Chapter Seventy-Eight: Land Reform That Doesn't Taste Right

In Jiading County, the so-called Generalissimo Mansion of the Great Tomorrow Land Rebellion issued an order to completely confiscate all the land in Jiading County. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info And after this order, these people from the Heaven and Earth Society in Jiading County were stuck in their activities and were ready to confiscate the land. Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty had carried out a massacre in Jiading County before, and after experiencing the "Officialdom Appearance", all kinds of literati in this Jiading County were purged once. Of course, those who survive are often people who have various relationships with the government, they are either relatives or important friends of the officials, and they are all close to the government. So after the turmoil of "The Appearance of Officialdom", they swallowed the land of Jiading County, which made their wealth expand a lot again.

But it's only been a year, so they immediately encountered a wave of thieves again. And this anti-thief is stronger and more orderly. These landlords are not afraid of those thieves who only rob, they are most afraid of thieves who do not rob. The robbing thieves can't become the climate, but those who don't loot are the most terrible.

"Hurry up, strengthen your vigilance, and be careful with me!" A certain landowner said.

"Master, these thieves don't rob, what are we afraid of?" Someone asked.

The landlord was even more frightened and said, "I'm not afraid of them looting, I'm afraid they won't loot!" As the saying goes, a dog that barks doesn't bite, and a dog that bites doesn't bark! ”

These landlords quickly strengthened their vigilance, but the people of the Heaven and Earth Society still rushed over quickly, and those landlords began to form a village to protect themselves, but this was of no use. It's not been a year or two for these East China Tiandi to mix here, but it's been measured for hundreds of years. All kinds of forces are intertwined, so who among their families knows if there will be someone to report the news. In this way, they also began to use various means to make the people of the Heaven and Earth Society pour into these landlords' homes.

"Tell you that you can take away all this wealth, but no one is allowed to rape women, understand? If anyone dares to mess around, it depends on whether my big knife is fast! Zhou Xiuying said with a big knife weighing more than ten pounds.

"Yes, Deputy Marshal!" Those people from the Heaven and Earth Society immediately said to Zhou Xiuying.

"Rush in for me, Miss Zhou said, we can grab things, but we can't rape women, understand?"

Those people of the Heaven and Earth Society poured into the homes of the landlords and began to loot all kinds of things, and then they quickly robbed all the floating wealth. Of course, some people, under Zhou Xiuying's explanation, paid special attention to the Manchu land deeds, IOUs, usury IOUs, and so on, which were all important tools used by the landlords to exploit the peasants. There were even a lot of deeds of sale, which were important grounds for these peasants to be unable to survive normally and forced to depend on the landlords. Zhou Xiuying, according to Chen Dingtian's previous requirements, must completely destroy these things.

"I will ask the Generalissimo of the Tartars tomorrow to have an order, and all the land deeds promulgated by the Manchu Tartars will be invalid. This time, all the land will be redistributed to the Generalissimo Mansion of the Great Tomorrow, and the people will be able to obtain the right to use the land. Zhou Xiuying said.

Zhou Xiuying quickly burned these land deeds, as well as usury IOUs, deeds of sale and other things, with the raging flames, this time it was not only these land deeds and IOUs that were burned, but also burned the shackles that had been kidnapped on them for generations, and these tenant farmers who were attached to the landlords felt happy, but they were also a little confused.

"You, you thieves, will not end well!" A landlord cried.

These title deeds, IOUs and deeds of sale, are all things that they have accumulated over generations! These title deeds were the proof of their land, and the IOUs were an important tool used to exploit these peasants, and often sometimes the peasants borrowed a bucket of rice, but the last few generations could not pay it back. These ancient loans are definitely usury, and once these loans are borrowed, they may not be repaid for a few generations. Even once the profits are rolled over, it will multiply dozens of times in a short time, and finally they have to sell their sons and daughters, or even sell themselves into slavery. In fact, usury is also an important means for landlords to exploit peasant households. As for the deed of sale, once they are sold into slavery, they will not be able to turn over for the rest of their lives, and even their descendants will be in a difficult situation, so they may be enslaved for generations, and then they will never be able to turn over.

