Chapter 9 Chapter Three: The Long Road to Appeal——1 Enjoying Indifference

October 1, 1994 is the forty-fifth birthday of the Republic.There were joyous songs and laughter everywhere, and the sound of fiery firecrackers everywhere. Wang Junbin, a villager in Wangying Village, Baimiao Town, Linquan County, Anhui Province, locked himself in his room.This is Li Dazhuang, Liufu Town, Shenqiu County, Henan Province. Although it is only a short distance from his hometown, he has a home and cannot return. On July 30, two months ago, the Linquan County Public Security Bureau issued the "Notice on Urging Criminals such as Wang Junbin to Surrender". Although his name was wrongly written in the "Notice", he It is very clear that with the dissemination of this "Notice", he was deprived of his personal freedom and his right to speak out. It is no longer possible for him to go back to Linquan County to appeal his grievances. , the result is predictable.What made him even more sad and shocked was that more than 20 days ago, the Linquan County Commission for Discipline Inspection made the "Decision on Expulsion of Wang Junbin from the Party".

He brought people to the higher-level party organization and demanded the implementation of the policy of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to reduce the burden on farmers, but the result was expulsion from the party!This was the most confusing and painful thing for him.Things have come to this point, which he never dreamed of.He deeply felt: Today's farmers are not only faced with the problem of lack of materials, but also will bear enormous pressure from the spirit and psychology.Although farmers have a lot to say, the channels for farmers to speak are not smooth, and public opinion and feelings cannot be expressed normally. Kneeling in front of them; some even had to adopt the ancient method of "blocking the sedan chair at risk of death" to intercept the leader's convoy on the highway and cry for grievances.

Wang Junbin, who was only six years old when the "Cultural Revolution" ended, walked carefree on the road paved with sunshine in the new era. In addition to reform and opening up, the education he received was democracy and the rule of law.At the age of eighteen, before graduating from high school, he responded to the call of the motherland and entered the military camp. Since then, he has added a bit of dedication to the soldiers.Especially when he solemnly raises his right hand under the party banner and swears an oath to the party, he understands that it is a bounden duty for a Communist to safeguard the party's decisions and the interests of the people anytime and anywhere.Therefore, today's Wang Junbin obviously will not kneel down to anyone like some peasants. He believes that the rights of democracy are not bestowed by anyone, and of course he will not do the kind of "death to stop the sedan chair" thing. He knew that he had lost everything except the right to democracy.

He wants to appeal. Although he still didn't know which specific department was more appropriate to claim his rights, he did not hesitate to write the word "complaint" at the top of the paper. Although he knew that the respondent should generally only be the legal representative of the department, and that a party secretary of the county party committee could not be the defendant, he still steadfastly wrote Zhang Xide's name under "the respondent" regardless of these.He believed that Zhang Xide, secretary of the Linquan County Party Committee, had an inescapable responsibility for the abominable "White Temple Incident" and played an extremely disgraceful role.

Linquan County belongs to the Fuyang area known as "Siberia" in Anhui.This is a piece of land that has experienced vicissitudes of history. The Yellow River has drowned and humiliated it countless times, leaving boundless silt and sand, which has become a famous yellow flood zone.When Liu Deng's army broke through the enemy's Yellow River natural moat defense line and advanced thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains, it was from here that they broke a bloody road and opened the prelude to the great counterattack in the War of Liberation.Today, the simple and honest people of Linquan are changing the appearance of their hometown with their industrious hands. However, due to the large population, a small plain county has more than 1.8 million people, which can be called "the first place in China". One county”; coupled with traffic congestion and barren land, it is still a well-known impoverished county.Wang Junbin was born in Baimiao Town, the poorest town in this impoverished county.

We entered that land in the winter of 2001, six years later, and we were extremely impressed by the poverty there.Looking along the way, there is no township enterprise, and the fields are all green onions and Chinese cabbages. For many years, farmers here have made a living by growing green onions and Chinese cabbages.Not far from the village, there is a road leading directly to other provinces. On both sides of the road are piles of green onions, waiting for passing drivers to buy them.When we asked the price, we couldn’t help being surprised. It only sold for six cents a catty, and a cart of green onions was worth two or three yuan.However, it is such a cheap vegetable that people who grow vegetables are still reluctant to eat.When we entered the village, we saw a farmer in his thirties squatting at the door to eat with a bowl. There was only rice in the bowl, but no vegetables. We asked him why he didn’t fry such cheap Chinese cabbage for himself, and he said something The words that make us sad: "If I eat a catty, won't I make a dime less?"

The White Temple was so poor in 2001, it was even more conceivable six years ago.According to their introduction, the per capita annual income in Baimiao Town was only 274 yuan at that time, that is to say, the daily income per person was only 80 cents a day. Everyone knows what this will mean?Even though poverty has reached this level, counties, towns, and villages are still increasing their burdens layer by layer, constantly imposing all kinds of random apportionments, random fund-raising, and random fines on the villagers. But he dared not speak out. On this day, Wang Junbin found Wang Xiangdong and Wang Hongchao, and he felt that someone must dare to stand up and speak justice for everyone.Wang Xiangdong and Wang Hongchao are also young people with active thinking in the village, especially Wang Hongchao, when he mentioned the disorderly distribution, he was so annoyed that he fell his head and hated it.

