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Chapter 1192 Bitter Winter (6)

Chapter 1192 Bitter Winter Day ([-])

In November, the fog on the plain is still the same as usual, and the sky in winter still has a haze of blue and gray.A new round of reforms in Southwest China is making waves.

Looking from the back to the front, the most critical historical node is appearing at this moment, but people in reality do not realize how much influence the moment of their existence will leave on later generations.

Because the reality itself is undergoing drastic changes at every moment. Since Jing Han’s 13th year when the Jurchen first went south to the present, several disasters enough to destroy the country, countless times of massacres, massacres, and disasters that have spread grief have all occurred in this great land. The ground appeared one after another, and most of these drastic changes eventually showed negative results.People are tired of such changes in such an environment, but gradually get used to such changes.

One hundred villages, a change involving more than [-] people, although it is full of descriptions of a glorious future, it is difficult for even optimistic people to truly accept the reality of the "Great Harmony" ideal of "the cultivator has his own land". .But so what, even if it fails, it is nothing but the bumps experienced by a warlord force in such a chaotic world.Even though in the past two years, this warlord force has shown incredible strength, but to challenge the great ideal of "the ploughman has his own land", people are arguing fiercely, and the sound that rings in their hearts is probably a low voice. sigh.

However, as if a certain fragment was intercepted and overlooked in the mighty tide of history, the turbid water of the turbulent times blasted out countless chaotic fluids in the dangerous bend, some of them staggered forward in the tide, Some thrashed into huge waves, some formed vortexes, and some were thrown out of orbit at any time and rushed into the sky.Some of them will discover the truth first, while others are uneasy and hesitant to move forward.Countless ideological disturbances.

This is also the charm that can be presented in the big era.

Out of 93 villages, [-] villages had violent or moderate confrontations, but there were always those very few who chose different paths for various reasons.

Xigu Village in the southeast of Chengdu is one of the very few villages where there are big landlords but quickly negotiated the land resumption. On the second day of November, the propagandist Qin Weiwen who came here was troubled by certain things. .

"Well, it makes sense, it makes sense..."

It was just after night, and the second son of the new generation of Qin family, who returned to the temporary residence room, heard the familiar footsteps outside and the voices that seemed to be chewing some food. The footsteps stopped outside the door. Then there was an impolite kick at the door.

"Young Master Qin—that makes sense. Young Master Qin, are you there? That makes sense—"

He opened the door, and outside the door was still the temporary camp of the Huaxia Army, where various figures came and went, and a country boy of the same age as him appeared outside the door.The reason why the other party kicked the door was self-evident. I saw that he was holding a newspaper in one hand and an oil lamp that seemed to be brought directly from the desk in the other hand. He was bullying the newspaper in the dark night. , read it carefully, smacking his lips while reading, and then kicking Qin Weiwen with the cloth shoes he hastily picked up.

"That makes sense, Brother Qin—"

Qin Weiwen took a kick and smiled bitterly: "Brother Nie, what's the matter?"

"The "Three Days Talk" that came today! This article solves my confusion! It makes sense! It makes sense, Mr. Qin—"

The young man didn't seem to realize that he had kicked the other party, and walked in, still chattering with the newspaper in his hand.Qin Weiwen closed the door, the other party put the oil lamp on the desk beside him, and wiped the oil on his beautiful clothes a few times: "Come and see!"

Xigu Village, which has a favorable environment and a lot of land, is an outlier encountered in this land division operation. The specific reason is attributed to Nie Shaotang, the head of the Nie clan here, who is over fifty years old and has great influence in this area. Big, in the eyes of ordinary people, it can be regarded as a hero on one side.In the process of the Huaxia Army's unification of the southwest, he was forced to surrender and ordered by Xigua and Li Shishi's partner. Since then, he has been following Li Shishi's line and is bound to it.

Different from ordinary political speculators, Nie Shaotang made a very firm bet on the matter of standing in line, including in this land reform incident, what he showed was this wild and intuitive firmness.After visiting Li Shishi twice, he became one of the first large landowners to negotiate land redemption with the Huaxia Army.Although the land accumulated by generations of the family in the world has been exchanged for seemingly generous money and policy compensation enough to benefit three generations, at this point in time, it is difficult for any rationalist to figure out the reason why he is so transparent.

From the point of view of later generations, he actually did not have much "progressive" ideological awareness.

