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    After getting the plane, Dong Yongwei's report appeared on Yang Qiu's desk that afternoon. After reading the method proposed by this Youth League member named Cheng Cheng, he was also attracted by his novel and bold thinking.

    The industrialized responsible contracting system allows landowners to only own the land and hand over management and farming rights to farmers This method is even reminiscent of the low and dilapidated thatched hut in Xiaogang Village.  He also saw the huge voice gap between the landowning gentry and ordinary farmers, which could not prevent the unscrupulous landlords from increasing rents and interest rates and exploiting the land even more severely during the lean years, so he wanted to use legislation to fix the contract.  They also came up with ways to organize peasant associations to unite peasants to compete with the landlords and gentry.  This is a unique solution!  Once farmers have the right to speak, they will inevitably have an impact on the traditional gentry class, so that they will not dare to compromise by increasing rents and exploiting them for no reason, and they will not be able to take back land farming rights at will.  Under the current tenant system, although farmers can obtain the right to farm for a longer period of time, few dare to invest in the land. In addition to the high rent and difficulty in making money, it is also because the landlords never write the rent into the contract.  The agreement was made verbally by both parties at the end of the year, which led to many unscrupulous landowners messing up midway. As a result, farmers did not dare to invest in land even if they had some money.  With the emergence of standardized contracts and supervision by farmers' associations, this kind of thing will gradually decrease.  This also has a big advantage, that is, it can avoid the problem of difficulty in promoting small agricultural equipment after the land is subdivided and mature, and improve production efficiency.  Similarly, the gentry also kept their land income and prevented them from being completely deprived like the poor party.

    Therefore, even Yang Qiu admitted that organizing a peasant association is really a bold idea. Once organized, the peasant association will become the farmers' own rights protection organization. From then on, they will share the right to speak with the landlords and gentry and will not be suppressed like now.

    ¡°However, there are also problems here. The first is that the influence of the farmers¡¯ association is too small to win the trust of farmers.  Because most people have traditional concepts.  Only the government can confront the landlords and gentry, but the problem is that for thousands of years, farmers have generally believed that the government and the gentry are of the same family, leading to a joint distrust of the government.  Therefore, Cheng Cheng boldly proposed a movement and used radical strikes to quickly expand its influence, causing a sensation across the country and erecting the banner of the Peasants' Association.

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    Yang Qiu tapped his fingers on the table.  Unless there was no other way, he didn't want to take this path when there were still many options available.  Now that the riots in Northern Jiangsu are happening, it is just because they are worried that everyone will be gone and their interests will be affected.  To use the simplest analogy, it is like how workers in so many factories in the Pearl River Delta were attracted away overnight by other areas that paid several times the wages and paid the fare.  To re-recruit workers and establish a new chain of interests is expensive, so they came up with a contract to prove it.  The "Immigration Land Law" requires people to pay several times or even dozens of times their wages. Even ordinary homesteaders who have land but cannot eat enough are tempted to join the immigrant army, which shows how attractive it is.

    The farmers¡¯ association wants to establish its prestige, but growing it directly through movement is not what he wants.  At the very least, you cannot act haphazardly before obtaining legal basis.  The National Society can give some support. With the current status of the National Society, it is not a big problem to support the peasant associations. As for the momentumit seems that there is no way out!  Yang Qiu's tapping fingers suddenly stopped.  Give the report to the visiting trio Chen Guofu, Zhang Wenjing and Song Ziqing.  After they finished reading, they asked: "Guofu, what do you think of the suggestion of organizing a farmers' association?"

