Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

"You have done a good job on this matter, and I have noticed your hard work during this period... Now it seems that I can leave all the things here to you to handle by yourself..." He Shiyan cast a trace of enthusiasm After the appreciative gaze, Li Guosheng praised without hesitation.

Li Guosheng's status in the National Defense Forces is absolutely supreme. Once he is appreciated by Li Guosheng, he can be sure that what awaits him must be a limited future.

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

In the face of praise, he is not proud, humble and silent... This is another advantage that Li Guosheng discovered in He Shiyan.

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

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

Li Guosheng nodded, and ordered to He Shiyan decisively: "Since I just said that you will handle all the matters here, then this order will not change. In addition, in order to facilitate you to better coordinate the surrounding troops, we will Handle this matter well. You will hold the position of deputy commander of the Second Army first, and when you have the opportunity in the future, you will definitely be transferred to a better position..."

"I'll be the deputy army commander..." Facing the pie that fell from the sky, He Shiyan's face was directly covered with shock.

You know, in a promotion practice in the Wehrmacht.As long as he holds two positions, and he is also the deputy of the military commander at the next higher level.It means that you are not far from a real promotion. [

In the process of serving as the deputy army commander, as long as I don't make mistakes, I can successfully complete the tasks assigned to me by the chief.He Shiyan can say without hesitation: It won't take long for him to be promoted from a major general to a lieutenant general, to become a senior officer of the National Defense Forces, and to be among the top ranks of the National Defense Forces.

As a mature senior military officer, it is their basic quality to be indifferent to emotions.

So shock is shock.He Shiyan still reacted immediately.Facing Li Guosheng with a serious face, he assured him: "Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, and promise to complete the task..."

After the deployment of the National Defense Forces was completed, Li Guosheng returned to Taiyuan to wait for the reaction of the Red Party.Later, he took advantage of the opportunity to put more pressure on the Red Party, forcing the Red Party to trade with him and develop the Changqing Oilfield together.

What Li Guosheng didn't expect, the Red Party responded that he didn't wait.But wait until Mo Bin, the vice chairman of the government who is presiding over the 'land reform' in Taiyuan.

Seeing that Mo Bin is so busy after taking on the important task of "land reform" in front of him, it is difficult to meet Mo Bin.Li Guosheng immediately realized something from his sad face, and asked bluntly.

"Vice Chairman Mo, is 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, all other 'land reform' have stalled...even We paid a huge price to buy the land, and the local landlords and gentry also held the land and refused to sell it..."

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

Facing Mo Bin in front of him, he asked loudly: "Didn't you tell them that this is a joint decision of the National Defense Forces and the coalition government? Are they not afraid of us using force..."

Mo Bin replied with a full face: "Boss, of course I said this, but these landlords and gentry scattered in several provinces in North China seem to have negotiated, and at the same time they refused our redemption method..."

"Besides, there are too many of them. In addition, these places have just been attached to the coalition government. Many landlords and gentry have many gunmen and nurses in their homes. Once we use force, it is likely to cause large local disturbances." Large-scale bloodshed. Therefore, I have been holding back and not asking for help from the army..."

"Now there is no other way, so I have to ask you for help, Chief, to see if you have a better solution..."

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

"You know, according to the rules of our national defense force, as long as there is a national defense force stationed, local armed forces are prohibited, and people are prohibited from hiding and owning firearms. Now that the conflict in Outer Mongolia has been resolved, it is time to resolve the local armed forces in North China." [

Seeing Mo Bin's tightly frowning brows not only did not relax, but frowned even deeper.

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

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

"Eh..." Li Guosheng frowned even deeper, and asked Mo Bin thoughtfully.

"Tell me your reason..."

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, and he quickly sorted out the thoughts in his mind and analyzed.

"Boss, 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 carrying out the 'land reform', I asked someone to conduct a simple statistics, and the results were directly shocking. I jumped..."

Li Guosheng asked in a deep voice: "Then how many people are armed in the entire North China..."

"Although there is no exact figure, I can say with certainty that the total number is definitely more than 15. Powerful landlords and gentry families have at least hundreds of thousands of well-equipped nurses. Even those who live in the countryside Small landowners, each household also raises tens of hundreds of servants..."

"These guards usually look after the homes of the landlords and gentry. When it comes to the rent collection season, they will become the thugs of the landlords and gentry, helping the landlords to forcibly collect rent from the people. It can be said that they do not commit evil..."

Although Li Guosheng didn't see it with his own eyes, through the various publicity media of later generations, Li Guosheng still knows all kinds of evil deeds of these so-called nurses.

After slamming his clenched fists on the desk in front of him because of anger, he shouted loudly: "This group of inhuman bastards, no matter what, our National Defense Forces cannot allow such a group of people under our control to cause disasters in the countryside. We must to destroy them."

The reaction to Li Guosheng.Mo Bin did not have any surprises, and continued to report: "Boss, if North China is to develop, it is necessary to eliminate these local armed forces."

"It's just that the 15 local armed forces don't seem to have any ownership on the surface, and they are scattered. However, we must not ignore the timing and geographical advantages of these people."

"If we can't solve these two problems. Even if we send out heavy troops to encircle and suppress, it will be very difficult to win."

In the process of Mo Bin's introduction, Li Guosheng unconsciously came up with a series of stories about the suppression of bandits in western Hunan.

What Mo Bin said was right. Facing local snakes with more than [-] people, if he marched rashly, he would not only lose the result.It may also involve the troops in the never-ending guerrilla warfare of these local armed forces.

After taking a deep breath and calming 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 clean world..."

