Hongqi Commune's "rice-field fish farming" has achieved large harvests, but many problems have arisen.
At that time, all production resources were owned by the public, either state-owned or collective. There were very few production resources belonging to farmers, almost none. The paddy fields of "rice field fish farming" were collective resources, and the purchase of fish fry was also invested by the brigade, taking care of the paddy fields and changing the water.
Labor such as drainage is recorded as work points in the production team. Therefore, there is no doubt that the ownership of all fish caught belongs to the production team.
The problem is with distribution.
For the first time in history, the members of the Hongqi Commune caught so many fish from the paddy fields, and it didn’t take much effort. It was almost like pie in the sky. Each brigade had more than 2,500 kilograms of fish, and some with less fish were nearly 100 kilograms.
Two thousand catties is not a small amount. Everyone is eagerly waiting for the public to share the fish.
The original decision to release fish fry was an order issued by the strict secretary of the commune, and all the brigade followed it without any doubt. After the harvest, because it was the collective property of the brigade, the commune did not interfere with the distribution, and there was not even a guiding opinion. Twenty-one brigade
Everyone works in their own way, some allocate all the people at once according to the amount of work points; some allocate them according to the number of people.
Some shared half, and the other half went to the brigade for disposal. One part of the sale was counted as the brigade's accumulation, and the other part was given as a favor by the brigade cadres, and some were even divided up by individual cadres; there were still a few brigade that did not catch all the fish.
, only part of the catch is distributed to the members, and the rest is transplanted to the pond to wait for a bigger harvest during the Chinese New Year.
It is normal for collectively-owned property to be distributed collectively.
However, so many fresh carp and crucian carp suddenly appeared in Hongqi Commune during the early rice harvest, and the entire aquatic product supply and marketing system in Xiangyang County was greatly affected. The brigade sold them to the county supply and marketing cooperatives, which was fine.
The company will arrange for the sales to be sold out, and some will be distributed to fresh
The members of the commune, who were used to being thrifty, would never eat the fish in one meal and sold it secretly. Even the families of some cadres in nearby communes and counties who were living a better life came to Hongqi Commune to buy fish. Suddenly,
The several brigades in Hongqi Public Square with convenient transportation were crowded with people and it was really lively.
If we had placed it a few years later, at the beginning of reform and opening up, this scene would have been written down in the performance book of the person in charge of the Hongqi Commune. Unfortunately, it was a few years early. This would not be an achievement but a crime.
There is more than one crime.
The first is the phenomenon of corruption. As mentioned before, a small number of brigade cadres ate more and took more when dividing fish, and some even gave fish to commune cadres and even county cadres. This aroused strong public sentiment among the members of the commune.
dissatisfied.
When he heard about this for the first time, Liu Jun felt very dizzy.
Giving away fish? Corruption?
From the perspective of Liu Jun, a time traveler in the 21st century, there is really no connection between the two. It is reasonable to feel dizzy for a while.
Secondly, it disrupts the normal supply and marketing channels and breeds speculation. Xiangyang County is located in an inland mountainous area, or a hilly area to be precise, and has never been rich in aquatic products. Although carp and crucian carp are not rare, they are not often available.
.Previously it was usually necessary to meet
During the New Year holidays, the supply and marketing system will organize freshwater fish to be supplied to urban residents. Today, there are suddenly 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms of fish on the market for no reason, and there are also private sales and purchases. What is it other than speculation? The debt is naturally the source of the disaster.
The person in charge of the Hongqi Commune must also be blamed.
Liu Jun had heard of speculation, and it was not a derogatory term. As for what "betbar" meant, he really didn't know. There was no Internet in 1977, so there was no place to look for it.
The third is the theory of productivity and the "rise of capitalist ideas."
Raising more fish is the theory of productivity, and eating more fish is the rise of capitalist thinking. Although Liu Jun understands this method of reasoning, he cannot figure it out. It is probably due to the different times in which he lives.
The fourth charge is private and cannot be brought to the table.
Hongqi Commune's "rice field fish farming" had a great harvest, and word soon spread throughout the county. Other communes were very jealous. The cadres of the brigade asked the leaders of their respective communes if they could imitate this and do the same.
, let the commune members also have a taste of meat? This is a sensitive issue. Many commune leaders dare not take charge of their own affairs, and they hand over conflicts to the district and county level for instructions.
Wang Benqing had been in charge of the Guzhen Commune for many years. He even wrote a special request for instructions and submitted it to the County Revolutionary Committee for approval.
It is said that Wang Benqing was very angry.
What is a planned economy? A planned economy means that everything must be done according to a plan. Who makes the plan? Of course it is the superiors. Is it possible that you, a small revolutionary committee of the Hongqi Commune, can also make the plan?
If you just raise a few fish casually and catch them for a meal, forget it and no one will care about you. This guy raised tens of thousands of catties to eat and sell, causing the whole county to be in an uproar.
