The wall clock of Fumao Bu rang, and it was eight o'clock in the afternoon

The ambassador of the Russian Empire to China, Kosovitz, had not yet arrived at the presidential palace, which was a very disrespectful move in terms of diplomatic etiquette, after all. He did tell the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that he would arrive at the presidential palace at 8 o'clock this morning to meet with Mr. President.

However, considering that a few minutes ago, the Foreign Ministry shook the phone and said that the Russian ambassador might be late for some "technical reasons", so, from this point of view. Again, the tardiness of the Russian ambassador seemed understandable. While the Russian ambassador was still on the road, Zhao Bei sat in his office and seized the time to deal with some official business, among which the approval of the final texts of the five laws was particularly concerned

The five laws that will be promulgated for national implementation are:

Actually, as early as two years ago. These five laws have already been tried on a trial basis in some provinces, especially in the three eastern provinces, Jiangsu Province, Guangdong Province, the four provinces, and Shaanxi Province. and to amend them to improve these legal provisions.

In accordance with the provisions of the Progressive Tax on Immovable Property Act. The more immovable property owned by a private person, the more land tax needs to be paid, this law is mainly aimed at large landowners in the countryside, the threshold is 1,000 mu, and the land owned by a private person over 1,000 mu is subject to the tax rate of twice the threshold below, more than 10,000 mu. The rate can be up to five times higher, and in the cities, where the law targets property speculators who hoard large amounts of property in the short term, forcing them to invest their money in industry, where the threshold for progressive taxes is much lower than in the countryside.

The Law on the Restriction of Rent Rates is also mainly aimed at rural landlords, in accordance with this law. The tenancy relationship between the landlord and the tenant must be regulated in the form of a contract, and the land lease without signing the lease contract shall be regarded as illegal, and the maximum rent of the tenant land shall not exceed 30% of the tenant's harvest in the current year, and any land lease exceeding 30% shall be regarded as illegal. The lease is signed every five years, during which the landlord is not allowed to unilaterally quit the lease under any pretext. Tenants are also not allowed to refuse to pay rent under any pretext, and if there is a dispute, they can only go through the legal route through the courts.

The Law on the Regulation of Private Lending directly limits the types of private lending, and usury such as "donkey rolling" has been declared illegal for all private loans that do not pass through legal qualifications of financial institutions. The principal amount of the loan is frozen, and only interest is charged.

According to the Law on Subsidies for the Purchase of Agricultural Machinery to support small and medium-sized farmers. Agricultural operators who purchase all domestically produced agricultural machinery can receive subsidies from the central government, and the technical support required for agricultural machinery is provided by local agricultural technology stations.

According to the Law on Resettlement of Farmers, which encourages farmers to migrate outside the country, the three eastern provinces, Inner and Outer Mongolia, the northwestern provinces, the southwestern provinces, and the southeastern coastal islands are all resettlement areas, and all farmers who voluntarily migrate to the above areas can apply to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for land according to the number of family members, and after five years of cultivation, the land will be privately owned, and all land taxes will be exempted for these five years. At the same time, in order to provide enough uncultivated land, the central government forcibly acquired a large amount of land from the local magnates and Mongol princes over a period of two years, an action that obviously could not be completely peaceful, and the Progressive Tax Law on Immovable Property clearly served this.

These five laws cover too many aspects and involve too many social strata, even if they are tried in some areas. During this period, there was also a lot of resistance. There are those who support it, there are those who oppose it, and it is not just the shouters who oppose it. There are also action factions, in the last two years. Zhao Bei personally approved the military crackdown on more than 50 times. Fortunately, since the start of the war in Europe, China has seized the time to develop industry and commerce, and the vast industrial and commercial investment market has not only provided a large number of jobs, but also enabled most of the wealthy to turn their attention from the land to industry and commerce, so that a large amount of money accumulated in real estate speculation has been invested in industrial construction, and it is for this reason that in the past two years. Although there is some disturbance in some areas, but overall. Social order was relatively stable, the building of the legal system was steadily advancing, and all the local grass-roots power organs had been formed, while at the same time, Zhao Bei had further controlled the situation in the whole country, especially by taking the opportunity to further rectify the army, and those officers who had come from the owners of large estates were purged. Officers from the industrial and commercial classes took their place, and young intellectuals also regarded serving the country in the army as their first choice.

More importantly, the rapid development of the industrial and commercial economy has provided reliable financial support to the central government. Without these financial supports, these land system reforms would not have been possible, and the implementation of these laws has provided a bellwether for the people, with most people seeing the situation before the laws are enacted nationwide, and few people are trying to become large landlords

He who.

Now, through the trial implementation of the laws, the citizens have seen the benefits that these laws bring to the country. Therefore, it is the right time for these five laws to be enacted throughout the country, and there may still be resistance. But now that Zhao Bei has made up his mind to implement these laws. Then no one and no force will stop the implementation of these laws.

