From May 1 to 11, in just 10 days, in Shanxi, Shandong and Liaoning provinces, three vicious cases of village cadres being wiped out occurred, resulting in 16 deaths and two serious injuries.
One bloody case after another has pushed the village cadres to the cusp. Why has the contradiction intensified to such an extent? What is wrong with grassroots governance?
Shanxi Dingxiang
At about 15 o'clock on the afternoon of May 1, a major criminal case broke out in Xishe Village, Hongdao Town, Dingxiang County, Shanxi. After the suspect continued to commit a crime, he absconded in a black car.
Xishe Village, located at the junction of Dingxiang County, Yuanping County and Wutai County, is located at the southern foot of Wutai Mountain, where the Tonghe River and Tuotuo River meet, the terrain is flat, suitable for farming and living.
The population of the village is about 1,700 people, 5,200 mu of arable land, and most of the villagers are engaged in agriculture.
The village has a long history and has preserved a number of Stone Age Longshan cultural sites, which are listed in the list of traditional Chinese villages
At noon on May 4, after three days and nights of continuous fighting by provincial, municipal and county police, Xu Mouqiang, who was hiding in a small hotel in Taiyuan City, was arrested.
According to Hongdao Town, Xu Mouqiang was a villager in Xishe Village, and the victim was a village cadre.
What grudges exist between Xu Mouqiang and the village cadres? What is the motive for the crime?
According to netizens, Xu Mouqiang is 38 years old, unmarried, and soon after his release from prison, he stays at home almost every day to drink alcohol, and sometimes uploads drinking videos to the Internet.
It is reported that Xu Mouqiang believed that he was framed by the village chief that year, resulting in two years in prison. After being released from prison, he held a grudge and repeatedly asked the village chief to "ask for an explanation." In the afternoon of the same day, with the intention of drinking, he killed three members of the village chief's family with knives.
However, these claims have not been officially confirmed, and everything is subject to the official notice.
Shandong Changqing
On May 10, a bloody case broke out in a community in Changqing District, Jinan, Shandong, and three members of the village branch secretary's family died at home.
Another tragic case in which the family of three members of the village cadre was wiped out, and even a 16-year-old child was not spared, where did the hatred of the murderer come from?
According to the data, the victim Liu Jijie, 63 years old this year, is a local capable man, served as a soldier, opened a factory, produced and operated building doors and windows, with an annual output value of more than 10 million, and later became the secretary of the Xili Village branch and the director of the village committee of Wenchang Street.
In the post of village branch secretary, Liu Jijie has also done a very good job, and has won the honorary titles of National Model Worker, National Science Popularization Nongxing Village Leader, National "Double Belt" Pacesetter, Jinan Excellent Village Branch Secretary, and the First Leading Talent of Changqing District.
The victim, Zhang Moujuan, is Liu Jijie's second wife, 37 years old this year, and a member of the CPPCC Changqing District.
The other victim, the son of Liu Jijie and Zhang Moujuan, is still in high school and is 16 years old.
People familiar with the matter said that Liu Jijie was 48 years old when he remarried, and his wife was only 22 years old at the time, and the difference between the two was a full 26 years old, which can be said to be "father-daughter love".
Some netizens said that Liu Jijie's wife is very beautiful, which is a pity.
A number of netizens revealed that the murderer's high school English teacher "has never lost his temper" and "is very knowledgeable".
As for the motive for the crime, it is rumored on the Internet that the murderer's son has been repeatedly bullied by Liu Jijie's son, and there are psychological problems. After mediation failed, the murderer killed the killer, and then committed suicide in fear of crime.
However, these grapevines have not been confirmed.
Liaoning Donggang
At about 4 a.m. on May 11, in Majiagang Village, Chair Circle Town, Donggang City, Liaoning Province, a 64-year-old villager Jin suddenly injured more than 10 people with a pig-killing knife.
Online information shows that so far, the case has killed 10 people, and 2 injured people are being rescued, and the suspect has been controlled by the police.
