Chapter 110: Village Expenses

  After inspecting the health clinic, Ye Pingyu arrived at the police station. The police station is a place where ordinary people are relatively afraid of, and sometimes the township government officials may not have enough power, but those who come to the police station can intimidate some scenes and make some people who want to do evil dare not act recklessly.

  The police station is directly under the county public security bureau, and it has little contact with the township government in peacetime. It can give face to the township cadres or not, some township police chiefs don't even put the first or second in command of the township in their eyes, if others have no fault, they also have no way to deal with them.

  Last time, he came to the police station to find Huang Jun because of his relative's affairs. Huang Jun gave him face on the surface, but privately, he deliberately favored Yan Bingche. If it weren't for Cao Dafu's intervention, his relative would have been beaten up by others.

  Now he came to the police station, his face was still a bit serious, but he restrained himself, squeezed out a smile and walked into the police station with Bai Yun.

  It's said that Ye Pingyu is coming to the department for a visit, Huang Jun comes out with a smile on his face to welcome him, looking very enthusiastic. However, he doesn't show as much respect as other mid-level cadres do when they see him, instead, he has a rather casual and dismissive attitude towards him.

  Smiling, he shook hands with him and entered the police station, getting to know other police officers. This time, both the joint defense team members and formal police officers knew who he was, they absolutely couldn't make another mistake, not letting him in again.

  After the meeting, Ye Pingyu went upstairs to have a talk with the formal police officers and understand the work situation of the police station. Huang Jun represented the police station to make a report, and at the end of the report, he said: "Director Ye, our police station is currently facing a serious shortage of funds, and the support from the county bureau is not enough. We hope that the township can allocate more working capital for us to solve our urgent needs!"

  When he came to all the middle-level units, no one mentioned asking for money. Only when he arrived at the police station did Huang Jun open his mouth and ask him for money. Although as a village head, he was in charge of money, but that also required the village to have money. Now the village is struggling to make ends meet, where can they get the money?

  But since Huang Jun has spoken, Ye Pingyu must respond, otherwise wouldn't he be defeated and lose face?

  "After some thought, Ye Pingyu said: 'Now everyone wants to ask for more working expenses from the countryside. Not knowing the value of firewood and rice is not a good thing. The financial situation in the countryside is relatively tense now, and wages are almost impossible to pay. You want to ask for more expenses, it's difficult. But I believe that the tight financial situation will pass, as long as we develop the economy well, increase taxes, and the countryside has money, your police station expenses will definitely increase. The police station is responsible for maintaining law and order in one area, and also responsible for maintaining a good investment environment. Our countryside wants to develop, and the investment environment must be done well. Merchants from outside cannot dare not come to our countryside. I hope you can do a good job of maintaining law and order, handle problems fairly and justly. As long as the work is done well, promoting the work of the whole countryside, the increase in expenses is not a problem at all.'"

  Ye Pingyu expressed his opinion with a calm face, leaving Huang Jun speechless. Unexpectedly, Ye Pingyu's eloquence was so good and his mind was so clear. He wanted to play tricks on him, but it turned out that he was underestimating himself. The reason why he asked for expenses was to make things difficult for Ye Pingyu, to see how he would react. He knew that the village didn't have money, but he deliberately asked Ye Pingyu for it, with the intention of teasing him.

  But unexpectedly, Ye Pingyu counterattacked and instead taught him a lesson, telling him to take charge of the public security of the whole town rather than colluding with some people and handling issues unfairly.

  Ye Pingyu's words were laced with a dagger, and Huang Jun knew that he hadn't handled the matter of his relative well last time. Now Ye was intentionally mocking him, but Huang couldn't refute Ye's words, so he could only laugh repeatedly: "We will definitely remember what Village Head Ye said, but our limited budget means we can't even go out on patrol, let alone deal with some problems in a timely manner. You want the horse to run, but you don't want it to eat grass - what do you think we should do?"

  When he heard him making excuses again, Ye Pingyu said seriously: "Everyone's expenses are very limited, but work can't be done without it. This is our working principle. If the work doesn't have difficulties and the funds are sufficient, then anyone can do a good job. What do we need to do? Director Huang, I know you're an old man from the police station, and your work has always been fine. Let's talk about the funding later. As long as the work is done well, when the countryside has money, isn't the funding just a small matter?"

  In the end, Ye Pingyu gave Huang Jun a boost again, so that he wouldn't get entangled in this issue anymore. After hearing this, Huang Jun's face lit up with a smile, and he looked at Ye Pingyu with a grin.

  Finally, on this issue, Ye Pingyu made a few requests and hoped that the people from the police station would take them seriously. Huang Jun agreed on the surface and then politely said a couple of words, considering the inspection of the police station's work complete.