After Mo Bin nodded reluctantly, he continued: "The reason why the landlords and gentry in North China refuse to implement the 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 all have the saying 'the law does not punish the public'."

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

"If you count the relatives attached to these landlords and gentry, we are facing a huge group with millions of people. This group not only controls more than [-]% of the land in North China, but also controls more than [-]% of the wealth in North China."

"Because of this, they dared to blatantly refuse to implement the land reform. They are confident that in the face of strong pressure from millions of landlords 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 righteous indignation appeared on his face unconsciously.

A sneer flashed across Li Guosheng's heart, and he quickly comforted him: "Vice Chairman Mo, don't worry too much. In my Li Guosheng's opinion, these landlords and gentry think highly of themselves. They seem to have forgotten that the wealth they own No matter how much you have, no matter how powerful you are, in front of the huge state machine, everything may disappear in an instant."

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 praise, they hold the land in their own hands and refuse to cooperate with the government in carrying out 'land reform'. Then I will let these land become their burden, and I have to To get rid of the burden."

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

"Ten acres..." Mo Bin affirmed without thinking.

"Ten acres of land is definitely the limit of a common man. 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 bottom-level people is based on this principle. The average is about eight mu per person, even if there are many, it will definitely not exceed ten mu."

Li Guosheng nodded, and replied with a mysterious face: "In this case, we will use ten acres of land as the dividing line..."

After finishing speaking, under Mo Bin's puzzled eyes, he explained: "Vice Chairman Mo, I plan to change the unified grain tax in the jurisdiction to a stepped grain tax. People with ten mu of land per capita and less than ten mu of land, the grain tax remains the same. No change. Fifty catties of grain for one mu of land or the equivalent of ocean... per capita more than ten mu, twenty mu and less than twenty mu. The grain tax is doubled on the basis of fifty catties of grain, that is, one hundred catties Grain... If the per capita is more than [-] mu, the grain tax will continue to double, which means [-] catties of grain..."

"I don't believe that under the pressure of such a high grain tax, these landlords and gentry will still hold on to the land..."

After nodding thoughtfully, Mo Bin suddenly asked.

"Boss, what if these gentry and landowners 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's a matter of course that 'farming the land and receiving food' has been done in China since ancient times."

"If these landlords and gentry refuse to pay taxes, it just gives us an excuse to send troops. As long as the people within the jurisdiction of our National Defense Forces fail to pay taxes within the specified time, the government will punish them with ten times the grain tax. All fines were paid within the time limit, all family property was confiscated, and the family members went to the Far East to perform hard labor for one year."

"This method is good..." Mo Bin shouted excitedly.

"If this decree can be rolled out in all areas under the jurisdiction of our National Defense Forces. I'm sure that it won't take long for these gentry and landlords who hold their hands on the land to rush to find the local government and beg our local government to redeem it with the ocean. land in their hands."

"Otherwise, the land they hold will not only bring them no benefits, but will also weaken their capital to a certain extent. Because. In addition to paying grain taxes for the annual income of these lands, the remaining grain can even feed the people. Not enough tenants."

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

"In addition to the policy of step-by-step 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 all The government distributed it to everyone for free at the beginning. Then, the government redistributed the recovered land according to the actual local conditions.”

"In addition, a government order was issued to all the people in North China. All tenants who depend on the landlord and gentry's family to live, as long as they register with the government, they can get rid of their status as tenants and get their own land..."

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

"I don't believe that under the lure of such good conditions as fields, rations, cattle, and seeds... the tenants will continue to farm for the landlord, and live through the kind of hunger and never eat the next meal. day……"

Before taking over Outer Mongolia, Li Guosheng would never give out cattle for free to the people under his rule.However, after taking over Outer Mongolia and obtaining millions of cattle at one time, in order to maximize the value of these cattle, Li Guosheng directly moved these cattle into the pass 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 at Li Guosheng: "Boss, you're trying to get rid of all the landlords and gentry..."

"It's the bottom line..." Li Guosheng affirmed without the slightest hesitation.

"After these policies and regulations are fully implemented, the government will issue another decree. Within a certain period of time, those who voluntarily ask the government to take back the land can redeem it at a reasonable price..."

"After this period of time, the redemption will be carried out at a lower price... In a word, the later he requests the government to take back the land, the lower the land redemption price he will get..."

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

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

Facing Li Guosheng, he said happily: "Boss, it won't take long for any problem to be perfectly resolved after you accept it. Now that there is such a good solution, I promise the boss that it will be resolved within a month at the latest. I will give you a satisfactory answer to the chief, and complete the land reform in North China as soon as possible..."

Li Guosheng replied with a smile: "Vice Chairman Mo, if your 'land reform' is really successful, then the more than [-] local armed forces in North China will collapse without a fight..."

"With the loss of land, most of the landlords in North China will lose their source of income. At the same time, a large number of nursing homes and landlords kept at home will lose their function because there is no land rent to collect. Under such circumstances, do you think these stingy landlords and gentry are still Will spend a lot of money every year to feed a group of nursing homes that don't serve any purpose..."

"So, the successful completion of the 'land reform' is a multi-purpose thing, you must treat it with caution and complete it smoothly."

"The last one, in the 'stepped grain tax' I just mentioned, the data are all from my mouth. As for how to collect it, you must conduct careful research before making a final decision. In a word, let the people I feel that as long as the per capita land in my family exceeds ten mu, growing food will suffer..."

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

Mo Bin replied with a serious face: "Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, I will successfully complete the 'land reform' in North China." The support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to mqn to read.) 9