Chapter 101 Grassroots Organization
"We need to further strengthen the areas that are not enough!" Tao Donglai has already thought of a way: "Haven't the batch of Ming army soldiers we captured been distributed to these two communes now that they have been released? Find some of them from among them. Come out smarter and give regular reports to new members. Remembering the hardships and remembering the sweets, you realize that good times are hard to come by. ”
"It's possible." Ning Qi immediately agreed with Tao Donglai's idea: "Having the personal experience of people who have experienced it is definitely more useful than letting them take a casual look at the labor camp. I think it can even be done directly It would be good to select someone who has been better reformed from the labor camp to give the report, like the little devil who has been following Ren Liang all day long.”
"You mean Takahashi Minami? That guy is indeed a good supervisor. After Ren Liang promoted him, the labor efficiency of the labor camp could not be improved compared to before. But it is said that the guy was also quite ruthless. Akira and the Japanese also It's a little better. Those Southeast Asian monkeys have been tortured a lot. I chatted with Ren Liang for a while during dinner yesterday. Almost half of the Southeast Asian monkeys captured last time were dead. It is estimated that many of them were killed by the little devils. Killed." Yan Chujie made no secret of his deep hostility towards those thin and dark-skinned Southeast Asians.
"How does this little devil speak Chinese? If the members can't understand what he says, it's useless to invite him to give a report." Gu Kai was a little worried about Ning Qi's suggestion.
Ning Qi smiled and said: "Don't worry, this kid has been imitating Ren Liang's Mandarin since he entered the labor camp, and he also knows a little Hainan Mandarin. Now his accent is more standard than the students in the literacy class I teach. Let's make a report. It shouldn’t be a big problem, but someone needs to help check the general direction to prevent him from talking nonsense.”
"Speaking of which, how should we determine the severity of the punishment in today's case?" Seeing that the topic was getting further and further away, Gu Kai quickly brought up the business again: "According to the rules we set before, if you fight in the commune, you will be sentenced to labor reform according to the seriousness of the case. One month to half a year, but when this rule was formulated, no one thought it would kill anyone. What should we do now? Should we extend the labor camp period or kill someone to pay for it?”
"I suggest not to impose the death penalty easily. This may cause dissatisfaction among the members." Ning Qi first expressed his opinion.
"I also think it is better not to impose the death penalty, but if we do not impose the death penalty, will this cause people to doubt our law enforcement efforts?" Yan Chujie raised a new question.
"As for the scale of punishment, I think we should think about it from another angle." Tao Donglai slowly expressed his opinion: "We have to consider the recognition of the members of the society. If they think that we have nothing to do with the Ming government, If there is legal authority, then whether it is a death sentence or a sentence of forced labor, there won't be much of a problem. And if they don't agree with this, then any sentence we make will be questioned. In this case. Only then will we need to consider adjusting the penalty scale to gain public approval, and these members of the farm commune obviously belong to the former. I think there is no need to worry so much. When the case is clear, the sentence will be whatever it is."
"That's great, brother!" Gu Kai agreed very much with his cousin's statement: "Then I will refer to the draft criminal law for sentencing?"
"You are a professional, so act according to your professional opinion."
After lunch time, the public trial continued. The last few remaining people were seriously injured and could only lie down to listen to the trial. One of them was even in shock due to excessive blood loss and could not be heard at all. After quickly completing the trial of all prisoners, Gu Kai quickly announced the penalty decision.
The five leaders of the trouble were all sentenced to life-long labor camps, but one of them died during the fight, and three others were seriously injured. Only one guy with minor injuries was unlucky enough to be sent to a labor camp immediately. Other prisoners were sentenced to a minimum of one month and a maximum of six months of labor reform, depending on their degree of participation. The sentence was pronounced and executed immediately. The security guards came up and took these people away. They will spend the night in the labor camp. Of course, as for the labor points and labor grades they had previously obtained, according to the commune management regulations, they were all reset to zero.
There were relatives of these people crying softly among the people who were observing the trial, but no one came forward to complain about injustice or express dissatisfaction with the sentence. This was consistent with Tao Donglai's judgment beforehand. These people have basically acquiesced in the local authority of the Chuan Chuan Zong, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with the Chuan Chuan Zong replacing the Yamen of the Ming Dynasty in deciding cases.
