In the officialdom, there have always been only Section Chief Nie, Director Nie, and even Mayor Nie, Minister Nie, but there is absolutely no title of Director Nie. Even all people with the surname Nie do not like the position of "Director".

The people below came to do their business and said respectfully, "Hello, evil beast, chief"; colleagues at the same level met and said hello: "Good beast, it's early!"

No matter how you call this title, it will make me feel uncomfortable and feel that others are scolding me.

Similarly, if it is a mayor surnamed Fu, he will definitely not want others to call him "Mayor Fu". It sounds like he is the deputy mayor. If he happens to meet a deputy mayor surnamed Zheng, the joke will be even bigger.

Zeng Yi decided to go to the Provincial Finance Department to go to the financial funds himself. This money was originally what Fengqing County should get. The daily operation of Fengqing County is entirely supported by the financial funds. Now the Provincial Department does not issue it, so you have to give a reason!

Bao Qifan quickly prepared what he wanted to bring to the Provincial Finance Department. In addition to the necessary procedures and documents, he also brought a whole truck of local specialties, and also brought all the cash he could bring in the office account, with a total of more than 100,000 yuan. Now he has to go to the top to get some money, and he lacks the necessary lubricant. How can this be done?

Zeng Yi went out and saw the local specialties of the car. He just frowned slightly, but said nothing, and turned around to his own car.

This time, Secretary Liu Xiang did not follow him, and Bao Qifan was responsible for the whole escort. He naturally got into the co-pilot seat, and the car drove out of the county government compound and headed towards the highway intersection.

When the car got on the highway, Zeng Yi took out the phone, dialed a number, and then smiled and said, "Director Gao? I am Xiao Zeng from Fengqing County!"

Zeng Yi called Gao Zijie, executive deputy director of the Provincial Department of Finance. He met Gao Zijie when the provincial county economic work meeting last time. Afterwards, Gao Zijie called Zeng Yi several times and asked Zeng Yi to do business in the provincial capital, he must contact him. Everyone sat down and have a drink to talk about the past.

Gao Zijie was extremely happy when he received a call from Zeng Yi and said, "It's Xiao Zeng, it's rare for you to call me!"

Zeng Yi smiled and said, "I am going to the province today. I want to invite Director Gao to have a meal tonight. I wonder if you have time?"

"If someone else says this, I will definitely have no time, but Xiao Zeng, you have spoken. Even if I turn down all social engagements, I must enjoy the glory!" Gao Zijie laughed.

Zeng Yi said, "Then after I arrive at the provincial capital, will I go to the department to find you?"

Gao Zijie thought for a moment, nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, after you arrive, call me! I will arrange the evening matter. If old friends in the provincial capital have time, please come here and get together. Xiao Zeng, what do you think?"

Zeng Yi knew that Gao Zijie's so-called "old friend" must refer to Gu Di, but even if Gao Zijie didn't mention it, Zeng Yi had to contact Gu Di when he arrived at the provincial capital. Moreover, this time the financial funds were in question, so he could not ask Gao Zijie for help. Zeng Yi said happily: "I listen to Director Gao! I haven't seen President Gu for a long time. I'll contact you later to strive for a gathering in the evening."

Gao Zijie was even happier when he saw Zeng Yi being happy and said, "You Xiao Zeng! Then let's say that right. Don't snatch me about paying the bill tonight!"

"Let Director Gao spend money. Why are you so embarrassed? Or..." Zeng Yi said with a smile.

"It's settled,! Just call me when you get there!" Gao Zijie laughed and hung up the phone, without giving Zeng Yi any chance to be polite.

Bao Qifan sat in the passenger seat, his expression on his face did not change at all, but he thought about it. County Magistrate Zeng was calling Director Gao. Was it to Deputy Director Gao of the Finance Department? This is very likely. This time he went to the Provincial Finance Department to pay the finances. County Magistrate Zeng could not find any other relationship. There was only one director named Gao, that is Executive Vice President Gao Zijie.

Thinking of this, Bao Qifan's heart began to be overwhelmed. No wonder County Mayor Zeng always looked like he was sitting firmly on Diaoyutai. It turned out that he had such a hard relationship with the Provincial Finance Department!

Thinking of Zeng Yi's previous performance, Bao Qifan was sure that the reason why County Mayor Zeng reported to Zhang Zhongming and held a meeting of the Standing Committee was to understand the situation before taking action!

Ge Shirong is afraid that he will be in trouble this time, and maybe he will also implicate the deputy director named Nie and will be finished!

