On November 4, 2018, the third year of Shenwu, Tao Chengzhang's report on land reform was like a bucket of snow water poured into a boiling oil pan, and public opinion immediately splashed with boiling oil. The people who were originally praising the government of the dynasty were immediately divided into two factions, one was the official media that supported the land reform, and the other was the civil newspapers with more numerous and wider influence and a few radio stations in the concession.

The former constantly quotes the contents of the movie The Ming Dynasty, saying that if a country wants to be stable for a long time, land reform must be implemented. Every family has land to cultivate and everyone has food to eat, so that the country will not be unstable; while the other faction bites the constitution to death, stating that if the government cannot protect private property, it is unconstitutional, and the Prime Minister and the Cabinet should step down. It also dialectically believes that the most urgent thing for China today is the oppression of the great powers. If the whole nation cannot unite and internal chaos, the day of the country's defeat is not far away.

The saying that the whole nation united and resisted foreign humiliation was only one of them. There were also the saying that constitutionalism was inviolable, and the common saying that it was against morality, etc. The Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Civil Affairs, State Taxation Bureau, and China General Farmers Association had previously said that the landlords of about 3.00% caused a stir in public opinion, and most of them were gathered by the Progressive Party led by Liang Qichao and other constitutional gentry in the Qing Dynasty. The number of party members soared from hundreds of people in half a month to tens of thousands.

In order to better compete with the Revival Society, and to completely suppress the Kuomintang, the Progressive Party was finally renamed the Constitution-Protecting Party and announced its participation in the next general election. Liang Qichao called on the majority of gentry and landlords in the party newspaper: "The old dynasty established the constitution, the new dynasty protected the constitution, and the lifelong constitution" was the only one who was in the limelight.

Faced with Liang Rengong, known as the "magic pen", the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Rites represented by Wang Xiaolin could not withstand it. The reason was that the literate people were mostly gentry, and gentry people were usually reasonable. But who did not have a few acres of land? If they were taken away by the government, although there were various stocks and tenants for ten years of rent, they suffered a great loss no matter how they calculated it. Under the real interests, all the previous gentle and morality and behaviors for the country and the people disappeared, leaving only many insults and condemnations in teahouses, restaurants, newspapers and articles.

The second is that Zhang Yuanji, a master of academic circles, was formally prosecuted by the Shanghai Inspectorate for bribery and obstructing judicial justice. Shanghai is the center of economy and culture and the center of public opinion. Not to mention that the Commercial Press has been established for more than ten years, there are Oriental Magazine, Diplomacy Newspaper and other publications, which have a great influence on the newspaper industry. Just say that Zhang Yuanji's influence in the academic circles was due to Cai Yuanpei and the Chinese Education Association affected the academic department of any province. Although literati were neglected, when the government wanted to abolish the unspoken rules of "preferential treatment of scholars" and "no punishment for doctors" for thousands of years, these people also gathered together like landlords. They were sarcastic and ridiculed the land reform.

This is the public opinion, but in Yang Rui's opinion, it's nothing! The Revival Society did not rely on these gentry to govern the world. The basis of the Revival Society is in the countryside. After learning about the land reform under the publicity of the Farmers Association, nearly 100 million tenants wanted to take out their hearts and offer them to the emperor. Not to mention the popularity of the incense in the imperial halls everywhere, nor to say that those farmers who owed taxes suddenly took the initiative to pay taxes. There were more and more people coming to the Ming Gate from other places to kowtow, which made the crossroads often crowded and had to queue up to kowtow.

The various news from rural areas in various places once again confirms the truth that the movie says, "The heart of the people is food, and the heart of the people is land." A thief shouted "The plough has the land" to disrupt the world. But now, an emperor who has been glorious since the founding of the country and has defeated foreign enemies repeatedly, demanding that the plough has the land". So what if it happens?

Rebellion? The people are waiting to divide the land, where does the soldiers come from?

Assassination? Zhu Kuansu has many brothers and his son is born; there are seven leaders at the Revival Society. Which one should I kill?

Appeal? Constitutional amendment is the case. Most of the Investigation Court is full of mud legs, and raising your hand is the case. Can the Tingwei Mansion not recognize the Constitution?

