When a long drought is met with nectar, a hometown meets an old acquaintance, a candle night in the cave room, and the title of the gold list, this is the four joyful events of life in the traditional sense.

Although it is inevitable that there will be red-eyed people who ridicule Zhou for relying on luck to have such a day, all these guys can do is limit themselves to saying a few words in secret.

Zhou Changfeng actually prefers to call a few true friends to have a meal rather than hold an extraordinary, but social interaction is more important than personality.

The first day of the fifth month is a common holiday in many countries around the world, and it is also the rights and interests that workers have won by relying on their own struggles.

It was only in the fifteenth year of Zhichang that the Ming Dynasty passed the bill through the Advisory Yuan, and since then this day of the year has been established as a legal holiday.

Because of its special nature, many organizations will also deliberately choose this day to hold their parades.

The Legation of the German Society in Daming is located at the intersection of Shichengmen Nei Avenue and Qingshi Road, adjacent to the Legations of the Kingdom of Galicia and Medoria.

In fact, the German Society directly followed the legation of the German Empire in the Ming Dynasty, but changed the flag and some furnishings.

It's still early morning, the red sun is just jumping out of the horizon, and the chirping of sparrows can be heard outside the window from time to time.

Although the Legation is not working today, Chrissy still habitually wakes up early, or rather, the biological clock she has developed for a long time makes her wake up naturally at six o'clock.

Since it's a day when you're not working, you don't need to wear that formal suit and skirt anymore, just wear a floral dress casually.

Germans are not as fashion-ignorant as the stereotype suggests, but they are dwarfed by their neighbours, the French, who tend to lead the way in this regard.

Like Chrissy doesn't care about this petty bourgeoisie in her eyes, the pursuit of beauty is human nature, but the comparison, extravagance, and waste that come from it are to be despised.

What she saw and heard during the year she came to Daming made her very much agree with the evaluation of some French newspapers - Shanghai is also the capital of fashion, and Nanjing is the capital of elegance.

Some French people claim that classical nobility can now be found only in the East, because the French Empire has long since been replaced, the Junker landlords no longer exist, the Russian nobility is not high enough, and the Zhengmi banner lords are not in the scope of discussion.

Chrissy could not understand this remark with her values, and she felt that it was absurd to compete with feudal habits in this era.

Later, as she was writing the letter, the sound of crisp heels coming from far and near, and a goose-faced female typist approached.

"Happy Labor Day, Chrissy." She shared what she had just seen, "It doesn't seem to be good outside today, I saw a procession of several hundred people marching. ”

"Did you see what they were saying?"

"Well, I see, but it's a little strange, they seem to be against the land acquisition and distribution."

Unlike the other unremarkable small processions, this procession from the Stone City Gate to the east was huge, numbering six or seven hundred.

Banners of "opposition to the public redemption of acres of land" and "rejection of compulsory acquisition" were shouted along the way, and the movement was not small, and pedestrians and vehicles along the way were afraid to avoid them.

Chrissy received an invitation from Zhou Changfeng the day before yesterday, and anyway, the date was on this day of the holiday, so she could naturally go to the banquet without any burden.

The banquet is set up in Tonghui Hotel as always, starting at half past eleven o'clock at noon, and you can arrive early for a while.

Among the people who participated in the banquet, there must be many military and political dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty, and they may inadvertently miss a few words, so Chrissy must go to this banquet.

After a brief tidying up, she left the legation with the letter she had written, and dropped it off in the mailbox at the intersection.

If it weren't for the fact that the Foreign Investigation Factory had relaxed its control over the personnel of the German Legation in the past few months, otherwise, according to the previous rules, if she wanted to come out this time, she would have to report a day in advance.

It didn't take long for her to see the long procession after riding the tram.

The shouts of the crowd were loud and easily pierced through the window glass.

The sharp-eyed Chrissy quickly caught the oddity, and she found that this large group of people was chaotic, without effective organization and order, and many of them looked slick and cunning, as if they were scoundrels and vagrants who did not know where they came from.

Oh, there is a high probability that those landlords raised money to do things.

"Hypocrisy, a bunch of stupid people."

In her eyes, the land reform policy implemented by the Ming court has been quite tolerant and moderate, and it has not been completed for more than ten years.

