As a result of the public trial, Hong Jiu, Liu Heiqi and Randen Taoist were shot, while brothers Huang Shouyi and Huang Shouzhi were sentenced to ten years of hard labor. As soon as the results were announced, Hong Jiu and the other three were immediately taken to the execution ground for execution. Huang Shouyi and Huang Shouzhi were shot. The brothers were immediately taken to the Shaqiaogang position to build fortifications.
Seeing this result, the people all around applauded.
Wang Husheng announced the second decision in public: to implement rent reduction for the second half of the year.
As the current situation continues to change, the policies of the Communist Party are also changing. During the Great Revolution, the Soviet areas often adopted the brutal method of attacking local tyrants and dividing their land. As long as the landlords were indiscriminate, they would suppress them indiscriminately. As a result, some enlightened landlords died unjustly. Of course, there are very few enlightened landlords, and the vast majority are stubborn local tyrants and evil gentry.
There will always be people in later generations who say that the property of these local tyrants and evil gentry was not blown by the wind, but was earned by diligent and thrifty housekeeping and legitimate means. This is only half correct. These local tyrants and evil gentry are indeed diligent and thrifty, but they His property was definitely not earned through legitimate means, but through loan sharking.
Usury, at any time and in any dynasty, is definitely not a legitimate means!
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, in order to unite all the forces that could be united and realize a united front for the national resistance, the government adjusted the policy in a timely manner, decisively stopped the fight against local tyrants to allocate land, and at the same time launched a 25-year rent reduction, which greatly eased the situation. The conflict between the ** and the small landlord class was resolved.
The main content of the Second Five-Year Plan rent reduction is: land rent will be reduced by 25% on the original basis, and the maximum land rent shall not exceed 37.5% of the land output of the year. Old debts owed by farmers will be liquidated at an annual profit of one cent, and each debt will be liquidated. If the interest paid has exceeded the principal, only the principal will be repaid if the interest is stopped. If the interest paid exceeds twice the principal, all principal and interest will be stopped.
At the same time, the government also provides interest-free loans to farmers to help them redeem their mortgaged fields or sell them to landlords. The redemption price is the same as the original sale price. If crops are planted, it will be calculated separately. Landlords are not allowed to obstruct it for any reason. They are also not allowed to increase prices, otherwise they will be regarded as rebelling against the government and will be suppressed.
As soon as the Second Five-Year Plan rent reduction policy came out, the people of Meizhen immediately became excited.
After suppressing Hong Jiu, Liu Heiqi, Ran Deng Taoist and other bullies who had committed many evil deeds, the common people just felt a breath of bad breath, and they only felt more favorable toward the Communist Party in their hearts. But to say how much they love the party is pure nonsense. , but as soon as the second five-year rent reduction policy came out, the effect was immediately different.
Land has always been the foundation for farmers to settle down and make a living!
Since ancient times, the Chinese have had a deep attachment to the land.
As soon as the news spread, Wang Husheng's desk was immediately packed with people. These simple peasants were so embarrassed that they all wanted to get to the front.
"Sir, are you telling the truth?"
"Really reducing rent? From now on, I only need to pay less than 40%?"
"My dear, then we have a lot to look forward to in the future."
“The government really provides interest-free loans, does it really require no interest?”
"Can you really redeem your own land? Is Huang Laocai willing to do it?"
"Sir, I'm taking out a loan now. I want to redeem my four acres of land."
"Don't crowd, please don't crowd, everyone said one by one, please don't crowd..."
Looking at the excited people, Wang Husheng was about to dry his mouth: "Uncle, please don't call me sir or comrade, just call me comrade; aunt, if you really reduce the rent, the maximum is only 3.75%; big brother, the government really provides it." Loan, and there is really no interest; big brother, if you want to get a loan, please register over there."
Seeing Wang Husheng busy making a pot of porridge, Xu Rui couldn't help but feel happy.
It is said that the Communist Party is the party of the poor, and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army are the teams of the poor. This is absolutely true.
Let’s not talk about how the government will perform in the future. At least in this war-torn era, many of the government’s policies are definitely aimed at the working people. They truly think about the peasants, reducing rents and interest rates for them, and forcibly redeeming them. Returning to the land they pledged gave them new hope in their lives.
On the contrary, the Kuomintang's major policies are aimed at the comprador class and the big landlord class. It adopts an indifferent attitude towards the ordinary people at the bottom, allowing the landlords and gentry to rely on the land resources in their hands to deal with the vast number of landless or landless people. Peasants were brutally exploited, and many landlords' land rents were as high as 70%!
Comparing the two, only an idiot would choose the Kuomintang instead of the Communist Party.
Even in the future, the vast majority of people in China will still support **, such as Xu Rui.
Xu Rui was born in the 1990s and grew up in the 21st century. He has not experienced the turbulent period of the Communist Party of China, so he has no special feelings about those dark years. However, the reform and opening up of New China, especially the turmoil after entering the 21st century, Xu Rui was a witness to the exhibition, so his feelings were very deep.
