"Ladies and gentlemen, although we have established a military and political axe, but how to establish the prestige of our political axe next, the unification of Sichuan is the most difficult, I think everyone might as well discuss it, how to go next!"

Qiao Yu presided over the political axe meeting for the first time, and all the new civil and military officials were doing it, and everyone was constantly thinking about this issue in their hearts, and Shi Dingzhong was the first to speak.

"Governor, in my opinion, it is better to stabilize Dongchuan first, train elite soldiers, hoard arms, don't rush westward for the time being, avoid conflicts with the people's army, and wait until the people's army and Zhao Erfeng are almost done, let's wipe them all out in one fell swoop and unify Sichuan!"

Shi Dingzhong's words sounded very reasonable, and many people nodded yes, but Han Yong didn't think so.

"Governor, my old Han doesn't see it that way, the so-called soldiers are fast, Xichuan is still in chaos, it is a good time to enter the army, otherwise the power of the Kuomintang will skyrocket after missing the opportunity, and now the provinces are ready to move, although the Qing court sent Yinchang to the south to attack Wuhan, but I heard that Yinchang is a big rice bucket, absolutely no ability to quell the rebellion, when the time comes, it will be delayed for a long time, and everywhere will definitely rise up to read! It wouldn't be good if we missed the opportunity! ”

Han Yong doesn't look a little rude and unliterate, but these words still make a lot of sense, especially the issue of time, which is the key to the key, and the opportunity must not be missed.

"What Minister Han said is very reasonable, we should quickly march into Xichuan, but the problem in Sichuan is different from other provinces, because of the road protection movement, the public opinion in Sichuan is boiling, if you can't subdue the public opinion well, you can't really control the place, even if there are more troops, it won't help!"

Wu Tong, who spoke this time, as soon as Qiao Yu heard him mention the issue of public opinion, he knew that his chief of staff did have some vision, and this public opinion must indeed be subdued, otherwise as long as there are careerists instigating it, Sichuan will be in chaos.

"Since it comes to the issue of public opinion, I have a proposal, we have established a new policy axe, there must be new measures, but where is the breakthrough, I have thought of a total of three new policies, the first is to abolish the centigold system, the second is to limit land rent, and the third is education subsidies! What do you think? ”

Qiao Yu proposed three new policies that had been brewing for a long time, and everyone listened carefully, abolishing the gold system can effectively reduce logistics costs and promote commodity circulation, not only the industrial products of Yucheng can greatly reduce costs, but also the people's agricultural products can also earn more money, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, the only problem is that it will reduce the financial revenue of the political axe, but a little weighing, it is definitely worth it!

As for the education subsidy, although we are not clear about the specific measures, but it is nothing more than investment in education, Sichuan has always attached great importance to education, so that more people can read and write, which is equivalent to giving the people more hope and being able to change their own destiny, which is also a good governance.

As for the issue of restricting land rent, it was a little troublesome, and Bai Kuan took the initiative to speak when he saw that everyone was thinking about this matter.

"Shunqing, since ancient times, it has been a matter of course to farm land and pay rent, how should this land rent be restricted if it is something you like me to do? Besides, the landlords in those places are insatiable, will they allow you to lower the rent? ”

"Uncle, the land rent has indeed been there since ancient times, but it does not mean that it is reasonable, especially now that the land rent is too high, taking Yucheng as an example, you basically have to pay half of the land rent, and you have to endure layers of exploitation, in fact, there is basically no savings left in the hands of the people all year round!"

"The Governor is right!" Qian Tai took over the words, he has been taking care of the Qiao family's farm property, and he is very clear about this, "In fact, it is not only as simple as not having savings, but also a slight natural disaster, or someone in the family is sick, red and white ceremonies and the like will also fall into a big deficit, once you borrow a loan shark from a donkey rolling, don't expect to pay it off, many people are ruined because of this family!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is because of this that I want to control the rent, how can the Qing court get mixed to the verge of the country, that is, the common people can't survive, and if we want to develop industry, we must have enough market, to put it simply, someone wants to buy your things, how can the people buy our goods if they don't have any money in their hands, and now most of the goods produced in Yucheng are sold to the towns, but if you want to continue to develop, you must open the rural market, which is an inevitable choice!"

