The whole month of December passed little by little, and the pace of time directly crossed 38 years without a trace of hesitation.

This is how the 39 years of the shadow of war have come.

Huaxia seemed to have calmed down a lot all of a sudden, with only sporadic battles sounding in various places.

Although the surrounding area of the Seventh War Zone was covered with battle clouds, there was no sound of gunfire, and people suddenly seemed to have returned to the pre-war period. But those in the know know that I am afraid that the pace of the big war is approaching, but their mood is not very anxious.

Although it seems that he himself is besieging the vanguard army now, it is Yue himself who actually takes the defense. Most of the north and west sides are mountainous, but in the south, the section of positions opposite Xuzhou and Lianyungang, in order to prevent the sudden attack of the vanguard tanks, said that he mobilized labor to prevent tank trenches dug everywhere. In some places, the people fled to the vanguard army, and the population was sparse, so the devils mobilized men from other places.

Of course, these laborers were only digging ditches, and he did not dare to use these people as shields to attack.

The vanguard army said very clearly, and for similar moves, the nearly 100,000 overseas Chinese in the hands of the vanguard army would have to pay ten times the price. The last time a poison gas incident killed nearly 1,000 people, it made them understand the unhesitating methods of the vanguard army. There is no special reason, and I am not willing to abandon these people all at once.

The Vanguard's achievements have slowly spread with those films and publicity. Although some secrets have not yet been revealed, it is clear that the vanguard army of equal numbers has been recognized by everyone.

In order to knock and deter himself, the news that the vanguard army had reached 500,000 was also spread through the grapevine.

"The vanguard army now has half a million?" Sugiyama Moto, a little incredulous.

"Intelligence from all over the world shows that this data is relatively real." Kenji Tsuchihara was also surprised in his heart.

The exact number of the vanguard army has always been unknown, but according to my estimate based on the weaponry, establishment, and economic strength of the vanguard army, the number has always deviated by more than 50,000 people.

"At this rate, by the time we attack, the number of the vanguard army may reach 600,000." Sugiyama Moto sighed, "But the empire's use of 400,000 troops is already the limit. ”

"They've put together 200,000 recruits in the past two months. These recruits are not strong in combat. The Empire's 400,000 troops could defeat it. "Kenji Dohihara only used defeat, and did not want to annihilate the vanguard army as before.

"There are a lot of people in China!" Sugiyama said enviously. The vanguard army easily scraped together 200,000, and it is not too difficult to imagine that with a population of 40,000 in China, it is not too difficult to draw out 10 million soldiers.

The thought of the 10 million soldiers of the Vanguard Army, he felt his scalp tingle. When the quantity exceeds a certain limit, it is a qualitative change that is frightening. An army of ants can sweep through the forest.

"The empire is working on plans to reduce the population of China. The more effective policy is to control their births. In the areas under our control, as long as they are squeezed out of their living space and cannot afford to raise children, and our diaspora wants political axes to subsidize childbearing, the population of the next generation of the Chinese people will be equalized to the same number as we are in thirty years. In another 60 years, these China regions will completely belong to our Yamato nation. "What Kenji Dohihara said was a measure they were working on. It will not work to explicitly restrict births, even if the puppet military regime is strongly opposed, and cutting off the heirs can invite heaven's condemnation. Many people oppose it, and even if they say that they themselves do not dare to force it directly.

"We may not see it anymore." Sugiyama Mototo sighed leisurely, and turned to say viciously, "But we must first eliminate the vanguard army. Their expansive surnames are very strong, and they need to be wiped out completely. ”

"Elephants are also afraid of ant bites. Our lack of troops can drive the soldiers of the Imperial Alliance to attack continuously. Anyway, it's the people who die. Over time, this will also reduce the population of the Chinese people a lot. In the history of China, every war would greatly reduce their population, but as soon as each war ended, their population was densely spread on this land. Kenji Dohihara did not echo the opinion of eliminating the Vanguard. At this point, unless there is chaos within the vanguard army, it will be difficult for the vanguard army to collapse......

"If one of those three strategies can succeed, it can cause chaos within the vanguard army. But each one is not easy! Kenji Dohihara sighed in his heart.

"Now we're going to make the final preparations. There was also good news on the home side, and the production of new aircraft for the Empire began. Sugiyama said with a smile.

"This is our new fighter!" Toshi Nagagishita, who came on purpose, looked at the first Zero plane off the assembly line, and his heart was full of emotion. He said that his plane was repeatedly beaten by the vanguard, which made Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, the first pilot to fly into the sky, enter the reserve ahead of schedule. But Nagashita Toshita, who succeeded him, was equally helpless in the face of the Vanguard Army's plane.

The aircraft of the vanguard army can be much stronger than the plane of the book. As the pilots of the vanguard army continued to mature, he said that his own aircraft could not get any benefits.

At this time, with the new fighters, with the skills of the pilots, they could quickly establish air superiority. Although the production was extremely low at the beginning, only two or three aircraft a day, as production expanded, these Zeros would be densely packed into the sky of China.

"Zero!" He heard the name of the plane in his ears.

