Chapter 89: A Young Man Came to the Village (4)

That night, many people went into the young man's house and talked for a long time until midnight, when many people listened to the story after the story.

The story behind the story is not a fairy tale of beautiful rural construction, but mixed with betrayal, vacillation, the anger and fanaticism of young people, and the ignorant love that happened in the countryside without result and was destroyed.

All of this together constitutes yesterday's anger, suspicion of progress, and incomprehension of the contradiction between the progress of justice.

After criticism and education and exchanges, Jian Chen forced him to write a review.

At the beginning of the second day's meeting, Hailang first made a review, characterizing yesterday's problems as personal temper tantrums and personal fanaticism.

More than half of the people naturally accepted the young people's apology, which also means that the land issue can no longer be dragged out after the cooperation, and must be resolved and voted on at today's meeting.

If we only talk about the so-called progress and development without talking about fairness and justice, Chen Jian believes that in less than ten years, there will no longer be young people like Hailang, and that kind of Mexican Party can be directly renamed as a large capital group.

If today's meeting does not make the whole issue clear, a split within the party will be a matter of imminent importance, and even if it can do its best to bridge the gap between the two parties, it will certainly be a matter of disagreement.

After doing a review, Hailang continued yesterday's content and asked three questions.

"First, how can we get the support of tenant farmers and small yeoman farmers without touching land ownership? How do we gain a foothold in the countryside? If we are reasonable and people have land, who will normal people listen to? ”

"Second, if you cooperate, is it possible to use the ownership basis of the Min County Council to change the issue of land ownership?"

"Third, if there is cooperation and the land issue is to be solved, is it feasible? If, in order to protect the interests of the tenants, we temporarily adopt a coercive policy of securing the rights of tenants, what is the logic of this based on us? ”

Compared with yesterday's words that inadvertently instigated internal divisions under the great anger of yesterday, these three questions are very realistic, or at least a problem-solving attitude.

After Chen Jian applied to speak, the presiding officer of the meeting announced the following contents in accordance with Chen Jian's application, which required absolute confidentiality.

He didn't start with the first one, that was the details.

Nor does it start with the second article, which is the basis of the first one.

Therefore, we only start with the feasibility of the third day, and then there is a need to discuss the first two items.

"At yesterday's meeting, we already talked about the class composition of the council in Mincheng, which is a very critical issue."

"Only when the owners of the organs of power and the owners of the land are not the same people can there be a basis for change."

"The owners of the regime and the landowners are not a group of people, so we can talk about change and cooperation today, otherwise today's topic is how to revolt."

"Secondly, since we have chosen to cooperate with the council in Mincheng, the tone must be that the ownership system remains unchanged, but only the transfer of ownership."

"In other words, if we are practicing land ownership by the whole people in the countryside, it will touch the ownership basis of the Mincheng Council, and they will not agree to it."

"We carry out a change of ownership in the countryside, from the hands of the landlords to the hands of the landless or tenants, which is a transfer on the basis of recognition of private ownership, and it does not touch the ownership basis of the Mincheng Council, they may not be enthusiastic, but they will not oppose it."

"Whether the people of Mincheng agree or not means a lot to us. Decided that we are pulling them to fight the old forces? Or the old forces pulled them to beat us. This is a triangle, not a line segment where you are long and I am short. ”

"So let's make a hypothesis first, is it feasible to complete the transfer with the policy of forced rent reduction and interest reduction and then redemption in installments? And can it get the support of the Mincheng citizen class instead of just not opposing it? ”

"The premise of this assumption is that the policy of rent and interest reduction can be implemented. The premise that the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction can be implemented is that there are not many rentier landlords in the Mincheng Council, and the policy can be passed at the council after our public opinion propaganda. However, the premise of the specific operation is that our party has guns, people, and organizations, and can go deep into the rural areas to implement the policy, and even use coercive means to implement it, and at the same time there is no need to worry about those people in Fujian City stabbing us in the back. ”

"How can we continue this hypothesis of redemption in installments so that the landlord can accept it, although he disagrees with it, he has to hold his nose and accept it, and at the same time he will not violently oppose it?"

"I think there is such a condition now."

"Now, let's not think from the perspective of partisanship, but only from the perspective that we are a huge capital group, and see if social capital is willing to join in this capitalist transformation of the countryside?"

"The rate of return on investment has to be generally higher than interest in order for a large amount of capital to pour into this investment."

"The forced rent and interest reduction will cause the rentier landlords to receive a sharp reduction in their income from interest, and they will certainly oppose it. But we can unite the tenant farmers and the capitalists of Mincheng to fight their discontents. ”

"For now, even if you don't rely on tenant farmers and small yeoman farmers, Mincheng's capital power is still dominant. In a sense, we act as the thugs of capital, helping capital to complete the transformation of the countryside. ”

"But don't forget...... From the perspective of capital, we are a huge capital group that relies on oil, alkali, glass, shipbuilding, textile machinery, textiles in the Great Wilderness City, spices in Wangbei City, etc., to absorb profits throughout the country and in Europe. Where capital can get involved, we are also competitive, but we don't necessarily want so much profit. ”

"After the rent and interest reduction, the capital can lease the land, why can't we? Why can't we be the biggest land capitalist in Min County? It is feasible to carry out rural reforms, extend our tentacles, develop our strength, and regulate the flow of people and foreign migration in the rural areas in accordance with our methods. ”

"After the mandatory rent and interest reductions, after we have gained a firm foothold in the countryside, after gaining prestige and trust in the countryside, the next step is that if we continue to cooperate with the Min County Council, it will be easier for our policy to be passed in five years."

