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Part 1 Russo-Japanese War Chapter 322 The Sorrow of Recovery

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    In early October 1940, the Imperial Army was fully prepared to attack the Soviet Union, and the Air Force was also transferring its main force from the east to the northwest as planned. Under such circumstances, Zhao Tingzhu could launch an attack on the Soviet Union in Omsk at any time.  Project Thunder.¡±

    This will be the second time Zhao Tingzhu has launched a war here.

    Prior to this, in order to prevent a possible large-scale military attack by the Imperial Army, the Soviet Union had transferred the 6th Tank Army back to the Chelyabinsk area, and once again stepped up the recruitment of more troops nationwide.  The trained soldiers were directly put into the battlefield. Apart from the numerical advantage of their troops, the Soviet Union really had no other advantages at all.

    Germany has been negotiating with the Empire, especially through Poland, trying to reach a new agreement before the Empire sends troops. However, on the whole, Germany still welcomes the Empire to send troops, but does not want the Empire to steal Germany's victory.  fruit.

    The news that the empire may attack the Soviet Union to liberate Kazakhstan gives the British Empire mixed feelings. The good news is that the power struggle between China and Britain in South Asia will definitely slow down. The bad news is that China will not hesitate to go to war with the Soviet Union to promote independence in Kazakhstan. This  This in itself is enough to prove how firm the Chinese Empire¡¯s stance against the colonization of Asia is, and sooner or later the spearhead will be directed at the British Empire.

    For Japan, this is just symbolic good news.

    China has enough strength to start two wars at the same time. In addition to the air force, which is limited by the number of pilots, the Imperial Central Military Department has not deployed troops from the Japanese battlefield to return to support the Northern Allied Forces. Everything is on schedule, and the Empire has not been distracted by the need to start two wars at the same time.  Tensions arise.

    The huge population base and industrial production capacity can prove the empire's military potential.

    This is something that neither the Soviet Union nor Germany can match, let alone Japan and the United Kingdom.

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    People who know history can roughly remember that in the summer of 1910, before the Changsha Uprising, a tragedy occurred that shocked the whole country. An ordinary family was unable to raise their children because of soaring food prices.  In the end, a family of four committed suicide by jumping into a river. This incident directly led to the Changsha riots and the subsequent New Army uprising, which also kicked off the founding of the Chinese Empire.

    Thirty years later, in Changsha in 1940, a tragedy once again shocked the whole country, an incident that made the whole country furious.

    In June 1940, the Huguang area suffered a catastrophic flood that occurred once in fifty years. At this time, the main water conservancy projects across the country had been completed, and people were not particularly worried about it. The result was in late June.  A sudden landslide occurred in the Oujiang Reservoir in Changsha, and floods immediately inundated 14 surrounding counties and towns. It not only caused heavy economic casualties, but also led to the death of thousands of people.

    After this incident occurred, the Central Cabinet and the Hunan Provincial Government responded quickly.  The entire country was immediately mobilized for rescue and disaster relief, but subsequent investigations revealed that there were a lot of jerry-rigged practices during the construction of the Oujiang Reservoir, and even a number of unreasonable matters were evident during the bidding process.

    Due to the seriousness of the case, and the fact that the Integrity Bureau and Procuratorate of the Hunan Provincial Government encountered special resistance one after another in handling the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation began to go beyond the central cabinet to conduct a large-scale investigation of the officials and companies involved in the case. The final result was shocking.  , from 1930 to 1937 when Li Shucheng, now the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Central Cabinet, served as the director of the Hunan Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.  A total of 17 major water conservancy projects in Hunan Province have serious corruption problems, involving more than 250 million yuan in project value. Li Shucheng's personal embezzlement amounted to about 20 million yuan.

    This is not only the largest corruption and bribery case in the history of the empire in the thirty years since its founding, it is also a replica of the Yuan Shikai case.  Both the means and amount of corruption in the case are very close.

