Chapter 104 Because Xiǎo Lost Big (Ask for a Monthly Pass!) Read! ）

"I won't"

After being silent for a long time, Chen Moran looked at the person in front of him and said in the most majestic voice possible, and there was even a hint of unchangeable taste in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, now is the time to think about this"

Facing His Majesty's gaze, Guan Mingtang said in the same resolute voice, and Zhang Zhidòng on the side couldn't help but feel sorry for this Lord Guan, in Nanjing, "Lord Guan's leopard gall" is obvious to all, but even if it is a leopard gall, you should have some scruples

But now the problem is here, and he has no scruples at all.

"At least...... Not now"

Saying a few words in a cold voice, Chen Moran shifted his gaze to the newspaper, looking at the articles in the newspaper, he almost had an urge to tear the newspaper to shreds, if he could, right...... Maybe the newspaper should be ordered to be closed, and then the investigation bureau should be ordered to arrest the person who wrote the article, and interrogate it properly, and find out who is behind it, and try out the ......

But......

The voice of reason in his head repeatedly told Chen Moran that in fact, many people wanted to do this, they wanted to see their actions confirm their accusations, and they might worship God and Buddha all day long praying for the day when they would prove themselves.

Silence, silent again for a long time, when His Majesty was silent, looking at the change in the expression on his face, almost when everyone thought that what would be a thunderous rage next, Chen Moran unexpectedly calmed down, trying to slow down his mood at the same time, Chen Moran slowly said something.

"Last year, the Senate passed a resolution that the jury had heard the evidence and rendered its verdict before the Special Military Tribunal. Our judicial system demands respect for their decisions, and from that moment on, pray for them, perhaps but by virtue of the power given by the people to pardon them, perhaps, in the future it will be possible, but now...... They are not entitled to the right of amnesty granted to me by the people."

Cleverly used respect for the judicial system as an excuse to fight back against the suggestions of Guan Mingtang and others, Chen Moran looked at them with a smile on their faces, sometimes it is so simple to block the mouths of all beings in the world, the original decision, the respect of the law. Thinking of this question, Chen Moran couldn't help but lose his mind and muttered another question in his heart.

"I am the emperor chosen by the people, and the imperial power is the choice of history and the people, isn't it? So, in the future, when formulating the constitution, will it be possible to further consolidate the imperial power? ”

When anyone's personal and family destiny and future are closely linked to the country, it becomes a symbol of the country, and the yòuhuò that has dominated the country for generations is irresistible.

Well, maybe, maybe no one will object, they chose me in the first place, didn't they?

It is I who has restored this nation, it is I who is guiding this country to become strong step by step, and it is I who ...... Or am I...... So I......

While constantly counting his own merits in his heart, Chen Moran's whole person seemed a little fluttering, and he even forgot that there were several ministers sitting opposite his desk, and the ministers were still expressing their looks, but they were thinking vigorously about how to consolidate the imperial power and make the imperial power ......

Well, one should further consolidate one's influence in the army.

The army, the army is the most fundamental reliance, as long as the officers and soldiers are still loyal to themselves, even if others oppose them, what is the use? No, as long as they can bring about the strength of the country and the restoration of national glory, they will certainly not oppose themselves, and the Chinese are easily satisfied, right?

Thinking of the "national interests" that should be further enjoyed by the people, Chen Moran raised his head and looked at Guan Mingtang in front of him, he seemed to be saying something.

“…… And when they become tools for the benefit of the state, then I personally think that Your Majesty should pardon them as soon as possible, so as to break the ......"

"Break...... Hmmm"

From Guan Mingtang's words, it was clear that he still insisted on his own opinion, and Chen Moran decisively interrupted his conversation.

"Perhaps, when the time is right, when it is acceptable to the people and the Senate agrees, perhaps, I will grant the right of amnesty given by the people, but for now...... Guan Qing, I think that as the Minister of Finance of the Empire, what you need to consider should not be that issue, but a real issue that affects the Chinese national economy and people's livelihood."

was reprimanded like this, Guan Mingtang only felt angry, why didn't he think about the national economy and people's livelihood, His Majesty said this, is it accusing himself......

"Guan Qing, I don't mean to accuse the Qing family of being incompetent, in fact, Guan Qing has always been my most reliable arm, but ......"

As soon as the words turned, Chen Moran's expression became serious.

"From last year until now, I have been considering a problem, that is, the land issue in China, and the realization of "the cultivator has his land and the dweller has his house" is the promise I made to the people at the beginning, and it is also related to the future stability of the empire.

In a word, in exchange for the surprise of everyone in the house, what is Your Majesty going to do? Could it be ...... Almost everyone thinks of the "land ownership registration" carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce last year, which will be faced with "the line is measured by the Western method, and except for the registration, it is all official land", and those who have concealed the number of acres of land for hundreds of years, perhaps out of fear that the fields will be confiscated as official land, all took out the title deeds to prove that the land belonged to them, and the cultivated land area increased from 800 million mu to 1.3 billion mu, and the agricultural tax revenue more than doubled.

