In a house outside Moxiang Town, a young man in his 20s walked in from outside.

Seeing the young man, several subordinates who were originally cleaning in the house hurriedly lowered their heads and said. "Young Master..."

Although he was a subordinate, the young man was not too arrogant, but nodded and asked. "Where's my dad?"

"The master is reading in the study now..."Hearing the young man's question, one of the subordinates hurriedly replied.

The young man wanted to know that this was the way, so after getting the answer, he quickly walked in the direction of the study, and saw a middle-aged man with a long beard about 50 years old wearing a robe and a horse coat and braids.

"Daddy..."

Seeing that the person was indeed in the study, the young man immediately ran in in a hurry.

Seeing his only child, the middle-aged man also showed a smile on his face, but he still reprimanded. "How old are they, they haven't been in shape yet, what kind of body is it..."

Pouting, the young man also knew that his father was purely a knife mouth tofu heart, so he didn't care much about it and just said. "Dad, this is today's newspaper, I'll bring it to you as soon as it comes out..."

"Oh?"

Hearing the only son say this, the middle-aged man put down the scroll in his hand and handed it over.

After taking the newspaper, the middle-aged man looked at it twice, and soon found the information he wanted to know from it.

"Exempt...... Agricultural? ”

Looking at the headline on the front page of the newspaper, the middle-aged man was first taken aback, and then looked up at his own solitude.

"That's right." The young man nodded as well. "This is the news that just came out today, and it seems to be the new policy that the newly appointed governor Yan Du has just promulgated. It is said that it is to completely abolish the agricultural tax, reduce the burden on the people, and let them feel the changes brought about by the revolution..."

"If only it could be done. That's a good thing..."

Saying that, the middle-aged man flipped through the above content, the middle-aged man's surname is Mu, and he has been lifted, and the surname Mu is also a big surname in the entire Moxiang Town, which has great influence, but it is also because of the relationship between the middle-aged man and the outside world. Therefore, among the gentry of this era, he is also a relatively enlightened type.

It's just that when Mu Wu turned to the second page, he frowned when he looked at the content on it.

Seeing that his father had also noticed this, Mu Ziying leaned forward and said.

"Daddy. For this, do you think we should..."

didn't answer Mu Ziying's question, Mu Wu just closed his eyes and pondered quietly.

The first new policy promulgated by Yan Shao was the exemption of agricultural taxes, but this new policy is not so simple. Opposite. At the same time as the exemption from agricultural taxes. Yan Shao also demanded that the local gentry reduce the rent to the point of thirty-fifty.

Of course, this request was voluntary, that is, it was not forced, but simply for the gentry to do voluntarily.

If you listen to persuasion, there is no benefit, and if you don't listen to persuasion, there is no punishment.

After this 'request' was published, it quickly caused an uproar in Anhui's territory, and some agreed with it. There is also no shortage of objections. However, because Yan Shao had already emphasized that it was voluntary, the reaction of the local gentry was not particularly violent.

And after a moment of silence. Mu Wu finally spoke.

"Let's wait and see what the others do, if anybody...... It is not impossible to reduce the rent to 3 to 5 percent..."

————————————————————

After the new policy was conveyed, the shock caused was not small, but there were not many people who were willing to automatically reduce the rent, after all, Yan Shao had emphasized that it was voluntary, and since it was voluntary, who wanted their income to be reduced.

On the whole, however, there were some gentry who cooperated with the request to automatically lower the rent.

And with these people taking the lead, although slowly, the gentry who reduced the rent slowly increased.

It is not surprising that at this time it was not the Republic of China, and the rents in the Republic of China were basically seven or eight percent, and a few even reached ninety percent, which basically belonged to human life. At this time, the rent is generally fifty percent, which is the so-called "half of the year", some are "four or six distributions", and seven or eight percent are very rare...

On the contrary, Yan Shao's reduction of agricultural taxes is definitely more than that of one or five percent, so even if the local gentry reduce or reduce rent, they still have a certain amount of profit.

Moreover, except for a very few gentry in these years, most of them still care more about the evaluation of the township. If it's all like this, forget it, as long as one person takes the lead, in order to avoid gossip in the township, others can only follow up—————— if you have to be cheeky, I'm afraid no one will be willing to farm for you in the future, which is why Yan Shao didn't force it.

The impact of the reduction and exemption of agricultural taxes was enormous, and almost on the first day of the news of the incident, the gentry, officials, and students in Nanjing, Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and other places discussed it, and this matter caused a huge sensation even in Europe and the United States, because this was the first large-scale government in the world to exempt agricultural taxes in the current world, not to mention that this government also governed more than 20 million people and half of the territory equivalent to the British mainland.

And when reporting on the incident, the Washington Post said in a slightly sour tone. "This may not be possible for China's rulers, because they can't find a way to make up for the financial shortfall, but for Yan Shao, a once well-known writer who is now probably the richest man in Asia, it doesn't seem like a big deal, because the agricultural tax cut is less than one-ninetieth of the annual sales of his car factory, not to mention the fact that he owns 30% of the annual revenue of China's largest industrial group and the Tampico oil field..."

