What Xiong Xin said, Xiao Xiyuan was only half-convinced.

He has never been in contact with Wang Kefan, and he is still not at ease when he only listens to Xiong Xin's words.

According to common sense, after Wang Kefan has lunch, at most he will have a simple lunch break, and he should talk to him about specific work, after all, after Fan Wenqin left, Xiao Xiyuan is the supreme administrator of Ji'an Prefecture, and Wang Kefan should contact him first whether he wants to understand the situation or give instructions.

So he didn't go anywhere in the afternoon, just waited in the mansion, but until it was dark, he didn't wait for Wang Kefan's summons.

Xiao Xiyuan became more and more uneasy, and sent someone to inquire about Wang Kefan's whereabouts, only to learn that he had actually made a small visit and walked around Luling City for an afternoon......

In the past two years, whenever Wang Kefan passed by Ji'an Mansion, he was in a hurry, and he didn't know much about the local people.

The results were not bad, at least better than expected.

Ji'an is very poor, but the spirit is not bad.

People live a breath, and this qi refers to spiritual qi, that is, the pursuit and hope for the future, and has nothing to do with wealth or poverty. If a person loses hope, they become a walking corpse that exudes a zombie-like decadent feeling from head to toe.

If the people who live here feel hopeful and have a head, this place is naturally full of vitality.

Although Ji'an Province is very poor, it has been far from the war, and the wounds caused by the war are slowly recovering, surviving the worst and most bitter days. People will become very satisfied.

The taxes collected in these two years are indeed very heavy, but as long as there is no war, there will be no more trouble. Ordinary people can survive tenaciously. Although I can't eat enough now, at least I won't starve to death, God opened my eyes, there have been no major disasters in the past two years, basically the wind and rain are smooth, compared with the earlier years, the people's lives have improved. I feel that my days have a rush.

Tenacity!

The resilience of our nation is the strongest, and we are never afraid of hardship, just like the seeds of dandelions. Even after a violent storm, it can take root, and in the blink of an eye, it will be dyed green.

The Chinese New Year is a leisure time, and most of the people are in the cat winter. But in hard days, you should be happy and happy. There is a big temple fair in the City God Temple, which is crowded with people from afar, and there are joys everywhere. The people tried to wear the best clothes as much as possible, even if they were full of patches, they had to wash them cleanly, and the head of the family took out a big boy and bought two fried rice cakes for the children, and the faces of the family were full of happy and satisfied smiles.

Seeing such an atmosphere, Wang Kefan had a bottom in his heart.

Being poor is not scary. The terrible thing is that it is lifeless and does not want to make progress. As long as the people have this spirit, they will be able to work hard to improve their living conditions.

It seems that Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu are doing a good job.

In the past, because of the limited conditions, Wang Kefan basically adopted a sheep-herding attitude towards Ji'an Mansion, and mainly relied on Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu, two Jiangxi natives, to manage it.

But that's not enough.

Wang Kefan has higher expectations for Ji'an Prefecture, a "old revolutionary base area" with a good mass foundation.

That night, he called Xiao Xiyuan and had a long talk about the work of Ji'an Mansion. Xiao Xiyuan was originally uneasy, but Wang Kefan did not shake his face, let alone feel embarrassed to wear small shoes, his attitude was very sincere, and he gave him a big reassurance.

Are you kidding? Xiao Xiyuan is a talent carefully selected by Fu Guan, specially sent to Jiangxi, and he is expected to become Wang Kefan's right-hand man. Wang Kefan pretends to be a national affair in his heart, and he has always been eager for capable talents, and he can even tolerate a stinky mouth like Gu Zongfu, of course, he will not label Xiao Xiyuan because of a sentence.

Managing a state capital is like managing a small country, all aspects must be taken into account, Wang Kefan has an average level in internal affairs, he is good at theory but lacks practical experience, especially the specific work of managing a state capital, he may not be stronger than these Ming Dynasty scholars, so he did not hold the frame of the Admiral Caojiang to point fingers, but exchanged views with Xiao Xiyuan in an equal attitude.

But he also has his strengths. After all, with more than 400 years of knowledge, Wang Kefan's vision is much broader, and his vision is more long-term, and he can point out the pros and cons of some key points and come up with a constructive opinion, which makes Xiao Xiyuan admire.

The sea sails by the helmsman!

Wang Kefan's energy and ability are limited, and he can only grasp the general direction, and the specific work has to be done by officials like Xiao Xiyuan.

"There is food in your hands, you don't panic, agriculture is related to the foundation of the country, Daishan is an official in Ji'an Mansion for one term, and agriculture should be the top priority. However, the requirements of the upper government are too high, although you boast about Haikou, I can't agree, so as not to harm the people of Ji'an...... In this way, I will give you three years to make Ji'an Mansion the Central Government, even if you do a great job, how about it? ”

Compared with the land of fish and rice such as Jiangnan and Huguang, Jiangxi's grain output is not too high, and the west side of Ji'an Mansion is a mountainous area such as Jinggang Mountain, which is difficult to meet the requirement of 20,000 stone of grain collected by Shangfu every year, while Zhongfu only needs 100,000 stone, so it is not so difficult to achieve.