Although there are many people who conceal the information as in the past, in the end, nearly 100 million mu of "ownerless land" were confiscated across the country, and most of those ownerless fields were directly sold to the original breeders by the government and issued land deeds, or were given to schools to enrich school property.

At that time, almost everyone thought that this was a new move of the "new dynasty" to open up taxes, after all, every dynasty must know the actual number of acres of land, and His Majesty will say this, but let everyone understand, perhaps, from the original "land ownership registration", this "cultivator has his land, dwellers have his house" has already started the mind.

"Your Majesty, the cultivator has his field, and the dweller has his house...... The"

After a moment, Zhang Zhidòng raised his eyes slightly and stroked his beard.

"Although it is the yearning of our people, but it is only the hope of the saints, Your Majesty, at this age, the empire has 150,000 acres of arable land, scattered among tens of thousands of households, and the cultivators have their fields, and the body involved is ......."

"Your Majesty, if you grant land, the empire needs to hold its land, and the remaining land property today is tied to millions of households, and if it is forcibly confiscated, it may cause public opinion to panic, and if the empire buys it, I am afraid that the country's financial resources will not be able to afford it."

“…… Billions of dollars are beyond the financial resources of the Empire."

"Your Majesty, the empire should focus on the development of industry and commerce, and it is also an unprecedented good governance for the peasants to be compassionate to industry and commerce."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty"

…… In the face of everyone's dissuasion, Chen Moran just smiled, if there was no "land ownership registration", the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce came up with a detailed report, and even used the situation of the chart to refine the land composition of each county, I am afraid that he would really be intimidated by what they said.

"That's right, what Zhu Qing said is very true, and the heart of worrying about the country and the people is really commendable"

Nodding in agreement, Chen Moran looked at his ministers, and at the same time cast his eyes on Liu Nengxian, who did not say a word in the dissuasion, this investigation was presided over by him, the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, and naturally he had the right to speak more than anyone else.

"I have repeatedly stressed that without investigation, there is no right to speak, do you have a full understanding of the land situation in the country?"

This act of giving dates first and then slapping them made the ministers in the house dumb at the same time, who has investigated? People's eyes were cast on Liu Nengxian, only this "Liu Catfish" had investigated, no wonder he had been calm for a long time before......

"If you don't know the facts, you can't talk about it"

In the eyes of the outside world, the remarks of the imperial ministers are directly related to the decision-making of the empire and the image of the empire, and "unexplained facts, no false words" is the most basic code of "imperial civil servants".

In the emperor's view, the mistakes of the common people have little impact on society, but the mistakes of civil servants, in the eyes of outsiders who "cover their eyes", often mean the mistakes of the imperial government, so he not only insisted on zero tolerance for the mistakes of civil servants, but also adhered to the principle of "strictness".

It is not possible to peel the skin and fill the grass, but for China, it can use the law and complementary methods to make people pay for their mistakes.

"Liu Qing's family, since everyone is looking at you, tell everyone what you know."

"Obey the Order"

His Majesty spoke, and Liu Nengxian, who seemed to be as slippery as a "catfish", understood that this would not be the time for him to play tricks. ,

"According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, Excluding Tibetan areas, the actual number of acres of cultivated land in the country is 148,637,6812 mu, of which the large real estate owners who account for 3.86 of the total population account for 13.63 of the total cultivated land, accounting for 13.98 of the total population, and the relatively surplus people account for 20.44 of the total cultivated land, the two are the top 17 in the population, and the number of acres of cultivated land is about 34, and the number of medium households is the largest in China, with a proportion of about 59.02, and the land owned by them is similar to the average level, and the size of the population is about 57.22, while the poor farmers account for about 20.12 of the total population, and they own about 8.1 land, and they have landless hired farmers……”

In fact, this kind of "extraordinary memory" in Chen Moran's eyes is the "professional ability" that many officials do not have normal "professional ability", and they are more concerned about these figures reported by Liu Nengxian, which will lead to "how much money is huā".

Listening to Liu Nengxian's report, Chen Moran had some smiles on his face, in fact, two months ago, when he first heard the preliminary report, he was also very surprised, to know what was always in the education received in the past, "3 landlords own 90 of the land", but now the investigation conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce over time is far from as serious as he imagined, in the countryside, the landlords and rich peasants occupy a relatively large area, and their land accounts for a small proportion of the total cultivated land, correspondingly, the average peasant has more or less land, In particular, the middle peasants who live on their own land account for a considerable proportion of the population, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the country's total population.

