PFC Chapter 22 Gao Yuliang's Thoughts
Chapter 22 Gao Yuliang's Thoughts
A short while later, Chen Yanshi and Wang Fuzhen returned after their walk.
"Uncle Chen, Aunt Wang!"
Qi Tongwei quickly greeted him.
"Tongwei's here. How's work? Are you settling in?"
Chen Yanshi asked, "I'm very happy that Qi Tongwei came to visit me."
However, he was worried that Qi Tongwei would not be able to endure the hardships of working at the grassroots level and would come to him to ask for a job transfer.
"It's alright, I can adapt!"
Qi Tongwei said that he knew what Chen Yanshi was worried about, and he did not expect Chen Yanshi to help him get a job transfer.
If he asked Chen Yanshi for help in transferring jobs, Chen Yanshi would refuse without hesitation.
Chen Yang's request was useless, let alone Qi Tongwei's.
Chen Yanshi would only think that he couldn't endure hardship, had no patience, and was incapable of handling heavy responsibilities, and would look down on him even more.
Moreover, compared to Chen Yanshi, Wang Fuzhen despises Qi Tongwei even more, and might spread the word.
His reputation for being unable to endure hardship would then spread throughout Jingzhou and then throughout the officialdom of Handong.
"Tongwei, what brings you to Jingzhou this time?"
Wang Fuzhen asked, "I'm happy that Qi Tongwei came to visit us, but if Qi Tongwei asks us for help, then we definitely won't do it."
"I came to Jingzhou to buy some rapeseed from the College of Agriculture at Handong University... and also to visit my parents!"
Qi Tongwei gave a brief explanation.
"I never imagined that the Yantai mountain area was so backward. It seems that we cadres still have a lot of work to do!"
Chen Yanshi said that he originally wanted to tell Qi Tongwei that he could come to him if he had any difficulties at work in the future, but he was afraid that Qi Tongwei would bother him too often.
As time went on, it became impossible for him to keep his distance from Qi Tongwei.
"Yes!"
Qi Tongwei said that he wanted to say to Uncle Chen, "Can you help Gushanling Township?" but he swallowed the words back.
If you encounter difficulties at work, try to solve them yourself first. Only ask others for help if you really can't solve them.
Otherwise, you will only make yourself weak, unable to overcome difficulties, and unable to develop your abilities.
At the same time, it will leave Chen Yanshi with the impression that he is incapable of doing great things.
After saying goodbye to Chen Yanshi, Wang Fuzhen, and Chen Hai, Qi Tongwei went to Gao Yuliang's house.
"Teacher Gao, Teacher Wu!"
Upon entering, Qi Tongwei immediately greeted everyone and then put down what he was carrying.
"Tongwei, you're here, why did you bring anything?"
Gao Yuliang looked displeased. Yantaishan County was already the most backward place in Handong, not to mention Gushanling Township where Qi Tongwei lived.
In such a backward and impoverished place, the treatment must be poor.
Qi Tongwei had just started working and had no money to buy things, so Gao Yuliang was worried that Qi Tongwei would go astray.
"Teacher Gao, this is just a little bit of Yantai Mountain specialty, for you and Teacher Wu to try."
Qi Tongwei said that this was a small token of his appreciation from his student.
"Alright then. By the way, how's your work in Gushanling Township?"
After hearing this, Gao Yuliang's expression returned to normal; he couldn't really refuse his student's kind offer.
"These past three months have been spent learning from experienced colleagues. After all, I'm a complete novice, and I need to systematically learn agricultural techniques."
However, Gushanling Township is too backward and poor. They only pay half a year's salary. I only received one month's salary after working for three months.
After three months of study, I found that the agricultural technology promotion in Gushanling Township was not very effective. I plan to promote vegetable planting so that the people can have enough to eat.
The grain yield of ordinary people is already low. After paying the grain tax and the three levies and five unified taxes, there is simply not enough left to eat.
"My purpose in coming to Jingzhou this time is to purchase some vegetable seeds suitable for planting in Gushanling Township from the College of Agriculture of Handong University."
Qi Tongwei gave a detailed introduction to his work and the purpose of his visit to Jingzhou.
"Tongwei, your idea is good. Only when the people have enough to eat can we talk about other things."
