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Long Yufei has wanted to observe the people's feelings and see for himself how the people are living, and he has been thinking for a long time. It's just that there have been a lot of things before, either foreign wars or peace talks, or preparations for the throne. Now, the country has finally begun to enter the stage of normal development, and he is also free and has time to go down and take a look.

Long Yufei is now the emperor of the empire, and he wants to pay a private visit to the people and observe the people's feelings, which is a big deal! When Long Yufei just put forward this idea, it was strongly opposed by Prime Minister Li Decheng and a number of cabinet ministers. Subsequently, General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, and General Zhao Yi, Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Minister of Logistics and Equipment, also expressed their opposition. Although the Chinese Empire had been formed, the war with the Manchus had ceased. However, many areas south of the Yangtze River are still not very calm. Some stragglers who were scattered in the war, and some diehards who were dissatisfied with the Chinese Empire, fled into the mountains and fell into the grass, these people not only destroyed the stability and unity of the local area, but also had a severe impact on the safety of the lives and property of the common people of the Chinese Empire. Although Long Yufei has already issued an order, asking the army and local police to cooperate closely to exterminate these bandits and robbers as soon as possible. But this qiē requires a process. In the face of a large number of bandits, it will take a certain amount of time to exterminate them in a short time. If Long Yufei Weifu encounters these bandits during a private visit, it will be troublesome. The bandits didn't care how noble Long Yufei was, a bullet. will still take Long Yufei's life.

Queen Luo Yuhua even expressed her opposition. looked at Long Yufei with tears in his eyes, no matter how Long Yufei guaranteed that nothing would happen to him, it was useless. If it weren't for the fact that Prince Longhua was still young. Maybe Luo Yuhua will have to follow Long Yufei for a private visit. After all, Luo Yuhua was a pirate leader who galloped the South China Sea back then, and his hands were agile, far from being comparable to Long Yufei, an otaku with industrious limbs.

Under Long Yufei's strong request, none of this could become an obstacle. However, Li Hu, the chief of the guard, was under tremendous pressure. Prime Minister Li Decheng raised his orders and demanded that Li Hu must do a good job in security work. The Chief of the General Staff, General Niu Meng, said directly to him. If Long Yufei has three long and two short, then he will directly chop Li Hu and feed it to the dog. Queen Luo Yuhua also solemnly asked Li Hu to take care of Long Yufei. Requirements for these people. Li Hu had no choice but to pat his chest and promise that nothing would happen. If Long Yufei was missing a hair, he would raise his head to see him. Otherwise. He simply had no way to explain it to everyone.

In order to ensure the safety of Long Yufei. Li Hu directly transferred a company of people from the palace guards. One of the platoons acted with Long Yufei, and the other two platoons, one in front and one behind, could echo each other in case of danger. In addition, the Military Intelligence Directorate and the National Intelligence Service have also worked together to deploy dozens of intelligence officers. Scattered around Long Yufei's team, closely watching. If the crisis is discovered. Alert immediately. That's not all, General Niu Meng, chief of the General Staff, transferred a cavalry battalion from the headquarters and followed Long Yufei and them from a distance, using the terrain as a cover, but actually providing protection for Long Yufei and them. In case of danger, they will be the first to rescue.

It can be said that Long Yufei's private visit to the micro-service this time has made everyone choke enough. However, under Long Yufei's strict request, only the top officials of the empire knew about his private visit, and the officials of the provinces below did not know about it. Only then will he be able to see what he wants to see, and not what has been covered up.

Zhou Yuan, Minister of Civil Affairs, was responsible for accompanying Long Yufei on this private visit to Weifu. The main thing of Long Yufei's trip is to see the lives of ordinary people. This is closely related to the affairs that Minister of Civil Affairs Zhou Yuan is responsible for. Of course, Zhou Yuan was also entrusted by Prime Minister Li Decheng of the Cabinet, asking him to complete the task and not have problems.

Long Yufei and his entourage disguised themselves as businessmen, and after leaving Guangzhou, they went all the way north. At this moment, the construction of the railway from Guangzhou to Wuchang has begun. The Xinhua army brought in 200,000 natives from Nanyang in the first batch. These natives, all in shackles, are engaged in the hardest and most dangerous work. Other, relatively safe jobs, employing rural farmers. For these farmers, not only do they take care of the food on the construction site, but they also receive a salary of at least 3 yuan a month, which is much better than their farming. As a result, many farmers have left enough land to work on their families, and then they have sent their surplus labor to the construction site. For a time, the construction site was in full swing. The progress of railway construction has been greatly improved.