    What is even worse than the previous one is that many construction companies involved in this case have a background of the Youth Gang. During the handling of the case, two members of the Hunan Provincial Integrity Bureau were murdered, and many other staff members were retaliated and hijacked.

    Because of the seriousness of the case.  Emperor Song Biao, who had been aloof from political affairs for many years, also arranged for Crown Prince Yuhua to personally investigate the matter as deputy director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.  The Inner Court also went to Changsha twice on behalf of the emperor and the Royal China Charity Federation, headed by Chen Jiayou, the chief minister, to appease the angry masses.

    During this period, due to the serious involvement of the Youth Gang in the case, many groups of villagers who went to the provincial government to petition were violently beaten by Youth Gang members on the way, resulting in many deaths again.

    When the matter reached this point, with the intensive attention of the national media, it not only had a great impact on the 40-year election of the Liberation Party, but people also began to really pay attention to illegal associations in China. As the nominee of Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Li Shucheng, Prime Minister Gu Weijun  It also encountered the biggest crisis of trust in history.

    With the election situation unprecedentedly good, the chairman and chief executive of the Democratic PartyOn September 10 of this year, Prime Minister-elect Song Jiaoren asked the inner court to arrange a time to come to see Emperor Song Biao.

    In the past few years, Emperor Song Biao and Song Jiaoren had only met twice. Their contact was not as close as in the past, but the relationship was still maintained well.

    There are always special circumstances in the world, and Emperor Song Biao also needs to leave a way out for himself. If Song Jiaoren leads the Democratic Party to succeed in the election, becomes the largest party in the Central Congress, and successfully elects the prime minister, then Emperor Song Biao will still be  We must continue to cooperate with Song Jiaoren.

    Therefore, as the Democratic Party has gradually achieved some partial electoral success over the years, Emperor Song Biao has maintained a certain distance from both parties politically, easily neither attacking one party nor supporting the other.

    Emperor Song Biao actually knew very well that China's Restoration Revolution had been successful, and now people are thinking more about the new democratic revolution. This is why Song Jiaoren's reputation among the people, especially among the middle class, has greatly increased in recent years.

    When society develops to a certain level, there will always be many problems. On the surface, China's current problems are not many, whether they are Sovietism, populism, illegal associations, corruption, anti-war, wealth gap, etc.  The handling of the issue by multiple cabinets of the Liberation Party did not appear to be particularly serious.

    It is also undeniable that the long-term rule of the Liberation Party has caused the existence of moths in some local provincial governments. Most of the major corruption cases discovered by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the past ten years are concentrated at the provincial government level, especially in inland areas such as Hunan and Hubei.  Provinces where local media are underdeveloped and democratic parties are not active.

    In recent years, the Democratic Party has been able to gain the opportunity to govern in provincial governments in coastal Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi, especially in Guangdong Province.  He has won three consecutive elections. In the Guangdong Provincial Assembly election the year before last, Wang Zhaoming, chairman of the Liberation Party, personally sat in Guangzhou. In the end, he failed to help Qiao Zhengliang, the candidate of the Liberation Party, to be elected. He lost the election by a huge gap of 1.14 million votes.  Wang Zhaoming almost resigned from the party to apologize.

    Now it¡¯s Gu Weijun¡¯s turn to do this again.

    ??According to the provisions of the Imperial Constitution, the congressional election is three months earlier than the prime minister¡¯s election. The list of new members of Congress is determined in October, and then the new imperial prime minister is jointly selected by the members of Congress.  Once elected, the Prime Minister's term will be five years, and the Prime Minister's term will end early only if more than 70% of members vote for a no-confidence vote.

    The constitutional rule that 50% of the votes can be elected and 70% of the votes can be removed makes each central cabinet of the empire very stable.  In addition, the Liberation Party has excellent governance performance, and the three candidates for prime minister are all outstanding choices. Indeed, there are rarely major fluctuations in the polls.

