Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Martyrs—1 The Troubled Luying Village

Ding Zuoming is dead, but on February 10, 2001, eight years after his death, when we entered Lixin County, a notoriously impoverished county in the Huaibei Plain, we asked many people to go to Luying, Jiwangchang Township When asking how to go to the village, the answer to us was not how to go to Luying, but asked curiously, and the content of the question was almost unanimous: "Are you going to Ding Zuoming's place?" Ding Zuoming is just an ordinary farmer, and there is nothing special about him. If there is anything, it may be that he has studied for a few years more than other farmers.From elementary school to high school graduation, and very attentive while studying, the family was so poor that sometimes he couldn’t get rid of the pot, he still ran to the water tank in the yard without saying a word, pouted his buttocks like an Australian ostrich, and buried his head in the tank, After filling my stomach with well water, I continued singing and dancing and went to school.When taking the university entrance examination, everyone said that he was too bad, and he was only a few points away from the admission line.He is a high school graduate of Luzhong School. After graduation, he can only return to Luying Village. This is no different from those mud-legged people who can't read big characters. He has to work in the fields like all farmers in China crops.What's more unusual is that Ding Zuoming, who is full of ink, loves to read newspapers, listen to the radio, chew on words, and use his brains more than other farmers.Usually, he admits to death, dares to speak the truth, and dares to speak on an equal footing with the leaders of the village and the village.It is precisely because of this that he is a little more troubled than everyone else, which leads to his death in the end.

He had already died a long time ago. How could those people in Lixin County say that we were going to "go to Ding Zuoming's place"? Could it be possible to find a way to go to Ding Zuoming? February 21, 1993, was a joyous and encouraging day that Ding Zuoming eagerly expected.He never thought that his life path would come to an end on this day. The morning before, Ding Zuoming and seven other petitioning villagers received a notice from the township asking them to attend a meeting in the township.At the meeting, the township leader said that the county attaches great importance to your complaint, and hopes to select two of you, and two from party members and two cadres each to form a team to clear accounts. A comprehensive inventory of economic accounts.This morning, the clearing team was formally established and began to check the accounts.This news made the villagers of Luying Village rejoice, and several farmers ran across Zhigou excitedly to the shop opposite to buy firecrackers, and planned to set them off on the village head to make everyone vent their anger. ring.It’s just that the Spring Festival this year came earlier than in previous years. The 22nd of the first month is the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, and the 6th of February is already the 15th day of the first month. After the 15th day of the first month, the year will be far away. They were all out of stock, and the firecrackers were not bought, but Ding Zuoming's mood on this day was obviously more comfortable than during the New Year.

Lixin County was newly established after the liberation. This area originally belonged to the border areas of Guoyang, Fuyang, Mengcheng, Taihe, Fengtai, and Yingshang counties respectively, and it was a poor area where all six counties were neglected.The territory is mostly yellow mud, and when it rains, there is no way to leave; there are also a lot of sandy soil and alkaline soil everywhere.Luying was already remote and backward enough, but with the devastating flood in 1991, every family was extremely poor.This year, the Spring Festival is approaching, but there is no joy in the village to celebrate the New Year. The average annual income of the whole village is less than 400 yuan, but the various burdens assigned by the superiors add up to 100 yuan per person. Zero three dollars and seven cents.Working all year round, getting up early and working late at night, running thin legs, and bending over tired, the rations were deducted from the grain harvested, and the rest was "retained" by the village under various names.There are a few households that don't collect enough to pay, and the village and police stations wear crotch pants, "If you don't pay, you will be detained."

"If you have money or not, go home for the New Year", this is a Chinese custom since ancient times.What Ding Zuoming couldn't figure out was that something that should only happen before liberation, such as refusing to go home to celebrate the New Year in order to avoid debts, actually appeared in Luying today.Didn't Chinese peasants stand up and become masters? Why are they still suffering so much?Why are the party's rural cadres who "work thoroughly for the interests of the people" so fierce?So he quietly did something that other road campers dared not do.

