The group entered the living room after a bit of politeness before the guests and hosts sat down, and after serving tea, Yi Yi asked in a rather casual tone: "A large gold mine has been discovered in Jiaodong, and the reserves are really 2,000 tons?" ”

"There should be." Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "However, the Jiaodong gold ore is of low grade, deep burial, difficult to mine, and high mining cost, so there has been no plan to mine after the exploration discovery. ”

What do you mean by what should be? Is this uncertain? It seems that this gold reserve is not small, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, Su Shun immediately said tentatively: "The gold mines in Zhaoyuan, Laizhou, and Pingdu are also large-scale mining? ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "The gold mine in Jiaodong, Yuan Qi didn't plan to swallow it alone. Compared with the gold mine in the Transvaal, the reserves of the Jiaodong gold mine can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, and he really doesn't care about it, and he doesn't mind the court's profit.

Seeing that he said it so directly, Su Shun was embarrassed, and Yi Yi hurriedly said: "Dozens of large and small factories and mining enterprises have been established in the northern provinces almost overnight, Brother Guocheng should have planned it a long time ago?" ”

"To be precise, the factories and mining enterprises established in the northern provinces are part of the First and Second Five-Year Plans." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The five-year plan is not only infrastructure construction, but also includes basic industrial construction, in order to avoid too much impact, this part of industrial infrastructure construction is not disclosed. ”

Sure enough, Yi Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Guocheng is hiding it so tightly. ”

"It's also a helpless move." Yi Zhizhi spread his hands, "If the basic industry construction plan is thrown out early in the morning, the government and the opposition will inevitably oppose it in unison." ”

This obviously refers to the imperial court's connivance with the accusations and attacks of public opinion in the northern provinces against Yuan Qi some time ago, and Yi Yi said with a smile: "The northern public opinion accuses Yuan Qi of attacking it, one is because of large-scale immigration, and the other is the sudden large-scale recruitment of workers, which led to a sudden and large loss of population in local states and counties, especially the loss of elite labor, which caused panic among the local gentry.

Even after the implementation of constitutional government, most of the members of the provincial and county advisory bureaus and the senior council were gentry, and the interests of the gentry could not but be carefully considered.

If the imperial court had known the basic industrial layout plan of Brother Guocheng, it would not hesitate to weigh it, and would inevitably make the right choice and decision at the first time. ”

Although this is an explanation, it even shirks the responsibility of the imperial court, but also blames Yuan Qi for hiding the development plan of basic industries.

Not waiting for easy to be content and open, Su Shun continued: "Yuan Qi an "Agricultural Revolution", threw out the promotion of agricultural machinery to promote the agricultural development of the road, can be described as timely rain, timely stabilized the hearts of the gentry in the northern provinces, however, the northern terrain is flat and open, conducive to large-scale agricultural machinery operations, southeast, southwest, Nanyang and other provinces are not suitable for large-scale agricultural machinery operations, and how to alleviate this contradiction? ”

As soon as the two sang and harmonized, they didn't give a chance to refute at all, Yi Zhixiang smiled, and was simply lazy, after all, the imperial court finally chose to support Yuan Qi, and he couldn't do a war of words, and after a pause, he said slowly: "At present, the agricultural machinery developed is mainly for the Northeast, North China, Jianghan, Guanzhong and several plains.

The southeastern provinces are limited by the terrain and are indeed not suitable for large-scale agricultural mechanization operations, but they can adapt measures to local conditions and manufacture small, lightweight and flexible agricultural machinery, which can also alleviate the demand for population in agriculture. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Agriculture and industry are both important parts of the national economy, the two are not contradictory and antagonistic, on the contrary, the two are interdependent and complementary to each other, the development of agriculture can promote industry, industry in turn will promote the development of agriculture, the stagnation of agricultural development will affect industry, and the stagnation of industrial development will also affect agriculture."

This worldwide agricultural crisis was triggered by the economic crisis, and the outbreak of the agricultural crisis will further deepen the scale and depth of the economic crisis.