    This time is obviously an exception.

    After Democratic Party Chairman Song Jiaoren made a request for an audience, Emperor Song Biao hesitated for a few days before approving the meeting. Since he decided to meet, he might as well be more generous.

    Emperor Song Biao asked the inner court to arrange an afternoon to meet Song Jiaoren in Xuanzheng Garden, and arranged a dinner to entertain Song Jiaoren's family.

    There are two Xuanzang Gardens in the empire.  One is the Xuanzheng Garden in Zhongnanhai, which has become part of the Imperial National Museum, and the other is the Xuanzheng Garden in the Central Palace, which is different from the Cizheng Garden.  Most of Xuanzhengyuan Garden is dedicated to meeting members of Congress and people from various political parties.

    In the morning, Song Biao was still dealing with the affairs of the Central Military Department. When he returned to the Central Palace in the afternoon, he arranged for Song Jiaoren to visit Xuanzheng Garden.

    It¡¯s still hot in Kyoto in September.

    Xuanzhengyuan is a newly built imperial palace built after 1935, equipped with a plumbing system.  The water flow in the copper pipes between the floors, walls and copper columns regulates the temperature and cools down in summer.  Winter heats up.

    Compared with the central air-conditioning used in the General Office of the Central Palace, Xuanzheng Garden is more comfortable. Emperor Song Biao also preferred to handle state affairs and even receive foreign guests in Xuanzheng Garden in the past two years.

    At two o'clock in the afternoon, Emperor Song Biao took a nap for an hour and then washed up before going to Xuanzheng Garden for afternoon tea. At this time, the autumn heat is irritating, so drinking a cup of herbal tea in the afternoon is always a good choice.

    Song Jiaoren waited here cautiously for nearly ten minutes before meeting His Majesty the Emperor.

    After meeting Song Jiaoren, Emperor Song Biao seemed very ordinary. After Song Jiaoren bowed and saluted, he invited Song Jiaoren to sit down and drink tea with him.

    Time is not forgiving.

    Song Jiaoren is now a gray-haired man in his sixties, but his former style is still there. During these years, he has no longer served in the cabinet and has been actively promoting reforms within the Democratic Party. From 1930 to 1935, he ran for Zhejiang Province  Chief, he was easily elected with his extremely high personal reputation, which also opened the door for Zhejiang Province to become alternately governed by the Democratic Party and the Restoration Party.

    Under Song Jiaoren¡¯s reforms, the Democratic Party changed its past situation of competing with the Restoration Party and adjusted its policies to favor the middle class. This made the Democratic PartySupport rates in major coastal cities are rising steadily, but in inland areas, the Democratic Party still fails to have a solid base of popular support.

    Competition between the two parties is always inevitable, and Wang Zhaoming is a person who likes to make fuss on paper. He attacked the Democratic Party as only populism and no real democracy. Real democracy should be a country where all people enjoy the welfare of the people.  doctrine, while Song Jiaoren criticized the Liberation Party for being a mixed bag of good and bad, collaborating, manipulating local institutions and other illegal matters, as well as looking down on the middle class and neglecting the reform of the social welfare system and other issues.

    Only with criticism can progress be made. The problem is that the Restoration Party is deeply entrenched and always wins the election. It lacks internal motivation for reform. This is not a situation that Gu Weijun can reverse alone.

    Speaking of party support, without the support of Emperor Song Biao and the royal family, Song Jiaoren¡¯s Democratic Party would hardly be able to sustain it to this day, but the meeting between the two today was a bit embarrassing.

    Song Biao drank tea silently and chewed walnut kernels, as if Song Jiaoren was not present beside him.

    Song Jiaoren was still wearing a black suit and blue tie today, while the emperor was still wearing his casual clothes as always, a dragon robe with white background and glazed red stripes, looking very solemn.

