Master Yuan, start!

But Jianghuai is not like Korea after all. It borders the Central Plains in the north and the Three Wus in the south. If there is any chaos, the whole world will know about it in an instant, and we will become a target!"

Duan Qirui, Zhang Jian and Xu Shichang were all members of the five-member Central Decision-making Committee of the Red Confucian Society.

Moreover, the three of them are respectively the Vice Chairman of the Military Commission of the Red Confucian Society, the Minister of Commerce and Finance, and the Minister of Party Affairs of the Society.

When Yuan Shikai was not around, as long as the remaining four members of the five-member group could form a majority, they could command the National Defense Army and the Red Confucian Society.

Theoretically, the Central Decision-making Committee is the highest authority of the Red Confucian Society. Now Yuan Xiangcheng is being questioned by three-fifths of the people within the highest authority, which means he has lost.

But in fact, the Red Confucian Society and the National Defense Army are still under the control of Yuan Shikai.

As long as Yuan Xiangcheng persists, the three people who are currently questioning him will eventually choose to obey.

However, Yuan Xiangcheng did not intend to force them. It was better to persuade the comrades.

"I think you have all read Mr. Ma's declaration from Germany," Yuan Xiangcheng said, looking around at everyone.

"seen it already."

“I have read it many times.”

"The head instructor has reminded me many times, and I've already seen it."

Several people present nodded, indicating that they had read this far-reaching masterpiece.

"Some of the things I said were actually not appropriate," Yuan Xiangcheng said calmly.

After these words were spoken, the people present did not react as violently as Yuan Xiangcheng had imagined. They just raised their heads slightly, wanting to listen to what Yuan Xiangcheng had to say.

Yuan Xiangcheng was stunned at first when he saw this, then he smiled silently and thought he was overthinking it.

At that time, Marxism had not yet been regarded as the norm, and the Manifesto only had three versions: German, Russian, and English, and it had not been widely circulated.

Therefore, I can be regarded as a "pioneer" of the proletariat, and not many people will oppose my theories and methods.

After all, people in Western Europe haven't figured out what socialism and communism are yet, so how could anyone in East Asia raise questions about them?

"The Manifesto says that the peasants are petty bourgeoisie and will eventually stop the revolution. They are unworthy of being the revolutionary allies of the proletariat, right?"

After Yuan Xiangcheng finished speaking, he looked carefully. Some people seemed to be thinking about something, while others looked confused.

It is obvious that some of them may have read the Manifesto, but they only read it once, and the words disappeared like smoke after they passed by.

It has not yet entered the mind, heart, and soul.

But fortunately, there are still people who understand.

After hearing this, Xu Shichang said, "Yes, Wei Ting, that's why I think that instead of getting stuck in the quagmire of Jianghuai, it's better to focus on cultivating industry and commerce outside the Great Wall. The more factories, the more profits, and the more workers."

Xu Shichang didn't finish the second half of the sentence, but Yuan Xiangcheng also understood what he meant.

The more workers there are, the greater the power of the future revolution will be.

"Relying on workers is a valid idea," Yuan Xiangcheng said after a moment's hesitation. "However, it doesn't quite fit with national conditions."

He turned his head, looked at the person next to him and said, "Zhiquan Duan Qirui, do you remember what I said, that among China's 9 million people, more than % are farmers?"

"I remember, of course I remember." Duan Qirui nodded quickly.

"Then I have a question. If everyone is a farmer, then why don't we rely on the farmers instead of the workers?"

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Yuan Xiangcheng sat up straight and began to tell everyone his thoughts.

Yuan Xiangcheng believed that since you, Old Ma, can criticize utopian socialism and conservative socialism, then I can naturally propose the path of peasant socialism.

Yes, the so-called Red Confucianism, if broken down, is based on the idea of ​​a social system that follows the path of peasant socialism while retaining certain traditional etiquette.

The individual distribution of land after the founding of the People's Republic of China in the original time and space was not socialism;

The later contract responsibility system was also not socialism.

The people's commune can be considered an attempt at socialism, but it failed. Later, it embarked on the path of "socialism with Chinese characteristics", and it became even more distant.

So, is it possible to implement socialism in the vast rural areas of feudal China?

In Yuan Xiangcheng's opinion, it is possible.

There are many standards for what socialism is, and there are endless debates and different opinions, such as highly developed productivity, the disappearance of the state, the disappearance of the market economy, etc.

But regardless of which school of thought, most people recognize the significance of public ownership and state ownership.

Yuan Xiangcheng believed that for China at that time, other things were too far away, and only public ownership of land was the most suitable socialist way for China.

Ancient China happened to have such a natural organization, the fundamental basis of which was public ownership of land.

This organization is the "clan"

The clan is a natural carrier. If the clan can be transformed and the feudal traditional "clan" is transformed into the peasant "new clan" led by the Red Confucian Society,

All the land was divided equally, but not to individual citizens. Instead, it was divided into "new clan land". Everyone had a share of clan land, but buying and selling was not allowed.

Because it is clan land, once it is sold, it will be sanctioned by other people in the clan.

This "new clan" can be a clan with the same surname, but more often it is a clan with different surnames. Comrades-in-arms, classmates, and fellow townsmen can all be of the same clan.

Clan land can be clan land or newly reclaimed state-owned farms.

The "new clan" was transformed into the smallest constituent unit of urban-peasant socialism, and the "new clan land" was the foundation of social stability and the material source for respecting Confucianism, honoring ancestors, and educating the people.

In Yuan Shikai's conception, Red Confucianism is something that must rely on farmers and can only rely on farmers to achieve success.

