Lijiazhuang. Inside the War Department.

"We should manage our region effectively. Only in this way can we gather a large number of forces to solve the current problems that we should solve to the greatest extent. Jia Xu said.

"Yes. I guess we should do that. My initial idea was to break down the original administrative area. Let's start from scratch. Shang Wu said.

"Handan, forming a special administrative district. Then, according to the regional scope, it is divided into Jizhong. Hebei North. and eastern Hebei and other regions. The area west of Lijiazhuang is all divided into the Taihang administrative district. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. That's fine. In this way, we will be able to concentrate our main efforts on the relevant work. After all, there is a huge shortage of talent. Jia Xu said. Compared to fighting a war, it is extremely troublesome to manage. Not only Shang Wu knew this, but Jia Xu also realized this very freshly. Because the demand there will be even greater than here.

"Hmm. That's right. We don't have the talent to do that. We can only do it ourselves. A large part of our current administrative officers are transferred from the military. They were either wounded soldiers or said they had to do it for other reasons. Shang Wu said. Shang Wu, who lacked managerial talents, could only draw talents from the army, but after all, they were still very inexperienced in this field. The relevant laws are extremely immature. This creates a serious situation. That is, their situation is not too rosy. In such a situation. The best thing to do is for them to adjust the rules and regulations quickly.

"With this kind of management, it's easy to have problems like this, that way, and that's what I'm worried about, although there are a lot of problems for us. It's not huge, but it's a hidden danger after all. So, I think, the relevant legislative authority must also be established. In this way, we can compensate for the excessive concentration of power in the management of talents. resulting in corruption, as well as other abuses of power. Shang Wu said.

That is to say. Legislatures, those parliaments, regional parliaments must be established. Is that right? Jia Xu asked.

"Yes. We can't do anything like this on our own. Shang Wu said.

"At the same time, we need to mobilize more and more people to participate in this kind of institution-building, and if we don't do that, things will be even more troublesome in the future. We can't let that happen, and we can't let this happen. So, in such a situation, what we can do is actually very insufficient. Shang Wu said. When the war ended, the martial Red Turbans needed to be reorganized into the Republican Army. Not only that, but the republican government also needs to be established in a timely manner, because they have a large base area, and most of their areas have relied on small institutions such as some towns and villages. Suddenly managing a larger area, it's for them. It's still more difficult.

"Hmm. I think, I agree with that. That being the case, we must fundamentally change this situation. Jia Xu said.

"Not only these, but there are also many inequality factors, the reason why the base areas can develop is because there is openness, tolerance, freedom and equality, we should have our own constitution, and the constitution means that we have our own basic ideas, and these ideas will make our situation more favorable. That's what sets us apart from what the rest of the imperial court does. If we can't do that. We can't exercise that power. Shang Wu said to Jia Xu.

"Hmm." Jia Xu took out a pen and paper and began to write it down. This has almost become a habit of Jia Xu. Because many of them are new situations, new methods, and there is no experience that can be used to deal with them before, if they are implemented, many new situations will appear, and in such cases, this will have a great impact on them.

"So, we have to establish the principle of freedom, equality, openness at the beginning. Tolerance and base areas can attract all kinds of unequal things to come in, and at the same time can reintegrate them, which is a process of establishing a new order, and our process is to break the original economic order foundation and re-establish a new economic foundation, rather than a continuation of the original economy. Shang Wu said. The economic base determines the superstructure. Shangwu has consciously transformed. For example, land is the biggest foundation. Land annexation in the feudal era was extremely cruel and bloody. At the same time, the pace of mergers will also be rapid. The more chaotic it is, the more serious the land annexation becomes. China's more than 2,000-year-old feudal history basically revolves around land, and the more it is annexed. The situation will be in crisis. Society will become unstable, not as an inevitable consequence of land annexation, but as an inevitable consequence of capital. Therefore, in such a situation, a new way out must be sought. in order to end such a cycle.

"In this case, a large number of people will come to our side. Moreover, the current low taxes in the base areas have attracted many people to come here. The pressure on our food, land, and population will become greater and greater. Such a situation will lead to a very unfavorable situation for us. Jia Xu said.

"Not only that, but there are some new situations, and this time we just want to target the land, and from the land extends the land bonds, although this will create a new financial industry, I don't know how much of an impact such an industry will have, but what I do know is. In addition to the base area, many landlords have a good impression of us, otherwise. Scholars who hold a certain landed class will not fail to come to us. Jia Xu said worriedly.

"They have a lot of land and a certain amount of talent, but they can't control more civilians, and it's the civilians in their hands that we draw from them. In this way, many things can be solved quickly. Shang Wu said.

"This is a new situation, but let's still explain some of the old situations before, yeoman farmers are still a relatively small part of this era, and they have their own land, which is the situation that most farmers want the most, in this case, in fact, their situation cannot be adjusted in time." Jia Xu said.

"There are also those who have lost their land, who are attached to the landlords, so that they have their own arms. Because they need to protect their land, and we use land bonds to solve problems like this, it will conflict with them. This is an inevitable relationship, such as what is happening between us and the imperial court. Jia Xu said.

"The emperor is the biggest landlord in the world. So to speak. It's for us. Although the two sides have temporarily formed a certain cooperative relationship. But the question is, there will inevitably be such conflicts in the future, will we quietly unfold such a conflict, or will we unfold it on a large scale? Jia Xu asked Shangwu such a question. This is a historic question. Because in many cases, most people have to face such a dilemma. It's a very difficult puzzle, it seems.

The emperor is indeed the biggest landlord in the world. In addition to the emperor, there were all kinds of landlords large and small. In such a situation, it is easy for the landless peasants to cling to them, and in order to secure their own land, they have the opportunity to have their own armed forces, and the situation of warlordism and chaos is inevitable. In such a situation, Shangwu has to solve the problem of civilians.

"Civilians are the greatest force in our base areas." Come to think of it. Shang Wu said.

"Our fiscal revenue. Soldiers of the army, weapons manufacturing, etc. These aspects are gathered from among these civilians. Because of the situation of the Yellow Turbans, we have destroyed all the economic order here. Shang Wu said.

"In that case, we need to build a new economic order centered on the common people. Instead of building an economic order with the powerful and powerful, an economic order centered on the common people. Shang Wu said.

"We should continue to be positive when it comes to attracting civilians. So, for the issue of the land. We're not exactly opposites. After all, there are some enlightened landlords who have joined in. Shang Wu said. Jia Xu recorded it.

"It's a big problem. I can't solve this problem yet. Jia Xu said after recording it.

"We are directly public, which has a very big impact on us, at least there will not be more talents coming to us. I think we should address this from another angle, like, we can moderate it a bit. Or rather. In other aspects, land resources should be appropriately adjusted. After all, after attracting a large number of people. The question of land will become extremely acute. Jia Xu said.

Shang Wu nodded. To attract the population, there must be land. There is land. There has to be a population. If the contradiction between population and land cannot be resolved, it will not be possible to upgrade the industry, and it may not be possible to solve such a problem with the stability of the base areas themselves. Under such circumstances, Shangwu had to temporarily adjust his land policy.

Jia Xu is right, maybe the time is not yet ripe. They can't do something like this without thinking about the consequences.

"We should do it one region at a time. And not nationwide. After all, the base area is not very large. Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"Hmm. That's right. Jia Xu said.