New Warlords 1909

Iron Blood Military Academy implements closed management, so Song Jiaoren can't get in if he wants to.It's just that the students passing by outside were full of flying desires, which left a very deep impression on Song Jiaoren.

The further he went to Sanhe, the more surprised Song Jiaoren became.Along the way, horse-drawn carriages full of goods were seen galloping away, and teams of patrolmen patrolled the road on horseback.Many factories are being built between Sanhe and Hefei, and countless workers are sweating and motivated.In the fields, there are people working everywhere.There were faint smiles on everyone's faces.Here, full of vigor, here, full of countless fresh weather.Compared with the lifeless, dull gray elsewhere, this place is like another world.

"Report, Army Commander, Director Song of the Nanjing Government has come to Sanhe, please see him outside!"

"Oh? Mr. Song is already here? Please come in quickly, no, I will greet you in person!" Although Song Jiaoren's position in the provisional government is not high, Hua Fei respects this No. 1, has always held great respect.

Needless to say, the politeness of the meeting, Song Jiaoren quickly changed the topic to what he saw and heard along the way, expressing emotion while talking, full of meaning.

"Hey, Commander Hua, what Song has seen today is a revolution, and Song is far less than half of Commander Hua! It has only been a few months, and Luzhou Mansion has already shown great vitality under the management of Commander Hua. It's a scene of revival. Shame, Song is so ashamed!" Song Jiaoren was really stimulated today, and he thought, how could a military reckless like Hua Fei know how to manage people's livelihood.However, what he saw and heard today completely overturned Song Jiaoren's impression of Hua Fei.

"Mr. Song is serious. Without the efforts and dedication of all the revolutionary pioneers, how could the success of the Wuchang Uprising in October come about? China has been lagging behind for a long time, and there is a long way to go to revive it. At this time, how dare you talk about revival what a sight!"

Hua Fei was a little surprised that Song Jiaoren was so excited, but most of what he saw was the scene from Hefei to Sanhe. After all, the development of Sanhe had already started when Hua Fei returned from stock trading in Shanghai.With today's weather, absolutely nothing.As for the other prefectures and counties in Luzhou Prefecture, the situation has basically changed little.

"Mr. Hua is humble! In fact, Mr. Song came here today to ask for something! I am ashamed and ashamed. Seeing such a scene under Mr. Hua's rule, Mr. Song finds it difficult to say this!" Song Jiaoren shook his head again and again, he was no longer sure about Hua. How much money can Fei take out?It is said that most of these factories can apply for interest-free loans from the Luzhou military government.Moreover, the concrete road connecting Hefei to Sanhe would probably cost a lot of money.

Finally getting to the point, Hua Fei touched the brass button with a smile, and said slowly, "Mr. Song has come all the way, so what are the difficulties, but it's okay. If Hua can do it, he will do his best!"

"This...in fact..." Song Jiaoren hesitated for a while, but slowly explained the plight of the Nanjing central government, and finally said very earnestly, "I know that as the central government, it is really a little bit of a request to Commander Hua. Unbearable. However, if Commander Hua can temporarily borrow some funds to help the central government tide over the difficulties, the revolutionary history of China will never forget the meritorious deeds of Commander Hua!"

It turned out that he came here to borrow money!Hua Fei smiled unexpectedly. Although he knew that the Nanjing government was in financial difficulties, he never thought that they would borrow money from him!

To borrow or not to borrow?Hua Fei quickly considered weighing the gains and losses in his mind.This has become a habit. As for the historical merits, Hua Fei has never coveted that kind of fame.Real interests and transactions are the fundamental force driving history.

"Okay, I'll borrow, a low-interest loan of 100 million silver dollars with the Nanjing central government!"

"Ahem...!" Song Jiaoren who was drinking tea suddenly choked.Firstly, he didn't expect Hua Fei to give him an answer so quickly, and secondly, he never dreamed that Hua Fei would be so generous, as long as he borrowed 100 million silver dollars.You must know that Song Jiaoren's plan to come here the most is to raise 20 million silver dollars, and his wish is enough.

Does Hua Fei really have such a huge sum of money?Where did he get such money?In other words, is there really only a few 10 silver dollars in the Nanjing Fan Treasury?

