The Thirteen Elements accumulated a lot of wealth, and it took less than a month for the Restoration Army to eradicate the manpower of the Thirteen Elements. It took two full months to receive the wealth of the Thirteen Elements.

In these three months, the mood of Foshan Dahu Yue Shoushan was up and down. By mid-July 1856, Yue Shoushan was receiving several guests in a village near the sea outside the city. On a hot day, one of the guests was still wearing a hat, which was pressed low, regardless of whether it was eye-catching or not, just to avoid being seen clearly.

As soon as the two people met, the man took off his hat and revealed the face of a foreigner. Both sides looked not relaxed, and the foreigner looked at Yue Shoushan's sad face, and simply said straight to the point in a very non-fluent Cantonese: "Mr. Yue! Have you made up your mind? ”

Although Yue Shoushan's face was a lot, it was far from the point of mental breakdown. He said calmly: "I don't know if the British Fang is willing to give us guns?" ”

"You don't have to worry about weapons, we have recently shipped a large number of weapons to Hong Kong! It's just that Mr. Yue said that the matter of raising troops requires a determination to do it. "The British get to the point.

This kind of negotiation is not only Yue Shoushan's family in Foshan, and the place where the British negotiate is not limited to Foshan, almost all the merchants who have big tobacco deals with the British are negotiating with the British. Although all Anglo? The Saxon race, the British are undoubtedly more strategic in doing things, and the British have accumulated rich experience for hundreds of years of European-stirring sticks. Needless to say, the British organized an anti-French alliance more than half a century ago, and in the Crimean War that ended a few months ago, Britain skillfully co-opted a group of anti-Russian countries, including France and Ottomans, to attack Russia.

Although the war ended in a crushing victory, the Russians only gave up part of their demands on the Ottomans, but they took a tough attitude and said that they would not cede land or pay reparations, and put on the appearance that they could not beat you and tried to enter Moscow. Of course, the Anglo-French forces could not enter Moscow, let alone Moscow, and even the Baltic Sea, where the Russian army had an advantage, the Anglo-French forces could not enter it. So from an economic point of view, the countries involved in this war lost a huge amount of money.

Of course, from a political point of view, the account cannot be completely calculated in this way. France under the reign of Napoleon III finally mentally washed away the humiliation of being slaughtered by the Russian army in Paris, and France felt that it had finally regained the throne of the 1st 6th Army in Europe. The British, for their part, proved that as long as Britain participated, Russia, known as the gendarme of Europe, could not defeat the drops.

Although the British were not yet able to devote a large army to Canton to defeat Wees, the means of co-opting other forces to deal with the main enemy were the same. From a large perspective, the British transferred technology to the Manchus in an attempt to connect with the Manchus. Not only the central government, but also the British also approached the government in Fujian to communicate. To the disappointment of the British, the Manchu government in Fujian was interested in the support of the British, but had no sincerity in sending troops. With the cunning of the British, they could see that the Fujian government actually wanted to see the British and Wei Ze fight to the death, and they hid behind to watch the jokes.

The upper route did not work, and the British showed no signs of discouragement. The Manchu central government, local governments, and civil forces began to contact Britain at the same time. Weeser's strong ban on smoking allowed the big tobacco trade to form a common interest between the British and the Chinese big tobacco dealers, who were not good men and women, as long as the business was on a certain scale, they must be the leaders of a certain militia group.

The British, with their precise judgment and excellent ability to act, connected these people in Guangdong. If the Manchus could not give Weezer a military blow, then the British could do it. What the British needed was an ally who could stand with them. Fighting alone has never been a British habit, let alone a British strategy.

Intelligence from all over Guangdong was gathered in Hong Kong. The Governor of Hong Kong frowned after reading it, "Why do these people ask us to help them obtain the title of Manchu?" ”

The gathered intelligence revealed a peculiarity in that the militia leaders were willing to support the British in military action, but they wanted to occupy the cities of Canton. Of course, the British collected the Manchu inscriptions, and whoever could recapture the city from Wei Ze's Liberation Army could become a county magistrate if he captured a county seat, and he could become a prefect if he captured a prefecture.

