C152 Do not let your guard down

One week later, Xu Wenjuan gave Du Ruiqi the name list of the lotus root who would be registering to participate in the election. The villagers' enthusiasm for participating in the elections was even greater, with more than 50 people registering. And among them, was actually Wu Yaoming's name too.

After experiencing the previous incident, Wu Yaoming's image in the village had been completely ruined. The villagers all hated him so much that they gritted their teeth in anger. For a fight? To save some face for himself? Or did he want to use other channels to disrupt the situation? It all seemed possible.

This Wu Yaoming definitely wasn't here to join in on the fun, he couldn't let his guard down.

Du Ruiqi called Ma Mingqiao, Xu Wenjuan, Shen Yunda, Yu Minhe and Mao Ligui to form a committee to study the specifics of the lotus root elections.

Du Ruiqi said: "During this period of time, Wen Juan and Yunda worked hard and did a lot of work in the lotus root. They mobilized the enthusiasm of the villagers to participate and get elected. This was a good start. The lotus root had experienced an intense confrontation with the Town Government and from their initial state of complete confrontation to their current belief in the Government, this had been a huge change. This also tells us that when the people support something, we can often get a better result. When the people oppose something, we have to forcefully do it. The incident in the lotus root gave us a very good warning and lesson, I hope that this time, the villagers' elections will also achieve the same results. Wen Juan and Yun Da had a more detailed understanding of the situation in the village, the two of you can explain it to them. "

Xu Wenjuan looked at Shen Yunda and it seemed as if they were exchanging glances, and then, Xu Wenjuan began to speak: "lotus root is a large village, over a thousand households, with a population of over four thousand people. Currently, there are over three thousand people in the village, and over a thousand people working outside. It is the largest administrative village in the Peace Town. According to our contact with the villagers these days, most of the villagers' responses were to the question of the weight of taxes. The people had a proverb, "The head tax is light, the second tax is heavy, and the third tax is a bottomless pit". They said that this agricultural tax was due to Village committees and the annual increase in taxes in the town, causing their taxes to become extremely heavy. Just based on these three years alone, the village had to retain this piece of land, which increased by 30%, and now, with an average of agricultural tax of over 240 RMB per mu of land collected twice a year, with an average family size of less than one mu. Just these taxes alone required the entire village to pay 700 RMB per mu of land, and not only did they not harvest any land, but they also added that the more and more villagers would have to throw away their fields in the future. They also suspected that Wu Yaoming and the others might have collected the agricultural tax and the village retention repeatedly, otherwise, it would not be so heavy. Therefore, they hoped to elect the Village Board Director s that they could trust and form a new team from them. This is the biggest demand of the villagers at the moment, and it is also strongly driven by the need to re-elect. "

Hearing Xu Wenjuan's words, Du Ruiqi took a deep breath. She never thought that the burden of being a farmer would be this heavy. The nature of the problem was quite serious, because it could not be done by a single Village Board Director, and was definitely done together with the town. The original leader definitely knew about it, but Ma Mingqiao did not bring it up with her, and she herself did not seem to know anything about it. Don't look at a small town. When it is really involved, you will realize how deep the water is inside. It seems that this election can only succeed and not fail. Otherwise, the problems of the lotus root would never be solved, and would only get worse.

When Xu Wenjuan said these words, her expression which had always been drifting about, seemed to be carrying a cold smile.

After he had his power stripped away, Mao Ligui basically did not speak.

Just as Xu Wenjuan finished, Mao Ligui took over the conversation.

He said: "Our propaganda people are really good public servants of the people, to understand the situation so well! However, I would like to ask, if they actually liquidate these accounts and find out how much more they are charged, what can they do? Retreat? Impossible, it's all gone! If he did not retreat, those troublesome citizens would definitely not do so! Don't even think about taking the money from now on! "Haha, don't think that this is an easy to chew bone. Once you start chewing, you might even grind your teeth!"

After Mao Ligui finished speaking, he once again laughed shamelessly. In his eyes, these people were no different from digging their own graves! Calculating the accounts was easy to say, but these idiots didn't know where the salary for the drinks they ate each day came from. Do you have any money? Do you have a prize for eating a dead one? You don't even have any food, what are you all doing here? What was there to be proud of? Hahaha, let's see how you'll kill yourselves then! It would be best for you to have a taste of being chased by the villagers and being imprisoned! As Mao Ligui thought about this, the scene of him and the village officials being chased and beaten with stones by the villagers on September 13th seemed to appear in front of him once again! This bird's anger had been bottled up in my heart for a damn long time. It was fermenting every day, and the more I held it in, the worse it felt! Now that this woman had come, it seemed as if she wanted to climb up their corpses and take advantage of the failure of their work to obtain her political capital! Hmph, f * ck, just you wait and see, it won't be that easy!