"What? Don't you think Mr. Song is too little?" Seeing that Song Jiaoren didn't reply for a long time, Hua Fei couldn't help asking in wonder.

"Oh, no, no, no, a lot, a lot!" Song Jiaoren, who had reacted quickly, replied, "Mr. Hua understands the righteousness so well that he saved the Republic of China in a critical juncture. Song represents the president and thousands of people." Thousands of Chinese people, thank Commander Hua for such a benevolent act!"

"Don't!" Hua Fei waved his hand, "I have conditions!"

"What's the condition?" Although Song Jiaoren also understood that it is impossible for pies to fall from the sky, he still asked with some fear, for fear that Hua Fei's conditions were too harsh, so wouldn't the 100 million silver dollars be enough to satisfy his hunger and thirst?

P: Today is the girl’s birthday. Although the manuscripts are about to run out, I will add another chapter. I wish my princess a happy birthday, always happy and beautiful :)

43 Land reform

"Land reform!" Hua Fei said in astonishment, "I need the Nanjing central government to issue relevant laws as soon as possible to implement land reform measures. On the basis of equalizing land rights, revise and improve relevant laws and measures, so as to benefit more people from the victory of the revolution. ordinary people, and liberate huge productivity!"

It can be said that Hua Fei has thought about land reform countless times since he reduced the rent on his own land.Every change of dynasty in history is a big change in land ownership.For China, a traditionally huge agricultural country, in a sense, the success of the revolutionary cause depends on whether the land reform problem can be solved.

If the farmers who occupy a large logarithmic group cannot feel the benefits brought by the revolution, then what does the success of the revolution have to do with them?So what is the difference between the new Republic of China and the original Qing Dynasty?Just cut off a braid?

Land reform can mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for production and liberate huge productivity.It can also make local tyrants with abundant funds no longer confine their eyes to the land, and force them to invest their spare capital in industrial production instead of endless land mergers, objectively providing a way to accelerate the industrial transformation of the entire society. possibility!

Song Jiaoren thought that Hua Fei would propose various conditions, but he never dreamed that he would propose such a request that seemed to have no direct interests in him.When Sun Wen founded the Tongmenghui, he proposed the political program of the Three People's Principles of nationality, civil rights, and people's livelihood.An important part of the people's livelihood principle is the equalization of land rights.It advocates the verification of national land prices, the existing land prices belong to the original owner, and the land value appreciation brought about by social progress after the revolution belongs to the state.

However, this land reform measure is obviously not operable, and the Republic of China was founded in the early days, and there was no energy to pay attention to this matter at all.However, as the founders of the League, Song Jiaoren and other revolutionaries are still patriots who have the country and the nation in mind and are dedicated to reform and prosperity.Hua Fei's conditions, in fact, are more the responsibility of the central government, and also the responsibility of the director of the Legal Affairs Bureau.

Song Jiaoren asked for advice not only verbally, but also sincerely in his heart, "Mr. Hua, since you brought up this matter, you must have your own views on land reform. I wonder if you can speak freely so that Song can listen to it quickly?"

Hua Fei couldn't wish for it, so he said, "I personally think that land belongs to private property and is sacred and inviolable. But some big local tyrants, sitting on thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, continue to annex land endlessly, causing countless Farmers who lost their land became refugees. This is an unstable factor for the whole society, after all, land is a very special kind of property and means of production.”

"In this regard, legislation can be adopted to set a threshold on average. If the government owns excess land above the threshold, the government can use the method of redemption to buy back the extra land in the hands of the landlords. Within the threshold The land is protected by the land law according to the law. As for the huge amount of money required to buy the land, there is no need to pay in cash. You can try to use land bonds, which can be repaid by the state in installments, or can be used to offset various industrial and commercial land rents and taxes. "

"For landowners who are unwilling to accept the redemption, there is no need to force the redemption. Director Song can formulate high taxes in the land reform bill, and impose huge land taxes on land that exceeds the critical value. If the land tax will make them unprofitable However, in comparison, the gains outweigh the losses, and more landlords will tend to the first option!"