Therefore, the governor of Hong Kong is particularly incomprehensible to the attitude and position of these people, "If Wei Ze is really completely eliminated, why do these people think that the central government will reward them with these positions as agreed?" What the central government should do is turn around and crack down on these people, right? ”

The British civilians, military officers and generals attending the meeting were all very smart people, and even more so, people who believed in strength. So they couldn't think of a reasonable explanation for the question raised by the Governor of Hong Kong. Although I have not heard of the Chinese saying "the bird hides the bow, the rabbit dies and the dog cooks", such a basic political principle is the case in any decent country. The concessions made by the Manchu central government to the local authorities were not willing, but reluctantly compromised with reality. When the threat is eliminated in reality, there is really no reason for the central government to deliver on its promises.

Unless, of course, these militias were able to drive the Manchu central government out of Guangdong, and they achieved a substantial separation. Because of this, the central government will take into account this situation, and it is even more unlikely that it will accept the rise of the Guangdong militia forces in Guangdong.

However, the British did not fully count on the rise of the militia forces, and if there was a real confrontation between the militias and the Manchu central government, the British would be able to use this contradiction more effectively to gain benefits. The British did not have enough troops to occupy Guangdong, and it was impossible for the British to install a governor of Canton, who was really controlled by the British.

"Let's just promise their request." The commander of the British fleet gave his opinion.

Undoubtedly, this view was supported by the majority of the people, and if the British were able to defeat Weesel's forces, the militias would certainly not be stupid enough to disobey the orders of the British. These brave British civilians, military generals, understood from their own real-world experience that as a result of creating an advantage first, those wall grasses would naturally gather under the banner of the victors. It's very simple.

Since his colleagues have said so, the Governor of Hong Kong does not feel the need to dwell on it any longer, he said: "Our reinforcements will arrive in two months, the navy includes three warships, and the six armies have more than 3,500 men. By the time they arrive, we will have six thousand five hundred and six troops. It should be more than enough to lay down the city of Guangzhou. ”

The British were determined to succeed, but the Liberation Army in Guangzhou began to retreat. Recently, the 6th Army of the Guangfu Army has expanded rapidly, and a large number of Guangxi brothers have learned of the victory of the Guangfu Army in Guangdong and Wuzhou, and they have come to take refuge. Wei Ze's two armies were full of 10,000 people, and after this absorption, the troops quickly swelled to more than 80,000 people. According to optimistic estimates, it will take another two months to reach a state of full strength for the two armies, which include heavy troops.

And Wei Ze began to evacuate the military administration of the photovoltaic governor's office and factories in Guangzhou to the outside. The Second Army was responsible for the area north of Guangzhou, and the First Army was responsible for the part south of Guangzhou. With the exception of the areas near the sea, the troops, in regimental units, controlled all the major cities.

As long as you look at the characteristics of Guangzhou City, everyone understands that there is really no chance of winning against the British sail battleships with 12-pounder mountain howitzers at the head of the city.

"As long as we can start casting large-caliber artillery ourselves, we will be able to hold the Tiger Gate. But until then, we can't let our comrades be senselessly sent to death in the city of Guangzhou! "After Weesser's order reached the troops, Weser was in charge, and the retreat did not meet with much resistance.

Except for a few stunned young people who said that it was better to die than to fight with the British. However, Weeser only asked, "How do you know that there is no fighting?" Those people were speechless. Wei Ze said that if there is a war, then there must be a war. The stunned youths lacked the ability to strategically envision, but they had a lot of confidence in Wees.

At the beginning of August, Bi Qingshan finally took a thick stack of statistics and said at the Standing Committee meeting, "You can start implementing the land granting order!" ”

"Oh?!" All the Standing Committee members were excited. The Photovoltaic Governor's Office has been working since it entered the city of Guangzhou, and after a year of unremitting efforts, it was finally able to begin. Everyone subconsciously sat up straight, waiting for Bi Qingshan to introduce the situation.

"We have eliminated the people who were loyal to the Manchus, there are not many of them, and their families own 4% of the land in the whole of Guangdong. There are people in the family who are officials in the Manchu Dynasty, and we have asked their families to send letters to those Manchu officials, asking them to leave the Manchus and return to us within half a year. Until now, not a single person has returned. So according to the regulations we promulgated, the land of these people has also been confiscated. Don't underestimate these people, whoever can be admitted to the Jinshi and become a big official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the surrounding land will become his family in a short time. At least if the surrounding land wants to be sold, it must have the consent of those official families. They have the right of first refusal to acquire! These people own 4% of the land in Guangdong. Bi Qingshan took the form and said calmly.

"Oh? Is it so domineering? Although Lin Asheng is from Guangdong, he is not very clear about these things.

