Chapter 142: The Construction of the Empire

In the welcoming crowd, Guangxu was very happy to see all the people, but the number of people was not very large, which was expected by Guangxu, these people standing on both sides of the road, there is a more accurate statement! They are all actors, and they are all very obedient actors! Their joy is all performed!

Guangxu didn't stay in this place too much, it didn't make any sense, and it would cause unnecessary trouble to the people here! This made the governor of Gansu Province, who originally had a performance here in Guangxu, very embarrassed! Seeing that Guangxu and his escorts did not stop at all to get close to these lovely people, in order to show the signs of the emperor's pro-people image!

The governor of Gansu Province also immediately got into the car and followed Guangxu, and they came to the inner city of Jiayuguan, and stopped at a remote intersection, where a young man in a black police uniform rushed out, followed by several young men with various weapons and various costumes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The one dressed in black was a policeman, he had a submachine gun on his back, a pistol on his waist, two and spare bullets on his waist, the child was no more than twenty-five years old at most, very thin, but his eyes were very bright!

Seeing Guangxu rushing over with someone, he took the lead and shouted loudly; "Martial law here today, you leave immediately!"

Guangxu is the leader, he also wears the uniform of the Imperial Royal Army, but there is no sign of rank on his uniform, this dress is now very popular in the empire, and it is very important that the quality of the current military uniform is particularly good, the price is fair, and it is a very fashionable dress in this era, but ordinary people cannot wear the rank mark casually.

This policeman regarded Guangxu as an ordinary person, and Guangxu knew at a glance that this policeman must be a young man in charge of clearing wrecks on the periphery!

Guangxu didn't move forward, but dismounted and walked in front of this young man! At this time, Ma De, who had been following Guangxu, also dismounted, Guangxu's personal guards generally perform some ritual tasks in peacetime, but now is the time for war, and they also have to follow Guangxu to the battlefield together!

Their uniforms are all army uniforms, and they all have military ranks, especially the rank of Ma De, which is the rank of brigadier general, which is also a very high rank in the current imperial military rank sequence, and this time Guangxu will give him a promotion after returning to Beijing!

All the people followed Guangxu and came to the back of the little policeman, who unconsciously touched his pistol, and then asked weakly; "What unit are you?"

Everyone started laughing!

Guangxu said; "Don't be afraid! We are from the Central Army! I'm here to ask you a few questions! ”

You take me to the nearest countryside here!

Go to the countryside!

Right! Take a look at the nearest village!

Something else this cop wants to say!

But the soldiers of the pro-guard army immediately began to push him away, and the young policeman pointed to the southeast, and Guangxu and his guards went southeast!

In this village, Guangxu didn't see the smoke rising slowly! A picture of peace and tranquility, but barren fields, dilapidated houses, and fragments of ruined walls! There were some old people and children squatting on the edge of these remnant walls, and they were all very helpless looking at Guangxu and them!

Guangxu asked; "Are these people in this village? Why is this happening? Isn't the land reform taking place here? ”

The policeman said; "It's a long time to talk about it, the land reform here has really been carried out, and the original farmers here have their own land, which is a good thing, but things are fundamentally different from what you think!"

Guangxu problem to; "How could it be different! Aren't farmers most happy to have their own land? ”

The policeman said; "It's not that I don't want to plant, but I can't afford to plant!"

Guangxu is very puzzled!

Because the price of grain in the market is still cheaper than the price of grain grown by the people, the more farmers plant, the more they will accompany them at the end of the year.

Hearing the news, Guangxu was very shocked!

He originally thought that the land reform policy that was vigorously promoted would benefit the people, but he didn't expect that it would harm them!

The policeman said; "Last year and this year, the country was at war, and I was afraid that the country would not have enough food, so I imported a lot of grain in the United States and Southeast Asia, and this grain was mainly used to supply the army, which was originally a good thing!"

Now the central government is not afraid of disasters and famines, and with China's transportation speed and economic strength, why should it quickly put any supplies in the affected areas.

The Nanjing government began to ask the local governments below, there is a disaster there, I have a lot of food here, you can report it! I'll dial it to you!