Bao Qifan sat there, Adam's apple stirred back and forth a few times, and was very excited. He had long been looking forward to Ge Shirong's misfortune, but what was even more excited was that he did not expect County Mayor Zeng to be so strong in his connections. He heard it very clearly just now. Director Gao wanted to "spend money" to invite County Mayor Zeng to dinner.

This was something that I could not imagine. Last time Bao Qifan followed the previous County Magistrate Liu to the Finance Department to do business. He had seen that situation. However, he saw a deputy director of the Treasury Department. County Magistrate Liu had no place to sit when entering the door, so he could only stand and talk. His back never stood up, but in the end the matter was not done yet.

Not to mention the county magistrate, even those mayors who are not strong in the backstage will not be much better when they arrive at the Finance Department.

A small deputy director is so awesome, let alone those deputy directors and directors. Usually, if they want to come down, the city must raise the level to receive it. All the Standing Committee members need to greet them at the intersection of the expressway, but they may not be able to invite them down.

Now, Gao Zijie actually wanted to invite a small county magistrate to dinner. What does this mean? It shows that County Mayor Zeng’s energy in the province is far from being the only one with Vice Governor Chen Weimin, a backer. Unless he is a vice governor who has been detained by the Standing Committee and other ordinary vice governors, he usually meets the director of the real power of the Finance Department, he must be polite.

Gao Zijie may be able to curry favor with Chen Weimin, but Chen Weimin's face is not as great as that Gao Zijie wants to curry favor with even County Mayor Zeng.

This shows that County Mayor Zeng’s backstage must be higher than Chen Weimin’s position. Except for those standing committee members in the province, there will be no one else! Thinking of this, Bao Qifan’s heart couldn’t help but become eager. This time he really found a good boss!

More than two hours later, the car arrived in Yunhai City, the provincial capital. Zeng Yi did not delay and ordered the car with local specialties to go to the provincial office to wait for the time being. He led Bao Qifan to the Finance Department.

The building of the Provincial Department of Finance is very simple. It is an old-style building. From the outside, it is impossible to see any wealth and awesomeness. Moreover, the cars parked in front of the building are not of high quality. Most of them are domestic cars with small displacement. Except for those obvious Audis, there are almost no imported cars.

After Zeng Yi got off the car, he shook his head. The richer the department, the more he had to pretend to be poor. This has almost become a common practice. From the outside, who can know that this is the office building of the Finance Department. This is the case in Dongjiang and Nanjiang. When Zeng Yi was in Nanjiang, he also ran over the Finance Department. It was also a dilapidated old building, the building of the Health Department. It is many times more generous than it.

After entering the building and asking about the place, Zeng Yi took Bao Qifan to the fourth floor and found the office door of Nie Guozhi, deputy director of the Treasury Department.

Bao Qifan saw Zeng Yi's attitude and knew what Zeng Yi was here to do. He was here to find fault and wanted to slap Ge Shirong's relatives in the Finance Department to death.

It may be a bit troublesome to deal with Ge Shirong, after all, the city cannot get around that hurdle, and there is no definite evidence of violations of laws and regulations. But it is much easier to deal with Nie Guozhi, and deliberately detain the financial funds of Fengqing County. This is a ready-made handle. As long as you deal with Nie Guozhi, Ge Shirong will find other relatives to do business next time, I believe he will be rejected, because the price of helping you, Ge Shirong is too high!

No one is so stupid that he can't get along with his future.

"May I ask, is this Director Nie Guozhi's office?"

Zeng Yi knocked on the office door a few times. The door was half open. You could see a middle-aged man in his forties inside. He was fat, big-headed, red-faced, and lying on the desk playing with a cell phone.

Hearing the sound, the man raised his head, looked at the door, and found that it was a young man, so he turned his gaze back to his cell phone, and said, "Who are you?"

Zeng Yi knew that this person must be Nie Guozhi. He stepped in and said, "I am the acting county magistrate of Fengqing County Zeng Yi. I want to consult Director Guozhi for information on the payment of financial funds."

"oh?"

Nie Guozhi put down his cell phone, looked up and looked at Zeng Yi carefully. Is this the baby county magistrate that Ge Shirong kept talking about? It turns out that he was so young that he was unreasonable!

"What's your problem?"

Nie Guozhi stood up and leaned against the back of the chair, while his right finger was playing rhythmically on the table, like playing an exquisite piano, full of arrogance and full of carelessness.