Foreigners interfere? Now foreigners are fighting in Thailand. Japan has just been abused once again. Americans verbally believe that the government's move invades private property. But this is just a verbal statement. Is it necessary to send troops to China for justice for a group of pagans?

In terms of reason, every way out is blocked. But after all, some people will be unable to think about it. According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, within half a month after Tao Chengzhang proposed the land reform draft at the beginning of the month and was passed by the suspect, there were 651 civil unrest in the country, with more than 13,600 people involved in the case. Most of these people were clan forces inspired by landlords. Most of them burned the township official offices, patrol offices, village offices, tax offices, township farmers' associations and other government agencies, and there was no bandit. Moreover, these more than 600 civil unrest in civil unrest were not mobilized to specially deploy garrisons in various counties. The local patrol officers and farmers' associations and farmers' soldiers arrested many murderers.

"So, the situation is better than we expected?" During the snowy season, Yang Rui sat in the warm Yin'an Hall with a cup of hot tea, and asked Zhang Chengyue, Tao Chengzhang, Wu Xifen, Xu Guantian and others who came to report.

"Sir, I can't say that the situation is better than expected. Now all the landlords have not been confiscated yet, and the provinces have not issued specific implementation strategies. Now it's just a blow-through. I think this is actually what the landlords want to tell us that it's better not to provoke them. After all, the Jiyi Academy has only passed Brother Huanqing's proposal in principle, but the specific plan has not been decided yet." Zhang Chengyue's face was serious. He understood the importance of land reform, and he also understood that after he finished his work, it was time to move another position.

"In my opinion, if there is a real resistance, it is best to kill one person to warn a hundred people. If you want money or death, let the landlords weigh it themselves!" Within half a month, Tao Chengzhang's name quickly became popular and was called a pottery thief in the newspapers by the gentry. However, when he went deep into the countryside, he knew that the tenant farmers were suffering, he did not think it was evil, but was proud, and encouraged himself with Prometheus, a westerner.

"Kill one to warn a hundred? Just kill one to warn a hundred." Yang Rui could control the Jiyi Academy, the Fuxing Army and the peasant association, but he could not control the Tingwei Mansion. Unless the landlord clans held guns and fought stubbornly, they would be arrested and sent to Dali Temple. I don't know what the result would be. "Let's go as planned." After he said that, he looked at Li Zilong who had just entered, "Are the meeting ready?"

"Prime Minister, everyone is here." Li Zilong came in to inform the Prime Minister that everyone is here to have a meeting.

"Okay!" Yang Rui stood up and said, "Then let's have a meeting."

The conference room was in the side hall of Yin'an Hall. Except for Mongolia, Western Regions, and Taiwan Military Regions, all the commanders of the remaining fourteen military regions were here, and more than 20 generals and schoolmen were waiting in full spirit in the conference room. Hearing the sentries outside saluted. The generals were already straight and straighter, waiting for Yang Rui to enter the conference room. Everyone stood up and saluted solemnly.

Yang Rui did not wear military uniforms, did not salute, just waved his hand to ask everyone to sit down. He pointed to Tao Chengzhang who came in and sat beside him, Zhang Chengyue, Wu Xifen, Xu Guantian and others and said, "I won't introduce these people, they will be introduced in the briefing. Today, I will only have one purpose, that is, land reform.

There are too many people in the country and too few land. Now the landlords occupy one-third of the arable land, and tenants live in difficult times. If land reform is not allowed, civil unrest will be in chaos. The army won Japan and Russia, but in this battle, the finances almost went bankrupt. In other words, if the great powers have more people and few land, they can go outside to grab it. We cannot grab it, and all the places we can grab it were all snatched. At most, we will recover the lost land of the Qing Dynasty, otherwise, Germany will be our tomorrow. With its current strength, we cannot expand outside. Then we can only rectify the internal situation. Land reform is the most critical measure to stabilize the internal situation, especially now that the great powers are unable to look east and have little interference in implementing land reform.