The local governments below immediately began to ask the Nanjing government for food, especially along the line of Gansu and Xinjiang, which was the front line of the war, so they received the highest priority, and millions of tons of grain were put into the whole of Xinjiang and Gansu, but they did not expect that this would be the end result.

Guangxu took people to inspect outside the city of Jiayuguan, the truth is often stinging, in the north of Jiayuguan, Guangxu saw a large area of shantytowns, these people are living under a shed!

Near the city gate, there were many soldiers there to keep watch, and tens of thousands of people were waiting there to receive food, and when they saw the food carts leaving the city, these people immediately began to rush up.

But soon the gunshots began to go out, and the common people immediately did not dare to rush forward, when a large man stood on the food cart and shouted loudly; "All this food belongs to adults!"

At this time, there were a lot of people on the car, and the food in the car was changed to a smaller vehicle, and the grain was pulled away, and the people next to them did not dare to go up to stop it, and some policemen in the back were also watching from a distance, as if they had no intention of going up to stop it at all!

At this time, the governor of Gansu Province also rushed to Guangxu's side!

Looking at everything in front of him, he immediately began to explain; "These people are also ordinary people, and these people will eventually distribute some of the food to the people, otherwise these people would have starved to death, and these people will not be able to catch them at all, we arrested a lot of these people at the beginning, but after you arrest them today, tomorrow they will come back to a small gang with more people, they don't have any heavy weapons, they don't hurt these refugees, so now we don't care about them!"

Guangxu asked; "What will happen to all this food they bring in?"

The Governor said; "They will sell some of the food and give the rest of the ash to the refugees!"

Guangxu said; "Nonsense! You, the governor, are also messing around locally! ”

Tomorrow will begin to control grain, and grain will be used as a strategic material to control the entire Gansu, and no one can buy or sell grain casually!

The governor was very puzzled, this will definitely further increase the price of grain, and there will be more people who cannot afford to buy food!

Guangxu didn't look at him, but said; "Just do it!"

Guangxu is not in the mood to watch it anymore, but Guangxu can't just leave his people behind!

Turning back and talking to Ma Wu; "Gather the officers of the army at and above the regimental level near Gansu to come to the meeting to learn the new method of food distribution! This method should be replicated throughout the affected areas."

Then the governor of the province spoke; "You should study well! Don't let this kind of thing happen again, when the dereliction of duty of the parent official, you are a sign of laziness and laziness! ”

Guangxu said; "Assemble armoured vehicles, or use makeshift fortifications to place food in the very center of the fortifications, with only one exit and one entrance, and only one person at a time can come in to get his share of food, and then go out through the exit."

If there are still those who forcibly enter, and carry weapons, threaten the lives of other people, attack the fortifications, and disrupt the order of distribution, don't ask who he is, how hard his background is, immediately shoot him on the spot, and the people from the procuratorate, the court, and the public security department will go to the scene and start working.

After hearing this, Ma Wu immediately began to command the people to start building fortifications in the north of Jiayuguan, he wanted to build a three-meter-high wall with sandbags, and set up a firepower point in each section!

The next morning, when it was just beginning to lighten, the refugees outside the city were awakened by a continuous burst of gunfire, and they all came out to look at the little castle that had been raised that night!

At this time, the heavy machine guns around the castle began to fire, and there were Guangxu's personal guard soldiers patrolling back and forth on these walls, and the vehicles carrying food had already been transported to the fortress.

At this time, Mader stood on a high place and spoke into the trumpet; "Now all the people are starting to line up to receive food, if anyone is not in line with the rules, then don't blame me for being unkind, the left is the entrance, and the right is the exit!

Let's go!

At this time, the refugees began to consciously line up!

That Lord Du was also looking at Ma Wu from a distance, there were dozens of people in his direction, and there were guns in their hands, this was all the result of Guangxu's freedom of guns, maybe there were people with guns in the hands of these refugees!

Ma De also thinks about this direction of the adults!

The meaning is obvious! Here you go!

Here you go!

You're here to grab food!

I'm going to beat you to death!

Seeing that all the refugees are receiving food in a very regular manner, this fat adult knows that his route to wealth is gone!

