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The Rise of China in the Rebirth of the Republic of China 5200 Volume 2 569 Ladder Grain Tax

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    "You have done a good job in this matter, and I have seen your efforts during this period Now it seems that I can leave all the things here to you to handle on your own" He Shiyan cast a vote.  After a look full of admiration, Li Guosheng praised without hesitation.

    Li Guosheng¡¯s status in the National Defense Force is absolutely supreme. Once he is appreciated by Li Guosheng, he can be sure that there will be unlimited future waiting for him.

    Although He Shiyan was excited, this excitement was suppressed in a short time.  He replied calmly to Li Guosheng: "Chief Commander, these are what I should do. I don't deserve your praise"

    ¡°Don¡¯t be proud, don¡¯t be humble and don¡¯t say anything in the face of praise This is another advantage Li Guosheng discovered in He Shiyan.

    After thinking for a while, he asked He Shiyan: "As far as I know, your Second Army doesn't have a deputy commander yet"

    "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, the Second Army only has a chief of staff and no deputy commander yet" Facing Li Guosheng's clueless question, He Shiyan answered with a puzzled look.

    Li Guosheng nodded and gave a decisive order to He Shiyan: "Since I just said that you will handle all matters here by yourself, this order will not change. In addition, in order to facilitate you to better coordinate the surrounding garrisons, we will  Take care of this matter. You will hold the position of deputy commander of the Second Army for now. When there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely transfer you to a better position"

    "I will be the deputy commander" Facing this pie falling from the sky, He Shiyan's face was directly covered with shock.

    You know, it¡¯s a promotion practice in the National Defense Forces.  As long as he holds two positions, and he concurrently holds the position of deputy military officer at the higher level.  It means that I am not far away from a real promotion.

    In the process of serving as the deputy commander, as long as you make no mistakes and successfully complete the tasks assigned to you by the commander-in-chief.  He Shiyan can say without hesitation: It won't take long for him to be promoted from major general and division commander to lieutenant general, become a senior officer of the National Defense Force, and rise to the top of the National Defense Force.

    As a mature senior military officer, their basic quality is to keep their emotions and anger a secret.

    So, shocked.  He Shiyan reacted immediately.  He promised Li Guosheng with a serious face: "Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission"

    After the layout of the National Defense Force was completed, Li Guosheng returned to Taiyuan to wait for the Red Party's reaction.  Later, they took advantage of the situation to put more pressure on the Red Party, forcing the Red Party to conduct trade with themselves and jointly develop the Changqing Oil Field.

    What Li Guosheng didn¡¯t expect was that he didn¡¯t wait for the Red Party¡¯s reaction.  But they waited until Mo Bin, the vice chairman of the government, who was presiding over the 'land reform' in Taiyuan.

    Seeing that Mo Bin was very busy since he took on the important task of 'land reform', it was difficult to see Mo Bin.  Li Guosheng immediately realized something from his sad face and asked bluntly.

    "Vice Chairman Mo, is there something wrong with the 'land reform'"

    Mo Bin nodded and replied: "Commander-in-Chief, I have betrayed your trust by presiding over the 'land reform' for two months. Except for the successful completion of the 'land reform' along the Yellow River in Shanxi Province, the 'land reform' in other places has reached a deadlock"  . Even if we paid a large price to redeem the land, the local landlords and gentry would not sell it"

    "What" Li Guosheng's eyes quickly exuded two fierce murderous auras.

