Zeng Shihe and Huang Zaizhong reported a major problem to Luo Yang: The collection of military rations and materials encountered difficulties, and the suddenly expanded troops lacked food and salaries and could not support them.

"King Rui, let's be ruthless, these eight lambs of the king, all they think about all day long is how to exploit the people, get rich, where to care about the world, where to go?" Zeng Shihe suggested that the property of the wealthy should be forcibly expropriated to supply the military and appease public anger.

In the past few days, Luo Yang has also learned about Sichuan's economic situation and the degree of class differentiation, and when he speaks, he is in favor of the class level analysis of great men, and he also likes the word struggle, but he has modern conceptual considerations for the skills and scope of struggle.

The gap between the rich and the poor in the late Qing Dynasty was extremely serious, and it was also quite prominent in Sichuan, and this is the reason why Li Lan's rebel army rose up in hundreds of thousands as soon as it arrived in Sichuan, and it quickly won the support of the people, and this is also the main reason why the Han Heavenly Kingdom recruited troops and bought horses, and with a little propaganda, it was possible to get 250,000 young and middle-aged people to flock to it.

"Well, this king knows," Luo Yang thought seriously, although this issue was important, people with a little knowledge and experience of history would be able to decide the trade-off.

"King Rui, what do you see, when?" Huang Zaizhong was indignant, because the officers and soldiers he sent to persuade donations were resisted by the rich people, and those landlords, rich people, and former Manchu officials all hid their property and cried poverty with tears in their eyes, and even if they donated, they donated very little.

"Hmph." Luo Yang sneered.

Social fairness and justice, the most fundamental is the fairness of social wealth, China's biggest problem, is the lack of a system of checks and balances, either quickly cut through the mess, directly deprived of distribution, or, standing on the position of a few so-called elites, exploiting the majority, so that some people get rich first, property dare not be made public, how to collect personal income tax transparently? Without inheritance tax, how can wealth be harmoniously equalized?

Luo Yang took two measures: first, to send manpower to conduct an asset survey, to distinguish the propertied class, number, amount and form of property in all areas controlled by the Han Heavenly Kingdom in Sichuan, and to require the troops to send competent men, especially the old Taiping army troops with strict military discipline, to monitor and guard them, so as not to let them escape with the money. Second, inviting them to Chengdu to attend the conference, Luo Yang decided to go out in person to persuade the transformation and give them one last chance.

"If the Han Heavenly Kingdom wants to survive, in addition to military strength, it must quickly establish a set of taxation system, which can provide sufficient property supply for the country and the army, and the premise of taxation is economic development, and some industrial and commercial economic industries need to be strengthened, informed, and even completely controlled, but the economy must also be stimulated and developed."

Luo Yang's words made the two former Taiping Army bigwigs listen to it very mysteriously, and the two of them were at a loss, so they only nodded again and again.

Shi Dakai had no real economic policy, no land reform program, only simple cantonment troops, collection of grain and grass, and simple military struggle, which was also an important factor in the failure of his troops to win the support of the majority of the people and to grow stronger. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's inaction from the initial equalization of land to the recognition of landlord rights is most typical of Shi Dakai's body.

Luo Yang is a grassroots and good at looking at problems from the bottom, not to mention, he has the great vein of China's historical development since modern times, and knows that in order to make the revolution successful and China rich and strong, in the case of a large number of people and a small amount of land, to maintain a stable political and economic situation, it is necessary to evenly distribute the land and wealth, otherwise, it can only fall into chaos.

Luo Yang felt the seriousness of the problem, did not wait, directly invited dozens of rich people in Chengdu City, asked about the situation, asked them to pledge, in the solemn former Manchu Governor's Palace, Luo Yang was surrounded by dozens of heavily guarded, armed to the teeth of officers and soldiers, this is a threat, but also a show of strength, and Luo Yang himself, is gentle and elegant, and the statement is powerful.

"Squires, do you know about the Opium War?"

"Huh?"

Luo Yang started from the Opium War, and talked about how the Manchu Qing Dynasty was beaten by thousands of hooligans and robbers of British opium dealers, lost their teachers and land, and ceded land for compensation, losing the face of the Chinese nation. "Such a regime, such an incompetent and corrupt guy, absolutely cannot represent the Chinese nation, and must be overthrown!"

The Manchu government's social information blockade was successful, and the power of the policy of closing the country to the outside world made the elites of the superstructure in Sichuan know little about the previous foreign wars, which was conducive to Luo Yang's propaganda. He came up with a series of figures, such as how many ships, men, and artillery the British had, how many battles the Qing army fought, how embarrassing they were, and so on, and then he involved the Second Opium War, talked about the exploits of the British and French forces in Beijing, and talked about the shameless "non-resistance" policy of the Manchu and Qing governors in Guangzhou, and then talked about the situation of the Taiping Army, especially the Taiping Army on the Western Road, under the command of Luoyang, relying on the power of advanced artillery and tactics, won one victory after another.

Luo Yang talked about these things, like a few treasures, and talked eloquently.

All the listeners, who were still skeptical or resistant at first, are now fascinated by it.

"Good!" A few gentlemen even shouted loudly, expressing their amazement at the might of the Taiping army.

"The king swears that all his words are true, and that he has no need to deceive you. If what this king said is not true, then how can our army be able to break Chengdu with more than 10,000 people? Capture Luo Bingzhang alive? Luo Yang continued to induce.

Of course, there were many questions, so most of the rich people still faced them calmly, but Luo Yang's words, especially the fact that the Manchu army had failed to fight against foreign enemies, deeply shocked them, and made their instinctive psychology of stubbornly resisting the Han Heavenly Kingdom begin to dissolve and subside, and many people began to reflect.

Then, Luo Yang told the difference between the Great Han Heavenly Kingdom and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, showing that what he commanded was not only an army, but also a country, and if he wanted to succeed in Sichuan and the whole of China, he would not be easily defeated and transferred: "The land of Sichuan will become the birthplace of Longxing in my Han Heavenly Kingdom!" ”

He wanted the support of the rich people, because the newly established Great Han Heavenly Kingdom was very fragile economically and needed a lot of materials and money. Finally, he warned: "If you can't take the lead in donating and contribute to the country, it will arouse the hostility of the officers and soldiers of the Han Heavenly Kingdom. ”

Luo Yang also said that all the wealthy people who donate their property can be recognized by the Han Heavenly Kingdom, and will be awarded the honorary certificate of "enlightened gentleman", and all activities in the future will be protected. Of course, the minimum requirement for donation is more than 50%.

"You should not only donate, but also take the lead in donating, as an example for others, because, the Han Heavenly Kingdom is ours, if we don't support it, who will support it?"

In the face of some people's doubts, Luo Yang smiled: "If you don't think that this Han Heavenly Kingdom is yours, then you are hostile to it, or you are enemies of it, and this king will understand how to get along with you simply!" ”