The Fourth Disaster Begins at the Dawn of the Millennium

“Get out of here!”

The nephew nodded, endured the severe pain, and ran away with the dying village representative. The elder brother looked at the dead village representative lying in a pool of blood, and thought: "Damn it, why are they so stupid to come to the Hongmen Feast? Now there is no help, and I have to do it alone." He kept recalling what the physical education teacher taught when he went to the school where his children studied, but the things he held in his hands at that time were too different from the hoe in his hand. At least the "thrust" action was basically useless. Well, he had to bite the bullet and go ahead.

The other sons of the village party secretary and members of the joint defense team rushed over with knives. The elder brother silently repeated what his teacher taught him, "Move, move, never fight one against many..." Then he quickly adjusted his position and kept a distance from the opponent. The elder brother knew that the attack just now was just a sneak attack and the real life-and-death struggle was about to begin.

Chapter 124 Where Did Brother Hunan Go?

The old man relied on his flexible movement to not only avoid being injured in the siege, but also successfully counterattacked, killing one person and injuring several others. However, as more joint defense team members arrived at the scene, even if the old man's movement was more attractive, he could not continue to hold on. He couldn't help but think of himself asking the teacher in class: "What if there are too many opponents and movement doesn't work?" The teacher's answer was: "Then run if you have the chance! Run if you can! Our ancestors said that as long as the green mountains remain, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood. Didn't Chairman Mao also say that when the enemy advances, we retreat."

"run!"

The old man was about to rush forward with a hoe in his hand, scaring the joint defense team members and the son of the village party secretary to retreat. However, what they didn't expect was that this was just a "feint" by the old man. He quickly grabbed a motorcycle, accelerated wildly, and turned into the most common "speedster gang" near Guangzhou Railway Station and fled.

The news of the murder in the village spread quickly to the township and county. However, whether it was the county party committee and government or the township party committee and government, they only regarded the incident as a public security incident and avoided the issue of farmers' demands for burden reduction. On the second night after the incident, the whole village, especially the families of the murdered village representatives, were still immersed in great shock and grief, when the county TV station suddenly broadcast this "news".

The report said: "In xx village, xx township of this county, a major case of manslaughter occurred due to a civil dispute and verbal dispute among villagers." At the same time, a newspaper in this county also published an article, which stated: "A village party secretary named xxx was extremely annoyed by the fierce words of the villagers, so he led his sons to beat the villagers, resulting in the death of the villagers."

Anyone who is able to read Chinese will draw the following conclusion from such a statement: "the villagers' fierce words" came first, the village party secretary was "extremely angry" later, and the villagers, including the village secretary who was killed,

The people are the ones who caused this incident. In addition, it is noted that the article characterizes this incident as a "mutual beating". In addition,

What exactly were the contents of the villagers' "fierce words"? Why was the village party secretary so "extremely angry" that he dared to go against the will of the world and kill people?

As soon as this "news" was broadcast, the whole village was in an uproar because it was completely fake news!

The families who had lost their loved ones and the enraged villagers, men and women, spontaneously gathered together more than 300 people and rushed to the county town.

They found the director of the county TV station and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and questioned: "A criminal who has not yet completed his sentence has become the village party secretary and has intensified his oppression of the villagers. Everyone is overwhelmed and relies on their democratic rights to demand that the accounts be cleared, but they are met with such inhumane revenge. What is "manslaughter"? Who was "manslaughtered" by mistake? Whose killing is not considered a "mistake"? Such a big matter, human lives are at stake, and you don't even investigate and verify the basic facts. What right do you have to make such a report?"

The villagers now have no scruples about revealing the dark history of the village party secretary. When he was still an ordinary village cadre, he was sentenced to one year in prison by the county people's court for corruption and raping women. But while he is still serving his sentence, he has risen against the trend and has become the village party secretary. Of course, this is definitely not the result of a democratic election, but is completely supported by the township party committee.

The villagers' questioning made the editor speechless. Do you expect the editors of these newspapers to conduct on-site investigations and verifications on the manuscripts they edit and publish every day? That is impossible. The head of the newspaper explained: "We adopted this manuscript without any mistakes in the procedure. The manuscript is stamped with the official seal of the procuratorate, so we did not do any verification and published it without any need. Moreover, the county leaders also ordered so..."