    Mo Bin asked loudly in front of him: "Didn't you tell them that this was a joint decision of the National Defense Forces and the coalition government? Aren't they afraid of us using force"

    Mo Bin replied helplessly: "Master. Of course I said this, but these landlords and gentry scattered in several provinces in North China seemed to have agreed upon it, and at the same time they rejected our redemption method"

    "Moreover, there are too many of them. In addition, these places have just returned to the coalition government, and many landlords and gentry have many gunmen and nursing homes in their homes. Once we use force, it is likely to cause a local catastrophe.  It was a bloody conflict on a large scale. Therefore, I have been reluctant to ask for help from the army"

    "Now that I have no other choice, I have to ask for help from the Chief to see if you have a better solution"

    Li Guosheng nodded and said with a gloomy face: "I almost forgot if you didn't tell me. After occupying the entire North China, because of the sudden conflict in Outer Mongolia, we simply ignored the matter of cleaning up local armed forces"

    "You must know that according to the rules of our National Defense Forces, as long as there are local defense forces stationed there, local armed forces are prohibited, and civilians are prohibited from privately possessing firearms. Now that the conflict in Outer Mongolia has been resolved, it is time to resolve the local armed forces in North China."

    Seeing that Mo Bin¡¯s frowning brows not only did not relax, but instead became even deeper.

      Li Guosheng also frowned and asked Mo Bin: "Vice Chairman Mo, do you have any other questions?"

    Under Li Guosheng's gaze, after a brief hesitation, Mo Bin bravely reminded: "Chief Commander, I just want to remind you that annihilating the local armed forces in North China is definitely not as simple as we imagined."

    "Um" Li Guosheng's frown deepened and he asked Mo Bin thoughtfully.

    "Tell me your reasons"

    Seeing that the Commander-in-Chief did not ignore his opinion because he was not a soldier, Mo Bin couldn't help but a strange look flashed across his face, he quickly sorted out the thoughts in his mind and analyzed it.

    "General, the first thing I want to say is the number of people. The number of local armed forces in North China is far beyond our imagination During the process of 'land reform', I asked people to conduct a simple statistics, and the results were directly frightening.  It gave me a big jump¡­¡±

    Li Guosheng asked in a deep voice: "How many people are there in the local armed forces in North China"

    "Although there are no accurate figures, I can say with certainty that the total number of people is definitely more than 150,000. The families of powerful landlords and gentry have at least hundreds or thousands of well-equipped nursing staff. Even those living in the countryside  Small landowners, each household also maintains dozens or hundreds of servants"

    "These servants usually look after the homes and courtyards of the landlords and gentry. When the rent collection season comes, they will become the thugs of the landlords and gentry, helping the landlords to collect rent from the people. It can be said that they do all kinds of evil"

    Although Li Guosheng did not see it with his own eyes, through various propaganda media in later generations, Li Guosheng still knew clearly about the various evil deeds of these so-called nursing home servants.

    After slamming his clenched fists on the desk in front of him out of anger, he shouted loudly: "These inhuman bastards, no matter what, we in the National Defense Force cannot allow such a group of people under our control to cause harm to our hometown. We must  To destroy them.¡±

    Reaction to Li Guosheng.  Mo Bin did not have any surprises and continued to report: "Chief Commander, if we want North China to develop, it is necessary to eliminate these local armed forces."

    "It's just that on the surface, the 150,000 local armed forces seem to have no ownership and are scattered. However, we must not ignore the timing and geographical advantages of these people because of this."

    "If we can't solve these two problems, even if we send out heavy troops to carry out encirclement and suppression, it will be difficult to win."

    During the introduction by Mo Bin, Li Guosheng unconsciously recalled a series of stories about the suppression of bandits in western Hunan in later generations.

    Mo Bin is right. Faced with more than 100,000 local snakes, if he advances rashly, he will not only lose the victory.  Perhaps it will also plunge the troops into the never-ending guerrilla warfare of these local forces.

    After taking a deep breath to calm down his slightly confused mood, Li Guosheng said: "Vice Chairman Mo, I understand what you mean. Don't worry, I will never be so arrogant as to order the troops to march rashly. Give me  Two months. Within two months, these places must be disarmed. Give the people of North China a peaceful world"

    After Mo Bin nodded sheepishly, he continued: "The reason why the landlords and gentry in North China refuse to implement land reform is because they have a relatively large armed force in their hands, which is what I just said."

