Chapter 112: Going to the Ministry of Finance for Money

  After hanging up the phone, Ye Pingyu was still furious. He had just become the village head, and his own father had already learned to accept gifts from others. Now it's just rice and flour, what if he starts accepting money in the future? It's simply absurd!

  After calming down, Ye Pingyu lay on the chair and felt that being an official was a good thing, but also not a good thing. After becoming an official, there were people who fawned all over him, wherever he went it was very lively, and others didn't dare to bully him. However, after becoming an official, there were also troubles, such as work not being completed, or like his old man, randomly accepting gifts from others, the pressure was huge.

  Sat there thinking for a while, after thinking, still have to start with the current work, no matter if there is pressure or not, he cannot give up his responsibility, must do a good job in the countryside.

  After thinking about it, he came to Zhao Yuangong's office to discuss the matter of eating white slips. Although he told Wang Fangyun, he couldn't guarantee that such a situation wouldn't happen again in the future. Moreover, there was not only one restaurant in the countryside, what if other restaurant owners also brought a dozen white slips to find him? Others could play Tai Chi with them, but he couldn't do so. He had to pay back the money he owed, but from now on, such situations were absolutely not allowed to happen again.

  When he arrived at Zhao Yuangong's office, Ye Pingyu raised this question to him and told him about Wang Fangyun coming to find him. Hearing what he said, Zhao Yuangong burst out laughing: "This Wang Fangyun, she comes to ask you for debt as soon as you take office, she has asked me many times before, but I didn't agree with her, I didn't expect that now she would come to ask you, did you agree with her?"

  It turned out that Wang Fangyun had already found Zhao Yuangong, who was originally the village head. He must have gone to him for the debt, but he didn't agree. Thinking of this, Ye Pingyu said: "I agreed to pay him 5,000 yuan and let Liang Jun take it. Secretary Zhao, if we continue like this, it won't work out. Our village is financially struggling, and some people are still eating and drinking recklessly in restaurants, signing their names and leaving without paying. It's too unreasonable! I suggest issuing a ban, strictly prohibiting private dining at restaurants on credit, to ensure that such incidents do not happen again!"

  Seeing Ye Pingyu's serious face, Zhao Yuangong asked: "Did you agree to give Wang Fangyun money?"

  Ye Ping said loudly: "That's right, owing someone money is not okay if you don't give them a single cent. I promised her to give her 5,000 yuan first and settle the rest of the account when I have money. I didn't ask for your opinion on this matter beforehand, please forgive me, Secretary Zhao!"

  Zhao Yuangong's face sank for a moment, but he immediately said: "It's nothing, but you gave him the money, our village is now out of money, we must think of ways to get the money, has the finance bureau's money not arrived yet?"

  Yeping Yu said: "Liang Jun went to ask for it several times, but I don't know what's going on. The payment hasn't been made yet. If not, I'll go to the finance bureau myself and try to get the money back as soon as possible."

  Zhao Yuangong said, "You must hurry up with this matter. If not, the teachers' salaries will not be paid, and our responsibility is great. Why don't you go there in person? Get it done as soon as possible."

  Ye Pingyu agreed and left. After he was gone, Zhao Yuangong seemed to be thinking deeply and called over Deputy Secretary Liu Yanwei to discuss some matters.

  After Ye Pingyu left Zhao Yuangong's office, he called Liang Jun over and had him go with him to the county finance bureau to get money. Upon receiving his call, Liang Jun hastily packed up his things and set off with Ye Pingyu.

  Liang Jun has found through his observations over the past few days that Ye Pingyu did not have any malicious intentions towards him, so he has reduced his guard against Ye. However, Liang's current situation is actually precarious because he was originally a subordinate of Cao Dafu, and Zhao Yuangong and Cao Dafu have always been at odds with each other. If he now becomes antagonistic with Ye Pingyu as well, his position will be severely unstable.

  Zhao Yuangong and Ye Pingyu have just taken office, and it's possible that they will make some adjustments at any time, removing cadres who didn't get along with them and replacing them with their own people. The head of the finance department is crucial, and if things don't go well, there's a risk of being removed from office.

  After thinking like this, when he saw Ye Pingyu again, his attitude became much more humble. Ye Pingyu saw him in this state and although he had always disliked him, it was impossible to reject him completely. Moreover, having someone like him around might still be of some use. It's worth noting that most of the current village cadres were originally Cao Dafu's people, so if he could tolerate Liang Jun, other mid-level cadres would likely turn to him, which would help consolidate his own position.

  After thinking about it, Ye Pingyu's expression towards Liang Jun also improved a lot. The two of them got on the car together and headed to the county town.

  After arriving at the county town, Ye Pingyu and Liang Jun came to the Finance Bureau building. After arriving, he thought of calling Wen Kaibo first, but after thinking about it, he is now the head of the township government and there is no need to introduce himself through him, so he went to find him in person, and things should go smoothly.