The villagers were ready to go to the county leaders. The county party committee and the county TV station were next to each other. Although they were two large courtyards, they were only separated by a wall. When the villagers rushed out of the TV station compound, they found that the street was already crowded with people. Everyone had seen the "news" and felt that it was too tragic and the murderer was too cruel. When they heard that the villagers from the place where the incident happened had come to them for the "news", they concluded that the "news" was a hoax.

Nowadays, the market is flooded with fake and inferior products, and the credibility of various news is no longer high, especially news about major accidents. People have great doubts about its authenticity. So many people gathered around, one to ask for clarification, and the other to see the trend.

There was a lot of noise, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of people surrounded the place in three layers inside and outside.

The county leaders had naturally "fleeted" long ago, and their previous promises to clear accounts, check accounts, and verify the villagers' feedback were never followed up. The situation was clear. The central government had not only repeatedly ordered that the burden on farmers should not be increased, but had also made very clear regulations: "If any village imposes additional burdens on farmers, the party secretary and mayor of the township will be punished for violating party discipline and government discipline, and the county secretary and mayor will also have to write a written self-criticism."

The problem now is not just about the villagers being levied excessively, but also about lives being lost! The central government has long made clear regulations on this.

If the burden problem leads to the death of one person or a collective petition of more than six people, it must be reported to the central government. In this incident, several village representatives died, which was shockingly serious! Whether it was the county party secretary or the county

It is difficult for them to accept this fact, let alone face it. They are obviously unwilling to bear such risks and costs.

A few days later, the families of several victimized villagers gathered their courage and "came back" to the county party committee, where they finally met the county party secretary.

They knelt before the young secretary for a long time, crying and telling him about their grievances. When they first mentioned that their relatives were brutally killed because they were checking the accounts for the villagers, the secretary suddenly flew into a rage: "Who said it was a check? Many places in the county are checking accounts, why didn't they kill others but only you?"

The victims' families were stunned.

A few days later, the deputy township head and a group of people from the police station came to the village.

The deputy township head read a few articles of the Criminal Law and then announced that no one was allowed to make trouble or talk nonsense. Everyone was very nervous, especially the family members of the victims. They couldn't understand why their relatives had been killed.

It seems that relatives have also violated the law and become the "four types of elements" in the past. If they "say or do something reckless", they will be watched by vigilant eyes at any time and anywhere.

You suddenly become neither human nor ghost.

Also at the meeting, the deputy township head took out a wanted order and read it out, saying that if anyone saw the brother who killed the village party secretary's son, remember to notify the village, township and police station. Anyone who knew about it but did not report it would be an accomplice! He would go to jail!

As the saying goes, "What your enemies hate, you will often love unexpectedly." The Hunan guy who has become a wanted criminal has now become a hero in the hearts of his fellow villagers. However, no one knows where this guy has gone.

The people at the police station also wanted to know where this old man had gone, so they focused on keeping a close eye on his eldest brother's family to see if there was anything unusual.

"Anything unusual?"

"I can't see anything unusual. The suspect's eldest brother is just an honest farmer. After the crime, he simply hired someone to bury his deceased father on the mountain. After that, he would go to the mountain from time to time with tributes to worship his deceased father. There's nothing strange about it."

Chapter 125: Enlightenment at the Mass Burial Mound

This is a mass grave. Although it is not far from my brother's home,

From the mountain, he could even see the village in the distance, but he had no home.

归。

His mood cooled to zero, and he truly felt

Wu Zixu passed Zhaoguan Pass - the state of mind of being anxious and white-haired at night.

The "Notice on Urging XXX Criminals to Turn Themselves in" has been issued.

As this "Notice" was circulated everywhere, he was deprived of

While losing his personal freedom, he was also deprived of his right to defend himself.

If you can go back to appeal your grievances, going back to appeal is undoubtedly like surrendering yourself.

The result is predictable.

The autumn night wind brings a hint of coolness, blowing silently over the mountains.

The mass graves here are overgrown with weeds, with graves scattered around and hanging in the sky.

