After returning from the investigation in various places, Xiao Zhenlei saw the measurement and statistics of acres of land submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Cabinet, and his heart became heavier and heavier.

In early November, Xiao Zhenlei convened an agricultural work conference, which was attended by officials in charge of agriculture from all provinces across the country, in addition to the minister of agriculture and water conservancy.

At the meeting, Xiao Zhenlei took the statistical survey report of the agricultural department and said: "This is the report of the survey statistics of the agricultural department on the national grain planting area that I just saw, this year we have a total of 1.628 billion mu of grain crop planting area in the country, if you calculate according to the general annual yield of two stones per mu, the whole country can collect 32.56 stones, and now my country's population is 460 million. ”

Officials in charge of agriculture in dozens of provinces present immediately calculated it, and someone quickly calculated it and reported the number: "It's 7 stones!" ”

"That's right!" Xiao Zhenlei slapped the table and said loudly: "Everyone can get 7 stones, if you really want to be able to get 7 stones, then everyone can be full, not only can they be full, but they also have a surplus, but what about the actual situation?" Up to now, more than half of the people are still living on the line of life and death without enough to eat, so where does the surplus food go? Can you sue me? ”

Someone said: "President, every year our country exports a lot of grain to foreign countries, and the export price is of course higher than the domestic price (it is higher, and it can only be exported if it can be sold at a reasonable price, and there is still a part of the grain that is hidden at home by the landlord class and refuses to sell, maybe because he is worried that there will be a bad year in the future, or maybe he feels that the price of grain is too low and it is not cost-effective to sell!) ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "That's right! In the past, when the years were bad. The common people have nothing to eat, and they have nothing to eat when the year is good. Why is that? The year is not good, and the grain production is low. It's normal to not have food, why is there no food to eat when the grain yield is high? In the past, the prices were completely set by the merchants themselves, and the merchants put the grain output high, so they lowered the prices by a large margin, and the peasants could not sell much grain at a low price, but they had to pay the land rent, and the land rent was in arrears this year. Tomorrow it will still be unaffordable, so this situation must be curbed, on the one hand, to protect the yeoman farmers, that is, the farmers who have a few acres of land at home, and at the same time to protect the tenants, that is, the farmers who have no land, how to protect it? I've been thinking about a few ways to do it in the past few days, and you'll see if it's feasible. First, the government issued an administrative decree to protect the interests of yeoman farmers. In the spring of each year, the relevant government units set the minimum annual grain purchase price, and the price at which both government units and non-governmental private grain and oil companies purchase grain from farmers must not be lower than the price set by the government. After the promulgation of the decree, it is necessary to supervise the implementation of the decree, and if the implementation of any decree is not effective, it will be in vain. If anyone dares to commit a crime against the wind, they will be strictly investigated and dealt with. Second. The government issued decrees to protect the interests of tenants, who did not own their own land. In order to protect the interests of tenants, the government must issue a decree stipulating that landlords can only collect money from tenants when they collect rent, and they are not allowed to collect grain, and they must stipulate how much rent per mu of rented land should be, according to the upper, middle, and lower third-class fields, the rent per mu of high-grade fields should not exceed, and the rent per mu of low-class fields should not exceed! In this way, the tenants did not have to hand over the grain to the landlord, but left enough food for their own food and then sold the surplus, and part of the money obtained was used to pay the landlord's rent, and the rest was kept for the family! ”

After hearing this, an official raised his hand and said: "President, in this case, I am afraid that there will be no grain merchants engaged in the grain business, and if the minimum grain purchase price set by the government is too much higher than the market price, who will do this business?" There are some places where grain is not produced, and if there are no merchants who bring grain to buy it, there will be a food shortage there? ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "This question is a good question, but what I want to say is that it is impossible for grain merchants to be without interests, and besides, the minimum grain price stipulated by the government cannot be set too high, and the price must be formulated after investigation and statistics, and the peasants must be guaranteed to have enough to eat, have clothes to wear, and have a slight surplus, of course, these two policies have great benefits to the peasants, but they have harmed the interests of the landlord class, and at the same time have increased the living pressure of the urban population, why? Because the urban population needs to buy grain, but the peasants don't need to, they eat their own surplus grain, and if the price of grain is high, the cost of living of the urban population will be relatively high, which is obvious, but it is worth it, because the peasants in our country account for the vast majority, accounting for more than 90 percent, if you don't let the peasants have enough to eat, they will rebel against you, can you withstand it? In any case, first solve the problem of peasants' food, as long as the peasant problem is solved, other problems can be solved slowly, but this problem of hunger cannot be delayed, and if it is delayed, it will drag out the problem! ”

Everyone nodded in unison after hearing Xiao Zhenlei's words, didn't they? Traditionally, the peasants have been the main body of rebellion, and the rebellion of other strata will not succeed without the support of the peasants, so as long as the peasants are appeased, others will be busy rebelling in vain.