Wang Hongchao's father-in-law is a shrewd man with a commodity mind in the countryside. In addition to growing crops, he travels from village to village to sell rat poison during slack. The cost of this business is not much, but the income is good.Wang Hongchao has long seen that it is too difficult to live by growing crops alone, so he followed his father-in-law to sell rat poison.One day, while Wang Hongchao was selling medicine, the village party secretary Gao Jianjun came to the door with a commando that paid exorbitant taxes, and each family wanted to charge six yuan for the "school establishment fee."The school building in the village is in good shape, without a single dilapidated building, so why is there a "school construction fee"?Wang Hongchao's mother couldn't figure it out, and couldn't afford the six yuan, so she said, "Hong Chao isn't here, so I'll pay it another day." As soon as the words finished, Gao Jianjun picked up the TV and left.When the Queen Mother saw it, she hurriedly chased it out and said, "There is no one at home. Do you get along with moving things like this?" She was speaking in local dialect, and she was asking the village party secretary whether it was a good deal or not.

Because Gao Jianjun and Wang Hongchao still have a relationship, she never thought that Gao Jianjun would do such a thing when he became the party secretary.Unexpectedly, Gao Jianjun ignored him and walked away. When Wang Hongchao found out about the village party secretary holding the TV, he was so angry that he scolded his mother. Together, Wang Junbin, Wang Xiangdong and Wang Hongchao decided to go to the town to discuss an explanation.At that time, the three of them thought too simply: since there is a policy of "reducing the burden" of the party, it should be implemented without compromise.Besides, reporting the situation to higher authorities is also the legal right of every citizen endowed by the Constitution.

They went to Han Chunsheng, secretary of the town party committee, almost with a feeling of trust.Wang Junbin sought organizational help as a member of the Communist Party.They will always remember that day: October 28, 1992.That day was unforgettable to them. In the office of the town party committee, they finally understood what it means to "prevaricate", what it means to "fool", and what it means to "be numb to the people's feelings". The indifference of Han Chunsheng, secretary of the town party committee, encouraged Gao Jianjun, the secretary of the village party committee, to be unscrupulous.When Gao Jianjun learned that Wang Hongchao had also reported him to the town about taking away the TV set, he became furious and not only refused to return it, but also blatantly broke into Wang's house again and pushed away a bicycle from his house.