"The acquired land can be allocated to registered peasant households without land according to the population. The peasant households have the right to use the land freely. After paying the value of the land, they legally own the ownership and the right to buy and sell the land! That is to say, consider When the majority of peasant households do not have enough money to buy land, the government can lease the purchased land to peasant households. Only after the peasant households have paid back the ransom value of the land can they own the land!"

"In order to prevent land mergers from happening again, the government has the right of first purchase for all land sold under the same conditions."

"The purchased land can be resold to farmers for farming, or the government can set up a farm company to centralize mechanized management and increase food production!"

"..."

Hua Fei stated his views on land reform to Song Jiaoren in detail.The main point of view is to adopt a soft and moderate approach, and on the basis of respecting individual property ownership as much as possible, adopt reform bills to complete the re-reasonable planning of most land.In other words, this bill is more of an anti-land monopoly law that opposes land being controlled and monopolized by a very small number of people.Compared with the drastic land reform in history, in Hua Fei's view, although the social cost paid at that time would be lower, but from the perspective of historical cost, it is really hard to determine which is more important.

The land reform has obvious benefits for Hua Fei. The farmers who enjoy the benefits of the land reform first will definitely give Hua Fei huge support.In this way, it is very convenient for Hua Fei to carry out his militia plan.Part of the land eliminates the land rent sharing of the landlords, which liberates the enthusiasm of the farmers for labor, and will also rapidly increase Huafei's land taxes and taxes, and increase fiscal revenue.On the other hand, the landlords lose the right to continue to buy and expand land, and they will inevitably be forced to invest in industry and commerce, turning into a new bourgeoisie, which will rapidly expand the scale of industry and commerce, and accelerate the industrialization process of the entire society.Farmers who liberate their productive forces may increase their income, generate savings, and thus generate certain purchasing power.And purchasing power is the key to the prosperity of a commodity market!

The benefits are huge, but the dangers also come with it.There is no doubt that even such a mild and moderate land reform measure will inevitably arouse fierce resistance from many stubborn landlords, especially the big landlords and local tyrants.This is also an important reason why Hua Fei has been planning for a long time, but has not carried out reforms in Luzhou Prefecture, or even in Hefei.

But Song Jiaoren's arrival provided such an opportunity.If the central government of Nanjing formulates and promulgates the land reform decree, then Hua Fei will be holding a sword of Shang Fang.The land reform bill can be carried out in a fair and honest manner.

What?Are you dissatisfied?I understand, you can go to the provisional government to complain, we are only doing things according to the law, and we can't be the master of the central government!What?Are you not convinced?In fact, I don't accept it. My family also has hundreds of acres of fertile land. Isn't half of the land still going to be redeemed!What?You want to resist?That won't work, in order to maintain the dignity of the law, all acts of resistance will be suppressed!

As for the land bonds, they were issued by the interim government.I don't care if other places admit it or not, but as long as it has the signature of my Luzhou military government, it can still be used locally under normal circumstances!

The land reform is going to be carried out, but let the provisional government bear all the scapegoats and resentments brought about by the land reform!Anyway, Hua Fei knew that the Nanjing Provisional Government was extremely short-lived, so they probably wouldn't care about taking such a big scapegoat.This is the fundamental reason why Hua Fei is willing to donate 100 million silver dollars to assist the Nanjing Provisional Government that is about to go bankrupt at any cost!

Song Jiaoren obviously would not have imagined that Hua Fei had so many thoughts.After receiving the promise of 100 million silver dollars, he rushed back to Nanjing that night and devoted himself to the formulation of the land reform bill!There is no obstacle, or the influence of 100 million silver dollars is huge. It only took three days for the draft of the Land Reform Act of the Republic of China to be promulgated and implemented.After perfecting Hua Fei's series of suggestions, the bill added such a provision at the end.All provinces, depending on their own circumstances, do what they can, and gradually implement reform regulations!

Members of the provisional Senate also understand that the provisional central government cannot even collect taxes from the provinces, let alone implement this sensitive reform measure.This last clause was added in order to allow the provincial senators to pass the bill.This means that whether or not this bill is implemented is entirely up to the provinces to decide on their own, and the central government does not force it to avoid strong opposition from the provinces.

