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Chapter 199 Manor economy, sending troops to kill chickens to scare monkeys

An economic symposium is equivalent to the division of interests. The Japanese government gets the lion's share, local powerful people eat some meat, and the rest is given to the civilians.

This residue includes the company's factory investment, land allocation, etc.

Land reform was mainly to win over the Chinese.

Compared with the local aborigines, the Chinese are hardworking and tolerant. As long as they are a little bold, they can suppress them and don't have to worry too much about them causing unrest.

As for the Nanyang natives, these people don't seem to be too evolved. They are greedy, lazy, and fierce. The only way to deal with them is to be more ruthless.

Nankaido is located in the tropics, and the land is fertile. No matter how you plant, you can have a good harvest. You just need to avoid typhoons.

Therefore, Yagyu plans to move a group of citizens here to at least increase the population to one-third, which is about two million.

Considering that there are currently more than 30 million people in Japan, relocating so many people is a big project. It can only be said that population migration can be promoted through policy support.

In terms of land reform, Yagyu still followed the previous policy of nationalizing land, allowing free buying and selling, and paying local taxes.

In terms of leasing land, tenants can sign a lease contract with the landlord, which can be notarized at the local government. In terms of lease contracts, policies to protect tenants have also been introduced.

In addition, during the Spanish rule, the Philippines was dominated by a manor economy. However, Yagyu did not abolish the manor economy under the advice of Eiichi Shibusawa.

When Shibusawa Eiichi was studying in the UK, he met an American classmate. He asked this classmate about the economic situation in the United States, and the classmate said a lot, including the new estate economy in the United States.

The previous manor economy was mainly based on slavery, which resulted in low production efficiency and high costs, which were much higher than those of workers.

You must know that the main purpose of the manor is to provide food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even medical treatment. Of course, if you are cruel, you can ignore it, but the slaves themselves are also the property of the manor owner, and direct consumption is also a cost.

Therefore, the cost of using a slave may seem small, but the hidden costs are high.

As for the workers, the cost is very transparent. They only need to pay wages. As for the workers' food, clothing, housing and transportation, that is their own business.

Faced with this situation, American farmers came up with a new model.

That is to sign a legally meaningful treaty with the slaves, stipulating that the slaves can receive two-thirds of their labor production, and the remaining one-third will be handed over to the farmer.

Of course, slaves also had to bear taxes and other expenses, and the farmers provided shelter and food.

In this way, after a few decades, the slaves will have enough money to redeem themselves, and the farmers will also save a pension.

Not only that, slaves will work hard to redeem themselves, which improves efficiency. This model solves the shortcomings of previous slavery very well.

Yagyu didn't know much about this matter. This was the first time he heard about this system, but it looked a bit like a sharecropper.

Such a system is not without its shortcomings. Some people can see that they have worked hard to become free and are poor, so why should they redeem themselves?

The farmers discovered this situation and quickly came up with a countermeasure, which was to give them half a day off every week, then organize parties and invite orchestras to perform, so that they could experience the life of free people. Many people were willing to do so just for this kind of life. Exploited by farmers.

Yagyu was very satisfied with this system and immediately adopted it to improve the manor economy of Nankaido.

Of course, this contract cannot be called a slave contract, but should be changed to a sharecropper or long-term labor contract.

After all, Japan is an advanced civilized country and naturally does not allow slavery, a backward and inhumane system.

The new land system violated the interests of big landowners. Naito Muneyoshi, Zheng Zhiqiang, and Marcos all owned large estates and large tracts of land, but they did not oppose it.

This is not just fear of Japan's military strength, but more of a compromise.

We must know that once the national examination is opened, the children of these families can become officials. If they agree to such a land policy, will their children still have the opportunity to become officials?

Or, after their children become officials and are ordered by the Japanese to implement land policies, how should they make a choice?

So between power and money, they chose power.

The new land policy is the greatest good news for the Chinese community. Many Chinese who immigrated to Nankaido have been oppressed. Japan's policy directly overturned the mountains on them and gave them a head start in life.

As a Chinese agent, Zheng Zhiqiang was naturally the first to bow his head and recognize the land policy.

After the economic symposium, Manila was the first to start reforms, which aroused dissatisfaction among many people. However, Naito Muneyoshi and other three agents did not come forward. Those dissatisfied powerful people were like scattered sand and failed to create any waves.

Before these new policies can be rolled out, national examinations must be conducted to select officials from various regions and establish a government framework.

For this national examination, the vast majority of people did not want to go against Manila, and the national examination was quickly arranged. Referees in each county had to take the examination in the specified cities. The examination was divided into three parts, the primary election, the state examination and the national examination. Test.

This time it was the army that went to the counties to preside over the examinations. Two infantry divisions went to each county seat one by one with the preliminary examination papers.

