However, in practice, it is far from being that simple, the peasants are not mobilized by shouting slogans, and the village offices must have the financial resources to mobilize the enthusiasm of the peasants; after all, not the peasants in any place are willing to work tirelessly for the sake of the collective interests, even if they have their share in the collective interests. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, after collectivization, the peasants not only had to pay (at most) 30 percent of the harvest as taxes, but also had to hand over 30 percent to the village collectives, which were sold by the village offices to the state in exchange for funds as collective retention, and then distributed annually according to the performance of each peasant household in collective labor. Aside from the limited production of self-reserved land of no more than half a mu per household, this is the only possible way for Chinese farmers to earn cash through their main business, because even if this income is far below the wages of urban workers, it is enough to drive farmers to work hard to build water conservancy and rural roads.

However, there is also a problem in this: if the village cadres engage in favoritism and irregularities, not only will the peasants' enthusiasm for participating in collective labor be greatly affected, but their incomes may also be so low that they are not much better than those in the Manchu Dynasty. Fortunately, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the rule of officials was still relatively good, not to mention that there were still hundreds of thousands of biochemical cadres as examples, so there would not be major problems for the time being, and after the basic farmland and water conservancy system was completed, it would not be too late for Li Hui to reduce the proportion of agricultural taxes and collective retention, but if we want to completely abolish agricultural taxes, we must at least wait until China has initially completed industrialization.

In fact, agricultural taxes will remain China's main source of revenue for at least two decades, not only because of the long time it takes for China to industrialize, but also because the world as a whole is still less industrialized, which keeps the prices of agricultural products (relative to industrial products). In 1896, the country's fiscal revenue was close to 600 million Chinese yuan, and in 1897 it broke through the 1 billion Chinese yuan mark in one fell swoop.

In addition to the high agricultural tax rate, the government has also made an absolutely indispensable contribution to the policy of unified purchase and marketing of bulk agricultural products; on the one hand, it has taken advantage of the scissors difference to collect more benefits from the peasants, and on the other hand, it has ensured relative fairness and enabled the peasants not to be unable to survive under heavy burdens. With the increase in the output of agricultural machinery and chemical fertilizers, this policy that was more inclined to ask for at the beginning has gradually changed to feed back agriculture, and after the Chinese peasants have experienced the hard times in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, they have finally embarked on the broad road and strides towards a bright future of food and clothing, and even a well-off life......

The abundant financial resources of the government of the Republic, especially the central government, made the construction of some major projects possible, and based on the great importance attached to agriculture, Li Hui set water conservancy as the focus of construction in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and among many water conservancy projects, the control of the two "harmful rivers" of the Yellow River and the Huai River was the most important.

Strictly speaking, the current Yellow River is still only a hidden danger, after all, it has not yet reached the end of the Qing Dynasty and the warlords have been fighting, and there is no one to artificially break the embankment and release water; However, the flooding of the Huai River has been a clear real threat, because the Yellow River has been diverted to the south to silt up the waterways of the Huai River, resulting in the lower reaches of the Huai River and its northern tributaries generally poor drainage, or even no way out, the water in the middle reaches does not come down, and the water in the lower reaches cannot flow out, resulting in "small rains, heavy rains, and droughts." The situation.

On the one hand, frequent disasters make it impossible to farm with peace of mind, and on the other hand, in the process of frequent escape from famine, in order to survive, it is inevitable to break through the moral lower limit again and again, which corrupts the original industrious and united folk customs, resulting in the Huanghuai Plain, which was originally a developed area, becoming a well-known poverty area in the country. Harnessing the Huai River, turning harm into benefit, and restoring the richness of the land of fish and rice to the Huanghuai Plain is not only of great practical significance, but will also become a model project for the new China, allowing the people of the whole country to see the vast difference between the new society and the old society, and further consolidating the foundation of Momen's rule.

Because long before the uprising against the Qing Dynasty, Li Hui asked biochemical technicians of relevant specialties to conduct pre-research, and the liberation of the Huanghuai Plain was relatively early, the construction of the project had begun as early as the late autumn of 1895, and the total number of laborers mobilized for this purpose was not less than one million. Just over a year later, the world has been amazed by the efficiency of many ancillary projects, including flood control, power generation, and irrigation, but this is just the beginning.

At this time, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are longitudinal and horizontal, and in many places there can be several rivers crossing even a mile of distance, and the number of bridges is also seriously insufficient. To this end, the government of the People's Republic of China has invested heavily in filling in small rivers in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (many of which have been converted into ponds for fish farming, and have achieved good economic benefits). At the same time, the larger rivers with a width of more than 10 meters were further widened and deepened to allow for larger ships, making a qualitative leap forward in traffic conditions in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

After the completion of the canal network in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it has greatly contributed to the local economic development, and compared with the railway, although the speed of water transportation is much slower, the freight is much cheaper, and it can give full play to the excellent geographical advantages of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River connecting the river and the sea. Another point is that the need for steel is not so great for digging canals, and the demand for labor is more than that of railways, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are the most densely populated areas of the Chinese, and in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when industry and service industries have not yet developed, there was already a serious surplus of labor, which can also reduce the heavy local employment pressure, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

The only regret for Li Hui is that the construction of filling in the creek and the canal network is quite time-consuming, and it will take at least ten years to complete it. However, if the railway network is built on the ordinary road, the investment and construction time required will only be longer due to the traffic conditions in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River at that time, so this is actually the best choice...... (To be continued.) )