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"Speaking of which, this method is feasible? Then when will it start?" Hu Hanmin thinks it is good after careful consideration. If the land reform can be promoted with little resistance, it is always a good thing to consolidate the foundation of the political power.

"The land reform can start now, but it won't happen overnight." Luo Yaoguo let out a sigh of relief, and said, "My idea is that the reform can be divided into three steps. The first step is to establish the land at the township level. If we want to promote land reform, we must have a township government, otherwise the reform will only be a dead letter. Now the national government has jurisdiction over 21 provinces, more than 2000 counties, and tens of thousands of townships. To establish a township government, at least Employing millions of civil servants... It will cost 3 billion yuan in salaries every year, and it is estimated that 3 billion yuan will be needed for start-up costs. It is estimated that the work of building a township government will take two to three years, and it can be done from the south The north is gradually advancing."

"The second step is to announce the goals of land reform, freeze land prices and transactions... In the past few years, our county governments at all levels have checked the land in various places and standardized the procedures for land transactions and transfers. This is also the foundation for our land reform. The necessary conditions have been created."

"The third step is to announce the reduction of rent and interest. This will not be implemented until the township governments in various places are established. After the implementation of the reduction of rent and interest... Landlords in various places may resist the payment of land taxes. Fortunately, they have no more Landlords are armed, at worst we use the security team to go to the countryside to collect taxes!"

"The fourth step is to carry out land reform. The government will come forward to buy the land of the landlord, and then resell the land to the peasant household at a reasonable price. Otherwise, the land purchased by the farmers shall not be sold or mortgaged within ten years after paying all the money.”

"The fifth step is to rely on the township government to start the establishment of fisherman's associations, provide small loan services for farmers, help them sell agricultural products, and promote new agricultural technologies."

"So this rural land reform will take us a long time, energy and financial resources to realize. If it is really going to be implemented, then the military expenditure will only be..." After a little calculation, Hu Hanmin found that, according to what Luo Yaoguo said According to the proposed reform steps, it will take at least seven or eight years to completely complete the rural land reform and fully realize the land to the tiller.Moreover, for a period of time to come, because of the burden of the township government's expenses, the national government's finances may become a little tight, and among the various expenditures of the national government, the largest is military expenses.However, Hu Hanmin was a little apprehensive about cutting military expenditures, for fear that the two military chiefs would raise objections.

"There should be room for reduction in military expenditure. Now that the war against Japan is coming to an end, we don't need to maintain so many troops." Luo Yaoguo replied calmly: "In my opinion, the army can be maintained at 25 infantry divisions and five infantry divisions. The size of the lightly armed division, each division maintains a 6% full staff rate, and 45 divisions are 65 people. In addition to the air force, navy, local security regiment, and the artillery brigade and engineering brigade directly under the Artillery Corps Command, the total strength It should be controlled at [-]. In addition... After the war, all the Jin army was laid off, Shanxi began to implement political training, and Mr. Yan Baichuan can continue to serve as the civilian chairman of Shanxi Province.”

"I'm afraid it's not good, right?" Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and said, "The Jin army did nothing but hard work in this Northeast War of Resistance. Let's lay off all of them at once, so we won't be afraid that outsiders will say that our Nationalist government has killed donkeys?"

Luo Yaoguo sneered and said, "Sooner or later, it will be difficult for us to support them for the rest of our lives? The 2000 Jin army also spends [-] million military expenses every year, so we should lay them off early."

Chiang Kai-shek sighed slightly for Yan Laoxi, and nodded in agreement.The disarmament plan proposed by Luo Yaoguo is not a temporary idea, but a plan that the Military Commission has been formulating for a long time.According to this plan, the number of divisions of the National Revolutionary Army has not been reduced, and it remains at as many as 30!Seven more than the 23 before the war, especially the number of light armored divisions as a new arm increased from two to five.The size of the air force and navy has not been reduced, especially the aviation regiments owned by two air divisions and one naval division will gradually increase from two to four, which means that the number of aircraft and pilots will double in the next few years .The only ones that were cut down were the number of infantry that each division had in peacetime and Yan Laoxi's 7 Jin troops!Only Chiang Kai-shek wanted to slow down the reduction of the Jin army, but Luo Yaoguo advocated cutting the mess quickly!Or cut it all at once.