At the end of the 19th century, workers were not yet a force to be reckoned with, and it was completely unrealistic to expect them to give much support to the Red Confucian Society.

Even in the Republic of China decades later, farmers still made up the vast majority of the population. Later parties would not have placed workers and farmers on the same level of importance unless they wanted to gain the support of the Soviet Union.

In the 1930s, the two ends of the scale were more than 300 million workers and more than 3 million farmers.

It is self-evident which is more important.

This is indeed the case. In China, was it the approach of mobilizing workers to occupy large cities that was successful, or was it the approach of mobilizing peasants to surround the cities with the countryside that was successful?

Workers can serve as boosters for business expansion, but fundamentally, farmers should still be the priority.

This is the way to save the nation that Yuan Xiangcheng has been looking for since he traveled through time.

When combining Confucianism with Marxism-Leninism, we should not blindly apply what we should combine.

The teacher's original proposal was successful because he took into account the national conditions of China at that time. Otherwise, he would not have relied on the power of the peasant class, which is considered "one of the most reactionary and conservative classes" in fundamentalist Marxism.

But at this time, it was 1895, and applying the methods of teachers 30 years later might not be right.

First of all, China’s natural economy has not disintegrated on a large scale and is still surviving tenaciously.

In other words, feudal forces are still strong and cannot be confronted head-on.

Secondly, there was no strong proletarian regime to rely on externally. If the three-step approach of "striking down the landlords and confiscating their property - distributing land to the peasants - then taking back the land and setting up a commune" was to be adopted, it would be too time-consuming and too dogmatic.

Therefore, at present, in the inland areas where the contradiction between population and land is extremely acute, the best way to carry out reforms is to transplant flowers and trees, using the flesh and blood of the old feudal clans to grow the body of the new socialist clans.

Reduce three steps to one and a half steps. First, turn all the land into "clan land". When all the land in the world is clan land, then distribute the right to cultivate the clan land to the people.

"Then Wei Ting, what do you mean?" Zhang Jian asked slowly after listening.

"Since you are all worried that the top-down land distribution will provoke a popular uprising, then let's do it from the bottom up!" Yuan Xiangcheng's eyes were sharp and he sneered:

"Let the people stir up trouble among themselves and divide up the land among their own tribes!"

"Divide the clan's land?"

"Yes, everyone on both sides of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers should have a few land deeds in their hands, right?" Yuan Xiangcheng raised his head and said, "Tell them that we recognize all of these deeds!"

"Accept them all?" Xu Shichang's heart trembled. The land dispute had long been unclear. If he acknowledged them all, who should he believe?

Old man 607.38 zero;

"Yes, I admit them all!" Yuan Xiangcheng nodded heavily.

“If there is a dispute between the two land deeds, there is no need to determine who is right or wrong. The land can be directly used as clan land, with only the right to cultivate it, not the right to buy or sell it.

In this way, it won’t be considered as forcible seizure of land.”

What a cruel move! Zhang Jian was a wealthy man in Nantong. When he looked at Yuan Shikai, he felt a chill in his heart.

If there is a dispute over land deeds, regardless of whether they are right or wrong, all the land will be used as clan land. It may seem that the land still belongs to the clan, but in fact the ownership is no longer in their hands.

In this case, the ones who will suffer will definitely be the landlords and the rich, because they have a lot of land, so there will definitely be more disputes, and more land will be confiscated.

It is useless to cry out for justice because the land has not been distributed to others and still belongs to the tribe.

"What a great move to cut off the firewood from under the cauldron."

In the situation where farmers in Jianghuai were generally landless, dividing the land in the name of clan land was a blatant conspiracy.

But we have to admit that this conspiracy poses much less obstacles than directly dividing the land.

In this way, a changed land reform policy, a socialism that merged with feudal clans, was formally formed at the Central Decision-making Meeting of the Red Confucian Society in 1895.

Chapter 274: French Sit-in War

On August 1895, the 10st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, October 2, in the Western calendar, after a long period of waiting, the Beiyang Fleet's Hailong, Haichao, Haifeng and their affiliated ships opened fire and bombarded the city of Jiangning.

Under the cover of artillery fire, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the National Defense Army soldiers in blue uniforms boarded small boats, picked up wooden oars, and rowed towards the south bank.

The booming sound of the cannon startled the French ship anchored near the south bank of the Yangtze River. When Courbet on the ship figured out what was going on, he immediately became furious.

"Yuan Xiangcheng, it's Yuan Xiangcheng again!"

Courbet's eyes widened with anger, and he gritted his teeth as he uttered the name that he would never forget.

A general was captured by the colonists. Thanks to this unique event in French history, Courbet became famous in Paris 10 years ago.

However, most of the reputation is negative.

Fortunately, Courbet was strong in heart and had great influence in the political and military circles, so Paris had no choice but to decide to let him continue to lead the Far East Navy and be stationed in Keelung Port.

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"The northern army has begun to attack. Where is our army and our navy?!" Courbet's expression remained unchanged as he looked at the generals in front of him on the deck.

It was obvious that Courbet was complaining about why the French army had not yet reached Helsingfort and why it had been intercepted at sea by the British.

In fact, the subordinates had known the reason for a long time. The British were obstructing the process, and the politicians in Paris gave in.

But even though they knew it, no one except Courbet dared to complain to the gentlemen of Paris in person.

Behind Courbet, on the surface of the Yangtze River, countless blue figures were moving rapidly.

The national defense forces in the river shouted angrily, although they came from different regions, spoke different accents, and had different life experiences.