    ? Red and white, yellow and blue and black are the most favored by Emperor Song Biao among the emperor's dragon robes.  But red and white are indeed worn more often.

    democracy.

    Emperor Song Biao has been thinking about this matter.

    He carefully studied the matter of democracy and capitalism. For a special country like the empire, he believed that the most difficult problems that democracy and capitalism could bring were two points. One was regional populist separatism; the other was  The gap between rich and poor is widening.

    The empire still strictly prohibits land annexation to this day, and strictly provides the most basic guarantees to all farmers in the "Peasant Protection Act" - in principle, all farmers must own at least 15 acres of land.

    If you compare the Republic and India in the 21st century, you will find that the only benefit of the Republic is that under the same population and arable land conditions, the Republic can ensure that all farmers have more than ten acres of fields, while in India.  Even in the 21st century, the vast majority of land is in the hands of landlords. Very few ordinary Indian farmers own their own land. Under the pressure of land rent and taxes, Indian farmers committed collective suicide in dozens of households.  This happens all the time.

    No matter how much the world brags about India¡¯s system.  Emperor Song Biao always believed that this system would be meaningless if it cost hundreds of millions of farmers a life worse than death. On the contrary, even if another system has various drawbacks, if it can be enforced at the basic level to ensure that all farmers are at least  Having the farmland necessary for survival is absolutely valuable, and this "all" is a billion people.

    This is really not easy.

    This is very important.

    Emperor Song Biao supported the Restoration Party.  The most important point is that the Liberation Party has effectively implemented his request and ensured that all farmers have the minimum land in the form of taxes, state subsidies and national laws.

    The method adopted by the Liberation Party is very simple, that is, the government directly holds a large part of the land and leases it to farmers at low prices, and.  These lands are absolutely not allowed to be transferred, and farmers can sign agricultural management rights for more than 60 years at a time.

    Local rural cooperatives and agricultural cooperative associations will participate in coordination within the countryside to effectively ensure that every farmer has land for farming, in most cases.  Farmers can actually own more fields, but many farmers do sell their land.  Then rent public land from the county government at a low price.

    This kind of public land policy is the focus of the Democratic Party¡¯s attack, which is normal, because the middle class represented by the Democratic Party has special interests and demands in this regard, demanding the elimination of public land and allowing freer circulation of land.

    Emperor Song Biao hated this. Even though many farmers are now actively asking the government to approve this proposal, the government should protect not these wealthy farmers, nor these short-sighted farmers, but more poor farmers.

    To be precise, Emperor Song Biao did hate Sovietism, but among all systems, he must also admit that only the collective land policy in this system could meet the needs of him and the Chinese farmers.

    China has too many people.

    It is very difficult to ensure that every farmer owns land.

    At this time, Emperor Song Biao was very worried that one day, the situation would change, land annexation would be allowed, and farmers would begin to lose the land they depended on for survival. There were only two ways to solve this problem. One was to open up new territories for the empire.  The expansion of the empire's territory on a larger scale; the second is the reduction of the empire's population, whether through birth control methods and policies, or large-scale immigration.

    ? ?From this perspective, the empire has been doing this for the past thirty years.

    Today, when the empire's population has exceeded the 500 million mark, it is true that about one-fifth of its citizens live in areas outside the traditional borders. Among them, the land recaptured and newly occupied from Soviet Russia alone has solved the living space for about 40 million people.  .

    Therefore, expansionism must be a long-term national policy for the empire.

    The Democratic Party happens to be the main camp of domestic anti-war forces.

    Emperor Song Biao could only say that Song Jiaoren could stand and speak without hurting his back. This was the main reason why he had reduced his support for the Democratic Party in the past few years and refused to meet Song Jiaoren.

    As he grew older and tended towards conservative policies, he became more and more disgusted with Song Jiaoren's Democratic Party. In his view, both the Democratic Party and its supporters seemed too selfish.