Although China is a big agricultural country, with the rapid development of industry, agriculture as the first place will gradually give way to industry and occupy a secondary position, but the importance of agriculture can not be underestimated, no matter at any time, we must ensure the food and clothing of 500 million people, otherwise it will shake the fundamentals. ”

After a slight sigh, Yi Yi said: "England is the world's industrial hegemon, but agriculture is not developed, and England has long needed to import a large amount of grain ....... ”

"There's something special about the situation in England." Yi Zhizhi said without thinking: "England, also known as the British Isles, is narrow on the mainland, there is no large plain, and it is impossible to popularize large-scale agricultural machinery operations, and because Britain has developed commerce and trade and has a vast overseas colony, its agriculture has been ...... by the impact of the European continent and Russia, India, the United States, Canada, Argentina and other agricultural powers. ”

Su Shun asked casually: "Russia and India are both backward countries in industry and agriculture, especially India, why can they still export a large amount of grain?" ”

Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "The reason is very simple, they need to export a large amount of grain to pay the interest on the foreign debt or to repay the foreign debt ...... Looking up, he glanced up and saw Yi Zhengxing leading the little servant in with a tea tray, he stopped talking, stretched out his hand and smiled: "Tianxinyan big red robe, you can taste it." ”

Wuyi Mountain Tianxin Rock Jiulong Yao Da Hong Pao is a tribute tea, but because Yi Zhizhi likes to drink Da Hong Pao, it has been off tribute for more than ten years, even the Jingshi is difficult to drink the authentic Jiulong Yao Da Hong Pao, Yi Yi picked up the teacup and sniffed the tea, tasted two sips, and praised: "It is really a rare good tea, and now it is rare to see Jingshi and other leisure." ”

Hearing what he said, Yi Zhishu smiled and didn't accept the words, and after a few words, he said slowly: "How is the imperial court thinking about exchanging 30% of the shares of all large factories and mining enterprises invested in this year and in the future for 20% of the shares of the Transvaal Gold Mine?" ”

Hearing him talk about the topic, Yi Yi put down the teacup and said: "Now that the imperial court has openly supported Yuanqi's vigorous development of industry, is it necessary to continue to exchange?" ”

After glancing at the three of them, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "The Qing Dynasty has always ruled the world with the gentry, and after the constitution was established, the members of the provincial and county three-level advisory bureaus and the senior administration yuan were also dominated by the gentry, and this situation must be changed."

In terms of class, the gentry represents the feudal landlord class, if the gentry class is still the ruling class of our country, then China's constitutionalism is in name only, and the essence of constitutional monarchy is that the bourgeoisie controls state power through parliament, in short, the members of the Consultative Bureau and the Advisory Council should be dominated by the emerging bourgeoisie, that is, the industrial and commercial capitalists in the cities, the owners of factories and mines, and the capitalist farmers in the countryside. ”

"Capitalist farmers?" Su Shun asked, "What is the difference with the landlord?" ”

"The landlord leases the land to the peasants for rent. Capitalist farmers employ agricultural workers to produce their products. Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "We must transform the gentry into capitalist farmers or urban industrial and commercial capitalists. ”

"Brother Kunijo's meaning ——。" Yi Yi pondered and said: "Let the imperial court set an example and promote the gentry class to carry out independent transformation." ”

"That's just one of them." Yi Zhizhi said: "The second is to promote the gradual integration of Yuanqi and the imperial court through this move, Yuanqi, as a super-large monopoly chaebol, must gradually integrate with the imperial court, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Third, the worldwide economic crisis and agricultural crisis will inevitably prompt the Western industrial powers to gradually turn from free competition to monopoly, once the countries have formed monopoly capitalism, China has no advantage at all, therefore, China must further form a state monopoly economic model, which also requires the integration of Yuanqi and the imperial court.

