In fact, Fang Zhicheng had long been concerned about corruption in schools. The annual fiscal expenditure on education is the largest expenditure, but this money does not go to practical use, but instead flows into the pockets of school principals and directors.
Jiang Pei once told me a phenomenon: any teacher promoted to director level by the school will be able to buy a house and a car within two to three years. Where does this money come from? It is naturally deducted from the education funds allocated by the higher authorities.
Teachers have now become a hot industry, from the "stinky old ninth" to the hot cakes. There is such a shocking thing in other places that the head teacher of a famous school can get a thousand yuan in bribes from each student every year. If there are 40 students in a class, the hidden income of this head teacher is as high as 40,000 yuan.
The education system has become a place where unspoken rules are deeply entrenched. If it is not eradicated, it will be too late.
After Mo Jin left, news came from the Municipal Party Committee. Zhao Ling took advantage of the fact that the Xiaguang District Education Bureau was investigated by the Finance Department to make things difficult at the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting.
Zhao Liang has two points of view. First, the Municipal Finance Bureau should conduct a strict audit of all education funds in the city. Second, the schools and education bureaus with problems need to take responsibility, and the district-level leaders should be held accountable.
The first point of view is that Zhao Liang strengthened the supervision of the financial system over the city's education departments. The second point of view is that Zhao Liang wanted to take action against Zhang Xiaoliang, who was in charge of the Xiaguang District Education Bureau.
After a heated discussion, Zhang Tianling finally said two things: first, the city's education funds must be sorted out, and the Municipal Finance Bureau should take the lead in supervising rectification; second, if we want to hold people accountable, we must do it properly. Not only should we hold the current leaders accountable, but we should also hold the previous leaders accountable.
As soon as Zhang Tianling's second sentence came out, it immediately caused an uproar.
Taking Xiaguang District as an example, Zhang Xiaoliang served as the deputy district mayor in charge of education for only two years. The major issues found in the spot check by the Provincial Department of Finance mainly involved the period from 2005 to 2007. This means that Zhang Xiaoliang does not bear full responsibility. The retired officials should be held accountable for the real failure to supervise.
A rumor soon spread in the Hanzhou officialdom that it was Zhao Ling who brought in the audit team from the Provincial Finance Department to target Xia Guang. On the one hand, it was to retaliate against Fang Zhicheng, and on the other hand, it was to strike a blow against retired comrades.
The quiet change in public opinion made Zhao Liang feel the pressure.
Zhao Ling called Zang Yi to discuss with him what to do next. He felt that the thread had already been spun out and it was Zang Yi's turn to ignite the fire.
Zang Yi sighed and said, "Old Zhao, you didn't handle this matter properly."
Zhao Ling asked in confusion: "What's wrong with that? Zhang Xiaoliang is Fang Zhicheng's confidant. If we can control him, it will be very helpful in striking down Fang Zhicheng."
Zang Yi shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Old Zhao, you still underestimate Fang Zhicheng."
Zhao Ling paused and asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Zang Yi said: "Do you think it's so easy to attack Fang Zhicheng? The municipal party committee has Zhang Tianling, the provincial government has Song Wendi, and even at the national level there is Su Qing. Zhang Xiaoliang is very important to Fang Zhicheng, but attacking him will not be a fatal blow to Fang Zhicheng. At most, it will just tickle him."
Zhao Ling sighed and said, "I just came to my senses now."
Zang Yi said: "What you did wrong in this matter is that you did not consider the problem from the perspective of the Municipal Party Committee. You brought disaster from the Provincial Finance Department, and the final impact was not just Zhang Xiaoliang, but the entire Hanzhou. In fact, you indirectly helped Zhang Tianling. He will use this incident to purge the entire Hanzhou officialdom and stabilize his position. And you will have to bear the responsibility of being the bad guy."
Zhao Ling was silent for a moment. He was a smart man, and after being reminded by Zang Yi, he naturally figured out the whole story quickly.
It has to be said that Zhao Liang made a stupid move this time, but the opponent responded very quickly and cleverly took advantage of the opponent's stupid move and turned it into an advantage.
Zhao Ling asked: "What should we do next?"
Zang Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Just wait and see. We have already lost the war of public opinion. The other party has already started to spread news that is unfavorable to you. If you take any action now, it will only give wings to the conspiracy theory and spread faster and more out of control."
Zhao Ling nodded and said, "I know what to do."
After hanging up the phone with Zhao Ling, Zang Yi sighed secretly. In fact, Zhao Ling's move against Zhang Xiaoliang was not a bad move in the strict sense. It was just that Xiaguang's reaction was too calm. They did not cover up, but exposed all the problems to the provincial audit team. This made Xiaguang's behavior appear aboveboard and reduced the responsibility of the person in charge, Zhang Xiaoliang.
