Chapter 15 The Beginning of Rural Burden Reduction

PS: I don't know if this chapter will be able to be released. That's pretty much the reason for the real burden reduction.

The land of Bashu has been known as the land of abundance since ancient times.

Despite the turmoil of the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, the population continued to grow day by day. It can be said that the population density of Bashu Province, especially in the Rongcheng Plain, is no less dense than that of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, which are the most densely populated in the country.

Once the population is large, it will be very disadvantageous for the production to be delivered to the household.

For example, in Wushan's hometown of Wuxian, a person can get two or three acres of land, while in the Rongcheng Plain, the per capita land is three or four acres.

What can be done in three or four places? In a vast and sparsely populated place, there is also a vegetable garden at home. It is Wu County, and the vegetable garden of every household is almost half an acre of land.

The key point is that there are many kinds of taxes in the countryside.

Those who have no rural experience do not know that in China in the 80s, the peasants were miserable.

Why do so many peasants leave their homes to work in the coastal areas? Quite simply, the question of income. Working in a factory does not require much skill, and the money earned in a month is equivalent to more than a year's income in rural areas.

In this time and space, the coast is gradually opening up, and migrant workers are still needed in the factory. However, the demand for migrant workers in this era is not as large as it was a few decades later.

Not to mention the rest, it's like the construction industry. Zephyr has a large number of infrastructure projects, and construction companies from all over the country have flocked to it.

The simple truth is that if the people have no money in their hands, the government will have no money in their pockets. If there is no money, there will be few natural projects, and many local construction companies will not even be able to pay basic living expenses.

The construction company itself can't support its own labor force, so why talk about giving migrant workers job opportunities?

As a result, the vast majority of peasants are still confined to the land.

But it was said that Renshou County. Located in the southern part of the Bashu Basin, the hilly area of Bashu, it covers an area of 2,606 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 60 communes and 568 brigades. With a total population of 1.62 million, it is the first county in Bashu and the third most populous county in the country.

In this hot land, the post-Tang poet Sun Guangxian, the Song Prime Minister Yu Yunwen, the civil and military Prime Minister Yu Yunwen, the Oriental Van Gogh Shi Lu, the famous painter Feng Jianwu brothers, and one of the founders of the geological cause of New China, academician Huang Jiqing, have produced many talents and prosperous education in the past generations.

Think about it. The area is less than half of Wu County, but it feeds more than five times the population of Wu County. Since it is the Bashu Basin, there must be many hills, which are not suitable for farming. On average, each person has less than one-third of the land.

However. Agricultural taxes and rural retention here are no less than anywhere else. The peasants confined to their land were miserable.

Officials here are very active in collecting money for agriculture. The farmer's family had no money, so they took all the piglets and poultry from the pigsty. What's more, the houses of the common people were ripped up, and the tiles and wood were taken out and sold to pay off the debts.

Even before the liberation, the Kuomintang government paid a lot of taxes, and it was nothing more than that.

There is a propaganda brigade in Renshou County. It was renamed during the special period, and it was originally called the Jianshan Brigade.

Six years have passed since the special period, but there has been no fundamental change in the trend of thought here. One word. The above policy must be implemented meticulously, and as for the life and death of the peasants, what does it have to do with the officials?

In this situation, the life of the peasants is becoming more and more difficult day by day.

Zhang Laoshi is a peasant in the propaganda brigade, just because this person is too real, his nickname is Zhang Laoshi, but no one calls his real name, and even many acquaintances don't know his name.

In April of the lunar calendar, it is the time when the green and yellow are not connected, and Zhang Laoshi's family can no longer open the pot.

There are no recreational activities in the countryside, and every night the husband and wife have a little bit of a business, and more and more children are born. Later, the family had six children. There are two parents above, six mouths below, and a family of ten people, who rely on more than two acres of land to survive.

", don't worry!" Zhang Laoshi knocked the dry tobacco bag on the stool: "I saw it in the field yesterday, the potatoes are almost half an egg in size, and you can still get through life when you dig it out." ”

"That's all there is to it, it's the same everywhere, you can't borrow food." Zhang's wife was just over forty, and her eyes lost their luster due to overwork: "Dig it, it's better than starving to death." ”

As soon as the sky was bright, Zhang Laoshi set off with a hoe on his back.

Everyone has self-esteem, and so do farmers. He was afraid that he would be watched by the villagers after dawn, and his face was panicked.

Digging up these potatoes that didn't even bloom in flowers, Zhang honestly felt very uncomfortable. It is important to know that after the road is ripe, the potatoes can last at least two or three months of grain.