Before that, he learned from the radio and newspapers that the Party Central Committee held a national rural work conference in Beijing. He spent a few nights compiling the new policies of the central government into an easy-to-understand material, and then Go to each household to "preach".Propagating the spirit of the party's meeting has to be carried out secretly, just like the secret activities of underground workers in the "National Controlled Area" back then, which made him feel very awkward and very excited. His eyes glowed in the halo of bulbs hanging from the beams of the farmhouses.He said affirmatively to the villagers: "Village cadres' practice of imposing 'retainment' in this way is against the spirit of the central government!"

His earnestness in doing things and his knowledge are enough to convince the villagers who are accustomed to squatting in dark places and have long been accustomed to submitting.However, this time, after a period of silence, someone still carefully questioned: "Isn't the surrounding villages and towns doing the same thing? The sky is high and the emperor is far away, what can you do with them?" "I don't believe there's nothing to say." Ding Zuoming didn't believe in this evil. Word by word, he read the latest regulations of the State Council to the villagers: the withdrawal money collected from farmers shall not exceed 5% of the per capita income.He puts a special emphasis on percentages. "Obviously, the withdrawal and retention collected by the village from us has greatly exceeded this regulation, which is more than five times higher than the ratio of 'five percent'! The rural work conference held this time clearly requires: 'All localities should Protect the interests of the farmers and reduce the burden on the farmers.' They are clearly messing around, we have to go to the village to seek justice!"

"Will the village accept us?" Some people feel that this is too difficult. "Since ancient times, there has been a saying of 'officials forcing people to rebel'," a villager who returned from the army couldn't help shouting. "What's more, we are reporting the problem to the higher authorities according to the regulations of the central government. If the township doesn't buy it, we will go to the county!" Gradually, the atmosphere in the farmhouse became lively. Someone accused Dong Yingfu, secretary of the village branch, of renting out the granary built by the villagers to other villages privately, earning more than 9,000 yuan in rent from it;In particular, in the year of the catastrophe, the central government issued a special order that embezzling disaster relief supplies would be punishable by imprisonment or even beheading. Dong Yingfu dared to take the clothes and food donated to Luying as his own.Moreover, the fines for family planning and all kinds of "retained" money and goods are not included in the account, or they are deliberately made into a confused account.

After a while, everyone went from village cadres to township cadres, and the pot exploded when you said something to each other without falling to the ground. Someone revealed: Jiwangchang Township Chief Kang's son, relying on Lao Tzu's power, ran amok in the village, repeatedly wielding electric batons and handcuffs, ran to Luyingran to ask for various money.During the catastrophic flood in 1991, the higher authorities forbade any "extraction" from the affected peasants, but Mr. Kang brought militiamen into the village like Japanese devils and forcibly robbed the villagers of their money and goods.If anyone is found hiding in the house and does not open the door, the tribal thugs will kick the door with their feet. There will be no less money, and an additional labor fee will be paid to the "hero" who kicked the door.After robbing the money, he led a group of people to drink three times and drink four times in underground restaurants, and the expenses of eating and drinking would be reimbursed from the funds raised by the villagers...

Everyone became more and more angry, and finally looked at Ding Zuoming and asked him to make up his mind. "You need a needle and thread to buy shoes, and you need evidence to report on others." Ding Zuoming said, "We can go to the township party committee to report your suspicions and ask to check the village's income accounts." On this day, Ding Zuoming and seven other villagers approached the township party committee and stated the problems in the village and the requirements for auditing the accounts to the secretary Li Kunfu. Li Kunfu, secretary of the township party committee, looked carefully at the "reservation" form Ding Zuoming handed over, and said, "It's too much. Let's discuss it together and give you an answer in two days."

Two days passed, and there was no movement in the village; two days later, two or three days later, at a cadre meeting attended by Luying village cadres and party members, Ren Kaicai, the deputy secretary of the township party committee in charge of politics and law, suddenly asked Luying to The village secretary made a "confession" at the meeting on the issue of overcharging and withdrawing funds.Dong Yingfu was furious immediately. He thought that all the villages kept so much, and there was nothing to explain in front of everyone. He heard that the villagers had sued him to the village to check the accounts, so he suspected that some people in the village were jealous of the big tiles he built. house, and immediately said harsh words at the meeting: "Someone wants to clear my account, and some are so crazy that they want to steal my house, I don't think who would dare? Unless he wants to die! Some people say that I can't buy it with my income. I can’t afford a small four-wheel tractor, but I can’t afford to build a big tile-roofed house. I can’t afford it, but I bought it. This is my skill! You are poor, you deserve it! If you want to mess with me, you probably don’t want to live !"

