The imperial court has not reacted to the land reform for a long time, which is very normal in Yi Zhicontent's view, and the land reform can be said to affect the whole body, and it is the interests of the vested interest class.

Yi Zhishu did have a plan to help the court make this determination, as the saying goes, after this village there is no shop, now the emperor is young, the queen mother is in charge of the country, the imperial power is basically in a state of being hollowed out, the two actual rulers Gong Wang Yixun and the chief military minister Su Shun are trying to win the support of Yuan Qi, Su Shun himself is also bent on making political achievements, it can be said that it is the best opportunity to implement land reform, he naturally does not want to miss it, but also worried about the long night and dreams.

Zhao Liewen obviously figured out his thoughts, he was indeed ready to make a final decision, prompting the imperial court to have to implement land reform, he got up and flipped out an article from the table and handed it over, "Huifu look, if there is nothing wrong, it will be published in major newspapers." ”

Zhao Liewen took a look, the title was "The People Are Rich and the Country is Strong", Yi Zhishu compared the country's wealth and the people's strength and the people's wealth and the country's strength in the article, negating the country's wealth and people's strength, and affirming the people's wealth and the country's strength.

The article pointed out that only when the people are rich can the country be truly strong, and only when the people are rich can the country be rich, but the country is rich and the people may not be able to get rich.

Finally, the article proposes that the world is the public - the world is the world of the people under heaven, and the country is the country of all citizens, not the world of one family with one surname, nor the country of one family with one surname.

He also clearly pointed out that it is the wish and choice of the overwhelming majority of the people to be rich and the country to be strong, and the state and the imperial court must respect the wishes and choices of the absolute majority of the people.

Zhao Liewen was secretly speechless, so openly slandering and criticizing the prosperous era of Kangqian, such an article is afraid that only Yi Zhizhi dares to write, but I have to say that the people who read this article are enthusiastic, and he sincerely praised: "A good world is for the public, and a good country must respect the wishes and choices of the absolute majority of its citizens!" ”

Yi Zhizu rolled his eyes, "It's not for you to praise, scrutinize it carefully and see if there is anything that needs to be corrected." ”

After reading it carefully twice and muttering for a while, Zhao Liewen spoke: "Why didn't the big shopkeeper directly point out that if you want the people to be rich, you must reduce the rent .......?" ”

"You have to leave some dignity for the court." Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "If I point it out directly, I am afraid that it will affect the enthusiasm of the imperial court to reduce rent, and it is enough to beat the imperial court if the people are rich and the country is strong." ”

Zhao Liewen nodded and said: "It's still the big shopkeeper who sees it thoroughly, and it is more deterrent to lead but not provoke." Seeing this article, the imperial court must understand that if there is no movement, the next step may not be a little decent for the imperial court. As he spoke, he hesitated, but stopped again and didn't ask.

Seeing his expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Yi Zhizhi smiled contentmently: "Is there anything else Huifu doesn't dare to ask?" ”

Although Zhao Liewen is a staff member, he and Yi Zhicontent are also teachers and friends, and he also knows Yi Zhi's disposition, so he immediately asked without concealment: "The big shopkeeper is afraid of offending the bureaucrats, gentry and landlords?" ”

"It's a bit of a scruple indeed." Yi Zhishu nodded slightly, "Yuan Qi's tens of thousands of shareholders, most of them are gentry and businessmen, and they basically have a lot of land, let the imperial court implement rent reduction, Yuan Qi can take advantage of the trend, if Yuan Qi proposes, it will be too unpopular, and now is not the time to be strong."

In addition, it is naturally inappropriate to carry out land reform, reduce rents, and limit the amount of private land, not only for the sake of enriching the people, but also for the purpose of diverting the funds of the gentry and landlord class into industry and commerce, so that they will be resistant. ”

This is the main reason why rent reduction or land reform is not directly mentioned in the "Theory of the Prosperity of the People and the Strength of the Country", Zhao Liewen nodded and said: "The big shopkeeper is really thoughtful. ”

Originally, during this period, the newspapers were inseparable from the struggle between the people and the country, but the people have always had an overwhelming advantage, after all, the people are rich and the country is in line with the interests of the gentry, and the main consideration of supporting the country and the people is the interests of the country.

The article's evaluation of the prosperous Kangqian era was put forward by the world for the public, which made the gentry of the southeastern provinces applaud, and even if the northern gentry were in favor, they could only praise a few words in private.

