Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 327 Base Census

As the land reform movement was about to start in the west of Ci County, Licheng, and the southeast, at the end of August, the prefectural government and independent detachments sent working teams to the local villages to conduct on-the-spot investigations.

The survey content included the population of each village, and the land occupation in guerrilla areas and enemy-occupied areas.

The survey area includes the entire territory of Wuyi, Wu'an, and She counties, the west of Ci county, and the southeast of Licheng and Lucheng.

The prefectural government dispatched seven working groups, and the independent detachment consisted of six working groups composed of comrades from the Political Department and the General Staff Office.

Each working group first began to investigate from inside the base area, and then began to radiate to guerrilla areas and occupied areas.

The investigation in the base area went very smoothly. The investigation in Wuyi and Wu'an counties was completed in less than four days, and then the working team of the independent detachment descended to the west of Ci County to conduct a secret visit.

On September 9, Wang Ying made a special trip to Yanwang Mountain to discuss this matter.

Zhou Weihan looked at Wang Ying's bitter and bitter look, but his neck was tanned, and his mouth was peeling off, so he couldn't help laughing: "What's the matter, Director Wang, is there something bothering you? Drink a glass of water first!"

"Isn't this bothering me? I can't eat well or sleep well these days. The land is the lifeblood of farmers. Throughout the dynasties and dynasties, the early officials were clear and the land saturation was low. At the end of the dynasty, the officials were corrupt. The land is merged, and ordinary people often don't even have a single piece of Susukida!"

"This land reform is going to be a good thing for the common people to be able to share their land, but whose land is divided, how to divide it, and what standards are used to distinguish it. If the scale is not properly grasped, it will arouse public resentment!" Wang Ying said. rubbed his face.

The specific question of the land reform really caught Zhou Weihan's attention. At the beginning of Wuyi and Wu'an, because it was the foundation period of the base area, there was no specific charter, and the deployment of people in the army was simple and rude.

However, all the local tyrants and evil gentry who committed crimes and oppressed the people on weekdays, or those who turned to the Japanese army as traitors, their property in the countryside was distributed to the local people.

Of course, some enlightened landlords, Zhou Weihan also tried his best to be innocent, and correspondingly, they also took the initiative to allocate part of the land to their own tenants.

Now that the Tainan base has been stabilized, and it has reached a stage of further development, if it continues to be the same as before, it will inevitably cause class antagonism.

"Okay, don't say so much, this is the investigation details of the working group sent by the army, let's combine the investigation contents first!" Zhou Weihan took out a notebook and handed it to Wang Ying.

In Wuyi, there are 259 villages in the enemy-occupied areas, 683 administrative villages in base areas, 93496 households, 326754 people, and 1089542.5 mu of land.

In Wu'an, there were 302 villages in the enemy-occupied area, 616 administrative villages in the base area, 91731 households, 312618 people, and 1087016.5 mu of land.

In She County, there are 216 villages in occupied areas, 320 administrative villages in base areas, 50407 households, 181523 people, and 413463.96 mu of land.

In Cixi, there are 342 villages in occupied areas, 152 villages in guerrilla areas, and 112 administrative villages in base areas, with 45211 households, a population of 132684, and 673168 mu of land.

Cixi, Lidongnan, Ludongnan, local tyrants, evil gentry, traitors, puppet soldiers, etc. had a total of 136 people with a large amount of land property, with a land property of 12 mu.

"Old Wang, when we carry out the land reform, we must distinguish between the enemy and ourselves. Now is the time to fight the little devils. Ethnic conflicts have risen to become the main conflict, but domestic class conflicts still exist. It is more obvious in rural areas. Landlords own a lot of land. He rents out land for farming.”

"Comrade Teacher once said that in the war of resistance against Japan, everything must be subordinated to the interests of the war of resistance against Japan.

"You don't know this, do you?" Zhou Weihan joked.

"Double reduction and double payment, if I don't even know about this policy, then I should stop being the director!" Wang Ying said angrily.

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, in order to ensure the anti-Japanese national united front, better mobilize the people, unite all levels of society, and call on more people to join in the struggle against the aggressors, at the same time, all class struggle requirements should be based on national struggle The needs of the country, that is, the anti-Japanese war as the starting point.

