The next day, the Crossing Group immediately convened a meeting of the Executive Committee, all the executive members were present, and those who were working in other places would also return to Tianjin, and there were two main issues to be discussed, the first was whether the Crossing Group should be attached to the Qing court, and the second was what land policy to adopt.

Of course, the dependence here on the Qing court does not mean that the crossing group is really integrated into the system of the Qing court, but refers to the adoption of the Qing court's model in terms of organizational structure, that is, the complete adoption of the Qing court's official position system, for example, the Shandong governor who crossed the group accepted the Qing court's policy as the highest official position, and the local officials in Shandong, such as the provincial political secretary, the inspector, the second-level prefect, Zhizhou, the second level of the county and other official positions are all held by the traverser, although the entire traversal group is completely independent in terms of military and political finance, but it is in accordance with the official system of the Qing court. Moreover, with the current strength of the crossing group, it is not too difficult to ask the Qing court to accept the replacement of all local officials in Shandong with the traversers.

The advantage of this is that the official system of the Qing court can be used to cover up the independence of the crossing group, and it can quickly integrate into the Chinese society of this era, which is easy to be accepted by the Chinese of this era, and the rule of the crossing group in Shandong will basically not encounter any resistance, and it will not be subject to too much pressure in public opinion. The disadvantage is that the connection with the Qing court is too close, and because it is the official system of the Qing court, it has also invisibly enhanced a certain prestige for the Qing court, and it is not conducive to the propaganda and implementation of the political program and propositions that cross the actual group.

Not dependent on the Qing court, that is, it did not use the official system of the Qing court, and only accepted a few highest local official positions such as the governor of Shandong, the chief political secretary, and the envoy to deal with the Qing court, while within Shandong Province, it started a new way and adopted the official system of the group itself. As for the local officials in Shandong of the Qing court, they were all elevated. In this way, from the very beginning, it appeared as an independent attitude, not only could it propagate and implement the actual political program of the group without any scruples, but it could even clearly put forward the idea of overthrowing the Qing court and establishing a republic, and in the future, it would not surprise the people to tear up their faces with the Qing court; the disadvantage is that although we have several highest-ranking local official positions such as the governor of Shandong, the chief political secretary, and the envoy of the procurator, it will still take a while to rule the Shandong region stably. The strong opposition of the powerful forces even had to be suppressed by iron-blooded means.

After Qin Zheng explained the advantages and disadvantages of these two models, Zhang Yuming, minister of personnel, spoke first: "Political Commissar Qin, if we adopt a model that is not attached to the Qing court and we have another set of rules, won't we tear our faces with the Qing court? ”

You Mingqian, minister of the Ministry of Construction, shook his head and said, "Didn't the political commissar just say that? We also have the highest local official positions of Shandong Governor, Political Secretary, and Inspector, which are used to deal with the Qing court, so we will not tear up our faces with the Qing court." ”

Zhang Yuming said: "I don't think so, the Qing court is not without understanding people, although Cixi's character is not very good, but she is definitely a smart person, and Li Hongzhang, Rong Lu, and Yuan Shikai are all human spirits, so you can't see it." We can't think of the ancients as too stupid, the practice of more than half a year has proved that we do not have the aura of the protagonist, so we can't take everything for granted. ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "You can rest assured at this point, the Qing court can indeed see through our intentions, but I can guarantee that the Qing court will not tear our faces, because you can think about it, if the Qing court tears its face with us, what good will it do them, and send troops to attack us? Therefore, I can be sure that as long as we only need this skin to deal with the Qing court, the Qing court will turn a blind eye to other aspects, and will not see anything of itself, and it can last for a day, and when we don't need this skin, we can tear it at any time. ”

Zhang Yuming said: "I understand, if that's the case, I don't have any other opinions." ”

Xia Bohai asked again, and seeing that no one spoke again, he announced a vote, and the result was 19 votes in favor, 4 abstentions, and 0 votes against the resolution against the adherence to the Qing court.

In fact, this result is not unexpected, because except for a few traversers who are infatuated with Gege and Brother, the vast majority of people have no good impression of the Qing court, so in private chats, some people think that they should directly tear their faces with the Qing court, and officially declare that the political program of the traversal group is to overthrow the Qing court and establish a republic, and more radicals even advocate simply sending an army directly to Xi'an to completely destroy the Qing court.

Of course, the executive committee members are still very sober-minded, and their vision is farther than that of ordinary travelers, although they are also tired of the Qing court, but they also know that they can't tear their faces with the Qing court yet, but they don't want to have too deep ties with the Qing court, so since Qin Zheng said that even if he chooses not to be attached to the Qing court, he will not tear his face with the Qing court, then naturally most people will make such a choice.

