Chapter 366: Matchmaker, Concubine, Luxury Tax

The whole December passed little by little, and the pace of time passed 38 years without any hesitation.

The 39 years shrouded in the shadow of war have come like this.

China seemed to have become much calmer all of a sudden, and only sporadic battles from all over the country started to sound.

Although the war was covered with clouds around the seventh War Zone, there was no sound of gunfire. People suddenly seemed to have returned to the front of the War of Resistance. But those who were familiar with the matter knew that the war was approaching, but they were not very anxious.

Although it seems that the Japanese have besieged the Pioneer Army now, the Japanese are actually defending them. It is okay to say that most of them are mountains in the north and west, but in the south, the positions opposite Xuzhou and Lianyungang in the south, in order to prevent the sudden attack of the Pioneer Army tanks, the Japanese launched labor and dug tank trenches everywhere. People in some places fled to the Pioneer Army, with a sparse population, so the Japanese mobilized people from other places.

Of course, these laborers were just digging trenches, and the Japanese did not dare to use these people as shields to launch attacks.

The Pioneer Army made it very clear, and with similar actions, the nearly 100,000 Japanese overseas Chinese in the hands of the Pioneer Army would have to pay ten times the price. Nearly a thousand people died in one gas incident, which made them understand the Pioneer Army’s methods without hesitation. There was no special reason, and the Japanese were unwilling to abandon these people at once.

The record of the Pioneer Army has slowly spread with those videos and publicity. Although some secrets have not been revealed yet, it is obvious that the Pioneer Army with the same number of people has been recognized by everyone than the Japanese army.

In order to shock the Japanese, the news that the Pioneer Army had reached 500,000 was also spread.

"The Pioneer Army now has 500,000?" Sugiyama said incredible.

"Information from various places shows that this data is relatively real." Kenji Doihara was also surprised.

The exact number of the Pioneer Army has always been an unknown number, but the Japanese estimated that the number of people has always deviated by more than 50,000 based on the weapons, equipment, organization and economic strength of the Pioneer Army.

"According to this momentum, by the time we launch an attack, the number of the vanguard army may reach 600,000." Sugiyama Moto sighed, "But it is already the limit that the empire can use 400,000 troops."

"They have collected 200,000 new recruits in the past two months. These new recruits are not strong in combat. The empire's 400,000 troops can defeat them." Kenji Dohira only used the defeat and did not want to annihilate the vanguard army like before.

"There are many Chinese people!" Sugiyama Moto enviously. The vanguard army easily raised 200,000. It was not too difficult to imagine that China's population of 40 million, and it was not too difficult to withdraw 10 million soldiers.

When he thought of 10 million soldiers similar to the vanguard army, he felt his scalp numb. When the number exceeded one limit, it was a qualitative change that made people frightened. The army of ants could sweep across the forest.

"The empire is studying a plan to reduce the population of China. The more effective policy is to control their childbirth. In the areas we control, as long as they squeeze their living space and make them unable to raise children, and our expatriates need government subsidies to encourage childbirth, the next generation of the Chinese people will be as large as ours in thirty years. In another sixty years, these Chinese areas will completely belong to our Yamato nation." Kenji Doihara said a measure they are studying. It is not feasible to explicitly restrict childbirth. Even if the puppet military regime strongly opposes it, the matter of severing off people's offenders can be punished by heaven. Many people do not dare to force them directly.

"We may not see it." Sugiyama Yuran sighed and turned to a vicious voice, "But we must first eliminate the vanguard army. They are very expanding and need to completely eliminate them."

"Elephants are also afraid of ants biting. Our lack of troops can drive the soldiers of the Imperial Army to continue to attack. Anyway, the Chinese people died. Over time, this will also reduce the population of the Chinese people a lot. In the history of China, every war will greatly reduce their population, but once every war is over, their population is densely spread on this land." Kenji Doihara did not agree with the opinions of the eradication of the vanguard army. At this point, unless there is chaos within the vanguard army, it will be difficult for the vanguard army to collapse.

"If one of those three strategies can be successful, it can cause chaos within the vanguard army. But each one is not easy!" Kenji Doihara sighed in his heart.

"Now we have to make every effort to make our final preparations. Good news has also come from the local area, and the new aircraft of the empire has begun to be produced." Sugiyama Moto said with a smile.

"This is our new fighter plane!" Nagaki Shimoto, who came here deliberately, looked at the first Zero plane that was offline, and felt very moved. The Japanese planes were repeatedly beaten by the Pioneer Army, which made Tokugawa Yotoshito, the first Japanese pilot who flew into the sky, enter the reserve service in advance. But Nagaki Shimotoshi, who succeeded him, also had no choice but to face the Pioneer Army plane.

The performance of the Pioneer Army's aircraft is much better than that of the Japanese aircraft. As the Pioneer Army pilots continue to mature, the Japanese aircraft are not even more beneficial.

At this time, with new fighter jets, they can quickly establish air superiority with the technology of Japanese pilots. Although the output was extremely low at the beginning, with only two or three aircraft a day, as production expanded, these zeros would spread to the sky of China.