The Lord said; "You'd better go and get food honestly! Don't have any illusions anymore! ”

At this time, Guangxu was listening to the report of the governor of Gansu Province in his palace, as well as Cao Jixiang who rushed from Beijing and the heads of various banks, in the industrialization of Gansu Province, all the indicators are very good, there are many new factories, and there are still a lot of roads under construction, and these refugees will also be well resettled when they repair this section of the road!

Guangxu listened to the report and said; "These people are all peasants from the land, and if the Chinese people can't support themselves, then even if we all achieve industrialization and become the strongest country in the world, what is the use?"

At this point, everyone stopped talking!

Guangxu said; "The rise of empires! It's not a matter of any one person, it's the matter of the whole people at this time, it's still that sentence! Remember, the most precious thing is people! As long as we can make the people's country better, it is worth paying the price! ”

Guangxu said; "Tomorrow you will start organizing people to go to the refugee areas and start issuing loans to these farmers, and the repayment will be the grain in their land!"

At this time, many people did not understand the meaning of Guangxu!

Guangxu asked; "How much is the grain in Jiayuguan now?"

The governor of Gansu Province said; "Thanks to the central government's vigorous allocation! The price of grain in Gansu Province has always been very stable, and it has always been 60 wen a catty (1,000 wen is a dragon yuan). ”

Guangxu said; "It's so cheap! When you signed a loan contract with the peasants, you stipulated that when the grain was harvested, the price offered by the government would be 260 wen per catty, so that you could ensure that the grain grown by the peasants would not lose money, would not go bankrupt, and would not be in the current situation! ”

Many people present are thinking about Emperor Guangxu's idea, so let's digest it slowly!

At this time, Cao Jixiang said; "It's a lot of subsidy! That's not a small number in the whole Gansu Province! And how much grain can each household produce, and if the price of grain in other provinces is lower than here, will it cause a large inflow of grain, and then this will be a bottomless pit! ”

Guangxu said; "That's why I summoned you! We mainly carry out quantitative subsidies according to the amount of land, and this kind of subsidy is mainly to deal with the confusion that there is no one to farm the land, the purpose is to mobilize the people's enthusiasm for production, and also to increase the people's property stock.

If the people of our empire have more than one year of wealth in their families, why should they leave their homeland and receive a little relief food in this bitter cold wind!

You are all officials of the empire, your merit is not how many roads you have built, not how many projects you have done, if you are really good for the people, then do one thing!

That is, the people under your rule have become rich, so that they have money, their own property, and their cherished homeland, and as long as you all have this purpose, your rule will be very peaceful.

Only those who have constant production will have perseverance!

When you talk to a person who has nothing, a person who has no food to eat, about his responsibility to this society, and you tell him to care for the elderly and love the children, it's all nonsense. The most important thing for him is to have his stomach full!

So the officials are thinking about Guangxu's words!

In the following days, the troops on the front line began to return one after another, most of the military vehicles were destroyed, and most of them could not come back, but they did not have any complaints in their hearts, but felt a sense of rebirth!

But they learned that there were more than a million Russian cavalry chasing them behind them, and they were just a little short of succeeding, which meant that all the current Chinese troops would not exist.

They all thanked the emperor from the bottom of their hearts, the emperor is really amazing!

The generals of the army also began to gather at Jiayuguan, this time many of the troops were formed in the war, and the troops who came out to stay on the front line, there are many other army garrison problems that have not been solved!

Looking at the more than 300,000 teams that are constantly gathering in Jiayuguan, everyone feels that it is very much, but Guangxu knows very well in his heart that the task of this army will be very heavy!

The main thing is that the entire Chinese Empire is still a big empire as a whole, but now the empire is full of separatist forces on the hills, although there is no large-scale resistance, but those dozens of people, choose a mountain, set up a big banner, that is, the situation of the king of the mountain has been very common.

This situation has brought great inconvenience to the empire's economy, and you have to pay a sum of money to buy roads before you go to a place, which makes the transaction cost of the economy very huge, so Guangxu decided to launch a nationwide operation to crack down on public security crimes, and the main target is those large-scale bandits and bullies!

There are a total of six armies gathered at Jiayuguan this time, and their heavy equipment has been thrown on the west bank of the Ural River, so now these six armies are almost all light weapons by their side, and these heavy weapons are not available for a while!

