"So I suggest that the base for relevant experiments should be far away from the capital." Wang Yuanshi said, "It's best to be off the beaten track. ”

Lin Hongmin was a little surprised by Wang Yuanshi's suggestion, but he understood that Wang Yuanshi's worries were not superfluous.

"Our experimental base in the capital is a little small." Liu Xiangyun nodded thoughtfully, "It would be much better if we had an island as a base." ”

As if remembering something, she blushed and whispered, but because her voice was so quiet, no one heard the content of her words.

"The benefits of the island base are numerous." Wang Yuanshi apparently agreed with Liu Xiangyun's proposal, "We should reflect this opinion." ”

"I'll tell him." Liu Xiangyun seemed to have made some kind of determination and said.

Tibetan Province, Potala Palace.

The lama looked at Yang Shuoming, who was sitting in front of him, probably feeling more and more coercion from the young Minister of Finance of the Republic of China, and although the weather was still cold, beads of sweat continued to ooze from his forehead.

And the four Kalun and Kadan Chipa beside [***] were also in a cold sweat.

It has been four days since the talks with the Minister of Finance of the Republic of China, who "fell from the sky".

They had no idea that Yang Shuoming would take an airship painted with a giant dragon and those demonic warriors to parachute in the Potala Palace.

And they also know that today may be the final showdown.

During these days of talks, Yang Shuoming bluntly put forward a "proposal" to [***] to abolish serfdom in Tibetan Province.

In Tibetan Province, the serf-owning class made up 5 percent of the total population of Tibetan Province, including local political axes, nobles, monasteries and their agents, who owned almost all of the land, mountains and forests, and most of the livestock, farm tools, houses, and other means of production in Tibetan Province. The serf class accounted for 90 percent of the population of Tibetan Province and was physically dependent on the serf owners. Among them can be divided into rich serfs, middle serfs, poor serfs and so on. Among them, "chaba" and "heap poor" are the main components of the serf class. "Chaba" is a person who receives the local political axe and supports the local political axe and the serf owner to whom he belongs, and his status is higher than that of the "poor heap". "Heap poor" means small households, mainly referring to serfs who cultivate a small amount of land allocated by serf owners and their agents, and pay for them. In the class differentiation in Tibetan Province, the "chapa" may be reduced to "heap poor", the "heap poor" may also rise to "chapa", and the "chapa" and "heap poor" will be reduced to slavery after bankruptcy. Slaves made up five percent of the population of Tibetan provinces, and most of them came from poor and bankrupt serfs. They had neither the means of production nor personal rights, and were completely appropriated by the serf owners for domestic servitude. Like the serfs, the urban craftsmen of the Tibetan province had a personal affiliation with the lords. In Tibetan provinces, commerce is not important at all. Moreover, people are accustomed to the traditional exchange of agricultural and animal husbandry products and barter, so the economy of Tibetan province is extremely backward, and the people's life is miserable.

Yang Shuoming knew that if he wanted to really change the fate of the people living on this snowy plateau, he had to abolish the backward serfdom!

"I think that through my introduction, the master has been able to understand the benefits of these reform measures." Yang Shuoming looked at the [***] in front of him and said with a smile, "What does the master think?" ”

[***] coughed lightly and did not speak.

"My suggestion is well thought out, of course, there must be shortcomings, if the master has any opinions and ideas, it is better to speak up." Yang Shuoming looked at [***] and said sincerely.

"The Buddha said: All beings are equal, and as far as I am concerned, I am not opposed to the abolition of serfdom." [***] said in a hoarse voice.

Hearing [***]'s answer, the faces of the four Kalons and Kaden Chipa were all shocked.

"I know what the master and the subordinate monks are worried about." Yang Shuoming smiled and said, "I repeat here, the political axe is to buy land from you with a huge amount of money and distribute it to the peasants and emancipated serfs, and the land you transferred to the political axe has a high compensation. The benefits from the sale of land are so great that you can't imagine it. ”

"Of course we understand what President Yang means." Kadan Chipa seemed to be dissatisfied with [***]'s weakness, and said loudly, "However, has Chief Yang thought about it, for us, the income from the transfer of land is only temporary, and the production of land is endless!" ”

"The saying that the land produces an infinite amount of food is debatable." Yang Shuoming smiled and said, "I have investigated, the land here can be said to be quite barren compared with the inland land, coupled with the shackles of backward serfdom, the level of social productivity is extremely low, the agricultural production tools are simple, and the main agricultural areas are still using wooden ploughs, wooden hoes, and occasionally iron and plough wooden ploughs. The harvest is only 4 to 5 times that of seeds. The survival rate of cattle and sheep in animal husbandry is about 50 percent and 30 percent respectively. Handicrafts are generally used as household sideline businesses, such as twisting wool, weaving, and processing livestock products, and the tools and techniques are also very backward. In fact, the land production of Tibetan Province is extremely limited, and in terms of money, there is not much, so how can it be said that the production is endless? ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Kadan Chiba opened his mouth for a while and was speechless.

