Wen Desi originally planned to show a movie of the big military parade to the township deputies in the evening, but it was almost shocking enough to see the appearance of the deputies, and if the shock continued, it would inevitably be aesthetically fatigued, so he simply didn't let it go, and saved a dinner reception. () The meeting was then declared to a successful conclusion.

While the delegates were gradually leaving with a feeling of excitement and fear, the Executive Committee was also taking stock of the results of the meeting.

Through this political consultation, the industry association crossed the group and initially controlled the whole county, and had a legal identity that was reluctantly recognized by the local government. Of course, their position is still very fragile, whether it is the county government or the villages, they are either forced to be deterred by force, or they will cooperate with them in consideration of practical interests. Once a strong external force intervenes, this simple cooperative relationship will immediately fall apart, and the most important thing at the moment is to win over public opinion and make the people feel as good as possible about the crossing group.

Let the people of the small county town in the south of the closed have a good impression of the traverser, this first step they have nearly done, the traverser does not disturb the people, does not kill, buy and sell, and indirectly help the people on the poverty line through a series of construction activities after the D day, as long as it is an individual, all this is obvious to all. The requirements of the common people are not high, as long as the crossing group can ensure the social stability of Lingao and let them eat a few full meals, the common people do not care whose banner they live in.

But the most effective way is to make the people recognize their rule and be willing to shed blood and sacrifice for these rulers, and to establish a common chain of interests as soon as possible.

The Chinese Revolution has been tried and tested repeatedly. The land reform of the killer weapon did not work in Lingao. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a lot of land in Lingao, and there was not much attraction to carry out land reform, and the reason why the common people were reluctant to open up wasteland was directly related to the backward agricultural productivity here, and the primary task of the traverser was to improve agricultural productivity, not to change the production relations. This is not only about their own rule, but also about establishing a common interest with ordinary people.

The local businessman is the direct traveler. The beneficiary, the prosperity of Dongmen City is the most typical manifestation of businessmen "voting with their feet". Not only that, but their commercial policies also attracted businessmen from other counties. The merchants are obviously the ones who are most aware of the benefits that the arrival of the traverser brings to them, and therefore this class has the most common interests with them than the other classes. However, the weakness of Chinese merchants in the traditional official gentry society made it impossible for merchants to be able to serve as kao liliang for a while.

The landlord gentry class, although still maintained. There was a great deal of misgiving, but there was no hostility on the whole from the present meeting - especially after the Crossing Syndicate had agreed to liquidate the value of the occupied land, the gentry's evaluation of the Crossing Syndicate had risen considerably, and a cooperative attitude had come out. However, the gentry class is still a potential enemy of the Crossing Group at this stage.

However, under this rudimentary, unstable system of domination, the traversal set. At the very least, the regiment can mobilize all kinds of resources in Lingao County on a limited basis -- especially human resources. The traversers were able to go to all corners of the county relatively safely. In the past, every time a long-range exploration team set out, it had to mobilize a large number of armed liliang to escort it, which brought heavy logistical pressure. Now, at least, there is no need for such a big show in areas where banditry is not particularly serious.

A few days later, the villages that participated in the meeting sent liaison officers one after another to confirm. Figures for each "reasonable burden". The confirmed number of patrins is 1,100 per year. This large population is coveted by various sectors. After some debate, the army and navy were divided into 240 men, including 80 in the navy. The rest was used by Wu De's unified mobilization as the basic labor.

The public grain under the "reasonable burden" is 3,000 "gong stones," which is not a small burden compared to the grain level of more than 7,000 "old stones."

"Won't be burdensome too. Heavy? When Wen Deji saw this number, he felt that it was too big.

"It's bigger, indeed." Rodoh said. He has been transferred to the Social Work Department of the General Administration of Political Protection. This department is in charge of collecting, collating, and analyzing local social sentiments collected from various channels, and writing the "Social Information Bulletin".

"Although the grain endowment in Lingao is more than 7,000 stones, the real burden of the local people is about 15,000 stones." He reported the numbers that he had been studying for several days.

"So much?!" Everyone on the Executive Committee was taken aback.

Luo Duo nodded: "Maybe it's more than that." It is an open secret that the taxes of the second generation of the Ming and Qing dynasties had a large floating income. Everyone knows what kicks and drenches, and fire consumption, but in fact, there are many drawbacks in it. Therefore, even if we reduce the level of food distribution, it will still be a heavy burden on the villages. ”

Nanhai said: "In fact, this grain is not wanted, this month the farm will start to plant hybrid rice on a large scale, first plant 1,000 acres, although the fertilizer and pesticide conditions are poor, but the local can be three crops a year, even if only two crops, a year to harvest 500 ~ 600 tons of rice is easy." The pressure on the peasants is too great for the distribution of grain, and since we want to win over the people, we must not oppress them too much. ”

"We have discussed with the Governor that we should turn disadvantages into favorable conditions and use this as an opportunity to carry out social reforms," said Wu De. ”

"Social reform?" Wen Desi suddenly became vigilant, this Ma Qianzhuo would not want to engage in disguised land reform.

