The group of squires was too enthusiastic. Su Yang did not expect to be given a wave of warmth.
"Thank you. Thank you so much, everyone." Su Yang held the squire's hand and thanked him one by one.
"Battalion Commander Su, you're too kind. As Chinese, it's our duty to resist the Japanese.”"We wanted to fight the Japanese before, but we were powerless," said Chen Baotang sincerely. Hearing that Battalion Commander Su was so powerful and even wiped out thousands of Japanese, we were all excited.”
"Fortunately, Battalion Commander Su. Otherwise, the Japanese would be lawless in this mountain. We are all willing to support Battalion Commander Su in resisting the Japanese.”
"Battalion Commander Su, if you need anything, just say it. As long as we have it, we will fully support you.”
The other squires also expressed their strong desire to resist the Japanese. After the Japanese occupied the three eastern provinces, they had committed grave crimes. They had burned, killed, and looted everywhere, which had already turned the hearts of the landlord class in the three eastern provinces against them.
Su Yang knew that these landlords were willing to resist the Japanese pirates, but they were also considering their personal interests. He knew the truth of losing the lips and the teeth being cold. However, in the current situation, as long as it was the power to resist the Japanese pirates, they could unite. The issue of dividing the land could be put aside. In the future, when it was time to divide the land equally, they could also be given some compensation, such as helping them to transform into light industry and supporting them to become national capitalists.
"Since everyone supports the Japanese resistance, there is an extremely urgent matter that must be resolved. That is, we lack a government to promote wartime work. Since everyone is here today, why don't we sit down and discuss a rule and establish an interim government to coordinate the anti-Japanese work?”Su Yang said. Since the surrounding landowners and squires were here, this was also a great opportunity to expand the base.
"Alright, there are no rules. Without an interim government, we really can't coordinate our forces. Since Battalion Commander Su has taken the lead today, we will establish an interim government.”Chen Baotang raised his hands in agreement, and the other squires also enthusiastically responded.
Su Yang immediately began a heated discussion with a group of squires. Su Yang elaborated on the work of the interim government and emphasized the importance of reducing interest and rent. He explained the truth clearly. Under the threat of the Japanese, the group of squires no longer cared about these small profits and expressed their support.
In the old era, apart from the Qing compradors and foreign compradors, most of the families that could become landlords relied on thrift and long-term vision to become landlords. What was the fundamental benefit and what was the small benefit was still clearly distinguished.
After a discussion between Su Yang and a group of squires, the 'Temporary Work Promotion Committee for the War in the Three Eastern Provinces' was officially established on this day. After the unanimous recommendation of the squires, Su Yang became the chairman of the interim government, Chen Baotang became the vice chairman, and Li Wenxian and Yang Decheng became the propaganda committee members. The other squires would take on other duties.
All the squires unanimously agreed to eliminate all internal contradictions and establish a unified anti-Japanese front. A total of 16 villages in a town were incorporated into the base area. The meeting passed a resolution to reduce interest and rent.
The town with the largest population was the Chen family town where Chen Baotang was located. The Chen family was a large local clan with more than 500 people. This time, they contributed the most people, money, food, and guns. Just the Chen family alone contributed more than 50 people.
Chen Baotang was also very famous in the local area, which was why he could call for a hundred people to respond and bring many landowners and squires to support the resistance.
Once the temporary government was established, it quickly started to operate.
He quickly implemented the policy of reducing interest and rent in the base area. At the same time, he registered the household registration of every village and gathered the intelligentsia to set up night schools.
In addition to eliminating literacy, the night school also bore the heavy responsibility of propaganda against Japanese pirates.
In this era, women did not have names. They were basically nicknames. The first step in eradicating literacy was to give everyone a name and learn to write their own name.
However, the base was still lacking in academics. Chen Baotang immediately gave his daughter, Chen Yunwei, to Su Yang and said,"I still have two sons studying abroad. I'll write a letter to call them back.”
"I can also write to my classmates.”Chen Yunwei said.
"Alright. The more students we need right now, the better. In addition, Yun Wei will serve as a political commissar in the army!”Su Yang was excited. As expected, work could only be carried out by relying on the masses.
"Alright." Chen Yunwei nodded.
The work of the interim government was carried out extremely quickly. All the villages and towns in the base area quickly completed the reduction of interest and rent. At the same time, every village completed the election.
Every village in the base reported the names of the people who did not have enough food to eat and whose houses were not good to live in. Su Yang sent out the puppet soldiers who were undergoing labor reform, as well as the anti-coalition forces to repair houses and distribute food to the people everywhere. At the same time, mobile medical teams were in the villages to treat every sick person and give everyone a vaccine.
With the implementation of this series of measures, the internal contradictions in the base were quickly eliminated.
After the interest rate reduction, although the land did not belong to the common people in name, the rent was reduced to 15%, which was an extremely low rent. And the money that the landlord lent to the people no longer had interest.
Moreover, this 15% rent was actually like a tax from the base's interim government. When the interim government ran out of food, of course, it was the landowners who had to pay. After all, these landowners could not finish the food, and the resources would only be wasted.
Su Yang led the army and the puppet soldiers who were undergoing labor reform to repair houses and distribute food to the people. He also solved the living problems of the people who had no food to eat and lived in poor houses. The landowners of the base divided the land equally, and the common people also received the allocation of resources. They had enough resources to survive.
Most of the internal conflicts had been eliminated. Even if there were some small conflicts left, they were no longer the focus in the face of intense external conflicts.
The establishment of the anti-Japanese propaganda team greatly stimulated the will of the people in the base to resist the Japanese. The anti-Japanese propaganda team had to give speeches everywhere every day and write many slogans at the same time.
However, those slogans were probably not very useful. After all, the literacy rate was very low, so the publicity was mainly focused on speeches and heart-to-heart talks. Li Wenxian was very good at this, and his publicity method was also very down-to-earth.
The enthusiasm of the people to resist the Japanese was stimulated. Su Yang quickly organized the people to carry out large-scale production and training.
1280 Type 38 rifles were seized in the last battle. Some of them were destroyed on the battlefield, but they could still be repaired. These Type 38 rifles were distributed to all the villages and towns, and the militia was quickly organized.
At the same time, in order to prevent spies from probing into the information of the base, the temporary government of the base introduced the 'base pass.' All the people in the villages and towns must have a pass stamped by the village chief.
In terms of production, after Su Yang learned that there was a kiln factory in the Chen family town, he quickly modernized the kiln factory. After the renovation, the kiln could be used to fire bricks and porcelain with high efficiency.
At the same time, Su Yang also built a cement factory in the Chen family town and looked for iron ore and coal mines everywhere.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:053201812:26PM
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