After signing his name and stamping the final text of these five laws, Zhao Bei was in a relaxed mood and handed the legal text to the waiter standing at the desk

"Things are man-made, in any era, it is to demand new changes, and there is no future for resting on one's laurels. This is true for people, and it is true for nations. As a national dollar, you can't look ahead and backward in doing things. Always be responsible

"That's what the president said. When these laws were tried out on a trial basis, many members of the Political Committee strongly opposed them, because they were blinded by their own interests and therefore could not see the benefits of these laws to the country. For thousands of years, the wealthy class of China had always counted on the land to bring them wealth, but it has been proved that the wealth brought by the ten lands is far less reliable and faster than the wealth brought by industry and commerce, and besides, the large estates of the Russian style are not in line with the national conditions of our country, and the small and medium-sized estates of the French style are in the interests of our people. ”

Seeing that Li Fan and the ability to shoot horses were good, Zhao Bei smiled and asked, "Director Li, you have also studied the large estate system in Russia?"

Li Fanhe was a little proud, nodded, and said, "A little research." Although Stolypin, the former prime minister of the Russian Empire, presided over the reform of the village community system and the land system for several years, the results were not great. Even according to the statistics of the Russian newspaper itself. Up to now, the territory of the Russian Empire was still dominated by large estates, of which the most powerful 30,000 large landowners occupied more than 200 million acres of land. The other 200 million acres are occupied by wealthy people from other classes, and as for the Russian small farmers, they are still living in poverty and "land hunger." Perhaps, this is one of the reasons for the recent revolution in the Russian Empire

Indeed, if Stolypin can continue to carry out the reform of his village community system, perhaps. The current political situation in the Russian Empire would be more stable, and the revolution would not be so in full swing. Stolypin's reforms clearly offended the interests of both groups. One group was the aristocracy and the big landowners, because they would lose many economic benefits because of the change in the land system, and the other group was the revolutionaries in the cities. For Stolypin's aim was to appease the anger of the peasants and the villages, and once the anger subsided, the revolutionaries in the cities would lose their rural allies. Analyze it like this. It is not surprising that Stolypin was assassinated, and even if Stolypin was not assassinated, he would eventually lose his position as prime minister, because the tsar would not allow the foundations of his rule to be shaken.

In the final analysis, Stolypin's mistake was that he did not have a reliable armed force in his hands to guarantee the continuation of his policy, and his tragedy was that he relied too much on the tsar, forgetting a basic fact that the tsar did not rely on the peasants for his rule, the tsar's rule depended on the nobility and bureaucracy, how could the tsar go for the benefit of the peasants of the nobles and bureaucrats? Of course, when it comes to the revolution that exploded in the Russian Empire, the direct fuse was not the countryside, and the background of this revolution is complicated. It is by no means clear in one sentence or two. ”

Now that Zhao Bei spoke about the current situation in the Russian Empire. Then Lee Shou-ho wants to continue to explore this topic, and he trusts the president's judgment. Because history has proven the strategic vision of Mr. President.

"I wonder how the president sees the political situation after the Russian Empire? I heard that the Russian tsar had rejected the Provisional Government's proposal to abdicate him, and I wonder if there would be a civil war between royalists and constitutionalists in Russia? ”

See Li sitting and a serious appearance. Zhao Bei also had the heart to enlighten him, but before he could speak, he saw a figure outside the door flickering, and Qin Sihu, the captain of the guard, walked into the office.

"Mr. President, Minister of Internal Affairs Lu Jianzhang has asked to see him, and he has already arrived outside the door." I called him over, and you called him in

Zhao Bei nodded, waved his hand, Li Zanhe comprehended, withdrew from the office with the five legal texts in his hand, said hello to Lu Jianzhang who was standing in the corridor, and then went straight away.

Lu Jianzhang was led into the office by Qin Sihu, after which Qin Sihu withdrew from the office and closed the door.

"What does the president command?"

Lu Jianzhang saw Zhao Beiduan sitting behind his desk. He walked to the desk and stood upright.

"It's top secret, you can take it and see it. Just read it here, read it, and give me back the file. Then, you can go down and set it up

Zhao Bei didn't dwell too much, took out a confidential document from the drawer and handed it to Lu Jianzhang. Let him sit on the sand in the corner and read carefully.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Bei processed a few more official documents, and then, the phone on the table rang, and he picked up the microphone, but the call was from Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi.

"Mr. President, the Russian Ambassador to China, Mr. Kosovitz, has arrived. I have led him to the State Guesthouse. When will the president meet him? Tang Shaoyi asked.

Zhao Bei glanced at the alarm clock on the table, good guy, this Mesovitz shelf is inevitably very big. He was half an hour late, and since this big Russian nose is so arrogant, then don't blame Mr. President of China for coming and being rude.

"Please convey to Mr. Ambassador of Russia, that I am now busy receiving foreign guests, and that I will meet him at nine o'clock sharp. Other than that. He asked General Manager Tang to send someone to the Ministry of Finance to invite the Minister of Finance, and by the way, to ask Wang Yongjiang to come over and meet with the Russian ambassador with the president. ”

After speaking, Zhao Bei didn't wait for Tang Shaoyi to say anything. He pressed the microphone down, and the Russian ambassador chose this time to play prestige and light up. I did choose the wrong time.