Bao Qifan stood behind Zeng Yi and looked around. The decorations here were exactly the same as a year ago. There was a sofa set against the wall, but Nie Guozhi did not ask County Mayor Zeng to sit down and speak.

"According to the previous practice, the seventh day of this month should be the day when the fiscal funds are received, but to this day, the fiscal funds are still not received. The county is still waiting for the money to pay salaries to cadres and employees!" Zeng Yi said.

"Is there such a thing?" Nie Guozhi asked knowingly, "As long as the budget department approves it, our treasury payment center will definitely pay it on time. Why don't you go to the budget department to ask about the situation."

Nie Guozhi made a move, and he knew the specific situation best. The Budget Department had already approved it, but he said hello specifically and deducted the money from Fengqing County without paying it. He and Ge Shirong were classmates from the Party School many years ago. Ge Shirong was a classmate of the Longwo Township Coal Mine and was willing to invest in Nie Guozhi. When Nie Guozhi fought for the deputy director of the key department of the Treasury Department, Ge Shirong also did his best.

This time, in order to rectify Zeng Yi, Ge Shirong asked Nie Guozhi to come again, and brought many benefits, which made Nie Guozhi unable to refuse.

Zeng Yi said: "The budget is on the third floor. We have already asked when we came up."

"Since the budget office has approved it, then go back and wait!" Nie Guozhi said unhappily: "The province can still lose the money from Fengqing County, so just wait patiently, the money will always be available!"

Zeng Yi said: "Tomorrow is the day when the county pays wages. If the salary cannot be paid, if it starts to make trouble, it will be a big deal."

Nie Guozhi was even more unhappy. He heard the threatening meaning in Zeng Yi's words and thought to himself that you can't pay your salary. That's because you are incompetent, you are fighting in your own internal struggle. He has nothing to do with me. He said: "Who has no difficulties? I'll find some solutions to solve them yourself! There are nearly 100 counties in the province, and our Treasury Department has only a few people in order to pay you timely financial funds. The cadres in the department have not been closed for several days and nights. No matter how great your difficulties are, can you still be bigger than in the hall?"

Bao Qifan thought to himself that you are bullshit. Other counties have distributed them on time, but Fengqing County, you can’t free up manpower, let alone the manpower is really not enough. It seems that you, Director Nie, are just playing with your mobile phone in the office!

"Director Nie, can you give me an accurate time?" Zeng Yi looked at Nie Guozhi. "We can't just wait like this, right? Besides, when I go back like this, I can't explain to the cadres and masses in the county."

Nie Guozhi slapped the table and stood up. He was stimulated by Zeng Yi's words "Director Nie". ***, and he dared to scold me. He pointed to the door with a big hand and shouted: "Go out! There is no need to explain to you the work of our Treasury Department. Let you go back and wait! Stop talking nonsense!"

In normal times, Bao Qifan could only be angry when he heard this, but he had to be cautious. But today he was very calm, and said that he was the one with Nie. You are not far from death.

Zeng Yi wanted to say another word, but the phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Gao Zijie's call, so Zeng Yi picked it up.

"Xiao Zeng, where have you been?" Gao Zijie asked with a smile. "Do you want to send someone to pick you up?"

"No need to be so troublesome! I have arrived, and there is something to do. Go to the Treasury Department to handle it..." Zeng Yi said.

Before he finished speaking, Nie Guozhi slapped the table again and shouted: "Go out! You grassroots cadres like you are just not qualified. Is this where you answer the phone? You should answer the phone and go to the corridor. Don't affect my work here!"

Gao Zijie frowned on the phone. He had already heard Nie Guozhi's voice. He was angry at the time, "You Nie Guozhi, I'm trying hard to curry favor with others, but you kid are making a fuss about my position. You are so brave."

"Xiao Zeng, wait a moment, I'll come and see the situation!" After that, Gao Zijie hung up the phone.

Zeng Yi put away the phone, but did not go out. Instead, he looked at Director Nie Guozhi and said, "Director Nie, if you really disturb your work, I apologize to you! But I am very puzzled. Is it not a normal job for Director Nie to receive comrades at the grassroots level, and serving mobile phones is one of Director Nie's work content?"

"presumptuous!"

Nie Guozhi pointed at Zeng Yi with one hand, trembling all over. He was completely angry. Zeng Yi deliberately called the title of "Director Nie" twice in a row, and questioned his work style. This is really outrageous. After entering my yamen, I will have the final say. I have no right to question it. I said that playing with mobile phones is a job, and that is a job. When will it be your turn to talk to the local buns from the county?