    ¡°As for another aspect, in the eyes of these landlords and gentry, we Chinese have a saying that ¡®the law does not punish the public¡¯.¡±

    "The reason why we dared to use force to carry out land reform in East Shandong was because we faced too few opponents. However, it is different now. We are facing the landlords and gentry in the entire North China."

    ¡°If you include the relatives who are attached to these landowners and gentry, we are facing a huge group with millions of people. This group not only controls more than 80% of the land in North China, but also controls more than 80% of the wealth in North China.¡±

    "Because of this, they dare to blatantly refuse to implement land reform. They are confident that in the face of strong pressure from millions of landowners and gentry, we will never use force rashly, otherwise, the entire North China will be plunged into turmoil."

    Seeing Mo Bin talking in front of him, an expression of indignation appeared on his face unconsciously.

    Li Guosheng, who quickly flashed a sneer in his heart, quickly spoke to comfort him: "Vice Chairman Mo, don't be too anxious. In my opinion, Li Guosheng, these landlords and gentry think too highly of themselves. They seem to have forgotten the wealth they control.  No matter how much you have, no matter how much power you have, everything may disappear in an instant in front of the huge state machine.¡±

    Mo Bin¡¯s eyes lit up and he asked excitedly: ¡°Commander-in-Chief, do you already have a solution?¡±

      Li Guosheng nodded and said confidently: "Since these people don't know how to appreciate others, they keep the land in their own hands and refuse to cooperate with the government in carrying out 'land reform'. Then I will let these lands become a burden to them.  A burden that had to be shed.¡±

    After finishing speaking, he directly asked Mo Bin: "Vice Chairman Mo, you are in charge of agriculture. I want to know, with the current level of agricultural production, how many acres of land can one person cultivate at most"

    "Ten acres" Mo Bin affirmed without thinking.

    "Ten acres of land is definitely the limit for an ordinary person. Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to cultivate eight acres of land in the most suitable season. Our land reform plan to allocate land to the lower class people is based on this principle.  On average, each person has about eight acres, and even if there are many, they will never exceed ten acres."

    Li Guosheng nodded and answered mysteriously: "In that case, we will use ten acres of land as the dividing line"

    After finishing speaking, Mo Bin explained under a pair of puzzled eyes: "Vice Chairman Mo, I plan to change the unified grain tax in the jurisdiction to a stepped grain tax. For people with ten acres of land per capita and below, the grain tax will remain the same.  No change. Fifty kilograms of grain per acre or the equivalent of an ocean per capita is more than ten acres, twenty acres and below. The grain tax will be doubled on the basis of fifty kilograms of grain, which is one hundred kilograms.  Grain For those with more than 20 acres per capita, the grain tax will continue to be doubled, which is 200 kilograms of grain"

    ¡°I don¡¯t believe that under the pressure of such high food taxes, these landlords and gentry will still hold on to their land¡±

    After nodding thoughtfully, Mo Bin suddenly asked.

    ¡°Master Chief, what if these gentry and landlords unite and refuse to pay grain and taxes?¡±

    "That's a good question" Li Guosheng seemed to have known that Mo Bin would ask this question.  said excitedly.

    ¡°¡®It is natural to cultivate land and receive food¡¯ is something that has been done in China since ancient times.¡±

    "If these landowners and gentry refuse to pay taxes, it will just give us an excuse to send troops. As long as the common people within the jurisdiction of our national defense forces fail to pay taxes within the specified time, the government will punish them by ten times the grain tax. If it is not stipulated  All fines will be paid within the time limit, all property will be confiscated, and the family will go to the Far East to serve in labor force for one year."

    "This is a good idea" Mo Bin shouted excitedly.

    "If this law can be rolled out in all areas under the jurisdiction of our National Defense Forces, I can be sure that it won't be long before these gentry and landowners who hold the land with their hands will rush to find the local government and beg our local government to redeem it with oceans.  Land in their hands."

