Revolution! Revolution!

The so-called revolution is generally about revolutionizing other people's lives.

It's not too difficult to give you a knife and let you kill others.

also give you a knife, not to mention let you cut your little brother, even if you cut off a finger by yourself, it will be very difficult.

The afternoon meeting proved this truth.

There is no suspense about the passage of the Compulsory Education Law.

The Compulsory Education Act is very simple, that is, to build more schools, and then let all children enter school before the age of eight, and they must study for at least nine years.

The school manages lunch, free tuition, and distributes teaching materials and uniforms.

This bill is a matter of doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, and naturally no one among the parliamentarians opposes it.

The parliamentarians didn't even ask where the money would come from, they understood that the government was ultimately going to collect money from the people, and who would object if the government could use the money for education?

The next "abolition order" will be very resistant.

The content of the "Abolition Decree" on the letterhead of the Provisional Government was actually very simple: all people were free people, the human trade was prohibited, and all those who were sold into slavery were immediately free.

This article can be said to touch the fundamental interests of all the gentry.

Which gentry's house has no maids and maids, and no concubines?

A lot of maids and concubines are bought at a high price!

As soon as Xie Niancheng finished reading it on the stage, he immediately fried the pot below, and immediately some people rose up to object: "Commander Xie, I know that the government has good intentions in introducing this policy, but." Many people's slaves and concubines are bought for a lot of money, and they are just let go, is this fair to those who pay for it? ”

"Commander Xie. Your family should know that many people in a lot of families don't know how to farm, and they don't know how to work, so they will do something to serve tea and water, if we let them go, this will push them to a dead end. ”

"Some slaves have sinned, and it is wrong for these sinners to be human beings? It's better than sending it to jail. I also want the government to spend money to raise the strong! ”

"'If you are not of my race, their hearts will be different', you say that the Han people are fine, those people of different races. I can't speak Chinese, so if I let them go, where will they go? ”

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"Everybody's quiet, everybody's quiet. Listen as I explain slowly. ”

Questions to be asked of these people. Xie Niancheng was prepared.

"Said to spend money to buy, this ransom fee, the government will pay for it, what price you bought it at that time, the government will give you how much money!"

"Say that you can't find a job, and after the slave and the subordinate are ransomed, I think your family still needs help, so it's a salary. Give them wages, but they are free. You can choose to do it, or you can choose not to do it. Moreover, employers can no longer abuse and abuse them. ”

"If you don't want to continue to work for your employer, after the government redeems you, these people will work for the government."

"The same goes for those who have committed crimes, if they are bought and sold, they will be paid by the government, and if they themselves are illegally arrested, they will be released free of charge."

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The conditions given by Xie Niancheng made all those who opposed it speechless.

In fact, everyone knows that these words are not the reason for their opposition to the abolition of slavery.

The reason is simple: if you have ten slaves, you are superior in every way to ten hired servants.

Someone began to find problems for Xie Niancheng.

"Commander Xie, many of the slaves are fifty or sixty years old, these people can't do much work, they are all raised by us, these people, if they are free, will the government also support them?"

"Yes, the government raises them."

The Bureau of Statistics does not eat dry rice, and Ye Xiaomei has specially counted this situation.

In this era, the average life expectancy of people is only about 40 years old, and as a slave, it is very rare to live past the age of 50. If you want to talk about this, you can't help but underestimate Xie Niancheng.

"Commander Xie, I see that the plan sent by the provisional government says that the reforms we want to carry out in Sichuan will not harm the interests of everyone and will be beneficial to everyone. I just want to ask, what is the benefit of this abolition of slavery to the original owner? ”

Xie Niancheng patiently explained: "Everyone is in the same boat now, and I won't say anything about it." The abolition of slavery is harmful to those who have slavery in the short term, but in the long run there are more benefits than disadvantages. There are slaves, to put it bluntly, it is just a low-priced service that buys a high-priced service. ”

"If you hire a worker to do something, you will definitely spend more money than a slave, but in the long run, if the slave is not mobile, and if the human resources are not mobile, the economy of the whole society will not develop, and if it cannot develop, everyone will suffer......

"Commander Xie, I don't understand, can you take what everyone can understand?"

Xie Niancheng shook his head and began to speak in the vernacular: "Let's put it this way, let you go back three thousand years to be the leader of the previous tribe, are you willing?" ”

"Of course not!" The lawmakers burst out laughing.

In this time and space, the history of the land of China has been recorded for almost 3,000 years.

Three thousand years ago, it was still the tribal era, and the tribal leaders of that era, in terms of material life, the standard of living was not as good as that of an ordinary yeoman farmer now.

"However, the tribal leaders at that time had hundreds of slaves!"

