Chapter 227 Private Investigation
The next day, Gao Yanjun sent relevant materials from the education system to Qi Tongwei's office.
Qi Tongwei took a quick look and according to the materials, there are more than 2.4 private teachers in the entire Luteng City, and the annual salary required is million.
Qi Tongwei could conclude that at least more than half of the private teachers at Luteng exceeded the quota. In other words, these people collectively embezzled about 1.2 million yuan.
Qi Tongwei wanted to investigate immediately, but he didn't have time recently, so he had to put it aside for the time being.
He locked the document in a cabinet, preparing to find an opportunity to conduct an inventory of the education system, so that education could return to its essence and funds could be directed toward schools instead of being wasted by corrupt officials.
No one expected that Qi Tongwei had completed the collection of some evidence without making a fuss, but had not yet made the news public.
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On Monday, Qi Tongwei and driver Zhang Jun set out from the city and quietly drove towards Haiquan County.
The urban construction in Haiquan County is almost the same as when Qi Tongwei came last time, with not much development.
Qi Tongwei can understand this. After taking office, he has strictly controlled the review process and will stop some non-essential real estate projects if possible.
The purpose is to invest funds in other important industries, mainly those that will expand employment and increase people's income, such as agricultural product processing.
Haiquan County is not very big. After entering the city, we didn’t walk far before arriving at the county government compound.
Qi Tongwei was not prepared to go in, but decided to go directly to the Madongchuan resettlement site.
When driving past the government gate, Qi Tongwei saw through the glass the government vehicles parked all over the yard.
He remembered that he only found seven or eight cars in total during the last investigation, but how come there are hundreds of cars today?
With doubts, Qi Tongwei rolled down the window, picked up the camera and started taking pictures.
He had a bad feeling as these vehicles were almost all in the names of leading cadres. Even if they were not in their names, the actual ownership belonged to them.
This is the so-called "poor temple, rich abbot" phenomenon, and this phenomenon seems to be a true reflection of the current situation in Haiquan County.
Haiquan County is a backward city, but the county party committee and county government buildings are magnificent and can be regarded as the landmark buildings of the entire county.
There are nearly 100 cars parked in the yard, of various brands and high prices. According to common sense, it is difficult for ordinary leaders to afford such consumption with their normal salary income.
After taking all of this, Qi Tongwei asked Zhang Jun to drive away to avoid being discovered if he stayed too long.
The two then drove towards the Madongchuan immigration settlement.
After getting off the car, Qi Tongwei and Zhang Jun simply put on some makeup to make themselves look more ordinary, and then walked along a path towards the immigration point.
This immigration settlement was planned and built by the government seven or eight years ago. Neat rows of houses stand there, and the appearance is very regular.
When he arrived at the village, Qi Tongwei found two old men playing chess under a big tree. He immediately walked over and greeted them warmly: "Hello, two uncles!"
"Hello too, who are you?"
"Uncle, we are reporters from the provincial newspaper and would like to interview you. Is that okay?"
Hearing this, one of the gray-haired old men raised his head, looked at them in confusion and said, "Interview us? What is there about us that is worth interviewing?"
Qi Tongwei immediately winked at Zhang Jun who was standing beside him, indicating him to go and get something.
Zhang Jun understood what he meant, turned back to the car and took out four packs of cigarettes.
Qi Tongwei took the cigarette, handed it to the two old men, and explained with a smile: "Uncle, may I ask your names?"
"My surname is Zhang, and his surname is Liu." The speaker was an old man with gray hair, and next to him was a fat old man.
"Uncle Zhang, Uncle Liu, we are here to understand the real living conditions of the relocated residents. I heard that all the people here are relocated, so we wanted to interview you."
As he spoke, he solemnly took out a notebook and prepared to take notes.
"Well, these are all immigration relocation sites." For Xiang Yan's sake, the two did not hide anything and prepared to be interviewed.
"My two uncles, could you please tell me about the living conditions of the immigrants after their relocation? How are your houses allocated? How does it compare to before?"
The fat old man surnamed Liu sighed and said, “It’s nothing like before, when every household had their own garden and could grow fruits and vegetables, and the land was close by.
You can see the current situation. There is no extra land to plant gardens, and the distance for people to go out to farm is also a big problem.
Before the relocation, every household had at least three or four rooms, but now, no matter how many people there are in the family, each household can only get two small bungalows.
Worse still, the quality of the houses was not satisfactory. After only seven years, many of them were showing cracks.”
Qi Tongwei asked doubtfully: "Does the government just ignore this?"
The old man surnamed Zhang said, "The government? They run very fast when collecting taxes and fines, but always stay away when encountering problems.
A while ago I went to ask the village party secretary, and the answer I got was that the government would not be responsible and we had to pay for the repairs ourselves.”
Qi Tongwei suppressed his anger and tried to remain calm and said, "So that's how it is. Have you tried to report this to your superiors?"
The old man surnamed Zhang shook his head and sighed, saying, "Report it? Who would dare? We tried it before, but the problem was not solved, and many villagers were imprisoned for a period of time."
"If there is such a thing, you have to tell me about it in detail." Qi Tongwei said with a serious face. This was also the main purpose of his coming here.
"There's nothing to say!" You can tell how resentful the fat old man is from his words.
At this time, Grandpa Zhang said: "At the beginning, we heard that there would be compensation for the land and houses occupied for the construction of the hydropower station, and the compensation amount was not low, so everyone was very happy.
However, when we actually received the compensation, we found that it was far below our expectations and pitifully little.
So, the villagers felt that there must be a problem, and went to the construction team and the government to seek an explanation.
But what we didn’t expect was that the police said that our behavior was illegal and many people went to jail for it.
The most serious incidents were our team leader and accountant, who were seriously injured and cost a lot of money to save. Team leader Chen Jingui even became disabled and still needs crutches to walk."
"After that, did you continue to petition?" Qi Tongwei asked.
The fat old man shook his head helplessly and explained: “No, because they threatened that if anyone continued to petition, then Chen Jingui would be a good example.
Faced with such threats, we really have no choice but to accept the result silently."
"Uncle, can you tell me about the specific compensation for your family?" Qi Tongwei asked.
"What's there to hide? My family's total compensation is 1200 yuan. Old Zhang's family has more land and more people than mine, but the compensation is only 1450 yuan. This is already considered high." The fat old man said indignantly.
"Old Liu, why are you saying this? Be careful or they may come and cause trouble again." The old man surnamed Zhang interrupted the fat old man's complaints.
"Don't worry, sir. I won't let anyone else know that it was you who told me this news." Qi Tongwei promised.
With his promise, the two put aside their worries and told each other the truth about what happened during the relocation.