"The so-called revolution is not a foreign word, nor is it a modern word. It has a long history, so I won't go into details. In the modern sense, revolution is a profound qualitative change that occurs in the development process of nature, society or thought - ―Everything we did when we came to Guangzhou was revolution.”
Zhang Yunmi was overwhelmed by the large number of words and nodded involuntarily.
"Revolution is a very complex social movement, full of a large number of derogation of power, emergency and slow measures, and even a lot of iterations and even mistakes. In the final analysis, governing a city or a country is not about treating guests to dinner or making a fuss. Regardless of any Everything must be viewed from the realistic perspective of social environment and self-ability.”
Zhang Yunmi looked at him half-understanding, which made Liu Xiang even more proud.
"We have two purposes for rectifying the custom industry. One is indeed out of financial considerations. Through governance and rectification, we can seize this huge gray financial source that is outside the mainstream of society and make it "clarified"; the second is indeed It's about 'liberating women'". Liu Xiang said, "Putting these two purposes together is somewhat self-contradictory, but they are connected."
The issue of women's liberation is not a decision made because Liu Xiang was influenced by Du Wen. In Liu Xiang's view, women's liberation means the liberation of the labor force, and women's liberation will inevitably accelerate the collapse of traditional patriarchal society. These two Each of these is extremely beneficial to the Australian and Song Dynasty regimes and must be pursued with all efforts. But women's liberation must be carried out step by step - not only because of the great resistance caused by social habits, but also because the new regime in Guangzhou currently lacks cadres, especially women cadres. Therefore, he could only start by rectifying the customs industry.
"Is it because the rectification of customs industry has encountered the least resistance in traditional society, but the benefits have been particularly large?" Zhang Yunmi said.
Liu Xiang nodded, children can be taught!
"That's right. Even in traditional society, the mainstream moral concepts have a negative view of pornography. Although the social atmosphere in the late Ming Dynasty was extremely corrupt, the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai even became famous among scholars. They seemed to be very open, but .On the entire social and moral level, **** has always been a gray business."
Therefore, the Senate has the reputation of "righteousness" on the entire social level to ban and rectify the prostitution industry. The middle and upper classes of society will never jump out to openly oppose it, otherwise they will directly destroy themselves. Smelly.
"Although the custom industry is looked down upon by people, the profits in it are very considerable. It has been a piece of fat since ancient times." Liu Xiang said, "So all custom industries need some kind of protection: you see, in the old time and space Most young ladies have a so-called 'boyfriend'. This boyfriend is actually a disguised 'bodyguard'. When it comes to a commercial organization like a brothel, the problem is not something that one or two thugs can solve. We must be able to bear it. This backer must have both black ones - local evil forces, and white ones - Baojia, officials and gentry.
"Even if there is a backer, there is no guarantee that the brothel owner will be safe, because the business he is engaged in is inherently evil, and it will inevitably involve many illegal activities such as 'forcing girls into prostitution', 'lynching and torture', 'buying and selling people', and 'forcing people to die'" ——Even in feudal society, it was illegal, so the protection they needed was even stronger. From a certain point of view, their environment was more sinister than ordinary traders. They were "gods" who were "received by incense" The more you have, the bigger your appetite will be. Once you fail, anyone can give you eye drops. Therefore, the profit transmission channels behind a brothel industry are very complicated."
Zhang Yunmi seemed to understand but could only nod.
"If we want to get rid of all the 'gods' in Guangzhou, we have to cut off their financial resources. Not only must they be cut off, but this wealth must also be used by me - otherwise we will not be able to afford the funds required for such a social transformation. In addition, brothels are often natural sanctuaries and hiding places for various criminals, so we must take down this area that is hardest hit by social governance first."
These words were not sincere, and it took a lot of effort to finish the empty words. Liu Xiang's forehead was already sweating. But judging from the effect, it seemed to have frightened the girl in front of him.
"It seems that administrative work is really not simple. Decision-making is so complicated!"
"That's right." Liu Xiang said, "Decisions must not only consider goals, but also consider one's own capabilities and positioning. Even if the goals are short-term, mid-term, or long-term, we must consider whether they are short-term, medium-term, or long-term." He almost couldn't go on at this point, so he quickly Keep working on the documents.
