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Do you think that spring is just the season for flowers to bloom? In Kailu County, Inner Mongolia, spring is not only full of flowers, but also the "land war" between cadres and peasants is in full swing! Imagine that you just want to pick up a hoe to plow the land, but you are told that this piece of land that you have contracted for 30 years cannot be moved! Kailu County in Inner Mongolia is extraordinary. Zhang, an ordinary farmer, contracted 5,600 mu of land at a price of 4 yuan per mu 20 years ago, and he couldn't even buy a chicken leg at this price, but do you know what he is doing now? He subleased it to others at a price of 700 yuan per mu.
At the beginning of 2024, Mr. Zhang and his neighbors ushered in the spring plowing season as usual. Who knows, this time their agricultural machinery failed to drive smoothly into the field. What was the reason? It turned out that just as they were preparing to plow, the deputy director of the village committee and several strong men blocked the fields and loudly announced: "If you want to farm the land, you must pay money first! Otherwise, no one will want to break the ground!" The words of the village cadres revealed an iron-blooded determination, and "what can you do when 110 comes?" is even more domineering, as if all laws will be evaded.
The deputy director of the village committee explained without blushing or beating his heart: "Your land was originally wasteland, but now it has become irrigated land, and it is much more fertile, so you have to pay an extra 200 yuan per mu for watering the land, and if you don't pay, don't think about planting!" The implication is that the appreciation of this land is all due to the village committee?
The 4,650 acres of wasteland contracted by Mr. Zhang were originally turned into fertile fertile land after years of hard work. However, when he was about to sow hope, he was told that he would have to pay another 200 yuan per mu for "improving quality and increasing fees," totaling as much as 1 million yuan! This was not only a ruthless blow to his labor, but also a gross violation of the spirit of the contract.
Remember the land dispute in that hit drama? The realistic version of Kailu County is even more exciting. Zhang's land was originally a deserted grassland, but in the hands of him and his younger brother, it became a gold brick. This land is not only a paradise for cows, but also a fertile ground for money. However, the local cadres suddenly appeared and issued a notice demanding that Zhang pay a contract fee of 200 yuan per mu because the nature of the land had changed.
The cadre said, "You have to pay more for this land, because you have earned more." Zhang retorted: "I just came according to the rules, why did you change the rules overnight?" The dispute continued, and the cadres took direct action, not allowing Zhang to continue farming, and even used police force. Agricultural machinery was detained, the land was sealed, and the spring plowing plan was about to be lost.
Think about it, if this happened in a TV series, you might think that the screenwriter was too bloody, but this is true! Zhang could have relied on this land to support his retirement, but this land suddenly became a "hot potato". And the cadres, as if they were Bi Ma Wen in "Journey to the West", "learned from the scriptures" without saying a word.
As soon as this incident came out, netizens blew up, and the comment area became a complaining conference. Some netizens said: "Zhang is making money from the ground to the clouds, which is more exciting than the stock market!" Some netizens questioned: "Does this cadre see that Zhang makes a lot of money, and his eyes are red?" Of course, there is no shortage of rational voices: "Land contracting should be legal and compliant, can cadres do it willfully?"
Land, the life-giving matrix, is the lifeblood of farmers and an important resource for local governments. Zhang's story reflects the gray area in current land management. Where is the boundary of the law? Where is the bottom line of the rules? These questions are worthy of our deep consideration.
With the end of the spring ploughing season, will there be any possibility of reconciliation between Zhang's conflict with local cadres? Will the land continue to be cultivated? This is not only Zhang's problem, but also the problem of every peasant household that depends on the land for their livelihood. And we, as bystanders, may be able to see the subtle and complex relationship between agriculture, law and society. This "land war" is far from over, so let's stay tuned.