"Han Qing, do you know the specific situation?"

"The people of Liaoyang have been flooded, they can't afford to pay their rent, and now it's getting cold, and the hungry people are gathering to attack the local big families and grab food, and it is said that the number has reached tens of thousands."

Zhang Tinglan frowned, the Chinese people have always been the most endurance of the people, tens of thousands of people have not been forced to a dead end, this will never happen. In the same way, once there is a large-scale civil unrest, it means that the local situation is already extremely bad, and it is definitely not easy to solve it.

"Han Qing, let's resign to Uncle Wu immediately and hurry back to Fengtian." In order to be in a hurry, Zhang Tinglan left the large army in Taonan, and only took Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Tingshu, and a few guards rushed back to Fengtian, and Wu Junsheng personally sent them to the station.

On the way to the train station, Lao Wu kept peeking at Zhang Tinglan, he thought that he had overestimated Zhang Tinglan before, but now it seems that he still underestimated this little guy.

It stands to reason that the civil rebellion was first handled by the officials in charge of civil affairs, either by opening warehouses and releasing grain, or by giving porridge for relief. If there is a violent trouble, the army will be sent to suppress it, and this is done everywhere, and it has become accustomed to it, and there is nothing to do with Zhang Tinglan at all.

But now that there is a problem, Lao Zhang called Zhang Tinglan back as soon as possible, that must be to listen to his opinions, and to have a say in this kind of major matter, which shows that Zhang Zuolin attaches great importance to him.

Who Zhang Zuolin is, Wu Junsheng knows best, and the person who can make him value so much can't be wrong. It seems that Zhang Tinglan has become Lao Zhang's confidant, not an ordinary junior boy, the eighth child is really blessed, he has such a promising son, Wu Junsheng can't help but envy in his heart.

"Humble words. I will let Lao Wang take care of your war horse personally, and then send someone to send you back to Fengtian, you can rest assured, if you lose a hair, the uncle will compensate for a gold bar. ”

I just improved the relationship with the streamer a little, and now I have to put it aside in a hurry, and I don't know if I will recognize myself next time we meet, this master's temper is still very big, of course, Zhang Tinglan still knows the severity, and hurry up to return to Fengtian by train.

"The people of Tinglange are really suffering to this extent. Can't even eat? ”

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "Han Qing, the actual situation is always worse than imagined, we are a huge agricultural country, farmers are the foundation of this country, but the power of the government is nothing more than going deep into the countryside." can only let those landlords and local tyrants control the place, and the burden borne by the common people is too heavy. After paying the ground rent. The money on hand is not enough to make ends meet. If there is a disaster year, or there is a happy event in the family, you have to borrow usury, the interest on the donkey rolling, and many people will be ruined because of this. ”

"Farming, paying rent, paying debts. Isn't that a matter of course? ”

"There's nothing natural in the world, just sit on that side of your ass." Zhang Tinglan said: "Farmers go out early and return late, and they work hard, but they can barely fill their stomachs in a good year. In a disaster year, children will be sold, and families will be ruined, this is the biggest injustice, and the degree of civilization of a government depends on whether it really cares about the majority of people who are in a vulnerable position! ”

If China wants to develop, it must solve the problem of the peasants who are the majority of the population, and no matter how difficult it is, it must rise to the occasion, and we must not evade it, nor can we avoid it, and if we do not release the peasants' liliang, China's backward appearance will never be changed.

Mr. Wang Yongjiang proposed that the number of acres of land should be cleared, and this was the beginning of dealing with the peasant issue, and that no matter whether the landlord or the peasant was to pay taxes together according to the actual amount of land. However, I think that this is not enough, and more needs to be done, such as restricting land rents, such as establishing rural banks, and then developing factories, in short, we must do everything possible to reduce the burden on the peasants and raise their income levels. ”

Sitting on the train, Zhang Tinglan's mind was constantly thinking about how to deal with the popular uprising in front of him, in fact, it was very easy to cure the symptoms, or kill the people who led the trouble, or kill a few big households, take out a little food, and relieve the victims.

But this method does not touch the core of the peasant problem, if there is another disaster year, I am afraid that this situation will still occur, so we must come up with a fundamental solution, I am afraid this is also the reason why Zhang Zuolin Weishenme is anxious to let Zhang Tinglan return to Fengtian, just to see if he can come up with a new set of methods.

After getting off the train, Zhang Tinglan went straight to the Marshal's Mansion, but when he was still two streets away from the Marshal's Mansion, he saw a lot of marches with banners and slogans, including hundreds of people, surrounding the streets in front of the Marshal's Mansion, and on the opposite side were soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition, who were waiting for the battle.

This scene is so familiar, not long ago, the people of Fengtian went to surround Duan Zhigui's mansion, but the feng shui took turns, and now Lao Zhang can't run, but the number of people is discounted, and almost all of them are students, and there is no other industry.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Tinglan knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked the coachman to pull him into the Shuai Mansion from behind. As soon as I walked into the Tiger Hall, there was a pungent smell of smoke.

Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuoxiang, Sun Liechen and others all held cigarette pouches, smoking with a sad face.

"Dashuai, these students don't know what to do, if you continue to surround them like this, how can you save your face, I think it is better to take decisive action and disperse them, if you don't listen, you will be put in prison and starve for a few days." Zhang Jinghui said worriedly.

Lao Zhang smiled bitterly: "We have always respected the will of the people, and we have stood on the side of the people in several demonstrations, but now that it is our turn, we have to violently suppress it, isn't this a typical two-faced and three-faced!" ”

"Isn't there no way?" Zhang Jinghui sighed.

While he was talking, Zhang Zuolin looked up and saw Zhang Tinglan, and finally showed a smile on his face: "Tinglan, you kid has rushed back, help the seventh master think of ideas, my hair is gray." ”

"You always tell me that these students are from Weishenme, as long as you prescribe the right medicine, I don't think there is anything that can't be solved."

Lao Zhang nodded with satisfaction: "There is a mess in Liaoyang, Min Yuan thinks that the civil rebellion is because the burden of the people is too heavy, so he is ready to investigate, I don't know how to solve the civil uprising, but also to promote the policy of clearing the acres of land." ”

"Mr. Yongjiang has always been far-sighted, and this approach is very appropriate."

"Well, I also agreed, it was Min Yuan who asked me to call you back, so that you can help think about how to settle the victims, you have a lot of ideas, and you have a lot of people in your hands, didn't I send you a telegram." As a result, just yesterday, many newspapers suddenly appeared in Fengtian, saying that Lao Zhang exported all the grain to the Japanese, but watched his people starve to death, and he was a big traitor. ”

Zhang Tinglan sat on the train for more than a day, and the chaos in Fengtian appeared during this time, and many newspapers began to publish articles, scolding Zhang Zuolin.

"Public opinion is a double-edged sword, we can use public opinion to attack our opponents, and in turn we can hurt ourselves, I think Fengtian should formulate a set of parade regulations as soon as possible, as well as press and publication regulations, to take back the position of public opinion, otherwise something happens, someone will make trouble, let's not think about doing anything!"

"Fire eyebrows, look at the present." Zhang Zuoxiang casually handed a few newspapers to Zhang Tinglan, "Take a look." ”

Zhang Tinglan took a closer look and saw a line of big characters: measure the material resources of Fengtian and form the favor of the East. This is to compare Zhang Zuolin to Cixi's old witch, no wonder Lao Zhang is depressed.

Immediately after that, it was written in the article that Zhang Zuolin exported more than 100,000 quintals of grain to Japan, allowing the people to freeze and starve to death in Fengtian, and other newspapers also had similar content, but the amount of grain exported was not the same, politely said tens of thousands, and unceremoniously directly said millions of quintals.

After Zhang Tinglan read it, he couldn't help shaking his head, these guys' ability to open their mouths is not worse than that of the disciples and grandchildren of later generations, they don't have any research, and they dare to talk nonsense. When people who do not know the truth see that they are exporting a large amount of grain on the one hand, and starving people everywhere on the other, they will definitely be angry, and it is understandable that the students will start a demonstration.

"Seventh Master, if we export grain to Japan, it is a last resort, even if we don't export, the Japanese can still buy it through the Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd. Moreover, the people of Liaoyang had a civil uprising, which was not directly related to our grain exports, and after the civil uprising, Mr. Yongjiang personally led people to solve it, and our response was definitely very positive, these people are simply nonsense. ”

"Tinglan, the problem is that the newspaper writes so, others have already believed it, we have a hard time arguing!" Lao Zhang is also aggrieved when he talks about it, don't look at this Hu Shuai is usually very rude, but he is definitely restrained in treating readers, but he didn't expect someone to use this to bully Lao Zhang and make Zhang Zuolin angry.

"Damn, if I mess with Lao Zhang, I'll set up a machine gun at the door, and I'll be surprised."

Zhang Tinglan is even a little sympathetic to the politicians of the Republic of China, not only Zhang Zuolin, but even Duan Qirui and others were forced into a corner by students!

"Seventh Master, when I was in Beijing, I told Yuan Keding that if you want to control public opinion, the most haode way is to legislate and use the law to restrict them, of course, it must be too late to legislate now. In addition, whether it is evasion or suppression, it is a fatal blow to your prestige, I think I will simply open the door, let the student representatives come in, let's face to face gongs and drums, and explain things clearly, this time in response to the civil uprising, we have nothing wrong, and we must not let them detain and pots casually. ”

"To put it mildly, it is undignified to let a group of students participate in major national events." Sun Liechen said with some disapproval: "If the students follow everything in the future, how can we still work." ”

"Yes, we can't let students participate casually, so we need to legislate to limit them. This time the situation is special, we might as well use it as a material for educating the people, which is called opening the door to work, so that those thieves have no chance to spread rumors. ”

"Tinglan is right!" Lao Zhang slapped the armrest of the chair suddenly: "This is the battlefield, I Lao Zhang must not take half a step back!" (To be continued......)