"Zero, it will be a new beginning!" Nagakishita raised his fist and said in his heart.

Meng Xiang didn't know that the Zero Type had begun to produce at this time, and he was worried about one thing.

Someone came to matchmaking. Meng Xiang almost fell down when he heard Kong Lingjun's name.

"Old Jiang. If you seduce me with a beautiful woman, maybe we'll be able to walk around a little more. But you use Kong Lingjun to scare me, it's purely insincere! Meng Xiang had countless resentments in his heart.

Miss Kong Er's name has been heard of by Meng Xiang in later generations, and her appearance as a woman dressed as a man and her arrogant and domineering style are simply a demon king of the world.

"Even if I turn my face with Lao Jiang, I will never look for this Miss Kong Er. Even those three wives and four concubines who took her can't do it. Meng Xiang said resolutely. When I came to this world, I have been working hard, and before I waited for the little hands of Lala Beauty, I had to dig a dung pit and jump into it by myself, which was absolutely impossible.

Meng Xiang didn't know that if he hadn't appeared, there would have been a matchmaking between Miss Kong Er and Hu Zongnan in 38 years. It's just that now with the appearance of Meng Xiang, and it is becoming more and more dazzling, there is such a temptation from Lao Jiang. If the two are related, it is possible that the power will be taken over at that time, after all, Chiang Ching-kuo has just returned from Soviet Russia in 37 years, and his foundation is unstable.

But how could Meng Xiang exchange his marriage and freedom for wealth? With a base in hand, even if you can still poke a hole this day, will you care about Lao Jiang's little rights? If it weren't for the fear of civil strife, Huaxia would have been greatly damaged, and now he would be able to pull out the banner and claim hegemony.

Pharmacist Tang next to him didn't know what the latter sentence meant, but he was so resolute about Meng Xiang that he didn't persuade him anymore. At this time, the strength of the vanguard army no longer needed the line of political marriage to maintain relations with the central government.

But Li Shuchun couldn't help but say next to him: "Dashuai's marriage also needs to be arranged as soon as possible." ”

Although Meng Xiang feels that he is still young, in this era, at his age, some people have even begun to prepare to talk about marriage.

This is not a joke, many people get married since they are thirteen or fourteen, and there are also grandfathers before the age of thirty.

There were many early marriages in Shandong during the Republic of China. Most men marry between the ages of 12 and 17, and men who do not marry at the age of 15 or 6 will be laughed at just like the age of 30 in later generations.

Women are slightly later, mostly between 17 and 19 years old. Generally larger than men. This was another common surname phenomenon in marriage in Shandong at that time. It is normal to be three or four years older, and some are even eleven or twelve years older. Guy because the man married too early. Some even start getting married at the age of **, but what can a child know, guarding a wife of about twenty is like finding a wet nurse. Women are undoubtedly widows in this way, and when the men grow up, the women are old and decrepit. For this reason, conflicts in the family occur from time to time.

There is also a child bride whose fate is even more tragic, just like a free long-term worker.

In response to this phenomenon, the 30-year-old Civil Code of the Central Government states that the legal age of marriage is not less than 18 years for men and 16 years for women. Including Han Fuyu, they have made a lot of efforts to change this bad habit. Although it has been effective, many regions have preserved these customs.

It was not until the Pioneer Army introduced the subsistence allowance policy that the Marriage Law and Regulations of the Special Administrative Region were also implemented in accordance with the laws of the central government. It reaffirmed that those who violate the law against early marriage and child brides receive only a minimum subsistence allowance and that the surname is disciplinary for both parents. Even for farming, the tax exemption policy for some farmland has been abolished, and the minimum number of tax-exempt acres per household may be reduced to 3 mu, and those exceeding 3 mu will be levied.

After half a year of publicity, it was implemented from January 1, 39. On the third day, seven examples of crimes committed against the wind were announced through the radio station, and they were unceremoniously and directly executed.

After all, such examples are a minority, and now the people in the SAR know that the laws and regulations of the vanguard army are very strict, but as long as they do not break the law, they are very free. With the subsistence allowance, the phenomenon of child brides was quickly eliminated. Who is willing to sell their daughter? In the past, I was poor and couldn't help it, but now that I have a subsistence allowance, what are you afraid of? Even if you are not lucky, you can eat.

Child brides who have not yet married are also redeemed by the government axe. To this end, Taiping Bank has launched a small, low-interest loan to solve the problem of child brides being redeemed. Now that the compulsory education implemented by the political axe, parents must be held accountable for children who do not go to school in line with their age, and in serious cases, they will even be directly arrested and imprisoned. Child daughters-in-law will be held accountable if they do not go to school, and they will be targeted extremely strictly. This mandatory surname prison was implemented a long time ago, even earlier than the marriage law. Some in-laws were also worried, so they returned these child daughters-in-law early.

The trend of compulsory education has also greatly reduced the age of early marriage. The Compulsory Education Law, which was introduced earlier, clearly stipulates that no marriage is allowed during the compulsory education period, otherwise the guardian will be held responsible.

Only by taking these measures did we stop the trend of early marriage and child bride-in-law.