When Xie Niancheng said this, several parliamentarians who had the loudest opposition just now were speechless. They understood that Xie Niancheng was playing with his heart, but they couldn't come up with a reason to refute it.

Xie Niancheng said: "Everyone has slaves now, what kind of life can they live?" I would like to ask, do you have a car? Do you have a phone at home? Can I use clean running water? Can I use heating? ”

This series of questions silenced most of the gentry from small places.

These things they don't have at home. However, they know these things and want to use them.

"What do you mean by this, Commander Xie? Could it be that we can use these things without slaves? ”

Xie Niancheng, who was bombarded by advertisements in that time and space, naturally also knew the key to demagoguery - painting cakes first.

"That's right, if the Sichuan reform is successful. I can assure you that all of you, if you want to. You'll be able to live a good life with a car, a phone, running water and heating! ”

As soon as these words came out, the following was a sensation.

Those who can afford to use these, in some counties, even the county magistrate can't do it!

"Commander Xie, you won't lie to us, will you."

"I'll put it here, if Sichuan can reform according to the plan of the provisional government, it will definitely be able to do it."

The parliamentarians began to exchange words.

There was another bold statement: "Commander Xie." What if we were against abolition? ”

Without waiting for Xie Niancheng to speak, Peng De slapped the table and stood up.

"What do you people think? All hearts are made of flesh, and you are human beings. Aren't those who are now slaves human? It is also the benevolence of Commander Xie, if it is according to the ideas of our revolutionary soldiers, they should all be released unconditionally! If you don't let go, you will be counter-revolutionary. It is the object of our revolution. It's time to cut it all down! ”

When was the MP who was counted down by Pender said that? Just as he was about to have a seizure, the man next to him pulled his robe and sat him down. After sitting down, the councillor grumbled angrily: "Where did the puppet come from, such a su zhì can also be a councilor?" ”

"Shhhhh That is Master Peng! You know Luo Lin over there in Jiangjin, right? He organized a militia to help Yang E fight against the revolutionary army, and Commander Peng told him to lay down his arms within three days. will not be investigated, but Lao Luo will not do it. And also out of his mouth, guess what the result is? ”

"How's it going?" Lao Li looked at the angry Peng De over there, and asked in a low voice.

"The men of the Luo family, all of whom are sixteen years old, have been killed!"

Lao Li's neck was cold, and he didn't dare to speak again.

Xie Niancheng talked for a long time, and those who value self-interest were basically indifferent, and Peng De shouted like this, these people were really afraid.

Pender's words reminded them of some strange things recently.

In the past two months, some people in various localities who resolutely opposed the revolutionary army died inexplicably. Some were hit by a car while walking on the street and died, some died on the belly of Sister Yao, and some died at home.

At first, people didn't think anything about it. But there are so many people who died so wildly, as long as people who are not stupid can guess that most of these people's deaths are related to the revolutionary army.

During this period of time, Huang Yingjie's secret service secretly killed thousands of people, and even if they did things secretly, they would inevitably show some of their heads and tails.

Now there are rumors that there is a group of strangers in the revolutionary army who can take people's lives thousands of miles away!

Lao Li thought of the legend he heard, and cold sweat broke out.

"That's it, that's it, it's okay to hire a hired worker at home in the future."

Lao Li was terrified, thought about it, cleared his throat, and took the initiative to stand up and say: "Commander Xie!" You are a person who wakes up from a dream! Old and confused, confused...... I feel guilty now! Listen to me, how much have the servants of each family done for their families over the years? I mention yì, let the slaves be free! We don't want the government to pay for it, we have to settle the wages of the slaves! People say, isn't it? ”

This Lao Li's face changed so quickly that Xie Niancheng was a little surprised.

The other gentry obviously knew Lao Li better.

Seeing the drastic change in Lao Li's attitude, and then looking at the angry expressions of the revolutionary army councilors over there, who still doesn't know why Lao Li is soft?

Everyone calculated in their hearts that this slave was not a valuable asset to each family, and they could not offend the revolutionary army for such a trivial matter.

The parliamentarians applauded: "What Lao Li said is good, and it should be so!" ”

In the next vote, 87 votes to 13, the Abolition Decree was also passed.

Xie Niancheng was very satisfied with the results of the first day of the meeting, which was a good start.

However, Xie Niancheng also understood that the "Abolition Order" did not touch the core interests of the gentry, and it was expected that the gentry would be passed. It is estimated that the meeting in the next few days will not be so smooth, and the land reform and currency reform will touch the core interests and core values of the gentry.

Although the reform program was economically speaking, the gentry would not suffer.

But would the gentry, accustomed to grabbing wealth from the land and storing it with gold and silver, agree to hand over the land and precious metals such as gold and silver?

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PS: It's New Year's Eve soon, and Juhuo is here to wish everyone a happy new year, all the best, and a fortune! (To be continued......)