Soon, the landlords of various households heard that Taiwan was going to implement the so-called stepped agricultural tax, which made many landlords who owned a lot of land very dissatisfied. Because the vast majority of those landlords own more than 50 acres of land, and this also has to bear 20 percent of the tax, which is too high for them. Originally, the 375 rent reduction and interest reduction were divided by the tenants by more than 10 percent, but now the government is so ruthless in collecting taxes again, collecting 20 percent at once, so how can their remaining money be able to maintain their luxurious life? So they decided to make a fuss, and their families began to join forces and prepare to go to the Governor's Palace in Taipei to protest.

"Protest, protest against the Taiwan Governor-General's Office competing with the people for profit!" "Protest, the Governor's Mansion is competing with the people for profit, and the people are not given a way to live." "The Governor's Mansion imposed heavy taxes on the people, which was a tyranny......

Outside the Governor's Palace, hundreds of well-mannered students were protesting, they were obviously very dissatisfied with Wang Guorui's step-by-step tax collection, and they said that Wang Guorui's policy was to compete with the people for profit, to impose heavy taxes on the people, and to act of tyranny. And their core is actually that they don't want Wang Guorui to implement a tiered tax system, and then let them continue to enjoy a luxurious life. And these scholars are also landlords, or people who want to become landlords. Because in ancient times, reading was to be able to become a landlord, and then own land to exploit the people. But now Wang Guorui is so ruthless that he directly cut off their future, which is simply too ruthless. If this tax system is implemented, it will be unprofitable to be a landlord.

However, while the scholars outside were noisy, the inside of the Governor's Palace was quiet, and it was not affected by the people outside.

"Lao Hu, how are the statistics? What is the attitude of the people towards the implementation of the new policy in our Governor's Palace? Wang Guorui asked.

And this "old Hu" is actually Hu Wei's father Hu Chuan. Formerly Taitung Zhizhou in Taiwan. According to the original history, Hu Chuan should have crossed to Xiamen on the mainland after the failure of the anti-Japanese resistance, and died not long after. But this time the anti-Japanese resistance was not only successful, but his son became one of the most important heroes of the anti-Japanese resistance, so he was so relieved that his body and bones were heroic again. There is no experience of national breaking. Mentally not hit, plus the son has also become the atmosphere, that is, the natural body is getting better and better.

As for arranging his work, Wang Guorui also arranged for him to become the chief of staff of the Governor's Mansion and the chief steward of the Governor's Palace. And Wang Guorui also hoped that he could help him undertake some of the process of handing over the old and new bureaucratic systems, so he arranged for him to become the chief of staff of the Governor's Office. And many people are also envious of the Hu family, because his son has become the second-in-command in Taiwan's military, and his father is also one of the most trusted people in Governor Wang Guorui. Their position in Taiwan is very lofty.

"Governor Wang, according to the investigation and statistics of the Statistics Department of our General Office, these people who participated in the disturbance are all scholars. As for the ordinary people, they did not participate in these troubles, they all benefited from the 375 rent reduction, and they all hoped that this tiered tax system would be implemented as much as possible. For although they can all deduce that when the time comes, the ladder of taxation begins, and that owning too much land is not only not a profitable business. On the contrary, it is cumbersome. Even in order to invest in the cost of entering, this makes many people feel loss-making. Recently, the price of land in Taiwan has fallen by two and a half percent. And there is no trend to the end. And ordinary people also hope that this method can be continued, and then the price of land will be smashed, so that ordinary people can also afford to buy land. ”

Wang Guorui smiled, he knew that the effect of the new policy had been initially reflected, and the biggest manifestation was that land prices had begun to fall. Because the more land you own in the New Deal, the higher the taxes you need to pay, and being a landlord is already a less lucrative profession. And land in the hand is not only not a money-making thing. Instead, it's a burden. As the policy continued, the taxes on those who owned more land became higher and stricter for those who owned the land. At that time, they will inevitably be forced to sell their land to avoid these high taxes.

The wealth they exploited from the tenants of the common people was not enough to pay the taxes, and even after paying the taxes, there was not much money left. It's not enough for your own luxury life, so what's the point? They will inevitably choose to sell the land, but once the land is sold intensively, the price of the land will naturally start to plummet. However, at this time, the peasants were not in a hurry, because a lot of economics paid attention to buying up rather than buying down, and when the price went up, a large group of people rushed to buy it to avoid growing taller in the future, which further pushed up the price. But once it falls, there are many people who want to fall harder, and then wait for themselves to buy it at the lowest price.

