As soon as these words were spoken, the secretaries of the communes at the front of the line immediately began to clamor in opposition.
The two sides started arguing again.
Song Dongzheng sipped his tea while watching them argue.
The argument lasted until noon, then Song Dongzheng sent everyone back home for lunch. He ignored the disgruntled members of the commune.
These commune secretaries are used to having absolute authority in their respective areas. If you give in to them even once, it will become a habit, and they won't respect their leadership anymore.
This time, he wanted them to see that he would help whoever obeyed his orders and treated him as a leader.
Luo Wei said worriedly, "Boss, I saw some of them go to Secretary Lin's house. It seems they want to ask Secretary Lin for help."
"Go ahead and look for it. It would be even better if you found it," Song Dongzheng said calmly.
On the other side, Secretary Lin was getting a terrible headache from all the nagging. If he had known that the land reclamation would turn out this complicated, he would never have agreed to Song Dongzheng's nonsense in the first place.
He had previously thought that Song Dongzheng simply wanted political achievements, but now it seemed there was more to it than that. This young man had many schemes up his sleeve; he not only wanted political achievements, but also wanted to use them to suppress the communal secretaries below him, and even took the opportunity to incorporate the militia of the communes below into his own ranks.
Before the secretary even realized it, he had quietly taken control of most of the armed forces.
Now that there are more of them, if the commune doesn't carry out the task, they'll just have the militia carry it out, leaving the commune out in the cold.
Secretary Lin felt he needed to do something.
Secondly, he convened a meeting of the county standing committee, mainly to discuss the issue of land reclamation.
Once everyone had arrived, Secretary Lin went straight to the point, saying, "The secretaries of the communes below have a lot of complaints, which shows that our land reclamation decision was wrong and is causing trouble for the communes below. I suggest suspending the land reclamation work and letting the land reclamation teams return to their respective posts."
As soon as Secretary Lin finished speaking, everyone looked at Song Dongzheng.
Song Dongzheng said, "From which commune secretaries did Secretary Lin learn that they had strong opinions? As far as I know, they were very enthusiastic about the land reclamation work. I still have their application forms with me."
“I know, but the communes below are also complaining because they can’t reclaim wasteland in time. Comrade Dongzheng, we must respect the opinions of the people.”
Song Dongzheng took out a piece of paper directly from his notebook, which was covered with his signature.
"Secretary Lin's approach is excellent. We must respect the opinions of the people. Therefore, the public opinion survey document I conducted here regarding yesterday's arrangements shows that those who signed it all agreed with my arrangements yesterday. Our county has twenty-three communes, and twelve of them have agreed. I think this can be considered as respecting the opinions of the people."
Secretary Lin: "..."
No one expected that Song Dongzheng was so well-prepared. The appearance of this public opinion poll made Secretary Lin speechless.
Looking at Secretary Lin's flushed face, Song Dongzheng smiled gently. Fortunately, Comrade Su liked to conduct public opinion polls, and he remembered that, which is why he was so well prepared this time.
The data is the most powerful proof that Comrade Su's argument is valid.
Secretary Lin, barely managing to stay awake, said, "Even so, we must consider the feelings of the grassroots cadres."
Song Dongzheng said seriously, "Secretary Lin and I disagree. Without rules, there can be no order. Serving the people cannot be taken lightly. If we follow their example, where whoever has the loudest voice is powerful, what's the point of having an organization? It's just like those bandits and warlords of the old society. As a grassroots organization under the organization, I strongly oppose those who disobey the arrangements of the higher-ups and even try to sabotage them. If everyone follows suit, how can we carry out our work, and how can we implement the policies issued by the Central Committee in the future? I suggest that those comrades who resolutely disobey the county's arrangements and attempt to sabotage be punished. Those who are seriously disobedient should be expelled from the organization."
All members: "..."
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