However, several generous and firm bets on the Huaxia Army have naturally brought him many good returns.Although money matters, Nie Shaotang's sons quickly became familiar with the inner circle of Chengdu, just like his third son Nie Xinyuan who appeared before him. Because of his love of reading, he was very close to the Qin family. Qin Weiwen, the warm second son, has a certain friendship.Of course, there may have been a deliberate relationship in the past. This time, with Qin Weiwen coming to Xigu Village to host the course, I discovered that this gentle Nie Xinyuan in Chengdu actually has such a wild side.

From the first day the work team came here, Nie Xinyuan came over to entangle Qin Weiwen, inquired about various details of the land division, and kept asking countless tricky questions.At first Qin Weiwen thought he was deliberately making things difficult, but then he found out that the other party seemed to be a "revolutionary party" similar to Aunt Gua's gang. Countless novel ideas seemed to erupt in his mind, and many times even made Qin Weiwen knotted. stammered and couldn't answer.

Qin Weiwen is only this year, and his talent for studying and practicing martial arts is mediocre. Naturally, he was arranged to be a lecturer for experience—because he looks honest and honest. Ning Yi said: "You are more suitable to be a lecturer than Ning Xi, Because it looks kind." He came here after two months of training—but even though he had heard of the most intense equality theories in the Huaxia Army, he still didn't have a deep understanding.

As long as Nie Xinyuan caught him these two days, he would shake him desperately like a curious baby, and Qin Weiwen had to rack his brains to answer.He is the top of the preachers, and he doesn't understand all kinds of tricky equality theories. At first, in order to pretend he understands well, he would ask the old masters in the group from time to time. Later, he was going to send Nie Xinyuan to bother others. Nie Xinyuan became ashamed, stared at him for a while, and then stammered, "No, I'm not familiar with..." After that, he continued to bother him.

Now it's here again, I saw him pointing to the news on the "Three Days Talk" and enthusiastically recommending it to Qin Weiwen, Qin Weiwen lay on the table and looked at it, I saw that Nie Xinyuan favored an article in this newspaper that was quite simple but also not good. The extremely straightforward political article, perhaps because the whole point of view was unadorned and direct, attracted Nie Xinyuan's liking.

"...Brother Qin, take a look, take a look...As soon as this article came out, many of the problems we had in the previous few times have been understood..."

"...Throughout the ages, dynasties and dynasties, from the very beginning, there will be a collection of interests one by one. Your family is, and so is my family...so many collections of interests, all of which are for their own benefit. After two or three hundred years, the tail is too big. The people are full of grievances... so what to do, so there will be a change of dynasty in two or three hundred years, and the essence of this change of dynasty is to smash and disperse these interest groups that have accumulated for two or three hundred years..."

"... To achieve this goal, it doesn't matter what means you use. It doesn't matter what the interest groups say they have reasons, because the fact is that if you don't leave, everyone's life will never go on... Then you Looking at today's Wu Dynasty, the dynasty has changed in two or three hundred years, and the interest groups that have accumulated so many generations will definitely be destroyed. If you see that the Huaxia Army is gentle today and refuses to divide it, it will inevitably be forced by the butcher knife in the future. Divide it up, because it must be divided up so that everyone can start over..."

"...Such a simple truth, such a straightforward statement, deafening! Deafening—I'm at a loss—"

Nie Xinyuan's words were also deafening, Qin Weiwen rubbed his forehead: "This "Three Days Talk", these eye-catching remarks are usually published on weekdays, this...this is too...a political conspiracy theory..."

"It's very reasonable! Brother Qin!" Nie Xinyuan sat down beside him, "There's no need to go into details, and there's no need to put justice in everything, of course it's like this when changing dynasties! There are so many big families in the Wu Dynasty, accumulated for so many years, and then Let them accumulate for 300 years, how can ordinary people live? Ordinary people can’t live on, and big families are also slaughtered. So this article is very clear. The land reform methods of the Huaxia Army today are very face-saving. They didn’t kill many people. Give money, give so much money. I think these landlords should understand that handing over the land and starting over is the only way to protect themselves for five or ten generations... This truth should be explained to them clearly. Lei Ting Only means can show the heart of a Bodhisattva."

Qin Weiwen couldn't help laughing bitterly: "You are so excited, you can negotiate with them."

"I think so too, but... I stutter when there are too many people..." Nie Xinyuan was depressed for a while, then raised his head again, "But, you have to be vigilant about this matter! Look at the second half of the article, saying that the Huaxia Army solved this matter, It is carried out in two directions. First, by dividing up the land to break up a part of the accumulation of interests, leaving a bottom line for people to live. Second, it is to expand the overall interests through the acquisition of goods and business, increase the living water at the source, and buffer this... The accumulation of the interests of the group. Because of the second point, there is room for the landlord to be merciful and save everyone's life..."