The publication of "On the Prosperity of the People and the Strength of the Country" became a weather vane, and in the following days, newspapers of all sizes in the north and south were full of arguments advocating that the people were rich and the country was strong.

However, the princes and nobles of the Jingshi Imperial Court and the princes and ministers of the Jingshi Imperial Court refuted the "Theory of the Prosperity of the People and the Strength of the Country" on one-sidedness, saying that the world is for the public, which is tantamount to openly declaring the abolition of the imperial system and appraising the prosperity of the Kangqian Dynasty whether the country is rich or not, and the country and the people are not strong, which has also caused a lot of controversy.

Seeing this article, Su Shun was a little anxious, he knew very well that Yi Zhizhi was dissatisfied with the delay in the imperial court's lack of movement, so he published this article, if there was no movement, I am afraid that the next article would directly propose to implement the poisonous reform to enrich the people, of course, this article also gave sufficient reasons and excuses for the imperial court to implement land reform.

Although he was anxious, he calmed down and didn't go to see Ci'an, he knew very well that he had to calm down, whoever could calm down would be able to take the initiative, he didn't believe that with Ci'an's intelligence, he couldn't see the true intention of Yi Zhi's contentment article.

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Looking at the thick folds on the table, Ci'an was a little upset, she naturally read "The Theory of the Prosperity of the People and the Strength of the Country", and she also knew that Yi Zhi's intention to affirm the prosperity of the people and the strength of the country was to urge the imperial court to implement land reform, and she knew better that if the imperial court did not react, Yi Zhixiang would inevitably continue to guide public opinion, and even directly proposed rent reduction and land reform on the basis of the prosperity of the people and the strength of the country.

She found that she began to hate newspapers a little, for the imperial court, newspapers are not a good thing, but it is convenient for people with ulterior motives to use public opinion to coerce the imperial court, if there is no newspaper, the imperial court will not be so passive, the preparation for the constitution is so, and this land reform is like this, Yi Zhizhi is obviously handy for guiding public opinion.

She was not only upset about this, but also Su Shun, knowing that Yi Zhixiang was urging, but she didn't hand over the sign to ask for a meeting, this was to ask her to summon and force her to take the initiative in this matter, there was no good thing!

For the matter of rent reduction, she also summoned several ministers of Gu Ming and the minister of military aircraft and the newly promoted ministers to discuss during this time, and also learned some information, for the northern provinces, the rent reduction is quite moderate, the northern provinces are basically divided into five or five pairs, and the provinces with more immigrants such as Henan and Shandong are four tenants and six, and some are even lower, reaching three tenants and seven in the industry, after all, it is better than letting the fields be barren.

In her judgment, at least in the northern provinces, the 375 rent reduction will not cause much dissatisfaction, if there is resistance or dissatisfaction, the direct subordinates with fewer immigrants may have the most serious resistance, but if Huangzhuang takes the lead, it should be implemented smoothly.

For three days in a row, Su Shun did not take the initiative to mention the rent reduction at the time of the audience, and Ci'an also did not mention a word, as if he was angry, and in the end Su Shun couldn't hold his breath first, he really didn't dare to delay it any longer, once Yi Zhishu took the lead in mentioning rent reduction and land reform in the newspaper, the court would be too passive, and the government and the opposition would also attribute the merits of land reform to Yi Zhi's contentment in the future, and he didn't want to work in vain.

Early this morning, after Su Shun entered the palace for a routine report, he took the initiative to say: "The Empress Dowager, Wei Chen secretly thinks that the imperial court must make a decision on the matter of rent reduction as soon as possible, once Yuan Qi preemptively calls for the court to reduce rent in the newspaper, the court will inevitably fall into a dilemma. ”

Seeing that he finally couldn't hold his breath and took the initiative to mention the matter of rent reduction, Ci'an also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she also knew that this matter should not be delayed any longer, and she groaned slightly, before she spoke: "Yuan Qi has repeatedly used newspapers to guide public opinion to blackmail the imperial court, can the imperial court have a countermeasure to this?" ”

What do you mean? Su Shun's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the imperial court has the responsibility of guiding public opinion, and the newspaper also has freedom of the press, so it is not appropriate to interfere in this matter. ”

This is the truth, Ci'an was silent for a while, if Yuanqi did not have the military strength and economic strength that was so strong that the imperial court was afraid of it, how could the imperial court take Yuanqi's public opinion guidance in its eyes? After a while, she spoke: "The emperor took the lead in reducing the rent to set an example in the world, the clan relatives are noble, will the princes and ministers attack in groups?" ”