The so-called "school construction fee" of six yuan was owed, and even taking away a TV set was not enough, and then pushed away someone's bicycle. This was obviously going too far, and it aroused public anger.As a result, more villagers stood up.Wang Junbin, Wang Xiangdong, and Wang Hongchao have been provided with personal and physical evidence of village cadres' arbitrary apportionment, arbitrary fund-raising, and arbitrary fines. We have seen three pieces of evidence from the villagers in Wang Hongchao's house.One is the "Farmer's Tax and Fee Card" stamped with the seal of the "People's Government of Baimiao Town, Linquan County". "Six mu, four seven" was changed to "six mu, eight five", and after it was smeared, it was written as "six mu, eight seven".It goes without saying that the purpose of altering the number of acres of contracted cultivated land is to increase the "agricultural tax", "agricultural and forestry special product tax", "cultivated land occupation tax" and other taxes payable.As for the figures of "village withdrawal" and "township overall planning fee" filled in the card, it is even more confusing: two groups of 14 items of "expenses payable", the figures are very specific, but what is the basis for them? ?Why do villagers have to pay so much?No one can tell.In short, the sum of the fourteen items of money should be ninety-three yuan and one dime, and the "total" column is also filled in the same way, but for some reason, it is crossed out with a red pen and changed to ninety-one yuan and five cents. point.On another "receipt for payment of expenses borne by farmers" stamped with the seal of "Shaoying Villager Committee, Baimiao Town, Linquan County", the ninety-three yuan and one dime for "township overall planning and village withdrawal" became ninety-three yuan and one dime. Eleven dollars and seven cents.It seems that the more the money was changed, the less money was collected, and the payee also wrote a line of eye-catching characters in the blank space of this receipt: "Other documents shall be voided based on this." That is to say, plus For the "payable" tax, this farmer paid a total of 140 yuan and 36 cents.However, what is ironic is that another mimeographed "Payment Notice of Farmers in Shaoying Administrative Village in 1993" provided by this farmer should undoubtedly be regarded as "voided" " Other documents", the "Notice" notifies Wuji that he must pay one hundred and eighty-four yuan and one cent!Not only did the number of his "contracted cultivated land" become "six acres and eighty-eight", but the tax payable also changed from forty-eight yuan and eighty-nine cents to one hundred and fifty-five yuan and twenty-seven cents! One "tax card", two different accounts.One is to be paid by the villagers in full, and a penny cannot be less; the other is written on paper for inspection by people from above.Deceiving one's ears and stealing one's bell, deceiving one's superiors and inferiors has reached the point of no scruples! Wang Junbin, Wang Xiangdong and Wang Hongchao grasped the many evidences provided by the villagers, which strengthened their confidence in petitioning.Because the town tried its best to cover up the problems of the village cadres, they had to "leapfrog the level to petition", and then they found the county. To their great surprise, all they encountered in the county were cold faces. So, the three of them made up their minds and decided to find the leader. "We want to see Comrade Zhang Xide." They believed that the secretary of the county party committee is the highest leader in the county's party organization, and must have the highest party spirit. But the comrades in the office raised their heads in amazement, and found a few young peasants barging in, and said impatiently, "Do you know who Zhang Xide is?" "The secretary of the county party committee!" "Where are you from?" "White Temple King Camp." As soon as the other party heard it, he taunted: "Is the secretary of the county party committee you can meet casually? You should ask the party committee and government of Baimiao Town to resolve the matter of Wangying Village." "But the town doesn't ask." "If he doesn't ask, you come to the county party secretary? If all the villages in the county are like your Wang Ying, and they go to the county to find the secretary if they have nothing to do, what can the county party secretary do?" All three were dumbfounded. Wang Xiangdong's brain came to him quickly, and he couldn't help asking: "It doesn't matter in the town, who do you want to go to the county party committee leader if you don't want to?" The other party stood up all of a sudden, flapped his arms impulsively, and shouted loudly like a flock of ducks: "Go, go, we still have something to do!" Wang Hongchao, who was somewhat scheming, had been silent all this time, and now he said calmly: "We ask the county party committee to implement the central government's policy of 'reducing the burden'!" "Whoever doesn't give you implementation, who do you go to!" "Let's find Secretary Zhang Xide!" Wang Hongchao said quietly, but firmly. "no!" "why not?" "No way, no way!" The other party finally said it to death. The other party sneered and said: "Go! Otherwise, this attitude will never exist again!" When they walked out of the county party committee compound, the faces of the three of them were very ugly.Wang Hongchao later talked about the moment he walked out of the county party committee, he felt strongly that the most holy emotion in his heart was suddenly brutally defiled, and he was in great pain. After returning to the village, the villagers got together and had a meeting.Everyone felt that since the three people went to the county to report the problem, they were weak and were not taken seriously, so everyone from every household could go.After that, more than 300 villagers from Wangying Village mobilized together, and drove into the county seat in a mighty way with more than a dozen agricultural vehicles and four-wheel tractors. However, the large number of people not only did not help the matter, but also aroused even greater resentment from the county party committee, saying that they were "gathering crowds to make trouble."After several setbacks, the villagers felt that there was no hope of solving the problem of overburdening farmers in Linquan County, and there were only three ways left: one was to find a region, the other was to go to the province, and then Just go directly to Beijing.When going to the region and the province, many people expressed that they had no idea, because no matter the region or the province, they had too many connections with the Linquan County Party Committee and the county government. It is entirely possible that petition materials are approved layer by layer, and finally approved by the petitioner. Such stories are not uncommon in today's newspapers, radio, and television.If that's the case, people point to a rabbit and drive it down, not to mention that the villagers can't afford to pay for their time and energy, and they don't have the money to take it out! Everyone was chattering and expressing their opinions, and later, the opinions gradually became concentrated, that is: if you don't do it, you don't stop, just go to the Party Central Committee and the State Council!Because the good policy to reduce the burden on farmers is formulated by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and the Party Central Committee and the State Council are closest to our peasants! Of course, everyone knows that such a "leapfrog complaint" will take a lot of risk.A grim fact is: going to Beijing to appeal reflects the problems of Baimiao Town and Wangying Village, but objectively speaking, the complaint is the "black case" of Linquan County.At least it shows that Linquan County's refusal to implement the central government's policy of reducing the burden on farmers is to discredit the party and add chaos to the country.Zhang Xide, secretary of the county party committee, will never let this go. Speaking of Zhang Xide, everyone has long been familiar with it on TV in Linquan County: he has a short stature and loves to wave his hands when he speaks; the manuscript of the report may be written by the secretaries, and the diction is okay, but when he speaks out of the script, there will be no With a little elegance, what he said was no different from a rough man.At one meeting, when emphasizing that family planning does not allow extra births, Zhang Xide waved his fist and said nonsense: "I would rather have seven 'graves' than one 'human head'!" Everyone stuck out their tongues.This murderous and bloody sentence was widely spread, and whoever listened to it would feel chills down their spines. In short, going to Beijing to appeal, the future is uncertain, who has the ability and courage to take on this task? Of course everyone knew it well, but no one had the heart to speak first.When electing the representatives to Beijing, the villagers all looked at Wang Junbin, Wang Xiangdong and Wang Hongchao three young and educated young people with anticipation.