From the perspective of history of my country and foreign countries, the destruction of every powerful country cannot be separated from the four words of internal and external difficulties. If you want to solve the internal difficulties, the only good strategy during land reform is that the people will not cause trouble. If the people are not hungry, they will not cause trouble. If the people have land to farm, they will pay taxes, and the finance can operate normally. Our country is an agricultural country. If the farmers are not in chaos, then the country will not be in chaos. As for those literati who scolded the government in newspapers, when did they have important time for China? How much tax did they pay and how many soldiers did they provide? How many people died during the Japanese and Russian wars, and how many national debts did they buy? They really thought that China, like the previous dynasty, could not manage the country without relying on gentry and landlords. It's a joke!

I know that in the army, especially in the old army, there are many officers from gentry families. I know that many small landlords in the countryside are extremely difficult to live. Many families don’t eat rice every meal and eat noodles. They only have more decent houses than tenants, and they live a poor life. They save money just to increase a few acres of land and live a decent life. Now that the government has suddenly taken over the land, they suffer the most.

The government has not considered this situation. More than fifty acres are the goal of this land reform. More than fifty acres of compensation indicators under the name are completely different from those with tens of hectares of fertile land. The government encourages thrifty to manage the family, but relying solely on farming and thrifty to raise 2,000 taels of farming and thrifty to buy 100 acres of cultivated land, so the government's full compensation is within 100 acres, and compensation exceeding this number will become less and less. Of course, those newly reclaimed land are not included.

Okay, that's all about the general meaning. Finally, before the General Staff read out the order, there is a sentence that you want to tell to those officers who do not agree with land reform: If you have land at home and cannot agree with government policies, you can apply for retirement before conveying the order; if you do not agree with and do not want to retire, you can take sick leave to avoid it; if you do not agree with and do not want to retire, you are unwilling to avoid it, but want to block the matter and destroy the matter, then you are shot by the soldiers and accept your fate.

Ninety-nine percent of our soldiers are farmers, and many of them are still tenants. No matter how many officers they have to go home to farm after several years of being a soldier, if someone stops the government from reforming the land and suppresses the rebellion, it will be like cutting off their life. Although each company has instructors, how can one person control everyone? If something happens, he can only blame himself for being unlucky."

Yang Rui finished his last advice, glanced at many generals, and then asked the Chief of Staff Bei Shou, who was on the side, to read the order. Although his eyes did not deliberately stop on anyone's face, Lieutenant General Duan Qirui, the commander of the 11th Army, suddenly felt a heat on his face, and his back was covered in cold sweat.

The selection and appointment of officers of the Fuxing Army was extremely strict, and the army was in excellent style. Most of the lower-level non-commissioned officers, officers, and even intermediate officers were mostly peasants and small families. In the Beiyang towns, most of the wealthy officers who were entrusted with Lord Yuan Gongbao were retained. These people strongly opposed land reform because they had land at home or relatives had land. However, these people had experienced actual combat against Japan and knew that even if the 11th Army was in charge, they would have to be defeated. They sacrificed their lives for a few acres of land, and no one dared to do so.

But the situation is not daring to make trouble, but not to make trouble. Judging from today's meeting, the General Staff's arrangement is obviously to prevent the army from fighting rebellion. If the landlords rebel in the local area rebelled, these people might be slandered against the orders above. The Prime Minister's move is a very clear warning to these people. Don't forget that the soldiers are all peasants, and don't forget that the revival will control the army. As long as someone dares to do this, the lower-level instructors and non-commissioned officers will motivate the soldiers. These people become commanders in minutes.

Duan Qirui extended many other meanings from Yang Rui's words, which was the order that Bei Shou was chanting together. He had no intention of listening at all. Fortunately, the Chief of Staff, Xu Shuzheng, was remembering next to him, which made him breathe a sigh of relief when he came to his senses.

The meeting was very short, mainly requiring the garrisons distributed in various prefectures, prefectures, counties, county governments, patrol officers, tax police, and peasants of the county where they are located to eliminate all rebellions. If the local public security is good, then the troops can be gradually withdrawn to the palace after one year of garrison. If the public security is good in another year, then the troops will be withdrawn to the province. After three years, the province will have nothing to do, so they will be transferred back to the original place.

