After the public opinion stirred up by the Shanghai case gradually subsided, the newspapers mostly discussed the pomp and circumstance of the expo and the movie called the Great Ming Robbery. Before the movie was released, Liang Qichao had learned that someone in Beijing had seen it first, so he specifically inquired about what the movie said, but the first time he watched the movie, and he only watched it once, and those who asked him couldn't tell why, so when the movie was released in Shanghai in November, Liang Qichao had to take the Progressive Party to the theater to watch it.

In the movie, it is said that you can look at the face of the sky, or the battlefield of real swords and guns, and there is an hour and three quarters long, because there is no silent screening in the theaters in Shanghai, all of them are sound, and the ticket prices range from one Chinese yuan to three Chinese yuan, and some high-end theaters actually have hand-colored films, and the ticket price ranges from 30 Chinese yuan to 100 Chinese yuan. The price is so expensive, but the gentry and the magnates still flock to it for a glimpse.

Liang Qichao and the others sat in the private room of the Hongkou Victoria Cinema very early, but the movie was not released at some point, only a docent in a suit stood under the screen and began to introduce the background and plot of the movie.

The movie narrator system is something that came from Japan, and in the era of silent films with no story and no sound, it was necessary to rely on the narrator to introduce the content of the movie to the audience, so as not to confuse the audience or miss the wonderful shots, and with the establishment of the narrator, many times the audience watched the movie not only to choose the film itself, but to see which narrator was more famous.

Liang Qichao had stayed in Tokyo and was no stranger to the docent, but Lin Changmin, Xu Fusu and others who came with him were extremely tired of the docent, and only waited for a few foreigners to stand up and protest against the fact that the film was not screened, and the docent retreated. Then the lights in the hall suddenly went out, and colorful light came out of the screening window on the high wall behind it. Immediately, the cloth was illuminated.

The movie is faithful to the original for 1 hour and 40 minutes, and Liang Qichao looks at it and forgets that he is here to find the government's intentions in the movie. was just immersed in the plot of the movie, and when the ending song sounded and everyone applauded, he remembered that he hadn't done anything at all, and patronized to read the big photo; And when he wanted to understand the meaning of the movie, his mind was full of sadness that the world would be overthrown at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Liang Qichao is like this, so is Lin Changmin and others, and when they slept the next day, everyone discussed it again, and the matter had some eyebrows.

"The more I think about it, the more I think this Sun Chuanting looks like Yang Jingcheng!" Lin Changmin said that the charm of movies is not something that people in this era can resist. So the discussion in the morning was still in vain, and seeing that everyone had no clue, Lin Changmin didn't know why he sighed so much.

"If Sun Zhengcheng is Yang Jingcheng, then who is that Wu Ke?" Tang Hualongdao, a new member of the party. He was originally a member of the Kuomintang, but was squeezed out by Song Jiaoren and others, so he left the party and joined the Progressive Party.

"I look like Zhang Taiyan." Lin Changmin replied, and after speaking, he felt uncertain. said with a smile, "But this chapter Taiyan has never practiced medicine, but he used to advocate Buddhism, saying that the more you believe in Buddhism, the more revolutionary it will be." ”

Zhang Taiyan used to promote Buddhism for a period of time a few years ago. It is believed that the Buddha can ask for the country, it is just a joke, and because of him, everyone here laughs.

Liang Qichao looked at the laughing people, but suddenly stood up. His laughter suddenly froze when he did this, and Lin Changmin frowned when he saw him. Hurriedly asked: "Ren Gong is like this, do you have something to gain?" ”

He asked. The others also stopped laughing and looked over, in the eyes of everyone, Liang Qichao's white paper fan fanned faster and faster, and his brows wrinkled deeper and deeper, suddenly, with a 'bang', the paper fan was slammed away, and Liang Qichao said with great certainty: "I figured it out, Yang Jingcheng wants to average land rights!" ”

Liang Qichao said the slogan of the Alliance, and a few people here still understood this meaning, but he said that Yang Jingcheng wanted to equalize the land rights, and several people did not believe it, Tang Hualong said: "Didn't this matter be concluded before, land is private property, and the government protects private property." Although the tenants suffered, they only improved their livelihood by reducing rent. Although the previous rent was 50%, but in fact, every family was 40% of the income, and the tenants stole some, relied on some, owed some, and eventually received 30%, and now the rent is reduced to 20%, everyone shouts that they can't stand it, not to mention the average land right. ”