    After almost finishing a whole cup of tea, Emperor Song Biao put down the tea cup and asked Song Jiaoren calmly: "You have been running around in the past few years, petitioning for the people. You are very tired. Your body should be  Can you still hold on?"

    Song Jiaoren was very pleased with these greetings.  Because he knew that the emperor was usually not a person who would chat with others, he happily replied: "Your Majesty, there must be nothing wrong with my health. The busier I am, the stronger I am."

    Emperor Song Biao sighed: "That's good. Let's talk about some serious things. As the ruling party, the Restoration Party has more and more internal problems and needs to be taught a lesson. I really want to know.  In your opinion, what problems does the Liberation Party have at this stage?"

    Song Jiaoren thought for a while and answered truthfully: "The problem of the Restoration Party is actually simple. It is just that one party is too arrogant and cannot listen to the opinions of other political parties to participate in politics. It is arbitrary. The situation of the central government is better. In  The local and provincial governments are simply run by a bunch of bastards with outrageous arrogance.¡±

    Although he did not like the policy direction of the Democratic Party, Emperor Song Biao still maintained the principle of party neutrality as much as possible. He encouraged Song Jiaoren: "They are arrogant bastards. That is your opportunity. Just seize the opportunity."

    Song Jiaoren replied: "That's what I say, but the Restoration Party is also a veteran political party that can fight in elections. They have the advantage of governing. Once the election period comes, they will firmly hold on to two big vote banks and a big money bank. One is  The Farmers' Association, one is the labor union, and the last big money bank is of course the big financial groups such as Far East, Jiangnan, and Nanyang. For example, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry does donate a political donation to us every year. But the amount given to the Liberation Party is fully ours.  It¡¯s more than ten times the number. Nowadays, every election campaign is supported by money. Each of them has strong financial support behind running for parliament, and they can also handle the work of the media. This really leaves us helpless.¡±

    Song Biao sighed with a smile and said: "The so-called democracy is nothing more than this. Isn't it the case in the United States and the United Kingdom?"

    Song Jiaoren could only nod and admit.

    He actually knew very well that every time a critical moment came, the major financial groups controlled by the royal family would still stand behind the Liberation Party without hesitation, and the public land system maintained by the Liberation Party had always been able to strangle the large votes of the peasant associations in various places.

    This was the situation in the empire's democratic system. The provincial assemblies decided the provincial governors, and the provincial councilors were selected on a county-by-county basis. This meant that parties with strong financial resources and deep connections could always win in most counties and ultimately determine the majority in the provincial assembly.  seats.

    Provincial parliamentary elections generally lag behind national parliamentary elections by one year, which means that once the central cabinet is established, the central ruling party can influence provincial-level elections, which is particularly important for the most important economically developed provinces and populous provinces that have a leading role.  Province, Prime Minister Gu Weijun, former Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi, and other cabinet ministers will also go to assist in the election in person.

    For example, in the 1936 provincial council elections in Jiangsu and Shanghai, the Democratic Party originally had a certain advantage in the polls. However, at the last moment, Prime Minister Gu Weijun suddenly visited Shanghai, Nanjing and other places and issued a bold statement that he would use the central government to  The form of support continued to support the economic construction of the Yangtze River Delta. As a result, Jiangsu and Shanghai made a comeback at the last moment. Instead, the Liberation Party once again occupied more than 70% of the seats in the provincial parliament.

    In short, Song Jiaoren and his Democratic Party have been struggling and being suppressed.

    Emperor Song Biao was very satisfied with this situation. In fact, he also knew that there were still many problems within the Restoration Party, but without the control of the Democratic Party, there would be more and more problems. Party struggles in democratic politics can not only distract you.  The hind legs can also catch the opponent's various disadvantages and curse them, forcing the opponent to make improvements and make progress together.