The land policy of double reduction and double payment came into being, that is, reducing rent and interest, and at the same time encouraging farmers to pay rent and interest. Increase the enthusiasm for resistance to Japan and production, and on the other hand, adopt a positive and principled concession policy to a certain extent, guarantee the basic life of the landlord class, and strive for their joint resistance to Japan. This land policy reflects the national struggle and Consistency of class struggle.

Therefore, compared with the ten-year confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the land policy was incomplete, but it weakened feudal exploitation, lightened the burden on farmers, solved the problems of farmers' lives, and mobilized farmers' anti-Japanese enthusiasm and enthusiasm for production. Taking care of the interests of the landlord class, uniting the landlord class, and consolidating the united front was the most realistic progressive land policy during the Anti-Japanese War, which played an important role in winning the Anti-Japanese War.

"The 136 people are all right, but the current situation is that in areas that need land reform, there are still a large number of landlords and rich peasants. Let's take Li Dongnan as an example. Although there are about 16 landlords in the guerrilla zone, but I have always been devoted to our Eighth Route Army, and donated money and materials secretly. Of course, they also cooperate with the reduction of rent and interest!"

"However, there are still a large number of diehards in these three areas who do not cooperate with the implementation of the policy. Some comrades in the prefectural government are from landlord families. One comrade went home to persuade his father to reduce rent and interest rates in order to set an example. The whole family is in trouble!"

"There are still some comrades who have been corrupted by the sugar-coated cannon of the diehards, and their work is perfunctory!"

Seeing Wang Ying's furious look, Zhou Weihan couldn't help sighing that good people sometimes get angry.

In fact, Wang Ying already had a plan in mind, but she couldn't make up her mind for a long time. At this time, Zhou Weihan needed to give it a push.

"It is now divided into three areas: the base area, the guerrilla area, and the occupied area. The main focus of work should be on the guerrilla area. First, take the 136 people and deter some diehards among the landlords who don't want to cooperate. How could they be here without blood? Cut your own flesh!"

"Of course, after the reduction of rent and interest, there is still a special department to check whether the people have paid the rent and interest on time. The enlightened gentleman and landlord have cooperated with our work, and we must also protect their existing interest! "

As Zhou Weihan said, he took out another pamphlet, on the cover was written "Tainan Rent and Interest Reduction Proposal and Provisional Regulations. "

"Good guy, did you make this up?" Wang Ying asked in surprise.

"I don't have that ability. This is the plan compiled by political commissar Zhao based on the experience of various base areas. You have to thank Lao Zhao!" Zhou Weihan said.

Zhao Gang wrote at the beginning of the article: The land policy should implement partial rent reduction and interest reduction to win over the basic peasant masses, but not too much, and do not make farmers unable to borrow due to interest rate reduction, and do not confiscate land from landlords due to liquidation of old debts. At the same time, it should be stipulated that farmers have the obligation to pay rent and interest, to ensure that landlords have land ownership, and that the management of rich peasants should not change in principle.

It is necessary to explain to comrades and peasants that it is not the time to carry out the agrarian revolution. In some places, a "Left" bias has occurred in the implementation of the policy of reducing rent and interest. Confiscation of the landlord's land violates the landlord's property rights and human rights.

Article 25 stipulates that the rent shall be reduced by 40% in good years, 55% in normal years, and [-]% in bad years, and stipulates that the landlord shall not take back the land or transfer the tenancy with excuses.

Article 1935. Rent arrears before 1935 shall be nullified. For land rent from 1939 to [-], half of the original rent shall not be regarded as rent arrears, and less than half shall be paid in full if conditions permit.

Article 25, regardless of any land lease or form of tenancy, the rent will be reduced by [-]% according to the amount before the Anti-Japanese War. In the vicinity of guerrilla areas and enemy-occupied areas, the rent reduction can be less than [-]%, only [-]%, [-]% or [-]%. .

Article [-]: Only for the loan relationship established before the Anti-Japanese War, the interest calculation standard is one and a half cents. If the interest payment exceeds double the original interest, the interest will be suspended for repayment of the principal, and the principal and interest payment will be suspended if the interest exceeds double.The amount of loan interest after the Anti-Japanese War should be left to the people to handle on their own according to the local social and economic relations.

"Good stuff, I know these standards, but they are too general and messy. This time I finally have a clear standard. I'll go back and discuss it with my comrades!" Wang Ying said excitedly.

(End of this chapter)