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"On the other hand, the six years of Hongwu decided the future and the future of China, and it was in this year that China began its unprecedented sharp change, which is fundamental...... And the most fundamental sharp change is the sharp change from subjects to people. In the decades that followed, 40,000,000 subjects of His Majesty the Emperor became nationals of the Chinese Empire through continuous national transformation, a change that began in the sixth year of Hongwu, but surprisingly, this change began with the nationalization of the military. ”

One Hundred Years of Empire

"The people of the village office, in the past, relied on the gentry of the people's prestige, but now they have to send soldiers to the village office, in this case, those who are retired ...... Well, how to determine the identity of the soldier in the township? ”

In the study room of the palace, in the face of His Majesty's request, Yuan Shikai had already begun to calculate what was on paper with a pen. Last year, after ending his tenure as governor of Dongying, he returned to Nanking and was promoted to the rank of Imperial Minister of Civil Affairs, second only to the Prime Minister in the Cabinet.

It can be said that Yuan Shikai at this time is already a very prominent minister, but even so, he is still cautious, after all, he still understands the truth of being cold in high places.

After pondering for a moment, Tang Haoran shook his head and said:

"The part-time archivist and postman of the village office have to mediate a bunch of small disputes, so they should be regarded as civil servants. Having said that, according to the provisions of the military law of the Imperial Army, the standing army was given a full allowance of four dollars per month, and after three years of service, the reserve soldier was given a monthly allowance of two dollars; After five years of retirement, he will be retired as a soldier in the township, with an allowance of one yuan per month; In peacetime, they do their jobs, and in winter they train for one month, and they are removed from the military for another ten years......"

To a large extent, in the process of the creation of the Northeast Army, Tang Haoran fully referred to the organizational regulations of the Beiyang Army, especially the provisions of the Standing Army, the Continuing Army, and the Reserve Army. "A contract of up to 18 years was signed, during which the soldier received his salary from the state even if he was discharged, which should be a subtitle."

Thanks to the improvement of the status of military personnel and the forced promotion of compulsory military service, the current military has always been the best recruited, after all, every citizen who has reached the age of 18 is required to serve in the military, and the current army is often crowded with the best rural children in China - 95% of the soldiers come from the countryside.

In fact, this is the difference between the army and the navy, which tend to be mud-legged - soldiers are mostly from the countryside, and navy soldiers are mostly from the cities, the former serving because of the law, while the latter serving because of the longing for the sea. Even the officers of the two are the same, and correspondingly, compared with the army, which is also acceptable to illiteracy, the navy has higher requirements for the quality of soldiers, and even now the navy has put forward the basic conditions that must be higher and primary schools, and this is precisely the biggest weakness of the rural children.

It is precisely because of this that Tang Haoran's plan of "tax exemption for rural servicemen" will not be invalidated because of the distinction between urban and rural areas, but this does not mean that there is no preferential treatment for urban soldiers, and the corresponding retirement pension for urban soldiers will be appropriately increased. In short, it is fair to the soldiers, and they will not be disadvantaged because of their different origins.

In Tang Haoran's original plan, it was only to support a "privileged class in the countryside" through "tax incentives", and then serve as the "cornerstone of the countryside" to stabilize the countryside, while ensuring the state's control over the countryside, and preventing any "turmoil" in the countryside.

But now, with the refinement of the plan, the original "preferential treatment of soldiers" has turned to another direction - "militarization", militarization in preparation for future wars!

If it is said that when Tang Haoran was administering in Northeast China, the preparations he made were to prepare for the reunification of the country and the confrontation with Russia, then the current preparations are for the benefit of China for a century, and it is precisely because of this that "militarization" has become inevitable, and of course, more importantly, this is also a requirement for national transformation.

In the past 10 years, military personnel and military dependents have enjoyed a certain degree of preferential treatment, such as military families can hang the "royal dragon badge" and so on, but this is often limited to honor, compared with honor, this time, Tang Haoran is ready to give them a more practical Northeast - tax exemption.

Of course, thanks to the land registration after the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the government has the number of acres of land for each military family, and the law prohibits it, so there is absolutely no so-called "investment". And more importantly, this is limited to soldiers, and the families of officers still need to pay a field tax, after all, compared to those soldiers who only have a monthly allowance of four yuan, the income of officers has always been quite good.

These preferential conditions are bound to further enhance the social status of military personnel, and they are not limited to the literal "military personnel are glorious and sacred" in the law, but now, according to the requirements of military nationalization, military personnel will be further sacred, thus fundamentally changing the traditional concept that "good men should not be soldiers."

"Therefore, there is no need to pay additional allowances, and in this way, every few years, a new batch of soldiers will enter the village office, so to speak, such an arrangement does not require additional funds from the central and local governments! Just like the teachers now! Aren't those royal teachers also not required to pay extra salaries? ”

"Well, in the village council now, the teacher often plays a decisive role."

Yuan Shikai said truthfully that among the new rural gentry class, the "royal teachers" can be said to be a class that has only been formed in recent years, and they have become the spokesmen of the imperial power in the people, responsible for assisting the county government in managing the countryside, and even shouldering the responsibility of educating the ordinary people.

This is the biggest difference between this generation of teachers - originally most of them were children and talents who did not have much direct contact with the empire, and they may even have no food and clothing in the old dynasty, but after the establishment of the new dynasty, through large-scale accelerated teacher training, the government solved their worries about food and clothing, solved their background, and even gave them a certain "status" - the power to supervise the village office.