"The abolition of serfdom will only increase the wealth of the monks, not decrease it." Yang Shuoming said, "With the serfs turned over and production becoming active, the income from the land that is still in your hands will naturally increase, and if the monetary compensation from the land transferred to the political axe is used to invest in Tibet or the industrial and commercial undertakings in the interior, such as railways and highways, the income will be far beyond your imagination." Now the income of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been opened to traffic, I think you monks will not fail to see it. ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, the four Kalun and Kachi Danba seemed to be moved, and they quickly exchanged glances, and their eyes were focused on [***] again.

"The land reform method mentioned by General Minister Yang is also done in the mainland, right?" [***] took a deep breath and returned to his usual kind eyes.

"Yes." Yang Shuoming smiled and nodded, "The difference is that the acquisition of land in the mainland, the political axe did not pay such a high price as the acquisition of land in Tibetan Province. ”

"Since Chief Yang vouches for all of us like this, if we still don't agree, it will be too much to say." [***] said.

Hearing that [***] had already expressed his agreement, the four Kalons and Kaden Chipa also expressed their support.

Seeing the performance of the lamas, Yang Shuoming showed a satisfied smile.

When Yang Shuoming returned to his room in the Potala Palace, Qu Shuang was already waiting there early.

"How? Agreed? Qu Shuang seemed very happy to see Yang Shuoming, and couldn't help but ask excitedly.

"Well, agreed." Yang Shuoming nodded, came to the window, he looked up at the blue sky, and gently held the window sill with his hand, "It's still that they know each other." ”

Qu Shuang followed him to the window, and he looked at the airships painted with hideous dragons in the sky, and the huge bomb pylons under the belly of the boats, and immediately understood what was happening.

"You're here again, last time you drove the little Manchu emperor out of the Forbidden City, and this time you used it to scare a bunch of lamas." Qu Shuang said with a smile, "This kind of thing is only done by you, Yang Hanzhi." ”

"It's better to let them retreat than to shed blood." Yang Shuoming's smile suddenly became a little lonely.

"Yes! It would be great if the problem of Tibetan Province could be solved in this way. Qu Shuang sighed as well.

"You Xiaobai should stay here for a while longer. There are some things that I can't come forward for, so it's better for you to do them. Yang Shuoming reached out and patted Qu Shuang's shoulder and said.

"Where are you going next?" Qu Shuang asked.

"Wherever there is a need, I will go." Yang Shuoming said calmly.

After the end of World War I, although China has achieved an unprecedented environment for peaceful development and good development opportunities, due to historical reasons, China's domestic problems in all aspects are still very serious. Yang Shuoming, then Minister of Finance of the Republic of China, followed the example of the United States and adopted a series of policies to develop the national economy to stimulate the economy by increasing infrastructure investment and expanding domestic demand. In order to ensure that the national defense force is not weakened, his efforts are more focused on the military industry, which is also the meaning of China's political axe leadership. Under the guidance of this line of thinking, Yang Shuoming added a considerable amount of military budget to ensure the survival of the military industry. Although the Chinese Navy has abandoned the construction plan of more than 50,000 tons of giant battleships due to the "Washington Treaty," the construction of 20,000-ton heavy cruisers has not been relaxed in the slightest, and the Marine Corps plans to expand the standing army from eight brigades to eight divisions, and at the same time, the construction plan of naval aviation and army aviation has also been put on the agenda (including 500 long-range bombers capable of bombing the mainland and Moscow, the capital of Soviet Russia). However, Yang Shuoming soon discovered that the practice of arms expansion alone could not really promote the comprehensive and healthy development of China's economy, and that China's political axe had a limit to its financial capacity. Only by stimulating domestic consumption can real domestic demand grow. The fundamental way to stimulate consumption is to raise the level of domestic consumption, and to this end it is necessary to increase national income, and in the final analysis, it is necessary to tap the potential of the domestic market and strive to open up the export situation. As a result of the great construction of China, it provides a good export market for manufactured goods, especially machinery and equipment. It is not only Yang Shuoming who has seen this, but the governors of various provinces have begun to deal with the United States and Britain and other countries. The Yangtze River waterway, the main transportation route in Chinese mainland, has been opened, and a large number of long lines of freighters loaded with foreign machinery have begun to pour into the heart of China, and when they return, they are full of Chinese agricultural products and raw materials.

Considering the need to strengthen its heavy industry base and at the same time achieve technological upgrading, Yang Shuoming took the initiative to purchase his surplus machinery and equipment from the United States. Yang Shuoming used various means, including dealing with major American family consortia, to get what China wanted from the United States. And when the real American capitalists discovered the profits, they also showed shrewd business acumen, and rushed to China to sell them. Of course, some technologies that are unwilling to be transferred and equipment that are too expensive need to be sold by Yang Shuoming's major "agency companies" in the United States. One way for an agency company is to acquire shares in the target company through an intermediary agent, thereby gaining a controlling stake in the company. Their approach was ridiculed by the American money tycoon Morgan as "the way of the Chinese rich man," but Morgan did not expect that a few years later, these companies would become China's greatest wealth in the United States.