But in people's minds, Meng Xiang is not married at the age of twenty-six or seventeen, even according to the marriage law, it is very late.

"Even if the marshal has something unspeakable, he needs to take action to avoid the people from speculating." This sentence was said to him by Pharmacist Tang when no one was around, and he couldn't help but make Meng Xiang's head bruise.

"Actually guess what you have to say?" Meng Xiang was angry, but helpless, although there was a standard pillar of optimus every morning, there were clone guards guarding it, and few people saw it. I honestly didn't make any trouble. This kind of thing can't be explained, so it's impossible for others to watch the live broadcast to prove themselves.

"Another day, I will knock down your baby daughter, and you will know if I have something unspeakable." Although Meng Xiang cursed in his heart, he defended himself: "There is no suitable one for the time being, I will not easily find someone I don't like and marry him casually." In the face of Tang Yaoshi, he didn't seem to be putting on a posture in front of everyone.

"It's okay for the handsome to take a concubine first!" Pharmacist Tang thought about other things in his heart and said it casually, but suddenly thought that in the official marriage law promulgated a few days ago, there was already a statement about concubines.

The saying about concubinage has just been promulgated recently, and it was not very obvious when it was in the Special Administrative Region before, but in the Beijing-Tianjin area, it is normal for those old and young people to marry a few aunts. Some even married one or twenty. This can't help but make Meng Xiang worry about the distribution of women's resources.

During the war, it is good to say that there are many boys and girls, but in peacetime, the emergence of gangs of singles is a factor of social instability.

During the Republican period, there was no French language that forcibly prohibited concubinage.

You can imagine who the concubines are. Officials want to get a few little wives, celebrities need courtesans, even literati have to be romantic, and those landlords and squires all remind people of their status by taking concubines. In a word, only middle- and upper-class people who hold power and money are qualified to take concubines. Who would dare to order a ban on concubinage? Undoubtedly against the entire upper echelons.

Even when Meng Xiang was thinking about this issue, he was cautious. In addition to the loyal clones in the vanguard army, many of those officers also had concubines in their hearts, and many high-ranking officers, especially those received from other places, had already taken concubines themselves.

Although the central government advocated monogamy, and even Lao Jiang and others took the lead, and Huangpu students also practiced monogamy, the advocacy was only advocacy, not a social decree. The form of two and three mothers is also the embodiment of concubines.

This problem needs to be solved after all, especially the data of some serious concubines in the subsistence allowance registration also made Meng Xiang frightened. The vanguard army has only just begun to manage Beijing and Tianjin, and some things are better handled early than later. The longer it drags on, the harder it becomes to deal with it. Taking advantage of the murderous shock brought by the vanguard army, some things are better solved.

After careful consideration, Meng Xiang introduced the luxury tax. While most of the other taxes are being reduced and compressed, the introduction of this luxury tax is very interesting.

The luxury tax introduced by Meng Xiang is a good control stick, and its scope has been added by Meng Xiang very widely, which can directly guide all aspects of society. The regulation of concubinage is only one of them.

Luxury, in peacetime, is fine, but in the chaotic and turbulent times, the extravagance of some elites can easily cause anger. The huge gap between the rich and the poor is even more obvious in the face of luxury.

When there are frozen bones on the road, the smell of Zhumen's wine and meat is a typical luxury. Too large a gap in itself can easily lead to social unrest, and the source of the luxury tax is to close some of this gap. If you want to be extravagant, you can pay taxes first.

The scope of luxury tax can be adjusted over time. Different regions and times, different external environments, the concept of luxury is different. It is better to have a white-flour steamed bun in the hands of a landlord in the eyes of a poor man who gnaws on the head of the nest.

But as a legal norm, it can't be so lax, it must be rigorous.

It is obviously inappropriate for steamed buns to be directly classified as luxury goods. But abalone, shark fin and other delicacies from the mountains and seas are bound to be luxuries.

According to the analogy of real estate in later generations, if a family holds two or three houses in their hands, it is still a normal accumulation of social wealth, and if they hold four or five or even a dozen houses, it is a bit speculative, which is obviously a waste of luxury and occupies the limited real estate resources of other ordinary people, which can be levied according to the luxury tax.

Villas occupy a lot of arable land, and it is obvious that they are also in the ranks of luxury goods, and they also need to be levied luxury tax.

In a word, the luxury tax is the scope of the luxury tax in a certain era and within a certain range, and the resources occupied greatly exceed the average water quality of the people.

Marrying a concubine is also subject to luxury tax. According to the normal ratio of men to women, one to one is born of some singles. None of the other people have married a wife, and you still have three wives and four concubines, two wives and three wives, which naturally occupies too much public resources, and there is no negotiation for paying taxes.

Customs, which have been passed down for thousands of years, cannot be eliminated in a moment. In this regard, Meng Xiang did not resist hard, and only proposed to gradually improve the status of women. A gradual transition to a monogamous society is limited to 20 years. In these 20 years, those who married before January 1, 39 and registered before June 1 can not be counted, but after the new wife, they need to pay luxury tax, and according to the number of concubines, they will be collected and paid according to different levels.