"But..." Nie Xinyuan paused, "Is your second point right? If... I mean if, all 300-year dynasties have to go through a thorough baptism before everyone can be reborn. First, let everyone have another 300 years... If the second point is not so right, will your method of being soft-hearted and not killing people and returning money make this 300 years... shortened by more than a hundred years If everyone kills them, if you don’t kill them, then the time accumulated to the point where everyone can’t stand it must be shortened..."

Qin Weiwen looked at him: "I didn't kill you...you're not happy anymore..."

"Discuss, discuss, discuss issues..."

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The two sat there and looked at each other for a while, Nie Xinyuan was sincere, Qin Weiwen was speechless, but after a while, he narrowed his eyes in embarrassment before approaching.

"I just tell you in private, Uncle Ning...Mr. Ning is going to set a basic national policy, which seems to be called...inheritance tax. For example, a big family like you, when your father died, what you inherited will be given to you. The state pays [-]% to [-]%, or even [-]% to [-]% of the tax, and the tax collection will kill you... Moreover, Mr. Ning emphasized that this tax cannot be offset for any reason at any stage of the state. Deduction... This matter is still under discussion, don't talk nonsense, but if you want to decide, the founding of the country has to be decided..."

Nie Xinyuan opened his mouth and stood there blankly. After a while, he tapped his fingers on the table subconsciously, and his eyes lit up.

"It makes sense...it makes sense...this makes sense...it's a trick...brother Qin, I really believe that you want to seek eternal peace...to create a great cause that hasn't been seen in a thousand years..." He muttered to himself After a while, Qin Weiwen suddenly grabbed Qin Weiwen's hand, and Qin Weiwen frowned, but the other party slapped him twice, but then let go, "No, no, it can't solve the problem, this...Brother Qin, you think, for example My father has 100 million taels of silver. When he dies, we have to pay taxes, but before he dies, he can give it to us... Once your order is issued, the world's big households will definitely give it away. Don't you think it is not? There is a way to avoid it..."

Qin Weiwen's whole face wrinkled into an ugly bun: "...that method can solve some problems...not bad." As a poor student, he seldom thought deeply about these questions, and it seemed that he would not be able to answer them.

"That's true..." Nie Xinyuan nodded, "That's how things were originally, as long as you have an idea, soldiers will come to block the water and cover up... This inheritance tax is a good idea, Brother Qin, I think about what I will do these two days. To deal with him, I will think of a way to deduce it with you..."

"You, you this..."

"Wait, I thought of another thing." Nie Xinyuan said again, "I said before that research and commerce can be open source, but for example, my father has a family property of one million taels, and he originally wanted to do business with this 100 taels. Now you With this inheritance law, he felt that he was old, so he distributed all the business to us prodigal sons... No, this is not okay, many businesses cannot be done, then this inheritance law... Yes, if my father He has no money, he owns a factory worth 100 million taels, and after he dies, you take away 90 taels, so what about this business, this business is gone, Brother Qin..."

"I...I just heard Mr. Ning say..."

"In addition, the Emperor Tiangao is far away, how much money each household has, how can it be calculated so clearly, and ... hey, this is a big problem again, after you take the land, the official family is The biggest in the world, the cruel officials are like tigers, Brother Qin, when the Huaxia Army unites the world one day, will the surrounding areas be divided, can the top really manage it? I always feel that this will be the real big problem in the future... Brother Qin, Ning How do you usually say this, sir, tell me quickly..."

"Uh...this...more meetings?"

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The lights in the room were quiet for a while, and after a while, the sound of screeching, screeching, screeching came out again. After two hours, Qin Weiwen almost wailed: "Go and ask Team Leader Tang..."

"My question... What... why bother him. Brother Qin, you, you grew up beside Mr. Ning, you must have something to say, you must have said something... Just chat with me..."

After chatting like this until late at night, many people fell asleep, and Nie Xinyuan held the oil lamp and squeezed the newspaper and went back. As he walked, he muttered to himself and shook his head...

After that, from the third day to the fourth day... morning, afternoon and evening... As long as Nie Xinyuan was free, he would still come over to Qin Weiwen's side. His words were direct, sometimes even shocking words, such as after listening to a few classes, After reacting, he went to Qin Weiwen and said: "I understand! It makes sense - you don't really care whether everyone can understand your course or not, you mainly want everyone to be banned. After the Huaxia Army speaks, they will Listen to all... Yes, yes, this is the way to fight landlords. In the past, the imperial power could not be subordinated to the county, so how could the imperial power be subordinated to the county? More than just dividing the land... that makes sense, Brother Qin..."

