Chapter 533 Land Policy (1)
The next day, the Time Travel Group immediately recruited an executive committee meeting, and all the executive committee members were present, and those working in other places would return to Tianjin. There were two main issues discussed. The first is whether the Time Travel Group should rely on the Qing court now, and the second is what land policy should be adopted.
Of course, the dependence of the Qing court here does not mean that the time travel group is really integrated into the Qing court system, but rather that the Qing court's model is adopted in the organizational structure, that is, the Qing court's official system is completely adopted. For example, the time travel group accepted the Shandong Governor's conferred by the Qing court as the highest official position, while the local officials in Shandong, such as provincial governors, censors, second-level prefectures, prefects, and county magistrates at the same level, are all held by time travelers. Although the entire time travel group is completely independent in military, political and financial terms, it is transported according to the Qing court's official system. Moreover, with the current strength of the time travel group, it is not too difficult to require the Qing court to accept all local officials in Shandong to replace them with time travelers.
The advantage of this is that the Qing court's official system can be used to cover up the independence of the time-travel group, and can be quickly integrated into the Chinese society of this era, and it is easy to be accepted by the Chinese people of this era. Because the time-travel group's rule in Shandong will basically not encounter any resistance, and there will be no pressure on public opinion. The disadvantage is that the connection with the Qing court is too close, and because it adopts the Qing court's official system, it has invisibly enhanced a certain reputation for the Qing court, and it is not conducive to the publicity and implementation of the actual political program of the time-travel group. It is advocated that when it is completely broken with the Qing court in the future, it will give the public the impression of raising the flag and rebellion, and it may become a situation where Yuan Shikai is not human inside and outside.
Not relying on the Qing court means not adopting the Qing court's official system, and only accepting the highest local officials such as Shandong Governor, the Governor, the Chief Secretary, and the Censorate to deal with the Qing court. However, within Shandong Province, a new business was started and the official system of the Crossing Group was adopted. All the Shandong local officials in the Qing court were emptied. This appeared in an independent attitude from the beginning, which not only allowed the actual political program of the Crossing Group to be promoted without any scruples.
, it can even be clearly put forward the idea of overthrowing the Qing court and establishing a republic, and in the future, it will not surprise the people. The disadvantage is that although we have several highest local officials such as Shandong Governor, Governor, and Censor, it will take some time to govern the Shandong region stably, and it is very likely that they will be strongly opposed by local officials and powerful forces in Shandong, and even iron-blooded means must be used to suppress it.
After Qin Zheng talked about the advantages and disadvantages of these two models, Zhang Yuming, Minister of Human Resources, said first: "If we adopt a different model that does not depend on the Qing court, we will develop another one by ourselves. Wouldn't it be a tear-off with the Qing court? Is this not good for us?"
You Mingqian, the Minister of the Ministry of Construction, shook his head and said, "Didn't the political commissar just now? We also have the highest local officials, including the Governor of Shandong, the General Secretary, and the Censor. This is used to deal with the Qing court, so we will not break up with the Qing court."
Zhang Yuming said: "I don't think so. The Qing court is not without understanding people. Although Cixi's character is not very good, she is definitely a smart person. There are also Li Hongzhang, Ronglu, and Yuan Shikai who are all good people, so they can't tell them. We can't think of the ancients too stupid. The practice of the past six months has proved that we do not have the halo of the protagonist, so we can't take everything too naturally."
Qin Zheng nodded and said, "You can rest assured that the Qing court can indeed see through our intentions, but I can guarantee that the Qing court will not break up with us, because you can think about it, if the Qing court breaks up with us, what good will it do for them? Will the soldiers attack us? The Qing court cannot even defeat the only 28,000 coalition forces in the present Qing court, dare to go to war with us? Therefore, I can be sure that as long as we only need this skin to deal with the Qing court, the Qing court will turn a blind eye and see nothing in other aspects. It is only a day that we can hold on for a day. When we don't need this skin, we can tear it at any time."
Zhang Yuming said: "I understand. If this is the case, I will have no other opinions."
Xia Bohai asked again, and saw that no one said anything again, he even announced a vote. As a result, he passed the resolution against relying on the Qing court with 19 votes, 4 abstentions, and 0 votes against the resolution against dependence on the Qing court.
In fact, this result is not surprising, because except for a few time travelers who are obsessed with the princess and princes, most of them have no good feelings for the Qing court. Therefore, in private chats, some people think that they should break up with the Qing court and formally announce that the political program of the time travel group is to overthrow the Qing court and establish a republic. Some radicals even advocate that they simply send an army to Xi'an to completely destroy the Qing court.