"It's just that everyone can't stand the reduction to 20%, and if you want to improve the livelihood of tenants, you can only equalize the land." Liang Qichao said, he became more and more convinced of his own judgment, "North Korea is now in Juntian, since North Korea is Juntian, then what should I do with China?" Uneven, those mud legs, don't they want to coax Yang Jingcheng to step down. Let's not forget, what is the basis for revival to be where it is today? It's not the gentry who rely on it, it's the mud legs. If it weren't for the desperate efforts of these people, he would have been able to win the world and drive the Japanese into the sea? ”

Liang Qichao's words are categorical, and his usual views have always been agreed by everyone. He was now categorically sure that what Yang Jingcheng was going to do next was Juntian, and that was true nine times out of ten. Lin Changmin suddenly got up and said angrily: "Yang Jingcheng is going to isolate himself from the world!" Everyone will endure the rent reduction to two percent, and now they still have to Juntian, is there still a royal law? Is there any axiom in this? Which family's land is not passed down by the ancestors, and if he wants to have the field, he is not afraid of the world to ask for it? ”

The Progressive Party is full of gentry, every family has acres of land, before the fear that the revival will collude with mud legs, so it agreed to reduce the rent to 20%, and now the government has won the war against Japan, China has regained its majesty, everyone still wanted to ask for a rent increase, although it is expected that the rent increase will not be successful, but also to equalize the land, which immediately aroused everyone's righteous indignation, Tang Jue suddenly said, "Who of you here does not have acres of land?" Yang is like this, just to drive us to the end, isn't he afraid of chaos in the world!

"What is he afraid of? With the millions of soldiers in his hands and tens of millions of members of the peasant association, can the world still be chaotic? While everyone was talking, Tang Hualong also thought about things thoroughly, and only felt that the struggle was hopeless: "Now that Yang Jingcheng is in the people's morale, at this time, when will he stay?" After all, this person is deceitful and skilled, and he can't be guarded against. ”

As soon as Tang Hualong said that there were millions of soldiers and tens of millions of members of the peasant association, several people who were angry suddenly lost their strength, and even the most fierce Lin Changmin sat down dejectedly. It has only been three years since the Revival Society sat in the world, but in these three years, except for the remote Mongolia, Tibet, the Western Regions, Yunnan, and Guangzhou. Everywhere else, they run it as solid as an iron bucket. Mongolia, Tibet, and the Western Regions have few people, and they will definitely not be evenly landed. And Yunnan is poor, it is to make trouble. How big can it be? As for Liangguang, I didn't know at first, but now everyone understands that this Furen Cultural Society and the Fuxing Society are a nest.

In more than 20 provinces across the country, there is no place to make trouble. This is the case at home, and it is even more unbearable abroad, the great powers are burdened by the European war and cannot look eastward, and Japan is newly defeated. It's not that they can't interfere, the only one who can free up their hands is the ...... of the United States, but the United States has always been friendly with the current dynasty, and even if it is not good, what can the people of the United States do if China equalizes the land?

Silently, everyone only thought about the internal and external affairs, and they all sighed one after another, and I have to say that this is really the best time to equalize the land. Surrendered internally, without interference outside, Yang Jingcheng did what he wanted to do, and he couldn't find a flaw at all.

There is no way to do it. His eyes were all focused on Liang Qichao again, and Lin Changmin said: "Ren Gong, how is this good?" ”

"It can only be the spear of the son. Tapper's Shield. Liang Qichao said.

"What do you mean by that?" This time, it was not only Lin Changmin, but even Tang Hualong also inquired.