The applause continued for several minutes before stopping, and Xiao Zhenlei said again: "Of course, just letting the government issue these two decrees still can't completely solve the problem, according to the amount of arable land we have, our country itself is not short of grain, some of the grain is exported, and some of it is hidden at home by the landlord, and it is better to rot than sell it at a low price." The government issued a decree stipulating that tenants should only pay the rent of the land rent in the future, and no longer give grain directly, and the problem of landlords storing grain will be solved, but how can the problem of export be solved? Isn't it sick that the people of our own country don't have enough to eat, and we have to sell it to other countries? It's not that those merchants are sick, but that the merchants are profit-seeking, and that can't be blamed on them, but on whom? Isn't it the responsibility of those of us in power to blame those in power for letting those merchants sell grain abroad, knowing that our own people will not have enough to eat?

In the past, people always said that the emperor was the son of heaven, the people were the emperor's people, the emperor was the emperor on behalf of the heavens, and the ministers and officials were shepherds the four directions on behalf of the emperor, what does this mean, what does it really mean is that the ministers and officials are to manage the people well on behalf of the emperor, find ways to let them eat well, eat warm clothes, and live a carefree life, instead of thinking of the law to enslave them.

There are always some people who think that when they become officials, they should enjoy it, and they should let those people honor him, think that they are superior to others, and look down on those people. You should understand a truth, it is not that the higher the official position, the more powerful and blessed you are, regardless of the life and death of the people, a person who has such a thought, his official is not long, I hope you can remember a sentence, the higher the official position, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility! ”

At this time, someone raised his hand and said: "President, I think I understand what you mean, in addition to the above measures, we should also try to restrict grain exports at this stage, but our government cannot clearly stipulate that businessmen are not allowed to sell grain abroad, after all, the purchase price of grain abroad is relatively high, and the introduction of such a decree will discourage the enthusiasm of businessmen, then there is only one way to solve this problem, that is, to raise grain export tariffs, It is gratifying to note that some time ago, thanks to the efforts of the President and the comrades of the Central Committee, our country has withdrawn its tariff autonomy! ”

After listening to this official's words, other officials immediately discussed that the method of raising grain export tariffs was indeed a good way.

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and affirmed: "Okay, this method of raising grain export tariffs can not only curb large-scale grain exports, but also increase China's tariff revenue, and we can use these tariff revenues to engage in infrastructure design and construction, and subsidize these money to farmers." Of course, in addition to this method, we also need to think of ways to improve the grain varieties themselves and from the methods of farming and management.

At present, the average grain yield in China is too low, although it was low in the past, but can we improve the improved varieties through the method of artificial cultivation? Is it possible to increase grain production in this way? At today's meeting, I have invited several scholars and scientists engaged in agricultural research in China, and now I invite them to talk to us! ”

A middle-aged researcher stood up and said, "Hello President, Hello Chiefs! We believe that it is entirely possible to increase grain production by improving improved grain varieties, and scientists in Europe and the United States have already achieved certain research results, and in accordance with the instructions of the president, we have now set up a special research institute to specialize in the study of improved grain varieties, and we have made initial progress.

On the one hand, we can fertilize the land, in addition to organic fertilizers, we can also produce some inorganic fertilizers to increase the nutrition of the soil and increase the yield of food, and we also think that intensive cultivation can be carried out to increase food production, in addition to maintaining the fertility of the soil, we should study the habits of food crops and manage them according to their habits. Maintain plenty of sunshine, moisture, and temperature ??????".

The meeting, chaired by Xiao Zhenlei, was very successful, and the direction and methods of rural agricultural work in the next five years were determined, and a solid step was taken in agricultural work, which also laid the foundation for thoroughly resolving the peasant problem in the future. (To be continued......) R1292