    Chen Guofu was very excited.  He was much more enthusiastic about the political party than about government affairs. He picked up the report as if he had written the plan himself, with excited eyes: "I think it's very good. The farmers' association can not only become an organization similar to labor unions and chambers of commerce, but also balance the gentry.  The trouble is that we are too strong. If our national society can organize all the peasant associations across the country, then 400 million farmers will know about the national society and know that we help them achieve justice. Then Haha, no one can shake it.  .¡±

    "Guofu is right." As soon as Chen Guofu finished speaking, Song Ziqing stood up: "Our country is an agricultural country, and farmers are the main population of the country. Even if industry and commerce develops in the future, it will be difficult to overwhelm them. Look at the scale of this European war.  The huge number of people mobilized is unimaginable. Once we encounter a life and death war, farmers will become the decisive force. If they support the country, then we will have no worries!"

    Yang Qiu nodded, agreeing with his view, and turned to look at Zhang Wenjing: "Wenjing, what did the president and prime minister say?"

    Zhang Wenjing was not as excited as the two of them, and said: "The president and the prime minister have not expressed their opinions. They both hope that you will make the decision."

    "Two old foxes!" Chen Guofu interrupted angrily.  If this kind of thing is done well, it will go down in history, but if it is not done well, it will be infamy for eternity. No wonder they avoid it.  Zhang Wenjing smiled: "This is something that offends people. Who in the officialdom was not born a gentry? Even you and I are from the gentry class. If they hadn't been induced to go into industry and commerce in recent years, and so many industrial stocks were issued to receive dividends  , this matter simply cannot be done. TheyNow that we have acquiesced in doing so, it is already considered a valuable progress!  However, what they are most worried about is the emergence of a nationwide confrontation. You must know that spring plowing is about to begin, and the grain reserves will be used up for the summer. So just before I came, Prime Minister Shaochuan said that the scale of the movement must be controlled well.  "

    The three of them all understood what Tang Shaoyi was worried about. In fact, this was also what they were worried about.  Because the word exercise is so difficult to grasp and itself illegal.  At the beginning of the founding of the Republic of China, provisional laws were emphasized. After the constitution was finalized, it was also repeatedly emphasized that it must not violate the constitution. Movement itself is a very vague term. A mild strike is also a movement, and a violent conflict is also a movement.  And more importantly, will the movement involve the military?  You must know that most of the National Defense Forces are children of farmers.  The military must not interfere in internal affairs. This is the bottom line that must be adhered to. Otherwise, this trivial matter can be solved by just sending troops.

    ButYang Qiu is moved, really!  In later generations, the government had too many things to do for both labor and capital. Because of the imbalance of power between the two parties, the credibility of the government eventually became problematic. To put it bluntly, the labor unions and rural cooperatives that he was familiar with in later generations did not have the Western characteristics at all except for organizing movie watching.  The checks and balances of unions!  But now the farmers' association can balance the balance between labor and capital. In the future, the government only needs to maintain the fairness of the law, so this can also promote the popularization of legalization in the country.  In addition, once the farmers' association is established, it can also introduce the concept of rural cooperatives, teach more advanced farming methods through them, and solve the problems of funds and guarantees for farmers to start their own businesses.  Even if we don¡¯t talk about solving the problem of land benefit distribution between farmers and gentry.  The prestige of the central government alone makes people reluctant to give up.  Because once the peasant association and the gentry become a balancing force.  Then both sides must rely on the government and the law to solve problems in the future, gradually breaking up the situation where clan power governs local areas, and laying the foundation for further implementation of rural autonomy!  Some people may say that all officials are born in the clan.  However, with the expansion of free compulsory education, more and more farmers' children will definitely enter government jobs in the future, and it is very possible for a civilian president to emerge.

    certainly.  Organizing farmers' associations is only the first step in land reform. It cannot completely solve the problem of land distribution rights. It can only ensure that farmers have a smaller burden through legislation and supervision.  But its significance is to constrain land reform within the framework of the law, thus laying the foundation for the implementation of new laws such as the upcoming "Land Reform Bill" and "Land Tenure Tax Collection".  With the support of 400 million farmers, the gentry and landlords must weigh the consequences if they want to block the new law!  Just this first step¡­.