"Ship Zero!" He heard the name of the plane in his ear.

"Stand Zero, it will be a new beginning!" Nagaki Toshita raised his fist and said to himself.

Meng Xiang didn't know that Zero had started production at this time, and he was worried about something.

Someone said that it was a matchmaker. Meng Xiang almost fell down when he heard Kong Lingjun's name.

"Old Jiang. If you use a beauty to seduce me, maybe we can walk around more. But if you use Kong Lingjun to scare me, it is purely because you have no sincerity!" Meng Xiang had countless resentment in his heart.

Miss Kong Er's name is known to Meng Xiang in later generations. Her appearance as a man and her arrogant and domineering manner are simply a demon king.

"Even if I turn against Jiang, I will never look for this Miss Kong Er. Even if I have three wives and four concubines, I will not do it." Meng Xiang said firmly. When I arrived in this world, I have been working hard and before I could pull the beautiful woman's hands, I would dig a cessation hole and jump in by myself. That would definitely not work.

Meng Xiang didn't know that if he had not appeared, there would be a match between Miss Kong Er and Hu Zongnan in 38 years. But now Meng Xiang appeared and became more and more dazzling, so Chiang Kai-shek's temptation was so tempted. If the two were in love, it would be possible that power would take over. After all, Chiang Ching-kuo just returned from the Soviet Union in 37 years and his foundation was unstable.

But how could Meng Xiang exchange his marriage and freedom for wealth? With a base in hand, he could still make a hole this day, and he would care about Chiang Kai-shek's little power? If he hadn't been worried about civil strife and China would have greatly damaged his vitality, he would have now pulled out the banner and become king.

The Tang Yaoshi next to him didn't know what the sentence meant, but he was so determined that Meng Xiang would no longer persuade him. At this time, the strength of the vanguard army no longer needed the line of political marriage to maintain their relationship with the central government.

However, Li Shuchun couldn't help but say, "The Marshal's marriage also needs to be arranged as soon as possible."

It is impossible to help but many people are talking about this marital status with the power. Although Meng Xiang feels that he is still young, at this age, some people have even begun to prepare to talk about marriage and marriage.

This is not a joke. Many people start getting married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and some are grandpas before they are thirty.

There were many early marriages in Shandong during the Republic of China period. Most men got married between the ages of 12 and 17, and men did not get married when they were fifteen or sixteen years old, just like the age of 30 in later generations, they would be laughed at.

Women were a little later, mostly from 17 to 19 years old. They were generally older than men. This was another common phenomenon in marriage in Shandong at that time. It was normal to be three or four years old, and some were even eleven or eleven years old. Because men got married too early, some even started getting married at the age of ***, but what can that little child know? Staying at a wife in her twenties is like finding a nurse. Women are undoubtedly a widow. When the man grows up, the woman will become old and lose her lust. For this reason, conflicts at home often occur.

There is also a child bride with even more miserable fate, just like a free long-term worker.

Regarding this phenomenon, the 30-year civil law of the central government pointed out that the legal age for marriage is that men are no less than 18 years old and women are no less than 16 years old. Including Han Fuju, they have made a lot of efforts to change this bad habit. Although it has achieved certain results, many regions still retain these customs.

It was not until the Pioneer Army introduced the minimum living allowance policy, and the Special Administrative Region's Marriage Law Regulations were implemented in accordance with the central law. It reiterated that people who prohibit early marriage and child brides from raising laws could only get the minimum living allowance standard, and it was punitive to involve both parents. Even those who farmed and farmed land were abolished, and the tax exemption policy for some farmland was cancelled. The minimum number of tax-free acres for a household may be reduced to 3 acres, and those who exceed 3 acres will be collected.

After half a year of publicity, it started to be implemented on January 1, 2019. On the third day, seven examples of committing crimes against the wind were announced through the radio station, and it was implemented without hesitation.

After all, such examples are a minority. Now the people in the SAR know that the laws and regulations of the Pioneer Army are very strict, but as long as they do not break the law, they are very free. With the minimum living allowance, the phenomenon of child brides will be eliminated quickly. Who is willing to sell their daughter? In the past, it was poor and there was no way, but now with the minimum living allowance, what are you afraid of? You can even enjoy yourself if you are not good.

The child brides who are not married have also been redeemed by the government's subsidies. Taiping Bank has introduced small low-interest loans to solve the problem of child brides being redeemed. Now the government implements compulsory education. Parents of children who are of the age who are not in school must be held accountable, and those who are serious must be arrested and placed in prison. The child brides who do not go to school will be investigated, and they are particularly strict. This mandatory brides have been implemented early, earlier than the Marriage Law. Some in-laws are also worried and return these child brides early.

The trend of compulsory education has also greatly reduced the age of early marriage. How to get married when you go to school? The Compulsory Education Law issued early clearly stipulates that marriage is not allowed during compulsory education, otherwise the guardian will be held accountable.

Only by continuing these measures can we curb the trend of early marriage and child brides.

But in people's concept, Meng Xiang, who is twenty-six or seven years old, is still very late even according to the marriage law.