A crescent moon shines through the sparse branches onto the grave, reflecting

- Mottled shadows. The old man squatted in front of a simple grave,

There were a few half-burned incense sticks on the grave, and the smoke was curling up, as if

Talking to the sky. The old man wolfed down the food placed in front of the grave.

Simple tribute, while eating the tribute, - - while muttering to himself,

The voice was low and choked, as if complaining to his father in the grave:

"Dad, I'll get some food from you to fill my stomach. I'm sure you won't

Do you mind? I remember when we were little, you always gave the best food to me and my older brother first, and you ate the worst food yourself. But you are the one who worked the hardest at home, so you should eat the best food......."

"Dad, your son is now a wandering ghost in a mass grave. I would not have gotten involved in this, but you would not want to see your grandson down there. Now that I think about it, I would have picked up a hoe to save my nephew. If I hadn't fought for my life, my nephew would have died there like those village representatives."

"Dad, when you were young, did you also encounter the same thing I encountered? You responded to the call of the country and entered the military camp before you graduated from high school. You said that our country can be independent and self-reliant because of generations of people with backbone who do not bow to power and violence. The rights of the people are not obtained by kneeling, nor are they granted by anyone, but they are fought for. Communists should help the people fight for this power. Therefore, you can't stand the villagers in the same village kneeling down when asking cadres to do things. However, no matter whether you compromise or argue with reason, it seems to be useless. If it were you, what would you do?"

Under the moonlight, the shadow of the old man trembled alone in front of the grave. He raised his head and looked at the bright moon, as if looking for a little comfort. The night wind blew gently, bringing the sound of insects in the grass and the occasional barking of dogs in the distance, breaking the silence of the night.

"Dad, I always said that your grandson, that is, my nephew

He is a stubborn nerd, but he also has a quick mind. If he hadn't come up with the idea of ​​letting me hide in a mass grave, I would probably have gone to Guangdong.

I was caught on the way to the police station. Maybe it was because I almost died once, I always felt that he had changed. At least this nerd did not persuade me to confess my crime and turn myself in. Instead, he tried every means to help me hide........."

The elder brother put down the cake in his hand, hugged his knees with both hands, buried his head in his arms, and trembled slightly. It was a trembling of helplessness and despair, as if the whole world had abandoned him and he was left alone.

In this desolate mass grave, the father in the grave could not answer his son's doubts after all, and the elder brother could only think alone in this silent and deserted mass grave.

The first thing he thought about was that the village party secretary and his son only had

Even with the joint defense team, they were still a minority compared to the number of villagers. But why did the village party secretary and those helpless people

How did the lawless cadres cover up everything?

If the brother was an out-and-out farmer, there would probably be only some chaotic and illogical thoughts in his mind, but because of that unforgettable working experience, the brother's mind was filled with

He learned some strange knowledge, for example, he remembered that his teacher once said:

"Before, when you were earning money at other construction sites, the bosses bullied you with organized thugs and security guards, but you

Our fellow workers come from all over the world and it is difficult for them to stick together. So every time there is a conflict, even though the boss's thugs and security guards are fewer in number than the workers, they can always form a large force to defeat the small force in a local area.

Smallness does not depend on the number of people in a group, but on the degree of its organization. "

I think of these principles in the rural areas. Although the peasants are numerous, they are too scattered and do not have the organizational resources to resist repression. However, the rural cadres are tightly organized and are the legitimate agents of the regime in the rural areas. If these agents, even if they are only a minority, put aside the central government's policies and use the organizational resources of the regime to serve their own interests, then they can certainly gain a dominant position in the rural areas.

The village party secretary relied on this "real power" and a

A large family with many sons can dominate the village and become a "village bully". Relying on the power in his hands, he occupied land, fish ponds, public property, and embezzled public funds.

However, he would not allow the villagers to disobey him even if they just expressed their objection.

The village party secretary has the basic characteristics of a bully in the rural areas of feudal society, but there are some differences, because although the general "village bully" is rampant and extremely infuriating, the scale of his land is generally not large, and his wealth is not large.