It is really surprising that a party branch secretary dared to utter wild words at the township cadre meeting chaired by the deputy secretary of the township party committee in charge of political and legal work.However, the deputy secretary did not stop it.After the meeting, as soon as news of the meeting spread, the villagers in Luying Village were about to explode: "In the world of the Communist Party, there is no kingly law?" Ding Zuoming couldn't swallow this breath, so three days before the new year, he wrote up the situation of Luying Village's random collection and withdrawal of retained funds and sent it directly to the Disciplinary Inspection Commission of Lixin County. The comrades at the reception said embarrassingly: "It's almost a year ago, let's put the materials here first." This year's Spring Festival in Luying Village seemed very deserted, with few households even setting off firecrackers. In the blink of an eye, it was the eighteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and many villagers could no longer hold their breath and came to Ding Zuoming one after another, only to find that Ding Zuoming had been busy writing letters of accusation throughout the year.He vividly wrote about the policies and regulations of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and the various practices of some cadres in Luying Village and Jiwangchang Township who violated laws and regulations and brought heavy burdens to farmers. Everyone was infected by Ding Zuoming's behavior.Yes, a person should have a kind of spirit, and always have a sense of social responsibility. If everyone is afraid of falling leaves and smashing his head, if he sees corruption and does not dare to fight against evil forces, then we There is no hope for a nation.So, on the night of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the villagers in the remote Luying Village, you and I made up the travel expenses with one yuan, and then quietly sent eight village representatives including Ding Zuoming out of the village in the dark. Director Wang of the County Party Committee Office was surprised when he received the letter of complaint from Ding Zuoming, and felt that the seriousness of the situation reported by the farmers in Luying far exceeded their imagination.Director Wang quickly reported to Dai Wenhu, secretary of the county party committee.Although Dai has just been transferred, his attitude is extremely clear.Therefore, Ding Zuoming and his party were very satisfied with the reply of the county party committee: "We will let the township implement the account clearing team as soon as possible, and check the accounts of the Luying administrative village cadres; we will also verify the situation of the township government that you reported. dealt with." In this way, Ding Zuoming, who hadn't had a good Spring Festival, considered that it was not easy for everyone to collect the travel expenses, and the province could save every penny and tenth. shuttle.In the carriage that can turn people's internal organs upside down, he recalled the words of the county leader with confidence and joy, but he didn't know that a terrible disaster was waiting for him ahead. Death, with the grinning smile of another world, had come from hell The door came silently, but he didn't realize it. On February 11th of this year, the first day of the second month of the lunar calendar, at about 3 pm, villagers Xu Saijun and Ding Dagang spent "the next six weeks" in the warm winter. "Xia Liu Zhou" is a kind of "earth go" created by farmers on the Huaibei Great Plains.They were fighting in the dark, because Ding Zuoming was watching, and Ding Yanle, the deputy village chief of Luying Administrative Village who was passing by, also took the opportunity to join them. Ding Yanle already knew that Ding Zuoming had reported to the county that he and his wife who was in charge of family planning had embezzled and withdrawn funds and fined them for family planning. Ding Yanle threatened Xu Saijun and Ding Dagang: "You guys are gambling, I can arrest you!" He said, but stared at Ding Zuoming. Ding Zuoming couldn't help being surprised: "They were playing a game, and they didn't break any law; even if they broke the law, it should be the police station's job to arrest people." Ding Yanle said fiercely: "That's not necessarily true!" Ding Zuoming couldn't hear this kind of tone the most, and he couldn't get used to this kind of person who changed his face as soon as he became a cadre.However, he realized that the visitor was not kind, and he was clearly provoking an excuse, so he didn't say anything more. Unexpectedly, Ding