"Even if the commander has any hidden secrets, he still needs to take action to prevent the people from making random guesses." This sentence was told by Tang Yaoshi when there was no one, and it made Meng Xiang's head veins pop up.

"I guess I have something to hide from you?" Meng Xiang was anxious, but helpless. Although he was a standard pillar of the sky every morning, there were cloned guards guards, and few people saw him. He honestly did not go to have any romantic affairs. Such things cannot be explained, so he could not let others watch the live broadcast to prove himself.

"One day I will push down your baby daughter, and you will know if I have something to hide." Although Meng Xiang cursed in his heart, he defended himself: "There is no suitable one for the time being. I will not easily find someone I don't like and marry them casually." When he faced Tang Yaoshi, he did not seem to be posing in front of everyone as if the Huns were immortal and unfamiliar.

"The Grand Marshal can take a concubine first!" Tang Yaoshi thought about other things and said it casually, but suddenly thought that there was already an argument about taking concubines in the formal marriage law promulgated a few days ago.

The statement about taking concubines was recently promulgated. It was not very obvious when I was in the Special Administrative Region. However, when I arrived in the Beijing-Tianjin area, it was normal for those old and young men to marry a few concubines. Some even married 10 or 20. This made Meng Xiang worry about the allocation of women's resources.

It’s okay to say that there are many men and women during the war, but in peacetime, a group of bachelors appeared as an unstable factor in society.

During the Republic of China, there was no French language that prohibited the acquisition of concubines.

You can imagine who the people take concubines. Officials have to ask for a few wives, celebrities need socialites, and even literati have to be romantic, all the landlords and gentry remind people of their status as superiors by taking concubines. In short, only middle and upper-class people who hold power and money have the qualifications to take concubines. Who dares to order the ban on taking concubines? It is undoubtedly a good match for the entire upper-class.

Even when Meng Xiang was considering this issue, he was cautious. In addition to the loyal cloned soldiers in the vanguard army, the officers also had many intentions to take concubines in their hearts. Many senior officers, especially those who were received from other places, had already taken concubines.

Although the central government advocates monogamy, and even Chiang and others take the lead in taking the lead, Huangpu students also implement monogamy, the promotion is only advocated, not social laws. The form of ***'s three-mistress is also a manifestation of concubines.

This problem needs to be solved after all, especially the serious data on taking concubines recorded in the minimum living allowance registration also shocked Meng Xiang. The Pioneer Army has just begun to manage Beijing and Tianjin, and some things are better handled earlier than later. The longer it is delayed, the harder it is to deal with. Taking advantage of the murderous aura brought by the Pioneer Army, some things will be better solved.

After thinking about it over and over again, Meng Xiang introduced a luxury tax. While most other taxes were reduced and compressed, it was very attractive to introduce this luxury tax.

The luxury tax launched by Meng Xiang is a good regulatory stick. Its scope has been added by Meng Xiang very widely and can directly guide all aspects of society. The regulation of taking concubines is just one of them.

Luxury goods are easy to say in peacetime, but in chaotic and turbulent times, the luxury of some upper class people can easily arouse anger. The huge gap between the rich and the poor is more obvious in the face of luxury goods.

When there are bones that are frozen to death on the road, the smell of wine and meat in rich families is a typical luxury. Too large gaps can easily cause social turmoil. The source of luxury tax is to narrow down some of this gap. If you want to be extravagant, you should pay tax first.

The scope of luxury tax can be continuously adjusted. Different regions and times, different external environments, and the concept of luxury is different. Rather, in the eyes of a poor man gnawing steamed bun, the white flour steamed bun in the hands of a landlord is a luxury.

But as a legal norm, it cannot be so loose and must be rigorous.

It is obviously inappropriate to list steamed buns as luxury goods directly. But delicacies such as abalone and shark fin are bound to be luxury goods.

According to the metaphor of real estate in later generations, if a family holds two or three houses in their hands and is still a normal accumulation of social wealth, if they hold four or five or even dozens of houses, it would be a bit speculative. This is obviously a luxury and waste, occupying the limited real estate resources of other ordinary people, which can be levied according to the luxury tax.

Living in a villa occupies a lot of arable land, which is obviously a luxury item, and a luxury tax is also required.

In a word, luxury tax is a certain era and within a certain range, which is considered to be the collection scope of luxury tax that occupies resources much more than the average people's goods.

To marry a concubine, you also need to pay extra tax. According to the normal ratio of men and women, some bachelors were born one to one. If no one else had married a wife, you still had three wives and four concubines. The holding of the third nanny naturally occupied too much public resources, and there was no negotiation on paying the tax.

The customs that have been passed down for thousands of years cannot be eliminated in a short while. Meng Xiang did not resist this, and only proposed to gradually improve the status of women. With a limit of twenty years, it was gradually transitioned to a monogamy society. In these twenty years, those who were married before January 1, 2019 and registered before June 1 were not counted, but in the future, they would need to pay extravagant tax and collect it according to the number of concubines.
Chapter completed!