The matter does not end here. In order to avoid hidden dangers afterwards, all the family members of the new immigrants who participated in the fight were also moved out of the farm commune, and they will be resettled in the salt farm commune. As for what happened here and the decision to deal with it, the executive committee must also promptly inform the Saltworks Commune to avoid similar conflicts there again. This sudden incident made the Executive Committee realize that there are still various contradictions in the current seemingly calm situation, and the management crisis caused by the importation of a large number of people in a short period of time is gradually emerging. Most members of the public are assigned to work in technical positions, and there are relatively few people engaged in civil affairs management. This has resulted in a loose and weak organization at the bottom, which is the root cause of these current unstable conditions. At the regular executive committee meeting that night, this point of view was clearly raised by Tao Donglai.
"Three or five people have to manage hundreds of people. I think we thought about it too simply before." Tao Donglai looked around at the executive committee members present and slowly expressed his opinion: "In addition to adding more I think the organizational structure of the commune also needs to be adjusted in terms of the intensity of policy propaganda and the level of punishment for those who violate the rules.”
"But the manpower gap is still the biggest problem we face. The Military and Police Department can train a group of security guards with basic law enforcement capabilities within a month, but we cannot train a group of qualified indigenous people in the same time. Cadres." Ning Qi shook his head and said: "We don't have that many managers available now, unless all of us go to the grassroots level."
It is obviously unrealistic for the existing senior managers to go down to the grassroots level. In addition to participating in the daily management planning of the executive committee, each executive committee also has its own specialized area of responsibility, and there is no time and energy to go to the commune. Play the role of overseer.
"It's not just the appointment of cadres. You didn't understand what I meant." Tao Donglai explained: "The contradictions among the common people are endless. Even if it is not the ideological differences between the new and old immigrants, there will be other What we need to do is to establish effective communication and mediation channels in the commune, which is an effective mechanism to resolve conflicts, rather than temporarily sending a few senior cadres to sit in charge for a period of time. We can only promote the management mechanism on a larger scale in the future, otherwise we may have to work hard for things like today in a few years. ”
"Old Tao, do you mean to promote member autonomy? Isn't that the village committee?" Bai Kesi, who had already figured out some flavor from Tao Donglai's words, asked: "But have you ever thought about it, this may be related to This creates a duplication of power among our commune management committees.”
"It is not a simple copy of the village committee we are familiar with, but a more comprehensive integration of the commune into the civil affairs management system, and the expansion of the functions of the management committee beyond simple administrative management, organization of production and maintenance The public security organization must penetrate into all aspects of people's lives and form a more detailed organizational structure. What I said may be a bit too abstract. To help everyone understand, I'll draw a picture." Tao Dong stood up and left. Go to the whiteboard at the front of the conference room, pick up a pen and start your explanation.
"Our previous commune management committee was like a drop of oil floating on the water, unable to penetrate into the bowl of water of the people, so the management effect was not very satisfactory. This is not a matter of the number of people on the management committee, but a matter of how many people there are on the management committee. When we designed this management committee, we did not consider the functions sufficiently and carefully, and there were also some problems in the working methods." Tao Donglai turned around and explained while writing on the whiteboard: "What I am designing now. This kind of grassroots organizational structure is what I call 'root system' management."
"What is root system management? I have a preliminary idea for everyone to refer to." Tao Donglai carefully drew a diagram similar to the root system of a plant under the root system, and then standardized the names one by one.
Agricultural Technical Association, Farmer Education, Sports and Health, Red and White Directors, Temple Religion, Production Mutual Assistance, Rural Finance, Public Security Maintenance, Civil Dispute Coordination... Tao Donglai wrote seventeen or eight names in one go, making this root system The content of the picture is immediately enriched. The executive committee members who were watching this picture also had thoughtful expressions on their faces.
“These organizations can be established under the guidance and supervision of relevant departments. For example, agricultural technical associations and production mutual aid associations can be supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture, while public security maintenance and dispute coordination can be supervised by the Military and Police Department, and red and white directors and religious affairs can be supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture. Supervision by the civil affairs department, and so on, the managers are still these people, but the power of these detailed functional agencies can be delegated to the members, and we only perform the responsibilities of guidance and supervision.”
"These semi-independent grassroots organizations can effectively coordinate the relationship between members, and at the same time establish more channels for communication and dialogue between members, and between members and the management committee. Our current problem is to count on how many members of the management committee I can manage everything with my eyebrows and beard, but I have never thought of delegating some power to the people and letting them organize themselves for self-management. I know everyone is worried about the clan-based management system in the old rural areas, but we adopt this approach. This emerging management structure can avoid the interference of clan relations on our implementation of rural policies to the greatest extent!”
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