When the rural land in the north is recovering, everything is ready to move. In Shuangsheng Village, Jianhua Town, Kailu County, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it was supposed to be a joyful scene of busy labor in the fields. This year, however, the village's farmers were clouded with fear, as they were told that they would not be able to plant the seeds unless they had to pay the new land contract fee first.
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This sudden "bombshell news" has put many farmers who do not have the money in a dilemma: either they will miss the best opportunity to plant seeds in the spring, or they will tighten their belts and pay a huge amount. The matter can be traced back to the land contract in Shuangsheng Village. According to farmer Xiao Zhang (pseudonym), as early as 2004, the village's farmers signed a 30-year land contract with the village committee.
According to the contract, the farmer has paid the land contract fee for 30 years in the current year, and the contract period is until 2034. Recently, the village committee suddenly proposed to increase the land contract fee, requiring an additional 200 yuan per mu of land per year, otherwise farmers will not be allowed to work in the fields. While working in the fields, the farmers were stopped by the staff of the village committee.
Videos show a deputy party secretary of Ji Yunhao town, who claims to be surnamed Ji, shouting in the field to stop farmers' work. The farmers could not accept this unjustified demand, and a confrontation ensued. Ji Yunhao originally led the police to deal with the dispute. Surprisingly, Ji Yunhao stood on the side of the village committee, saying that "the land does not belong to you" and took him away from the scene.
After the incident, the farmers came to the village committee to ask for a solution, hoping to try to start spring planting first and then discuss the cost, but they were refused. When Ji Yunhao was questioned by the peasant households, he said in an astonishing voice: "I don't know the law either, why did you go to the police and the government to do it?" It can be seen that the grassroots cadres who are supposed to safeguard the interests of the peasants have not only failed to resolve the disputes, but have aggravated the contradictions.
The sudden increase in contract fees by the village committee is flawed. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the contract is a legal agreement between the parties and cannot be changed at will before the expiration. Moreover, farmers have already turned some of their grassland into arable land through their own efforts, and it does not seem reasonable to ask them to pay for it again.
The choice to make this request abruptly during the spring planting season has led to the dilemma of "either pay the money or delay the spring planting". Grassroots cadres have failed to give full play to their mediation role, but have instead shown a strong style of "I have the final say," which is unacceptable in both legal and reasonable terms.
Agricultural production has its own laws, and if the best time of spring is missed, it is difficult to guarantee the harvest of the year. At present, Kailu County has notified that Ji Yunhao has been dismissed. Grassroots cadres should bear in mind their duties and missions, resolve this embarrassing situation through rational discussion as soon as possible, and let peasant households resume normal production as soon as possible and maintain social harmony and stability.