"If we don't turn the other cheek with the Mincheng council in five years and win over the rural participation in politics and voting reform, we can get a majority of votes. At that time, we can take the next step and either establish co-farming cooperatives, or establish cooperatives, or support some wealthy farmers to become wealthy yeoman farmers by way of redemption in installments. ”

"Where does the money come from? Can't we afford it? To what extent can the interest on rent and interest reductions be reduced so that the rentier landlords will not all unite against it regardless of cost? And can the tenant farmers get enough surplus and accumulation after leasing the land? ”

Chen Jian knocked on the wooden table and said with a smile: "You have also heard how terrible the usury of the rural tenant system is. But personally, I think that reducing the interest rate to 20% per annum is a huge success for us. ”

When everyone heard this statement, they frowned.

If it is an annual interest rate of 20 percent, the rentier landlords must be extremely dissatisfied, but considering the guns of the Mexican Party and the support of the Mincheng Municipal People's Assembly, there will not be too many people who will sacrifice their lives to resist.

But the 20 percent annual interest rate is still too high for those tenant farmers. The Mexican Party has money in its hands, and if it can build grassroots organizations, it can provide small loans. However, the Mexican Party also spends too much money, and it is not cost-effective to flow large sums of money into the scattered rural areas.

Twenty percent is the bottom line of interest on rural loans established by the Mexican Party after establishing grassroots organizations in rural areas in order to effectively promote rent and interest reduction activities, which can only play a role in promoting beyond policy compulsion. In order to revitalize the rural areas, the funds in the hands of the landlords must also participate in the flow.

Money is capital when it moves.

After everyone whispered to discuss, Jian Chen said again: "This 20% interest is actually a scam. It looks like 20 percent, but in the long run, it's not the same as the previous 20 percent. ”

"First of all, you have noticed that things have become more and more expensive in recent years, and prices have gradually risen. It's just that the rise is a little slow, and many people don't notice it, especially in some closed rural areas, they are not so sensitive, and the landlords will not understand the relationship. ”

"What is the reason for the rise in prices? Mincheng exports a large number of goods every year in exchange for a large amount of silver. The Spanish colony in the direction of the smuggling of the Nanyang Company is the source of silver; Prices here are already lower than those in Europe, which has led to a large amount of silver flowing in this direction; Funds from all over the country brought by the development of Mincheng have also gathered here. ”

"There's a lot of silver."

"Futures exchanges, stock exchanges, banks and other places generate a large amount of speculation every day, and many people live by speculation."

"Even if there is not much silver, speculation will rise."

"If there is really too much and speculation is causing price increases, can the speed of production keep up with the rate of increase and depreciation of silver? For the time being, it is impossible to catch up in Mincheng. ”

"A silver coin, put it thirty years ago, give him twenty percent interest, he will choose to borrow."

"A silver coin, put in the current Mincheng, give him twenty percent interest, he will hesitate. This needs to see if there is a good investment direction. ”

"A silver coin, put in the current Mincheng, give him 20% interest, but the loan period is ten years, he will definitely object."

"Why is it all 20 percent, there are different choices? Yields aside, will a single silver coin buy as much food now as it will buy in a decade if silver continues to flow this way? ”

"With prices rising, operating profits increasing, and interest rates being forced to stay at 20 percent, where will the money go in the countryside?"

"Is it to continue to loan rentier? Or do you choose to be self-employed, hire agricultural laborers, and improve the land? Especially in the context of rising raw material and food prices. ”

"This is a boiled frog in warm water, it is impossible for those people to understand it all at once, but the overall flow is under the guidance, and it must be going in this direction."

"We must be clear that the tenant farmers and the small peasants are only our fellow travelers, but the final agricultural hired workers are our real base, and the large landed hired labor system is only one step away from the collective farm."

"Some of the tenant farmers who will be forcibly evicted in the future, or who will be resigned due to profit-seeking, can be converted into agricultural hired laborers, and the other part can focus our work on the direction of migration in the Great Wilderness City."

"The Great Wilderness City has been under construction for a long time, and there is enough foundation and food reserves to support batch immigration."

"From the point of view of profitability, the price of goods in Europe is now skyrocketing with the increase of silver, if the price of food in Europe still rises, the Great Wilderness City is closer to Europe, and the cost of transportation is lower than here, and the internal paper money system of the Great Wilderness City can ensure that we obtain European silver."

"Our investment in the Great Wilderness City is finally time to pay off, and it is no longer a bottomless pit. Then we can invest more in immigration, which we always feel are not enough to budget. It can not only alleviate the pressure of losing ground, but also continue to make profits, which in turn can support our work here. ”

"If, in five years' time, our policies in the countryside have received a great deal of support from the bottom, and some of the rentier landlords have turned to self-management, then we can take the next step and force the remnants of the old-fashioned and conservative landlords into the capital system by semi-coercive means."

"Compulsory redemption, pay interest in installments, it seems that we are also reasonable, in fact, prices are rising, with silver as currency, it is difficult to say whether that interest can catch up with the speed of price increases."

"In five or ten years, if we make a breakthrough in scientific and practical technical research, or if we have a foundation in metallurgy and minerals and are ready to continue investing, then we can give the redeemed people a certain priority, or we can force them to use dividends as money to redeem them - we don't give cash, and if we give cash, we know where they will invest, and we force them to give stocks, and we have to invest our money in companies anyway, and by the way, we can force them into the capitalist system."

"Our goal is the dismantling of the personal control system of tenant interest. The countryside is either a yeoman farmer, a farm run by capital, or the land of a cooperative bought by our party's property. ”

"This is the only way to decipher the stories that sound angry at the root. Otherwise, by virtue of justice, who can maintain an eternal sense of justice? And how many people will be saviors purely for the sake of justice? ”

"Of course, there may be a different kind of tragic story under the new system, and that is another matter, and it is also something to be solved in the future."