This time, the people of the Heaven and Earth Society burned these things, and they would all face the loss of the foundation on which they had relied for generations to survive and be rich. These title deeds, IOUs, and even deeds of sale were the foundation on which they had survived for generations, and were the basis on which they were able to rule over the people. Because these landlords have been relying on these things for generations to exploit their tenants, and then they can get income directly from production. The wealth obtained by these exploitations allows them to take part in labor production without being personally involved, and only need to be responsible for studying. After studying, he was admitted to Xiucai to raise people, and even if possible, he even became an official after being admitted to Jinshi. After becoming an official, he obtained various political privileges and continued to further assert his power to exploit land, and even further annexed more land, and then repeated the process.

But now heaven and earth will burn not only the title deed and the deed of sale, but also their hope for the future. They do not have any productive capacity other than studying and being officials, and many of them have not been productive for generations, especially those who are big landowners. They don't have to work and produce, they just need to study in peace. But now that they are faced with the loss of these things that exploitation the people, they will inevitably have to participate in production in the future, and even their old way of life will be completely broken. Many landlords who have lost their ability to work and have become reading machines are completely finished, and if they lose the right to exploit the peasants in the future, then they will not know how to produce and how to make a living.

Therefore, this heaven and earth will burn far more than just those things, but also burn down their past lifestyles, so that they have no future and no hope in the future. They hated the Heaven and Earth Society even more, and they were completely eager to kill them. However, the fierce soldiers around them made them dare not mess around.

Of course, the surrounding tenants were not as happy as they imagined, because they had already adapted for generations to the way they depended on the landlords for survival, and now they had suddenly dissolved their way of life, so that they would be at a loss for a while. So now they don't know what to do, but the only thing they can do at the moment is to try to cooperate with these people from the Heaven and Earth Society, because these people from the Heaven and Earth Society have knives in their hands, so they all start to choose to cooperate. Of course, these people are now facing much more than that, they also have to face how to distribute the land next.

After the title deeds of these lands are burned, there will be a series of games around these lands, and there will be a lot of games even within this Heaven and Earth Society.

"Brother Zhou, I think we should give some of our land to the brothers, right? This Jiading County was all fought down by us, we should divide some! "Yes! Brother Zhou, since these lands are all said to be ours, then we should also take some! I don't want more, I just want 10,000 acres. "Brother Zhou, since Lao Zhang has 10,000 mu, I will also have at least 10,000 mu, right?" ……

Many of the original high-level leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society have begun to hope to obtain land, and even these lands belong to themselves. As soon as these guys opened their mouths, it was tens of thousands of acres, and they obviously regarded this land as their home. These high-level people began to want tens of thousands of acres of land, and those middle-level people also began to ask for land, some of which opened thousands of acres, ranging from 3,000 acres to 9,000 acres. Even these high-level and middle-level people are here to discuss seniority and start to want to get this land.

"Father, you can't do this! What are we opposing the Qing Dynasty for, isn't it just to overthrow the Qing court and let the people have a good life? We have finally confiscated the land, so we should give it to the common people as much as possible. But why do you open your mouth so much, I calculated, what you ask for is more than the amount of arable land we have, and it is better than 500,000 mu. Our Jiading County is only more than 400,000 acres of land, and you actually ask for so much as soon as you open your mouth, so how can the people still get land? We are anti-Qing to let the people live a good life, not to mess around here! Zhou Xiuying hurriedly said.

But immediately someone stopped doing it and said, "Miss Xiuying, isn't it just for these lands that we have been licking blood from our knife for so many years?" Aren't we just for these lands, we have paid so much for the anti-Qing Dynasty, what's wrong with asking for some land? “

"Yes! Miss Xiuying, we come and go in the wind and rain, if we don't get some benefits, then why should we go to war! "Yes! Miss Xiuying, we ......."