Duan Qirui returned to the various places after the meeting, and Xu Shuzheng had a smile on his face. He smiled and said, "Tsk tsk, the Prime Minister is too arrogant to those landlords. Even the Air Force has been dispatched. It's really..."

Xu Shuzheng's family was in Xiaoxian County. After his fortune, he had many contacts with relatives from his hometown. A few months ago, the Prime Minister sent the Air Force to destroy locusts. Xiaoxian was originally a yellow-flooded area, and every locust plague started from then on, and naturally it was within the scope of the Air Force's locusts. That day, four iron birds landed on the playground of the county middle school, which shocked the whole county, not to mention the city gate. Even old and young men dozens of miles away also came to the city to see the iron birds that could destroy locusts.

Such a strange thing, the relatives there would naturally write letters to tell Xu Shuzheng. You are a layman who watches the fun. The in-depth experts look at the tricks, and the relatives at home watch the iron birds kill locusts. Xu Shuzheng thought of using planes to reconnaise to suppress the rebellion. In the plains, as long as they go to the sky, it would be endless and no soldiers could be hidden. In terms of rebels, once the official army is followed like this, they will be defeated. Now, in order to prevent rebellion, the local patrol, tax police and peasant soldiers will be enough to deal with it. The regular army will draw another county to the next county, which is foolproof. If the plane is coming, it will be safe.

Xu Shuzheng thought it was double insurance, but some newly occupied places, such as Taiwan's mass base, will inevitably cause turmoil once land reform is in progress. Should Taiwan's current work be familiar with the situation and establish a farmer's association, and think that land reform will be a good foundation for the next year.

In the Taiwan Provincial Government Office, when Governor Yang Cangbai and Marine Lieutenant General Lu Mengxiong read the telegram from the Prime Minister's Office and the General Staff, many of the people present said "Oh" in disappointment, and some people thought that Taiwan would not have land reform, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Cangbai, who seemed to have not felt the reactions of others, said in a Chongqing accent: "This province has been newly established, and health preservation is the right way to maintain people's health. For land reform in other provinces, let them reform land. What we need to do is to completely control the local area by the end of this year, not to go to counties, but to towns, towns, and villages. Officials cannot always float on the surface, just take a quick look, drink tea, and watch the show. Officials must go to farmers' homes to see how they live and eat. I will do the mass line, don't forget to come from the people, go to the people..."

Yang Cangbai was born in a newspaper and did not need to give a lecture at meetings, but he always made a long speech, which made people indulge in it and can't stop. It's okay for others, but Lu Mengxiong is used to being lazy. He could only endure the meeting at noon and took the people away.

In the afternoon at the Marine Corps Command, Lu Mengxiong convened the two regiment-level chief officers of the two divisions for a meeting. The content of the meeting had no connection with the morning meeting. In addition to instructing Li Erhu's 2nd Division to strengthen training, the other thing was to arrange the officers and soldiers of the 1st Division to go home to visit relatives. The surprise attacks on Taiwan, and the whole country was shocked. The General Staff treated the officers and soldiers of the 1st Division of the Marine War. In addition, the war has been over and the 2nd Division has been formed, so the General Staff allows the officers and soldiers of the 1st Division to go home to visit relatives.

Listening to the Chief of Staff’s name, Zhu Jiande suddenly felt a little dazed. In terms of merit, he was not as good as Lu Wan from the 2nd Brigade, and the quota he didn’t want to go home was his own. He turned to look at Lu Wan, but saw that his face was a little disappointed, but soon he grasped the whole story - the Lu Wan family was born as a landlord, and although he had been involved in the revolution for nearly ten years, if he really returned home and was disturbed by his father and mother, something might happen.

After reading the list of officials at the regiment level or above, the Chief of Staff distributed the list below the regiment to the leaders of each regiment, and the regiment headquarters would announce these. After he finished reading, the meeting was dispersed after the political commissar explained the political situation of land reform in China. Seeing that Lu Wan was walking slowly, Zhu Jiande went up and handed a cigarette, the two brigade commanders began to chat.

"Brother Yujie, how is the family going? How is sister-in-law? "Lu Wan took a deep breath of cigarettes and said slowly.