Of course, the executive committee members are still very clear-headed and have a farther-eyed vision than ordinary time travelers. Although they are also tired of the Qing court, they also know that they cannot break up with the Qing court now, but they do not want to have too deep connections with the Qing court. Therefore, since Qin Zheng said that even if he chooses not to rely on the Qing court, he will not break up with the Qing court, then naturally most people will make such a choice.
The first topic was discussed very smoothly, and the meeting immediately entered the second topic, which was the land policy of the Time Travel Group. That is, whether the Time Travel Group adopts public land ownership or private land ownership.
In fact, this topic is an old topic in the Time Travel Group, and it is divided into two equally powerful factions. Both sides have different opinions and do not give in to each other. Almost every time this issue is discussed, it leads to mutual conflict. At the Executive Committee meeting, the land issue has been mentioned many times, but the Executive Committee has to be much more serious, and the land policy is of great importance. Moreover, the Time Travel Group does not know much about the actual situation of this era, so it dares not make decisions easily. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Time Travel Group has not truly stabilized since it landed onshore, and it has a certain relationship with it.
In fact, the Time Travel Group did nothing. After occupying Tianjin, it implemented public land ownership, and later occupied Qingdao, which was also promoted in the Jiaozhou Bay area. As a result, a large landlord Wangjiazhai was destroyed in the Jiaozhou Bay area. It also achieved remarkable results in both areas.
However, there are certain special circumstances in these areas where land is publicly owned. Both areas are occupied by foreign countries, and they are plundered by the Eight-Nation Alliance, causing large population displacement and basically allocated land. Therefore, the crossing group did not encounter any resistance to collect the land as state-owned and redistributed to farmers. Wangjiazhai is a local bully, and the people are extremely angry. The crossing people destroyed Wangjiazhai and collected the Wangjiazhai as state-owned and then distributed it to farmers. Naturally, it is widely popular among farmers.
In addition, the travel group is very cautious in its actions in other regions. Now the travel group has controlled hundreds of villages outside Jiaozhou Bay, with a population of more than 20,000, but it has not promoted land publicization. Of course, these experiences also provide reference and experience for the travel group to understand the situation of this era and clarify land policies.
But now the land issue has reached a time when it cannot be delayed and must be determined. On the one hand, this is a need for the military's political work; on the other hand, it is also a need for the time travel group itself.
The Travel Group has decided to expand in Shandong, and in the near future, it will officially obtain the management rights of Shandong from the Qing court. In this way, there must be a clear regulation on what kind of land policy to implement, otherwise the work will not be carried out.
Qin Zheng briefly explained the content of the two land policies and announced that everyone could express their opinions freely.
Zhang Zichen, the Minister of the Audit Department, said: "I advocate the implementation of public ownership of land, which has been proven in the old time and space. There is no need to question it."
Minister of Justice Gu Ruipeng said: "If public ownership of land is implemented, what should those landlords who own a large amount of land do? Should they use redemption or confiscation?"
Zhang Zichen said: "Of course it is confiscated. Although we have made a fortune in Beijing, the money needs to be used in the places where the construction of the government is built. We need to complete industrialization, which requires a lot of funds. Our current reserve funds are still far from being used to develop industrialization. Therefore, China in this era only has one way to develop, that is, to implement public land ownership, establish grassroots regimes in the countryside, eliminate the middle class of the landlord class, replace landlord management, and manage the vast majority of the farmers in China, and directly collect economic surplus from the farmers. This will not only reduce the burden on farmers, but also actually get a total tax amount that is much higher than that of the Qing court, and then use the gap in industry and agricultural scissors and population advantages to develop industry and finally complete industrialization. There is no other way."
Minister of Education Jia Wenbo said: "Isn't it a state violence forcibly confiscating landlords like this? This is a very dangerous sign. How will others view us, and how can we win the trust of the people?"
Gu Ruipeng also said: "I do not oppose the implementation of public land ownership, but do not advocate the use of tough measures to avoid landowners' land. This is also contrary to the law and the principle of protecting private property. It is best to use redemption and sale."
Zhang Zichen said: "I don't agree with this statement. Although I don't understand the law, one thing is that no law can be absolutely public, but serve the ruling class. If we need to pay attention to legitimacy, then the legal government of China is the Qing court now. Why do we have to overthrow the Qing court? It's better to kneel on the ground and cheer for the emperor long live."
Chapter completed!