Fourth, the political and economic systems of Western countries frequently break out into economic crises, and there are obvious defects, and China naturally cannot repeat the mistakes of the past; in order to prolong the outbreak cycle of economic crises to the greatest extent and reduce the harm of economic crises, it is necessary to adopt an economic system that combines state intervention and regulation with an economy of free market competition. ”

The three of them were surprised and ashamed, they really didn't expect that this transaction was so wide and so big involved, but they just blindly cared about the profits and losses of the imperial court in this transaction.

After a slight groan, Su Shun spoke: "That being the case, can the imperial court occupy forty percent?" ”

Putting down the teacup, Yi Zhizu chuckled and said, "Su Xiang, shouldn't this deal be cost-effective?" This deal can be reluctantly passed now, and in a few years, the shareholders of Yuanqi will definitely not agree.

In the past 30 years, Yuanqi has been carrying out the reserve of talents and technology, in improving the transportation and information network, and making various preparations for the vigorous development of basic industry.

Ten or eight years from now, the dividends of these factories and mines will be far beyond your imagination, and will be multiple, tenfold or even dozens of times the income of the Transvaal gold mine. ”

After a pause, he continued: "This transaction is not a condition made by you, but by me, and the imperial court must ensure that no less than 10 million yuan of funds are used to purchase land every year. ”

Hearing this, Yi Yi couldn't help but be stunned, "Why do you want to buy land?" ”

Yi Zhishu glanced at Zhao Liewen and said, "Huifu will tell them in detail." ”

Zhao Liewen said unhurriedly: "China has a vast territory, a large population, is not only a large agricultural country, but also a large population, even if the completion of industrialization to become an industrial power, there will still be more than half of the population engaged in agriculture, which means that China will still face the problem of land annexation....... ”

The problem of land annexation is a stubborn disease that has been difficult to eradicate in the past dynasties, and the Qing Dynasty is no exception.

"The harm of land annexation and the root cause of land annexation are well known to all the princes, and there is no need to repeat it below, if you want to eradicate land annexation, there is only one way, the imperial court controls a large amount of land, and then leases it to landless peasants, in short, it is to make the imperial court the largest landlord!"

Let the imperial court become the largest landlord? The three of them couldn't help but look at each other, this method can indeed solve the problem of land annexation once and for all, but how much money does it cost?

After a little consideration, Su said by the way: "Including the newly cultivated land, China's existing cultivated land is as high as more than 2 billion mu, and even if half of it is purchased, the cost of state funds will be as high as billions or even tens of billions of ........" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Liewen smiled and turned his head to look at Yi Zhengxing, "At the beginning of my return to China, I started to preside over the national rural survey, so let's talk about it." ”

Yi Zhengxing did not shirk his responsibilities and immediately said aloud: "According to a comprehensive analysis of the situation reported by the rural investigation teams of various provinces, by the end of last year, the total amount of cultivated land in China was more than 1,626 million mu, and the land leased to tenants for cultivation accounted for 35.5 percent of the total cultivated land. This figure does not include newly cultivated and newly annexed areas such as the Northeast, Northwest and South Seas.

Yuan Qi's agricultural development plan was to promote large-scale agricultural machinery operations in the plains, so as to accelerate the formation of large-scale intensive agriculture and promote the transformation of the gentry into capitalist farmers, so that arable land in the plains did not need to be purchased.

What needs to be purchased is mainly scattered and scattered cultivated land that is not suitable for large-scale mechanical operations, and it is estimated that it can be purchased in a rough way, and the cultivated land that needs to be purchased should only occupy 23 percent of the total cultivated land in the country. ”

Conducting a National Rural Survey? Su Shun glanced at the young Yi Zhengxing, secretly surprised in his heart, and groaned slightly, before he said: "Even if it is about twenty percent, the national funds that need to be spent will be two or three billion." ”

Zhao Liewen took over and said: "Buying land is a long-term investment, and the imperial court can rent the purchased land to the people for cultivation, collect a certain rent, or resell it to obtain high profits, and then use the money to buy land....... If it doesn't cost billions, three or five billion is enough. ”