Shang Rongqian didn't dare to mention to Guangxu the number of weapons thrown away on the other side of the river and the amount of money lost this time! That's an astronomical number, don't dare to look at it!

But Emperor Guangxu, as if this incident had not happened, did not mention the loss at all, and he allocated a large sum of money in the account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, that is, the royal estate, to re-equip the six armies!

Guangxu said; "Shang Rongqian! The First Army of your personal guard army is stationed in Nanjing to make up for the vacancy after Ma Wu's departure!

Fang Ruxin's Ninth Army went to Uriya Sutai City and garrisoned Outer Mongolia Province!

Lu Yongshi's Fifth Army went to Ulan-Ude, the capital of Mobei Province, and stationed in Mobei Province!

Chen Xinhai's 10th Army went to Kunming and garrisoned Yunnan Province!

The 11th Army of the Army on the border of Huyan Jingbian went to Guiyang and garrisoned Guizhou Province!

Wang Tianliang's Twelfth Army went to Guilin and garrisoned Guangxi Province!

Dong Jingang's 13th Army arrived in Kaifeng and was stationed in Henan Province!

After you arrive in the local area, the first priority is to open up the traffic in various places, the economy to develop the traffic is the first priority, if you want to get rich, build roads now!

You have to be tied to the local people, pay attention to the relationship with the people, you are all people who have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield in the west, but the benefits of this country you are now fighting are still not visible for the time being, so the people may not be as happy as you think!

This gap must have formed in the hearts of many soldiers, thinking that I have made so many contributions to the Empire, but why am I not taken seriously?

I can tell the soldiers very clearly here! They are all heroes of the empire, but now that the country is on the rise, there is really nothing more to give them except a heartfelt sigh, and there is no more comfort in them.

Because the Chinese people are very busy now, please adapt and be prepared to face such a gap!

Hearing Guangxu say this, everyone knew that Emperor Guangxu was telling the truth, but when he had to face the clear eyes full of expectation of the soldiers, it was really difficult to speak!

Guangxu said; "The General Staff immediately checked and awarded the Silver Order of the Ascending Dragon to the troops who participated in the fight against the enemy troops of Tsarist Russia west of the Ural River and finally on the Ural River, which no one else had! Including me!

In addition, the soldiers and commanders who have performed well in this battle should be commended, and the staff will come up with the statistical results as soon as possible, and try not to let the soldiers wait for him to be anxious. ”

These generals will be awarded medals when they hear about it!

That's a good thing!

Does the emperor still agree to give the honor!

Guangxu also said; "This time, many of the generals among you are fighting very well, so you should also get what you deserve, and these staff departments should come up with a plan as soon as possible!"

At this time, Guangxu asked; "When you get to the place, how are you going to carry out your work?"

You must know that the strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, and you will definitely encounter a lot of difficulties when you get to the place, and if these difficulties are not dealt with well, I am afraid that your life will be very sad at that time!

Hearing this, the generals began to discuss, and the end result was; The emperor's worry is superfluous, because the equipment and training of the Central Army are first-class, and those bandit forces are not opponents of the regular army at all!

Guangxu shook his head and said; "If you really do that, then the good situation that our Huaxia Empire has managed to build now will be in vain!"

Guangxu and these generals talked all night, and finally at dawn, Guangxu and them finally came up with a feasible method!

When the meeting ended, many of the generals could no longer walk, they fell asleep on the table, and they didn't sleep well for many days!

Shang Rongqian is even busier, military merit statistics, combat readiness, training, etc.!

The other generals also returned to their military headquarters, Guangxu took Ma Wu to the place where the food was distributed, and now the refugees outside have begun to receive today's food, everyone is lining up well, and the chaos of the previous days is gone.

And in this area of exile, the bank and government workers are here, they are negotiating with those who have land, signing futures contracts for grain, issuing loans, and so on!

There are many people who have finished receiving the grain again, and then they begin to walk in the direction of their hometown, where they already have money to pay off the debts they owe, and they already have money to farm, and the grain they grow is still purchased at the state's protective price, so that they don't have to worry that at the end of the year, the grain cannot be bought at the price, resulting in bankruptcy again!

Guangxu knows that the matter here has been almost resolved, and he has returned to the capital, so he misses many wives!