During this period, there was a rare peace and tranquility in Chinese mainland. From Northeast China to South China, everyone has buried their heads in construction and sought development in a peaceful environment. It is the central political axe of various autonomous provinces and Yanjing that plays a leading role, and in Yanjing's political axe, it is Yang Shuoming who plays a decisive role.

Unlike the Hongxian Emperor Yuan Shikai, who relied on military conquest and political maneuver to gain power, Yang Shuoming was more of a builder than a conqueror. In order to heal the wounds caused by years of war in China, Yang Shuoming assisted President Xu Shichang in formulating various development and construction plans, from railway transportation to farmland irrigation, from factories and power stations to mountain schools, from hospital wharves to flood control levees. In addition, he vigorously promoted the reform of the political system, re-envising new legal codes and institutions, and challenging China's thousand-year-old tradition of bureaucracy controlled by the political axe. He hired foreign experts, sent people abroad for further study, vigorously promoted education, and even encouraged foreign missionaries to come to China on the condition that they take on the duties of rural literacy teachers and doctors.

In addition to wholeheartedly engaged in construction, Yang Shuoming's main hobby is to quietly sneak out of Yanjing to conduct private interviews with microservices, and his hobby has also affected the high-level of Yanjing's political axe. It didn't take long for the streets and alleys of China to talk about all kinds of anecdotes about the "Qingtian old men" micro-service visits. First of all, it is said that once, a widow who was forced to sell herself in order to treat her son's illness was rescued by a kind person, when Engong asked her how she had fallen to this point, she cried and said that it was the dog official who captured her husband and went to Europe to fight and die in the war in the year of the big flood, leaving her orphan and widow helpless, crying and crying and scolding the dog official and his backstage Yanjing Zheng axe who harmed her family. Eun Gong asked her why she didn't get the pension for the fallen soldiers, and she said that no one told her that she had this money, and even if she did, she could not have received it from the wolf-like government. Na Engong wrote her a note and told her to go to the local government. She went with a note in fear, but those officials were very respectful to her when they saw this, not only made up a pension for her, but also helped her buy a few acres of good land and a cow. It was only after asking a literate gentleman in the township that she learned that the note was written by General Cai Yi, the chief of the War Department. Another theory is that a hungry mother was holding a dying baby, rescued by a passing well-wisher, and after crying and scolding the government, Engong gave her a note telling her to go to the government, and an official asked her where she saw the president, and she knew that she had to meet a nobleman.

As the story spreads more and more, another plot develops from one plot, and from one story evolves into another: the woodcutter in the mountains, the cowherd baby by the river, the flower child in the broken temple, the woman who sues for grievances, the hero who sees injustice on the road, the evil official who bends the law for bribes, the local tyrant who is unkind to the rich, the bully in the fish and meat town, the fleeing victims, the usury businessman, the worker who was framed, the mountain king who robs the house, the river thief who walks on the eaves and the wall, and all kinds of characters and bizarre plots. all appeared in the moving legend of the private interview with the microserver. Among the stories that are spreading more and more, the most bizarre belongs to this: a secret meeting was held one day in a secret room at Sichuan University. The participants enthusiastically criticized the reactionary and violent actions of the Chinese political axe to engage in gold power politics, to be a puppet of the Americans, to suppress the revolutionary movement, and to persecute the Bolsheviks. Before the frightened students closed their stunned mouths, the speaker had left without a sound. In the end, even a blind old peasant in the 100,000 mountains was so angry that he said to the land security who came to collect rent: "Don't deceive people too much! Otherwise, if I climb out of the mountain, I will tell people about your bad deeds, and when they spread the word about you, they will come to you one day, and they will treat you when they see it! ”

When the confident Yang Shuoming welcomed his fourth spring as Minister of Finance, a myth had taken root in the land of a thriving and prosperous China. The Chinese people, who enjoyed peaceful life and economic development for the first time, found in this young leader something that had been lost for a long time: hope. It was he who gave them hope for a new and a good life. On the snowy plateau where feudal serfdom was abolished, the vast number of Tibetans even said that Yang Shuoming was the great Buddha King Kong, a holy lord born in the world. Even the intelligence department of the army and the spy agency in China have to admit that Yang Shuoming has succeeded in "deceiving the vast number of ignorant people in China" by engaging in large-scale construction and economic development and "cunning production and dissemination of personal propaganda that will win people's hearts." Yang Shuoming gave China's political axe something that all leaders since Yuan Shikai dreamed of: the human heart.

Sustained economic development has yielded unprecedented results, and the economies of the autonomous and municipal provinces have shown a prosperous scene. As a result of a series of measures taken by Yang Shuoming, China's economic development layout has become more comprehensive and balanced than before, the cultural traditions and foundations of various parts of China have become more profound, and the ability to attract and accommodate talents from all over the world and foreign countries has also become stronger, and China's economy has begun to catch up with and gradually surpass the original. The center of Chinese mainland's economic development has gradually shifted from a more commercialized and vulgar Guangzhou to a more cosmopolitan and aristocratic Shanghai.

(To be continued)