Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Three Possibilities of Land Reform
"Of course." Yang Mingzhi said confidently, "Relying on the exchange of work points, you have to go to a special location, which brings great inconvenience. I remember that the Soviet Union allowed private individuals to breed some livestock and poultry and plant a small piece of land. These agricultural products can be
They provide for themselves, but because of the complete rationing system, people have lost their enthusiasm for agricultural production. I believe that when this policy is implemented, the majority of farmers will start to raise poultry by themselves. Those chickens and ducks can survive by eating insects and grass. Agricultural products and handicrafts
To enable free trade among the people, the military only needs to provide some comprehensive market supervision and guidance. Once problems arise, we can intervene immediately to eliminate all mistakes."
This is simply a market economic model with government control and intervention, which is what China later implemented in that dimension. Compared with the planned economy, it is more dynamic, and compared with a purely liberal economy, it can avoid and slow down the damage of economic crises to the greatest extent.
However, these remarks are still a bit advanced for the Soviet people of this era. In terms of results, they will inevitably stimulate economic development, which indeed goes against the current governance philosophy of the Soviet Communist Party.
"The total population of Novgomel is now more than 30,000, and there are still refugees fleeing from many directions. The total population in the future will only be much larger. From a long-term perspective, this will also be the main base for guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
The food, weapons, ammunition, and daily necessities we produce must also support other guerrillas. How to expand productivity is our responsibility and obligation."
Lyudbarev nodded: "We have a heavy workload now, as long as we are busy regulating food rations. There are not many potatoes stored in the food warehouse. After careful planning, we can still survive the spring famine safely. For this reason, everyone can only
Eat more fish and catch some prairie dogs to deal with it. If your policy can achieve excellent results when implemented, I will naturally agree. But there is another point. How to define the price of various products produced by villagers? According to your
According to the plan, all price standards are based on potatoes."
"Of course it is decided jointly by us and the market. After all, the exchange coupons we print are based on the exchange of potatoes. This is called the grain standard. As for other agricultural products and handicrafts, their prices do not require our intervention. The prices set in trade are high.
, no one will buy it, the price is set low, and no one will sell it, and it will eventually stabilize within a reasonable range, and no one will lose.”
In the Stalin era, Yang Mingzhi still had some worries in his heart. If this country did this comprehensively, it would not be called the Soviet Union.
He still wanted to finish what he said, whether Lyudbalev listened or not was another matter.
"In the new economic plan I envision, potatoes are what determine everything. How many exchange coupons are circulating in the market will determine how much grain there should be in the warehouse. For economic prosperity, we must keep the granary full of grain. For this reason, the current land reclamation and planting plan
It should also be adjusted.”
Yelentina immediately pricked up her ears, because now the main force in reclaiming wasteland is actually the military. She asked: "Berekov, what plan do you have for farming? Do you mean to let the villagers keep the food after harvesting?"
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"That's not a bad idea."
"But in this case, do those villagers still need to enjoy rationing treatment?"
"Of course not!" Yang Mingzhi explained: "Other places in the Soviet Union still collect agricultural taxes, and the remaining grain is owned by the collective farms. The grain is collective. But our current policy is that all grain after land reclamation and planting is borne by the army.
Understand that the daily rations for villagers are also decided by the division headquarters, and currently the municipal party committee is in charge.
But I think that if we change the model and make collective farms use families as units instead of labor groups, the food obtained from such reclamation and planting will be taxed by the family, and the rest will be kept by the family. So and so
Families no longer need to enjoy the rationing system. I believe that because the fruits of labor are enjoyed by the families themselves, personal struggle will be greatly stimulated. We do not need to calculate so much rationing data, and farmers’ enthusiasm for production will be mobilized. I am afraid this will
Produce unexpected results.”
Regarding this, Liu Debalev and others, as well as Yelentina, were dumbfounded!
In Russia's centuries-old tradition, the village commune system still has the legacy of the matrilineal clan era. The owner-peasant group is composed of village communes. However, in the process of development, the serf system prevailed, and history did not have time for serfs to
How long did it take for the yeoman farmers to overthrow Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union was established? In other words, in the Slavic world, it was very late for the yeoman farmer group with the family unit as the main body to appear.