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Beijing Tiananmen.

Standing on the vermilion city wall covered by yellow glazed tiles, looking at the small houses and figures on the other side of the Jinshui Bridge, what Mao Zedong felt today was not the kind of domineering arrogance, but a feeling of melancholy.Liu Shaoqi was by his side, and the two of them would be the last members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to leave this ancient capital.The new capital of the Communist Party of China has been selected as Changchun, an important city in the Northeast close to the Soviet Union.At the same time, the central government in Beijing will also be renamed the Northern Soviet Government, and Mao Zedong will serve as the chairman of this Soviet government.

"We don't seem to have passed the exam." Mao Zedong said something suddenly and thoughtlessly. Liu Shaoqi was a little confused. He looked at Mao Zedong carefully, and Mao Zedong's eyes seemed a little dazed.

Liu Shaoqi didn't know what to say. After the victory of the Northeast War of Resistance this time, the CCP's territory should have increased. Now it has Jilin Province, Rehe Province, Chahar Province, Suiyuan Province, Northern Shaanxi, Northern Shanxi and Heilongjiang A large area in the east.But the comrades in the central government are not happy at all, because the Kuomintang's territory has now expanded to 22 provinces (localities, districts), accounting for more than two-thirds of China's 31 provincial-level administrative regions!It can be regarded as the second third of the world.

But in the remaining one-third of the world, the Communist Party, the Trotskyites, and the Youth Army are still three pillars. This situation is not very good no matter how you look at it.It stands to reason that under such circumstances, the Communist Party, the Trotskyists, and the Youth Army should put aside their past suspicions and join forces to oppose the Kuomintang, but no one dares to say this suggestion... It’s okay to unite with the Youth Party, and unite with the Trotskyists!That's a bit outrageous.If you can't unite with the Trotskyites, you can only find a way to eliminate the Trotskyites in the fastest time!And before the southern Kuomintang reacts, all the power and territory of the Trotskyites must be annexed, so that the CCP can truly have enough capital to deal with the Kuomintang.As long as the struggle continues, Liu Shaoqi absolutely believes that the CCP must be the final winner.

Having seen enough of the scenery of Beijing, Mao Zedong finally turned around, and with his hands behind his back, he walked towards the stairs beside the city wall.Liu Shaoqi also hurriedly followed. There were already several black Chevrolet cars waiting under the Tiananmen City Wall.This is a gift from the National Government to the CCP... The relationship between the KMT and the Communist Party seems to be good in this era.Luxuriously decorated airplanes and cars, expensive clothing, exquisite watches, and all kinds of delicious food, the Kuomintang kept sending them to Beijing.Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong naturally knew that the Kuomintang wanted to use these good things to "corrupt" the top leaders of the CCP Central Committee, and their intentions were very sinister. However, in order to paralyze the Kuomintang, the CCP never refused.

Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi boarded the same car. Because Mao Zedong was not used to flying, and the railway was going to attack Hebei Province (Zhili) and Liaoning Province controlled by the Kuomintang, there was no guarantee of safety.So he and Liu Shaoqi will take a car detour to Changchun via Jehol.

"Shaoqi, did you have any contact with that Wang Zhongyi when you were working in the Manchuria Provincial Party Committee?" Mao Zedong asked in Hunan dialect as soon as the door of the car was closed.

"Chairman, what do you mean..." Liu Shaoqi was taken aback when he heard the words, and subconsciously glanced at the driver, only to find that he was the one who let out a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "I haven't been in the Manchuria Provincial Committee for long, I have never met Wang Zhongyi, but I know a comrade who is quite familiar with Wang Zhongyi, and she was brought to the Northeast from Sichuan by Zhang Guotao."