After reading most of the official documents on the table, Liu Xiang found that Zhang Yunmi's work was getting better and better. Not only is the abstract written more concisely, but also the official documents can be divided into categories according to the content and arranged sequentially, creating better conditions for Liu Xiang's reading work. As of now, the main content of the official document still does not exceed the three old ones: expressing merit, complaining, and asking for resources. After Liang Xinhu and the court system team joined in, the power department can finally become fully self-consistent, so its work efficiency has improved a lot recently. The beggars who have the strongest reaction from the merchants have been greatly curbed after the police strengthened daily patrols and several public trials and public trials. The establishment of a "petition police" has been discussed at the General Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Large merchants and The guild capital showed great interest; the attack on several captured leaders in the Chaoshan guild hall and the interrogation of the former Yamen officers in custody allowed the police system to master more information: the original guilds and underworld in Guangzhou Prefecture The tangled chains were also fully exposed. Mu Min is very interested in launching a larger-scale "cracking down on gangs and eradicating evil" operations. Many of today's official documents are made by these systems to promote further action.
The ones complaining mainly are those who go to work in the countryside: the situation in the countryside is very complicated. Although the army can collect reasonable burdens without difficulty and handle food and errands smoothly, the staff are completely unable to "settle down". "Go down." Except for those villages and towns that were purged in the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary, the remaining villages and towns are extremely tightly controlled by local forces, and most of the local forces here are clan forces with extremely strong cohesion. Common methods of differentiation and disintegration Almost useless. The social survey by the staff was almost impossible to complete, and even the household registration was very difficult. The village elders could only say what they said.
The security situation in villages and towns is poor, and a large number of small groups of bandits have emerged. At present, the National Army can only control county towns, large towns and transportation hubs. It only has "points and lines" and cannot control areas. Transportation between relatively remote villages and towns is difficult to ensure safety without armed escort. The circulation of people and goods has been stagnant, many specialty products have been difficult to export, and grain cannot be transported in. In some places, shortages of rations have begun to occur, and grain prices have risen. There are many rumors in rural areas, and people's hearts are unstable... The working group believes that there is an urgent need to "catch typical examples" and use violent means to clean up banditry. At the same time, "kill chickens and scare monkeys" to local forces - the team member who wrote the report pointed out that almost all bandits are related to local There is collusion among local forces.
While reading, Liu Xiang drafted the work contents in his notebook: sending cooperatives to the countryside as soon as possible to purchase goods, transporting grain, and stabilizing the market; how to further coordinate the National Army's anti-bandit work; the recruitment and rectification of rural regiment and company armed forces...
At this moment, there was a "dong" sound, and the door of the office was pushed open - after all, he and the little girl were alone in the same room, and Liu Xiang couldn't lock the door - generally speaking, no one would seek death and break into Liu's mansion directly. door, but this "general" does not include another senator. As soon as Liu Xiang raised his eyes, Zhang Yunmi turned back and stared at the person at the door almost at the same time.
Here comes a rare visitor: Tintin. After the reorganization of the upper class, there were suddenly more unfavorable rumors about Tintin among the senators. It is said that some rumors were circulated at the maids' tea party and slowly penetrated into the senior class. This phenomenon was of course taken seriously by the new government. and took several measures. All the elders were asked to "not play any tricks like pillow fighting and palace fighting." At this time, some of his wife Penny's remarks suddenly began to circulate secretly, causing dissatisfaction among many elders. Ding Ding, who was directly targeted, did not want to stay in Lingao and attract attention, so he sent a telegram and came to Guangzhou to "supervise and guide the propaganda work of the Guangzhou Liberated Area." In fact, the main task is to prepare the "Yangcheng Express".
When Ding Ding broke in and saw Liu Xiang and Zhang Yunmi, he was startled for a moment, then he looked excited about discovering the big news, then he felt disappointed that he hadn't caught anything useful, and finally turned into some kind of jealousy. In just a moment, his expression had gone full circle on the color spectrum. Liu Xiang also knew that many of the dozens of elders in Guangzhou were discussing his "wanting to eat tender grass" privately. Liu Xiang didn't care. He put down the official document in his hand and stood up to greet them.
"Minister Ding is a rare visitor!" Liu Xiang stretched out his left hand to shake Ding Ding's hand - Ding Ding held some documents under his right arm, and it was obviously inconvenient to stretch out his right hand. "We are all ears to listen to whatever instructions the minister has!"
Being overtaken by Liu Xiang, and Zhang Yunmi was present, Ding Ding had no choice but to follow Liu Xiang's pull and sit on the guest sofa first. "How dare you give instructions to Mr. Liu! Xiao Qiu from the Publicity Department is the right person I selected and sent here. You don't approve the publicity plan made by the department, and you still block your neck and prevent you from mobilizing publicity materials. Old Liu, Did Xiaoqiu or our Propaganda Department offend you? Just give me a warm word!" After speaking angrily, Ding Ding put the documents he brought on the coffee table next to the guest sofa and pushed them in front of Liu Xiang: "I Knowing that you are not interested in the matter but the person, I watched them redo this plan. You take a look first and let me know what you think!" (To be continued.)