Yan was overjoyed and began to bump Ding Zuoming with his shoulder.Shouting as they ran into each other, they played a rogue: "What, you want to hit someone? I'll hit you! I'll hit you!" Ding Zuoming was completely unprepared, and he never thought that Ding Yanle, who was the deputy village head, would act so lowly, so he backed away again and again.Ding Yanle pressed on with every step, hitting more and more fiercely, already extremely vicious.Ding Zuoming had no choice but to escape.Just as Ding Zuoming was dodging to leave, Ding Yanle slammed into him fiercely, missed the space, lost control of his whole body, and fell into the crop field next to him, gnawing on the mud. Now Ding Yanle finally found a reason to take revenge with "righteousness". Ding Zuoming had expected that the people he exposed were not good people and would try every means to seek revenge, but he felt that Ding Yanle's actions were really bad and unprofessional, so he went home without saying a word. In Luying Village, which is far away from modern civilization, the saying "don't use bean buns as dry food, and don't use village chiefs as cadres" is definitely not a joke. Let alone the village, Ding Zuoming dared to sue the village cadres to the county. ".Ding Yanle was already holding a grudge, but now he stumbled again, which was like pouring oil on the fire.In order to expand the situation, under the pretense of "being injured by Ding Zuoming", he came to the door six times in one afternoon, demanding to beat Ding Zuoming.Although Ding Zuoming's lover Zhu Duofang didn't understand the situation, he had to apologize repeatedly, but Ding Yanle didn't give up. Soon, Ding Yanle's son Ding Jie, holding a kitchen knife in his hand, yelled outside the door, urging Ding Zuoming to "get out". That night, the villagers all advised Ding Zuoming to leave Luying Village as soon as possible and go out to hide.At first, Ding Zuoming was unwilling to live or die, thinking that the village cadres were bullying too much, so why should he hide?Later, I considered that the county leaders had already supported their request to check the accounts of the village. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before the investigation of the embezzlement of money by the village cadres was done.Besides, what Ding Yanle and the others are afraid of is that you hide. These people are eager to make troubles and chaos in the world, so that they can take the opportunity to muddy the water, and finally make it unclear what is right and what is wrong. So Ding Zuoming swallowed his anger and left Luying Village that night. As soon as the next day was bright, Ding Yanle brought the whole family to the door again in a fierce manner, wanting to have a big fight with Ding Zuoming.Zhu Duofang said cautiously: "Ding Zuoming is not at home." Ding Yanle could not believe it, broke into the house and asked the whole family to search carefully, but when Ding Zuoming was nowhere to be found, he said angrily, "I was arrested by Ding Zuoming yesterday." Injured and needs hospital treatment!" At this time, Dong Yingfu, the branch secretary of Luying Village, came forward.Together with Ding Yanle's wife, Sun Yazhen, he arranged for Ding Yanle to be admitted to the township hospital.Later, Sun Yazhen handed over the exposing materials written the night before to Kang Zichang, the township chief, and Ren Kaicai, deputy secretary of the township party committee, in the capacity of being in charge of family planning, claiming that "Ding Yanle offended Ding Zuoming because of his family planning work, and was arrested. Ding Zuoming blocked the road, beat him and injured him", demanding that Ding Zuoming be dealt with seriously. Kang Zichang and Ren Kaicai were not interested in knowing the truth of Sun Yazhen's report on Ding Zuoming, but gloated over it.Because at this time the notice from the county party committee office had arrived at Jiwangchang, the county party committee’s instructions were very clear, requiring the Jiwangchang township party committee and township government to arrange a clearing team with petition representatives as soon as possible to conduct a comprehensive check on the accounts of the cadres in the Luying administrative village.It is not necessary for Kang and Ren to know who the petitioners are. They know that Ding Zuoming is the one who took the lead in making trouble. It was unacceptable for Kang Zichang and Ren Kaicai to report the problems of his subordinates to the superiors. Moreover, they could guess that Ding Zuoming even "piggybacked" their problems when he came to the county committee this time.Obviously, this is