Resell land for high profits? Yi Yi's eyes lit up, he knew clearly that as soon as Yuan Qi arrived in Shanghai, he almost bought all the land from Shanghai to Baoshan, with the rise of Shanghai and Baoshan, just by selling land, Yuan Qi made a lot of money, he immediately asked: "But buy a lot of land around the city?" ”

"Not bad. The land around the city was also the main target of the imperial court's land purchases. Yi Zhengxing nodded and said: "With the development of industry and the improvement of transportation, urbanization will become an irreversible trend, more and more people will pour into the city, and the scale of the city will continue to expand, and the land around the city has a huge appreciation potential."

Of course, the imperial court bought the land around the city not only for profit, but also related to the overall planning of urban development, and Shanghai is a good example. ”

Yi Zhishu took over and said: "Here, I have to remind you that land investment is a long-term investment, and urbanization cannot be achieved overnight, and Shanghai has only reached its current scale after 30 years of development. ”

These words were obviously beating them, worried that they would use this for personal gain, Yi Yi chuckled and said: "Although it is safe to invest in land, it has a long cycle and low returns, how can it be better to invest in industry and commerce, although Brother Guocheng can rest assured, we can't invest in land if we want to make money." ”

Wu Changqing hesitated and said: "Will this move be suspected of competing with the gentry for profit?" ”

"Quite the opposite." Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "The imperial court has invested heavily in cultivated land, which is conducive to maintaining and stabilizing the price of cultivated land, which is not a bad thing but a good thing for the gentry who have a lot of arable land.

In addition, the imperial court can give priority to the affected states and counties when purchasing cultivated land, our country has a vast territory, and it can be said that there are many disasters and famines in recent years, and when there is a famine, the price of cultivated land will fall to varying degrees, and the imperial court can buy it at a price slightly higher than the market price, which can not only provide relief, but also nationalize the land, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Yi Yi and Wu Changqing were silent, and Su Shun said tentatively: "The imperial court's finances are already stretched, and 10 million yuan is allocated every year to buy land, where does this money come from?" ”

"Yuanqi borrowing." Yi Zhicontent said without thinking: "The 10 million yuan used to purchase the land, Yuanqi's additional low-interest loan, the annual interest rate is five cents, considering that this move is conducive to disaster relief and stimulating the economy, the scale can be expanded to 20 million yuan in the first two years, however, the total amount of loans shall not exceed 100 million." ”

The annual interest rate is five cents, and the interest of 10 million yuan a year is only 500,000 yuan, which is already very low, and the income of the purchased cultivated land is rented out, and the annual income is conservatively estimated to reach about one million yuan, which means that the income of 450,000 yuan is increased year by year, which can be described as a good thing that is difficult to find with a lantern.

Su Shun was secretly happy in his heart, but said: "Nowadays, the contradiction between tenants and tenants is very common, and the main reason is that it is difficult to collect rent. If the imperial court buys cultivated land for rent, it may be more difficult to collect rent, which will inevitably affect the income of the imperial court and affect the long-term acquisition of cultivated land. ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "This question, let's talk about it." ”

After a slight sigh, Yi Zhengxing spoke: "The contradiction between tenants is not only very common, but also a very prominent social contradiction.

There are two main ways to pay rent in China - divided into land rent and fixed amount of rent, the former is divided between the landlord and the tenant farmer according to the annual output of cultivated land in proportion, and the latter is a fixed amount of rent calculated according to the mu, commonly known as 'iron plate rent', regardless of whether it is good or bad, the rent is always fixed.

Regardless of the north and south, the 'iron plate rent' is the most important way to pay rent, and the fixed amount of the 'iron plate rent' is basically 55 percent, but in fact, the 'iron plate rent', which is known as the 'fixed rent' and 'dead rent', cannot collect the rent in full, regardless of the harvest or apology, the 'iron plate rent' is difficult to collect the rent in full, and the best good fields can only receive 80% of the 'iron plate rent', and the worse can only receive 50%, and on average, it is about 60%.