As for Zhang Tianling's request to hold the previous supervisor accountable, it was the icing on the cake. Instead of making a small matter seem trivial, it fanned the flames and used the fire to gain an advantage for himself.
At the same time, Zang Yi also deeply felt the powerful strength of Fang Zhicheng's faction in spreading public opinion. In just one day, everyone on the streets was discussing this matter, which put Zhao Liang in a passive position.
From another perspective, Zhao Liang has become the enemy of the entire education system. If you want to reorganize education funding, you can fully utilize the city’s financial supervision and auditing functions. Why should you let the province intervene
Education is a major issue. Although most schools have problems, a small number of schools still handle education funds in accordance with discipline. Now that the provincial finance department has problems with the audit, the education funds allocated to Hanzhou will inevitably be much smaller in the future, which has far-reaching implications.
However, Zang Yi did not put too much energy on these minor fights. Even if Zhao Ling's plan succeeded, it would only scratch the surface and could not kill Fang Zhicheng with one blow. The key was to grasp the core contradiction and make the final decision.
Zang Yi now attaches great importance to the implementation of the industrial manufacturing industry in Xiaguang. Although the resources are abundant, Zang Yi also realizes that any industry has an adaptation process. If it cannot adapt to the local climate and environment, it will eventually fail. Therefore, Zang Yi constantly adjusts the layout of industrial manufacturing in Xiaguang, abandons the old industrial manufacturing industry, and focuses on exploring value in the field of new industrial manufacturing.
The new industrialization road has several characteristics, such as high technological content, good economic benefits, low resource consumption, less environmental pollution, etc. At present, Xiaguang District has no foundation. From a long-term perspective, Zang Yi plans to build a national new industrialization advanced equipment manufacturing demonstration base in Xiaguang.
Once this demonstration base is successfully completed, that will be the time when Zang Yi will defeat Fang Zhicheng from a strategic perspective in Hanzhou.
Chapter 0732: Being too clever
Zhao Ling was too clever for his own good. He wanted to use the financial system to put pressure on Zhang Xiaoliang, but he didn't expect that he would get into trouble instead of succeeding. Now there are rumors in Hanzhou that Zhao Ling has done everything he can to attack his opponent, even disregarding the interests of Hanzhou and exposing his own family scandal.
Most of the cadres in the school have some background, especially those in famous schools. They have been educating people for many years and have accumulated a lot of resources. As a result, the news grew wildly like weeds in the wilderness. Zhao Ling's phone has been bombarded with calls recently, and many people came to plead for mercy. Zhao Ling was a little depressed. He lit a fire, but it didn't burn his opponent, but caught himself off guard.
Of course, this was also caused by someone with ulterior motives. During the more than one year that Zhang Xiaoliang served as deputy district chief, he had already built a huge intelligence network and interpersonal network. Through this network, Zhang Xiaoliang could quickly obtain a lot of information, and at the same time, it would only take a flick of a finger to spread any information he wanted.
However, after experiencing this incident, Zhang Xiaoliang still felt a little scared, because if it weren't for Zhang Tianling from the Municipal Party Committee who went with the flow, Zhang Xiaoliang would probably be held responsible for dereliction of duty because of this incident.
Sitting in Fang Zhicheng's office, Zhang Xiaoliang felt that the atmosphere was a bit tense. He came here to report something, but before he could finish his words, Fang Zhicheng left him aside for about a quarter of an hour. This was unprecedented.
Fang Zhicheng finally got up from his seat, came to the sofa, made some tea, and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Xiaoliang quickly handed the document to Fang Zhicheng and said, "This is the situation of each school. Please take a look."
Fang Zhicheng took it over. Although the audit team from the Provincial Finance Department had left, the matter was not over. The audit team did not deliberately find fault, but the corruption in the education system of Xiaguang District was somewhat shocking. In the schools with problems, almost everyone among the middle-level cadres was corrupt.
The director of the General Affairs Office embezzled the school's administrative funds, the director of the Education Office profited from the school's teaching resources, and the director of the Sports Office frequently reached out for the school's sports equipment funds... They basically took advantage of the situation and did not hesitate to take any profits they could.
In recent years, the salary of teachers in Hanzhou has been improved. Although it is located in the middle of Huaihe River, the salary has been close to that of Huainan area. As early as ten years ago, the salary of teachers may be very low, but it is different now. The salary of teachers is close to that of civil servants, which is much higher than the income of ordinary people. The annual salary is about 40,000 yuan. At the same time, the benefits are very good, and the housing provident fund is much higher than that of ordinary people.