretary wanted to joke with him, but seeing his stern expression and silence, he swallowed his words.

  If he hadn't been drinking, Cao Dafu estimated that he wouldn't have gotten so angry just now. Seeing these village officials, his anger actually still hasn't dissipated.

  "Is everyone here?" After sitting down, Ye Pingyu walked in and Cao Dafu asked him.

  Ye Pingyu immediately counted the number of people and reported: "One person has not arrived yet."

  "Who hasn't arrived?" Cao Dafu glanced around the meeting room and asked.

  Ye Pingyu searched carefully and then reported to Cao Dafu: "Yan Bingche, the secretary of Dalin Village, didn't come!"

  "He doesn't need to come, just dismiss him on the spot! He didn't even show up for a meeting, what's the use of such an official?" Cao Dafu announced that he would dismiss whoever was absent from the meeting on the spot, regardless of whether it was Yan Bingche or Yan Bingli. This was done to make other village officials understand the consequences of not following the instructions of the township government. However, when the secretaries of other villages heard this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief that they had arrived on time and hadn't been late.

  After finishing speaking, Cao Daifu announced the start of the meeting. He first asked the secretaries of each village to report whether they had privately set up toll booths on village roads, but none of them admitted it. Infuriated, he scolded them severely and then sternly warned them that if anyone dared to set up toll booths again on their own turf, not only would they be dismissed on the spot, but also sent to the police station for handling.

  Everyone sees that he has made such a big fuss, and it's really not possible to take it lightly. Originally, they didn't pay much attention to the rules above, unless the village was determined to deal with them. Now it's this situation, if they still don't take it seriously, I'm afraid there won't be any good results.

  The branch secretaries of other villages didn't think much after hearing Cao's words, but the branch secretary of Xiaoliang Village was secretly drumming in his belly. Today, someone reported to him that someone had made trouble and even claimed to be from the municipal government, with a car bearing the municipal government's logo, and still managed to extort money from them. When reporting this incident to him, the villagers who were collecting fees still looked smug.

  But the more he listened, the more it didn't sound right. The city government's car passed through their village and actually paid money? Are these guys stupid or pretending to be someone they're not? Or did the villagers just ignore them and then they paid up?

  Because no one reflected on this matter afterwards, he felt uncomfortable but didn't take it seriously. However, after hearing Cao Dafu's words and seeing his fierce expression, he wondered if the matter was related to their village's toll collection. If it is, and Cao Dafu finds out, he will be in trouble. He thought that once he returns, he should quickly arrange for the checkpoint to be removed and wait for the storm to pass before doing anything else.

  After the meeting with village cadres was over, it was already late. All the village cadres went down to the village according to requirements. At night, Cao Dafu and Zhao Yuangong divided into two groups to take a look inside the village and supervise them. Ye Pingyu followed Cao Dafu down together, he didn't package the village, so there was no need for him to go down alone.

  Cao Dafu turned several villages and saw that the village cadres were all on duty, and at the same time, he also found that there was no arbitrary collection of fees. He felt good about it. If this effect can be achieved, Zhu Zishen will not criticize him again. However, what still puzzles him is who reported this matter to Zhu Zishen, which led to Zhu Zishen's great anger?

  Cao Dafu suddenly had some doubts about Ye Pingyu, who was following behind him. The last time Ye Pingyu's relatives were beaten up was because of Yan Bingche's toll collection incident, but no one was held accountable afterwards. Would Ye Pingyu harbor resentment and now report to Cao Dafu after seeing Zhu Zishen take office in the county?

  For a moment, he couldn't make up his mind, but as soon as he thought of the problem of setting up cards and collecting fees in Daling Village, he immediately asked Driver Zhu to drive to Daling Village to take a look. He also wanted to see why Yan Bingche didn't come to the meeting in the countryside. Although he had announced that Yan Bingche was exempt from his duties, it was not easy to appoint a new branch secretary for this rural area. Even if he were exempted, it was likely that no one would take over, and in the end, he would still have to let him be responsible for village affairs.

  Ye Pingyu and he were sitting in the same car, never thinking that Cao Dafu would suspect him. He was still thinking about Cao Dafu dismissing Yan Bingche, if this time it was really dismissed, then let his relatives relieve a little anger.