Potatoes are a good thing for farmers, the potatoes themselves can be eaten by humans, and the potato seedlings can be fed to pigs.

One day he walked to Rongcheng to see the world, and the pig over there was only a big one, estimated to be at least more than two hundred catties. In the past two years, the food at home has not been enough to eat, and the pigs can only eat all the pigweed, and when the pigs are killed at the end of the year, it will be 180 catties.

Some of the potatoes were indeed too small, so Zhang honestly dug them up and buried them in the soil. In a little more than a month, these potatoes will grow to at least three as large. I don't know if these potatoes will last until then, maybe they will all be dug up before they are ripe.

He just watched carefully, digging up the nests of potatoes, tearing off the larger ones, and burying the small ones.

Before you know it, the sun is already getting high. I didn't eat anything yesterday, and Zhang felt dizzy.

"Zhang Honest, Zhang Honest!" A voice shouted anxiously.

He settled down, and with a hoe, he saw clearly that the person who came was the most enthusiastic Yang Laosan on the team: "Third Brother Yang, what's the matter?" ”

"To be honest, you are still digging potatoes here, and the people in the district have come to your house to collect and keep them." Yang Laosan was more concerned than his own affairs: "When I came just now, I saw people from the police station pulling your pigs. Your father went up to stop him, and he was swept to the ground by those men with an elbow, and now he doesn't even get up and doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. ”

"Huh? Spicy next door! The rabbit is in a hurry and bites, Zhang Laoshi is only silent because of the heavy burden on the family, not because this person has no temper: "Dare to beat my father, Lao Tzu fought with them." ”

In Zhang's honest yard, Yu Lezi, the head of the police station in the district, muttered to the deputy district chief who came down together: "Rub, his pig is only fifty catties in the sky, and it is less than a fraction of what he has kept for three years!" ”

Yu Leper has long been bald on the top of his head. In addition, this person is ruthless to the common people, and he is called by this nickname behind his back.

"What do you say?" The deputy district chief frowned: "He doesn't even have a grain at home, and he can't collect it." ”

"Look, can he sell his tiles for some money?" Yu Lezi nodded: "Although these tiles are a little old, we can still sell them at a discount." And what about the purlins on the roof? We don't have any trees here, so it's worth a little bit of money. ”

"Isn't that right?" The deputy district chief was stunned: "How does it feel like a homecoming group?" ”

"Deputy District Chief, you don't know what to say," Yu Lezi poured bitter water: "If you don't give these farmers a little color, they will drag them hard." Just like Zhang Laoshi, he dragged on next year this year. Next year will drag on the year after then, hasn't it been paid off for three years? ”

The deputy district chief just didn't say anything, and Yu Lezi felt that he had acquiesced.

"Brothers, take all the tiles off the roof!" Yu Leper waved his hand: "Otherwise, this honest person doesn't know that the pot is made of iron." ”

Seeing those people don't do anything. Yu Lezi was furious, and stepped to the roof: "You all grew up eating porridge?" Such a little thing has to be done by Lao Tzu himself? ”

Zhang Laohan lying on the ground. But no one paid attention.

Yu Lezi said. He took off the tiles and shouted, "Whoever is there, take it down quickly!" ”

Zhang's wife and Zhang's mother couldn't help kowtowing: "Comrade work, our house itself is a little leaky. You're really going to rip off the roof, where does the family live? ”

The eldest child is only over ten years old, and the children in the township have never seen the world. He was already crying.

The two women wanted to rush up, but when they looked at the shell guns hanging from their waists, they flinched again, and couldn't stop crying.

"Which shit hit my dad?" Zhang Laoshi rushed back like a gust of wind. Even the basket and hoe were thrown into the ground.

"Yo ho?" Yu Lezi jumped down from the roof: "Nima, Lao Tzu hit, what's the matter?" It is you, the backward elements, who have always relied on not handing over the rural reserves. Otherwise, Lao Tzu is sitting in the office, drinking gaiwan tea, and how free! ”

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and one mouth twitched loudly.

For such a big thing, the villagers have long been alarmed, and they are watching and pointing from near and far one by one.

Of course, I already hated this Yu Leper in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it out loud.

"You donkey! started a rebellion in a special period, and now he is still showing off his might! The good-tempered Zhang honestly touched his lips, shook his father, whispered in his ear and didn't respond, and jumped up: "Today my father has three long and two short, Lao Tzu pulls you back!" ”

The deputy district chief looked unhappy, but said nothing. He himself is gilded from above and down, and has no experience in grassroots work.

Yu Lezi is just a private name, who dares to shout it?