Ma Qianzhuo said his thoughts unhurriedly: "According to the analysis put forward by the Ministry of Social Work, the next step for the Civil Affairs Committee is to strive to cover the summer and autumn taxes in the county. In this matter, you can immediately send someone to negotiate."

"Contracted food?" Wen Desi was puzzled that the local gentry contracted the grain in order to collude with the officials inside and outside, pass on the burden, and make a fortune themselves. What does the traverser want to do with the food?

"That's right," said Wude, "and when we have contracted the grain supply, we will completely remove the floating harvest." Only the rated figure is paid to the county treasury. In this way, even with our levy, the total burden on the peasants is still smaller than in the past. ”

"Will the people in the county government agree? That's a big chain of interests! Wen Deji wondered. Once a malaise has formed a chain of interests, it is difficult to be eliminated, and it is the same in any time and space.

"Of course not." Ma Qianzhuo said, "But if we want to transform society, we must first break the old pattern." He appeared confident, "To mobilize the masses, there needs to be a class of 'bad guys'." Since the current situation in Lingao is not suitable for carrying out land reform, the target of landlords and rich peasants is not very suitable. ”

"And don't forget, many of the landlords here are clan heads, and the Lingao clan Shili is quite powerful." Yu Eshui reminded.

Because Hainan is located in the south, it is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a long-term turmoil. For the needs of their own safety and production, the villages here have obvious clan settlement colors. The traverser doesn't have the ability to smash it all thoroughly.

"Yes, so we're targeting vested interests in taxation."

This group is very complicated, from the local officials such as the county magistrates and county officials, to the local ruffians who have no status and assist the officials -- the so-called "food poor".

Ma Qianzhuo seemed confident: "Officials like Wu Mingjin and Wu Ya could have obtained some benefits from the grain endowment. We compensated them with the benefits of private salt and commerce, and continued to woo them, and they had nothing to say. The real interests are harmed by nothing more than the county clerks, officials, and their minions, and these people are basically scourges -- they do evil in the county, deceiving their superiors and subordinates. They were hated and feared from top to bottom. By liquidating this group of people, not only can they get another batch of materials and money, but from the perspective of public opinion: these people have no popularity, and the gentry and small people will be happy, killing two birds with one stone. ”

By cleaning up the old and unreasonable system and promoting the more reasonable and simple tax collection system designed by the traversers, the gentry and the common people will be impressed by the ability of the traversal group to govern the country, which will be conducive to attracting bureaucratic intellectuals to join in the future.

"After we get rid of them, we can send our people to the county office."

"Wonderful!" Someone clapped his hands and praised, "This means that the Lingao County Ya is ours!" ”

"That's a good plan." Wen Desi agreed.

"There is another factor why we want to clean up the officials." Ran Yao of the General Administration of Political Security added, "According to the investigation of the Ministry of Social Affairs, the leaders of the three shifts in the county are basically the bandit leaders of the county, and they are in harmony with all kinds of bandits and thieves in the county. If we do not cut them out, we will have a lot of trouble in suppressing bandits and rectifying public order in the future. ”

"These people won't let go easily, right? What is the tax if you don't have a fish book? ”

"Stupid, if you don't pay it over, you will be hung up and electrified!" Dugu's marriage proposal obviously has no awareness of human rights, "I see which one has the ability to withstand it." ”

"Even if you are given a fish book, you guarantee that you can understand it?"

"The Yulin Book is not a great thing, the research works have been available for a long time, and I can read it when I really take it out." Yu Eshui said.

"It's all kao you!"

"The problem is not here," Yu Eshui said, "just as we want to ask the villages to report their own 'reasonable burdens,' the Yulin Album does not truly reflect the high level of agricultural production, and if we continue to collect according to this booklet, many unfair and unreasonable phenomena will still not be corrected, and it will not be meaningful to the progress of this society." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Land and Census." "Now that each village has a liaison, we should conduct a comprehensive census." In general, the county's fields, population, and resources are clearly understood. ”

"It's too big." Everyone gasped.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Yu Eshui said, "It's just a county now, and it's the whole of China in the future, do you want to do it?" ”

After some discussion, everyone decided that since this matter should be done sooner or later, it would be better to do it later than sooner, so they agreed to carry out a county-wide census starting in February.

"Now, we're getting a great respite." Ma Qianzhu said at the summary meeting of the Executive Committee, "Seizing the opportunity and completing the industrial upgrading of industry and agriculture as soon as possible is the most important task now. The following topic is: The first five years of Lingao. ”