    Thinking of this, Emperor Song Biao suddenly felt that supporting the Democratic Party to win more is not necessarily a bad thing. As long as the central government is relatively stable and allows local governments to give the Democratic Party half a chance, it will be enough to teach the Restoration Party a lesson and eliminate thoseOld-fashioned old-fashioned congressmen and officials who arrogantly think they are officials.

    If you are not in power, problems will not be exposed. On the contrary, it would be good to give the Democratic Party more opportunities to be subject to supervision and to expose more problems within the Democratic Party.

    There are now three major political parties in the empire, namely the centre-left Social Democratic Party, the right-wing Democratic Party and the centrist Restoration Party. As for the far-right National Youth Party and the far-left Labor Party, they are not very popular and only supported by a very small number of people.  .

    The empire adopts a policy of separation of religion and government. Therefore, religious associations are not allowed to carry out political activities. Social institutions such as labor unions and farmers' associations can vote collectively, but the Pure Land Religious Association cannot vote collectively. The Empire's "Political and Religious Freedom Act" also strictly prohibits  Religious groups that manipulate the collective voting of their members must be dealt with severely, to some extent, if found.  This can also be regarded as a strict control of regional communism in Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, and Islam.

    In the constitution, the empire actually defined the country¡¯s leading policy as centrist. The difference between the three major political parties is the difference between the center-left and the center-right. Pure left-wing and right-wing parties are not supported by society. The right-wing freedom of the Democratic Party  However, for large financial groups, it is obviously more reliable to cooperate with the centrist Liberation Party.

    Although it is not clear how serious some of the new problems that the Restoration Party has gradually expanded in the past five years are, and it does not like the right-wing liberal policies of the Democratic Party, however.  At this moment, Emperor Song Biao felt that it was necessary to give some new support to the Democratic Party, and threatened the Restoration Party even more fiercely, forcing the Restoration Party to carry out major new reforms.

    Thinking of this, Song Biao said to Song Jiaoren: "We haven't seen each other for a few years. I am still very unfamiliar with some of the new party policies you are promoting now. We have an afternoon today to discuss these things.  You might as well explain it in detail."

    Song Jiaoren nodded happily and started from the beginning slowly: "The Democratic Party I established has been actively promoting China's democratic reform from beginning to end. This is something that your Majesty knows very well.  And. We have also made outstanding achievements in the past thirty years and actively promoted the democratic process of the empire. Today, the widening gap between the country¡¯s rich and poor and the problems of industrial monopoly have threatened the future of the empire. The empire¡¯s position in the Asian Union  The leadership position has never been truly effective. And the liberal anti-colonial movement in Asia has not received full support from the empire. From a domestic political perspective, we need to continue to promote the democratic process and promote the liberation of women¡¯s rights. Promote social  For fair construction, we believe that the restoration of the party's thirty years in power. Although the national economy has achieved considerable development, social inequality is worsening rapidly. We need to correct this and promote a fairer society. We need to let the rich  People and oligarchic enterprises pay more taxes and assume more social responsibilities, so that the middle class and ordinary people can benefit. In the international community, we must also pursue new fair values, equality between countries, and use greater strength to  Invest in the anti-colonial movement, stabilize the empire¡¯s leadership and interests in Asia, expand the empire¡¯s prestige around the world, and make the empire a more popular and just world leader.¡±

    Song Biao praised: "The idea is very good."

    Song Jiaoren emphasized: "The most important political demand of the Democratic Party at this stage is fairness. The people are calling for fairness. This is because the imperial society has developed so far that unfairness has become the public enemy of the people. There are policies in localities, towns, and governments.  , there are countermeasures below. It is a very common phenomenon for local gentry to control power and usurp the interests of other Kuomintang parties. The combination of these gentry, including illegal associations, with the Restoration Party is an extremely ugly problem that is well known to the world. This is a problem in our country.  Major Obstacles and Disadvantages of Political Clarity.¡±

    Emperor Song Biao was silent. He was not particularly supportive of this.

