Seeing Zhao Jie putting the briefcase on the table with a smile, Li Lin just felt funny in his heart.

He drank his tea calmly and looked at the "fool" in front of him calmly.

Without even opening it, Li Lin had already guessed what was in the bag.

Oh~

Promoting a cadre is such a normal job, why must it be based on interests?

If anyone can buy an official position with money, what would our government be like now?

Can a group of fools do things for the people?

Are all those promoted a bunch of vampires?

Will ordinary people still trust such a government?

The social atmosphere has long been corrupted by these people who bought official positions with money!

In official circles, money is definitely not everything!

Money may help you make more friends, but it can never change your destiny!

Even if you get to the top with money, sooner or later you will come down because of money!

Li Lin was immediately extremely disappointed with Zhao Jie.

Zhao Jie didn't feel anything strange at all. He carefully pushed the briefcase in front of Li Lin, smiled and said, "Secretary...this is something my father asked me to bring to you. He knows that you are currently working in the city and haven't bought a house yet. I hope these things can help you relieve some of the pressure in your life."

Zhao Jie was smart enough. He didn't say explicitly that this was money, nor did he say that he gave the money to Li Lin. He pushed all the blame on his father, a retired cadre... In this way, even if Li Lin didn't accept it, he was rejecting his father's kindness. He wouldn't be too embarrassed, nor would he have a falling out with Li Lin because of the money.

He is an old man, and he is also a senior cadre in the county. How could he have any bad intentions?

"Secretary, that's all I have to say. I won't waste your time..."

After saying that, Zhao Jie stood up and was about to leave.

Li Lin stopped him and said, "Wait a minute."

Zhao Jie looked back in surprise, only to see Li Lin reaching out to pick up the briefcase on the table and unzipping it in front of him.

Zhao Jie hurriedly stopped him, "Secretary, I... wait until I leave before you take a look, there's nothing inside... Secretary Li..."

But it's too late.

Li Lin had already taken out two stacks of cash from his bag and placed them on the table.

He looked at the flustered Zhao Jie with a smile on his face and said, "Two hundred thousand... You really think too highly of me."

"Secretary, I... I don't mean anything else. I know you are honest and you still live in the old house in the county. This money is from my father's frugal life. I... I just treat you as a friend and want to do my best to help you... Secretary, don't think too much..."

Zhao Jie was extremely panicked. If he took out the money in front of others, the nature of the matter would change. Li Lin now only needed to make a phone call to the Discipline Inspection Commission and his life would be over.

Li Lin did not get angry. He looked at Zhao Jie calmly as he tried to defend himself.

He smiled and began to calculate. "Commissioner Zhao, if we calculate based on the level of a section chief and add in all the subsidies, my monthly salary is only about 4,000 yuan, or 50,000 to 60,000 yuan a year. This 200,000 yuan is equivalent to my salary for three or four years..."

"These two hundred thousand are indeed very tempting for an ordinary cadre like me who has no family background... Do you think that as long as you spend money, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished? Do you think that all cadres in our party are greedy for money and will have no future if they don't spend money to buy their way out?"

Zhao Jie was stunned, and an expression of shame immediately appeared on his face. He lowered his head, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

Li Lin continued, "Your father is an old cadre in the county, and you are also a second-generation official. You joined the army after graduating from junior high school. After you retired, you asked someone to find a connection to be assigned to a township position. In just a few years, you went from an ordinary employee to a member of the township party committee. Your life is smooth sailing, making those civil servants who got in through their own efforts envious, but they can only stare blankly...

How did you get your job? How did you get your official position? Do you think I don't know anything? You may think that there is nothing that can't be done with money, but I tell you today that it is impossible for me, Li Lin, to do so!"

Seeing Li Lin's serious face, Zhao Jie panicked. He begged in tears, "Secretary Li, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong. I didn't mean to look down on you, let alone insult your personality. I know that you are upright and honest and are a role model for our young cadres... As for promotion, just pretend that I have never met you. I will obey all arrangements made by the organization, even if you transfer me back to the county to take up a sinecure! I will accept it!"

"Stop flattering me, I can't stand it!" Li Lin tapped the tea table and scolded.

Zhao Jie's body trembled, and he immediately became weak like a deflated ball.

Li Lin changed the subject and said, "To tell you the truth, I had planned to recommend you to the county as the deputy secretary of the township party committee. Even if you didn't come to see me today and didn't tell me your demands, I would have recommended you according to my own ideas. But what you did today made me feel very disappointed and scared!"

"If you spend 200,000 yuan here today and get promoted to the position of deputy secretary as you wish, will you still think about how to earn the 200,000 yuan back while you are in office in the future?"

Zhao Jie waved his hands quickly and said, "No, no, this money is earned by my father from business after retirement. It is absolutely clean, and I have never thought of using improper means to make money... Secretary, please believe me for once."

Believe you?

You're still being stubborn!

Li Lin frowned slightly and continued to question, "Do you know what I'm thinking now? If you become the deputy secretary of the Weishui Township Organization Department, you will be in charge of the party members and party branches in dozens of villages, big and small... If you can buy an official position with money, then those party members in the village who want to be a branch secretary will have to pay tribute to you, right?"

"If ordinary people who don't meet the requirements want to become party members, can they join the party as long as they are given some money?"

"Let me ask you again, the village party committee secretaries earn 2,000 yuan a month, and the party committee members earn 1,800 yuan a month. They still have to make a living, so where do you expect them to get the money to pay tribute to you? In the end, won't it all be passed on to the people? Do they have to charge them several hundred yuan in agency fees to apply for a minimum living allowance?"

"Those disabled households and those receiving minimum living allowances only earn a few dollars a year. Do you have the nerve to allow your officials to force them to pay?"

"It looks like you are giving me money today, but how much do you have to extort from those poor people to collect the two hundred thousand?"

"Do you know how I feel when I see all this money on the table?"

"This is not money, this is blood! The blood flowing from the veins of thousands of needy people in our Weishui Township!"

Li Lin stood up angrily, his expression serious and he spoke sternly.

He was not a person who liked to lecture his subordinates, but when he thought about how many of the cadres in Weishui Township were like Zhao Jie who had no bottom line for their own future, his heart ached...