It is precisely because of this connection that this generation of teachers is grateful to the royal family. But now, Tang Haoran is worried about whether those "outstanding rural students" who have received five years of free teacher education will be able to be like their predecessors, grateful to the royal family and infinitely loyal to the empire.

Of course, this is not possible - because whether it is loyalty or resistance, it is actually driven by profit! The former is loyal to the royal family because of interests, and the latter is also dissatisfied with the society because of dissatisfaction with interests, which is the fundamental difference between the two, and because of this, in order to prevent problems before they burn, it has become the only choice to use another group of people to balance the influence of teachers in the countryside.

"Your Majesty, if the soldiers enter the village office, and the village self-government council still has to reserve seats for the soldiers, will it have an impact on the self-government?"

Shaking his head, Tang Haoran raised his eyes to look at Yuan Shikai and shook his head and said.

"Those soldiers in the countryside will not monopolize everything, just like teachers, they are only a member of Xinkun in the countryside, and the soldiers in the countryside will be the "new gentry" in the countryside, why can't they enter the village self-government, and they enter the village self-government association in order to promote the "new life" in the rural areas of the country, the core of this new life is militarized and disciplined, and it is difficult to do it only by relying on the royal teachers......"

After a pause, he looked at Cai Yuanpei on the side, he is the Minister of Education, and the "new life of citizens" will be carried out by the General Staff Department in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, of course, this is only a name, a project to promote the "nationalization of the military", promote national transformation, and seek "national stability in the next 50 years".

"Of course, I'm not saying that the teachers are not good enough, they are doing a good job, six years ago, the national literacy ratio was only 10%, and now it is 35%, which is thanks to the efforts of three million royal teachers, but what we need to see is that although the literacy rate needs to be improved, the quality of the people still needs to be improved, compared with the general public, the military pays more attention to hygiene, in the countryside, the cleanest and most tidy family, not the gentry, not the teacher's family, but the township soldiers, They have brought the internal habits of the army into their personal lives, but our current goal is to make all citizens accept the new hygiene habits and living habits through "military and national education for the whole people." ”

At any time, to do anything, you need a name, even if it is "decentralization", even if it is to prevent trouble, you need a high-sounding name. Just like no one will ever know, Tang Haoran is not thinking about "national transformation" at this time, but how to restrict the influence of teachers in the countryside, so as to stabilize the countryside.

took out a cigar from the cigarette case on the table, put it in his mouth, and after lighting the cigar, Tang Haoran took a deep puff of cigarette.

Therefore, I believe that it is precisely with the township soldiers as the core to mobilize and control the grassroots units and promote the modernization of the rural areas, and that only the township soldiers who are most organized, disciplined, and have sufficient culture and insight can shoulder this heavy responsibility. As for the local power groups, they are also local power groups under the control of the central government, which can cope with the tendency of localism to rise after the autonomy of prefectures and prefectures. Regardless of whether you are a township, a county, or a city, the center can maintain control over the grassroots through the military unions at all levels in the township. ”

Shang Dequan, as the Minister of War, the field marshal who was admired by the Western military circles because of the Battle of Houbell, immediately showed a look of appreciation when he heard His Majesty say this, but at the same time he understood that it would be difficult for this plan to gain the support of the government.

Especially now, six years after the founding of the Empire, the system of civil officials is being challenged by the localities, from the various councils, which have ceased to be satisfied with being mere advisory bodies, and who are also hungry for power, and the civil officials, who actually hold power, have been challenged by the council's demand for autonomy.

Of course, no one here will ever question His Majesty's words, and even in the eyes of Yuan Shikai, the former governor in Dongying, the Council is a scourge at all - at least in Dongying, local autonomy will inevitably lead to the rise of local powers, and this may even affect China's control over the four provinces of Dongying, but for the Council, as the only governor in China's administrative system, he cannot say anything, after all, the establishment of councils at all levels is His Majesty's request, and even Nanjing is the Imperial Council. His Majesty will mention that when the time comes, the Consultative Council, which plays a certain role in the Congress, will become the Imperial Congress and participate in the formulation of the national constitution.

Of course, this is the future - a future that no one knows. In China, there may be calls for a constitution. But the voice is not strong, and even if there is, it is confined to the legal profession, and as for the common people - they do not know what the constitution is. As for the imperial court itself, although it has mentioned the constitution many times, whenever asked about the time, there is always only one answer -- "when the time is ripe."

"China's fundamental problem is the agricultural problem, and the agricultural problem is the problem of the countryside, and the problem of the countryside is the problem of the peasants, as long as we solve the problem of the peasants, then China's problems will also be solved, I do not deny that the peasants are more simple than the urban residents, but the long-term bad living habits of the 300 million rural areas have seriously restricted the degree of development of our country!"

Speaking, Tang Haoran looked at everyone, although in the past many years, through the establishment of the health police, the health of the city and the health of urban residents have been fundamentally changed, but it is only limited to the city, after all, the current financial resources have not reached the point of setting up the health police in the countryside, and even only some key markets will set up police stations, and their role is public security, household registration and taxation, as for the supervision of the health of the people in the jurisdiction, they are also more than enough and not enough, But in the countryside there are millions of soldiers in the countryside.

On the other hand, the transformation of bad living habits is only one of them, and what is more important is to take the transformation of bad living habits as a breakthrough point to transform their national character, which is the most fundamental starting point.

"Compared with the police, these are more reasonable in the countryside, basically in every village, so we must use the military, through the national military education, improve the quality of the people, change the people only know individualism, but do not know the status quo of the rest! So as to achieve the ultimate goal of transforming the national character! (To be continued.) )