Hearing this, Su Shun's spirit perked up, and he said loudly: "Huangzhuang took the lead in reducing rent, all the clan relatives and nobles, who would dare to do a war and neigh?" Now that the Northeast is being developed on a large scale, who dares to ignore the whole large-scale move, not think about the sake of the Qing Dynasty, do not follow the order, and send it to the Northeast, and the Northeast does not need to reduce rent! ”

Ci'an glanced at Su Shun kneeling outside through the bead curtain, Jingshi is known as 'iron-fisted Su Liu', it seems that the rumors are true, and she groaned slightly, she said softly: "Rent reduction is a matter that offends the gentry of the world, and the pros and cons need to be carefully explained, not blindly strong, otherwise it will be half the effort, which will not only damage the court's love for the people, but also damage the reputation of the court." ”

Su Shundeng's heart was full of joy, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Out of the palace, Su Shun immediately summoned a group of close clan nobles and princes and ministers, and bluntly explained that the 375 rent reduction implemented by the imperial court this time was jointly done by Yuan Qi and the imperial court, who dares to jump out and openly oppose it, there is only one result, to guard the northeast, and the northeast will not reduce the rent!

Of course, only coercion is not enough, after coercion there is also an inducement, he promised that all the clan nobles and princes and ministers of rent reduction losses, can be recovered by investing in Tianjin to set up an industry, if you are not at ease with Tianjin, you can invest funds in the factory under the name of Shanghai Guangzhou Yuanqi, Yuanqi will also guarantee their income.

In just three days, the little emperor Qixiang issued an edict to try out the 375 rent reduction in Zhili, and the Huangzhuang took the lead in implementing the 375 rent reduction as an example. As soon as this edict was issued, the government and the opposition caused a sensation, and the prefectures and counties directly under the government reacted fiercely, but the Jingshi was quite calm, and the nobles and princes and ministers of the many fields were silent about it.

The nobles of the clan and the princes and ministers all knew that since the rent reduction was jointly implemented by Yuan Qi and the imperial court, even if they jumped out to oppose it, it was impossible to change it, besides, Yuan Qi and the imperial court also promised to give them the funds to invest in the factory to stabilize the income, so as to make up for the loss of rent reduction, who would be troubled? Moreover, the rent reduction is indeed conducive to the continuation of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the gentry of the prefectures and counties of Zhili reacted violently, the Huangzhuang took the lead in reducing the rent, and the nobles and princes and ministers of the Jingshi obediently cooperated with the rent reduction, even if they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to make a fuss, and they obediently cooperated with the rent reduction under the urging of the local government and signed contracts with the tenant farmers.

For a time, the tenant farmers of the prefectures and counties of Zhili rejoiced, ran to tell each other, and were full of praise for the imperial court's 375 rent reduction, and the local governments received many people's umbrellas sent by the people, and a number of local officials also reported good news.

At the time when Zhili was in full swing to reduce the rent of the 375 period, Russian Foreign Minister Gorchakov arrived in Shanghai, compared with the United States, Russia attaches more importance to the alliance between Russia, Qing and the United States, for Russia, the original ancient Qing Empire has been reborn under the leadership of Yuan Qi, and has become the biggest threat to Russia in the East.

If Russia's sale of Alaska and Kamchatka was voluntary, then the sale of Siberia was completely forced to do so, for Russia, Siberia was too far away from the mainland, and Russia's current national strength was completely beyond the reach of the whip, while the Qing could easily annex Siberia as long as they armed the Mongol tribes.

In this case, the sale of Siberia was undoubtedly the wisest choice, not only to avoid the outbreak of war in the Far East, but also to obtain a considerable amount of land sales money, and to reap the friendship of Yuanqi, as evidenced by Yuanqi's attitude in this large-scale Polish uprising.

In addition, the American Civil War, Yuanqi's attitude and actions also made Russia realize that it was far more cost-effective to become Yuanqi's ally than to become Yuanqi's enemy.

However, during this trip to Shanghai, the most important task of Gorchakov was to implement the issue of the Kazakh steppe, and at the time of the sale of Siberia, the two countries had reached an agreement, but the specific border demarcation was not implemented for a long time, which made Russia very uneasy.

After cutting off the idea of expanding eastward to open up the sea outlet, Russia once again looked at the Ottoman Turkey in the south, for Russia, this is the only direction that can be expanded at present, however, before expanding to the Ottoman Turkey, Russia must handle the relationship with the Qing State, in the face of the Qing State that has been expanding everywhere over the years,

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