The village party secretary in my brother's village not only arbitrarily occupied land and embezzled floating property, but also

And they also have legal power. Such "bullies" are more harmful and more difficult to deal with than ordinary bullies in rural areas of feudal society.

Suddenly, the old man raised his head sharply, because some things he learned while working came to his mind. At that time, he had just transferred to this new company not long ago, and he didn't understand why the company still cared about the migrant workers gathering together to play cards at night, but instead organized everyone to listen to stories, watch movies, and accept the "advanced culture" of the company.

In order to get free sunflower seeds and peanuts, my brother went there. He thought the short man on the podium, wearing a white shirt and a gray jacket, would tell stories about success such as "hard work and struggle" or the so-called struggles of the bosses of the company. What my brother and all the workers who came for free sunflower seeds and peanuts never expected was that the man on the podium would start talking about "the story of young Mao Zedong", "the story of Jinggangshan" and "the story of the Long March".

The stunned workers thought they were at a party branch meeting.

The elder brother lingered in front of his father's grave for a while, dusted off his body, and looked at his father's grave with a determined look. "Dad, I know that given your character, you will definitely support me. Please bless me in heaven."

The elder brother once again paid respect to his father's grave, then turned and left. The night wind was still howling at the mass grave, and the insects in the grass were still chirping.

Chapter 126: Better to die than to live in silence

The murder in the village was a tragedy, but many farmers who had no family members killed in the tragedy could still pretend that nothing happened, and only expressed emotions such as "the death of the rabbit makes the fox mourn" in private. But there are some things that farmers cannot just bury their heads like ostriches. What is coming will come, and the numerous taxes and fees cannot be avoided.

There are dozens of documents and projects related to fees and fund-raising formulated by central government agencies and departments alone. Local governments have formulated hundreds of fees, and there are also a large number of "rider" fees that cannot be counted. Many of these taxes and fees are simply arbitrary by village cadres. Some of the names of fees make people feel absurd, even with a bit of black humor, as if they are a joke, but you are not allowed to pay less than a penny when collecting them.

In some places, the additional income for township schools alone includes sponsorship fees, tutoring fees, examination paper fees, material fees, and broom fees; the pig feeding item alone includes live pig tax, slaughter tax, value-added tax, income tax, and urban construction tax. Many villages and towns impose a pig head tax on a per capita basis, regardless of whether you raise pigs or not.

In some places, more than a dozen fees are charged just for marriage registration. In addition to the marriage certificate fee, there are also fees for letters of introduction, marriage notarization fees, pre-marital examination fees, maternal and child health fees, only child deposits, wedding banquet expenses, children's park construction fees, family planning deposits, late childbearing deposits, couples' love deposits, golden wedding deposits, etc.

In some places, the smoke from farmers' cooking is considered "polluting the environment", and "pollutant discharge fees" are collected from each household. Farmers who dare to speak up go to the village cadres to ask for an explanation, but if they don't ask, it's fine. But if they do, they will be charged with an "attitude fee"...

The various taxes and fees collected from farmers can bring benefits to the towns and government agencies with bloated personnel. In order to obtain these "benefits" stably, they need to expand their personnel, such as adding thugs to the "joint defense team". The expansion of personnel increases expenses and requires more tax support. Therefore, the "wheel" of tax collection will only roll forward, and it is difficult to form a party. As for the "notices, regulations, rules and decisions to reduce the burden on farmers" issued by the top, they all become "read down one level at a time, just conveying but not fulfilling" at the bottom. When the pressure is great, they will restrain themselves a little; when the limelight is over, they will come back again.

Of course, if you want to blame it all on these grassroots staff in the townships, they also have their own "grievances". They will say: "Damn it, the leaders above are all "two-faced". At the burden reduction meeting, the county and city leaders can talk about the importance of reducing the burden on farmers, and talk about the "farmers' burden" is a high-voltage line that no one can touch; when they go to other meetings, they immediately praise those who are fast in "reaching the standards" and criticize those who are slow, and even ask harshly, "Others can do it, why can't you?" "

The city leaders subcontracted the "performance requirements" to the county, regardless of whether you can do it or not, and rarely gave you support. Anyway, you were asked to exercise your subjective initiative. If you fail to complete it, your performance evaluation will be bad. If you exceed the target, you will be excellent and can be promoted. Therefore, the cadres who can build wide roads and beautiful office buildings are set up as "pioneering" cadres. As for where the money needed to do these things comes from, they don't care. Whether it is depriving farmers or maliciously borrowing, "eating the food of ancestors" or "cutting off the road for future generations", it does not prevent it from becoming a model and a model.