If we want the leaders of Baozhou area to know, they still don't know how to characterize it.
Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai, these two bastards, really don't make people calm down.
Director Wang's anger was a big deal in Xiangyang County. Tang Haitian, the deputy director in charge of agricultural production who ranked third among the county revolutionary committee directors, personally organized an investigation team and rushed to Hongqi Commune to investigate the "rice field fish farming" incident.
Before Deputy Director Tang arrived at Hongqi Commune, he went toe-to-toe with Yan Yucheng in Taishan District.
When Yan Yucheng heard that Tang Haitian had mobilized so many troops to investigate the so-called "fish farming incident", he immediately became furious.
"I explained this matter to Old Cui last time when he came to Hongqi Commune. Why do you still insist on holding on to it? What is Cui Xiuhe's intention?"
Anyway, having offended Cui Xiuhe, Yan Yucheng didn't save any face and denounced him by name. Even Minister Cui didn't bother to address him.
Tang Haitian has a relatively mild temper. He and Yan Yucheng worked together in the county agricultural bureau before, and he knows Yan Yucheng's temper very well.
"Old Yan, don't get excited. Since someone has reported the problem, the organization must investigate clearly and make a fair conclusion. You have to trust the organization..."
"Okay, Director Tang, tell me, what's wrong with the members of Hongqi Commune raising fish on their own initiative to increase collective income? Do we need to send a special investigation team from the County Revolutionary Committee to investigate? We also need to work for you, the third-ranked deputy.
The director personally takes action?"
The specifications of this investigation team are also very particular. For general issues, functional departments will come forward. It is the turn of the third-in-command of the County Revolutionary Committee to personally take action. It is clear that they want to investigate the main leaders of Hongqi Commune. To put it bluntly, they are targeting Yan Yucheng and
Liu Jincai.
Yan Yucheng has been through many storms and has sharp eyes, so why can't he see the secret?
Tang Haitian couldn't help but be speechless.
Since becoming an official, Tang Haitian has been dealing with agriculture and rural areas, and has a deep understanding of the plight of the peasant masses. When he first heard the news that Hongqi Commune's "rice fields and fish farming" had a bumper harvest, he was very happy.
I feel that I have explored a feasible development path. If the income of the grassroots brigades can be increased, the procurement of public grains and the coordination of government retention and retention at all levels will be completed much more smoothly. As the deputy director in charge of agricultural production, he has the characteristics of
The burden will be much lighter.
He also exchanged this idea with top leader Wang Benqing, but was criticized by Wang Benqing as "politically naive", "ambiguous in his stance on class struggle", and "having a tendency toward productivity theory".
Only two factions, Wang Benqing and Zheng Xingyun, are obvious in Xiangyang County. As the third-in-command, Tang Haitian does not have his own faction. Basically, he is more inclined to the Wang faction, but his relationship with Zheng Xingyun is still okay. This time Wang Benqing appointed him
As the leader of the investigation team, I also wanted to force him to express his attitude.
"I don't believe it. The members of the commune ate a few extra fish and made mistakes. Director Tang, you are also from the countryside. You are the son of a farmer. Don't you feel guilty for treating our fellow villagers like this?"
The investigation team leader was speechless after being refuted by the person under investigation, and the investigation could not continue.
Tang Haitian let out a long breath, shook hands with Yan Yucheng tightly, and went back to the county without even going to the Hongqi Commune.
Tang Haitian's attitude suddenly became clear, which caught Wang Benqing by surprise and made the leader angry. A meeting of directors of the Revolutionary Committee was held overnight. Except for one deputy director who was on a business trip and failed to attend on time, the other eight directors all attended the meeting.
Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai, the two parties involved in the "Ricefield Fish Farming Incident", slept very soundly that night. They didn't know until later that because of the tens of thousands of kilograms of fish from Hongqi Commune, the eight chief and deputy directors of the County Revolutionary Committee actually opened the entire
There was a whole night of meetings and a whole night of quarreling. The directors had a heated debate on the nature of the "rice field fish farming incident".
At the beginning, Wang Benqing and Zheng Xingyun both respected their status and allowed their respective followers to fire first. Cui Xiuhe was Wang Benqing's vanguard. After listening to Tang Haitian's investigation report, he immediately couldn't hold back and spoke fiercely.
My own opinion. It is proposed that Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai, two degenerate cadres who support "speculation" and engage in "productivity theory" must be severely punished.
A deputy director of the Zheng faction immediately retorted, and implicitly pointed out that Cui Xiuhe was avenging a personal vendetta, and was suspected of retaliation. Cui Xiuhe was furious, and would have almost cursed him if Wang Benqing had not stopped him in time.
Then several deputy directors took turns to argue with each other, and the atmosphere became more and more intense. Seeing that no one could convince anyone, Wang Benqing and Zheng Xingyun had to take action in person to express their views.