"Mr. Zeng, I will tell you now that the financial funds of Fengqing County will be verified one by one. If you make a mistake, you will have to send them back to the budget office to re-issue. When will you calculate when you will be distributed, and when your attitude will be corrected, come to me again!"

"cough!"

A cough came from the door, and then Gao Zijie's figure appeared at the door.

"Director Gao!"

Nie Guozhi looked angry before. After hearing this cough, he suddenly changed drastically. His face instantly had a bright smile. He took two steps under his feet and walked out from behind the desk. He arrived at the door as soon as possible, then lowered his legs and stood respectfully in front of Gao Zijie, half bent down, and said with a flattering smile: "Hello, Director Gao, welcome to check the work!"

Gao Zijie frowned in displeasure, walked past Nie Guozhi, then changed into a warm smile, stretched out his hand to Zeng Yi, and said, "Xiao Zeng, when you come, you will sit directly at me, and you will make all the tea for you! There is a mess below. Tell me something, I'll just have someone do it."

"ah!"

Nie Guozhi exclaimed, Could it be that the call that the kid answered just now was actually Director Gao? Director Gao also made tea and waited for the kid to go upstairs to drink? This... how is this possible!

"The county's finance funds should be arrived on the seventh day, but it was not yet here. When I went upstairs, I thought about coming over to ask about the situation. It's not easy to bother you, Director Gao." Zeng Yi held Gao Zijie's hand and smiled and "reported" a lawsuit.

Gao Zijie looked back at Nie Guozhi with an extremely serious expression and said, "Director Nie, please explain!"

"This..." Nie Guozhi didn't know how to explain it. He clenched his hands tightly and pressed them on his thighs so that he would not tremble. He could call himself Director Nie, but he had no temper at all when he called him.

Gao Zijie then raised his hands behind his back and said to the secretary who followed him: "It seems that Director Nie can't explain clearly. You go and invite the comrades from the Budget Office to explain together!"

"Director Gao, no need... really no need!" Nie Guozhi waved his hand quickly. When the person from the Budget Office came, would it still be his own fault? He shuddered and said, "This is the thing. Fengqing County's funding plan has some minor problems. I have verified it myself. It's a bit misunderstanding. I was about to explain it to the comrades in Fengqing County."

"Is that true?" Gao Zijie snorted coldly, saying, "If you have any specific problems, please explain it now!"

How could Gao Zijie not see Nie Guozhi's plan? But he did not plan to let Nie Guozhi go. With Zeng Yi's energy, he had many ways to ask for this money. Today, he came to Nie Guozhi deliberately. Is this not clear? This was caused by accusing him of a criminal. If he could not give a satisfactory explanation, he would never think about the county of Governor Gu. Gao Zijie would not be able to figure out which side is more important.

"Yes...yes..." Nie Guozhi's forehead was sweating. Director Gao's attitude was obviously to pursue it to the end. He just wanted to think of an excuse, but he couldn't fool him.

Bao Qifan was so excited that he saw it. County Magistrate Zeng's energy was indeed great and strong. Nie Guozhi, who was still arrogant just now, was about to lose his own protection in a blink of an eye.

"The department repeatedly said that the work and stability of the grassroots level must not be affected by the payment of fiscal funds. You, Nie Guozhi, are so brave, you actually treat the instructions in the department as an insult!" Gao Zijie was too lazy to look at Nie Guozhi again, and did not want to listen to his lies that were made up without nutrition. He directly said to the secretary: "You go and find Director Yang. This time, the department will participate in the skill training list and add Director Nie. I think he needs to study hard!"

Nie Guozhi's legs were weak at that time. He knew very well what Gao Zijie's decision meant, but he only participated in the skills training. Now Gao Zijie sent him to it, so he obviously wanted to take down himself. After participating in the skills training, he might have to work in the archives office where the birds cannot lay eggs or the veteran cadre department.

The real power department of the Finance Department is the Budget Department and the Treasury Department, which is the core of the core. In order to win this position, Nie Guozhi spent a lot of money. If he really went to the Leng Yamen, he would be completely finished and he would not be able to withstand this result.

"Gao Hall...Gao Hall, I was wrong. Please give me another chance,!" Nie Guozhi's spirit suddenly collapsed and he begged for mercy at Gao Zijie. Without saying a few words, his tears and snot came down.
To be continued...