  Bai Yun stayed by Ye Pingyu's side, feeling that Ye Pingyu had really performed well just now. Huang Jun was an old slicker, and even Cao Dafu had to get angry to intimidate him; otherwise, he would be indifferent and disobedient. However, today Ye Pingyu spoke a few words lightly, with reason and evidence, and Huang Jun didn't have any temper at all. This is a skill!

  After leaving the police station, Ye Pingyu returned to the countryside and went to his office. After thinking for a moment, he called Baiyun to inform Liang Jun to come to his office.

  Huang Jun's mention of expenses reminded him that he had to take a look at how much money the village actually had and how it should be spent in the future. As the village head, if he couldn't get this clear, then he would be derelict in his duties. Zhao Yuangong might not know, but he couldn't not know.

  After receiving Bai Yun's phone call, Liang Jun was silent for a moment, wondering what Ye Pingyu wanted to do with him. But since the head of the village had summoned him, he had to go; he couldn't refuse to obey orders just because he and Ye Pingyu didn't get along before - if that were the case, then he might as well not be the head of the finance department.

  He walked steadily into Ye Pingyu's office and saw Ye Pingyu sitting at his desk, seemingly deep in thought. After entering, he called out to Ye Xiangzhang.

  Although it's still not quite habitual to call him that, he was just a colleague working together with him not long ago, but now he has already become his superior, if it wasn't for seeing Ye Pingyu's calm and composed demeanor, which had a bit of the majesty of a village chief, perhaps he wouldn't have been able to bring himself to call him that.

  When he saw him coming, Ye Pingyu pointed to him to sit down, without a hint of courtesy or humility. Liang Jun sat down involuntarily. After seeing him sit down, Ye Pingyu thought for a moment and smiled: "Director Liang, we used to be old colleagues, now I'm the village head, but I don't feel much stronger than you, our relationship can be more casual, just call me by my name, it sounds more comfortable to me, what do you think?"

  It was unexpected that Ye Pingyu would say this, and he actually called himself Liang Suozhang. This made him suddenly feel that Ye Pingyu was a very profound person with too much depth, and in the officialdom, the more such people were, the more they made others feel afraid. Originally, he still thought about dealing with Ye Pingyu, but now it seemed that as soon as he made a move, he would be seen through by him.

  Liang Junqiang smiled and said, "Director Ye, you're too polite. We used to be old colleagues, but now that you're the village head, I should respect you. This title is just a name, it's better if I still call you Director Ye!"

  Ye Pingyu smiled and said: "Since you think so, I won't force you. I called you over to understand the financial situation of our village. You introduce it, and I'll listen."

  He said so intentionally to make Liang Jun feel valued, and let him work well. After being polite, he lay on the chair and listened to Liang Jun's report.

  Seeing Ye Pingyu's calm and composed attitude, Liang Jun felt that Ye Pingyu had entered the role of village head too quickly. Others still thought he was young and might not be able to handle it, but as soon as they saw his demeanor, he immediately straightened up his body and didn't dare to underestimate him.

  Sitting there, Liang Jun reported: "The expenses of our township have always been insufficient. Now we can only leave out a few thousand yuan for the township's expenditures. If there is no more income, not only will the township's work be unsustainable, but also the payment of teachers' salaries will become a problem. Originally, the county finance bureau supported part of it, but now the finance bureau's money has not been allocated yet. I went to the finance bureau several times and was told to wait again. I'm afraid that if we wait any longer, the teachers won't work anymore."

  As soon as he heard that the funds were so tight, far beyond his original expectations, he felt that financial tension was okay, but wages must be guaranteed at least. At least teachers' salaries must be guaranteed. Teachers are different from township officials. If they owe them wages, they will stop working immediately, and then come to the township to petition, which is not a small matter.

  "Why didn't the finance bureau give us the money on time?" Ye Pingyu asked after some thought.

  Liáng Jūn said: "I'm not clear about this, it might be related to the change of our town's leadership team. You and Secretary Zhao have just taken office, he naturally has to wait until you arrive before giving us."

  Ye Pingyu said: "What does this have to do with us? If we don't take office, will the teacher's salary not be paid?"

  Liang Jun heard him say this and had nothing to say. Ye Pingyu saw him like this and said: "You hurry up and go to the finance bureau to urge again, no matter what can't delay the teacher's salary payment. If there is a situation where teachers go to the countryside to petition because their salaries have not been paid, neither I nor Secretary Zhao can answer them."

  Li Jun naturally knew the importance of this matter, so he agreed: "I'll go to the Finance Bureau again. If they still don't give it to us, I'll ask you, Director Ye, to intervene and have the Finance Bureau give us the money."

  Ye Pingyu said: "This is a normal working procedure, I believe they won't give us trouble again. If it's really not possible, I'll report to Secretary Zhao and see what to do then!"

  Liang Jun nodded and agreed to go to the county finance bureau again immediately to solve this problem.