However, you can't just focus on growing vegetables. After all, vegetables are just a supplementary food; the staple food is still grain.
Your primary task is to find ways to help the people increase grain production so that they can have enough to eat.
As for the backwardness and poverty of Gushanling Township, it is only temporary.
We must dare to face difficulties head-on, overcome them, and find ways to develop Gushanling Township.
Don't complain about working in a township; working at the grassroots level will greatly improve your skills.
Also, if there's anything I can help with, just let me know, and I'll do my best to assist if I can!
Gao Yuliang earnestly explained that, according to Qi Tongwei's introduction, Gushanling Township was even more backward and impoverished than imagined.
He was genuinely worried that the proud and arrogant Qi Tongwei would be unable to withstand the setback and would give up, becoming complacent, neglecting his work, or even going astray.
"Okay, thank you for your guidance, Professor Gao!"
Qi Tongwei said that he understood Gao Yuliang's meaning: work should be divided into primary and secondary tasks, and his primary task was to promote agricultural technology.
Vegetable farming can indeed help people fill their stomachs, but it only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause. After all, the prerequisite for being full is having enough rice, not enough vegetables.
Of course, eating more vegetables is good for your health.
In addition, Qi Tongwei should not have any objections to the work assignments, as grassroots work is a good opportunity to train people and will be beneficial to Qi Tongwei's future.
Qi Tongwei was naturally aware of this, as many high-ranking officials in later generations had worked in rural towns.
Many senior officials are required to have grassroots work experience when they are promoted.
Of course, his starting point was higher than Qi Tongwei's.
We both started from the township level, but others became township heads or secretaries right away, or at least party committee members (leaders) or deputy township heads, unlike me who had to start from the probationary period.
Qi Tongwei knew that Gao Yuliang was worried that he would not be able to endure the hardships at the grassroots level and would choose to fight to the death by exposing Liang Lu's suppression of him.
This would affect his chances of entering officialdom.
Gao Yuliang has already been noticed by Liang Qunfeng, who plans to transfer him out of Handong University and into the officialdom.
Once Qi Tongwei exposes Liang Lu's suppression of him, Liang Qunfeng will be greatly affected.
Liang Qunfeng's anger will definitely affect Gao Yuliang, thus cutting off his chances of being transferred to officialdom.
Gao Yuliang loved the history of the Ming Dynasty and idolized Zhang Juzheng. He had long aspired to a career in officialdom and wanted to make a name for himself there.
Gao Yu wanted Qi Tongwei to experience the difficulties and setbacks at the grassroots level and to receive sufficient training.
He gradually demonstrated his abilities and became his right-hand man in the future.
Qi Tongwei was his most outstanding student, but also had the worst background, so naturally he would rely on him.
Gao Yuliang is the director of the Department of Political Science and Law at Handong University, with an administrative rank of full division chief. If he were transferred to the officialdom, he would at least be a deputy division chief in a substantive position.
With Liang Qunfeng's nomination, he would likely be transferred to the level of a full-fledged division chief, or even further promoted to the level of a deputy provincial-level official.
With Liang Qunfeng's support from above and Qi Tongwei's achievements below, the future is limitless.
Gao Yuliang had both public and private motives regarding Qi Tongwei's case.
Although Qi Tongwei was aware of these things, he would pretend not to know them.
This is more in line with his image as a country boy.
Qi Tongwei would not rely on Gao Yuliang as his patron unless Gao Yuliang got involved with another leader.
However, given the current situation, Gao Yuliang will definitely get involved with Liang Qunfeng.
He knew that his conflict with the Liang family was not easy to resolve, so he could only try his best not to affect Gao Yuliang's promotion.
After chatting at Gao Yuliang's house for a while, Qi Tongwei took his leave.
The next day, Qi Tongwei went to the teachers at the College of Agriculture of Handong University and bought rapeseed.
After listening to Qi Tongwei's story, the teachers from the College of Agriculture expressed that the College of Agriculture of Handong University was very supportive of the development of the township and donated a lot of vegetable seeds. Qi Tongwei thanked them repeatedly.
After leaving Handong University, Qi Tongwei bought some raw chestnuts and then returned to Yantaishan.