Mao Zedong nodded: "Are you still alive?"

"I'm still alive." Liu Shaoqi knew why Mao Zedong asked this question. During this period of two years, the Ministry of Social Affairs had killed many comrades who were related to Wang Zhongyi.He smiled and said: "This is a female comrade named Li Shuning who has been lurking in the enemy-occupied area, so the eradication of counter-revolutionaries has not affected her."

Mao Zedong nodded, and just about to ask some more questions, his secretary, Chen Bida, hurried over and stuffed a telegram through the car window.

"Chairman, it's Wuhan. Comrade Wang Ming is calling." Liu Shaoqi took the telegram and read: "The Kuomintang has agreed to implement a policy of helping workers and peasants. It will be passed, and then the relevant "Agricultural Land Law" will be formulated by the Legislative and Supervisory Houses, and it is expected that all legislative procedures will be completed by the end of June at the latest."

Liu Shaoqi read this and looked up at Mao Zedong. Seeing his expressionless face, he continued to read: "It is reported that the Kuomintang's land reform will use the redemption policy, which may take more than seven years and cost as much as 150 billion French currency. Township-level political power shall be established in all Kuomintang-controlled areas."

After reading the telegram, Liu Shaoqi looked at Mao Zedong with a surprised expression on his face. Just as he was about to speak, Mao Zedong said indifferently: "Shaoqi, what do you think is the real purpose of the Kuomintang for this set of things? Is there anything ulterior in it? conspiracy?"

"Of course there is a conspiracy." Liu Shaoqi nodded in agreement with Mao Zedong without thinking, but he couldn't figure out what the KMT's conspiracy was.

At this time the car had already started, and Mao Zedong looked at the rapidly retreating ancient buildings on both sides of the street and sighed softly: "Their plot is to give us a chance for the Trotskyites to go to war! The main financial resources and energy of the Kuomintang in the next few years will be used We can use this opportunity to completely wipe out the Trotskyites and seize Mongolia and western Heilongjiang...Comrade Shaoqi, don’t you think so?”

Liu Shaoqi thought for a while, then shook his head blankly: "Chairman, they won't be so kind. They must want to take advantage of the battle between us and the bandits to launch a surprise attack and destroy us."

Mao Zedong shook his head and said: "As long as we go to war with the Trotskyites, their plot has already succeeded, and it doesn't matter whether they launch a surprise attack or not."

"But if we wipe out the Trotskyites and annex their teams and territories..."

Mao Zedong waved his hands: "Where is it so easy? Wang Zhongyi also has 20 troops, and millions of Mongolians in Inner and Outer Mongolia support him. The Zhangjia Living Buddha and Jebtsundamba Living Buddha are all under their control. .And behind us there is the 20 troops of the young army Wang Zijian who can respond to Wang Zhongyi from east to west... Our territory is [-] kilometers long from east to west. If one of them attacks Heilongjiang and the other attacks northern Shaanxi, what shall we do?"

Chapter 0608 post-war layout (four) coexistence and co-prosperity?

Hearing Mao Zedong's question, Liu Shaoqi felt embarrassed.Now there are some disagreements in the party about whether to attack the Trotskyists. Some mid-level military officers oppose the forceful attack on the Trotskyists. They believe that Wang Zhongyi and Chen Duxiu are not real Trotskyites, but were forced by Soviet Russia and the international faction in the party. On Trotsky's side, the CCP should admit them again, instead of following the order of Soviet Russia to drive them out!Although this kind of opinion is very weak, it has always been heard. Liu Shaoqi knows that the reason for this situation is that there are real powerful figures behind it, and those middle-level cadres are used to test the atmosphere in the party.The big man behind this seems to be sitting next to him now, and he is still testing his attitude.But the Trotskyist issue has always been the most sensitive issue within the International Communist Movement, and it is hard to escape if it is almost involved. Liu Shaoqi does not want to get involved in the debate about the Trotskyist faction.