It's so inefficient! There were still a considerable number of tenant farmers waiting to be emancipated in the vast land.

When she got to the hotel floor as stated on the invitation, she realized that she had arrived too early, and it was just after nine o'clock, and there were only a few people here.

"They're all busy people, so they definitely wouldn't have arrived so early."

Zhou Changfeng was present, and when he saw her coming, he greeted her and stretched out his hand to shake hands.

"Congratulations on your victory against the British and Dutch imperialists, but the people of East Indochina are about to welcome a new colonist."

Chrissy's words made Zhou Changfeng cry and laugh, "Is this a German-style blessing?" ”

"No, it's just my evaluation."

"Relatively speaking, the mode of rule in our country is relatively modest."

"There is no essential difference." Chrissy shook her head, "So you are actually a nationalist and a nationalist. ”

"Alright, alright, little sister Chrissy, don't label me." Zhou Changfeng waved his hand and smiled.

The two men began to talk, and soon turned to the procession that came down the street from west to east.

"I think your government has given them a lot of time to make a choice, but I've found that very few of them have made changes, and that's a really low percentage."

Considering the conservative nature of the landlords, there must be a minority of people who dare to take the initiative to sell their land and change careers, but Chrissy feels that the landlords of Daming seem to be far more negative than she thinks.

Prussia began to carry out land reform as early as the Napoleonic Wars, and the Prussian king signed the "Royal Decree on the Relaxation of Land Ownership, the Free Use of Real Estate, and the Improvement of the Personal Conditions of the Villagers", which was also called the "October Edict" because it was in October of that year.

In that era of primitive communication and transportation conditions, Prussia basically completed the reform after more than half a century, and the peasants generally obtained their own land. At the same time, financial compensation was imposed on landlords, which significantly reduced social unrest.

Today, the state apparatus is far more efficient than it was in ancient times, with telegraphs, telephones, automobiles, trains, and airplanes ensuring the rapid exchange of decrees and feedback.

With such favorable conditions, Chrissy thinks that only three years is enough, and even two years if it is more violent.

Zhou Changfeng picked up the small wine cup and clinked glasses with her, "First of all, you have to admit the differences in human history. ”

The latter bowed his head and said: "I agree with ethnic differences, and you are more obsessed with the land. ”

"I don't know if you've noticed that in fact, it is a bit inappropriate to apply the concept of history to China. The original meaning of feudalism in Chinese is 'feudal state', which is more similar to the ancient feudal state in Europe, but this model came to an end in the Qin Dynasty, and the subsequent model is very unique centralization. ”

After speaking, Zhou Changfeng added seriously, "That was two thousand years ago, and my country's civil service system and talent selection system were perfected very early. ”

"Hmm... The British until the civil service established in the nineteenth century. For a long time, it was rare for a commoner to rise to the ruling class. Chrissy nodded thoughtfully, "So what do you want to express?" What is special about you? ”

"Yes, but it seems like it's a bit far, and I may not be able to explain it to you to be honest." Zhou Changfeng, who was a little helpless, shrugged his shoulders and stated: "The only way to quickly complete the reform of land in our country is to forcibly expropriate it, but the imperial government has decided that this is definitely impossible, and now it can only be slowly redeemed, which involves very complicated balances and rules. ”

"Okay."

"In fact, the pace has not been slow since the beginning of this year, and the current policy is to force war bonds to be used to offset the cash for redemption, so... The landlords were dissatisfied. ”

What age is it, the Ming court naturally doesn't need to scruple about the landlords, as long as it doesn't go too out of line.

The Chinese Party has long believed that instead of using the inefficient and costly model of redemption, it should print various bonds to offset it and complete land reform as soon as possible.

Today, the power of the Constitutional Council is much less than before, on the one hand, because of its internal mixture and factions, and on the other hand, the influence of the Chinese Party has risen with the successive victories of the war.

After a period of pilot projects in seven prefectures and counties in Beizhili, Hunan, and Shandong, the policy of compulsory redemption of land and acres of land will soon be implemented on a large scale.

You have the bonds, and the land is now owned by the government, and it will be distributed to the tenant farmers.

What? Do you want cash or bonds? That won't work, take it!

As the time approached, many guests who were invited to the banquet also arrived one after another.