Mao Ligui's words were a reminder to Du Ruiqi. Yes, this was indeed a problem. However, she could not reject the election path that she had to take because of this problem. As long as she succeeded in the election, even if Mao Ligui had said the same thing, she would use a roundabout way of settling accounts, using the method of year after year, slowly returning the points she had collected back to the citizens. In short, she would do it to the end!

Ma Mingqiao looked at Du Ruiqi and said: "What Maomao has said is the truth, we cannot ignore this situation, but I think since we have already decided to hold an election for the villagers, we cannot give up halfway. lotus root's problem is already very acute. As our current leader, the most troublesome and urgent matter to solve is this problem. We must do it with all our hearts and with our full confidence, so that we can do it well. As for the possible situations, we try to consider them before we do. There are more ways than difficulties, and people can't be choked to death by urine. For these problems, we can always find a more appropriate solution. The most important thing to do, however, is to ensure that the elections in the lotus root are carried out smoothly. "

Ma Mingqiao's words had undoubtedly revealed the thoughts in Du Ruiqi's heart, and Du Ruiqi couldn't help but look at Ma Mingqiao, as she conveyed her affirmation.

"In the past, all the candidates from Village committees held a ticket box and went to collect votes one by one. This way, it would have no effect at all, you can brazenly go there to vote, bribe others, and even intimidate them. In order for the villagers to truly exercise their right to vote, we must concentrate on the elections, fill in the secret ballots, publicly sing the votes, and announce the results on the spot." Shen Yunda said. Secrets filled in the ticket may seem insignificant, but it was actually very important. In a village society, everyone would look up and see each other every day. If they mixed together and wrote a ticket, they would both know who the other person was and there would be no secrets between them. That way, many people would not be able to truly choose their own families. "

Du Ruiqi never thought that this organization member, who normally didn't have any bullsh * t, would actually say something reliable this time.

Yu Minhe was only focused on taking notes, as if he wasn't prepared to speak at all. Du Ruiqi looked at him, but he kept her head down, refusing to meet her gaze.

"A few people just stated their points of view, and they said it very well. Regarding this lotus root election, there are a lot of things that we need to do for the first time. " Du Ruiqi said, "For example, what Comrade Yun Da talked about just now was how to keep it a secret, open and transparent. This detail was very well described. The previous model was indeed an interlude. This was also the difficulty of organizing this election because we had no model to learn from and could only rely on ourselves. Therefore, in this process, we can only consider the details, and then implement them step by step. In the process, we can then perfect them and try to achieve the desired results. Regarding the confidentiality, he had to do this well, that was, for every villager who participated in the First Vote s selection, only he herself knew who she had to choose. When he filled in the ballot papers, she could not let anyone else find out, as that would require him to have a secret place to fill in the ballot papers. Secondly, she had to concentrate and gather all the villagers who participated in the First Vote s selection. This required the provision of a few large places, such as lotus root's primary school, the village's large warehouse and the grain drying field. They could be arranged to be the venue for the elections. Thirdly, Supervisor, the entire process of the singing must be supervised by supervisors to ensure the authenticity of the tickets; finally, we must also take into account the actual situation of the villagers, that is, the fact that some of the villagers are illiterate and do not recognize the names on the ballot papers, which requires someone to write on their behalf, and this person is very crucial, if they are outsiders, and if they have no connection with the lotus root, then those who do not know these candidates will be held responsible; these factors must be taken into account one by one of us. Judging from the list of candidates submitted so far, it is a good thing that 53 villagers volunteered for the election. The more people there are, the more enthusiastic they are about the election. We shall then proceed to two elections, the first of which shall be to elect the first three candidates from among the 53 candidates as candidates for chairman; the second of which shall be the one with the most votes to be elected to the Village Board Director, but shall not be elected until a majority of the votes has been cast; and if no one has more than half of the votes, we shall proceed to another election, with the first two candidates as candidates. Our work must be done carefully, through the first round of experience, continuous improvement, to ensure that the final elections go well. After the Village Board Director is elected, the villagers will elect the village representative committee, and the village representatives will elect the other cadres from the Village committees to form a new team from the Village committees, and set up a perfect village representative organization. "

When Du Ruiqi said these words, everyone listened carefully.

Du Ruiqi's meticulous thinking and control over the situation had to be respected by everyone present.