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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 303: Rent and Interest Reduction

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    To Xu Naizhao's expectation, the second core content of the "Equal Land Acquisition System in Suzhou Province" is to continue to recognize previously owned land, but the prerequisite is to reduce rent and interest.  Zuo Zongtang reported the number of acres of land in a series. In addition to the ownerless land in Sufu Province, half of the land was in the hands of some wealthy businessmen, wealthy households, rich farmers, and middle peasants.  There are even tens of thousands of small rich farmers and middle peasants with hundreds of acres of land at home.

    The West Palace admitted that these people could continue to occupy the land. Representatives of these people were Xu Naizhao and Huang Chunsheng. The West Palace Household Department unified the accounting and measurement of the land, and then took back the old land deeds of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Household Department unified and reissued the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom deeds.  Field deed.  The prerequisite for issuance of land deeds is to reduce rents and interest rates to reduce the burden on farmers.

    The general principle of rent reduction in the West Hall is the same as the rent reduction and interest reduction carried out in the history of the Republic of China. Regardless of any land lease or any form of tenancy, the rent before the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will be reduced by 25%. In areas bordering the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and enemy-occupied areas,  Near the dotted line, the rent can be reduced by less than 25%, only 20%, 15% or 10%.  Rent arrears for many years should be waived to protect the tenants¡¯ rights.

    The interest rate reduction actually refers to the previous situation where tenants were in arrears with rent or had to borrow money to pay rent. Xidian asked the landlords and wealthy households to reduce the interest rate. For loan relationships established before the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the interest rate was one and a half cents. If the interest payment exceeds the original  If the amount is doubled, the principal and interest will be suspended, and if the amount exceeds twice the amount, the principal and interest will be suspended.

    In line with the policy of reducing rents and interest rates, Zuo Zongtang also read out the detailed regulations "Regulations on Reducing Rent and Interest Rates in Sofia Province". The regulations clarified that the results of rent reductions and interest rate reductions are linked to the performance of local officials, and each locality must dispatch a working team to go down.  The basic unit is responsible for supervising the implementation of the rent reduction and interest reduction policy. Every 100 households must have a work team going to the countryside. Every rural household registration unit at the division commander level must have a township office to handle rent and interest reduction matters.  The township corps in various places cooperate with the work teams. If there are wealthy households and rich farmers who are not cooperating with the policy of reducing rent and interest, the township work teams can report it to the Ministry of Household Affairs after verification.  Confiscate the fields of the rich households and farmers.

    Among the population counted in Suzhou Province this time, nearly four million people are tenant farmers. These tenant farmers do not have their own land, and they live on the land of rich households and rich farmers. Most of their hard-earned income has to be provided to the landlords. This is  It's the most unfair.  In the area near Suzhou, the highest land rent paid by farmers is as much as 70% of the harvest. In other places, about 60% goes to the landlords.  After the landowner collected the grain.  Nearly 30% is used to pay for grain, and the rest belongs to the landlords themselves.  The landlord not only collects the rented grain, but also won't be too pushy when the tenants cannot pay the rent. They usually ask the tenants to write down IOUs.  Then the high interest rates were calculated and the tenant farmers were exploited again.  Many tenant farmers pawned their crops for high interest rates.  There are not a few people who sell their sons and daughters.

    Reducing rent and interest rates is the policy formulated in response to this situation.  This policy was relatively mild. Although it did not completely change the relationship between landlords and tenant farmers, it could reduce the burden on tenant farmers, and most wealthy households and rich farmers could accept it.  For people like Huang Chunsheng, when he led the people to revolt, he himself reduced the rent of the tenant farmers, but the government squeezed him.  He rebelled out of anger.  Reducing rents and interest rates is a mild means to alleviate land conflicts to the greatest extent while recognizing that private property is protected by the Taiping Army. At this stage when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has just been established, Xiao Yungui feels that only this strategy can be used to unite all the forces that can be united to fight against it.  Manchu.  If a more stringent land reform policy is implemented.  That would push many people to the Manchu and Qing side.

    To ensure the smooth implementation of rent reduction and interest reduction, strong government means must be implemented. The township official system and the township soldier system can cooperate well to complete this policy.  Historically, both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have engaged in rent and interest reductions, but the rent and interest reductions in the Kuomintang-controlled areas have never been effective. The reason is that there are problems with implementation. It is difficult for officials in the Kuomintang-controlled areas to send working groups to the areas like those in the Communist-controlled areas.  As for the countryside, the Kuomintang-controlled areas basically had no control over the countryside. It was still like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, where local gentry and clans controlled the countryside.  Therefore, Xiao Yungui believes that as long as local officials, township officials, and township soldiers supervise and cooperate with each other, and the Supervision Department of the Ministry of Personnel, the Intelligence Department of Qianjiang, and Tong Qiangsheng and Bai Zetang oversee the supervision and intelligence departments, he is still confident that relying on strong  military and political strength to complete the implementation of this policy.

    As long as rent reduction and interest rate reduction can be achieved, the lives of tenant farmers will get better little by little. Moreover, Xiao Yungui has another policy that will force landlords to treat tenant farmers better.

    The third core of "Equal Land Acquisition System in Suzhou Province" is about land sales and expropriation.  The ownerless land in Sufu Province is nominally official land. Although it is distributed to the people, the equalization system clearly stipulates that land cannot be bought or sold and can only be passed on to children.  Although Xiao Yungui and others knew that it was impossible to ban land sales, at present, the West Palace must ban official land sales.  Xiao Yungui didn't want to see some lazy people selling the land immediately after being allocated the land. Landowners and wealthy businessmen had never-ending desire to buy land, so it was inevitable that there would be no land allocation.  Within just a few years, land was concentrated in a few places.Therefore, the buying and selling of government land in Sufu Province is strictly prohibited, and after the land is divided, if it is found that the allocated land has not been cultivated within three months, the Ministry of Household Affairs will immediately take back the land.