When those ordinary farmers know that the landlord has started to sell land, they will naturally not rush to buy it, and then they will continue to wait for the price of land to fall, and then it is the landlord who is worried! The price of land is constantly falling, but no one is coming to buy it, so I am afraid that they will all have to smash it.

As for some landlords, they were unwilling, and they gathered some scholars and came to the Taiwan Governor's Mansion to make trouble, hoping to force Wang Guorui to cancel the policy through guò trouble. Because that's what they usually do, they've been making trouble for hundreds of years to force the government to do away with policies that benefit the people and not the landlords. They all have a set of realities, misinterpret the policy, and then if they can't misinterpret it, they will make trouble, as long as they make things bigger, then they will threaten the government in turn, and let the government cancel the policy of benefiting the people.

And many people are also uneducated, and do not know that the government is for their good, so they will blindly obey and make trouble with the landlord because of the landlord's wanton propaganda. There were a lot of such situations in Wang Mang's era, Wang Mang's policy was actually for the good of the people, but at that time, the people had no culture, so they naturally didn't know whether the policy was good or bad, and it all depended on the landlord's mouth. As a result, the people at that time began to oppose the government for their good, which has to be said to be a sadness.

"Are you going to mobilize those mud legs?" A landowner asked.

"They're not coming! They didn't come to us for anything, they knew that Wang Guorui was for their good, because they were waiting for the new policy to be implemented, and then forced us to sell the land! Now the price of land has begun to dive, and those mud legs hope so! Someone said right away.

"Bastard, those mud legs aren't easy to fool around! This Wang Guorui's propaganda team is really ruthless, and he actually thought of using this kind of performance to publicize, but as a result, those mud legs are not something we can deceive casually, they would rather believe in the government's propaganda team than believe us. Now they have listened to the Governor's Palace, and are waiting for the Governor's new policy to come down, and then they are waiting to come and buy our land. ”

Because of Wang Guorui's propaganda team, many people are not blindly following the landlord. Usually, every time a landlord makes a disturbance, they can respond to every call and directly incite thousands or even tens of thousands of people to make trouble, but now they can only incite some so-called people who admire the life of the landlord or are born in the landlord. After all, these people are a minority, and the people who can come to Taiwan are only a few hundred, which is not comparable to tens of thousands of people in the past.

"But is that all we have to say? If we go on like this, we won't be able to survive at all! Someone said.

"Continue to make trouble, let those scholars oppose this Wang Guorui, and see if Wang Guorui will have any scruples about the impact?"

"Protest against the Governor's Palace!" "Protest against the Governor's Palace's heavy taxes on the people!" "Protest against the Governor's Palace not giving the people a way to live!" ……

"Folks, follow us to oppose it, we are also for your good!" A reader shouted.

But those ordinary people didn't follow them to make trouble at all, after all, ordinary people had also gone through the propaganda team and knew that the Governor's Mansion was for their good, and these scholars were making trouble in order to continue to exploit them, so they could easily distinguish who was the one who was good to them, and naturally they would not follow these scholars to make trouble.

The scholars continued to shout, but no one in the Governor's Mansion came out to pay any attention to them. The Governor's Mansion didn't explain anything when they shouted, as if it didn't take them seriously at all. And these people are all tired of shouting and shouting, they didn't expect that Wang Guorui, the governor of Taiwan, would care so much about the impact, and so many people would come to oppose him and not come out to explain. If it is the imperial court on the mainland, then if so many scholars come out to make trouble, then the officials must come out to explain, otherwise they will look down on them. But now Wang Guorui seems to be fine, so he let them shout, anyway, when they are tired of shouting, no one will bring them food and water. And these pampered readers soon couldn't stand it anymore, because they were thirsty and hungry for a long time.

These guys still treat Wang Guorui like Manchu officials, thinking that officials should spoil them and get used to them, but they don't know that Wang Guorui has treated them as stinky shit in his heart, and he can trample them to death at will.

"Ouyang, next, I'll let you see what is called Xiucai's rebellion, it won't work in three years!" Wang Guorui said to Ouyang Xuan, the executive premier. (To be continued......)