Chapter 57 Shanghai New District (10)
Just when the Cinema of Time Travelers achieved unprecedented success, the attacks on the land policies of Time Travelers in various newspapers in Shanghai suddenly became fierce, and the land reforms implemented by Time Travelers in Shandong and other places were very detailed. Of course, the focus was on the forced expropriation of landlords by time Travelers, as well as the iron-blooded suppression and criticism of some landlords. However, the behaviors of these landlords who bully men and women in the village, cruelly exploit, and disregard human lives were not mentioned.
At the same time, more than 20 landlords and gentry claiming to be Jinan, Gaomi, Jimo and other places published articles in newspapers or accepted exclusive interviews from newspapers. They strongly attacked the time travelers, forcibly confiscated their homes, real estate, property, etc., and criticized and killed their families.
What "Where is the law of nature - the blood and tears of an ordinary Shandong man?"
"Overseas Chinese plunder the people of Shandong in a crazy way, and the law is hard tolerate."
"How did overseas Chinese cause my family to be destroyed?"
"Overseas Chinese plunder the people of Shandong in a crazy way, committing bloody debts."
"Return my land and my homeland - the people of Shandong are shouting in despair."
The sensational titles also appeared on the pages of major newspapers in Shanghai, which had a strong incitement. As for the incidents these people have done in Shandong, they avoided talking about them. Some newspapers also published editorial comments, strongly criticizing the land policies implemented by overseas Chinese in Shandong.
However, time travelers are not showing any weakness. On the one hand, time travelers themselves have newspapers, so they will naturally fight back. Although there are too many reasons to defend land policies and it is not convenient to make long-term discussions in newspapers, they firmly grasp one thing, which is how landlords exploit and oppress farmers. The Shandong landlords and gentry who published articles in newspapers were not compiled, but there are indeed people. This can indeed strengthen persuasiveness. However, this also gives time travelers a means to fight back, and shakes out the evil deeds of these people when they were local lords in Shandong. There are also exaggerations and amplifications. Anyway, no one can confirm it.
This is indeed effective, because both sides have different opinions, so it will not be one-sided. After all, this is Shanghai, not Shandong. No matter how bad people in Shandong are, it has nothing to do with Shanghai. In addition, the Shanghai office has been in Shanghai for nearly a year and has known some people. The success of the movie has also added a lot of points to time travelers. Many newspaper writers who have watched the movie also have a good impression of time travelers, so they have also spoken out to write articles and speak for time travelers.
Although overall, public opinion attacking time travelers does have some advantages, it does not appear completely one-sided as last time. Time travelers have already possessed considerable public opinion counterattack ability and are no longer completely passive, and this is still the case when the time travelers have not done their best.
However, time travelers dare not neglect to respond to students. On the one hand, students have simple thoughts, insufficient social experience, and often have more passion, but lack rationality, and their worldview and outlook on life are being formed, so they are quite fickle. On the other hand, time travelers have always attached importance to publicity and influence on students. So they held consecutive seminars to explain in detail the reasons and reasons for land reform of time travelers, and patiently answered the questions raised by students, which successfully stabilized most of the students.
Of course, a considerable number of students stand opposite to the time traveler due to their different ideas, ideas and backgrounds, but this is also an inevitable result. But overall, the time traveler is still a positive image among most students.
Until the end of February, the promotional special film [Shandong Land Reform] produced by Qingdao was finally completed, which was more than 10 days later than the original expected time. This is mainly because the public opinion pressure on Shanghai is not too great, so there is no rush to use the special film to save the scene. This gives the special film production team a relatively relaxed time, so they have enough time to do this special film well.
However, the special film was officially completed, and the time it was sent to Shanghai, along with 10,000 books that matched the special film - [Shandong Land Reform Report], the Shanghai Office also decided to start a counterattack.
On March 1, more than 300 Shanghai gentry, celebrities, industry and commerce, newspapers, famous writers, students and other Shanghai members gathered in the cinema to watch the official screening of the special film [Shandong Land Reform].
There are also people who have attacked time travelers before. They did not want to accept invitations from time travelers, but the movies are too attractive. Although these people can basically watch movies, they are also valuable after all. Therefore, when they hear that there are free movies to watch, they don’t care about their position.
The entire special film is divided into two episodes. The previous episode mainly introduces China's land system. At the beginning of the film, it introduces China's traditional land system. Since the collapse of the well fields in the Spring and Autumn Period, China's land has entered the era of private land ownership. Except for a few land belonging to the government or the royal family, the vast majority of land belonging to private ownership and can be bought, leased, transferred, mortgaged, etc. Only between the two Han Dynasties, Wang Mang's Xin Dynasty briefly collected all the land into state-owned and banned transactions. However, with the brief demise of the Xin Dynasty, Wang Mang was completely nailed to the shameful frame of history. No matter how the dynasties were replaced, the private ownership of the land was kept and never changed again. China's land development history has stopped entering the historical cycle of distribution-animalization.