    The Central Bureau of Investigation has conducted a relatively detailed investigation into this matter. The problem of squire bullies and illegal associations is a big and stubborn problem within the empire. However, the Central Bureau of Investigation does not believe that this is a shortcoming unique to the Restoration Party. The Democratic Party in Guangdong, Guangxi, and  These serious problems also existed during the administrations of Fujian and Zhejiang.

    In other words, this is a basic national issue and has little to do with political parties.

    It is easy to crack down on criminal gangs, but it is very complicated to get rid of the most common problem of squire bullies in the country, because behind the squire bullies are the monopoly problems of local big surnames. In the process of promoting township democracy, almost 70  More than % of township mayors have been stolen by local surnames. Whether it is the Liberation Party or the Democratic Party, if they want to gain local support, they must cooperate with these people from large surnames and absorb them into the party, which ultimately leads to the current situation.  An unfair status quo was common at the grassroots level throughout the empire.

    This point is no matter whether it is the democratic experiment carried out by Yan Xishan in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War or the democratic reform carried out by the Republic after the reform and opening up.All rural democratic electoral reforms have generally fallen into this pit.

    As for how to solve this problem, to be precise, Gu Weijun and Song Jiaoren were actually at a loss what to do, they just talked to each other.

    This problem also troubled Emperor Song Biao.

    Chen Jin once had a proposal to introduce legal restrictions. In the name of "local administrative officials who train young people for the country", he would strictly limit the age of candidates for local governor in townships to no more than 40 years old, and encourage young college students to return to their hometowns to participate in democracy.  campaign and encourage them to enter politics.  Restricting this situation by improving quality and restricting age levels is not a permanent solution, nor may it be a temporary solution, but it is currently the only good solution possible.

    In addition, it is definitely necessary to strengthen the power and law enforcement space of judicial institutions at the town level to implement stricter legal management of common problems in rural areas.

    Song Jiaoren brought this issue up to attack the Restoration Party. Emperor Song Biao actually had no feeling at all, because the results of his research on this issue were still very clear.

    Of course, Song Biao didn¡¯t gossip.  Political parties are like this and never miss any opportunity to attack their opponents.

    After thinking for a while, he decided to avoid this topic and continued to ask Song Jiaoren: "What about other questions?"

    Song Jiaoren originally wanted to make a big attack on this issue, but he felt that the emperor did not want to continue questioning on this matter, so he had to change the topic and replied: "The second thing is the issue of public land. There must be problems with the public land system.  First of all, on the ruling side, the power of government regulation is too concentrated within the government, which is prone to corruption and fraud. The management of social institutions is left to local rural cooperatives in towns and villages, and it is easy to be controlled by local evil forces in towns and villages. No matter which policy is adopted, local governments are responsible for  The performance on the public land issue is poor. With the expansion of the empire¡¯s cultivated land and the development of industry and commerce, we should now allow the free circulation of land and allow the expansion of land annexation within a controllable range.¡±

    Song Biao was a little impatient.  He said simply: "If there is a problem, find a way to improve it first. If it is abolished because of trouble, will more than tens of millions of farmers lose their land and become tenant farmers? What era is this? Do we still have to have landlords?  ?"

    Song Jiaoren said: "Your Majesty, the ideal of ensuring that everyone has farmland is indeed great. But such a policy is unreasonable. The social cost of maintaining this policy is too high, and there are various unfair problems during the implementation process.  They emerge in endlessly. In many counties in the south, public land can even account for 1/2 of a county's cultivated land, but these cultivated lands are basically divided up by local farmers with large surnames. Today, when the industrialization process of the empire is so rapid, our industry still lacks a large amount of  farmers need to be liberated from the land."