Yang Jingcheng said it before. Saving the country through industry, education, and military are all empty words, and only the law can save the country. Judging by its words and deeds. He really believes that the law can save the country, and in the Shanghai case last month, Wu Zhihui and others were released because he wanted to establish the foundation for everything in the country -- as long as the court decides it, even if there are problems in it, he will admit it. Liang Qichao thought about what Yang Rui said and did since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and thought that he had analyzed the slightest, "This Juntian matter is actually robbing the rich and helping the poor, and there is nothing to say about this poverty alleviation, but what reason does he Yang actually have to rob the rich?" With the constitution established by the founding of the country, this is an unconstitutional act, as long as Yang Jingcheng implements Juntian, then we can sue Dali Temple and sue the government for violating the constitution. ”

"That's right! You can say that again! Tang Juedun was like a few blind enlightenments, but Tang Hualong, who had studied law at Hosei University in Japan, said: "Ren Gong, although the constitution is sacred, it is still determined by the parliamentarians, since it is unconstitutional, then with the proportion and influence of the Revival Society in the Inspectorate Yuan, why can't he Yang actually amend the constitution?" ”

"Since Yang Jingcheng has amended the constitution, can't we protect the constitution?" Liang Qichao said, with a smile on his face, and the fan fanned up freely.

As soon as he said this, Tang Hualong's eyes narrowed, and he twisted his beard and thought about it, but Lin Changmin, Xu Fosu, Tang Juedun and others were just happy that Liang Qichao had a strategy to protect the constitution, but they did not understand the deep meaning.

"What kind of process does this constitution want to protect?" Tang Hualong, who understood what Liang Qichao said, thought for a while, and then asked.

"At the very least, you have to escort us into the Mystery Academy." Liang Qichao said with a smile, "The revival will be very powerful, and it must not be forced." Although there is no mistake in the legal process, it is reasonable to say that the revival will lose the support of the people. Among the landlords, there are landlords who have been officials for several years and have become rich and bought land, but more people are the result of the hard work of the past generations, and there are also those overseas expatriates who go out to work for foreigners all their lives, reluctant to eat and wear, for what, don't you want to buy a few acres of land at home? He Yang really wants to equalize the land, which will inevitably make the landowners in the world dissatisfied. ”

"But what if Yang Jingjung is not like North Korea, but like Japan?" Tang Hualong thought more and more deeply, and even took into account the way of equalizing the land.

"At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were 120,000 mu of land in the country, and tenants planted more than 30% of them, that is to say, about 40,000 mu of land to be redeemed, and at the land price of 20 taels, this is 800,000 taels." Liang Qichao has a good eye for numbers, and he has long studied China's agriculture. "Does Yang Jingcheng have 800,000 taels? I think all the official property has been sold, and there are not 800,000 taels. For example, if you want to have the railway state-owned five years ago, the imperial court symbolically made up some money and issued some bonds, but in fact, what is the use of those waste papers?

As soon as the land equalization order is issued, the rich people in the world will certainly hate the Revival Association and will certainly join our progressive party, but our party must remember not to allow those troublesome landlords to join the association, and can only criticize the government in the newspapers for preying on the common people, and the reason for robbing the rich and helping the poor is to curry favor with the tenant farmers. This kind of banditry is not for the foundation of the country, but for the cause of chaos for the country. ”

Liang Qichao's words are at this point, even the most stupid person understands what he means: There is only one big party in China today, although the Kuomintang also has seats, but it is not conspicuous at all, and if the Progressive Party wants to come out, it must find another way. Now the revival will plan to equalize the land, which will inevitably offend the gentry and landlords. There are also some wealthy families with small property. This is the opportunity for the Progressive Party, if Revival is the Party of the Poor. The Progressive Party is the Party of the Rich, so poor and rich. It will be possible to raise the brand of the Progressive Party and squeeze out the Kuomintang into the Institute of Suspicion. As for whether it can really keep the property of those rich people, what does this have to do with the Progressive Party? Without the Progressive Party, the rich would not even have a representative to speak to.

This is the way for the Progressive Party to come out, but after the Progressive Party has done its job, what should we do with our own fields? Is it really up to Yang Jingcheng to take it away? Thinking of the fertile fields at home, everyone was happy and their teeth hurt at the same time.

Looking at the government's behavior with movies, this is not only Liang Qichao can think that Wu Tingfang, who watched the movie a few days ago, knew the meaning of the Prime Minister's Office. Today, he suddenly heard that the secretary said that the prime minister was visiting, and he immediately understood why Yang Rui came. However, because he didn't know what Yang Rui would do, Wu Tingfang only asked the secretary to invite Yang Rui in with a tense face, and he also left the office and went to the living room to entertain guests.