damaging the external image of Jiwangchang Township and defaming the reputation of the party committee and government of Jiwangchang Township.This is absolutely not allowed, and it is intolerable for them. Therefore, after Kang Zichang and Ren Kaicai received Sun Yazhen's exposing materials, they immediately instructed the township police station to deal with Ding Zuoming's issue seriously. After receiving instructions from the mayor and the deputy party secretary, the Jiwangchang Township Police Station issued a summons, ordering Ding Zuoming to come to the police station immediately. Ding Zuoming, who was hiding outside, was very surprised when he heard that the police station was looking for him. He thought that Ding Yanle and his wife must have given him "bad medicine".However, he didn't think about it very complicated. He thought that as long as he didn't do anything illegal, it would be useless for anyone to make false accusations and frame him. Facts are facts. Ding Zuoming walked into the police station frankly. It can be imagined that he walked into the gate of the police station full of confidence.Because it was this morning that the account clearing team requested by the county party committee was not only formally established, but also started working. He believed that it would not be long before the village cadres' economic problems would be fully investigated. When he arrived at the police station, Ding Zuoming soon discovered that everything in this world was turned upside down. "Referring to a deer as a horse" is not just a story written in "Historical Records", and calling a deer a horse is definitely not the evil deed of the eunuch Zhao Gao. What happened after that has not been disclosed by the public media so far.Fortunately, after the case was cracked, relevant parties sorted out an internal document. During this investigation, we saw this "report" full of blood, tears and terror. The first thing Peng Zhizhong, deputy director of the police station said when he saw Ding Zuoming was, "Why did you beat Ding Yanle?" Ding Zuoming explained: "I didn't hit anyone, I never hit anyone." Peng Zhizhong still said the same thing, but his tone became more severe. Ding Zuoming defended again: "I never beat anyone, you can go to the village to investigate." Ding Zuoming felt that there was no need to answer, Peng Zhizhong should ask Ding Yanle about this. "Say!" Deputy Director Peng shouted sharply, having lost his patience. "You are so sure that I beat Ding Yanle, do you have evidence?" Ding Zuoming couldn't bear it anymore and said, "If the villagers who were there that day, even if they were children, as long as someone proves that I beat Ding Yanle, I will take all the responsibility." Peng Zhizhong didn't listen to Ding Zuoming's defense at all, and he put forward two suggestions: "First, you, Ding Zuoming, paid Ding Yanle 280 yuan and 50 cents for medical expenses; Take Ding Yanle home from the hospital." Of course, Ding Zuoming couldn't accept this kind of upside-down, humiliating and blackmailing opinion, and he immediately objected: "I didn't hit Ding Yanle, and it's impossible for Ding Yanle to be injured; I don't know why he was hospitalized, and I don't know why." Need to know." Peng Zhizhong slapped the table and said, "Don't my words count? I'm asking you now, my verdict has been handed down, can you pay me?" Ding Zuoming paid attention to some legal knowledge on weekdays, so he said : "I didn't hit Ding Yanle, you made such a ruling, I can appeal." Peng Zhizhong was finally angered.He pointed at Ding Zuoming and shouted: "I can lock you up right now, don't you believe it?" Ding Zuoming still showed no sign of weakness, and said: "Even according to your handling opinion just now, I can't qualify as a 'criminal offense' ;Even if you 'criminally detained' me, you should clearly explain the reason for detaining me within 24 hours." Peng Zhizhong said: "Well, let me tell you, I can detain you for 23 and a half hours and release you If you don’t pay me later, I’ll lock you up for another twenty-three and a half hours until you pay me!” When Peng Zhizhong said this, he slammed the door and left. He called Zhu Chuanji, Ji Hongli, and Zhao Jinxi, members of the security defense team, and ordered them to immediately lock Ding Zuoming into the "detainment room" illegally set up by the police station.The reason why it is called "illegal" is that the Ministry of Public Security and the Anhui Provincial Public Security Bureau issued two documents in 1989 and 1992 respectively, strictly ordering the police stations not to set up detention facilities. The three security defense team