Because Guangdong was the first to be occupied by the Xinhua State, it was also the first to implement the new policy. In addition, after a large number of ordinary people were immigrated to Nanyang, the remaining landless and landless peasants were also allocated land. Everyone's life is obviously much better. Long Yufei is quite satisfied with the development of Guangdong. Although, in his opinion, many villages are still poor, and the faces of the common people are still vegetable, but on the whole, the development is good. If this development continues for another two years, the lives of the common people will get better and better. When the common people live well, they will inevitably thank the state and the emperor. At that time, the rule of the Chinese Empire will naturally be solidified.

At the beginning of March, Long Yufei and his entourage passed through the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong and entered the mountainous areas of southern Hunan. As soon as he entered Hunan, Long Yufei clearly felt it. There is a big gap between the living standards of the common people in Hunan and Guangdong. Of course, this is because Hunan was only incorporated into the Chinese Empire last year, and various reform measures have only just begun, and they have not yet been able to bear fruit. When the results of the reform are brought into play, it will be much better!

On the official road, Long Yufei and Minister of Civil Affairs Zhou Yuan came in a carriage, surrounded by palace guards in civilian clothes. There were also a few horse-drawn wagons in the back that were camouflaged, and from the outside, it was some linen and other goods, but in fact, inside were some weapons and equipment. A carriage was loaded with two 80-mm medium mortars and two boxes of shells. Of course, under normal circumstances, these weapons will not be used. Everyone hopes that Long Yufei's trip this time will be safe and stable, and there will be no chaos. Otherwise, if there is a loss, then they will never be able to apologize.

"Lord Zhou, it seems that now except for the situation in Guangdong, which is slightly better, the situation in the rest of the places is not very optimistic!" Long Yufei said with a frown. The life of the common people is too hard, which makes him, the emperor, not feel good in his heart.

"Your Majesty, everything is difficult at the beginning. The Manchu government tossed these ordinary people so badly, and it was not so easy for them to live a good life! Zhou Yuan sighed and said.

"How are we doing with our immigration policy and land redemption policy?" Long Yufei asked. In most parts of the country, there is a concentration of zài, the vast majority of the land is in the hands of a few landlords, and most of the peasants have no land. In order to solve this situation, one is to relocate the surplus population to the sparsely populated Nanyang and Australia, and the other is to buy the land in the hands of the landlords and distribute it to the common people. In this way, if the people have their own land, their enthusiasm for production will be mobilized, and their lives will be better and better.

"Your Majesty, governments at all levels have promulgated our policies, but there has not been much response. From last year to now, there are only about 10 million people who have signed up for immigration, and these people are really unable to survive in the local area, so they plan to go outside for a while. More people are unable to leave their homeland, and would rather be poor in their hometown than go out. As for land redemptions, the vast majority of landlords refused to sell their land to the government. If the government does not have a surplus of land, it will naturally not be able to distribute it to the landless and landless peasants. Everyone's life will not improve! Zhou Yuan introduced. The feudal power in Chinese mainland is much deeper than that in Nanyang, and after thousands of years of feudal rule, it is not so easy to break it. It was very difficult to carry out some of the new policies of the Chinese Empire.

Long Yufei nodded, his brows furrowed tightly. He had long expected that the reform would encounter great resistance, and these resistance mainly came from the squires. Compared with ordinary peasants, they are much wealthier, and they also have the opportunity to read and see more, so they naturally have more ghost ideas. Those peasants were no match for them at all. In addition, in the rural areas, the clan power is very strong, and the power is almost in the hands of the clan elders. All these have become obstacles to the advancement of reform in Xinhuaguo.

"No matter how big the resistance, the reform must be carried forward. Only in this way can there be hope for our country and nation! Long Yufei said firmly. If this continues, the country will become more and more decaying, the people will become more and more impoverished and numb, and there will be no hope for the whole nation.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Governments at all levels are figuring out how to find a way. Zhou Yuan said.

In fact, the resistance of the empire at all levels of government, especially in the grassroots towns, was not limited to this. Even the lives of grassroots officials are not guaranteed, and there have been many incidents of officials being killed. This phenomenon was not suppressed until Long Yufei asked the garrisons and police everywhere to protect the officials and take the most severe punishment for those murderers. But even then, the situation is not promising! (To be continued......)