The murderer Jin, who lives in the Wanhe team in Majiagang Village, is a butcher in the village, killing pigs and sheep for neighbors in his spare time, and it is said that he has been honest all his life and rarely takes the initiative to cause trouble.
It was rumored on the Internet that the cause of the case was that Jin had a physical altercation with a neighbor due to a land dispute. In the conflict, the other party was powerful, and Jin suffered a loss.
The results of the village cadres mediating the dispute made Jin even more resentful, believing that the village chief was partial to his relatives.
At 4 a.m. on the 11th, Jin picked up a pig-killing knife and went door to door. Four of the families were not far away, only Wan and the captain of the squad lived farther away, and he went on a motorcycle.
After the murder, Jin stopped the car and fled. The driver found him covered in blood and refused to let him ride. Unexpectedly, Jin became angry and not only killed the driver, but also stabbed two innocent passers-by.
In the end, the police used drones to search the mountains and arrest Jin.
At present, the case is being further tried.
What is wrong with grassroots governance?
In just 10 days, there were three cases of village cadres being exterminated, what went wrong with grassroots governance?
In fact, this is not unrelated to the grassroots governance thinking in some places.
For a long time, grassroots governance has made great achievements in maintaining stability and promoting development in accordance with the experience of "small things do not leave the village, major matters do not leave the town, contradictions are not handed over, and they are resolved on the spot".
However, once the village cadres themselves become parties to the conflict, and the villagers complain and report the village cadres, and then gradually transfer back to the village for mediation, this method of local resolution will inevitably fall into misunderstanding.
Take an example. On the evening of October 26, 2001, a particularly serious and vicious case occurred in Dayukou Village, Wujinshan Town, Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province.
Villager Hu Wenhai killed 9 families, 8 men and 6 women, a total of 14 people, and seriously injured 3 people in three hours.
The reason was that he took the lead in exposing the village cadres for embezzling the profits of the village coal mine. From Yuci, Jinzhong to Taiyuan, Hu Wenhai reported everywhere. To his great disappointment, the materials were eventually approved back.
Li Lisheng, the secretary of the village branch, said: "The only one in the village who dares to sue me is Hu Wenhai." Don't give him a good look, he still doesn't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has! ”
On the evening of June 19, 1999, Hu Wenhai watered the ground in his orchard. Gao Yansu and Gao Yan's cousins in the adjacent plot, holding shovels, split two shovels at Hu Wenhai's head; When the third spade came, he hurried to block it with his hand, and this shovel slashed into his arm. Seeing this, Hu's younger brother Hu Qinghai rushed over and fought to the death to save his brother.
The day after Hu Wenhai returned from the hospital, Hu Gensheng, the former branch secretary, went to his home and said that he had been entrusted by Li Lisheng (Gao Yan's brother-in-law), the village branch secretary, to mediate the matter.
Hu Gensheng said: "Li Sheng said, one stitch will give you 1,000 yuan, and 23 stitches will give you 20,000 3." ”
"If the other party wants to make trouble with me to death, it's better to start first." Since then, I've been murderous. Hu Wenhai said in court.
Hu Wenhai's example shows that grassroots governance has not yet entered the track of rule of law, and in the final analysis, it is still the thinking of rule of people.
Many grassroots disputes can actually be resolved through legal channels. However, considering various factors and social comprehensive costs, most of them chose the method of local solution.
This method has advantages and disadvantages, on the one hand, it can turn big things into small things and small things, on the other hand, there is also the problem of peace and mud, which is out of the track of rule of law.
Once the village cadres deal with injustice, or involve the village cadres' own interests, it may intensify the conflict.
As a vulnerable group, if the interests of villagers are violated, their dignity is trampled on, their personality is insulted, and their dissatisfaction accumulates, they can easily choose to die together, which will turn into a case of extermination.
Director Jia Zhangke once made the movie "Destiny" based on Hu Wenhai and others, which was shocking.
"Destiny", the title of this film is worth it...