In the past, at this time, the villagers had harvested their crops and sold them, and they would have some money in their hands. The village cadres would also take advantage of the villagers' money to quickly plunder them, and a large wave of "taxes and fees" was on the way. But before the villagers had time to be crushed by the taxes and fees, the village's "family planning commando" arrived in advance.

Family planning is a "good policy". After it came to the countryside, many cadres "developed" various local policies, such as: "Don't save people from drowning, don't take away the bottle of medicine, don't untie the rope when someone hangs himself." Family planning is also seen as a new economic "growth point" and a "sword of justice" for crazy money-making. It is normal to replace the law with fines. People can have children as long as they are fined, and birth permits have become "cash cows."

"Those bastards are here to arrest people again!"

The "Family Planning Commando" is a "fast-moving force" equipped with thugs and cars. They can arrest innocent farmers from their homes on trumped-up charges such as "over-birth", "birth without a license", "obstructing public service", or even without any reason at all, and lock them up in their privately-built cells to extort money from them.

The windows of the "prison" were sealed shut, and the daytime was like night. Because all the defecation and urination were done in the "prison", the "prison" was full of stench all day long. The imprisoned peasants could only sleep on the ground, and had to live with feces, worms and maggots. Many people had come to the "prison": some had difficult childbirth, and the village had no one to go to.

Some women were arrested for not having a "delivery date"; some were arrested for "getting pregnant right after getting married"; some

Because the mother was "pregnant without a certificate" and her family suffered a disaster and could not afford to redeem her, she could only give birth to a child in a prison cell...

The purpose of arresting people and detaining them is nothing but to extort money. If you really can't pay, then they will break into your house and take your cattle away. They will even chop up your telephone wires with a kitchen knife before taking them away.

One morning, a township cadre brought a group of thugs and drove a tractor

When he arrived at the village, he first asked a household in the village to pay the levy on his father's property and the ransom for his wife's "undocumented pregnancy". His family had no money.

So the thugs prepared to use the "robbing the house and stealing the cow" method as usual.

The thugs' movements alarmed other villagers, but this time they did not hide at home, but picked up farm tools and surrounded them. A dispute immediately broke out between the two sides. The farmers, who had long been resentful of these township officials and thugs, pushed the township officials' tractors directly into the pond at the entrance of the village in anger. The angry villagers chased the township officials and asked:

“Are you Communist Party cadres?”

"Do you still have Party discipline, national laws, justice and conscience?" "Will you let the people survive?"

The township cadres lost all their previous prestige and could only explain with a smile: "We were ordered to do this by our superiors. We really had no other choice." They also swore, "We will never do this again in the future!" Seeing that the villagers were fooled by these words, the township cadres and thugs took this opportunity to quickly slip away.

The villagers were still celebrating their small victory, but soon someone poured cold water on them:

"Now that they see the situation is not good, they said something in public, which cannot be taken seriously at all. How can these township cadres, who have eyes on their heads, so easily admit defeat in front of the villagers? After being thwarted today, they will never give up, and a bigger revenge action is definitely coming later."

The villagers looked at the man with messy hair and fell silent. When they thought about what the township cadres had done in the past, they felt that what he said was right. Then, everyone's eyes were focused on this man again. People admired him for his courage to fight against the evil forces of the village party secretary, and admired his wit and courage to sneak back to the village.

"Brother! You are knowledgeable and smart, what do you think we should do?"

"My fellow villagers, let me ask you, can each and every household afford the tax burden this year?" the old man suddenly asked.

The villagers looked at each other and shook their heads. In the past, they could have gotten by by gritting their teeth, but this year they suffered a flood and the village cadres were still acting recklessly. They could only get by by gritting their teeth.

If the money is not paid, the tomb may be gone, and the person may be beaten half to death, or become the real "family destroyed".

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