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In fact, when the big news broke about our dear opium cow, the whole world was shocked.
This is something that not only Mr.
Wen wants to ask, but China also wants to ask.
All heads of state and bigwigs want to ask.
Niuniu, why are you so swollen?
Do you want to be so outrageous?
Can everyone still have fun playing like this?
"Damn it, I still underestimated the British.
They are truly a troublemaker for thousands of years and they even copied our policies."
Wen Desi said that the British are so talented that they can even think of such a method.
So what exactly did the British do that shocked the world?
Well, it’s nothing, they just implemented the land reform policy in India.
Yes, is it a land ownership reform policy or a forced land ownership reform policy imitating China and the Soviet Union?
So everyone was dumbfounded when they found out about land reform.
Your sister, the UK, is a model of imperialism and a model of capitalism.
You are actually going to carry out socialist land reform.
Is this really good?
You must have picked up the wrong script.
Because the independence movement in India for more than ten years has really exhausted the British.
Although the Japanese were hired as thugs, it was obvious that the Japanese really regarded themselves as mercenaries.
They had no intention of fighting with the Indians.
They were just picking on the weaklings.
As long as the resistance of the Indian rebels was a little stronger, they would I started paddling, and it took me several years to get the area around Bengal.
But we all know the virtues of the Japanese.
Bengal has taken care of it, but the Bengalis are about to become extinct.
Although the Japanese themselves feel that they have done a great job, the British cannot stand this level of efficiency.
They still expect to draw blood from India to replenish themselves.
As a result, they are constantly losing blood in India.
Moreover, they used to occupy too much territory and grab too many colonies.
Not only are they making trouble in India, they are also making trouble in Yemen and Oman.
They are also making trouble in African colonies.
Even the three countries of Canada, Australia and New Zealand are making trouble.
My own son is also clamoring for a separation.
If it was the British Empire before World War I, it would naturally not be afraid.
At its peak, no one dared to mess with the Empire on which the sun never sets.
Anyone who dared to make trouble would be hung up and beaten.
All the colonies were beaten to death, and they were better than the good grandson.
Still behaving well, because those who are not behaving well have all hung up street lights.
However, the war in this plane, which lasted for more than five years, coupled with the Spanish flu, caused the death of a generation of people in Britain, and more than half of the wealth accumulated for more than a century was emptied.
With no people and less money, the opium cattle could no longer grow. .
Originally they believed that the Indian problem could be solved quickly, but after many British troops were wiped out and severely damaged by the rebels this year, they no longer have that confidence.
The series of defeats in India and the non-stop conflicts in Africa and the Middle East made it impossible for Britain to spend any more money.
Moreover, the protracted colonial war has exhausted the patience of the people, as well as the patience of the powerful and capitalists.
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The current domestic anti-war sentiment is extremely strong, giving the Labor cabinet a headache.
Civilians resisted the war because they believed that enough people had died in World War I, that the colonies were now a quagmire, that there was no hope of a quick victory, and that they no longer wanted to serve as cannon fodder overseas.
The powerful people and capitalists are against the war because the gains on this battlefield are really not worth the losses, and they will lose money if they continue to fight.
What should we do now?
Prime Minister Macdonald and his Labor cabinet are considering this issue.
If it were another time, he would have been kicked out long ago.
But at this time, the Prime Minister is a scapegoat, and the Conservative Party cannot think of a better way. , naturally they will not do such stupid things.
They are happy to watch the joke.
Anyway, if it doesn't work well, it will be the fault of the Labor Party.
Therefore, Prime Minister Macdonald's position is still secure, and everyone wants him to completely take over the blame.
The Labor Party feels that it is under a lot of pressure.
Of course, they can resign and leave, but this is the first time for the Labor Party to form a cabinet.
If they step down in despair, how will they be able to survive in the future?
This politician relies on his face to make a living.
If he loses his face, he will still do it.
What a hairy guy.
Therefore, the Labor Party is trying to hold on.
Not to mention causing trouble at home and in the colonies, it must at least achieve some results and at least suppress the colonial uprising in India.
What should we, the British Empire, do now?
Members of the Labor cabinet are thinking and thinking.
We must admit that Britain, the empire on which the sun never sets, was not given away with phone bills, but was earned through hard work.
Coupled with the fact that he has been a troublemaker for thousands of years, when it comes to political strategy, he is not bad at all.
Even if the Labor Party has no experience, others do, and not all British people want to see their Labor Party’s jokes.
Besides, the civil service system is also very complete, and the administrative officers are all experienced bureaucrats.
So it’s not that the Labor cabinet really can’t find anyone to come up with ideas, it’s that it really has no other options.
In the past few years, all kinds of methods have been used, including but not limited to coercion, coercion, inducement, bribery and coercion, two tigers competing for food, inciting the masses to fight against the masses, etc., but the situation is still so unsolvable.
As the saying goes, people are forced out.
Under heavy pressure, someone finally hit his forehead and an idea flashed through him.