Qin Weiwen sighed: "I also think it makes sense..."

In this way, on the fifth day of November, he came to arrest Qin Weiwen, and was then led to sit in a classroom.After a while, he saw Ning Yi walk in from the door of the room.It was not the first time for Nie Xinyuan to see Ning Yi, but it was the first time to meet him alone. I saw Ning Yi sitting down and smiling at him. Nie Xinyuan's eyes were dull, and he was speechless.

"Weiwen's side, told me a lot of your thoughts, it's very interesting, you see, he can't answer, he has recorded it, I looked at it..." Ning Yi held a notebook in his hand, it was Qin Weiwen Nie Xinyuan was also familiar with the book of the book, and the few sloppy things on it seemed to indicate the writer's annoyance, "This Qin Xiaoer has recorded a lot, but it's a little bit indifferent, otherwise, Xinyuan you. Here are a few questions that you most want to know, let's discuss it."

Nie Xinyuan: "Ah...uh...I...that..."

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Ning Yi looked at him for a while and laughed: "Well, although Qin Weiwen's records are a little trivial, in fact, as long as you think about it carefully, there are already some theoretical answers. But I know that there is one or a few This is a core question that has not been answered at present. For example, when the entire Wu Dynasty is recaptured in the future, how to control the remote areas. This question involves the reasons for the formation of the feudal system and has far-reaching implications. If there is no core idea to solve it, If there is no decisive change, we can say that letting the imperial power down the county, harvesting fields and land is just a farce of careerists and naive and ignorant...even a crime..."

Nie Xinyuan nodded vigorously, and when Ning Yi said the final word, she shook her head forcefully, not knowing what to say.

Ning Yi paused.

"This way... I have no reason to say it. I invite you to see something. You may think of something after reading it. You go back and collect two clothes, and someone will arrange it for you later."

Seeing the other party's nervousness, Ning Yi stood up, and then nodded approvingly: "You can think of so much, thinking of these things is not easy or simple, we need to think more about it in the future. There are many comrades who can think about and solve problems.”

He stretched out his hand, waited for a moment, and shook hands with Nie Xinyuan.

Nie Xinyuan was in a dream.

After a while, he carried a suitcase, and under the arrangement of the staff, he got into the carriage heading for Leshan.

The carriage drove for half a day, and dropped into the stack halfway. On the second day, he arrived at his destination in a small town that had undergone a lot of transformation by the Huaxia Army. This is a research institution not far from the Huaxia Army Leshan Military Institute. , since it was noon, after arranging for him to eat lunch, someone led him to a small meeting room that seemed to be waiting for a visit. There were already more than ten people in this small meeting room. Nie Xinyuan observed it and saw these There are old and young people, young scholars, and old Confucians with patches on their bodies. Several of them are still actively discussing the topic of land reform.

Someone came to greet him, a young man slightly older than him: "Hanzhou Xu Jing Xu Shiyao, this Xiongtai is..."

"Nie, Nie Hou, the word heart is far away..." Nie Xinyuan thought for a while, "Hanzhou Xu family...but Duke Rui..."

"Brother Nie is talking about the ancestors." The Xu family in Hanzhou is a big trader of goods from the south, and the old lady Xu Rui is a number one person in the southwest, so Nie Xinyuan also knew it, and only listened to the other party whispering: "I don't know Nie Why did your brother come here?"

Nie Xinyuan hesitated for a moment: "Where is Brother Xu, Xu..."

"For this land reform, I dared to write a few articles and submit them, and then they were arranged to come here... I think the people who came here this time are rich and poor, so it's not because of their family background that they were called, I'm afraid it's because of what they wrote. thing……"

Nie Xinyuan also scratched his head: "I'm, I'm here too... Also... I wrote an article..."

Then Xu Shiyao laughed: "When you look at Xiongtai, you must be very good at writing."

The two then chatted a few more words, and a member of the Huaxia Army experiment wearing glasses came over. After roughly confirming their names, they led them out of the room. After passing through several courtyards, they came to a mountain. In the open space, I saw a river flowing in the distance, and there were several houses with waterwheels by the river. The back wall of the house.

"Let's show you an experiment, let's go ahead first." The experimenter who was waiting for the glasses led everyone to the house by the water.

I saw that the house with the waterwheel was quite large. There was a complex machine in the room that could be rotated by the waterwheel. Everyone had never seen such a thing before. At one point, it was a copper wire, and there seemed to be a large piece of iron in the meantime, and the glasses experimenter threw an iron piece on it and immediately absorbed it.