The reason for this is that in most places, there are township agreements, folk customs, and township regulations that restrict the actual collection rate of 'iron plate rent', which is a balance between the economic interests of the grassroots maintained by Confucianism.

Even if the 'iron plate rent' is discounted and paid, there are still various situations such as rent resistance, rent arrears, rent repayment, resignation, strike, rent evasion, sub-tenant, coercion, and litigation, and the gentry have become the norm to demand rent.

The root cause of this is that the yield of the fields is too low, and in good years, tenant farmers can only barely make ends meet, and in poor harvest years, it is difficult to survive, so it is natural to do everything possible to resist rent arrears. ”

After a pause, he continued: "If the imperial court rents, it will naturally be more favorable than the gentry, otherwise the situation of resisting rent arrears will be more serious, not to mention, it will also damage the prestige and reputation of the imperial court. ”

Down-to-two-eight? Eight tenants, two in the imperial court? Yi Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "By all means, the contradiction between tenants and tenants is already common now, and once the court does this, it will inevitably cause more fierce and acute contradictions between tenants and tenants, and all the gentry will inevitably oppose it fiercely!" ”

Yi Zhizhi looked at him with a smile and said, "How much does the sixth master think is appropriate?" ”

"Pour four or six, can't be lower!" Yi Yi said categorically: "Large-scale immigration and recruitment have led to serious population loss, and it is not easy to stabilize people's hearts, and it is not appropriate to cause any more branches." ”

Su Shun said: "The drought in the north is expected to last for four or five years, even if you take this opportunity to buy land around various large and small cities, it is impossible to rent it out for a while, so you might as well postpone the discussion." ”

One of the two people who saw it insisted on pouring four or six, but the other deliberately delayed, Yi Zhizhi lit a cigarette and slowly took two puffs, and then said slowly: "Fang just said, expanding the scale of state-owned land is conducive to stimulating the economy and alleviating the pressure of disaster relief, so it is better to be sooner rather than later, and besides, the north has been in drought for several years, who dares to guarantee that the wind and rain in the southeast will be smooth in the past few years?" ”

After a pause, he continued: "Perhaps we can change the way of paying rent that is acceptable to everyone, and first give priority to the tenants 25 percent of the harvest as a cost, and then divide the rest of the harvest equally between the tenants and the landlords." ”

Yi Yi silently calculated, taking this way of paying rent, the rent ratio is 625 to 375, but slightly lower than the inverted four or six, and this statement seems to be more accepted by the gentry and landlords, and more importantly, the court rents the land, and the rent must be lower than the existing one, otherwise the court will not look good.

He smiled and said, "Brother Guocheng, this has been waiting here for a long time?" ”

"It's just a matter of retreating." Yi Zhicontent said with a smile: "If the tenant pays the rent in this way, the tenant pays 37.5% of the rent, which is called 375 public rent." ”

The 375 public rent, which seems to be easy to settle at will, is actually the 375 rent reduction that originated from later generations - a relatively successful and mild land reform, and in his opinion, this rent payment ratio is enough to attract the people's enthusiasm for public rental land.

"Three-seven-five public rent, good!" Yi Yi said: "This rent payment ratio can be said to be comprehensive, even if it is a gentry landlord, the opposition will not be too strong." ”

Yi Zhengxing glanced at a few people and said, "The 375 public rent may be suitable in the southeastern provinces, but it may not be suitable in some barren and bitter cold places in the north, because the original rent payment ratio in those areas is less than 30 .......percent. ”

"It's a good wake-up call." Yi Zhizhi said: "Everything is not one-size-fits-all, it must be adapted to local conditions, and the barren and bitter cold land will also reduce the rent accordingly, you might as well be more relaxed, and it is better to suffer a little loss than more public grievances." ”