When Yang Rui saw the living room, he saw Wu Tingfang wearing a red first-class official robe, sitting on the main seat and meditating.

After the two of them gave the salute, Wu Tingfang said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister is busy with official business. If you have something to do, you can send someone to deliver a message, but you don't have to come in person. ”

"Hehe......" Yang Rui didn't have the slightest anger towards the Tingwei Mansion last month, and only smiled: "This matter is very important, I have to come to ask Master Wu for advice in person." ”

Yang Rui was so polite. Wu Tingfang didn't dare to slack off, and said: "Don't dare to ask for advice, please tell me if the Prime Minister has something." The government listened. ”

"I watched the movie of the Film Bureau a few days ago, and I only felt that the lines on it were very reasonable. Three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty. The reason for the overturning was nothing other than natural disasters. It's land annexation. Land is the root of the people, once annexed, the people have no food to eat, then the world will be in chaos, and this has been the case in all dynasties.

"The Yellow Emperor has a cloud in the internal scriptures: I don't know that the disease has been cured, and the chaos has not been cured", now the country has been established, and a hundred wastes are waiting to be lifted, you can see the story of the Ming Dynasty, and read the current situation of the new dynasty, I feel very uneasy. Today, there are more than 40,000,000 people, and the land is only 1.2 billion mu at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, less than 3 mu per capita, but even so, 400 million mu of land is still owned by landlords. There were few killings in Dingge this time, and the land was not equal, and sooner or later there would be trouble.

However, if it is really necessary to divide the land's land among the tenants, and they feel that this is illegal, but several secretaries of the Prime Minister's Office who have not made up their instruments also said that the constitution stipulates that the land, minerals, mountains, forests, rivers, and tangible and intangible assets of the whole country shall belong to all the people, and it seems that it is not illegal to divide the land according to this statement. Rui came here to ask Lord Wu, if the government collects all the land that the landlord does not plant, and then divides it among the tenant farmers, is this an illegal move? ”

As soon as Yang Rui said the movie, Wu Tingfang's heart suddenly cried, but when he heard that he was just here to consult whether it was illegal to collect the landlord's land, his expression suddenly relaxed, he waited for Yang Rui to finish speaking, and after thinking about it, he said: "The constitution clearly states that legal private property is inviolable, and if the government confiscates the landlord's property, it should be regarded as unconstitutional." The land of the whole country is owned by all the people, but since the government has issued the title deed, it is recognizing the land of the title deed as private legal property. These two articles are not contradictory. ”

"Lord Wu, haha," although he knew that Wu Tingfang was convinced of the inviolability of the constitution and the inviolability of private property, but he answered so decisively that Yang Rui had to snort: "Then may I ask Lord Wu, if there is really a day in my country that is the same as the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the people have no land to cultivate and raise the flag to rebel, how can it be good?" ”

"The people raise the ...... of rebellion, Prime Minister, the Imperial Governor's Office is only responsible for exercising the obligations stipulated in the Constitution in accordance with the Constitution, and it is really difficult to interfere in government affairs." Wu Tingfang returned Yang Rui's question without leaking.

"Haha," Yang Rui said again: "The original intention of the law is to support the people in the country, if the law can't be like this, then what's the use of the law?" Just like the decision on the battlefield, it is better to die 10,000 than 1,000 people, and people are destined in the law, but they are only numbers in the military newspaper. Now more than 30 percent of the land in the world is in the hands of the landlords, and the people are hungry, and if they want to maintain peace and stability for a long time, they can only hand over the landlords' land to the people for cultivation......

"Your Excellency, may I ask if the landlord's land is handed over to the tenants, can I collect more grain?" Wu Tingfang interrupted.

"Can't!" Yang Rui thought about it sideways, and felt that it was better not to talk about chemical fertilizers.