Then we will explain the advantages and disadvantages of land private ownership. The advantage is that it can exert farmers' enthusiasm for production, because land is the private property of farmers, and more work is the more rewards. After paying the national tax, the remaining one is the private ownership of farmers, so that farmers naturally have the motivation to actively produce; the disadvantage is that it is easy to cause land annexation.
Generally, at the beginning of the dynasty, due to war and social unrest, a large number of idle and unowned land will appear, and the monarchs in the dynasty often adopt the policy of rest and recuperation, allocating the land to the people, reducing taxes and reducing servitude. Due to the emergence of a large number of self-cultivated farmers, the country's tax revenue is guaranteed and the society is stable, and there will often be a period of governance or prosperity. If you meet an enterprising monarch, you will also create an era of great martial arts.
However, with the stability of the dynasty and the development of production, land annexation became increasingly serious, and a large number of self-cultivated farmers turned into tenants, resulting in a significant reduction in national tax revenue and social unrest. Once land annexation exceeds one limit, the foundation of the dynasty's rule will begin to shake. If natural disasters occur again, peasant uprisings will break out, leading to the demise of the dynasty. After the establishment of a new dynasty, it will enter a new cycle.
When the film introduces these contents, the picture keeps changing, sometimes thousands of troops fighting on the battlefield; sometimes the palace is in the big palace, the emperors, generals and ministers, deep courtyards, cups and wines are sermons, singing and dancing are rising; sometimes the fields are fields, chickens and dogs are heard, and farmers work hard in the fields; sometimes the farmers have no vitality, fleeing to famine and begging, and even rising up, killing officials and seizing the city, and the flags on the top of the city are changing, confronting the rise and fall of dynasties such as the Han, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. Although the picture flashes quickly, there is no inertia, it is also very lively.
Among the audience, some people have read history books and know about the replacement of dynasties. However, it is indeed the first time to explain the reasons for the replacement of dynasties from the perspective of land annexation, but if you think about it carefully, what is said in the film is not without reason. Of course, some people are just watching the movie and don’t understand this. Anyway, they can listen to whatever they say in the film.
Then, the film begins to explain in detail the harm caused by land annexation, which first of all caused the reduction of national income. Since a large amount of land is concentrated in the hands of landlords, landlords generally have strong forces in the local area, they can easily evade land taxes. A large number of self-cultivated farmers lose their land and become tenant farmers, which makes the country lose a large number of tax objects, and the result naturally reduces the country's income.
The second is to cause burden on farmers. Due to the reduction of the country's income, in order to make up for the country's expenditure, the amount of tax can only be increased, or the tenant farmers, landless farmers, and even small handicraftsmen are taxed. Although some landlords will also increase taxes, landlords can pass on their own taxes to the life of farmers, which will naturally increase the burden on farmers and small handicraftsmen, greatly reducing their risk resistance. Once a major natural disaster occurs, it will easily cause a large number of refugees, which will cause peasant uprisings, thus shaking the foundation of the country's rule.
Finally, it hinders the development of agriculture, industry and commerce, and hinders the progress of society. Since landlords occupy a large amount of land, they can live a very rich life by collecting land rent. Naturally, they will not develop agricultural technology and industry and commerce. However, handicraftsmen and merchants want to develop industry but have no funds, which has caused the stagnation of social development and the backwardness of China.
In conjunction with the commentary of the movie, the pictures appear interlaced in the form of videos, animations, charts, etc., and try their best to use the comparison picture again. On the one hand, it shows that the farmers are not covered in food, are not covered in clothes, and are poor and poor; on the other hand, the landlords and squire live a life of extravagance and debauchery; the officials urge farmers to avoid paying taxes, which is fierce, but in front of the landlords and squire, they look humble and respectful and humble; on the one hand, it is Chinese society or natural economy, ox pulls people to plow, weaves cloth and threads in their hands, and iron and wood making, while on the other hand, it is the big machinery of European society, large industrial production, giant ships going into the sea, trams, and cars passing through edges, forming a very sharp contrast.
It has to be said that such a picture does cause a very strong visual impact effect. In fact, many people also know the dangers of land annexation, but firstly, the film does not explain it so clearly and comprehensively; secondly, the expression of pictures and sounds in this way also gives people a very deep impression. Some people who don’t know much about land annexation have learned a lot after reading these, and consciously gaining a lot of knowledge.
Chapter completed!