Red Alert 1895

Soon, the landlords of various households heard that Taiwan would implement the so-called stepped agricultural tax, which made many landlords with a lot of land very dissatisfied. Because the vast majority of those landlords own more than 50 acres of land, and this one also has to bear 20% of the tax, which is too high for them. Originally, the 375% rent reduction and interest rate reduction were distributed to the tenants by more than ten percent, but now the government is so ruthless in collecting taxes again, collecting 20% ​​all at once, so what about the remaining money? Might be able to maintain their lavish lifestyle? So they decided to make a fuss, and each of their families began to connect with each other, preparing to go to the Governor's Mansion in Taipei to protest.

"Protest, protest against the Taiwan Governor's Office competing for profit with the people!" "Protest, the Governor's Office competes with the people for profit, and does not give the people a way to survive." "The Governor's Office imposes heavy taxes on the people, which is really a tyranny"...

Outside the Governor's Mansion, there were hundreds of well-mannered students protesting. They were obviously very dissatisfied with Wang Guorui's step-by-step tax collection. To tax heavily is an act of tyranny. In fact, their core is that they don't want Wang Guorui to implement a stepped tax system, so that they can continue to enjoy a luxurious life. And these scholars are also born as landlords, or people who want to become landlords. Because reading in ancient times means being able to become a landlord, and then owning the land and exploiting the people. But now Wang Guorui is so ruthless, directly cutting off their future, this is simply too ruthless. If it is implemented according to this tax system, then there is no benefit to being a landlord, it is directly unprofitable.

But even though the scholars outside were making noise, the inside of the Governor's Mansion was quiet and not affected by the people outside.

"Old Hu, how's the statistics going? What's the attitude of the people towards the implementation of the new policy in our Governor's Mansion?" Wang Guorui asked.

And this "Old Hu" is actually Hu Wei's father, Hu Chuan, who used to be the prefect of Taitung in Taiwan. However, if Hu Chuan follows the original history, he should have crossed to Xiamen in the mainland after the defeat of the Anti-Japanese War, and died not long after. But this time the resistance against Japan was not only successful, but his son became one of the most important heroes of the resistance against Japan. That made him feel very relieved, and his body became handsome again. Without the experience of breaking the country, he has not been hit mentally, and his son has also become grand. That is, the natural body is getting better and better.

As for arranging his work, Wang Guorui also arranged for him to be the Chief of Staff of the Governor's Mansion, the chief steward of the Governor's Mansion. And Wang Guorui also hoped that he could help him undertake the transition process of the old and new bureaucratic systems and ease the process, so Wang Guorui also arranged for him to be the chief of staff of the Governor's Mansion. And many people are also envious of the Hu family. Because his son has become the second in command of Taiwan's military, and his father is also one of the most trusted people of Governor Wang Guorui, their status in Taiwan is very lofty.

"Governor Wang, according to the investigation and statistics of the statistics department of our general office, these people who participated in the riots were all scholars. As for the ordinary people, they did not participate in these riots. They all received the benefit of 375 rent reductions, and They also all hope that this stepped tax system can be implemented as soon as possible. Because although they can also calculate it, when the stepped taxation starts, owning too much land is not only not a profitable business, but a burden. Even for investment It costs a lot, which makes many people feel that they are losing money. Recently, the price of our land in Taiwan has dropped by 25% all of a sudden, and the trend has not yet bottomed out. And ordinary people also hope that this method can continue to be implemented, and then put The price of land has been slammed down so that ordinary people can afford land."

Wang Guorui smiled. He knew that the effect of the New Deal had been initially manifested, and the biggest manifestation was that land prices had begun to fall. Because in the New Deal, the more land you own, the higher the tax you need to pay, and being a landlord is no longer a profitable profession. And the land in the hands is not only not a profitable thing, but a burden. And as the policy continues in the future, the tax on those who own more land will be higher and higher. It's getting stricter for those landowners. At that time, they will inevitably be forced to sell the land to avoid these high taxes.

The wealth they exploited from the tenants of the common people is not enough to pay taxes, or even after paying taxes, there is not much money left, which is not enough for their own luxury life. So what's the point? They will inevitably choose to sell the land, but once the sale of land is concentrated, the price of the land will naturally start to plunge. But at this time, farmers are not in a hurry, because many economics pay attention to buying up and not buying down. When the price rises, a large group of people rush to buy it to avoid growing taller in the future, which further pushes up the price. But once it falls. However, many people hope that the price will fall even harder, and then wait for themselves to buy at the lowest price.