Qiao Yu added a few words, and everyone present from the Chamber of Commerce knew very well what Qiao Yu said, most of the commodities in Yucheng are now necessities of life, and they rely on quantity to win, and the countryside has the largest number of people, and it seems that the land rent must indeed be controlled.

"There will definitely be opposition, and it will be very strong, but we must do it, at least to make the people feel that their lives are better than those of the Qing Dynasty, and even a little bit is enough for our newly established political axe to gain support! In my opinion, the tentative land rent shall not exceed 30%, and usury must also be controlled, and the annual interest shall not exceed 20%, otherwise the moneylender will be severely punished, and the situation of donkey rolling must be strictly controlled! ”

The so-called donkey rolling is generally a month for the term, the monthly interest is between three and five percent, and the interest will be doubled when it expires, and it will be credited to the principal of the next period, and it can even be doubled in a year, many people are crushed by the heavy interest, Qiao Yu's strategy is also modeled after the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction in later generations, but later generations were formulated under the conditions of the Anti-Japanese War, and now the protection of farmers is greater, and the main purpose is to obtain the support of the majority of farmers.

And one of the most important roles is to calm down the people's morale, which Wu Tong put forward when he spoke, because the problem of the right of way Sichuan people are in a boiling state, the place is extremely unstable, and the right of way involves too many things, and the main parties are still in Chengdu, there is no way to deal with it, Qiao Yu can only take this roundabout way to ease the people's morale, the people just want to keep their hard-earned money? Now the revolution has abolished the centigold, lowered prices, limited rents and interest, and reduced the burden on the people, and after fighting for so long, although the right of way has not been resolved, but these benefits have been obtained, and the people can also calm down their grievances.

At the same time, it is also establishing the authority of the new political axe to the people of Sichuan, and all the senior members of the military and political axe have agreed on the general direction after careful discussion, mainly some details of the problem, and finally approved by the parliament, becoming three bills, which were soon widely disseminated with the help of various newspapers, and even spread to other provinces.

The Constitutional Party in various places saw the strong will of the Sichuan military and political axe to protect and develop industry and commerce, the centigold was a major maladministration of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now it was abolished, which had a huge boost to commercial and trade exchanges, although the Constitutionalists in the provinces had not really begun to oppose the Qing court, but many people of insight were also shouting for the abolition of the centigold, and the proposal of reducing the burden on the peasants was also refreshing, and now the Chinese mainly focus on the cities, believing that China's industry is far behind the West, and it is necessary to develop industrial commerce and focus on the cities, Ignoring the focus on the countryside, with the passage of the bill to limit rent and interest, some people have also set their sights on the peasants.

With the promulgation of the bill, the local authorities have begun to take action, and the centigold checkpoints have been abolished one by one, and the counties have given subsidies to poor students in accordance with the regulations, renovated school buildings, improved teachers' salaries, and a series of actions, and usury has also been restricted.

The most striking thing is the problem of land rent, the Chinese people have been dealing with land for thousands of years, although Sichuan is known as a rich province, but the rent is also very high, the land in Dongchuan is slightly barren, but also close to half of the rent, and the principle of Xichuan Ping is more, even to reach six or seven percent, if the highest rent does not exceed three percent to calculate, and there is more than one time of the grain left, a year can be calculated to be able to eat fine grain, plus the abolition of the tax cardi, the common people can suddenly increase their income a lot, How can I not be happy to be able to exchange for more products?

The people of Dongchuan have benefited, and the farmers of Xichuan are also looking forward to the implementation of the three bills as soon as possible, so that the burden on their bodies will be lighter.