    Yang Qiu put down his pen and made a recording gesture: "Order the 3rd Division to prepare to cross the river and enter Northern Jiangsu, and order An Guoliang and Feng Guozhang to go to Xuzhou to stand by. Wenjing, transport part of the grain reserves to Northern Jiangsu and Xuzhou  "

    "Wait!" Before he could finish speaking, Song Ziqing stood up.  He was redeploying troops and using stored grain, which made him look a little green.  Interrupted: "Commander-in-Chief, such a big move may cause misunderstandings. The dispatch of the army itself is unconstitutional!"

    Yang Qiu, who was suddenly interrupted, didn't react at first.  Seeing that the three people's eyes were a little solemn, I realized that my order was vague. However, the fact that Song Ziqing had a disagreement with him on the military issue for the first time showed that the Constitution had gradually penetrated into the bones of these people.  This is a good thing.  So he laughed and said, "Don't worry Ziqing, I have never thought of using military means."

    "Then what do you mean?" Song Ziqing asked.

    Yang Qiu took a deep breath and picked up this extremely important report: "Guofu, you go to Huang Yuansheng immediately. **We decided the judge at that time. Since it was decided, we can't interfere. You let him prepare for the trial.  . After going to Xuzhou, tell Cheng Cheng that he has done a good job and ask him to organize the Xuzhou Farmers' Association immediately, and then go to the court to request that the long-term labor deed, tenant deed and other personal deeds be invalid!" Without waiting for everyone to speak, he continued to ask  : "Wen Jing, the grain reserves in hand are being transferred to Xuzhou and Northern Jiangsu. If the farmers want to fight, they must be fed first! In addition, do you still have the funds I asked you to prepare to purchase the land?"

    After receiving the loan from Britain and the United States, Yang Qiu asked Zhang Wenjing to withhold 1 billion to purchase private land, so Zhang Wenjing immediately nodded: "The money is still there, and the finance and tax have increased sharply in the past two years, and more can be invested in redeeming land to build a farm."

    "No the national farm is just a special case, used to promote mechanized planting. I plan to build public leased land on the land I bought this time. Similar to the "Immigration Land Law", cultivators pay grain in lieu of land rent for ten years.  In the end, the land will be owned by the cultivators. This is a long-term plan. You must be prepared. Every year, you must purchase some land from the market for the construction of public rental fields. In the future, a three-headed situation of state-owned farms, public rentals, and private ownership will be formed and promoted together.  Contract responsibility system. Therefore, when the high land tenure tax is levied, those large landowners who have exceeded the quota will definitely sell off some of their land. You and Xu Xiujun must be prepared to absorb this land and establish public leased fields. Ziqing, you also go to the judiciary immediately  The Ministry of Finance, the police, and the tax department must all take action. Litigation is only a means, and deterrence is also necessary! Find someCome out and give him a dozen.  Newspapers and reporters also went to say hello and build momentum for this lawsuit Let the whole country know that the peasant association and the landlords are unconstitutional!  "

    None of the three dared to neglect it. This is a major event that concerns the country for a century. Whether the first step is taken well or not will be directly related to whether the subsequent series of land reform laws can be implemented.  Not long after they left, Fang Rui also came in with a salute and placed a thick stack of information on Yang Qiu's table: "Report, this is the evil deeds and information of the unkind landlords in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, involving millions of dollars in land."  mu."

    "Leave it to the Ministry of Justice." Yang Qiu didn't even look at it. He picked up a pen and prepared to draft the standard contract for land contracting and farming in the Republic of China. Fang Rui suddenly took a step forward when he saw this: "Commander-in-Chief, there are always people who will take risks. Is there anyone around Cheng Cheng?"  ¡­.¡±

    Yang Qiu paused, and a drop of thick ink spread around.  After twitching the corners of his mouth slightly, he raised his head and said in a voice that even scared him: "No need!"

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