"Looking from the terrain, we don't have the strength to take care of both ends at the same time. If the two kings cooperate with each other, our party should resolutely give up the unimportant northern Shaanxi and choose Heilongjiang. As long as we win the battle for Heilongjiang, Wang Zhongyi's There is no way out for an army of 20, and relying on barren Mongolia will not be able to feed them so many troops."

Liu Shaoqi spoke very slowly, he didn't know what the result would be, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Mao Zedong.Mao Zedong was currently lighting a cigarette in his mouth.

On the surface, Wang Zhongyi's problem is a conspiracy between the Trotskyites and the Kuomintang, but deep down there is also a struggle between the local faction who controls the army and the international faction supported by the Soviet Union. Liu Shaoqi only wants to reconcile it as much as possible, and does not want any further conflicts within the party. A disagreement arises.

Mao Zedong shook his head slightly, obviously not following Liu Shaoqi's opinion. He was fascinated to look at the approaching Xizhimen Gate of Beijing. When he got out of this gate, he had officially left the city of Beijing. A blue sky and white sun flag was already high above the Xizhimen gate tower. fluttered.Seeing this flag, Mao Zedong frowned tightly.

"It's not terrible to plant this blue sky and white sun flag in Beijing. What's terrible is that the Kuomintang will plant it in millions of villages in China and in the hearts of hundreds of millions of peasants!" Mao Zedong seemed a little excited, and he turned to Liu Shaoqi and said: " Once the Kuomintang completes the land reform, the difficulty of our revolution will increase countless times. Even if Wang Zhongyi's forces are eliminated, it will be difficult to defeat them."

Liu Shaoqi was somewhat disapproving: "Chairman, the number of industrial workers in the south is increasing rapidly, and it has already exceeded the 4000 million mark in just a few years. If it takes another seven or eight years, there may be [-] to [-] million industrial workers. At that time, our party's Power only grows, not diminishes."

"Haha." Mao Zedong smiled wryly. He also attached great importance to the labor movement, but only regarded it as a secondary battlefield. He believed that Chinese society was fundamentally an agricultural society. The cause of the party is going to victory.

"Chairman, please don't underestimate the power of the working class. The Soviet revolution was won by the working class. Even the mighty Tsarist Russia could not defeat the great power of the workers. What is the strength of the Kuomintang? ?” Liu Shaoqi smiled faintly: “Thinking back then, the Tsarist Russian navy was ranked among the top in the world, and Tsarist Russia’s heavy industry even had a steel output of 500 million tons, comparable to that of France. It is far stronger than today’s Kuomintang. Didn’t it just disappear in the October Revolution.”

"That's because Nicholas II participated in the world war." Mao Zedong thought about it and said: "If the Kuomintang also participated in the next world war like Nicholas II, then our party's cause may be able to It was successful. But...is it possible for the Kuomintang to fight a world war without eliminating our party and unifying China?"

Liu Shaoqi nodded affirmatively without even thinking about it: "There is such a possibility. Judging from this Taiwan Strait battle, the Kuomintang ruling group has a strong desire to expand abroad, just like the Kingdom of Prussia in Europe. Didn’t they participate in multiple foreign expansions and aggressions when Germany was unified? Judging from this Taiwan Strait battle, the Kuomintang also has a strong willingness to invade and expand. Then began to expand abroad. A regime like this, once another war broke out in the capitalist world, how could they be willing to miss the opportunity?"

"Maybe." Mao Zedong lit a cigarette and took a few puffs: "Then where do you think the next world war will break out? Is it a war between imperialists, or a war where imperialists besiege Soviet Russia?"

Liu Shaoqi thought for a while, and his thick eyebrows gradually frowned: "Judging from the current situation, it should be more likely that the imperialists will besiege Soviet Russia."