That is to carry out land reform in India, right.
It is just like China and the Soviet Union.
It confiscated the land of the feudal lords and powerful men, distributed it to the common people and untouchables, and upgraded those untouchables to common people. .
Then let these civilians pay taxes directly to the British colonial authorities and adjust the tax rate to be lower than before.
Wouldn't this divide them?
And although this idea is a bit ambitious, it is not without examples.
There are ready-made examples of revolutions in China, the Soviet Union, and other countries, which fully demonstrate how powerful the poor people will be once they obtain land.
In order to protect their own interests, these civilians who have been allocated fields will definitely stand in the British camp.
These civilians don't care who is the boss.
There is no difference between the feudal lords and the British.
As long as the boss can make them live a good life, he is a good boss.
It should be noted here that India is a mess that cannot be sorted out, with various ethnic groups and religions mixed into a hodgepodge.
There is no way.
Before the British came, India was a geographical concept and had never been unified.
Even the most powerful Mughal Empire only occupied most of the South Asian subcontinent in the late 17th century, but their heyday was very short-lived.
After Aurangzeb's death in 1707, many forcibly conquered areas quickly returned to a state of separatism.
The Mughal Dynasty could only focus on holding on to some wealthy areas.
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Faced with the numerous independent princely states, the rulers finally let it go.
In this land, the city has always been changing the king's flag, and there are countless warlords and emperors from all over the country.
Due to this historical reason, the upper-class dignitaries of many of their kingdoms are not of the same ethnicity or religion as the people at the bottom.
Religious conflicts coupled with class conflicts have led to extremely acute social conflicts.
In the past, the British way of ruling India was to rely on local kings and dignitaries to act as the middle class and indirectly rule India.
But the current situation is that those middle classes are unreliable.
Britain's heavy losses in World War I exposed its weakness.
This made these Indian upper-level officials think about it, and coupled with the instigation from foreign forces, they saw an opportunity.
This is also normal.
Who would want to be the second child if they can be the boss?
Besides, they are the bosses here.
Originally, those who engaged in armed independence were only the middle and lower class people in India.
For example, Singh and his group were the most popular, and there were not many people from noble backgrounds.
According to Indian tradition, these people have little influence and cannot make big waves no matter how much trouble they make.
The upper-class people in India hope to force the British to make concessions through peaceful means and peacefully take over power from the British.
Their representatives are the moderates of the Congress Party headed by Gandhi.
The vast majority of the gentlemen are unwilling to go all out.
In their view, it is better to let them do things like fighting and killing.
It happens that they are playing good and bad at the same time, and they have to force the British to make concessions. .
However, the "Delhi Massacre" that shocked the world occurred in December 1921, completely disrupting the wishful thinking of India's upper class.
At that time, Indians who were conducting a peaceful sit-in demonstration in the square clashed with the British guards who came to drive them away, killing more than a thousand people.
The deaths of Indians include Gandhi, the representative of "non-violent non-cooperation", and many backbones of the moderate wing of the Congress Party.
After this, the moderate faction of the Indian National Congress that originally held power lost power.
The radical faction headed by Chandra Bose took control of the Congress Party.
The party's strategy completely changed and began to turn to armed resistance.
When these upper-class Indian figures joined the rebel army, the British's nightmare came.
These guys are all very influential people in society, and their appeal is far beyond that of Singer's group of middle- and lower-class people.
Under the call of these masters, the South Asian subcontinent was at war everywhere, and Britain was in tragedy.
To be honest, the British had never thought of using this method before.
After all, the local upper class in India were also part of their colonial rule.
But these people are no longer reliable, so the British will naturally not be polite.
You are unkind and I am unjust.
It is still unknown whether this idea is good or not, and how effective it will be, but it is certain that he will vent his anger, but this trick has never been tried before.
It doesn't hurt to give it a try, the situation can't get worse anyway.
Britain's mobility was still very high.
After the plan was finalized, they immediately sent people to the member states of the People's Revolutionary League and the Third International to learn from their experience.
On the one hand, they asked local diplomats to collect information on land reform in the area. information, and sent specialized personnel to these countries to investigate.
Britain is also an experienced and old empire.
Land reform is not complicated.
It has one purpose: to redistribute land.
The land owned by the big landlords and nobles was distributed to the landless common people who made up the majority of the population.
Therefore, in early March this year, Britain began land reform in "liberated areas" controlled by Japan and itself such as Bengal, Bombay, Goa, and Ceylon.
After more than ten years of melee in the land of India, the population has suffered serious losses.
Not only the common people and untouchables have died a lot, but also the upper classes such as Brahmins and Kshatriyas in many places have died or escaped.
At present, there are quite a lot of rebel armies in the Indian subcontinent.
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There are more than a dozen large groups and there are countless small groups.
But there are two insurgent armies that are special.
One is the "Free People's Army" led by Singh.
This insurgent army is mainly active on the southeastern coast of the South Asian subcontinent, as well as in Hyderabad and Carnatic areas.