Looking at their puzzled expressions, Yang Mingzhi clapped his hands and said, "Don't be too surprised. After all, I am still a foreigner, and my opinions on the land model are also my own."
Yelentina breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, your idea is completely illegal. The collective farm policy was formulated by the leaders and is the cornerstone of our socialist system. We have always pursued collectivism, but your plan is completely illegal.
Support the villagers in their individualism. I basically understand what you are thinking. The Soviet Union has eliminated private agriculture and the small peasant economy, and now you invite them back?"
Yang Mingzhi shook his head: "This is indeed a problem, but I believe that my model can improve productivity. For this reason, I gave it a name, called the Household Responsibility System."
Yang Mingzhi also expected the persistence of these Soviets. When China in that dimension was reforming like this, there were a lot of doubts until the leaders personally made the decision. Later, the continuous bumper harvests made people believe that this was to replace the old planned economy.
A good system approach. After all, increasing food production is a good thing!
Here, Yelentina's status is equivalent to that of the Soviet Communist Party. She is a member of the NKVD, and her reports can reach the ears of Beria and even Stalin.
In the future, Khrushchev will carry out drastic reforms on collective farms, allowing Soviet agriculture to develop to a certain extent.
Yang Mingzhi spread his hands: "Now is an extraordinary period. We can definitely engage in extraordinary agriculture in extraordinary times. Everything is for productivity. You have also heard the wishes of the villagers. They urgently need a large amount of production materials to solve the current problems.
They live in poverty. Therefore, we can let go of some restrictions and let them produce the production materials they need to stimulate domestic demand. We can purchase more materials directly, which can also enrich the lives of soldiers."
"One is the reform of the currency system. We will print our own credit-worthy exchange coupons. The other is to establish agricultural production groups based on family units to replace the production teams of collective farms. These two reform plans of yours are radical!"
Liu Debalev said this with profound meaning, and Yang Mingzhi could tell that he neither opposed nor supported it. He and others were hesitating.
Because for the past twenty years, the Soviet Union has been completely following a planned economy, and the thinking of these people has been completely trapped by collectivism.
Yang Mingzhi said again: "I reiterate, this is my personal opinion. I think that as long as productivity can be improved and Novgomel quickly accumulates strength, it is very necessary for future battles."
These ideas concerned mainly villagers engaged in agriculture in general and did not interfere with the rationing system for soldiers and the working class.
Jelentina fell into great hesitation, and she asked silently: "Maybe Belekov's decision can be tried."
Lyudbarev was greatly surprised that this woman made such a statement. He hurriedly asked: "This is your decision. Do you agree with her? If we do this, we will violate the system, collective farms and collectivism, that is, we
The biggest difference from the capitalist world.”
"But he doesn't mean to turn to capitalism!" Yelentina raised her voice, "The land is still controlled by the collective farms. For the villagers, we use agricultural taxes and war taxes as public grains, and the remaining grains will no longer be used for production.
The rationing is unified by the team, but is controlled by the villagers and families themselves, which does not essentially violate our system. Because the land, the means of production, still belongs to the state!"
The issue of ownership of the means of production is related to the foundation of the system. Lyudbarev saw this woman's attitude. She was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the political commissar of the 284th Division. What this army got was
The Southwestern Front is authorized to operate freely. As the municipal committee of Gomel, I am afraid that it cannot interfere with them during the war.
Lyudbarev thought for a while: "As for the idea of restoring the currency system, I agree on behalf of the municipal party committee, but as for the reform of the land model, I think we have to continue discussing it."
Yang Mingzhi nodded. He had at least made Yelentina shaken. This shows that the Soviets are not monolithic. "We should really study it carefully. If we decide it is feasible, we might as well try it in the next potato season. When the potatoes are in June
If the production, if the production from the collective farms increases significantly, the facts will prove that our decision today is right."
"Then continue studying! That's the end of today's meeting!" Yevlov finally said.8