    Song Biao accused: "You are not solving the problem, but evading it. The empire now has 170 million people who are farmers. Not every farmer family is good at farming and management. You cannot let Social Darwinism prevail in the empire.  Let nature eliminate them. Human civilization is progressing, and we have the responsibility to take care of vulnerable groups. The problems you mentioned do exist, but our original intention is good, but the method is wrong, then we should change the method.  As long as we work hard, we can always find a suitable solution. You cannot use this issue as a political issue to hype up. Yes, hyping up this issue is indeed beneficial to the Democratic Party, but if the public land system is really abolished, then it will really help.  Is it beneficial to the survival of all farmers?¡±

    Song Jiaoren remained silent.

    It is true that he and Emperor Song Biao have not been in contact for many years, so he lacks understanding of the emperor's current political bias. As the leader of a political party, he very much wants to be in power and use his own strength to improve China. Moreover, he also  Adhering to many of his and his party's ideals, one of the most important core ideas of him and the Democratic Party is to ensure social fairness as much as possible.

    The empire's public land system was a legacy of the agricultural tax reform policy, because it was mandated that if farmland holdings exceeded a certain limit, a huge additional tax would be levied. The state also had the right to reclaim excess farmland. Through such a policy, during the Ouyang Geng cabinet,  More than a quarter of the country's cultivated land has been recycled on a large scale.

    According to the original idea, Prime Minister Ouyang Geng considered gradually selling these public lands to farmers with less cultivated land. However, during the Gu Weijun cabinet, Gu Weijun changed this idea and adopted a policy of low-cost leasing, using mandatory policies to ensure that everyone  There is a political commitment to the field.

    To some extent, this policy is the foundation for Gu Weijun to be re-elected for two terms. However, in the past ten years, a large number of unfair phenomena have appeared in the implementation of the public land rental policy. A large number of rural clans with big surnames have occupied public land under various names.  Things are very common.

    For example, in Lijia Village, there are more than a hundred clan membersIf a household accounts for 2/3 of the village, they can control the village's rural cooperative association, control the election of the village chief, and then use various means to seize the public land. Only the surname Li can get the public land, forcing other farmers to  Families leave.

    There is now a political trend in the country, which is to ban the election of village chiefs, or limit the power of village chiefs, change the traditional rural autonomy inertia, and establish universal police agencies in each village, and the police agencies will maintain local order, while the public land  The distribution and implementation are all controlled by government agencies at the county level, or the county government entrusts agricultural associations to be responsible, which can limit the influence of rural surnames to the greatest extent.

    This statement has generally met with considerable opposition. If the Liberation Party insists on doing this, it is likely to lose tens of millions of votes, or even more.

    There are now a total of 135 million legal voters in the empire, and the agricultural cooperatives in various towns and villages across the country control about 30 million votes. Therefore, this is still a very powerful vote bank that cannot be easily offended.

    Gu Weijun has been reluctant to engage in this matter. To a large extent, he is afraid that the Democratic Party will repeat this issue. Of course, the current initiatives and leading policies of the Democratic Party are more drastic than that of the Restoration Party. Their attitude is to directly ban it, but this  The initiative is really attractive.

    Song Biao¡¯s point of view is that the ban itself is wrong and irresponsible, and the unfairness and malfeasance in the process of banning will be more serious.

    That afternoon, Song Biao and Song Jiaoren discussed some hot political issues recently. To be honest, he was quite disappointed. The Democratic Party was no longer the Democratic Party he liked. As a more astute politician, Song  Jiaoren is no longer the Song Jiaoren he used to be.

    After holding a royal banquet in the evening for Song Jiaoren and his wife, Song Biao asked Crown Prince Yuhua to see Song Jiaoren and his wife off in person. He went to the imperial study room and called Chen Jin alone, asking Chen Jin to meet him in the imperial study room.  .

    At this moment, the only person Song Biao can still have high hopes for is Chen Jin.

    Over the years, Chen Jin, the son-in-law, has been very close to Emperor Song Biao on many issues. Whether it is foreign policy or the dominant thinking of domestic governance, they have great similarities.
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