  Thinking of this, he didn't call Wen Kai Bo again and went directly to the National Treasury Payment Center of the Finance Bureau with Liang Jun, asking them to transfer the money specially allocated by the county government to their account in the rural finance.

  When they arrived at the National Treasury Center, Liang Jun went over to explain their purpose. Seeing him again, an older woman with a look of impatience said: "We've told you many times already, neither the deputy director nor the director has signed off on this, so go back and wait for now!"

  Li Jun said: "The time has come, if you don't give us the money, the teacher's salary will not be paid. This is our village head, Ye Xiangzhang, now that he's here, shouldn't you pay up?"

  That old woman heard Liang Jun say that, and raised her eyes to look at Ye Pingyu. Seeing how young Ye Pingyu was, she thought he was just a deputy township head. A deputy township head had come, what's the big deal?

  "It's not a matter of who comes or goes, even if the secretary comes, we can't afford it and still can't afford it. If you have the ability, go find the director!" The old woman said disdainfully, glancing at Ye Pingyu and Liang Jun.

  Liang Jun was so angry that he almost lost his breath. He had dealt with this old woman many times before, but her husband was the vice chairman of the county CPPCC and was very powerful in the bureau. Not to mention Liang Jun, the head of the finance office, even people within the finance bureau itself would not dare to offend her.

  Seeing this, Ye Pingyu thought for a moment and felt that it was useless to grind his tongue here. Since the director's signature was necessary, why not go directly to Zhao Jianye? Last time when buying a car, he also went straight to him, and this way, he could also contact Wen Kaibo at the same time.

  Li gave a wink to Liang Jun, and Ye Pingyu shouted at him to come out. As they walked away, the old woman's nostrils flared with a snort. This money was personally arranged by Zhao Jianye not to be paid to Caolingzi Township, and now a deputy township head and a finance director came to ask for it back? It's not that easy!

  After coming out, he called Wen Kai Bo. As soon as Wen Kai Bo heard that Ye Ping Yu had arrived at the Finance Bureau, he ran out quickly and smiled when he saw him: "Ping, Ping Yu, how did you come?"

  Ye Pingyu smiled and said: "There's something I want to find your director about, is he in?"

  Hear open wave smile way: "Just right, then you follow me, I bring you go find him."

  As soon as Ye Pingyu heard that Zhao Jianye was in the office, he became very happy and immediately followed Wen Kaibo to find Zhao Jianye. When they arrived at Zhao Jianye's office door, Wen Kaibo knocked on the door and then walked in with Ye Pingyu.

  As soon as Ye Pingyu came to find him, Zhao Jianye immediately furrowed his brow and asked what was the matter without getting up to greet him. Ye Pingyu walked forward and said: "Director Zhao, the county has given us money that is due for payment, but it has not been paid yet. If it's not paid now, we won't be able to pay our village's salaries. Please help us out, Director Zhao, and give us the money!"

  Zhao Jianye looked up at him and said calmly, "The county's finances are also facing difficulties now. It's normal to delay payment for a few days, why are you so anxious?"

  Ye Pingyu said: "It's not that we're in a hurry, but the teachers in the countryside may not be able to wait. If we don't pay their salaries on time, they'll go to the county government to complain, and we won't have any way to explain ourselves!"

  As soon as he said that, Zhao Jianye impatiently said: "That's your village's business, you can do some work and let them not petition, temporarily owe one or two months' wages, they won't starve to death. Other villages are self-sufficient in finance, but your village needs the county to subsidize every year. You're the village head, don't you think this is wrong?

  These words directly hit Ye Pingyu's face. As the saying goes, "When people are poor, their aspirations are short." In such a poor countryside, being the head of the village and letting the director of the finance bureau scold him here made him realize that the power of a village head is not great. For the sake of the village's work, he had to go around asking for help from everyone, and originally thought that Zhao Jianye could easily give him the money, but unexpectedly he was scolded by others!

  Liang Jun, standing beside him, also felt embarrassed. He glanced at Ye Pingyu with a serious expression, but couldn't see any signs of annoyance on his face. After all, they were asking someone for money, and even if he wanted to be annoyed, there was no way to show it.

  Zhao Jianye finished speaking and stood up, without even looking at Ye Pingyu, saying: "I still have something to do now, Zhang County Magistrate wants to see me, you all go back first, if there's money, it will naturally be sent to you, excuse my departure!"

  After finishing speaking, Zhao Jianye walked out and when he reached Wen Kaibo's side, he secretly glared at him, scaring Wen Kaibo who stuttered and thought to himself: Did I do something wrong by bringing Ye Pingyu over?

  As Zhao Jianye was about to leave, Ye Pingyu suddenly reacted and said: "Director Zhao, please stay!"

  Unexpectedly, Ye Pingyu still wanted to talk to him, so Zhao Jianye stopped in his tracks and turned around to ask: "Do you have anything else?"