The head of the police station was angry, pulled out his gun, and aimed it at Zhang Honest's head: "Don't you believe it, if you say another word to this turtle son, Lao Tzu will collapse you!" ”

"If you don't shoot today, you're my son!" Zhang Laoshi also let go: "Yu Lezi, you hurry up and shoot, one life is worth one life." Lao Tzu doesn't believe that you can run away after killing someone in public! ”

As the saying goes: those who are horizontal are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying.

Zhang Laoshi was so powerful, Yu Zizi wilted, and shouted inwardly: "Don't force me." If you force me again, I'll beat you, throw you and that old thing together, and bury you in a ravine!" ”

When it came to his father, Zhang Laoshi was even more angry, looked around, ran to the door, grabbed a flat pole, and beat his head and face: "My father is sixty or seventy years old, and you can do it as a dog!" Lao Tzu killed you today, and got rid of the bane for the villagers! ”

Yu Lezi is usually unpopular, and when he was beaten, the other people who followed, including the police at the police station, hid far away.

As for the deputy district head, he had never encountered such a thing, and he was so frightened that he said repeatedly: "Don't fight, don't beat people!" ”

"Don't hit people?" Zhang Laoshi's eyes were red: "Why didn't you stop him when he beat my father just now?" It's all official protection! ”

As he spoke, the flat pole flew over, and the deputy district chief was so frightened that he kept retreating.

"Zhang Laoshi, kill him!" Uncle Wang, the oldest in the crowd, said hoarsely: "I have been diagnosed with tuberculosis and I will not live long, kill him and I will help you die!" ”

The peasants cheered, rushed up, and fired the guns of the other two police.

All the people who came, all tied up with ropes.

Zhang Honest's flat shoulder, again and again, fell on Yu Leper's body.

At first, he still had the strength to curse, but then his voice became quieter and quieter, and he saw that he couldn't live, and the blood all over his body splashed out.

"Zhang Laoshi, you give me the flat burden!" Uncle Wang no longer hesitated, and snatched the flat shoulder in high spirits: "Fathers and fellow villagers, you have all seen it, I am the one who killed this damn director!" ”

He symbolically waved the flat pole, and said with a gasp in his mouth: "He fought with Zhang Laoshi, and I snatched the flat pole and beat him to death!" ”

Not only that, but everyone present then signed, including the people who came to take him in, and they all proved that Yu Lezi was killed by Uncle Wang.

The head of the police station in a district was beaten to death by a peasant, and the prisoner was an old man who had to walk hard?

Ren Shou County was not calm, and immediately sent someone to investigate.

The so-called good things don't go out, and evil things go thousands of miles, and the affairs of Renshou County were soon known by the province.

Yang Dezhi also came down to understand the situation in person, and could not help but be moved when he saw the miserable situation of the peasants.

He didn't know what to do, so he directly reported the ins and outs.

The next day, the great man arrived at the Golden Bull Hotel in Rongcheng.

The old man could no longer withstand the trek and brought representatives of several parties of the propaganda brigade there.

The great man did not speak, but listened quietly.

The peasants were also unceremonious, telling about the difficulties of the day.

"Fellows, I'm sorry, I'm late!" The old man bowed deeply: "I can't imagine that this is the situation in the countryside." Please rest assured, we already know the problem here, and we will definitely give you an explanation. Not to mention the rest, your burden is indeed too heavy. ”

After a pause, the old man's expression was melancholy: "China is a country ruled by law. The ancients said: Murder to pay off debts and money, and the death of a police station chief must be a violation of the criminal law. ”

Unexpectedly, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and Yu Lezi usually did a lot of evil. When he died, all kinds of strong women, corruption and bribery, forced buying and selling, and the intestines and stomachs were all cleaned up. In the Renshou County Court, the accusations against leprosy are more than a foot high.

Uncle Wang also came to the scene, and he stood up: "Comrade Great Man, I am three years younger than you. Everyone knows that I killed people. It's time to fight and kill, I admit it. That turtle son is really not a person, Zhang Laohan is an honest man, he knocked people to the ground, and now he is still hanging water in the hospital. ”

The great man laughed and laughed, and he knew that there must be something hidden in it.

Yu Lezi really stinks, who of the people who went with him still dare to speak for him now? No matter what the occasion was, they and the farmers at the scene insisted that Uncle Wang killed them.

The Public Security Bureau couldn't cry or laugh, and a sick shell was caught and had to help him treat his illness.

Not long after, the burden reduction campaign in China's rural areas began.

All this has little to do with Wushan.

The farmers of Zephyr have a lot of land and don't care about this little bit of retention.

But Wushan, which has returned to the wind, is indeed in trouble. (To be continued......)