Chapter IX Implementation of the New Land Law
When Mr. Qiao thought of the bright future, he immediately agreed readily: "Okay, I promised the president. In the future, the big pass number of my Qiao family and Qiao family will be sent by the president. (eng.com_)"
Tang Jian stood up and shook hands with Mr. Qiao and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qiao. I am here to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the Chinese government and the people of the whole country!"
Mr. Qiao said modestly: "Oh, the President said this and we should contribute a little to the economic development of China!"
Tang Jian, Yan Fu and Ba Feite looked at each other and smiled. Mr. Qiao also smiled happily. As long as this measure is successful, their Qiao family can become the richest man in the country, which makes Mr. Qiao very happy.
Finally, Tang Jian also ordered a company of troops to escort the Qiao family back to Shanxi.
After watching Mr. Qiao leave, Yan Fu smiled and said, "President, the funds for education and the construction of railway factories are basically in place. A vigorous production movement across the country will be launched soon. Now the gold standard will be implemented, paper money will be issued, and the economic power will be tightly grasped. The country can basically be considered stable."
Tang Jian said: "It's still two steps away from being true national unification!"
Bafeit interrupted: "One step is to equalize the land rights, and the other step is to take back the Northeast and pacify the frontier!"
"Not bad!" Tang Jian said, "These two steps are not really realizing national unity before they are completed. Let's go to my office to take a look. I have listed the new land policy outline, and I will only wait for the Congress to discuss and approve it and add it to the Constitution."
Yan Fu and Bafeit followed Tang Jian back to the presidential palace and came to Tang Jian's office. Tang Jian took out a document from his desk and handed it to the two of them.
Yan Fu expanded the folder and saw that the title page said "Maximum average land rights".
Tang Jian sat down and soaked three cups of coffee, and said, "I will explain as I look."
After the three of them found their seats in turn, Tang Jian said: "It is impossible to implement absolute equal land rights. No matter in that dynasty, that country, and most of the wealth in society will always be in the hands of a small number of people. What we do is not to truly distribute social wealth equally, but to shorten the gap between the rich and the poor and reduce class contradictions, so as to truly achieve stability and prosperity of the country."
"The current situation of the land problem facing us is like this. Some of the big landlords have mastered more than 10,000 mu of land, some of the middle landlords have mastered less than 1,000 mu of land, and the last part of the small landlords have mastered less than 1,000 mu of land. What we have to do is to differentiate these landlord classes, give both kindness and power, and defeat them one by one!" Tang Jian said.
"What is to divide them and defeat them one by one?" Yan Fu asked.
Tang Jian explained: "From the tenth page, there is a 'land tax' on the tenth page. This 'land tax' is very clear. A few simple sentences can be summarized as: deprive a small number of people of their interests, safeguard the interests of a small number of people, and strive for the interests of most people."
"Oh, I saw it!" Yan Fu pointed to the explanation in "Land Tax", "Any landlords who own land less than 1,000 acres will no longer charge additional taxes in addition to paying the original various taxes. For those who exceed 1,000 acres, they will need to pay the additional tax of 1,000 acres. At this time, the income generated by the additional land will be greatly reduced. For those who exceed 2,000 acres, they will need to pay an additional tax of 2,000 acres. At this time, the income from the additional land will be offset by the commission paid to the tenants. If the harvest is not good, they may have to pay the overpayment."
"When land exceeding 4,000 acres is exceeded, the state will forcefully expropriate it at a low price. The excess land can be converted into shares to invest in the industrial industry, or it can be converted into Chinese currency. If the land is not paid off for the expiration, it will be forced to expropriate it by force. Anyone who fails to comply with the law will be locked in a cell for trial, and those who are serious will be shot!" Yan Fu finished reading it in one breath.
Bafeite exclaimed: "A good way, this will completely separate the big landlords, middle landlords, and small landlords. They use force and law to force the big landlords to collapse them, and then weaken the middle landlords, but they do not touch their bottom line. In the end, they guarantee the interests of the small landlords, and they are all right, and they are worthy of being President Tang Jian!"
"Haha, Bafeite, don't put a high hat on me again. In fact, I have summarized the land reform methods of my predecessors, Shang Yang's reforms, Wang Anshi's reforms, and Zhang Juzheng's one-whip method. These are the wisdoms of my predecessors." Tang Jian explained.
Yan Fu slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, very good. I think Congress will definitely pass it!"
Two days later, Congress officially passed the Land Law and wrote the Land Law into the Constitution. In just a few days later, a series of orders were issued from Wuhan, and all regions, provinces and counties across the country were busy.
Ten days later, streets and alleys across the country were covered with notices about the "New Land Law".
"Look, look, the new government has issued a list of documents again?" A surprise sounded on a street in Ling County, Shandong.