"Since we can't collect more grain, then this is just giving all the grain in the landlord's mouth to the tenants, which is really robbing the rich and helping the poor." Wu Tingfang said: "The Prime Minister is a beautiful woman, so why be a thief?" ”

"Haha......" Yang Rui laughed even more, but Wu Tingfang hadn't finished speaking, he continued: "Today, the government confiscates the landlord's land from the tenants, so can the rich people's wealth be confiscated tomorrow, and then equally distributed to the poor?" Will future generations be able to find another reason to nationalize all the people's property to ensure the country's long-term peace and stability?

The government is a slave to the people, and it is unlawful, unreasonable, and unconscionable for the slave to confiscate his master's land in order to curry favor with other masters. If this is done, then the world will be in turmoil, and the hearts of the people will be in turmoil. When the time comes, who else can trust the government but the tenants?

China has less land and more people, but since this is the case, the only way to do this is to increase the yield per mu and control the population. Just dividing the landlord's land among the tenant farmers will do it any better to increase the yield per mu? Not to mention that much of the capital of the tenant farmers depends on the landlords, even if the tenant farmers really collect more grain, that person will grow up, and within 30 years, the per capita arable land will be even less. As a result, I would like to ask the Prime Minister, can this move do any other benefit besides currying favor with the tenant farmers and pulling votes? ”

Wu Tingfang has seen the world in the end, and after watching the movie, he specialized in agricultural issues, so the questions he asked were more acute than the other. Judging from the existing figures, it is true that the average land cannot increase the grain yield per mu, and those tenants have no capital and no cattle, and if they really cultivate independently, the yield per mu will definitely be greatly reduced, which is also the reason why the government has not forced the interest rate to be reduced. In order to increase the yield per mu, it is necessary to increase agricultural input, which is more than 2 billion taels per mu, but the annual rent paid by those tenant farmers is only 350 million taels, and this money is not enough to invest in the 400 million mu of cultivated land confiscated from the landlords, let alone nearly 1.3 billion mu of cultivated land in the whole country.

If there is no money, there is no food, and if there is no food, there is no money, and so on, until the world economic crisis of 1929 caused the price drop of agricultural products, the deflation caused by the Silver Act, and the gentry withdraw funds from the countryside, and agriculture will be completely bankrupt.

Yang Rui knew that it was all kinds of unequal treaties that made farmers gradually impoverish in the process of marketization of agricultural products; I also know that the key to agricultural prosperity is to increase investment and improve science and technology, but he is obsessed with land reform, he does not reform land, and the revolution is together, there will always be someone who will reform the land for himself. He doesn't want others to help him with land reform, and now that the time and place are favorable, when will he not land reform at this time.

Yang Rui thought about these things in his heart, his face was cloudy, and Wu Tingfang finished questioning, but it was the old god who was there, carefully opened the tea with the teacup lid, and tasted a few sips of tea, just when he was enjoying it, Yang Rui said: "What Lord Wu said is very reasonable, and the government is also working hard in this direction." However, the tenant problem is, after all, a political problem, and if it is not resolved, something will happen one day. At present, the theory of socialism is prevalent in various countries, and the young people of our country are very influenced by the theory of strict evolution, and only think that the most advanced is the best, and I hope that it will not be long before the young people in China will abandon the democratic constitution and believe in socialism.

When the day comes, the tenants will surely be taken advantage of by these people. The people are simple-minded, and whoever can eat and divide the land will listen to whomever they want. If one day someone kills the landlord in the countryside and divides the land, these people will definitely fall for the Gu. At that time, it will not be an ordinary civil unrest, but a whole world chaos, if you want to prevent the slightest, you can only divide the land first, so as to block the mouth of the coming day. ”

I don't know if Yang Rui's words are alarmist, Wu Tingfang raised his eyebrows, but finally put it down, Yang Rui didn't care about it, he only put a copy of the article he brought on the table, and then said: "This is a draft of land reform drafted by the Prime Minister's Office, which will be publicized in three days. If it can avoid the law, then it is the best, if not, then the final result can only be to amend the constitution. ”

"Your Excellency, if the constitution is amended because of this, there will be endless troubles." Wu Tingfang's eyes lit up when he heard the words "amending the constitution".

"Without land reform, once the struggle between the rich and the poor in the countryside is provoked, it will inevitably evolve into a revolution, and then there will be endless troubles!" Yang Rui replied, his eyes were also blazing. (To be continued......)