Unsurprisingly, although this bill has aroused huge repercussions and discussions in the newspaper and public opinion circles, almost none of the provinces took any action and remained silent.Only Hua Fei from Luzhou Prefecture sent a telegram to the Pacific Bank in Shanghai to lend 100 million silver dollars to the Nanjing central government after receiving the land reform bill.In addition, quickly posted notices in all states and counties to officially implement land reform measures!

Hua Fei's announcement immediately caused an uproar in Luzhou Prefecture. At the beginning, Hua Fei only reduced the rent on his own land, which caused almost unanimous rejection from nearby landlords.Now he still wants to use those paper-like so-called bonds to grab their land.Even though it is said that this is a decree of the Nanjing Provisional Government, it has not been implemented in other regions. You are a fool who is yelling anxiously. I really don't know what An De is thinking.

The forces that had some grievances with the Hua family, especially those big landlords and local tyrants took the opportunity to wait for the opportunity and silently began to expand their armed forces.And more small landlords, middle and rich peasants mostly remained silent.Because this land reform bill did them little harm.Except that they cannot continue to buy additional land and need to accept government supervision when selling land, there is almost no impact on their interests and their current lives.

Of course, whether it is the big landlords and local tyrants who are about to make a move, or the silent small landlords and rich peasants, they both ignore and openly oppose Huafei's land reform announcement.Only the Li family in Hefei and some Wang gentry who were close to the Hua family came to Sanhe to persuade Hua Fei.The 70-year-old patriarch of the Li family went to Hua's house without hesitation, begged to see Hua Fei in person, and urged Hua Fei not to act recklessly.

You said that you, Hua Fei, are now in charge of the military power of a province, and you are already famous.Under your influence, the Hefei Sanhe area is indeed changing with each passing day. Everyone can see this, and their evaluation of you is getting higher and higher day by day.But you can't be complacent, dizzy!You know, land is the lifeblood of these noble families and gentry.You took away their land, although it is a redemption, but these are accumulated by their family for many years, who is willing to sell it easily?Will these people let it go?Will these people be easily subdued?Once there is a riot, it will not be a good thing for the country or the people, including you, Hua Fei!

Hua Fei still treated this friendly squire very politely, and kept complaining. This is also a decree of the Nanjing government.While the gentry were persuading him, he did not hesitate to talk and tried his best to persuade the gentry to see the benefits of the land reform.It also described in great detail that investment in industry and commerce is the trend of the times and the trend of the entire historical development.

Seeing that Hua Fei was so obsessed with obsession and never repented, everyone left angrily.And let go of the assertion that one person can't fight against the whole society after all, and the land reform will definitely come to an end!

(Third revision!)

44 Chaos

Can a person fight against society?Can a person fight against history?Hua Fei didn't know, he only knew that he was not fighting against history!

Seeing the fierce reaction of Wangshen and local tyrants, Hua Fei's movements began to slow down and he became more careful.He sent out all the intelligence personnel secretly, and focused on monitoring the dynamics of the famous gentry and wealthy families in Luzhou Prefecture.Even the secret security reconnaissance team whose training was not completed was sent out to monitor the reaction of the forces around Luzhou Mansion.

At the same time, quietly selected soldiers from the Defense Army who performed well in the battle to recover Nanjing and had outstanding performance in training and assessment, and were incorporated into the Revolutionary New Army to form the Third Regiment of the Revolutionary New Army. The former head of the First Regiment of the Security Regiment Li Ganyu served as the head of the third regiment of the Revolutionary New Army.

However, due to the shortage of Springfield M103 guns, the soldiers of the third regiment were basically equipped with various rifles such as Mauser Quickly.However, limited by the lack of financial resources and guns, the defense regiment did not continue to expand. In addition, the Hefei patrol battalion changed the first regiment of the defense army, and still maintained the size of the fourth regiment of the defense army. The total military strength has not increased except for the main new army. too much change.

Regardless of the outcome of the land reform, it can be negotiated and resolved peacefully.If riots or even riots occur by taking the opportunity, it is absolutely intolerable to Hua Fei!

Ma Shihai, the head of the Ma family in Hefei, looked extremely gloomy, staring at his third son, Ma Tie, and asked in a cold voice, "Ma Tie, how is the communication going?"