    "Otherwise, the land they hold will not only not bring them any benefits, but will also weaken their capital to a certain extent. This is because the annual income from these lands, in addition to paying grain taxes, will not even have to pay for the remaining grain.  There aren¡¯t even enough tenants.¡±

    Li Guosheng nodded and continued: "This is just my first opinion"

    "In addition to the implementation of the policy of tiered tax payment, all land within the jurisdiction of our National Defense Forces is prohibited from private sale. If you really don't want to farm, there is only one way. That is to return the land to the government, after all. These lands are  The government initially distributed it to everyone for free. Then, the government redistributed the recovered land based on actual local conditions."

    "In addition, a decree was issued to all the people in North China. All tenants who live in the homes of landlords and gentry can be separated from their status as tenants and allocate their own land as long as they register with the government"

    "In addition, the government also distributes free half-year rations, grain seeds, and cattle to all propertyless tenants to help tenants get rid of poverty as soon as possible"

    "I don't believe that under the temptation of such good conditions as fields, rations, cattle, and grain seeds, the tenants will continue to farm the land for the landlords and live a miserable life without enough to eat.  day¡­¡­"

    Before taking over Outer Mongolia, Li Guosheng would never be so generous as to distribute free cattle to the people under his rule.  However, after taking over Outer Mongolia and obtaining millions of cattle at once, in order to maximize the value of these cattle, Li Guosheng directly moved these cattle into the customs and distributed them free of charge to the people who did not have cattle.

    Therefore, Mo Bin, who was sitting in front of Li Guosheng, was not frightened by Li Guosheng's generosity.

    Instead, he exclaimed to Li Guosheng: "Chief Executive, you are trying to drain the bottom of the fire for all the landlords and gentry"

    ¡°It¡¯s just taking the heat out of the cauldron¡­¡± Li Guosheng affirmed without any hesitation.

    "After these policies and regulations are fully implemented, the government will issue a decree that within a certain period of time, those who actively request the government to take back the land can redeem it at a reasonable price"

    ? ??After this period of time, the redemption price will be lower. In short, the later a request is made to the government to recover the land, the lower the land redemption price he will receive"

    "As long as you do this, I can be sure that within a month at the latest, the land reform in the entire North China region will proceed surprisingly smoothly"

    Mo Bin nodded while recording, and waited until everything was recorded.  Mo Bin's gloomy expression half an hour ago had disappeared, and was replaced by excitement from the bottom of his heart.

    He said happily to Li Guosheng: "Chief Executive, after you accept any problem, it will not take long to be perfectly solved. Now that there is such a good solution, I promise the Chief Executive that it will be solved within a month at the latest.  I will give you a satisfactory answer to the chief executive and complete the land reform in North China as soon as possible"

    Li Guosheng smiled and replied: "Vice Chairman Mo, if your 'land reform' can really succeed, then the more than 100,000 local armed forces in North China will collapse without a fight"

    "With the loss of land, most landowners in North China will lose their source of income. At the same time, the large number of nursing homes and landlords who support their families will also lose their role because they have no land rent to collect. Under such circumstances, do you think these stingy landlords and gentry can still  A large amount of money will be spent every year to support a group of nursing homes that have no effect"

    "So, the successful completion of the 'land reform' is a matter of achieving multiple goals with one stone. You must treat it carefully and complete it smoothly."

    "The last one, in the 'ladder grain tax' I just mentioned, those data are all mentioned by me. As for how to collect the tax, you must conduct careful research before making the final decision. In a word, let the people  I feel: As long as the per capita land of my family exceeds ten acres, I will suffer a loss when growing food"

    "Only in this way can we prevent land from being concentrated in the hands of a few people again, stimulate people's enthusiasm for growing grain, and increase grain production step by step"

    Mo Bin replied with a serious face: "Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured that I will successfully complete the 'land reform' in North China."
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