The first topic was discussed very smoothly, and the meeting immediately moved on to the second topic, which was the land policy of the Crossing Group. That is, whether the crossing group adopts public ownership of land or private ownership of land.

In fact, this issue is an old-fashioned topic in the crossing group, and it is divided into two factions that are evenly matched, and the two sides insist on their own words and do not give in to each other, and almost every time they discuss this issue, they cause each other to tear each other apart. At the meeting of the Executive Committee, the issue of land was also mentioned many times, but after all, the executive members were much more important, land policy was very important, and the group did not know much about the actual situation of this era, so they did not dare to make decisions lightly. Of course, this is also related to the fact that since the crossing group landed on the shore, it has not really stabilized, and it also has a certain relationship.

In fact, the crossing group did not do nothing, after the occupation of Tianjin, the implementation of the public ownership of land, and later occupied Qingdao, but also in the Jiaozhou Bay area to promote the public ownership of land, because it was in the Jiaozhou Bay area also knocked out a large landlord Wangjiazhai. And in both areas, very significant results have been achieved.

However, there are certain special circumstances in these areas where the land is publicly owned, these two areas are occupied by foreign countries, and it is Tianjin, which was plundered by the Eight-Nation Alliance, resulting in a large number of people displaced, and the land is basically vacant, so the crossing group will collect the land as state-owned, and then distribute it to the peasants has not encountered any resistance, and Wangjiazhai is a local bully, the people are very angry, the traverser knocked out Wangjiazhai, and the land of the Wang family was nationalized and then distributed to the peasants, which was naturally widely welcomed by the peasants.

In addition, the traversal group has been very cautious in its actions in other areas, and now the traversers have controlled hundreds of villages outside Jiaozhou Bay, with a population of more than 200,000, but they have not implemented public ownership of land anymore. Of course, these experiences also provide reference and experience for the group to understand the situation of this era and clarify the land policy.

However, the land issue has reached a point where it can no longer be dragged on and must be determined, and this is the need for the political work of the army on the one hand, and the need for the development of the group itself on the other hand.

The Crossing Group had already decided to expand in Shandong, and in the near future, it would formally acquire the management of Shandong from the Qing court, so that there must be a clear stipulation of what kind of land policy to implement, otherwise it would not be possible to carry out the work.

Qin Zheng briefly explained the content of the two land policies, and announced that everyone could freely express their opinions.

Zhang Zichen, the minister of the Ministry of Auditing, said: "I advocate the implementation of public ownership of land, which has been proven in the old time and space, and there is no need to question it. ”

Gu Ruipeng, the minister of justice, said: "If public ownership of land is implemented, what will happen to the landlords who own a lot of land, whether to redeem it or confiscate it. ”

Zhang Zichen said: "Of course it is confiscation, don't look at the fact that we have made a fortune in Beijing, but this money will be used in the place of Guanjian, we need to complete industrialization, we need a lot of funds, and our current reserve funds are still far from being used to develop industrialization, so there is only one way for China to develop in this era, that is, to implement public ownership of land, establish grassroots political power in the countryside, eliminate the middle stratum of the landlord class, replace the landlords to manage the vast majority of the peasants in China, and directly collect economic surpluses from the peasants." In this way, not only can the burden on the peasants be reduced, but the total amount of taxes we actually get is much higher than that of the Qing court, and then we can take advantage of the difference in industry and agriculture and the advantage of population to develop industry and finally complete industrialization. There is no other way. ”

Jia Wenbo, minister of the Ministry of Education, said: "Isn't the forcible confiscation of the landlords' land an act of state violence? What will others think of us, and how can we gain the trust of the people?"

Gu Ruipeng also said: "I am not opposed to the implementation of public ownership of land, but I do not advocate the use of strong means to confiscate the landlord's land, which is also contrary to the law, and the principle of protecting private property, it is better to use the method of redemption." ”

Zhang Zichen said: "I don't agree with this statement, although I don't understand the law, but one thing is clear, any law cannot be absolutely public, but for the ruling class, if you want to pay attention to legitimacy, then now China's legitimate government is the Qing court, why do we want to overthrow the Qing court, it is better to kneel on the ground and shout long live the emperor." ”

Ding Xinghua, Minister of Supervision, also said: "What we are doing now is not to reform, but to carry out a revolution, the revolution is not a dinner party, not a storm, not a passion and romance, but iron-blooded violence. So it is simply impossible to build a strong country without using drastic means. ”