"Really? Let's take a look!" another person said.
"The government has issued a new list of documents, come and have a look!" Another person shouted immediately.
Soon, people from small small county towns flocked to the street corner, which was the place where the list was posted.
A few days ago, after the new Chinese government came to power, the small county town continued to receive articles from the capital Wuhan.
A few months ago, there was a list of free education, saying that you can enroll for free between the ages of six and fifteen. When you heard this news, everyone in the county town celebrated.
Ling County is a relatively backward county in Shandong. There is only one private school in the county. For poor families, let alone all private schools. It is difficult to recognize a few words. Now the government has invested in establishing new-style schools, and it doesn’t charge any money. Where can I find such good things!
Therefore, the people of Ling County are very interested in the government's list of articles. Just like last month, the government said it would build a railway in Shandong, and I heard that it would pass by Ling County!
Many people in Ling County have never seen a train in their lives. I heard from the new teacher Mr. Li that the train will drive local people to become rich, so the people in Ling County are naturally happy.
Now that a new list of articles has been released, it goes without saying that it must be good news again, so someone shouted out a new list of articles, and people nearby immediately ran over to watch the fun.
However, because Ling County is relatively backward, there are not many people who can read, and few people present can recognize all the words on the list.
At this time, Mr. Li from Xinjianling County Middle School led his students to run past the street. Mr. Li took his students to run every morning, following the teaching methods of Western schools, saying that this can exercise the students' bodies, because what the country needs is not a weak scholar without any strength, but a comprehensive talent with both morality, intelligence, physical fitness and academic performance.
Someone saw Mr. Li with sharp eyes and shouted from a distance: "Mr. Li, Mr. Li, most of us are not very literate. Come and help us see what is written on these list articles?"
Mr. Li went there happily. After settling down the students, Mr. Li walked to the front of the list in a way that automatically moved out of the crowd.
Mr. Li took a closer look and immediately said happily: "It's about the content of the "New Land Law"!"
"Then let us ainian!" an aunt asked.
"Yes, yes, let's see what good policies are!" another middle-aged man also urged.
"Okay, don't worry, I'll read it to everyone now!" Mr. Li said with a smile.
"Ahem, the "New Land Law": Since the Qing Dynasty, wealthy families have been farming and poor farmers have no land. If this continues, it is not conducive to the development of the national economy. In order to resolve this land contradiction, the "New Land Law" is hereby promulgated."
As soon as Mr. Li finished speaking, the people around the list immediately whispered and discussed.
Although Ling County is a relatively backward county town, it has a dense population. Although there is a lot of wasteland reclaimed in the county town, most of the land in the county town is concentrated in the hands of several large landlords.
Especially the Huang Guiren family who lived here for generations, the Huang family owned nearly 20,000 mu of fertile land. They were usually rich and unkind and often bullied the village.
Whenever the Yellow River floods, Huang Rengui often makes excuses that the harvest is not good and often does not give some tenants food. He thinks that the family has worked hard for a year, but in the end it will be in vain and the whole family will go hungry.
Therefore, at that time, many people left their hometowns with their families, went to the west or went to the Guandong area, and went to the vast northeastern provinces to make a living.
The locals gritted their teeth at Huang Guiren, but they were rich and few people in the county could deal with him. Now, as soon as the new land law came out, it was specifically designed to crack down on such a wealthy and unkind landlord, which made all the people in Ling County laugh.
Mr. Li continued to recite: "First. Anyone who is a wealthy farmer must give a certain amount of money and grain to the tenant every month. He must not default on the owes without authorization, nor can he pay useless things like writing an IOU. Once he finds that he owes the tenant's wages, he will be fined or labor service. If the circumstances are serious, he will be detained for trial!"
"Second, for those rich people who have more than 1,000 mu of land in their hands, except for those 1,000 mu of taxes that must be paid, those more than 1,000 mu must be registered with the county government and pay the land as an annual tax increase. For those who have less than 1,000 mu of less than 2,000 mu, three-tenths of land must be paid for each 1,000 mu of land, one-half of land must be paid for each 1,000 mu of land. For those who have less than 4,000 mu of land, one-half of land must be paid for each 1,000 mu of land. For those who have more than 4,000 mu of land, the state must compel to collect the land at a low price and recover the state's owned property. After the discount, the extra land can be voluntarily replaced and repurchased the country's railways and mines or exchanged for the current date. After the repurchase, the land will be sold to tenants or poor farmers who have no free land at an appropriate low price. Everyone shall not hoard the land. Once discovered, severely punish them without loans!"
When Mr. Li said this, everyone below became silent. Only two people with stingy eyes looked like rats and housekeepers quietly retreated and ran towards the Huang Mansion in panic.
Chapter completed!