members heard Peng Zhizhong's "warming" order and knew that they wanted to give Ding Zuoming a little color. They could impose physical punishment, beat them, and even use all means if necessary. until. Since Zhu Chuanji was a middle school classmate of Ding Zuoming's and was a neighbor near Zhuangzhuang, it was inconvenient for Zhu Chuanji to kill him in person, so he quickly avoided it with excuses.Zhu Chuanji, who has always been good at observing words and deeds, grasped the intentions of leaders, and won the favor of Peng Zhizhong, knew that Ding Zuoming was a person who would rather bend than bend to admit death. The two might as well give Ding Zuoming a "pull and pull". When Zhu Chuanji mentioned the words "la la horse step", his tone was very calm, but after Ji Hongli and Zhao Jinxi heard it, they still felt a kind of murderous intent from this seemingly calm tone.Because this is the cruelest form of punishment at the Jiwangchang Township Police Station. Zhu Chuanji watched Ji and Zhao return to the dark room, still not at ease, so he went to the dormitory of the security team in the backyard to convey Peng Zhizhong's order to Wang Jinjun, asking him to rush there immediately and "take down" Ding. According to Peng Zhizhong and Zhu Chuanji's instructions, Ji Hongli and Zhao Jinxi escorted Ding Zuoming from the "detention room" to the duty room, and asked Ding Zuoming to pull the horse forward. Ding Zuoming refused, so he rushed up and pushed and shoved Ding Zuoming to force Ding Zuoming to submit.Although Ding Zuoming has studied in school for twelve years, he is not a frail scholar. After all, he was honed by plowing and raking in the field. . At this time, Wang Jinjun entered the door with a mulberry stick in his hand. When Ji Hongli and Zhao Jinxi saw that Wang Jinjun came for reinforcements, they lied that Ding Zuoming had beaten them.Wang Jinjun pointed at Ding Zuoming and yelled sharply, "It's hard to eat your mouth here!" He asked Ding Zuoming to pull back, but Ding Zuoming still refused. Wang Jinjun swears indiscriminately, and then he takes the mulberry stick and swings it over his head and face.Ding Zuoming dodged left and right, but was hit repeatedly on the arms and waist. Every time he was hit, he blurted out in pain, but he just refused to obey. Ding Zuoming didn't pull his horse back, but Wang Jinjun swung the mulberry stick in his hand more fiercely every time.At this time, Wang Jinjun had completely lost his mind and turned into a wild alien. It is said that this is not the first time Wang Jinjun has had an outburst of brutality. Ever since he came to the Jiwangchang Township Police Station and worked as a security team member, beating people has become his daily job.No one reminded him not to do this, but because he dared to do it, he was reused by the leaders. Today, the mulberry stick in his hand was soon broken, and soon broke again, but he still did not give up. He raised his foot and stomped Ding Zuoming down. Get down on your knees. Just when Ding Zuoming was no longer capable of parrying and Wang Jinjun was tired from fighting, Ji Hongli's animal nature also began to show up. He grabbed a half pole and threw himself on it.He also frantically twitched at Ding Zuoming's waist and buttocks. Not long after that, Ding Zuoming stopped moaning. He was obviously shocked and terrified by what he saw.He has clearly seen that as long as he doesn't let go, these guys in front of him will punish him to death.However, he still has no intention of bowing his head to anyone, let alone admitting defeat.His eyes widened, and he shouted angrily: "I told the village and village cadres to increase the burden on the peasants and violate the party's policies. I am not afraid of being beaten like this! Even if you beat me to death, I would not accept it; Ghost, I still want to sue! Even you sue together!" When Ji Hongli met Ding Zuoming's blood-red eyes, half of the shoulder pole he swung fell to the ground in fright.Wang Jinjun saw that Ji Hongli's hands softened, and reprimanded him hysterically: "You fucking bastard, why are you afraid of him? Is this where he is stubborn?" So Ji Hongli picked up a stick and threw it fiercely.Zhao Jinxi simply found a dirty towel and stuffed Ding Zuoming's mouth. In this way, Wang Jinjun, Zhao Jinxi, and Ji Hongli, three dehumanized police officers, took turns beating Ding Zuoming for more than 20 minutes while Ding Zuoming was unable to move or speak.The atrocities at the Jiwangchang Township Police Station did not come to an end until Zhao Xiyin, the instructor of the police station who was resting at home due to illness, was alarmed.