Those ordinary farmers know that the landlord is starting to sell the land, so they will naturally not rush to buy it, and then they will continue to wait for the land price to fall, and then the landlord is the one who is worried! The price of land keeps falling, but no one comes to buy it, so I'm afraid they will all lose it.

As for some landlords, they were not reconciled. They gathered some scholars and came to the Taiwan Governor's Mansion to make trouble, hoping to force Wang Guorui to cancel the policy by making trouble. Because they usually do the same. Over the past hundreds of years, they have used trouble to force the government to cancel those policies that are beneficial to the people and not conducive to the landlords. They all have their own way. They misinterpret the policy in reality, and then go to trouble if they can't misinterpret it. As long as the matter is made big, they will in turn threaten the government and let the government cancel the policy of benefiting the people.

And because many people are uneducated and don't know that the government is for their own good, they will blindly follow the landlord's random propaganda and cause trouble with the landlord. There were many such situations in Wang Mang's era. Wang Mang's policies were actually for the good of the people, but at that time the people were uneducated, so naturally they didn't know whether the policies were good or bad, and they all relied on the landlord's mouth. As a result, the people at that time began to oppose the government that was good for them. It has to be said that it is a tragedy.

"Have you mobilized those mud-legged people?" asked a landlord.

"They won't come! No matter what we say, they won't come. They know that Wang Guorui is doing it for their own good, because they are waiting for the implementation of the New Deal, and then force us to sell the land! Now the land price has started to plummet, and That's what those mud legs hope!" Someone immediately said.

"Bastard, those muddy legs are not easy to fool! This Wang Guorui's publicity team is really ruthless. They actually thought of using this kind of performance to publicize. As a result, those muddy legs are not something we can just fool. They would rather believe the government’s propaganda team than us. Now they have listened to the governor’s office and are waiting for the governor’s new policy to come and buy our land.”

Because of Wang Guorui's propaganda team, many people no longer blindly follow the landlord. Usually every time the landlord makes trouble, they can respond to all kinds of troubles and directly incite thousands or even tens of thousands of people to make trouble, but now they can only incite some so-called scholars who admire the life of the landlord or who are born in the landlord. After all, these people are a minority. The people who can come to Taiwan are only a few hundred people. Compared with the tens of thousands of people in the past, there is no comparison.

"But, are we finished like this? If we continue like this, then we won't be able to survive at all!" someone said.

"Continue to make trouble, let those scholars oppose this Wang Guorui, and see if Wang Guorui will be scruples about the influence?"

"Protest against the Governor's Mansion for competing with the people for profit!" "Protest against the Governor's Mansion for imposing heavy taxes on the people!" "Protest against the Governor's Mansion for not giving the people a way out!"…

"Folks, follow us to oppose, we are doing it for your own good too!" shouted a scholar.

But those ordinary people didn't follow them to make trouble at all. After all, ordinary people have also gone through the propaganda team's propaganda~www.readwn.com~knowing that the Governor's Mansion is for their own good, and these scholars are making troubles to continue to exploit them , they can easily tell who is good to them, and naturally they will not follow these scholars to make trouble.

Those scholars continued to shout, but no one in the Governor's Mansion came out to pay attention to them. No one in the Governor's Mansion came out to explain when they shouted, as if they didn't take them seriously at all. And these people were exhausted from shouting and shouting. They never thought that the governor of Taiwan, Wang Guorui, would be so indifferent to the influence. So many people objected to him, but he didn't even come out to explain. If it is the imperial court in the mainland, if so many scholars come out to make trouble, then the officials must come out and explain, otherwise they will look down on them. But now Wang Guorui seemed to be okay, so he asked them to shout, anyway, no one brought them food and water when they were tired. And these pampered scholars soon couldn't stand it anymore, because they shouted for a long time and were thirsty and hungry.

These guys still treat Wang Guorui like Manchu officials, thinking that officials should spoil them and pamper them, but they don't know that Wang Guorui already treats them as stinky **** in their hearts, and they can trample them to death .

"Ouyang, next, I'll show you what it means to rebel a scholar, and it won't work in three years!" Wang Guorui said to the executive director, Ouyang Xuan. (To be continued.) xh118