Most of the reports in other newspapers are like this, either envy or jealousy, but that sour taste is inevitable.

In any case, Yan Shao, as the first person to be exempted from agricultural tax, is an ironclad fact.

But to be honest, at this time, major foreign countries did not actually have agricultural taxes, to be exact, foreign countries did not have an independent tax system for agriculture. In Europe and the United States, agriculture and industry adopt a compound tax system that combines turnover tax, income tax, land tax or property tax. This policy has not ended even in the twenty-first century.

Of course, if there is a levy, there will be a subsidy, but the subsidy policy for agriculture in the United States began in the 30s. This is one of the reasons why Americans are so jealous.

The policy of reducing and reducing agricultural taxes allowed Yan Shao to win the hearts of all Anhui people, at this moment, his identity as a foreigner is no longer important to them, even those officers and soldiers in the new army who were originally a little resistant to Yan Shao, Wu Yanggu, who was still planning how to deal with it, understood what Zhang Ying would tell him, and he saw 'hope'.

It was from this moment that Wu Yanggu completely gave up fighting with Yan Shao for control of Anhui.

Because he knew very well that this moment had come. Yan Shao's position in Anhui is no longer shaken.

————————————————————

Anqing, the original governor's yamen has been regarded as the new governor's mansion—————— temporary, at least for Yan Shao, this governor's mansion is still a little small. And the old-fashioned civil engineering architecture is good. But there is no running water, no electricity, no air conditioning and so on, so life is somewhat inconvenient.

In the Governor's Mansion, Li Guoyun, as the deputy governor, was reporting on the situation of the new policy, and sitting under him were Li Liang, Fu Xiuming and others.

After the formation of the junta. It is natural for Yan Shao to serve as the governor. The deputy governor was Li Guoyun. There is also Li Liang as the Minister of Finance, Fu Xiuming as the Minister of Military Affairs, Huang Hao as the Minister of Industry, Qin Zhen as the Minister of Public Security, Zhang Zongwu as the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Yan Yongnian as the Minister of Justice——————. And with his character, he is indeed more suitable for this position.

In addition, Yan Shao can't swallow all the benefits alone, just like what he said in the past. There is always something to share. Therefore, Zhang Ying served as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Minister of Education was handed over to Jiang Qian, and the Minister of Transportation was handed over to Jiang Xin...

In addition to this, there were several deputy ministers, all of which were given to some members of the constitutionalists.

The constitutionalists were also quite satisfied with this, after all, they did not play any role in this revolution this time, and it was very good to be able to get so many seats. The same is true for Zhang Ying, and after the tax exemption policy was announced, he and other New Army officers recognized Yan Shao sincerely...

In addition, after Li Liang and the others all held positions in the military government, it was obvious that the company could not continue to be named, after all, there were a lot of things on the military government's side, and it was impossible for them to take care of the company's affairs while dealing with the government's affairs.

Therefore, after determining the position, Yan Shao also sent a telegram to Wuhu to adjust the company's original position. As for the general manager and deputy general manager, the general manager is still Yan Shao, and the deputy general manager is Elino.

After capturing Anqing this time, Yan Shao did not plan to return to Wuhu.

On the one hand, Anqing is the provincial capital of Anhui, and it will be more convenient for the military government to set up here. On the other hand, although it is far away from Dangtu, the conditions for developing industry here are better than those in Wuhu...

For example, in human resources...

Today's Wuhu has a total of less than 200,000 people, but what about Anqing? Counting several counties around Anqing, such as Huaining and Qianshan, the total population is more than 2 million.

Even in the later generations, when many things can be automated, human resources are still very important, and some countries have even divided the demographic dividend or something. In such an era when industrialization is still at its peak, the importance of human resources can be imagined.

With a population of more than 2 million, it is enough for all the needs of Yan Shao in Anhui.

In Wuhu, Yan Shao had to find a way to move from other places, which was not only time-consuming but also laborious. What's more, putting all the industries in one or two cities can easily make Anhui's economic development deformed, and if two more cities are developed, then the economy will undoubtedly be much more balanced.

In the future, the group's development focus will be on Anqing, especially in the automobile and cotton textile industries, and the abundant population resources will solve many problems. As the company's deputy general manager, Elanon's job is to develop these, so that she doesn't get bored at home every day...

In addition to her, Katerina continues to serve as the head of the Special Affairs Section.

No. To be exact, it should be the Special Affairs Bureau, the Special Affairs Bureau ...

Now that the military junta has been formed, it is only natural that the Special Affairs Section will be expanded into a bureau...

————————————————————

“…… After the promulgation of the New Deal. The localities are still very welcome, and at present about one-thirteen to one-fifteenth of the gentry in various places have lowered the land rent to thirty-fifty, and some of them are still waiting, and judging from the information provided by the Special Affairs Bureau, the gentry who are unwilling to lower the rent are still in a very small number..."