There is also the "Marat Liberation Front", which is mainly active in the northwest of the South Asian subcontinent, the original Maratha Alliance area south of Delhi and the Ganges River.
These are two armed forces under the banner of socialism, and their methods are particularly radical.
They not only killed the British, but also the upper-class dignitaries in India.
They charged them with "traitors, traitors, shameful criminals and exploiters" and so on.
None of the upper-class families in India these days have ever cooperated with the British, so wherever they go, the upper-class families are basically killed.
Moreover, they are atheists and are not polite to religious temples.
Whether it is the Green Sect, Buddhism, Sange Sect or other religions, all religious personnel who have blood debts and have cooperated with the British will kill their whole families.
The two rebel armies killed hundreds of people everywhere they went.
After killing people and ransacking homes, they burned all the land deeds and then distributed the land to the local poor.
For example, after the "Maratha Liberation Front" captured Delhi, the local authorities sealed it The land deed documents and other relevant information were gathered in the square, and a fire was lit and burned completely.
Therefore, they had many supporters.
Now that northwest India and southeast India have all fallen, the British colonial authorities had to withdraw the seat of the governor from Delhi to Bombay.
Well, in fact, the reason why the British thought of carrying out land reform was probably because they were inspired by them.
However, the old imperialists like the British did a much better job.
It was also the land reform.
They referred to the revolutionary experience of many countries and formulated an "honorary citizen of the British Empire" system.
Anyone who is willing to work for the British will be Indians who are loyal to the British and willing to join the British "Indian Security Forces" to fight against the rebels will be awarded the title and certificate of "Honorary Citizens of the British Empire".
Only Indians who obtained this title could enjoy the allocated land.
Now after India has been tortured for many years, there are very few upper-class people left in many areas.
When the British regained these "lost territories", they raised the butcher knife again and killed those local upper- and middle-class people who were involved with the rebels.
Once again, it is not the British who have the final say as to whether there is collusion or not.
The property and land of these unlucky people were naturally declared to be "nationally owned", oh, no, they were "royal owned", and were transferred to the territory of the "Indian Royal Family".
After all, Britain is still a monarchy, so their land reform is different from that of socialist countries such as China and the Soviet Union.
They call these lands royal territories, and the tax rate they pay is called "royal rent."
From now on, these Indians will pay taxes directly to the British, and no longer have to pay rent and taxes to the local kings and lords.
The British then remade the land deeds and allocated the land to "honorary citizens of the British Empire", making them "tenants" directly under "His Majesty the Emperor".
And not only those who work for the British and join the "Indian Security Forces" can become "honorary citizens of the British Empire", but also "good citizens" in the rebel areas and transitional areas can also come to get the certificate, as long as there is someone at home By joining the "Indian Security Forces" and working in colonial agencies, enterprises, and farms, you can apply to become an "honorary citizen" and then participate in land distribution, of course the latter is less.
The most important thing is that Britain copied China's preferential treatment of military and martyred soldiers.
The British colonial authorities announced that the land tax rate for all "honorary citizens" would be only 30%, and there would be no other taxes.
Anyone whose family members serve in the "Indian Security Forces" will enjoy a halved tax rate.
If the soldier dies in combat while serving in the army, his family members will enjoy ten years of tax exemption.
Of course, if a soldier deserted during the war, the fields would be taken back.
If you rebel, the punishment will be more severe, and your family members will be thrown into prison to perform hard labor.
During this period, India was similar to old China.
Common people had to bear very heavy land rents and various taxes.
It was very common to pay 70% to 80% of the agricultural tax.
The 30% agricultural tax given by the British was definitely a truly benevolent government.
After implementing this policy for several months, the British were surprised to find that the situation in the controlled area suddenly stabilized.
Except for the two rebel armies, the "Free People's Army" and the "Marat Liberation Front", which are also engaged in land reform, other rebel armies have been suppressed, especially those led by upper-level figures.
Deserters have appeared.
Went to the British side.
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Prime Minister Macdonald and his Labor cabinet congratulated themselves on being so talented that they could come up with such great ideas.
The British's "land reform" policy completely reversed their predicament and greatly changed the situation in India.
They now no longer pass the tax through the local upper class, but directly collect taxes from the lowest class.
This approach greatly improved the efficiency of tax collection.
The British themselves could not get much of the previous indirect tax method, and most of it was taken away by the local upper class.
The most important thing is that it ties the interests of the lower class Indians to itself, creating a large number of vested interests, which greatly consolidates its rule in India.
Of course, those who suffered heavy losses were the local kings, lords and upper-class dignitaries.
But in the past, the British only regarded them as dogs, not as fathers.
If the dogs were disobedient and dared to bite their owners, they were naturally beaten to death with a stick.
Now that the British have better means of governance, these original upper classes have naturally become victims.
The Labor cabinet is now very confident.
They already have the support of the majority of civilians.
The rebel army's combat effectiveness is just scum.
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