After entering the new century, ** still has problems of one kind or another, but no one can deny that ** is leading the people of China on the right path. The country's national strength is growing day by day, and people's lives are getting better and better. Today's household appliances have become widely available, and family cars that were once out of reach have entered ordinary households. Xu Rui remembers that when he was a child, he could only eat meat a few times a year. When he became an adult, he no longer wanted to eat meat.
Some people always like to describe life in New China as dire and miserable, but is this really the case
A person's basic living needs include food, clothing, housing and transportation, among which food is the most important. If the people of a country can't even eat, it means that there is really something wrong with the country's ruling party. But is this the case in China? In fact, after entering the second decade of the 21st century, Chinese people eat the best food in the world, bar none!
Well-documented data show that after entering the 100s, China's per capita consumption of vegetables was more than 500 kilograms, more than any developed country in the West; per capita consumption of geese and ducks was more than eight times the world average, more than any developed country; per capita consumption Seafood is ten times higher than the world average, still better than any other country.
Specific to individual categories, in 2010, the Chinese ate approximately 80% of the world's sweet potatoes, 60% of the peaches, 80% of the persimmons, 70% of the watermelons, 80% of the cucumbers, 44% of the eggs, and 60% of the apples. , 52% pork, 75% plow, 42% peanuts, 9o% spinach, 84% chestnuts, 7o% walnuts and 47.8% shrimps.
This is enough to prove that the life of the Chinese people is not only not in dire straits, but is even more abundant and well-fed than in the United States, the beacon of democracy. Those who say that the Chinese people are living in dire straits are either fools who follow others' opinions, or spies with ulterior motives. We hope that China will become the second Ukraine, the second Libya or even the second Syria.
(Dividing line)
Stop talking and get down to business.
Seeing the common people rushing to Yang Husheng for consultation, Xu Rui knew that the situation of the Independence Brigade in Damei Mountain District had been completely opened. Next, in order to keep their land and their hope for life, these common people decided to Will enthusiastically send their children to the independent brigade.
Soon, the independent brigade will grow.
The source of troops is no longer a problem. The only thing Xu Rui needs to care about now is weapons and equipment.
Now Xu Rui came to the warehouse where supplies were stored. Because there were too many supplies stolen from Pu County, the Independence Brigade had to rent several yards from the people to store supplies. Of course, this was only temporary, and there would be more supplies in the future. We have to find a way to transport most of the materials back to the mountains and store them separately.
Seeing Xu Rui coming in, Xiao Yanyue, who was counting supplies, came over to greet him.
Just looking at Xiao Yanyue's cheerful face, Xu Rui knew that the harvest from this attack was not small.
"Yanzi, you're such a money addict." Xu Rui joked with a smile, "You're having fun, tell me, how many weapons and equipment have been seized this time?"
Xiao Yanyue opened the account book and said softly: "The weapons and equipment seized include: 706 Type 38 rifles, 26 crooked light machine guns, six Type 92 heavy machine guns, There are forty-seven bastard boxes, 18 small guns, six 82mm caliber mortars, two Type 92 infantry guns, but unfortunately there are only eleven artillery shells."
"It's okay, there will be shells." Xu Rui said again, "What else?"
Xiao Yanyue continued reading: "There are also two heavy-duty trucks, two barrels of diesel, and six three-wheeled motorcycles. Two of them were damaged and can only be dismantled for spare parts. In addition, there is a high-power long-wave radio station." , two shortwave radio stations from 5, two special batteries for the radio, nine telephones, two large rolls of telephone lines, I don’t know how many meters.”
Xu Rui nodded and asked: "Well, what is the loss of weapons and ammunition?"
"Captain, I was about to tell you this." Xiao Yanyue's face immediately fell, and she took the opportunity to express her bitterness, "This battle consumes too much, not to mention the casualties, and the equipment losses are even more serious. More than a hundred rifles were damaged in Hanyang alone. Twelve imitation Czech light machine guns were damaged, at least two of which were irreparable. Two Maxim heavy machine guns were also damaged. Fortunately, the damage was not serious and could be repaired. , but there are not many bullets left.”
When Xu Rui arrived at Dameishan with the remnants of the temporary 79th Division, there was not much ammunition left, and the average ammunition per person was only five. This time, all the assets Sai Hongfu and Nan Batian had accumulated over the years, especially Sai Hong Fu, she contributed all the belongings she brought from Zhongtong, but Xu Rui squandered them all in one go.
Xu Rui is like this, he can make a fortune, but his expenses are also high.
If we do not engage in positional warfare this time but instead engage in ambush warfare, the ammunition consumption will be much smaller.
But Xu Rui refused. He insisted on fighting positional warfare, so the consumption was so high.
Xiao Yanyue complained: "Captain, these Hanyang-made, Chinese-made, Czech-imitation and Maxim's are about to become fire sticks. We have no place to replenish ammunition. Chairman Chiang and the Nationalist Government will not really give them We pay, let alone replenish our ammunition, what do you think we can do about this matter?" (To be continued.)