One by one, these people are telling about their hard work, as if they are working very hard, making excuses for themselves to claim more land. Zhou Xiuying was suddenly very anxious, if she continued to play like this, there would definitely be a problem.

"That's enough, don't talk about it. Didn't you say well at that time, that you would do good for the people, and that you would drive out the Tartars. What did you say at the time, one by one, that it was for the benefit of the people, not for your own selfish interests! However, this is the first time that Jiading County has been laid, and you have forgotten? Did you say feed the dogs? Zhou Xiuying said angrily.

However, those guys were not convinced, and said, "Miss Xiuying, how do you talk about this, don't you want to give us some benefits, so how can we continue to work hard?" ”

"Yes! Miss Xiuying, how do you speak? We are not young in our grades, if you want to say that we are elders, is it appropriate for you to say that? ”

"Smack!" Zhou Xiuying slapped the table and said, "I am the deputy marshal of the Great Tomorrow Tartar, and I am your boss!" ”

However, those gangster-born generals of the Heaven and Earth Society didn't listen to this, and said directly: "Chief Helmsman Zhou, we are also people who have followed you for many years, so we can't give our own brothers no benefits, so let's give them to some people who don't have any merit first, right?" The so-called merit is not rewarded, what credit do those ordinary people have, and why should they take most of it directly? We have followed you for many years, and we have worked hard without merit, right? So, that shouldn't give us some, right? ”

"Dad, it can't go on like this!" Zhou Xiuying hurriedly said to Zhou Lichun, hoping to let Zhou Lichun dissuade this situation.

Zhou Lichun saw his daughter on one side and his old brother for many years on the other, as if it was inappropriate to deny anyone. However, Zhou Lichun, the leader of the rivers and lakes for many years, is not a fool of nothing, and if he talks about the mud, he will come as soon as he opens his mouth.

Zhou Lichun hurriedly said: "Brothers, in fact, my daughter Xiuying didn't mean that!" She thinks that you have too much land, and it is really inappropriate. As soon as you open your mouth, it will be 10,000 acres, which is really not suitable. But I think it can be less, and you can just take 3,000 acres. Others, all reduced by more than 70%. Anyway, when we fight the world, there is still so much land, there is no need to rush at this time. ”

Zhou Xiuying just wanted to continue to say that she didn't mean this, but Zhou Lichun immediately blocked Zhou Xiuying's words again.

"Xiuying, all the brothers have followed the old people of our family, and they should really be compensated for so many years in the wind and rain. What's more, if there is no benefit, who wants to come out! I know you think it's too much, so it's not appropriate. This time it will be reduced by 70%, and you can go to other places to ask for land in the future! Anyway, give them some at this time. In this way, the eight brothers with the highest status in the gang who followed me for the longest time at the earliest, each with 3,000 acres of land, and the others ranged from 600 acres to 1,000 acres, and they were distributed according to their status and the number of years they had joined the gang. Everyone lined up the qualifications and then went to divide the land. This first batch is not too much, and after we lay more ground, we can continue to divide. The rest will be distributed to the people first, and let the people support us. Zhou Lichun said.

"Okay, let's give Brother Zhou a face, let's ask for 3,000 acres first!" "Well, okay, since Brother Zhou has spoken, then I won't say it, I agree." "Well, we promised!" ……

Everyone agreed, but this Zhou Xiuying's face was dark. The mode of land division that Chen Dingtian told her before is not like this!

And Zhou Xiuying feels that the so-called land reform of these Tiandi will have completely changed its taste, and it has become very serious. This taste is very wrong, and it seems to be completely different from the land reform plan given by Chen Dingtian at that time, which seems to be the obvious central idea.

"I'll go find my husband!" Zhou Xiuying said.

Zhou Xiuying immediately ignored everyone, left Jiading directly, and took a boat from the mouth of the Yangtze River along the Huangpu River to the British concession in Shanghai.