Siheyuan: Back to 50 years ago, Shazhu joined the army

When He Yuzhu heard Zhang Bin's words, he knew that he was being urged to achieve results. However, he had the support of his father-in-law, the mayor Hao Jinlong, so he had nothing to fear. He just said expressionlessly,

"Secretary Zhang, you also know that I, He Yuzhu, am a rough man. I was born in a military family and was a retired soldier. You asked me to catch bandits and deal with bullies and hooligans, which I am good at. But if you ask me, a rough man, to manage the economy, I feel that I am not qualified.

Besides, as you can see, it has been almost four months, and the economy of Guangdian County has not improved at all. I think Secretary Zhang, why don’t you change someone to be in charge of the economy? I will just be in charge of public security and stability in our county.”

When Zhang Bin heard what He Yuzhu said, he knew that this guy was going to quit his job, which made him speechless. He advised: "Executive He, is there any misunderstanding here? Do you have any views or opinions on certain comrades in our county committee? I remember you were at the county committee meeting before, patting your chest and swearing to me that you would definitely boost the economy of our Guangdian County. How come your attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees? I can't understand this."

He Yuzhu saw Zhang Bin trying to divert the conflict and immediately complained to him.

"Secretary Zhang, please don't misunderstand me. I am not targeting anyone. I just don't have any good ideas for improving the economic development of our county party committee.

I have a suggestion. Some comrades in the county committee think that my thoughts are deviating. I have a suggestion. Some comrades in the county committee say that I violate the principles and do not conform to the established policies and guidelines. Secretary Zhang, I would like to ask you, how should I carry out this work? Can you please teach me? "

Zhang Bin was displeased and embarrassed when he saw He Yuzhu kicking the ball back to him. If he had a way to quickly improve Guangdian County's economy and change the current situation, he would not hand this "hot potato" to others and would definitely take it on himself.

Looking at He Yuzhu's current situation, it is clear that he is going to mess things up. Although he is the top leader of Guangdian County, all officials of all ranks in the county are under his management in an administrative sense.

However, for a deputy-division-level official like He Yuzhu, the most he could do was give him a verbal warning. As for punishment or anything like that, he did not have the power to do so. All of that was under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Party Committee's Organization Department.

For this reason, he could do nothing about He Yuzhu's lazy governance and inaction. He also considered that even if he said those harsh words, it would be useless and would only deepen the conflict between him and He Yuzhu.

Thinking of this, County Party Secretary Zhang Bin could only wave his hands helplessly.

"Commissioner He, okay, I understand. I will carefully consider the issue you raised.

You should go back first. I still say that you should pay more attention to the economic development of our county. After all, you are the most capable among all the cadres and leaders of our county committee."

He Yuzhu nodded politely after hearing what Zhang Bin said.

"Okay, Secretary Zhang, I understand. I'll take my leave now."

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For the next period of time, He Yuzhu was just like usual, fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days. On the surface, he seemed to be doing nothing, but this was all an illusion. He was basically busy and was always going deep into the grassroots to understand the specific situation below.

During this period, he has established good relationships with the main cadres of each township under Guangdian County and learned about the characteristics of each township.

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Half a year later, due to the slow economic growth of Guangdian County during the period when He Yuzhu was in charge of the county economy, the county party committee held a meeting and decided to directly separate the economy under his charge and hand it over to the county magistrate Liu Nong.

However, Liu Nong was as his name suggested, he was a complete idiot in his work. During his tenure, Guangdian County's economy actually experienced negative growth. You should know that when He Yuzhu was in charge, the growth was not large, but it was still positive. When County Magistrate Liu Nong took over, the economy went negative. This result made Zhang Bin, the county party secretary, extremely dissatisfied and attracted criticism from a number of leaders of the Andong Municipal Party Committee.

But this has nothing to do with He Yuzhu. He is completely idle now. Apart from running between the county public security bureau and the county government compound, he goes back to be intimate with Hao Chunlan at night and works hard to have a baby.

When I have time to rest, I go out for a walk to relax. My life is pretty comfortable.

Time flies, and soon it was October 1957. He Yuzhu had unknowingly been in the position of executive deputy county magistrate of Guangdian County for two whole years.

As soon as the deadline was up, the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department received a personnel adjustment notice, proposing to transfer He Yuzhu to Andong County to serve as county magistrate.

When He Yuzhu received the news, he was not too surprised, because he had known from his father-in-law that he would be promoted when his term of office was up.

That night, the Hao family was having dinner around the eight-person table.

Hao Jinlong, the head of the family, announced an important news in front of everyone.

"Zhu Zi, congratulations on your successful appointment as the county magistrate of Andong County this time."

When He Yuzhu heard what Hao Jinlong said, he was not too happy, but instead looked worried.

His reaction naturally attracted the attention of Jin Yueji, who quickly spoke up to show her concern.

"What's wrong, Zhuzi? Why do you look so unhappy after getting a promotion? Is there something you can't tell me?"

When He Yuzhu heard his mother-in-law's concern, he immediately expressed his true thoughts.

"Mom, Dad, I'm actually a little worried about my lack of ability in my promotion to county magistrate. After all, the county magistrate is the one who truly governs a region and is responsible for the local people. I've been doing nothing as the deputy county magistrate of Guangdian County for a while now, and I feel a little depressed."

When Hao Jinlong heard what He Yuzhu said, he naturally understood the meaning of his words and immediately admonished him.

"Zhu Zi, you have two years of work experience in the county party committee, and I want to ask you, do you have any profound understanding and views on the way of being an official?

In addition, if you were asked to resume work in Guangdian County now, would you be confident that you could change the status quo?"