"Captain Lin, please send two militiamen from your team to help us take Zhao Tiechui back."
County Magistrate Xiong cast a cold gaze on Zhao Tiechui, who had limp legs and was sitting on the ground. He snorted coldly and turned to Lin Shuisheng and said.
At this time, Zhao Tiechui's face was as pale as paper, with beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down his forehead. He looked in a miserable state, completely devoid of the arrogance and domineering attitude he had as the director of the Red Star Commune.
"Okay! County Magistrate Xiong. Zhao Tiechui is such a scourge that we should have gotten rid of him long ago."
Lin Shuisheng responded, his face full of indignation, "You don't know, during the years when he was the director of our Red Star Commune, he forced our production brigades to hand in excess public grain every year.
The public grain is the hard-earned money of the farmers all year round. After he messed it up, everyone's life became very tight."
Lin Shuisheng became more and more excited as he spoke, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, "Not only that, many materials that should have been distributed to the production brigades below were also embezzled by him under various pretexts.
Those materials were life-saving things for our production team. We were short of farm tools, seeds, fertilizers... but when they came to us, there were only a few left, and he pocketed them all."
This made County Magistrate Xiong fall into deep thought. He frowned slightly, with doubt and seriousness in his eyes, and asked:
"Zhao Tiechui has been doing evil for so many years, why don't you report it to the higher authorities and sue him?
Our county government has not received any reports of Zhao Tiechui's evil deeds!"
"this……"
Lin Shuisheng lowered his head in shame, his face suddenly burning, and he didn't know how to answer.
He knew in his heart that the reasons behind this were complicated and could not be explained in a few words.
Seeing this, Lin Huowang took a step forward and said to County Magistrate Xiong with a smile:
“County Magistrate Xiong, this is actually very easy to understand.
Just like Lin Jianguo, the team leader of our Linjiagou Production Brigade, who did all kinds of evil and treated the entire production brigade as if it were his own home.
He controlled the villagers by deducting work points and distributing food, making almost all the villagers rely on him for survival.
You can only flatter him and not offend him, otherwise you will end up in trouble."
Lin Huowang looked serious, his eyes revealing helplessness and indignation towards this phenomenon, "In fact, no matter if it is the production team leader or the commune director.
In essence, they can all be considered local tyrants and emperors.
They hold almost all power in their hands, and even other cadres will fear their authority and obey them.
Or like Secretary Liu, even if he is the top leader, he is not as powerful as Zhao Tiechui, so he can only protect himself and ignore what Zhao Tiechui does.
County Magistrate Xiong, think about it, even Secretary Liu couldn't respond to Zhao Tiechui's matter, so how dare these team leaders and villagers under him?
Zhao Tiechui said, I have someone above me. If you report it, I will immediately know who reported it. Then I will be fine and will turn around and kill you.
County Magistrate Xiong, who among us farmers do you think would dare to take such a risk and go to the county to report the director of the commune?"
After hearing what Lin Huowang said, County Chief Xiong immediately fell into deep thought.
His brows were furrowed, and his eyes revealed a hint of heaviness and self-blame.
That’s right!
He has been busy with various county affairs and has not really gone deep into the grassroots.
I had no idea that at the grassroots level, a production team leader or a commune director would have such great power and authority that they could oppress the peasants to such an extent.
The farmers at the bottom of society are not only uneducated, but also lack knowledge.
Many farmers don’t even know that they can go to the county government to report these corrupt officials. They always think that even the county governor is in collusion with these commune directors.
Reporting is no different from seeking death. We are forced to live under such oppression and tyranny every day.
At this time, County Magistrate Xiong felt extremely confused, even painful.
He never expected that in Baishan County under his rule, there would be corrupt officials like Zhao Tiechui who exploited the people. Is this still the new China he wanted to build?
How can we allow such filth to be hidden?
It must be swept into the dustbin of history.
But is Zhao Tiechui just an isolated case?
No! This is definitely not an isolated case. The production team leaders below may have more parasites, and their harm to the peasant masses is more direct and covert.
How can we root out these parasites and encourage farmers to dare to report them?
When County Chief Xiong was feeling worried, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Lin Huowang's upright and somewhat immature face. His eyes lit up instantly, and he had an idea in mind. He warmly invited Lin Huowang:
“Comrade Lin Huowang, I see that you have such a profound understanding and summary of this phenomenon.
Can you come with me to escort Zhao Tiechui back to the county town, and then talk to me on the way about how to solve the problem?
I think you must have a general idea in your mind, right?"
"this……"
Lin Huowang was a little hesitant, but it wasn't that he didn't want to actively offer suggestions.
However, he had just submitted a special forces training plan to the military. If he were to make some suggestions that were ahead of their time, would it really attract too much attention from relevant departments?
After all, according to the most basic information, he was just an ordinary farmer in Linjiagou. Apart from making friends with some intellectuals who were sent down to the countryside and reading more books, where did he learn all this knowledge?
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