During the day, Xiao Xiyuan was impulsive, claiming to make Ji'an Mansion a mansion, and then regretted it for a day, but Wang Kefan revealed this matter in one sentence, and he was both grateful and ashamed in his heart.

"Zhongfu? Now Ji'an Mansion is Zhongfu, what kind of credit is this? ”

"Now the harvest of the field is too heavy, this Zhongfu is mixed with water, you bring the Tianfu down, if you can still do the Zhongfu, of course it is a great credit. However, there is another thing, while reducing the land tax, the land rent and loan interest must also be reduced, the land rent must be reduced by at least 30%, and the loan interest cannot exceed 20%......"

Wang Kefan's reduction of the land endowment is to alleviate social contradictions, improve the situation of the peasants, and then increase the agricultural production capacity.

In an agrarian society, the contradiction between the landlord and the peasant was the most acute social contradiction, especially at the end of the feudal dynasty, and this contradiction would quickly ferment and intensify, which would lead to large-scale peasant uprisings and wars, leading to the collapse of social order. If this contradiction is not resolved, the country will not be able to fundamentally stabilize itself, and no matter how much effort Wang Kefan makes, it will be like sitting on a powder keg and will be blown up at any time.

Moderate "land reform" is the only way out.

No one can jump out of the limitations of the times, at the end of the Ming Dynasty there was at most a little bit of capitalism, there was no working class, and there were no capitalists in the real sense, Wang Kefan could only rely on the peasants and landlords, and the rent and interest reduction were just to reconcile the contradictions between them, and then he could talk about the future development path.

"Do you want to reduce rent and interest like Huguang?" Xiao Xi had heard some rumors a long time ago.

"Not bad." Wang Kefan nodded.

Huguang has only carried out some small-scale experiments, the most successful is Xiangtan County, but it has also encountered considerable resistance, and the abortive coup d'état in Guilin has sounded the alarm bell for him, and the struggle around rent reduction and interest reduction will be long and arduous, and after the interests of the gentry and landlords are violated, they may launch a frantic counterattack at any time.

If the "land reform" is fully implemented in the whole province of Huguang, the steps will be too big at once, and the consequences will be difficult to predict, so it is better to put the next breakthrough in Ji'an Province. Ji'an Mansion is the old base of the Chu army, and the energy of the gentry and landlords is limited, so it is just used as a test field for reform, and even if something goes wrong, the impact is limited.

"I've pondered about this matter, if you reduce rent and interest in Ji'an Mansion, not to mention nine out of ten, seven or eight points are still sure." Xiao Xiyuan looked very confident.

"Why?" Wang Kefan already had the answer in his heart, but he still wanted to hear what Xiao Xiyuan had to say.

"Hehe, it's actually quite simple. Ji'an Mansion has doubled taxes in the past two years, if the land tax can be reduced, the burden of the landlord will be reduced by half, even if it is less than 30% of the field rent, they still make ...... inside and out" Xiao Xiyuan seems to have really considered this problem, and immediately said the key point: "As for the loan interest, those gentlemen and nobles are originally making money, and the limit is less than 20%, which is already very relaxed, if anyone causes trouble because of this, I am not afraid of the lawsuit in front of the saint." ”

Wang Kefan nodded, and said approvingly: "Yes, this three-percent field rent and two-percent loan interest, in fact, are exquisite, as long as it is a duty family, it should be able to bear it, if there are individual Diao people who dare to disobey, the means may as well be tougher, I will support you if something happens!" ”

The "Second Five-Year Plan for Rent Reduction" is the successful experience of our party and our army, which played a positive role in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and even Lao Chiang imitated it; when resisting foreign aggression, rent and interest reduction was the most effective means of alleviating internal contradictions.

"Please rest assured that Ji'an Mansion has not done anything else in the past two years, Qingzhang Tianmu is still good, and the fish scale books in all townships and villages are all newly made, and they will never let people take advantage of loopholes." Xiao Xiyuan said confidently: "The students are willing to make a military order here today for a period of three years, if they can't make Ji'an Mansion a real central government, the students will ask themselves to be assigned to the army!" ”

"Hahaha! Well, if you want to be a soldier, I can't ask for it! The Chu army is full of talented people, and it's not bad to have a Tanhualang! ”

Although Wang Kefan and Xiao Xiyuan were dealing with each other for the first time, they had a good impression of him, this person had a clear mind, quick thinking, and his comprehensive appearance was obviously a grade higher than that of ordinary Chu army generals, although it was sometimes a little rough, but considering that he was only a young man in his twenties, it was not too much of a problem.

Talent! Wang Kefan is in urgent need of talents, and he is thirsty for talents! His team is still not solid enough, otherwise he would have been able to take a more positive attitude in many things instead of compromise......

What do you want, at noon the next day, Wang Kefan saw three outstanding talents at once. (To be continued......)