"It's a magnet."

After everyone visited this side, they left the room and walked to the other side along the long line.Xu Shiyao, who came from a businessman's family, took a look at the long line: "This thing seems to be shellac." He tried to squeeze it again, but the experimenter stopped him loudly: "This thing is not easy to make, don't touch it!"

Xu Shiyao smiled and said, "Is this thing shellac?"

The other party said, "She used shellac and added other things. He has copper wire inside."

Xu Shiyao nodded, and then said to Nie Xinyuan: "Shelac is also known as shellac. My family often sells southern goods, so I know, and I don't know what they do with shellac wrapped copper wire."

At this time, everyone was still at a loss. When they approached the room on the side of the long line, they saw that after the rope was pulled over, there were only two pieces of iron with a simple structure.The experimenter came over and said: "The distance between the two houses is 78 feet. Later, the water wheel will buckle the machine and send a signal from that side to this side... Well, this experiment is still a bit simple. It is made of copper wire and magnet. It’s not easy to get it, and now I’m showing you a tour, according to Mr. Ning’s idea, there’s also a restored motor here…”

He basically couldn't understand what he was saying.

The experimenter sent a signal with a flag here, and then explained it to the crowd.

"The water wheel hook is connected to the machine, the machine rotates, and electricity will be generated in the copper wire. You will soon see that the electricity sends a signal to this side."

"What?" Xu Shiyao and the others asked frowning.

"Electricity."

"……what?"

"It's lightning! Lightning when thunder and lightning!"

The room was in a mess, and everyone expressed their own doubts, but then, they heard a "snap" sound on the two iron pieces, flashing silver light.

Then, the sounds of pops, pops, pops... began to sound rhythmically, and they only sounded for a short period of time.

"...conducting lightning with copper wire, as long as the copper wire is long enough, hundreds of feet tall, lightning can be reached in an instant. Using the length of the lightning strike as a sign, no matter how far apart it is in the future, it will be able to transmit a message... This thing will be with Chengdu in the future. With the railcars over there, together with any city, even if it is thousands of miles away, the communication will only take a moment..."

The experimenter wearing glasses was rigidly talking to the crowd about the experiment. Some people could gradually understand a little bit, while some people were still confused. Lightning?Subpoena?What... The experimenter saw that everyone was lacking in understanding, and then he sighed again, briefly explained the principle from scratch, and talked about certain issues...

"...After defeating the Jurchen, Mr. Ning took us to start this thing. All the ideas and theories were established by Mr. Ning... Frankly speaking, the copper wire, the magnet, and the shellac were made. Wrapping skin, we are still slowly researching, it is still a little far from the mass production of the assembly line that Mr. Ning said, but ah, since this prototype has been made, we think..."

Nie Xinyuan gradually understood what he was talking about.

After he understood the meaning of this matter, everything in front of his eyes and ears seemed to gradually become distant, his mind was buzzing, and his soul seemed to be pulled out of this body, The sky begins to overlook this land, and the babble of feudalism, Datong, family world, peace for all the world, and countless children's learning seems to be ringing...

He didn't even know when he left here with everyone.It was still winter, the weather was gloomy and cold, and it seemed to have the unique gray color near the Chengdu Plain. His footsteps moved forward in the crowd. At a certain moment, he fell to his knees on the ground. When he reacted, tears were pouring in his eyes. come out……

His thoughts, his confusion, and the countless questions he had raised with Qin Weiwen these days all came up at this moment.

Let the ploughman have his own field...

The ideal of Confucius, countless saints, and seekers...

The possibility of breaking the encapsulation...

The possibility of great harmony in the world...

At this moment, a threshold has been crossed...

The tide of the times came with a rush, like a melted stream, hugging him.

Those problems, in theory, have been rounded up.

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A day later, he returned to Xigu Village.

Another day later, he rode in a carriage and entered Chengdu, which was as noisy as ever. Countless public opinions were arguing over land reform.He found a guest room to stay, and then, tremblingly, began to write down his thoughts "My Views on Land Reform" on a piece of paper.

His ideas are still young, and his writing is not profound. When he writes on paper, he rewrites, rewrites, and rewrites again and again... And two days later, Xu Shiyao also came, and then more people came. ...

At these times, countless great Confucians are still throwing out great essays about the impossibility of land reform.

He remembered the hand Ning Yi stretched out to him that day.

"...Think more in the future... We need a lot of comrades who can think about and solve problems."

This is a wave that has been stirred up in the times. At the same time, in the whole world, there are countless waves that are stirring and churning, and the tide of history has rushed violently.

(End of this chapter)