    And can the land in the hands of farmers, landlords, and rich peasants be bought and sold?  The equalization system stipulates that land can be bought and sold, but a high land transaction tax must be paid. After paying the land transaction tax, the Taiping Army government will protect the rights and interests of both parties and recognize the change of owner of the land. Otherwise, it can be treated as landless.  The main land was confiscated.

    Many people didn't understand it at first, but Zuo Zongtang's explanation is that the core of land equalization is to maximize the balance of all the income attached to the fields. After collecting the land transaction tax and sending it to the holy treasury, the holy treasury can use the money  For local construction, it is tantamount to benefiting the poor people, and it is tantamount to transferring the money of wealthy households and wealthy businessmen to the general public in disguise.

    The next step is land requisition. The equalization system stipulates that if the government or the military needs it, the government can purchase the land from wealthy businessmen and households by redeeming the land to meet the needs of the country, localities and the military. The price of the redeemed land will be based on the current price.  acquisition.  Xiao Yungui's expropriation and redemption policy left a loophole. In the future, various factories and railways, whether military or civilian, can acquire land once they need it.  At the same time, even if the land needs to be divided in the future, the government can also purchase the land through land purchase.

    Many people can¡¯t understand this. People like Ji Wenyuan and others said, since it is needed by the government and the army, it can be collected for free, so why should we pay for it?  They still think about the old saying, the shore of the humble soil is the royal soil.

    Xiao Yungui smiled faintly and said loudly to the officials: "Since Sufu Province allows private property, our heavenly soldiers and our government offices also collect taxes from the people, so we have the obligation to protect private property. How can we abolish private property for the sake of public service?" The Equalization of Land Acquisition also said  It was almost done. Xiao Yungui walked down the steps, came to the crowd of officials, and said slowly: "We smashed the Manchu government. Now that we want to be the masters of the country, we naturally have to establish a new government of our own. Is this government in harmony with the situation?"  Is it the same as the Manchu and Qing government? Of course it is different. First of all, our government must abide by the rules set by itself, so that we can ask the people to abide by the rules. New Deal! What is the New Deal? It is to establish rules! The equalization of land we are talking about today  These are the farm rules of Suffolk Province! We will introduce many more rules later. Without rules, we cannot form a circle. To govern the military and civilians of a province, simply put, it is to establish rules with the people, and then everyone will abide by the rules together! Our government in the Kingdom of Heaven  It is absolutely different from the Manchu government, because we don¡¯t do things with two official characters. We have to take the lead in observing the rules we have set! Since we allow private property, we cannot use the power of the government to oppress the people, regardless of them.  Whether they are poor or rich, they are all subjects of our heavenly kingdom now!"

    All the officials were awe-inspiring. Zuo Zongtang nodded and said loudly: "What the King of the West said is true. The unity of the government and the people is the way to long-term peace and stability."

    Xu Naizhao also nodded secretly, and then thought of another thing. If the land deeds of the official and private fields in the entire Sufu Province were replaced by those issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Kingdom of Heaven, it would mean that many people would be tied to the chariot of the Kingdom of Heaven.  Because the Qing court would not recognize the land deeds issued by the puppet government under any circumstances.  And those people who are allocated land will follow the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom wholeheartedly, and those rural officials and soldiers will become supporters of the Heavenly Kingdom.  Once the land equalization system was introduced, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's control over Sufu Province became even tighter. What's even more rare is that the Taiping Army's implementation in Sufu Province meant that many people who were sitting on the fence had hope. The Taiping Army was not a legend.  Although they are demons who destroy family property, they still protect private property.  This method is definitely an upright conspiracy, a conspiracy that makes people jump down even though they know it is a trap.

    The gentle land policy of the West Palace gave the landlords hope, instead of the previous despair. The middle class has always been wavering. Although the Taiping Army's policy cannot be said to have won all, it has at least won the majority.  Officials' families like Xu Naizhao are also a good example. As long as you sincerely help the Taiping Army to eliminate demons, the Taiping Army will not make things difficult for you.

    Xu Naizhao breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the new dynasty had really come. He also admired the generosity of the King of the West. He at least admitted that the land deed before the Manchu Qing Dynasty was an obvious example.

    Next came the promulgation of various other new policies and laws, such as the "Sofia Provincial Tax Regulations", "Sofia Provincial Criminal Regulations", "Sofia Provincial Examination Rules", "Sofia Provincial Industrial and Commercial Charter", "Sofia Provincial Regulations"  Provincial Armed Forces Regulations", "Sofia Province Agriculture, Forestry, Tea and Silk Regulations", "Sioux Province Regulations on Saving the Crisis and Supporting the Weak", "Sioux Province Regulations on New Learning", "Sioux Province Salt and Iron Liquor Regulations", "Sioux Province Regulations on Saving the Crisis and Supporting the Weak"  The Provincial Doctrine and Detailed Rules and more than ten new laws and regulations have been introduced, which are all good policies that benefit the people and the country.  But so many policies were introduced at once that officials felt overwhelmed.  Because it was only a new policy for the province of Suffolk, every legal system and charter was titled Suffolk Province.

    "But Xiao Yungui knows that everything is changing. He and Hong Yun'er and ZuoThe laws and regulations discussed and promulgated by Hutang and others still need to be tested in practice and constantly supplemented and improved.  Therefore, Xiao Yungui ordered all officials to go back to discuss these laws and regulations after lunch, and continue the discussion the day after tomorrow.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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