The primary election in Nankaido is different from the first national examination in Japan. This time it mainly tests the basics.

Powerful people and ordinary citizens from all over the country asked their intellectuals to take the national examination, and as many as 300,000 people participated.

This ratio is a bit high. You must know that the entire Nankai Province has a population of about 6 million and 300,000 intellectuals, accounting for 5%.

It can be said that everyone of appropriate age and who can read is here. The fact that there are so many literate people in Nankaido is mainly due to the education system established by the Spanish.

But there is still a problem before Yagyu.

Although Japan has occupied Manila and surrounding areas, and civil provinces have surrendered to Japan, the governors of those military and administrative provinces are still waiting for price.

If he wants the national examination to proceed smoothly and subsequent policies to be implemented smoothly, he must solve the problems of the military and administrative provinces.

Yagyu did not intend to compromise. After all, he classified this land as Japanese territory and implemented Japan's constitution. If he compromised with these military and political governors, then his previous attitude towards the samurai would be a joke.

If these military and political governors thought he was the Spanish governor of the Philippines, they had the wrong person.

He is Japan's first prime minister, Battousai, Yagyu Hiken, and he will never show mercy when faced with issues of principle.

Yagyu Heiyan had already asked three agents, Naito Muneyoshi, to collect information on several military and political governors, as well as detailed maps of their provinces.

Naito Muneyoshi claimed the credit and said: "Your Majesty Prime Minister, I have bribed several people. As long as I give an order from Your Majesty the Prime Minister, I can immediately let them leak all the intelligence of the other party. Even their every move is under our noses."

Liu Sheng was very satisfied and said: "Yes, then tell me, which of these people is the most famous and has the strongest bones?"

Naito Muneyoshi immediately said: “Mainly Maguindanao County in Sulu State and Cotabato.

Maguindanao is a military province and Cotabato is an autonomous city.

This area is full of Moro people. They rely on the sea to eat, their folk customs are sturdy, they don't take the government seriously, and they have always been extremely arrogant.

They have sent people to say that no matter who is in Manila, the previous rules will not change. "

When Yagyu heard this, he laughed angrily. These Moros were indeed brave.

Since these people are so arrogant, we can't blame him for being cruel.

He immediately ordered: "The 201st Division and the 301st Division immediately go south to clear Sulu Prefecture, and Longma will divide it into a fleet to escort them."

Oda Takatada, Daxiong Chaoye and others immediately responded to the order.

The Japanese army set sail from Manila Port the next day and headed south to Mindanao.

Maguindanao and Cotabato are adjacent to each other, both in the southern part of Mindanao. Maguindanao is close to the sea, while Cotabato is to the east.

Enomoto Takehi led the Carolini and more than a dozen steam warships to escort dozens of transport ships south, and arrived in the waters of Maguindanao within a few days.

Enomoto Takehi sent an envoy ashore to inform Maguindanao.

The next day, Leopold, the provincial governor of Maguindanao, led his people to the seaside and saw the Japanese fleet.

Leopold's face was very ugly, and he said unwillingly: "Scare me, I can't win at sea, then go ashore and fight, who is afraid of whom?"

Leopold seized the envoys and gathered troops in the provincial capital of Sherif Aguac. Before doing so, he sent someone to inform the mayor of Cotabato, Umer.

"Leopold appeared at the beach, but he left again. I think the other party was going to fight to the end."

Enomoto Takehi told the two division commanders Oda Takatada and Ohkuma Chaoye about the matter.

Oda Takatada said with joy on his face: "Very good. I was originally worried that they would surrender without a fight, so I will send troops to land first!"

Not to be outdone, Daxiong Chaoye said: "You have already made great achievements in Vietnam, now you should let me, Daxiong Division, go first."

"That won't work. How dare I disobey the Prime Minister's order? I must send troops!" Oda Takatada did his duty.

Enomoto Takehi was worried that the two of them would do something bad because of their competition for credit, so he immediately stopped him and said: "Calm down, you two!"

The two of them immediately looked at Takehiro Enomoto.

"This time, the Prime Minister wants to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, so this time's matter cannot be ignored. This battle must be clean and tidy, and there must be no mercy. Do you understand?" Enomoto Takehi frowned, with a serious expression.

Oda Takatada and Ohkuma Toya also stopped arguing and carefully discussed the next war.

After the two coordinated, each side sent a battalion of infantry ashore to establish a defense line, and then each sent an infantry brigade and artillery regiment ashore.

As for the other infantry brigade, it is used as a reserve force to support the battle at any time.

After everyone determined the plan, they immediately ordered the troops to land.

It was quiet on the west coast of Maguindanao, but the dark clouds of war had arrived.

(End of this chapter)