Bi Qingshan sneered: "It's so domineering. Therefore, we have mobilized the children of the Red Boat and made up a lot of Cantonese operas to perform everywhere, naturally to promote the harm of the big smoke, the hatefulness of those big tobacco dealers, and the reason why they can be killed. The things of these officials are also the focus of propaganda! ”

Lin Asheng couldn't help but nod slowly, he suddenly smiled, "No wonder there are many more people who claim to have been bullied recently, and there are many more people who want to settle accounts with the families of these Manchu officials." ”

Bi Qingshan smiled, but he didn't expand too much on this issue, after all, this was not the department he was responsible for, "The Thirteen Lines are not only rich, but also big landlords. We started very quickly this time, so we copied a lot of land deeds. These people are the real big landowners here in the Pearl River Delta, and now it has been found that they directly own and indirectly control about 8% of the land. A portion of the land is still being investigated. ”

Distributing this part of the information to everyone, Bi Qingshan also took the time to drink before continuing, "With the Manchu official land we confiscated, we have controlled nearly 28% of the land in the Pearl River Delta region so far. If we can wipe out the militia of big tobacco dealers, we will be able to control close to 4o% of the land. The basis for the implementation of the land grant decree is there. ”

As an outsider, the Liberation Society has no other way than to oppose customers. Moreover, although the current situation is constantly fighting, it is greatly beneficial to the confiscation of land. Everyone thinks about themselves, and no one is willing to stand up for others. In addition, every time the Liberation Army carried out a strike, it had to announce the target of the attack first, and ordinary people and landlords did not dare to mix in it at all.

Bi Qingshan, as the director of the Guangdong Land Office and the future governor of Guangdong Province, whom everyone knows, has made great efforts in this matter, "Let me briefly say that the land grant order contains three parts, the first part is the power of the land grantee, on the basis of the nationalization of the land, the family who accepts the land has the right to use the land, these use rights can be inherited, but can not be sold and transferred freely, if you want to cancel the land grant order signed with us, the land must be returned to us." The second part is the obligation of the recipient of the grant, and those who receive the grant order will automatically release any land rent after receiving the land, but must bear the corresponding obligation to pay grain. Of course, if someone in the family is in the military, the proportion of food contributions can be reduced during the period of their service. The third part is that those who receive the grant order must hand over their own land, and we do not accept that these people have other private land in addition to the land they own. Once presented, it will be confiscated immediately. That's probably it. ”

Li Yuchang was a businessman, and the Hui merchants were not particularly interested in farming because of the barren land in their hometown. Even so, after really seeing the land policy under the state ownership of land, I still felt uncomfortable. Li Yuchang knew that Wei Ze did not prohibit everyone from speaking, so after thinking for a while, he still asked, "Governor, whether the field grant order is good or not, I don't know." But what does this edict have to do with the modern nation-state you are talking about? ”

Wei Ze replied: "The tiller has his land, and this is the wish of the people. Anyone who receives the order to grant land is actually obliged to pay food and serve in the military. One member of the family joins the army, and the tax is reduced by 30%, two people join the army, and the tax is reduced by 60%, and three people join the army, and the tax is completely exempted. Those who are willing to farm honestly are all good families. By joining the army, they responded to and obeyed the policies of the state. Whether it is them or their families, in fact, they all know that only when they save the country first, can they have the life they have today. You tell me? ”

When Li Yuchang heard it, this was indeed the truth. But Li Yuchang was still a little uneasy, "Governor, if everyone in every family joins the army, wouldn't it be that our taxes will be reduced a lot?" ”

This kind of businessman's calculating attitude amused Wei Ze, "Haha, we are only worried that the people will not follow us, how can we be worried that the people will follow us?" If every household has people joining the army, we immediately have hundreds of thousands of troops in our hands, and with this strength, where is there any need to worry about what cannot be done? Don't worry, if the modern nation-state can't even deal with this problem, then he will definitely not be able to survive. ”

Wei Ze didn't want to say too much, in fact, Li Yuchang's mentality is not without the same opinion even in New China. However, New China has proved one thing in the 21st century, the higher the industrial level of the industrial society, the more labor force will be needed. The reason why many Third World countries have not been able to repeat the truth of China's rise is simply that their state power is incapable of creating a large number of jobs, let alone producing a large number of truly educated workers, let alone making these workers serve their own industrial capital.

This question is too complicated, and it is completely out of Li Yuchang's ability to understand, in order not to ask for trouble, Wei Ze can only keep silent about it. "If you don't have any other opinions, start executing the land grant order now!"

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