Mao Zedong glanced at Liu Shaoqi, and said coldly: "From the map, the Chinese imperialism of the Kuomintang does not border the Soviet Union. Where will they start their war of aggression against the Soviet Union?"

Liu Shaoqi was taken aback when he heard the words, frowned and thought hard. Before he could think about it, Mao Zedong's slightly heavy voice rang in his ears again: "Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that Britain and the United States support the Kuomintang because they want to They participated in the imperialist war to attack the Soviet Union, and the best route to attack the Soviet Union was to go through Outer Mongolia and cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway; secondly, to take the Northeast to seize the Soviet Far East and Eastern Siberia; and finally, to go to Xinjiang to attack Soviet Central Asia and West Siberia... …Now that Mongolia and Northeast China are under the control of our party and the Trotskyites, do you think the Kuomintang will not unify China before participating in the world war? I suspect that the Kuomintang’s land reform timetable hides the mystery of launching a world war!”

"Chairman, do you mean..."

"The Kuomintang's land reform is not only to consolidate its reactionary rule, but also to prepare for aggression and expansion to launch a world war. After they complete the land reform and consolidate the interior, they will launch an attack on the Soviet area. The United Trotskyites will eliminate us and open up the communication line to attack the Soviet Union. !"

Mao Zedong's analysis shocked Liu Shaoqi. If this analysis was true, the Kuomintang would definitely launch a war to eliminate the CCP before it entered the world war. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for the CCP to defeat the Kuomintang after completing the land reform.

Liu Shaoqi hesitated for a moment, then said after deliberation: "Chairman, should we inform Moscow of this situation?"

"We should report this situation to the Communist International." Mao Zedong nodded affirmatively: "We must let Comrade Stalin realize that the Chinese revolution is now facing a major crisis, and the failure of the Chinese revolution means that the Chinese imperialists have an offensive. The passage of the Soviet Union! At that time, the Soviet Union is likely to face a joint attack from the imperialist camp. And to avoid the failure of the Chinese revolution... the only way is to remove those comrades who have gone astray from the Trotskyists before the Kuomintang completes the land reform Rescued from the wrong route."

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July 4, night.

Shanghai, French Concession, No. 71 Masinan Road.

With a creak, the electric doorbell at the door rang.The iron gate of this French-style garden house with brick and wood structure opened at once.An old man concierge spoke Mandarin with a Cantonese accent, looked at the person coming at the door, and asked suspiciously: "Sir, are you..." Standing at the door was a thin middle-aged man in a western suit, but In the eyes of the well-read old concierge with that straight figure, he knew that he was from the military.

The visitor wore a Japanese-style hypocritical smile, but there was a coldness in his eyes: "Oh, I have made an appointment with Miss Jin, and I'm here to see her today. My name is Nagata, and this is my name." The film, and a letter from Mr. Pu, please pass it on." The old man did not take the business card he handed over.He just asked lightly: "Are you from Japan?" The visitor nodded, and the old man opened the iron door, gestured to invite him in, and led him into the living room.The visitor took a look at the small living room, which was completely decorated in traditional Chinese style, and then asked the old concierge, "Where are Mr. Luo and Miss Jin?"

The old concierge silently asked him to sit down, and went upstairs with his robe in hand.It seems that Mr. Luo and Miss Jin are invited.The person who came was Major General Nagata Tieshan, director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Army Ministry.The Mr. Luo he wanted to see was Luo Yaoguo, and the Miss Jin who invited him was Yoshiko Kawashima, whose Chinese name was Jin Bihui.The Sino-Japanese truce negotiations were openly held in Manila under the auspices of U.S. Secretary of State Stimson, but behind the scenes, powerful figures from the two countries, Luo Yaoguo and Nagata Tieshan, were engaged in secret diplomacy in the French Concession in Shanghai.In fact, the negotiations in Manila were only used to fool the people of Britain, the United States and the two countries. The real negotiations were carried out in this small bungalow.