Usually, the top leader expresses his attitude, and other team members will choose to retain and support the top leader's opinion even if they have different opinions. This time it is different because the investigation conclusion of Tang Haitian, the investigation team leader, is inconsistent with the top leader's opinion.
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So Zheng Xingyun said: We still need to seek truth from facts when dealing with problems.
This is tantamount to openly opposing Wang Benqing. Relatively speaking, the Zheng faction is weaker than the Wang faction, so Zheng Xingyun usually keeps a low profile and only competes with Wang Benqing secretly. A head-on confrontation like this in a directors' meeting is extremely rare.
This was the first time he encountered such resistance at a directors' meeting. Wang Benqing felt that his authority had been greatly challenged. Now it was no longer a question of how to deal with Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai, but that he had to win, otherwise, his power in Xiangyang County would be
The foundation is about to be shaken.
Seeing that the whole night of arguing had no results, Wang Benqing became angry and put it to a vote.
This has caused Wang Benqing to lose face. In the past, when it came to punishing cadres in Xiangyang County, how often did he, Director Wang, not punish him with just one word? This time, he was actually forced to go to a vote as a last resort!
The Wang faction was stronger than the Zheng faction, with four deputy directors following him. Including Tang Haitian, the Wang faction held six of the nine votes, so Wang Benqing was quite confident about the vote.
Unexpectedly, when the result came out, it turned out to be 4:4, which made Wang Benqing really crazy for a while. Then he remembered that a deputy director of Wang's faction was on a business trip and failed to participate in the voting. Tang Haitian turned to Zheng Xingyun again, so he
With such a voting result, Wang Benqing was extremely depressed.
Alas, I only blame myself for being impulsive and not considering the problem comprehensively, so I shot myself in the foot.
"The meeting is dismissed!"
After saying these two boring words, Wang Benqing turned pale, picked up the teacup, and left the conference room without even looking back.
As soon as the meeting ended, Tang Haitian didn't bother to take a rest, so he hurriedly called Taishan District, woke Yan Yucheng up from bed, and briefly explained the meeting process and voting results to Yan Yucheng.
The vote result of 4:4 seemed to be a deadlock, but in fact the Wang faction was defeated. Because Wang Benqing's decision to punish Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai failed to pass, it marked that Wang Benqing's unwavering status in Xiangyang County had been lost.
Precarious.
Yan Yucheng immediately informed Liu Jincai of the matter.
Liu Jincai was stunned for a while. He didn't know about the investigation team, let alone the director of the County Revolutionary Committee who held a meeting overnight to vote. However, Liu Jincai was quite happy to learn the result of the vote.
If he were not his father, Liu Jun would really like to say to him: Director Liu, don't be too happy, Wang Benqing is not that easy to mess with!
This is also true. After the meeting, Wang Benqing did not rest. Instead, he immediately took a car to Baozhou City, the seat of the Baozhou area! He hurriedly found a major leader in the area and reported this extremely abnormal situation in Xiangyang County.
situation.
Wang Benqing is determined to bring down Zheng Xingyun this time, and will even squeeze him out of Xiangyang County at the last possible moment. With such a deputy, Director Wang will have a difficult life in the future. As for how to deal with Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai, it is a matter of time.
That's a problem. Comparatively speaking, Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai cannot pose a direct threat to his position as Director Wang.
The content of Wang Benqing’s conversation with the main leader in the Baozhou area is unknown to outsiders.
Two days later, the investigation team sent by the Baozhou District Revolutionary Committee went directly to Hongqi Commune and returned to the area seven days later. The Baozhou District Revolutionary Committee immediately requested the Xiangyang County Revolutionary Committee to punish Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai.
After receiving the notice from the district, Wang Benqing was mixed with joy and sorrow. What he was happy about was that the district leaders clearly supported him and proved that his work in Xiangyang County was recognized by his superiors. What was worrying was that the district only said that Yan and Liu would be punished, and said nothing about Zheng Xingyun.
Mention. Even if Yan Yucheng and Liu Jincai were punished, it was specifically stated that "criticism and education should be the main focus" and that they could not be beaten to death with a stick. Moreover, the district did not directly make the decision on punishment, but indirectly pointed out that they should not get entangled with Zheng Xingyun on this matter.
Unclear.
It should be noted that the Xiangyang County Revolutionary Committee has no authority to punish members of the political organization team at the same level.
It seems that Zheng Xingyun also has strong backers in the region.
The road is long and long!
Wang Benqing sighed secretly and remembered Qu Yuan's famous poem.
On July 24, 1977, the Xiangyang County Revolutionary Committee's disciplinary decision was sent to Taishan District and Hongqi Commune.
In view of the mistakes made by Comrade Yan Yucheng and Comrade Liu Jincai in the "fish farming in rice fields" incident, Comrade Yan Yucheng was given an administrative demerit and Comrade Liu Jincai was given an intra-party warning. The "fish farming in rice fields" in Hongqi Commune was immediately stopped.