This kind of social interaction is generally rather than less invitation, so Zhou Changfeng sent out a total of more than 200 invitations, and basically all of them were invited.

The very few who didn't come were really unable to get out, but they all bought a lot of gifts accordingly.

Most of the people piggybacked on their wives, and there were few like Chrissy who came alone.

Looking at the vast number of faces, Zhou Changfeng sighed and complained to his wife beside him: "I've started to have a headache, this is not easier than fighting." ”

Xia Xiaoshi was carefully dressed up for this, and she was now analyzing the clothes, makeup, and accessories of those noble ladies with great interest.

Hearing this, she pouted and said, "Sir, this is your home field, raise your mood." ”

Please, how can you be tired of pretending to be so happy in public?

Staggered, pushing cups and changing lamps, time passed quickly in conversation and laughter.

waited until the afternoon, when Zhou Changfeng felt that his face was a little stiff, and the banquet finally ended.

When he got home, exhausted and with a sore back, he went straight to the bedroom as soon as he entered the door, took off his coat casually, and threw himself on the bed.

Xia Xiaoshi followed leisurely, bent down and took off her high heels, and then walked to the bedside.

"Isn't it, is it really that tired?" She leaned over and looked, "I'm going to pour a cup of tea." ”

"No, I'm not thirsty."

"Oh." Xia Xiaoshi, who was still in the mood, sat on the edge of the bed, lifted her legs, lifted her skirt, and took off the suspender stockings while telling the interesting stories she heard at the banquet.

Suddenly, she was dragged down by a hand, lay on her back on the bed, and then saw Zhou Changfeng beside her turn over and stand up.

"Huh? Dry... What are you doing? Her eyes widened, and a blush appeared on her face.

The latter leaned closer and said solemnly: "What do you say, a little poem, huh?" ”

Then, something happened in this room that had not been seen for a long time:

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Well, in every sense of the word, it was a great day.

Following.

As the dust settles in the South Seas, it is time for the strategy to go forward.

In accordance with the decree, the Cabinet and the Ministry of Military Affairs have held discussions in the past few days, and now they are ready to hold a meeting together to exchange views and make preliminary preparations for the Imperial Council meeting in three days.

It stands to reason that this does not require the presence of the emperor at all, otherwise it will become a pre-imperial meeting?

However, unexpectedly, when everyone arrived and was ready to start discussing, Zhu Lingjing was an uninvited guest and suddenly arrived.

Zhou Changfeng and Luo Fu were at the scene as military aircraft waiting for the edict, and they were also a little confused, and they couldn't help but glance at each other.

After a brief moment of surprise, everyone in the Wenhua Hall quickly stood up, bowed and saluted, "See Your Majesty." ”

"I have nothing to do today, but it's not good to have nothing to do, so I'll come here, and you can continue."

As she spoke, Zhu Lingjing sat straight to the empty seat in the middle and spread out a book casually.

Lin Xi asked with some embarrassment, "Does Your Majesty have any instructions?" ”

"No, I just don't listen, you can start."

"It's... Be. ”

The Ming Dynasty's external expansion strategy is perfect, and the strategy for the Nanyang region is indeed perfect, from the battle plan to the governance plan are all clear.

But the strategy other than that is very vague, which also makes the government and the opposition a little confused, not knowing what to do next.

The capture of the Nanyang region basically did not cost the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, and the losses were minimal.

The battle against British Burma was also relatively smooth, and the Ming offensive was very negative, with few combat casualties, but many non-combat attrition.

On the contrary, the aggressive Annam army suffered many casualties in the fierce tug-of-war, and the jungles of Burma were really a terrible area of engagement.

The center-left factions in the Advisory Council, such as the Republican Party, the Benevolent Party, and the Peasants' and Workers' League, all advocate consolidating existing gains and not going further.

The center-right and right-right factions such as the Chinese Party and the Pioneer Association think that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - Australia is empty of troops, and as long as it moves quickly and cooks raw rice, the Americans can only stare dryly!

This has also been recognized by many people in the military department, and the military department said that the Ming Dynasty has sufficient military forces to deploy, and the logistics supply is not to be feared.

Cheng Han cleared his throat and took the lead in speaking: "In response to the supply matter questioned by some people, the total amount of civilian merchant ships counted by China last year was 9.7 million tons, which is more than enough. ”

(End of chapter)