Zhu Jiande was born in the 12th year of Guangxu, while Lu Wan was born in the 14th year of Guangxu. The two were two years apart, so Lu Wan called him brother. Zhu Jiande was a tenant farmer and a landlord from Lu Wan. One of them was a well-known and talented person, and the other was a miscellaneous direct lineman. He was not good-looking and could not be close to each other. However, the 1st Land War Division often had a confrontation exercise between the two brigades. Although the 1st Brigade often suffered losses, he never made the same mistake for the second time, and often could counterattack, so the two brigade commanders fought and showed respect.

Zhu Jiande did not think that Lu Wan was a lucky auspicious army for the revival. The reason why he got this statement was actually because it was too difficult to cooperate with him. Sun Tzu said: The military had no constant momentum, and the water had no constant shape, but the war was becoming more and more modern and the organization was becoming more and more complex. In order to use those advanced weapons, the troops had more and more regulations and the combat plan became more and more detailed. It was difficult for a casual general like Lu Wan to exert his talents in the increasingly meticulous war.

Zhu Jiande understood Lu Wan, and Lu Wan also understood Zhu Jiande. This Sichuan barbarian who looked like a peasant than a soldier had an indescribable confidence in life and personal charm. The soldiers loved this brigade commander who often chatted with everyone from the bottom of their hearts. He was extremely resilient and extremely unruly in battles. Even when the soldiers he led were as hard as he was in exercises, he was really afraid of others and sad about ghosts.

When Lu Wan finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Jiande with a happier look on his face, and only heard him say, "The family is good, but my grandmother, my mother's health is not very good."

"You are going home to check it out." Lu Wan sighed. Unlike his military pay, Zhu Jiande never spends a penny indiscriminately. He sends the military pay back to his home every month. A family who relies on his son's entire military pay is afraid that they will not make a living.

"Where are you? If you don't go back this time, when will you go back?" Zhu Jiande couldn't help but talk about Lu Wan's pain. "How is your home? Nothing is wrong, right?"

"What can happen?" Many people know about Lu Wan's family situation. "I have already written a letter to ask my family to cooperate with the government to collect land. Not to mention there is still compensation, but if there is no compensation, it is not necessary to collect it. It is like fighting on the battlefield. When the entire army is surrounded and in danger, the most elite troops will always be cut off and sacrificed, so that more people can be rescued. This country..."

Lu Wan shook his head and sighed. In Zhu Jiande's eyes, there was a love that was in his heart. "Although he defeated Japan and forced him to retreat, if he fought again now, if he didn't talk about Russia, it would be difficult for Japan to fight? You should know that submarines and planes have been exposed in the European War. If the Japanese are wary of it, the war will not be like that. We are still not strong!"

In Zhu Jiande's eyes, the Fuxing Army, which was very strong, fell in Lu Wan's eyes, but was not strong. He shook his head and smiled, "I won't talk about my family and country. I will take the train from Shanghai to Shijiazhuang, then from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan, and then to Xi'an. Isn't it time to pass by Jinan? If you have anything you want to take back, just bring it, anyway, I'm going to go along."

Zhu Jiande's family is in Yilong, Sichuan. He didn't want him to go north to Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, and Xi'an. Lu Wan was surprised and said, "Brother Yujie, are you wandering in northern China?"

"That's not." Zhu Jiande said: "If you go to Shanghai and take a boat to Chongqing, it will take more than half a month; if you take the railway, it will be faster. When you arrive in Shanghai, I think you can reach Xi'an in five days, and then from Xi'an to Yilong. Although the 400 kilometers is more than 200 kilometers more than Chongqing to Yilong, these 200 kilometers will arrive in seven or eight days. Why bother floating on the river ship for half a month?"

Zhu Jiande only counts time, but there is another reason that is hard to say, that is, after the European War started, the ship ticket price increased several times, especially from the Yichang to Chongqing. Because the ship entering Sichuan must be specially made, the fare has increased by more than ten times. Although the train is far away, it is fast and saves money.

Lu Wan, who didn't know that Zhu Jiande had another financial account, saw him going home with this route, and immediately said with a smile: "Okay! Then please bring my letter home with your letter, and then comfort my father, don't be too lazy." (To be continued...)

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