“…… Generally speaking, the degree of land concentration in China's rural areas is still different from one region to another. Generally speaking, the concentration of land in the south is higher than in the north. In the southeastern coastal areas where the land is fertile and the commodity economy is relatively developed, and in some places in central and southern China, the landlords' land alone accounts for 15-20 percent of the total cultivated land, and the rich peasants account for 30-40 percent, or even higher in some areas. In the arid and barren rural areas of northwest China, where land productivity is not high, land concentration is generally much lower than the national average. There were few landlords and kulaks with less land, and there was widespread land ownership by yeoman farmers and other peasants, and in some places it was even dominated by yeoman peasants. ”

As soon as Liu Nengxian's voice fell, Guan Mingtang immediately heard the taste, how could he not know that many times, many problems, I am afraid of a "national leveling", once leveling all the problems are covered up, and hundreds of people, the concentration of land in the south is higher than that in the north, this is the case in the Ming Dynasty, the same is true during the Manchu colonization, and the same is true now.

And as far as Guan Mingtang knows, I am afraid that most of the current middle peasants are still related to the confiscation of banner property, official land, and Han Jiān land after the recovery, and the cumulative redistribution of up to 15,000 mu of real estate, according to the standard of 3.5 mu per capita at that time and later statistics, the redistribution of 15,000,000 mu directly benefited more than 20 million households, and 100 million people jumped "out of poverty". , Looking at His Majesty who was silent with a smile, Guan Mingtang directly threw the question to Liu Nengxian.

"Minister Liu, I don't know how much arable land China needs to reallocate according to the calculations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce in order to achieve the goal of "the cultivator has his own land"

"According to the estimation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, the per capita in the south is 2.5 to 3 mu, and the per capita in the north is 4 to 5 mu, so that "the cultivator has his field, and there are no poor households in the wild", and the land needs to be allocated about ......

Glancing at His Majesty and seeing His Majesty nodding, Liu Nengxian gritted his teeth and spit out a number that was intimidating.

"17,000,000 acres"

While everyone gasped, Guan Mingtang asked directly.

"How much does that cost?"

"At least $300,000"

Anyone who hears this figure can be frightened and flee, and no politician of 300,000 can afford such a huge expenditure.

"Who's going to pay for this?"

When Guan Mingtang asked this question, Liu Nengxian finally couldn't say anything, in fact, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce had already decided on this, and it was impossible for the government to bear the money, and the people couldn't afford it.

Zhang Zhidòng, who had been silent, hurriedly got up and bowed to His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, the landless poor peasants and the landless hired peasants only account for more than 20% of the population, but if you want 20% of the people to reach the "middle-class home", you need to spend a huge amount of 300,000 yuan, for the 20% of the people, affecting the future development of the country, please think twice."

As early as when he was the governor of Huguang, Zhang Zhidòng had heard of the concentration of land in the country, and when it came to land concentration, the ministers in the north said that it was "not serious", and the ministers in the south said that it would "affect the national economy". ,

"Your Majesty, please think twice"

Everyone bowed and persuaded at the same time, which made Chen Moran feel angry.

"Eighty million people, without warm clothes and food, I am uneasy"

Three billion ...... In fact, even I have been hesitating to put a heavy burden on the government for the sake of 80 million people, and many sources in the past have said that "the most fundamental problem in Chinese history is the problem of land", and also summed up a sentence "land, grasp the spirit".

But this "truth" is not feasible when it comes to oneself, land annexation is far less serious than one's imagination, and it can even be said that the so-called annexation phenomenon is not as serious as the problem of poor peasants in a certain era of 56 yuan and 9 máo, if you close your eyes, you will not see this problem.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, the solution to the problem of the poor does not lie in relying on the government to allocate land, but in setting up factories to attract the poor to the factories. If you build 10,000 large-scale factories, you can attract as many as a million workers, if you have no food and clothing in the countryside, you will naturally enter the factory to work, and the rural land will be sold.

Seeing that His Majesty seemed to be hesitating, Guan Mingtang immediately said further.

"Your Majesty, a medium-sized peasant family, a family of five people, twenty acres of land, that is, every good year, at most thirty or forty stone meters, thirty or forty stone meters, but one hundred and five to two hundred yuan, if the ordinary year is still less than thirty stones, if you enter the city, one person in the family enters the factory to work, you can get 100 yuan a year, if you enter the factory, you can get 100 yuan a year, if you are skilled technicians on other days, the income can also reach dozens of yuan per month, Your Majesty, if you use the field evenly and plough the field, then the farmer will never get rich...... In Yu Chen's view, His Majesty granted the military land, although it is for the life of soldiers, and it is also used for border fortification, but if retired soldiers are taught construction methods, they can be skilled workers, and His Majesty loves soldiers at the beginning, but in the long run, it is for the trapped young and strong in the field......"

In Guan Mingtang's words, Chen Moran found that what he had always been proud of was criticized by Guan Mingtang for nothing in an instant, how could there be no trace of annoyance in his heart.

"Good ......"

Responding fiercely, looking directly at Guan Mingtang, Chen Moran spit out a sentence almost word by word.

"Since my method is useless, then please ask the Qing family to solve the problem for me."