"One-fifteenth..."Hearing this data, Yan Shao nodded his head. Take your time, it's just the beginning. They're going to nod their heads eventually..."

After all, it has only been a day or two since the new policy was promulgated, and it is already quite good to have one-fifteenth of it, and it will not be long before those who wait and see will also reduce their rents. And as long as more than half of the gentry did. Then it would be difficult for the rest of the gentry not to follow suit.

Even if some landlords and gentry are unwilling to reduce their rents in any case, it doesn't matter, they are still unwilling to reduce rents even when other families have already lowered their rents, and there are probably only a handful of peasants who are willing to farm land for them. If so, they would be willing. Then Yan Shao didn't have a reason to force them...

"In addition, there are some county officials who refuse to obey the orders of the military government, whether they want to send troops to clean up, so that they can also recover the entire territory of Anhui as soon as possible..." This was proposed by Fu Xiuming, after all, as the Minister of Military Affairs, this was originally his duty.

Hearing Fu Xiuming's proposal, Yan Shao turned his head sideways. "How many troops can we use now?"

"We have more than 900 patrol teams and guards, and more than 2,000 patrol regiments, a total of 3,000 people. Because there was not much resistance when the city was taken. So the casualties are minimal. In addition, in the process of seizing the city, a large number of patrol battalions were recruited, and this part of the people counted the patrol battalions that were later incorporated totaling more than 5,000 people. There were also more than 4,400 new troops outside the city, and more than 4,300 casualties during the siege, all of which were about 12,000 people, which is equivalent to the strength of a town..."

Last night, Fu Xiuming and Zhang Ying counted the whole night, so these data came to their mouths.

"Is there a town's troops..."Yan Shao didn't expect that there would be so many troops under his hands, so he was somewhat taken aback.

However, he also knew very well that the strength of a town seemed to be a lot, but the patrol battalion that accounted for the largest number of them actually had no combat effectiveness. The same is true for the patrol regiment of more than 2,000 people, and if you want to master combat effectiveness, you must at least have some training.

In other words, the most effective forces under the military junta are Yan Shao's original patrol team and the new army of the 31st Mixed Association.

"If the patrol regiment and the patrol battalion are concerned, the combat effectiveness will inevitably be weaker..."After a deep groan, Yan Shao looked up at Zhang Ying and the others. The liberation operations in these counties were carried out by the New Army with a target force, what do you think? ”

Hearing Yan Shao say this, Zhang Ying's expression moved, and she didn't say anything, but the others nodded in agreement. "The combat effectiveness of the patrol regiment and the patrol battalion is insufficient, and it should be so..."

"Okay then—" nodded again. This matter will be handled by you, Vice Chief Zhang. ”

Standing up from his seat, Zhang Ying raised his voice. "The humble position will never live up to the Governor's entrustment..."

Nodding with satisfaction, Yan Shao looked around at everyone again. "In addition, now that the new government has just been established, the people's hearts are at a time of instability, so I decided to raise the military salary from the original 7 yuan to 10 yuan a month, and pay three months of salary first, so as to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale..."

The most important thing is to let them know who really paid them money...

Hearing this, Fu Xiuming, who was already accustomed to Yan Shao's 'big dog' character, was nothing, but Zhang Ying and other people from the new army and patrol battalions were shocked.

Especially the people of the New Army, when Zhu Jiabao was still there, because he didn't trust the New Army, he recruited a lot of patrol battalions. The problem was that the governor's yamen was short of funds at that time, where should this money come from? It can only be embezzled from the salaries of the new army ...

Because of this, the new army's military salary this month has not yet been settled, even if Yan Shao doesn't mention this matter, Zhang Ying and they all knock on the side to see if Yan Shao can solve the problem of salary first, after all, the soldiers in the new army also have to support their families, and many families are even waiting for their military salary to live, and now Yan Shao said that he would give three months' salary first, Zhang Ying and they are naturally very welcome.

Seeing that everyone present agreed, Yan Shao smiled and nodded.

"Since everyone has no objections, then I will ask people to go to the bank to withdraw 500,000 yuan later, and then I will personally go to the barracks to distribute it..."

In this way, the soldiers below will also be able to figure out who actually paid their salaries, and counting the previous new tax exemption policy, the combination of the two can also ensure the loyalty of the soldiers below to Yan Shao.

In addition to these things, there are naturally many important things to do.

It's just that compared to these things, the rest of the things have to stand on the sidelines a little bit.

After all, the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize the morale of the military, and Yan Shaoke remembers that after the Xinhai Revolution, many newly established military governments had to step down because of mutinies one after another.

For example, the original Zhu Jiabao had to escape over the wall after serving as the governor of Anhui because of the revolutionary party's troubles. Most of the mutinies in other places also used the excuse of making money, and since he knew this, Yan Shao naturally wouldn't give others the opportunity to make money...

As for those three months? For Yan Shao, this amount of money is really nothing... (To be continued......)